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Islamic State claims Ansbach attack
Security tightened
on US garrison
after weekend
suicide bombing
BY M ICHAEL S. DARNELL
Stars and Stripes
A special police officer secures a street
near the house where a Syrian man lived
before blowing himself up outside a music
festival in Ansbach, Germany, on Sunday.
M ATTHIAS SCHRADER /AP
GRAFENWOEHR, Germany
— Security on U.S. Army Garrison Ansbach was stepped up
Monday following a suicide attack in the city during the weekend, with authorities saying the
attacker had pledged allegiance
to the Islamic State group.
U.S. officials said no Americans
were among the injured when
a 27-year-old Syrian asylumseeker blew himself up after being
denied entry to a music festival
because he didn’t have a ticket.
The Bavarian interior minister,
Joachim Herrmann, said a video
was found on the man’s cellphone
in which he professed allegiance
to the leader of the Islamic State
group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi,
and pledged to take revenge on
Germans for killing Muslims.
The Associated Press reported
from Beirut on Monday that the
militant group claimed responsibility for the attack.
Fifteen people were injured,
four of them seriously, officials
said. Casualties could have been
higher if the attacker had been
admitted to the venue, where
there were about 2,000 people,
police said. There were pieces of
metal packed in the explosive that
were strewn over a wide area.
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Army accepts 1st female Green Beret candidates
BY COREY DICKSTEIN
Stars and Stripes
WASHINGTON — Two female Army officers have been approved for initial Special
Forces training, the first step in the long
process to earn the coveted Green Beret,
an Army spokeswoman said Monday.
The women are the first female soldiers
to be accepted into the Special Forces Assessment and Selection and could report
to the three-week program at Fort Bragg,
N.C., as early as October, said Maj. Melody Faulkenberry, a spokeswoman for the
Army’s John F. Kennedy Special Warfare
Center.
Defense Secretary Ash Carter’s order
last year to drop all restrictions on women
serving in front-line combat jobs and units
paved the way for women to attempt the
rigorous training that soldiers must complete before entering Special Forces. The
earliest the women could earn the Green
Beret and the Special Forces tab and be
assigned to an Operational DetachmentAlpha would be in 2018, although they
have not yet been officially assigned to an
SFAS class, Faulkenberry said.
The Army declined to name the women
and did not provide information about their
service backgrounds.
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MILITARY
A unique traffic headache at Yokota
BY LEON COOK
Stars and Stripes
YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan
— Living near an airport can
mean inconveniences like loud
noise and traffic. Then there’s Yokota, where just going to the commissary can get you stuck a few
yards from the runway in a cloud
of jet fuel fumes while waiting for
a plane to take off or land.
“Because of limited space, drivers cross an active runway at both
the north and south sides of the
base,” said Tech Sgt. Charmaine
Johnson, an air traffic controller
with Yokota’s 374th Airlift Wing
who probably gets cursed regularly by drivers trying to avoid
being late for work or wanting to
get home before dinner gets cold.
Lights control ground traffic
crossing the runway, where, at
any given time, one of the wing’s
C-130 Hercules transports might
be landing or taking off from Yokota, headquarters of U.S. Forces
Japan and the 5th Air Force in
western Tokyo.
The wing also operates C12 passenger planes and UH-1
“Huey” helicopters, and the base
hosts commercial Boeing 747
cargo planes, Marine Corps V22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft and
large C-17 and C-5 transports.
F-22 Raptors and F-16 jet fighters
have visited this year.
When Yokota’s flight-line is
clear, drivers approaching its
overruns see yellow lights alerting them to proceed with caution.
But when an aircraft starts its
takeoff roll or an arriving plane
is 6 miles away, the light turns
red and an alarm rings, warning
drivers to stop, Johnson said.
Traffic resumes once a departing plane climbs to 1,000 feet or
an arriving aircraft lands. The
air traffic controllers operate the
stop lights using buttons in the
control tower, Johnson said.
During “touch and go” training at Yokota, pilots repeatedly
take off and land without coming to a full stop, and traffic trying to cross the flight-line can be
blocked for long periods, Johnson
said.
“Sometimes we’ll have to keep
the lights on from five to 20 minutes, and then people complain,”
he said.
Justin Williams, who works
PHOTOS
BY
JAMES K IMBER /Stars and Stripes
A car passes the flight-line at Yokota Air Base, Japan, on Thursday.
at a Subway sandwich shop on
Yokota’s east side, said there are
plenty of challenges to operating
a vehicle in Japan, such as driving on the left side of the road, a
large number of cyclists and narrow streets.
“Driving across the flight-line
was just one more thing to get
used to,” he said. “[The stop light]
only seems to go off when I’m already late for work, so I’m even
later.”
Another quirk is that drivers
can’t stop or turn around once
they start the approach to the
flight line and have the right-ofway over pedestrians and bicyclists, who are limited to a narrow
asphalt path that crosses the road
at three places.
Frustrated residents have offered suggestions, such as building a tunnel under the runway,
or perhaps a new road. The Air
Force says such alterations would
be expensive and aren’t planned.
“The most common complaint
we receive is that the system exists at all,” Johnson said. “But the
system is for your safety. Please
stop at the traffic light.”
Without the warning system,
the only way to cross the base
would involve traveling outside
the installation — a daunting
Air Force Staff Sgt. Christopher Meier engages the traffic control
system, stopping cars from crossing the runway at Yokota Air Base.
task in Tokyo’s often gridlocked
traffic.
Yokota isn’t the only place
where Air Force planes and civilian ground vehicles share the
tarmac. Last month, four Air
Force A-10 jets landed on a high-
way in Estonia during training
that hadn’t been done since 1984.
During the Cold War, it was assumed that military airfields
would be destroyed by the Soviets
in a conflict.
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US civilian worker at
Kadena gets suspended
sentence in meth case
BY M ATTHEW M. BURKE
AND CHIYOMI SUMIDA
Stars and Stripes
CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — A
civilian employee at Kadena Air
Base received a suspended sentence for importing and abusing
methamphetamine, a serious,
rare crime in drug-averse Japan.
Milton Richmond King II, 51,
was sentenced to three years in
prison Monday by a three-judge
Naha District Court panel but
will avoid jail time if he stays out
of trouble for five years.
In its decision, the panel cited
King’s confession, remorse and
previously pristine record.
The judges said they wanted to
give King the opportunity to seek
rehabilitation in the community.
He likely will not face mandatory
deportation because he has family ties to the area, and he will not
be subject to drug testing.
King has been in Japanese
custody since his April 26 arrest.
Police charged him with making
arrangements with an unknown
individual in the United States
to mail 28 grams of the highly
addictive and dangerous stimulant, which had a Japanese street
value of about $17,800, to his offbase home in the Goya section of
Okinawa City.
After his arrest, King’s urine
tested positive for meth, police
said.
King admitted to smuggling in
the drug and to being addicted.
He said he abused meth several
times per week beginning in November 2015.
Brevon Kentrell Key, 23, a
co-worker of King’s at Kadena,
was arrested April 12 and was
charged with marijuana possession after police found 23 grams
at his home in Okinawa City, a
police report said. Key’s friend,
Jeff Taiyo Robertson, 24, who has
Japanese citizenship, was arrested April 10 after police found 13
grams of marijuana at his home
in Okinawa City, police said.
The arrests came at a particularly bad time for U.S. military
forces on Okinawa, who were
already dealing with a series of
high-profile crimes, including
rape and homicide, that sparked
mass protests and calls for the reduction of U.S. forces.
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A Super Stallion helicopter returns to Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Okinawa, Japan, on Friday.
Japan is suing Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga over a landfill permit for relocation of the air station.
Japan sues Okinawa official
over permit in Futenma plan
BY M ATTHEW M. BURKE
AND CHIYOMI SUMIDA
Stars and Stripes
Courtesy of Okinawa Regional Customs
A substance Japanese police would describe only as a “stimulant” is
connected to the April arrest of a U.S. civilian working at Kadena Air
Base.
CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa —
The Japanese government ended
months of diplomacy Friday by
filing suit against Okinawa Gov.
Takeshi Onaga for failing to retract his revocation of a landfill
permit that is central to the relocation of Marine Corps Air Station Futenma.
“Taking a strong stance such
as this against the will of the majority of Okinawa is far from what
a democratic nation should be,”
Onaga told reporters after the
lawsuit was filed.
The
anti-base
governor
also called the legal action
“abnormal.”
The permit was granted by
Onaga’s predecessor, Hirokazu
Nakaima, in December 2013, allowing the landfill of a portion
of Oura Bay just offshore from
Camp Schwab in Okinawa’s remote north for a new runway to
be used by the U.S. military.
Onaga revoked the permit in
October 2015, a year after riding a wave of anti-base sentiment
into office. The revocation led to
a separate lawsuit and months of
unsuccessful arbitration.
The Tokyo government seeks
a judicial ruling that Onaga’s
failure to retract his revocation
violates the Local Autonomy Act,
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told reporters Friday.
US poultry products to return to Korean commissaries
BY LEON COOK
Stars and Stripes
American eggs and uncooked poultry products will start returning to commissary shelves in South Korea by late
August, according to the Defense Commissary Agency.
U.S. poultry hasn’t been sold at commissaries on the peninsula since December
2014, when South Korea imposed an embargo after avian influenza was detected
in chickens in California and Oregon.
“This is welcome news for everyone associated with commissaries — customers
and employees alike,” said Wayne Walk,
DeCA’s zone manager in Korea. “We’re
working with our suppliers to get frozen
thighs, breasts, wings and whole chickens,
eggs and other uncooked poultry products
from the U.S. into stores as quickly as possible. We expect U.S. poultry to be fully
stocked again by the end of September.”
During the embargo, commissaries
sold fresh Korean eggs and poultry and
frozen Australian chicken. Commissaries
will continue to stock locally sourced eggs
along with frozen products from the U.S.,
the DeCA statement said.
However, commissary shoppers still
won’t be able to buy U.S. turkeys this holiday season, DeCA officials said.
“Turkey suppliers required orders
placed by the beginning of April,” said Jack
McGregor, DeCA’s Pacific Area logistics
chief. “We ordered turkeys in April from
our known and reliable supplier in Australia that produces the Steggles brand.”
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M ARY G RIMES/Courtesy of the U.S. Army
A patron shops in the frozen-food aisle of the Camp
Carroll commissary in July 2015. U.S. poultry
products will be back on shelves by the end of
August, the Defense Commissary Agency said.
In March, the Naha branch
of the Fukuoka High Court suggested an out-of-court settlement
over the issue. If a settlement
could not be reached, the parties
could seek redress through fresh
lawsuits.
The suit, however, does not bar
the parties from further dialogue,
and Tokyo has indicated interest.
“Based on the settlement, the
government will proceed in parallel with the legal action and dialogue,” Suga said.
Opening arguments will be
heard Aug. 5, and Onaga said
he will be present to deliver his
position.
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American USFK worker
dies in vehicle crash
SEOUL, South Korea — An
American contractor with U.S.
Forces Korea was killed in a onevehicle accident early Saturday
near Camp Carroll, Army officials said.
Elijah Compton, 33, a civilian
worker for the 403rd Army Field
Support Battalion, died about 5
a.m. outside the base’s main gate,
according to a statement from the
Army’s 19th Expeditionary Sustainment Command.
Compton struck a telephone
pole, and he was pronounced
dead at the scene, police said. No
one else was injured in the crash.
Police are still investigating
the cause of the accident.
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WAR/MILITARY
Suicide bomber kills 14 at Iraq checkpoint
BY SINAN SALAHEDDIN
Associated Press
BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber rammed
his explosives-laden car into a checkpoint
outside a Shiite town north of Baghdad on
Monday, killing at least 14 people, Iraqi officials said, while a string of bombings in
the Iraqi capital killed nine more people.
Monday’s checkpoint bombing took place
at one of the busy entrances to the town of
Khalis, about 50 miles north of the Iraqi
capital, a police officer said. The town is a
Shiite enclave surrounded by Sunni areas
in the restive Diyala province.
Eight policemen and six civilians were
killed and up to 41 people were wounded,
the officers said, adding that the explosion
also damaged nearly 20 cars lined up at
the checkpoint.
In an online statement, the Islamic State
group claimed responsibility for the attack.
The Associated Press could not verify the
authenticity of the statement, but it was
posted on a militant website commonly
used by the extremists.
In Baghdad, separate bomb explosions
rocked three commercial areas — Ghazaliya, Baiyaa and al-Ameen — later Monday,
killing nine and wounding 26, police said.
No one immediately claimed responsibility for these attacks, which bore the
hallmarks of the extremist Islamic State
group. Commercial areas and big gatherings of Shiite followers are among the most
common targets for the extremist group.
Medical officials confirmed the casualty
figures. Both officials spoke on condition
of anonymity as they were not authorized
to talk to the media.
Since late last year, the group has suffered a string of territorial losses, most
recently in Fallujah, where it was driven
out last month by Iraqi forces after occupying the city for more than two years. But
the extremists have continued to carry out
near-daily bombings in and around Baghdad, as well as complex attacks in other
countries.
On Sunday, the Islamic State group
claimed responsibility for a suicide attack
on a checkpoint in Baghdad that killed 14
people and wounded 31.
The Islamic State group still controls
significant areas in northern and western
Iraq, including the country’s second-largest city of Mosul. Since its 2014 blitz, the Islamic State group has declared an Islamic
caliphate on the territory it holds in Iraq
and Syria.
The Sunni militant group recently stepped
up its attacks far from the front lines in what
Iraqi officials see as an attempt to distract
from its battlefield losses.
Green Beret: Army
declines to identify women
in Special Forces training
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JUSTIN C ONNAHER /Courtesy of the U.S. Air Force
Staying prepared
Canadian Army Maj. Chelsea Anne Braybrook, center, passes information to Cpl. Brandon Balan, left,
and Cpl. James Thoman in Alaska’s Donnelly Training Area on Sunday during the Arctic Anvil exercise.
Coast Guard gets fake ‘mayday’ calls
BY M ARTIN WEIL
The Washington Post
It’s the Coast Guard that is summoned for nautical
emergencies, such as when a sailboat takes on water
in the Chesapeake or a fishing boat is in trouble in
the Atlantic off the Maryland coast.
But someone in the Washington region, the Coast
Guard says, has been sending distress calls for the
past two years for emergencies that did not exist.
The service said the caller has made 28 “hoax calls”
since July 2014.
The calls originate in Annapolis, Md., the Coast
Guard said Friday, and they are looking for whoever
has been making them.
“A hoax call is a deadly and serious offense,” said
Lt. Cmdr. Sara Wallace, chief of response at the
Coast Guard division assigned to Maryland and the
capital region.
She said nautical false alarms “not only put our
crews at risk” but also endanger members of the
public. “Our efforts to respond to what may be a
hoax can delay us from getting on scene to a real
emergency,” she said in a statement.
According to the Coast Guard, the most recent
calls, made on a voice radio channel, were received
Thursday at 10:27 p.m. and Friday at 1:08 a.m.
In a recording of one of the calls, a male voice can
be heard intoning, “Mayday, mayday, mayday.”
The voice is largely flat and expressionless.
At first, Wallace said, the Coast Guard sent searchers in response to the distress calls. But in time, she
said, officials came to recognize the caller’s voice.
Nevertheless, the maydays were not ignored. Instead, Wallace said, several listeners were enlisted
to reach a group decision as to whether the maydays
came from the hoax caller and whether it was necessary to mount a search.
“Several people listen,” Petty Officer 3rd Class
Jasmine Mieszala said, “to make sure” the Coast
Guard is “not making a wrong decision in not
launching” rescue vessels or aircraft.
In a statement released Friday, the Coast Guard
estimated that the cost of searches prompted by the
hoax calls has amounted to about $500,000.
At first, the Coast Guard said, monitoring equipment could indicate only that the calls came from
somewhere along a line. Later, the service said, the
number of apparent hoax calls prompted additional
efforts to determine more specifically where the
calls were coming from.
In its statement, the Coast Guard said making a
false distress call is a felony with a maximum penalty of six years of imprisonment, a $10,000 civil fine,
a $250,000 criminal fine and reimbursement to the
Coast Guard.
Faulkenberry said it would be
unfair to publicly identify the
soldiers.
“We want to allow the soldiers
the same opportunities everyone
else has to attend Special Forces
Assessment and Selection,” she
said. “If their names came out,
it could possibly change the way
they are treated … or add undue
pressure on them in a course that
is already very demanding.”
The Army had also declined to
name female participants in its
famously grueling Ranger School.
Three women — Capt. Kristen
Griest, 1st Lt. Shaye Haver and
Maj. Lisa Jaster — graduated last
year from the more than twomonth-long class. They were not
named publicly until the day before they graduated in ceremonies last August and October at
Fort Benning, Ga.
The women selected to attend
SFAS likely were commissioned
in 2013 and are either first lieutenants or captains, according to
an Army document describing
the requirements for acceptance
into Special Forces Assessment
and Selection.
The two officers accepted into
Special Forces training were
among nine female active-duty
Army officers who applied. A
total of 340 soldiers — men and
women — applied for the program and 220 were accepted.
Some of the soldiers who were not
selected for SFAS — including
five of the women — could potentially be chosen for other special
operations jobs in civil affairs or
Psychological Operations.
To be accepted in SFAS, according to the Army documents,
officers must have been promoted to first lieutenant between
April 1, 2014 and March 31, 2015,
be cleared for worldwide deployment, possess a secret clearance
and score at least a 240 on the
Army Physical Fitness Test.
To earn the Green Beret, officers must complete a strenuous
physical assessment, SFAS, the
Army’s Airborne School, the Maneuver Captain’s Career Course
or the Special Operations Captain’s Career Course, and the Special Forces Qualification Course.
The culminating “Q” course lasts
64 weeks.
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accepted
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Since Carter ended restrictions
in December to women serving
in any position in the military, at
least one female Army officer —
Griest, the Ranger School graduate — has joined the infantry.
Twenty-one women were commissioned this past spring into
the infantry and armor branches
through the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., ROTC
and Officer Candidate School.
They must first complete months
of job-specific training and meet
a series of physical requirements
before they are assigned to a unit
to serve as platoon leaders.
Several more female recruits
have enlisted this year with the
intention to serve in the infantry
or armor, but none has yet completed initial entrance training.
Some female enlisted soldiers
have shown “some interest” in
attempting Special Forces training, Faulkenberry said. However,
none has been accepted into the
program as of Monday, she said.
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NATO: Islamic State not stronger
UN: Casualty
count from
Afghan War
up 4 percent Deadly weekend bombing in Kabul not a sign of increase in militants’ reach
BY PHILLIP WALTER WELLMAN
Stars and Stripes
KABUL, Afghanistan — The
war in Afghanistan caused more
civilian casualties in the first six
months of this year than during
the same period in any of the past
six years, the U.N. Assistance
Mission in Afghanistan said in a
report Monday.
In the first six months of this
year, 5,166 civilians were injured
or killed in the conflict, an increase of 4 percent over the same
period a year ago, the UNAMA
found. Of that total, the number
of injured rose by 6 percent, to
3,565, and the number killed fell
by 1 percent, to 1,601.
The biannual report was released two days after the deadliest attack in Kabul since the
Taliban were ousted from power
in 2001. In that attack on Saturday, at least 80 people were killed
and more than 200 were injured.
That attack, which is not included
in the report, was claimed by the
Islamic State group.
More civilian casualties —
11,002 — were recorded by the
UNAMA in 2015 than in any other
year since the mission began systematically documenting them in
2009.
Anti-government forces, such
as the Taliban, were found responsible for 60 percent of all civilian deaths and injuries during
the first six months of the year,
an 11 percent decrease from the
same period in 2015. Casualties
by pro-government forces rose by
47 percent, accounting for nearly
a quarter of all civilian casualties
recorded. International military
forces were blamed for 1 percent
of civilian casualties.
“The majority of civilian casualties caused by Pro-Government
Forces continued to result from
the use of indirect and explosive
weapons such as artillery, mortars, rockets, and grenades during ground engagements,” the
report said.
The UNAMA expressed particular concern about a 110 percent rise in civilian casualties
from airstrikes, “primarily due
to an increase in aerial operations
carried out by Afghan security
forces.”
The UNAMA called on the Afghan government to stop using
mortars, rockets, grenades, other
indirect weapons and aerial attacks in civilian-populated areas
— and to develop and implement
clear tactical directives, rules
of engagement and other procedures for use of explosive weapons and armed aircraft.
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BY PHILLIP WALTER WELLMAN
Stars and Stripes
KABUL, Afghanistan — A
NATO spokesman said Monday
that the Islamic State group isn’t
gaining strength in Afghanistan, despite a weekend attack in
Kabul by the militants that killed
80 people and injured more than
200.
“We don’t believe that we are
seeing them spread right now,”
Brig. Gen. Charles H. Cleveland
told reporters. “A suicide bomb
against a bunch of frankly defenseless citizens really does
gain an awful lot of attention for
them, and it gives the perception
of insecurity, but it doesn’t mean
they’re stronger.”
Cleveland said Islamic State
militants in Afghanistan were
probably “in the same or even in
a worse position today” than they
were in recent months. Their
numbers, he said, range between
1,000 and 3,000.
Saturday’s attack, the deadliest
in Kabul since U.S.-led forces toppled the Taliban in 2001, targeted
a demonstration of thousands of
Shiite Hazaras. It was the first in
the capital claimed by the Sunni
militant group, whose operations have been largely confined
to eastern mountainous regions
along Afghanistan’s border with
Pakistan.
In March, Afghan President
Ashraf Ghani declared that the
Islamic State group had been defeated in the country’s east. But
the militants have had an apparent resurgence this summer, despite continued Afghan ground
operations and airstrikes by U.S.
forces.
Earlier this month, Nangarhar
province police spokesman Hazrat Hussain Mashraqiwal said
the militants were able to hide
in the region’s rough terrain and
reorganize.
Nevertheless, Cleveland said,
the current strategy of targeting
the group is unlikely to change.
“I don’t believe we will be doing
anything differently. ... [T]he U.S.
will continue to unilaterally target Daesh and will continue to
conduct kinetic strikes,” he said
using an Arabic name for the Islamic State group.
In January, President Barack
Obama granted approval for U.S.
forces to specifically target Islamic State militants in Afghanistan
as part of their counterterrorism
mission in the country. That is
separate from its NATO mission
in the country, which focuses on
training, advising and assisting
Afghan forces.
Ghani earlier this month announced a new military offensive
against Islamic State militants in
Nangarhar, which is set to begin
in the coming days.
Cleveland said the offensive, together with U.S. airstrikes, aims
to put pressure on Islamic State
militants “at every single point.”
“They are absolutely a threat,”
he said. “What the world has seen
is that Daesh has got the ability
to grow very, very rapidly, [but]
we think that these offensive operations by the Afghans will help
further reduce ... the number of
Daesh followers.”
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Ansbach: 2 attacks on 1 day near US military installations
FROM FRONT PAGE
Prosecutor Michael Schrotberger said the bomb was constructed to kill “as many people
as possible.” It wasn’t yet clear,
he said, if there was a network involved in the attack.
The federal prosecutor’s office said in a statement Monday
evening that it was suspected
the bomber acted as a member
of the Islamic State group. The
prosecutor’s office was investigating whether there were others
involved in or behind the attack.
The bombing was the first of
several recent attacks in Germany to target a town with a large
American military population.
A 100 percent accountability
check was issued for the roughly
7,000 military and civilian personnel in the U.S. military community scattered throughout Ansbach,
Katterbach and Illesheim in the
southeastern state of Bavaria.
“As of right now, we have no
knowledge of any American personnel being injured,” said Connie Summers, spokeswoman for
U.S. Army Garrison Ansbach.
Capt. Jaymon Bell, spokesman
for the 12th Combat Aviation
Brigade, operating out of nearby
Illesheim and Katterbach, said
the same.
In a post on the garrison Facebook page, officials said some access points on base were being
closed and people should expect
delays getting on base.
“In light of last night’s incident,
to reinforce the security of our
community members, force protection measures will be modified
at U.S. Army Garrison Ansbach,”
the garrison said.
The U.S. military also offered
DANIEL K ARMANN,
DPA /AP
Police investigate the site in Ansbach, Germany, on Monday where
a failed asylum-seeker from Syria blew himself up and wounded
15 people Sunday after being turned away from a music festival.
assistance to German authorities
after the attack.
“First responders from U.S.
Army Garrison (Ansbach) were
prepared to assist last night; however, they were not needed due
to the number of German emergency personnel who reported to
the scene,” said Ray Johnson, a
spokesman for Installation Management Command Europe.
German officials said the man
had previously attempted suicide
twice and had been in psychiatric
treatment. He had been in Germany for about two years. His
asylum request was denied, but
he had been allowed to stay because of the situation in Syria.
The federal Interior Ministry
said later Monday that the man
was to have been deported to Bulgaria, as he had registered as a
refugee there before arriving in
Germany. He also was known to
police for petty crimes and drug
possession.
Herrmann, the interior minister, earlier told the German news
agency dpa he considered it “very
likely that a true Islamist suicide
attack has taken place here.”
Germany has been rocked by
four attacks in just over a week.
On Friday, an 18-year-old man
identified as a dual German and
Iranian citizen shot dead nine
people and injured many more
in downtown Munich. He later
killed himself. Mass shootings
in Germany — with four or more
people killed — are rare, the last
carried out in 2009 in Winnenden
by a teenage gunman.
Earlier Sunday, a pregnant
woman was hacked to death in an
attack by a Syrian refugee known
to German police in Reutlingen,
south of Stuttgart, where U.S.
European and Africa commands
have their headquarters. Neither
of those incidents appears to have
been motivated by any connection to the Islamic State group or
other Islamic extremists, German authorities have said.
Last week, an Afghan refugee
attacked passengers aboard a
train in Wuerzburg, injuring four
tourists from Hong Kong and
a fifth person after he fled the
train. He was killed by police. A
hand-painted Islamic State flag
was found in the Afghan refugee’s
room, German media reported.
Bavarian Justice Minister Winfried Bausback said in a Facebook
post on Sunday’s attack and the
ax attack on the train, “Islamist
terror has reached Germany.”
While there has been a wave of
terrorist attacks in Europe during the past year, stretching from
Brussels and Paris to small German towns, there has been no sign
that attackers are targeting the
American military community
spread out across the Continent.
Marcus Kloeckner and Stars and
Stripes reporter John Vandiver
contributed to this report.
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Division roils Dems on
1st day of convention
AND
BY K EN THOMAS
K ATHLEEN H ENNESSEY
Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA — Angry Democrats
heckled outgoing party chief Debbie Wasserman Schultz with boos and cries of
“shame!” on Monday as the party tried to
recover from an embarrassing email hack
that ripped open primary wounds just
hours before they planned to mount a fourday showcase of unity.
Hours before she was to gavel in the
Democratic National Convention, the Florida congresswoman was met by raucous
activists who accused her of favoring Hillary Clinton over vanquished rival Bernie
Sanders. Activists jeered and waved signs
reading, “Thanks for the ‘help,’ Debbie,”
and more simply, “E-mail.” Her supporters shouted them down, as Wasserman
Schultz appealed for comity.
“We have to make sure that we move together in a unified way,” she said.
