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takeover
of school
boards
How race is being taught
is central to its message
Chris Quintana
USA TODAY

School board contests this election

season have the look and feel of the
kind of partisan sparring once reserved
for top-of-ballot races, complete with
party endorsements for what are most-
ly nonpartisan races and eye-popping
sums fueling some campaigns.
The sometimes little-noticed races
present an opportunity, Republican
leaders say, to oversee what children
are taught and advance a broader con-
servative agenda. Frustration with
pandemic restrictions, teaching about
civil rights and allowing accommoda-
tions for transgender students are
among the animating issues for GOP-
backed candidates, many of them new Sumaiya Jahan, a home-based child care provider in Virginia who employees two assistants, listens as Grayson, one of her
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are the target of takeovers.
The localities are losing control,
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got from US aid is waning
and it’s national movements
that are taking over.”
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Executive director of the AASA, the School
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Already, some of these candidates

have won big, taking over school
boards in majority-white pockets of
the country, buoyed by national mon-
ey and big-name endorsements.
Republicans are following the blue-
print left by former President Donald
Trump, who banned racial sensitivity
training in the federal government, criti-
cized Black Lives Matter social justice
protesters and called for the nation’s
schools to adopt a “patriotic education.”
Critics of Trump’s education plan said it
whitewashed the country’s history.
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eligible children are covered by the
federal child care grant program
in place since before the pandemic.
8 out of 10
licensed centers – covering every
state and territory and, in most
states, virtually all counties with
persistent poverty – were helped
by the stabilization funds,
according to The White House.
3 million
child care spots were estimated
to be saved by federal funding as
a result of helping 75,000 providers
avoid permanent closures, according
to a study from the left-leaning
Money helped many weather pandemic,
but as programs end, worries increase
Alia Wong
USA TODAY
Enrollment at Good Shepherd Chris-
tian Academy, a child care center in Fort
Worth, Texas, plummeted almost as
soon as the pandemic hit, from 84 kids
to just 10.
It’s been one thing after another
since, said Ontara Nickerson, the cen-
ter’s director. The paltry number of chil-
dren meant shortened workdays: Many
of the center’s hourly workers couldn’t
make do with reduced pay and quit in
search of better wages.
Yet Nickerson and her team have
managed to stick it out, largely thanks
to federal relief dollars that started flow-
ing into child care centers last year.
Good Shepherd Christian Academy was
unsure of how much longer we’d be able
to keep our doors open,” Nickerson said.
It “allowed us to withstand the worst of
the pandemic.”
The ARP, signed into law by President
Joe Biden in 2021, included $24 billion for
a Child Care Stabilization Program. It pro-
vided emergency relief, distributed by
states, to child care providers that could
then be used for basic costs to keep cen-
ters running, like wages, rent and materi-
als. Never before had a federal economic
rescue package made child care reform –
seen as key to getting parents back to
work – a central tenet of its recovery plan.
The money ultimately reached as
many as 9.5 million kids and 1 million
child care workers. Close to half of the
providers that received assistance are
owned and run by people of color, the

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child care providers permanently
closed between December 2019
and March 2021, according to Child
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communities.
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continue such support failed. And ex-
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POLITICS

JAN. 6 HEARINGS
Student
Committee issues a debt plan
blocked
subpoena for Trump for now
Unclear if the Court issues stay until
ruling on states’ request
former president
plans to comply Sarah Elbeshbishi
USA TODAY

Sean Rossman, David Jackson, A federal appeals court has tempo-

Bart Jansen and Josh Meyer
USA TODAY
WASHINGTON – In an extraordinary
move, the House committee investigat-
ing the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S.
Capitol formally subpoenaed Donald
Trump on Friday, kicking off a legal bat-
tle with the former president who has
denounced the committee’s investiga-
tion as political.
In a letter to Trump, the committee
leaders said they have “assembled over-
whelming evidence” he orchestrated an
effort to overturn the 2020 election even
though he knew he had lost, thereby set-
ting the stage for the violent insurrection
against the government.
“You were at the center of the first and
only effort by any U.S. President to over-
turn an election and obstruct the peace-
ful transition of power, ultimately culmi-
nating in a bloody attack on our own
Capitol and on the Congress itself,” said
the letter signed by the panel’s chairman,
Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., and
vice chair, Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo.
Trump, who continues to make false
allegations about voter fraud, has not
said whether he would honor the sub-
poena. David Warrington, a Trump law-
yer, said his team would review and ana-
lyze the subpoena and “respond as ap-
propriate to this unprecedented action.”
“We understand that, once again,
flouting norms and appropriate and cus-
tomary process, the committee has pub-
licly released a copy of its subpoena,”
Warrington said.
The subpoena ordered Trump to pro-
duce an array of documents by Nov. 4
and “to appear for deposition testimony
beginning on or about November 14.” The
committee offered him the opportunity
to testify by video conference.
The requests included records of
phone calls, texts or Signal communica-
tions placed or received by Trump be-
tween the 2020 election and the riot.
Among those targeted are members of
Congress and advisers.
The letter, which comes a little more
than a week after the panel voted to take
the action, listed a number of allega-
tions, including that the former presi-
dent “maliciously” disseminated false al-
legations of voter fraud to raise money
and overturn President Joe Biden’s win.
The committee is racing the clock
with the Trump subpoena because law-
makers aim to produce a report before
the end of the year. But Trump refused to
testify during the special counsel Robert
Mueller’s investigation of Russian elec-
tion interference in the 2016 election,
and many legal analysts predicted a re-
run in the Jan. 6 probe.
“I just don’t think he will want to com-
mit perjury and enhance the DOJ case,”
said Andrew Weissmann, a federal pros-
ecutor involved in the Russia investiga-
tion. “He talked a big game re the Mueller
investigation and and then backed out.
Same here.”
Former President Donald Trump, at a rally in Youngstown, Ohio, last month,
has been ordered to produce documents by Nov. 4. TOM E. PUSKAR/AP
Subpoena
requests
h Documents sent or
received through
Signal or other means
since Sept. 1, 2020,
with members of the
far-right militia groups
Oath Keepers or Proud
Boys. The request
comes as five members
of the Oath Keepers are
on trial, charged with
seditious conspiracy.
h Documents and
communications
dealing with Vice
President Mike Pence,
whom Trump urged to
reject electors from key
states Biden won. Pence
refused, but lawmakers
and Cabinet members
discussed the
possibility of removing
Trump from office so
Pence could succeed
him.
h Documents and
communications with
the Justice
Department, where
then-Attorney General
Bill Barr and acting
Attorney General
Jeffrey Rosen each told
Trump repeatedly that
he had lost the election.
Barr testified he
refused to seize ballot
boxes from contested
states, as Trump
demanded.
h Documents and
communications
encouraging people to
travel to Washington.
h Pictures and video
recordings taken on
Jan. 6, 2021, when
Trump held a rally near
the White House.
Bannon receives
4-month sentence
Kevin Johnson and Ella Lee USA TODAY
WASHINGTON – Former Trump White House
strategist Steve Bannon was sentenced to four
months in prison Friday, three months after his
conviction on charges of contempt of Congress for
defying a subpoena from the special House com-
mittee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols granted a de-
fense request that the flamboyant adviser to former
President Donald Trump be allowed to remain free
pending appeal.
The Justice Department had
sought a six-month term for Bannon
and recommended he pay a maxi-
mum fine of $200,000 for “his sus-
tained, bad faith.”
“From the moment that the De-
Bannon fendant, Stephen K. Bannon, accept-
ed service of a subpoena from the
House Select Committee to Investigate the January
6th Attack on the United States Capitol ... he has
pursued a bad-faith strategy of defiance and con-
tempt,” prosecutors said in court documents.
On Friday, the judge recalled the violence of the
Capitol attack and said the Jan. 6 committee had
“every reason to investigate that day.”
Bannon, who was ordered to pay a $6,500 fine,
left the courthouse after the ruling, but not before
criticizing the Justice Department.
“The American people are weighing and measur-
ing what went on with the Justice Department,”
Bannon said, then referred to the coming midterm
elections: “They will vote on Nov. 8.”
But Bannon mostly remained silent at the hear-
ing, saying only “my lawyers have spoken for me.”
His attorney, David Schoen said Bannon tried to
act within the law.
“Quite frankly, Mr. Bannon should make no apol-
ogy. No American should make an apology for the
way Mr. Bannon proceeded in this case,” said
Schoen, who later said Bannon has an appeal that is
“bulletproof.”
Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Cooney said Ban-
non “could not have committed a more malicious
contempt of Congress” in defying the subpoena.
The House committee sought documents and
testimony but Bannon “flouted the Committee’s au-
thority and ignored the subpoena’s demands,” pros-
ecutors said.
Contributing: Kevin McCoy; The Associated
Press
rarily blocked the Biden administra-
tion from moving forward with its stu-
dent debt relief program aiming to for-
give billions of dollars in federal stu-
dent loans.
The court action comes as six states
argue that President Joe Biden has no
grounds to cancel debt for millions of
borrowers.
The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals is-
sued a stay prohibiting the admini-
stration from “discharging any stu-
dent loan debt” under its loan forgive-
ness plan until it rules on an emergen-
cy request by six Republican states –
Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Ne-
braska and South Carolina – that came
hours after a federal judge in Missouri
dismissed their case, which sought to
block the policy. The judge ruled that
the six states failed to establish stand-
ing, saying “the Court lacks jurisdic-
tion to hear this case.”
“We are pleased the temporary stay
has been granted,” Nebraska Attorney
General Doug Peterson said in a state-
ment. “It’s very important that the le-
gal issues involving presidential pow-
er be analyzed by the court before
transferring over $400 billion in debt
to American taxpayers.”
The administration was prepared to
start forgiving loans Sunday, accord-
ing to court records. The plan would
cancel $10,000 in student loan debt for
those making less than $125,000 or
households with less than $250,000 in
income. Pell Grant recipients will get
an additional $10,000 in debt forgiven.
White House press secretary Karine
Jean-Pierre urged people to under-
stand that the order “does not reverse
the trial court’s dismissal of the case,
or suggest that the case has merit. It
merely prevents debt from being dis-
charged until the court makes a deci-
sion.”
The temporary order does not pre-
vent borrowers from applying for stu-
dent debt relief at studentaid.gov.
Jean-Pierre said eligible borrowers are
encouraged “to join the nearly 22 mil-
lion Americans whose information the
Department of Education already has”
and that the government is continuing
to review and prepare applications.
“We will continue to move full
speed ahead in our preparations in
compliance with this order,” she said.
“And, the administration will continue
to fight Republican officials suing to
block our efforts to provide relief to
working families.”
U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel
Cardona said that people seeking debt
relief should not be deterred by Fri-
day’s court decision.
“President Biden and this admini-
stration are committed to fighting for
the millions of hardworking students
and borrowers across the country.”
Contributing: John Fritze, Maureen
Groppe, Joey Garrison, and The Asso-
ciated Press

