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Maryland
lawmakers
limit police
access to
genealogy
Unanimous vote
breaks ground
BY EMILY ZANTOW
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Maryland lawmakers are poised to
pass first-in-the-nation legislation that
would limit police access to popular ge-
nealogical databases that have been used
in recent years to solve decades-old rape
and homicide cases across the country.
Using DNA analysis from crime
scenes, authorities have been able to
identify suspects such as the “Golden
State Killer,” who terrorized Californians
in the 1970s and 1980s. The genetic sam-
ples came from relatives who submitted
to genealogy-tracing companies such as
GEDmatch and Family Tree DNA.
The Democratic-controlled Mary-
Schumer
sees way to
go around
filibuster a
third time
Plans another bill
without GOP vote
BY HARIS ALIC
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Senate Majority Leader Charles E.
Schumer is maneuvering to pass a third
bill this year using budget reconciliation,
an obscure procedure that sidesteps
the filibuster and lets Democrats ram
through President Biden’s agenda with-
out the support of a single Republican.
Mr. Schumer, New York Democrat, is
REUTERS
proposing to expand the budget recon-
READY TO RIOT: Protesters claiming to be anti-fascist are likely mobilizing around the trial of Derek Chauvin, a former ciliation process, which allows Congress
police officer who faces third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter charges in the death of George Floyd. to pass spending, revenue and debt mea-
sures with a simple majority of 51 votes.
LAW ENFORCEMENT Reconciliation measures are not sub-
ject to the filibuster, a Senate rule that

Antifa looms as former cop’s

land House and Senate last week unani-
mously passed bills that would restrict
authorities’ access to such databases and
technology.
“[T]his is new technology,” state Sen.
Charles E. Sydnor III, Baltimore County
Democrat and the bill’s Senate sponsor,
told The Washington Times. “I’m still not
certain how it may adversely affect our
Fourth Amendment rights, and that’s my
concern, primarily, is making certain that
your rights to privacy and things aren’t
being abused.”
The legislation would require au-
thorities to obtain a judge’s approval to
launch a forensic genetic genealogical
DNA investigation.
Such investigations would be allowed
only for cases involving murder, rape or
felony sexual offense, kidnapping, human
trafficking, or “circumstances presenting
a substantial and ongoing threat to public
safety or national security,” according to
the legislation.
Mr. Sydnor, who in 2019 introduced a
bill that would have banned authorities’
trial in Floyd death begins
Violent agitators not appeased by Biden’s election
BY JEFF MORDOCK AND VALERIE RICHARDSON
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Anyone who thought Antifa would exit stage left after
President Trump was defeated can think again.
The black-clad anti-fascist agitators have hardly
missed a beat since President Biden was elected. They
continue to smash windows, chuck projectiles and set
fires in Portland, Oregon, while raising law enforcement
fears of a riot redux pegged to the Derek Chauvin trial
in Minneapolis.
“The Antifa protests last year were not anti-Trump
protests, they were anti-government protests,” said Betsy
Brantner Smith, spokesperson for the National Police As-
sociation. “What they want is to destroy and dismantle
requires most legislation to clear a 60-
vote hurdle to survive. The process has
become the Democrats’ favored route
for scoring legislative wins in a chamber
split 50-50 between the parties.
The downside of reconciliation is it
generally can be used only once per fis-
cal year, according to the Congressional
Budget and Impoundment Control Act
of 1974.
An unusual chain of events gave the
the government, and they’ve been pretty successful in Democrat-led Senate two bites at the
Portland. I think they’d like to see that success across reconciliation apple this year. If Mr.
the nation.” Schumer’s gambit succeeds, then they
She predicted that supporters of the movement are al- will get a third.
ready mobilizing around the murder trial of Mr. Chauvin, That possibility has some political
45, a former Minneapolis police officer who faces third- observers concerned.
degree murder and second-degree manslaughter charges “It is hugely irresponsible for
in the May 25 death of 46-year-old George Floyd. Schumer to consider undermining the
“Whatever the outcome of the Chauvin trial will be,
that’s going to be a tinderbox,” she said. “That is going » see FILIBUSTER | A4
to be the rally cry for Antifa and Black Lives Matter to
link arms and violently protest. It’s not just going to be
in Minneapolis, but across the country.”
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COMMERCE
Tanker pried loose in Suez Canal, but fallout lingers of Progress
China, Russia make plays for business
BY BEN WOLFGANG
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
The Suez Canal reopened for busi-
ness Monday after salvage crews freed
a massive container ship that spent the
past week blocking the crucial waterway,
while stakeholders around the world
— including China, Russia and even
American political advocacy groups
— seized on the incident to push their
own agendas.
As an international team of tugboats
and dredging companies pried loose
the Ever Given supertanker, govern-
ment officials and business analysts were
speculating how the incident could spark
PUBLIC HEALTH
Start of summer looks like return to normalcy — ready or not
BY TOM HOWELL JR.
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
President Biden faces an unofficial
Memorial Day deadline to get America
back to normal as officials fling open
vaccine eligibility and public inertia de-
mands tailored messaging about what’s
permissible on the cusp of summer.
new advocate
in Chamber
major changes in the global transporta-
tion network and may reset the norms of
international shipping. Moscow argued
that the Suez shutdown underscores
the need for alternative routes, such as
shipping lanes in the thawing Arctic.
Chinese business leaders said nations
should take another look at freight rail
through Asia as a more reliable means
to transport goods.
After seven days, the financial fallout
of the Ever Given’s grounding was sig-
nificant. It cost an estimated $9 billion
each day as hundreds of ships remained
stuck at either end of the canal with few
» see CANAL | A9
Mr. Biden targeted July Fourth as an
entry point to normalcy with backyard
barbecues, but some say a mix of spring
fever and the looming surge in vaccina-
tions demand a more ambitious timeline.
“I know the president said he’d like to
see the return to some sort of normalcy
by the Fourth of July, but I’d like to see it
done by Memorial Day,” Maryland Gov.
UNSTUCK: The Ever Given, a container ship that blocked the Suez Canal for a week,
was pried loose Monday after a colossal international effort.
Larry Hogan, a Republican, said during
a recent visit to a mass-vaccination site.
Texas and five other states on Mon-
day became the latest to make all adults
eligible for the vaccine, meaning at least
15 states will offer widespread eligibility
before April. Nearly all states and the
District of Columbia are on track to beat
Mr. Biden’s May 1 deadline to make the
SUEZ CANAL AUTHORITY VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS
shots available to everyone 18 and older.
Paul Mango, who was a key official
in President Trump’s Operation Warp
Speed, said he expects many Ameri-
cans to “cut loose” by May 31, given
the combination of vaccinations and
natural immunity from prior infection
» see VIRUS | A9
Partnerships raise
doubts on right, left
BY RYAN LOVELACE
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
The beleaguered tech sector has new
advocacy muscle to run interference
against Washington policymakers: the
Chamber of Progress, a liberal advo-
cacy coalition started by veteran Demo-
cratic aide and Google alumnus Adam
Kovacevich.
The group says its mission is to “usher
in a progressive high-tech future.”
But anti-Big Tech crusaders on the
political left and right say the coalition
is little more than the latest guise of the
industry’s rapidly expanding lobbying
footprint in Washington.
“The tech industry’s political hon-
eymoon is over and everyone wants
to make sure that tech operates fairly
towards communities,” Mr. Kovacevich
said in a statement. “We’ll support sen-
sible rules that nurture the things that
people love about technology while
curbing tech’s downsides.”
The Chamber of Progress lists several
prominent technology companies as
partners, including Amazon, Facebook,
Google, Twitter and Uber. The self-
described “center-left” coalition said the
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THE BALD EAGLE POPULATION HAS QUADRUPLED THE MEDIA STILL MUFFLES GUN RIGHTS

Some cheerful news, for a change. America’s bald eagle popula-
tion is “soaring,” according to a new report from the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service.
“Populations of the American bald eagle — the bold national
symbol of the United States — have quadrupled since 2009,” the
federal agency said in a spirited statement.
“Bald eagles once teetered on the brink of extinction, reaching
an all-time low of 417 known nesting pairs in 1963 in the lower 48
states. However, after decades of protection, the banning of the
pesticide DDT, and conservation efforts with numerous partners,
the bald eagle population has flourished, growing to more than
71,400 nesting pairs,” the agency explained.
Overall, the total bald eagle population reached an estimated
316,700 individual bald eagles in the lower 48 states. For more
insight, visit FWS.gov — which also has some very interesting fare
on fishing.
The Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies was particularly
pleased with the eagle news, and praised such efforts as the State
and Tribal Wildlife Grant Program, which provides funds to
protect declining fish and wildlife species on a wide spectrum of
levels. Reps. Don Young, Alaska Republican, and Mike Thompson,
California Democrat, are also circulating a “Dear Colleague Letter”
in the House to demonstrate support for the program.
A RONALD REAGAN ALERT
Some news for those who remember that Tuesday marks the
40th anniversary of the attempted assassination of President Ron-
ald Reagan on March 30, 1981. He had only been in office 69 days.
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute will
host a virtual event featuring five people who were by the 40th
president’s side that day. Things get underway at 4 p.m. Pacific; the
event will be streamed at YouTube.com/ReaganFoundation.
Find more information at ReaganFoundation.org.
SHANNON BREAM, AUTHOR
Let us recall that Fox News has launched a new Fox News Books
division featuring their well-known broadcasters who are also au-
thors. Fox News @Night host Shannon Bream has a new book out
Tuesday titled “The Women of the Bible Speak: The Wisdom of 16
Women and Their Lessons for Today.”
The 256-page book is already in the top-10 titles among all
books on Amazon.
“People unfamiliar with Scripture often assume that women
play a small, secondary role in the Bible. But in fact, they were cen-
tral figures in numerous Biblical tales. It was Queen Esther’s bravery
at a vital point in history which saved her entire people. The Bible
BELTWAY
INSIDE THE
BY JENNIFER HARPER
ASSOCIATED PRESS
The population of the American bald eagle has quadrupled since
2009, according to a new report from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
contains warriors like Jael, judges like Deborah, and prophets like
Miriam. The first person to witness Jesus’ resurrection was Mary
Magdalene, who promptly became the first Christian evangelist,
eager to share the news which would change the world forever,”
say advance notes for the book.
“In their lives we can see common struggles to resist bitterness,
despair, and pride, and to instead find their true selves in faith,
hope, and love. In studying these heroes of the faith, we can find
wisdom and warnings for how to better navigate our own faith
journeys,” the notes add.
Ms. Bream has already hosted a prime-time special on the sub-
ject which included input from former TV host Kathy Lee Gifford,
Fox News contributor Alveda King and “Duck Dynasty” star Missy
Robertson, among others.
SIGN OF THE TIMES
Office Depot announced Monday that it is now offering to lami-
nate COVID-19 vaccination cards for free in stores through July 25.
Find the promotional coupon you’ll need at OfficeDepot.com.
Staples is also offering the free service.
The recent tragic public shooting of 10 people in a Boulder,
Colorado, grocery store brought out the anti-gun sentiment in the
“Big Three” networks, says new research.
ABC, CBS, and NBC depicted Republicans, conservatives and
gun owners as a “wall of opposition” and “resistance” to gun-control
measures, according to an in-depth study of the coverage released
Monday by Newsbusters.org, a conservative press watchdog.
“In just four days (March 23 through March 26) of coverage,
the networks filled their morning show and evening programs
with statements favoring gun control over gun rights by a ratio of
roughly 14 to 1,” wrote analyst Geoffrey Dickens.
The three networks devoted 36 minutes and 11 seconds to the
“anti-gun rights arguments” and 2 minutes and 31 seconds to gun
rights issues, the study found.
The analysis reviewed all statements that took a position on
overall gun policy by anchors, reporters, guests and newsmaker
sound bites, beginning March 23 — the morning after the Boulder
shooting — through the morning of March 26, Mr. Dickens said.
The watchdog also analyzed major coverage of the December
2012 killings in a Newtown, Connecticut, elementary school to find
that the same networks tilted the content of their coverage 8-to-1 in
favor of gun control agendas.
“In the aftermath of the 2016 mass shooting in an Orlando
nightclub, the spin was an equally-lopsided 8-to-1. TV coverage of
the killings in Las Vegas in 2017 was slanted five-to-one against gun
rights, while in the wake of the February 2018 shootings at Park-
land High School the networks tilted 11-to-1 in favor of anti-gun
activists,” Mr. Dickens wrote.
“And after the 2019 shootings in El Paso, Texas, the networks
tilted an even more lopsided 17-to-1 to the Left,” he added.
POLL DU JOUR
⦁ 57% of U.S. adults disapprove of the way President Biden is han-
dling the “situation with migrants and children at the border”; 89% of
Republicans, 54% of independents and 33% of Democrats agree.
⦁ 57% of U.S. adults overall disapprove of the way Mr. Biden is
handling “gun violence”; 86% of Republicans, 56% of independents
and 37% of Democrats agree.
⦁ 38% overall disapprove of the way Mr. Biden is handling “the
economic recovery”; 75% of Republicans, 36% of independents and
9% of Democrats agree.
⦁ 25% overall disapprove of the way Mr. Biden is handling “the
distribution of coronavirus vaccines”; 47% of Republicans, 23% of
independents and 8% of Democrats agree.
SOURCE: AN ABC NEWS/IPSOS POLL OF 517 U.S. ADULTS CONDUCTED MARCH 26-27.
⦁ Helpful information to jharper@washingtontimes.com.

SOUTH DAKOTA

POLITICS
INSIDE
2022 SENATE ELECTIONS — ALASKA
Murkowski gets primary challenger;
Tshibaka denounces her as insider
Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska on Mon-
day drew her first Republican primary chal-
lenger ahead of the 2022 election, signaling
a start to a race likely to feature former
President Donald Trump front and center.
Kelly Tshibaka, the former commis-
sioner of Alaska’s department of adminis-
tration, jumped into the race with a strin-
gent anti-establishment message targeted at
Ms. Murkowski and “D.C. insiders.”
“We know what Washington, D.C., thinks
about Alaska,” Mrs. Tshibaka said in a video
declaring her candidacy. “We’re here for
their benefit, and we won’t put up much of
a fight. After nearly 20 years in D.C., Lisa
Murkowski thinks the same way.”
The announcement comes as Ms.
Murkowski, a moderate Republican who
has increasingly angered Mr. Trump and his
allies, has filed paperwork to seek reelec-
tion next year.
Earlier this year, Ms. Murkowski was
one of seven GOP senators to vote to con-
vict the former president. She is the only
one of the seven up for reelection in 2022.
— Haris Alic
WHITE HOUSE
Psaki says Biden to propose
tax increases on infrastructure bill
President Biden will propose tax in-
creases to pay for more than $3 trillion in
new spending on infrastructure and health
care, but he’s open to more borrowing, too,
the White House said on Monday.
“The president has a plan to fix our
infrastructure and a plan to pay for it,” said
White House press secretary Jen Psaki.
“But we are also open to having a discus-
sion [about funding], and we certainly
expect to have a discussion with members
of Congress moving forward.”
She said of Congress, “If they don’t want
to pay for it, I guess they could propose
that, too.”
Mr. Biden will travel to Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, on Wednesday to announce
the first phase of his plan, devoted to re-
building roads, bridges and mass transit.
The president is eyeing tax increases
for people making over $400,000 and for
businesses.
— Dave Boyer
Former President Donald Trump said Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. Deborah Birx were far too
cautious in getting coronavirus vaccines. “... If it were up to them we’d be currently locked in
our basements as our country suffered through a financial depression,” Mr. Trump said.
CORONAVIRUS EPIDEMIC
Trump attacks Fauci, Birx as ‘self-promoters’ who push false history
Former President Donald Trump on
Monday slammed a pair of top health
officials from his administration, saying
Drs. Anthony Fauci and Deborah Birx are
“self-promoters” trying to “reinvent his-
tory” regarding his coronavirus response.
