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In this July 11, 2017 file photo, Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. listens on Capitol Hill in Washington, during the committee’s confirmation hearing for Nay Secretary nominee Richard Spencer. Associated Press
More hurdles as Senate again delays vote on GOP health bill By HOPE YEN and ERICA WERNER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate delayed a highly anticipated vote this coming week to repeal and replace the nation’s health care law after Sen. John McCain’s announced absence due to surgery, an enormous setback as time dwindles for Republicans to pass the signature legislation after years of promises. The decision by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell late Saturday came not long after McCain’s office disclosed that he had undergone surgery to remove
a blood clot from above his left eye. He’s expected to be out for the week, recovering in Arizona. Adding to the uncertainty, the Congressional Budget Office also indicated on Sunday it no longer expected to release its analysis on Monday on the estimated cost and scope of insurance coverage under the latest GOP bill, which has the support of President Donald Trump. The No. 2 Senate GOP leader, John Cornyn of Texas, said he still expected the Senate to move quickly, holding a vote as soon as McCain returns. But amid
growing public unease over the bill, some Republicans suggested the delay will make McConnell’s task of winning enough support even harder. In a Senate divided 52-48 between Republicans and Democrats, McConnell can lose no more than two GOP votes and still prevail. “There are about eight to 10 Republican senators who have serious concerns about this bill. And so at the end of the day, I don’t know whether it will pass,” said moderate Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine. She has made clear she would vote against the bill, citing pro-
posed cuts to the Medicaid health program for the poor and elderly. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., who is also opposed, said doubts also are increasing among Republicans who want to see a fuller repeal of the Affordable Care Act. “The longer the bill’s out there, the more conservative Republicans are going to discover that it’s not repeal,” he said. The White House said Sunday that Trump was “monitoring what’s going on with health care” but did not otherwise weigh in on the growing uncertainty. “We wish Sen. McCain a speedy
recovery,” said Helen Aguirre Ferre, director of media affairs. McConnell last week had refashioned the legislation to attract additional GOP votes. The new package added language letting insurers sell discount-priced policies with minimal coverage aimed at winning over conservatives, and revised funding formulas that would mean federal money for states including Louisiana and Alaska — home to four GOP senators who are uncommitted on the measure. Continued on Page 3
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Feds appeal judge’s travel ban ruling to Supreme Court By ALICIA A. CALDWELL and ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is seeking to close a legal window opened for tens of thousands of refugees to enter the United States, appealing a federal judge’s order directly to the Supreme Court. U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson had ordered the government to allow in refugees formally working with a resettlement agency in the United States. His order also vastly expanded the list of U.S. family relationships that refugees and visitors from six Muslim-majority countries can use to get into the country, including grandparents and grand-
This Dec. 2015 file photo shows U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson in Honolulu. Associated Press
children. In its appeal Friday night, the Justice Department said Watson’s interpretation of the Supreme Court’s ruling on what family relationships qualify refugees
and visitors from the six Muslim-majority countries to enter the U.S. “empties the court’s decision of meaning, as it encompasses not just ‘close’ family members, but virtually all family mem-
bers. Treating all of these relationships as ‘close familial relationship(s)’ reads the term ‘close’ out of the Court’s decision.” Only the Supreme Court can decide these issues surrounding the travel ban, the Justice Department said. “Only this Court can definitively settle whether the government’s reasonable implementation is consistent with this Court’s stay,” it said. On Saturday, the U.S. Justice Department asked the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to put Watson’s ruling on hold while the Supreme Court considers its appeal. The long, tangled legal fight is expected to culminate with arguments before the nation’s high court in October. Watson’s ruling could help more than 24,000 refugees already vetted and approved by the United States but barred by the 120-day freeze on refugee admissions, said Becca Heller, director of the International Refugee Assistance Project, a resettlement agency. “Many of them had already sold all of their belongings to start their new lives in safety,” she said. “This decision gives back hope to so many who would otherwise be stranded indefinitely.” Citing a need to review its vetting process to ensure national security, the administration capped refugee admissions at 50,000 for the 12-month period ending Sept. 30, a ceiling it hit this week. The federal budget can accommodate up to 75,000 refugees, but admissions have slowed under Trump, and the government could hold them to a trickle, resettlement agencies say. “Absolutely this is good news for refugees, but there’s a lot of uncertainty,” said Melanie Nezer, spokeswoman for HIAS, a resettlement agency. “It’s really going to depend on how the administration reacts to this.” Attorney General Jeff Sessions had said the administration would ask the Supreme Court to weigh in,
bypassing the San Francisco-based 9th U.S Circuit Court of Appeals, which has ruled against it in the case. The Supreme Court allowed a scaled-back version of the travel ban to take effect last month. “Once again, we are faced with a situation in which a single federal district court has undertaken by a nationwide injunction to micromanage decisions of the co-equal executive branch related to our national security,” Sessions said. “By this decision, the district court has improperly substituted its policy preferences for the national security judgments of the executive branch in a time of grave threats.” The administration took a first step by filing a notice of appeal to the 9th Circuit, allowing it to use a rule to petition the high court directly. There was no timetable for the Supreme Court to act, but the administration sought quick action to clarify the court’s June opinion. The justices now are scattered during their summer recess, so any short-term action would come in written filings. The administration has lost most legal challenges on the travel ban, which applies to citizens of Syria, Sudan, Somalia, Libya, Iran and Yemen. The Supreme Court’s ruling exempted a large swath of refugees and travelers with a “bona fide relationship” with a person or an entity in the U.S. The justices did not define those relationships but said they could include a close relative, a job offer or admission to a college or university. The Trump administration defined the relationships as people who had a parent, spouse, fiance, son, daughter, son-in-law, daughter-inlaw or sibling already in the U.S. Watson enlarged that group to include grandparents, grandchildren, brothers-in-law, sisters-inlaw, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins.q
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Monday 17 July 2017
More hurdles as Senate again delays vote on GOP health bill Continued from Front
But the health care legislation was already hanging by a thread. McCain’s absence meant it would become impossible for the majority leader to round up the votes needed this week to proceed on the bill. It was the second time that McConnell was forced to call off a planned vote, even with heavy lobbying by Trump administration officials. A vote was postponed last month also due to limited support. Democrats are unanimously opposed to the bill, as are the nation’s major medical groups and insurers. “While John is recovering, the Senate will continue our work on legislative items and nominations, and will defer consideration of the Better Care Act,” McConnell, R-Ky., said on Saturday. He has already said the Senate will work through the first two weeks of the August recess, citing a need to finish a slate of unfinished business. McConnell did not indicate when he would aim to return to the health care bill, but Cornyn made clear Sunday that moving quickly is important. “I believe as soon as we have a full contingent of senators, that we’ll have that vote,” he said. Cornyn acknowledged that if the Senate is unable to attract enough GOP
In this July 13, 2017 file photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. walks to his office on Capitol Hill in Washington. Associated Press
votes that it will “keep trying” but will eventually have to come up with a different plan. “We’re willing to do what we can to shore up the system now, to stabilize it to make health care available to people now, but we want reforms to go along with it,” he said. The Senate bill, like legislation the House passed earlier, repeals mandates requiring individuals to carry insurance and businesses to offer it, and unravels an expansion of the Medicaid program enacted under President Barack Obama’s law.
Analyses of the earlier version of the Senate bill found it would result in more than 20 million additional uninsured Americans over a decade compared to current law.
The newest version attempts to attract conservative support by allowing insurers to offer skimpy coverage plans alongside more robust ones, but also reaches out to moderates
by adding billions in help for the opioid crisis and to defray high costs for consumers. In Phoenix, Mayo Clinic Hospital doctors said McCain underwent a “minimally invasive” procedure to remove the nearly 2-inch (5-centimeter) clot and that the surgery went “very well,” a hospital statement said. McCain was reported to be resting comfortably at his home in Arizona. Pathology reports on the clot were expected in the next several days. McCain, 80, is a three-time survivor of melanoma. Records of his medical exams released in 2008 when he was the GOP candidate for president showed that he has had removed precancerous skin lesions, as well as an early stage squamous cell carcinoma, an easily cured skin cancer. Cornyn appeared on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Collins was on ABC’s “This Week” and CNN’s “State of the Union,” and Paul was on “Fox News Sunday” and CBS’ “Face the Nation.”q
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Monday 17 July 2017
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Dems still strive to tell voters what their party stands for By STEVE PEOPLES and BILL BARROW Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley hesitated when asked about his party’s core message to voters. “That message is being worked on,” the New York congressman said in an interview this past week. “We’re doing everything we can to simplify it, but at the same time provide the meat behind it as well. So that’s coming together now.” The admission from the No. 4 House Democrat — that his party lacks a clear, core message even amid Republican disarray — highlights the Democrats’ dilemma eight months after President Donald Trump and the GOP dominated last fall’s elections, in part, because Democrats lacked a consistent message. The soul-searching comes as Democrats look to flip at least 24 GOP-held seats necessary for a House majority and cut into Repub-
In this July 11, 2017, file photo, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. rides an escalator on Capitol Hill in Washington. Republicans are fending off questions about Russia and the Trump campaign, and dealing with an unpopular health care plan. Associated Press
lican advantages in U.S. statehouses in the 2018 midterm elections. Yet with a Russia scandal engulfing the White House, a historically unpopular healthcare plan wrenching Capitol Hill and no major GOP legislative achievement, Democrats are still strug-
gling to tell voters what their party stands for. Some want to rally behind calls to impeach the Republican president as new evidence indicates possible collusion between Trump’s campaign and the Russian government. Democratic leaders are re-
luctant to pursue that approach as it only energizes the GOP base. Others want Democrats to focus on the GOP’s plans to strip health insurance from millions of Americans. And still others say those arguments can be fashioned into a simplified brand. “The Democratic Party needs to up its game,” national Party Chairman Tom Perez said in a speech this week. “What I hear most from people is, ‘Tom, we not only need to organize, but we need to articulate clearly what we stand for.’” For now, at least, Democrats are waging a tug-ofwar largely between the Russia investigation and the GOP’s attempts to gut the 2010 Affordable Care Act. Several liberal groups that had been laser-focused on health care have intensified calls for impeachment in recent weeks, including MoveOn.org, Indivisible and Ultraviolet. “We need to be talking about impeachment constantly,” said Scott Dworkin, co-founder of the recently formed Democratic Coalition Against Trump. He warned on Twitter, “If you’re an elected Dem & you’re not talking impeachment or 25th amendment then find a new party.” Yet one of the left’s favor-
ites, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, is focusing almost exclusively on health care. Sanders, an independent who caucuses with Senate Democrats, said in an interview that “there should not be a rush to judgment” after emails released by Donald Trump’s son this week revealed that Trump’s top advisers held a meeting with a lawyer they were told represented the Russian government. Sanders sidestepped questions about impeachment, warning instead that “many, many thousands of Americans” will die every year if the GOP health care plan becomes law. Sanders has hosted swing state rallies focused on health care in West Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Ohio in recent weeks and was in Iowa on Saturday. Democratic operative Zac Petkanas, who led Hillary Clinton’s campaign war room, agrees that this week’s developments in the Russia investigation shouldn’t change the party’s focus heading into 2018. “Candidates need to be saying the word ‘health care’ five times for every time they say the word ‘Russia,’” Petkanas said. He added, “I think it’s a fundamental mistake to make this election a referendum on impeachment.” It’s not that easy for some elected officials, like Rep. Joe Kennedy III, D-Mass., who says concerns about Russia have caught up to health care as a priority among his constituents. He described the Russian developments as “a threat to our foundation of democracy” that demands attention. “Congress has to be able to walk and chew gum. We have to be able to do both,” Kennedy said. Democrats are naturally playing defense given generations of victories that expanded the role of government, from the social safety net of Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal to Lyndon Johnson’s landmark civil rights legislation to Obama’s health care law.q