Biden intends to run but President Joe

leaves door open to others
David Jackson
USA TODAY
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden
says he intends to seek reelection in
2024 amid growing concerns about his
age but will withhold a formal an-
nouncement because campaigning and
fundraising rules change if he becomes
an actual candidate.
“Once I make that judgment, a whole
series of regulations kick in and ... I treat
myself as a candidate from that mo-
ment on,” Biden said in an interview
broadcast Sunday and Friday with
MSNBC host Jonathan Capehart.
Biden also said “I have not made that
formal decision” about the 2024 cam-
paign, but “it’s my intention – my inten-
tion to run again. And we have time to
make that decision.”
Capehart later asked Biden to speak
with his Aunt Gloria, a frequent guest on
the program. The president said if she
and other voters have concerns about
his age, the best response is “to watch
me ... am I slowing up?”
“I think Aunt Gloria should take a real
hard look and if she concludes that I’m
missing a beat, then she should support
some other Democrat if they decide to
run,” Biden said. Aunt Gloria later told
Capehart she fully supports Biden.
Some Democrats have publicly ques-
tioned whether Biden should run again.
Some skeptics cited Biden’s age – he turns
80 next month – while others mentioned
a variety of political problems.
Biden, shown
on the South
Lawn of the
White House
on Friday,
said “I have
not made
that formal
decision ...”
but “it’s my
intention to
run again.”
J. SCOTT
APPLEWHITE/AP
Calls for Biden’s retirement could in- board – Democrats, Republicans, I think
tensify if Democrats lose control of the it’s time for a generational move.”
House and Senate after Election Day. Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minn., said in
Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, who is locked July doesn’t think Biden should run
in a tough Senate race with Republican again, telling WCCO-AM, “I think the
J.D. Vance, said in September regarding country would be well served by a new
Biden’s re-election bid, “My hunch is generation of compelling, well-pre-
that we need new leadership across the pared, dynamic Democrats to step up.”
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Human odors may make you a mosquito target
Jordan Mendoza
USA TODAY
Do you ever feel as if mosquitoes are
always biting you and seem to target
you? It may be because of your smell, a
new study says.
Mosquitoes are one of the most dan-
gerous creatures on the planet, contrib-
uting to the spread of deadly diseases
including malaria, which kills hundreds
of thousands of humans every year.
There even are mosquitoes that “prefer
to bite people.”
But for some people, mosquitoes
seem to attack more frequently than
others. There are numerous theories
about why that might happen, such as
blood type, what type of clothing some-
one is wearing, or bacteria on skin, but
none have been scientifically proven.
A study published Oct. 18 in the jour-
nal Cell details how the production of a
chemical tied to smell makes some peo-
ple mosquito magnets, and it may be
something they will have to deal with for
Child care
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used for care, expired. The child care
grant program in place since before the
pandemic covers only 1 in 7 eligible kids.
“As I look toward the horizon, I am
concerned and worried that once these
funds diminish, how am I going to re-
tain the financial stability?” Nickerson
said.
“I’m afraid that without recurring fi-
nancial (assistance), the child care in-
dustry is going to have to … wrestle with
trying to chase a paycheck rather than
chasing our passion” of working with
kids and supporting families, she said.
So what does the child care land-
scape look like now? Many providers
struggle to stay open and retain staff,
and many parents struggle to find care.
How many care centers closed?
The White House estimates the sta-
bilization funds helped 8 out of every 10
licensed centers, covering every state
and territory and, in most states, virtu-
ally all counties with persistent poverty.
Some states have even reported an
increase in the number of licensed child
care slots compared with just before the
pandemic. Maine went from having
child care for 47,819 young kids in Feb-
ruary 2020 to 48,940 slots in June
2022.
But the number of child care provid-
ers was already declining before the
pandemic – and some 16,000 perma-
nently closed between December 2019
and March 2021, according to Child
Care Aware of America, a research and
advocacy organization.
Thousands more are likely on the
brink of going under as the federal help
evaporates.
“Those dollars were really impor-
tant, and the absence of them will be
felt,” said Mia Pritts, vice president of
strategic partnerships at Wonderschool
, a company that works to increase child
care access by helping connect provid-
ers with parents.
How much does child care cost?
The federal government spends bil-
lions on Early Head Start and Head
Start, early childhood education and
development programs that are free for
eligible low-income families.
For other families, rarely is early
childhood education free.
As of last year, increases in the cost
of child care continued to outpace infla-
tion, according to Child Care Aware. The
average price of child care in 2021 was
roughly $10,600 nationally.
That means parents are spending a
significant chunk of their incomes on
care. In 34 states, the yearly cost of put-
ting an infant in center care is more ex-
pensive than in-state tuition at a public
university. For families with two chil-
dren, in most states, the price of care
exceeds annual housing payments.
After factoring in public child care
subsidies, Charles Gascon, a senior
economist at the St. Louis Fed, found
that child care takes up about 10% of
parents’ income in two-income house-
holds. In single-income households,
care accounts for a whopping 32% of
take-home pay. Gascon analyzed the
true cost of child care in each state,
finding it’s least affordable in Vermont
and Maine, with Utah and Georgia on
Aedes Aegypti mosquitoes were used
in a study on odors. PROVIDED BY JAMES
GATHANY/CDC
the rest of their lives.
Researchers came to their conclusion
in the three-year study by having eight
participants wear nylon stocking over
their arms for six hours a day on mul-
tiple days to pick up their skin scent. Af-
ter the stockings were worn, they were
placed at the ends of separate long
tubes, and Aedes Aegypti mosquitoes
were released to see which tubes they
would pick.
By the end, researchers made an
Sandcastle Learning Center in Daytona Beach, Fla., advertises free child care as a perk for new hires.
CLAYTON PARK/USA TODAY NETWORK
the other end of the spectrum.
Why is good care so hard to find?
Addressing the child care crisis “is
not a one-and-done thing,” said Pritts
of Wonderschool, which is working
with 43 states in different capacities.
“It’s a very complex, long-standing
problem.”
The child care industry pays very lit-
tle: The average worker makes less than
$26,000 a year, according to the Bureau
of Labor Statistics. Federal data show
there are 100,000 fewer child care
workers in the U.S. than there were pre-
pandemic.
States including Michigan used the
funds to provide bonuses to tens of
thousands of child care professionals.
But the ARP didn’t provide a permanent
solution to the wage issue. The indus-
try, as a result, is competing with all
kinds of other employers.
Many child care workers are being
lured to jobs that may not be as gratify-
ing, but do, unlike many early learning
centers, provide benefits.
Another reason for the mismatch be-
tween supply and demand, according
to Pritts: limited, inconsistent data,
paired with providers too under-re-
sourced to effectively market them-
selves.
Sumaiya Jahan has been running
day cares out of her homes for more
than decade, including for the past nine
or so in a northern Virginia townhouse
she shares with her husband and two
children. Jahan provides meals and em-
ploys two assistants, charging families
on a sliding scale based on income.
Some students receive care subsidies.
Jahan loves kids; she loves that run-
ning a home-based day care allows for
the mixing of different ages, for babies
to learn from toddlers and vice versa.
But rarely has it been easy, and at
times she’s wondered how much longer
she can stay afloat. Although Jahan
used ARP funds to help offset lost in-
come due to shrunken enrollment and
is now at full capacity, new leads rarely
come in and costs continue to mount.
USA TODAY ❚ TUESDAY OCTOBER 25, 2022 ❚ 3A
alarming discovery: One of the partici-
pants, Subject 33, was four times more
attractive to mosquitoes than the sec-
ond-place participant and 100 times
more than the least appealing partici-
pant. Any time the participant’s nylon
stocking was pitted against another, the
mosquitoes were drawn to Subject 33.
To see if that response was an outlier,
researchers got another 56 people to
join in the study, but mosquitos still
stayed loyal to Subject 33.
Researchers examined the chemical
compounds of each participant and no-
ticed the ones who were mosquito mag-
nets produced carboxylic acids, used by
bacteria on human skin to produce body
odors, at much higher levels than oth-
ers.
“There’s a very, very strong associa-
tion between having large quantities of
these fatty acids on your skin and being
a mosquito magnet,” Leslie Vosshall,
study author and neurobiologist at
Rockefeller University in New York,said.
Vosshall added that this wasn’t the
❚ THURSDAY
“Those dollars were really
important, and the absence
of them will be felt.”
Mia Pritts
Vice president of strategic partnerships at
Wonderschool
Jahan recently linked up with Won-
derschool, and already the platform has
streamlined her paperwork and helped
her with marketing. Now, she can spend
more time on the educational parts of
her job: She just adopted a new curricu-
lum with a focus on subjects such as
science and art that she’s now using
with her students, ages 1 through 4.
Yet she still lives paycheck to pay-
check. “Who isn’t these days?” she said.
The number of licensed home-based
child care centers, which tend to be
more affordable than other types of
care, has steadily decreased in recent
years. In the 40 states for which data
are available, Child Care Aware of
America found a 10% drop in such
homes between 2019 and 2021.
What’s being done to fix system?
The ARP “was unique in the degree to
which it recognized the need to stabilize
the child care industry, and preserve
child care capacity as crucial to recov-
ery,” Gene Sperling, a senior advisor to
Biden who helped coordinate the law,
told USA TODAY.
The goal of the ARP child care stabili-
zation funds was precisely that, Sper-
ling said – to stabilize the industry. To
get parents back into the labor market.
Some states are trying to pick up
where that relief money left off.
New Mexico has been working on
pay raises for child care professionals.
A provision on this year’s ballot would
also make universal prekindergarten a
constitutional right in the state. Neva-
da, meanwhile, expanded child care
subsidies this year.
Labor participation in Connecticut
goal of the study: The hope was that a
mosquito would lose attraction to hu-
mans or not be able to tell the difference
among subjects.
“Yet that was not what we saw. It was
frustrating,” she said.
By testing the same people over mul-
tiple years, the study showed that these
differences stick around, Matt DeGen-
naro, a neurogeneticist at Florida Inter-
national University who was not in-
volved with the research,told The Asso-
ciated Press.
“Mosquito magnets seem to remain
mosquito magnets,” DeGennaro said.
Though the researchers were not
successful, their findings could pave the
way for how to make mosquito repel-
lents. The only way to change some-
one’s odor, researchers say, is to manip-
ulate skin microbiomes. Slathering skin
with the compounds of someone not as
attractive to mosquitoes could keep the
person from being bitten.
Contributing: Maddie Burakoff, The
Associated Press
has grown thanks partly to its invest-
ments in child care, including wage
supplements for providers.
Still, even there, workers say they
need more.
“The investment in child care I
fought for wasn’t just a big deal – it
saved the child care industry from col-
lapse,” said Democratic Sen. Patty Mur-
ray, a former preschool teacher who’s
spearheaded various legislative efforts
to expand access to early learning. “It
showed what is possible when we make
historic federal investments in child
care: more stability for child care pro-
grams, more child care slots available,
more parents back at work and an econ-
omy that works better for everyone.
“But we cannot stop here.”
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NATION
Schools
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Groups including Moms for Liberty
and local political action committees are
also helping drive interest in these races.
They are endorsing and raising money
for candidates, many of whom reject
schools’ coronavirus precautions and
what students are learning about race.
The 1776 Project PAC, a national group
also endorsing and supporting candi-
dates in states including Colorado, New
Jersey and Pennsylvania – all of which
voted for President Joe Biden in 2020 –
said more than two-thirds of its candi-
dates have won since 2021.
The rhetoric and spending this cycle
are unsettling to Dan Domenech, the ex-
ecutive director of the AASA, the School
Superintendents Association, who
spent nearly three decades as an educa-
tor and school district leader. The Amer-
ican education system, he said, is decen-
tralized by design to allow local parents
to decide what’s best for their children –
independent of national trends.
“There’s no question school boards
are the target of takeovers,” Domenech
said. “The localities are losing control,
and it’s national movements that are
taking over. That’s totally contrary to the
whole rationale behind how our school
systems are developed.”
Education policy has always been po-
litical, countered Ryan Girdusky, head of
the 1776 Project PAC. He pointed to
teachers unions ejecting communists in
the 1940s and the efforts of evangelicals
to take over school boards in the 1970s.
Teachers unions today, he said, also
spend money on local races and have en-
dorsed candidates for years.
“They’re saying ‘This is a brand new
thing I just thought of,’ when I am just
following a very long trend,” Girdusky
said. “It’s intrinsically political, public
education.
“It always has been.”
Conservative wins can lead to new
policies on controversial topics
In the Woodland Park School District,
outside of Colorado Springs, Colorado,
four newcomer candidates with skepti-
cal views of critical race theory chal-
lenged incumbents on the five-person
board last November. Some campaigned
with signs that read “Conservative for
School Board,” and the local Republican
Party donated to all four challengers.
The small school district, with about
2,000 students, is located in Teller
County, where roughly 86% of the area’s
25,000 residents identify as white only.
All four won.
New board Vice President David Illing-
worth II ran a campaign touting his right-
leaning platform and encouraged resi-
dents to “vote for conservative change” in
the nonpartisan school board race. He
emailed board President David Ruster-
holtz last December, just a month after the
election, foreshadowing some of the
board’s political priorities.
“This is the flood the zone tactic, and
the idea is that if you advance on many
fronts at the same time then the enemy
cannot fortify, defend, effectively
counter-attack at any one front,” Illing-
worth wrote. “Trump was great at this in
his first 100 days.”
Illingworth also raised the creation of
an “anti-CRT umbrella policy,” noting
that he believed it “would be broadly
popular.” And he mentioned a desire to
tweak the district’s opt-in and opt-out
policies for teaching students about
controversial topics.
In response to questions from USA
TODAY, Illingworth said he was proud of
his time on the board, and shared a list of
the board’s achievements. It had recent-
ly approved teacher raises and opened
the district’s first charter school. He also
said the backers of the recall attempted
to “paint a very incomplete and mislead-
ing picture with a handful of emails.”
“Parents want their kids to get an edu-
cation, not an indoctrination,” he wrote.
One of the board’s first actions this
year was to create a policy giving parents
greater authority to opt out of subjects
considered controversial – related to
race, sexual conduct, graphic violence,
profanity, and any “material that may be
polarizing or likely to divide the commu-
nity along racial, ethnic, or religious
lines.” Fox News highlighted the school’s
district new approach and interviewed
the superintendent, who said the policy,
“was really a challenge of our school
board.”
More than 10,000 school boards
across the country
School boards collectively oversee
more than 50 million students across the
United States. Their main task is to
choose a superintendent – unless that’s
an elected post, too – and approve or
vote down actions brought to them, in-
cluding many that affect students only
indirectly. Superintendents typically
have more influence on day-to-day op-
erations.
There are more than 10,000 school
boards across the nation, and thousands
of elections happen each year. Some
races were held earlier this year or in
2021, while others are aligned with the
midterm elections in November.
School board elections in the past
have generally been simple productions.
Many of these races are nonpartisan,
even if those running for office identify
as belonging to a political party, and the
National School Boards Association said
voter turnout often ranges from 5% to
10%. Voters who don’t have children of-
ten sit the elections out, contributing to
the low turnout.
Many board members run unop-
posed, with candidates scarce for jobs
that typically pay little or nothing, some-
times opening the door to would-be
board members with unconventional
views. For example, roughly 100 unchal-
lenged candidates in the California Bay
Area are expected to join boards without
ever having their name appear on a
ballot. One antigay candidate had no op-
ponent just days before the filing dead-
line, until a local newspaper report per-
suaded a retired school librarian and a
lawyer to compete for the open seat.
“Every child in America
should be educated with
the values of American
exceptionalism. Critical Race
Theory and Marxist policies
have no place in schools
or government.”
Patriot Mobile Action
Low turnout can be a blessing for Re-
publicans, or anyone, looking to plant
seeds for wider political change.
Steve Bannon, a White House strate-
gist for President Donald Trump, said in
his War Room podcast in May 2021 that
“the path to save the nation is very sim-
ple – it’s going to go through the school
boards.” He later told Politico of local
fights over critical race theory that “This
isn’t Q, this is mainstream suburban
moms – and a lot of these people aren’t
Trump voters.”
In addition, the widespread adoption
of digital classes and board meetings be-
cause of the pandemic gave parents a
view into their children’s classes and
schools’ innerworkings they normally
would never have had, Domenech said.
“I can tell you that prior to the COVID
years, that school board elections were
boring as were school board meetings,”
he said. “It’s a business meeting.”
Parents who have flooded board
meetings before COVID over charter
schools, school boundaries or the Com-
mon Core state standards might dis-
agree. But with their newly kindled in-
terests, parent groups are now raising
concerns, sometimes loudly, about ev-
erything from how race is being taught
and what districts should, or shouldn’t,
do to accommodate LGBTQ students.
What does political polarization
look like in school board races?
In Texas, local political action com-
mittees poured money into school board
races, and one funder, cellphone compa-
ny Patriot Mobile Action, spent more
than $400,000 to flip four school boards
in Tarrant County in the Dallas-Fort
Worth area.
“Every child in America should be
educated with the values of American
exceptionalism,” the group states on
their website. “Critical Race Theory and
Marxist policies have no place in schools
or government.”
Of Tarrant County’s 2 million resi-
dents, about 43% of identify as white
alone and not Hispanic or Latino.
That level of investment in school
board races is unusual, said Rebecca
Deen, a professor of political science at
the University of Texas, Arlington, and
it’s unlikely to subside with funders
notching wins.
Some Texas parent also have formed
PACs to influence local elections. They
often zero in on how race is taught or
question the value of students’ access to
some books on gender and sexuality.
It was the Southlake Families PAC, a
group describes itself as “unapologeti-
cally rooted in Judeo-Christian values,”
that helped to establish the model of lo-
cal conservative parents raising money
to influence their school boards. The
PAC was started in response to a diversi-
ty plan developed by the Carroll Inde-
pendent School District in Southlake,
Texas.
They said the district’s approach was
a “highly political plan seeking to indoc-
trinate children according to extremely
liberal beliefs,” and the PAC often criti-
cizes critical race theory. The group’s
candidates in November swept the
school board in a district about 8,300
students, including 60% who are white,
20% who are Asian American and 10%
Hispanic.
That’s similar to what’s happening
nationally when local parents groups or-
ganize under the umbrella of groups
such as Moms for Liberty and Parents
Defending Education. These groups de-
scribe themselves as grassroots organi-
zations focused on education issues, but
critics say their advocacy around race
and gender issues suggests they are
more partisan than they claim.
Moms for Liberty has more than 200
chapters across 40 states. The local
groups operate independently but share
concerns over issues such as vaccine
mandates and how districts should
teach about race and sexuality. Moms
for Liberty describes itself as non-parti-
san, but its affiliates tend to endorse
conservative candidates and are often
featured on outlets such as Fox News. At
a July political rally, it hosted speakers
including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a
Republican, and former Trump-era Edu-
cation Secretary Betsy DeVos.
Sometimes, the backing of a political-
ly divisive group can weigh a candidate
down. In Boise, Idaho, this year, a board
member appointed just a year ago to fill a
vacancy was ousted by a young chal-
lenger. When he took office in 2021, in-
cumbent Steve Schmidt said, “I’m hear-
ing some crazy things about school
boards,” adding later that the climate
surrounding boards “seems very politi-
cally charged right now for something
that should just be focused on what’s in
the best interest for our kids.”
But his reelection campaign was
backed by the Idaho Liberty Dogs, which
complained about offerings at the local
library, among other issues. The group
describes itself as “America First, Vets
before illegals, and the laws of our land.
Preserving Idaho’s conservative values
and keeping her red is important to us.”
Shiva Rajbhandari, Schmidt’s 18-
NEWS
Florida Gov. Ron Desantis, center,
receives an award in Tampa from
Moms for Liberty co-founders Tiffany
Justice, left, and Tina Descovich, at
the group’s national summit in July.
David Happe, left, a supporter
of Moms for Liberty, talks with history
teacher Brandt Robinson outside
the hotel where the Moms for
Liberty National Summit was held.
PHOTOS BY MIKE LANG/USA TODAY NETWORK
year-old challenger, called on the
incumbent to disavow the endorsement.
Rajbhandari beat Schmidt by almost
2,500 votes.
The Boise school district is a part of
Ada County, home to about 500,000
people, 84% of whom identify as white
and not Hispanic.
‘We try very hard to filter
out the crazy’
The low turnout and voter interest in
school board elections are part of what
motivated Girdusky, the head of the Pro-
ject 1776 PAC, to get involved in the races.
All he had to do, he said, was get more
conservatives to turn out than liberals,
which can be easy when working with a
smaller voter pool. Girdusky worked in
state and national political races for a
decade and a half before starting the
Project 1776 PAC.
The year referenced in the PAC is
when the Declaration of Independence
was signed, and many in conservative
circles cite the date in response to the
New York Times’ 1619 Project, a collec-
tion of journalism that documented the
role of slavery in the nation’s first days.
The PAC describes itself as “committed
to abolishing critical race theory and
‘The 1619 Project’ from the public school
curriculum.”
Girdusky’s focus on race has paid off,
and he said about 70% of the candidates
the PAC backs go onto to win their races.
“If this was a political boogeyman and
I was making this up,” Girdusky said, “I
could not have this success.”
He said the concept of CRT – that rac-
ism is systemic – is affecting how stu-
dents are taught about history and pow-
er. Girdusky finds some candidates sym-
pathetic to the cause through recom-
mendations, while others seek out
Girdusky for themselves.
That was the case for Will Furry, who
is running for school board in Flagler
County, Florida. That county is home to
about 120,000 people, most of them
white, according to 2021 census data.
Like many parents running for school
board, Furry’s interest in local education
began during the pandemic. He was
frustrated with school lockdowns and
mask mandates, and he said he wants to
see educators focus on “learning, rather
than on political and social issues.”
He also cited as a cause for concern the
inclusion of books in school libraries that
he considers inappropriate age-wise for
some children, including “All Boys aren’t
Blue,” a memoir by George M. Johnson
about growing up Black and queer.
Furry doesn’t have a political back-
ground. Instead, he lists his experience
as a realtor – who won the backing of the
Flagler County Association of Realtors –
a Christian who volunteers, and father of
two elementary school students. One of
his friends mentioned the 1776 Project
PAC, and Furry saw on the website that
he could request an endorsement.
After he filled out the questionnaire,
the group reviewed his campaign web-
site. He then interviewed with its orga-
nizers, who asked him about his stance
on issues related to CRT. He earned their
endorsement and went on to win his pri-
mary in August.
Girdusky said in reviewing candi-
dates he ensures they have a basic un-
derstanding of education issues and are
trying to get elected on their own. He or
his associates also make sure they have
a connection to the schools.
“We try very hard to filter out the cra-
zy,” Girdusky said.
Contributing: Kathryn Varn, USA TO-
DAY Network-Florida; Becca Wright,
Knoxville News Sentinel
MONEY
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ahead to third-party booking sites
weather Fewer protections than charges for their rooms, but Carlson said tra layer of complication when it comes

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she was still struggling to get a refund or
even a credit from Expedia for her flights.
“I thought I was actually being smart
to purchasing flights on sites like Expe-
dia, Priceline, Orbitz and others.