For Democrats who spent last week
throwing stones at Republicans’ troubled
convention in Cleveland, the scene was a
painful reminder of their own glass house.
On the eve of the four-day spectacle,
the 19,000 hacked emails published by
WikiLeaks appeared to show top officials
at the supposedly neutral Democratic Na-
tional Committee working to tip the scales
toward Clinton, even suggesting reporters
should question Sanders’ faith. Wasserman Schultz denied the accusation, but
was forced out as chief Sunday.
It wasn’t immediately clear how WikiLeaks received copies of the internal Democratic emails. Party officials learned in late
April that their systems had been attacked
after they discovered malicious software
on their computers.
A cybersecurity firm they employed
found traces of at least two sophisticated
hacking groups on their network — both of
which have ties to the Russian government.
Those hackers took at least a year’s worth
of detailed chats, emails and research on
Trump, according to a person knowledgeable of the breach who wasn’t authorized to
speak publicly about the matter.
The emails re-emphasized a rift that
threatens to undermine the Democrats’ attempt to display four days of focus on putting Clinton in the White House.
The party announced Monday it would
kick off its convention with a lineup of
speakers aimed at easing the tensions.
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a
progressive favorite, will deliver the convention keynote. Sanders and first lady Michelle Obama also will take the stage.
Republicans relished Democrats’ pre-
M ATT SLOCUM /AP
Protesters yell as Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Rep. Debbie
Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., arrives Monday for a Florida delegation breakfast in
Philadelphia during the first day of the Democratic National Convention.
convention tumult, just days after they
bumped and bumbled through their own
gathering. Trump declared on Twitter:
“The Dems Convention is cracking up.”
Resistance to Clinton was on display
during a demonstration Sunday as many
thronged to a main thoroughfare and chanted, “Hell no, DNC, we won’t vote for Hillary.” Still, many delegates, and Sanders,
himself, said they planned to fall in line,
mindful of the Republican alternative.
Ohio’s Michael Skindell, a Sanders delegate, said Monday he planned to “strongly
Sanders talks unity, but
will his followers listen?
FBI investigates
hacking of DNC
BY CATHERINE LUCEY
BY VIVIAN SALAMA AND JACK GILLUM
Associated Press
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The FBI said Monday it is investigating how thousands of Democratic National
Committee emails were hacked, a breach that Hillary Clinton’s campaign maintains was committed
by Russia to benefit Donald Trump.
A statement from the FBI confirmed that it is “investigating a cyber intrusion involving the DNC,”
adding that “a compromise of this nature is something we take very seriously.”
Wikileaks posted emails Friday that suggested
the DNC was favoring Clinton over her rival, Sen.
Bernie Sanders, during the primary season. Clinton’s campaign pointed to a massive hacking of DNC
computers in June that cybersecurity firms linked
to the Russian government.
Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta added
fuel to the debate Monday, saying there was “a kind
of bromance going on” between Russian President
Vladimir Putin and Trump. The Clinton campaign
says Russia favors Trump’s views, especially on
NATO.
Trump on Monday dismissed as a “joke” claims
by Hillary Clinton’s campaign that Russia is trying
to help Trump by leaking thousands of emails from
the Democratic National Committee.
“The new joke in town is that Russia leaked the disastrous DNC emails, which should have never been
written (stupid), because Putin likes me,” Trump
wrote as part of a series of Tweets. “Hillary was involved in the email scandal because she is the only
one with judgement (sic) so bad that such a thing
could have happened.”
The hacking enraged die-hard Sanders supporters who have long claimed that the DNC had its
finger on the scale throughout the primaries. The
disclosures prompted the resignation of DNC Chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., on
the eve of the party’s convention in Philadelphia,
where Clinton is expected to officially accept the
nomination for president.
It wasn’t immediately clear how WikiLeaks re-
support the nominee of the party.”
Party leaders tried to make Wasserman Schultz’s exit as graceful as possible.
Clinton and President Barack Obama both
praised her.
Clinton was campaigning in Charlotte,
N.C., on Monday. Ahead of her speech to
the VFW, she secured the endorsement
of retired Gen. John Allen, former deputy
commander of U. S. Central Command and
a former commander of the International
Security Assistance Force, overseeing
NATO troops in Afghanistan.
A NDREW H ARNIK /AP
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton
speaks to volunteers Monday at a Democratic
Party organizing event at the Neighborhood
Theater in Charlotte, N.C.
ceived copies of the internal Democratic emails.
Democratic Party officials learned in late April
that their systems had been attacked after they discovered malicious software on their computers. A
cybersecurity firm they employed found traces of
at least two sophisticated hacking groups on the
Democrats’ network — both of which have ties to
the Russian government. Those hackers took at
least one year’s worth of detailed chats, emails and
research on Donald Trump, according to a person
knowledgeable of the breach who wasn’t authorized
to speak publicly about the matter.
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper
has said U.S. officials have seen indications of foreign hackers spying on the presidential candidates,
and that they expect more cyberthreats against the
campaigns.
Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov
would not comment on allegations that Russia is
behind the leaked emails, instead pointing to statements by Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., dismissing the claims.
Clinton’s campaign stood firmly behind their
claims of Russian involvement Monday.
On Sunday, Clinton campaign manager Robby
Mook said that it was “concerning last week that
Donald Trump changed the Republican platform
to become what some experts would regard as
pro-Russian.”
PHILADELPHIA — Bernie
Sanders on Monday readied a
simple message to his backers at
the Democratic National Convention: Unite behind Hillary Clinton to defeat Donald Trump in
November.
But many of Sanders’ die-hard
delegates, frustrated with the primary process and furious with
the outgoing party chair, were
still weighing ways to disrupt the
four-day event.
Sanders was set to meet privately with supporters before the
start of the convention, hours after
his loyalists heckled party chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman
Schultz at a Florida breakfast in
her first appearance since her decision to step down.
The Vermont senator was headlining the convention’s first night
amid lingering angst over the primary process and plans by some
of his supporters to boo Wasserman Schultz when she gavels in
the convention. There appeared to
be no consensus among the Sanders delegates of how they would
influence the convention, and
some suggested they may turn
their backs on Virginia Sen. Tim
Kaine, who was recently chosen
as Clinton’s running mate.
Also unclear was whether
Sanders would release his delegates and back Clinton by acclamation or whether the Sanders’
loyalists would demand a roll call
on Kaine’s nomination amid concerns that he is too centrist.
“Hillary has not earned my
vote. She has to prove that she
has walked the talk,” said Eric
Reynolds, a Sanders delegate
from Contra Costa County in California. He said he planned to boo
Wasserman Schultz.
Norman Solomon, coordinator of an independent network
of Sanders delegates, said that
Wasserman Schultz’s resignation doesn’t represent “her being
tossed overboard by Hillary Clinton,” noting that she’ll have a role
with the campaign.
He also questioned the timing
of her departure at the end of the
convention, during which she will
still play a role.
“She’s resigning as of Friday?
Why wait until Friday?” Solomon
said.
Solomon, whose group communicates with 1,250 Sanders
delegates, said supporters were
weighing a number of floor protest actions this week. He said
the Sanders campaign had not
contacted his group to encourage
them to not protest.
Sanders, for his part, has struck
a positive message in recent interviews, expressing his support for
Clinton and the need to project
unity. His campaign helped approve a number of provisions in
the party’s platform, from a $15per-hour federal minimum wage
to an expansion of health care.
“I’m proud that, in the Democratic platform that was passed
a few weeks ago, we are making
some real progress,” Sanders
said on CNN Sunday.
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Job applications spike
after Dallas police chief
addresses protesters
BY JACOB BOGAGE
The Washington Post
After Black Livers Matter
demonstrations erupted in Dallas three weeks ago, Police Chief
David Brown told protesters one
way they could fix problems they
see in law enforcement:
Get a job.
“We’re hiring,” Brown said in
a press conference. “Get off that
protest line and put an application
in. We’ll put you in your neighborhood and help you resolve some of
those problems.”
Now it seems some people may
have been listening.
Employment applications to the
Dallas Police Department have
increased 344 percent since the
shooting July 7 that killed five officers and injured nine more, according to statistics posted on the
department’s Facebook page. It is
not known whether any of the applicants were protesters or connected to the Black Lives Matter
movement.
From June 8 to June 20, the
department received about 11 applications per day. From July 8 to
July 20, it received nearly 40 per
day.
In recent months, the department was forced to cancel training academy classes for a lack of
recruits.
“I know what he’s going
through,” former New York police commissioner Bernard Kerik
told The Washington Post just
days after the Dallas shooting.
The Dallas shooting was the
deadliest event for American law
enforcement since the Sept. 11
terrorist attacks, during which
Kerik led the New York Police
Department.
“That statement in itself I think
is representative of the way cops
feel,” he said. “You want to do
something for your community,
get off the protest line, take the
test and you can work in your
community.”
Brown, though, faced criticism
in June over a spree of resignations from the department over
what Dallas Police Association
President Ron Pinkston called,
“low pay, bad management and a
lack of boots on the ground.”
Some 240 officers left the Dallas Police Department during its
2015 fiscal year, according to The
Dallas Morning News.
It is not known if
any of the applicants
were protesters or
connected to the
Black Lives Matter
movement.
Almost 50 officers left the force
in June 2016, many of them looking for higher paying positions in
other North Texas cities, which
pay about $8,000 more to start.
The turnover rate in the department, which employs 3,500
officers, was 6.8 percent during
the 2015 fiscal year, the highest
in Brown’s six-year tenure and
the highest since the 1980s.
The city budgeted to hire 200
new officers during the 2016 fiscal year, though on average about
200 officers leave the department
as well, according to The Dallas
Morning News.
Pinkston before the July shooting said the department was “broken” and its leadership was not
working to solve existing problems, The Dallas Morning News
reported.
But after the shooting, Brown
gained national acclaim for how
forcefully he supported grieving
officers and his compassionate yet
stern approach to demonstrators.
“We’re asking cops to do too
much in this country,” he said.
“We are. Every societal failure,
we put it off on the cops to solve.
Not enough mental health funding, let the cops handle it. …
“Here in Dallas we got a loose
dog problem; let’s have the cops
chase loose dogs. Schools fail,
let’s give it to the cops. … That’s
too much to ask. Policing was
never meant to solve all those
problems.”
He said that if he were confronted with the same problems many
Americans find in modern policing, he wouldn’t demonstrate.
“I probably wouldn’t protest or complain” he said. “I’d
get involved and do something
about it, by becoming part of the
solution.”
Twitter users afterward tried
to draft Brown for president, one
job he didn’t say anything about.
LYNNE SLADKY/AP
A firefighter pours bleach over bloodstains on the pavement at the scene of a deadly shooting outside
the Club Blu nightclub in Fort Myers, Fla., on Monday.
Gunfire at nightclub party
for teens kills 2 in Florida
Associated Press
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Gunfire
erupted at a nightclub hosting a
swimsuit-themed party for teens
in Florida, leaving two teens
dead and at least 17 other people
wounded, officials said Monday.
It was not immediately clear
what triggered the violence, but
Fort Myers police Capt. Jim Mulligan said the shooting was not
an act of terrorism. Police detained three people and said the
area around Club Blu had been
deemed safe, Mulligan said.
The two teens killed were
Sean Archilles, 14, and Ste’Fan
Strawder, 18, police said. Archilles lived near the nightclub,
said his father, Jean Archilles.
Archilles said his son loved to
play football and basketball.
“He liked to make people laugh.
He’s a funny kid. He’s always joking,” Jean Archilles said.
He said he doesn’t wish bad for
the shooter.
“When he lays down in his
bed, how is he feeling about
what he did? A 14-year-old kid!”
Archilles said. “Is he thinking
about his family, his friends? Because everybody has family and
friends. Does he feel good about
himself?”
Three people remained hospitalized Monday morning, said
Cheryl Garn, a spokeswoman for
Lee Memorial Health System. All
others were treated and released.
Ages of the patients ranged
from 12 to 27, Garn said.
State records online show the
alcohol license for Club Blu was
revoked June 7. The records from
the Department of Business and
Professional Regulation say the
license was revoked because of
an incident that occurred a year
ago, but there are no additional
details available.
The violence at Club Blu erupted about 12:30 a.m. Monday, Mulligan said.
A post on Club Blu’s Facebook
page Monday morning said the
shooting happened as the club
was closing and parents were
picking up their children. The
post also said there was armed
Texas sheriff: Officer killed as his home was robbed
Associated Press
ROUND ROCK, Texas — A
Texas sheriff’s deputy was shot
and killed at his home north of
Austin before dawn Monday in
what authorities said appeared to
be an attempted robbery.
Sgt. Craig Hutchinson, of the
Travis County Sheriff’s Office,
used his police radio around
1:30 a.m. to report people in his
backyard. Investigators arriving
moments later found Hutchinson
lying on the ground in his back-
yard in Round Rock, about 15
miles from Austin.
He was pronounced dead at a
hospital.
Travis County Sheriff Greg
Hamilton said at a news conference that no arrests have been
made but that authorities are
seeking multiple suspects. He
said there was evidence that the
incident was an attempted robbery of Hutchinson’s backyard
shed, rather than someone targeting a law enforcement officer.
Tensions remain high following the fatal shooting earlier this
month of five police officers in
Dallas and the ambush and killing of three law enforcement officers in Louisiana.
“There’s no suggestion that this
was an ambush,” Hamilton said.
“I heard that there’s a lot of burglaries going on in this community, and I think this was just one
of the burglaries.”
He said investigators believed
items were taken from Hutchin-
son’s shed and that the officer
may have “seen individuals in the
shed, and I think that’s where the
confrontation occurred.”
Hutchinson was a 32-year veteran who had planned to retire
in September. Hamilton said
Hutchison served as his field
training officer and “taught me
everything I know.”
“This is near and dear to me,”
Hamilton said. “This guy was
a big teddy bear and everyone
loved him.”
security at the event.
“We are deeply sorry for all involved,” the post read. “We tried
to give teens what we thought was
a safe place to have a good time.”
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Gender-neutral clothing
for kids often a tall order
BY A NNE D’INNOCENZIO
Associated Press
NEW YORK — Pink for girls.
Truck motifs for boys. A growing number of parents want to get
outside those parameters when it
comes to dressing their kids.
Kristin Higgins was adamant
about not pushing “girly” stereotypes on her daughter, and
painted her room in shades of
green. Higgins later dressed her
up in superhero costumes. But
as her daughter got older, it took
more work to locate items that
broke the mold. For “Star Wars”themed pajamas, she had to go to
the boys’ section.
“It’s hard to find gender-neutral
clothing,” said Higgins, 35, of Little Rock, Ark., whose daughter is
now 6. “I want her to just get up
and put on the clothing without
thinking of putting on a costume,
an identity.”
Shopping for her 7-month-old
son, Higgins finds clothes mainly
have pictures like fire engines
or sharks. What about cats, cupcakes or hearts, she wondered.
For parents looking for clothes
that defy gender norms, the options for back-to-school shopping
are still limited — but they’re
growing. Some big retailers like
Lands’ End and Zara are making
small changes to their offerings,
while some frustrated parents
have launched their own compa-
nies to make the items they wanted to find.
“There is really a sharp divide
between what is considered girls’
stuff and what’s considered boys’
stuff,” said Courtney Hartman.
She started Seattle-based Jessy
& Jack, a collection of unisex Tshirts for kids that have robots
and dinosaurs, and Free to Be
Kids, where a shirt with the slogan, “I’m a Cat Guy” comes in
blue, gray and yellow.
Companies like Jessy & Jack
and a collection called Princess
Awesome, where dresses have
trains and planes, are among nearly 20 online brands that formed a
campaign called Clothes Without
Limits last year that they’re reprising for the back-to-school season. Still, many of the items are
not cheap — T-shirts at $20 can be
pricey for growing kids.
Bigger companies are offering
some options after similar shifts
in the toy and bedding aisles to
more neutral signs and products.
Lands’ End launched a line of science T-shirts two years ago after
a customer complained on social
media that there was only one
version for boys.
As part of its new Cat & Jack
brand of children’s clothing that
kids helped design, Target offers
unisex-fit T-shirts online with slogans like, “Smart & Strong” and
“Future Astronaut.”
JIM A NNESS, THE RECORD
ELAINE THOMPSON /AP
BERGEN C OUNTY (N.J.)/AP
Heat wave, drought show
no signs of slowing down
BY CHRISTINA PACIOLLA
Associated Press
Declan Hartman, 4, clambers on a climbing toy July 7 in Seattle
while wearing a gender-neutral T-shirt designed by his mother,
Courtney, who owns Jessy & Jack.
OF
Firefighters cool off at a fire in Palisades Park, N.J., on Sunday as a heat wave gripping most of the
United States brought triple-digit temperatures to many regions.
PHILADELPHIA — The heat
wave gripping parts of the country, including Philadelphia, where
tens of thousands are descending
upon the city for the Democratic
National Convention this week, is
not going away anytime soon and
will hit a peak Monday, with temperatures in the city feeling like
108 degrees.
Excessive-heat warnings will
continue Monday, the first day of
the convention, in the Philadelphia area, most of the Midwest
and regions out west. It’s due to
a dome of high pressure, meteorologists say, that’s affecting most
of the United States and contributing to drought conditions in the
Northeast and continuing to fuel
wildfires in California.
“It’s fair to say that the vast
majority of the nation has been
experiencing above-normal temperatures for the past week,” said
David Robinson, a New Jersey
state climatologist.
The dome of high pressure
traps hot air and is the basis for
the “critical high temperatures”
the country has been experiencing the past week, Robinson said,
even for being the warmest time
of the year.
Thunderstorms are common,
as they were in parts of New
England during the weekend, but
don’t help much with drought conditions in the Northeast and out
west. Particularly dry weather
in areas like Massachusetts and
New York have forced farmers
to choose which crops they will
water and which will just not survive the season.
“The Northeast is a little bit of a
mixed bag, but the bottom line is
that the conditions have deteriorated over the past several weeks
to a couple of months,” said Rich
Tinker, a drought specialist at
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
In southern California, where
drought has persisted for years,
18 homes have been destroyed
and more than 34 square miles
of brush have been blackened in
a blaze that sparked Friday. Los
Angeles Fire Chief John Tripp
said the fire “started consuming
houses” “like a freight train.”
A main difference between the
drought in the Northeast and out
west is that the Northeast can
pull out of those conditions at any
time, Robinson said.
“The good news is that there’s
always a chance that the pattern
can switch in several weeks at
any time of the year,” he said.
Temperatures in the Philadelphia area are predicted to reach
their highest points Monday as
50,000 Democrats are expected
there for the DNC. The heat index
could hit 108 degrees, said Mitchell Gaines, a meteorologist with
the National Weather Service in
Mount Holly, N.J. Temperatures
may reach into triple digits.
Adding to that, the humidity is
set to return.
Californian who tried to join Islamic State group faces sentencing
BY A MY TAXIN
Associated Press
SANTA ANA, Calif. — A California
man who aspired to join the Islamic State
group in Syria and lied to get a replacement
American passport to head overseas could
face two decades in prison Monday when he
is set to be sentenced.
Federal prosecutors are seeking a 20-year
prison term for Adam Dandach, who pleaded guilty last year to attempting to provide
material support to a terrorist group and
lying on his passport application.
The case is one in a series involving
young men in states ranging from California to Georgia who have been charged with
trying to assist Islamic State and other terrorist groups.
Prosecutors say a substantial sentence
for Dandach, 22, could deter him and others from supporting terrorists.
The U.S. “faces significant threat from
terrorists’ acts planned or committed by
homegrown violent extremists like (the)
defendant who become radicalized online
and seek to engage in terror and support
groups like [the Islamic State],” federal
prosecutors wrote in court filings.
Dandach, an Orange County native,
praised terrorists and promoted their lectures and videos online before planning
to go to Syria, prosecutors wrote in the
filings.
After his mother snatched Dandach’s
passport to keep him from traveling abroad,
he lied to get a replacement — saying he
had accidentally tossed out his old passport
— then booked a trip for July 2014.
He was stopped at John Wayne Airport
by FBI agents who found his smartphone
loaded with jihadi songs supporting Islamic State fighters, maps of areas the group
controlled and Twitter updates on fighting
by the terrorist group.
Prosecutors said Dandach told the
agents he planned to pledge allegiance to
the Islamic State and to train with weapons
to defend himself.
Dandach could face a maximum sentence of 25 years in prison. While prosecutors are seeking 20 years, they say
probation officials are recommending 15
years.
In court papers, defense lawyer Pal
Lengyel-Leahu wrote that his client had
been treated for a spate of psychological
problems including depression and posttraumatic stress disorder after suffering
an abusive childhood.
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Park Service director outlines his
steps to stop sexual harassment
BY LISA R EIN
The Washington Post
RINGO H.W. C HIU/AP
A firefighter watches as a helicopter makes a drop on a wildfire near
Placenta Canyon Road in Santa Clarita, Calif., on Sunday.
Wildfire in Calif.
surges, delaying
return to homes
BY CHRISTOPHER WEBER
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — A wildfire that destroyed 18 homes has
surged back to unpredictable life,
darkening the skies north of Los
Angeles with black smoke and
driving thousands from their
homes.
Some evacuees were about to
return to their homes Sunday,
two days after the fire broke out,
when unexpected winds stirred
up the blaze.
“All the experience we’ve had
with fires is out the window,” said
Los Angeles County Deputy Fire
Chief John Tripp, one of many
who noted the fire’s special volatility on Sunday.
The blaze had burned through
at least 51 square miles of brush
and destroyed at least 18 homes,
but those numbers could well
take a leap Monday when better
assessment is done at daylight.
Winds were expected to dip and
temperatures break overnight
before a heating trend toward triple-digits comes later Monday.
One person has been found
dead in the fire zone. His death
was under investigation.
Juliet Kinikin said Sunday there
was panic as the sky became dark
with smoke and flames moved
closer to her home a day earlier
in the Sand Canyon area of Los
Angeles County.
“And then we just focused
on what really mattered in the
house,” she told The Associated
Press.
Kinikin grabbed important
documents and fled with her husband, two children, two dogs and
three birds. They were back at
home Sunday, “breathing a big
sigh of relief,” she said.
Lois Wash, 87, said she and her
daughter and her dog evacuated,
but her husband refused.
“My husband’s stubborn as
a mule, and he wouldn’t leave,”
Wash told KABC-TV. “I don’t
know if he got out of there or
not. There’s no way of knowing. I
think the last time I looked it was
about 100 yards from us. I don’t
know if our house is still standing
or not. All we can do is pray.”
About 300 miles up the coast,
crews were battling another fire
spanning more than 17 square
miles that destroyed six homes on
Sunday and forced evacuations
outside the scenic Big Sur region.
The fire was threatening about
1,650 mountain homes.
Brock Bradford lives in a historic house in Palo Colo., one of
the evacuated areas, and could
see the flames coming down the
road as he evacuated.
“I hope I don’t have to rebuild
my house,” he told the Monterey
Herald. “I’m 66.”
In Southern California, planes
had to be grounded for a long
stretch of the afternoon because
of the thick smoke but resumed
drops on the blaze for a few hours
before dusk.
Helicopters released retardant
around the perimeter of the fire
all day and would continue into
the night.
The fire destroyed film sets
at Sable Ranch in Santa Clarita,
which has Old West-style buildings used for movie locations. It
also forced a nonprofit sanctuary
for rescued exotic creatures to
evacuate 340 of its more than 400
animals, including Bengal tigers
and a mountain lion.
Now that eliminating sexual harassment is a top priority for the
National Park Service, Director
Jonathan Jarvis is laying out the
steps he is taking to create a “zero
tolerance” culture.
“First, some have asked what
it means for the National Park
Service to have a zero tolerance
policy for sexual harassment,”
Jarvis wrote in an email last week
to 22,000 full-time and seasonal
agency employees.
“I want to clearly state that this
means that when incidents of harassment are reported, I expect
(Park Service) managers to follow
up on those allegations.”
Jarvis said that managers must
investigate allegations of harassment and take disciplinary action
if they are found to be true — steps
that were not taken in at least two
high-profile cases of sexual misconduct at the Grand Canyon and
Cape Canaveral National Seashore, where investigators found
evidence of a pattern of problems
that went unaddressed for years.
The Park Service also promoted
two managers last week, giving
them a mandate to turn around
what Interior Secretary Sally
Jewell, whose agency oversees the
Park Service, recently described
as a “culture” of harassment.
Christine Lehnertz, superintendent of the Golden Gate National
Recreation Area, will assume the
top job at the Grand Canyon on
Monday, replacing Dave Uberuaga, who retired in June.
A scathing report on the Grand
Canyon early this year by the Interior Inspector General’s office
revealed that Uberuaga ignored
formal complaints from women
on river trips who said they were
propositioned, bullied and subjected to retaliation when they
refused unwanted advances from
men.
Lehnertz, an environmental
biologist who joined the Park Service in 2007 as deputy superintendent at Yellowstone National Park,
is a widely respected manager
who has already told employees
at the Golden Gate park that she
intends to take sexual misconduct
seriously.
Michael Reynolds, the agency’s
associate director for human capital, will become deputy director
for operations. Reynolds told the
Post in June that sexual misconduct is a “huge wake-up call” for
the Park Service, reflecting “cultural issues we need to do a deep
dive on.”
Lehnertz did not mince words
last week as she addressed the
issues.
“In the midst of a very bright
up, the Centennial year, we have
learned of some very dark downs
— sexual harassment in at least
two national park units,” she
said in an email to employees,
first reported by National Parks
Traveler.
“The sexual harassment at
Grand Canyon National Park and
Cape Canaveral National Seashore means that some of our NPS
colleagues have suffered immea-
surable harm, and the outrageous
misconduct of a few park employees has driven dedicated professionals away from federal service.
“We can’t wait another moment
for this to change dramatically, or
for the NPS to honestly, directly,
and completely address these issues,” she wrote. “Grand Canyon
National Park now has a responsibility to lead the National Park Service in eliminating the factors that
have allowed such behaviors.”
At Canaveral, the inspector general found that multiple female
employees at the Central Florida
park have been subjected to sexual
harassment, and men and women
alike to a hostile workplace for at
least five years.
The latest report, released in
June, showed a pattern of unwant-
ed advances and attention — along
with inappropriate remarks — to
female subordinates by the chief
law enforcement officer. He is still
employed by the park but was recently ordered to work at home.
Female employees said the Park
Service largely ignored their reports of harassment.
In his memo to park employees
Wednesday, Jarvis said the Park
Service is setting up a confidential hotline for victims and others
who may have witnessed sexual
misconduct.
He also said the Equal Employment Opportunity Office, which
handles formal allegations of harassment, now reports directly to
him. And he assured employees
that if they speak out, they will not
suffer retaliation.
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UK’s May in N. Ireland to allay Brexit concerns
BY JILL L AWLESS
Associated Press
LONDON — British Prime Minister
Theresa May met Northern Ireland’s leaders in Belfast on Monday in a bid to allay
Northern Irish concerns about Britain’s
vote to leave the European Union.
May was holding talks with First Minister Arlene Foster and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness. The leaders of
Northern Ireland’s power-sharing administration were divided on the EU. Foster’s
pro-British Democratic Unionist Party
backed the “leave” side in the June 23 referendum, while McGuinness’ Irish nationalist Sinn Fein wanted to stay in the EU.