Mr. Trump said he could no longer
stay silent as the two peddled lies about
his response.
“They had bad policy decisions that
would have left our country open to
China and others, closed to reopening
our economy, and years away from an ap-
proved vaccine,” he said in a statement.
Mr. Trump took credit for getting coro-
navirus vaccines in “record time” and said
Drs. Fauci and Birx were far too cautious.
SUPREME COURT
Justices refuse to let group force
Hillary Clinton to testify about email
The Supreme Court rejected a case
Monday seeking to have Hillary Clinton
testify about her use of a private email for
official business as secretary of state in the
Obama administration.
Without comment, the justices declined
to hear the challenge by the conservative
activist group Judicial Watch.
It would have taken four justices to vote
to grant review on the matter.
“Hillary Clinton ignored the law but
received special protection from both the
courts and law enforcement. For count-
less Americans, this double standard of
justice has destroyed confidence in the fair
administration of justice,” said Tom Fitton,
ASSOCIATED PRESS
“Dr. Fauci and Dr. Birx moved far too
slowly, and if it were up to them we’d
currently be locked in our basements as
our country suffered through a financial
depression,” he said.
Mr. Trump said Dr. Fauci “fought me
hard” on his China travel ban and has
sent mixed messages on masks.
Turning to Dr. Birx, Mr. Trump de-
scribed her as a “proven liar with very
little credibility left” and said she dabbled
in “‘pseudo-science.’ ”
“I only kept Dr. Fauci and Dr. Birx on
because they worked for the U.S. govern-
ment for so long—they are like a bad
habit!” he said.
— Seth McLaughlin
president of Judicial Watch.
David Kendall, who represented Mrs.
Clinton, said the Supreme Court‘s decision
“speaks for itself.” He declined to elaborate.
Judicial Watch originally brought the
challenge in 2014 under the Freedom of
Information Act. The organization sought
records from the State Department about
Mrs. Clinton‘s communications and the
Benghazi terrorist attack in 2012.
The district court originally ruled Judicial
Watch could depose Mrs. Clinton, her chief
of staff Cheryl Mills and two other aides.
A federal appeals court overturned the
district court, preventing Judicial Watch
from questioning Mrs. Clinton under oath.
The group is still trying to quiz Ms.
Mills, a top aide to Mrs. Clinton, as part of
the litigation.
— Alex Swoyer
Noem kills bill that bans
transgender athletes from
playing in female sports
BY VALERIE RICHARDSON
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
South Dakota Gov. Kristi
Noem killed legislation Mon-
day  that would bar transgender
athletes from girls’ and women’s
sports, refusing to sign the bill
after it was returned to her un-
changed despite her request for
revisions.
The Republican governor in-
sisted she had not vetoed House
Bill 1217 after the House sent it
back to her on a 67-2 vote, but
the legislation died after the Sen-
ate adjourned before voting on
whether to override her decision.
“There would have never
been two-thirds here [in the Sen-
ate] to override, and we waited
four hours,” Senate Pro Tempore
Lee Schoenbeck told the Argus
Leader. “To tie up the Legislature
for four hours for no constructive
reason, it was time to go home.”
 In her statement, Ms. Noem
said, “I cannot certify that the
bill conforms with my specific
recommendations. Therefore,
my only option consistent with
the constitution is the  [sic] fail
to certify the bill and to return
it to you.”
The American Civil Liberties
Union of South Dakota declared
victory, saying the “bill that
would ban transgender women
and girls from competing on
sports teams that match their
gender identity won’t be signed
into law.”
“House Bill 1217 was never
about leveling the playing field
for student athletes,” the ACLU
tweeted. “It was obvious from the
beginning that this discrimina-
tory legislation was about creat-
ing solutions to problems that
don’t exist and, in the process,
harming some of the most vul-
nerable people in SD.”
Conservatives and women’s
groups had urged Ms. Noem to
sign the legislation after she sent
back the bill March 19 in what she
called a “style-and-form” veto
and asked legislators to make
changes, including removing col-
legiate sports from the ban.
She said the measure as writ-
ten would set up a lawsuit with
the NCAA that the state “cannot
win,” and she announced the
formation of a Defend Title IX
Now state coalition, but the bill’s
supporters said the best way to
defend women’s sports would be
to sign the legislation.
“There should now be no illu-
sion as to the kind of leader Kristi
Noem is,” said Terry Schilling,
president of the American Prin-
ciples Project. “In this past week,
voters in her state and nationwide
have seen her surrender to the
left, engage in political theater
to distract from that surrender,
and now refuse to change course
despite being called out for it.”
Monday was the last day of the
legislative session, also known as
Veto Day, but the issue could soon
resurface. Ms. Noem is  report-
edly  planning to call a special
session to include women’s sports
as well as stimulus spending.
In her message, she said “re-
turning the bill is not a veto,” but
that the “constitution provides
that the legislature’s failure to
accept my recommendations re-
quires that the bill be treated as
if it was vetoed.”
Not everyone was convinced.
KELO-TV’s Bob Mercer called it
a “Non-veto veto.”
Opponents argued that the
measure discriminates against
transgender athletes, and busi-
ness groups worried about the
potential for an economic boycott
of South Dakota.
Last year, Idaho became the
first state to enact a law requir-
ing student athletes in public
schools to compete on teams that
align with their sex at birth. The
measure has been stayed pending
a court challenge.

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Politics
EDUCATION
Biden administration cancels $1.3 billion in student loan debt
Move helps 41,000 people with disabilities
BY KERY MURAKAMI
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
The Biden administration an-
nounced Monday that it let tens of
thousands of people with disabili-
ties off the hook for their student
loans at a cost to the taxpayers of
$1.3 billion.
Whittling away at the nation’s
$1.7 trillion in student debt, the
agency will forgive loans to more
than 41,000 people with chronic
disabilities that prevent them
from working, according to the
Education Department.
“Waiving these requirements
will ensure no borrower who is
totally and permanently disabled
risks having to repay their loans
simply because they could not
submit paperwork,” said Educa-
tion Secretary Miguel Cardona.
The move comes just two
weeks after the agency canceled
another $1 billion in loans for
those who had been defrauded
Homeland Security offers shots
in exchange for help at border
Mayorkas asks for assistance in dealing with migrants
BY STEPHEN DINAN
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Homeland Security issued a
new plea Monday for volunteers
to head to the border to help
handle the surge of migrants, and
said those who do want to go can
jump the line to get COVID-19
vaccines.
The urgent request from
Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas
underscores the difficulty the
administration is having, even as
it declines to label the situation
a crisis.
“We still need assistance,” Mr.
Mayorkas wrote to the depart-
ment’s employees.
He added: “The safety of our
employees is a priority and we
have been able to provide the
COVID-19 vaccine to volunteers
who want one.”
Mr. Mayorkas announced ear-
lier this month that he revived the
department’s Volunteer Force,
which the Trump administra-
tion deployed to handle the 2019
border surge.
Employees from across
Homeland Security are being
asked to head to Texas to help
Customs and Border Protection,
the agency that is arresting un-
documented immigrants, care for
the families and unaccompanied
juveniles who are piling up in
facilities.
Analysts said the urgency of
the pleas undercuts the adminis-
tration’s insistence that all is well.
“A second request for DHS
volunteers is a desperate plea
for help with a border crisis that
the Biden administration appears
incapable of controlling,” said
by for-profit colleges.
But even the latest move —
canceling the loans of people
who are disabled and unable to
work — is unlikely to satisfy pro-
gressives who demand President
Biden to cancel as much as $1
trillion in federal student loans.
Democrats including Senate Ma-
jority Leader Charles E. Schumer
of New York and Sen. Elizabeth
Warren of Massachusetts have
pushed the Biden administration
to knock off $50,000 of debt from
every student loan.
One advocacy group pushing
for the more widespread cancel-
lation of student debt, Student
Defense, blasted the debt rollback
Monday for not going far enough.
“Let’s be clear: today’s an-
nouncement is not a victory for
students,” said Student Defense
senior counsel and co-founder
Alex Elson.
Student Defense, which was
founded by former top Education
IMMIGRATION
Congressman asks DHS to stop
releasing migrants into Arizona
BY STEPHEN DINAN
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
An Arizona congressman
told the Homeland Security
Department on Monday to
stop releasing migrants into
his state, saying he’s been un-
able to get straight answers
about what’s going on.
Rep. Andy Biggs, a Repub-
lican, issued the demand after
talks with the chief of the Bor-
der Patrol in the Tucson sector
and after talking with local
officials who say they can’t
handle the releases.
That includes Gila Bend,
where the mayor declared a state
of emergency after 16 migrants
were released into the commu-
nity of 2,000 residents.
Mr. Biggs said he’s
Robert Law, a former senior of-
ficial at U.S. Citizenship and Im-
migration Services, a Homeland
Security agency.
“The irony is not lost on me
that the political appointees who
disregarded warnings from ca-
reer officials about their policies
causing a border crisis are now
begging these same employees
to clean up their mess,” said Mr.
Law, who is now director of regu-
latory affairs and policy at the
Center for Immigration Studies.
It’s not just Homeland
Security.
The Office or Personnel
“I sort of feel like I’ve been an unofficial member of the team for so long. You
guys know, it was kind of a joke over the past five years, I would come there so
often that the security guards were like, ‘Maybe we should just give you a key.’”
— Lara Trump, the daughter-in-law of former President Donald Trump, on joining Fox News as a contributor
Department attorneys in the
Obama administration, said the
move ignores another 400,000
people with disabilities who hold
about $14 billion in student debt.
The department requires those
declared disabled by the Social Se-
curity Administration to separately
apply for their debt to be canceled
with the Education Department.
About 70% of those eligible do not
apply because they are unable to
or do not know about the option.
Still, the move was hailed by
Rep. Bobby Scott, Virginia Demo-
crat and chairman of the House
Education and Labor Committee.
“Borrowers with disabilities
and their families should not suf-
fer extreme and lasting economic
harm for failing to submit pa-
perwork during a global health
emergency,” he said.
The department already for-
gives the debt of those with dis-
abilities that prevent them from
working for at least five years. But
Secretary of Homeland Security
priority and we have been able to
provide the COVID-19 vaccine to
particularly concerned about
the releases because Border
Patrol agents are setting some
migrants free even without is-
suing what’s known as Notices
to Appear. NTAs are the im-
migration court equivalent of
a summons, giving migrants a
date on which their deporta-
tion cases are to be heard.
“I request that DHS refrain
from releasing aliens into com-
munities without first coordinat-
ing with local elected officials
and stop releasing aliens without
NTAs,” the congressman wrote
to Homeland Security Secre-
tary Alejandro Mayorkas.
While most of the migrant
surge is hitting Texas, Arizona
is seeing its share, and Border
Patrol agents have said they
expect it to get worse.
Management last week issued
an “urgent” request for people
willing to go to the border for
120-day deployments to help
Health and Human Services
care for the thousands of chil-
dren surging to the border.
Under current rules, Home-
land Security is supposed to
transfer unaccompanied children
to HHS within 72 hours. But HHS
lacks capacity, and thousands of
children have been left mired in
Border Patrol facilities.
The OPM solicitation doesn’t
mention COVID-19 vaccines as an
enticement.
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Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said the move to forgive student
loans for people with disabilities ensures that “no borrower risks having
to repay their loans simply because they could not submit paperwork.”
the federal government requires
people who are disabled to fill
out paperwork for three years
verifying their income or be held
responsible for their loans again.
In many cases, people do not
properly fill out the paperwork.
“We still need assistance,”
Alejandro Mayorkas wrote to
department employees. “The
safety of our employees is a
volunteers who want one.”
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Homeland Security has been
on a mission to get its front-line
workforce at the border vacci-
nated because of the dangers
of working with the migrant
population.
Testing has shown between
10% and 25% of the migrants
show positive when tested —
though given the congregate set-
tings in which migrants are held
before the test, it’s likely others
are infected but the incubation
period for testing positive has
not yet tolled.
At the start of the Biden ad-
ministration, migrants were regu-
larly being released into commu-
nities without testing and even
those who did test positive were
not quarantined.
Homeland Security has made
significant strides on the issue,
striking deals with local officials
and nongovernmental organiza-
tions where they have the capacity.
And in areas where the ca-
pacity doesn’t exist, such as Del
Rio, Texas, Customs and Border
Protection says it has signed a
contract with a company to do
testing.
Administration officials said
last week that they got hundreds
of volunteer offers in just the
first couple weeks from within
Homeland Security.
OPM’s request for volunteers
could add many more to that
roster. Those volunteers are not
supposed to be engaging in law
enforcement.
A separate volunteer request
has also been issued at U.S. Im-
migration and Customs Enforce-
ment, a sister agency to CBP. ICE
officers can do law enforcement.
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A 2016 General Accounting Of-
fice report found that in 98% of
the cases in which people with
disabilities had their student
loan obligations reinstated, it was
because they hadn’t submitted
paperwork.
EDUCATION
Parents sue schools
to get children back
into the classrooms
Families: Kids deprived of right
to education, see health suffering
BY ALEX SWOYER
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
A group of parents in New Jer-
sey are fed up with virtual school-
ing for their children and have
taken their fight to the courts.
In two federal class-action law-
suits, the parents are demanding
the schools bring their children
back into classrooms. They also
warn three other school districts
could be sued by the end of the
week.
More than a dozen families
in the township of Montclair are
involved in the litigation to get
kids back in school after a year
of virtual learning because of
the coronavirus pandemic. The
parents accuse Montclair Public
Schools, the Board of Education
and the Montclair superintendent
of depriving their children of the
right to education and shutter-
ing classrooms without scientific
evidence that in-person learning
is a COVID-19 risk.
“With their arbitrary rules that
fly in the face of the recommenda-
tions of experts […], the children
of the district have been deprived
of their right to an education,” the
parents say in the lawsuit. “Sadly,
there has been no one to speak
for our children over the last 12
months as they silently suffered
with remote learning.”
Steven Baffico, a parent leading
seven other families in the lawsuit,
said he went to court after school
officials kept changing reopening
deadlines and the reasons for not
reopening.
“Like many, we have grown
increasingly frustrated with mul-
tiple failed reopening dates,” he
said. “Everybody just snapped.
Everyone was really at their
wits’ end because of the ongoing
delays.”
Mr. Baffico said they also are
considering suing the teach-
ers union, Montclair Education
Association.
Their 33-page complaint de-
tailed the struggles of 14 elemen-
tary-age children after attending
virtual instruction for more than
325 days.
One second grader has had to
attend therapy after experiencing
anxiety, depression and sleeping
problems. A few other children
also experienced trichotillomania,
or hair pulling, because of height-
ened anxiety.
Aside from the educational and
social deprivation, the lawsuit said
some of the children are suffering
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The Education Department
said it is canceling $1.3 billion in
student loans for those who had
the cancellation of their student
loans undone because of paper-
work reasons. Another 190,000
people with disabilities also will
not have to repay their student
loans because the education de-
partment will no longer require
them to submit the paperwork
about how much they owe.
Persis Yu, director of the Na-
tional Consumer Law Center’s
Student Loan Borrower Assis-
tance project, also called on the
Education Department to go fur-
ther and cancel billions more in
loans for the additional 400,000
people with disabilities.
“This announcement demon-
strates the depths of the broken
student loan system. We urge
the department to take bold steps
towards systemic reform. At a
minimum, the department should
provide automatic relief to the
400,000 borrowers known to
qualify for a disability discharge,”
she said.
from headaches and eye fatigue.
“As this is a current litigation
matter, the district cannot com-
ment at this time,” said Jonathan
Ponds, superintendent of Mont-
clair Public Schools.
In another lawsuit also filed
in the U.S. District Court of New
Jersey against the South Orange-
Maplewood School District, 16
school-age children ranging from
elementary to high school are
fighting to get back into the class-
room after the school district
allowed hybrid learning only for
pre-K through second grade, sixth
grade and ninth-grade students.