Wise to save, stock up Zach Wichter

USA TODAY
going through a third party because I
thought we’d be protected. In the end we
Fewer protections

pantry just in case
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USA TODAY
When extreme weather is forecast,
chances are you don’t sit by idly and
hope it isn’t as bad as meteorologists
predict. The same should be true for a
recession.
The growing consensus among
economists is that the U.S. economy
will enter a recession in 2023. Reces-
sions tend to go hand in hand with ma-
jor stock market declines and wide-
spread unemployment.
Without proper preparation, reces-
sions can irrevocably damage your fi-
nancial stability. That’s why now is a
good time to start if you haven’t begun
already, financial advisers say.
Julia Carlson’s Spring trip to Can-
cún, Mexico, was supposed to be cele-
bratory. Her son and niece were gradu-
ating from high school, and Carlson
and her sister were planning the get-
away with them to mark the occasion.
“We’re not rich people. We saved all
of our money to do this,” she said.
They booked their flights and hotel
through Expedia, but shortly before the
trip, they got a notification from the re-
sort that it would be closing because of
COVID-19 and was canceling their stay.
The hotel quickly refunded the
lost a lot of money,” she said.
Through emails, phone calls, letters
and online chats, Carlson said Expedia
has given her mixed messages about
what she’s entitled to as a result of the
cancellation and, at times, has offered
her as little as $50 in credits for future
bookings on $3,000 worth of airfare she
already purchased.
“They’re thieves, they’re crooks, and
they get away with it over and over
again,” she said.
USA TODAY has reported the pitfalls
of booking through third-party booking
platforms, but experts say there’s an ex-
“Airlines and these third-party com-
panies may not exactly be playing on a
level playing field,” said Kyle Potter, edi-
tor of the Thrifty Traveler website.
In general, he said, the Department of
Transportation has stricter regulations
for airlines, including a rule that allows
customers to cancel tickets for a full re-
fund within 24 hours of booking, even if
they booked a nonrefundable fare.
That rule doesn’t apply to websites
like Expedia, sometimes called online
travel agencies, or OTAs.
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months of expenses if they lost their
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on more expenses than
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That share probably is even higher

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Even though it could take years to
build an emergency savings account,
you’re better off starting later than
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over more workers

now on budget No. 2, the real strict
one. We’re in survival mode while we
go look for a job.’ ”
Consider automatic paycheck de-
posits into a savings account to lessen
the temptation to spend that money.
Resist using that money to pay credit
card and other recurring expenses un-
less you absolutely must, advisers sug-
gest.
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As job Paul Davidson
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market
cools, A cooling job market is leading to
more than a slowdown in hiring, a
bosses pickup in layoffs and growing reces-
sion fears.
may hold It appears to be the one force capa-
increased ble of prodding America’s workers out
of their homes and back to offices.
sway The slowing labor market is start-
ing to shift some bargaining power
from employees to employers, allow-
ing a growing number of companies to
require workers to return to the office
at least a few days a week, staffing of-
ficials and consultants say. Many
businesses are still struggling to find
workers and so the change is in its
early stages, but it’s expected to accel-
erate as hiring pulls back further and
layoffs spread in the months ahead,
experts say.
“Companies are a little less con-
cerned that they’re not going to fill
jobs if they lose people because of re-
turn-to-work policies,” says Jim Mc-
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Coy, senior vice president of talent so-
lutions for ManpowerGroup, a leading
staffing firm. “There’s starting to be
less competition for talent, and em-
ployers can be a little more selective.”
In late September, 36% of organi-
zations required workers to be in the
office at least three days a week, up
from 25% in August, according to a
Gartner survey of 240 human re-
sources leaders. And just 22% had no
onsite work requirements, down from
31%.
Employees ‘more receptive’
to working in office
Workers are similarly becoming
less demanding about remote work, if
just marginally. Seventy-three per-
cent of fully remote employees said
they probably would find another re-
mote or hybrid job if their company
forced them to work from the office
full-time, according to a Harris Poll
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Flights
Continued from Page 5A
Even when flights are canceled by the
airline, which entitles passengers who
booked directly with the carrier to a re-
fund, OTAs may still offer only vouchers
or credits.
“My best guess is these third-party
companies feel like the regulations as
written give them more wiggle room to
stick people with travel credits and
vouchers rather than a refund,” Potter
said.
The Transportation Department is
soliciting public comment on rules that
would tighten restrictions on OTAs when
it comes to refunds, but for now, travel-
ers need to be careful when they book.
“Just be aware of the small print, the
terms that they may have themselves,”
said Nadia Henry, who goes by Sparkle
professionally and founded the travel
agency Travel with Sparkle.
Lackluster customer service
Travelers who book on third-party
platforms also often can’t contact the
airline directly for customer service.
“Generally speaking, airfare policies
dictate that whoever sold you the ticket
is responsible for servicing the reserva-
tion. Priceline’s customer care team will
help customers make changes directly
and advocate on their behalf if neces-
sary,” Jeremy Ellis, vice president of cus-
tomer care operations at Priceline, said
in a statement.
An Expedia spokesperson said in an
email that airlines will automatically re-
book travelers if their flight is changed or
canceled within 48 hours of departure,
but all other itinerary alterations have to
go through the OTA.
“If your travel is further out or you
want to proactively make a change to
your flight, you can do so by logging into
your Expedia account or using the app to
access your itinerary and using the self-
service tools (‘cancel for credit’ or virtual
agent),” the spokesperson said. “If those
tools can’t help with your request, it’s
time to call in and speak with an Expedia
agent.”
Expedia’s parent company, Expedia
Group, owns other booking platforms,
including Orbitz.
But, according to Sparkle, getting in
touch with a customer service agent at
one of the OTAs can be frustrating and
time-consuming.
“I have a cousin (who) uses Priceline
because he has a Priceline credit card,
and he had to sit on hold for two hours.”
Potter said customer service prob-
lems are common with OTAs.
“No matter who you’re booking
through, you’re putting your travel in the
hands of a middleman,” he said. “It slows
everything down and adds a layer of
complication that people can’t really af-
ford right now.”
He added that sometimes, the lower
prices OTAs advertise are a result of low-
er overhead, which comes in part from
thin ranks of customer service agents.
Better to book directly or with
a travel agent for the holidays
We’re in the valley between summer
and winter travel peaks right now, but as
you prepare to book flights to see your
family or take that winter getaway, the
experts recommend going through the
airline directly or using a personal travel
agent.
“The advantage of booking directly
with the airline is that you can reach di-
rectly the airline and they can go in and
make the ticket changes yourself. ... If
you do it online, you have to go through
the source that you booked the ticket
through,” Sparkle said. “Same thing with
a travel adviser. ... If they book it through
us, we have control of it, and we’re able to
make any changes ourselves for the cli-
ent.”
Sparkle also tells her clients they
should be careful to avoid connecting at
airports that get a lot of snow over the
winter whenever possible, and they
should buy travel insurance in case
something goes wrong.
But sites like Booking.com insist they
offer travelers flexibility and protection
on every booking.
Booking.com’s parent company,
Booking Holdings, owns other sites such
as Priceline and Kayak.
Potter also suggests avoiding OTAs for
holiday travel.
“If there’s any time when we’re going
to see another flare-up in the disruptions
like we did over the summer, it’s during
the holidays,” he said. “If things go
wrong, is it worth saving $30 per ticket
when you’re putting yourself at the whim
of a third-party company.”
For her part, Carlson said, she plans to
book directly with airlines from now on.
“If it looks too good to be true, it most
definitely is. Those low prices, you will
pay for in the end no matter what.”
Suit says Barilla, not made in
Italy, is misleading customers
Camille Fine
USA TODAY
Advertised as “Italy’s No. 1 brand of
pasta,” the popular brand Barilla will
face a lawsuit over accusations it mis-
led consumers to believe products
made in Iowa and New York were actu-
ally made in Italy.
A federal judge on Monday denied
Barilla’s motion to dismiss a class-ac-
tion lawsuit accusing the company of
misrepresenting its products. Judge
Donna Ryu found that the company’s
phrase, “Italy’s No. 1 brand of pasta,”
could mislead consumers to believe
that the pasta is made in Italy. Barilla
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Office return
Continued from Page 5A
survey last weekend for USA TODAY.
That’s down from 78% in June.
Ironside Human Resources, a Dallas-
based health care staffing firm, has told
its employees to work in the office five
days a week since spring 2020, chiefly
because of the collaboration that takes
place when staffers are together, says
CEO Doug Carter. But many job candi-
dates insisted on working remotely.
About six months ago, the company had
to conduct 40 to 50 phone interviews to
find one or two applicants willing to
work on-site and interview in person,
he says.
Now, he says, Ironside does about 25
phone interviews to find eight candi-
dates who are open to on-site work.
While the easing pandemic may be
partly responsible, Carter mostly cites
the slowing job market.
Carter says he has seen a similar tur-
nabout among his clients, such as hos-
pitals. About 50% of their administra-
tive employees are remote, he says,
compared with 80% six months ago.
Labor market cools down;
job openings fall
Earlier this year, with job openings at
a record 11.9 million, workers enjoyed
the leverage to demand higher wages
and even more significantly, a continu-
ation of the remote work set-ups that
prevailed early in the pandemic. Even
as companies such as Apple and Gener-
al Motors announced return-to-office
Prepare
Continued from Page 5A
Purchases to put off
Every penny saved now is a penny
earned for when you could need it.
That’s why Robinson recommends
putting off “nice to have” purchases.
For instance, if your refrigerator
breaks, get it repaired or buy a new one.
But if the blow dryer you’ve owned for
five years still gets the job done, just
not as good as a newer one, hold on to it
– and your cash.
Also take inventory of all your
monthly subscriptions and ask your-
self which you could live without, then
also features the green, red and white
colors of the Italian flag on the signa-
ture blue boxes.
In addition to asking the court to
stop Barilla from using Italy’s likeness
in marketing and on the product, plain-
tiffs are seeking monetary compensa-
tion, claiming they overpaid for pasta.
Barilla originated as a bread and
pasta shop in Italy but is now based in
Illinois. Barilla argues that its trade-
mark is used to “invoke the company’s
Italian roots through generalized rep-
resentations of the brand as a whole,”
not mislead buyers.
The judge’s decision comes on the
heels of a similar complaint filed
mandates, many had to walk them back
after employee backlash.
But the number of U.S. job openings
fell from 11.2 million in July to a still his-
torically high 10.1 million the following
month. In September, net job growth
slowed to 263,000, a solid total but the
lowest since April 2021.
In recent months, companies such as
Intel, Oracle, Amazon, Apple, Netflix,
and The Gap have cut hundreds or thou-
sands of jobs.
The job market, at least for now, re-
mains sturdy, and employees in many
industries still hold the cards because of
pandemic-related worker shortages.
But “the tide is changing,” says Dus-
tin York, a consultant for large corpora-
tions and associate professor of strate-
gic communication and leadership at
Maryville University in St. Louis.
A softening economy and less robust
hiring are beginning to alter the power
balance between employers and work-
ers. Soaring inflation is prompting the
Federal Reserve to sharply raise interest
rates, and higher prices and borrowing
costs have clobbered the stock market.
The troublesome dynamic is expected
to trigger a recession by next year, ac-
cording to the forecasts of economists
surveyed by Wolters Kluwer Blue Chip
Economic Indicators.
Am I more likely to get laid off
if I resist a return to office?
The slowdown initially hit technol-
ogy, York says. The industry exploded
as Americans worked from home and
snapped up TVs, computers and appli-
ances, but it’s downsizing as consumers
shift their spending from goods to ser-
cancel those. Or, think about switching
to a lower-tier subscription. For in-
stance, next month Netflix is rolling out
an ad-supported subscription for $3
less than its lowest-tier ad-free sub-
scription.
“You don’t want to take on more ex-
penses than you really need to if you’re
expecting economic hardship or an up-
coming recession,” said Frank New-
man, a portfolio manager at Ally with
experience in wealth management.
Prices for many types of discretion-
ary goods tend to drop in a recession
when everyone is cutting corners, Rob-
inson added.
What should you buy?
It’s not a bad idea to stock up on
MONEY
against the makers of Texas Pete hot
sauce after a California man learned
the product isn’t made in Texas.
In the original complaint, Matthew
Sinatro and Jessica Prost said that be-
cause of how the company’s products
are advertised, they purchased multi-
ple boxes of Barilla spaghetti and angel
hair pasta with the belief the pasta was
made in Italy with Italian ingredients.
The complaint says Barilla doesn’t
exclusively use Italian wheat in its
products and exploits consumers who
are willing to pay more for authentic
Italian pasta.
Barilla did not immediately respond
to USA TODAY’s request for comment.
vices, he says. Tech companies, in turn,
increasingly are making workers return
to the office, he says, and any layoffs are
more likely to target employees who
have resisted the directive.
Many tech companies, in fact, are us-
ing return-to-office mandates instead
of layoffs to get rid of workers, York and
McCoy say. Employees who refuse to
comply quit, which allows a company to
trim its staff without the stain of job
cuts.
“The company can say ‘We didn’t lay
anybody off’ ” and save the cost of sev-
erance payments, York says.
As the job market downshifts in the
next six to 12 months, York expects the
back-to-office trend to ripple across all
industries. Ultimately, he predicts,
there will be slightly more fully remote
workers than before the pandemic.
Today, 25% of all workers are remote,
23% are hybrid and 52% are at the
workplace full-time, according to a Har-
ris Poll.
Yet while more large companies are
making employees return to the work-
place, many of their smaller competi-
tors are maintaining remote-work pol-
icies and using them as a competitive
advantage to scoop up the skilled work-
ers larger firms jettison, York says.
Pulsar Products, which makes sta-
tionery and back-to-school items, asks
workers who live near its headquarters
in Cleveland to come in two days a
week, CEO Eric Ludwig says. But some
new hires can work fully remotely in
other states.
“The ability to be flexible and every-
one’s knowledge of how to use (Zoom or
Teams) has allowed us to hire the best,”
he says.
household goods and shelf-stable
foods now while you still have a regular
paycheck if you’re afraid you won’t
have one in a couple of months, Rob-
inson said.
But don’t get carried away, he said.
“I’m not saying go out there and act like
the sky is falling and there’s a nuclear
winter.”
Try to pay off as much debt as pos-
sible, particularly any high-interest
debt, Robinson said.
What should you avoid?
Avoid spending frivolously and
going off budget during a recession,
Robinson said. And if possible,
Newman said, avoid taking on more
debt.
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Red tide rising: 7 election trends favor GOP