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Monday 17 July 2017
Afghan girls robotics team arrives in U.S. just in time By JOSH LEDERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Twice rejected for U.S. visas, an all-girls robotics team from Afghanistan arrived in Washington early Saturday after an extraordinary, last-minute intervention by President Donald Trump. The six-girl team and their chaperone completed their journey just after midnight from their hometown of Herat, Afghanistan, to enter their ball-sorting robot in the three-day high school competition starting Sunday in the U.S. capital. Awaiting them at the gate at Washington Dulles International Airport were a U.S. special envoy and Afghan Ambassador Hamdullah Mohib, who described it as a rare moment of celebration for his beleaguered nation. “Seventeen years ago, this would not have been possible at all,” Mohib said in an interview. “They represent our aspirations and resilience despite having been brought up in a perpetual conflict. These girls will be proving to the world and the nation that nothing will prevent us from being an equal and active member of the international community.” In the short time since their visa dilemma drew global attention, the girls’ case has become a flashpoint in the debate about Trump’s efforts to tighten entrance to the U.S., including from many majority-Muslim countries. Afghanistan isn’t included in Trump’s temporary travel ban, but critics have said the ban is emblematic of a broader effort to put a chill on Muslims
entering the U.S. The girls’ story has also renewed the focus on the longer-term U.S. plans for aiding Afghanistan’s future, as Trump’s administration prepares a new military strategy that will include sending more troops to the country where the U.S. has been fighting since 2001. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Friday the strategy was moving forward but “not finalized yet.” Trump’s personal intervention earlier in the week using a rare “parole” mechanism to sidestep the visa system ended a dramatic saga in which the team twice traveled from their home in western Afghanistan through largely Taliban-controlled territory to Kabul, where their visa applications were denied twice. The U.S. won’t say why the girls were rejected for visas, citing confidentiality. But Mohib said that based on discussions with U.S. officials, it appears the girls were rebuffed due to concerns they would not return to Afghanistan. It’s a fate that has beset many Afghans seeking entry to the U.S. in recent years as continuing violence and economic challenges lead many to seek asylum in America, or to travel through the U.S. to Canada to try to resettle there. As their case gained attention, Trump intervened by asking National Security Council officials to find a way for them to travel, officials said. Ultimately the State Department, which adjudicates visa applications, asked the Homeland Security Department to let
Afghanistan team member Lisa Azizi troubleshoots the team’s robot entry prior to the opening ceremony for the FIRST Global Challenge in Washington, Sunday, July 16, 2017. Associated Press
them in on “parole,” a temporary status used only in exceptional circumstances
to let in someone who is otherwise ineligible to enter the country. q
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Monday 17 July 2017
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Trump lawyer says nothing illegal in son’s Russia meeting WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s attorney insisted Sunday there was nothing illegal in the meeting Trump’s eldest son had with a Russian lawyer during last year’s presidential campaign. Donald Trump Jr.’s willingness to meet with the lawyer in the expectation of receiving incriminating information about Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton has raised new questions about possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. The information had been described as “part of Russia and its government’s support for Mr. Trump.” The president’s attorney, Jay Sekulow, defended Trump and his son in a series of appearances Sunday on five television networks. “Nothing in that meeting that would have taken place, even if it was about the topic of an opposition research paper from a Russian lawyer, is illegal or a violation of the law,” Sekulow said on “Fox News Sunday,” a point he repeated several times. He said the president did not attend the meeting and was not aware of it. The attorney’s focus on
In this photo taken July 11, 2017, Donald Trump Jr. is interviewed by host Sean Hannity on his Fox News Channel television program, in New York. Associated Press
the law appears aimed at moving beyond the shifting accounts of the meeting given by Trump Jr. At first, the June 2016 meeting was said to be about a Russian adoption program. Then, it was to hear information about Clinton. Finally, Trump Jr. was compelled to release emails that revealed he had told an associate that he would
“love” Russia’s help in obtaining incriminating information about the Democratic nominee. The number of people known to be at the meeting also changed over time. As recently as Friday, Rinat Akhmetshin, a Russian-American lobbyist and former Soviet military officer, confirmed his participation to The Associated
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Press. Sen. Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, said Sunday that he wants everyone who attended the meeting to appear before his committee, one of several in Congress investigating Russia’s interference in the 2016 election and potential coordination with the Trump campaign.
In addition to Trump Jr. others in the Trump Tower meeting included Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and Paul Manafort, both of whom played major roles in the campaign. “I want to hear from everyone in that meeting and get their version of the story, as well as I think we may find out there may have been other meetings as well. We don’t know that yet,” Warner, D-Va., said on CBS’ “Face the Nation.” Sekulow said he was not aware of any other meetings involving Russians. “I represent the president of the United States, but Donald Trump Jr. said not in the context of formal meetings. He said he may have met with Russian people, as a lot of people meet with Russian people, so that’s not unusual,” Sekulow said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” Trump himself came to the defense of his son, who he said “is being scorned by the Fake News Media.” The president ended a series of Sunday morning tweets by writing: “With all of its phony unnamed sources & highly slanted & even fraudulent reporting, #Fake News is DISTORTING DEMOCRACY in our country!”q
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Monday 17 July 2017
No fire alarm sirens when deadly Honolulu fire broke out By CALEB JONES Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — As flames raged through a Honolulu high-rise building, killing three people and injuring a dozen others, fellow residents didn’t even realize a blaze had broken out until they opened their doors and saw firefighters racing to battle the inferno. There were no building fire alarm sirens in the units at the Marco Polo high-rise apartment building where the blaze broke out, several residents told The Associated Press. Britt Reller was in the shower when the fire started and didn’t realize the building was ablaze until smoke began billowing through his apartment, his brother told a Honolulu newspaper. He rushed out to try to save his 85-year-old mother, but he couldn’t reach her and sought refuge from the smoke and flames under a bed. His brother, a local pastor, was on the phone with Reller at the time. He never heard from him again, and police later told him that both Reller and his mother, Melba Jeannine Dilley, were among those killed. Joanna Kuwata, 71, who was single and lived alone on the 26th floor of the building, was also killed in the fire, her sister told The Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Jayne Matsuyama said her sister’s apartment was not damaged by fire, and she suspects she died of smoke inhalation. Fire officials have not released any information about a possible cause for the blaze. A fire department spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for additional information on Sunday. “It didn’t sound quite like a normal traditional fire alarm,” said Air Force cyber technician Cory La Roe, who didn’t know the building had no sprinklers when he moved in in May. LaRoe, who is from Florida but living in Hawaii while serving in the military, said there were no announce-
ments or flashing lights when the fire broke out. “I just heard a loud ringing, which is what caused me to look outside. I actually thought it was something from the street that was making the noise. After I saw people running out and went out the hallway myself, that’s when I knew it was a fire alarm going off.”q
A Honolulu Fire Department helicopter flies near a fire burning on a floor at the Marco Polo apartment complex, Friday, July 14, 2017, in Honolulu. Associated Press
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Monday 17 July 2017
NEWS
Macron decries France’s Nazi past during Netanyahu visit By ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron denounced France’s collaboration in the Holocaust, lashing out Sunday at those who negate or minimize the country’s role in sending tens of thousands of Jews to their deaths. After he and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attended a Holocaust commemoration, Macron also appealed for renewed Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. Worried that Netanyahu is backing away from commitment to a two-state solution, Macron assailed Jewish settlement construction as a threat to international hopes for peace. Commemorating 75 years since a mass roundup of Jews during the darkest chapter of modern French history, Macron insisted that “it was indeed France that organized this.” “Not a single German” was directly involved, he said, but French police collaborating with the Nazis.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and French President Emmanuel Macron shake hands after they maid declarations at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, Sunday, July 16, 2017. Associated Press
Holocaust survivors recounted wrenching stories at the ceremony at the site of Vel d’Hiv stadium outside Paris, where police herded some 13,000 people on July 16-17, 1942 before they were deported
to camps. More than 4,000 were children. Fewer than 100 survived. They were among some 76,000 Jews deported from France to Nazi camps. It was a half century later when then-President
Jacques Chirac became the first French leader to acknowledge the state’s role in the Holocaust’s horrors. Macron dismissed arguments by French far right leaders and others that the collaborationist Vichy regime didn’t represent France. “It is convenient to see the Vichy regime as born of nothingness, returned to nothingness . Yes, it’s convenient, but it is false. We cannot build pride upon a lie.” French Jewish leaders hailed Macron’s speech Sunday — even as critics railed at him online, where renewed anti-Semitism has flourished. Macron pledged to fight such racism, and called for thorough investigation into the recent killing of a Parisian woman believed linked to anti-Jewish sentiment. Netanyahu said that “re-
cently we have witnessed a rise of extremist forces that seek to destroy not only the Jews, but of course the Jewish state as well, but well beyond that. ... The zealots of militant Islam, who seek to destroy you, seek to destroy us as well. We must stand against them together.” Pro-Palestinian and other activists protested Netanyahu’s appearance in Paris, criticizing Jewish settlement policy and the blockade of Gaza. Macron condemned an attack last week that killed two Israeli police officers at a Jerusalem shrine revered by Jews and Muslims, and said he is committed to Israel’s security — but warned that continued Jewish settlement construction threatens peace efforts. “I call for a resumption of negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians in the framework of the search for a solution of two states, Israel and Palestine, living in recognized, secure borders with Jerusalem as the capital,” Macron told reporters. At his side, Netanyahu said, “We share the same desire for a peaceful Middle East,” but didn’t elaborate on eventual peace talks. While Macron has been flexing his diplomatic skills with outreach to President Donald Trump and others, he didn’t indicate any eagerness for France to spearhead such negotiations, after a lackluster French Mideast diplomatic effort under his predecessor early this year. Macron and Netanyahu also discussed fighting extremism in Syria and elsewhere, and improving economic cooperation.q
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Monday 17 July 2017
Israel reopens Jerusalem holy site after deadly assault By ARON HELLER Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Hundreds of Muslim worshippers visited a Jerusalem holy site Sunday after Israel reopened the compound following a rare closure in response to a deadly shooting last week that raised concerns about wider unrest. For the first time in decades, Israel closed the site — known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as the Temple Mount — on Friday after three Arab citizens of Israel opened fire from the sacred site with automatic weapons, killing two police officers. The three were later shot dead inside the compound. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that following consultations with security officials the site would be reopened Sunday afternoon with increased security measures that included metal detectors at the entrance gates and additional security cameras. At midday, Israeli police opened two of the gates to the compound to allow worshippers to enter through the newly erected detectors. Police said some worshippers refused to go through them and knelt to pray outside instead. But despite concerns that the new measures could slow movement and spark renewed tensions, police said they appeared to be working fine and that 200 people had already passed through. Israel did not coordinate the changes with Jordan, which serves as the custodian of the Muslim-administered site, according to
