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Moscow’s
influence
U.S. warns China not to assist Russia
spreads BIDEN CONSIDERING
TRIP TO EUROPE
in Africa Zelensky set to address
Congress on Wednesday
In Mali, mercenaries BYA SHLEY P ARKER,
advance the goals of D AN L AMOTHE,
C HICO H ARLAN
an isolated Kremlin AND C ATE C ADELL

National security adviser Jake

BY D ANIELLE P AQUETTE Sullivan issued a direct warning
to his Chinese counterpart Mon-
bamako, mali — They wear day about the potential conse-
army fatigues with no flag and quences of any assistance that
carry Kalashnikov assault rifles. Beijing might provide Russia in
They guard the presidential pal- its war with Ukraine, officials
ace and track extremists in the said, following Moscow’s recent
scrubland. Hundreds of Russian request for military equipment
mercenaries have landed here and aid.
over the last three months, ac- The seven-hour meeting in
cording to regional and Western Rome between Sullivan and Yang
officials, providing a shadowy Jiechi, planned several weeks
source of protection as this na- ago, took on added urgency as
tion’s alliances with the West Russia’s war against Ukraine
unravel. dragged into its third full week
The missions are unfolding as without any signs of winding
support for Russia surges in the down. A day after Russia
capital, Bamako: Protesters wave launched a salvo of cruise mis-
Russian flags and photos of siles at a military facility near the
Vladimir Putin. Signs declare “I Ukraine-Poland border, the Unit-
LOVE WAGNER” and “THANK ed Nations estimated the total
YOU WAGNER,” referencing the civilian toll in Ukraine at 596
Wagner Group, a Russian secu- dead and 1,067 injured, though it
rity organization targeted by U.S. PHOTOS BY HEIDI LEVINE FOR THE WASHINGTON POST has said it believes that the actual
sanctions that has been widely People in the Obolon district of Kyiv, Ukraine, retrieve belongings from an apartment building after it was shelled. Kyiv so far has been figures are “considerably higher.”
accused of war crimes. spared the worst of the fighting seen in some other parts of Ukraine, but officials said half of the city’s residents have fled. Sullivan’s meeting — which a
“We think they’re here to clean senior administration official de-
up the mess,” said Diamano Dolo, scribed as “intense” and “candid”
a 41-year-old souvenir merchant
whose gear with the Russian Kyiv residents on edge after strikes devastate homes — came amid reports that Presi-
dent Biden is considering a trip to
letters for “Mali” sells quickly. Europe in the coming weeks to
Wagner — seen by the United BY S IOBHÁN O ’ G RADY, disabilities. About 11 a.m., she heard a loud rally and reassure allies, a visit
States as a covert extension of the J ENNIFER H ASSAN boom and felt the windows shatter. that would follow Vice President
Kremlin — arrived in Mali after a AND M IRIAM B ERGER “The shock wave knocked me off my feet, Harris’s trip to Poland and Roma-
2020 coup d’etat isolated the and glass debris got me a bit,” she said. “I nia last week. And congressional
West African country from its kyiv, ukraine — The sidewalks were was lying on the floor for a few minutes, leaders announced that Ukraini-
democratic partners. As Russia covered in bits of glass and bloodstains. A waiting to see what happens next.” an President Volodymyr Zelensky
invades Ukraine, the Kremlin is green trolley car sat crumpled, a taxi City officials later described the attack as would deliver a virtual address to
pushing to amplify influence smashed into its side. Next to a crushed a missile or rocket strike that hit near a SEE CHINA ON A8
worldwide, and ostensibly pri- car lay what appeared to be a body, checkpoint close to residential buildings. It
vate military groups like Wagner covered by a piece of tarp. killed at least one person and wounded London: Protesters occupied a
offer a deniable way to advance In a park across the way, Irina Kostiuk, several others. mansion linked to an oligarch. A7
its goals, researchers say. 38, stood staring at the scene, clutching As at many other temporary checkpoints
Since 2016, the Russian merce- her bleeding hand. She had been inside in the capital, the trolley car damaged in the Russian elite: Israel tries to avoid
nary footprint has grown from one of the buildings damaged in the SEE KYIV ON A10 being a haven from sanctions. A9
four nations to a total of 28, Monday morning attack in Kyiv’s Podil- A wounded man in Kyiv’s Kurenivka area,
according to the Center for Stra- skyi district, volunteering at a humanitar- which was described by one neighbor as a Monica Hesse: Stories of wartime birth can U.S. economy: The war alters the
tegic and International Studies ian aid center to help civilians with beautiful residential zone in the capital city. be heartwarming — or heart-rending. C1 Fed’s plan to tackle inflation. A14
SEE MALI ON A12

Millions at risk of losing Medicaid after crisis lifts With fewer covid protocols,
these students flourished
States will decide who of students in their seats. Masks
no longer belongs on Colo. district’s experience were optional in elementary
pandemic-swollen rolls offers evidence for those
school. Although middle- and
high-schoolers began with hybrid
learning, in November, high-
BY A MY G OLDSTEIN
opposed to long closures school-aged students with signifi-
cant special education needs were
As many as 16 million low- back in person five days a week.
income Americans, including BY P ERRY S TEIN In the country’s largest school
millions of children, are destined systems, such as those in New
to fall off Medicaid when the monument, colo. — As school York City, Los Angeles, D.C. and
nation’s public health emergency systems around the country were Chicago, teacher unions and con-
ends, as states face a herculean battening down for their first re- cerned parents fought plans to
mission to sort out who no longer mote start-of-school in the fall of reopen. Public health officials
belongs on rolls that have swollen 2020, the Lewis-Palmer district warned that social distancing
to record levels during the pan- here was embarking on another would save lives, and schools re-
demic. kind of experiment: Elementary sponded by devising hybrid pro-
The looming disruption is a students would be in class full grams or simply sticking with
little-noticed side effect of the time, sitting maskless at commu- virtual learning. But, over time,
coronavirus crisis, and it is stok- nal tables. The band program these measures also imposed
ing fears among some on Medic- would resume in-person classes, costs: Today, students are con-
aid and their advocates that vul- saxophonists and flutists playing tending with significant learning
nerable people who survived the a few feet apart. The high school loss and mental health issues.
pandemic will risk suddenly liv- football teams would practice and Yet thousands of school dis-
ing without health coverage. For compete. tricts — typically small ones in
the Biden administration — While most of the nation kept conservative-leaning counties —
which will make the decision on students at home for part or all of reacted to the pandemic like
when to lift the health emergency the past academic year, these Lewis-Palmer District 38 did. Of-
— there is the potential political BRANDON DILL FOR THE WASHINGTON POST
schools in the suburbs of Colora- ficials in this largely White and
stain of presiding over a surge of Bradley Ledgerwood of Cash, Ark., with mother Ann, has cerebral palsy and has long depended on do Springs, like thousands of oth- affluent school district of 6,600
SEE MEDICAID ON A17 Medicaid. His state recently notified him, erroneously, that he is no longer eligible for benefits. ers around the country, opened students near the U.S. Air Force
with the overwhelming majority SEE SCHOOLS ON A18

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gan, Garland — who declined to be niency in the last 10 to 15 years, defense lawyers, he said. prosecution may be a game-
Marie Yovanovitch, former U.S. interviewed for this article — and whether those are appropri- In contrast, the House commit- changer, and DOJ should get ku-
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general said the department does the right. They have accused him that the president and members Obama administration.
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Thursday, Mar. 17 | 11 a.m. ond attorney general under those who commit crimes, irre- Justice Department should pur- and Urban Affairs, said the de-
Trump, intervened in cases, drew spective of their political status. sue Trump has drawn some public partment got off to a slow start
For Humans, By Humans: The objections from line prosecutors, “This is a big moment in his- attention away from several of the because Gupta and Clarke were
Workplace and famously accused career staff- tory,” said Parker, who thinks agency’s signature actions over not confirmed until late last
ers of injecting themselves into Trump should be investigated for the past year, including strength- spring, and they are still working
Joyce Bromberg, managing politics and “headhunting” for his efforts to overturn the 2020 ening efforts to protect civil rights. to fully staff the civil rights divi-
principal and co-founder, Vanguard high-profile targets. election. “This is going to be a Garland hired a pair of civil sion. But he also suggested that
Collaborative Garland’s tenure has not been defining moment in how we view rights lawyers, Vanita Gupta and there was an internal culture
Sandy Speicher, chief executive, marked by “the type of contro- our own justice system, and how Kristen Clarke, to oversee the Jus- clash preventing bolder action.
Ideo versy that existed in the last ad- everybody else in the world views tice Department’s civil litigating “You have a very forward-lean-
ministration — certainly not the it. We’ve always held ourselves up divisions and the civil rights divi- ing, aggressive civil rights division
Moderated by Danielle Abril same type of rhetoric coming from as a beacon of how to do democra- sion, respectively. He doubled the and staff, and I am concerned that
the attorney general,” Wasserman cy in the world. And if we’re not number of staff attorneys in the the higher-up leadership in the
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Technologies level of stability and civility that I dent of the United States who filed lawsuits against a Georgia tious,” said Smith, who served as
Thursday, Mar. 17 | 1:30 p.m. would think most prosecutors ex- openly flouted the law, then that’s law that authorities allege pur- chief of the special litigation sec-
pect” from Justice Department going to be a real turning point for posely discriminates against tion of the civil rights division
More about 117th Congress leaders. us, and in my view, we’ll be taking Black voters and Texas redistrict- from 2010 to 2015.
education? Rep. Michael R. Turner (R-Ohio) Garland’s biggest accomplish-
ment, Wasserman said, was his
the wrong turn at the fork in the
road.”
ing maps that prosecutors said
discriminate against Latinos.
S. Lee Merritt, a civil rights
attorney who represented Ar-
Our newsletters deliver more Moderated by Jacqueline Alemany supervision of the investigation It’s still unclear whether the Two of the department’s biggest bery’s mother, was among a group
of what you’re looking for. into the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol — department is targeting the for- wins came last month, with con- of civil rights activists who had
Thursday, Mar. 17 | 3 p.m. a sprawling, complex probe that is mer president specifically as it victions in the hate-crimes case pushed Biden to appoint a Black
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in U.S. history. Last week marked said. There are some worrying gia who killed Ahmaud Arbery, a ta and Clarke for being “active and
Mikko Hautala, Finnish a key moment in that investiga- signs it is not, she said, particular- Black man, and the civil rights responsive, especially to cases
ambassador to the United States tion, when the FBI arrested Henry ly in not seeking interviews with trial of three former Minneapolis that are high-profile.” But he said
“Enrique” Tarrio, the longtime those closest to Trump. But Gar- police officers involved in the Garland’s more cautious ap-
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charges of conspiring with follow- building cases up from low-level George Floyd. ment’s ability to “deal with the
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Boston experiments with free buses for social justice
BY J OANNA S LATER is Roxbury, a center of Boston’s the pandemic, the MBTA had a
Black community and a neigh- $2.3 billion budget and collected
boston — On a recent raw win- borhood that doesn’t have easy about $700 million in fare rev-
ter morning, Barry Hurd was access to a subway line. The re- enue, said Poftak. “If folks want to
sitting on a bench waiting for the gional planning agency for the make all modes of transportation
bus after a trip to the supermar- Boston area found that Black free … not only does that revenue
ket. riders spent 64 more hours a year need to be replaced, we probably
Hurd, 64, gets by on his month- on buses than White riders. need additional revenue because
ly disability payment, but it’s not “It’s hard to miss the fact that of the effect” on rides for people
easy. “The food is high, rent high, we have historically underinvest- with disabilities, he said.
everything high,” he said. “Unless ed in transit in these communi- Massachusetts Gov. Charlie
you win the lottery, you’re not ties of color,” said Jascha Frank- Baker (R) is not a proponent.
saving.” lin-Hodge, Boston’s chief of “Somebody’s going to have to
The only thing that isn’t expen- streets, transportation and sani- come up with a lot of money from
sive is the bus: When the No. 28 tation. “So partly this is about somebody,” he said in a television
pulls up to the stop, Hurd hoists saying, ‘How do we right that interview in November. “There’s
his small metal shopping cart wrong?’ ” no such thing as a free lunch.”
through the back door and steps The early results are encourag- Some cities in the state are
in without paying a fare. “It’s a ing, he said. One of the buses pushing ahead. In Lawrence, the
beautiful thing,” he said of the became free last August in an zero-fare experiment that began
free bus service. “We need more of initial pilot. Ridership on the in 2019 just expanded to the
it.” route jumped 22 percent, said regional Merrimack Valley Re-
Hurd’s bus route is part of a Franklin-Hodge. Meanwhile, the gional Transit Authority. Noah
bold experiment unfolding in amount of time that buses spent Berger, the authority’s adminis-
Boston with echoes around the stopped decreased, because pas- trator, said that for every dollar
country. Michelle Wu, the city’s sengers boarded more quickly the system collected in fares,
newly elected mayor, has made from all doors, without the need 76 cents went to the costs of
free public transportation a rally- to swipe cards or fumble for collecting those fares — from
ing cry and a personal mission, change. To absorb significantly fixing and maintaining fare boxes
calling it a tool for social justice more passengers without any to physically counting cash. “It’s a
and tackling climate change. LANE TURNER/BOSTON GLOBE/GETTY IMAGES negative impact on service is a very inefficient, clunky way to
Earlier this month, Boston A bus heads to Ruggles station in Boston. As part of a pilot program, three heavily used bus lines that “really tremendous finding,” said generate revenue,” he said.
took a small step toward what Wu run through the heart of predominantly Black neighborhoods will be fare free for the next two years. Franklin-Hodge. Eliminating fares also removes
hopes will be a far larger goal. There was one important the primary source of friction
Three heavily used bus lines that pilots should be closely watched idealism and hard-nosed prag- drawback: About two-thirds of between drivers and riders and
run through the heart of predom- and that what works for one city matism, is accustomed to hearing the passengers said the free bus allows drivers to spend less time
inantly Black neighborhoods will might not be right for another. that her goal of free public trans- “If we are serious about service didn’t save them any mon- at each stop, he said. “The key will
be fare free for the next two years Transit is the “great social equal- portation is unrealistic because of ey, either because they use a be how do we sustain it,” Berger
in a pilot program the city is izer,” he said. “The question is, its cost. She recalled being told climate justice and monthly transit pass or because said.
closely studying. should the rider pay nothing, that even launching a pilot of they transfer from the bus to a Wu is also thinking about the
“This is part of our legacy as a regardless of their means?” such a project in Boston would be racial equity and train and must still pay a fare for future. She is looking to expand
city, to truly invest in the ways Boston’s Wu has emerged as impossible, particularly one that their journey. Meanwhile, some the fare-free service to key bus
that our futures are interconnect- the concept’s highest-profile lasted longer than six months. mobility, then removing experts are skeptical that free routes that connect Boston to its
ed,” Wu said in an interview. “If evangelist. When she ran for may- Getting there wasn’t easy: It transit will dissuade people from nearest neighbors such as Cam-
we are serious about climate jus- or last fall, Wu memorably prom- took months of discussions with barriers to public using cars to commute. bridge. She also wants to see
tice and racial equity and mobili- ised to “free the T,” the colloquial the MBTA about the actual cost of Boston’s MBTA is open to ex- discounted fares for low-income
ty, then removing barriers to pub- name for the Massachusetts Bay the experiment and its statutory transportation … would perimenting with fare-free rides residents across the system. In
lic transportation … would be a Transportation Authority implications, plus several conver- — provided someone else is spon- the long run, she said, public
major step forward.” (MBTA). sations between Wu and Trans- be a major step soring the cost. Fare-free pilots transportation is “a public good
Boston isn’t the only place ex- Wu has spent many years as a portation Secretary Pete Butt- can be more complex than they and should be funded that way.”
perimenting with free public commuter, often managing two igieg to overcome a regulatory forward.” appear, said Steven Poftak, gener- The bus pilot will return its
transportation. More than two small children and a stroller, and hurdle. Boston is paying for the Michelle Wu, mayor of Boston al manager of the MBTA. When investment many times over, Wu
years into the coronavirus pan- continues to take the T’s Orange project with $8 million of federal fares disappear for a bus, they predicted. She recalled a conver-
demic, the concept is having a Line subway from her home to recovery funds. must also be eliminated for tran- sation she had with a young man
moment across the United States, City Hall. In early March, Wu stepped sit services for people with dis- who had relied on his mother to
thanks partly to federal recovery She started talking about mak- onto a No. 29 bus on Boston’s Blue abilities in the same area, gener- pull together enough change ev-
funds and a desire to lure back ing public transportation free Hill Avenue to mark the first day ating more demand for such ery time he needed bus fare to get
passengers. Nationwide, rider- when she was a member of the of free service, accompanied by rides. Boston is also covering the to class. Having the freedom to no
ship remains just 63 percent of Boston City Council. In 2019, residents of a public housing de- cost of those increased services as longer ration your trips based on
pre-pandemic levels, according to when the MBTA sought to raise velopment and a gaggle of report- part of the pilot. what you can afford is “life-
the American Public Transporta- fares, Wu wrote an op-ed saying ers. One of the passengers was To fully “free the T” would be changing,” said Wu. “It opens up a
tion Association (APTA). fares should be abolished instead. Yaire Cabrera, a 17-year-old high an expensive proposition. Before whole world.”
After Kansas City, Mo., stopped Her advocacy caught the atten- school student who was startled
collecting fares on its transit sys- tion of Daniel Rivera, a friend to see the mayor on her bus.
tem in 2020, it experienced a who was then mayor of Lawrence, At first, Cabrera didn’t realize
smaller drop in ridership than a city of 90,000 north of Boston the bus was free: When the driver
other cities during the pandemic whose population is predomi- waved her through as she board-
and security incidents declined, nantly Hispanic or Latino. ed, she assumed the card reader
an analysis found. Albuquerque, Rivera ran the numbers and was broken. Once she learned
Richmond and Olympia, Wash., found that the cost of replacing about the pilot program, her reac-
are also running public transpor- fare revenue from the city’s three tion was disbelief, followed by
tation without fares. Los Angeles most popular bus routes for two delight. She immediately texted a
recently implemented two years years was $225,000, small friend. “This was unexpected,”
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Workers accused at care facility for sex trafficking victims