Democrats are failing
across the board
Tim Swarens
USA TODAY
In 2016, I thought Hillary Clinton
would win the presidency until late on
election night. I was on live TV when
Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin
began to tilt red, and the shock became
visible on the faces of the anchors and
the crew in the studio. A Donald Trump
victory wasn’t in the script.
Few in the chattering classes foresaw
as Election Day approached what voters
were about to wrought. Ever since, I’ve
declined to make predictions. And I
don’t really trust anyone who claims
they can forecast with any certainty
what voters will decide in a midterm or
presidential election.
That said, it is possible to read the
trends ahead of an election to get a
sense of what may happen. Let me
stress the word may. And several im-
portant trends are leaning, in some
cases quite heavily, in favor of Republi-
cans. Let’s look at seven key indicators:
h Joe Biden is unpopular. 54% of
Americans, according to the Real Clear
Politics polling average, hold an unfa-
vorable opinion of the president. Bi-
den’s unfavorable ratings don’t mean
much in Democratic citadels like Cali-
fornia or New York, but they matter a
great deal in Georgia, Ohio and Pennsyl-
vania, where control of the Senate will
be determined.
Consider this take from New York
Times progressive writer Frank Bruni
about the Herschel Walker-Raphael
Warnock Senate debate in Georgia:
“Rather than Warnock trying to make
Walker answer for his alliance with the
former president (Trump), Walker in-
sisted that Warnock defend his with the
current one – a dynamic that doesn’t ex-
actly track with media coverage of the
midterms. We keep wondering how
much Trump will wound Republican
candidates. Warnock seemed plenty
worried about how much Biden would
wound him.”
h Inflation remains out of control.
The cost of everything from gas to
grapes has shot up at the fastest pace in
40 years. A friend who runs an urban
nonprofit recently told me his organiza-
tion is asking the public to donate de-
odorant, soap, shampoo and toothpaste
– items not covered by food stamps –
because the families they serve can no
longer afford such necessities. The pain
of runaway inflation is felt in all sorts of
humbling and frustrating ways. And
voters are most likely to vent their anger
at the party in control of Congress and
the White House.
h Interest rates also are soaring. To
slow inflation, the Federal Reserve has
been forced to aggressively increase in-
terest rates, which for the American
public means the cost of buying a home
or a car or paying down credit card debt
is substantially more expensive now
than at the start of 2022. It’s to the point
that I’m starting to have flashbacks to
1980, when the misery index was a topic
of discussion in homes across America.
Ask Jimmy “I lost 45 states” Carter how
that worked out for him and his party.
h Crime is on the rise.Violent crime
increased more than 4% in the first half
of this year – on top of already high
crime rates from previous years. A Poli-
tico/Morning Consult poll this month
found that 60% of voters said crime
would be a major factor in determining
which candidates they’d support.
h Economic issues overshadow
abortion rights. Democrats had hoped
that the Supreme Court decision to
overturn Roe v. Wade in June would lead
to a strong voter backlash. That could
happen, but polls increasingly indicate
that economic issues will drive voters’
decisions. A new Times/Siena College
poll, for example, found that the econo-
my and inflation were the only issues
that more than 10% of likely voters cited
as the most important issue facing the
nation. The same poll found that likely
voters favor Republican congressional
candidates over Democrats 49% to 45%.
h Polls may underestimate. The
pollsters I’ve worked with over the years
are smart professionals who take their
craft seriously. They want to get the
numbers right – and have strong finan-
cial incentives to do so. Even so, poll-
sters undercounted Republican voters
ahead of the 2016 and 2020 elections,
and there’s reason to think it could hap-
pen again this year.
h The party in power pays. It’s an
old story, but one that’s still relevant –
the party that holds the White House al-
most always loses congressional seats
in midterm elections. And Democrats
already are working with small margins
given the 50-50 split in the Senate and
only an eight seat advantage in the
House of Representatives.
History, the economy and other
trends are working against Democrats.
Will that result in a surging red tide
come November? Probably.
But I don’t make predictions.
Tim Swarens is deputy opinion edi-
tor for USA TODAY.

‘What about Chicago?’ Windy critics don’t really care.

They just like to use
city’s bad rep on crime
Suzette Hackney
USA TODAY
But what about Chicago?
It’s become the rallying cry whenever
Black Americans lament the over-polic-
ing of Black people and the sometimes
deadly encounters between Black indi-
viduals and law enforcement officers.
“What about Black-on-Black crime?”
“Do Black lives really matter?”
The sanctimonious questions often
pop up on social media. Fox News and
other conservative media seem partic-
ularly fixated on the “crime crisis” in the
Windy City – along with other Demo-
cratic-led cities, of course.
Elected Republican officials are play-
ing the let’s-disparage-Chicago game,
even as tragedy, violence and mass
shootings strike their own communi-
ties. Imagine a high-profile politician
pointing fingers and talking about how
violent Chicago is instead of addressing
a massacre in his own state.
That’s what Texas Gov. Greg Abbott
did after the May 24 slaughter of 19 chil-
dren and two teachers at a school in
Uvalde: “I hate to say this, but there are
more people shot every weekend in Chi-
cago than there are in schools in Texas.”
Abbott chose deflection instead of
addressing the gun and homicide prob-
lem on his own turf. In fact, Illinois ex-
perienced 1,745 gun deaths in 2020
compared with 4,164 in Texas, accord-
ing to statistics from the Centers for Dis-
ease Control and Prevention.
The reality
Chicago’s murder rate ranks 28th
among cities with populations of more
than 100,000 people. That’s hardly the
murder capital of the world.
No one is denying that violence, ille-
gal guns and gang activity are a problem
– in Chicago and in many other cities
around the country. But the reality is
most of those often racially motivated,
dog-whistling individuals have no vest-
ed interest in the city or its Black resi-
dents – dead or alive – they profess to be
so worried about.
Yet there are countless Chicagoans
who devote their time to quelling vio-
lence – so many who work day and night
to keep shootings at bay. Their efforts to
collaborate with police and confront
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crime from a grassroots level are rarely
acknowledged.
It’s a misconception that Chicago is
America’s crime capital. In fact, the
number of homicides in Chicago has
dropped this year, after a surge in 2020
and 2021 – during the peak of the pan-
demic. Homicides in Chicago this year
are expected to top 600 – down more
than 10% compared with each of the
past two years.
After spending time here with some
of the nonprofit and philanthropic or-
ganizations, block clubs and communi-
ty organizers determined to disrupt the
cycle of violence, I have no doubt they
deserve much of the credit for the re-
duction. They have created a compre-
hensive network.
Often, these public-private collabo-
rations, known generally as community
violence intervention, employ trained
professionals and community members
to intervene and stop violent conflicts
and provide wraparound services to
those who have a high risk of violence.
Is Chicago a crimeless city?
Of course not.
Are people working to make it a safe
place to live, work, shop and play?
You bet.
Wendy Borlabi, director of mental
health and performance for the Chicago
Bulls, said there are nonprofits that
have united in Chicago with a similar
mission: educating inner city youth and
encouraging them to dream of a life that
doesn’t involve criminal activity.
“There are so many good things that
we’re doing to try to lift our youth up and
educate them, to build them up, keep
them safe and give them alternatives,”
said Borlabi, a sports psychologist.
Marpray Monson, for example, re-
turned to Chicago after attending col-
lege at the University of Kansas to make
a difference. He worked as a Chicago
Public Schools dean of discipline and as
a high school basketball coach before
walking away from his job.
Monson, 39, became frustrated with
his underperforming neighborhood and
school, the food deserts and poverty,
and the crime that was claiming the
lives of his students. He wanted a more
hands-on approach. In 2013, he started
Hoopademix, an initiative that com-
bines instructional basketball with aca-
demic and personal mentorship. The
goal is to straddle social and economic
backgrounds to bring together racially
diverse communities and families
across Chicago.
“I want them to win at all costs,”
Monson told me, as we watched his
summer camp participants run drills
and sink shots during open play. “And
where do I want them to win? In the
most important game they will play, and
that’s life.”
Monson’s sentiments can be heard
and seen across the city. These folks are
constructing a safety nets for kids and
adults. They are working in Chicago’s
most disadvantaged neighborhoods to
build a sense of community and crush
the narrative that no one cares about
lawlessness.
Trust me, they care. Chicago has sim-
ply become an easy buzzword when it
comes to crime – it’s convenient reduc-
tionism for the parrots who choose to ig-
nore facts, statistics and the sustained
effort by Chicagoans who refuse to suc-
cumb to persistent criminal activity in
their neighborhoods.
When someone says: “But what
about Chicago?” they are discounting
those who protest and devote their time
and energy to changing the fabric of
their city.
Black people can chew gum and walk
at the same time. They can reimagine a
world where people of color are not
killed by police or by their peers. It
shouldn’t be an either/or scenario.
Investing in Chicago
“We’re like every other city – we’re all
trying to invest in our community and
the youth,” Borlabi told me. “But the
positive that we do in Chicago gets over-
shadowed by the negative of what hap-
pens in Chicago.”
“I’ve lived all over the country and vi-
olence is everywhere,” she continued.
“It’s not like it’s just Chicago, but for
some reason it’s always pointed toward
us that we are the capital of Black-on-
Black crime. In my experience, I don’t
think we are.”
Yes, violence exists in Chicago – and
in many other American cities. But
block by block, neighborhood by neigh-
borhood, Chicagoans are fighting daily
for the safety of their own. They mentor
youth. They confront gangbangers.
They tutor children and work in schools
to bolster education. They partner with
police to patrol city streets. They feed
and clothe those in need. They encour-
age athletics like basketball to keep
young people occupied and focused on
goals that reject crime.
Maybe the oh-so-concerned “But
what about Chicago?” crowd should
take action and join them.
National columnist/deputy opinion
editor Suzette Hackney is a member of
USA TODAY’S Editorial Board. Contact
her at shackney@usatoday.com or on
Twitter: @suzyscribe

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BERLIN
1. Berlin Wall Memorial
The Berlin Wall may be gone,
but it will never be forgotten.
This outdoor museum, which in-
cludes the last remaining stretch
of the wall in its original location,
explains how the barrier divided
a city and its people for 28 years.
Bernauer Strasse 119
+49 30 467 986 666
2. Stasi Prison
Former inmates lead tours of
the prison where the East Ger-
man secret police held suspected
opponents of the regime — most
of them innocent of wrongdoing.
Genslerstrasse 66
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3. Panoramapunkt
For the best bird’s-eye view of
central Berlin, let Europe’s fastest
elevator whisk you 24 floors to
this lofty perch above Potsdamer
Platz in a mere 20 seconds.
Potsdamer Platz 1
+49 30 2593 7080
4. Schloss Charlottenburg
See how the Prussian kings
who ruled much of Germany un-
til 1918 lived at this mini-Ver-
sailles, framed by a lovely park
perfect for summer picnics.
Spandauer Damm 20-24
+49 30 320 911
5. Humboldt-Box
This multimedia exhibit ac-
companies the ongoing recon-
struction of the city’s Prussian
imperial palace, which was de-
molished by the communists in
1950. Humboldt-Box introduces
the future tenants and explains
how the huge building will fit
within the city’s historic center.
Schlossplatz 5
+49 180 503 0707
6. Pergamonmuseum
This crowd-pleaser wows with
monumental antiquities from
Greece, Rome and the Middle
East. Star exhibits include the ra-
diant blue Ishtar Gate and the in-
tricate facade of a caliph’s palace.
Bodestrasse 1-3
+49 30 266 424 242
Narrow slits
in barriers at
the Berlin
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glimpses of
the “death
strip,” where
those fleeing
East Berlin
were often
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1. Story of Berlin
This museum’s engaging multi-
media trip through the city’s his-
tory culminates with a tour of a
Cold War nuclear bomb shelter.
Kurfürstendamm 207-208
+49 30 8872 0100
2. Tempelhof Park
Tempelhof Airport, site of the
first Lufthansa flight and the Ber-
lin Airlift, closed in 2008. It’s now
open as a beloved city park.
Entrances on Columbiadamm,
Oderstrasse, Tempelhofer Damm
7. Neukölln neighborhood
Catapulted from gritty zone to
vibrant district, Neukölln is per-
fect for DIY exploration. Cafes
like Katie’s Blue Cat invite linger-
ing between stops at vintage bou-
tiques and hipster bars.
Katie’s Blue Cat
Friedelstrasse 31
+49 178 806 9701
8. Jüdische Mädchenschule
A former Jewish girls’ school in
a Bauhaus-era building has
evolved into a cultural hot spot,
featuring cutting-edge galleries, a
museum about the Kennedys and
even stellar restaurants.
Auguststrasse 11-13
+49 030 3300 6070
9. Museum in der
Kulturbrauerei
This exhibit in a former brew-
ery uses original documents, pho-
tographs and objects to peel back
the Iron Curtain on daily life in
communist East Germany.
Knaackstrasse 97
+49 030 4677 7790
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Sunflowers, rather than jets,
aim skyward at Tempelhof.
3. Rembrandt Collection
The 16 Rembrandt works at
the Gemäldegalerie form one of
the world’s largest, most exquisite
collections by this Dutch master.
Matthäikirchplatz
+49 30 266 424 242
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10. Bikini Berlin
Browse fashion and design at
Germany’s first “concept mall,” in
a 1950s landmark building with
front-row views of the monkey
enclosure of the Berlin Zoo.
Budapester Strasse 38-50
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FRANKFURT
1. Palmengarten
Established in 1868, this oasis
in the Westend is Germany’s larg-
est botanical garden. Displays in-
clude more than 13,000 tropical
and subtropical plant species.
Siesmayerstrasse 61
+49 69 2123 3939
2. Hauptbahnhof Station
The busiest train station in
Frankfurt consists of a massive
main vestibule and two adjoining
neoclassical halls made of steel
and glass. Inside are a series of
platforms, shops and food stands.
Am Hauptbahnhof
4. Ramones Museum
Avid Ramones fan Flo Hayler
shares his collection of memora-
bilia in this cool east Berlin
shrine to the punk-rock pioneers.
Krausnickstrasse 23
+49 30 7552 8890
FRANKFURT
5. Long Island Summer
Lounge
Relaxing by day and edgy at
night, this beach bar atop an ur-
ban parking garage is a refreshing
antidote for what ails you.
Park House Exchange, Deck 7
+49 151 6150 9889
6. Festhalle
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Marienplatz, above, has
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dates only to 1874. West
of Frankfurt lie the ruins
of Rheinfels Castle, left.
3. Museumsufer
A walk along the Main River’s
Museum Embankment is a must.
Twelve museums sit on a single
tree-lined street, the most nota-
ble being the Städel art gallery.
Städel, Schaumainkai 63
+49 69 605098 232
4. Rheinfels Castle
West of the city, this castle’s
ancient stone ramparts rise over
the Rhine at Sankt Goar. The ru-
ins recall the Middle Ages, while
the restaurant and its lovely ter-
race herald the modern day.
Schlossberg, Sankt Goar
+49 6741 7753
5. Goethehaus
Grand wood staircases take
visitors through the reconstruct-
ed timbered house where the
writer Johann Wolfgang von Goe-
the spent his childhood.
Grosser Hirschgraben 23
+49 69 138 800
6. Gerbermühle
After cycling along the Main
River, relax in the garden at this
16th-century flour mill renovated
as a hotel complex.
Gerbermühlestrasse 105
+49 69 689 7779 0
7. Hauptwache Station
This busy rapid-transit station
resembles an underground city
with its street performers, chalk
artists, international markets, dry
cleaners and even an entrance to
the Galeria department store.
An der Hauptwache 17
8. Kleinmarkthalle
This market hall hosts some 60
vendors selling fresh food, wine
and flowers every day except Sun-
day. Locals like a glass of wine in
the outdoor garten upstairs.
Hasengasse 5
+49 69 2123 3696
9. Römerberg
Heart of Frankfurt’s old town,
this charming central square is
common? All have played this im-
pressive neobaroque-style exhibi-
tion hall, which dates to 1909.
Ludwig-Erhard-Anlage 1
+49 69 1340 400
7. English Theatre
Delight in a memorable perfor-
mance at this gem of a venue in
the city center. Seating 300, it’s
the largest English-language
theater in continental Europe.
Gallusanlage 7
+49 69 2423 1620
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8. Bavaria Filmstadt
The famous film studio where
The Neverending Story, the origi-
nal Willy Wonka and the Choco-
late Factory, Das Boot and many
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The Italian Renaissance-style
Alte Oper is Frankfurt’s original
opera house. Can’t make a show?
Linger at an outdoor cafe on
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Opernplatz 1
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MUNICH
1. St. Peter’s Church
Munich’s oldest church, “Alter
Peter” (Old Peter) is recognizable
by its 91-meter tower, offering
some of the best views of the city.
Rindermarkt 1
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2. Hirschgarten
This used to be part of the roy-
al hunting grounds. Today it’s the
site of a family-friendly beer gar-
den (Bavaria’s largest), serving
top-notch local food.
Hirschgarten 1
+49 89 1799 9119
3. Odeonsplatz
For photo opportunities, it’s
hard to beat this square in cen-
tral Munich. Odeonsplatz, named
for the Odeon concert hall, is bor-
dered by some of the city’s most
significant buildings.
Odeonsplatz 1
+49 89 222 324
4. Viktualienmarkt
From sausages and fish to ex-
otic fruit, Munich’s open-air food
market boasts the highest-quality
gourmet groceries in town. At its
center lies a beer garden with a
lively atmosphere.
Viktualienmarkt 3
+49 89 8906 8205
5. Alte Pinakothek
The former royal collection of
Old Masters paintings resides
here. Dürer, Rembrandt, Peter
Paul Rubens and El Greco are
among those represented.
Barer Strasse 27
+49 89 2380 5216
6. Marienplatz
Munich’s main square since
1158, Marienplatz is abuzz with
activity and a great place for pho-
tos, with the Gothic Revival-style
New Town Hall in the spotlight.
+49 089 2330 0115
7. Residenz
Take a tour of the former main
royal palace of Bavaria, with its
130 rooms and 10 courtyards.
Residenzstrasse 1
+49 089 290 671
8. BMW Museum
From the earliest BMW en-
gines to modern prototypes, the
permanent exhibit here appeals
to the car lover in all of us and
rolls out fun for all ages.
Am Olympiapark 2
+49 89 125 016 001
9. Nymphenburg Palace
This baroque beauty housed
Bavaria’s rulers beginning in
1675. Perhaps more spectacular
than the palace itself are the 490
acres of formal gardens.
Schloss Nymphenburg 1
+49 089 179 080
10. Asamkirche
A rococo gem, Asamkirche was
built as a private chapel for the
brothers who completed it in
1746. Now it’s open to the public.
Sendlinger Strasse 32
+49 089 2368 7989
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other movies were made offers
tours and a 4-D theater.
Bavariafilmplatz 7
+49 089 6499 2000
9. Eisbach River Surfing
On the Eisbach’s canal next to
the Haus der Kunst, look for the
spot just off the road where peo-
ple surf year-round — in Munich.
Prinzregentenstrasse
+49 089 2339 6500
10. Kartoffelmuseum
The Potato Museum follows
the starchy vegetable and its vari-
ous uses throughout history, with
special emphasis on its ties to
Munich. The museum is free and
worthy of an hour of your time.
Grafingerstrasse 2
+49 089 404050
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controversy to earn title shot
Portland defeats San Diego Wave in NWSL semi-
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Chiefs wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster

celebrates after scoring a TD against the 49ers in
the second half Sunday. NFL Week 7 report, 3B
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Jarrett Bell
Columnist
USA TODAY

Bryce Harper celebrates his homer with J.T. Realmuto that secured the NLCS title for the Phillies.
BILL STREICHER/USA TODAY SPORTS
Harper’s dramatic HR
sends Phillies to WS
Philadelphia rallies after
San Diego had taken lead
Bob Nightengale
USA TODAY
PHILADELPHIA – It was magical.
A storybook ending.
Bryce Harper, in one of the most electrifying mo-
ments in Philadelphia Phillies history, hit a dramatic
game-winning, eighth-inning homer, sending the
Phillies to the World Series with a 4-3 victory over the
San Diego Padres on Sunday to win the National
League championship series in five games.
It’s a good thing Philadelphia public safety officials
greased the light poles and police erected the street
barricades during the game, because this party is go-
ing to be lasting for a week.
The Phillies were down to their final six outs when
J.T. Realmuto led off the eighth inning with a single to
left field off reliever Robert Suarez. Padres manager
Bob Melvin had the option of keeping Suarez in the
game or bringing in left-hander Josh Hader to face
Harper.
He stuck with Suarez. And, oh, did Harper make
him pay the price.
Harper, with one of the greatest postseasons in
history with 11 extra-base hits, fouled off four pitches
against Suarez, waiting for his pitch.
“All I knew was that he was going to come with a
heater,” Harper said on TV immediately afterward,
“and I and tried to take advantage.
Padres third baseman Manny Machado reacts after
striking out in the first. ERIC HARTLINE/USA TODAY SPORTS
“Man, I did just that.”
Did he ever.
The Phillies, for the first time since 2009, are going
back to the World Series.
Harper was named MVP of the NLCS, hitting .400
(8-for-20) with two homers and five RBI in the five-
game series.
See PHILLIES, Page 2B
What helped
49ers make deal
for McCaffrey?
Team culture.
John Lynch has done it again.
In winning the Christian McCaffrey Fire Sale
Sweepstakes by landing arguably the NFL’s most ver-
satile running back in a stunning trade with the Caro-
lina Panthers on Thursday night, it certainly feels like
the Hall of Fame safety-turned-shot-caller has pulled
off another coup.
Remember, Lynch broke into his job as the San
Francisco 49ers general manager in 2017 by fleecing
the Chicago Bears as he christened his first draft, get-
ting a pair of third-round picks and a fourth-round
selection to move back one slot at the top of the first
round, to third overall.
Now Lynch has obtained a multifaceted weapon
for coach Kyle Shanahan to employ – and perhaps
See BELL, Page 2B
New 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey warms
up before the game against the Chiefs.
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL USA TODAY SPORTS AFCA COACHES POLL