a Jordanian government official. Jordan’s stance is that anything installed at the site must be approved by the Waqf, or Muslim administration, and cannot change the status quo, said the official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the still developing situation with reporters. The Palestinian Minister of Jerusalem Adnan Husseini called for the security arrangements to return to how they were before the deadly attack, saying it “shouldn’t be an excuse for making changes.” The attack triggered a rare phone conversation between Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who condemned the attack and called for the site to be reopened. Netanyahu sought to allay Muslim fears, saying that the status quo at the Muslim-administered site “will be preserved.” But Gaza’s Hamas rulers called the act a “religious war” and urged Palestinians to carry out more attacks. Early Sunday, Israeli police said security forces shot dead a Palestinian assailant behind a pair of recent shooting attacks. Spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said police tracked down the 34-year-old suspect in a joint operation with the military. The suspect opened fire with an automatic weapon, prompting the troops to return fire, killing him. In the past two years, Palestinians have killed 45 Israelis, two visiting Americans and a British tourist in stabbings, shootings and car-ramming attacks. During that period, Israeli forces have killed more
than 255 Palestinians, most of them said by Israel to be attackers while others were killed in clashes with Israeli forces. Israel blames the violence on incitement by Palestinian political and religious leaders compounded on social media sites that glorify violence. q
Israeli border police officers stand guard as Muslim men pray outside the Al Aqsa Mosque compound, in Jerusalem Sunday, July 16, 2017. Associated Press
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Monday 17 July 2017
NEWS
Turks commemorate 1 year since failed coup with huge march By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY and SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to “rip the heads off” of terror groups and coup-plotters who tried to end his more than decade-long rule on Saturday, as Turkey marked the anniversary of the country’s crushed military coup with a series of rallies and other commemorative events. Accompanied by his family and the families of the victims of the coup, Erdogan joined a massive, flag-waving crowd near the iconic July 15 Martyrs’ Bridge in Istanbul to remember 250
people who died on July 15, 2016 resisting the coup. He inaugurated a hollow, globe-shaped monument featuring the names of the victims near the foot of the bridge, before flying to Ankara to attend a special session in parliament at the exact moment it was bombed a year ago. He also opened a second memorial opposite the grounds of his palace in Ankara. “Exactly a year ago today, around this hour, a treacherous attempt took place,” Erdogan told tens of thousands of people in Istanbul who converged at the bridge following a “nation-
al unity march.” “The July 15 coup attempt is not the first attack against our country, and it won’t be the last,” he said, referring to a series of terror attacks that also hit the country. “For that reason, we’ll first rip the heads off of these traitors.” The bridge was the scene of clashes between civilians and soldiers in tanks. At least 30 people died there and more than 2,000 were injured across Turkey in the struggle. Thirty-five coup plotters were also killed. Photographs of the 250 “martyrs” were displayed on monitors and their names announced. Erdo-
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accompanied by his wife Emine waves to his supporters as he arrives to commemorate the one year anniversary of the July 15, 2016 failed coup attempt, in Istanbul, Saturday, July 15, 2017. Associated Press
gan paid tribute to the victims saying they fought with their “bare hands” and “their faith” against the heavily armed coupplotters. Erdogan also told the crowd that he wants hundreds of people who are on trial for plotting last year’s failed coup to appear in court wearing the same type of outfit — similar to those that were worn by detainees at Guantanamo Bay. He also reiterated that he would approve a bill reinstating the death penalty if parliament proposed it. Turkish soldiers attempted to overthrow the government and the president using tanks, warplanes and helicopters on July 15, 2016. The coup plotters declared their seizure of power on the state broadcaster, bombed the country’s parliament and other key locations, and raided an Aegean resort where Erdogan had been on vacation. But Erdogan had already left and the coup attempt was put down by civilians and
security forces. Turkey blames U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen for orchestrating the coup and infiltrating state institutions. Gulen denies the allegations. In the aftermath of the coup attempt, Turkey declared a state of emergency that has been in place ever since, which has allowed the government to rule by decree and to dismiss tens of thousands of people from their jobs. More than 50,000 people have also been arrested for alleged links to Gulen and other groups. Addressing thousands of people outside of the parliament’s building, Erdogan said the country’s highest security advisory body would on Monday consider further extending the state of emergency. He said the failed coup had allowed Turkey to distinguish its friends from its foes but would not name the countries saying he wanted to avoid “a serious international crisis.”q
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Monday 17 July 2017
Cuba’s Raul Castro dismisses harsher U.S. tone under Trump By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Cuban President Raul Castro denounced President Donald Trump’s tougher line on relations with Havana on Friday, calling it a setback but promising to continue working to normalize ties between the former Cold War rivals. Castro’s comments to Cuba’s National Assembly were his first on Trump’s June announcement of a partial rollback of the Cuba-U.S. detente achieved by then-President Barack Obama. They contained echoes of the harsh rhetoric of the past. “Any strategy that seeks to destroy the revolution either through coercion or pressure or through more subtle methods will fail,” Cuba’s president told legislators. He also rejected any “lessons” on human rights from the U.S., saying his country “has a lot to be proud about” on the issue. Surrounded by CubanAmerican exiles and Cuban dissidents in Miami, Trump announced last
month that the U.S. would impose new limits on U.S. travelers to the island and ban any payments to the military-linked conglomerate that controls much of the island’s tourism industry. He said the U.S. would consider lifting those and other restrictions only after Cuba returned fugitives and made a series of other internal changes including freeing political prisoners, allowing freedom of assembly and holding free elections. Trump’s policy retained elements of Obama’s reforms but tightened restrictions on travel and employed harsh rhetoric on human rights. On Friday in Washington, the Trump administration said it was suspending for another six months a provision of the U.S. embargo on Cuba. The State Department said it told Congress that it will keep suspending a provision of the Helms-Burton Act that deals with property seized from Americans. The provision lets Americans use U.S. courts to sue non-American companies
that operate and deal with property confiscated after Fidel Castro’s revolution. Speaking to the National Assembly, Castro called the Trump administration’s policies a “setback,” though he reiterated his government’s position that it would work to normalize relations with Washington. Earlier in the legislative session, Economy Minister Ricardo Cabrisas announced that Cuba’s economy is growing again after a dip last year. Cabrisas said the economy grew around 1 percent in the first half of 2017. That puts GDP growth on track to hit 2 percent for the year. The government said the economy shrank last year by 1 percent amid falling support from troubled Venezuela. That was the first decrease reported in two decades. Cabrisas said that instability in the supply of Venezuelan oil weighs on the country but tourism, construction, transportation and communications were growing. Foreign media did not have access to the National Assembly session.q
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NEWS
Woman killed, 3 wounded as tensions rise with Venezuela vote By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN and FABIOLA SANCHEZ Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans lined up across the country and in expatriate communities around the world Sunday to vote in a symbolic rejection of President Nicolas Maduro’s plan to rewrite the constitution, a proposal that’s raising tensions in a nation battered by wide-
spread shortages and antigovernment protests. At least one person was killed and three wounded in shooting that erupted after government supporters on motorcycles swarmed an opposition polling site in a church in the traditionally pro-government Catia neighborhood of western Caracas. The opposition mayor of the Caracas borough of Sucre, Carlos Ocariz, said
pro-government paramilitary groups had attacked voters outside the Our Lady of Carmen Church around 3 p.m. The chief prosecutor’s office said a woman had been killed and three wounded in the incident. The office provided her name, Xiomara Escot, but gave no other details. Video posted to social media showed massive crowds outside the church, then hundreds of people People fill the voters’ registry prior to casting their ballots at a poll station during a symbolic referendum in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, July 16, 2017. Associated Press
running in panic outside the church as motorcycleriding men zoomed past and shots rang out. Maduro made no mention of the incident in comments on state television shortly after the official close of opposition polls at 4 p.m., but he called for an end to violence that he blamed on the opposition. “I’m calling on the opposition to return to peace, to respect for the constitution, to sit and talk,” Maduro said. “Let’s start a new round of talks, of dialogue for peace.” In what appeared to be smaller numbers in many parts of the capital, government supporters went to polling stations in a rehearsal for a July 30 vote to elect members of the assembly that will retool Venezuela’s 1999 constitution. The opposition says that vote has been structured to pack the constitutional assembly with government supporters and allow Maduro to eliminate the few remaining checks on his power, creating a Cubastyle system dominated by his socialist party. The success of the opposition’s symbolic referendum
will be measured by how many millions participate. Democratic Unity, a coalition of some 20 opposition parties, has printed 14 million ballots for voters inside and outside the country of 31 million people. Few expect turnout that high but analysts say participation by more than 8 million people would significantly hike pressure on the government. Participation appeared to be high, with large crowds of people lining up at tables in churches and parks across the capital. “Since we opened at 7 a.m. the line hasn’t let up,” said Pedro Garcia, organizer of a voting station filled with hundreds of people in the south Caracas neighborhood of El Valle, a stronghold of government support that has been weakening in recent years. Juan Madriz, a 45-year-old insurance company employee, said he didn’t object to rewriting the constitution per se, but rejected Maduro’s decision to do so without putting that decision to a vote, as his predecessor Hugo Chavez did. “If they’re forcing us, it isn’t democracy,” Madriz said.q
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Jolly Pirates Snorkel Cruises wins Award ed to accept the coveted award on behalf of her team stating, “for our team to be recognized with this award it will only translate into more positive reviews and high scores for the Jolly Pirates Aruba Snorkeling experience”. The Jolly Pirates teak Schooners have long been a favorite Aruba Activity made memorable by word-of-mouth approval as the top performing Sailing cruise in Aruba. This most recent awardserves as further confirmation as to the winning ways of the entire high-spirited Jolly Pirates team. The sailing, snorkeling and sunset tours offered by the Jolly Pirates remain the top choice among visitors to
Oranjestad- Jolly Pirates was honored during an Award presentation ceremony with luncheon and an impressive tour of the
Royal Princess Cruise ship, one of the most popular ships at sea. As part of the Princess Cruise Lines Shore excur-
sion program, the Jolly Pirates Snorkeling and Sailing tour in Aruba received anaward and recognition based on feedback from their guests. With consistenthigh ratings and positive passenger comments, the Jolly Pirate Sailing and Snorkeling tours werenoted by passengers as an excel-
lent value. Onboard the Royal Princess Ship to accept the prestigious award was Julio Payares, the Jolly Pirate’s Captain, who has been turning flips for Jolly Pirates guests for nearly twenty years. Also aboard was Supervisor Anacarina Matos, delight-
Aruba with repeat guests who continue to drive the demand recommending the cruises to friends with rave reviews. Give the Jolly Pirates a shout at 586 8107 or visit the Jolly Pirate Souvenir Shop located at the MooMba Beach Bar. q
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Another Treasure of Aruba’s Beaches: Sea Glass! ARASHI - It is hard to imagine this happening today, but years ago people dumped all kinds of refuse straight into the ocean, including old cars, and their household garbage, which of course included lots of glass. Over the next 30 years the pounding waves cleaned the beach, by breaking down everything but glass and pottery. The pounding waves washed the trash up and down, back and forth. Tons of polished, broken glass pieces were created by the pounding surf. These smoothened, colored glass particles then settled along the sea shore in millions, and that is why you can find these beautiful and colorful pieces on the north shore beaches of Aruba. Especially on the strip on white sand between the famous Natural Bridge” and the huge red
anchor close to “Grapefield” beach you will be able to find your own pieces of sea glass. The sea glass that was created is the product of a very long and interesting process. It can take anywhere from 10 to 30 years to make sea glass. The name for any piece of glass that finds its way
to the ocean and tumbles around in the water long enough is “Sea glass. The colorful pieces of glass are being used for decoration, handcrafts and jewelry! Once glass makes its way into the ocean, the glass is broken up into shards and is tumbled around in the wa-
ter, where sand and other rocks act like sandpaper to smooth out its rough edges. Sometimes as the sea glass is passed through fire, it becomes fire glass, the rarest of sea glass with certain inclusions, just like precious gems. For years, the water beat against the different kinds of trash being dumped. Glass, household appliances and even motor parts were discarded on the beach. The waves and weather conditions wore down the overwhelming amount of garbage in the water, creating millions of beautiful smooth rocks. It’s hard to believe the short-sighted mistakes we were making that could have potentially ruined these beautiful beaches. But thanks to natural processes, the ocean transformed the trash into the sea glass. Each colored gem on the beach has its own story. The ruby red glass stones are typically from old car tail-lights. Then, the sapphire rocks are the remnants of broken apothecary bottles.