Northern Ireland
is the only part of
the United Kingdom
to share a land border with another EU
member, the Republic of Ireland. Residents and businesses
on both sides of the
frontier fear a return
to customs and immiMay
gration controls along
the unmarked border.
May said Monday that “I have been clear
that we will make a success of the U.K.’s
departure from the European Union. That
means it must work for Northern Ireland,
too, including in relation to the border with
the Republic.”
May also has visited Scotland and Wales
since taking office on July 13 in a bid to
ease strains the referendum result has put
on the United Kingdom. A majority of voters in England and Wales backed leaving
the 28-nation EU, but well over half of people in Scotland and Northern Ireland voted
to remain.
The result has boosted the movement for
Scottish independence, with First Minister
Nicola Sturgeon saying she will do whatever it takes to keep Scotland in the EU.
The referendum result also raises questions about the future of Northern Ireland,
which saw decades of violence between
Irish nationalists and British unionists before a late-1990s peace settlement.
McGuinness, whose party seeks a united Ireland, has said the result should lead
to a referendum on whether to join the
republic.
May has said she will not begin formal
negotiations to leave the EU until there is
a U.K.-wide plan for British exit, known as
Brexit.
“I want to assure the people of Northern Ireland that I will lead a government
which works for everyone across all parts
of the United Kingdom, and that Northern
Ireland is a special and valued part of that
union,” she said Monday.
Ex-Georgian leader takes
aim at Ukraine corruption
BY YURAS K ARMANAU
Associated Press
ODESSA, Ukraine — Mikhail
Saakashvili, the former president of Georgia, has brought his
corruption-fighting record to his
job as governor of the Odessa
region
in
Ukraine.
So
far,
however,
the pace has
been
dismally slow.
His stifled
efforts
in
Odessa show
the systemic
problems
Saakashvili
still facing
the entire country two years after
it broke with Moscow and aligned
itself firmly with the West.
Odessa, Ukraine’s largest port,
is known not only for exquisite
theaters and museums but for its
organized crime, which Saakashvili said resembles Chicago at the
time of Al Capone. Saakashvili
blames the lack of progress on
the preservation of the old system
of backroom deals and the pervasive power of politically connected businessmen.
“I think the patience of Ukrainians is running out,” Saakashvili
said inside a sweltering canvas
tent with European Union and
Ukrainian flags flying overhead.
“This corrupt system cannot
continue.”
Saakashvili passionately described plans for European-style
reforms, including restructuring
the police force and customs service, which he said will determine
the future not only of Ukraine but
of the entire post-Soviet region.
In Georgia, Saakashvili’s main
achievements as president from
2004 to 2013 included a significant reduction in corruption and
a crackdown on organized crime.
He completely reformed the police force, ending its long-held
tradition of taking bribes.
Saakashvili was appointed
Odessa governor in 2015, a year
after President Petro Poroshenko
came to power following mass
protests against corruption and
demanding closer ties with the
West. Poroshenko made the appointment to promote greater integration with the EU.
Saakashvili has fired the heads
of 24 of the 27 districts in the
Odessa region, but critics say
it has had little impact on corruption. Saakashvili blames the
resistance of local elites and his
limited powers as governor.
To spearhead the fight against
corruption, Saakashvili set out to
reform the police force and the
customs service in Odessa.
Associated Press journalists
unexpectedly were witness to a
special operation to detain two
police officers accused of taking
bribes. A chase involving patrol
cars with flashing lights and a
shootout in the center of Odessa
ended with the suspected police
officers in handcuffs.
The customs service in Odessa
says businesses no longer need
to wait weeks or even months for
goods to clear now that shadow
schemes have been eliminated and procedures have been
simplified.
“We have managed to create a
healthy alternative to the corrupt
system,” said Yulia Marushevska, the head of Odessa’s custom
service.
PETROS K ARADJIAS/AP
A woman passes by a tour city bus with Turkish flags and a banner depicting Turkish President Recep
Tayyip Erdogan in Taksim Square in Istanbul on Monday.
Turkey issues warrants for 42 journalists
Associated Press
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish authorities issued
warrants on Monday for the detention of 42 journalists and detained 31 academics, official media
reported, as the government pressed ahead with a
crackdown against people allegedly linked to a U.S.based Muslim cleric following a failed coup.
The state-run Anadolu news agency said the list of
journalists wanted for questioning included prominent writer Nazli Ilicak, who is critical of President
Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Ilicak has opposed the government clampdown on a movement led by Fethullah Gulen, the cleric accused by Turkey of directing
the July 15 coup attempt.
Gulen has denied any involvement in the failed
insurrection that left about 290 people dead and was
put down by loyalist forces and pro-government
protesters.
So far, five journalists have been detained for
questioning, Anadolu reported.
Prosecutors requested their detention to shed light
on the coup plot and the warrants are not related to
their “journalistic activities, but possible criminal
conduct,” a senior official in Erdogan’s office said
in a text message sent to foreign media. He spoke on
condition of anonymity in line with Turkish government regulations.
The list of wanted journalists, according to the
pro-government Sabah newspaper, also includes
news editor Erkan Acar, of the Ozgur Dusunce
newspaper, and news show host Erkan Akkus, of the
Can Erzincan TV station. Both media organizations
are offshoots of Bugun newspaper and Bugun TV,
which were taken over by the government in an October 2015 police raid.
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Kerry meets ASEAN
officials after plan to
rebuke China falters
BY M ATTHEW LEE
Associated Press
VIENTIANE, Laos — Secretary of State John Kerry on
Monday stressed the importance
of complying with a rules-based
international system in a meeting with his counterparts from
Southeast Asia shortly after they
were unable to agree on a statement criticizing China for territorial expansion in the South China
Sea.
Kerry met with the foreign
ministers from the 10 members
of the Association of Southeast
Asian Nations at a regional security conference in Laos on Monday and made no direct mention
of the South China Sea tensions
between China and its smaller
neighbors.
He did praise ASEAN generally for speaking up for “a rulesbased international system that
protects the rights of all nations
whether big or small.”
Kerry wrapped up brief public
remarks by noting “how much
can be accomplished when we
work together, invest in the future
and, perhaps most importantly,
support the rules-based system
that has led to steadily increased
peace and prosperity for nearly
50 years now.”
Earlier Monday, ASEAN omitted any mention of the most
recent and potentially most relevant “rules-based” decision for
the bloc: a July 12 international
arbitration panel ruling in a dispute between the Philippines and
China that said Beijing’s claims in
the South China Sea were illegal.
After hectic negotiations, the
10 members of the Association
of Southeast Asian Nations issued a watered-down rebuke that
amounted to less than a slap on
the wrist and exposed the deep
divisions in a regional body that
prides itself on unity.
China is bitterly opposed to the
decision, has rejected it and has
vowed to ignore it. The U.S. has
urged both China and the Philippines to respect the ruling.
Kerry is to meet later Monday
in Vientiane with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and on
Tuesday will travel to Manila for
talks with new Filipino President
Rodrigo Duterte.
HOW HWEE YOUNG /AP
U.S. National Security Adviser Susan Rice, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands during
their meeting Monday at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
Obama aide Rice visits Beijing
Philippine leader declares after South China Sea ruling
a cease-fire with rebels
BY JIM GOMEZ
AND T ERESA CEROJANO
Associated Press
MANILA, Philippines — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte
declared a unilateral cease-fire
with communist guerrillas effective immediately Monday and
asked the rebels to do the same
to end decades of deadly violence
and to foster the resumption of
peace talks.
In his first state of the nation
address before Congress, Duterte
said he wanted a “permanent and
lasting peace” before the end of
his six-year term, which commenced on June 30. The former
city mayor, who built a name for
his tough, crime-busting style,
also focused on his battle against
illegal drugs, threatening drug
dealers anew with death.
Addressing the New People’s
Army guerrillas, Duterte said:
“Let us end these decades of ambuscades and skirmishes. We are
going nowhere and it is getting
bloodier by the day.”
“Let me make this appeal to
you,” he said. “If we cannot as yet
love one another, then in God’s
name, let us not hate each other
too much.”
The Philippine military welcomed Duterte’s announcement
but said it “will remain alert,
vigilant and ready to defend itself
and pursue attackers if confronted by armed elements of the New
People’s Army.”
“The commander in chief has
initiated a very bold move and
we fully support him in his effort
to bring sustainable and lasting
peace,” said military spokesman
Brig. Gen. Restituto Padilla.
The decadeslong communist
insurgency, one of Asia’s longest,
has left about 150,000 combatants
and civilians dead since it broke
out in the late 1960s. It also has
stalled economic development,
especially in the countryside,
where the Maoist insurgents have
had an active presence.
Under Duterte’s predecessor,
Benigno Aquino III, peace negotiations with the communists that
were brokered by Norway stalled
over the government’s rejection
of a rebel demand for the release
of captured insurgents.
Duterte, 71, who describes
himself as a socialist, had given
concessions to the rebels and designated left-wing activists to at
least two Cabinet posts.
BY GILLIAN WONG
Associated Press
BEIJING — China and the U.S.
should deal with their differences
candidly, U.S. National Security
Adviser Susan Rice told Chinese
President Xi Jinping on Monday,
as ties were set to be tested after a
tribunal invalidated Beijing’s vast
claims in the South China Sea.
Rice is the highest-level White
House official to visit China since
the July 12 ruling by an international tribunal delivered a victory
to the Philippines, a U.S. ally, in
its dispute with China.
Meeting Xi, Rice said the U.S.
and China’s interdependence
meant that China’s success was
also in America’s interest, and
said the two nations have demonstrated that they can work together on major global issues such as
climate change.
“At the same time, we are confronting our differences with
candor and clarity and we believe
that clarity produces predictability, and predictability produces
stability,” Rice said.
Xi told Rice that he was committed to building a good bilateral relationship on “the basis
of no conflict, no confrontation,
mutual respect and win-win
cooperation.”
The South China Sea received
no mention in any of the opening remarks Rice and Chinese
leaders made in front of reporters Monday. Officials repeatedly
acknowledged the importance of
managing their disagreements.
Beijing has reacted angrily to
the ruling by the Hague-based
tribunal, decrying the panel as
unfair and accusing Washington
of interfering in the region. The
U.S., whose navy patrols the waters, has called on China to abide
by the ruling while also urging
calm.
Rice met earlier with top general Fan Changlong, who told her
the sides still faced “obstacles
and challenges.”
“If we don’t properly handle
these factors, it will very likely
disturb and undermine this steady
momentum of our military-tomilitary relationship,” said Fan,
who serves as vice chairman of
the ruling Communist Party’s
Central Military Commission.
Rice pointed to the increased
communication between the sides
that she said has reduced the possibility of conflict, even while
their militaries operate in closer
proximity than ever before.
Despite such progress, “we
have challenges and differences
to discuss and to manage,” Rice
said.
Rice conveyed a similar mes-
sage when she met with China’s
top diplomat, State Councilor
Yang Jiechi. Yang said that the
sides had stable relations, but that
there were still differences that
had to be carefully managed.
China’s island development in
the South China Sea has inflamed
regional tensions, including with
nations that have competing
claims to the land formations.
Beijing’s officials see an
American plot behind the arbitration case, considering that as
just another sign of what China
perceives as a relentless U.S.
campaign to contain its rise to
prominence. The United States
says it takes no position on South
China Sea sovereignty claims, but
insists that freedom of navigation
and overflight in the region be
maintained.
Rice’s visit is primarily aimed
at preparing for President
Barack Obama’s trip to China in
September to attend the leaders’
summit of the Group of 20 major
economies.
Rice also will visit Shanghai
and meet with business executives to discuss challenges that
U.S. businesses face while operating in China, according to a
statement from the U.S. National
Security Council.
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Strike by
doctors
taking toll
in Haiti
BY DAVID MCFADDEN
Associated Press
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Empty halls
buzz with flies. Rats scamper through the
wards at night. The emergency room is empty
except for four shackled prisoners, watched
over by relatives and missionaries.
The Hospital of the State University of
Haiti, the largest and most important public
medical facility in this troubled country, is at
the epicenter of the most punishing strike by
Haitian medical workers in memory.
“We’ve been left to rot,” said Alme Cesar,
one of the shackled prisoners, who was brought
to the hospital months ago for treatment that
has yet to materialize. “I would have died here
without my wife coming to care for me.”
Young doctors and interns walked off the
job in March to protest chronic shortages of
basic medical supplies, dismal pay and working conditions so unsafe that relatives of patients routinely threaten them, even storming
into operating rooms with handguns.
Nurses and support staff soon joined. Then
waves of strikes spread to 12 other government-run hospitals across Haiti, crippling a
severely under-resourced health system.
Health Ministry authorities say four state
hospitals are closed, and others hit by strikes
are functioning at diminished capacity. They
A worker moves a bed while sweeping the
empty pathology ward at La Paix Hospital in
Delmas, Haiti.
Prince wishes he spoke
about mom sooner
PHOTOS
BY
DIEU N ALIO C HERY/AP
A young cancer patient sits in a chair, waiting for his treatment, at the Hospital of the State
University of Haiti in Port-au-Prince. The country’s longest hospital strike shows no sign of
ending, leaving the poorest citizens suffering most.
claim hospitals are gradually reopening.
But Associated Press journalists visited one
hospital identified as open in the capital’s Delmas district and found it barely scraping along.
While a couple of specialists did scheduled
consultations, support staff sat at the entrance
turning away people seeking treatment.
The government-run hospitals that cater to
Haiti’s poorest citizens frequently lack basic
supplies like surgical gloves, gauze, antiseptics and sometimes even water. Power outages
force night-shift doctors to use light from their
cellphones to finish operations.
The director general of the Health Ministry, Dr. Gabriel Thimothe, said public hospitals have been badly underfinanced for many
years. The Haitian government devotes 4.7
percent of its budget to health care and has
called for increasing the share to nearly 10
percent next year under a proposed budget.
Thimothe said many of the striking resident
doctors are “radicals” who trained in Cuba.
“We’re open to negotiations. But we can’t
give everything they demand due to the economic situation of the country,” he said.
Since 1996, resident doctors in Haiti have
been paid $120 a month, a paltry salary eroded further by the rising cost of living.
After initially demanding $500 a month,
striking residents now say they will accept
$360. They rejected a government offer of
roughly $200 monthly to return to work.
Dr. Vanessa Mehu, a third-year anesthesiology resident, said the strike would not stop until
their demands were met. While salaries are a
major sticking point, she said doctors need systemic changes to the public health system.
“People were dying for nothing,” Mehu
said. “People were dying because they didn’t
have money to buy gloves. People were dying
because they didn’t have money to buy some
serum, syringes.”
Thimothe said at least three deaths, including a pregnant woman who died outside the
State University hospital’s gates, have been
attributed to the strike.
Haiti’s longest health walkout comes as a political impasse between feuding factions shows
no sign of ending, leaving the poorest citizens
suffering most amid Haiti’s leadership drift.
Interim President Jocelerme Privert, whose
term ended last month but who remains in office as divided lawmakers delay a vote on his
fate, has threatened to strip hospital residents
of their medical licenses.
“He’s just trying to intimidate the residents,” said Dr. Joseph Herold, a third-year
resident in obstetrics and gynecology.
Recently, specialist physicians tried to report
to work at the State University hospital but they
were driven away by striking residents.
Life expectancy in Haiti has long been the
shortest in the Western Hemisphere. Mosquito-borne diseases, measles, meningitis and
other scourges are common. Malnutrition and
stunted growth are widespread. Cholera has
killed at least 10,000 people since 2010, when
it was introduced into the country, likely by
U.N. peacekeeping troops.
Few patients can afford prescription medicines, and private care is out of reach for many.
Those with means seek treatment in Miami or
the neighboring Dominican Republic.
About 50 percent of total health care expenditure in Haiti is provided by nongovernment
organizations, according to the World Bank.
Clinics and hospitals run by foreign NGOs
such as Doctors Without Borders have been
swamped with patients.
At Port-au-Prince’s State University hospital, which was supposed to be rebuilt by now
with $83 million from international donors,
Penina Pierre sat alone in a dermatology
ward. Visiting missionaries are keeping her
fed since she has no family.
“Maybe someday the doctors will come
back,” said Pierre, the skin around her bandaged foot discolored and inflamed.
End of rat race? New Zealand aims to become pest-free
BY NICK PERRY
Associated Press
WELLINGTON, New Zealand
— Their abilities to travel, multiply and spread disease have always made rats one of mankind’s
greatest pests.
New Zealand says it’s time to
wipe them out.
Prime Minister John Key on
Monday announced a plan to rid
the South Pacific nation of rats and
other nuisance animals, including
possums and stoats, by 2050.
The government is hoping a ratfree countryside will give a boost
to native birds, including the kiwi.
Many bird species are threatened
with extinction because rats and
other pests feast on their eggs and
compete for food.
New Zealand looks to build on
its success in eradicating rats from
several of its smaller islands.
Some scientists caution the
goal will be extremely difficult to
achieve in a nation similar in size
to the United Kingdom.
Speaking from a wildlife sanctuary in Wellington, Key said the
goal would require the help of
everyone from philanthropists to
indigenous Maori tribes.
He said the government would
initially contribute $20 million
over four years toward setting up
a company to run the program
and would consider partially
matching money contributed by
local councils and businesses.
New Zealand’s Department of
Conservation has eradicated rats
from several small islands using
traps, poisons and baits. And it
has also intensively managed
some areas on the main islands to
make them safer for native birds.
But it would require a massive
escalation of those efforts to completely wipe out the pests.
Ecologist James Russell, from
the University of Auckland, said,
“I really do think it’s possible.
It will require people working
in every nook and corner of the
country.”
He said getting rid of the pests
would make a huge difference to
native flora and fauna.
New Zealand is unusual in that
its native animals are mainly
birds, some of which became
flightless over time. When humans arrived and brought rats,
the rodents had few predators.
Jacqueline Beggs, another ecologist from the university, said getting everybody from farmers to
anti-government types to agree on
the idea would be more difficult.
“It’s definitely a fantastic challenge,” she said. “It will really
stretch the boundaries.”
Beggs said she also worries the
goal could distract from other important environmental issues and
could even create new problems,
such as an explosion in the population of mice.
LONDON — Britain’s Prince
Harry says he wishes he had spoken sooner about the death of his
mother, Princess Diana.
Harry, who did not speak about
his bereavement until three years
ago, told the BBC it wasn’t a sign
of weakness to speak about problems. Harry, now 31, was 12 when
Diana died in a car crash in 1997.
“I really regret not ever talking
about it,” Harry said.
The comments, broadcast Monday, came during a barbecue with
athletes who had struggled with
mental health issues. Among others attending the event were England soccer star Rio Ferdinand,
whose wife died from cancer.
Harry said anyone can be affected by mental health issues.
“Everyone can suffer,” he said.
Fire on Greek island
threatens homes
ATHENS, Greece — Authorities declared a state of emergency
on the Greek island of Chios after
a forest fire fanned by high winds
threatened homes overnight.
The Fire Service and local officials said elderly residents in several villages had been moved out
of their homes after the fire broke
out before dawn Monday.
Six fire-fighting helicopters
were operating in the area, but
strong winds kept planes grounded. The blaze is affecting areas
associated with producing mastic
gum — a popular local product
used mainly to add flavor in cooking and made from tree sap.
Moscow app inspired
by ‘Pokemon Go’
MOSCOW — Moscow City Hall
launched a new app based on the
smartphone game “Pokemon Go”
in which users can “catch” famous Russian historical figures.
City Hall said in a statement
Monday that the app would be
available next month and should
encourage Muscovites to get outside more.
The virtual reality game provisionally named “Get to Know
Moscow. Photo” allows players to
search for national icons like Peter
the Great, Ivan the Terrible, poet
Alexander Pushkin, cosmonaut
Yuri Gagarin and Soviet rock star
Viktor Tsoi. When found, players
will be able to use the “selfie”
function to take a photo with the
famous characters.
Indian police say Israeli
raped in moving car
NEW DELHI — Police in
northern India are questioning
two men in connection with the
alleged rape of a 25-year-old Israeli tourist in a moving car.
Police Superintendent Padam
Chand said the woman boarded
the car in the hill resort of Manali
Sunday to travel to a nearby town,
also in Himachal Pradesh state.
Chand said Monday there were
six men in the car, and two of
them raped the tourist after stopping at a desolate spot.
Two of the men were in police
custody and a search was on for
the other four.
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The dangers in the Trump doctrine
BY TRUDY RUBIN
The Philadelphia Inquirer
L
ast week Donald Trump laid
out a deeply disturbing view of
America’s role in the world.
The Trump Doctrine — if we
can call this mass of contradictions a doctrine — embraces isolationism while simultaneously insisting Trump can swiftly
destroy the Islamic State group. It suggests
we should abandon our closest allies, the
democracies in NATO and Asia, even as
Trump embraces autocrats like Russian
leader Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
But what is scariest about the Trump
Doctrine is that its author shows no grasp
of what he is talking about and no desire
to learn, even as he makes clear his belief
that he, and he alone, knows everything.
The key line in Trump’s dark acceptance
speech at the Republican convention went
like this: “Nobody knows the system better
than I, which is why I alone can fix it.”
This is the statement of a demagogue
who will do tremendous harm to U.S. security if given the chance. Let us count the
ways that Trump’s message will, and already has, made America less safe:
First, his apocalyptic speech painted
a dark, scary portrait of America that is
grist for Russian and Chinese (and Islamic
State) propaganda mills that claim the
American system is finished as a global
model.
Yet Trump has falsely defamed his own
country. Contrary to his claims, the U.S.
economy is doing well, unemployment is
down and serious urban crime, while undergoing a 2015 uptick in some cities, is
down in many urban areas and has been
dropping steadily for more than a decade.
Second, Trump’s praise for autocrats,
and disrespect for his own democracy, further feeds the Russian-Chinese-Islamic
State narrative that liberal democracies
are headed for history’s dustbin. In a scary
foreign policy interview with The New
York Times, Trump expressed admiration
for only two foreign leaders. The first was
Putin, who pulls all the strings in Russia,
sends opponents to Siberia (if they are not
mysteriously murdered), and is trying to
imitate a czar. “I think Putin and I will get
along very well,” he told the Times.
The second was Erdogan, who wants
to reclaim the past glories of an Ottoman
sultan. He has used a failed coup as an excuse to round up tens of thousands of civilians, including anyone who might ever
oppose him, behavior that Trump refused
to criticize. Even before the coup attempt,
the Turkish leader had silenced leading
opposition media by using draconian libel
laws that bankrupted critical newspapers.
Trump has said he would tighten U.S.
libel laws if elected (First Amendment be
damned).
Third, Trump promotes an America
First isolationism that will convince the
world that our country is a spent power. He
has undercut key alliances with Europe,
Japan and South Korea, which will thrill
Russia and China as they try to dominate
their neighbors.
Last week Trump said he might not
honor the essential pledge to come to the
aid of a NATO member under attack if that
state had not “fulfilled their obligations
to us.” He also suggested he might bring
troops home from Japan and South Korea,
which would strengthen China’s effort
to dominate the region and increase the
North Korean threat there.
Trump made clear to the Times that he
sees little value in those alliances, especially if they protect countries with whom
America has a trade imbalance. In other
words, to Trump — a man whose deals
often enriched him even as creditors were
left hanging — our key security alliances
are meaningless if they don’t turn a profit.
(He also appears ignorant of the fact the
Japan pays heavily for the cost of U.S.
bases.)
This is the man who says he will make
America safe.
Fourth, this level of ignorance pervades
most of Trump’s foreign policy positions.
Example: He talks of starting a massive
trade war with China but seems to have
no appreciation of the cost to America in
lost exports and jobs (not to mention the
fact that such a war would probably shut
down Wal-Mart, which depends on cheap
Chinese imports and is where much of
Trump’s base shops).
Fifth, in foreign (as well as domestic)
policy, Trump makes promises he can’t
possibly keep. There won’t be a wall along
our southern border paid for by Mexico
nor can he deport 11 million undocumented immigrants. Nor will Trump be able to
instantly vanquish the Islamic State group
as he claims.
So I can’t help wondering what a President Trump would tell the U.S. public
when he is revealed as a charlatan. Probably he will blame his failure on internal
enemies. That’s what Putin does, blaming
“traitors” who undermine Mother Russia.
That’s what Erdogan does, blaming “traitors,” including the Kurds and a cleric in
Pennsylvania, and America.
We know the Donald already has a long
enemies list that includes blacks, Hispanics, the media and anyone who crosses him.
His angry followers, including the racists
and crazies who have been mainstreamed
by his campaign, would no doubt vent their
anger on these traitors.
The one person Trump is unlikely to
blame for the security debacle that will follow his election would be himself.
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member for The Philadelphia Inquirer.
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Clinton’s 3 tougher challenges at the convention
BY DOYLE MCM ANUS
Los Angeles Times
D
onald Trump made one part of
Hillary Clinton’s job easier last
week — by making the braggadocios claim that he alone can
cure the nation’s ills, a boast that sounded
more like a promise of one-man rule. But
Clinton faces three other big challenges at
her convention in Philadelphia this week,
and they won’t be as easy as painting
Trump as a dangerous blowhard.
Her first challenge is an old one: Can
she make herself seem likable enough
for Americans to want her in their living
rooms?
“People think of her as competent,”
Democratic pollster Peter D. Hart said
recently, “but they don’t like her.” To win
the general election, he said, Clinton needs
to show that she’s actually “easygoing and
likable — her friendships, her depth, all of
those things.”
Which may not be as hard as it sounds.
Bill Clinton changed voters’ perceptions
in 1992 with a video that cast him as the
“Man from Hope,” a poor boy who made it
to the top through grit. In his wife’s case,
a few warm anecdotes from friends and a
few sweet videos of Grandma Hillary cradling a baby (the kind of videos that seem
to be missing from the Trump collection)
can go a long way.
Her second challenge is both more political and more difficult: In a year when most
voters are deeply dissatisfied with the direction the country’s going, Clinton needs
to cast herself as an agent of change.
The title she doesn’t want is the one GOP
vice presidential nominee Mike Pence
tried to pin on her last week: “secretary of
the status quo.”
“There’s no question that there’s a penalty for trying for a third term,” Democratic
pollster Mark Mellman told me, referring
to the eight years the White House has
been in his party’s hands. “And it’s hard
for her to run as the most qualified person
ever, but as an outsider too.”
David Axelrod, President Barack
Obama’s chief strategist in 2008, said, “I
don’t think she can plausibly campaign as
the candidate of change because she has
been a fixture in American politics for
such a long time.”
Clinton’s answer has been to cast herself
as an apostle of both continuity and change
— continuity for parts of the Obama legacy
that are popular (economic recovery, some
aspects of Obamacare) and tweaks for
parts that haven’t worked as well (middle
incomes, other aspects of Obamacare and
gridlock in Congress).
But even that may be tricky. She’s depending on millions of Obama voters to
transfer their loyalties to her. She can’t
sound as if she’s dismissing anything the
president has done.
Finally, Clinton faces a problem that
some of her aides acknowledge may be insoluble between now and November: her
trust deficit.