Tennessee moves into
No. 3 ahead of Michigan
Eddie Timanus
USA TODAY
As expected, this week’s
USA TODAY Sports AFCA
Coaches Poll did not feature
quite as many changes near
the top as a week ago. There is,
however, one minor shift in
the top five, and a couple of
vacancies were created in the
top 10.
Georgia retains the No 1 po-
sition. The Bulldogs, who were
off over the weekend on the
eve of their annual showdown
with Florida, once again re-
ceived 43 of 63 first-place
votes. Ohio State rolled over
Iowa and remains at No. 2,
again picking up 17 No. 1 votes.
Tennessee switches places
with Michigan for the No. 3
The top five
1. Georgia (7-0)
2. Ohio State (7-0)
3. Tennessee (7-0)
4. Michigan (7-0)
5. Clemson (8-0)
h Poll at ncaaf.usatoday.com
spot after moving up one spot.
The Volunteers retain their
two first-place nods, with the
Wolverines hanging on to the
last one. Clemson holds
steady at No. 5, followed once
again by Alabama.
TCU moves up a spot to
No. 7 after yet another come-
from-behind victory kept the
Horned Frogs unbeaten. Ore-
gon climbs a spot as well to
No. 8 following its convincing
win against previously un-
beaten UCLA. No. 9 Oklahoma
State moves back into the top
10, and Wake Forest checks in
at 10th just ahead of No. 11
Southern Cal.
Ole Miss and UCLA each
drop five positions to No. 12
and 15, respectively, after suf-
fering their first loss of the
season. Syracuse slips just
two positions to No. 16 after
coming up just short at Clem-
son.
LSU rejoins the poll at
No. 21 following its takedown
of Ole Miss. South Carolina
makes its first appearance of
the season in the rankings at
No. 25.
Texas and Mississippi
State are this week’s dropouts
after losses.
Larsosn wins Cup Series
race at Homestead-Miami
ASSOCIATED PRESS
HOMESTEAD, Fla. – Kyle
Larson found his way into NAS-
CAR’s headlines for a second
consecutive week. This time for
a much more pleasant reason.
Larson held off Ross Chas-
tain to cap a dominant showing
in the third-to-last race of the
NASCAR season at Home-
stead-Miami Speedway on
Sunday, after leading 199 of the
267 laps. It was Larson’s third
win of the season and came a
week after the reigning Cup Se-
ries champion – who was elim-
inated earlier in this year’s
playoffs – was intentionally
spun by Bubba Wallace in an
act of retaliation at Las Vegas.
AJ Allmendinger was third
and Austin Dillon fourth, as
Chevrolets took the top four.
Denny Hamlin is on the
wrong side of the playoff cut-
line going into Martinsville.
Chastain is second, Chase El-
liott third and William Byron –
the pole-sitter Sunday – fourth.
Hamlin is five points back of
Byron, followed by Ryan Bla-
ney, Christopher Bell and
Chase Briscoe in eighth.
– Tim Reynolds
Verstappen wins F1 race
AUSTIN, Texas – Max Ver-
stappen passed Lewis Hamil-
ton late to earn a record-tying
13th Formula 1 win of the season
at the US Grand Prix on Sunday
and delivered a victory for the
Red Bull team.
Verstappen’s race was near-
ly undone by a rare slow pit
stop by Red Bull midway
through the race that dropped
him well behind Hamilton. But
Verstappen fought back to pass
last season’s rival for the cham-
pionship on lap 50 of 56.
– Jim Vertuno
2B ❚ TUESDAY OCTOBER 25, 2022 ❚ USA TODAY
Victorious McIlroy reascends to world No. 1
Adam Schupak
Golfweek | USA TODAY Network
If someone had told Rory McIlroy af-
ter he had missed the cut at the Valero
Texas Open in April that he’d be world
No. 1 just six months later, he wouldn’t
have believed it.
“I would have asked them what they
were smoking,” McIlroy said.
And yet there McIlroy is, on top of the
golf world again.
The 33-year-old Northern Irishman
carded four back-nine birdies on Sun-
day and signed for 4-under-par 67 at
Congaree Golf Club to win the CJ Cup in
South Carolina and return to world No. 1.
McIlroy successfully defended his ti-
tle – which he won in Las Vegas at The
Summit Club a year ago – for his 23rd
PGA Tour title, posting a 72-hole total of
17-under 267, one stroke better than Kurt
Kitayama, in Ridgeland, South Carolina.
“It means a lot,” McIlroy said of re-
turning to world No. 1 for the first time
since July 2020. “I’ve worked so hard
over the last 12 months to get back to
this place.”
McIlroy, who won the season-long
FedExCup in August, joins Tiger Woods
as the only reigning FedExCup champi-
ons to win his first start of the next sea-
son. (Woods won the 2008 Farmers In-
surance Open.)
Carrying a one-stroke lead into Sun-
day, McIlroy opened the final round
with three birdies in his first six holes
before three-putting from 27 feet at
No. 8 for a bogey. Another former world
No. 1 Jon Rahm made birdies on three of
his first five holes to give chase but
failed to make a birdie after the 12th and
shot 69. He settled for a tie for fourth
with Tommy Fleetwood. K.H. Lee of
South Korea was alone in third.
McIlroy turned on the after burners
on the second nine. Sensing he was in a
dogfight with Rahm and Kitayama,
McIlroy reeled off four birdies in a five-
hole stretch beginning with at the par-5
12th, where he wedged to a foot from
60 yards.
“The birdie on 14 was the real turning
Padres manager defends
ninth-inning bunt in loss
Jesse Yomtov
USA TODAY
San Diego Padres manager Bob Mel-
vin stood by the decision for Trent Gris-
ham to bunt in the ninth inning of Sun-
day’s loss in Game 5 of the National
League championship series that sent
the Philadelphia Phillies to the World
Series.
Trailing 4-3, San Diego had runners
on first and second bases with one out
after consecutive walks by reliever Da-
vid Robertson. With Grisham coming to
the plate, the Phillies replaced Robert-
son with lefty Ranger Suarez.
With the go-ahead run on first, Mel-
vin stuck with Grisham for the lefty-
on-lefty matchup, and San Diego’s out-
fielder dropped down a bunt on the first
pitch.
Suarez fielded the bunt and got Gris-
ham at first, while both runners moved
into scoring position, forcing the Pa-
dres down to their final out. The next
batter, Austin Nola, flied out on the first
pitch.
Bell
Continued from Page 1B
the missing piece to a Super Bowl for-
mula – for a bushel of draft picks.
Sure, draft picks are precious. But
truth is, you never know exactly how
they’re going to pan out – and that goes
for the coveted first-round picks to the
throwaway sixth-rounders alike.
To get McCaffrey, Lynch gave up sec-
ond-, third- and fourth-round picks in
2023 and a fifth-round pick in 2024.
Maybe those picks equate to Pro
Bowl talent, maybe not.
It’s also significant that the stockpile
of picks Lynch tapped was bolstered by
their culture.
Although each of the picks used in
the McCaffrey trade were traditional
draft choices, Lynch had a cushion of
flexibility provided by compensatory
picks received for the development of
minority head coaches Robert Saleh
(Jets) and Mike McDaniel (Dolphins)
and for GM Martin Mayhew (Com-
manders), the bonus picks awarded as
part of an NFL incentive plan to spark
diversity of opportunities.
With his victory Sunday, Rory McIlroy becomes No. 1 in the world for a ninth time. GREGORY SHAMUS/GETTY IMAGES
point for me,” McIlroy said. “It’s a really
tough par 3, to make 2 there felt like I
picked up at least a shot and a half on
the field.”
Kitayama, who was bidding for his
first PGA Tour title, put up a strong fight.
He uncorked a 339-yard drive at the
par-4 15th to set up a 44-foot eagle putt,
but he failed to take advantage, lipping
out a 6-footer for birdie. He shot 67 and
notched his third runner-up finish of the
year in his last 14 starts. At the same
hole, McIlroy drove into a waste bunker
but wedged to 5 feet and canned the
putt to extend his lead to two shots with
three holes to play. McIlroy smelled
blood in the water, pouring in a 22-foot
Viewers were perplexed as the se-
quence unfolded with Grisham seem-
ingly giving himself up rather than the
Padres having two outs to play with and
the go-ahead run on base.
Melvin explained after the game
that Grisham was bunting for a hit.
“Grass is wet. Tough lefty on the
mound. ... I talked to him before it,” he
said. “First baseman’s back, drag it over
there and we’ve got a chance, with a
righty up behind him, to potentially
knock in the go-ahead run too. So I
think it’s a decent play for sure.”
Grisham, who hit .184 in the regular
season, played hero for the Padres in
the first two rounds of the postseason,
batting .381 with three home runs and
five RBI in seven games against the 101-
win Mets and 111-win Dodgers. He went
0-for-18 with nine strikeouts in the LCS
against the Phillies.
“Look, this is what we thought was
best for it,” Melvin said. “He’s a good
bunter, and it got us in a position to po-
tentially, like I said, knock in the win-
ning run.”
The 49ers have three third-round
compensatory picks in 2023 that re-
main from the six picks awarded over a
three-year span (2021-23) for the depar-
tures of Saleh, McDaniel and Mayhew.
Without the extra picks in his stash,
perhaps Lynch would have been less
willing to deal away the picks that
turned into McCaffrey.
Other NFL teams, and particularly
those with shoddy track records in pro-
viding opportunities for minorities,
should take note: Doing the right thing
by minority coaches and executives not
only provides a benefit with a diversity
of voices in key positions; the 49ers are
showing it might impact the talent haul.
It’s fitting to link this to the franchise
that once employed the late Bill Walsh,
who back in the 1980s was way ahead of
his time in providing opportunities for
minority coaches (so much that the
league has a key diversity fellowship
named in his honor) while oh-by-the-
way also building multiple Super Bowl
winners.
Kudos to Lynch for shrewdly tapping
into resources linked to his draft capital
windfall – which should be increased
next year if D-coordinator DeMeco
Ryans moves on to become a head coach
birdie putt one hole later and pumped
his fist as he knew victory was now in
his sights.
“When he gets that putter going, he’s
tough to beat and that’s kind of what
happened,” Kitayama said. “He made
those three putts, that was the differ-
ence.”
McIlroy needed every bit of the cush-
ion too as he closed with bogeys at 17
and 18. Still, it was enough to secure at
least one win in six consecutive seasons
on the tour.
“It feels great to go out there, go out
there with a lead, shoot a great score,
play really well and get the win,” he said.
In notching his third win since June,
Phillies
Continued from Page 1B
“Guy is locked in. This is who he is,”
Phillies left fielder Kyle Schwarber said
after the win. “He’s the best in the
world for a reason.”
Said shortstop Bryson Stott, Har-
per’s closest friend on the team: “He
lives for this. Any time you have a su-
perstar that has missed out on the
postseason a few year in a row, they
just want to get back and want to be on
that big stage.”
This place has been a house of hor-
rors for the opposition since the joint
opened in 2004, and this night with no
different. The Phillies, playing in a
steady cold rain, have now won 21 of
their 30 postseason games at Citizens
Bank Park.
Now, for the first time in history, Ma-
jor League Baseball will have a No. 6
seed playing in the World Series.
The Phillies, the last team to make
the postseason, are now the last Na-
tional League team standing.
“I have an appreciation for baseball
history,” said first baseman Rhys Hos-
kins, “but more so an appreciation for
Phillies history. Being in the postsea-
somewhere, as many in league circles
insist should be the case.
There used to be a time when NFL
teams couldn’t trade compensatory
picks, which are typically awarded to
counter players lost as free agents. But
it’s an option now. The rule was changed
in 2017 to allow no such restrictions on
swapping compensatory picks.
The 49ers didn’t deal any compensa-
tory picks to get McCaffrey, but the extra
stash helped. Now the 49ers vision is
tied to their hope that the former Stan-
ford star can stay healthy during his Bay
Area return.
Availability underscores the obvious
risk with this trade. McCaffrey missed
23 games (and played in just 10 games)
over the past two seasons. As one of the
league’s highest-paid running backs,
“McC” will cost $12 million in cap and
actual dollars in each of the next three
full seasons if his current contract re-
mains intact – a whopping number
when considering the traditional lack of
premium pay for the running back mar-
ket, given the wear and tear at the posi-
tion.
Still, this might wind up as a win-win
transaction.
The Panthers, with GM Scott Fitterer
SPORTS
McIlroy, who has been No. 1 for a total of
106 weeks during his career, supplanted
Scottie Scheffler, who had been No. 1 for
30 weeks since March 27 and finished
T-45. McIlroy claimed world No.1 for the
first time in March 2012 after winning
the Honda Classic. He returned to the
top spot for the ninth time in his career.
For McIlroy, it was the journey more
than destination that mattered to him.
“Just the journey of trying to get the
best out of myself. I think that’s the sat-
isfying thing,” he said.
“I never feel like I’ve figured this
game out, I don’t think I ever will figure
it out, but every day I wake up trying to
get closer.”
son, there’s a lot of talk about how it’s
gone in the past here, which is awe-
some. It’s great experience. It’s great
stories to hear and draw back on.”
This is their time to add the latest
chapter.
“It feels like we’re living it,” Hoskins
said. “The red towels, it’s deafening
loud, right? Like, yeah, just the whole
scene.
“And as soon as you step on the field,
really in batting practice, you can just
kind of feel the electricity building.”
Hoskins provided the Phillies their
only offense until Harper’s heroics, get-
ting the green light on a 3-0 pitch in the
second inning and hitting it 424 feet
into the left field seats for a two-run
homer.
It was one of just four hits Padres ace
Yu Darvish surrendered, but the dam-
age was done.
The Phillies, who clinged to a 2-1
lead, watched it disappear in the sev-
enth inning when reliever Seranthony
Dominguez self-destructed. He threw
three wild pitches, with the Padres
scoring the go-ahead run on two wild
pitches with struggling No. 8 hitter
Trent Grisham at the plate, taking a 3-2
lead.
It all disappeared with one swing of
Harper’s bat.
and interim coach Steve Wilks trying to
set the course for another rebuilding
program after Matt Rhule flamed out, at
least have a stockpile of picks to work
with. On the other hand, the 49ers had
picks to spare – and for the right rea-
sons.
As it stands now, even after shipping
three picks to Carolina, the 49ers would
go into the 2023 draft still carrying eight
draft picks. Lynch is hardly shy about
stockpiling and swapping picks – last
year, he dealt three picks, including two
first-rounders, to move up to draft Trey
Lance – as a normal part of business.
The big trade in 2017 resulted in a net
gain. Solomon Thomas, the D-lineman
who incidentally was a college team-
mate of McCaffrey’s, never blossomed
into a star after being picked third over-
all by the 49ers. But neither did the
quarterback the Bears took that year in
the No. 2 slot, Mitchell Trubisky. The
49ers, though, did manage to draft a
whale of a third-round linebacker in
Fred Warner.
And now it’s striking that the equa-
tion for analyzing the trade of draft
picks can include the rewards for diver-
sity in developing coaches and execu-
tives.
SPORTS
Commanders send Packers spiraling
Chris Bumbaca
USA TODAY
LANDOVER, Md. – Green Bay Pack-
ers quarterback Aaron Rodgers has said
his team must eliminate negative self-
talk and be better at pushing through
adversity.
They accomplished neither objective
Sunday.
The Packers lost their third straight
game, falling 23-21 to the Washington
Commanders, and didn’t score in the
second half until 3:26 left to make it a
one-possession game.
By then, Commanders quarterback
Taylor Heinicke – playing in place of in-
jured Carson Wentz, who will miss ex-
tended time with a finger injury – out-
played Rodgers, a three-time MVP
whom the Fox broadcast cameras
caught saying “what the (expletive) are
we doing?” midway through the third
quarter.
Rodgers managed to put his team in
position for a last-second Hail Mary
NFL WEEK 7 SUNDAY GAMES
Burrow, Bengals roll; Brady, Bucs sink
Jaylon Thompson
USA TODAY
Bengals 35, Falcons 17
Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow
threw for 481 yards and three touch-
downs against a depleted Falcons sec-
ondary. The Bengals had four first-half
scoring drives to seize control by half-
time. Cincinnati receiving trio Ja’Marr
Chase, Tee Higgins and Tyler Boyd com-
bined for 21 catches, 223 yards and three
scores. The Falcons were held to 214
yards in defeat.
Panthers 21, Buccaneers 3
The Panthers turned in a strong de-
fensive effort to shut down the Bucca-
neers offense. Carolina flustered Tom
Brady as he competed 32 of 49 passes
for just 290 yards. Panthers running
backs D’Onta Foreman and Chuba Hub-
bard filled in well after Christian McCaf-
frey’s departure. The backfield duo ac-
counted for 181 yards and a touchdown
against the Buccaneers stingy run de-
fense.
Chiefs 44, 49ers 23
Kansas City’s Mecole Hardman be-
came the first wide receiver in the Super
Bowl era with two rushing touchdowns
and one receiving touchdown in a game.
Quarterback Patrick Mahomes account-
ed for three of the Chiefs’ scores.
Ravens 23, Browns 20
The Ravens improved to 4-3 overall
despite just 254 total yards. Ravens
quarterback Lamar Jackson completed
nine passes and struggled against the
Cleveland defense. However, Ravens
running back Gus Edwards carried the
load with two touchdowns. The Browns
attempted a late 60-yard field goal, but it
was blocked as time expired.
Giants 23, Jaguars 17
Giants quarterback Daniel Jones
turned in another impressive perfor-
mance as the Giants improved to 6-1
overall. Jones had 309 total yards (107
rushing) and two touchdowns in the
victory. He spearheaded a fourth-quar-
Titans overcome QB scare, complete sweep of Colts
Titans quarterback Ryan Tannehill
looks for an opening to pass during the
fourth quarter against the Colts.
ANDREW NELLES/TENNESSEAN.COM
that was actually a lateral play. Rodgers
fired a pass across the field on what was
the fifth pitch and the ball bounced out
of bounds to end the game.
Washington took the lead on a 37-
yard strike down the right side from
Heinicke to Terry McLaurin three min-
utes after halftime. A 16-play, 72-yard
drive that took 8:48 off the clock later in
the quarter ended with a Joey Slye field
goal to make it 20-14. Slye added anoth-
er field goal in the fourth quarter to
make it a two-possession game.
Rodgers found running back Aaron
Jones for both of the Green Bay touch-
downs on offense – once in the first
quarter on a shovel pass and in the
fourth quarter on a pump-and-go.
“We need to handle adversity a little
better,” Rodgers said following the Pack-
ers’ loss to the New York Giants in Lon-
don that began this current losing
streak. “We’re a little bit of a roller-
coaster team at times.”
The Packers went 0-for-6 on third
downs and had 232 yards of total of-
Giants quarterback Daniel Jones greets receiver Richie James before the game Sunday. COREY PERRINE/THE FLORIDA TIMES-UNION
ter comeback as his 1-yard score gave
the Giants a late lead. Jaguars running
back Travis Etienne had 114 rushing
yards and a touchdown.
Cowboys 24, Lions 6
Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott
returned from injury to help engineer an
impressive Week 7 victory. Prescott was
efficient as he completed 19 of 25 passes
for 207 yards and a touchdown. Ezekiel
Elliott stepped up with two rushing
touchdowns as well. The Lions were
held in check for the second consecutive
Mike Organ
The Nashville Tennessean | USA TODAY Network
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee
Titans overcame a scare after quarter-
back Ryan Tannehill left the game with
an injury, scored for the first time in the
fourth quarter and held on for a critical
AFC South win Sunday over the Indian-
apolis Colts at Nissan Stadium.
Tannehill was able to return after in-
juring his ankle in the fourth quarter
and led the Titans to the 19-10 victory
over the Colts for the second time in
21 days.
The Titans (4-2), who have been out-
scored 81-20 in the second half this sea-
son, kicked a 38-yard field goal with
13:47 left to take a 16-7 lead.
That field goal by Randy Bullock
came on the play after Tannehill was
hurt.
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fense, compared to the Commanders’
364.
A pivotal momentum swing took
place when the referees took a Green
Bay score off the board less than five
minutes before halftime. The Packers
had already returned a Heinicke inter-
ception for a touchdown and appeared
to have their second return for the day
on a Rasul Douglas scoop-and-score af-
ter a Heinicke fumble.
But on the opposite side of the field
was a flag for illegal contact on corner-
back Eric Stokes against Commanders
running back Antonio Gibson. The play
was nullified and the score stood at 14-
10.
Things didn’t become easier for
Rodgers as the game continued. His re-
ceivers could not corral his throws in
key situations, and he lost receiver Allen
Lazard to a shoulder injury in the fourth
quarter. Rodgers was 23 of 35 for 194
yards, with only four attempts going
further than 10 yards past the line of
scrimmage.
week. The offense sputtered and suf-
fered another injury blow as receiver
Amon-Ra St. Brown was ruled out with a
concussion early in the game.
Jets 16, Broncos 9
Without veteran quarterback Russell
Wilson, the Broncos struggled to mount
much of anything on offense while the
Jets crawled along to a win.
Jets rookie running back Breece Hall
notched a 62-yard TD run but left the
game due to a knee injury in the second
quarter.
After leaving the field on his own
power, Tannehill spent about 10 min-
utes in the medical tent. He came out
still limping and was able to return to
the field on the Titans’ next possession.
Tannehill hit tight end Austin Hooper
with a 19-yard pass that set up another
field goal for Bullock, this one from 48
yards.
The Titans secured the win when
Amani Hooker recovered a fumble by
Michael Pittman Jr. at the Tennessee
43-yard line with 3:22 remaining.
Tannehill finished 13 of 20 for 132
yards with no touchdowns and no inter-
ceptions.
Derrick Henry rushed for a season-
high 128 yards on 30 carries.
It was the Titans’ fourth consecutive
win over the Colts (3-3-1).
The Titans were far from intimidated
by the new offense the Colts put into
The Commanders' Antonio Gibson
catches a touchdown against the
Packers during the second quarter at
FedExField in Landover, Maryland.
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Raiders 38, Texans 20
Raiders running back Josh Jacobs
broke out with three rushing touch-
downs and nearly 150 yards on the
ground to lead Las Vegas. Quarterback
Derek Carr threw for 241 yards and a TD.
Seahawks 37, Chargers 23
The Chargers defense, which lost cor-
nerback J.C. Jackson to injury in this
game, had no answer for the Seahawks’
attack of Geno Smith and Kenneth Walker
III. Walker tallied 168 yards and two TDs.
place since the last time the two teams
played.
Since losing to the Titans 24-17 on
Oct. 2, the Colts started leaning more
heavily on the passing game and went to
a no-huddle, up-tempo attack.
The offense, which did usually hud-
dle this game, did not seem to bother the
Titans.
The Colts threw passes on their first
three plays, seven of their first nine and
11 of their first 17 before Matt Ryan was
intercepted by safety Andrew Adams,
who returned it 76 yards for a touch-
down.
It was the longest interception return
for Tennessee since Zach Brown re-
turned one 79 yards for a touchdown in
2012 against Jacksonville. The Titans
added Adams to the active roster after
signing him off the Pittsburgh Steelers’
practice squad on Sept. 21.
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“Revolver” marked a turning point for The Beatles. h Brash and bold, yet
also filled with sensitivity, the 1966 album ushered in the band’s pen-
chant for musical unpredictability that would continue to develop
through “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” (which they began re-
cording later that year) and “The White Album” (1968). h The 14-track
album has received a grand remixing by producer Giles Martin – son of
legendary Beatles producer George Martin – and engineer Sam Okell.
The special edition of “Revolver” ar- elements.
rives Oct. 28. But among the trove of
unearthed gems are demos of “Yellow Ringo Starr describes the
Submarine” as a drastically stripped- evolution of ‘Yellow Submarine’: ‘It The distinctive cover art for The
down ballad featuring John Lennon on could have been’ green or purple Beatles' 1966 album “Revolver”
plaintive vocals rather than a singsong was designed by Klaus Voormann.
Ringo Starr and the high-hat heavy The drummer maintained a reputa-
backdrop on early versions of “Got to tion as the quirky, funny guy in the
Get You Into My Life.” Both are avail- band, which might be why Lennon and him quietly repeating the lyric “In the
able Friday. Paul McCartney earmarked certain place where I was born, no one cared, no
Martin and Starr recently spoke tunes as “Ringo songs.” one cared” as he works in other modifi-
with USA TODAY about the history of Lennon’s working version of the song
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Self-reflection fuels Swift’s ‘Midnights’
Melissa Ruggieri
USA TODAY
The Taylor Swift of “Midnights”
could not have existed before “Folk-
lore” and “Evermore.”
This Swift, who has never shirked
from opening a vein of vulnerability,
has drilled down another few layers.
On her 10th studio album, she’s not
only offering us her most personal re-
flections but imparting them with po-
etic grace and an elevated level of sto-
rytelling.
The rapt reception to the stripped-
down musicality and raw emotion on
her past two albums boosted her confi-
dence as a songwriter, and even as she
returns to a pop backdrop heavy on
synths and electronic drums, Swift re-
mains our lyrical navigator.
So much of “Midnights” benefits
from listening to it at the witching
hour. In a darkened room with head-
phones on, it feels as if Swift is directly
unspooling stories of her life, and her
colorful wordplay (“I’m damned if I do
Taylor Swift is deep in her feelings on
“Midnights.” PROVIDED BY BETH GARRABRANT
give a damn what people say,” she sings
on “Lavender Haze”) and clever enig-
mas (we’ve got questions about “Ques-
tion … ?”) only make us listen more in-
tently, determined to solve the riddles.
Swift worked with Jack Antonoff on
11 of the album’s 13 songs. “William Bow-
ery,” aka Swift’s beau Joe Alwyn, gets
the co-write on the unfussy “Sweet
Nothing,” while Swift handles the
creeping “Vigilante S---” solo). With An-
tonoff ’s assist, she digs into her past
and leaves a trail of bread crumbs.
Here’s a look at “Midnights.”
‘Lavender Haze’
In her online “Midnights Mayhem
With Me” video series leading up to the
album’s release, Swift said “Mad Men”
alerted her to the ’50s-era phrase of
“Lavender Haze” that meant “you were
in an all-encompassing love glow.” With
its gentle pulse and buzzing undercur-
rent, the song showcases Swift’s upper
range as she navigates the scrutiny of a
public relationship (”All they keep ask-
ing me is if I’m gonna be your bride”).
‘Maroon’
Synths stretch into a gummy swirl
See MIDNIGHTS, Page 5B
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TELEVISION
Castillo reclaims her throne in ‘La Reina’
Pamela Avila
USA TODAY
Kate del Castillo is back in action.
The Mexican actress, who has grown
alongside antihero Teresa Mendoza in
Telemundo’s hit drama “La Reina del
Sur” (Queen of the South) for more than
a decade, is reprising her role on the
small screen after a 31⁄2-year wait. Sea-
son 3 airs Tuesdays (9 EDT/PDT) on
Telemundo; new episodes air week-
nights.
Fans shouldn’t be surprised Season 3
took this long. There was an eight-year
gap between its 2011 debut and the Sea-
son 2 premiere. “We’re just a very ambi-
tious series,” Castillo says. Still, fans are
“very intense and passionate” about “La
Reina,” she adds with a warning: “Be
prepared for everything that’s coming.”
Season 3 opens four years later, with
Mendoza serving time in an American
prison for the murders of three drug en-
forcement agents. Once freed, she finds
new allies and enemies, and risks her
life throughout Latin America, hoping
to reunite with her daughter, Sofia (Isa-
bella Sierra) and kissing her life as a fu-
gitive goodbye.
Castillo says the new season con-
tinues to unravel Mendoza’s multifacet-
ed character, who rose from humble be-
ginnings to a drug-lord legend. “Teresa
is this powerful, street-smart woman,”
she says.
Castillo says she and Mendoza share
some “fortunate and unfortunate” traits
and qualities. After all, as actors, “we
are called to do a role and give a little bit
of our personality in some way.”
“We both love men, we both love te-
quila, we are borrachas (drunks),” Cas-
tillo jokes. (Castillo runs her own tequila
business, Honor.)
“We curse all the time, but we love
with a passion and we are protective.”
The daughter of telenovela actor Eric
Revolver
Continued from Page 4B
cations such as “and the name that I was
born, no one cared” and “in the town
where I come from, no one cared.”
By the time “Yellow Submarine” was
presented to Starr – the band recorded it
on May 26 and June 1, 1966 – it already
was in “Ringo song” form.
“The boys used to write a song for me
and they’d present whatever they
thought would be good for me. They had
this song and they decided to liven it
up,” he says. “I think Paul thought of (a
yellow submarine). It could have been in
a green submarine, but a yellow subma-
rine is much better. Or a deep purple
submarine, that would have been like,
‘What are they talking about now?’ But,
yeah, it was a Ringo song, like ‘With A
Little Help From My Friends’ was a Rin-
go song.”
John Lennon’s demo
of ‘Yellow Submarine’
was a ‘complete discovery’
Martin jokes that people think he
spends all his time listening to outtakes
of The Beatles. But finding Lennon’s
original version of the song was one of
the happy accidents that often occur
when mining tapes.
“I had no idea it existed. It was a com-
plete discovery and I was surprised,”
Martin says. “One of the thrills I get
when doing this is for people to experi-
ence the same thing I experience. Going
through the cobwebs and finding the
gold – that’s what I want to transfer to
other people.”
Part 2 of the working version of “Yel-
low Submarine” retains Lennon’s
acoustic guitar backdrop, but it also in-
cludes Lennon and McCartney discuss-
ing how to march forward with a robust
folk-style version of the song, which by
that point included the famously recog-
nizable chorus.
Martin says he understood why The
Beatles opted to steer the tune in a perk-
ier direction.
“It wouldn’t have been as commercial
in that original form, and you can hear
them working together and pushing
each other in different directions,” Mar-
tin says. “Which, of course, was their
downfall in the end. But at this stage,
they were delighted by the way they
were creatively pushing each other.”
How The Beatles evolved from
‘Rubber Soul’ to ‘Revolver’
In Martin’s view, 1965’s “Rubber
Soul” is stocked with the Merseybeat
sound, the British music genre that de-
Kate del Castillo is Teresa Mendoza in “La Reina Del Sur.” PROVIDED BY TELEMUNDO
Del Castillo, the 49-year-old grew up in
this industry. “I’ve done it since I can re-
member,” Castillo says.
She got her start with leading roles in
telenovelas including 1991’s “Muchach-
itas,” 2000’s “Ramona” and 2001’s “El
Derecho De Nacer.” Then she ventured
out with recurring roles in English-lan-
guage shows including Showtime’s
“Weeds” and CW’s “Jane the Virgin.”
Her first Hollywood roles were in Greg-
veloped in Liverpool in the early ’60s
and blended rock, pop, skiffle and
R&B. But by “Revolver,” the band had
found its “swagger.”
“There’s still an aim to please on
‘Rubber Soul,’ ” he says. “It’s like
they’re leaving Liverpool on ‘Revolv-
er.’ ”
Martin cites “Tomorrow Never
Knows,” the first track recorded for
“Revolver,” as the immediate indicator
in the band’s enlightened musical ap-
proach.
“Just the way the drums open the
song, you can sense they turned their
back on the past in a way,” Martin says.
“The Beatles were relentless in their
creativity.”
From the beefy, staccato guitars in
“Taxman” and “Dr. Robert” to the ele-
gant strings in “Eleanor Rigby” to the
understated tenderness in “Here,
There and Everywhere,” the songs on
“Revolver” epitomized The Beatles’
sonic expansion.
“They were punching through the
walls of Abbey Road (Studios),” Martin
says. “They made a conscious decision
to take off the Beatles suits and not
have the haircuts and become individ-
uals.”
How many special editions of
‘Revolver’ are being released?
The super-deluxe “Revolver” in-
cludes 63 tracks and is available in
digital audio, five CD and four LP (plus
a 7-inch EP). The deluxe edition offers
29 tracks in two CD form, and the stan-
dard edition is 14 tracks available as a
single CD and single LP, as well as a
limited-edition vinyl picture disc with
the album cover art.
The songs have been mixed in ster-
eo and Dolby Atmos (which will be re-
leased digitally), and the album’s origi-
nal mono mix is sourced from the 1966
mono master tape.
Why producer Giles Martin
was ‘nervous’ about
remixing ‘Revolver’
The producer, who expects “Rubber
Soul” to be the next album in the Beat-
les oeuvre to receive the special-edi-
tion treatment after he finishes work
on director Sam Taylor-Johnson’s up-
coming Amy Winehouse biopic, was
concerned about the reaction to remix-
ing “Revolver” because it’s beloved by
fans.
“It’s a cherished record and it’s been
embraced by people in a good way,”
Martin says. “My question is always,
‘Why are we doing this?’ The purpose
is to find the thing where you go, ‘I love
this record, but how about actually
hearing it?’ ”
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ory Nava’s “Bordertown,” starring Jen-
nifer Lopez, and “Under the Same
Moon,” alongside America Ferrera, Eu-
genio Derbez and the late Mexican actor
Carmen Salinas in 2007.
“I say now that I would be an actress
regardless of who my father is, but I will
never know that for sure,” Castillo says.
“All I know is that I owe my profession-
alism, the love and the respect I have for
my craft to my father – not because he
Midnights
Continued from Page 4B
while adjectives and well-placed ex-
pletives abound as Swift recounts a
fling with “the one I was dancing with
in New York.” Her vivid imagery is
striking as she recalls the burgundy on
her T-shirt from a splash of red wine,
the scarlet blood that rushed to her
cheeks and, in one of her classically
vivid lyrics, the person standing “hol-
low-eyed in the hallway” with “carna-
tions you had thought were roses.”
‘Anti-Hero’
The first single from “Midnights” is
an unflinching internal study of screw-
ups and apologies. The instantly in-
sinuating melody coupled with the
heartbeat driving the song are appeal-
ing enough. But Swift’s labyrinthine
delivery of lines such as “I should not
be left to my own devices, they come
with prices and vices, I end up in cri-
sis” will make you smile at her slyness,
as well as her ability to inject shades of
Kate Bush into the vibe.
‘Snow on the Beach’
Swift sweeps her voice sweetly over
a plucked violin while pal Lana Del Rey
joins her on a creamy swoop of back-
ground vocals. The wintry feel of the
song evokes The Dream Academy’s
“Life in a Northern Town” with its bal-
ance of aching beauty and inherent
melancholy. The cute name-check of
Janet Jackson, however, is all Swif-
tian.
‘You’re on Your Own, Kid’
Yearning to be noticed and con-
fused by mixed signals that continue
over time (“from sprinkler splashes to
fireplace ashes”), Swift ultimately de-
termines that the guy just wasn’t
worth it.
‘Midnight Rain’
The deeply processed, wavering
voice that opens the song? That’s
Swift, her vocals pitched low, as she
enters into an exploratory dichotomy
(“He was sunshine, I was midnight
rain/He wanted it comfortable, I want-
ed that pain”), while a Moog synthesiz-
er provides space-age effects.
‘Question … ?’
Swifties will be kept busy for weeks
parsing the lyrics of these tracks, and
this conversational entry with a
taught me to, but because I saw how
much love he put into every single thing
that he made and how much he sacri-
ficed.”
But her father, 88, didn’t want Castil-
lo to be an actor. “He just didn’t want me
to be rejected,” she says.
The passion Castillo has for her work
trumps rejection any day. “For me, to be
a successful woman is to live out what-
ever you love, and that’s what I do,” she
says.
Aside from the international success
of “La Reina,” a co-production between
Telemundo and Netflix that also
spawned a 2016-21 English version on
USA Network, Castillo stars in Netflix’s
“Ingobernable.” She also produced the
2017 Netflix documentary “The Day I
Met El Chapo,” which followed her
meeting with actor Sean Penn and the
now-incarcerated drug cartel leader
Joaquin Guzman.
In 2019, Castillo launched her pro-
duction company, Cholawood, to secure
better roles than those she was being of-
fered. Cholawood is in post-production
of “A Beautiful Lie,” a modern take on
Leo Tolstoy’s “Anna Karenina,” for ViX+.
Cholawood also co-produced the ac-
tion-thriller movie, “Hunting Ava Bra-
vo,” which premiered this year on Ama-
zon Prime Video and Roku. Castillo
stars in both projects.
She also is filming “A Cuban Girl’s
Guide to Tea and Tomorrow,” based on
the rom-com by Laura Taylor Namey,
and starred in Peacock’s dark comedy,
“Til Jail Do Us Part” (now streaming).
Castillo, who has lived in the U.S. for
more than 20 years, has proved more
than a telenovela actor, who can go be-
yond “La Reina del Sur,” and shows no
signs of stopping her foray into Holly-
wood.
“Passion is what we have as Latinos,”
she says. “We have to work very hard in
order for people to get to know us.”
sneaky chorus that asks, “Did you leave
her house in the middle of the night? Did
you wish you’d put up more of a fight
when she said it was too much? Do you
wish you could still touch … her?” will
keep them surmising. Swift, mean-
while, is content to admit she “got swept
away in the gray.”
‘Vigilante S---’
Another lyrical playground for fans
who relish digging deep (who might this
one be targeting?) and also loved the
snarly sounds of “Reputation.” The mi-
nor chords and theatrical chorus pro-
vide the noir ambiance.
‘Bejeweled’
A collection of glistening keyboard
sequences that don’t exactly soar, the
best parts of the song are Swift’s ace lyr-
ics: “Don’t put me in the basement/
When I want the penthouse of your
heart” and “Did all the extra credit then
got graded on a curve/I think it’s time to
teach some lessons.”
‘Labyrinth’
Many of Swift’s songs flutter with an
ethereal quality, but as she remains in
her upper register throughout, she cap-
tures a feeling of almost literally falling
in love. A delicate music bed serves as
her pillow-y landing spot.
‘Karma’
Fate and destiny are common themes
in Swift’s world and here, over a deliber-
ate chug of a beat, she is resolute in her
assertion: “Trick me once, trick me
twice/Don’t you know that cash ain’t
the only price/It’s coming back around.”
Best get out of the way when Swift re-
minds, “me and karma vibe like that.”
‘Sweet Nothing’
A wispy ballad that quivers with a
singsong element reminiscent of a nurs-
ery rhyme, it’s a love song peppered
with subtle flutes and clarinet that cele-
brates the comforting escapes from the
madness.
‘Mastermind’
Ending this journey with a thumping
ode to her own shrewdness – presented,
of course, with a coy wink – Swift leaves
us with her triumphant final assess-
ment: “I laid the groundwork and then
just like clockwork/The dominoes cas-
caded in a line … You see, all the wisest
women had to do it this way/’Cause we
were born to be the pawn in every lover’s
game/If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.”
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WORD
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Find and Circle: R N E E Q A T Q G E U E
Three four-letter mammals ☑☐☐ V O G R R O D N S B L L
Three six-letter colors ☐☐☐
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Three shapes ☐☐☐ K O N M O R A D I J A O