The most common and the easiest to find are the brown (Amstel & Polar beer), green (Heineken & Balashi beer) and clear glass which are the soft much loved “soft drink” bottles. If you like to see the sea glass for yourself, and be in awe of the power of nature, rent a car or jeep and go explore our deserted beaches on the north side of the island. Make it a fun family day! Even if we didn’t mean to pollute the Beaches how we did, it is inspiring to see just how the earth can correct our mistakes. Funny, how trash can change into treasures! Everybody knows that you are not allowed to take local shells home, but the people working at the airport have no problem you taking sea glass home. A few of those pieces make great souvenirs. You can place them in a wine glass or large bottle for decoration and every time you look at it a smile will light up your face thinking back of your unforgettable Aruba vacation!q
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Honoring at Aruba Beach Club resort
Rick Fiorillo and Debra Sharkey from New Jersey were recently honored as Distinguished Visitors due to their 17th  consecutive visit to Aruba. Marouska Heyliger representing the Aruba Tourism Authority conducted the
ceremony held at the Aruba Beach Club resort. According to the honorees, they love the island for the weather, calm seas and the relaxing feeling the island has to offer. Â q
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TURNING WASTE INTO VALUE
Caribbean Waste Collective brings waste recycling to the forefront Products made of waste are ‘hot’. Think design furniture or even houses, fully made of recycled plastic bottles. Well-known brands like Adidas are also making products made of raw material that used to be waste. Waste is no longer waste, but is turned into a commodity, something that has value. This is happening worldwide, and on a much smaller scale also in Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao. The Caribbean Waste Collective (CWC) was created to focus more on this development and to enable growth within this economic sector. CWC connects companies, organizations and individuals who collect, recycle and work with waste or support waste recycling. The three islands share the same language, culture and history and have united to fight the waste fight together. Managing and processing waste is a huge challenge for Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao. The distance between the islands is short, so in theory waste can be exchanged to be processed into raw material. “There is an obvious demand for an organization like CWC”, says WybeBruinsma owner of Van de Sant and one of the founders. Bruinsma, Maurice Adriaens, managing director Tourism Board Bonaire and Diego Acevedo, VP Business Development of Bluerise on Aruba are the core managing team of the collective. “There is a strong development worldwide from a linear to a circular economy. There is a decrease in products that made for single use. It’s increasingly normal to look at other production chains. Think plastic bottles getting recycled into furniture, but also old fish nets being turned into plastic shopping bags for the Conscious Exclusive Collection of the fashion brand H&M. By initiating the Caribbean Waste Collective Bruinsma, Adriaens and Acevedo hope to create more
attention for the circular economy. “We need to collaborate if we want to grow. Only then can we become a significant economic sector. We are running out of oil and gas, so we must consider alternatives and start working with those now. We can make energy from waste and we can make new products. Here, waste is literally everywhere.” The aim is to optimize the waste disposal process on all three islands per waste stream, and sharing solutions is a realistic and efficient possibility. For example, on Aruba a solution has been created for oil waste processing. For now, the aim is to have a processing point on one of the three islands per waste stream. If it is not possible to process the waste on one of the islands, then an export solution will be considered. Currently, approximately 14 organizations are affiliated with the Caribbean Waste Collective. Within the CWC they are called Champs and Fans. Champs collect, process or produce waste, Fans are companies that support waste recycling because they have an interest in proper waste management. Curaçao Clean Up, Metabolic Foundation, Van De Sant, Antilla Energy, Limpi Recycling and Mondiero are some of these Champs. The group of Fans currently consists of Kooyman, Bonaire Tourism Corporation, TUI Care Foundation and Green’S’Cool Foundation to name a few. Other parties have been contacted and conversations are ongoing. CWC aims to have 25 parties committed to support the collective by the end of July. Of course, local authorities are also being involved. A few weeks ago, the idea was shared with Minister Martina in Curaçao. The Caribbean Waste Collective has approached all three governments to support this new sector to be developed. q
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FEDEXCELLENT Bryson DeChambeau reacts after making a birdie putt on the 18th green during the final round of the John Deere Classic golf tournament, Sunday, July 16, 2017, at TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Ill. Associated Press
Bryson DeChambeau rallies to win John Deere Classic By LUKE MEREDITH AP Sports Writer SILVIS, Ill. (AP) — Thirdround leader Patrick Rodgers knew that it would take a ton of birdies Sunday to win the John Deere Classic. Bryson DeChambeau took that advice to heart. DeChambeau overcame a four-stroke deficit to beat Rodgers by a stroke for his first PGA Tour title — and a spot next week in the British Open. The 23-year-old DeChambeau birdied four of the final six holes at TPC Deere Run for a 6-under 65 and an 18-under 266 total. In 2015, the unconventional former SMU star became the fifth player to win the NCAA individual title and U.S. Amateur in the same year. Continued on Page 19
Federer claims historic eighth Wimbledon title Switzerland’s Roger Federer holds the trophy after beating Croatia’s Marin Cilic in the Men’s Singles final match on day thirteen at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London Sunday, July 16, 2017. Associated Press Page 20
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Park wins U.S. Women’s Open in front of President Trump By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer BEDMINSTER, N.J. (AP) — Sung Hyun Park gave away the U.S. Women’s Open a year ago with a couple of bad rounds on the weekend. The South Korean didn’t make the same mistake this year. Park shot her second straight 5-under 67 on Sunday and won a final-round battle with front-running Shanshan Feng and teenage amateur Hye-Jin Choi at Trump National Golf Club for her first LPGA Tour victory. Park birdied the 15th to move into a tie for the lead and the 17th to open a two-shot edge after Choi made a double bogey on
South Korea’s Sung Hyun Park holds up the championship trophy after winning the U.S. Women’s Open Golf tournament Sunday, July 16, 2017, in Bedminster, N.J. Associated Press
the previous hole. Park finished at 11-under 277 for a two-stroke win over Choi.
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straight day. There was a peaceful protest after he arrived at his box near the 15th green shortly after 3 p.m. It ended up being a quiet week of politics. The golf was excellent. Park needed a fine chip from over the green on the par-5 18th hole to save par and win the $900,000 top prize from the $5 million event. Walking to the scoring tent to sign her card, she got a thumps-up from Trump from his box. Choi closed with a 71 to finish as the low amateur for the second straight year. She was 38th in 2016. Top-ranked So Yeon Ryu (70) and fellow South Korean Mi Jung Hur (68) tied for third at 7 under. Feng, from China, had a 75 to drop into a tie for fifth at 6 under with Spain’s Carlota Ciganda (70) and South Korea’s Jeongeun6 Lee (71). South Koreans Sei Young Kim (69), Mirim Lee (72) and Amy Yang (75) tied for eighth at 5 under. Marina Alex of nearby Wayne, New Jersey, was the best of the American at 4 under after a 70. It was the worst finish in the Open for the top American since Paula Creamer was seventh in 2012. Choi was the story for most of the final round. The 17-year-old had a two-shot lead with nine holes to play and needed a birdie at 15 to regain a piece with Park. The 139-yard, par-3 16th over water ended her hopes. Her 7-iron landed in the water to the right of the hole. She ended with a double bogey and basically lost her chance of becoming the second amateur to win the Open.