Hybrid learning allows stu-
dents to alternate between virtual
and in-person instruction.
Third, fifth, seventh, eighth
and 10th-12th graders in the dis-
trict have not had in-person learn-
ing since March 13, 2020.
“With the school year still
operating remotely almost a
year after the District schools
were closed, time is of the es-
sence,” reads the 37-page lawsuit.
“The court should not hesitate
to secure plaintiffs’ fundamental
rights in securing a basic mini-
mum education for their children
are preserved and protected.”
Some of the students are hav-
ing outbursts, calling themselves
“stupid,” and having to see pe-
diatric optometrists because of
eye issues from virtual learning,
according to the complaint.
Anide Eustache, communica-
tions director at South Orange-
Maplewood School District, said
she couldn’t comment on the
case. However, she said the school
district tried to bring students
back in November but there was
a delay because facilities were
being upgraded.
After hybrid learning was ex-
pected to start for some grades in
January, there were disagreements
with the district’s teachers union,
South Orange and Maplewood
Education Association, which left
virtual learning in place.
“We have always believed that
our students need to be back in
schools,” Ms. Eustache said, add-
ing the district has been engaged
in a measured reopening “consis-
tent with what we’ve determined
is safe for our community and
staff.”
Both school districts are en-
gaged in separate litigation with
their respective teachers unions
in an attempt to get them back
to work, according to Montclair
Local.
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NEW YORK
Tenth woman comes forward
with claim against Cuomo
Governor visited home damaged by flood in 2017
BY DAVE BOYER
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
A 10th woman accused New
York Gov. Andrew Cuomo of
sexual harassment, claiming
Monday that the Democrat
kissed her aggressively on the
cheeks at her home while tour-
ing flood-damaged areas in 2017.
Sherry Vill, 55, said Mr.
Cuomo made the unwelcome
advance on her when she was
living in Greece, New York. She
had invited the governor into her
home to see the flood damage.
“That’s when the governor
looked at me, approached me,
took my hand and pulled me to
him,” Mrs. Vill said. “He leaned
down over me and kissed my
cheek. I was holding my small
dog in my arms, and I thought
he was going to pet my dog. But
instead, he went to squeeze be-
tween the dog … and kiss me on
the other cheek in what I felt was
a highly sexual manner.”
She said Mr. Cuomo kissed
ENERGY
Biden plans windmill farms along swaths of coastline to generate energy
BY DAVE BOYER
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
President Biden announced a
plan Monday to ramp up devel-
opment of large offshore wind
farms to generate electricity for
up to 10 million homes and re-
duce greenhouse gas emissions.
White House press secretary
Jen Psaki said the plan envisions
large wind turbines along the
entire Atlantic coast, the Gulf
of Mexico and the Pacific coast.
She said it eventually would pro-
duce “tens of thousands of good-
paying union jobs.”
Ms. Psaki also said the initia-
tive would eliminate 78 million
metric tons a year of carbon
emissions, which are blamed for
contributing to climate change.
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few remaining rules that might
bring discipline to federal budget-
ing,” said Chris Edwards, director
of tax policy studies at the liber-
tarian Cato Institute. “The rec-
onciliation rules were created to
reduce deficits, but both parties
have been using them to vastly
increase deficits. It’s perverse.”
Earlier this year, Democrats
used the process this year to
enact the American Rescue Plan,
President Biden’s $1.9 trillion
coronavirus relief effort. Because
congressional Democrats and
President Trump were unable to
agree on a budget in 2020, that
legislation technically counted
for the previous fiscal year. As
such, Congress can use reconcili-
ation at least once more this year.
They plan to use it to ram
through an infrastructure plan
costing up to $4 trillion and a
package of tax increases.
Mr. Schumer and his staff say
a vague clause within the 1974
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use of the technology, called the
legislation a “compromise.”
“It [is] a bill that gets at a lot of
the issues that I initially had: one
being the privacy rights of people
who were not suspects in these
kinds of cases, another being noti-
fication — that the general public
would know that their DNA may
be used in these manners by law
enforcement,” he told The Times.
Mr. Snydor and Delegate
Emily K. Shetty, the Montgom-
ery County Democrat who spon-
sored the House version of the
bill, worked with a panel of ge-
neticists, professors, lawyers and
members of law enforcement to
craft the legislation.
Ms. Shetty tweeted last week
that the bill would create “the
nation’s first guardrails on law
enforcement’s use of forensic
her again “in a very aggressive
manner” while grabbing her
face.
“I felt shocked and did not
know what happened,” Mrs. Vill
told reporters in an online press
conference hosted by her lawyer,
Gloria Allred. “I felt like he was
coming on to me in my own
home. I know the difference
between an innocent gesture
and a sexual one. I never felt as
uncomfortable as I did the day
that Gov. Cuomo came to my
home.”
Ms. Allred said she will re-
port the incident to state At-
torney General Letitia James, a
Democrat whose office is con-
ducting an investigation of Mr.
Cuomo with outside attorneys.
The lawyer also showed a blurry
photograph, taken from a video,
in which the governor is lean-
ing his face into Mrs. Vill’s face
while his left hand is on her neck.
“She became the victim of
the governor’s unwelcome and
unconsented physical contact
The Interior Department
could start holding lease auc-
tions this year for one phase of
the plan, involving ocean tracts
off New York and New Jersey.
The proposal initially would tap
$230 million from the Energy and
Transportation departments for
infrastructure projects to sup-
port the wind energy sector.
The White House said it has a
target of generating 30 gigawatts
of capacity by 2030, nearly dou-
ble the current forecasts of ca-
pacity by the end of the decade.
The plan is part of Mr. Biden’s
larger goal of rapidly shifting
the U.S. economy to net-zero
greenhouse gas emissions to fight
climate change, an agenda that
Republicans warn could cause
widespread economic harm,
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer is plotting to use a vague clause in the Congressional Budget
and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to circumvent a filibuster that would block President Biden’s agenda.
budget act could give them an-
other go at using reconciliation to
push through another big spend-
ing bill with a party-line vote.
The clause states that “at any
genetic genealogy.”
Under the legislation, genea-
logical database companies that
provide information to authori-
ties for forensic genetic search
and analysis would have to be
licensed by the state’s office of
health care quality.
In addition, those companies
would have to obtain consent
from customers to share that
information. In 2019, GEDmatch
began requiring users to opt in
if they want law enforcement to
be able to use their information.
Authorities across the country
have solved dozens of criminal
cases, some decades old, using
DNA analysis since the 1990s.
That was when the FBI estab-
lished the Combined DNA Index
System, commonly known as
CODIS.
Forensic specialists can com-
pare and match certain aspects
of a person’s DNA in a genea-
logical database with genetic
with her … grabbing her face
and kissing her in 2017,” Ms.
Allred said.
At least 10 women now have
come forward since late Febru-
ary with claims that the gover-
nor groped, kissed or made sug-
gestive sexual remarks toward
them. Several of the women were
working for the governor at the
time of their encounters.
The women include Anna
Ruch and former staffer Lind-
sey Boylan — who claim that
Mr. Cuomo kissed them with-
out their consent — and a third
unidentified woman who says
the governor reached under her
blouse to grope her breast at the
executive mansion.
Ms. James’ office has issued
subpoenas to dozens of officials
in Mr. Cuomo’s administration,
including Melissa DeRosa, the
governor’s top aide.
The state Assembly is con-
ducting also is conducting an
impeachment investigation. Mr.
Cuomo has rejected calls from
especially in states with high
levels of fossil-fuel production.
In some locales, residents of
beach communities oppose wind
farms, saying the giant turbines
will spoil their views. A plan to
build scores of offshore wind-
mills within sight of the Ken-
nedy family’s compound in Cape
Cod, Massachusetts, was killed in
2017 after the family and others
complained it would ruin their
vistas. The Cape Wind project
would have erected 130 turbines
in New England’s coastal waters.
Democrats say the Biden ad-
ministration can create jobs while
protecting the environment.
The U.S. currently has two
small offshore wind farms — a
30-megawatt wind farm off Block
Island, Rhode Island, and a pilot
time after [a reconciliation bill]
has been agreed to … and before
the end of such fiscal year, the
two Houses may adopt a con-
current resolution” to revise the
material recovered at a crime
scene to determine whether that
person’s relative was involved
in the crime. The CODIS, how-
ever, is limited to DNA collected
from crime scenes and convicted
offenders.
In 2018, authorities in Califor-
nia cross-checked decades-old
DNA left behind by the notori-
ous “Golden State Killer” with
genetic samples uploaded by
people using the free database
GEDmatch. A match by a distant
relative led police to arrest and
charge former police officer Jo-
seph James DeAngelo.
DeAngelo later was convicted
of killing 12 people and raping
45 women. He was sentenced in
August to life in prison without
the possibility of parole.
Parabon NanoLabs, which
works with authorities to ana-
lyze genetic material, helped law
enforcement officers solve two
cold-case murders in Maryland
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“I felt like he was coming on to me in my own home,” said Sherry Vill, who says New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo
sexually harassed her in 2017. She is the 10th person to come forward with a claim against the governor.
numerous officials in both par-
ties to resign, asking New York-
ers to await the outcome of the
investigations.
The governor has denied
touching anyone inappropri-
ately or making sexual advances,
although he has apologized if
he unintentionally made any
woman feel uncomfortable.
Mrs. Vill said the governor
commented as he was leaving
her house that she was “beau-
tiful” and tried to explain the
project off the coast of Virginia
that isn’t online yet.
Mr. Biden’s Interior Depart-
ment also has finished an en-
vironmental review of the pro-
posed Vineyard Wind project,
off the coast of Massachusetts,
but located a few miles south of
the proposal that the Kennedys
had fought.
White House National Cli-
mate Adviser Gina McCarthy,
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland,
Energy Secretary Jennifer Gran-
holm, Commerce Secretary Gina
Raimondo and Transportation
Secretary Pete Buttigieg met on
Monday with state officials, in-
dustry executives and labor lead-
ers to announce the new leasing
and funding goals. The White
House said the president’s plan
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legislation.
The majority leader said the
clause would at the very least
allow Democrats to do a third
reconciliation bill this year. While
last year.
“Even if that lead is used to
get DNA from so-and-so, it’s still
just a lead and the detectives are
the ones that are closing those
cases, finding that person, get-
ting proper cause to get their
DNA and match it back to that
crime scene sample, so we’re just
helping them get there,” Ellen
Greytak, Parabon’s director of
bioinformatics, told WDVM-TV
in Hagerstown, Maryland.
Conversely, more than 300 ac-
cused or convicted people have
been exonerated through DNA
technology, according to the In-
nocence Project.
People commonly use genea-
logical databases to learn about
their family history or connect
with distant relatives or adoptive
relatives.
A spokesperson for the popu-
lar genealogical website Ances-
try.com told The Times that the
company does not give police
kissing as a cultural norm.
“He said, ‘That’s what Ital-
ians do, kiss both cheeks,’ ” Mrs.
Vill said. “I felt shocked and
didn’t understand what had just
happened. But I knew I felt em-
barrassed and weird about the
kissing. I am Italian, and in my
family, family members kiss.
Strangers do not kiss.”
Mrs. Vill said that after the
governor kissed her, he invited
her to attend another event with
him in her town. She declined.
will “position America to lead
a clean energy revolution and
create thousands of jobs across
the country with the choice to
join a union.”
“President Biden believes we
have an enormous opportunity
in front of us to not only address
the threats of climate change,
but use it as a chance to create
millions of good-paying, union
jobs,” Ms. McCarthy said. “No-
where is the scale of that oppor-
tunity clearer than for offshore
wind.”
Ms. Haaland said the Inte-
rior Department will establish
the Wind Energy Areas for the
New York Bight, an offshore
region from Long Island south
along the New Jersey coast that
includes nearly 800,000 acres for
the exact procedure remains un-
clear, Democrats would likely
amend the American Rescue Plan
to include broader federal spend-
ing measures.
Mr. Schumer’s maneuvering,
an aide said, is meant “to maxi-
mize his options to allow Senate
Democrats multiple pathways
to advance President Biden’s …
agenda if Senate Republicans
try to obstruct or water down a
bipartisan agreement.”
Senate Democrats have not
publicly settled on what would
be in their third spending bill.
It also is unclear whether
the gambit will succeed. The
Senate parliamentarian, a non-
partisan adviser whose job is to
interpret the chamber’s rules,
will have to decide whether
additional reconciliation revi-
sions are plausible under the
1974 budget act.
If successful, however, Demo-
crats will gain another way to
circumvent the filibuster.
Currently, any legislation
that falls short of 60 votes dies.
That reality is a daily concern
access to its database.
“While we do not allow law
enforcement to access the An-
cestryDNA database for forensic
genealogy searches, we support
Maryland’s efforts to ensure that
individual privacy protections
are in place for services that do
allow law enforcement to access
their databases,” the spokesper-
son said.
A spokesperson for the an-
cestral database 23andMe said
the company “has not disclosed
any customer information to law
enforcement. 23andMe closely
scrutinizes all law enforcement
and regulatory requests, and we
will only comply with court or-
ders, subpoenas, search warrants
or other requests that we deter-
mine are legally valid.”
Bowie Police Chief John
Nesky, the president of the Mary-
land Chiefs of Police Association,
said the organization supports
the measure.
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“I purposefully did not follow
because I felt uncomfortable
with what happened,” she said.
“Then to top it all off, the gover-
nor sent me a letter and pictures.
The whole thing made me feel
nervous.”
Mrs. Vill says the governor’s
actions “were highly disrespect-
ful” and she was scared to come
forward.
“I was always afraid to report
it. I am still afraid of him,” she
said.
potential offshore wind farms.
“This area is home to more
than 20 million people and is the
largest metropolitan population
area in the U.S., which translates
to a significant demand for en-
ergy,” Ms. Haaland said.
She said environmental crises
disproportionately affect poor
and minority communities.
“For generations, we’ve put
off the transition to clean energy
and now we’re facing a climate
crisis. It’s a crisis that doesn’t dis-
criminate — every community is
facing more extreme weather
and the costs associated with
that,” she said. “But not every
community has the resources
to rebuild, or even get up and
relocate when a climate event
happens in their backyards.”
for Democrats and the Biden
administration, a lawmaker
privately told The Washington
Times.
Despite Democrats’ control
of both the legislative and execu-
tive branches, the party’s hold on
the Senate is tenuous. The upper
chamber is split evenly between
Democrats and Republicans.
Democrats hold the majority
thanks to the tiebreaking vote of
Vice President Kamala Harris.
Given the narrow margin,
Democrats have clamored for
the abolition or overhaul of the
filibuster in recent months.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Mas-
sachusetts Democrat, and other
liberals say the filibuster should
not stand in the way of Mr.
Biden’s agenda on gun control,
climate change or voting rights.
Republicans contend that
without the filibuster, the Sen-
ate’s deliberative nature would
be diminished and the cham-
ber would be transformed
into a majority-dominated
body similar to the House of
Representatives.
“It was a collaborative effort
and addresses the public’s con-
cerns while maintaining Law
Enforcement’s ability to utilize a
valuable resource,” Chief Nesky
said in an email.
Mr. Syndor said the legislation
is not “perfect” but he hopes it
can pave the way for similar laws
elsewhere.
“I think the hope is that Mary-
land’s legislation could be used as
a model for other states and even
nationally,” he said.
The measure is one of several
being pushed through the final
weeks of the General Assembly’s
legislative session, which ends
April 12.
Gov. Larry Hogan, a Republi-
can, did not respond to a request
for comment.
Because the legislation has
received unanimous approval in
both chambers with veto-proof
majorities, it likely will go into
effect on Oct. 1.
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TECH
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tech partners will not sit on its board or
have decision-making authority over its
policies as it aims to play a defining role
in technology regulation.
Liberal critics of the chamber’s part-
ners say there is nothing progressive
about the chamber. The American Eco-
nomic Liberties Project, which favors
breaking up large technology compa-
nies, said the chamber is a Big Tech
front group designed to bamboozle
lawmakers.
