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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2021
Minimum wage hike unlikely in aid bill
Associated Press chamber without Republican support, a al COVID-19 aid bill.
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden step toward final approval next month. Vice Following Senate approval, the House
laid out his case Friday for moving fast to President Kamala Harris cast the tiebreak- passed the measure 219-209 on Friday af-
pass $1.9 trillion in coronavirus relief, but ing vote in the Senate, her first. ternoon, also without a Republican vote.
even as he opened the door to proceeding Biden’s speech solidified a marked shift The coronavirus aid package can now work
without Republicans, he conceded that a in tone and strategy for a president who en- its way through congressional committees
key element of his plan — hiking the mini- tered the White House pledging bipartisan- with the goal of finalizing additional relief
mum wage to $15 per hour — was unlikely to ship and met on Monday with 10 Republican by mid-March, when extra unemployment
become law. senators pushing a slimmed-down $618 bil- assistance and other pandemic aid expires.
The stakes for the country and economy lion alternative. Biden concluded in his Fri- It’s an aggressive timeline that will test the
were amplified Friday morning by the re- day speech that aid at that level would only ability of the new administration and Con-
lease of the government’s jobs report for Ja- prolong the economic pain. gress to deliver.
nuary, which showed that hiring had stalled Still, the president acknowledged Friday “We have been focused like a laser on get-
to a pace that could hinder a return to full that one of his most ambitious proposals, ting this done,” House Speaker Nancy Pelo-
employment for several years. Some raising the minimum wage, would likely be si said after leading Democrats in the House
406,000 people left the labor force last left out of the final bill. met with Biden on Friday. “We hope to be
month as deaths from the pandemic have “I put it in, but I don’t think it’s going to able to put vaccines in people’s arms, mon-
surged. survive,” Biden said in an interview with ey in people’s pockets, children safely in
“A lot of folks are losing hope,” Biden said “CBS Evening News” anchor Norah O’Don- schools and workers in their jobs. That’s
in a speech at the White House. “I believe nell, adding he would push to raise it in a what we are doing now.”
the American people are looking right now standalone bill. “No one should work 40 The push for stimulus comes amid new
to their government for help, to do our job, to hours a week and live below the poverty signs of a weakening U.S. economy. Em-
not let them down. So I’m going to act. I’m wage. And if you’re making less than $15 an ployers added just 49,000 jobs in January,
going to act fast. I’d like to be doing it with hour, you’re living below the poverty wage.” after cutting 227,000 jobs in December, the
the support of Republicans ... they’re just Senate Democrats applauded after Har- Labor Department said Friday. Restau-
not willing to go as far as I think we have to ris announced the chamber’s 51-50 vote on rants, retailers, manufacturers and even
go.” the budget measure at around 5:30 a.m. The the health care sector shed workers last
The jobs report landed shortly after Sen- action came after a grueling all-night ses- month, meaning that private employers ac-
ate Democrats cast a decisive vote to mus- sion, where senators voted on amendments counted for a meager gain of 6,000 jobs last
cle the COVID relief plan through the that could define the contours of the eventu- month.
Navy identifies 2 sailors who died from virus last week
BY CAITLIN M. KENNEY someone who tested positive for the corona- His military awards include the Enlisted
Stars and Stripes virus, according to the statement. Myers Submarine Warfare Specialist pin, the Navy
WASHINGTON — A submarine informa- was admitted to the hospital on Naval Air and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, and
tion systems technician from Washington Station Jacksonville on Saturday and then the pistol marksman ribbon.
state was the second sailor to die from the transferred to the University of Florida hos- The other sailor who died last week was
coronavirus last week, the Navy announced pital on Sunday where he tested positive for Chief Petty Officer Herbert Rojas, who
Friday. the virus. served as a quartermaster. Rojas died Tues-
Petty Officer Second Class Cody Andrew- Other sailors who might have had contact day at his off-base residence due to compli-
Godfredson Myers, 26, died Thursday in the with Myers have been notified and they are cations associated with the virus, according
intensive care unit at the University of Flor- taking precautions, according to the Navy. to a statement Friday from Recruit Training
ida Hospital in Jacksonville, according to a Chaplains, mental health specialists, and Command Great Lakes, Ill.
statement Friday from Submarine Forces. counselors are supporting his fellow crew- Rojas tested positive as a result of the
Myers was assigned to the USS Tennes- members at Kings Bay. command’s sentinel surveillance testing
see, a ballistic-missile submarine located at Myers enlisted in the Navy in December program that is done for all staff members,
Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Ga. He 2016 and has been assigned to the USS Ten- Lt. Cmdr. Phillip Chitty, a spokesman for
had been placed on restriction of movement nessee since 2018, according to details of his Naval Service Training Command, wrote
Jan. 18 after he came into close contact with service record. Friday in an email.PAGE 2 • STRIPES LITE • Saturday, February 6, 2021
Lawmakers push to curb rape in ranks
CQ-Roll Call ed by the military’s lack of progress in deal- Senate Armed Services chairman, would
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers, frustrat- ing with sexual offenses and is considering reverse his 2013 vote against Gillibrand’s
ed by the Defense Department’s inability to supporting Gillibrand’s proposal. proposal. West Virginia Democratic Sen.
curb rape in the ranks, are moving closer to “I’m beginning to be more open to it,” Joe Manchin III also voted against Gilli-
possibly making a momentous change in Tillis said. “A lot of time’s passed, and a lot brand eight years ago.