“At the time I felt that all this work, hard work I put together was going to disappear so I was bit disappointed but I had to refocus,” said Choi, who birdied the final hole but could not collect the $540,000 second prize because of her amateur status. Choi’s 279 was the best by an amateur in the Open, four shots better than the old mark by Grace Park in 1999. Catherine Lacoste remains the only amateur to win the Open, doing it in 1967. Feng, who was the leader after the first three rounds and carried a one-shot edge into the final 18 holes, triple bogeyed the final hole. “I think overall, before the last hole I did pretty well,” said Feng, who had only two birdies in the last two rounds. “I mean I did a good job hanging in right there because my putting was not really that great.” The win was redemption for Park, who is the leading rookie on the LPGA Tour this year. She had the 36-hole lead in the Open last year and shot final rounds of 7474 to finish two shots out of a playoff with eventual champion Brittany Lang and Anna Nordqvist. Park saved her best for the last two rounds this year and won. It was not her first professional win, she won seven times on the KLPGA Tour in 2016 and three times the year before. “She’s young and long so she hits the ball very long and very straight, very accurate and has very good short game, also,” Feng said about Park. “I don’t see any weak part in her game.”q
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The win punctuated a comeback of sorts for DeChambeau, who capped a string of missed cuts with a 6-over finish last month in the U.S. Open. “I show everybody that, ‘Look. There’s plenty of ways to do it.’ I do it my way and I feel comfortable doing it my way,” DeChambeau said. Rodgers closed with 70. DeChambeau made a 14foot birdie putt on No. 18 to pull even with Rodgers. Rodgers then had a par putt on No. 17 lip out, and sent his tee shot on 18 into the rough. Wesley Bryan (64) and Rick Lamb (66) tied for third at 16 under, and past tournament champions Steve Stricker (64) and Zach Johnson (67) topped the group at 15 under. DeChambeau played the front nine in even par, then birdied six of the final nine holes to surge to the top of the leaderboard. Rodgers, on the other hand, had four bogeys — and his approach on No. 18 sailed past the green. Rodgers nearly chipped in from 50 feet to force a playoff, missing the cup by
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a foot. DeChambeau became the 10th first-time winner on the PGA Tour this season. “Our tendency when you have the lead is to kind of hold on and play safe and guard against making mistakes. But I had guys coming at me with some really low rounds. Obviously Bryson shot a great one,” said Rodgers, who remained winless on the PGA Tour. Bryan, who won the RBC Heritage for his first career victory in April, shot a 30 on the back nine. Lamb was 13 under for the final two rounds but was done in by pedestrian efforts in the first two rounds. Stricker, who won at TPC Deere Run from 2009-11, grabbed a share of the lead before Rodgers teed off Sunday. Stricker, 50, went 8-under par through 14 holes to jump all the way up from 34th place. But Stricker’s only bogey came on the 18th hole, when his par putt grazed the cup. “Realistically, if I could have made a couple more birdies there and could have got it to 18-under, who knows? Just couldn’t get it in there,” Stricker said. Johnson, who won the tournament in 2012 and has finished in the top three
Bryson DeChambeau celebrates with the trophy after winning the John Deere Classic golf tournament, Sunday, July 16, 2017, at TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Ill. Associated Press
six times in his last eight appearances, challenged the leaders yet again before falling back. Johnson
picked up bogeys on a pair of par 4s on the back nine, and he missed a 4-foot birdie putt on 14.
“My goal was to birdie every hole and give myself a chance on every hole.q
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8 is enough: Federer gets record-breaking Wimbledon title By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer LONDON (AP) — After Roger Federer closed out a Wimbledon final that was more of a coronation than a contest with an ace, he sat in his changeover chair and wiped away tears. That is when it hit him: His wait for record-breaking No. 8 was over. Until then, Federer wasn’t focused on the notion of winning the grass-court tournament more often than any other man in the history of an event first held in 1877. All he’d been concerned with, consumed with, was being healthy enough to compete at a high level and, he hoped, to win a title, regardless of what the total count would be. Capping a marvelous fortnight in which he never dropped a set, Federer won his eighth Wimbledon trophy and 19th Grand Slam championship overall by overwhelming Marin Cilic 6-3, 6-1, 6-4 in merely 1 hour, 41 minutes Sunday. “Wimbledon was always my favorite tournament. Will always be my favorite tournament. My heroes walked the grounds here and walked the courts here. Because of them, I think I became a better player, too,” said Federer, who will turn 36 next month and is the oldest male champion at the All England Club in the Open era, which began in 1968. “To mark history here at Wimbledon really means a lot to me just because of all of that, really,” he said. “It’s that simple.” His first major title came at Wimbledon in 2003, and was followed by others in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007. He won again in 2009 and 2012. But then he lost finals in 2014 and 2015 to Novak Djokovic.
Switzerland’s Roger Federer holds the trophy after defeating Croatia’s Marin Cilic to win the Men’s Singles final match on day thirteen at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London Sunday, July 16, 2017. Associated Press
He couldn’t be sure another final, let alone title, was possible a year ago, when he lost in the semifinals, then took the rest of 2016 off to let his surgically repaired left knee heal. “It’s been a long road,” he said. Sunday’s outcome was only in doubt for about 20 minutes, the amount of time it took Federer to grab his first lead. Cilic said afterward he developed a painful blister on his left foot during his semifinal Friday, and that affected his ability to move properly or summon the intimidating serves that carried him to his lone Grand Slam title at the 2014 U.S. Open, where he surprisingly beat Federer in the semifinals. This one was all Federer, who had been tied at seven championships with Pete Sampras and William Renshaw in what’s still officially called Gentlemen’s Singles. Sampras won all but one of his in the 1990s;
Renshaw won each of his in the 1880s, when the previous year’s winner advanced automatically to the final. With clouds overhead and a bit of chill in the air Sunday, Federer’s early play was symptomatic of jitters. For everything he’s accomplished, for all of the bright lights and big settings to which he’s become accustomed, the guy many have labeled the “GOAT” — Greatest of All Time — admits to feeling heavy legs and jumbled thoughts to this day. It was Federer, not Cilic, who double-faulted in his first two service games. And it was Federer, not Cilic, who faced the initial break point, in the fourth game. But Cilic netted a return, beginning a run of 17 points in a row won by Federer on his serve. He would never be confronted with another break point. “I gave it my best,” Cilic said. “That’s all I could do.”
In the next game, Federer broke to lead 3-2. He broke again to take that set when Cilic double-faulted, walked to the changeover and slammed his racket. Cilic sat and covered his head with a white towel. With Federer up 3-0 in the second set, Cilic cried while he was visited by a doctor and trainer. He said that was not so much a result of his foot’s pain as the idea that he could not play well enough to present a challenge. “Very tough emotionally,” said Cilic, whose foot was re-taped by a trainer after the second set. “I knew that I cannot give my best on the court.” It might not have mattered. Federer was, as he’d been all tournament, flawless, the first man in 41 years to win Wimbledon without ceding a set. Against Cilic, he had 23 winners, only eight unforced errors. This caps a remarkable reboot for Federer, who de-
parted Wimbledon a year ago with a lot of doubts: His body was letting him down for the first time in his career. He skipped the Rio Olympics, the U.S. Open and everything else in an attempt to try to get healthy. It worked. And how. Feeling refreshed and fully fit, Federer returned to the tour in January and was suddenly playing like the guy of old, rather than like an old guy. In a turn-back-the-clock moment, he faced rival Rafael Nadal in the Australian Open final and, with a fifth-set comeback, won. It was Federer’s 18th Grand Slam title, adding to his own record, and first in 4½ years. Those who had written Federer off needed to grab their erasers. The formula made sense, clearly, so why not try it again? Federer skipped this year’s clay-court circuit to be in top shape for the grass courts he loves so dearly. Sunday’s victory made Federer 31-2 in 2017, with a tour-leading five titles. “On one side, yes, it surprises me. On the other side, I know he’s able to do so many things. So it’s not surprising,” coach Severin Luthi said. “But when it happens, it’s amazing.” Yes, Federer is back to being supreme in tennis, lording over the sport the way no man has. He’s not, of course, the same 21-year-old kid who had a ponytail and scruff when he beat Mark Philippoussis in the 2003 Wimbledon final. Or the teen who, two years earlier, beat Sampras himself at Centre Court in the fourth round, their only tour-level meeting.q
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Hamlin wins at New Hampshire, ends JGR’s winless streak By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer LOUDON, N.H. (AP) — Denny Hamlin held off Kyle Larson over the final laps Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway to send Joe Gibbs Racing to victory lane for the first time this season. One of the top organizations in NASCAR, JGR had yet to have any of its four drivers win until Hamlin took the lead with 33 laps left and held off the hardcharging Larson on the final lap. Hamlin needed his 30th career Cup victory to secure a berth in NASCAR’s version of the postseason and end a winless streak that stretched to last September at Richmond. “Definitely needed a win for the organization, for myself,” Hamlin said. Larson had a sensational run from the rear of the field, where he was forced to start because he failed inspection after he won the pole. Larson lost his points lead last week and his crew chief was suspended after failing a post-race inspection at Kentucky. Hamlin crashed the No. 11 Toyota in practice and was forced to race in a backup car. It seemed to suit him just fine at New Hampshire. Martin Truex Jr., was third,
followed by Matt Kenseth and Kevin Harvick. JGR won seven of the first 12 races last season and Carl Edwards was 10 laps away from a possible championship when he crashed out in the finale. Daniel Suarez replaced Edwards this season and Hamlin, Kenseth and Kyle Busch have made strong runs at the checkered flag, they just couldn’t find the winning formula until New Hampshire. “It’s not from a lack of trying,” Hamlin said. JGR also announced this week that Erik Jones would replace two-time Daytona 500 champion Kenseth in the No. 20 next season. With Hamlin sending the crowd into a frenzy by burning the tires down, Sunday was simply a reason for the organization to celebrate. Hamlin scampered away from the lobster traditionally awarded to the winner in victory lane. Larson was second and nearly caught Hamlin — after a trying week where NASCAR caught Larson’s Chip Ganassi team trying to tinker a bit too much outside the rule book on the No. 42 Chevrolet. Larson’s team was penalized 35 points this week, erasing what had been a one-point advantage over
Driver Denny Hamlin celebrates after winning the NASCAR Cup Series 301 auto race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H., Sunday, July 16, 2017. Associated Press
Truex in the driver standings. Truex, who led 137 laps, leads the standings by 38 points over Larson. Larson’s pole-winning time was disallowed because of an unapproved rear deck fin lid. “NASCAR’s kept a closer eye on our team, in particular,” Larson said. “Had to go to the back. I don’t think that really affected us which I think is a good thing. The little stuff we got in trouble for so far hasn’t affected our performance. We’ve got to keep working hard on the areas on our
race car that are legal and find more speed that way.” Here are other items of note from New Hampshire: LOGANO OUT: Joey Logano’s miserable stretch continued on his home track. Logano, who needs a win or a string of strong finishes to make NASCAR’s playoffs, was forced off the track on the third stage because of a suspension issue. NASCAR seized a rear suspension part with the No. 22 Ford in the garage. He finished 37th. The Connecticut driver
reeled off six top-five finishes in the first nine races that included a win at Richmond. The win did not count toward the playoffs because of rules violations. Logano has posted just two top-10 finishes over the last 10 races and this was the fifth time he finished 25th or worse. TRACK CRACK The race was stopped for 5 1/2 minutes when a pot hole opened on the track. The hole was discovered just before the second stage and crews hit the scene to make repairs.q