BY L INDSEY B EVER already-trafficked children out of a phone interview with The Wash- alleged child abuse, it appears the at the Refuge Ranch had been tic community for girls, ages 14
this trafficking situation. This is a ington Post on Friday that not all allegations were not reported to removed from the foster-care fa- through 19, who have been recov-
At least one staff member at a system that remains broken,” she of the nine accused staff members the court or the governor-ap- cility until Wednesday. ered from sex traffickers.” The
Texas foster-care facility designed said. took part in the alleged sex traf- pointment DFPS commissioner “This is a tragic and shameful live-in rehabilitation facility
to help young girls who are vic- In January, a staff member at ficking. He said that there was at until this week. situation,” he told The Post. “Even states that it provides the girls
tims of sex trafficking is accused the Refuge Ranch contacted the least one other incident, which DFPS Commissioner Jaime worse than what’s happening to with “trauma-informed, holistic
of trafficking them all over again, Texas Department of Family and involved a runaway child, and Masters told the court that she these girls is the fact that the state care,” including education, medi-
according to state officials and Protective Services (DFPS) to re- that the details of the investiga- was not informed of the situation took six weeks to report it to the cal care and mental health ser-
court documents. port that two children had been tions have been getting conflated. until Wednesday, the Express- court. Beyond that, the state kept vices, with help from community
Nine current and former em- abused by an employee who had He said the sex-trafficking alle- News reported. these girls in the same facility for partners.
ployees at the Refuge Ranch, a since left. The staff member said gation stems from an incident in “What is the chain of command six weeks before they finally The accused employees have
state-contracted rehabilitation the employee sold nude photos of December in which an employee that you would not know that moved them out. Who knows not been publicly identified, and
facility in Bastrop County are ac- the two children and used the had allegedly coerced two resi- these children are being sex-traf- what sort of additional abuse hap- many of the details surrounding
cused of criminal activity amid proceeds to purchase illegal drugs dents into creating commercial ficked and that it was reported pened during that time?” their alleged roles in the incidents
allegations of neglect, physical and alcohol, which were given to sexual exploitation material. He through your hotline as of Jan. In a statement on Thursday, are unclear, but the statement
and sexual abuse, and exploita- the children, according to a state- said the employee was fired and 24?” Jack asked her Thursday, Gov. Greg Abbott (R) called the from the state’s child protective
tion of seven girls at the facility ment DFPS filed with the court. management immediately con- according to the newspaper. reports of child sex trafficking services said many of the accused
about 30 miles southeast of Aus- Over the six weeks that fol- tacted the Bastrop County Sher- “What is your chain of command “abhorrent.” employees were related to one
tin. The girls were left at the lowed, at least seven additional iff’s Office and the DFPS. that you would not know until “Child abuse of any kind won’t another by blood or marriage, or
facility for more than a month reports of human trafficking were “Our hearts are broken and we yesterday?” be tolerated in the state of Texas, were cohabiting.
after the abuse was first reported, made against the former em- are outraged by the actions of “There is no excuse for why I and we are committed to ensur- Yetter, the attorney who repre-
officials said Thursday during an ployee, the statement read. former employees whose intent didn’t know, which is why several ing these despicable perpetrators sents the children, said this is not
emergency court hearing, the San An official said local law en- was to harm, not help,” Brooke people are losing their jobs,” Mas- are brought to justice and pun- an isolated issue.
Antonio Express-News reported. forcement and the Texas Depart- Crowder, founder and executive ters said. ished to the fullest extent of the “The state of Texas’s child wel-
“The most appalling thing ment of Public Safety were alerted director of the Refuge for DMST, Rich Richman, DFPS associate law. No child should ever suffer fare system has been broken for
about this is the disregard of these to the allegations and a DFPS said in a statement to The Post. commissioner for child-protec- the atrocities of trafficking,” he 30 years, and it remains broken,”
children,” U.S. District Judge Jan- investigator was assigned to the “While we are limited in what we tive investigation, told the court said in the statement. he said.
is Jack said during the hearing, case. An investigation revealed can say in order to protect the that the state did not immediately Abbott said that he has ordered Yetter noted that the state’s
the Express-News reported. Jack that several other employees who confidentiality of the girls, I know remove the children because in- the Texas Rangers to immediately foster-care system is now under a
has been overseeing a years-long were still working with the chil- that the truth will prevail. We are vestigators thought the responsi- investigate “these horrific federal monitoring order, “but
lawsuit against the state over con- dren also appeared to be involved, looking forward to a positive reso- ble party had been fired, the Ex- crimes,” and that he directed there is a long way to go before it
ditions in its foster-care system. according to the statement. lution from these investigations, press-News reported. them to arrest and pursue crimi- becomes safe.”
The sex-trafficking allegations Steven Phenix, a spokesperson and we are confident that we will Paul Yetter, an attorney who nal charges against anyone who “Until the state officials get
are the latest development in that for the Refuge for DMST (domes- be providing child survivors of sex represents foster-care children in helped perpetrate abuse. serious about protecting these
case. tic minor sex trafficking), a non- trafficking with excellent care for the larger class-action lawsuit The 50-acre Refuge Range children — which is their duty —
“You had to wait to get eight profit organization that opened years to come.” that Jack is presiding over, said states on its website that it is “a it’s going to put children at risk
calls before you took 11 female, the Refuge Ranch in 2018, said in Despite the repeated reports of not all of the 11 children who lived long-term, residential, therapeu- every day,” he said.

Greater push for police transparency Congress: Review drug firms’ tax plans
ment agencies often settle mis- said he hoped Republicans
conduct claims out of the public would focus on the financial
After Post investigation, eye, burying controversies and liability of alleged police miscon-
Feds urged to examine
officials urge publicizing making full accountability im- duct and agree on creating mea- tack by opioid makers to
possible.” sures that track officers involved
misconduct settlements The Post’s investigation, Kaine in repeated claims that ultimate-
deduct settlement costs
said, made “clear that policymak- ly affect “taxpayers’ pockets,” he
ers need this data, and our Cost said.
BY K EITH L . A LEXANDER of Police Misconduct Act would “Every mayor and governor BY D OUGLAS M AC M ILLAN
AND S TEVEN R ICH make sure they get it. We need could be able to see the patterns,
full transparency so that officers and why are there spikes in Congress is calling on federal
Two federal lawmakers and can be held accountable.” payments,” Kaine said in an in- officials to review the plans of
the District’s Office of Police Also in response to the article, terview. “If there is a drop in four large drug companies to
Complaints renewed their calls Michael G. Tobin, executive di- payments, then great job, chief. deduct the cost of a landmark
last week for police departments rector of the Office of Police If you see what the patterns are, opioid settlement from their tax-
to make public details about Complaints, wrote D.C. Police you can reward good behavior. es, after its year-long investiga-
police officers whose alleged Chief Robert J. Contee III to And if there was bad behavior, tion into corporate disclosures
misconduct resulted in multiple renew a push for the department then you can take measures to first revealed in an analysis by
payments for claims including to establish a program to “sys- address it.” The Washington Post.
wrongful arrests and excessive tematically review” lawsuits filed In The Post’s investigation, On Thursday, the House Com-
force. against the department and its Jim Pasco, executive director of mittee on Oversight and Reform JOHN MOORE/GETTY IMAGES

Virginia Democrats Sen. Tim officers. Tobin shared a copy of the National Fraternal Order of sent a letter asking the Justice Four drug companies have planned tax deductions to offset the cost
Kaine and Rep. Don Beyer urged the letter with The Post. Police, said he opposed linking Department and the Treasury of the $26 billion settlement to bring funds to those hurt by opioids.
members of Congress on Friday In the letter, he also told such information to an officer in Department to examine planned
to pass their 2021 bill, which Contee that the department public or using it as a form of deductions from Johnson & There is uncertainty in the law ed to help companies struggling
they called the Cost of Police should publicly publish reports performance review, especially Johnson, McKesson, Cardinal about these types of tax breaks, during the pandemic. Cardinal
Misconduct Act. The bill would regarding the lawsuits and any since in the majority of such Health and AmerisourceBergen. said Matthew Gardner, a senior Health, which agreed to pay
require federal, state and local intervention, training or policy payments, officers do not admit The four firms are seeking tax fellow at the nonprofit Institute $6 billion in the final settlement,
law enforcement agencies to changes that resulted from the wrongdoing nor is there a find- breaks that would help offset the on Taxation and Economic Pol- has said it plans to use the Cares
report police misconduct allega- litigation. ing by a court. “If there’s never cost of a $26 billion legal settle- icy. Though recent changes to the Act tax provision to increase the
tions and related judgments or The Post’s investigation found been a finding of guilt or any- ment finalized last month, to tax code have attempted to close size of its opioid settlement tax
settlements, including court 65 officers in the District were one’s fault, why put that in an bring funds to communities hurt loopholes that permit companies benefit by $420 million, filings
fees, to the Justice Department. named in multiple claims be- officer’s record?” Pasco told The by the opioid epidemic. to deduct legal settlements or show.
The goal of the bill, the authors tween 2010 and 2020, account- Post. “That would be such a “The committee’s investiga- governmental fines from taxes Early on during the coronavi-
say, would be to increase trans- ing for $7.6 million of the more glaring omission of due process tion shows that four companies when they have committed rus pandemic, Congress expand-
parency and accountability, sav- than $90 million in payments — where in the legal system in the that contributed to an opioid wrongdoing, many firms push to ed the ability for companies to
ing taxpayer dollars and poten- the fifth-highest overall of the 25 United States, a person is inno- crisis that has killed half a mil- make sure their settlements in- receive tax refunds on losses to
tially lives. cities surveyed. cent until proven guilty.” lion Americans and continues to clude a “restitution” payment for quickly get cash to businesses
The renewed push for trans- “I have been concerned about claim tens of thousands of lives victims, a measure that often facing economic peril.
parency followed a Washington this for many years,” Tobin said every year may now be attempt- qualifies them for deductions, Because there were few re-
Post investigation last week in an interview, adding that he ing to put taxpayers on the hook Gardner said. strictions, billions of dollars in
that revealed 25 of the largest first requested the measures in “Settlements for for billions of dollars in settle- All four firms agreed to pay tax breaks have gone to compa-
police and sheriff ’s depart- 2019, but the department did not ment costs,” the members said in “compensatory restitution” pay- nies that laid off thousands of
ments spent more than $3.2 bil- implement his recommenda- misconduct are often the letter. “This would be an ments to the victims of the workers and firms largely unaf-
lion to resolve claims of police tions. Contee was appointed outrageous tax benefit to line the opioid crisis but disavowed any fected by the pandemic. There is
misconduct over the past 10 chief in 2021. shrouded in secrecy.” pockets of bad corporate actors.” legal liability or wrongdoing, little evidence the tax relief has
years. The Post’s investigation Tobin said that if cities such as Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), on payments McKesson said in regulatory according to the language in trickled down into the pockets of
also found that more than D.C. were more aggressive in for misconduct claims against officers filings that it plans to claim a their final settlement agree- struggling families.
$1.5 billion had been spent to addressing the allegations that $1.4 billion tax benefit, while ments. The companies said they Cardinal Health, a company
settle claims against officers lead to such payments through AmerisourceBergen plans to produced government-approved with a $15 billion market capital-
who had been named in more retraining, reassigning, disci- The authors of the bill said one claim $1.1 billion, and Johnson & prescription pills, distributed ization, grew its revenue in each
than one paid claim. Those plining and even dismissing offi- of the elements — if sought by Johnson plans to claim $1.1 bil- them to registered pharmacies of the past two years, according
payments — and the officers cers involved, there would be lawmakers as a condition of their lion. Cardinal Health has filed and took steps to try to prevent to regulatory filings. It has over
involved — are rarely tracked by fewer patterns of misconduct — vote — could be that only officers for a $974 million tax refund but their misuse. $3 billion in cash available.
police departments or city offi- and fewer payments. who were the subject of multiple cautioned in a recent filing “it is In their letter, House members In response to a question from
cials who approve such taxpay- A spokesman for the D.C. po- payments or payments of more possible that the tax authorities questioned the legality of the Congress about whether its tax
er-financed settlements. lice declined to comment on than an identified minimum could challenge these tax ben- deductions. Damages paid to deduction was consistent with
The lawmakers hope the Sen- Tobin’s letter, instead saying the would be made public. Identify- efits.” government entities as the result the “intent” of the Cares Act,
ate and House will pass their act, department would respond to ing and measuring such pay- In an email, Jake Sargent, a of a government investigation Jessica Mayer, chief legal and
which would require such pay- Tobin directly. ments is a way, the bill’s authors Johnson & Johnson spokesman, into a potential violation of law compliance officer for Cardinal,
ments involving police officers to Nationally, such police trans- said, to reduce them. acknowledged that the opioid are generally not eligible for pointed out that the law says
be recorded and made public at parency measures face steep “It’s basically physics that you crisis is “a public health issue deduction, the lawmakers said, nothing about tax breaks being
all levels of government. challenges. can’t manage what you don’t that requires a public health citing the U.S. tax code. The available only to companies in
“Police misconduct causes sig- Beyer said he hoped to have measure,” Beyer said. “Once you response,” he said. “Our nation- lawsuits brought by thousands of poor financial condition.
nificant harm and puts lives at his bill up for a vote in the House measure something, then you wide settlement with a majority states, localities and tribes al- “Neither the text of the Cares
risk, but settlements for miscon- by the end of July. can change people’s behavior.” of U.S. states and territories will leged that drugmakers engaged Act nor the legislative history or
duct are often shrouded in secre- But the majority of Republi- directly support state and local in false and misleading market- IRS rulings would prohibit the
cy,” Kaine told The Post in an can senators have balked at po- Paul Kane and Magda Jean-Louis efforts to make meaningful prog- ing about the dangers of their application of the Cares Act pro-
interview Friday. “Law enforce- lice revision measures. Kaine contributed to this report. ress in addressing the opioid products and that drug distribu- visions to facts such as ours,”
crisis.” tors failed to report the misuse of Mayer said in Cardinal’s re-
Cardinal Health spokesman their products to authorities. sponse letter last year.
Erich Timmerman said in an “If the $26 billion settlement As part of its investigation last
email the company has been at issue is related to violations of year, the House committee asked
forthright about its approach to federal, state, or local law, then drug companies to provide “a
tax obligations related to opi- these companies should not be complete list of current and
oids, which he said is permissible allowed to shift the financial former employees who have
under federal law. Spokespeople burden of the damage they have been disciplined” for their roles
for McKesson and Amerisource- caused to American taxpayers,” in opioid sales and compliance
Bergen declined to comment. committee members said in the programs. In response, “none of
sunny or soggy? Nicole Navas Oxman, a Justice
Department spokeswoman, con-
firmed that the agency “has re-
letter.
The lawmakers expressed par-
ticular concern over Cardinal
the companies identified mean-
ingful discipline taken against
their executives,” the members
ceived the letter and will review Health’s “highly questionable” said in their letter this week.
it.” Alexandra LaManna, a Treas- plan to use a tax provision Con-
ury Department spokeswoman, gress included in last year’s Meryl Kornfield and Kevin Schaul
Stay one step ahead of the weather with the declined to comment. Cares Act relief package, intend- contributed to this report.