the military justice system. of things haven’t changed.” The House might be a more hospitable
Members of the Senate Armed Services Similarly, another committee Republi- venue than the more narrowly divided Sen-
Committee are increasingly receptive to a can who was not in the Senate in 2014, Dan ate for an attempt to change how sexual
long-standing proposal by New York Dem- Sullivan of Alaska, said he has been speak- crimes are prosecuted in the ranks.
ocrat Kirsten Gillibrand, chairwoman of ing with Gillibrand about her proposal. But that is not a foregone conclusion, and
the Armed Services Personnel Subcommit- “I think it’s in play,” said Sullivan, a for- the chamber has yet to weigh in on the
tee, to move responsibility for prosecuting mer active-duty Marine who still serves as question.
sexual assault, and perhaps other major a reservist. “It’s time to move those cases from the
crimes, from military commanders to inde- Some influential Senate Republicans will chain of command to give survivors the
pendent prosecutors. continue to oppose Gillibrand’s proposal. trust and confidence in the system to come
Several committee members have hinted James M. Inhofe of Oklahoma, the most se- forward,” Speier told CQ Roll Call in a
that they would back Gillibrand, in some nior Republican on the Senate panel, told statement.
cases reversing earlier positions. And, in so CQ Roll Call it is more important to prevent Speier secured a provision last year in
doing, they rebuffed abiding Pentagon re- sex crimes than to prosecute them. the House’s fiscal 2021 defense authoriza-
sistance to the proposal. “There’s more we can and must do on tion bill that would set up a temporary pilot
Momentum may be gathering, mean- this serious issue, but taking military lead- program to have a chief prosecutor at the
while, behind a similar House proposal by ers out of the equation is not the answer — service academies handle sex crimes.
Jackie Speier, the California Democrat finding better ways to prevent it from hap- The provision never made it into the final
who chairs the comparable Armed Servic- pening in the first place is,” he said via bill, amid opposition from key senators and
es personnel panel. email. Pentagon officials, congressional observers
Nearly half the House co-sponsored her said.
bill in the last Congress. Democrats reconsidering
Gillibrand has long argued that major With Biden backing the Gillibrand- Rising assault, retaliation
crimes such as murder and rape should be Speier idea, Democrats are likely to largely Since the Senate votes of 2013 and 2014,
prosecuted independent of military brass. fall in line behind it. the problem of sexual assault in the mil-
Speier’s legislation, by comparison, is tar- Some Democratic senators who voted itary has gotten worse, by many measures.
geted at sex crimes. against Gillibrand’s proposal in 2013 and Last year saw a record number of assaults
President Joe Biden, unlike his two im- 2014 hinted this week that they may change reported and the lowest conviction rate yet,
mediate predecessors, unequivocally sup- their minds. Gillibrand said during Austin’s Jan. 19 Sen-
ports such a change, so Defense Secretary When the Senate Armed Services Com- ate confirmation hearing.
Lloyd J. Austin III may soon implement it. mittee voted in 2013 to oppose Gillibrand’s Protect Our Defenders, a group dedicat-
Biden “is further along on the solution proposal, a key “swing bloc” of senators did ed to combating the problem, calls it “an
than many of our military leaders,” Gilli- so reluctantly and said they would prefer to epidemic of rape.”
brand told CQ Roll Call in a statement. give the Pentagon a chance to fix its rape “There are an estimated 20,500 military
problem, Virginia Democratic Sen. Tim men and women sexually assaulted in a
GOP movement Kaine said at a committee hearing Tues- year, yet barely 100 offenders are convict-
Even more important than Biden’s back- day. ed,” Don Christensen, the group’s presi-
ing is the mounting support in Congress for But today, Kaine said, “virtually all” of dent, said in an email.
enshrining the change in law — a potential- those key senators are disappointed with What’s more, 64% of those who reported
ly historic milestone. the unremitting reports of sexual assaults a sex crime perceived some form of retal-
In 2014, when Gillibrand’s proposal came in the military, and those lawmakers are iation, a recent Defense Department sur-
up for a Senate floor vote, three-quarters of ready to consider “a different path” — an vey showed.
Senate Republicans voted against it. Some apparent allusion to Gillibrand’s proposal. Inhofe, on the other hand, said the rising
of them are no longer in office. Maine Independent Angus King, who reports show victims have growing confi-
But now many Republicans, including was also among the Armed Services sen- dence in the system and are more willing to
key Senate Armed Services members, are ators who voted against Gillibrand’s pro- come forward.
beginning to file into Gillibrand’s camp. posal in 2013, said at the same hearing: “I’m In any event, concern about the problem
One Republican Senate Armed Services also in the camp of being receptive to a has grown too, Christensen and others said,
member, Thom Tillis of North Carolina, more significant change.” due partly to growing awareness of it and
who was not in the Senate in 2014, said in a One key unanswered question is whether partly to the #MeToo movement against
brief interview this week that he is dismay- Rhode Island Democrat Jack Reed, the sexual crimes.