A CBS News Poll last month found that
most voters don’t think Clinton is honest and trustworthy — although about
the same percentage don’t think Trump
is honest and trustworthy (62 percent for
Clinton, 63 percent for Trump).
But in a telling contrast, the same poll
found that while most voters give Trump
credit for “saying what he believes,” only
33 percent said Clinton was forthright.
The Democratic nominee’s standoff with
FBI Director James Comey — he decided
not to prosecute her over her emails but
said she had made many false statements
en route to her nonindictment — reinforced her well-earned image as the Great
Prevaricator. And she knows it.
“A lot of people tell pollsters they don’t
trust me. I don’t like hearing that, and I’ve
thought a lot about what’s behind it,” she
said in Chicago last month.
Her answer? “Political opponents and
conspiracy theorists have accused me of
every crime in the book,” she said. “None
of it’s true. Never has been.”
That dismissive attitude isn’t going to
help.
“Those trust numbers are probably not
going to get improved that much,” said
David Plouffe, Obama’s campaign manager in 2008. “Every candidate has strengths
and weaknesses. … You’re not going to
have positives on everything.”
Axelrod agreed, saying, “I don’t think
you can have a strategy to prove to skeptics
that you’re trustworthy.”
To win, Clinton may have to ask voters
to overlook her greatest flaw. And she may
need to rely on people like Reed Benet, a
Republican businessman from Michigan,
who says he’s not happy with Trump and
might vote for the Democrat.
“I’m coming to the conclusion that being
a liar is not a disqualifying factor to be
president of the United States,” he said.
“And I feel terrible for saying that.”
Doyle McManus is a Los Angeles Times columnist.
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Spanish galleon, Viking THE CENSUS
longboat replicas sail in
— A 164-foot
MI DETROIT
Spanish galleon has
sailed into Grand Traverse Bay
$500K
The amount stolen by a Las Vegas woman who is seeking to get out of prison and into gambling addiction treatment. Jerry Nann Meador, who admitted she stole from the plumbing company where she kept the books for decades, has been in legal limbo since last month, when
her felony theft conviction was overturned by a judge who ruled she’s eligible for treatment.
in northern Michigan.
The Grand Rapids Press reported that the Galeon Andalucia
is part of the Great Lakes Tall
Ship Challenge and was expected
to remain in Clinch Park Marina
in Traverse City through Monday.
It’s a replica of galleons from the
16th and 17th centuries.
The vessel was in Bay City earlier this month. Its homeport is in
Seville, Spain.
A replica Viking longboat also
is traversing waterways around
the state as it heads to Chicago for
the Tall Ship Festival. The Draken Harald Harfagre of Norway is
on Lake Michigan and headed toward South Haven in southwestern Michigan.
Doctor gets prison for
bathroom recordings
WARWICK — A Rhode
Island doctor has been
sentenced to prison for hiding a
camera in a bathroom in his home
and recording a woman and a 16year-old girl getting into and out
of the shower.
WJAR-TV reported William
Thompson was sentenced Friday under a plea agreement to
18 months behind bars. He must
undergo sex offender counseling
and also must register as a sex
offender.
Thompson pleaded guilty to
two counts of video voyeurism.
He was charged last year after
police said he hid the camera in a
bathroom in his East Greenwich
home sometime in May 2015.
Thompson, an anesthesiologist,
voluntarily agreed to not practice
medicine while the case was in
court.
RI
48 people escape bus
fire on interstate
BUFORD — FortyGA
eight people escaped
a charter bus that erupted into
flames on an interstate near the
Mall of Georgia.
Gwinnett Fire spokesman Capt.
Tommy Rutledge said the fire
started near the engine compartment toward the back of the bus
Friday afternoon. Rutledge said
the bus carrying the 48 people
was one of three traveling along
Interstate 85.
Rutledge said the cause of the
fire is undetermined. No one was
injured, and the passengers were
put onto the two other buses.
Rutledge said all southbound
lanes were closed until firefighters were able to control the blaze,
which caused heavy damage to
the bus.
Unsanitary home spurs
child neglect charges
BISMARCK — Authorities said a Bismarck woman faces child neglect
charges due to unsanitary conditions at her home.
Bismarck Police Sgt. Mark
Buschena told the Bismarck Tribune that four children under
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Wookies on watch
Fans dressed as “Chewie’s Angels” gather Friday, the second day of Comic-Con International, held at the San Diego Convention Center.
the woman’s care were removed
from the home Thursday. He said
relatives are now caring for the
children, who range in age from
2 to 9.
Authorities said the residence
was declared unlivable by a city
health inspector, who found animal and human waste, garbage
and food on home’s floor.
Buschena said an officer
smelled foul odors while he was
interviewing the woman 30 feet
from her home.
River conditions delay
rubber duck race
FAIRBANKS — High
water on the Chena
River in Fairbanks forced organizers to postpone or cancel
planned races for both rubber
ducks and humans.
The Fairbanks Daily NewsMiner reported that the high
water forced Saturday’s Rubber
Duckie Race and the Sunday
Golden Days River Regatta to be
postponed one week. Sunday’s
Dawg Gone Canoe Race was canceled for the year.
The river events were scheduled as part of Fairbanks’ Gold
Days celebration, a multiday festival that honors the city’s gold
rush past.
AK
Aquarium releases 2
endangered sea turtles
FOLLY BEACH —
SC
Two sea turtles named
Flounder and Apache are again
swimming in the Atlantic Ocean
after being rescued off Myrtle
Beach.
The endangered Kemp’s Ridley sea turtles were released late
Friday at Folly Beach southwest
of Charleston after being rehabilitated at the South Carolina
Aquarium. The aquarium has
treated and released a total of 195
sea turtles.
Both turtles were found earlier
this year near Myrtle Beach and
were treated because they had
swallowed fishing hooks that had
to be removed by veterinarians at
the aquarium.
Man hears noises, finds
intruder in his hot tub
VENTURA — Police
CA
said a Southern California resident who heard noises
in his backyard went outside and
found a man in his hot tub.
The Ventura County Star reported that the resident confronted the intruder, who ran off.
Ventura police found the suspect on the roof of a neighboring
house. The 47-year-old man was
arrested without incident on suspicion of prowling.
The man, described by officials
as a transient, could face other
charges including parole violation and being under the influence of a controlled substance.
Logger falls 500 feet
down ravine, is rescued
owner, Robin McNeilley, after
a picture of the snake ran in the
newspaper.
Lavender escaped from her enclosure in August and wasn’t seen
again until last week. The 20inch snake survived Sitka’s winter, predators and even the lawn
mower of the man who found her.
Permits now available
for state’s gator hunt
NEWPORT — AuthorMACON — Georgia
OR
ities said they successfully rescued an injured logger GA wildlife officials say
hunters are now able to apply for
who fell 500 feet down a ravine
about 15 miles east of Newport.
The U.S. Coast Guard said in a
news release one of its helicopter
crews was called to assist in the
rescue near Chitwood on Friday.
They hoisted the logger out and
transported the person to Corvallis. Officials said the logger had
broken ribs and a collapsed lung.
Pet snake survives
winter outside in Alaska
SITKA — A Sitka
AK
woman was reunited
with her pet snake after it slithered
out the door almost a year ago.
The Sitka Daily Sentinel reported that Lavender, a corn
snake, was found in a man’s
yard and was reunited with her
a limited number of permits for
the state’s upcoming gator hunt.
The Georgia Department of
Natural Resources is accepting
applications through Sunday to
identify 1,000 hunters. They will
be granted permits to hunt gators
between sunset Aug. 19 and sunrise Oct. 3.
John Bowers, chief of the DNR’s
Game Management Section, said
in a statement that officials expect to have 10,000 or more applications submitted for the 1,000
available permits.
The Telegraph reported that
legal methods for catching a gator
are limited to hand-held ropes or
snares, snatch hooks, harpoons,
gigs or arrows with a restraining
line attached.
From wire reports
Tuesday, July 26, 2016
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‘Star Trek Beyond’ soars with
$59.6M at weekend box office
“Star Trek Beyond” has landed atop the
weekend box office.
Paramount’s latest outing with the Starship
Enterprise soared to $59.6 million in North
American ticket sales, knocking Universal’s
“The Secret Life of Pets” from the No. 1 spot,
according to studio estimates Sunday.
“Pets” was the second-most-popular film
at theaters, adding an additional $29.3 million to its stellar $260 million earnings to
date. “Star Trek Beyond” is the third film
since J.J. Abrams rebooted the franchise
in 2009. Despite the latest release opening
$20 million behind 2009’s “Star Trek,” experts say it’s still promising for Paramount.
“This is a solid enough debut to tell them
there’s still enough interest in Star Trek to
keep this franchise alive,” said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for box-office
tracker comScore.
“The Secret Life of Pets” and “Ghostbusters” bested the weekend’s other new
releases. Warner Bros.’ low-budget horror
“Lights Out” tied with “Ghostbusters” for
third place with $21.6 million, while Fox’s
animated “Ice Age: Collision Course” debuted with $21 million. Fox Searchlight’s
“Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie” opened
outside the top 10 with $1.8 million.
Homecoming
Marvel marks its return to Comic-Con
with announcements, movie previews
BY LINDSEY BAHR
Associated Press
Marvel Studios took a year off from
Comic-Con, but it came back with a pow
July 23 with a spectacle and star-filled
presentation offering exclusive looks at
“Spider-Man: Homecoming,” “Doctor
Strange” and “Guardians of the Galaxy
Vol. 2.”
“We only want to come when we have a
lot of stuff to show you,” Marvel Studios
head Kevin Feige said. Feige didn’t disappoint the 6,500-person crowd inside
the convention hall with the nearly twohour presentation.
They kicked things off with “Black Panther,” which doesn’t start shooting until
January for a release in 2018. While there
weren’t any assets to tease, they did bring
out the cast, including star Chadwick
Boseman; Lupita Nyong’o; Michael B.
Jordan; the just-announced Danai Gurira,
best known for “The Walking Dead”; and
director Ryan Coogler.
Coogler, who directed “Creed” and
“Fruitvale Station,” said that it was a very
emotional experience being at Comic-Con.
He actually came as a fan in 2009 and remembered sitting in the very back of Hall
H. “It’s absolutely crazy to be looking at
my people from this view,” Coogler said.
The rest of the films on Marvel’s slate,
even those which have just started shooting, had something to show.
Audiences saw a documentary-style
“Thor” spoof from “Thor: Ragnarok”
director Taika Waititi, imagining what
Thor (Chris Hemsworth) was up to while
his buddies were off battling each other
in “Captain America: Civil War.” Essentially, Thor moves to Australia and gets
a dumpy white-collar roommate. “Thor:
Ragnarok” has just started filming for a
November 2017 release.
Those in Hall H also got a sneak peek
at “Spider-Man: Homecoming,” which
is just 10 days into its shoot. Marvel Studios unveiled initial footage showing star
Tom Holland as Peter Parker in the latest
big-screen reboot of the web-slinger. It’s
the first modern “Spider-Man” movie to
be done with the supervision of Marvel
Studios. It’s being co-produced by Sony
Pictures.
Marvel brought out the production
value for “Doctor Strange,” starting out
that portion of the presentation with a
smoke and light show, which cleared to
reveal star Benedict Cumberbatch on the
stage. “The scale of it is something else,”
said Cumberbatch, no stranger to playing
beloved characters.
The scene showed focused in on Tilda
Swinton’s The Ancient One teaching a reluctant Stephen Strange (Cumberbatch)
about his crazy new powers. Director
Scott Derrickson said he wanted to make
sure the “mind-trippy visuals” of the
comics were an integral part of the film,
which bows in November.
Costumed ravagers took the stage to
help tease “Guardians of the Galaxy
Vol. 2,” out next year, as did stars Chris
Pratt, Zoe Saldana and Dave Bautista.
The crowd went wild for an extended look
at a scene with the adorable Baby Groot
— a CG tree character — staging an escape from captivity with Yondu (Michael
Rooker) and Rocket Raccoon (Bradley
Cooper). Rooker sat on the stage in full
costume and makeup. Kurt Russell, also
present for the panel, was confirmed as
Star Lord’s (Pratt) father in a newly released trailer, resulting in a resounding
cheer from the audience.
Less popular, though, was the announcement that “Guardians of the Galaxy” would be overtaking the Tower of
Terror ride at Disneyland starting next
summer with a new ride. Audience members booed at the concept image.
Marvel closed things out on a high note,
however, with an obligatory all-Marvel
photo, including the new Captain Marvel
herself — Brie Larson, who was greeted
with a rapturous standing ovation.
New Star Trek series
gets title — and ship
The next chapter of the Star Trek fran-
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At top: Brie Larson gestures as Chris
Hardwick takes a selfie with actors
from Marvel Studios movies following
the Marvel Studios panels on day 3 of
Comic-Con International on July 23 in
San Diego. Above: President of Marvel
Studios Kevin Feige, left, and actor
Benedict Cumberbatch attend the “Dr.
Strange” panel on day 3 of Comic-Con.
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Rapper Lil Wayne — performing at the
Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles last month — has High Times “awaiting
an explanation” after the rapper’s short
performance at its Cannabis Cup event.
Other news
chise will be called “Star Trek: Discovery.” The title and footage of the starship
Discovery were teased at the end of a
Comic-Con panel July 23 celebrating the
series’ 50th anniversary with actors from
every previous Trek series. “Discovery”
executive producer Bryan Fuller said
the show coming to the CBS All Access
streaming video service will draw upon
the optimistic tone established by Trek
creator Gene Roddenberry.
The brief teaser featured close-ups of
a Starfleet vessel called the U.S.S. Discovery moving out of a docking station
located within an asteroid. “The idea of
naming it ‘Discovery’ just felt so intrinsic
to what Star Trek represents and where
we need to go as a species and how we’re
going to collectively come together as a
planet,” said Fuller during an interview
after the panel.
Rihanna set for ‘Bates Motel’
The cast and crew of the A&E drama
Bates Motel announced July 22 at ComicCon that the singer-actress will join them
to portray the role originated by Janet
Leigh in the original film version of
“Psycho.”
“Let me tell you what a bad bitch is
about to do,” Rihanna said in a video
played during the “Bates Motel” panel.
“I’m about to check into the Bates Motel
very soon.”
“Bates Motel” executive producers
Kerry Ehrin and Carlton Cuse were on
hand at the convention. Cuse said he and
Ehrin heard Rihanna was a fan of the
psychological series and called her casting the “perfect collision of creativity
and fate.”
High Times says it is “awaiting an explanation” from Lil Wayne’s representatives
after the rapper’s performance at its Cannabis Cup event in California. The magazine
says in a statement released Sunday that
Wayne was “contractually committed to performing for an hour” at the Medical Cannabis Concentrates Cup on July 23, but left the
stage after just four songs. A publicist for the
entertainer didn’t immediately respond to a
request for comment from The Associated
Press on Sunday.
U2, Drake, Britney Spears and Sting
will perform at the 2016 iHeartRadio Music
Festival in September. Sia, Billy Idol, Ariana Grande, Usher, Sam Hunt and Florida
Georgia Line will also perform during the
two-day event at the T-Mobile Arena in Las
Vegas on Sept. 23 and 24, iHeartMedia announced Monday.
The David Bowie musical “Lazarus” is
headed to London with star Michael C. Hall
on board. Producers said Monday that the
show will run at the King’s Cross Theatre
Oct. 25 until Jan. 22, 2017.
A guitar owned by British singer-songwriter Eric Clapton has sold at auction for
$45,000, and the proceeds will be used to pay
the medical bills of a Texas musician whose
wife recently died of leukemia. Heritage
Auctions in Dallas said in a statement July
23 the high bid for the 2014 Fender Stratocaster electric guitar was telephoned.
An Ohio tree that became a popular attraction for its role in the movie “The Shawshank Redemption” has fallen. Jodie Snavely,
of the Mansfield and Richland County Convention and Visitors Bureau, says recent high
winds apparently downed the tree, which had
split during a storm in 2011.
From The Associated Press
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SHIFTING GEARS
The 2016 4x4 Supercrew Limited is
Ford’s top-of-the-line F-150 model, which
has been the most popular vehicle sold in
the U.S. for the last three decades.
M YUNG J. C HUN, L OS A NGELES TIMES/TNS
America’s
best-seller
still delivers
BY CHARLES FLEMING
Los Angeles Times
For 34 consecutive years, the
Ford F-150 has been the best-selling vehicle in the United States
and the best-selling truck for
even longer.
Ford sold 780,354 of its F-series
trucks in 2015, including models
from its brawnier 250, 350, 450
and 550 lines, outpacing trucks
made by Chevrolet, Ram, Nissan
and Toyota.
This year, said Doug Scott,
Ford’s truck group marketing
manager, sales through May are
7 percent ahead of 2015.
The Supercrew 4x4 Limited is about as fancy a truck as
Ford makes. Sitting at the top of
the spread from entry-level XL
to XLT to Lariat, King Ranch,
Platinum and Limited, it’s Ford’s
rhinestone cowboy car.
Trimmed in leather, accented
by wood paneling and fitted with
the latest electronics, technology
and sound systems, it’s a conspicuous consumption vehicle
— riding high in traffic, taking
up every inch of its freeway lanes
and gulping gallons of fuel.
Driving the Supercrew Limited around town, I started asking
myself, “Does this truck make
my wallet look fat?”
More than 19 feet long, 8 feet
wide and almost 6 feet tall, it’s too
big for some parking structures
and most parking spaces. While
it has enough ground clearance
and gross vehicular weight to
squash a Smart car or flatten a
Fiat 500, doing that didn’t seem
like it would increase my chances
2016 Ford F-150 4x4
Supercrew Limited
Quick take: Top model of
America’s top vehicle.
Highs: So capable! So cushy!
Lows: Good luck finding a parking
space.
Vehicle type: Four-door pickup.
Base price: $63,100.
Price as tested: $67,270.
Powertrain: 3.5-liter V-6 engine,
four-wheel drive.
Transmission: Six-speed
automatic.
Horsepower: 365.
Torque: 420 pound-feet.
EPA fuel economy rating: 16 mpg
city/22 highway/18 combined.
TNS
of finding someplace to leave it.
Who’s it made for? At just under
$70,000, this isn’t the working
person’s truck. It’s not even the
foreman’s truck. This is the boss’
truck.
And what is he doing with it?
The Supercrew seats five and
has a 5.5-foot short bed. The boss
might take his lawyer and tax accountant and their spouses out
for dinner, but he’s probably not
hauling a load of pea gravel.
Not that the truck’s not up for
that. This Supercrew came with
Ford’s 3.5-liter V-6 Ecoboost engine, which makes 365 horsepower and 420 pound feet of torque.
Fitted to a six-speed automatic
transmission, it gets accordingly
pretty poor fuel economy — an
EPA estimated 18 miles per gallon for combined city and highway driving, but about 12 miles
per gallon during the time I drove
it.
The Limited Supercrew also
can be had with a 5-liter V-8 engine — though Ford doesn’t offer
it in a diesel configuration — and
can be ordered with a 6.5-foot or
8-foot bed.
With the standard power plant,
it’s capable of carrying close to
two tons of payload and towing
12,200 pounds of trailer.
On the road, the Limited is like
driving a cloud — quiet, powerful,
comfortable. Accelerating from
65 to 85 mph or more produces
no discernible increase in engine,
tire or road noise.
The truck also helps keep itself
in line, literally. The lane-keeping
assistance will nudge the steering
wheel gently if you stray — unless
you’ve hit the turn signal, and told
the truck you’re changing lanes
on purpose.
Off-road, it’s almost as smooth
as on the pavement, with the suspension easily soaking up ruts
and washboard.
The Limited line comes standard with heated and cooled front
seats, heated rear seats, Sony stereo system, rearview camera, remote tailgate lock, tire-pressure
monitoring system, a full-size
spare tire and a running board
that deploys electronically when
you unlock the doors.
When kitted out with the optional Active Park Assist, a $440
add-on, it’ll parallel park almost
by itself. With the $895 Pro Trailer Backup Assist, it will even help
you park a trailer like an expert.
Instead of looking in the rearview
mirror and trying to remember
which way the trailer goes when
the steering wheel turns left, the
driver looks into the infotainment
screen and uses a simple knob to
drive the trailer backward.
Of course, not everything about
the F-150 — not even the Limited — is perfect. I was dismayed
to hear the front passenger seat
belt clonking against the B-pillar
every time I hit a bump.
Ford sells an entry level F-150
for $26,540. The Limited Supercrew starts at $63,100. The model
we tested would cost $67,270.
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BUSINESS/WEATHER
Verizon to buy Yahoo for $4.8 billion
BY M ICHAEL LIEDTKE
AND TALI A RBEL
Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO — Verizon
is buying Yahoo for $4.83 billion,
marking the end of an era for a
company that once defined the
internet.
It is the second time in as many
years that Verizon has snapped
up the remnants of a fallen internet star as it broadens its digital
reach. The nation’s largest wireless carrier paid $4.4 billion for
AOL last year.
Yahoo will be rolled into Verizon’s AOL operations and CEO
Marissa Meyers could be working
again with AOL CEO Tim Armstrong, who worked with Mayer
at Google for years and tried unsuccessfully to persuade her to
combine the two companies when
they both remained independent.
Though many expected the
sale of Yahoo to spell the end of
Mayer’s reign, a Tumblr post
from Mayer moments after the
deal was announced read: “For
me personally, I’m planning to
stay. I love Yahoo, and I believe in
all of you. It’s important to me to
see Yahoo into its next chapter.
Yahoo Inc., based in Sunnyvale, Calif., is parting with its
email service and still-popular
websites devoted to news, finance
and sports in addition to its advertising tools under pressure from
shareholders fed up with a steep
downturn in the company’s revenue during the past eight years.
The slump has been deepening even though advertisers have
been pouring more money into
what is now a $160 billion market
for digital advertising, according
to research firm eMarketer.
Most of the money has been
flowing to internet search leader
Google and internet social networking leader Facebook, two
companies that eclipsed Yahoo
during its slide from an online
sensation, once valued at $130 billion, to a dysfunctional also-ran.
The transaction does not in-
clude Yahoo’s cash, shares in Alibaba Group Holdings, its shares
in Yahoo Japan, or its noncore
patents.
After the sale is completed,
Yahoo Inc. will become a holding
company for its two stakes in China’s e-commerce leader, Alibaba
Group, and Yahoo Japan. Those
investments, made more than a
decade ago, have been the most
valuable pieces of Yahoo throughout Mayer’s tenure.
Yahoo will change its name at
closing and will become a publicly traded investment company.
Yahoo has hired a succession
of CEOs to engineer a comeback,
but finally gave up after the high
hopes that accompanied Mayer’s
hiring fizzled out.
The sale potentially could result
in thousands of layoffs. Mayer already has jettisoned 1,900 Yahoo
workers since last September.
As people began to flock to
the internet with the advent of
graphical web browsers in the
1990s, Yahoo was king. After co-
founders Jerry Yang and David
Filo began building a web directory as Stanford University computer graduate students in 1994,
Yahoo quickly established itself as
the online hub for tens of millions
of people. It also proved internet
companies could be profitable as
other dot-com startups burned
through millions of dollars.
But Yahoo strayed from internet search in an attempt to build
a multimedia business, opening
the door for Google to become a
powerhouse.
Despite Yahoo’s decline, its
operations are attractive to Verizon as the nation’s largest
wireless carrier tries to capitalize on the growing number of
people living their digital lives on
smartphones.
The deal is expected to close
in 2017’s first quarter. It still
needs approval from Yahoo
shareholders.
Yahoo’s stock rose slightly in
premarket trading, while shares
of Verizon dipped slightly.
EXCHANGE RATES
Military rates
Euro costs (July 25) ..........................$1.1303
Dollar buys (July 25).........................€0.8847
British pound (July 25) ........................ $1.35
Japanese yen (July 25) ......................104.00
South Korean won (July 25) .......... 1,107.00
Commercial rates
Bahrain (Dinar) ....................................0.3773
British pound ........................ $1.3117/0.7624
Canada (Dollar) ...................................1.3206
China (Yuan) ........................................6.6819
Denmark (Krone) ................................6.7775
Egypt (Pound) ......................................8.8782
Euro ........................................ $1.0979/0.9108
Hong Kong (Dollar) ............................. 7.7567
Hungary (Forint) .................................284.54
Israel (Shekel) .....................................3.8451
Japan (Yen)........................................... 106.14
Kuwait (Dinar) .....................................0.3026
Norway (Krone) ...................................8.5769
Philippines (Peso)................................. 47.13
Poland (Zloty) .......................................... 3.97
Saudi Arabia (Riyal) ........................... 3.7505
Singapore (Dollar) ..............................1.3621
South Korea (Won) ..........................1,140.33
Switzerland (Franc)............................0.9869
Thailand (Baht) ..................................... 35.05
Turkey (Lira) ......................................... 3.0245
(Military exchange rates are those
available to customers at military banking
facilities in the country of issuance
for Japan, South Korea, Germany, the
Netherlands and the United Kingdom. For
nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e.,
purchasing British pounds in Germany),
check with your local military banking
facility. Commercial rates are interbank
rates provided for reference when buying
currency. All figures are foreign currencies
to one dollar, except for the British pound,
which is represented in dollars-to-pound,
and the euro, which is dollars-to-euro.)
INTEREST RATES
Prime rate ................................................ 3.50
Discount rate .......................................... 1.00
Federal funds market rate ................... 0.36
3-month bill ............................................. 0.32
30-year bond ........................................... 2.28
WEATHER OUTLOOK
TUESDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST
WEDNESDAY IN THE PACIFIC
TUESDAY IN EUROPE
Misawa
72/67
Kabul
98/70
Seoul
83/74
Baghdad
115/83
Kandahar
112/83
Kuwait
City
109/89
Mildenhall/
Lakenheath
75/58
Brussels
74/54
Bahrain
105/89
Riyadh
112/85
Lajes,
Azores
75/68
Doha
106/83
Busan
85/76
Tokyo
79/74
Iwakuni
89/78
Guam
87/80
Sasebo
90/77
Ramstein
79/58
Pápa
86/66
Stuttgart
78/62
Aviano/
Vicenza
86/66
Naples
89/72
Morón
106/72
Djibouti
104/87
Osan
84/74
Sigonella
88/67
Rota
96/73
Okinawa
88/80
The weather is provided by the
American Forces Network Weather Center,
2nd Weather Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb.
Souda Bay
89/72
Tuesday’s US temperatures
City
Abilene, Tex
Akron, Ohio
Albany, N.Y.
Albuquerque
Allentown, Pa.
Amarillo
Anchorage
Asheville
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Austin
Baltimore
Baton Rouge
Billings
Birmingham
Bismarck
Boise
Boston
Bridgeport
Brownsville
Buffalo
Burlington, Vt.
Caribou, Maine
Casper
Charleston, S.C.
Charleston, W.Va.
Charlotte, N.C.
Hi
94
88
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Chattanooga
Cheyenne
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Colorado Springs
Columbia, S.C.
Columbus, Ga.
Columbus, Ohio
Concord, N.H.