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U.K.’s top court won’t hear Assange’s extradition appeal

said Assange “will continue … a U.S. prison would amount to
fighting his extradition to the torture. British courts ultimately
WikiLeaks founder United States to face criminal ruled in favor of extradition, after
faces espionage charges charges for publishing truthful assurances from U.S. authorities
and newsworthy information.” that he would be treated humane-
in the United States Assange has been in London’s ly. As part of that litigation, the
Belmarsh prison since April 2019, United States said Assange might
after seven years evading arrest be able to serve any prison sen-
BY R ACHEL W EINER inside the Ecuadoran Embassy. He tence in his native Australia.
had been charged under seal in the Britain’s home secretary has to
Britain’s highest court refused United States months earlier with rule on the extradition. Assange
Monday to hear an appeal from involvement in computer hack- can also appeal to the European
Julian Assange to block his extra- ing. That case was later broadened Court of Human Rights, which
dition to the United States on espi- to include espionage charges. guides British court decisions.
onage charges, saying his petition U.S. prosecutors allege that As- And he can revive other claims
“does not raise an arguable point sange helped hack into classified denied in lower court — that the
of law.” information and published thou- prosecution is political, that it vio-
The founder of WikiLeaks can sands of pages of military records lates free-speech rights, that it
still appeal in various ways, but and diplomatic cables about the comes too long after the alleged
the ruling shuts down the avenue wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, put- crime, and that American authori-
where he had found the most sup- ting lives in danger. ties acted unlawfully.
port from British courts in trying Assange counters that he was “All the appeal proceedings
to stay out of American prison — acting as a journalist and publish- thus far have been about … one
that he was at high risk of commit- er in seeking out and disseminat- point,” said Nick Vamos, former
ting suicide in U.S. custody. ing information on controversial head of extradition for the Crown
Barry Pollack, who represents U.S. activities abroad. Prosecution Service. “Now … he
Assange in the United States, He fought extradition on the can … launch his appeal on all the
called the Supreme Court decision grounds that his prosecution was grounds he lost the first time MATT DUNHAM/ASSOCIATED PRESS

“extremely disappointing” and political and that incarceration in around.” Buildings are reflected in a vehicle window as Julian Assange is transported from court in 2019.

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IDAHO country before it can go into as opposed to any private citizen not mention or define the theory,
effect. anywhere in the United States, as and many supporters of the bill
Legislature approves If signed by the governor, the is the case with the Texas law. have said they cannot define it.
abortion-ban bill new version of Idaho’s abortion The Idaho bill would offer at The new law says no school,
ban could take effect as early as least $20,000 to anyone who sued community college or university
The Idaho House on Monday April, several months before the successfully. can teach that any “sex, race,
approved a Republican bill that Supreme Court is expected to rule — Caroline Kitchener ethnicity, religion or national origin
would ban abortions after six on Mississippi’s 15-week abortion is inherently superior or inferior.”
weeks of pregnancy, becoming ban in a case that could overturn MISSISSIPPI The ACLU of Mississippi said
the first state to copy parts of the or significantly weaken Roe v. in a statement that laws opposing
restrictive Texas law that has Wade, the landmark 1973 ruling Governor signs law critical race theory “are thinly
banned most abortions in that that guaranteed the right to limiting race in lessons veiled attempts to silence
state. abortion. discussions of race and gender”
The vote was 51 to 14. While they wait for the Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves among students and educators.
The state Senate approved the Supreme Court ruling, signed a bill Monday to limit how The Republican-controlled
bill earlier this month. The Republican lawmakers in at least race can be discussed in House voted 75 to 43 to pass the
measure heads to Gov. Brad Little 12 states have introduced bills classrooms, and it became law bill March 3 after a six-hour
(R), who has supported similar modeled after the Texas ban, KEITH RIDLER/ASSOCIATED PRESS
immediately. debate in which several Black
abortion bans but has not which employs a highly unusual The Idaho House of Representatives votes to approve a bill that would “Contrary to what some critics lawmakers gave impassioned
commented on this particular legal strategy: empowering ban abortions after six weeks of pregnancy and allow family members may claim, this bill in no way, in speeches in opposition. They said
bill, which includes exceptions for private citizens to sue anyone of the fetus to sue a doctor who performs one. The bill now heads to no shape and in no form prohibits the legislation could squelch
rape, incest and medical who helps facilitate an abortion Republican Gov. Brad Little’s desk. the teaching of history,” Reeves honest discussion about the
emergencies. after the legal limit. (R) said in a video posted on harmful effects of racism because
Idaho’s current law allows for While Idaho lawmakers social media. “Any claim that this parents could complain if history
abortions until a fetus is viable embraced the novel enforcement bill will somehow stop lessons make White children
outside the womb, around 22 to strategy behind the Texas law, anyone who helps facilitate an They could be sued up to four Mississippi kids from learning uncomfortable.
24 weeks. Another six-week they also made significant abortion, from the receptionist years after the abortion. about American history is just When the bill passed the
abortion ban in Idaho has been changes to the legislation. The who schedules the procedure to The Idaho legislation could be flat-out wrong.” Republican-controlled Senate in
stalled since it was passed and Idaho version narrows the list of the Uber driver who takes a enforced only by family members, The short title of Senate Bill January, all of the Black senators
signed by Little last spring, people who can sue and be sued. patient to their appointment, the including the father of the fetus, 2113 says it would prohibit withheld their votes and walked
requiring a favorable court ruling Unlike Senate Bill 8 in Texas, Idaho law would permit lawsuits and the fetus’s siblings, “critical race theory.” But the out in protest.
on a similar law elsewhere in the which allows lawsuits against only against abortion providers. grandparents, aunts and uncles, main text of the legislation does — Associated Press

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Manchin says he’ll oppose Biden Fed nominee Raskin

nominees for two seats on the
Fed board — economists Lisa
Democrat’s decision Cook and Philip Jefferson — also
appears to doom her have yet to be confirmed.
Republicans on the Banking
chances at confirmation Committee, led by Toomey, have
said they would readily vote on
Powell’s renomination and the
BY R ACHEL S IEGEL other nominees. That leaves
Democrats to decide whether to
Sarah Bloom Raskin’s nomina- siphon off Raskin’s nomination
tion to the Federal Reserve Board and move forward with the rest
appeared all but doomed on of the slate.
Monday after Sen. Joe Manchin Speaking Monday on Bloom-
III, a key Democratic vote, said berg TV as the news of Manchin’s
he opposed her because of her opposition broke, Toomey said
stance on energy in an era of he was “not aware of any Repub-
inflation. lican support” for Raskin.
“I have carefully reviewed Sar- GOP attention on Raskin
ah Bloom Raskin’s qualifications ratcheted up after her confirma-
and previous public statements,” tion hearing, when she was ques-
Manchin, of West Virginia, said tioned by Sen. Cynthia M. Lum-
in a statement Monday. “Her mis (R-Wyo.) about her time on
previous public statements have the board of a Colorado pay-
failed to satisfactorily address ments firm, Reserve Trust.
my concerns about the critical Raskin joined the Reserve Trust
importance of financing an all- board after previously serving as
of-the-above energy policy to a Fed governor from 2010 to
meet our nation’s critical energy 2014.
needs. I have come to the conclu- In 2017, the Kansas City Fed
sion that I am unable to support denied the Colorado firm access
her nomination to serve as a to what’s known as a Fed master
member of the Federal Reserve account, which gives banks di-
Board.” rect access to the Fed’s payment
Raskin’s nomination to the job systems. But Reserve Trust was
of vice chair for supervision — then granted access a year later.
the Fed’s top banking regulator During the confirmation hear-
— was already under pressure, ing, Lummis asked Raskin
with Republicans initially oppos- whether she used personal con-
ing her candidacy over her focus BILL CLARK/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES
tacts from her regulatory back-
on climate change and its threat Sarah Bloom Raskin is sworn in before her Senate confirmation hearing in early February. President Biden’s pick for the Fed board’s vice ground to help Reserve Trust
to financial stability. chair for supervision — the central bank’s top banking regulator — drew GOP ire from the start because of her focus on climate change. secure its account.
In recent weeks, her confirma- Raskin repeatedly denied any
tion has hung in the balance after that Raskin won bipartisan sup- financial risks of climate change, health of banks or ricochet impropriety during the hearing.
Republicans on the Senate Bank- port for her roles at the Fed and including by potentially chang- through the financial system. The Kansas City Fed has since
ing Committee boycotted her “Her previous public the Treasury Department. ing the way it regulates energy They are also hoping the Fed will issued a letter outlining its deci-
confirmation vote, pointing to “She has earned widespread producers. Manchin — who rep- move toward encouraging banks sion to grant Reserve Trust an
her time on the board of a statements have failed support in the face of an unprec- resents West Virginia and its to reduce their exposures to cli- account, saying that before 2018,
Colorado payments firm that got edented, baseless campaign led high concentration of energy mate risks. Reserve Trust did not meet the
access to a Fed payments systems to satisfactorily address by oil and gas companies that jobs — is adding his high-profile Democrats hoped Raskin proper requirements to be grant-
during her tenure on the compa- sought to tarnish her distin- voice to those warning the Fed would bring expertise to climate ed access to an account. Yet even
ny’s board. The boycott has held my concerns about the guished career,” Meagher said. against tackling climate issues. policy issues. But they also note that response added further con-
up not only her path forward but “We are working to line up the In her writing and public re- that Raskin’s views are not out of troversy, with the Colorado Divi-
also votes on President Biden’s critical importance of bipartisan support that she de- marks, Raskin has highlighted step with Fed Chair Jerome H. sion of Banking disputing the
other picks for the Fed. serves, so that she can be con- the economic and financial sta- Powell or others — often just Kansas City’s Fed characteriza-
The White House and Demo- financing an all-of-the- firmed by the Senate for this bility risks tied to climate more specific and with a greater tion of how the application got
crats on the Banking Committee important position.” change. In a column published in sense of urgency. approved.
have stood up for Raskin, saying above energy policy to White House press secretary September, she wrote that “fi- Now, with Raskin’s nomina- Raskin previously served as
Republicans’ fixation on this part Jen Psaki on Monday said Man- nancial regulators must reimag- tion compromised, Democrats deputy secretary of President
of her record is a ploy to stall her meet our nation’s chin let the White House know ine their own role so that they and the White House will have to Barack Obama’s Treasury De-
nomination indefinitely. But af- about his opposition to Raskin can play their part in the broader weigh whether to select a new partment from 2014 to 2017. She
ter losing Manchin’s support, she critical energy needs.” before making his public an- reimagining of the economy.” candidate or try to confirm is also a distinguished fellow of
faces a fraught, if not impossible, Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) nouncement. Raskin’s supporters want to Biden’s other picks. The Republi- Duke Law School’s Global Finan-
path to confirmation in a tightly Sen. Patrick J. Toomey (R-Pa.) see the Fed thoroughly evaluate can boycott has kept Powell from cial Markets Center.
divided Senate. and other GOP lawmakers have how more intense and frequent being renominated and Fed gov-
In a statement, White House attacked her view that the Fed climate disasters, from wildfires ernor Lael Brainard from being Mike DeBonis contributed to this
spokesman Chris Meagher noted should do more to mitigate the to hurricanes, could harm the elevated to vice chair. Biden’s report.