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Explosives go missing during training
BY CAITLIN M. KENNEY volved in the Integrated Training Exercise ABC10 News reported the exercise
Stars and Stripes 2-21 at Twentynine Palms. could be extended until the explosives are
WASHINGTON — Military investiga- C4 is a powerful, pliable explosive that is found.
tors said Friday that they are searching for suitable for cutting and breaching. It usu- 1st Lt. Dan Linfante, a spokesman for the
several pounds of explosives that went ally comes in thin, 1¼-pound blocks or is 2nd Marine Division, declined to say
missing during a training exercise at the packed in white plastic containers. whether the Marines would have to stay
Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center The Naval Criminal Investigative Ser- longer at Twentynine Palms, citing oper-
Twentynine Palms in California. vice is leading the investigation, spokes- ational security concerns of discussing fu-
About 10 pounds of C4 plastic explosive man Jeff Houston said Friday. ture troop movement.
disappeared two weeks ago during a train- A monetary reward is also being offered Twentynine Palms and other units in
ing exercise, according to a report Thurs- for information that helps find the explo- California and Hawaii did not immediately
day by ABC10 News in San Diego. The TV sives, ABC10 News reported. respond to inquiries.
station also reported the explosives might Houston and a spokesman from the The base, located about 150 miles from
have been stolen. North Carolina-based 2nd Marine Division Los Angeles, is the Marine Corps’ premier
About 3,500 Marines and sailors from declined to provide further details while training facility and the largest Marine
the 2nd Marine Division from Camp Le- the investigation is ongoing. base in the world at 932 square miles. More
jeune, N.C., the 1st Marine Division from A base advisory issued last month said than 11,000 Marines and sailors are sta-
Camp Pendleton, Calif., and other units the training exercise was slated to begin on tioned at the combat center, according to
from Hawaii and North Carolina are in- Jan. 15 and run through Feb. 18. the base website.
Unemployment aid fraud Biden says ‘erratic’ Trump
revealed within tax forms shouldn’t get intel updates
Associated Press Bernie Irwin, 86, said her Associated Press have questioned the wisdom of
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Un- daughter-in-law and a friend al- WASHINGTON — President allowing Trump to continue to
employment agencies across so received the tax forms. So did Joe Biden said Friday that Do- be briefed.
the U.S. became lucrative tar- Republican Gov. Mike DeWine, nald Trump’s “erratic behavior” Susan Gordon, who served as
gets for criminals when they his wife, Fran, and Republican should prevent him from receiv- the principal deputy director of
were bombarded with claims Lt. Gov. Jon Husted, even ing classified intelligence brief- national intelligence during the
last year as millions lost jobs due though none of them had ings, a courtesy that historically Trump administration from
to coronavirus shutdowns. claimed unemployment bene- has been granted to outgoing 2017 to 2019, in a Washington
Now, simple tax forms being fits. presidents. Post op-ed last month urged Bi-
sent to people who never collect- Nearly 26 million people re- Asked in an interview with den to cut off Trump.
ed unemployment benefits are quested unemployment aid in CBS News what he feared if “His post-White House ‘secu-
revealing that their identity was the initial months after states Trump continued to receive the rity profile,’ as the professionals
likely stolen months ago and began ordering shutdowns. The briefings, Biden said he did not like to call it, is daunting,” Gor-
used to claim bogus benefits unprecedented surge strained want to “speculate out loud” but don wrote days after a pro-
that have totaled billions of dol- unemployment offices that are made clear he did not want Trump mob laid siege to the
lars nationwide. governed by federal rules but Trump to continue getting them. U.S. Capitol as lawmakers
Unemployment benefits are administered in patchwork “I just think that there is no sought to certify his defeat in
taxable, so government agen- fashion by state governments, need for him to have the intelli- last November’s election. “Any
cies send a 1099-G form to peo- with many relying on 1960s-era gence briefings,” Biden said. former president is by defini-
ple who received them so they software to process applications “What value is giving him an in- tion a target and presents some
can report the income on their and issue payments. telligence briefing? What im- risks. But a former president
tax returns. States are mailing The federal government, as pact does he have at all, other Trump, even before the events
1099-Gs in huge numbers this part of its $2 trillion relief pack- than the fact he might slip and of last week, might be unusually
year after processing and pay- age approved in March, signifi- say something?” vulnerable to bad actors with ill
ing a record number of claims. cantly expanded jobless aid, White House press secretary intent.”
In Ohio, Bernie Irwin was making it a richer target for Jen Psaki said earlier this week Whether to give a past presi-
shocked two weeks ago when fraud. By November, the U.S. that the issue of granting Trump dent intelligence briefings is
she opened the mail and found a Department of Labor’s Office of intelligence briefings was solely the current officeholder’s
1099-G form saying her hus- Inspector General estimated “something that is under re- prerogative. Biden voiced his
band had claimed $17,292 in un- states had paid as much as $36 view.” opposition to giving Trump ac-
employment benefits last year. billion in improper benefits, Some Democratic lawmak- cess to briefings as the former
The only problem: Jim Irwin, with a significant portion of that ers, and even some former president’s second impeach-
83, hadn’t worked in 13 years. blamed on fraud. Trump administration officials, ment trial is set to begin soon.PAGE 4 • STRIPES LITE • Saturday, February 6, 2021
Court: Calif. can’t ban church indoors
Associated Press sible exposures at the school, neapolis.