Three fish starting with H ☐☐☐
Three units of length ☐☐☐ N R A F I I I L O Q V I
Monday’s answer: LAKE POND GULF COVE / TROUT SHARK PERCH I A R H R L A N V C O V
SMELT / CERAMIC CRYPTIC COSMIC / LION PUMA LYNX / PLUTO
CERES M M O T D H E H G G K B

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against the game of basketball.” - Bobby Knight

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TUESDAY’S FORECAST WEDNESDAY’S FORECAST
RUSSIA
FINLAND

NORWAY SWEDEN KAZAKHSTAN Ulan Bator

Reykjavik St. Petersburg 40/14s
50/43sh Oslo 42/39r Almaty MONGOLIA Vladivostok
ICELAND Bergen 46/39r Helsinki 56/42r Urumqi 56/42pc
53/46sh 47/46r 48/32c
RUSSIA UZBEK. Beijing N. KOREA
ESTONIA KYRGYZ. 64/47pc
Aberdeen Stockholm Pyongyang
57/50c Gothenburg 54/48r 64/46c
TURKMEN. TAJIK.
SCOTLAND 55/48r S. KOREA JAPAN
Riga LATVIA
Kabul ASIA Xian
CHINA 59/51c Seoul
Edinburgh 75/36s 64/45c
58/50c 58/49r Tokyo
NORTHERN AFGHANISTAN Osaka 65/49w
IRELAND Newcastle DENMARK Copenhagen LITHUANIA Islamabad Lhasa 70/49s
Galway Belfast 58/50c IRAN 92/58s Changsha Shanghai
58/49sh Minsk Kathmandu 64/34pc 68/62c
58/52c 57/54c 78/62c
IRELAND Manchester 54/48r PAKISTAN 82/52s
58/53c New Delhi
Shannon Dublin Hamburg NEPAL Dhaka Guangzhou Taipei
91/65h
60/53r 59/53sh Birmingham 59/47sh 86/71s 85/67pc 78/69pc
Amsterdam Warsaw BELARUS Karachi Hanoi
60/53c GERMANY Berlin 92/75h Kolkata 83/73r TAIWAN
60/51sh 61/47r BURMA
WALES ENGLAND 60/47pc 91/74h Hong Kong
NETH. POLAND LAOS 79/72h
London Brussels Bonn Mumbai Rangoon Da Nang Manila
60/53c 63/51pc 90/73h INDIA 91/77pc
64/56pc Krakow THAILAND 81/76r 88/77c
Prague Bangkok VIETNAM
BELGIUM 64/46pc
63/43pc UKRAINE 91/78t CAMBODIA GUAM
Hagatna
Le Havre LUX. CZECH REP. Phnom Penh Ho Chi Minh City 86/78sh
Frankfurt
64/56c 63/49pc Munich Bratislava SLOVAKIA 88/77c 90/77t PHILIPPINES
Paris
69/48pc
66/58c Zurich 66/47pc Vienna SRI LANKA
MALAYSIA
66/52pc HUNGARY
EUROPE Salzburg 67/45pc
MALDIVES
65/49pc AUSTRIA Budapest Singapore Balikpapan
SWITZERLAND 68/47c ROMANIA 85/78t 89/74t
Bordeaux Venice SLOVENIA
76/57pc 70/56c
Lyon Milan CROATIA PAPUA NEW
SERBIA Jakarta INDONESIA
68/57c 70/58pc GUINEA
FRANCE Florence Belgrade 86/76t
Santiago de Compostela Marseille BOSNIA
75/59t 72/52h Sofia Port Moresby
63/54t 77/61c
75/49pc 96/76pc
ITALY MONT.
Ajaccio Dubrovnik KOSOVO BULGARIA
Rome Cairns
Madrid 79/59c 75/61h Skopje
PORTUGAL 76/58h 94/77s
74/54c 75/48pc MAURITIUS Broome
Tirana MACEDONIA
SPAIN Barcelona 83/59pc 89/77s
Lisbon 75/62c Naples Alice Springs
ALBANIA
73/63t 78/61pc 97/64s
Cagliari Brisbane
Valencia GREECE AUSTRALIA
Palma 84/59h 89/65s
81/65c
Seville 84/67c Perth
Faro 82/64c 71/50s
Sydney
74/66c Athens
Palermo 81/65pc
81/64s
81/67s
Algiers Tunis
90/64pc Melbourne Canberra
87/60pc 69/59r 69/53sh
Rabat
84/64h
ALGERIA TUNISIA
MOROCCO

c Cloudy f Fog i Ice r Rain sf Snow flurries sn Snow w Windy Note: The forecast highs are for the 24-hour period of that
dr Drizzle h Haze pc Partly cloudy s Sunny sh Showers t Thunderstorms day. Low-temperature forecasts are for the upcoming night. Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather Inc. ©2022