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U.S.: Chinese aid to Russia would have ‘consequences’

CHINA FROM A1

Congress on Wednesday, an event

likely to carry deep emotional
resonance.
Biden officials declined to dis-
close any specific warnings Sulli-
van may have conveyed to the
Chinese about offering assistance
to Russia, but the senior adminis-
tration official said that the Unit-
ed States has “deep concerns
about China’s alignment with
Russia at this time” and that Sulli-
van was “direct” with the Chinese
about “the potential implications
and consequences of certain ac-
tions.” The official spoke on the
condition of anonymity to discuss
sensitive matters during a phone
call with reporters.
White House press secretary
Jen Psaki said Monday that the
consequences for China would be
“significant,” and speaking on
several Sunday shows the day
prior, Sullivan offered a similar
refrain, telling CNN’s “State of the
Union” that “we have communi-
cated to Beijing that we will not
stand by and allow any country to
compensate Russia for its losses
from the economic sanctions.”
On the phone call with report-
ers, the senior administration of-
ficial refused to say whether the
administration thinks China has
already provided military or fi-
nancial assistance to Russia.
In a statement issued after the
meeting, Chinese officials said
Yang had made it clear that Bei-
jing is not pleased with the Rus-
sia-Ukraine conflict.
“Yang Jiechi pointed out that
the situation today in Ukraine has
reached a stage that the Chinese
side does not want to see,” the
statement said. “China has always REMO CASILLI/REUTERS

advocated respecting the sover- Chinese officials leave the Waldorf Astoria hotel in Rome after meeting with U.S. officials, including national security adviser Jake Sullivan, to discuss the war in Ukraine.
eignty and territorial integrity of As intense fighting continued and Russian advances stalled, China denied reports that Russia had asked Beijing for military and economic assistance.
all countries and abiding by the
purposes and principles of the a stable world for them to contin- last month before the Pentagon pean countries. “I would just tell and chaos continued to pile up. corridor.
UN Charter.” ue to develop their own economy. withdrew them as it became evi- you that we have multiple routes Shells that appeared to be Rus- Russian and Ukrainian offi-
Still, the statement did not con- For them, this is a disruptive dent that Russia was about to to get security assistance into sian struck a nine-story residen- cials announced Monday that
demn Russia, which unilaterally event.” invade. the hands of the Ukrainians,” tial building in Kyiv’s Obolon dis- they had agreed on 11 evacuation
launched the invasion, saying Geraci added that the Chinese At least 35 people were killed Kirby said. “This was not one of trict at about 6 a.m., prompting routes out of Mariupol, with cor-
that “the reasonable concerns of officials he knows were hoping and 134 more were injured in the them.” frightened civilians to flee the ridors opening at 10 a.m. each day.
all parties should be responded Beijing could play a mediating attack, Ukrainian officials said. The senior defense official, building and firefighters to rush It was not clear if they were
to.” role between Russian President Pentagon spokesman John Kirby speaking at a separate briefing at to the scene. At least one person working effectively, or if Russia —
Earlier, Zhao Lijian, a spokes- Vladimir Putin and Ukraine’s Zel- said Monday that several struc- the Pentagon, said Russian ad- was killed, according to Red Cross which has dropped explosives on
person for the Chinese govern- ensky. “In order to sit between tures at the training center were vances on major cities remain volunteers at the scene. previously established humani-
ment, denied the reports that Putin and Zelensky, you need to hit. A senior U.S. defense official, stalled on numerous fronts, forc- In Mariupol, which has been tarian corridors — was honoring
Russia has asked China for mili- be neutral,” he said. speaking on the condition of ano- ing the Russians to attack from a isolated and besieged by Russian the agreement.
tary and economic assistance, The Sullivan-Yang meeting nymity under ground rules set by distance with artillery, rockets forces for days, more than 160 Among the dead in Mariupol
calling them “false information” came as the Pentagon concluded the Pentagon, said that “more and other long-range weapons. cars carrying civilians were able was a pregnant woman depicted
that is “neither responsible nor that Russia had attacked the In- than a couple dozen” missiles Those cities include the capital, to leave the city. They departed in an Associated Press photo-
ethical” and adding, “Recently, ternational Peacekeeping and Se- were involved and that the bomb- Kyiv; the northeastern city of along a previously established graph after a maternity hospital
the U.S. has been spreading false curity Center, a Ukrainian mili- ers were in Russian airspace Kharkiv; and the port city of Mar- humanitarian corridor and were there was hit with a bomb last
information against China on the tary facility about 12 miles from when they launched. iupol in the south. heading north to the city of week. The AP reported Monday
Ukraine issue, with sinister inten- the border with Poland, with Kirby said the Pentagon is not “Clearly, they are increasing Zaporizhzhia, on the Dnieper Riv- that she and her unborn child had
tions.” cruise missiles launched from looking at the missile salvo as an the amount of long-range fires er, the Mariupol City Council said died in the aftermath, as the
At Monday’s session, Sullivan long-range bombers Sunday. Po- effort to “go after” U.S. weapons they are applying to these cities, in a statement. The council’s mes- mother suffered from a crushed
and Yang also discussed North land is a NATO country, and U.S. shipments to Ukraine, which these population centers that are sage, posted Monday afternoon, pelvis and detached hip.
Korea, as well as the importance troops had been deployed at the are entering under a cloak of holding out,” the official said. said a cease-fire was being ob- A convoy of trucks packed with
of keeping lines of communica- Ukrainian facility as recently as secrecy from neighboring Euro- And in Ukraine, the carnage served along the humanitarian food and medicine bound for
tion between their two nations Mariupol was again turned away
open, officials said. As of March 14, 3:00 p.m. EST by fierce fighting Monday, in the
Asked about Biden’s possible Active nuclear latest setback to providing help to
European trip — first reported by Russian-held areas power plants with trapped residents.
NBC News — Psaki said the ad- BELARUS power-generating The convoy, which also could
and troop movement
ministration has made no final capabilities offer residents a chance to get out,
decision but signaled that any R USSIA remains stalled about 50 miles
such visit would involve shoring southeast of Mariupol, near
up NATO and other Western Berdyansk, the Mariupol City
countries. Council said in its statement. The
“We are, of course, closely en- POLAND Che
ernihivv vehicles were originally expected
gaged with our NATO partners to arrive Sunday afternoon, but
and European allies … about the Russian forces continued to
next steps in diplomacy — wheth- Kyiv Sumy thwart them and violate a cease-
er that’s providing additional hu- fire agreement, the city official
manitarian or security assistance Russian forces conducted d said.
Lviv several limited attacks
or the mechanics for future con- As the violence continued,
versations,” Psaki said. northwwest of Kyyiv, Kharkiv House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-
Monday’s discussions — an unsuccesssfullly atte
emptingg Ukrainian forces continued Calif.) and Senate Majority Lead-
outgrowth of Biden’s Nov. 15 vir- to bridge the Irpin
n River. to repel several Russian er Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.)
tual meeting with Chinese Presi- attacks near Kharkiv. announced in a letter to their
dent Xi Jinping — took place at colleagues that Zelensky would
Dnie
Rome’s Waldorf Astoria, a hotel per deliver a virtual address to mem-
isolated from the city and favored U K R A I N E bers of Congress on Wednesday
by politicians and officials visit- morning. Zelensky has ad-
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have put China in a sensitive Crimea manitarian, security and eco-
position, given its emphasis on Annexed by Russia nomic assistance to Ukraine,”
stability and continuity. 100 MILES Black in 2014 Pelosi and Schumer said in the
Michele Geraci, a former Ital- letter.
ian undersecretary of state who Sea
lives part time in Shanghai, said Kim Bellware, Miriam Berger, Karim
he saw little incentive for China to Fahim, Jennifer Hassan, Ellen
support Russia in a direct way. Nakashima, Siobhán O’Grady, David
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war in ukraine

Israel tries to rebuff Russian oligarchs fleeing sanctions

BY S HIRA R UBIN 2020, Abramovich bought Israel’s
most expensive home for $70 mil-
tel aviv — As the West squeezes lion.
Russia’s economy over its war in Brezis said officials last week
Ukraine, Israel says it is working agreed that, on the question of
to prevent Moscow’s oligarchs, oligarchs, Israel will officially “say
some of whom also hold Israeli nothing, because our situation is
passports, from showing up and not simple.”
turning the country into a haven Israel is walking a diplomatic
for sanctions evasion. tightrope on Ukraine: It has
The most visible among them is pledged support for Kyiv, while
Roman Abramovich, the owner avoiding direct criticism of Putin.
and former director of the Chelsea Russia has a large military pres-
Football Club, who has Israeli citi- ence in Syria on Israel’s northern
zenship and was put under sanc- border, and for years, Putin has
tions by Britain last week. His unofficially allowed Israel to carry
private jet landed at Israel’s Ben out attacks on targets it says are
Gurion Airport on Sunday night, involved in the transfer of weap-
according to Israeli media. ons to the Lebanese militant
In the weeks since the invasion group Hezbollah.
of Ukraine began, the Israeli For- But without official directives
eign Ministry formed a task force from the Bank of Israel on how to
to investigate the influence some navigate the sanctions, individual
Russian business executives, in- Israeli financial institutions have
cluding those with alleged ties to had to scramble to formulate their
the Kremlin, have in Israel. For- own policies, said an Israeli fi-
eign Minister Yair Lapid also nance official, who spoke on the
warned his fellow cabinet mem- condition of anonymity to discuss
bers last month against granting a sensitive subject.
the oligarchs favors, saying such a Bank Hapoalim, one of Israel’s
move would cause diplomatic largest banks, said on its website
damage, according to an official only that “in light of the sanctions
present at the meeting, who spoke . . . there may be disruptions in
on the condition of anonymity be- money transfers to and from Rus-
cause of the sensitivity of the topic. sia and Ukraine.”
“Israel will not be a route to “Because Israel has not joined
bypass sanctions imposed on Rus- the sanctions, there is an unclear
sia by the United States and other YEVGENY BIYATOV/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES status for sanctioned oligarchs in
Western countries,” Lapid said Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, left, speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting in October in Sochi, Russia, Israel, which means that Israel
during a visit to Slovakia on Mon- where the two leaders discussed Ukraine. Israel has recently pledged support for Kyiv, while avoiding direct criticism of Putin. could be in trouble in terms of
day. international law,” said Zvi Ma-
Israel’s Channel 12 News re- “Some of them have arrived, not exempting new immigrants from ruary, as Russian troops en- gen, who served as Israeli ambas-
ported last week that the govern- with their own planes, and are declaring or paying taxes on their croached on Ukraine’s borders, sador to both Russia and Ukraine
ment plans to limit the amount of staying at the houses of their income for 10 years. The law was Abramovich made a donation that in the 1990s.
time private planes and yachts are “It looks sometimes like spouses, their friends,” Elise Brez- used as a loophole for internation- was in the “eight figures” to Yad In an interview with Channel 12
allowed to stay at Israeli airports is, director of the Azrieli Center for al money laundering and trans- Vashem, Israel’s official Holocaust News on Friday, Victoria Nuland,
and docks to just 48 hours. The they try to use charity Economic Policy at Bar-Ilan Uni- formed seaside cities such as Tel memorial and museum, accord- the U.S. undersecretary of state for
move comes as a flurry of rented versity in central Israel, said of the Aviv, Caesarea and Herzliya into ing to the organization’s chair- political affairs, warned that Israel
private jets departing Russian cit- money to get influence Russian oligarchs landing in the playgrounds for the ultrarich. man, Dani Dayan. did not want “to become the last
ies and bound for Tel Aviv raised country. Last week, she led what These business executives — Leonid Nevzlin, a Russian Is- haven for dirty money that’s fuel-
speculation that Moscow’s well- here and abroad.” she said was a tense meeting with including Abramovich and bil- raeli billionaire who is critical of ing Putin’s wars.”
heeled elite are fleeing for Medi- Leonid Nevzlin, Russian Israeli representatives from Israel’s Fi- lionaire banker Mikhail Fridman Russian President Vladimir Putin Roman Bronfman, a former
terranean shores. billionaire who is critical of Russian nance Ministry, the Bank of Israel — not only have Israeli passports, and the business executives in his member of Israel’s parliament,
At least 14 rented private planes President Vladimir Putin and business and other government offices and but also often own luxury villas orbit, said Abramovich and others said that as Russia’s war in
have departed from Moscow and executives in his orbit financial institutions over how to and maintain political ties and became “Jewish philanthropists, Ukraine begins to claim more
landed at Israel’s Ben Gurion Air- handle the presence of Russian status as high-level donors and let’s say not from the bottom of lives, Israel will be forced to take a
port in the past 12 days, Channel 12 oligarchs in Israel. investors in the Israeli economy. their heart, but for protection stronger stance against Putin and
News reported Friday. Western A number of wealthy Russian Abramovich, who was placed worldwide.” his alleged cronies, who have for
nations, including Britain, the Jews applied for Israeli citizen- last week on a U.K. government “It looks sometimes like they decades been bringing their “dark
United States and European ship after Russia annexed Crimea sanctions list, acquired Israeli citi- try to use charity money to get market” money into the country.
Union, have all imposed sanctions from Ukraine in 2014, in part to zenship in 2018 and became one of influence here and abroad,” he “Israel is realizing that the time
on some of Russia’s most promi- evade resulting U.S. sanctions. In the largest donors to Israeli and said from his office in Herzliya, in is now for these oligarchs to pay
nent business executives. Israel, they benefited from a law Jewish organizations. In late Feb- the same neighborhood where, in for their crimes,” he said.