“They’ve long co-opted social justice
language to camouflage their intentions,
and this is yet another example of it,”
said Sarah Miller, the executive director
of the project.
Conservative critics of Big Tech are
also skeptical of the group.
“Putting a ‘progressive’ face on
the same monopolistic and bullying
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Minneapolis is certainly bracing for
the outcome of the trial, which had open-
ing arguments Monday, a day after Antifa
activists sent a reminder that they hadn’t
gone anywhere.
More than 200 black-clad protest-
ers descended Sunday on the Oregon
Capitol in Salem to counter a “freedom
rally” car caravan. They threw rocks at
passing vehicles that shattered windows
and splattered cars with paint-filled
balloons.
One truck had its front windshield
impaled by a tree branch, as shown
on video posted by Portland journal-
ist Andy Ngo. Four protesters were
arrested on charges that included dis-
orderly conduct, unlawful pointing of
a laser and interfering with a police
officer.
“Social media posts connected to
the group indicated their intention to
prevent the Freedom Rally caravan from
meeting at the state capitol,” Oregon
State Police said in a press release.
A truck driver was ordered to the
ground and detained by officers after
exiting his vehicle holding a handgun,
but the state police said Monday that
he was not arrested.
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behavior doesn’t make it any better,” said
Mike Davis, founder of the conservative
Internet Accountability Project. “Demo-
crats who claim to want changes in how
Big Tech operates in this country should
refuse to meet with or be influenced by
this anti-progress Big Tech front group.”
Large tech companies typically have
not needed masks to get things done in
Washington, but their cozy relationships
with politicians of all stripes changed
ahead of the 2020 elections. Republican
lawmakers say the tech platforms began
to censor too much and consolidated too
much power. Liberal lawmakers say the
tech sector does not censor properly
and that the government should exer-
cise more control over the companies’
business.
Lawmakers and regulators are now
debating how to crack down on Big Tech,
including through antitrust action from
the Biden administration or by strip-
ping legal liability protections from the
companies in laws enacted by Congress.
vehicle,” said the release. “When he
stopped to assess the damage, he was
assaulted with pepper spray. After
being assaulted with pepper spray,
the person pulled a handgun from his
waistband to defend himself. He did
not point the weapon at anyone and
dropped it when ordered to do so by
Law Enforcement. This person has
a valid concealed handgun license.”
No city has been hit harder over
the past year than Portland, where
vandalism, violence and renewed
attacks on the federal courthouse
prompted Mayor Ted Wheeler and
civic leaders to plead with activists
for a cease-fire at a March 18 press
conference.
While city officials did not announce
any actions or policies to crack down on
the rioting, they accused anarchists of
hijacking the Black Lives Matter move-
ment to wreak destruction.
Former Oregon state Sen. Avel
Gordly, a Black woman and a Democrat,
said the anarchists “intentionally create
mayhem through criminally destructive
behavior.”
“You are not helping. You are hurting
Black people. We need peacemakers and
peacekeepers,” she said during a video
press conference.
The protest unrest continues even
though Mr. Wheeler pinned the blame
last year on Mr. Trump, telling the
president at a remote press conference
In response, the largest technology
companies are spending huge sums on
influencing lawmakers and campaign
politics. The largest technology com-
panies spent $124 million on lobbying
and campaign contributions during the
2020 cycle, according to an analysis by
Public Citizen, a liberal consumer rights
advocacy group.
Public Citizen’s report showed that
four tech giants — Amazon, Apple,
Facebook and Google — supplanted Big
Oil and Big Tobacco as the dominant
lobbying forces in the nation’s capital.
The tech sector’s money, however,
can prove toxic. In October, the conser-
vative Heritage Foundation rejected a
$225,000 donation from Google and said
it would return a $150,000 contribution
from Facebook, in letters first obtained
by Axios.
The Chamber of Progress does not
share such qualms about working with
tech to accomplish its policy agenda of
economic, social and consumer progress.
that “it’s you who have created this hate
and division.”
During the presidential campaign,
Mr. Biden said in August that “if I were
president today, the country would
be safer and we’d be seeing a lot less
violence.”
Minneapolis braces for violence
The Minneapolis City Council re-
acted to “defund the police” calls by slic-
ing $19 million from the police budget,
but local officials appear to have little
confidence that their cuts will assuage
protesters in the aftermath of the trial.
The city has spent more than $1
million to barricade and fence public
buildings, including City Hall and the
five metropolis police precincts, after
rioting caused an estimated $500 mil-
lion in damage.
Some businesses are still being re-
built and have yet to reopen. Target an-
nounced it will not reopen its City Cen-
ter location. Retailers that remain have
boarded up their storefronts against
fears of another round of unrest after
the Chauvin verdict.
The threat of more rioting comes
amid a political split on Antifa between
Republicans, who blame the anarchist
group for stoking unrest and destruction
on the heels of last summer’s widespread
Black Lives Matter protests, and Demo-
crats, who say the real threat comes from
right-wing extremists.
☆☆R
The world’s largest business federa-
tion, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce,
recently spoke in support of more re-
sources for federal antitrust agencies
that could yield action against the tech
sector, creating an opening for a group
like the Chamber of Progress to pro-
mote Big Tech.
The group first pushed for congres-
sional Democrats’ proposed voting
rights overhaul, the For the People Act,
Mr. Kovacevich said.
The coalition also wants state leg-
islatures to reject “voter suppression
proposals” and seeks “progressive taxa-
tion” policies.
“Instead of encouraging honest de-
bates of ideas that are decided at bal-
lot boxes, one party is unfortunately
determined to change the rules,” said
Mr. Kovacevich. “It’s time for federal
action to ensure all Americans can vote
easily — and to make our democracy
stronger.”
Mr. Kovacevich formerly led Google’s
They point to the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S.
Capitol and arrests of “false flag” rioters
such as Ivan Harrison Hunter, charged
in October with firing an AK-47 into the
Minneapolis 3rd Police Precinct as it
burned, and Steven Carrillo, charged in
the death of Federal Protective Services
Officer Dave Underwood in Oakland,
California.
Both had ties to the anti-government
Boogaloo Bois, authorities said.
The Justice Department announced
Monday that a Washington state man,
Kelly Thomas Jackson, had been sen-
tenced to 40 months in prison for torch-
ing two Seattle police cars at a May
protest, but federal and local prosecutors
across the country have been reluctant
to pursue cases against rioters.
In Portland, more than one-third of
the cases arising from last summer’s
violent protests were dismissed by the
Justice Department, according to a
study by local television station KGW.
Of the 90 protest-related cases, 31
had been dismissed, including several
with felony charges. One of the most
serious charges dropped included
assaulting an officer, the television
station discovered.
Local prosecutors were even more
dismissive of charges. Portland police
referred nearly 1,100 protest-related
cases to the Multnomah County dis-
trict attorney’s office since May.
Prosecutors declined to process 81%
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U.S. public policy team and is the com-
pany’s seventh hire in Washington. He
also worked as a Senate aide to Joe
Lieberman. The chamber’s volunteer
advisory board includes experienced
Democratic aides and former advisers
to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York
and President Obama, as well as state
legislators in Colorado and New Jersey.
The chamber also shared a state-
ment from Rep. Ami Bera, California
Democrat, saying he was excited to get
to work with the group.
Conservatives who have complained
about the tech sector’s alliance with
the political left say the group’s openly
liberal leanings will backfire.
“I think the more overt Big Tech is
about pushing a leftist agenda, the more
it will unify the right against them,”
said Dan Gainor, a vice president at the
conservative-leaning Media Research
Center, a media watchdog group. “By
ripping off their mask of neutrality, they
make our job easier, not harder.”
of the cases, according to an online
dashboard created by the district at-
torney’s office.
With the violence threatening to
reignite, Republicans are pushing their
own solutions. Rep. Lauren Boebert,
Colorado Republican, introduced last
week legislation to declare Antifa a
domestic terrorist group. She said that
“ANTIFA, and the Democrats who sup-
port it, are enemies of the American
people.”
“Opposing violent extremists terror-
ist organizations used to be a bi-partisan
issue, but now Democrats are putting
their radical left supporters ahead of
national security,” said a Boebert press
release. “Now, the Biden administration
is pretending that ANTIFA is a myth.”
Rep. Jim Jordan, Ohio Republican,
wrote letters Monday to Attorney Gen-
eral Merrick Garland and Homeland
Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas
demanding an explanation of how they
plan to protect federal property and
personnel in Portland.
In his letter, Mr. Jordan noted that
the Portland police faced budget cuts
and was dealing with a staffing shortage.
“The Biden administration has a
duty to ensure that the federal law is en-
forced and that individuals who seek to
destroy and vandalize federal property
in Portland are prosecuted to the fullest
extent of the law,” Mr. Jordan wrote to
the two department heads.
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Nation
MINNESOTA
Former police officer’s trial over Floyd’s death begins
BY STEVE KARNOWSKI AND AMY FORLITI
ASSOCIATED PRESS
MINNEAPOLIS | The former
Minneapolis police officer
charged with killing George Floyd
went on trial Monday, with pros-
ecutors promptly showing the
jury the video of Derek Chauvin
pressing his knee on the Black
man’s neck for several minutes as
onlookers yelled at Mr. Chauvin
to get off and Floyd gasped that
he couldn’t breathe.
In opening statements, prose-
cutor Jerry Blackwell told the jury
that the number to remember
was 9 minutes, 29 seconds — the
amount of time Mr. Chauvin had
Floyd pinned to the pavement
with his knee last May in the case
that triggered scattered violence
and a national reckoning over
racial injustice.
The White officer “didn’t let
up, he didn’t get up,” even after
a handcuffed Floyd said 27 times
that he couldn’t breathe and went
motionless, Mr. Blackwell said.
“He put his knees upon his
neck and his back, grinding and
crushing him, until the very
breath — no, ladies and gentle-
men — until the very life was
squeezed out of him,” the pros-
ecutor said.
Chauvin attorney Eric Nelson
countered by arguing: “Derek
Chauvin did exactly what he
had been trained to do over his
TENNESSEE
Four people die in Tennessee
flash flood; dozens rescued
BY JOHN RABY AND SARAH RANKIN
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Torrential rains across Ten-
nessee flooded homes and at
least one church and left roads
impassable, prompting dozens
of people to be rescued in the
Nashville area. Authorities said
four bodies were found Sunday
in the flood’s aftermath.
Nashville received more than
7 inches of rain, the second-high-
est two-day rainfall total ever
recorded, Mayor John Cooper
said Sunday at a news conference.
Ebony Northern said a
normally tame creek running
through her Nashville apart-
ment complex swiftly rose after
heavy rain started late Saturday
night. Within an hour or so, she
could see some first-floor units in
other parts of the complex being
flooded.
She said people moved to the
Pandemic means far less attention paid to children’s welfare
BY SALLY HO AND CAMILLE FASSETT
ASSOCIATED PRESS
LANSFORD, PA. | Ava Lerario
lived in a home marked by love
and chaos, even before the walls
of the pandemic started closing
in on her family.
Sandwiched between two
brothers, the 9-year-old was her
father’s princess. She loved to
snuggle up with her mom to
read. She sometimes lugged her
favorite stuffed animals to the bus
stop, where she never hesitated to
share toys or books, or befriend
a lonely kid.
But neighbors noticed she and
her brothers didn’t play outside.
Protective services visited the
home over reports of potential
abuse of Ava’s brother. Her father,
Marc Lerario, had a temper. Her
mother, Ashley Belson, struggled
with drug addiction and consid-
ered leaving him. But she didn’t
dare take Ava. If she left with his
favorite, Ms. Belson feared he’d
kill her.
In the end, Ms. Belson wasn’t
the only one who died.
An Associated Press analysis
Defense attorney Eric Nelson (left) argued that “Derek Chauvin did exactly what he had been trained to do
over his 19-year career” on the first day of the former Minneapolis officer’s trial over George Floyd’s death.
19-year career.”
Floyd was resisting arrest, and
Mr. Chauvin arrived to assist
other officers who were strug-
gling to get Floyd into a squad
car as the crowd around them
second floor and she also heard
calls for boats come in over the
fire department scanner.
“The units are a mess. Some of
the outside air conditioning units
have floated off,” Ms. Northern
said Sunday morning.
She said the American Red
Cross arrived to assist her
neighbors.
At least one church canceled
in-person Palm Sunday services.
The New Tribe Church in Mt.
Juliet said on Facebook that knee-
deep water flooded the building,
busted out the glass of its front
entrance and sent chairs through
a hallway.
“I am smiling but our hearts
are devastated,” Pastor Jarod
Smith said at the start of an on-
line service. “We are standing in
our worship center and there’s
just not enough words to describe
what it actually looks like.”
Nashville Fire Chief William
of state data reveals that the coro-
navirus pandemic has ripped
away several systemic safety
nets for millions of Americans
— many of them children like
Ava. It found that child abuse
reports, investigations, substan-
tiated allegations and interven-
tions have dropped at a stag-
gering rate, increasing risks for
the most vulnerable of families
in the U.S.
AP’s analysis found more than
400,000 fewer child welfare con-
cerns reported during the pan-
demic and 200,000 fewer child
abuse and neglect investigations
and assessments compared with
the same time period of 2019.
That’s a national total decrease
of 18% in both categories.
AP requested records from all
50 state child welfare agencies
and analyzed more than a dozen
indicators in 36 states, though not
all supplied data for total reports
or investigations. The analysis
compared the first nine months
of the pandemic — March to
November 2020 — with the same
time period from the two previ-
ous years.
“The Tribeca Film Festival was born out of our mission to bring people together in the aftermath of
9/11. We’re still doing it. And as New York emerges from the shadow of COVID-19, it seems
just right to bring people together again in-person for our 20th anniversary festival.”
— Oscar-winning actor Robert De Niro, co-founder of the film festival
grew larger and more hostile, Mr.
Nelson said.
The defense attorney also dis-
puted that Mr. Chauvin was to
blame for Floyd’s death.
Floyd had none of the telltale
Swann said swift-water teams
were placed on standby in antici-
pation of the storms. At least 130
people were rescued from cars,
apartments and homes, while
about 40 dogs were moved from a
Nashville boarding kennel, Camp
Bow Wow, to another location.
Chief Cooper said first re-
sponders walked along creek
beds Sunday and worked with
the Red Cross to canvass affected
neighborhoods.
To the south in Williamson
County, over 34 swift water res-
cues were carried out, accord-
ing to county Emergency Man-
agement Agency Director Todd
Horton. As many as 18 homes
in one neighborhood had to be
evacuated.
A portion of Interstate 40 was
temporarily shut down due to
high water that stranded a vehicle
and its driver. The driver was
able to get out of the vehicle and
PANDEMIC
Police say Marc Lerario (left) shot and killed his daughter, Ava Lerario
(center), before fatally shooting his partner Ashley Benson (right) and
himself last May. No red flags were raised despite Mr. Lerario’s prior
record, prior welfare report and remote-learning absences.
There are signs in a number
of states that suggest officials
are dealing with more urgent
and complex cases during the
pandemic, though most agencies
didn’t provide thorough severity
data.
Declining reports means
greater potential for harm be-
cause “there has not all of the
sudden been a cure for child
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adrenaline flowing through his
body, to cause his death from a
heart rhythm disturbance.
“There is no political or social
cause in this courtroom,” the
defense attorney said. “But the
evidence is far greater than 9
minutes and 29 seconds.”
The medical examiner’s au-
topsy noted fentanyl and meth-
amphetamine in Floyd’s system
but listed his cause of death as
“cardiopulmonary arrest, compli-
cating law enforcement subdual,
restraint, and neck compression.”
Mr. Chauvin, 45, is charged
with unintentional second-de-
gree murder, third-degree mur-
der and manslaughter.