WASHINGTON — The Su- Terrebonne Parish Superin- Tennessee
preme Court is telling Califor- tendent of Schools Philip Mar- NASHVILLE — As Tennes- West Virginia
nia that it can’t bar indoor tin told The Courier. see slowly begins to loosen re- CHARLESTON — West Vir-
church services because of the With a Mardi Gras break strictions on who may receive ginia’s coronavirus czar said
coronavirus pandemic, but it scheduled Feb. 15-19, students the COVID-19 vaccine, Nash- Friday that vaccinations are al-
can keep for now a ban on sing- are scheduled to return to cam- ville on Friday had the strictest ready reducing COVID-19
ing and chanting indoors. pus Feb. 22. eligibility to receive the doses deaths and hospitalizations in
The high court issued orders in the entire state. the state.
late Friday in two cases where Iowa Earlier this week, Tennes- Less than two months into the
churches had sued over corona- DES MOINES — Gov. Kim see’s Department of Health an- vaccination drive, Dr. Clay
virus-related restrictions in the Reynolds announced Friday nounced people age 70 and ol- Marsh, a high-ranking West
state. The high court said that that she would end most restric- der may start receiving the dos- Virginia University health offi-
for now, California can’t ban in- tions aimed at slowing the es. While local counties had the cial, said there is a 40 to 45% re-
door worship as it had in almost spread of the coronavirus in Io- authority to set different in- duction in deaths linked to CO-
all of the state because virus wa. structions, most areas quickly VID-19 from December to Ja-
cases are high. Reynolds issued a proclama- expanded to include the new el- nuary and hospitalizations are
The justices said the state can tion that removes a mask re- igible age group. down more than 50%.
cap indoor services at 25% of a quirement for those spending However, Davidson County “Which we do believe is di-
building’s capacity. The justic- 15 minutes or more in an indoor — which encompasses Nash- rectly related to the aggressive
es also declined to stop Califor- area within 6 feet of people not ville — has held off. As of Fri- vaccination that we’ve done,”
nia from enforcing a ban put in in their household. She also day, the metro area was official- Marsh said at the governor’s
place last summer on indoor ended mask requirements for ly the only county limiting vac- coronavirus news conference.
singing and chanting. Califor- those in state buildings and cine distribution to front-line About 11.5% of the state’s
nia had put the restrictions in some businesses, such as bar- workers and those 75 and older. population has received at least
place because the virus is more ber shops. one vaccine dose, while nearly
easily transmitted indoors and The governor’s new order al- Minnesota 5% are fully vaccinated.
singing releases tiny droplets so ends limits on the number of MINNEAPOLIS — Minneso-
that can carry the disease. customers in a business or a re- ta’s food shelves saw a big jump Virginia
The justices were acting on quirement that they stay social- in need in 2020 amid the coro- RICHMOND— Virginia Gov.
emergency requests to halt the ly distant. navirus pandemic and the re- Ralph Northam said Friday that
restrictions from South Bay sulting economic instability, ac- all schools in the state should
United Pentecostal Church in Texas cording to an annual report re- make in-person instruction
Chula Vista and Pasadena- AUSTIN — Texas again re- leased Friday. available at least as an option
based Harvest Rock Church ported more than 400 new CO- Hunger Solutions Minnesota, next month, noting the corona-
and Harvest International Min- VID-19 deaths Friday as the which collects data from 350 virus pandemic’s steep toll on
istry, which has more than 160 state is on the brink of surpass- food shelves across the state, children and families.
churches across the state. ing 3 million administered dos- said they saw a record 3.8 mil- Northam said during a news
Chief Justice John Roberts es of vaccine. lion visits in 2020, up 7% from conference that all K-12 school
wrote that “federal courts owe The number of hospitalized the year before, led by a 31% divisions should make the op-
significant deference to politi- virus patients fell to fewer than jump in visits by older people. tion available by March 15. He
cally accountable officials” 10,300 as more beds continue Those numbers represent also encouraged schools to offer
when it comes to public health opening after a bleak few weeks both the “great need” state- summer classes for kids who
restrictions, but he said defer- following the Christmas holi- wide, and the “great work” by want to take them. The gover-
ence “has its limits.” days. More than 38,000 people programs to adapt how they nor did not say the guidance
in Texas have died from CO- provide services and to take ad- was mandatory, but his office
Louisiana VID-19, the third-highest in the vantage of state and federal CO- later said Northam expects all
HOUMA — The coronavirus nation. VID-19 relief funding, said Col- districts in the state to be on
outbreak has sent a Louisiana Texas continues to have leen Moriarity, the group’s ex- board with the March 15 dead-
school back to online-only among the most new cases per ecutive director. Hunger Solu- line.
learning, forcing it to forfeit capita, with one in every 216 tions distributed $21 million of “My fellow pediatricians say
playoff games for both the boys’ people diagnosed with the virus that aid money to food pro- they’re seeing an increase in
and girls’ soccer teams. between Jan. 28 and Feb. 4, ac- grams across the state. behavioral problems, mental
The state health department cording to John Hopkins Uni- The Minneapolis-St. Paul ar- health issues and even increas-
recommended closing in-per- versity. ea saw the greatest increase in es in substance abuse among
son classes at H .L. Bourgeois Roughly 7.5% of Texas resi- need for food. Visits were up their young patients,” said
High School based both on the dents have received at least one 17% overall and 39% among ol- Northam, who is a pediatric
number of COVID-19 cases and dose of the vaccine, and about der residents in Hennepin neurologist and the nation’s on-
contact tracing that found pos- 2% are fully vaccinated. County, which includes Min- ly governor who is a doctor.Saturday, February 6, 2021 • S T R I P E S L I T E • PAGE 5
AMERICAN ROUNDUP
Robber takes chicken, male moose had become com- Podokesaurus holyokensis
waffles from restaurant Police charge man who fortable around people and sub- received more than 60% of the
sequently posed a public safety roughy 35,000 votes cast in a so-
used child as shield risk, Anchorage Daily News re- cial media campaign started by
CA PASADENA — A
man who was re-
fused service at a Southern Cali- MO KANSAS
—A man accused
CITY ported.