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Kyiv residents fear avalanche of destruction and casualties

KYIV FROM A1 his kitchen when a blast shook his
house. “It was like a huge wave,”
attack had been serving as a he said.
barricade, dragged into the street An hour later, as his daughter
to slow traffic. helped clean up the glass from his
The strike came only a few destroyed windows, he stood out-
hours after apparent Russian side surveying the damage. Even
shells struck a nine-story residen- with the glass blown out, he said,
tial building in Kyiv’s Obolon he wouldn’t leave. “I’m not mov-
district about 6 a.m. Residents ing,” he said. “I want to stay here.”
fled the badly damaged building But he pleaded for NATO to
as firefighters tried to extinguish close the sky over Ukraine to
the flames and rescue those prevent further airstrikes — a
trapped inside. At least one per- request that Zelensky has made
son was killed in that incident as repeatedly since the war began.
well, according to Red Cross vol- “If you would close the sky, we
unteers at the scene. wouldn’t experience this,” he said.
The two attacks left residents Western officials fear that en-
in Kyiv on edge, with fears mount- forcing a no-fly zone, which
ing that if Russian forces contin- would mean shooting down Rus-
ue to close in on the capital, it sian planes, could turn into an
could soon face immense damage all-out conflict between nuclear
and high civilian casualties, com- powers.
parable to what has unfolded in The United Nations has con-
the besieged cities of Kharkiv and firmed the deaths of more than
Mariupol. 600 civilians thus far in Ukraine
By midmorning, the second — though the actual count, it
building was no longer on fire, cautions, is probably much high-
but the damage had rendered er. Ukrainian officials say Russian
much of it unlivable. One area attacks have killed thousands of
was badly burned. Most of the people: Just in the port city of
windows were shattered, expos- Mariupol in southern Ukraine,
ing the apartments’ interiors to more than 1,500 people have died,
winter weather. according to its mayor.
The broken windows offered Kostiuk, who had volunteered
views into lives that until Monday at the humanitarian organization
morning had been peaceful. whose office was damaged Mon-
Through one, a tapestry hanging day, said she didn’t know why the
on a wall fluttered in the wind. HEIDI LEVINE FOR THE WASHINGTON POST area was struck.
Through another, shelves of cas- People appear on an apartment balcony after an attack on the Obolon district of Kyiv. Residents fled the building as firefighters tried to “There were checkpoints here,
sette tapes appeared untouched. extinguish flames and rescue anyone still trapped inside. At least one person was killed, according to Red Cross volunteers at the scene. and I guess our humanitarian
On one damaged balcony with office is also a strategic object. It’s
a small Ukrainian flag planted on what could come next for the city. eos of themselves there to rally ings in Kurenivka that were badly has disabilities, live on the build- hard to say,” she said.
the ledge, several residents stood Kyiv has come under bombard- Ukrainians. On Sunday, Zelensky damaged, stood staring in disbe- ing’s third floor. “Now they are Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko,
solemnly looking at the journal- ment but so far has been spared visited a Kyiv hospital to award lief at the cordoned-off area on not picking up their phone,” he who came to survey the scene,
ists gathered below. the worst of the fighting seen medals of honor to injured sol- Monday. said as he puffed anxiously on a said in a video he posted that “this
Emergency workers helped elsewhere in northern and east- diers. “It’s a beautiful residential cigarette. is what Russia’s war against civil-
evacuate residents and pets. One ern Ukraine. Half of the city’s Russia has denied targeting area,” she said. “I could never The casualties in Kyiv on Mon- ians looks like: destroyed build-
family clutched a pet turtle as 4 million residents have fled, offi- civilians in what it calls a “special imagine in my worst nightmare day added to the war’s devastat- ings, destroyed infrastructure.”
they left the scene. Others went in cials said. Those who have stayed military operation,” despite evi- that Russia would invade us.” ing toll on civilians, who have “Lives are getting lost,” he said.
and out of the destroyed building, are bracing for a Russian offen- dence of such attacks verified by Volodymyr Borysovich, 54, borne the brunt of Russian bom- “That’s the war that Russia start-
carrying plastic bags of clothes sive to take the capital. The Washington Post, among oth- stood to the side, gazing at the bardments, sieges and indiscrim- ed.”
and other belongings to their Ukrainian President Volod- ers. shattered balconies above. inate violence since the Feb. 24
cars. ymyr Zelensky and key advisers Tamara Tylchik, 64, who lives His friends Serhiy and Natalia invasion. Hassan reported from London and
The strikes sparked fears over have stayed, posting defiant vid- around the corner from the build- and their daughter, Alina, who Arkady Bogdnovych, 85, was in Berger from Washington.

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war in ukraine

Above it all, ISS partnership still a go Oligarch charged in U.S.

BY C HRISTIAN D AVENPORT shuttle program manager at NASA
campaign finance case
who chairs a NASA advisory
It’s going to be a busy few weeks board. BY D EVLIN B ARRETT
on the International Space Sta- “The old flight director in me
tion. says you ought to be prepared for The Justice Department un-
Tuesday morning, a pair of any contingency,” he said. “I rest sealed an indictment Monday
NASA astronauts are scheduled to assured that the right people are charging that a Russian oligarch
step outside the station for a thinking about the right things in schemed to make illegal campaign
spacewalk. Then next week, Rus- case unfortunate circumstances contributions to boost a planned
sia is flying three more cosmo- unfold. But I sure hope they don't.” marijuana business — a strange
nauts to the station. By the end of Asked whether NASA was pre- saga that previously led to a feder-
the month, NASA astronaut Mark paring for a dissolution of the al investigation of former New
Vande Hei and two Russian col- partnership, Montalbano did not York mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani.
leagues are to fly back to earth on a provide a direct answer, saying Officials say Andrey Muraviev, PETER FOLEY/BLOOMBERG NEWS

Russian Soyuz spacecraft. And a only that “at this time there’s no 47, tried to influence the 2018 U.S. Lev Parnas is one of Russian
few hours later, a group of private indication from my Russian part- elections by plotting to send oligarch Andrey Muraviev’s
NASA/ASSOCIATED PRESS
astronauts is scheduled to launch ners that they want to do anything $1 million to candidates and cam- alleged co-conspirators.
on a SpaceX rocket for a week-long Astronaut Mark Vande Hei in 2017. Currently aboard the ISS, he’s different. So we are planning to paigns, hoping to win favor for the
visit to the station. set to return to Earth aboard a Russian spacecraft March 30. continue operations as we are to- unorthodox cannabis business In the indictment unsealed
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine day.” venture. Monday, authorities say that in
has heightened tensions between he said. “There’s not really an op- the deputy chair of Russia’s Secu- That includes getting Vande The crux of the allegations were early 2018, Muraviev, Fruman and
the United States and Russia to eration that you can just separate rity Council: “Please give it to a Hei home safely. Montalbano said known before his indictment was Parnas decided to launch a busi-
levels not seen since the Cold War. and go your own way, because of Russian mother whose son dies in there would be a team of about 20 made public because his alleged ness that would acquire licenses
But that has not affected the coun- the interdependency that was de- this unjust war.” on-site to take Vande Hei home co-conspirators, Lev Parnas, Igor to sell marijuana and set out to
tries’ partnership in space, which signed from the beginning.” For now, Russia has committed after the Russian spacecraft lands Fruman, and Andrey Kukushkin, make political donations to fur-
has endured for more than two Still, several NASA advisers to being a part of the ISS through in Kazakhstan on March 30. They were previously charged in the ther that goal. Muraviev’s money
decades — at least for now. have urged the agency to be think- 2024. NASA is planning to extend will fly him home on a NASA air- case. Fruman pleaded guilty; Par- was allegedly used to make dona-
“All these activities have contin- ing about contingency plans that the life of the station to 2030. If plane. nas and Kukushkin were convict- tions in Florida, Nevada and Tex-
ued for 20 years, and nothing has would be needed in a worst-case there were any kind of formal dis- Later that day, a group of pri- ed last year at trial. as. He also planned to pay for
changed in the last three weeks,” scenario. Dmitry Rogozin, the solution of the partnership be- vate citizens, who have paid Parnas’s and Fruman’s ties to donations to politicians in New
Joel Montalbano, NASA’s space head of Roscosmos, the Russian tween Russia and the United $55 million each, are to launch to Giuliani played prominently in York and New Jersey, according to
station program manager, said space agency, has said that since States, it would need to go before the space station on a mission President Donald Trump’s first the indictment.
Monday. “We’re aware of what’s Russia is responsible for boosting what is known as the Multilateral arranged by Axiom Space, a Hous- impeachment proceeding, in Muraviev is charged with con-
going on, but we are able to do our the station, it could force it to Coordination Board, the interna- ton-based company that is work- which Trump was accused of spiring to make contributions and
jobs to continue operations.” come crashing down. He has tional coalition that governs the ing to build a commercial space abusing his authority by threaten- donations by a foreign national
He dismissed any notion that threatened to consider dissolving space station. station that could replace the ISS. ing to withhold $400 million in and in the name of another per-
Vande Hei would not fly home the partnership, saying Russia “If the Russians want to leave, After that, NASA is preparing to military aid from Ukraine if offi- son, and making contributions by
with his Russian colleagues as would “closely monitor the ac- it’s going to be up to them,” said send up another crew of astro- cials there did not announce a a foreign national. He is believed
scheduled. “I can tell you for sure tions of our American partners Scott Pace, who is head of the nauts and bring another crew criminal investigation into candi- to be in Russia, a country with a
Mark is coming home on that and, if they continue to be hostile, Space Policy Institute at George home in what amounts to an ex- date Joe Biden and his son Hunter. policy of not extraditing its citi-
Soyuz,” he said. “We are in commu- we will return to the question of Washington University and traordinarily busy time on the sta- Giuliani, Trump’s former per- zens to face charges in the United
nication with our Russian col- the existence of the International served as the executive secretary tion. And for now, everything is sonal attorney, had worked with States.
leagues. There’s no fuzz on that.” Space Station.” of the National Space Council in operating normally, despite the Parnas and Fruman to search for Prosecutors say Muraviev sent
The Russian and American seg- And a state-run news agency the Trump administration. “I war on the ground. anything that would incriminate two $500,000 payments that were
ments of the station depend on published an animated video don’t see the partners or the MCB “The teams continue to work Biden in advance of the 2020 elec- meant to be infused into cam-
each other. The United States pro- showing Russian cosmonauts kicking the Russians out. The Rus- together,” Montalbano said. “Are tion. paign coffers for people seeking
vides power to the Russian side; abandoning NASA astronauts in sians would have to decide on they aware of what’s going on on Giuliani has not been charged offices like governor and state at-
Russia’s Progress vehicle uses its space. their own that they want to leave. Earth? Absolutely. But the teams in connection to the alleged cam- torney general, though Parnas
thrusters to keep the station in the Scott Kelly, a former NASA as- And so far, they haven’t.” are professional. The astronauts paign finance scheme. But he is and Fruman allegedly used some
correct orbit or to dodge debris. tronaut who spent nearly a year on Still, he said, NASA and the and cosmonauts are some of the the focus of a separate investiga- of the money to pay bills.
While NASA’s Cygnus spacecraft the space station with a Russian White House should be “thinking most professional groups you’ve tion by the U.S. attorney in Man- Evidence introduced at Par-
could also boost the station, it colleague, has been particularly about backups and alternatives,” ever seen. … And there’s really no hattan into his work in Ukraine nas’s trial showed one $10,000
would require the Russian thrust- vocal, calling out Rogozin on Twit- because the partnership is “not tensions with the team. This is and whether it violated any feder- donation in Fruman’s name went
ers to keep it in the correct orienta- ter. He also said he would return a invulnerable.” what they’ve been trained to do, al laws about working on behalf of to Adam Laxalt, the former attor-
tion, or attitude, Montalbano said. Russian medal he received for his That was a view also expressed and they’re up there doing that foreign entities. Giuliani has de- ney general in Nevada, who lost a
“It’s a team. We work together,” spaceflight to Dmitry Medvedev, by Wayne Hale, a former space job.” nied any wrongdoing. race for Nevada governor in 2018.

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Mercenaries from Russia promote Putin’s goals in Africa

MALI FROM A1 the world must prove otherwise.”
Junta spokesman Hamidou
in Washington. Eighteen are in Belco Maiga declined to com-
Africa. ment on allegations concerning
“Wagner comes in, further de- Russia, mercenaries and their
stabilizes the country, ravages activities with the Malian army.
the mineral resources and makes
as much money as they can Wagner across Africa
before they choose to leave,” U.S. After news broke last fall that
Navy Rear Adm. Milton Sands, Mali was considering a deal with
head of Special Operations Com- Wagner, Western and regional
mand Africa, told The Washing- leaders sounded the diplomatic
ton Post. “The country is left alarm: Wagner is known to be
poorer, weaker and less secure. more motivated by mineral
Every time.” wealth and other strategic assets
This article is based on inter- than restoring peace.
views with 13 local, regional and In the Central African Repub-
Western officials who have re- lic, mercenaries enlisted to coun-
viewed intelligence, have access ter rebels since 2018 have ab-
to internal reports or have been ducted, tortured and killed peo-
briefed on the details of Mali’s ple on an “unabated and unpun-
security partnership with Russia. ished” basis, according to a U.N.
Several spoke on the condition of report, while a Russian company
anonymity to discuss sensitive the United Nations said is linked
matters and avoid retaliation. to the group secured gold and
Mali’s military junta has de- diamond mining licenses.
nied hiring Wagner, saying it In Libya, one of the continent’s
works only with army instructors oil giants, mercenaries operated
from Russia, a “historic” partner. in a “context of impunity,” the
Putin, however, made no men- United Nations said, planting
tion of a military agreement at a explosive booby traps in residen-
February news conference. tial areas and committing sum-
When a reporter asked about mary executions in support of a
mercenaries in Mali, the Russian warlord vying for control of the
leader acknowledged only “com- country.
mercial activities,” saying the In Sudan, researchers say,
Kremlin has “nothing to do with mercenaries teamed up with sol-
the companies working in Mali.” diers notorious for violently
“If Mali has opted to work with cracking down three years ago on
our companies, it has the right to crowds protesting the govern-
do so,” Putin said. ment of dictator Omar Hassan
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry PAUL LORGERIE FOR THE WASHINGTON POST al-Bashir — in exchange for gold
Peskov echoed that sentiment in A portrait of composer Richard Wagner, whose stoic face circulates in mercenary circles online, in Bamako, Mali, last month. mining rights.
an email to The Post. “We have As Wagner launched opera-
nothing to do with the activities 21 million over the last decade. cials close to the operations: tions in Mali, pro-Russian rheto-
of private military companies Thousands have died and mil- Surveillance flights now require ric flooded Malian social media.
abroad,” he said. Peskov did not lions have lost their homes as the 72-hour notice, and Mali’s mili- One video offered a solution:
respond to other questions about conflict sweeps through two- tary partners have been ordered Russian warriors with angel
Russia’s military presence in thirds of Mali, which is double to avoid areas where Russians wings. The influx of propaganda
Mali. the size of Texas, and spills into are deployed. Western, regional in recent weeks has been “indus-
Officially, Wagner does not neighbors. and business leaders say the trial,” said one Western official in
exist as a single registered busi- France had sent the most security contractors are perform- the country.
ness. Instead, analysts say, the troops of any country into the ing a variety of duties, including Though pro-Russian groups in
group operates as a nebulous fight — backed by U.S. intelli- embedding with Malian troops, Bamako have long demanded
tangle of entities connected to gence and logistical support — upgrading telecommunications stronger ties to Moscow, saying
the Russian military and Yev- before announcing a total with- and running an off-limits supply the Soviet Union was Mali’s first
geniy Prigozhin, an oligarch who drawal from Mali in February, hub out of the international air- real ally after it asserted inde-
is wanted by the FBI on charges blaming soured relations and the port. pendence from France in 1960,
related to interfering in the 2016 arrival of Wagner. The U.N. has The number of Russian secu- demonstrations lately have burst
presidential election. Prigozhin nearly 15,000 peacekeepers in rity forces in Mali is a “defense with Wagner memorabilia. One
has denied ties to Wagner, and he the nation. secret,” said Adama Ben Diarra, a February rally featured portraits
did not respond to a request for Since the mercenaries began member of the transitional coun- of the 19th-century German com-
comment. appearing in late December, new cil and one of five Malian officials poser Richard Wagner, whose
The controversial backup government rules have hindered hit with European Union sanc- stoic face circulates in merce-
came after groups linked to al- international missions against ANDRE BA/XINHUA NEWS AGENCY/ASSOCIATED PRESS tions this year. Moscow sent nary circles online, nodding to a
Qaeda and the Islamic State the rapidly growing Islamist in- A security officer, left, believed to work for Wagner guards a them under a formal “state-to- nickname for Soviet-era artil-
upended life in the country of surgency, according to five offi- campaign rally in the Central African Republic in December 2020. state” agreement, he said, “and lery: the orchestra.