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Monday 17 July 2017
SPORTS
Bike problem nearly derails Chris Froome on Stage 15 By JOHN LEICESTER and SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writers LE PUY-EN-VELAY, France (AP) — Chris Froome fought back from a bike breakdown to cling onto his race leader’s yellow jersey on the tricky Stage 15 of the Tour de France, won Sunday with a courageous solo breakaway by Bauke Mollema of the Netherlands. The back wheel of threetime Tour champion Froome broke at the worst possible time, just as the AG2R team of close rival Romain Bardet was picking up the pace ahead of the last big climb of the day. That was an 8.3-kilometer (5-mile) slog up the steep Col de Peyra Taillade — scaled for the very first time by the Tour. By the time Froome had stopped, taken a wheel off his teammate Michal Kwiatkowski and got going again, Bardet’s group was already way ahead — about one minute ahead of him down the road. Aside from Bardet, other top riders were also in that group, including Fabio Aru and Rigoberto Uran — all within 30 seconds of Froome in the overall standings. Earlier at the Tour, Froome’s rivals had waited for the race leader to catch them back up when he suffered another mechanical problem, that one with his gears. But there was no such politeness this time. Froome had two choices: catch them or lose the overall race lead and the famed yellow jersey that goes with it. “Panic stations,” he said. “I really thought that that could be the yellow jersey
Netherlands’ Bauke Mollema celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the fifteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 189.5 kilometers (117.8 miles) with start in Laissac-Severac l’Eglise and finish in Le Puy-en-Velay, France, Sunday, July 16, 2017. Associated Press
changing shoulders again today.” He hared after them. Helped first by teammates Mikel Nieve and then by Mikel Landa, Froome worked furiously on the climb to reel in Bardet’s group — past cheering crowds with some people who booed as he labored past them. “They all emptied themselves to get me back into the race,” Froome said of his teammates. “I had to get back by the top of the climb. Otherwise it was game over for me.” “It was a stressful moment,” Froome said. “I thought I might not get back to the front.” Froome said the backwheel problem seemed to be a broken spoke. “The wheel wasn’t straight anymore,” he said. By recovering from the misfortune, Froome now takes the jersey and an 18-second lead
over Aru into Monday’s rest day, the last of two at the 104th Tour, ahead of a crucial last week of racing in the Alps and with a time trial in Marseille. Mollema, a top-10 finisher at the Tours of 2013, 2014 and 2015, sped away on the descent from the Peyra Taillade climb and worked hard over the last 30 kilometers (20 miles) to stay out in front of a group of four riders who laid chase. They couldn’t catch the Trek-Segafredo rider, who was determined to secure his first-ever win at the Tour. Mollema held his arms out in a cross shape as he sped across the finish in Le Puy-en-Velay, the start of a famed Christian pilgrimage route to Spain. Champagne would be uncorked in celebration, he promised. “I’ve never ridden so many kilometers alone in my life,” Mollema said. “But I made it!” The 189.5-kilometer (117mile) stage from the cattle-market town of Laissac-Severac L’Eglise, past rocky outcrops and patchwork fields on the high plateaus of central France’s Massif Central mountains, offered two important insights going into the final week: Froome’s rivals haven’t given up trying to unseat him, and he still has energy to burn. Riding back into Bardet’s group required a big effort from Froome, especially since the French rider and his AG2R teammates were scaling the ascent at a brisk pace, with the crowd clearly on their side. At one point, they rode over the words “Go Romain” that someone had painted on the tarmac. q
Jianfeng Peng of China competes in the men’s diving 1m springboard final at the Swimming World Championships 2017 in Duna Arena in Budapest, Hungary, Sunday, July 16, 2017. Associated Press
China dominates diving finals at worlds By CIARAN FAHEY Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — China won both diving finals at the world swimming championships on Sunday with Peng Jianfeng clinching the men’s 1-meter springboard before Ren Qian and Si Yajie took gold in the women’s 10-meter synchronized event. Ren — who won the mixed 10-meter synchronized diving title with Lian Junjie the day before — and Si led from the third round. They finished with the best back 2-1/2 somersaults 1-1/2 twists pike in the fifth, earning a total of 352.56 points. “I was more relaxed today,” Ren said after winning her second gold of the championships. The Chinese pair defeated North Korea’s Kim Mi-rae and Kim Kuk-hyang by 16.08 points. “We expected medals in this competition, actually. We are confident,” said Kim Kuk-hyang, who won gold in the individual event at the 2015 worlds in Kazan, Russia.
Pandelela Rinong Pamg and Cheong Jun Hoong of Malaysia claimed the bronze, ahead of Canada’s Caeli McKay and Meaghan Benfeito. “I’m very satisfied and very proud of my teammate as well,” Rinong Pamg said. Ren and Si’s victory was China’s ninth straight women’s 10-meter platform synchronized title at the worlds after claiming all but the inaugural event in Perth in 1998. Si said she felt no added pressure despite China’s disappointment the day before, when China failed to make the podium in women’s 1-meter springboard, and then missed out on gold in men’s 3-meter springboard synchronized diving, both for the first time at a worlds since 2003. “It is all the same to us if we win or we lose,” Si said. She gave herself 9.5 out of 10, adding “there’s still room for improvement.” Peng made it a sixth straight title for China in men’s 1-meter springboard diving.q
TECHNOLOGY A23
Monday 17 July 2017
Telegram blocks terror content after Indonesia threatens ban By STEPHEN WRIGHT Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The encrypted messaging app Telegram is forming a team of moderators who are familiar with Indonesian culture and language so it can remove “terrorist-related content” faster, its co-founder said Sunday, after Indonesia limited access to the app and threatened a total ban. Pavel Durov, who with his brother Nikolai founded the app in 2013, said in a message to his 40,000 followers on Telegram that he’d been unaware of a failure to quickly respond to an Indonesian government request to block a number of offending channels — chat groups on the app — but was now rectifying the situation. The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology said Friday that it was preparing for the total closure of Telegram in Indonesia, where it has several million users, if it didn’t develop procedures to block unlawful content. As a partial measure, it asked internet
companies in the world’s most populous Muslim nation to block access to 11
applications at the ministry, said the app is used to recruit Indonesians into mil-
militants arrested by Indonesian police recently have told authorities that
The messaging app Telegram is displayed on a smartphone, Saturday, July 15, 2017, in Bangkok, Thailand. Associated Press
addresses offering the web version of Telegram. Samuel Pangerapan, the director general of informatics
itant groups and to spread hate and methods for carrying out attacks including bomb making. Suspected
they communicated with each other via Telegram and received orders and directions to carry out at-
tacks through the app, including from Bahrun Naim, an Indonesian with the Islamic State group in Syria accused of orchestrating several attacks in the past 18 months. Durov said Telegram has now blocked the channels that were reported to it by the Indonesian government. “We are forming a dedicated team of moderators with knowledge of Indonesian culture and language to be able to process reports of terrorist-related content more quickly and accurately,” he said. Communications and Information Technology Minister Rudiantara, who goes by one name, said he had received an apology from Durov, who was apparently not aware of several requests from the ministry since 2016. “I appreciate the response from Pavel Durov and the ministry will follow it up as soon as possible in terms of technical details so that standard operating procedures can be implemented immediately,” Rudiantara said.q
Self-fueling boat sets off from Paris on 6-year world trip PARIS (AP) — A boat that fuels itself is setting off around the world from Paris on a six-year journey that its designers hope will serves as a model for emissionsfree energy networks of the future. Energy Observer will use its solar panels, wind turbines and a hydrogen fuel cell system to power its trip. The 5 million-euro ($5.25 million) boat heads off Saturday from Paris toward the Atlantic. The futuristic-looking
30.5-meter (100-foot) boat will rely on sun or wind during the day and tap into its hydrogen reservoirs at night. It produces its own hydrogen through electrolysis of sea water. Originally designed in 1983, the boat enjoyed a successful career in open-sea sailing races before skippers Frederic Dahirel and Victorien Erussard and a French research institute converted it into the Energy Observer project.q
In this Tuesday, July 4, 2017 file photo, the Energy Observer, a former race boat turned into a autonomous navigation with hydrogen, sails on the Seine river in Paris.
A24 BUSINESS
Monday 17 July 2017
Uber, Lyft take down not just cab drivers, but also lenders By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Ridehailing apps such as Uber and Lyft have been so disruptive to New York City’s taxi industry, they are causing lenders to fail. Three New York-based credit unions that specialized in loaning money against taxi cab medallions, the hard-to-get licenses that allow the city’s traditional cab fleet to operate, have been placed into conservatorship as the value of those medallions has plummeted. Just three years ago, cab owners and investors were paying as much as $1.3 million for a medallion. Now they are worth less than half that, and some medallion owners owe more on their loans than the medallions are worth. “You’ve got borrowers who are under water. This is just like the subprime loan crisis,” said Keith Leggett, a credit union analyst and former senior economist at the American Bankers Association. LOMTO Federal Credit Union, which was founded by taxi drivers in 1936 for mutual assistance, was placed into conser-
In this June 26, 2017 photo, taxi driver and taxi medallion owner Marcelino Hervias poses for photos with his taxicab on New York’s Upper West Side. Associated Press
vatorship by the National Credit Union Administration on June 26 “because of unsafe and unsound practices.” New York City has the nation’s largest taxi industry, with more than 13,000 medallions. Marcelino Hervias bought his medallion in 1990 for about $120,000 and thought its value would hit $2 million by the time he was ready to retire.
Instead, the 58-year-old said he owes $541,000 and is driving 12 to 16 hours a day to make ends meet. “I celebrate my kids’ birthdays over the phone. Why?” Hervias said. While some medallions are held by large owners with fleets, owning a single medallion was long seen as a ticket to the middle class for immigrants like Hervias, who is from Peru. Many of them now owe
more on their medallion loans than they originally paid for the medallions because they used their equity in the medallion for a home, a child’s education or other expenses. Hervias said he borrowed against his medallion to pay for medical care for his mother, a new car and a visit to his homeland. “Every time we want to go on vacation or do something, where do we go? To
the equity of the medallion,” he said. Other medallion owners tell similar stories. Constant Granvil bought his medallion for $102,000 in 1987 and said he now owes more than $300,000 to his lender. He could have sold the medallion for two or three times that a few years ago, “but I said no, I’m not going to sell it,” said Granvil, who is 76. “And then I got caught.” The value of Granvil’s medallion is hard to pinpoint because 2017 sale prices have varied from the $200,000s to the $500,000s depending on whether lenders are willing to finance the purchase. Meanwhile, Granvil, who no longer drives because of poor health and uses a broker to hire a driver, said he is facing threats from the lender, Melrose Credit Union, to foreclose on not just his medallion, but also his house. “How am I going to live?” he said. “And now Melrose wants to take my house?” The New York State Department of Financial Services took possession of Melrose Credit Union in February and appointed the NCUA as conservator.q
Bone fragment scare forces Sabrett hot dog recall NEW YORK (AP) — The maker of Sabrett hot dogs is recalling more than 7 million pounds of hot dogs because they may contain bone fragments. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced the recall of products made by New
York City-based Marathon Enterprises Inc. on Saturday. The recall affects beef and pork hot dogs and sausages produced on various dates between March 17 and July 4. The food-safety agency says the products subject to recall are stamped “EST.