Corpus Christi
Dallas-Ft Worth
Dayton
Daytona Beach
Denver
Des Moines
Detroit
Duluth
El Paso
Elkins
Erie
Eugene
Evansville
Fairbanks
Fargo
Flagstaff
Flint
Fort Smith
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Fort Wayne
86
Fresno
104
Goodland
94
Grand Junction
96
Grand Rapids
86
Great Falls
90
Green Bay
87
Greensboro, N.C. 95
Harrisburg
94
Hartford Spgfld
95
Helena
92
Honolulu
89
Houston
91
Huntsville
97
Indianapolis
85
Jackson, Miss.
94
Jacksonville
94
Juneau
62
Kansas City
88
Key West
89
Knoxville
92
Lake Charles
90
Lansing
87
Las Vegas
110
Lexington
87
Lincoln
88
Little Rock
94
Los Angeles
85
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90
Lubbock
94
Macon
96
Madison
86
Medford
95
Memphis
94
Miami Beach
90
Midland-Odessa 96
Milwaukee
85
Mpls-St Paul
89
Missoula
92
Mobile
88
Montgomery
95
Nashville
93
New Orleans
90
New York City
94
Newark
97
Norfolk, Va.
94
North Platte
92
Oklahoma City
92
Omaha
87
Orlando
94
Paducah
90
Pendleton
91
Peoria
87
Philadelphia
95
Phoenix
109
Pittsburgh
86
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86
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80
Providence
93
Pueblo
95
Raleigh-Durham
96
Rapid City
92
Reno
101
Richmond
96
Roanoke
92
Rochester
85
Rockford
86
Sacramento
104
St Louis
89
St Petersburg
91
St Thomas
87
Salem, Ore.
86
Salt Lake City
100
San Angelo
94
San Antonio
92
San Diego
78
San Francisco
71
San Jose
89
Santa Fe
87
St Ste Marie
81
Savannah
95
Seattle
76
Shreveport
94
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87
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Spokane
90
Springfield, Ill
88
Springfield, Mo
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Syracuse
85
Tallahassee
91
Tampa
91
Toledo
87
Topeka
90
Tucson
103
Tulsa
94
Tupelo
94
Waco
95
Washington
95
W. Palm Beach
90
Wichita
93
Wichita Falls
96
Wilkes-Barre
90
Wilmington, Del. 94
Yakima
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Youngstown
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Hi: Sun., 124, Death Valley, Calif.
Lo: Sun., 29, Stanley, Idaho, and West
Yellowstone Gate, Mont.
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operate. Road Tax Paid through
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Breyton 20" Matt Black Wheels
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Black interior. 436 HP w
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Converted to German specs.
Can be re-imported to US. Have
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Chrysler, Town & Country
Limited Swivel &Go, 2009
$8000.00 Front airbags, curtain
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Dodge, Neon, 2000 $1290.00
Silver, ps, cc, pw, ac. radio, 4
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Mitsubishi, Outlander XLS ,
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Mercedes-Benz, C200, 2003
$2500.00 Power windows Power folding mirrors 60/40 folding
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Excellent gas mileage In-dash
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Excellent gas mileage In-dash
GPS navigation and separate
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Hyundai,
Tucson,
2010
$11500.00 2010 Hyundai Tucson eVGT Excellent Condition,
Very Clean Low mileage 22800
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Yamaha,
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Dodge Journey Crew 2013
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Lexus, IS 350 RWD - F Sport,
2015 $39,900 (black book value
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Porshe, 911 Turbo, 2002
$48500.00 Fastest car in the
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SCOREBOARD
Sports
on AFN
Go to the American Forces
Network website for the most
up-to-date TV schedules.
myafn.net
Tennis
Bank of the West Classic
A U.S. Open Series event
Sunday
At The Taube Family Tennis Center
Stanford, Calif.
Purse: $710,000 (Premier)
Surface: Hard-Outdoor
Singles
Championship
Johanna Konta (3), Britain, def. Venus
Williams (1), United States, 7-5, 5-7, 6-2.
Doubles
Championship
Raquel Atawo and Abigail Spears (2),
United States, def. Darija Jurak, Croatia,
and Anastasia Rodionova (3), Australia,
6-3, 6-4.
Citi Open
Sunday
At Rock Creek Park Tennis Center
Washington
Purse: Men: $1.63 million (WT500);
Women: $226,750 (Intl.)
Surface: Hard-Outdoor
Singles
Men
Championship
Gael Monfils (2), France, def. Ivo Karlovic (13), Croatia, 5-7, 7-6 (6), 6-4.
Women
Championship
Yanina Wickmayer (7), Belgium, def.
Lauren Davis, United States, 6-4, 6-2.
Doubles
Men
Championship
Daniel Nestor, Canada, and Edouard
Roger-Vasselin (2), France, def. Lukasz
Kubot, Poland, and Alexander Peya, Austria, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (4).
Croatia Open
Sunday
At ITC Stella Maris
Umag, Croatia
Purse: $511,275 (WT250)
Surface: Clay-Outdoor
Singles
Championship
Fabio Fognini (4), Italy, def. Andrej
Martin, Slovakia, 6-4, 6-1.
Ericsson Open
Sunday
At Bastad Tennis Stadiun
Bastad, Sweden
Purse: $226,750 (Intl.)
Surface: Clay-Outdoor
Singles
Championship
Laura Siegemund (6), Germany, def.
Katerina Siniakova, Czech Republic, 7-5,
6-1.
Doubles
Championship
Andreea Mitu, Romania, and Alicjia
Rosolska, Poland, def. Lesley Kerkhove,
Netherlands, and Lidziya Marozava, Belarus, 6-3, 7-5.
Swiss Open
Sunday
At Roy Emerson Arena
Gstaad, Switzerland
Purse: $511,275 (WT250)
Surface: Clay-Outdoor
Singles
Championship
Feliciano Lopez (1), Spain, def. Robin
Haase, Netherlands, 6-4, 7-5.
Doubles
Championship
Julio Peralta, Chile, and Horacio Zeballos (4), Argentina, def. Mate Pavic, Croatia, and Michael Venus (1), New Zealand,
7-6 (2), 6-2.
Pro basketball
WNBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W
L Pct GB
New York
18
8 .692 —
Atlanta
13
12 .520
4½
Indiana
12
12 .500
5
Chicago
11
13 .458
6
Washington
9
15 .375
8
Connecticut
8
16 .333
9
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W
L Pct GB
x-Los Angeles
21
3 .875 —
x-Minnesota
21
4 .840
½
Phoenix
10
14 .417 11
Seattle
9
15 .375 12
Dallas
9
16 .360 12½
San Antonio
5
18 .217 15½
x-clinched a playoff spot
Note: Olympic break; season resumes
August 26
Auto racing
Cycling
Brickyard 400
Hungarian Grand Prix
Tour de France
NASCAR Sprint Cup
Sunday
At Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Speedway, Ind.
Lap length: 2.500 miles
(Start position in parentheses)
1. (1) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 170 laps, 0 rating, 45 points.
2. (18) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 170, 0, 39.
3. (13) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 170,
0, 38.
4. (4) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 170, 0, 37.
5. (10) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 170, 0,
36.
6. (7) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 170, 0,
35.
7. (14) Joey Logano, Ford, 170, 0, 35.
8. (8) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota, 170, 0, 33.
9. (12) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 170, 0,
32.
10. (23) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 170, 0,
31.
11. (3) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 170, 0,
30.
12. (16) Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Ford, 170,
0, 29.
13. (21) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 170, 0,
28.
14. (22) Chris Buescher, Ford, 170, 0, 27.
15. (15) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 170, 0,
26.
16. (11) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 170, 0,
25.
17. (5) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 170, 0,
25.
18. (26) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 170,
0, 23.
19. (9) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 170,
0, 22.
20. (33) Landon Cassill, Ford, 169, 0, 21.
21. (31) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 169, 0,
20.
22. (24) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 169,
0, 19.
23. (27) Michael McDowell, Chevrolet,
168, 0, 18.
24. (34) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 168,
0, 17.
25. (29) Aric Almirola, Ford, 168, 0, 16.
26. (37) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 168, 0,
15.
27. (32) Brian Scott, Ford, 168, 0, 14.
28. (38) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, 167,
0, 13.
29. (35) Cole Whitt, Ford, 167, 0, 12.
30. (20) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 167, 0, 11.
31. (6) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, accident, 166, 0, 10.
32. (36) Ryan Ellis, Toyota, 166, 0, 0.
33. (39) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, 165,
0, 8.
34. (40) Patrick Carpentier, Ford, 164,
0, 7.
35. (2) Carl Edwards, Toyota, accident,
154, 0, 6.
36. (17) Ryan Blaney, Ford, accident,
152, 0, 5.
37. (28) David Ragan, Toyota, accident,
117, 0, 4.
38. (25) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet,
overheating, 71, 0, 3.
39. (19) Greg Biffle, Ford, accident, 53,
0, 2.
40. (30) Matt DiBenedetto, Toyota, engine, 4, 0, 1.
Race Statistics
Average Speed of Race Winner: 128.040
mph.
Time of Race: 3 hours, 17 minutes, 46
seconds.
Margin of Victory: 2.126 seconds.
Caution Flags: 8 for 34 laps.
Lead Changes: 4 among 3 drivers.
Lap
Leaders:
Ky.Busch
1-26;
B.Keselowski 27-41; Ky.Busch 42-55;
J.Logano 56-61; Ky.Busch 62-170
Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led,
Laps Led): Ky.Busch, 3 times for 146 laps;
B.Keselowski, 1 time for 14 laps; J.Logano,
1 time for 5 laps.
Wins: B.Keselowski, 4; Ky.Busch, 3;
C.Edwards, 2; J.Johnson, 2; M.Kenseth,
2; Ku.Busch, 1; D.Hamlin, 1; K.Harvick, 1;
J.Logano, 1; T.Stewart, 1; M.Truex, 1.
Top 16 in Points: 1. K.Harvick, 636;
2. B.Keselowski, 622; 3. Ku.Busch, 602;
4. C.Edwards, 587; 5. J.Logano, 571; 6.
Ky.Busch, 556; 7. M.Truex, 540; 8. J.Johnson,
514; 9. M.Kenseth, 506; 10. D.Hamlin, 505;
11. C.Elliott, 499; 12. R.Newman, 497; 13.
A.Dillon, 488; 14. J.McMurray, 474; 15.
T.Bayne, 447; 16. R.Blaney, 445.
Formula One
Sunday
At Hungaroring
Budapest, Hungary
Lap length: 2.7 miles
1. Lewis Hamilton, Britain, Mercedes,
70 laps, 1 hour, 40 minutes, 30.115 seconds, 25 points.
2. Nico Rosberg, Germany, Mercedes,
70, 1.977 seconds behind, 18.
3. Daniel Ricciardo, Australia, Red Bull
Racing Tag Heuer, 70, +27.539, 15.
4. Sebastian Vettel, Germany, Ferrari,
70, +28.213, 12.
5. Max Verstappen, Netherlands, Red
Bull Racing Tag Heuer, 70, +48.659, 10.
6. Kimi Raikkonen, Finland, Ferrari, 70,
+49.044, 8.
7. Fernando Alonso, Spain, McLaren
Honda, 69, +1 lap, 6.
8. Carlos Sainz, Spain, Toro Rosso Ferrari, 69, +1 lap, 4.
9. Valtteri Bottas, Finland, Williams
Mercedes, 69, +1 lap, 2.
10. Nico Hulkenberg, Germany, Force
India Mercedes, 69, +1 lap, 1.
11. Sergio Perez, Mexico, Force India
Mercedes, 69, +1 lap, 0.
12. Jolyon Palmer, Britain, Renault, 69,
+1 lap, 0.
13. Esteban Gutierrez, Mexico, Haas
Ferrari, 69, +1 lap, 0.
14. Romain Grosjean, France, Haas
Ferrari, 69, +1 lap, 0.
15. Kevin Magnussen, Denmark, Renault, 69, +1 lap, 0.
16. Daniil Kvyat, Russia, Toro Rosso
Ferrari, 69, +1 lap, 0.
17. Felipe Nasr, Brazil, Sauber Ferrari,
69, +1 lap, 0.
18. Felipe Massa, Brazil, Williams Mercedes, 68, +2 laps, 0.
19. Pascal Wehrlein, Germany, MRT
Mercedes, 68, +2 laps, 0.
20. Marcus Ericsson, Sweden, Sauber
Ferrari, 68, +2 laps, 0.
21. Rio Haryanto, Indonesia, MRT Mercedes, 68, +2 laps, 0.
Not classified
Jenson Button, Britain, McLaren Honda, 60, did not finish, 0.
Driver Standings
1. Lewis Hamilton, Britain, Mercedes,
192 points.
2. Nico Rosberg, Germany, Mercedes,
186.
3. Daniel Ricciardo, Australia, Red Bull
Racing Tag Heuer, 115.
4. Kimi Raikkonen, Finland, Ferrari,
114.
5. Sebastian Vettel, Germany, Ferrari,
110.
6. Max Verstappen, Netherlands, Red
Bull Racing Tag Heuer, 100.
7. Valtteri Bottas, Finland, Williams
Mercedes, 56.
8. Sergio Perez, Mexico, Force India
Mercedes, 47.
9. Felipe Massa, Brazil, Williams Mercedes, 38.
10. Carlos Sainz, Spain, Toro Rosso
Ferrari, 30.
11. Romain Grosjean France, Haas Ferrari, 28.
12. Nico Hulkenberg, Germany, Force
India Mercedes, 27.
13. Fernando Alonso, Spain, McLaren
Honda, 24.
14. Daniil Kvyat, Russia, Toro Rosso
Ferrari, 23.
15. Jenson Button, Britain, McLaren
Honda, 13.
16. Kevin Magnussen, Denmark, Renault, 6.
17. Pascal Wehrlein, Germany, MRT
Mercedes, 1.
18. Stoffel Vandoorne, Belgium, McLaren Honda, 1.
Constructor Standings
1. Mercedes, 378.
2. Ferrari, 224.
3. Red Bull Racing Tag Heuer, 223.
4. Williams Mercedes, 94.
5. Force India Mercedes, 74.
6. Toro Rosso Ferrari, 45.
7. McLaren Honda, 38.
8. Haas Ferrari, 28.
9. Renault, 6.
10. MRT Mercedes, 1.
Sunday
At Morzine, France
21st (Final) Stage
A 70.2-mile, mostly ceremonial ride
from Chantilly to the Champs-Elysees in
Paris.
1. Andre Greipel, Germany, Lotto Soudal, 2 hours, 43 minutes, 8 seconds.
2. Peter Sagan, Slovakia, Tinkoff, same
time.
3. Alexander Kristoff, Norway, Katusha,
same time.
4. Edvald Boasson Hagen, Norway, Dimension Data, same time.
5. Michael Matthews, Australia, OricaBikeExchange, same time.
6. Jasper Stuyven, Belgium, TrekSegafredo, same time.
7. Ramunas Navardauskas, Lithuania,
Cannondale-Drapac, same time.
8. Christophe Laporte, France, Cofidis,
same time.
9. Sam Bennett, Ireland, Bora-Argon,
same time.
10. Reinardt Janse van Rensburg, South
Africa, Dimension Data, same time.
11. Davide Cimolai, Italy, Lampre-Merida, same time.
12. Daniel McLay, Britain, Fortuneo-Vital Concept, same time.
13. Leigh Howard, Australia, IAM Cycling, same time.
14. Maximilaino Richeze, Argentina,
Etixx-QuickStep, same time.
15. Anthony Roux, France, FDJ, same
time.
16. John Degenkolb, Germany, GiantAlpecin, same time.
17. Ramon Sinkeldam, Netherlands, Giant-Alpecin, same time.
18. Sep Vanmarcke, Belgium, LottoNLJumbo, same time.
19. Michael Valgren, Denmark, Tinkoff,
same time.
20. Alejandro Valverde, Spain, Movistar, same time.
Also
57. Brent Bookwalter, United States,
BMC Racing, same time.
78. Peter Stetina, United States, TrekSegafredo, same time.
87. Tejay Van Garderen, United States,
BMC Racing, same time.
122. Alex Howes, United States, Cannondale-Drapac, same time.
138. Chris Froome, Britain, Sky, same
time.
170. Lawson Craddock, United States,
Cannondale-Drapac, 4:32.
Final Standings
1. Chris Froome, Britain, Sky, 89:04:08.
2. Romain Bardet, France, AG2R La
Mondiale, 4:05.
3. Nairo Quintana, Colombia, Movistar,
4:21.
4. Adam Yates, Britain, Orica-BikeExchange, 4:42.
5. Richie Porte, Australia, BMC Racing,
5:17.
6. Alejandro Valverde, Spain, Movistar,
6:16.
7. Joaquim Rodriguez, Spain, Katusha,
6:58.
8. Louis Meintjes, South Africa, Lampre-Merida, same time.
9. Daniel Martin, Ireland, Etixx-QuickStep, 7:04.
10. Roman Kreuziger, Czech Republic,
Tinkoff, 7:11.
11. Bauke Mollema, Netherlands, TrekSegafredo, 13:13.
12. Sergio Henao, Colombia, Sky,
18:51.
13. Fabio Aru, Italy, Astana, 19:20.
14. Sebastien Reichenbach, Switzerland, FDJ, 24:59.
15. Geraint Thomas, Britain, Team Sky,
28:31.
16. Pierre Rolland, France, Cannondale-Drapac, 30:42.
17. Mikel Nieve, Spain, Sky, 38:30.
18. Stef Clement, Netherlands, IAM Cycling, 38:57.
19. Jarlinson Pantano, Colombia, IAM
Cycling, 38:59.
20. Alexis Vuillermoz, France, AG2R La
Mondiale, 42:28.
Also
29. Tejay Van Garderen, United States,
BMC Racing, 1:12:06.
46. Peter Stetina, United States, TrekSegafredo, 2:07:22.
117. Brent Bookwalter, United States,
BMC Racing, 3:57:49.
124. Lawson Craddock, United States,
Cannondale-Drapac, 4:03:44.
131. Alex Howes, United States, Cannondale-Drapac, 4:08:22.
Deals
Sunday’s transactions
BASEBALL
American League
BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Optioned LHP
Donnie Hart to Bowie (SL). Reinstated
RHP Darren O’Day from the 15-day DL.
Sent OF Hyun Soo Kim to Bowie for a rehab assignment.
BOSTON RED SOX — Optioned RHP
Heath Hembree to Pawtucket (IL). Recalled RHP Joe Kelly from Pawtucket.
CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Suspended
LHP Chris Sale five days for destroying
uniforms. Recalled RHP Anthony Ranaudo from Charlotte (IL). Recalled INF
Carlos Sanchez from Charlotte as 26th
player and returned him to Charlotte.
DETROIT TIGERS — Recalled RHP Buck
Farmer from Toledo (IL).
OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Optioned 2B
Arismendy Alcantara to Nashville (PCL).
Recalled RHP Jesse Hahn from Nashville.
TEXAS RANGERS — Signed LHP Craig
Breslow to a minor league contract and
assigned him to Round Rock (PCL).
TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Assigned RHP
Dustin Antolin outright to Buffalo (IL).
Designated RHP Drew Storen for assignment. Recalled RHP Ryan Tepera from
Buffalo. Transferred RHP Gavin Floyd to
the 60-day DL. Agreed to terms with RHP
Scott Copeland on a minor league contract.
National League
ATLANTA BRAVES — Agreed to terms
with C Michael McKenry on a minor
league contract.
CHICAGO CUBS — Optioned RHP Adam
Warren to Iowa (PCL). Reinstated RHP
Joe Nathan from the 60-day DL.
LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Optioned
3B Charlie Culberson to Oklahoma City
(PCL).
MIAMI MARLINS — Placed LHP WeiYin Chen on the 15-day DL.
PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Placed RHP
Tyler Glasnow on the 15-day DL. Recalled
RHP A.J. Schugel from Indianapolis (IL).
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Optioned RHP
Miguel Socolovich to Memphis (PCL). Selected the contract of RHP Mike Mayers
from Memphis.
WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Optioned
RHP Koda Glover and OF Michael A. Taylor to Syracuse (IL). Assigned LHP Nick
Lee outright to Harrisburg (EL). Recalled
RHP Lucas Giolito from Syracuse and optioned him back to Syracuse.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
DETROIT LIONS — Placed WR Corey
Fuller, TE Brandon Pettigrew and OT Corey Robinson on the PUP list.
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed DB
Vinnie Suneri and OL Kyler Kerbyson.
Boxing
Fight schedule
July 29
At Quebec City, Adonis Stevenson vs.
Thomas Williams, 12, for Stevenson’s
WBC World light heavyweight title;
Eleider Alvarez vs. Chad Dawson, 10,
light heavyweights.
July 30
At Barclays Center, Brooklyn, N.Y., Leo
Santa Cruz vs. Carl Frampton, 12, for the
Santa Cruz’s WBA Super World featherweight title; Mikey Garcia vs. Elio Rojas,
10, super featherweights; Tony Harrison
vs. Sergey Rabchenko, 12, junior middleweights; Paulie Malignaggi vs. Gabriel
Bracero, 10, welterweights; Ivan Redkach
vs. Tevin Farmer, 10, lightweights.
At Fantasy Springs Resort Casino, Indio, Calif., Antonio Orozco vs. Abner Lopez, 10, welterweights; Joseph Diaz, Jr.
vs. Victor Proa, 10, for Diaz’s NABF featherweight title.
Aug. 4
At Chonburi, Thailand, Wanheng
Menayothin vs. Saul Juarez, 12, for
Menayothin’s WBC World minimumweight title.
Pro soccer
MLS
Eastern Conference
W L T Pts GF
New York City FC 9 7 6 33 35
New York
9 9 4 31 36
Philadelphia
8 7 6 30 35
Montreal
7 5 8 29 35
Toronto FC
7 7 6 27 25
New England
6 7 8 26 27
Orlando City
4 5 11 23 32
D.C. United
5 8 7 22 19
Columbus
3 7 10 19 26
Chicago
4 10 5 17 17
Western Conference
W L T Pts GF
FC Dallas
12 6 5 41 35
Colorado
10 2 8 38 23
Los Angeles
9 3 8 35 34
Sporting KC
9 10 4 31 27
Real Salt Lake
8 6 7 31 30
Vancouver
8 8 6 30 33
Portland
7 7 8 29 33
San Jose
6 6 8 26 22
Seattle
6 12 2 20 20
Houston
4 9 7 19 23
Note: Three points for victory,
point for tie.
Saturday’s Games
Los Angeles 2, Portland 1
Montreal 5, Philadelphia 1
New England 1, Chicago 0
Orlando City 2, Columbus 2, tie
Toronto FC 4, D.C. United 1
Vancouver 0, Houston 0, tie
FC Dallas 1, Colorado 1, tie
Sunday’s Games
New York 4, New York City FC 1
Sporting Kansas City 3, Seattle 0
Saturday, July 30
Colorado at New York City FC
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Sunday
Sporting KC 3, Sounders 0
Seattle
0 0—0
Sporting Kansas City
2 1—3
First half—1, Sporting Kansas City,
Dwyer 9 (Espinoza, Zusi), 21st minute. 2,
Sporting Kansas City, Peterson 2 (AbdulSalaam, Opara), 45th+3 minute.
Second half—3, Sporting Kansas City,
Dwyer 10, 79th minute.
Goalies—Seattle, Stefan Frei; Sporting
Kansas City, Tim Melia.
Yellow Cards—Espinoza, Sporting
Kansas City, 23rd; Gomez, Seattle, 43rd;
Jones, Seattle, 57th; Mustivar, Sporting
Kansas City, 65th.
A—18,563 (18,563)
Red Bulls 4, New York City FC 1
New York City FC
1 0—1
New York
3 1—4
First half—1, New York, Wright-Phillips
10 (Kljestan, Felipa), 20th minute. 2, New
York, Zubar 2 (Kljestan), 23rd. 3, Kljestan
5 (penalty kick), 41st minute. 4, New York
City FC, McNamara 4 (Allen, Pirlo), 43rd
minute.
Second half—5, New York, Wright-Phillips 11, 70th minute.
Goalies—New York City FC, Josh Saunders; New York, Luis Robles.
Yellow Cards—White, New York City
FC, 13th; Zubar, New York, 55th; Grella,
New York, 58th; Allen, New York City FC,
65th; Lampard, New York City FC, 85th;
Bravo, New York City FC, 88th.
Red Cards—White, New York City FC,
89th.
A—25,218 (25,218)
NWSL
W L T Pts GF GA
Portland
7 3 5 26 21 17
Washington
8 3 2 26 19 11
Western New York 8 5 1 25 26 15
Sky Blue FC
6 4 4 22 17 17
Chicago
6 4 4 22 13 13
Seattle
5 4 5 20 18 13
Orlando
6 7 0 18 13 12
FC Kansas City
4 6 4 16 11 13
Houston
3 7 2 11 10 12
Boston
1 11 1
4
6 29
Note: Three points for victory, one
point for tie.
Saturday’s games
FC Kansas City 1, Western New York 0
Sky Blue FC 1, Washington 0
Houston 1, Chicago 1, tie
Seattle 5, Portland 2
Sunday, July 31
Orlando at Boston
AP sportlight
July 26
1859 — The first intercollegiate Regatta is held in Worcester, Mass., with
Harvard beating Yale and Brown.
1928 — Gene Tunney beats Tom Heeney on a technical knockout in the 11th
round at Yankee Stadium to retain the
world heavyweight title.
1996 — American swimmer Amy Van
Dyken wins the 50-meter freestyle to
become Atlanta’s first quadruple gold
medalist and the first U.S. woman to win
four in a single Olympics.
1998 — Three spectators are killed
— the first fan deaths at a major race in
the United States in more than a decade
— and six are injured by flying debris
from a one-car crash at the U.S. 500 at
Michigan Speedway.
2005 — Greg Maddux records his
3,000th career strikeout against San
Francisco, striking out Omar Vizquel in
the third inning of a 3-2, 11-inning victory
for the Giants.
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Golf
Canadian Open
Sunday
At Glen Abbey Golf Club
Oakville, Ontario
Purse: $5.9 million
Yardage: 7,253; Par: 72
Final
a-amateur
J. Vegas, $1,062,000
73-69-70-64—276
Jon Rahm, $440,533
67-71-72-67—277
D. Johnson, $440,533
66-71-71-69—277
Martin Laird, $440,533 73-69-68-67—277
Ricky Barnes, $207,238 71-68-71-68—278
Alex Cejka, $207,238
71-69-69-69—278
B. Snedeker, $207,238 68-73-66-71—278
S.Wheatcroft, $207,238 68-77-64-69—278
Ben Crane, $159,300
69-70-73-67—279
Matt Kuchar, $159,300 69-71-70-69—279
Geoff Ogilvy, $159,300 73-71-72-63—279
a-Jared du Toit
67-71-70-71—279
Jim Furyk, $135,700
70-71-71-68—280
Jason Day, $95,056
69-76-69-67—281
Chris Kirk, $95,056
72-73-69-67—281
Luke List, $95,056
66-71-77-67—281
Chez Reavie, $95,056
69-71-73-68—281
Jimmy Walker, $95,056 70-72-71-68—281
Spencer Levin, $95,056 72-70-71-68—281
H.Swafford, $95,056
72-72-67-70—281
M. Thompson, $95,056 72-74-66-69—281
C. Tringale, $95,056
68-73-69-71—281
Brian Harman, $61,360 75-71-73-63—282
Si Woo Kim, $61,360
69-77-67-69—282
John Senden, $61,360 73-72-70-67—282
Jerry Kelly, $45,037
72-70-71-70—283
Kevin Kisner, $45,037 73-67-74-69—283
Kelly Kraft, $45,037
67-71-75-70—283
C. Percy, $45,037
71-75-70-67—283
C. Campbell, $45,037
73-67-70-73—283
B. de Jonge, $45,037
68-71-72-72—283
G. Coetzee, $34,220
73-71-77-63—284
Rhein Gibson, $34,220 72-72-70-70—284
Danny Lee, $34,220
75-71-72-66—284
Troy Merritt, $34,220
74-71-69-70—284
Patrick Rodgers, $34,22076-70-71-67—284
Robert Streb, $34,220 78-68-66-72—284
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UL International Crown
LPGA Tour
At Merit Club
Libertyville, Ill.