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“I’ve been saying this for froze the country’s assets in their thwart al-Qaeda extremists ad-
years: My inspiration — my com- commercial banks. Bamako soon vancing on Bamako in 2013, the
pass — was the relationship our after defaulted on domestic international intervention has
first president had with the So- debts. failed to curb the bloodshed.
viet Union,” said Diarra, who But the nation is Africa’s third- Fighters have regrouped and
gained prominence as a pro-Rus- largest gold producer and boasts scattered. Fatalities rose by 17
sian activist and social media reserves of lithium, which pow- percent last year, according to
star known as Ben the Brain. ers smartphones, and uranium, a the African Center for Strategic
“But what I care about is Mali. silvery metal used for nuclear Studies in Washington.
Solving Mali’s problems is why reactor fuel. Some in Mali feel pressure to
we are here.” “I have reason to believe that silence their concerns about the
the Malian government tab for junta’s new strategy, said one
A charged arrival Wagner’s services is $10 million a former Malian official. Distrust
Between 800 and 1,000 merce- month,” Army Gen. Stephen of Paris swelled after a U.N.
naries are now working in Mali, Townsend, head of U.S. Africa report found that a French air-
according to U.S. military offi- Command, said on a recent video strike killed 19 civilians last year
cials focused on Africa. France conference, adding: “I think they in the central Malian village of
has put the number at 1,000. will have to trade in kind with Bounti.
When French President Em- natural resources such as gold “Working with mercenaries,”
manuel Macron announced that and other minerals.” the former official said, “we will
Paris would shift troops from The junta is negotiating con- have dozens more situations like
Mali to bordering nations, he cessions with Wagner, according Bounti.”
cautioned that Wagner has to three Western officials who After Paris’s top diplomat ac-
“predatory ambitions.” A Rus- have reviewed intelligence on cused mercenaries of “despoil-
sian military figurehead in the the matter. The junta did not ing” Mali, Bamako shot back by
Central African Republic, Alex- respond to questions about a expelling the French ambassa-
ander Ivanov, responded that he financial arrangement with Rus- dor.
was suing Macron for “flagrant sia. Then Macron announced his
defamation” to raise money for troops would exit, and the 800-
those hurt by “French neocolo- Combat missions PHOTOS BY PAUL LORGERIE FOR THE WASHINGTON POST
soldier European counterterror-
nialism.” and a cowboy bar Adama Ben Diarra, a member of the Malian transitional council who was placed under European ism force meant to bolster the
The Kremlin has denied in- About a third of the Wagner Union sanctions this year, attends a protest against French troops in Bamako last month. French effort said it would follow
volvement with soldiers of for- agents in Mali have embedded suit.
tune, saying private firms are with the army around the coun- a Post reporter to look for Wag- The junta invited France to
free to peddle services anywhere. try’s center, where violence has ner at a cowboy-themed bar. On a leave “without delay,” saying the
Yet Washington says Wagner is surged in recent years, according recent Friday night, the hits of Malian army has made more
run by Prigozhin, an oligarch to the five officials close to the Ricky Martin (“She Bangs”) and progress against extremists in
known as “Putin’s chef ” for his operations. They have been Britney Spears (“Toxic”) blasted recent months than it had in
catering empire and ties to the tasked with cornering suspected as Ukrainian waitresses poured years. And pro-Russian rallies
Kremlin. fighters and staging strikes in shots of tequila. Two men sat at continue in Bamako. Video
“There are a lot of rumors overwhelmingly rural areas. the bar, eating pizza and chatting showed demonstrators burning
around Mr. Prigozhin and the Since Wagner joined the Mali- in Russian. When asked what cardboard cutouts of Macron.
Wagner PMC attributed to him,” an convoys, rights groups have brought them there, one replied Others brandished the face of
Peskov, the Kremlin spokesman, flagged crackdowns they said in English: “My life is s---.” Putin.
said in an email. “All of them are hurt or killed innocent people — On the afternoon of the French
absolutely unfounded and un- a problem that existed before A geopolitical collapse ambassador’s expulsion, a group
substantiated.” Wagner touched down. Wagner’s arrival in Mali has of friends gathered outside near
The former head of Ukraine’s The junta has said it probes hastened the breakdown of alli- the embassy in question, crack-
main government security agen- every report of abuse and is ances with France and other ing jokes.
cy has referred to Wagner as establishing a court to punish European partners while strain- “We don’t even want to see the
Putin’s “private army.” military wrongdoers. A spokes- ing relations with neighbors. dust he leaves behind,” said Ami-
“Russia could start looking at man for the Malian army did not Ivory Coast’s president said in nata Traore Bassadiki, a 46-year-
Wagner as a revenue source be- respond to questions about the an interview with the Financial old incense seller, slapping her
cause the group has the ability to allegations. Times that hiring Wagner would knee.
seize assets like gold, diamonds European and West African Aminata Traore Bassadiki, an incense seller in Bamako, welcomes be “suicide” for Mali. She hadn’t joined the protests.
and bauxite,” said Samuel Ra- security partners in Mali, mean- France’s being replaced as the security partner in Mali. The country has directed more She just liked the idea of a new
mani, associate fellow at the while, have lost access to areas troops to its northern border, partner replacing France.
Royal United Service Institution, that Wagner patrols, the officials said. They were seen “doing tele- military estimates that between preparing for heightened tur- Sidiki Magassouba, a 52-year-
a British security think tank, and said. The 72-hour requirement communications work” — setting 3,000 and 5,000 are active on the moil. old energy company staffer, nod-
author of a forthcoming book on for surveillance flights began in up phone lines and Internet — continent. Mercenaries tend to “These are mercenaries,” Ni- ded along.
Russia’s presence in Africa. “You January, they said, preventing and fixing the Malian army’s shuttle from one conflict zone to ger’s foreign minister, Hassoumi “The anti-French feeling is
could see a more overt preda- allies from sending aircraft armored vehicles, according to a another. Massaoudou, told The Post. “We more than boiling today,” he said.
tion.” above villages in danger of immi- mining consultancy’s report ob- The Central African Republic are absolutely against mercenar- “It is France who pushed us into
How the mercenaries are be- nent attacks — a move meant to tained by The Post. usually has the deepest bench, ies in Mali and every other coun- Russia’s arms.”
ing paid in Mali remains murky. spook away assailants. In the capital, mercenaries researchers say. Wagner agents try.” “Russians, Wagner — we don’t
Most West African nations “We get the impression there guard the presidential palace, there tail the president as body- West and central African care who they are,” Bassadiki
sealed their borders and ended is something to hide,” one official according to the officials, and guards and attend public events troops have flagged the need for said, pronouncing it Vahg-ner.
all but essential trade with Mali in the country said. operate a military supply hub out — like the premiere of a movie more help. On their own, officers “If it means we will get our peace,
in January after the junta un- Farther north in Timbuktu, of a sealed-off wing of the inter- last year about the heroics of say, they lack the necessary man- we would follow Satan.”
veiled a five-year plan to restore Russian contractors have moved national airport. Russian commandos. power and equipment to end the
democracy. Members of the re- into an airport previously used Wagner numbers in sub-Saha- Mercenaries in Bamako keep a conflict. Mamadou Tapily in Bamako
gional bloc known as ECOWAS by French forces, the officials ran Africa fluctuate. The U.S. lower profile. One diplomat told Since Paris deployed troops to contributed to this report.

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W
scored the need to be “nimble”
hen the Federal Re- and left the door open for the Fed
serve raises interest to move more aggressively if in-
rates this week, poli- flation doesn’t fall as interest
cymakers will have rates rise, supply chains heal and
spent months fine-tuning the congressional aid from last year
best moment to begin cooling off fades away.
an overheated economy, which “We will proceed, but we will
by many measures had nearly proceed carefully as we learn
recovered from the once-in-a- more about the implications of
lifetime kind of recession caused the Ukraine war for the econo-
by the global pandemic. my,” Powell told lawmakers.
Yet all that planning to tackle But Fed experts say that kind
inflation, now at 40-year highs, of patience can be hard to justify
has been unexpectedly upended now. Prices rose 7.9 percent in
in just a few weeks, with the war February, with the biggest driv-
in Ukraine now rippling through ers coming from gasoline, shel-
the U.S. economy through re- ter and food. Inflation has
cord-high gas prices. At the same seeped into every corner of the
time, new waves of global supply economy, gutting the Fed’s mes-
chain problems that have already sage from much of last year that
taken hold in Ukraine and Russia inflation would be temporary
could also start appearing in and limited to pandemic-affect-
China, where a new covid surge ed sectors.
has just started to halt produc- Last month, hotels, furniture,
tion at major manufacturing chicken and new cars and trucks
hubs. all saw their largest annual price
The Federal Reserve is poised increases on record. The Febru-
to start putting the brakes on an ary inflation report doesn’t even
economy that some experts now capture the strain on energy mar-
say could be in danger of faltering kets from the war in Ukraine —
anew. Goldman Sachs analysts and already showed the gasoline
have forecast that the economic index rising 6.6 percent com-
fallout of Russia’s war will pull pared with 2021.
back on economic growth and As a result, the Fed has come
raise the risk of the United States under growing criticism, espe-
entering a recession. JONATHAN ERNST/BLOOMBERG NEWS cially from Republicans, who say
There’s a lot of new uncertain- Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell, who will hold a news conference Wednesday, is expected to raise interest rates this week. the central bank should have
ty, and the economic consequenc- intervened with aggressive rate

War upends Fed’s plan to cool inflation

es depend on how long the geopo- hikes months ago.
litical turmoil continues and the “I’ve warned that it could be
ability for policymakers to buffer extremely difficult to put the
against surging energy price inflation genie back in the bottle,”
hikes that are already seeping Sen. Patrick J. Toomey (R-Pa.)
into the economy. But for the told Powell during a Senate
central bank, what is certain is Supply chain problems and surging energy prices pose new economic challenges for U.S. policymakers Banking Committee hearing ear-
that the next phase of Fed policy- lier this month. “Well, the genie is
making will have just as thin a out, and the Fed is behind the
playbook as the one that came ure of goods and services in the curve. We must act with urgency
before it. economy, with Goldman analysts to get inflation under control.”
“It’s really been a series of putting the risk that United Such high inflation has some
negative shocks, that are com- States enters a recession during economists questioning whether
pletely outside of their control, the next year at about 20 percent the invasion of Ukraine should
that have complicated their job,” to 35 percent. Policymakers at the change the Fed’s calculus at all.
said Stephanie Aaronson, direc- Fed and White House had hoped Adam S. Posen, president of the
tor of the Economic Studies pro- that monthly inflation readings Peterson Institute for Interna-
gram at the Brookings Institu- would start to tick down by now. tional Economics, said for the
tion who spent nearly two dec- But the war’s strain on global Fed, the war doesn’t change a
ades at the Fed. energy markets only promises to fundamental need to start acting
The initial plan was for the Fed push prices higher. and plow ahead to catch up with
to moderately raise interest rates Higher fuel costs are pushing inflation.
by 25 basis points at the conclu- airlines to cut back on their “We know we have to go north.
sion of its policy meeting routes. Small businesses, from We don’t know if we need to go
Wednesday. Investors are count- concert venues to landscapers, north 400 miles or 700 miles, but
ing on as many as six more are raising prices to make up for we have to go,” Posen said. “Four-
gradual interest rate hikes to ease rising gas and transportation hundred miles is a long way, and
skyrocketing inflation, up mark- costs. Food prices are expected to 700 miles is rather a long way, so
edly from the three included in keep climbing if the conflict con- we should go pretty fast.”
the Fed’s most recent projections. tinues through Europe’s key But there are risks of going too
But that game plan, now set planting season this spring. The fast. If the Fed raises rates too
against the backdrop of Russia’s interruption of Russian oil ship- abruptly, that could cause a reces-
war in Ukraine, could end up ments, including the import ban sion. Now the Fed has to balance
being either not aggressive the White House announced last cooling down the economy, while
enough if inflation hits double week, threatens one of the largest also factoring in the hazards an
digits in coming months, experts supply disruptions since World energy shock could have for the
say, or too aggressive if consumer War II. broader recovery, and for peo-
spending starts to drastically In Lincoln, Neb., Andy’s Appli- ple’s own pocketbooks.
dampen on its own and inflation ance Repair is feeling the strain. CHONA KASINGER/BLOOMBERG NEWS Fed watchers and the markets
turns around. About 15 vans are dispatched Vehicles wait in line to refuel at a gas station in Seattle last week. The war in Ukraine is rippling will closely scrutinize how Powell
“The war and its spillover ef- each day to make house calls, and through the U.S. economy, with the cost per gallon of gasoline in the United States hitting record highs. describes the path ahead at a
fects substantially intensify the higher gas prices have added up, news conference Wednesday.
conundrum the Fed already faced said Dan Eckles, director of oper- ly,” Eckles said. “We weren’t seem to get past the pandemic, a The Fed’s tools are limited; “Uncertainty” is likely to be a
about how aggressively to tighten ations. That’s on top of rising thinking we’d have to be as ag- problem which could threaten raising or lowering interest rates major theme, one that accounts
[policy],” said Eswar Prasad, an shipping costs from carriers large gressive as we have been to stay global supply chains anew in cannot heal supply chains, boost for the tumult in Ukraine and
economist at Cornell University. and small. afloat and be competitive.” coming months. In China, a surge oil supply or impose sanctions on shields the Fed from committing
“It’s a tough call.” Eckles said he’s tried to keep Already, early looks at consum- in covid cases has prompted lock- Russian President Vladimir Pu- to a schedule of rate hikes.
After navigating a global pan- costs down by ordering new parts er sentiment has fallen in March downs in the manufacturing tin’s closest confidants. Monetary But that may only work as an
demic for two years, the Fed and in bulk or making repair routes to its lowest level since 2011, hubs of Shenzhen and Changc- policy also isn’t meant to respond explanation for so long.
households across America have as efficient as possible to save gas. according to survey data released hun, dealing a new blow to elec- to short-term blips in the econo- “The Fed may end up seeing its
been handed a whole new kind of But those moves can only go so Friday from the University of tronics and car factories that my, like an energy shock. It is hand forced,” Prasad said. “I don’t
economic problem in the past far. With the latest surge in costs, Michigan, as incomes took a have been repeatedly paused. intended to see through the tur- think it quite has the luxury of
few weeks. Eckles said he’s had no choice but beating by rising fuel prices. Con- Foxconn Technology Group, a bulence and assess what’s hap- being able to wait for how things
Economists at Goldman Sachs to raise prices for customers by sumers said they held very nega- critical supplier for Apple, said pening in the economy over the play out because they’re at the
and JPMorgan Chase last week about 10 percent to 18 percent, tive prospects for the economy, it’s stopping production, and it’s long haul. fine edge of inflation taking off to
downgraded their forecasts for depending on the type of repair. apart from the job market. unclear when the lockdowns Testifying before Congress ear- an extent that it becomes much
gross domestic product, a meas- “It affects the business broad- Also, major world powers can’t would be lifted. lier this month, Federal Reserve harder to corral in the future.”