The video posted on Face-
state Rep. Jack Lewis, besting
the other choice, Anchisaurus
fornia restaurant because he of using a relative as a human book by Angel Bunch of Palmer polyselus. The winner was an-
was not wearing a mask came shield after he fired at officers was sent to Matanuska-Susitna nounced during a live virtual
back with a gun and robbed the inside a Kansas City home was authorities, Alaska State Troop- event hosted by Boston’s Mu-
eatery of chicken and w affles. charged, prosecutors said. ers spokesman Austin McDa- seum of Science.
The robbery occurred at the Willie Wren, 37, of Kansas niel said. Lewis, a Framingham Demo-
Roscoe’s House of Chicken and City, was charged with first-de- There were no reports of nui- crat, was inspired to select a
Waffles location in Pasadena, gree assault, two counts of sance moose in the area, but state dinosaur by one of his chil-
police Lt. Marcia Taglioretti armed criminal action, unlaw- troopers decided to kill the ani- dren’s Cub Scouts dens, which
told Southern California News ful use of a weapon and unlaw- mal and donate the meat to was studying fossils. He said his
Group. No one was hurt and the ful possession of a weapon, the charity to avoid a potential safe- goal was to teach children about
man got away. Jackson County Prosecutor’s ty risk, McDaniel said. Bunch the legislative process and spur
After being turned away, the office said. received a misdemeanor cita- interest in paleontology.
man showed up with a gun in the Officers responded after wit- tion for negligently feeding Fossils of both dinosaurs
kitchen at the back of the restau- nesses reported a man dragging game. were discovered in Massachu-
rant as security cameras re- a screaming child in the street, setts.
corded the scene. police said in a news release. Chucky doll featured in
Manager Angela Prieto said Arriving officers entered a
errant Amber Alerts Bowling alley fights
the man did not take any cash. house after hearing a child
draw mayor’s scrutiny
31 counties approve
screaming inside. The officers
encountered a man, 37, holding
a gun in an upstairs bedroom,
TX SAN ANTONIO —
The Texas Depart-
ment of Public Safety apol- GA MACON — A Macon
bowling alley was
ballots in Spanish police said. ogized after mistakenly issuing warned to follow local nuisance
FL TALLAHASSEE —
As part of a lawsuit
settlement, 31 Florida counties
Police said that after a brief
exchange, an officer fired a stun
gun at the man, who then fired
an Amber Alert that said the
killer doll featured in the 1988
horror film “Child’s Play” was a
laws and state COVID-19 dis-
tancing rules after videos of
fights at the alley were publi-
have agreed to provide Spanish- at the officers. One officer was suspect in the kidnapping of his cized on social media.
language elections ballots and injured when he was pushed son, Glen Ray, 5, who was fea- Macon-Bibb Mayor Lester
other materials in Spanish. down the stairs as police re- tured in “Seed of Chucky.” Miller sent the bowling alley a
U.S. District Judge Mark treated. The emergency alert de- letter , saying officials have “re-
Walker approved the settle- When officers tried to engage scribed Chucky as a 3-foot, 1- ceived a number of reports”
ment between the county elec- the man again, police said, he inch-tall doll wearing “blue that on weekends teens and mi-
tion supervisors and Latino ad- was holding the screaming girl denim overalls with multi-col- nors have been dropped off “to
vocacy groups who complained in front of him. Officers over- ored striped long sleeve shirt play or loiter without adult su-
the counties were in violation of powered the man and rescued wielding a huge kitchen knife.” pervision for hours at a time.”
the Voting Rights Act. the girl, 6, who was not injured. The alert was mistakenly sent Miller also said the bowling
Under the terms of the settle- out three times to Amber Alert alley appears to be disobeying
ment, the counties must have Officials kill moose after subscribers. The agency said it state COVID-19 requirements
Spanish-language ballots, have was a test malfunction. to limit the number of bowling
Spanish-language polling place
seeing feeding video lanes that can be used and to
Citizens vote on official
materials, provide vote-by-mail
ballot request forms in Spanish,
have a hotline to help Spanish
AK ANCHORAGE
Alaska
—
Wildlife
Troopers have killed a moose
state dinosaur
sanitize each lane after use.
Pin Strikes Director of Oper-
ations Kimberly Appler said
speakers and provide a Span-
ish-language translation of the
elections supervisor’s website.
after a woman posted a video on
social media showing herself
feeding and petting the animal.
MA BOSTON — The
people of Massa-
chusetts have spoken and se-
Pin Stikes is trying to enforce
rules, but said customers cross
over into closed lanes.
Troopers said the juvenile lected an official state dinosaur. — The Associated PressPAGE 6 • STRIPES LITE • Saturday, February 6, 2021
Storylines abound in historic Super Bowl
Associated Press es, Kansas City's Andy Reid and Tampa school and college,” Clark notes, “and I’m
Someone will make history Sunday in a Bay's Bruce Arians, both offensive master- not saying they were bad, but I’m not saying
Super Bowl so filled with storylines it would minds as comfortable with today's high- their intentions were to bring out the best in
fill a season of TV programming. scoring, creative NFL attacks as all those players. I can say that for sure with coach
Tom Brady, already the true Game of kid coaches who are all the rage. Spags. His intentions are not negative or
Thrones king, going for a seventh ring. Pa- “There’s nobody that would ever say a anything like that. His intentions are solely
trick Mahomes, the apparent heir to the bad thing about B.A., he’s just so endearing to have the best defense on that field.”
quarterbacking summit, seeking a second to everybody and I think everyone wants to All of this at the end of a season played
in a row with Kansas City — something no win for him,” Brady says of Arians, the kind during a pandemic, yet not delayed, with no
team has done since Brady led New En- of praise the quarterback rarely used about games canceled, and each of the Super
gland to the double in the 2003 and ’04 sea- his previous head coach. Bowl participants experiencing relatively
sons. “He’s got almost like a father-figure kind few COVID-19 setbacks.