The widely seen video
sparked outrage across the U.S.
and led to widespread protests
and unrest, along with demands
that the country confront racism
and police brutality.
Playing the footage during
opening statements underscored
the central role video will play in
the case. It was posted to Face-
ASSOCIATED PRESS
book by a bystander who wit-
nessed Floyd’s arrest after he
was accused of trying to pass a
counterfeit $20 bill at a conve-
nience store.
signs of asphyxiation and had Fourteen people in the jury
fentanyl and methamphetamine box will hear the case — eight of
in his system, Mr. Nelson said. He them White, six of them Black
said Floyd’s drug use combined or multiracial, according to the
with his heart disease and high court. Two of the 14 will be al-
blood pressure, as well as the ternates. The judge has not said
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Heavy rain across Tennessee flooded homes and roads early Sunday,
prompting officials to rescue people from houses, apartments and
vehicles as a line of severe storms crossed the state.
to safety, the Tennessee High- a homeless camp.
way Patrol in Nashville tweeted. Chief Drake said a 65-year-old
First responders also told driv- man’s body was found on a golf
ers to avoid part of I-24 south of course. Police later identified him
Nashville. on Twitter as Douglas Hammond,
Metropolitan Nashville Po- who lived nearby and was swept
lice Chief John Drake said three away as he got out of his car that
bodies were found after Seven had become stuck in floodwaters.
Mile Creek flooded. The body Many rivers and creeks were
of a 70-year-old Nashville man, at or near their highest level since
identified by police Sunday night 2010, according to the National
as Garry Cole, was found in a sub- Weather Service. Floods in May
merged car in the creek behind a 2010 caused 21 deaths in Tennes-
store. The bodies of a 46-year-old see and an estimated $1.5 billion
woman and a 64-year-old man in damage in Nashville.
were found in a wooded area near While there was no longer
Services — known by various
names across states — has been
failing.
During the pandemic, it be-
came too late for many: the dia-
betic 15-year-old Wisconsin girl
who died of medical complica-
tions despite 16 CPS reports in
her lifetime, the 8-year-old Ne-
vada boy who mistakenly drank
a chemical substance in a soda
bottle.
School personnel are top re-
porters of abuse; they’re key eyes
ASSOCIATED PRESS
and ears for welfare agencies.
Adults in schools are trained to
identify signs and legally man-
dated to report issues.
The AP found that child abuse
and neglect reports from school
sources fell sharply as the U.S.
abuse,” said Amy Harfeld, of the pivoted to online learning — by
Children’s Advocacy Institute. 59%. Reports from nonschool
“Children who are experienc- sources dropped by 4%.
ing abuse or neglect at home Ava’s school closed March
are only coming to the attention 13. Few people understood the
of CPS much further down the tumult in the home.
road,” Ms. Harfeld said. School wasn’t a priority. The
With children out of the pub- youngest, Marc Lerario Jr., is
lic eye, the system of relying on severely autistic, which made
teachers, police and doctors to learning difficult. Ms. Belson lost
report abuse to Child Protective her waitressing job. The family
TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 2021
which ones will be alternates
and which ones will deliberate
the case.
The trial is expected to last
about four weeks at the court-
house in downtown Minneapolis,
which has been fortified with
concrete barriers, fences and
barbed and razor wire.
The key questions will be
whether Mr. Chauvin caused
Floyd’s death and whether his
actions were reasonable.
For the unintentional second-
degree murder charge, prose-
cutors have to prove that Mr.
Chauvin’s conduct was a “sub-
stantial causal factor” in Floyd’s
death, and that Mr. Chauvin was
committing felony assault at the
time.
For third-degree murder, they
must prove that Mr. Chauvin’s
actions caused Floyd’s death and
were reckless and without regard
for human life.
The manslaughter charge re-
quires proof that Mr. Chauvin
caused Floyd’s death through
negligence that created an un-
reasonable risk.
Unintentional second-degree
murder is punishable by up to 40
years in prison, and third-degree
carries up to 25 years, but sen-
tencing guidelines suggest that
Mr. Chauvin would face 12½ years
in prison if convicted on either
charge. Manslaughter is punish-
able by up to 10 years.
any precipitation falling, flood-
ing remained a threat, Brittney
Whitehead, a weather service
meteorologist in Nashville, said
Sunday afternoon.
“Over the next couple of days,
we’ll see some of our rivers con-
tinue to rise. And we’ve got sev-
eral flood warnings out for those
areas that we expect to remain
high, at least into Monday,” Ms.
Whitehead said.
Major flooding was forecast
on two rivers. The weather ser-
vice predicted the Harpeth River
near Kingston Springs, west of
Nashville, would crest about 20
feet above flood stage on Sunday
night, while the Duck River at
Centerville would crest about 17
feet above flood stage Monday
morning.
In Bristol, along the Virginia
border, a NASCAR race on a
dirt track Sunday was postponed
until Monday after torrential
rains flooded campgrounds and
parking lots surrounding Bristol
Motor Speedway.
March historically is a turbu-
lent month for weather in Ten-
nessee. Last March, tornadoes
killed more than 20 people and
destroyed more than 140 build-
ings in Middle Tennessee.
applied for food stamps and used
savings.
Before the pandemic, Mr. Ler-
ario seemed to turn a corner, de-
spite his record of assault charges.
He quit smoking and drinking,
and watched movies or played
video games with the family, said
older brother Brian Belson, 17.
But in April 2020, Marc’s grand-
mother died of COVID-19. He
couldn’t say goodbye and became
depressed.
Ms. Belson’s drug use esca-
lated while Mr. Lerario, unmedi-
cated for bipolar disorder, slipped
into paranoia. School officials say
it doesn’t appear Ava ever logged
on for virtual school.
On May 26, her body was
found nestled in her bedding.
Police say her father put a bul-
let in her head while she slept.
Officials say he also fatally shot
Ms. Belson, his partner of more
than a decade, and himself. Ava’s
brothers were home and found
the bodies.
Despite Mr. Lerario’s record,
the prior welfare report, and re-
mote-learning absences, no red
flags were raised to officials.
TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 2021
American Scene
Sheltered from virus, Kauai
plans safe return to tourism
BY CALEB JONES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
LIHUE, HAWAII | As the corona-
virus ravaged other parts of the
U.S., residents of this rural Pacific
island watched safely from afar.
Kauai, one of the world’s most
sought-after vacation destina-
tions, has been nearly impossible
to visit for most of the past year,
with officials bucking pressure
to ease quarantine rules as the
state’s economy tanked.
As a result, Hawaii’s least pop-
ulated county has been one of the
safest places to be. Hair salons
were open, kids went to school
and played team sports, and resi-
dents enjoyed restaurants, bars
and beaches without the typical
hordes of visitors — or the fears
of surging virus numbers.
As of last week, Kauai has had
only 217 confirmed COVID-19
cases since the start of the pan-
demic, compared with more than
28,000 statewide.
Now, local officials are loosen-
ing restrictions, saying early mea-
sures and the island’s departure
from a state testing program that
allowed in more people gave it time
to build a strong foundation of pub-
lic health. A unique “resort bubble”
program also helped Kauai bring
back some tourists and prepare to
reopen more broadly.
“From a big picture society
standpoint, it allowed Kauai to
get to a baseline of sort of what
the new normal was going to be in
the middle of a pandemic,” Kauai
Mayor Derek Kawakami said.
The county’s resort bubble
program, or Enhanced Movement
Quarantine, has been running for
almost three months.
It allows visitors to come to
Kauai if they get two negative
COVID-19 tests and spend three
days either on another island
or at a county-approved resort
property. If they stay at one of
the resorts, they wear monitoring
devices but can roam the grounds
and use amenities.
Participants must be tested 72
hours before they get to Hawaii
and again 72 hours after arrival
MICHIGAN
Judge orders 3 to trial
in governor kidnap plot
JACKSON | A Michigan judge
on Monday ordered three
men to stand trial in a plot to
kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen
Whitmer over her coronavirus
restrictions.
Jackson County District
Court Judge Michael Kl-
aeren ruled there was enough
evidence and bound over Paul
Bellar, Joe Morrison and Pete
Musico to circuit court to stand
trial.
They are accused of aiding
six other men who are charged
in federal court with conspiring
to kidnap Ms. Whitmer.
Five other people also are
charged in state courts.
The FBI in October said it
broke up a plot to kidnap Ms.
Whitmer by anti-government
extremists.
Judge Klareen said there
was enough evidence for trial
on charges of providing mate-
rial support for terrorist acts,
gang membership and using a
firearm during a felony.
— Associated Press
ALASKA
Richest Czech among 5
killed in helicopter crash
ANCHORAGE | A contracted
helicopter carrying guides and
guests from a lodge on a heli-
skiing trip in Alaska’s backcoun-
try crashed, killing the pilot and
four others, including the Czech
Republic’s richest man.
The only other person on-
board was in serious condition
but stable Sunday at an An-
chorage hospital, Alaska state
troopers said.
The five people killed in the
Saturday accident were identi-
fied as Petr Kellner, 56, and
Benjamin Larochaix, 50, both
of the Czech Republic; Gregory
Harms, 52, of Colorado; and two
HAWAII
With Kauai County’s resort bubble program, participants must be
tested 72 hours before they get to Hawaii and again 72 hours after
arrival to be released from quarantine on the island.
to be released from quarantine.
The program has caught at
least six positive cases since its
January launch.
“We really felt that us com-
ing in here, we would be safe
and we would also be safe to the
residents,” said Victoria Lofton,
who visited Timbers Kauai re-
sort through the bubble program
with her husband, Art. “We really
respect them, and they’re really
trying to do the right thing.”
She said it was a great way to
get away from California, where
the pandemic was raging.
“At home, we had one other
family that we saw. We weren’t
going out of the house,” Ms. Lof-
ton said.
On Kauai, where they own a
unit on the resort, “we felt free.”
Next month, the island will
rejoin the state’s Safe Travels pro-
gram, which allows travelers to
avoid quarantine with a single
negative pre-flight test.
Health officials pointed to
Kauai’s vaccination program as
part of that decision. The county
leads Hawaii in the number of
residents who have received at
least one dose, at 23%.
“By the time that we opt back
in, we expect all hospitality and
food service workers to have been
offered vaccines,” said Lauren
Guest, the state’s Department of
Health preparedness planner for
Kauai. “And they really are the
BRIEFLY
THE NATION
Alaska residents, Sean McMa-
namy, 38, of Girdwood, and the
pilot, Zachary Russel, 33, of
Anchorage.
The five passengers included
three guests and two guides
from the Tordrillo Mountain
Lodge, said company spokes-
woman Mary Ann Pruitt.
Mr. Kellner was a business-
man with a net worth of more
than $17 billion, according
to the Forbes 2020 list of the
world’s richest people.
He owned a 98.93% stake in
the PPF Group, an international
investment firm. The group op-
erates in 25 countries in Europe,
Asia and North America with
assets of $52 billion.
— Associated Press
PUBLISHING INDUSTRY
News Corp. buys
Houghton Mifflin division
NEW YORK | In the latest
news of consolidation in the
literary world, Rupert Mur-
doch’s News Corp. announced
Monday it’s buying Houghton
Mifflin Harcourt’s book-pub-
lishing division, which includes
such blockbuster releases as
J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of
the Rings” trilogy and George
Orwell’s “1984.”
News Corp. owns Harper-
Collins, one of the industry’s
largest book publishers, which
will operate the division, called
HMH Books & Media, the
company said Monday. The
announced purchase price was
$349 million.
HarperCollins authors have
included Harper Lee, Ann
Patchett, Neil Gaiman and
Roald Dahl.
The publisher expects “to
realize immediate cost savings,
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ones who work very closely with
visitors on the front line.”
Kauai’s strict path to reopen-
ing has set it apart in an already
strict state.
For most of 2020, anyone
coming to Hawaii faced a rigidly
enforced 14-day quarantine rule.
But the restrictions walloped
the state’s tourism-dependent
economy, and unemployment
rates soared, including on Kauai.
The state launched Safe Trav-
els in October, bringing back
more visitors. But with that came
more disease.
Kauai’s cases more than dou-
bled in seven weeks, and it had
its first and, so far, only death.
It quickly opted out, citing wor-
ries about the state’s single-test
scheme and the island’s limited
health care capacity — Kauai
has only nine ICU beds and 14
ventilators.
Mr. Kawakami resisted calls
from lawmakers and the tourism
industry to conform to a unified
statewide system.
“We said, look, the timing is
horrible, but vaccines are arriving
in Hawaii,” the mayor said. “We’re
seeing a second and third spike
happening on the mainland. … We
really focused on making policy
calls and making sacrifices on the
economic side.”
The majority of Kauai’s
COVID-19 cases have been linked
directly to travel, Ms. Guest said.
accumulating to more than $20
million annually within two
years, including manufactur-
ing, distribution and other cost
efficiencies.”
A HarperCollins spokesper-
son declined Monday to say
whether the company planned
layoffs, saying it was focused on
“closing the deal” and that “no
decisions have been made.”
In November, Penguin Ran-
dom House announced it was
acquiring rival Simon & Schus-
ter for $2.2 billion, shrinking the
so-called Big Five of American
publishing — which includes
HarperCollins, Hachette Book
Group and Macmillan — to
four.
News Corp. reportedly
had been interested in buying
Simon & Schuster and Thom-
son slammed the megadeal
when it was announced, saying
the new entity would be a
“book behemoth” and “literary
leviathan” that would dominate
the market.
HarperCollins’ purchase
of HMH, like the proposed
Penguin Random House deal,
is subject to federal approval.
Agents and authors worry that
a concentration of power in
publishing would translate to
less competition for book deals
and smaller advances.
The deal is the second News
Corp. has announced in the past
week. It said Thursday that it
was buying financial news pub-
lisher Investor’s Business Daily
for $275 million.
Houghton Mifflin, which
says it serves 90% of U.S.
schools, said the sale will allow
it to focus on its K-12 education
business, and it will put more
emphasis on digital sales.
The company has struggled
financially for years and will
use some of the sale’s proceeds
to pay down debt.
The deal is expected to close
in the second quarter of 2021.
— Associated Press
☆R
“Your Fish Oil Could Be
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Warns Memory Doctor
Florida M.D. reveals startling reason why
“senior moments” may be caused by msh oil
— and the #1 way to mx it fast
More than 16 million Americans suffer
age-associated cognitive impairment. And
according to nationwide research, these
numbers are only rising.
Thankfully, anti-aging specialist and
bestselling author, Dr. Al Sears, says there’s
an easy way to banish senior moments for
good. It’s a safe, natural compound that
can grow the brain signimcantly bigger.
And unlike failed solutions that promise
what they can’t deliver, this one actually
works — at least, according to studies from
Framingham, Stanford, and other reputable
universities.
But in order for it to work, you must
avoid using run-of-the-mill msh oil
supplements. “The worst thing you can do
for your memory,” explains Dr. Sears, “is to
supplement with msh oil.”
Dr. Al Sears, a highly-acclaimed MD —
who has published more than 500 studies
— says today’s low-grade supermarket
msh oil is causing the surge in America’s
memory crisis. “These cheap oils are no
longer as nutrient-dense as they once
were,” he explains.
If you want to get rid of embarrassing
senior moments and grow the brain
signimcantly bigger, Dr. Sears recommends
a different approach.
THE SECRET TO A LASTING MEMORY
Research has shown our paleo ancestors
were able to grow bigger and smarter brains
by eating foods rich in one ingredient —
DHA. “Our hippocampus thrives off DHA,
and grows because of it,” explains Dr.
Sears. “Without DHA, our brains would
shrink, and our memories would quickly
fade.”
A groundbreaking study from the
University of Alberta conmrmed this.
Animals given a diet rich in DHA saw a
29% boost in their hippocampus — the part
of the brain responsible for learning and
memory. As a result, these animals became
smarter.
The same was found in human studies,
too. Stanford University analyzed the brains
of over 1,100 women. And according to
brain scans, DHA grew signimcantly bigger
hippocampal brain regions.