D I G E ST

TECHNOLOGY “We always believed that covid a day. cents for Uber Eats delivery
as a dramatic tail wind would — Bloomberg News orders for the next 60 days.
DocuSign plans come to an end,” Springer said in — Bloomberg News
changes in sales unit an interview. “The place that we RIDE HAILING
missed is how fast we would see ALSO IN BUSINESS
DocuSign chief executive Dan that drop.” Lyft to add surcharge Coupa Software on Monday
Springer is retraining his sales The fix is underway. The to help with fuel costs reported a loss of $96 million in
team and hiring a new leader in company is hiring a new sales its fiscal fourth quarter. On a per-
the division, seeking to mitigate a head, Springer told investors on Lyft will be adding a surcharge share basis, the company based
swift decline in demand for the the Thursday earnings call, and to rides in a bid to help drivers, in San Mateo, Calif., said it had a
company’s electronic-signature bringing on executives from following a similar move by rival loss of $1.29. The company
software. established software providers Uber last week in response to the posted revenue of $193.3 million
DocuSign’s product became a such as Oracle and Salesforce. It’s rising fuel costs across the United in the period. For the year, the
vital lifeline for businesses, also educating a sales team, one States. company reported that its loss
consumers and governments that grew substantially when “We’ve been closely widened to $379 million, or $5.13
when the pandemic hit in early demand for DocuSign’s product monitoring rising gas prices and per share. Revenue was reported
2020, turning the company into was robust, on how to effectively their impact on our driver as $725.3 million.
one of the most-watched sell existing customers on more community,” a Lyft spokesman
software vendors. Now that licenses or additional services. said Monday in an email. “Driver Vail Resorts on Monday reported
heightened demand has “We didn’t properly onboard earnings overall remain elevated a fiscal second-quarter net
evaporated, the shares have them,” Springer acknowledged. LIN WEIBIN/COLORCHINAPHOTO/ASSOCIATED PRESS
compared with last year, but income of $223.4 million. The
tumbled 76 percent, and Springer It’s not uncommon for Workers with Alibaba's food delivery platform Ele.me wait for given the rapid rise in gas prices company, based in Broomfield,
is working to convince skittish software vendors to change their orders in Zhujiang New Town in Guangzhou in south China's we’ll be asking riders to pay a Colo., said it had net income of
investors that DocuSign can leadership teams once certain Guangdong province. temporary fuel surcharge, all of $5.47 per share. The ski resort
flourish in the new world of levels of growth are achieved, which will go to drivers.” operator posted revenue of
hybrid work. often around $1 billion in annual Lyft didn’t elaborate on how $906.5 million in the period.
While Springer said he always sales. That wasn’t the case for high the new surcharge would be
expected the pandemic boom to DocuSign, which reported wasn’t until relatively recently unemployment funds without or which markets would be — From news services
subside, the drop-off caught him $2.1 billion in revenue last year, a that companies began to fully recipients coming into local affected.
and the company flat-footed. decision Springer says probably embrace signing documents facilities and companies used e- Ride-hailing giants are COMING TODAY
DocuSign failed to anticipate contributed to the challenges the online. signatures to tap into new federal grappling with the prospect of 8:30 a.m.: Labor Department
how substantially the return to company is facing now. Once the coronavirus swept aid. drivers leaving the platform as releases the Producer Price Index
quasi-normal operations would The pandemic was exactly the globe, the technology became DocuSign last week gave record-high gas prices whittle for February.
impact sales, as well as how what DocuSign needed to critical for businesses that quarterly and annual revenue down earnings. On Friday, Uber
severely the fallout of one-time establish e-signatures as a viable pivoted overnight to fully remote forecasts that fell short of announced it would be applying Federal Reserve: Policymakers
pandemic use cases would affect alternative to wet ink. While the operations. Governments also analysts’ projections, sending a fee of 45 cents or 55 cents per begin a two-day meeting to set
its business. option became legal in 2000, it needed to disburse shares plummeting 20 percent in trip for rides and 35 cents or 45 interest rates.
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New iPhone SE meets

its low expectations
Sometimes the from 2019, there’s little reason to
smartest phone is switch to this model unless your
the one that costs old phone is broken.
less. Busy people beware: While the
The iPhone SE new SE’s battery life should feel
packs the brain of like an improvement from any
Geoffrey Apple’s latest-and- older iPhone with a home
A. Fowler greatest iPhone 13 button, the SE has the least long-
into the smaller, lasting battery life of any new
classic body of an iPhone 7. It can iPhone.
connect to faster 5G cellular On two different test days with
networks. And at $429, it is half a not-too-stressful load of calls,
the price of the flagship phones photos, emails and video
that fancypants people think streams, the SE died after 12
they need. hours. Apple claims the SE can
After testing 2022’s iPhone SE stream video for “up to” 10 hours,
for a few days, I’m happy to which is about the same as the
report: Apple’s least-expensive iPhone 12 mini.
iPhone is mostly fine for people If you’re looking for the
who don’t demand a lot from a smallest-possible iPhone, the 12
smartphone. Or to put it another mini and 13 mini are both
way, low expectations met. shorter and lighter than the SE,
But before you buy one, be while also offering more
clear about what’s not included. functional screen area.
Here’s my guide:
4. What the marketing fails to
1. What you need to know mention
This budget iPhone is zippy, The 5G connectivity included in
familiar, comfortable in the hand this SE update doesn’t support
and built to last. But its battery the fastest type of 5G, known as
life and night photo capabilities mmWave, unlike Apple’s flagship
are both mediocre. phones.
And the headline new feature Despite the classic iPhone
to this third-generation of the SE shape, there’s still no regular
— the ability to connect to faster headphone jack.
5G networks — isn’t a reason And there’s only one back
most people should spend on an camera lens — no ultrawide or
upgrade. Those networks are still telephoto zoom like on other
spotty in the United States, and models. More disappointing, the
the SE’s 5G connection camera doesn’t support
performed poorly in my San photography in dark situations
Francisco tests, delivering with Night mode.
dreadful download speeds while
draining the battery. 5. Show me what the camera
can do MELINA MARA/THE WASHINGTON POST
2. Who it’s good for In daytime or well-lit situations,
This is the iPhone for people who the iPhone SE does fine, Apple will do for $49 out of subscriptions to Apple Music, as little as $400, which is actually
aren’t on their phone all day and comparable to an iPhone 11. warranty. Arcade, TV+, Fitness+ and more. less than the price of a new
don’t want to spend a ton of But in darker situations, the Accident prone? The iPhone Apple likes to advertise that iPhone SE.
money on a new one. SE’s camera disappoints. It SE is water resistant, but both it’s good at privacy, but my tests The new iPhone SE If you don’t care about 5G or
The SE also has a feature some doesn’t support the Night mode the front and back are made of find it sometimes doesn’t go far packs the brain of would prefer a larger screen, the
people might seek out: It’s the that Apple first introduced with glass. enough. The iPhone software Apple’s latest-and- iPhone 11 is still a great model
last iPhone with a physical home the iPhone 11. offers some useful privacy greatest iPhone 13 into with a more-capable camera for
button and Touch ID fingerprint 7. The catch controls, but you’ll need to know the smaller, classic body $499.
reader. 6. How long should it last? This may be a budget iPhone, but how to turn them on. of an iPhone 7. But its And though switching is
In your hand, the phone is Because the iPhone SE uses Apple will still try to extract (Fortunately, we have a guide for battery life and night increasingly rare, you might find
smaller, thinner and lighter than Apple’s A15 Bionic chip and more money out of you for its that.) photo capabilities are the grass to be greener over in
an iPhone 11, 12 or 13, which all supports 5G, I estimate it will be services. both mediocre. Android land. Google’s Pixel 5a
unlock with Face ID. able to get software updates and The entry-level model SE 8. What are the alternatives? costs $449 and comes with a
connect to cellular networks for comes with just 64 GB of storage, If it’s a petite phone you seek, an better battery and more camera
3. Who it’s not good for at least six years. and after you fill that up Apple iPhone 12 mini is smaller, comes lenses than the SE. And
If you bought the second- It’s not clear, however, if the will push subscriptions to its with 5G, two camera lenses and Samsung’s A-series Galaxy
generation iPhone SE that battery will last that long iCloud storage service. And it is available new for $599. Or you phones include 5G for as little as
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States to reassess Medicaid rolls in pandemic ‘unwinding’

MEDICAID FROM A1

poor, newly uninsured Ameri-

cans, depending on how things go
once states resume checking
which Medicaid beneficiaries still
qualify.
“The main concern I have is
people are going to be cut off for
reasons that have nothing to do
with their eligibility,” said Gordon
Bonnyman, a staff attorney for
the Tennessee Justice Center, a
nonprofit working for affordable
health care. “Either they drop the
ball, or the state drops the ball.”
The unprecedented work that
lies ahead will wind down a pro-
found, temporary change Con-
gress made to Medicaid, the na-
tion’s largest public health insur-
ance program, early in the pan-
demic.
The first coronavirus relief law,
in March 2020, offered states a
bargain to help them cope with
the sudden spurt of Americans
losing jobs and health benefits
that accompanied the worst pub-
lic health crisis in a century: The
federal government would give
states extra money to help pay for
Medicaid if they promised not to
move anyone off the program as
long as the emergency lasted.
Every state accepted the bar-
gain at a moment when few imag-
ined that, two years later, the
pandemic — and the public
health emergency the Depart-
ment of Health and Human Ser-
vices has been renewing every 90
days since the coronavirus’s first
winter — would still be present.
In that time, Medicaid caseloads
have jumped about 22 percent
nationally as new people have BRANDON DILL FOR THE WASHINGTON POST