Yardage: 6,668; Par: 72
Pool A
W L
T Pts
Taiwan
3
2
1
7
China
2
2
2
6
South Korea
2
2
0
4
Australia
1
2
1
3
Pool B
England
4
1
1
9
United States
3
2
1
7
Japan
1
3
2
4
Thailand
1
3
2
4
Sunday
Singles Matches
Candie Kung, Taiwan, def. Ai Suzuki,
Japan, 2 and 1.
Stacy Lewis, United States, def. Mika
Miyazato, Japan, 3 and 2.
Gerina Piller, United States, def. Yani
Tseng, Taiwan, 4 and 3.
Haru Nomura, Japan, def. Amy Yang,
South Korea, 3 and 2.
Ayaka Watanabe, Japan, def. Holly
Clyburn, England, 1 up.
Teresa Lu, Taiwan, def. In Gee Chun,
South Korea, 4 and 3.
Jodi Ewart Shadoff, England, def. SsuChia Cheng, Taiwan, 1 up.
So Yeon Ryu, South Korea, def. Lexi
Thompson, United States, 2 and 1.
Cristie Kerr, United States, def. Melissa Reid, England, 3 and 2.
Sei Young Kim, South Korea, def. Charley Hull, England, 5 and 4.
Final teams
W L
T Pts
United States
6
3
1 13
South Korea
6
4
0 12
England
5
4
1 11
Taiwan
5
4
1 11
Japan
3
3
2
8
Eliminated
China
2
2
2
6
Thailand
1
3
2
4
Australia
1
2
1
3
Senior British Open
Sunday
At Carnoustie Golf Links
Carnoustie, Scotland
Purse: $2.1 million
Yardage: 7,190; Par: 71
Final
P.Broadhurst, $279,144 75-66-68-68—277 -11
S. McCarron, $186,141 69-70-71-69—279 -9
M. P. Atlevi, $94,261
70-69-74-67—280 -8
M. A. Jimenez, $94,261 70-70-65-75—280 -8
Tom Byrum, $64,802
69-69-71-72—281 -7
Brandt Jobe, $64,802
73-67-75-66—281 -7
Joe Durant, $46,025
69-68-72-73—282 -6
Wes Short, Jr., $46,025 70-70-69-73—282 -6
Billy Andrade, $33,931 71-72-68-73—284 -4
Peter Fowler, $33,931 69-69-75-71—284 -4
B. Langer, $33,931
71-71-71-71—284 -4
Jeff Sluman, $27,758
73-73-71-68—285 -3
K. Sutherland, $27,758 72-69-76-68—285 -3
Stephen Dodd, $24,075 70-73-71-72—286 -2
Scott Dunlap, $24,075 75-70-70-71—286 -2
David Frost, $24,075
71-72-70-73—286 -2
Tom Lehman, $24,075 73-67-71-75—286 -2
Stephen Ames, $20,342 72-71-71-73—287 -1
Carlos Franco, $20,342 69-69-73-76—287 -1
Mark O’Meara, $20,342 69-70-73-75—287 -1
J. Parnevik, $20,342
70-68-73-76—287 -1
Gene Sauers, $20,342 75-69-72-71—287 -1
Woody Austin, $17,760 68-74-74-72—288 E
Olin Browne, $17,760
72-66-75-75—288 E
Gary Marks, $17,760
70-75-73-70—288 E
Duffy Waldorf, $17,760 74-70-71-73—288 E
DARRON CUMMINGS/AP
Kyle Busch, right, leads Joey Logano into the first turn on the final restart of the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in
Indianapolis on Sunday. Busch won in the second overtime to add to his Saturday night Xfinity series win in Indianapolis.
Busch repeats Brickyard sweep
Reigning champ hopes
big weekend will again
lead to Sprint Cup title
BY M ICHAEL M AROT
Associated Press
INDIANAPOLIS — Kyle Busch used his
first Brickyard 400 victory as a springboard
to his first Sprint Cup title.
He’s trying to make sure it happens again.
Another dominant weekend at Indianapolis
sent Busch home with a historic sweep, a reputation for having tamed Indianapolis’ tricky
2.5-mile oval and plenty of momentum heading into the chase.
Busch led a record 149 of 170 laps and beat
teammate Matt Kenseth to the finish line in
a second overtime to win his second straight
Brickyard 400. Coupled with an Xfinity Series victory a day earlier, Busch became the
first NASCAR driver to win both poles and
both races on the same weekend.
The impressive feat even overshadowed
two other major story lines — Jeff Gordon’s
comeback and Tony Stewart’s farewell.
Stewart finished 11th in his final race at
Indianapolis, while Gordon was 13th. Gordon
came out of retirement to replace Dale Earnhardt Jr., who has battled concussion-like
symptoms and has missed two consecutive
races and will also sit out next week at Pocono.
Gordon will replace him there, as well.
Afterward, the two drivers who grew up in
Indiana drove side-by-side around the 2.5mile oval one last time.
“I have gained so much respect and admiration for Tony,” Gordon said. “I love this guy.
I have always respected his talent.”
Everybody respected Busch’s talent this
weekend, too.
The reigning Sprint Cup Series champion,
who used last year’s win at the Brickyard to
jumpstart his title campaign, joined thirdplace finisher Jimmie Johnson as the only
back-to-back winners of NASCAR’s race at
Indy. Johnson won in 2008 and 2009.
Busch surrendered the lead for 14 laps after
his first pit stop, regained it when Brad Keselowski pitted, then gave it up again for only five
ROB BAKER /AP
Kyle Busch, right, kisses the yard of brick at the finish line after winning the Brickyard 400.
laps when he made his second pit stop.
Everyone else spent their day chasing
Busch.
The Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota was so strong
that Roger Penske’s drivers started with a
strategy of trying to stretch their runs long
enough to make one fewer pit stop. It didn’t
work — Joey Logano finished seventh and
Keselowski wound up 17th.
The only real challenge for Busch came
with a series of late crashes that delayed his
inevitable trip to victory lane.
The crashes began when Carl Edwards’ car
wiggled in the first turn on a restart with seven
laps to go. His car slid up the track, hitting Keselowski, as well as Ryan Blaney, Ryan Newman and Danica Patrick. The wreck brought
out a red flag for almost eight minutes.
On the ensuing restart, with three to go,
Busch again pulled away only to have a collision between Trevor Bayne and Clint Bowyer behind him to send the race into its first
overtime.
It happened again when Jamie McMurray
slid through the first turn and into the wall on
the next restart, but Busch pulled away one
more time for a historic win in a race that actually took 425 miles.
“I certainly didn’t want one, let alone five
(overtimes) or however many there were,”
Busch said. “We just wanted the race to go
green till the end. We had a really good longrun car till the end, so I felt like we’d be able to
hold off all those guys behind us and then we
had all those restarts.”
Who’s hot: Joe Gibbs Racing and Toyota.
The team had three cars finish in the top five
and heads to Pocono with back-to-back victories. Toyota, meanwhile, had three of its cars
place in the top four.
Who’s not: Hendrick Motorsports. Yes,
Johnson ended a four-race streak with no topthrees but nobody else finished in the top 10
and none of the four cars was even in contention for the lead.
Tough week: Greg Biffle wanted this weekend to be a tribute for his late father, who died
Tuesday. Instead, Biffle’s day ended early
after he crashed on Lap 52.
He said it: When Busch was asked whether
his success over the past two years at Indy
would prompt him to follow in the footsteps of
his brother, Kurt, and run in the Indianapolis 500, Kyle Busch responded: “Well, I won’t
be following in his footsteps, I’ll be doing my
own footsteps. It certainly may open up some
avenues, I’m not sure.”
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NFL clears Manning in HGH investigation
Associated Press
The NFL said it found no credible evidence that Peyton Manning was provided with human
growth hormone or other prohibited substances as alleged in
a documentary by Al-Jazeera
America last year.
The league said the quarterback and his wife, Ashley, fully
cooperated in the seven-month
investigation, providing interviews and access to all records
sought by investigators.
The NFL is continuing its investigation into allegations made
against other NFL players in the
documentary, which the league
said involves “different lines of
inquiry and witnesses.” Those
other players — all of them linebackers — provided the league
with sworn affidavits, but the
NFL wants to interview them in
person.
In stark contrast, Manning, who
retired a month after Denver’s
24-10 win over Carolina in Super
Bowl 50, welcomed the probe.
In December, Al-Jazeera reported that an intern at an Indianapolis anti-aging clinic was
secretly recorded suggesting
that Manning’s wife received
deliveries of HGH in 2011 while
the quarterback was recovering
from neck fusion surgery. The
intern, Charles Sly, recanted his
statements, which were recorded
without his knowledge. He said
they were fabricated in an attempt to impress a potential business partner.
Manning angrily denounced
the report, calling it “completely
fabricated, complete trash, garbage,” and insisting he never took
shortcuts in his return to football
after missing 2011 with neck
problems.
At the time the allegations
were levied, both the Broncos and
the Colts, whom Manning played
for from 1998-2011, issued statements in support of the five-time
MVP.
Manning said he sought holistic treatments such as hyperbaric
oxygen and nutrient therapy at
the Guyer Institute of Molecular
Medicine with knowledge and
consent of the Colts training and
medical staff following his four
neck surgeries. He insisted he
never used performance-enhancing substances and never took
anything sent to his wife.
HGH is banned by professional
sports leagues and is only legal to
prescribe in a few specific medical conditions.
The NFL and players union
added human growth hormone
testing to the collective bargaining agreement signed in 2011,
but the sides didn’t agree to testing terms until 2014. Nobody has
tested positive, which would trigger a four-game suspension.
The Al-Jazeera report alleged
other high-profile athletes obtained PEDs, including baseball stars Ryan Howard of the
Philadelphia Phillies and Ryan
Zimmerman of the Washington
Nationals.
The report also named four
each closed out wins before Reid
missed a birdie putt on 16, handing the decisive victory to Kerr.
Paul Broadhurst won the Senior British Open at Carnoustie,
Scotland, for his first senior major
title, closing with a 4-under 68 for
a two-stroke victory over Scott
McCarron.
The 50-year-old Broadhurst
overcame an opening 75 to become the third English player
to win a PGA Tour Champions
major, joining Mark James and
Roger Chapman. Broadhurst also
is the first player to win the event
in his debut since Fred Couples in
2012 at Turnberry.
Konta tops Venus for
first singles crown
C HRIS CARLSON /AP
The NFL cleared retired Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning in the HGH investigation that was
spurred by an Al-Jazeera America documentary last year.
other prominent NFL players:
Clay Matthews and Julius Peppers of the Green Bay Packers,
James Harrison of the Pittsburgh
Steelers and free agent Mike
Neal.
Unlike Manning, those four
players don’t want to talk to NFL
investigators.
In other NFL news:
Right tackle Phil Loadholt
decided to retire from the NFL
after seven seasons with the Minnesota Vikings.
The Vikings placed Loadholt on
the reserve/retired list Monday,
four days before training camp
begins. Loadholt, a second-round
draft pick by the Vikings out of
Oklahoma in 2009, missed the entire 2015 season because of a torn
Achilles tendon. He missed the
last five games of the 2014 season
due to a torn pectoral muscle.
Prior to those injuries, Loadholt missed only one game. He
was a starter from his rookie year
on. His 89 career regular-season
starts are ninth in Vikings history
for an offensive tackle.
Iowa football player
mistaken for robber
IOWA CITY, Iowa — A University of Iowa football player said
he was playing “Pokemon Go” in
a public park when he was mistaken for a suspected bank robber, surrounded by police and
searched at gunpoint.
Faith Ekakitie wrote on Facebook that he feared for his life
Wednesday in Iowa City. He ex-
plained that a bank had been
robbed nearby and that he
matched the suspect’s description of a “large black male, wearing all black, with something on
top of his head.” He says he was
wearing goggles on his head at
the time.
Ekakitie said he understands
why police did what they did. He
said he had headphones in and
didn’t respond to police commands. He thanks Iowa City police for their professionalism.
Crash kills Neb. punter,
former Spartan punter
WAUKESHA, Wis. — Nebraska punter Sam Foltz and former
Michigan State punter Mike
Sadler died in a car crash in Wisconsin after working at a kicking
clinic, a sheriff’s department official said Sunday. LSU kicker
Colby Delahoussaye was injured
in the crash.
Waukesha County Sheriff’s Lt.
Thom Moerman said speed was
likely a factor in the single-vehicle crash that happened around
11:45 p.m. Saturday.
The 24-year-old Sadler, of
Grand Rapids, Mich., was driving. He and 22-year-old Foltz, of
Greeley, Neb., died at the scene.
Delahoussaye, 21 of New Iberia,
La., was also a passenger. He was
treated at Waukesha Memorial
Hospital and released. A statement from LSU said his injuries
were minor and that he was scheduled to return home Monday.
Vegas birdies to
Canadian Open win
OAKVILLE, Ontario — Jhonattan Vegas birdied his way off
Glen Abbey and waited to see if
anyone could catch him. No one
could.
Vegas rallied to win the Canadian Open on Sunday for his second PGA Tour title, birdieing the
final three holes for an 8-under
64 and one-stroke victory.
The 29-year-old Venezuelan
Olympic player began the day
five strokes behind leader Brandt
Snedeker and four behind U.S.
Open champion Dustin Johnson
and Canadian amateur Jared du
Toit.
Vegas had five straight birdies
on Nos. 2-6, bogeyed the par-4
eighth and also birdied the par-5
13th. He birdied the par-5 16th,
par-4 17th and par-5 18th to post
at 12-under 276.
Johnson, Jon Rahm and Martin
Laird tied for second.
Vegas earned $1,062,000 and
a spot in the PGA Championship
next week at Baltusrol in New
Jersey.
In other golf news:
Cristie Kerr held on for a 3and-2 victory over England’s Melissa Reid to give the United States
the UL International Crown title
in Gurnee, Ill.
Kerr and company were shut
out in the first session of the
LPGA Tour event, but they got
progressively better each day.
Stacy Lewis and Gerina Piller
STANFORD, Calif. — Hardhitting Johanna Konta whipped
winners every which way and
outslugged top-seeded Venus Williams to capture her first career
singles title, winning the Bank of
the West Classic 7-5, 5-7, 6-2 on
Sunday.
Konta held on in the third set
after squandering a 4-1 lead in
the second. When Williams netted her forehand return on the
third match point, Konta dropped
her racket to the ground and covered her face in triumph.
The 25-year-old Konta also
stunned Williams with the
straight-set victory in the first
round at this year’s Australian
Open.
In other tennis news:
Serena
Williams
has
pulled out of the Rogers Cup in
Montreal because of shoulder
inflammation.
The three-time Rogers Cup
champion was seeded first in
the hard-court tournament and
was set to have a bye in the first
round.
“Due to inflammation in my
shoulder, I unfortunately must
withdraw from the Rogers Cup,”
Williams said in a statement. “I
was looking forward to competing
in Montreal and I look forward to
returning soon.”
Williams is coming off her seventh Wimbledon title earlier this
month. The win tied Steffi Graf’s
record of 22 Grand Slam titles.
FIFA bans Niersbach in
World Cup bids probe
ZURICH — FIFA’s ethics
judge has banned ruling-council
member Wolfgang Niersbach for
one year in an investigation into
Germany’s 2006 World Cup bid.
The investigation found that
Niersbach failed to report findings about possible unethical
conduct and conflicts of interest
during the bidding process.
Although Niersbach resigned
as president of the German soccer federation last year, he retained his elected positions on
the top decision-making bodies at
both FIFA and UEFA.
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Different: Griffey Jr. is
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to Hall; Piazza is the lowest
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Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz practices at the team’s training facility in Philadelphia.
Who’s the man?
Some teams still facing questions at quarterback
BY BARRY WILNER
Associated Press
One of the last things an NFL
team needs when it enters training camp is uncertainty at quarterback. They all want an Aaron
Rodgers, Eli Manning or Cam
Newton behind center.
Yet six clubs have major questions about their QB situation.
Here’s a look:
Denver Broncos — You don’t
replace a Peyton Manning, not
even one struggling at the end of
his brilliant career. And all the
consternation in Denver about
Von Miller’s contract had pushed
the QB quandary aside a bit.
Still, it’s a huge issue, particularly with the Broncos opting to
let Brock Osweiler walk away to
Houston in free agency.
So Gary Kubiak and John Elway
must figure out if Mark Sanchez
can avoid the big mistakes that
have plagued him throughout
his career. Or whether top pick
Paxton Lynch, for whom Denver
traded up in the draft, can make
the mammoth leap. Or if the only
holdover, Trevor Siemian, has the
tools.
“The only way that they establish themselves and take the team
over is if you somehow give them
the opportunity to do that,” Kubiak said. “As a coach, if you’re
making decisions before they
ever step on the field and don’t
give them equal opportunity to
prove themselves, I don’t believe
in that.”
New England Patriots — “Deflategate” has gone away, and
Tom Brady does, indeed, have to
DAVID Z ALUBOWSKI /AP
One of the last things an NFL
team needs when it enters
training camp is uncertainty at
quarterback. So Gary Kubiak
and John Elway must figure out
if Mark Sanchez, pictured, can
avoid the big mistakes that have
plagued his career.
sit out the first four games this
season. So Jimmy Garoppolo will
need lots of reps in training camp
and preseason games.
But Brady has a specific regimen for staying sharp, and that
will be even more critical this
summer if he isn’t playing in
September.
New York Jets — Figuring out
what the Jets have been doing
— and for that matter, what Ryan
Fitzpatrick and his representa-
tion have been doing — for the
past few months is impossible.
Fitzpatrick comes off a career
season and one of the best any
Jets QB has had. Then he became
a free agent seeking that one last,
well-earned big payday at age 35.
The Jets apparently have seen
little future with Fitz as their
man, even though they have a
roster built for now. The three alternate choices are Geno Smith,
Bryce Petty, and second-round
draft pick Christian Hackenberg.
Philadelphia Eagles — Oft-injured, inconsistent Sam Bradford
is their guy. Unless No. 2 overall
draft choice Carson Wentz is.
Unless high-priced veteran
backup Chase Daniel is.
Philadelphia brought in one of
its own former QBs, Doug Pederson, to tutor whoever stands
behind center. Early on, he said
it would be Bradford. But to think
that is a closed competition would
be unwise.
“Competition is great, it helped
me as a quarterback,” Pederson
said.
San Francisco 49ers — In
2012, Colin Kaepernick was the
answer in San Francisco. His dynamic style, speed and versatility
were the rage of the NFC.
Now, he’s fighting for a job he
lost to journeyman Blaine Gabbert in 2015.
New coach Chip Kelly’s offense
could use the flair and unpredictability Kaepernick can bring.
It can’t afford the bad decisions
and turnovers that plagued him
recently.
Kelly promises no rash
decisions.
Dubbed “The Natural” for
his effortless excellence at the
plate and in center field, Griffey
avoided the Hall of Fame until
his special weekend because he
wanted his first walk through the
front doors of the stately building
on Main Street to be with his kids,
whom he singled out one by one in
his 20-minute speech.
“There are two misconceptions
about me — I didn’t work hard
and everything I did I made look
easy,” Griffey said. “Just because
I made it look easy doesn’t mean
that it was. You don’t become a
Hall of Famer by not working, but
working day in and day out.”
Griffey’s mom, Birdie, and his
father, former Cincinnati Reds
star Ken Sr., both cancer survivors and integral to his rise to
stardom, were front and center in
the first row.
“To my dad, who taught me how
to play this game and to my mom,
the strongest woman I know,” Junior said. “To have to be mom and
dad, she was our biggest fan and
our biggest critic. She’s the only
woman I know that lives in one
house and runs five others.”
Selected in the draft by the
Dodgers after Hall of Fame manager Tommy Lasorda, a close
friend of Piazza’a father, Vince, put
in a good word, Piazza struggled.
He briefly quit the game while
in the minor leagues, returned
and persevered despite a heavy
workload as he switched from
first base to catcher and teammates criticized his erratic play.
Mom and dad were foremost on
his mind, too.
“Dad always dreamed of play-
ing in the major leagues,” said
Piazza, just the second Hall of
Famer depicted on his plaque
wearing a Mets cap, after Tom
Seaver in 1992.
“He could not follow that dream
because of the realities of life. My
father’s faith in me, often greater
than my own, is the single most
important factor of me being inducted into this Hall of Fame.
Thank you dad. We made it, dad.
The race is over. Now it’s time to
smell the roses.”
Piazza played 16 years with the
Dodgers, Marlins, Mets, Padres
and Athletics and hit 427 home
runs, including a major league
record 396 as a catcher. A 12-time
All-Star, Piazza won 10 Silver
Slugger Awards and finished in
the top five of his league’s MVP
voting four times.
Perhaps even more impressive, Piazza, a .308 career hitter,
posted six seasons with at least 30
home runs, 100 RBIs and a .300
batting average (all other catchers
in baseball history combined have
posted nine such seasons).
Though the Dodgers gave him
his start, Piazza found a home in
New York when he was traded to
the Mets in May 1998.
Three years later, he became a
hero to the hometown fans with
perhaps the most notable home
run of his career. His two-run shot
in the eighth inning at Shea Stadium lifted the Mets to a 3-2 victory
over the Atlanta Braves in the first
sporting event played in New York
after the 9/11 terror attacks.
Attendance was estimated
at around 50,000 by the Hall of
Fame, tying 1999 for second-most
all time.
MIKE G ROLL /AP
Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Ken Griffey Jr. speaks during
the induction ceremony at Clark Sports Center on Sunday in
Cooperstown, N.Y.
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Tuesday, July 26, 2016
MLB SCOREBOARD
American League
East Division
W
L
57
40
55
41
55
44
50
48
38
60
Central Division
Cleveland
56
41
Detroit
51
48
Kansas City
48
49
Chicago
48
50
Minnesota
37
61
West Division
Texas
57
42
Houston
54
44
Seattle
50
48
Oakland
45
54
Los Angeles
43
55
Baltimore
Boston
Toronto
New York
Tampa Bay
Athletics 3, Rays 2
Tampa Bay
Pct
.588
.573
.556
.510
.388
GB
—
1A
3
7A
19A
.577
.515
.495
.490
.378
—
6
8
8A
19A
.576
.551
.510
.455
.439
—
2A
6A
12
13A
National League
East Division
W
L
Pct
GB
Washington
58
41
.586
—
Miami
53
45
.541
4A
New York
52
45
.536
5
Philadelphia
45
55
.450
13A
Atlanta
33
66
.333
25
Central Division
Chicago
59
38
.608
—
St. Louis
52
46
.531
7A
Pittsburgh
51
47
.520
8A
Milwaukee
41
55
.427
17A
Cincinnati
38
60
.388
21A
West Division
San Francisco
58
40
.592
—
Los Angeles
56
44
.560
3
Colorado
47
51
.480
11
San Diego
43
56
.434
15A
Arizona
41
57
.418
17
Sunday’s games
N.Y. Yankees 5, San Francisco 2
Toronto 2, Seattle 0
Baltimore 5, Cleveland 3
Boston 8, Minnesota 7
Chicago White Sox 4, Detroit 3
Houston 13, L.A. Angels 3
Texas 2, Kansas City 1
Chicago White Sox 5, Detroit 4
Oakland 3, Tampa Bay 2
Arizona 9, Cincinnati 8
N.Y. Mets 3, Miami 0
Pittsburgh 5, Philadelphia 4
San Diego 10, Washington 6
Chicago Cubs 6, Milwaukee 5
Colorado 7, Atlanta 2
L.A. Dodgers 9, St. Louis 6
Monday’s games
Colorado at Baltimore
San Diego at Toronto
Detroit at Boston
Oakland at Texas
Chicago Cubs at Chicago White Sox
N.Y. Yankees at Houston
L.A. Angels at Kansas City
Philadelphia at Miami
St. Louis at N.Y. Mets
Arizona at Milwaukee
Cincinnati at San Francisco
Tuesday’s games
Colorado (Bettis 8-6) at Baltimore
(Tillman 14-2)
Seattle (Hernandez 4-4) at Pittsburgh
(Locke 8-6)
San Diego (Cashner 4-7) at Toronto
(Stroman 8-4)
Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 9-6) at Chicago White Sox (Shields 4-12)
Detroit (Pelfrey 3-9) at Boston (Wright
12-5)
Washington (Gonzalez 6-8) at Cleveland (Salazar 11-3)
Oakland (Gray 4-9) at Texas (Lohse 02)
Atlanta (Harrell 1-2) at Minnesota
(Santana 3-8)
N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 5-8) at Houston (Fister 10-6)
L.A. Angels (Skaggs 0-0) at Kansas
City (Gee 3-3)
Tampa Bay (Archer 5-13) at L.A. Dodgers (Norris 5-9)
Philadelphia (Eickhoff 6-11) at Miami
(Koehler 7-8)
St. Louis (Garcia 7-6) at N.Y. Mets (Colon 8-5)
Arizona (Corbin 4-9) at Milwaukee
(Garza 1-4)
Cincinnati (Reed 0-4) at San Francisco
(Cain 1-6)
Sunday
Mets 3, Marlins 0
New York
ab
Reyes 3b
5
Grndrsn rf 3
Cspedes lf 4
Loney 1b
4
K.Jhnsn 2b 3
A.Cbrra ss 4
Cnforto cf
2
Lagres ph-cf 1
R.Rvera c
4
Matz p
2
Robles p
0
De Aza ph
1
Ad.Reed p
0
W.Flres ph 1
Familia p
0
Totals
34
New York
Miami
LOB—New
(2).
r
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
3
h
1
1
1
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
bi
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
Miami
ab
Rojas 1b
4
Prado 3b
3
Yelich lf
4
Stanton rf 3
Ozuna cf
4
Ralmuto c 4
Detrich 2b 3
Hchvrra ss 4
Urena p
2
Dunn p
0
Phelps p
0
I.Szuki ph 1
Brrclgh p
0
McGowan p 0
r
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
h bi
0 0
3 0
1 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
1 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
Totals
32 0 5 0
001 000 020—3
000 000 000—0
York 7, Miami 8. 3B—Reyes
IP
H
R ER BB SO
New York
Matz W,8-6
6
4
0
0
2 6
Robles H,7
1
0
0
0
0 2
Reed H,22
1
1
0
0
0 1
Familia S,35-35
1
0
0
0
0 0
Miami
Urena L,1-2
6
4
1
1
0 4
Dunn
C
0
0
0
1 0
Phelps
B
0
0
0
0 0
Barraclough
C
2
2
2
2 2
McGowan
1B
0
0
0
0 2
HBP—by Matz (Dietrich). WP—Barraclough. T—2:50. A—25,004 (36,742).