Conversely, after analyzing more than
1,500 seniors, the Framingham study found
that those whose brains were demcient in
DHA, also had signimcantly smaller brains
— a characteristic of accelerated aging and
a weakened memory.
And lastly, a randomized, double-blind,
placebo-controlled study from Columbia
found something remarkable. 485 senior
men and women were put through a series
of rigorous mental and visual tests.
They were asked to remember weird
shapes and images that made the task so
challenging, some compared it to an IQ
test. Remarkably, after 6 months, those
who took DHA had a signimcant edge in
learning, memory, and brain function over
those who didn’t.
“Unfortunately, it’s almost impossible
to boost levels of DHA simply by eating
more msh or msh oil,” explains Dr. Sears.
“DHA in msh oil has plummeted over the
years. And it’s being replaced by another
compound. One that can cause memory
failure and brain fog.”
The ingredient Dr. Sears is referring to
is called ALA — a compound found in
cheap, grocery store msh oil. Studies have
shown that even moderate levels of ALA
can eat away at your memory and make
you forgetful.
PEOPLE ARE TALKING
Fish farming has caused DHA levels to
plummet and ALA levels to rise, according
to Dr. Sears.
“In order to produce DHA,” he explains,
“msh need to eat a natural, marine diet, like
the one they’d eat in the wild.” Without a
marine-rich diet, most msh won’t produce
DHA.
Dr. Sears uncovered that sometime
during the 1990s, msh farmers stopped
giving their animals a natural, DHA-rich
diet and began feeding them a diet that
was 70% vegetarian.
“It became too expensive for farmers
to feed msh what they’d eat in the wild,”
explains Dr. Sears. “And since more than
80% of msh oil comes from farms, it’s
no wonder the country is experiencing a
memory crisis. Most people’s brains are
shrinking and they don’t even know it.”
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Why the ‘brain fuel’ ingredient
in fish oil is slowly drying up.
When msh eat a vegetarian diet, they
produce ALA. And according to Dr. Sears,
this can harm the brain, and many doctors
agree.
“Since msh farmers are depriving these
animals of their natural diet, ALA levels in
msh oil are going up, while DHA levels are
being cut in half. It’s no wonder people’s
brains are shrinking,” explains Dr. Sears.
When asked, what can people do to
improve their memory and brain function
in the most effective way possible? Dr.
Sears replied, “Find a quality DHA that
doesn’t come from a farmed source. Only
this will help improve memory by growing
the brain signimcantly bigger.”
Dr. Sears and his team have been working
tirelessly for the last 24-months developing
a unique brain-boosting formula called
Omega Rejuvenol. It’s made from the
most powerful source of DHA in the ocean,
squid and krill — two species that cannot
be farmed
According to Dr. Sears, these are the
purest and most potent sources of DHA
in the world, because they haven’t been
tampered with. “Omega Rejuvenol is
sourced from the most sustainable mshery
in Antarctica. You won’t mnd this oil in any
stores.”
MORE IMPRESSIVE RESULTS
Already, the formula has sold more than
27,000 bottles. And for a good reason, too.
Satismed customers can’t stop raving about
the memory-boosting benemts of quality-
sourced DHA oil.
“I see a noticeable increase in my brain
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“It’s great to remember everyone who
played in the ‘75 World Series. My memory
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“After the mrst time I took it, I experienced
mental clarity and focus. I noticed my
mental function improve and I could
concentrate better and be more productive
throughout the day,” raves John F.
And 70-year-old Mark K. says, “My focus
and memory are back to age-30 levels.”
These are just a handful of the thousands
of reviews Dr. Sears receives on a regular
basis thanks to his breakthrough memory
formula, Omega Rejuvenol.
WHERE TO FIND
OMEGA REJUVENOL
To secure bottles of this brain-booster,
buyers should contact the Sears Health
Hotline at 1-800-685-0624 within the next
48 hours. “It takes time to manufacture
these bottles,” says Dr. Sears. “The Hotline
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customers who need it most.”
Dr. Sears feels so strongly about this
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back guarantee on every order. “Send back
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VIRUS VACCINE ENVY

President Biden says he wants all U.S. adults to be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine
time that things are out of control,” said
Arthur L. Caplan, director of the division
of medical ethics at the New York Uni-
potentially touch many sectors of so-
ciety,” she said. “A determination or
development of [a] vaccine passport,
From page A1
by May 1. Most states are on track to beat that goal or are already there. versity Grossman School of Medicine. “If or whatever you want to call it, will be
by that point. you don’t get these messages refined and driven by the private sector.”
All adults eligible as of:
“They’ve been locked up too long, targeted, they’re going to get ignored.” She said the federal guidance will
and they see no discernible difference Now Tuesday Wednesday First half of April He said the likelihood of viral spread ensure that vaccine documents are ac-
in outcomes whether a jurisdiction is April 15 Second half of April Expected May 1 Status unknown is different in a fully vaccinated nursing cessible to everyone, though she didn’t
locked down or not,” said Mr. Mango, home versus, say, bars full of unvac- offer a timeline for its release.
deputy chief of staff policy under former cinated people in beach towns, so the Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republi-
Health and Human Services Secretary guidance should reflect that. can, said Monday that he would issue an
Alex Azar. “Fourth of July will be way too “In the real world, Memorial Day is a executive order forbidding local govern-
late. The grills/barbecues will be going big day. Whether the government likes it ments and businesses in his state from
full blast by Memorial Day.” or public health likes it, a COVID-weary requiring vaccine passports.
Mr. Biden said Monday that he ex- public is likely to erupt in all types of “It’s completely unacceptable for ei-
pects nine in 10 American adults to be risky behavior, all kinds of social inter- ther the government or the private sector
eligible for the vaccine within three action as the weather improves. I think to impose upon you the requirement
weeks. Most states are ahead of his goal RI that’s the reality, [even if] it may not be that you show proof of vaccine to just
of making those 18 and older eligible in sync with what’s the smartest thing simply participate in normal society,”
CT
by May. to do,” Mr. Caplan said. “What we need Mr. DeSantis said.
The president also said 90% of adults DE to do is think hard about what normalcy As they plot paths to normalcy, states
will live within 5 miles of a vaccine site MD is and then start to target messages to are lifting occupancy limits and sports
as of April 19, as the federal government certain groups.” leagues are trying to fill seats with fans.
DC
expands the number of participating The administration has issued some Baseball franchises across the coun-
pharmacies from 17,000 to 40,000, sets up guidance about what vaccinated people try are allowing thousands of fans to
more mass-vaccination sites and funds can do in household settings. It says ad- return for Opening Day this week, typi-
community vaccination efforts to reach ditional guidance on issues such as travel cally at 20% to 40% stadium capacity.
more seniors and the disabled. SOURCE: State officials THE WASHINGTON TIMES will be announced soon. Memorial Day will arrive one month
He didn’t provide a standard for re- The White House said Monday that into the full vaccine eligibility season
turning to normalcy but said it will be the government will issue guidance on that Mr. Biden outlined.
sooner if people take basic precautions. again, spooking disease trackers who Her voice cracking with emotion, Dr. COVID-19 vaccine “passports” so Ameri- The increasing risk will be that public
“Mask up. It’s a patriotic duty. It’s the saw a similar trend in Europe. Walensky said she has seen the toll on cans can show proof of immunization at health guidance lags “what the public
only way we get back to normal,” Mr. “Right now, I’m scared,” Rochelle COVID-19 patients firsthand and doesn’t airports and other settings as industries is already doing,” said Amesh Adalja,
Biden said from the White House. “To Walensky, director of the Centers for want a relapse. work to fully reopen while maintaining a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins
cheer together in stadiums full of fans. To Disease Control and Prevention, said The situation places the government’s health privacy protections. Center for Health Security.
gather together at holidays again safely, during a White House COVID-19 brief- messaging in an awkward phase. Officials White House press secretary Jen “It’s likely that normalcy will return
to go to graduations, weddings.” ing. “I so badly want to be done. I know are racing not just the virus but also a Psaki said private companies will de- in summer,” he said, “but as hospital
He pleaded for ongoing vigilance you all so badly want to be done. We are public that is eager to enjoy the warm velop and issue the documents. She capacity is no longer threatened, due
as optimism about vaccination collides just almost there but not quite yet. So I’m weather or take family trips as they hear said there will be no federal database or to the pace of vaccination in high-risk
with a worsening national case count. asking you to just hold on a little longer, about America’s world-leading vaccine a mandate that people obtain a certain individuals, I think it will return sooner
The rolling average of newly diagnosed to get vaccinated when you can, so that campaign. type of credential. in many states.”
COVID-19 cases plateaued above 50,000 all of those people that we all love will “You can’t run around saying, ‘Get “That issue will touch many agen- ⦁ This article is based in part on wire
in recent weeks and is starting to rise still be here when this pandemic ends.” vaccinated and it works,’ and at the same cies, as verification is an issue that will service reports.

CANAL extra fuel costs.

The Suez Canal is critical for trade
between Europe and Asia, but the direct
queuing in the canal, and we are offer-
ing more alternatives for our clients
with urgent needs. One is to use cross-
From page A1 impact on U.S. companies and consum- border cargo trains,” Zhou Shihao, CEO
options but to wait for crews to clear ers is expected to be slight. Most U.S.- of YQNLink, a Chinese cargo and freight
the path ahead. Some of those vessels bound shipping comes directly across company, told the Global Times newspa-
resumed their journeys Monday after a the Atlantic and Pacific to ports on both per. “What normally takes 30 to 40 days
monumental, multinational effort that American coastlines. by ship from China to Europe takes only
captured the world’s attention and in- 15 to 25 days by train.”
spired a tankerful of social media memes. Long-term fallout The newspaper also quoted several
“We pulled it off,” said Peter Ber- The entire drama, with the forlorn “industry insiders” in China who said
dowski, CEO of Boskalis, a salvage firm overloaded ship marooned with its bow they have seen increased demand for
that played a leading role in freeing the in one bank and its stern stuck in the Asia-to-Europe rail routes as an alterna-
Ever Given. “I am excited to announce other, lasted less than a week. But the tive to the Suez Canal.
that our team of experts, working in long-term repercussions will stretch far A major international move toward
close collaboration with the Suez Canal beyond Egypt. China-based rail could represent a major
Authority, successfully refloated the Ever The Suez carries more than 10% of economic and geopolitical win for Bei-
Given … thereby making free passage all international trade, including about jing, which is trying to supplant the U.S.
through the Suez Canal possible again.” 7% of the world’s oil supply, casting a as the world’s top economic power.
Tugboats pushed and pulled the ship fresh spotlight on the vulnerabilities of Russia also sees a potential oppor-
while dredgers vacuumed up sand and the global just-in-time economy and how tunity. The nation’s energy ministry on
mud below. Rising tides Sunday night easily it can be grind to a halt. Monday highlighted the “Northern Sea
into Monday morning aided the entire “This is a warning about how vul- Route” as a viable option beyond the
operation. nerable our supply chains are and how Suez Canal.
But the ordeal is far from over. The the just-in-time inventory techniques To move goods to Asia, the north-
Ever Given is being inspected for dam- that have been so popular have to be ern route is about 4,000 nautical miles
age before it is permitted to complete its rethought,” William Lee, chief econo- shorter than going through the Suez. But
voyage to Rotterdam, in the Netherlands. mist at the Milken Institute, told The it runs through icy Arctic waters, mak-
Ports around the globe are bracing for Associated Press. “The shortages and ing it logistically challenging for ship-
an unprecedented rush of backed-up the supply chain shortages that cause ping companies, particularly in winter.
business while the COVID-19 pandemic assembly lines to shut down — that will Still, shipping volume hit nearly 33
wreaks havoc with operations. have a greater impact.” million tons last year and will reach 80
Egyptian officials celebrated the op- In the U.S., some political groups are million tons by 2024, Reuters reported
eration to free the ship, which some pushing the Biden administration to take Monday. Russian President Vladimir
feared could take weeks to refloat. But a tougher line toward China. They ar- Putin has cast the Northern Sea Route
their country bore the immediate brunt gued that China’s overseas infrastructure as a central part of Moscow’s long-term
of the weeklong blockage. The Egyptian investments as part of its worldwide Belt economic development plan.
government lost an estimated $95 mil- and Road investment program could give While rising temperatures are melt-
lion in tolls because of a lack of traffic it leverage in nations such as Panama, ing Arctic ice and opening new water-
ASSOCIATED PRESS
through the canal. whose canal also plays an indispensable ways, governments and private com-
President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi re- role in facilitating global trade. A satellite photo shows the Ever Given cargo ship stuck in Egypt’s Suez Canal as a panies still need to invest heavily in
portedly may seek compensation from “Given the United States’ dependence mass of ships wait in the Red Sea to pass through the waterway Monday. Suez Canal icebreaker ships to make it through the
the Taiwanese container transport com- upon the Panama Canal for a significant authorities did not provide details about when the vessel would be set free. frigid region year-round. Last week,
pany Evergreen Marine Corp., which amount of our trade, it is important that Finnish ship designer Aker Arctic rolled
chartered the Ever Given. Russia-based the Biden administration redouble ef- out an icebreaker container ship that
Sputnik News quoted unidentified Egyp- forts to thwart the Communist Chinese statement. passageway as well. could operate in Arctic waters through
tian officials as saying the nation will Belt and Road initiative, which is cur- Mr. Manning also singled out the The Chinese government so far has all seasons.
seek payment for the lost tolls. rently investing heavily in Panama with Strait of Hormuz, a key waterway off the said little about the long-term impli- “No such type of container ship has
The ship’s Japanese owners likely an eye toward gaining dangerous influ- Iranian coast and an irreplaceable cog cations of the Ever Given, but some been available before,” Luigi Portunato,
face major fines and costs associated ence over this pivotal Central American in the international oil market. China Chinese business leaders are trying to a naval architect with the company, told
with delays from the Ever Given’s plight. country,” Rick Manning, president of the recently signed a major economic part- capitalize. the news outlet Arctic Today.
Analysts said reinsurance companies will conservative advocacy group Ameri- nership agreement with Iran, poten- “Some of our goods are stranded on ⦁ This article is based in part on wire
bear much of the losses for delays and cans for Limited Government, said in a tially giving Beijing leverage over that the Evergreen Marine and other ships service reports.

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Best friend calls the police
after man threatens suicide
DEAR ABBY: I am a
woman in my late 30s.
“Tim” and I have been best
friends for more than 10
years. Over the last few
years, he has struggled
with depression and ad-
diction,
ABIGAIL and I
VAN BUREN have
done
DEAR ABBY my best
to help
him.
A few weeks back, Tim
called me crying and said
he was planning to end his
life. It wasn’t the first time
he has spoken this way,
but it was the first time he
described a plan of action.
Because I was alarmed, I
called the police to do a
welfare check. They went
to Tim’s home, which is
across the country from
mine, and took him to a
psychiatric facility for
several days. Now that he’s
out, he’s furious with me
for notifying the police and
says I betrayed him. He
said he doesn’t know if we
can continue to be friends.
I feel terrible, like I per-
haps made a mistake by
calling reinforcements, but
I was more worried about
the consequences of not
calling. My family is telling
me I should step away from
the friendship altogether,
but I can’t imagine doing
that. Please help. — TAKES
FRIENDSHIP SERIOUSLY
DEAR TAKES: Your fam-
ily’s advice to step away
seems sensible. You did
NOT make a mistake by call-
ing to see that Tim got help
after he told you he had a
plan in place to take his own
life. You were trying to help
him and prevent a tragedy,
and that’s a good thing.
Tim is clearly very ill
and, unfortunately, there is
little you can do to fix what’s
wrong with him (which is
plenty). If you know his fam-
ily, inform them about what
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY
(March 30). You’ll be carried
by your strong conviction to
a momentous purpose. Hav-
ing wandered in your day,
the value of this ultrafocused
stretch isn’t lost on you.