Brady, 43 is in his 10th NFL title game, of role in the building and it’s because ev- “I think with the pandemic and the sacri-
but with a new outfit, the Buccaneers — eryone loves him so much,” Chiefs unani- fices they have all made for each other, they
who happen to call Tampa home. Yes, Tam- mous All-Pro tight end Travis Kelce says of go to work and go home,” Arians says.
pa, Fla., where the Super Bowl is being Reid. “He’s got an unbelievable way of get- “They don’t get to sit and eat together, don’t
played this year. Pirates of the Caribbean ting the best out of everybody that is relat- get to have conversations, it is amazing to
make port: No host team has ever played in ing to all different aspects and all different me how close they are. It is the commit-
the big one in its home stadium. forms of life.” ment they made to each other to beat the
“There’s a lot that comes along with the Don't forget the defenses, which could virus.”
Super Bowl,” says Rob Gronkowski, the easily be ignored with all the dynamism on The NFL and Florida health officials
three-time champion tight end who came both offenses. Tampa has probably the best have approved about 22,000 fans and all
out of retirement to reunite with Brady. set of linebackers in the NFL with Shaq will be required to wear masks. Raymond
"There’s a lot that comes along with this Barrett, Lavonte David and Devin White, James Stadium normally has a capacity of
week. I’ve been there before. I’ve experi- studs up front in Ndamukong Suh and Ja- 75,000 fans.
enced it all before. But just having it at son Pierre-Paul, and an ever-improving Playing before real people rather than
home, cutting out the travel, knowing secondary. just cardboard cutouts — oh, there will be
where you can stay, where your friends can KC has All-Pro safety Tyrann Mathieu, plenty of those, too, with proceeds donated
stay, where your family can stay, it just linemen Frank Clark and Chris Jones — to local charities — has been rare in the
makes it a lot easier to have it at your home and a coordinator, Steve Spagnuolo, who NFL all season. But both the Chiefs and
stadium, big time.” doesn't back off. Buccaneers were among the few teams to
Add in two sixty-something head coach- “I’ve played for a lot of coaches in high have fans on hand for some games.
Somehow, NFL pulled off this pandemic season
Associated Press cols. together to ensure health and try, one of the best of labor and
TAMPA, Fla. — Playing a con- It paid off. safety were paramount. That management working together
tact sport in the middle of a pan- “There’s so many people that meant the Denver Broncos had to do something we couldn’t do
demic seemed unthinkable to had to work together to get this to play a game with a practice alone,” Smith said.
everyone except the NFL when done,” NFL Commissioner Rog- squad wide receiver as their There were nervous moments
the novel coronavirus shut down er Goodell said Thursday. quarterback. The Cleveland along the way as several teams
the country in March. “There were doubters. Obvious- Browns had a playoff game with experienced breakouts. The
The improbable became ly, there were people that didn’t coach Kevin Stefanski at home league had to impose intensive
achievable thanks to collabora- believe we could do it. Obvious- on his couch. protocol measures to prevent di-
tion and sacrifice. ly, we had a lot of unknowns. But “We have worked together to saster and keep things going.
Super Bowl 55 takes place we believed that staying on find solutions and work past our “It started in Tennessee
Sunday right on schedule. That schedule and working toward differences,” Goodell said. where we weren’t sure how to
was the plan all along. The trying to get to 256 games done -- “We’ve had our dustups in the control this, what was causing
league played 256 games in the as we sort of say shorthand, past. But this season it really this,” Goodell said. “Those were
regular season without any can- avoid the asterisk. I think we took all of us to get through this.” some anxious days, there’s no
cellations and made it through were able to do that, but we’ve NFL Players Association Ex- question about it. But we be-
the playoffs to get here. still got a few days left here, so ecutive Director DeMaurice lieved in our medical experts.
The NFL spent more than $75 we’re focused on making sure Smith even joined Goodell on We believed in the protocols. We
million on testing alone, played we finish out strong.” stage toward the end of his news were able to get that under con-
games on all seven days of the Fresh off contentious negotia- conference in a seemingly cele- trol, and we learned a lot from
week, shuffled the schedule nu- tions for a new collective bar- bratory moment. that, that we then applied and
merous times, and constantly gaining agreement, the league “This year has been, I think changed, and I think that helped
revised health and safety proto- and the players’ union worked across businesses in the coun- us.”Saturday, February 6, 2021 • S T R I P E S L I T E • PAGE 7
Jazz continue winning
Bruins strike fast, ways, beat Hornets
surprise Flyers Associated Press
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Bojan
Bogdanovic scored 31 points,
and 11 rebounds for the Clip-
pers, but missed all five of his
three-point attempts.The team
Associated Press in Lightning franchise histo- Donovan Mitchell had 30 and was 14-for-32 from long range.
PHILADELPHIA — Sean ry. the Jazz beat the Hornets 138- Pelicans 114, Pacers 113:
Kuraly and Brad Marchand Tampa Bay extended its 121 for their 14th victory in 15 Brandon Ingram scored 30
scored 27 seconds apart in the point streak against Detroit to games. points to lead the Pelicans to the
third period to lead the Boston 19 games (18-0-1) and has won Rudy Gobert added 12 points road win.