Oakland
ab r h bi
Lowrie 2b 4 0 0 0
Smlnski cf 3 1 2 0
Vlencia rf 4 1 1 0
Reddick rf 0 0 0 0
K.Davis lf 4 0 2 1
B.Btler dh 4 1 2 2
Healy 3b
4 0 1 0
Semien ss 3 0 1 0
Alonso 1b 4 0 1 0
Maxwell c 4 0 0 0
Totals
31 2 5 2 Totals
34 3 10 3
Tampa Bay
000 000 020—2
Oakland
200 000 01x—3
E—Forsythe (6). DP—Tampa Bay 1,
Oakland 1. LOB—Tampa Bay 3, Oakland
9. 2B—C.Dickerson (17), Smolinski 2 (4),
K.Davis (12), Alonso (17). HR—Forsythe
(9), B.Butler (3).
IP
H
R ER BB SO
Tampa Bay
Snell
6C
7
2
2
2 4
Ramirez L,7-8
1B
3
1
1
0 0
Oakland
Hahn
7C
4
1
1
1 5
Dull W,4-2 BS,1
B
1
1
1
0 1
Madson S,21-26
1
0
0
0
0 2
WP—Dull 2. T—2:21. A—17,642 (37,090).
Frsythe 2b
B.Mller ss
Lngoria 3b
C.Dckrs lf
Pearce 1b
Os.Arca dh
Sza Jr. rf
Krmaier cf
Maile c
ab
4
4
3
4
4
3
3
3
3
r
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
h
1
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
bi
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
White Sox 4, Tigers 3
Detroit
Chicago
ab r h bi
ab r h bi
Kinsler 2b
4 0 1 0 Eaton rf
4 0 1 1
Maybin cf
4 2 2 0 Ti.Andr ss 4 0 1 0
Mi.Cbrr 1b 4 0 0 1 Me.Cbrr lf 4 0 1 0
V.Mrtnz dh 3 0 1 0 Abreu 1b
4 0 0 0
ARmne pr-dh 0 0 0 0 T.Frzer 3b 3 1 0 0
Cstllns 3b
4 0 1 1 Sladino 2b 4 1 1 0
J.Upton lf
4 1 1 1 Av.Grca dh 3 2 2 2
Aviles rf
3 0 1 0 D.Nvrro c
3 0 1 1
Collins ph-rf 1 0 0 0 Shuck cf
3 0 0 0
Sltlmcc c
4 0 0 0
J.Iglss ss
4 0 1 0
Totals
35 3 8 3 Totals
32 4 7 4
Detroit
100 001 010—3
Chicago
020 100 001—4
E—N.Jones (1), D.Navarro (5), Castellanos (7). DP—Detroit 1, Chicago
1. LOB—Detroit 8, Chicago 7. 2B—Kinsler (19), D.Navarro (11). HR—J.Upton
(11), Av.Garcia (6). SB—Maybin 2 (12),
T.Frazier (7), Saladino (5), Av.Garcia (3).
SF—Av.Garcia (2).
IP
H
R ER BB SO
Detroit
Boyd
4B
5
3
1
0 4
Wilson
1C
0
0
0
0 1
Rondon
1
0
0
0
0 2
Greene
1
0
0
0
1 1
Wilson L,2-3
C
2
1
1
0 0
Chicago
Albers
2
1
1
0
0 1
Jennings
2
3
0
0
1 3
Kahnle
2
2
1
1
1 2
Duke H,19
1
0
0
0
0 1
Jones BS,6
C
1
1
0
1 1
Robertson W,1-2
1B
1
0
0
0 3
HBP—by Boyd (Eaton), by Boyd
(Shuck), by Rondon (Navarro). T—3:15.
A—32,527 (40,615).
White Sox 5, Tigers 4
Detroit
Chicago
ab r h bi
ab r h bi
Kinsler 2b
5 0 1 0 Eaton rf
3 3 2 3
J.Iglss ss
4 0 1 0 Ti.Andr ss 4 0 2 0
Mi.Cbrr 1b 2 0 0 0 Me.Cbrr lf 5 0 1 1
V.Mrtnz dh 4 0 1 0 Abreu 1b
3 0 2 1
Cstllns 3b
4 1 1 1 Morneau dh 4 0 1 0
J.Upton lf
4 0 1 0 T.Frzer 3b 4 0 0 0
Aviles rf
4 0 0 0 D.Nvrro c
4 1 2 0
J.McCnn c
3 0 0 0 Shuck cf
4 1 2 0
Collins ph-cf 1 1 1 1 C.Snchz 2b 4 0 0 0
An.Rmne cf 3 1 1 1
Sltlmcc ph-c 1 1 1 1
Totals
35 4 8 4 Totals
35 5 12 5
Detroit
000 000 013—4
Chicago
130 000 001—5
DP—Detroit 1. LOB—Detroit 6, Chicago
9. 2B—J.Iglesias (16). HR—Castellanos
(18), Collins (2), An.Romine (1), Saltalamacchia (10), Eaton (6). SB—Shuck (2).
S—Ti.Anderson (3).
IP
H
R ER BB SO
Detroit
Sanchez
6
10
4
4
0 5
Lowe
C
0
0
0
2 0
Ryan
1B
1
0
0
0 1
Rondon L,3-2
B
1
1
1
1 0
Chicago
Quintana
6C
3
0
0
1 4
Jones
1B
2
1
1
1 2
Robertson W,2-2 BS,4 1
3
3
3
0 1
T—3:00. A—30,281 (40,615).
Yankees 5, Giants 2
San Francisco
New York
ab r h bi
ab r h bi
Span cf
5 0 0 0 Gardner lf 4 0 1 0
Pagan lf
5 1 3 0 Ellsbry cf 4 0 0 0
Belt 1b
3 0 0 0 Beltran dh 4 2 2 1
Posey dh
4 0 2 2 B.McCnn c 4 1 1 0
Crwford ss 4 0 1 0 S.Cstro 2b 3 0 1 1
Gllspie 3b
3 0 1 0 Grgrius ss 3 0 1 1
Wllmson rf 4 0 2 0 Tixeira 1b 3 1 1 1
R.Pena 2b
4 1 1 0 Headley 3b 3 0 0 0
Brown c
3 0 0 0 A.Hicks rf 2 1 1 0
G.Blnco ph 1 0 0 0
Totals
36 2 10 2 Totals
30 5 8 4
San Francisco
000 000 200—2
New York
110 003 00x—5
DP—San Francisco 2, New York 1.
LOB—San Francisco 10, New York 2. 2B—
Pagan (14), Gregorius (20). 3B—Pagan
(3). HR—Beltran (21), Teixeira (9).
IP
H
R ER BB SO
San Francisco
Samardzija L,9-6
5C
8
5
5
1 3
Kontos
2B
0
0
0
0 2
New York
Eovaldi W,9-6
6C
7
2
2
2 6
Shreve
0
0
0
0
1 0
Green S,1-1
2B
3
0
0
0 1
Shreve pitched to 1 batter in the 7th
T—3:06. A—34,143 (49,642).
Astros 13, Angels 3
Pirates 5, Phillies 4
Los Angeles
Houston
ab r h bi
ab r h bi
Y.Escbr 3b 3 0 1 0 Sprnger dh 3 3 2 2
C.Perez 1b 2 0 1 0 Mrsnck ph-dh 1 0 1 0
Calhoun rf 2 0 0 1 Ma.Gnzl 1b 4 1 1 0
Gvtella 2b
1 0 0 0 Worth pr-3b 1 1 0 0
Trout cf
3 0 1 0 Altuve 2b 5 2 3 6
Cnnnghm cf 1 0 0 0 Correa ss 5 0 3 1
Pujols dh
4 0 1 0 Vlbna 3b-1b 5 1 1 1
Nava lf-rf
4 0 1 0 Gattis c
5 1 1 1
A.Smmns ss 2 0 2 0 Rasmus rf 3 1 0 0
J.Marte 3b 2 0 0 0 C.Gomez cf 3 1 1 1
Choi 1b-lf
4 1 1 0 Tucker lf
3 2 2 1
Bandy c
4 2 2 2
GPetit 2b-ss 4 0 1 0
Totals
36 3 11 3 Totals
38 13 15 13
Los Angeles
001 000 200— 3
Houston
441 031 00x—13
E—Tucker (1), G.Petit (4). DP—Los Angeles 2, Houston 1. LOB—Los Angeles 7,
Houston 5. 2B—Trout (24), Choi (3), Correa 2 (23), C.Gomez (15), Tucker (7). HR—
Bandy (4), Altuve 2 (17), Valbuena (13),
Gattis (16), Tucker (4). SF—Calhoun (4).
IP
H
R ER BB SO
Los Angeles
Lincecum L,2-4
1B
7
8
8
2 0
Guerra
1C
1
1
1
1 2
Salas
1
1
0
0
0 1
Alvarez
1
4
3
1
0 2
Ramirez
1
1
1
1
0 1
Smith
1
1
0
0
0 0
Bedrosian
1
0
0
0
0 2
Houston
Fiers W,7-4
7
9
3
3
0 2
Feldman
2
2
0
0
0 0
HBP—by Guerra (Tucker). T—3:00. A—
32,721 (42,060).
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
ab r h bi
ab r h bi
C.Hrnnd 2b 5 1 3 1 Jaso 1b
3 0 0 0
O.Hrrra cf
4 1 1 2 Watson p 0 0 0 0
A.Blnco 3b 2 1 1 1 Mlancon p 0 0 0 0
Franco 3b
2 0 1 0 GPlnco lf-rf 3 0 1 0
Howard 1b 3 0 2 0 Freese 3b-1b 4 0 0 0
TJseph ph-1b 1 0 0 0 S.Marte cf 4 2 3 0
Ruiz c
3 0 1 0 Joyce rf
2 2 2 2
Galvis ss
4 0 0 0 Kang 3b
1 0 1 0
Asche lf
4 0 0 0 Hrrison 2b 4 0 0 0
Bailey p
0 0 0 0 El.Diaz c
4 0 0 1
Bourjos rf
3 0 0 0 SRdrgz ss-lf 2 0 1 1
Vlsquez p
2 1 1 0 Taillon p
2 0 0 0
Paredes ph 1 0 0 0 N.Feliz p
0 0 0 0
E.Ramos p 0 0 0 0 A.Frzer ph 1 1 1 1
Neris p
0 0 0 0 Mercer ss 0 0 0 0
T.Gddel lf
1 0 0 0
Totals
35 4 10 4 Totals
30 5 9 5
Philadelphia
102 001 000—4
Pittsburgh
020 002 10x—5
LOB—Philadelphia 6, Pittsburgh 5.
2B—Ruiz (5), G.Polanco (25), S.Marte (22),
S.Rodriguez (13). 3B—C.Hernandez (7).
HR—O.Herrera (11), A.Blanco (4), Joyce
(10), A.Frazier (1). SB—S.Marte (34). CS—
C.Hernandez (6), G.Polanco (6), S.Marte
(8).
IP
H
R ER BB SO
Philadelphia
Velasquez
6
7
4
4
4 5
Ramos L,1-1
1
1
1
1
0 2
Neris
C
1
0
0
0 1
Bailey
B
0
0
0
0 1
Pittsburgh
Taillon
6
8
4
4
0 7
Feliz W,4-0
1
1
0
0
1 1
Watson H,23
1
1
0
0
1 1
Melancon S,30-33
1
0
0
0
0 0
WP—Velasquez. T—3:08. A—32,439
(38,362).
Padres 10, Nationals 6
San Diego
Washington
ab r h bi
T.Trner 2b 5 2 2 0
Werth lf
2 0 0 1
D.Mrphy 1b 3 2 3 2
W.Ramos c 4 1 3 3
Rendon 3b 3 0 0 0
Heisey rf
4 0 0 0
Y.Petit p
0 0 0 0
M.Tylor cf 4 0 0 0
Espnosa ss 4 0 0 0
Giolito p
1 1 1 0
Belisle p
1 0 0 0
O.Perez p 0 0 0 0
Treinen p 0 0 0 0
C.Rbnsn ph 1 0 0 0
Kelley p
0 0 0 0
Ppelbon p 0 0 0 0
Harper rf
1 0 0 0
Totals
38 10 12 9 Totals
33 6 9 6
San Diego
003 100 024—10
Washington
104 010 000— 6
E—Espinosa (8), A.Ramirez (13). DP—
San Diego 1. LOB—San Diego 7, Washington 4. 2B—A.Dickerson (3), A.Ramirez (18),
D.Murphy 2 (30). 3B—T.Turner (3). HR—
A.Dickerson (3), Schimpf (9), W.Ramos
(14). SB—T.Turner (4), Rendon (10). CS—
De.Norris (1). SF—Werth (5), D.Murphy (5).
IP
H
R ER BB SO
San Diego
Friedrich
3
6
5
5
1 0
Villanueva
3
2
1
1
0 4
Thornton
1
0
0
0
0 0
Buchter W,2-0
1
1
0
0
1 1
Maurer
1
0
0
0
0 0
Washington
Giolito
3B
4
4
2
3 0
Belisle
2C
1
0
0
0 2
Perez H,10
C
0
0
0
1 1
Treinen H,11
B
1
0
0
0 1
Kelley BS,2
1
2
2
2
0 2
Papelbon L,2-3
C
4
4
4
1 1
Petit
B
0
0
0
0 1
HBP—by Belisle (Solarte). WP—Friedrich, Giolito, Papelbon. T—3:32. A—30,663
(41,418).
Jnkwski cf
Myers 1b
M.Kemp rf
Solarte 3b
A.Dckrs lf
Schimpf 2b
A.Rmrez ss
De.Nrrs c
Frdrich p
Rosales ph
Vllneva p
Wallace ph
Thrnton p
Bthncrt ph
Buchter p
Maurer p
ab
4
3
5
4
5
5
4
4
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
r
1
1
0
1
3
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
h
0
1
1
1
3
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
bi
0
2
0
1
1
2
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Cubs 6, Brewers 5
Chicago
Milwaukee
ab r h bi
ab r h bi
L Stlla 2b
3 1 3 1 Villar ss
4 1 1 0
T.Wood p
0 0 0 0 H.Perez rf 2 1 0 1
Strop p
0 0 0 0 Braun lf
5 2 2 0
Fowler ph
0 0 0 0 Lucroy c
4 0 1 0
H.Rndon p 0 0 0 0 Carter 1b 4 0 1 1
Bryant 3b
3 2 1 0 Thrnbrg p 0 0 0 0
Rizzo 1b
5 1 1 3 Boyer p
0 0 0 0
Zobrist rf-2b 3 0 2 2 R.Flres ph 1 0 0 0
Cntrras lf
4 0 1 0 Gennett 2b 5 0 1 2
Heywrd cf-rf 4 0 0 0 Mddlbrk 3b 1 0 0 0
Russell ss
2 0 0 0 Nwnhuis cf 2 1 1 1
J.Baez ss
2 0 1 0 Elmre cf-3b 3 0 1 0
D.Ross c
2 0 0 0 J.Gerra p
3 0 0 0
MMntro ph-c 2 1 1 0 W.Smith p 0 0 0 0
Lester p
1 0 0 0 Wilkins 1b 1 0 0 0
Grimm p
0 0 0 0
Richard p
0 0 0 0
Nathan p
0 0 0 0
Szczur ph-cf 2 1 1 0
Totals
33 6 11 6 Totals
35 5 8 5
Chicago
000 001 500—6
Milwaukee
200 020 001—5
E—Gennett (8), Elmore (1). DP—Milwaukee 4. LOB—Chicago 6, Milwaukee 12.
2B—La Stella (9), Rizzo (27), Braun (17),
Elmore (1). 3B—Villar (2). HR—Nieuwenhuis (8). SB—Villar 2 (36), H.Perez 2 (14),
Braun 2 (11). CS—Zobrist 2 (4), Szczur (3),
Elmore (2). SF—H.Perez (2).
IP
H
R ER BB SO
Chicago
Lester
4
4
4
4
5 7
Grimm
B
0
0
0
0 1
Richard
C
1
0
0
1 0
Nathan W,1-0
1
1
0
0
1 3
Wood H,10
1
1
0
0
1 1
Strop H,18
1
0
0
0
0 2
Rondon S,18-22
1
1
1
1
0 2
Milwaukee
Guerra
6B
5
1
0
4 2
Smith L,1-3 BS,4
0
3
5
4
1 0
Thornburg
C
1
0
0
0 1
Boyer
2
2
0
0
1 1
Lester pitched to 3 batters in the 5th
W.Smith pitched to 5 batters in the 7th
WP—Lester. PB—Ross. T—4:08. A—43,310
(41,900).
Red Sox 8, Twins 7
Minnesota
Boston
ab r h bi
ab r h bi
E.Nunez ss 5 0 0 0 B.Holt rf
3 0 0 0
Mauer 1b
5 0 1 0 Pedroia 2b 4 2 2 1
Sano 3b
5 1 1 0 Bgaerts ss 4 2 3 0
Dozier 2b
4 1 1 0 Hn.Rmr dh 4 2 2 3
Kepler rf
3 2 1 0 Brdly J cf
4 0 1 0
Vargas dh
2 1 1 2 A.Hill 3b
4 1 0 0
E.Rsrio lf
4 1 0 0 T.Shaw 1b 4 1 1 3
Centeno c
4 1 3 3 Brentz lf
4 0 1 0
Buxton cf
4 0 1 2 Hanigan c 3 0 0 0
Totals
36 7 9 7 Totals
34 8 10 7
Minnesota
020 100 220—7
Boston
003 050 00x—8
E—Bogaerts (10), Sano (13). LOB—
Minnesota 5, Boston 3. 2B—Vargas (9),
Centeno 2 (7). 3B—Kepler (2). HR—Pedroia (10), Han.Ramirez (13), T.Shaw
(12). SB—Bogaerts (12). CS—B.Holt (1).
SF—Vargas (1).
IP
H
R ER BB SO
Minnesota
Milone L,3-3
4C 10
8
4
0 4
May
2B
0
0
0
1 2
Rogers
1
0
0
0
0 1
Boston
Porcello W,13-2
6C
6
5
4
1 8
Barnes H,7
B
2
2
2
1 0
Tazawa H,15
1
1
0
0
0 2
Ziegler S,1-1
1
0
0
0
0 2
M.Barnes pitched to 3 batters in the
8th PB—Hanigan. T—3:15. A—36,806
(37,499).
Orioles 5, Indians 3
Cleveland
Baltimore
ab r h bi
A.Jones cf 4 0 0 0
Schoop 2b 4 2 2 1
MMchdo 3b 3 1 1 1
C.Davis 1b 3 0 0 0
Trumbo rf 3 0 0 0
P.Alvrz dh 4 1 1 1
Flherty ss 3 0 1 0
C.Jseph c 4 0 1 0
Borbon lf
3 0 0 0
Reimold ph 1 1 1 2
Totals
32 3 7 3 Totals
32 5 7 5
Cleveland
000 200 010—3
Baltimore
000 210 002—5
E—Schoop (6), R.Perez (1). DP—Baltimore 1. LOB—Cleveland 6, Baltimore 5.
2B—Chisenhall (14), Naquin (11), Schoop
(27). HR—Schoop (17), Reimold (5). SF—
R.Perez (2). S—Flaherty (1).
IP
H
R ER BB SO
Cleveland
Kluber
7
6
3
3
1 8
Shaw
1
0
0
0
2 1
Allen L,2-4
C
1
2
0
0 2
Baltimore
Worley
7
5
2
2
3 3
Brach BS,4
1
2
1
0
0 0
O’Day W,3-1
1
0
0
0
0 3
T—2:46. A—37,821 (45,971).
C.Sntna dh
Kipnis 2b
Lindor ss
Napoli 1b
Jo.Rmrz lf
Chsnhll rf
Uribe 3b
Naquin cf
R.Perez c
ab
3
3
4
4
3
4
4
4
3
r
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
h
0
1
1
1
0
2
0
1
1
bi
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
Rockies 7, Braves 2
Atlanta
Colorado
ab r h bi
ab r h bi
Pterson 2b 2 0 0 0 Blckmon cf 5 1 1 0
C.d’Arn 3b
4 1 0 0 LMahieu 2b 4 2 3 1
F.Frman 1b 5 1 2 1 Arenado 3b 5 2 2 3
Mrkakis rf
2 0 0 1 Ca.Gnzl rf 3 0 1 0
Frnceur lf
4 0 0 0 Story ss
4 2 2 2
Incarte cf
3 0 1 0 Raburn lf
4 0 0 0
Przynsk c
4 0 0 0 B.Brnes lf 0 0 0 0
Aybar ss
2 0 2 0 Mar.Ryn 1b 2 0 0 0
Jenkins p
2 0 0 0 Hundley c 4 0 2 1
D L Crz p
0 0 0 0 Chtwood p 2 0 0 0
Snyder ph
1 0 0 0 Germen p 0 0 0 0
Crvenka p
0 0 0 0 Oberg p
0 0 0 0
O’Flhrt p
0 0 0 0 Adames ph 1 0 0 0
G.Bckhm ph 1 0 0 0 McGee p
0 0 0 0
Dario.A p
0 0 0 0
Totals
30 2 5 2 Totals
34 7 11 7
Atlanta
000 000 200—2
Colorado
400 300 00x—7
E—Ca.Gonzalez (3), Francoeur (3).
DP—Atlanta 1, Colorado 1. LOB—Atlanta 10, Colorado 8. 2B—F.Freeman (23),
Arenado (25), Story (21), Hundley (14).
HR—LeMahieu (6), Arenado (25), Story
(27). SB—Inciarte (11), Blackmon (12).
CS—Peterson (4).
Atlanta
Jenkins L,0-2
De La Cruz
Cervenka
O’Flaherty
Alvarez
Colorado
Chatwood W,9-6
Germen
Oberg
McGee
WP—Germen.
(50,398).
IP
H
R ER BB SO
3B
1C
1
1
1
8
0
2
0
1
7
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
0
T—2:56.
0
2
0
0
5
2
1
1
7
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
2
3
0
0
1
0
8 6
1
1 1
0
0 0
0
0 0
A—34,695
Diamondbacks 9, Reds 8
Arizona
Cincinnati
ab r h bi
ab r h bi
Segura ss
4 0 2 0 Hmilton cf 5 1 2 0
Gsselin 2b
5 1 3 1 Peraza ss 3 1 1 0
Gldschm 1b 4 2 1 1 Jos.Smt p 0 0 0 0
Weeks lf
4 1 2 1 Cozart ph 0 1 0 0
Burgos p
0 0 0 0 Votto 1b
3 1 1 0
Barrett p
0 0 0 0 Bruce rf
4 3 2 4
M.Frman ph 1 0 0 0 Duvall lf
5 0 1 2
Clppard p
0 0 0 0 Phllips 2b 4 1 2 0
Cstillo c
4 1 1 3 DJesus 3b-ss 5 0 1 1
Owings cf
5 0 0 0 R.Cbrra c
4 0 1 1
Drury 3b
4 1 1 0 Fnnegan p 2 0 0 0
Tomas rf
4 3 3 2 Ohlndrf p 0 0 0 0
Godley p
2 0 0 0 Waldrop ph 1 0 0 0
Curtis p
0 0 0 0 E.Sarez 3b 1 0 0 0
Bourn lf
1 0 0 0
Totals
38 9 13 8 Totals
37 8 11 8
Arizona
113 012 010—9
Cincinnati
203 000 003—8
E—De Jesus (3). DP—Arizona 1, Cincinnati 1. LOB—Arizona 6, Cincinnati 9.
2B—Gosselin (8). HR—Goldschmidt (17),
Castillo (11), Tomas 2 (15), Bruce (21).
SB—Hamilton (32), Bruce (4). CS—Segura
2 (7). S—Godley (1).
IP
H
R ER BB SO
Arizona
Godley W,3-1
5C 10
5
5
2 3
Curtis H,1
B
0
0
0
1 1
Burgos H,2
1
0
0
0
0 0
Barrett
1
0
0
0
0 1
Clippard
1
1
3
3
3 3
Cincinnati
Finnegan L,5-8
5
7
6
6
2 3
Ohlendorf
1
3
2
2
0 1
Smith
3
3
1
1
1 1
HBP—by Godley (Peraza). WP—Ohlendorf. PB—Castillo. T—3:32. A—25,304
(42,319).
Blue Jays 2, Mariners 0
Seattle
Toronto
ab r h bi
ab r h bi
Aoki lf
4 0 0 0 Barney 3b 4 0 0 0
Innetta dh 2 0 0 0 Dnldson dh 4 0 0 0
Smith ph-dh 1 0 0 0 Encrncn 1b 2 1 1 1
Cano 2b
2 0 0 0 Sunders lf 2 0 0 0
N.Cruz rf
3 0 0 0 Lake rf
0 0 0 0
D.Lee 1b
3 0 0 0 Tlwtzki ss 3 0 1 0
Lind ph
1 0 0 0 Pillar cf
3 0 1 0
K.Sager 3b 2 0 0 0 Carrera rf-lf 3 0 0 0
Zunino c
2 0 0 0 Travis 2b
3 0 0 0
L.Mrtin cf
3 0 1 0 Thole c
3 1 1 0
Srdinas ss 1 0 0 0
O’Mlley ph-ss 1 0 0 0
Totals
25 0 1 0 Totals
27 2 4 1
Seattle
000 000 000—0
Toronto
000 101 00x—2
DP—Seattle 2, Toronto 1. LOB—Seattle
5, Toronto 3. 2B—Thole (2). HR—Encarnacion (27). S—Sardinas (2).
IP
H
R ER BB SO
Seattle
Miley L,6-8
6
4
2
2
2 4
Wilhelmsen
1
0
0
0
0 2
Benoit
1
0
0
0
0 0
Toronto
Happ W,13-3
6
1
0
0
4 6
Cecil H,6
1
0
0
0
1 2
Grilli H,6
1
0
0
0
0 1
Osuna S,20-22
1
0
0
0
0 1
HBP—by Happ (Cano). T—2:21. A—
47,488 (49,282).
Dodgers 9, Cardinals 6
Los Angeles
St. Louis
ab r h bi
Grichk lf-cf 4 1 1 0
A.Diaz ss
3 0 0 1
Pscotty rf 4 1 2 2
Hlliday 1b-lf 4 0 1 1
Gyorko 3b 4 0 0 0
Molina c
3 1 1 0
Bowman p 0 0 0 0
Adams ph-1b 1 0 0 0
Pham cf
4 1 1 2
Oh p
0 0 0 0
Wong 2b
4 1 1 0
Mayers p
0 0 0 0
Maness p 1 0 0 0
G.Grcia ph 1 0 1 0
Rsnthal p 0 0 0 0
A.Rsrio c
1 1 0 0
Totals
38 9 13 8 Totals
34 6 8 6
Los Angeles
630 000 000—9
St. Louis
120 000 300—6
E—Piscotty (4). DP—St. Louis 1. LOB—
Los Angeles 10, St. Louis 4. 2B—Ju.Turner
(19), Kendrick (16), Piscotty (24), Holliday
(17), Molina (17). HR—Ad.Gonzalez (9),
Kendrick (6), Pham (6). SB—Pederson (5).