8854” inside the USDA mark of inspection. The agency says the recalled products have been blamed for one minor oral injury. Consumers who purchased the hot dogs are urged to throw them away or return them to the store where they bought them.q
BUSINESS A25
Monday 17 July 2017
White House planning ‘Made in America’ week By JILL COLVIN Associated Press PISCATAWAY TOWNSHIP, New Jersey (AP) — Plagued by daily revelations related to the escalating Russia investigations, the White House is dubbing the coming week “Made in America week” as it tries to focus on issues that matter to the president’s base. Speaking to reporters at a hotel near President Donald Trump’s golf course in Bedminster, New Jersey, White House director of media affairs Helen Aguirre Ferre said Sunday that the White House will be hosting a “Made in America” product showcase Monday featuring products from all 50 states. The president also is expected to issue a proclamation Wednesday on the importance of making goods in America, and will travel to Virginia on Satur-
day for the commissioning of the USS Gerald R. Ford, a new aircraft carrier. “For too long our government has forgotten the American worker. Their interests were pushed aside for global projects and their wealth was taken from the communities and shipped overseas,” said Ferre. “Under the leadership of President Donald Trump, not only will the American worker never be forgotten, but they will be championed.” Trump has pledged to bring back U.S. manufacturing jobs lost to technological innovation and outsourcing by scaling back regulations and renegotiating the country’s trade deals. It’s an issue that resonates with the president’s base, and one that senior aides sought to highlight Sunday as the president spent the
President Donald Trump waves to spectators as he watches the third round of the U.S. Women’s Open Golf tournament from his observation booth, Saturday, July 15, 2017, in Bedminster, N.J. Associated Press
weekend attending the U.S. Women’s Open golf championship at a course he owns. The effort comes amid escalating inquiries into possible ties between Trump campaign aides and the
Russian government, which intelligence agencies have concluded meddled in the 2016 election in an effort to help Trump win. But critics have accused Trump of hypocrisy when he’s pushed “Made in
America” in the past because so many of the products he and his family members have sold over the years were manufactured overseas. That includes merchandise sold under his own name and his eldest daughter’s, including clothing items and shoes. Asked whether the president would use his “Made in America” week to commit the Trump organization and his daughter’s brand to make more of their products in America, rather than overseas, Ferre was non-committal. “We’ll get back to you on that,” she said. The president’s financial assets are currently being held in a trust. Ivanka Trump stepped back from day-today management of her brand before taking on an official role as a White House adviser.q
Elon Musk talks cars _ and humanity’s fate _ with governors Bel Edwards, who recently signed a law that Musk’s Palo Alto, California-based company says blocks it from selling cars there. Edwards said Tesla asked for the one-on-one meeting with Musk, which was short. “I just asked him to come down to Louisiana and sit down with us, sit down with the Louisiana Automobile Dealers Association and work out some sort of a
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk responds to a question by Nevada Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval during the closing plenary session entitled “Introducing the New Chairs Initiative Ahead” on the third day of the National Governors Association’s meeting Saturday, July 15, 2017, in Providence, R.I. Associated Press
By MATT O’BRIEN Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Tesla CEO Elon Musk warned a bipartisan gathering of U.S. governors on Saturday that government regulation of artificial intelligence is needed because it’s a “fundamental risk to the existence of human civilization.” But first, he asked for some governors to lift a different kind of regulation: state franchise
dealership laws that ban the direct sale of his company’s electric cars to consumers. Musk spoke broadly about solar energy, space travel, self-driving cars and other emerging technology during a question-and-answer session at the summer conference of the National Governors Association in Rhode Island. He also met privately with some governors, including Louisiana Democrat John
compromise, which they have successfully done in other states,” Edwards said. Allowing manufacturer-toconsumer sales also came up in meetings between Musk and two other governors — the conference’s host, Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo, and Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy. Representatives for the two Democrats confirmed they had private
meetings with Musk and the topic came up. Musk didn’t address such rules in his public remarks, but he did speak about regulation generally — and reiterated his long-held argument that it is needed soon to protect humanity from being outsmarted by computers, or “deep intelligence in the network” that can start wars by manipulating information.q
A26 COMICS
Monday 17 July 2017
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In this May 1, 2015, file photo, Chris Spielman speaks at the 2015 NFL Football Draft, in Chicago. Associated Press
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — One of Ohio State’s most famous football stars sued the university Friday over a marketing program he says used athletes’ images without permission and robbed them of compensation. Linebacker Chris Spielman filed the class-action lawsuit in federal court in Columbus on behalf of current and former Ohio State football players. The antitrust complaint targets Ohio State marketing programs and contracts that promote the university using likenesses of athletes, including a Hondasponsored program of 64 banners hung around Ohio Stadium featuring photos of former players. In addition to Spielman, some of the other Ohio State greats whose pictures appear on those banners include running back Archie Griffin, who won the Heisman Trophy in 1974 and 1975; lineman Jim Stillwagon, who played on the 1968 national championship team; and Mike Doss, a safety who played on the 2002 national championship team. All are among the athletes Spielman is suing on behalf of, said Brian Duncan, a Columbus attorney who represents Spielman. The lawsuit names Ohio State and talent management giant IMG as defen-
dants and names Honda and Nike as co-conspirators. Nike is targeted for its “Legends of the Scarlet and Gray” vintage jersey licensing program and other apparel contracts with Ohio State. The lawsuit accuses the university and the companies of “unjust and monopolistic behaviors” and asks for compensation above $75,000, as is typical in such complaints, while noting Ohio State makes millions in revenue from merchandising programs involving ex-athletes. “Former OSU student-athletes do not share in these revenues even though they have never given informed consent to the widespread and continued commercial exploitation of their images,” the lawsuit said. The university is aware of the lawsuit and is reviewing it, athletic director Gene Smith said Friday. “We immensely value our relationships with all of our former student athletes,” Smith said in a statement. A message seeking comment was left with New York-based IMG. Brian Strong, a spokesman for Beaverton, Oregon-based Nike Inc., said Friday the company is aware of the lawsuit but doesn’t comment on pending litigation. Honda said it has a threedecade-old relationship with Ohio State, and “we hope this matter will be resolved quickly.” Spielman sued in his own
right and on behalf of a newly formed company, Profectus Group Inc., created by ex-Ohio State wrestling standout Mike DiSbato, representing former college athletes. Griffin is also affiliated with the company, Duncan said. The filing comes after eight months of unsuccessful negotiations with the university, Duncan said. Spielman said he’ll donate any money he receives from the lawsuit directly to the university’s athletic department. He called the ability to negotiate corporate use of his name and image “a basic human right.” “Ohio State is more than welcome to always use my name and image in any way they want to use it,” Spielman told 610 WTVN Radio on Friday. “The problem comes in when they slap a corporate sponsor on my name and image without my permission, or without giving me the ability to negotiate — or any of our ex-players to negotiate — with that corporation,” he said. Spielman also said attaching his name to Honda puts him in a difficult situation given a separate sponsorship deal he has with a local Mazda dealership.q
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A28 SCIENCE
Monday 17 July 2017
What ‘Thrones’ fans already know: Ravens can see ahead By MALCOLM RITTER AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — More than 170 years after Edgar Allan Poe’s fictional raven croaked, “Nevermore,” scientists are reporting that real-life ravens think about the future. In a series of tests, ravens showed signs of a general planning ability that previously had been documented only in people and great apes. Even monkeys have failed to show it. It’s not like you could ask a raven to arrange your wedding: Ravens showed they could plan by setting aside a tool that they suspected would get them a tasty treat later. And they prepared for future bartering, too. Still, it’s impressive. Ravens, along with crows, jays and others, belong to a bird group called corvids. Some corvids have shown that in hoarding food, they do some planning for the future instead of just acting on natural urges. But does such foresight appear only for that behavior, as has been proposed? Or can corvids, like people and great apes, apply it to other activities? This more general planning ability results from the combination of several skills, and if it appears in both corvids and great apes, it must have evolved more than once, the Swedish researchers said. So the researchers, Can Kabadayi and Mathias Osvath of Lund Univer-
This 2016 photo made available by Lund University shows a raven holding a piece of wood next to a testing device in Lund, Sweden. Associated Press
sity, tested five captive ravens in two tasks they don’t do in the wild: using tools and bartering with humans. They reported the results in a paper released Thursday by the journal Science. The birds were shown a box that had a tube sticking out of the top, plus three stones. They learned that they could use a stone as a tool. If they dropped it down the tube, the box would release a coveted
doggie treat. They also learned that some other familiar objects, like a small wooden wheel and a ball, would not work. Now the fun began. In one experiment, the ravens were shown the box, but without any stones available. Then the box was taken away. An hour later, in another location, they were presented with a tray containing a stone plus three objects the birds
knew would be useless for releasing the treat. They were allowed to choose one thing from the tray. Fifteen minutes later, the box would show up again. Sure enough, in 14 cases of encountering the tray and later seeing the box reappear, they usually chose the stone and proceeded to use it correctly. The same thing happened in another experiment, when the box didn’t show
up again until the next day, a delay of 17 hours. Further work showed the ravens would pass up an immediate reward if they could get a better one by waiting a while. The ravens also showed they could barter for what they needed. The birds learned that they could exchange a blue plastic bottle cap with one of the experimenters for the favored doggie treat. q
PEOPLE & ARTS A29
Monday 17 July 2017
‘War for the Planet of the Apes’ roars past ‘Spider-Man’ By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Monkey business still pays. “War for the Planet of the Apes” took down “SpiderMan: Homecoming” at the North American box office, opening with an estimated $56.5 million in ticket sales. Though some initially expected a closer race, “Spider-Man” dropped to second with $45.2 million after its $117 million debut last weekend. But director Matt Reeves’ “War for the Planet of the Apes” pulled away thanks to strong reviews for the third installment of the rebooted “Apes” franchise. Led by Andy Serkis’ celebrated motion-capture performance as the ape leader Caesar, “War for the Planet of the Apes” won a 94 percent fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Fox’s “Apes” led something of a summer anomaly: There is an unusual confluence of acclaimed films in release. Five of the top six at the box office (“Apes,” ‘’Homecoming,” ‘’Baby Driver,” ‘’The Big Sick” and “Wonder Woman”) boast Rotten Tomatoes rankings of 92 or better, and the sixth (“Despicable Me 3”) was largely received as a solid enough family release. Summer, rarely a critics’ paradise, is suddenly flush with good movies. “What I think sets the ‘Planet of the Apes,’ these three films, apart from other franchise films, is that it’s not gratuitous sequel-itis,” said Chris Aronson, Fox’s distribution chief. “This is storytelling, and it’s episodic storytelling. It’s not ‘Well, let’s put the band back together.’ “ But there were also hints of franchise fatigue for the “Planet of the Apes” series. Reeves’ latest edition came in closer to 2012’s
This file image released by Twentieth Century Fox shows Woody Harrelson, center, in a scene from, “War for the Planet of the Apes.” Associated Press