Bruins to a 2-1 victory over 16 consecutive regular-season and 15 rebounds for the Jazz, Lonzo Ball added 20 points
the Philadelphia Flyers on home games against the Red who overcame an early 12-point and nine rebounds as New Or-
Friday night. Wings. deficit by outscoring the Horn- leans won for the fourth time in
Tuukka Rask made 23 saves Vladislav Namestnikov ets 39-22 in the second quarter. six games.Zion Williamson had
for the Bruins, who have won scored for Detroit, which is Utah shot 26-for-50 from 18 points, and Steven Adams
seven of eight overall and all winless in eight games (0- three-point range, with Mitchell finished with 12 points and 12
four matchups against the 6-2). Thomas Greiss finished chipping in with five threes. rebounds.
Flyers this season. with 29 saves. LaMelo Ball had 34 points Bucks 123, Cavaliers 105:
James van Riemsdyk Golden Knights 5, Kings 2: and eight assists for the Horn- Giannis Antetokounmpo scored
scored for Philadelphia. Nic Hague and William Karls- ets. It was the first 30-point 33 points, and Milwaukee won
Kuraly netted the game- son each had a goal and two game by a Hornets rookie since the opener of a six-game road
winner with a wrist shot from assists as host Vegas returned Walter Herrmann in 2007. trip that began with travel de-
above the left circle that beat to action after being sidelined Raptors 123, Nets 117: With lays.
Brian Elliott on the glove side, due to COVID protocols and Kevin Durant forced out of the Antetokounmpo picked up
went off the post and in with beat Los Angeles. game in the third quarter be- two early fouls and started slow-
7:32 remaining. Vegas was playing for the cause of the NBA’s health and ly. But the reigning NBA MVP
Boston has more third-peri- first time since Jan. 26. safety protocols, Toronto beat found his groove in the second
od goals (19) than all other pe- Mark Stone and Jonathan host Brooklyn behind 33 points half, scoring 22 points and mus-
riods and overtime combined Marchessault also scored for from Pascal Siakam. cling his way inside for easy
(15). Vegas with goals 62 seconds Durant’s first game against baskets.
The teams next will meet on apart. Cody Glass also scored the Raptors since rupturing his Suns 109, Pistons 92: Devin
Feb. 21 as part of the NHL’s for Vegas, while Marc-Andre Achilles tendon in the 2019 NBA Booker scored 23 points, Chris
outdoor series at Lake Tahoe. Fleury improved to 4-0-0 after Finals was a frustrating one for Paul added 20 points and nine
Panthers 2, Predators 1: making 27 saves. him and a confusing night for assists, and host Phoenix rolled
Carter Verhaeghe had the go- Austin Wagner scored his everyone. The superstar for- to the win.
ahead goal and an assist, and first goal of the season for the ward wasn’t available to start Paul — who came to the des-
Aleksander Barkov also Kings, while Dustin Brown the game — entering as a re- ert in a trade with Oklahoma
scored as host Florida defeat- scored his fourth. Goaltenders serve for the first time in his City during the offseason — is
ed Nashville. Jonathan Quick and Calvin 867-game NBA career — then averaging more than 22 points
Chris Drieger turned back Peterson combined to make was told he had to depart in the over the past seven games, and
24 shots for Florida, which 32 saves. Quick allowed Ve- third quarter. the Suns have won four of them.
improved to 6-0-2. gas’ first four goals. NBA spokesman Tim Frank Heat 122, Wizards 95: Ken-
Colton Sissons had the lone Sharks 5, Ducks 4 (SO): said in a statement that Durant drick Nunn had 25 points and
goal for the Predators, who Kevin Labanc and Ryan Do- had tested negative three times eight rebounds, and host Miami
split the two-game series. nato scored shootout goals on in the last 24 hours, including shut down Washington's Bra-
Pekka Rinne had 34 saves for similar moves and visiting two negative PCR tests Friday. dley Beal in the win.
Nashville. San Jose snapped a two-game He said someone whom Durant Beal — the NBA’s scoring
Lightning 3, Red Wings 1: losing streak with a win over interacted with in the afternoon leader, averaging 34.8 points
Barclay Goodrow scored a Anaheim. had an inconclusive test result entering Friday — had seven
pair of goals and host Tampa Brent Burns and Evander return shortly before the game. points on 1-for-14 shooting.
Bay remained undefeated on Kane each had a goal and an Durant was initially held out Magic 123, Bulls 119: Nikola
home ice with a victory over assist in regulation. Matt Nie- while that result was reviewed. Vucevic scored a career-best 43
Detroit. to and Logan Couture also Celtics 119, Clippers 115: points and grabbed 19 re-
Pat Maroon also scored for scored for the Sharks, and Jayson Tatum led a three-point bounds, helping host Orlando
the Lightning, who improved Martin Jones made 33 saves. shooting spree and scored 34 stop a four-game losing streak.