SF—A.Diaz (5).
IP
H
R ER BB SO
Los Angeles
Kazmir W,9-3
5
6
3
3
0 3
Baez
1
0
0
0
0 1
Liberatore
B
1
3
3
2 1
Blanton
1C
1
0
0
0 1
Jansen S,29-34
1
0
0
0
0 2
St. Louis
Mayers L,0-1
1B
8
9
9
2 1
Maness
3C
3
0
0
0 3
Rosenthal
1
2
0
0
3 2
Bowman
2
0
0
0
1 0
Oh
1
0
0
0
1 1
Rosenthal pitched to 3 batters in the
7th HBP—by Oh (Grandal). T—3:49. A—
41,423 (43,975).
Utley 2b
C.Sager ss
Ju.Trnr 3b
Ad.Gnzl 1b
Kndrick lf
Grandal c
Toles rf
Pderson cf
Kazmir p
P.Baez p
Vn Slyk ph
Lbrtore p
Blanton p
C.Tylor ph
Jansen p
ab
5
5
4
5
5
3
4
3
3
0
1
0
0
0
0
r
1
1
2
2
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
h
1
2
2
3
2
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
bi
0
0
0
4
2
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
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DeShields’ homer
lifts Rangers over
struggling Royals
Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Delino
DeShields is known for his speed,
stealing 101 bases in 2012 in the
minors, not for his power.
DeShields homered in the seventh inning to break a tie and the
Texas Rangers defeated the Kansas City Royals 2-1 on Sunday.
The loss dropped the Royals to
48-49, the first time the World Series champions have been below
.500 since May 15 when they
were 18-19. The Royals have lost
13 of 19 games in July.
White Sox 5, Tigers 4: Melky
Cabrera drove in Adam Eaton
with a game-ending single in the
ninth inning after closer David
Robertson gave up three home
runs in the top half to lead host
Chicago to a victory over Detroit
hours after it suspended ace Chris
Sale for five days on Sunday.
The White Sox beat the Tigers
4-3 earlier in the day on a single
by Eaton in the ninth after play
was suspended because of rain
the previous night.
Padres 10, Nationals 6: Alex
Dickerson and Ryan Schimpf hit
back-to-back homers off Shawn
Kelley in the eighth inning and
San Diego scored four runs off
Jonathan Papelbon in the ninth to
beat host Washington.
Orioles 5, Indians 3: Pinchhitter Nolan Reimold hit a gamewinning, two-out homer in the
ninth inning after Pedro Alvarez
reached on a strikeout, and Baltimore completed a three-game
sweep of visiting Cleveland.
Dodgers 9, Cardinals 6: Adrian Gonzalez hit a grand slam and
Howie Kendrick added a two-run
homer, helping visiting Los Angeles spoil Mike Mayers’ major
league debut.
Yankees 5, Giants 2: Nathan
Eovaldi pitched shutout ball into
the seventh inning, Carlos Beltran and Mark Teixeira hit early
solo home runs and New York
completed a 6-4 homestand.
Cubs 6, Brewers 5: At Milwaukee, Anthony Rizzo hit a
three-run double in the seventh
inning and Joe Nathan got the
win in his first game in the majors since April 2015.
Nathan was activated off the
60-day disabled list earlier in the
day, completing his comeback
from Tommy John surgery.
Mets 3, Marlins 0: Steven
Matz pitched six innings for his
first win since May, and New
York took the rubber game of a
series against host Miami.
Blue Jays 2, Mariners 0: J.A.
Happ and three relievers combined on a one-hitter, Edwin Encarnacion hit a solo home run
and host Toronto averted a threegame sweep.
Athletics 3, Rays 2: Billy Butler hit a tiebreaking home run off
Erasmo Ramirez with one out in
the eighth inning and host Oakland held on.
Pirates 5, Phillies 4: Adam
Frazier’s pinch-hit home run in
the seventh inning powered Pittsburgh over visiting Philadelphia.
Astros 13, Angels 3: Jose
Altuve hit two of host Houston’s
season-high five homers and had
a career-high six RBIs to help
complete a three-game sweep.
Rockies 7, Braves 2: Trevor
Story lined his fourth homer in
three games, Tyler Chatwood allowed one hit over five erratic innings and Colorado swept visiting
Atlanta.
Diamondbacks 9, Reds 8:
Paul Goldschmidt’s solo home
run in the fifth inning gave visiting Arizona the lead for good, and
the Diamondbacks finished with
four homers.
Scoreboard
Rangers 2, Royals 1
Kansas City
ab r h bi
A.Escbr ss 3 0 1 0
Cthbert 3b 4 0 0 0
Hosmer dh 4 0 0 0
K.Mrles 1b 3 1 3 1
Eibner pr
0 0 0 0
Gordon lf 4 0 1 0
Orlando rf 4 0 0 0
Mrrfeld 2b 3 0 0 0
S.Perez ph 1 0 1 0
Butera c
3 0 1 0
C.Colon ph 1 0 0 0
J.Dyson cf 3 0 0 0
Totals
32 2 11 2 Totals
33 1 7 1
Texas
000 001 100—2
Kansas City
000 100 000—1
DP—Kansas City 2. LOB—Texas 9, Kansas City 7. 2B—DeShields (4), K.Morales
(15), Gordon (9). HR—DeShields (3),
K.Morales (16). SB—DeShields (5). CS—
J.Dyson (5). S—Profar (1), Andrus 2 (3).
IP
H
R ER BB SO
Texas
Griffin
5
4
1
1
2 3
Claudio W,2-1
1
1
0
0
0 0
Kela H,4
1
0
0
0
0 2
Diekman H,20
1
0
0
0
0 1
Dyson S,20-22
1
2
0
0
0 0
Kansas City
Volquez
6
7
1
1
3 3
Hochevar L,2-3
1
1
1
1
0 1
Herrera
1
2
0
0
0 2
Davis
1
1
0
0
0 1
HBP—by Dyson (Perez). T—3:03. A—
32,739 (37,903).
ab
Profar 3b
4
Mazara rf
5
Desmond cf 4
Beltre dh
4
Hoying pr-dh 0
Odor 2b
3
Andrus ss
2
Mreland 1b 3
Chrinos c
4
DShelds lf
3
r
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
h
1
1
0
2
0
3
1
1
0
2
Red Sox pitcher Rick
Porcello became the
first since 1961 to win
his first 10 Fenway
decisions in a season.
MICHAEL D WYER /AP
Porcello becomes the first Boston pitcher
in 55 years to open season 10-0 at home
BY K EN POWTAK
Pedroia homered over the Green Monster.
Third baseman Miguel Sano had a grounder go
through his legs for an error that scored a run beBOSTON fore Shaw belted his homer into Boston’s bullpen,
year ago, Rick Porcello was hearing making it 8-3.
nearly as many boos as cheers in Fen“The one to Shaw was just a curveball that
way Park.
hung over the middle of the plate,” Milone said.
Now, he’s piling up wins in front of the “He was waiting for it. They capitalized hard on
home fans.
the mistakes.”
Porcello became the first Boston pitcher in 55
Milone gave up eight runs — four earned — in
years to open a season 10-0 in Fenway, and Han- 4 2 ⁄3 innings, snapping a personal three-game
ley Ramirez and Travis Shaw both hit a three-run winning streak.
homer as the Red Sox beat the Minnesota Twins
The Twins scored two runs in the seventh and
8-7 Sunday to earn a split of a four-game series.
eighth innings, slicing it to 8-7.
“I just feel good here,” Porcello said. “I feel
Ramirez’s homer — his fifth in five games —
went into the first row of Monster seats, with a
comfortable pitching in front of our crowd.”
fan making a nice standing, twoLast year, the 27-year-old
handed grab, to make it 3-2.
Porcello was expected to be an
The Twins tied it when Max
ace for the staff after the club acRick
is
in
a
very
Kepler tripled leading off the
quired him from Detroit before
the season, but he lost six of his
good place here in fourth before scoring on Kennys
Vargas’ grounder.
first 11 starts at home and ended
Fenway. You talk
Bullpen help: The Red Sox rethe year just 9-15 overall with a
about dependable called RHP Joe Kelly from Tri4.92 ERA.
ple-A Pawtucket before the game
“Rick is in a very good place
and reliable, he
after sending RHP Heath Hemhere in Fenway,” Red Sox manembodies that. He bree there following Saturday’s
ager John Farrell said. “You talk
loss.
about dependable and reliable,
epitomizes that.
Kelly has only started since
he embodies that. He epitomizes
John Farrell
being acquired in 2014, but has
that.”
Red Sox manager pitched 52 2 ⁄3 career innings of
Porcello (13-2) allowed five
2
relief with a 3.25 ERA.
runs with eight strikeouts in 6 ⁄3
Key out: Junichi Tazawa entered with basesinnings, becoming the first since Don Schwall
in 1961 to win his first 10 Fenway decisions in a loaded and no outs in the eighth. He allowed two
inherited runners to score, but struck out Byron
season.
Dustin Pedroia hit a tiebreaking solo homer Buxton on a splitter in the dirt to end the inning.
New jewelry: Ortiz wore a Boston Marathon
and Xander Bogaerts had three singles for Bosmedal in the dugout that’s given to runners that
ton, which won its 10th time in 13 games.
Juan Centeno had three hits and drove in three finish.
runs for the Twins, who completed a seven-game
“A friend of mine that ran the Marathon gave
road trip 4-3 but gave up four unearned runs in it to me,” he said, pointing to it hanging in his
a key inning.
locker. “I wear my jewelry on different days. I
“You’ve got a chance to come in here and po- just put it on.”
tentially beat a team that’s been playing good
Trainer’s room
— three out of four,” Minnesota manager Paul
Twins: C Kurt Suzuki was out with stitches in
Molitor said. “Unearned runs, they’re painful,
they’re tough when you can’t find a way to get off his chin after getting hit in the face mask Saturday. “We’re trying to look at ways that we can pothe field.”
Brad Ziegler got the final three outs for his tentially protect him if we needed to play him in
first save with Boston after being acquired from an emergency,” Molitor said.
Red Sox: DH David Ortiz was rested. . FarArizona earlier this month.
The Red Sox surged ahead with five runs - four rell said CF Mookie Betts’ right knee was “imunearned — and chased Tommy Milone (3-3) in proved.” Betts left Friday’s game with soreness
in the knee.
the fifth.
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The Rangers’ Delino DeShields,
recalled Thursday from TripleA Round Rock, walked and
doubled before leading off the
seventh with a tiebreaking home
run in Texas’ 2-1 win over the
Royals in Kansas City, Mo.
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Aussies won’t move into Rio village yet
Power, plumbing concerns keep athletes away
living in nearby hotels because the village
BY STEPHEN WADE
is simply not safe or ready.”
Associated Press
Chiller said six Australian athletes due
RIO DE JANEIRO — Australia’s Olym- to arrive Monday and 50 on Tuesday would
pic team leader is keeping the delegation’s temporarily stay in hotels or other accom700 athletes or staff out of the Athletes Vil- modations. She said she hopes they can
lage for at least two days, citing electrical move into the village quickly, and sounded
and plumbing problems in the sprawling encouraged.
complex less than two weeks before the
“I am reasonably confident that we will
start of the games in Rio de Janeiro.
be able to enter the village on Wednesday,”
“Electricity and water is not a good she said.
combination,” Kitty Chiller told reporters
She described other amenities in the vilSunday, when the village was
lage as among the best.
set to be officially opened for
“This is one of the most beauathletes.
tiful villages I’ve ever been in,”
Chiller said this was her fifth
she said. “It looks spectacular.
Olympics, and she came down
There are just teething issues
hard on village preparations.
in some of the service inside the
“I have never experienced a
building.”
village in this state — or lack
Several teams are hiring
of state — of readiness at this
tradesmen to fix the problems,
point in time,” she said.
and some may look for compenThe 31-building village is exsation from organizers.
pected to house 18,000 athletes
Italian team leader Carlo
and officials at the height of the
Mornati said his national Olymgames. It was not clear how
pic committee, CONI, had been
I
have
never
many athletes were housed in
hiring workmen to carry out reexperienced
the village on Sunday.
pairs for days.
This is the latest problem for a village in
“Among these unfinished
the games, which have been hit
areas are also a few apartments
by concern about the Zika virus, this state
in block 20, the one to be used by
security threats, water pollution — or lack of
Italy, and where manual workand severe budget cuts.
ers, electricians, plumbers and
state — of
Chiller and Australian team
bricklayers — hired by CONI
readiness
at
spokesman Mike Tancred deofficials there as a matter of
scribed a wide array of plumb- this point in
urgency — have been working
ing, electrical and cleaning
over the past few days so that
time.
issues at the Village. Tancred
the athletes’ accommodations
said 10 of the 31 buildings were
Kitty Chiller can be brought up to normal
determined to be inhabitable.
Australia’s Olympic conditions as soon as possible,”
“We’re having plumbing
team leader he said in a statement.
problems, we’ve got leaking
The U.S. Olympic Committee
pipes,” Tancred told AP. “We’ve
acknowledged there were small
got electrical problems. We’ve
problems.
got cleaning problems. We’ve got lighting
“As is the case with every games, we’re
problems in some of the stairwells. We working with the local organizers to addid a stress test on Saturday, turned on dress minor issues and make sure the
the taps and flushed the toilets, and water village is ready for Team USA athletes,”
came flooding down the walls.”
spokesman Patrick Sandusky told the AP.
Chiller listed the same problems, and
The International Olympic Committee
added more.
and local organizers held emergency talks
“There was a strong smell of gas in some Sunday and said athletes with unfinished
apartments and there was ‘shorting’ in the rooms would “be placed in the best availelectrical wiring,” she said. “We have been able accommodation in other buildings,”
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LEO C ORREA /AP
Beds stand ready in the bedroom of an apartment of the Olympic Village in Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil, on Saturday. Australia’s team leader is keeping athletes and staff out of
the village for at least two days due to power and plumbing problems.
estimating that fixing the problems “will
take another few days.”
Local reports said about 5 percent of the
3,600 apartments had gas, water and electrical faults, and some were without toilet
fixtures.
Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes took
a shot at the Australians at the opening on
Sunday.
“This is an incredible village, more beautiful and better than Sydney,” he said, referring to the 2000 Olympics in Australia.
He said he was tempted to put “a kangaroo
jumping outside” to make them happy.
The village contains tennis courts, soccer fields, seven swimming pools with
mountains and the sea as a backdrop.
The apartments are to be sold after
the Olympics with some prices reaching
$700,000. The development cost about $1.5
billion, built by Brazilian billionaire Carlos Carvalho.
New Zealand team leader Rob Waddell
said he was disappointed the village wasn’t
quite ready “and it hasn’t been easy.”
“Our team has had to get stuck in to get
the job done,” Waddell said. “It’s been fair
to say there has been more work than we
anticipated with the building ... but we’ve
got it to a space now that it will be just fine
for athletes when they turn up.”
New Zealand’s Olympic rowing champion Mahe Drysdale, who said he was the
first athlete from any country to enter the
village, added facilities were in need of a
few “finishing touches.”
“Already taken ownership of the Village
being the very first athlete from any country to arrive and get through the gates,”
Drysdale said on Instagram. “All is good.
“Few finishing touches still to be made
but when you arrive at 5am on opening
day, you can’t expect it to be perfect.”
AP Sports Writer Steve McMorran contributed
from Wellington, New Zealand.
Durant, US hand China second exhibition rout
BY GREG BEACHAM
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — Just two
games into the U.S. basketball
team’s pre-Olympic tour, coach
Mike Krzyzewski already sees
the start of something big.
Kevin Durant scored 19 points,
Klay Thompson added 17 and
the Americans rolled to a second
straight blowout exhibition victory, 106-57 over China on Sunday
night.
DeMar DeRozan scored 13
points in his hometown, and DeMarcus Cousins had 12 points
and seven rebounds in the second
stop on the five-city tour leading
the Americans to Rio de Janeiro.
The victory over an overmatched
opponent was impressive, but
Krzyzewski liked it more for the
composed, cohesive manner in
which the new teammates worked
together.
“We should have won, but
the way we won was excellent,”
Krzyzewski said. “We’re really
growing together as a group.”
After opening their showcase
tour by trouncing Argentina in
Las Vegas on Friday night, the
U.S. team posted another rout at a
packed Staples Center. Krzyzewski is finding it difficult to disguise
his early optimism, praising his
team’s work in their brief practice time together.
And while they’re still learning
their teammates’ tendencies and
solidifying player rotations, the
U.S. team looked remarkably connected for long stretches against
China, which has no current NBA
players.
Durant noticed it, as did Los
Angeles Clippers center DeAndre
Jordan, who kicked off the festivities by blocking a shot on China’s
first possession and throwing
down an alley-oop dunk on the
Americans’ first possession.
“We’ve only been together a
week, but it seems like we’ve
been teammates for years,” Jordan said.
Jordan scored 12 points and
led a strong defensive effort with
three blocks for the Americans,
who held the Chinese to 30.9
percent shooting. Krzyzewski
believes the American team will
excel at defensive switching because of its abundance of versatile players.
The Americans haven’t lost a
game since the 2006 world championships, winning 65 straight
games. They’re 47-1 in exhibitions since NBA stars took over
the roster in 1992, going unde-
feated since 2004.
While LeBron James, Stephen
Curry and Kawhi Leonard all declined the chance to play in Rio,
the Americans who accepted the
opportunity appear to be serious
about winning without some of
the nation’s top stars.
“We’re young, but we’ve got
a bunch of seasoned pros,” said
Kyrie Irving, who had 10 points
and four assists. “We’ve been on a
lot of journeys, and we’ve crossed
paths before, but now we’re all
coming together at the right
time.”
Durant, one of the two returning American gold medalists
from London, heard boos from
the LA crowd during pregame
introductions. He quickly found
his outside stroke with 14 points
and four assists in the first half,
and Cousins overpowered the
Chinese down low for 12 first-half
points on the way to a 55-29 halftime lead.
The Chinese team’s most recognizable name to North Americans is Yi Jianlian, the Milwaukee
Bucks’ choice with the No. 6 overall pick in the 2007 draft. He
spent five seasons with four NBA
teams before heading back to the
Guangdong Southern Tigers.
Yi led the Chinese with 18
points. Zhou Qi, the 7-foot-2
center drafted by the Houston
Rockets in the second round last
month, scored two points on 1for-6 shooting. Exciting guard
Zhao Jiwei scored 14 points.
The teams meet again Tuesday
in Oakland.
They’ll also meet Aug. 6 in the
opening game of Olympic competition in Brazil.
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7 swimmers among Russians to miss Rio
FINA names those banned; top official says
13 across various sports to be ineligible
BY JAMES ELLINGWORTH
Associated Press
MOSCOW — Seven Russian swimmers
have been barred from the Rio de Janeiro
Olympics, including three linked to recent
allegations of a major doping cover-up by
Russian authorities, world swimming’s
governing body FINA said Monday.
Reigning world 100-meter breaststroke
champion Yulia Efimova is among four
Russian swimmers withdrawn by the Russian swimming federation because they
previously served doping bans, FINA said.
The others are Natalya Lovtsova, Anastasia Krapivina and Mikhail Dovgalyuk.
The International Olympic Committee
on Sunday said Russian athletes with previous doping bans would be banned from
the Rio Games. That followed the IOC’s decision not to ban the entire Russian team
over allegations of state-sponsored doping.
FINA said three more swimmers were
identified by World Anti-Doping Agency
investigator Richard McLaren when he examined evidence that Russian government
officials ordered the cover-up of hundreds
of doping tests.
They are 2008 Olympic silver and 2012
bronze medalist Nikita Lobintsev, bronze
medalist Vladimir Morozov and world junior record holder Daria Ustinova.
Russia’s top Olympic official, Alexander Zhukov, told Russian agency R-Sport
that he now believed a total of 13 Russians
would be ineligible due to previous doping
bans. They would be withdrawn from the
team, he added.
The 13 are likely to include athletes in
swimming, cycling, weightlifting, wrestling and rowing.
On Sunday, the IOC’s executive board
asked individual global sports federations
to decide on the entry of Russian athletes,
and announced new eligibility criteria.
The rules prohibit Russia from sending
to the Rio Games any athletes who have
previously served doping bans. Sports federations can also reject Russian entries if
they have not undergone enough international drug testing. Results of Russian tests
will not be accepted following allegations
of routine cover-ups at Moscow’s anti-doping laboratory.
It remains unclear whether there could
be legal challenges to the IOC criteria. A
similar IOC measure, known as the Osaka
Rule, which would have prohibited any
athletes who had received doping bans
from competing in the subsequent Olympics, was declared invalid by the Court of
Arbitration for Sport.
Zhukov said the IOC’s latest criteria violated the “principle of equality” because
they only applied to Russia, although he
has previously ruled out legal action.
However, Russian Swimming Federation president Vladimir Salnikov told the
state Tass agency that the four swimmers
cut from its team because of previous
bans, “have the chance to appeal to CAS.”
Efimova’s agent, Andrei Mitkov, told Russia’s Sportbox website that she intended
to file an appeal if she was not allowed to
compete.
Russia’s track and field athletes remain
barred from the Games by the IAAF, a
decision upheld last week by CAS and accepted by the IOC.
Now, with the Aug. 5 opening ceremony
approaching, it is up to the remaining 27
international sports federations to vet Russian athletes on an individual basis.
The archery federation said Monday it
had approved the entry of three Russian
archers after determining they have no
links to doping.
World Archery said it was satisfied that
the three female Russian archers nominated for the Games had been tested “extensively” and have never been sanctioned
for doping. They were listed as Tuiana
Dashidorzhieva, Ksenia Perova and Inna
Stepanova.
Archery was not implicated in the
WADA report by McLaren released last
week, which accused Russia of covering up
doping in 20 Summer Olympic sports.
Russian archers have been targeted for
additional testing, both in and out of competition, since the report was released, the
federation said.
“No Russian archery athlete has received an adverse analytical finding,” it
MICHAEL SOHN /AP
Swimming governing body FINA has ruled seven Russian swimmers ineligible to
compete at the Olympics. Reigning world 100-meter breaststroke champion Yulia
Efimova is among four Russian swimmers who FINA says were withdrawn by the
Russian Swimming Federation because they previously served doping bans.
said, adding that it would submit its findings to the IOC.
The International Tennis Federation
said Sunday it expects Russia’s eight-player Olympic tennis team to be eligible for
the games. The ITF said the players “have
been subject to a rigorous anti-doping testing program outside Russia.”
The International Equestrian Federa-
MICHAEL SOHN /AP
Russian swimmers Nikita Lobintsev, left, and Vladimir Morozov hold up their silver
medals at last year’s Swimming World Championships in Kazan, Russia.
tion said there was no indication of doping
within Russia’s five-rider team.
Russian cyclist Ilnur Zakarin, who won
a stage during the Tour de France which
ended Sunday, could be ruled out because
he served a two-year ban after testing positive for a steroid in 2009.
The International Judo Federation,
whose honorary president is Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, said it has already
tested 84 percent of the 389 athletes from
136 countries who are qualified to compete
in Rio. It made no mention of the 11 Russian judo athletes entered.
The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) said it “has taken note” of the
IOC ruling and “shall fully adhere to it.”
It said it would establish a “pool of Russian eligible athletes.” Gymnastics was not
mentioned in the McLaren report.
Boxing’s governing body, AIBA, said it
was examining Russia’s entrants. Eleven
Russian boxers have boxers for Rio, including reigning world champions Vitaly
Dunaytsev and Evgeny Tishchenko.
“We are reviewing and analyzing, on
a case by case basis, the anti-doping record of the 11 Russian boxers currently
qualified for Rio 2016,” AIBA said. “This
information and the decision of AIBA in
respect of the athlete’s eligibility will be
submitted to the IOC for confirmation in
due course.”
AP Sports Writer Stephen Wilson in London
contributed.
They said it
Associated Press
MOSCOW — The International Olympic Committee has
opted against imposing a blanket ban on the Russian team
for next month’s games in Rio de Janeiro.
Meeting after World Anti-Doping Agency reports alleged widespread doping and state-backed cover-ups of
failed drug tests by Russians, the IOC ruled that a ban
across all sports would unjustly punish clean athletes in
Russia.
Here is a look at the reaction in Russia and around the
world:
‘An athlete should not
suffer and should not be
sanctioned for a system in
which he was not implicated
and where he can show that
he was not implicated.
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Thomas Bach
IOC president and former Olympic fencer
‘The IOC decision
was to be expected.
You can’t behave
improperly toward a
power like Russia.
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Gennady Alyoshin
a Russian Olympic Committee
official, in comments to Tass
‘Disappointingly, however, in
response to the most important
moment for clean athletes and
the integrity of the Olympic
Games, the IOC has refused to
take decisive leadership.
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Travis Tygart
U.S. Anti-Doping Agency CEO
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BASEBALL HALL OF FAME
Historic journeys
Piazza, Griffey traveled different paths to Cooperstown
BY JOHN K EKIS
Associated Press
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y.
wo players who began their
careers at opposite ends of
the spectrum nearly three
decades ago ended up in
the same place on Sunday — with
their names etched on plaques at
the Baseball Hall of Fame.
For Ken Griffey Jr. and Mike
Piazza, the culmination of their
long journeys was tinged with
tears all around.
“I stand up here humbled and
overwhelmed,” Griffey said, staring out at his family and tens of
thousands of fans.
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“I can’t describe how it feels.”
The two became a piece of history on their special
day. Griffey, the first pick of the 1987 amateur draft,
became the highest pick ever inducted. Piazza, a 62ndround pick the next year — No. 1,390 — is the lowest
pick to enter the Hall of Fame.
Griffey played 22 big-league seasons with
the Mariners, Reds and White Sox and
was selected on a record 99.32 percent
of ballots cast, an affirmation of sorts
for his clean performance during
baseball’s so-called Steroids Era.
A 13-time All-Star and 10-time
Gold Glove Award winner in center field, Griffey hit 630 home runs,
sixth all-time, and drove in 1,836
runs. He also was the American
League MVP in 1997, drove in at least
100 runs in eight seasons, and won
seven Silver Slugger Awards.
Griffey, who fell just three votes shy of being the first
unanimous selection, hit 417 of his 630 homers and won
all 10 of his Gold Gloves with the Seattle Mariners. He
played the first 11 seasons of his career with the Mariners and led them to the playoffs for the first two times
in franchise history.
“Thirteen years with the Seattle Mariners,
from the day I got drafted, Seattle, Washington,
has been a big part of my life,” Griffey said,
punctuating the end of his speech by putting a
baseball cap on backward as he did throughout his career.
“I’m going to leave you with one thing. In
22 years I learned that one team will treat
you the best, and that’s your first team. I’m
damn proud to be a Seattle Mariner.”
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Baseball Hall of Fame inductees Mike Piazza,
left, and Ken Griffey Jr. hold their plaques after
an induction ceremony at the Clark Sports
Center on Sunday in Cooperstown, N.Y.
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