CLOSE-UP FORECAST
AMSTERDAM AUCKLAND BANGKOK BEIJING BERLIN BRUSSELS CAIRO COPENHAGEN DUBLIN FLORENCE FRANKFURT HONG KONG
Morning Partly Stray Clouding Partly Mostly A P.M. Showers Showers Showers Partly
TUE WED WED WED TUE TUE TUE TUE TUE TUE TUE WED Breezy
mist sunny t-storm up sunny cloudy t-storm around around around sunny
79/72
60/51 66/54 91/78 64/47 60/47 60/53 82/65 58/49 59/53 75/59 63/49
Partly Clouding A little Partly Partly Stray Partly Partly Morning Mostly
WED THU THU THU Cloudy WED WED WED WED WED Breezy WED WED THU
sunny up rain sunny sunny t-shower sunny sunny mist sunny
57/38 60/51
66/54 68/58 90/78 63/52 69/56 80/67 57/52 76/56 66/50 81/73
A little Stray Low Partly Cloudy, Mostly Mostly Partly
THU Cloudy FRI FRI FRI THU THU THU THU Cloudy THU Shower THU THU FRI Sunny
rain t-storm clouds sunny warm sunny sunny sunny
69/60 59/54 62/50 82/73
69/60 90/76 59/43 65/55 74/62 82/65 78/57 66/55

JAKARTA JERUSALEM JOHANNESBURG LONDON LOS ANGELES MADRID MANILA MEXICO CITY MILAN MOSCOW MUNICH NEW YORK
A P.M. Partly Mostly Mostly Mostly Stray Mostly Partly
WED T-storm TUE Cloudy TUE TUE TUE TUE WED TUE TUE Shower TUE TUE TUE Showers
t-storm sunny sunny cloudy cloudy t-storm sunny sunny
86/76 78/58 70/58 68/62
82/56 64/56 76/56 74/54 88/77 79/56 40/29 66/47
Mostly Mostly Mostly Mostly Stray Some sun, Rain, Morning A stray
THU T-storm WED Shower WED WED Breezy WED WED THU WED WED WED WED WED
cloudy sunny cloudy cloudy t-storm mild drizzle mist shower
91/74 74/57 67/55
84/55 72/54 73/56 89/77 78/55 71/56 42/40 65/45 70/59
Stray Sunny, P.M. Mostly Sunny, Cloudy, Stray Mostly Mostly Clouds,
FRI THU THU THU THU THU FRI THU Shower THU THU Cloudy THU THU
t-storm nice t-showers cloudy nice warm t-storm sunny sunny sun
77/55 48/37
93/75 74/55 70/54 69/60 74/55 77/53 89/79 71/55 69/49 70/49

PARIS RIO DE JANEIRO ROME SEOUL SHANGHAI ST. PETERSBURG STOCKHOLM SYDNEY TAIPEI TOKYO VIENNA ZURICH
Mostly Stray High Mostly A little Partly Partly
TUE TUE TUE WED WED Cloudy TUE Rain TUE WED Breezy WED Breezy WED Windy TUE TUE
cloudy t-storm clouds cloudy rain sunny sunny
68/62 42/39 80/64 78/69 65/49
66/58 76/68 76/58 64/45 54/48 67/45 66/52
Partly Sunny, Partly Mostly Low Partly Partly
WED WED WED THU THU Clearing WED Shower WED THU Showers THU Breezy THU Clearing WED WED
sunny nice sunny sunny clouds sunny sunny
68/60 50/44 79/59 79/70 63/53
73/58 80/70 77/57 66/45 51/44 62/48 69/52
Very Partly Partly Clouding Low A little Plenty of Mostly Mostly
THU THU Warmer THU FRI FRI THU THU Breezy FRI Windy FRI FRI THU THU
warm sunny sunny up clouds rain sun sunny sunny
90/77 56/46 75/58
77/61 78/57 66/44 69/62 47/43 80/70 68/55 65/48 69/51

WORLD FORECAST USA FORECAST

EUROPE TUE WED TUE WED
TUE WED Strasbourg 69/55c 73/55pc Buenos Aires, Argentina 74/62pc 75/59r Seattle
Aberdeen, Scotland 57/50c 61/49w Tallin 49/46r 51/43sh Calgary 44/23s 46/26pc 52/43r
Athens 81/64s 79/63s Tirana 83/59pc 80/57pc Cancun, Mexico 88/73c 87/72sh
Barcelona 75/62c 80/63c Valencia/Aeropuerto 81/65c 82/61c Caracas, Venezuela 85/75t 90/75t Portland
Belfast 57/54c 58/49pc Venice 70/56c 68/54pc Cozumel, Mexico 87/77c 87/76pc 57/46r Boston
Belgrade 72/52h 70/52pc Vienna 67/45pc 62/48pc Fort-de-France 86/77t 88/77t Minneapolis-St. Paul 67/58pc
Bergen, Norway 53/46sh 55/50r Vilnius, Lithuania 55/46r 54/45c Halifax, Nova Scotia 66/55c 63/56r 53/37pc
Bern 67/51c 70/52pc Warsaw 61/47r 58/45pc Lima, Peru 67/57pc 68/57pc
Bilbao 81/64pc 78/66c Montreal 70/62pc 70/53pc New York
Birmingham, England 60/53c 64/51pc ASIA / OCEANIA Nassau, Bahamas 85/73pc 84/74s 68/62sh
Bonn 63/51pc 69/50pc WED THU Philipsburg, St. Maarten 87/79t 85/80t Chicago
San Francisco 63/47r
Bordeaux 76/57pc 77/64c Adelaide 64/56sh 63/55pc Puerto Vallarta, Mexico 86/68pc 86/67s 63/50c
Bratislava 69/48pc 62/51pc Alice Springs Airport 97/64s 88/66pc Punta Arenas, Chile 57/42w 55/42w Washington
Denver 74/59c
Bucharest 78/54h 73/50pc Bali 86/77sh 84/76t Quebec 66/58c 66/55c 61/35pc
Cadiz, Spain 83/62c 89/67c Broome Bilingurr 89/77s 88/77s Quito, Ecuador 64/50r 63/49r St. Louis
Caen 66/56c 69/55c Cairns Airport 94/77s 93/76t San Jose, Costa Rica 76/66t 79/65t 66/46t
Cagliari 84/59h 82/58pc Changde 71/60c 61/56sh Santo Domingo 84/72t 86/72c Los Angeles
Cardiff 61/55c 62/54pc Changsha City 84/63pc 68/59r Sao Paulo 73/61pc 82/64s 76/56s
Dresden 60/45pc 64/50c Christchurch 64/46c 55/51r Toronto 65/54c 61/43r
Dubrovnik 75/61h 73/63pc Colombo 86/75t 86/74c Vancouver 51/43r 49/45pc Phoenix Atlanta
Duesseldorf 63/51pc 69/54pc Da Nang 81/76r 85/73r Winnipeg 40/28c 42/28pc 77/54s 78/56pc
Edinburgh 58/50c 60/49pc Darwin 93/82s 93/81s Dallas-Fort Worth
Faro, Portugal 74/66c 76/66c Dhaka 86/71s 87/70s AFRICA / MIDDLE EAST 70/47w
Figari 82/57h 83/58pc Guangzhou 85/67pc 89/68s TUE WED
Geneva 66/54c 71/56pc Hagatna, Guam 86/78sh 86/78sh Abidjan, Ivory Coast 84/76t 86/77pc
New Orleans
Genoa 72/66t 71/65pc Hanoi 83/73r 87/71h Abu Dhabi 95/72s 93/73s Houston
80/56t Miami
Glasgow 57/51c 59/50r Ho Chi Minh City 90/77t 90/76t Accra, Ghana 86/74t 88/74pc 77/48s
86/69pc
Gothenburg, Sweden 55/48r 54/50c Hobart 58/53r 60/53r Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 75/49pc 75/48pc
Hamburg 59/47sh 61/51pc Karachi 92/75h 91/73pc Alexandria, Egypt 78/67s 80/70s
Helsinki 47/46r 52/38c Kathmandu 82/52s 82/52pc Algiers, Algeria 90/64pc 89/64c
Innsbruck 65/48pc 66/46pc Kolkata 91/74h 91/71h Amman, Jordan 80/60c 75/59pc TUE WED TUE WED TUE WED
Krakow 64/46pc 63/43pc Kuala Lumpur 88/76t 88/76t Ankara, Turkey 66/36s 66/40s Albany, N.Y. 69/61pc 68/56c Fargo, N.D. 51/30s 49/36s Philadelphia 72/62c 72/56pc
Kyiv 59/50r 56/46c Kyoto 68/44s 66/46pc Baghdad 90/62pc 91/67s Albuquerque 59/39s 65/43c Fort Myers, Fla. 87/66s 85/68s Phoenix 77/54s 82/56s
Las Palmas 82/68pc 81/67s Lhasa City 64/34pc 63/32pc Bahrain 89/80s 89/78s Allentown, Pa. 71/59c 72/51c Grand Rapids, Mich. 72/50pc 55/34r Pittsburgh 74/54pc 63/43r
Le Havre 64/56c 67/56c Macau 77/72w 80/72s Beirut 83/69pc 81/68t Anchorage 31/25sn 34/24sn Greensboro, N.C. 74/55pc 72/52pc Portland, Maine 64/56pc 61/56r
Lisbon 73/63t 72/64r Mumbai 90/73h 91/72h Cape Town, S.A. 70/57pc 78/59s Atlanta 78/56pc 70/51pc Hartford, Conn. 69/59c 69/56c Portland, Ore. 57/46r 57/45c
Lucerne, Switzerland 66/53pc 69/53pc Nanchang City 79/64pc 68/64r Casablanca, Morocco 86/66h 94/65pc Atlantic City 70/61pc 69/59c Honolulu 88/76s 86/74sh Providence 70/59pc 68/57sh
Luxembourg 60/53c 66/55pc New Delhi 91/65h 91/64h Damascus, Syria 80/56pc 76/55pc Austin 79/43w 82/47s Houston 77/48s 78/48s Raleigh, N.C. 76/55pc 75/54pc
Lyon 68/57c 72/59pc Noumea 82/69sh 83/69s Dar es Salaam, Tanz. 89/72s 89/72pc Baltimore 72/56c 75/55pc Huntsville, Ala. 75/49t 66/49pc Rapid City, S.D. 54/28pc 56/31pc
Malaga 80/63c 79/61c Osaka 70/49s 69/48pc Harare, Zimbabwe 86/61t 91/61c Baton Rouge 77/47t 75/47s Indianapolis 73/51sh 57/38c Reno 62/34pc 58/30pc
Manchester 58/53c 63/52pc Pago Pago 86/78sh 83/79r Istanbul, Turkey 71/59s 70/58s Billing, Mont. 53/31pc 51/31c Jackson, Miss. 77/45t 71/45s Richmond 75/55pc 75/53c
Marseille 77/61c 79/60pc Perth 71/50s 75/54c Kabul 75/38s 75/36s Birmingham, Ala. 76/51t 68/47pc Jacksonville 83/61pc 84/53t Rochester, N.Y. 74/58pc 70/48r
Milan 70/58pc 71/56pc Phnom Penh 88/77c 89/77t Kinshasa, Congo 88/74t 90/76t Boise, Idaho 53/37c 50/30sh Kansas City, Mo. 57/39c 63/43s Sacramento 73/45pc 70/44s
Minsk 54/48r 54/45c Pyongyang 64/46c 64/39s Kuwait 99/68s 98/68s Boston 67/58pc 64/57sh Knoxville, Tenn. 78/55pc 63/49c St. Louis 66/46t 63/44s
Monte Carlo 73/60c 72/60pc Rangoon 91/77pc 91/77r Lagos, Nigeria 86/75t 88/76t Buffalo 73/58pc 67/45r Las Vegas 73/51s 74/52s Salt Lake City 51/38r 51/31sh
Naples 78/61pc 79/60pc Sapporo 56/40s 57/42pc Luanda, Angola 84/76pc 83/76c Cedar Rapids, Iowa 53/37c 57/38s Little Rock 67/46t 72/44s San Antonio 81/50s 82/57s
Nice 74/60c 74/60pc Singapore 85/78t 87/78sh Lusaka, Zambia 92/70pc 92/71s Charleston, S.C. 79/59pc 82/56t Louisville 76/53sh 60/45c San Diego 74/60s 70/60pc
Oslo 46/39r 47/42c Tianjin 66/47c 58/45c Luxor, Egypt 85/59s 84/60s Charlotte 77/57pc 76/52pc Memphis 68/48t 68/47s San Francisco 63/50c 63/49s
Palermo 81/67s 81/67s Vladivostok 56/42pc 50/30s Mecca, Saudi Arabia 97/76s 97/77pc Cheyenne, Wyo. 55/30pc 47/29pc Miami 86/69pc 86/69s San Juan, P.R. 86/77t 83/75c
Palma 84/67c 84/66c Wellington 63/54w 63/57r Mombasa, Kenya 88/74pc 86/73pc Chicago 63/47r 59/39pc Milwaukee 60/46r 57/42pc Sarasota, Fla. 83/67s 82/68pc
Prague 63/43pc 60/47c Wuhan City 65/56c 68/58r Nairobi, Kenya 85/58pc 85/58pc Cincinnati 78/53pc 57/40c Minneapolis 53/37pc 53/36s Savannah, Ga. 80/61c 82/52t
Reims 64/56c 70/55pc Yokohama 64/49w 63/53pc Nicosia, Cyprus 84/64s 84/63s Cleveland 74/55pc 63/45r Mobile, Ala. 80/51t 75/48s Seattle 52/43r 53/46c
Reykjavik 50/43sh 47/39r Rabat, Morocco 84/64h 91/62pc Colorado Springs 62/32pc 53/32s Myrtle Beach, S.C. 74/60pc 78/59t Shreveport, La. 69/45pc 76/45s
Riga 58/49r 55/45c AMERICAS Tangier, Morocco 82/67h 84/66pc Columbia, S.C. 79/59c 80/54pc Nashville 76/51t 62/48c Spokane, Wash. 48/36c 48/35sh
Salzburg 65/49pc 64/50sh TUE WED Tbilisi, Georgia 67/48s 61/50pc Columbus, Ohio 77/56pc 60/41r New Orleans 80/56t 76/56s Syracuse, N.Y. 73/62pc 73/51c
Santiago de Comp. 63/54t 63/55r Acapulco, Mexico 87/77pc 87/77t Tehran, Iran 76/54s 73/56s Concord, N.H. 66/55c 63/54r Norfolk, Va. 70/58c 75/60pc Tampa 85/69s 83/67t
Sarajevo 71/46h 68/48pc Belize 87/77pc 86/76pc Tel Aviv, Israel 86/67pc 80/64t Dallas-Ft. Worth 70/47w 75/50s Oklahoma City 66/42pc 70/47s Topeka 60/37c 64/45pc
Sevilla/San Pablo 82/64c 86/63c Bermuda 80/74pc 80/74c Tombouctou, Mail 102/70pc 103/74s Daytona Beach, Fla. 82/63s 84/65pc Omaha 60/36pc 60/45s Tucson 76/48s 78/51s
Skopje 75/48pc 74/46pc Bogota 65/49r 64/48sh Tripoli, Libya 87/60s 87/60pc Denver 61/35pc 54/31pc Orlando 86/63s 86/66pc Tulsa 62/40sh 69/45s
Sofia Intl Airport 75/49pc 71/45pc Brasilia, Brazil 85/62s 86/63pc Tunis, Tunisia 87/60pc 86/59pc Detroit 73/57pc 60/38r Palm Springs, Calif. 81/59s 82/59s Washington, D.C. 74/59c 72/56pc
St. Petersburg 42/39r 50/44c Bridgetown, Barbados 87/79t 87/80w Zanzibar 84/76pc 84/75pc El Paso 67/44s 74/49s Pensacola, Fla. 80/59sh 75/53s Wichita 66/38c 68/46pc

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