to 5-0 at Amalie Arena. An- Max Comtois had two goals, points, helping visiting Boston Timberwolves 106, Thunder
drei Vasilevskiy finished with Troy Terry had a goal and an hold off Los Angeles, which 103: D’Angelo Russell made a
27 saves. assist, and Adam Henrique al- didn't have Paul George in the three-pointer with 3.7 seconds
Goodrow’s second goal of so scored for Anaheim. John lineup. remaining to lift Minnesota to
the game was the 6,000th goal Gibson stopped 26 shots. Kawhi Leonard had 28 points the road win.PAGE 8 • STRIPES LITE • Saturday, February 6, 2021
Serena, Nadal eye records at Aussie Open
Associated Press ful of days before the scheduled Williams, a seven-time cham- it’s going to demand a lot of pa-
Easy as it is to assemble a beginning of the year’s first pion in Melbourne, said that the tience and a lot of flexibility and
list of significant Australian Grand Slam tennis tournament Achilles tendon issue that ham- who is going to really adjust and
Open story lines — from Ra- on Monday (Sunday EST): A pered her last year in a loss at adapt the best,” said Chris Ev-
fael Nadal’s bid for a men’s-re- full day of competition at the the U.S. Open and forced her to ert, whose 18 major champion-
cord 21st Grand Slam singles half-dozen tuneups in Mel- withdraw from the French ships include the 1982 and 1984
trophy to Serena Williams’ try bourne was postponed because Open might have prevented her Australian Opens.
for her 24th, from Novak Djo- of a positive test for a worker at from competing at all in Austra- “Players are so used to rou-
kovic’s attempt to win a third a hotel that housed 160 players lia if not for that extra bit of tines. They like to be in control.
consecutive title at Melbourne in January. rest. They’re not in control,” said Ev-
Park to Sofia Kenin’s defense The draw for the Australian Most participants were limit- ert, now an ESPN analyst. “It’s
of her first major champion- Open was pushed back a day, ed to leaving their hotels for not easy.”
ship, and so on — nothing too. five hours of training per day. Because of that one positive
hangs over the upcoming two Before the 24-hour break was More than 70 players were COVID-19 test, more than 500
weeks quite like questions in- announced, Australian player banned from leaving their people associated with the Aus-
volving the coronavirus. Nick Kyrgios captured a com- rooms at all during that period tralian Open and its warmup
There is, after all, still a pan- mon sentiment, tweeting: “Am I because they potentially were tournaments were told to iso-
demic in progress. playing tomorrow?” exposed to the virus during the late until they tested negative.
“During the tough months of “It was a bit of uncertainty,” chartered flights that carried One day later, action re-
quarantine in Spain,” said Na- he said later. “I had no idea them from various spots in the sumed.
dal, who equaled Roger Feder- what was going on.” globe to Melbourne. Australian Open tournament
er at 20 majors, three ahead of Those sorts of doubts could “Everyone experienced dif- director Craig Tiley chalked it
Djokovic, by winning the linger at a major tournament ferent challenges when it came up as “just one of those addi-
French Open in October, that already was pushed back to that period,” three-time ma- tional challenges” and stated
“(there) have been too many three weeks from its original jor semifinalist Johanna Konta unequivocally: “We are starting
problems to think about tennis, start date to allow for all of the said. “Some had it a lot more on Monday.”
no?” entrants and their entourages difficult than others, that’s for The plan is to let in 30,000
And no matter how much bet- to quarantine upon arrival on sure.” spectators per day, about 50%
ter Australia has contained its the continent. The mental and physical tolls of the usual crowds — and a big
COVID-19 outbreak than coun- “From a tennis point of view, of that kind of lockdown cer- departure from the last Grand
tries such as the United States, you cannot prepare 100%,” 2019 tainly would be liable to affect Slam tournament of 2020, the
a reminder of the precarious U.S. Open runner-up Daniil anyone, athlete or otherwise. French Open, which had about
nature of a large, international Medvedev said. “You try to do “The players are just getting 1,000 fans per day, and the U.S.
sports event came just a hand- what you can.” thrown off-guard a lot. I think Open, which did not allow any.
Bauer joins Dodgers, signs three-year contract
Associated Press ports. vehicle had run out of gas and MLS, players reach
LOS ANGELES — Trevor Bauer, who turned 30 last called for help on the entrance
Bauer is coming home to pitch month, was born in North Holly- ramp to the highway, and anoth- agreement on new CBA
for the World Series champion wood, went to high school in er vehicle parked nearby to as- Major League Soccer and its
Los Angeles Dodgers. Santa Clarita and played base- sist them. Reid’s pickup truck players struck an agreement
The reigning NL Cy Young ball at UCLA. struck the left front of the first Friday night on a reworked col-
Award winner announced his car before hitting the rear of the
decision on Friday in a two-min-
Chiefs assistant in second car.
lective bargaining agreement
that will run through the 2027
ute video posted to his Twitter crash that injures kids Two children in the second season.
account. Bauer narrated the KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kan- car, ages 5 and 4, were taken to The league had invoked a
piece, which ended with him sas City Chiefs assistant coach the hospital. Their status was force majeure clause in Decem-
saying, "This season is about Britt Reid, the son of head coach not immediately available.
ber to reopen negotiations over
making sure history remem- Andy Reid, was involved in a Local television station
the current CBA, citing ongoing
bers us as we wish to be remem- multi-vehicle crash late Thurs- KSHB reported that Reid told
uncertainty because of the CO-
bered. This season is about add- day that injured two young chil- an officer on the scene he had
VID-19 crisis.
ing to our legacy. And I can’t dren near the team’s training “two or three drinks,” accord-
wait, Dodger fans.” complex adjacent to Arrowhead ing to a search warrant filed just The agreement reached Fri-
The Dodgers made it worth Stadium. before midnight. Reid then day night gives the players their
his while: His contract is for According to Kansas City, complained of stomach pain full salaries this season and ex-
$102 million over three years, Mo., police, the crash occurred and also was taken to the hospi- tends the current CBA for two
according to multiple media re- about 9 p.m. on Interstate 435. A tal. seasons.You can also read