“Rise of the Planet of the Planet of the Apes,” and well below the $72.6 million debut of 2014’s “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.” The film, which cost about $150 million to produce, added $46 million from overseas. (“Spider-Man: Homecoming” was still king overseas, where it added $72.3 million to bring its global haul to nearly $500 million.) Aronson believes the good word-of-mouth will carry “War for the Planet of the Apes.” ‘’At the end of the day, we’re going to have a terrific multiple and it will be a lot closer to ‘Dawn’ than it will be ‘Rise,’ “ he said. Universal’s family sequel “Despicable Me 3” pulled in $18.9 million in its third week, bringing its cumulative total to $188 million domestically. Sony’s Edgar Wright action comedy “Baby Driver” followed behind with $8.8 million; its three week gross is $73.2 million. The weekend’s other most notable new entrant was Kumail Nanjiani’s acclaimed romantic com-
edy “The Big Sick,” which expanded to about 2,600 theaters after three weeks of limited release. The Lionsgate-Amazon Studios film, produced by Judd Apatow, made $7.6 million — a rare success for a comedy in a summer full of disappointment . The horror film “Wish Upon,”
from Broad Green Pictures, was the weekend’s only other new release. It opened with $5.5 million and a dismal C CinemaScore from audiences. Next weekend may well continue the streak of wellreviewed summer releases. Christopher Nolan’s World War II thriller “Dunkirk” lands
in theaters following rapturous early reactions. Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to comScore. Where available, the latest international numbers also are included. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.q
A30 PEOPLE
Monday 17 July 2017
& ARTS George A. Romero, father of the zombie film, is dead at 77
In this Monday, Jan. 21, 2008 file photo, director and writer George Romero poses for a photograph while talking about his film “Diary of the Dead’ at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Associated Press
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — George Romero, whose classic “Night of the Living Dead” and other horror films turned zombie movies into social commentaries and who saw his flesh-devouring undead spawn countless imitators, remakes and homages, has died. He was 77. Romero died Sunday following a battle with lung cancer, said his family in a statement provided by his manager Chris Roe. Romero’s family said he died while listening to the score of “The Quiet Man,” one of his favorite films, with his wife, Suzanne Desrocher, and daughter, Tina Romero, by this side. Romero is credited with reinventing the movie zombie with his directorial debut, the 1968 cult classic, “Night of the Living Dead.” The movie set the rules imitators lived by: Zombies move slowly, lust for human flesh and can only be killed when shot in the head. If a zombie bites a human, the person dies and returns as a zombie. Romero’s zombies, however, were always more than mere cannibals; they were metaphors for conformity, racism, mall culture, militarism, class differences and other social ills. “The zombies, they could be anything,” Romero told The Associated Press in 2008. “They could be an avalanche, they could be a hurricane. It’s a disaster out there. The stories are about how people fail to respond in the proper way. They fail to address it. They keep trying to stick where they are, instead of recognizing maybe this is too
big for us to try to maintain. That’s the part of it that I’ve always enjoyed.” “Night of the Living Dead,” made for about $100,000, featured flesh-hungry ghouls trying to feast on humans holed up in a Pennsylvania house. In 1999, the Library of Congress inducted the black-and-white masterpiece into the National Registry of Films. Many considered the film to be a critique on racism in America. The sole black character survives the zombies, but he is fatally shot by rescuers. Ten years after “Night of the Living Dead,” Romero made “Dawn of the Dead,” where human survivors take refuge from the undead in a mall and then turn on each other as the zombies stumble around the shopping complex. Film critic Roger Ebert called it “one of the best horror films ever made — and, as an inescapable result, one of the most horrifying. It is gruesome, sickening, disgusting, violent, brutal and appalling. It is also ... brilliantly crafted, funny, droll, and savagely merciless in its satiric view of the American consumer society.” Romero had a sometimes combative relationship with the genre he helped create. He called “The Walking Dead” a “soap opera” and said big-budget films like “World War Z” made modest zombie films impossible. Romero maintained that he wouldn’t make horror films he couldn’t fill them with political statements. “People say, ‘You’re trapped in this genre. You’re a horror guy.’ I say, ‘Wait a minute, I’m able to
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say exactly what I think,” Romero told the AP. “I’m able to talk about, comment about, take snapshots of what’s going on at the time. I don’t feel trapped. I feel this is my way of being able to express myself.” The third in the Romero’s zombie series, 1985’s “Day of the Dead,” was a critical and commercial failure. There wouldn’t be another “Dead” film for two decades. “Land of the Dead” in 2005 was the most star-packed of the bunch — the cast included Dennis Hooper, John Leguizamo, Asia Argento and Simon Baker. Two years later came “Diary of the Dead,” another box-office failure. There were other movies interspersed with the “Dead” films, including “The Crazies” (1973), “Martin” (1977), “Creepshow” (1982), “Monkey Shines” (1988) and “The Dark Half” (1993). There also was 1981’s “Knightriders,” Romero’s take on the Arthurian legend featuring motorcycling jousters. Some were moderately successful, others box-office flops. George Andrew Romero was born on Feb. 4, 1940, in New York City. He grew up in the Bronx, and he was a fan of horror comics and movies in the pre-VCR era. “I grew up at the Loews American in the Bronx,” he wrote in an issue of the British Film Institute’s Sight and Sound magazine in 2002. His favorite film was Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s “The Tales of Hoffman,” based on Jacques Offenbach’s opera. It was, he once wrote, “the one movie that made me want to make movies.”q
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Who’s next: Jodie Whittaker 1st female star of ‘Doctor Who’
LONDON (AP) — British actress Jodie Whittaker was announced Sunday as the next star of the long-running science fiction series “Doctor Who” — the first woman to take a role that has been played by a dozen men over six decades. Whittaker, best known for playing the mother of a murdered boy in detective drama “Broadchurch,” will replace Scottish actor Peter Capaldi at the end of the year, the BBC said. Whittaker is the 13th official incarnation of the Doctor, a galaxy-hopping Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey who travels in the Tardis, a time machine shaped like an old-fashioned British police telephone booth. In a testament to the place “Doctor Who” holds in Britain’s cultural life, the revelation was made on live television after the Wimbledon men’s tennis final. A film clip showed a mysterious hooded figure — revealed
to be Whittaker — walking through the woods. “Doctor Who” ran from 1963 to 1989, and was revived to acclaim in 2005. Its longevity is partly due to its flexible premise. The central character, known only as the Doctor, can travel across space and time and can regenerate into new bodies — allowing for endless recasting of the role. Speculation had been mounting that a woman would get the role, generating excitement from some fans and opposition from others who feel that the character has been established as male. Whittaker, 35, has worked extensively in British television and film. On the big screen, she played Anne Hathaway’s best friend in romantic drama “One Day” and battled aliens in “Attack the Block.” She said that becoming the first female Doctor “feels completely overwhelming,
In this file photo dated Monday, Jan. 27, 2014, British actress Jodie Whittaker, who starred in TV series Broadchurch, arrives for South Bank Sky Arts Awards 2014, held at the Dorchester hotel in central London. Associated Press
as a feminist, as a woman, as an actor, as a human.” “I want to tell the fans not
to be scared by my gender,” she said. “Because this is a really exciting time,
and ‘Doctor Who’ represents everything that’s exciting about change.q
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Detroit’s ‘67 riots halted music, helped recalibrate sound By JEFF KAROUB Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — It wasn’t sweet music that brought Martha Reeves to the microphone at the Fox Theatre that day in July 1967; it was brutal reality. Detroit was burning. Headlining a string of shows for a hometown crowd, the singer of “Heatwave,” ‘’Dancing in the Street” and other hits announced that rioting had spread through the city. Leave calmly, she said, and return safely to your homes. Fifty years later, the leader of Martha and the Vandellas still can’t quite believe it happened. “Imagine going out there lighthearted and ready to work,” she said. “My heart was beating so fast after returning to the dressing room.” In the days that followed, Motown’s “Sound of Young America” — on the stage and in the studio — was silenced by the sights and sounds of sirens, gunshots, fires and military tanks along Detroit’s streets. For about a week, as the city was convulsed in violence that began when police arrested black patrons at an after-hours bar, the studio went dark. Motown was near the epicenter but largely spared during unrest that envel-
This Jan. 20, 2006 file photo shows 45’s and photographs, including Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder in a photograph at right, displayed at the Motown Museum gallery in Detroit. Associated Press
the Vandellas, as well as Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, the Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Temptations, Four Tops and others. The rioting, the deadliest of dozens that raged that summer in U.S. cities, raised consciousness and even recalibrated the music alongside the Vietnam War and assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy. At the time of the riots,
In this Friday, Oct. 19, 2007 file photo, Berry Gordy Jr., center, stands with Smokey Robinson, left, and Detroit Councilwoman Martha Reeves outside Hitsville U.S.A. and the Motown Museum in Detroit. Associated Press
oped 25 city blocks and claimed 43 lives. What happened in the streets was a wake-up call for many at the label that churned out hits by
Motown truly was “Hitsville USA.” According to author and Motown expert Adam White, the labels that comprised the company had eight singles in
the Billboard Hot 100 that week, including two songs in the top 20 and a couple more that were covered by others. Although Motown tunes continued to play on the radio during those deadly days of unrest, it was the first time in years that the studio at 2648 W. Grand Boulevard, famous for manufacturing music around-the-clock, had gone quiet for such a long period. Motown’s recording session logs, now kept in a New York City vault maintained by the Universal Music Group, show work halted on July 22 and didn’t resume until July 31, according to company officials. As chaos descended, loyal Motown staffers thought it would be business as usual. “All day Sunday ... TV was totally involved in covering as much as they could — in spite of that there were some of us who got up Monday morning and made our way to work,” said Pat Cosby, who worked in the studio’s tape library. “We did hear gunfire as we’re on the Lodge (freeway) and even then we’re thinking, ‘I got to get to work.’ We did not realize the overall destruction that was going on.” Cosby recalled that she and her colleagues were met and
“basically turned around at the door” by Motown founder Berry Gordy Jr. The man who founded the label in 1959 with an $800 family loan told his employees that, much to his
the floor of the apartment building — we didn’t want to be want to be hit,” he said. A few days later, he remembers taking a drive through “the city that was under fire and on fire,” and he wanted to see for himself “if they didn’t burn down Motown.” “Amazingly enough ... it was untouched,” Williams said. “I could not believe that Motown didn’t suffer. It was almost like somebody said, ‘No, you can do whatever else to Detroit, but leave Motown alone.’” Claudette Rogers Robinson, a member of the Miracles who was then married to Smokey Robinson, recalls living on the city’s northwest side blocks from Livernois Avenue, a riotstricken major thoroughfare. “This guy was rolling a baby grand piano out of the store and down the street,” she said. “Everyone was saying, ‘Don’t go out, don’t go out,’ but I’ve always been way too curious. ... I only saw a small portion of it — I went back
In this July 1967 file photo, firefighters spray water into a burning building after rioting in Detroit. Associated Press
dismay, the sonic assembly line had stopped. “Berry says, ‘You’re putting your lives in danger. What are you doing here?’” Cosby recalled. “He was both proud that we were remaining true to the task, but at the same time it was like, ‘You better get in safe harbor.’” Otis Williams, the lone surviving original member of the Temptations, recalls hearing “a .50-caliber machine gun being fired” on the street where he lived. “My girlfriend and I laid down on
home because Smokey was not happy with me doing that.” The Miracles “were the love singers” not “message singers,” Robinson said, but her group responded to the violence in its way. A year later, the Miracles recorded “I Care About Detroit” as a public service in a bid to promote harmony. The act also scored a hit in 1969 with a cover of Dion’s “Abraham, Martin and John,” which memorialized slain leaders, including King and the Kennedys.q