The productivity from this
creative
HOLIDAY thrust
MATHIS will ul-
timately
HOROSCOPE have
you
inspir-
ing and teaching others.
Family members will lift one
another up, showing up for
both need and celebration.
Cancer and Leo adore you.
Your lucky numbers are: 7,
33, 1, 27 and 16.
ARIES (March 21-April
19). Making an entrance
isn’t like it used to be when
people were entering and
exiting rooms a lot more
often, but you’ll find a way
to create impact upon arrival
even when said arrival isn’t
physical.
TAURUS (April 20-May
20). You won’t have to make
room for more love in your
life. This happens naturally
when you love. Everything
adjusts to allow for the flow,
and strangely, all seems
more spacious than it did
before.
GEMINI (May 21-June
21). Put health and well-
being first. Anything you do
to promote physical vitality
makes life better on all the
other levels. It does take
time, money and effort, but
you’ll get all of that zestfully
back and then some.
CANCER (June 22-July
22). You’ll be putting a kind
of puzzle together, looking at
how different pieces can be
combined to create one big
picture. With many puzzles,
there is only one right way,
but with today’s puzzle,
there will be at least a dozen.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).
Television is a form of
people-watching, though the
scripts elevate; the lighting
beautifies; and the situations
are beyond the bounds of
realism (especially in reality
has been going on. And be-
cause he doesn’t know if he
can continue being friends
with you, leave it up to him
to decide.
DEAR ABBY: My broth-
er’s wife is pregnant, and
there is talk about their
moving to the state where
her family lives. There are
only three people in my
sister-in-law’s family (one
is elderly and two others
work full time) who may
provide her with support
during her transition into
motherhood. On the other
hand, there are 10 of us
who could help them emo-
tionally and physically if
they stay here.
My sister-in-law plans
on being a stay-at-home
mom, which I wholeheart-
edly support. My brother
would move to the state
where her family resides
only in order to appease
her. Our family is closer
than her family. I feel we
can provide them with
more love and support
than her family. What can
I say or do to show them
that living near our family
is the best decision? —
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you mean well, but do not
make the mistake of trying
to “sell” your sister-in-law on
staying. It appears her mind
is made up. If she feels she
would be more comfortable
with her own family as she
approaches this milestone,
not much you can say will
dissuade her. Of course,
nothing prevents you from
telling your brother how you
feel, if you haven’t already.
You might also suggest
they consider renting for a
year rather than buying a
home right away, to see how
they like it. That way, once the
baby arrives and reality hits,
she may realize she won’t have
the support she may need, and
they may decide to return.
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shows). People-watching the
old-fashioned way will teach
you more.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.
22). You love when life
forces you to discover things
about yourself. It’s not hap-
pening often enough lately,
but it will when you take
yourself out of the normal
setting so there’s no choice
but to deal with elements
unknown.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct.
23). Social success is just
like all the other kinds —
learned and earned through
failure. When you make
yourself vulnerable, no mat-
ter what happens, you win.
You either connect or figure
out what doesn’t work.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). You may feel yourself
getting very granular with
your demands or expecta-
tions, and this is a signal that
it’s time to deal in a bigger
game. Take on more; expand
your reach.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-
Dec. 21). There are some
relationships you’ve had
so long that you can’t even
remember the last time you
had any kind of objectivity
on the matter, but today,
you’ll get that with the input
of a third party.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-
Jan. 19). You’ll need mental
relief from the day’s pres-
sure. Allow more breaks.
Take yourself out of the
starring role and let your
imaginary stunt double step
in. Return later to shine in
the spotlight.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). You’ll love being around
people who challenge
you, especially playfully. It
doesn’t happen every day,
which is why it’s so magical
today when you dance with
your dexterous equal.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). The reason you can
answer the call of the wild
is because it’s in your first
language. Hearing it today
reminds you where you
came from in the unbridled
times.
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Another product of the pandemic
Supply bottlenecks leave ships stranded, businesses stymied
BY JOYCE M. ROSENBERG
ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK | A trade bottleneck
born of the COVID-19 outbreak
has U.S. businesses anxiously
awaiting goods from Asia —
while off the coast of California,
dozens of container ships sit an-
chored, unable to unload their
cargo.
The pandemic has wreaked
havoc with the supply chain since
early 2020, when it forced the
closure of factories throughout
China.
The seeds of the problems
were sown last March, when
Americans stayed home and
dramatically changed their buy-
ing habits. Instead of clothes,
they bought electronics, fitness
equipment and home improve-
ment products.
U.S. companies responded by
flooding reopened Asian facto-
ries with orders, leading to a
chain reaction of congestion and
snags at ports and freight hubs
across the country as the goods
began arriving.
Main Street businesses are
now forced to wait months in-
stead of the usual weeks for a
delivery from China, and no one
knows when the situation will
be resolved. Owners do a lot of
explaining to customers, order
more inventory than usual and
lower their expectations for when
their shipments will arrive.
Alejandro Bras used to be able
to place an order to factories
in China and expect to receive
his products in 30 days. Now,
with problems throughout the
supply chain, “we’re adding an
additional two months,” he said.
Two months is “iffy” — it can take
even longer.
Mr. Bras’ company, Womple
Studios, sells monthly subscrip-
tion boxes with educational crafts
and activities for children. Many
of the products are custom-made,
so he can’t easily find substitutes.
Mr. Bras has been spending
more time on logistics rather than
product development and more
time apologizing to the Oakland,
California, company’s custom-
ers who expect a shipment each
month. Customers have been
understanding. They realize the
pandemic has upset shipping and
trade worldwide.
The cluster of ships offshore is
perhaps the most dramatic symp-
tom of an overwhelmed supply
chain. As production surged in
Asia, more ships began arriving
in the fall at ports in Los Angeles,
Long Beach and other West Coast
cities than the gateways could
handle.
Ships holding as many as
14,000 containers have sat
No fooling around: Some weird chess for April 1
W
ith everything out
there on the board
for everyone to
see, chess doesn’t
really lend itself to quality April
Fool’s tomfoolery.
There was that incident (prob-
ably apocryphal) when some
joker glued the white d-pawn to
the board
DAVID R. before
SANDS Polish
GM Akiba
CHESS Rubinstein
— one of
the greatest
and most loyal champions of 1.
d4 — sat down to play. There’s
that story told by Soviet great
Alex Kotov when he was a young
candidate master of how his
busted opponent wrote “Resigns”
on his scorecard and was already
putting on his coat, leading an
overconfident Kotov to make a
careless final move that allowed a
winning tactical swindle. There’s
the occasional fake news story
about Garry Kasparov or Magnus
Carlsen giving up chess to pursue
a career in mixed-martial arts or
basket-weaving.
Again, not really great April
1 material. But that doesn’t
mean some weird stuff doesn’t
go down every once in a while
at the chessboard.
Today’s first game, for
example, between Hungarian
master Endre Steiner and Belgian
great Edgar Colle makes no sense
by the traditional rules of chess.
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Ships holding as many as 14,000 containers have sat offshore near West Coast ports, some of them for
more than a week, as the result of an overwhelmed supply chain set off by the COVID-19 pandemic.
offshore, some of them for more
than a week. At times, as many as
40 ships have been waiting. No
more than a handful are waiting
during normal times, accord-
ing to the Marine Exchange of
Southern California, a service
that monitors port traffic and
operations.
“With this type of backlog, it
will take several weeks to work
through that. It doesn’t go away.
And new ships are sailing to the
U.S. even as we speak,” said Shan-
ton Wilcox, a manufacturing ad-
viser with PA Consulting.
There are chokepoints on land
as well. It can take 8,000 trucks
to haul the cargo away from a
ship, said Kip Louttit, executive
director of the Marine Exchange
of Southern California. But when
all those trucks hit the road, not
enough are available when dock-
workers try to unload the next
ships in port. Freight rail traffic
also has been affected.
“When you have more cargo,
you have a less-efficient cargo
moving system,” Mr. Louttit said.
The pandemic is also slowing
down the flow of goods by side-
lining workers in warehouses at
the ports, he said.
Put all the problems together,
and it takes five to seven days,
instead of two or three, for a
ship that reaches port to unload,
Steiner-Colle after 14. c5*
White launches a promising gam-
bit in this Alekhine Defense, but
things go screwy after 18. Rae1+
Be7 19. Rxf6??, as two fine play-
ers appear to miss elementary
checkmates over and over again:
19...gxf6 20. Bxf6 0-0 21. Rxe7??
(the “point” of White’s nonsensi-
cal combination) Rxf6? (Qxe7
22. Bxe7 Rf1 is mate) 22. Rxd7??
Bxd7?? (again, 22...Rf1 is mate) 23.
Ne4?? Rf7?? (ditto) 24. Qg3+, and
Steiner is back on top with a win-
ning attack.
To make sense of things,
go back to the diagrammed
position, where White has just
played 14. c5. At that same mo-
ment, Steiner’s king on h1 was
accidentally knocked off the
board and mistakenly replaced
on the g1-square, with neither
player noticing. Play through
the game with the king just one
square over — all Black’s back-
rank threats are disarmed and
White’s combinations all work.
said Shruti Gupta, an industrial
analyst with the consulting firm
RSM.
“That again has consequences
on truckers and rail service be-
cause they have to wait until the
port clears,” Ms. Gupta said.
Businesses also wait because
of high demand for space on ships
and inside the shipping contain-
ers, which range from 20 to 45
feet long.
“Normally, a shipment can
be booked with a couple days’
notice, and currently you have
to book containers 30 days in
advance,” said Peter Mann, CEO
of Oransi, a maker of air puri-
fiers and filters based in Raleigh,
North Carolina. He has to ac-
count for shipment times twice
as long as normal in his operating
plans.
When Mr. Mann began hav-
ing trouble getting shipments
in the fall, he decided to place
larger orders. Getting the goods
manufactured wasn’t a problem,
and fewer deliveries meant less
waiting time. It has meant invest-
ing more money in inventory.
Supply disruptions can be a
more serious for smaller compa-
nies because, unlike larger play-
ers, they may not be able to shift
production to other countries. An
example is Western Hemisphere
nations whose products can be
Learning about the error
after the game, Colle protested,
but arbiters ruled it was too late
and the result should stand.
Even more in April 1’s
cheeky spirit is today’s famous
second game, a win by the
free-spirited British GM Tony
Miles over an in-his-very-prime
Soviet world champion Anatoly
Karpov with the opening 1. e4
a6?!?!, found, joked Miles, when
he was “looking for an improve-
ment on 1...b6?!.”
Karpov kept a poker face
and proceeded to build up a for-
midable center, but never really
tries to “punish” his opponent
for his impertinent opening
choice.
The critical moment comes
after 18. Be4 0-0, when White
after a hefty think backed off
from 19. Bh7+! Kh7 20. Ng5+,
when things get hairy for both
sides after 20...Kg6! (Kg8?? 21.
Qh5; 20...Kh6 21. Rc4 g6 22.
Qg4, hitting the bishop on b4)
21. Qg4 f6!?. Instead, things shift
Black’s way after 19. Ng5?! h6 20.
Bh7+?! Kh8 21. Bb1 Be7 22. Ne4
Rac8 23. Qd3? (Karpov badly
overestimates the power of the
queen-bishop battery) Rxc1 24.
Rxc1 Qxb2!, showing White’s
attack to be toothless.
After 27. Re3 Qd5 (Qb2! was
even stronger, given White’s
back-rank vulnerabilities;
e.g. 28. Bd3 Bxe4 29. Rxe4
Bc5! 30. Be2 [Rf4 Qc1+ 31. Bf1
Qxf4] Qb1+ 31. Qd1 Qxe4) 28.
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shipped to East Coast ports. Big
companies also can better afford
to use air freight, which is more
expensive than shipping.
Because there is so much com-
petition for containers, the cost of
importing is climbing.
“The price can be as much as
five times as usual,” said Craig
Wolfe, whose company, Celebri-
Ducks, has had problems getting
rubber ducks from China since
the start of the pandemic.
One of Mr. Wolfe’s shipments
sat on the dock for three weeks
because no rail cars were avail-
able. Another that he expected
to be shipped by mid-February
still hasn’t left China.
“It would have arrived by
now,” said Mr. Wolfe, whose
company is based in Kelseyville,
California.
He is anxious because most of
his products aren’t typical rubber
ducks; they are based on presi-
dents and other celebrities and
pop culture trends such as the
Harry Potter books and movies.
Like Mr. Mann, he has placed
some larger-than-usual orders
to be sure he has enough stock.
Exporters also are feeling the
impact of the bottlenecks. After
containers are unloaded at the
ports, many are sent empty back
to Asia instead of being held and
filled with U.S. goods.
Qxd5 Bxd5, and Black has two
bishops, an extra pawn and a
basically won position.
In the final position, Miles
still has that a-pawn to go with
two connected passers all set to
roll. Karpov resigned.
Steiner-Colle, Buda-
pest, July 1926
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Bc4 Nb6 4. Be2
d6 5. f4 Nc6 6. Nf3 dxe5 7. fxe5 Nd4 8.
O-O Nxf3+ 9. Bxf3 Qd4+ 10. Kh1 Qxe5
11. d4 Qd6 12. c4 Qd7 13. Nc3 c6 14.
c5* Nd5 15. Qb3 e6 16. Bxd5 exd5 17.
Bg5 f6 18. Rae1+ Be7 19. Rxf6 gxf6 20.
Bxf6 O-O 21. Rxe7 Rxf6 22. Rxd7 Bxd7
23. Ne4 Rf7 24. Qg3+ Rg7 25. Nf6+ Kh8
26. Qe5 Bh3 27. Nh5 Black resigns
Karpov-Miles, European
Team Championships, Skara,
Sweden, January 1980
1. e4 a6 2. d4 b5 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Bd3
Nf6 5. Qe2 e6 6. a4 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Nbd2 b4 9. e5 Nd5 10. Ne4 Be7 11. 0-0
Nc6 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. c4 bxc3 14. Nxc3
Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Nb4 16. Bxb4 Bxb4 17.
Rac1 Qb6 18. Be4 0-0 19. Ng5 h6 20.
Bh7+ Kh8 21. Bb1 Be7 22. Ne4 Rac8
23. Qd3 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Qxb2 25. Re1
Qxe5 26. Qxd7 Bb4 27. Re3 Qd5 28.
Qxd5 Bxd5 29. Nc3 Rc8 30. Ne2 g5
31. h4 Kg7 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Bd3 a5
34. Rg3 Kf6 35. Rg4 Bd6 36. Kf1 Be5
37. Ke1 Rh8 38. f4 gxf4 39. Nxf4 Bc6
40. Ne2 Rh1+ 41. Kd2 Rh2 42. g3 Bf3
43. Rg8 Rg2 44. Ke1 Bxe2 45. Bxe2
Rxg3 46. Ra8 Bc7 White resigns
⦁ David R. Sands can be reached
at 202-636-3178 or at dsands@wash-
ingtontimes.com.
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Terrapins motivated for next season after bitter loss
BY ANDY KOSTKA
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Even in the immediate af-
termath of Maryland’s season-
ending NCAA Tournament loss
Sunday night, there were unmis-
takable signs of pride in what the
Terrapins had accomplished and
optimism about the possibilities
of next season.
With the three-point loss to
Texas still fresh in the rearview
mirror, Terrapins coach Brenda
Frese and forward Chloe Bibby
talked about how the team had
come together over the season
— and what they’d learned about
themselves going forward.
For a team built around a
group of young stars making their
NCAA Tournament debut, Sun-
day’s loss left a bitter taste. But
that taste turned to motivation
shortly after the final whistle —
most of Frese’s squad is expected
to return.
“We know we’re better than
that,” Bibby said. “We’re just going
to use this to fuel us. We weren’t
happy with how we played to-
night. I think everyone can agree
on that. But, yeah, these things
happen. We just have to move for-
ward with it. I think this is great
momentum that we can use.”
The Maryland women, a No.
2 seed, entered Sunday’s contest
leading college basketball with
91 points per game. And the Ter-
rapins had just throttled Alabama
in the second round of the tourna-
ment, scoring 100 or more points
for the seventh time this season.
GEORGIA
From page B10
back the clock on civil rights,
and return Black and poor and
already disenfranchised voters in
Georgia to second class citizens,”
NBJC executive director David
Johns said in a statement to Golf-
week. “This is an unacceptable
attack on our democracy and
companies that operate in Geor-
gia must speak out against this
restrictive law.
“The PGA Tour and Masters
Tournament have both made
commitments to help diversify
golf and address racial inequities
in this country — and we expect
them to not only speak out against
Georgia’s new racist voter sup-
pression law — but to also take
action,” NBJC Executive Director
David J. Johns said.
Other critics and activists have
targeted Georgia-based firms like
Coca-Cola, Delta Airlines and
Home Depot to put pressure on
the state’s lawmakers.
Delta, in particular, drew fire
after its CEO Ed Bastian issued
a statement praising some ele-
ments of the new law.
“The legislation ... expands
weekend voting, codifies Sun-
day voting and protects a voter’s
ability to cast an absentee ballot
without providing a reason. For
the first time, drop boxes have
also been authorized for all coun-
ties statewide and poll workers
will be allowed to work across
county lines,” Bastian said.
That statement didn’t sit well
with outspoken political com-
mentator Keith Olbermann, who
tweeted to his followers: “Do not
fly Delta. Do not spend money
with Delta. Boycott Delta. Ruin
Delta.”
LOVERRO
From page B10
league system. Knorr was Ryan
Zimmerman’s first manager, as
well as Stephen Strasburg’s —
the real Stephen Strasburg and
the fake Stephen Strasburg.
Knorr, 52, has seen some
things since he began manag-
ing the Single-A Savannah Sand
Gnats, Washington’s South
Atlantic League club in 2005.
“In the beginning of the
season, my pitching coach Mark
Grater and I were the grounds
crew and the clubhouse guys,”
Knorr said. “We didn’t have a
grounds crew yet and the club-
house guy quit after two days.
So we started out the season
as manager, pitching coach,
grounds crew and clubhouse
guys.”
He had some of the
team’s early young prospects
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Maryland’s Diamond Miller battles for a rebound in an NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 loss to Texas on Sunday.
Miller was one of the Terrapins’ leading scorers this season with 17.3 points per game as a sophomore.
But the Longhorns’ physical-
ity — particularly on the offen-
sive glass and through defensive
pressure — held Maryland to a
season-low 61 points. With the
win, Texas moves on to the Elite
Eight, booking a matchup with
No. 1 South Carolina on Tuesday.
The No. 6 Longhorns are the
lowest seed remaining in the
field. Otherwise, the Elite Eight
is filled with national title favor-
ites UConn, Baylor, Louisville
and Stanford. No. 3 Arizona and
CAPITALS
From page B10
Wilson’s return from his
seven-game suspension was
easier than the returns for some
of his teammates who missed
time through the coronavirus
protocols. While his teammates
couldn’t continue practicing
with the team, Wilson could.
And while coach Peter Lavi-
olette said Wilson’s first game
back on March 20 involved
“getting his feet under him a
little bit,” he still chipped in an
assist.
NFL
From page B10
having spent two years with the
quarterback on the Buccaneers.
Humphries gives Washington
a potential upgrade in the slot. In
four years with the Buccaneers,
Humphries was productive — his
best season coming in 2018 when
he caught a career-high 76 passes
for 816 yards. The 27-year-old,
though, will need to prove he’s ca-
pable of rediscovering that form
following two injury-riddled
years with the Tennesee Titans.  McLaurin (31 catches, 431 yards)
Still, in speaking to reporters
Monday, Humphries said he feels
“better than ever” and can bring
a lot to the table. Humphries
chose Washington after meeting
in-person with coaches at the
team’s headquarters last week.  receiver, historically, has had a
“Talking with [offensive coor-
dinator] Scott Turner and some of
the offensive staff, it just seemed
like a good fit,” Humphries said.
“They needed a true slot receiver,
and that’s something I can bring to
— including, briefly, the
franchise’s first draft choice
in Washington. Knorr only
managed Ryan Zimmerman
for a few days, but it made an
impression on both of them.
“The first game, he strikes
out twice and pops up,” Knorr
said. “So we’re down in the
locker room and I say to him,
‘Hey, Ryan, how much did we
give you?’
He kind of looked at me and
said the number, and I said,
‘Wow, we paid all that money
for that tonight?’ I walked
away, and I kind of figured, first
rounder, he could take it.
“He was only there a few
days, but those next few days
were unbelievable,” Knorr said.
“He went 3 for 4 with two hom-
ers, 3 for 4 the next day with
two doubles, and then he’s off
to Double A. I don’t see him
again until the middle of 2006,
when I get hired as the Nats
No. 4 Indiana also remain in the
tournament after knocking off
No. 1 North Carolina State and
No. 2 Texas A&M, respectively.
The Terrapins entered the
tournament with national cham-
pionship aspirations. They won 15
straight games — including the
Big Ten tournament title — be-
fore Sunday’s defeat and finished
the season 26-3.
They got to the Sweet 16 on
the back of a well-rounded of-
fense, with six players averaging
Wilson’s most recent perfor-
mances have fueled Washing-
ton to another two wins despite
playing three games in roughly
72 hours. He notched two as-
sists in a 4-0 win Friday against
the New Jersey Devils before
his two-goal performance
Sunday.
His first tally came on a
rebound, tracking teammate
Jakub Vrana’s drive to the
crease before flicking in the de-
flection. His second came with
him crashing the net again, bat-
ting the puck out of the air and
into the back of the cage. Those
efforts were much needed in a
this team.”
Washington is in need of more
consistent slot production, which
is why they added Humphries
even after signing former Pan-
thers receiver Curtis Samuel (an-
other slot option).
Last year, Steven Sims and Isa-
iah Wright — Washington’s tradi-
tional slot receivers — combined
for just 38 catches and 336 yards,
according to Pro Football Focus.
The team made up for the lack of
traditional production by insert-
ing tight end Logan Thomas (48
receptions, 431 yards) and Terry
into the slot for better success.
Thomas saw the team’s most snaps
in the slot (404), with Sims (230)
and Wright (194) behind him.  lege, where as a student athlete
So why Humphries? The an-
swer could be because the wide
lot of success against Washington
coach Ron Rivera. In nine games
against the Carolina Panthers,
Rivera’s old team, Humphries
caught 37 catches for 390 yards
and three touchdowns.  kid and being the kid that wanted
bullpen coach. I see him
one night in the hotel
bar and we have a
drink. He says, ‘Do
you remember what
you said to me on
my first day profes-
Knorr
sionally?’ I couldn’t
remember, so he
repeated it. I asked, ‘Did that
bother you?’ He said, ‘Abso-
lutely it bothered me. The first
day I get there and I felt like I
had failed.’ ”
Then there was his time
managing Strasburg, who made
his debut with Knorr with
Double-A Harrisburg in 2010.
“There was so much atten-
tion,” he said. “He was with us
for a few games. There was a
grounds crew guy that looked
like him. We would put him
in a Strasburg uniform and
people thought that Strasburg
went home in his uniform. We
would put the uniform on him
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double-digit scoring totals. Soph-
omores Ashley Owusu and Dia-
mond Miller led the way with 17.9
and 17.3 points per game.
“Obviously, we’re disap-
pointed, sad,” Frese said. “I know
for me personally, this team has
just been a joy to coach all sea-
son long. When you talk about
through a pandemic to watch this
team come together the way they
did, the unselfishness they played
with all year, for each other, I
think this one hurts even more.”
tight contest, giving the Capi-
tals their 10th win in their last
11 games.
“I think just getting his
timing back in that first game
was important, but since then,
he’s been really dominant out
there,” Laviolette said. “He’s
been physical, he’s been fast,
he’s been producing, he’s been a
good defensive player for us.”
As Washington prepares for
a five-game road trip, the team
enters tied with the Tampa Bay
Lightning for most points in the
NHL. Big contributions from
several attackers have propelled
a run of 14 wins in 16 games,
Only three wideouts — At-
lanta’s Julio Jones, New Orleans’
Michael Thomas and Tampa
Bay’s Mike Evans — hauled in
more passes against Rivera’s Pan-
thers from 2015 to 2019, the year
when Humphries first entered the
league to the season when Rivera
was fired from the Panthers.
Humphries said he has “no
idea” if his past accomplishments
against the Panthers drove Rivera
to sign him. But the familiarity
likely helped, he said. Humphries
said he has long held respect for Ri-
vera, even before entering the NFL.  throwing him the ball. Back then,
Growing up in South Carolina,
Humphries used to attend the
Panthers’ training camp regularly.
That tradition extended to col-
at Wofford, Humphries said he’d
watch Rivera run practices with
the rest of the fans there.
“The way he emphasizes
culture and accountability,
I’m excited to be a part of it,”
Humphries said. “I remember
going to Carolina’s practices as a
and he would be on the
field in a cart and we
would yell, ‘There
goes Stephen.’ People
would follow this guy
while the real Ste-
phen would be going
the other way so he
could leave.”
This was the minor leagues,
so they weren’t all first-round
draft picks and stars. Some-
times, especially in the early
days of the organization, there
would be the delinquents —
like the troubled Elijah Dukes.
Knorr had Dukes on a rehabili-
tation assignment in 2008 with
the Single-A Potomac in the
Carolina League.
“I only had two rules, just
give me your best effort and
show up on time,” Knorr said.
“If you don’t give me that, you
won’t play.  So he misses batting
practice. I called Jim (general
manager Jim Bowden) and
While Bibby and Katie Benzan
added veteran presences to the
group as transfers, some of the
squad’s inexperience showed
Sunday. They turned the ball
over 11 times, including one criti-
cal giveaway from Owusu with
under a minute remaining, lead-
ing to a transition basket that
handed Texas a two-point lead.
The defensive breakdowns
were uncharacteristic of the Ter-
rapins, too. But after so many
blowouts, Maryland seemed to
crumble in a close game.
“This is the experience
you’re trying to gain,” Frese
said. “I mean, for a lot of our
players, this was the first time
on this kind of stage, not having
the NCAA tournament last year.
Unfortunately, it hurts tonight.
But all things that we can gain
as we move forward.”
Frese hopes Bibby and Benzan
will both return next season, tak-
ing advantage of the NCAA’s eligi-
bility waiver. Bibby averaged 13.2
points and six rebounds a game
while Benzan chipped in 12.7
points and led the country in
three-point shooting.
If they do return, Maryland
will be another year older, with
more experience for Owusu and
Miller leading the way for a team
with plenty of depth. And for
those who return, they’ll also
bring with them a drive to out-
perform this year’s Sweet 16 loss.
“This is tough, but we’re going
to bounce back from this,” Bibby
said. “We’re going to use this as
motivation.”
with Alex Ovechkin chief
among those threats (he scored
his 11th goal in his last 11 games
Sunday).
Part of that string of posi-
tive results came with Wilson
missing from the lineup. But
his return only bolsters an at-
tack that’s firing on all cylinders
right now — and that’s worth a
few minutes in the penalty box.
“Obviously, there are some
linemates that are really hot, so
just trying to jump on the band-
wagon a little bit and help them
out,” Wilson said of his strong
form since returning. “It’s nice
when they go in, for sure.”
autographs from (quarterback)
Cam Newton and all those guys. 
“Now I’m one of those guys
out on the field practicing. Defi-
nitely truly blessed to be where
I am, and I just want to take
advantage of every opportunity.”
For Humphries to impress in
Washington, he’ll have to stay
healthy. Over the last two seasons
with the Titans, he’s missed a
combined 13 games with a myriad
of injuries.  NASCAR could add a dirt track
Humphries’ best year, how-
ever, came with Fitzpatrick
Humphries said Fitzpatrick made
“everyday fun” with his attitude.
He pointed to Fitzpatrick’s calm-
ness and the way that allows
teammates to relax.  It allowed
him to play freely, he said.  7 p.m.
“He’s got a love for the game
that not many people have,”
Humphries said. “He just makes
playing football fun. He brings
a good attitude toward every
situation. He’s still slinging it. I’m
excited to link back up with him
and have some fun.”
asked, ‘Do you still want this
guy to play?’ He is coming back
from an injury, so he has to go
through a routine to play. Jim
says, ‘I need him to play.’
“I bring him in and say,
‘Elijah, you’ve got to be here for
batting practice. If you are not
here, you’re not playing in the
game,’ ” Knorr said. “I got my
whole team looking at me and
saying, ‘Are you going to keep
your same rules?’
“So the next day he shows
up late for batting practice. I told
him, ‘You’re not playing today.
You can just go home.’ Jim calls
me and he is screaming at me.
I said, ‘He’s not playing.’ He is
screaming, ‘There is only so
many days he can be on rehab,’ I
said, ‘Jim, tell him to show up on
time.’ He didn’t play. Jim was so
mad at me. They moved him to a
different club.”
Knorr would serve as bench
coach for both managers Davey
SPORTS | B9
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
Nationals hopeful Castro,
Soto return opening day
After watching Juan Soto
and Starlin Castro take five
at-bats in a simulated game
Monday morning, Nationals
manager Dave Martinez said
the pair “looked really normal.”
What does normal look like,
exactly?
“Soto actu-
SPORTS ally hit a home
BRIEFS run to left-
center field,”
Martinez said.
“Starlin hit two doubles.”
Soto and Castro are work-
ing back from a calf cramp
and mild left hamstring strain,
respectively, but the hope is
both are ready to play come
Thursday, when Washington
opens its season against the
New York Mets.
Reliever Will Harris will
begin the season on the injured
list, Martinez said, as he works
his way back into form from a
blood cot in his right arm..
WNBA
Mystics’ Clark to miss
season with foot injury
Washington Mystics forward
Alysha Clark will miss the
upcoming season with a right
foot injury — a major blow to a
Mystics team with champion-
ship aspirations.
Mystics coach Mike Thibault
announced the news Monday
that Clark suffered the injury
while playing overseas in
France.  Clark, 33, was one of
the Mystics’ biggest offseason
acquisitions.
The team signed the nine-
year veteran as a replacement
for forward Aerial Powers.
Clark won two titles with the
Seattle Storm and was named to
the league’s All-Defensive First
Team last season. 
The Mystics said in a state-
ment that Clark’s injury will
require surgery, adding she
is expected to rehab with the
team.
AUTO RACING
Logano takes checkered
flag in haze of Bristol dirt
BRISTOL, TENN. | Somewhere
under the thick red haze float-
ing over Bristol Motor Speed-
way, Joey Logano took the
checkered flag for NASCAR’s
first Cup Series race at a dirt
track in 50 years.
He couldn’t see much — vis-
ibility was next to nothing dur-
ing this Monday dust storm —
but Logano clung to the familiar
bottom lane around the bullring
to collect the checkered flag on
this NASCAR experiment.
Logano got a jump on Denny
Hamlin on the overtime restart
to earn his third career victory
at Bristol. The track had been
covered with 2,300 truckloads
of red Tennessee clay so that
to the Cup schedule for the first
time since 1970.
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Johnson and Matt Williams from
2012 to 2015. He was fired when
Williams was let go, and at the
same time his wife passed away.
Nationals general manager Mike
Rizzo named him his senior
advisor on player personnel. He
would return to manage Triple-A
Syracuse in 2018 and Triple-A
Fresno in 2019.
“Mike Rizzo has been really
good to me,” Knorr said. “After
2015 my wife passed away and
I lost my job in the same year.
Mike created a job for me so I
could go home and put my affairs
in order. I was a coordinator for
two years and at one point he
asked me if I wanted to go back to
managing and I said yes.
“Now I have this new girl in
my life, Tammy, who has helped
me put my life back together. And
now I am back in the big leagues.”
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