joined and no one has cycled on

and off the rolls. The nearly Starting in November, Ledger- that more than 220,000 people no siasts, is stalled on Capitol Hill. reached their intended recipi-
78 million Americans on Medic- wood said, the first of four notices longer qualify but are still getting One state’s experience with a ents, said Jacey Cooper, Medicaid
aid as of September, the latest from the state arrived in the mail, benefits. Starting this month, a similar insurance program offers director in the state’s Department
figure available because federal telling him that he no longer nonprofit working with the state a preview of what can go wrong if of Health Care Services. The pro-
tallies run months behind, are the qualifies for Medicaid — but that will try to call those people to states move too fast. In Utah, a gram has given California’s coun-
most since the program began as his benefits would continue for check their phone numbers and federal insurance program for ty social services departments,
a shared federal-state responsi- now because of the public health addresses. children from working-class fam- which are in charge of renewals,
bility in the 1960s as a pillar of emergency rules. The notices But Hawkins pointed out that ilies was initially handled in a scripts to answer callers’ ques-
President Lyndon B. Johnson’s have kept coming even after a Arkansas passed a law last year fashion similar to Medicaid, with tions in 19 languages. To do even
War on Poverty. county nurse paid him a visit in that requires the state to carry out all children kept in the program more outreach, California is giv-
Once the federal emergency is January and confirmed the ser- its Medicaid eligibility decisions during the pandemic. Last year, ing extra money to federally fund-
lifted, every state will need to vices he needs. They have kept within six months of when the the state reversed course on the ed “navigators” — community
reassess its entire bloated roster. coming even after he and his unwinding begins — half the time Children’s Health Insurance Pro- workers who help consumers
Many of the people who will be Legal Aid lawyer called the state the Biden administration says gram — widely known as CHIP — sign up for ACA health plans and
removed from the safety-net in- and were assured that a computer states should take. scrambling in two months to send steer others toward Medicaid.
surance probably will qualify for glitch caused the letters. A recent Ohio law requires a renewal notices and make new “It definitely keeps me up at
private health plans, according to If notices keep coming once the more tightly compressed period: eligibility decisions. More than night,” Cooper said, “because I
Biden administration officials health emergency ends, and he is two or three months, depending 40 percent of Utah children on want to ensure that people who
and health-care researchers and dropped from Medicaid even on how long someone has been on CHIP were dropped. need coverage can remain on
advocates. ABOVE: The town of temporarily, he will not return to Medicaid. Michigan lawmakers “It ended up being a disaster,” coverage.”
But large questions hover over Cash in the Arkansas the same level of benefits. Ledger- are considering something simi- said Matt Slonaker, executive di- In New Mexico, which has the
how many beneficiaries whose Delta has 342 residents, wood said he worries that he and lar. rector of the Utah Health Policy highest proportion of residents
incomes have risen above Medic- and nearly half of them his parents couldn’t live on his Advocates predict that if Med- Project, a nonprofit that fought on Medicaid in the country, the
aid’s eligibility thresholds will live in poverty. Resident father’s pay from a Jonesboro icaid programs move hastily, they for several years to expand Medic- state has told the three insurers
simply disappear instead of slid- Bradley Ledgerwood is factory that makes Delta truck will have too many erroneous aid in that state and coaches that provide Medicaid managed-
ing over to other insurance. And worried that many toolboxes. If that happened, Led- addresses and call centers will be Utahns to sign up for Affordable care plans that they must offer
it is unclear how many who re- vulnerable people in his gerwood fears, his mother might overwhelmed. And they fear that Care Act marketplace health ACA health plans, too, to make it
main eligible will be removed state will be cut off from need to go back to work, and he computerized eligibility systems, plans. He fears Utah will not take easy for people to switch over,
from the program improperly. Medicaid. might land in a nursing home like which can be error-prone in cer- enough time for the Medicaid according to Nicole Comeaux, the
For Biden health officials, help- BELOW: New Mexico the one 60 miles away where his tain states in ordinary times, will unwinding, either. state Medicaid director. And Gov.
ing states get ready for this enor- Gov. Michelle Lujan grandfather spent his final years be unable to spit out accurate A big wrinkle in planning is Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) per-
mous task — dubbed “unwind- Grisham (D), talking — rather than rolling up and renewal decisions. Compounding that it is unclear when that un- suaded the legislature to devote
ing” from the health emergency with nurse Deanne down the road in his wheelchair, the problem, many states’ Medic- winding will begin. $35 million to help people with
— has been a preoccupation for Tapia before receiving greeting neighbors when the aid agencies are short-staffed, The latest extension of the the transition from Medicaid, in-
several months. They have sent her coronavirus vaccine weather is fine. having lost workers during the health emergency runs through cluding to pay premiums for a
states a detailed punch list of last year, persuaded her Asked about such computer- pandemic, while some employees mid-April. States are assuming month for anyone who moves
recommended steps to take in state’s legislature to generated errors, Cindy Gillespie, hired lately have no experience at that HHS will continue it, be- into a marketplace plan.
preparation, dispatched letters devote $35 million to secretary of Arkansas’ Depart- handling renewals. cause Biden health officials have In contrast, Jodi Ray, director
spelling out federal expectations help people with the ment of Human Services, said, “If Biden health officials are tell- promised to give 60 days’ notice of Florida Covering Kids & Fami-
and continued to confer often transition from there is something going on, we ing states to take their time, before its end, and that has not lies, has been sending emails
with each state. Medicaid. want to know and get it fixed.” urging them to use a full year to happened. since the fall to Florida’s Depart-
“This is at the top … of our Ledgerwood’s Legal Aid law- help ensure that renewals are The Biden administration has ment of Children and Families,
priority list,” said Daniel Tsai, yer, Trevor Hawkins, questions handled accurately — double the no official forecast of how many which runs Medicaid there. She
who oversees Medicaid in HHS’s whether Arkansas is equipped to six months the Trump adminis- people are likely to fall off Medic- keeps suggesting that her squad
Centers for Medicare and Medic- handle the work ahead. Already, tration had said would be al- aid. Tsai and other policy experts of navigators, the nation’s largest,
aid Services. “We intend to and the state has amassed a large lowed. cite research by the Urban Insti- help with the unwinding.
are using all levers available to us backlog of Medicaid applications. But there is a catch. The extra tute, a Washington think tank, “We are on the ground,” Ray
to make sure we are connecting The legislature has not provided federal money will last no more that began estimating late last said. “I keep trying to offer up:
people with coverage.” additional money for that or for than three months after the pub- year how many people would lose Here is a strong team that can
Still, each state runs its own the unwinding, but Gillespie said lic health emergency ends. After coverage after the health emer- help.” She said she has not heard
program. Interviews with state the extra money from the federal that, states will have to shoulder a gency stops. The latest updates back.
officials, health-care advocates government allowed her depart- bigger portion of the costs associ- predict that more than 14 million Katy DeBriere, legal director of
and policy specialists reveal deep ment to hire a contractor a few ated with their swollen Medicaid beneficiaries could lose Medicaid the nonprofit Florida Health Jus-
differences over how much time, months ago to help it get caught caseloads while finishing the un- if the emergency expires midsum- tice Project, said the state’s com-
effort and money states are devot- up. And the state’s Medicaid di- winding. mer, and nearly 16 million if it puterized eligibility system is an-
ing to this work. In certain places, rector, Dawn Stehle, said she has The administration and con- ends early in the fall. tiquated and predicted that “it is
advocates warn that problems — been convening weekly internal gressional Democrats have tried Matthew Buettgens, a senior going to be a huge problem.”
including outdated addresses for meetings since the fall to prepare to create a cushion to deter states fellow at the Urban Institute who Florida’s Department of Chil-
renewal notices and error-prone for the unwinding. from unwinding quickly to save is the study’s lead author, said dren and Families did not re-
computer systems — could un- Arkansas’ Medicaid enroll- money. The cushion, part of a that no matter when it begins, spond to requests for comment
dermine some of the poorest ment has grown from 927,282 in far-reaching social policy bill, “the systems themselves, both hu- about its preparations.
Americans’ ability to afford care. early 2020 to nearly 1.1 million by would ratchet down the extra man and computer, weren’t de- CMS has latitude to penalize
Brad Ledgerwood knows the January. Because the state has federal payments more gradually. signed to handle that volume.” states if they shirk federal rules
possibility of errors, and he continued eligibility reviews But the legislation, called the Meanwhile, a new study by the for the unwinding — but has not
knows the stakes. Ledgerwood through the pandemic, it believes Build Back Better act by its enthu- Georgetown University Health so far. Tsai said it will be better
lives in Cash, Ark. — a “spot in the Policy Institute’s Center for Chil- able to assess how prepared
road,” as he puts it, with 342 dren and Families estimates that states are once it is clear when the
residents in the Arkansas Delta. 6.7 million children insured unwinding will begin.
Nearly half live in poverty. through Medicaid will lose cover- Bonnyman, with the Tennessee
Ledgerwood was born with age. Justice Center, is one of many
cerebral palsy. “I can do every- “This could be disastrous for advocates around the country
thing I want to do as far as my children — especially Black and who are nervous. “What scares
mind,” he said. He has been on Latino children,” whose families me is this system was not working
Cash’s city council for nine years. are more likely to be poor, said great when they lifted the needle
“My problem is my physical abili- Joan Alker, the Georgetown cen- off the record,” Bonnyman said of
ty,” he said. “I cannot do anything ter’s executive director and the Tennessee’s Medicaid renewals.
physical by myself. My mom and study’s main author. “We won’t know what’s going on
dad are my hands and feet.” Tsai and Jonathan Blum, chief … until it fires back up. We just
At 40, he has been on Medicaid operating officer of the Centers have to wait for people to be hurt.”
more than half his life, since he for Medicare and Medicaid Ser- From his wheelchair in Cash,
turned 18, under a part of Arkan- vices, known as CMS, said the Ledgerwood has the same anxi-
sas’ program that covers care at agency is working with states’ ety.
home to help people like him stay Medicaid programs more inten- “I think a bunch of people will
out of nursing homes. His moth- sively than ever, coaching them to be getting cut off for no reason
er, Ann, quit her job as a county avoid a widespread loss of eligible because the computer messed
appraiser to be his caretaker. people and find smooth paths to up,” he said.
Medicaid covers the cost of eight other coverage for those who no “I know how to fight it,” said
hours of care a day, adding up to longer qualify. Ledgerwood, who has just been
about $62,000 in benefits a year Some states are embracing fed- appointed to a Medicaid consum-
that she is paid. Ledgerwood has eral advice far more than others. er advisory board that Arkansas
that amount of coverage — three In California, where Medi-Cal is creating. What he worries
times what he would get other- is the nation’s biggest Medicaid about, he said, “is people who
wise — because he is grandfa- program, the state took the rare don’t know to call a lawyer and
thered into an older version of the step starting in December of don’t know their rights. Some
program for as long as he remains sending letters to all 14.4 million people will fall through the
eligible. EDDIE MOORE/POOL/ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL/ASSOCIATED PRESS beneficiaries to test whether they cracks.”
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This district reopened quickly. Was it the right approach?

SCHOOLS FROM A1 bigger gains in fifth grade. Nearly
75 percent of fifth graders were
Academy argue they took the considered proficient in reading
right approach to reopening in 2021, up six percentage points
schools. No child was hospital- from 2019. Colorado state
ized with the virus; two school dropped 1.2 percentage points
system employees were admitted, during that time.
though contact tracers did not Nationwide, a McKinsey & Co.
determine where they contracted study found schools with majori-
the virus, school officials said. ty-Black populations were five
And overall, results from stan- months behind pre-pandemic
dardized tests show that the aver- levels, compared with majority-
age student in Lewis-Palmer White schools, which were two
made gains in reading. While they months behind.
lost ground in math, they per- Similar dynamics played out
formed better than the average here. In Lewis-Palmer, minority
Coloradan. SAT scores remained students didn’t perform as well as
steady. their White peers on a state exam,
Debate continues over which according to data provided by the
approach was the right one, and school system. Students who
the circumstances in homog- qualified for free and reduced
enous suburban districts differ lunch — around 10 percent of the
from those in big cities. But the population — performed better
experience of systems like Lewis- than the average Colorado stu-
Palmer offers evidence for those dent in the same income level,
who say schools could have avoid- though they lagged behind their
ed some of the prolonged closures wealthier peers in the district.
— and the serious academic and “The results show that at the
social impacts that came from most broad levels, our kids con-
them. tinued learning,” Somers said.
“We didn’t just exist through “But we have more work to do on
the pandemic,” said Mark Belcher, how our most marginalized stu-
director of communications for dents are learning — and that was
the school district. “We made true before the pandemic.”
progress through the pandemic.” Even though schools here
The school district supported opened, the 85 percent of stu-
many early decisions with a July dents who opted for in-person
2020 academic study that found learning in fall 2020 were still out
that children under 10 didn’t PHOTOS BY CHET STRANGE FOR THE WASHINGTON POST
for stretches of the academic year.
transmit the virus at high rates, officials used health guidance put ABOVE: Students this month at When the region experienced a
according to Superintendent K.C. forth by the local health depart- Lewis-Palmer Middle School in surge of cases in November 2020,
Somers. The superintendent also ment in El Paso County. Case Monument, Colo., part of a officials shut down middle and
saw early evidence emerging numbers there were far lower district that reopened in 2020. high schools through winter
from Europe that showed it was than the national averages in Au- LEFT: Chris Taylor, president break, switching these students
possible to reopen schools with gust 2020. of the school board, said the to virtual learning. Students re-
relatively few outbreaks. Still, the district took liberties. board wanted “to give parents turned to classes on a hybrid
To some in Lewis-Palmer, the The El Paso Health Department, as much choice as possible.” schedule in January and were
district took a leap of faith when for example, “strongly encour- back full time in March 2021.
there were still big unknowns aged” children 10 and younger to lived never fully reopened to And the district quarantined
about how the virus spread — and wear masks. Lewis-Palmer decid- high-schoolers. entire classrooms when someone
got lucky that no one became ed to require masks only in hall- “She needed to go back,” O’Neal in the room tested positive for the
gravely ill. ways for this age group, and it said. “Staying home, her anxiety virus. Last academic year, it re-
To others, the school system allowed them to go maskless in was only going to get worse.” corded nearly 8,000 quarantines.
chased the right priorities, acted classrooms. Officials relied on a More than 7 million students Macy Sienkowski, 11, was out
diligently and followed health state constitution that gives are eligible for special education- this way for more than 60 days.
guidelines, doing what was neces- school boards complete control al services under the federal Indi- Her parents, employees for the
sary to give the community what over their schools. viduals with Disabilities Educa- school system, were working in
it wanted: open schools. “We wanted it to be as normal tion Act. These children follow an person so she was unsupervised
“With our kids being younger, as possible, and children wearing individualized education pro- during virtual learning. She said
the risk of social delays weighed masks is not normal,” said Chris About 65 percent of eligible “We were dealing with a lot of gram that lays out what services she and her friends would often
heavily with us,” said Kim Rhine- Taylor, president of the Lewis- residents in El Paso County are disgruntled parents,” Frampton or attention they must receive. chat online during virtual learn-
smith, a mother of two who sent Palmer school board. “The focus fully vaccinated — on par with the said. School districts across the county, ing and concedes she didn’t learn
her two elementary-aged stu- of the board was to give parents as state’s vaccination rate. But The school district posted re- including Lewis-Palmer, conced- as much as she would have had
dents back to in-person learning much choice as possible — and school officials, teachers and par- ported positive cases on its web- ed they failed these children dur- she been in school.
full time in Lewis-Palmer last fall. children could wear masks if they ents said people in the school site. Officials said they found no ing virtual learning in the pan- District leaders said few stu-
wanted.” district rarely discuss their im- evidence of large outbreaks in its demic, and many of them fell dents tested positive while quar-
‘As normal as possible’ Lewis-Palmer didn’t entirely munization status. Vaccination is school buildings. But some par- further behind than their class- antined and they decided to stop
Like most of the nation’s school escape the covid politics that en- not required to participate in any ents and teachers questioned mates, with some families report- contact tracing this academic
districts, Lewis-Palmer 38 gulfed school reopenings across activity. those findings, arguing that be- ing their children lost skills need- year. Students no longer have to
abruptly closed its school build- the country. Some parents plead- “We felt it was an infringement cause the district did not conduct ed for an independent life. quarantine if someone in their
ings and sent students home on ed with the district for stricter on staff confidentiality to ask any testing, many cases likely In Lewis-Palmer, elementary class tests positive.
March 13, 2020. They learned on- mask requirements. Others post- about their vaccination status,” went undetected. students with special education “We were never in the same
line for the remainder of the aca- ed signs that said “free the face” Somers, the superintendent, said. Some thought the school was plans made improvements in routine,” Macy said. “And then it
demic year, and teachers quickly outside the school district’s high “But we did encourage vaccines.” insufficiently cautious. A Centers English and math, showing great- would take a while to get used to
saw many students’ progress schools, where masks were re- Rick Frampton, executive di- for Disease Control and Preven- er growth than the average spe- going back to school, and once we
slow. Children struggled with the quired last academic year. rector of student services who led tion study released this month cial education student in Colora- did, we got quarantined again.”
coursework and felt depressed A few more teachers than usual the school system’s covid re- determined that school districts do. Still, many said the year felt
and anxious, educators say. quit or took early retirement be- sponse, said to manage the thorny with mask requirements experi- Brandy Doan, a special educa- remarkably normal. Christine
School system officials sur- cause they didn’t want to return, politics, he stuck with a consis- enced significantly fewer corona- tion teacher at Palmer Ridge Thomas — a kindergarten teacher
veyed parents in July and deter- school leaders said. At least one tent interpretation of the health virus cases than districts with High, said her high school stu- and president of the district’s
mined that more than 60 percent high school teacher quit because guidance, not making exceptions mask-optional policies. dents were learning independent teacher advocacy group, Lewis-
said they were “very likely” to he refused to teach with a mask or modifications for any school or Angie Jones has a son with living skills and rebounded from Palmer Education Association —
return to in-person learning. Few- on, according to one principal. A family. When parents com- cystic fibrosis. He struggled with losses during virtual learning. said she believes last year’s kin-
er than 10 percent of families said few families reportedly fled to plained, he referred them to the El virtual learning. She wanted him “Everyone who regressed has dergartners left prepared for first
they were “very unlikely” to re- nearby school districts with mask Paso County Health Department. to return to in-person learning already recouped the skills they grade.
turn. More than 60 percent of mandates, though officials said One student, he said, had to last year, but his doctors said he lost,” Doan said. When she returned to the
teachers, who are not unionized, they also had new families enroll miss the final football game of his couldn’t unless everyone was Districtwide, Lewis-Palmer classroom in fall 2020, she tried
felt confident the school system in the district because of its looser senior year because he was quar- masked. She pleaded with the has always been a high-achieving to space her students and keep
could reopen schools safely; just covid rules. And principals re- antined after a close contact at school to require his classmates to school district, performing them from getting too close
15 percent disagreed. ported squabbles at pickup lines school tested positive for the vi- wear masks so her son could at- around the 80th percentile of when they played with one an-
So Lewis-Palmer 38 decided to with parents who refused to fol- rus. His father threatened to sue, tend. But the school wouldn’t school districts across the nation other. But she realized that
reopen. To craft its plan, local low masking requirements. but Frampton didn’t budge. budge, she said. She kept her son in English and math, according to wasn’t feasible, and students
and youngest daughter online, results from a national standard- didn’t appear to be getting sick.
fearing they could bring the virus ized exam. So, she let them play with one

Never
home. That didn’t appear to change another on the classroom carpet
“My child’s needs were not be- much during the pandemic. with no restrictions.
ing met,” Jones said. “It felt like But the results are hardly de- Giving teachers that freedom
they didn’t care.” finitive. Participation in the tests in classrooms was intentional,
was lower across the state, partic- school leaders said. They didn’t

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ton state to Colorado Springs in ing. rooms to feel different from a
2019 for her husband’s job, she In third-grade reading — a crit- standard year. So long as teachers
wanted to find a school district in ical year — 60.2 percent of Lewis- and students showed up, they
the region that would have a Palmer students were considered wanted their schools to feel nor-
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TUESDAY, MARCH 15 , 2022 . THE WASHINGTON POST EZ RE K A19

TUESDAY Opinion
DANA MILBANK

How does
Ron DeSantis
sleep at night?
R
epublicans are killing us.
No, really.
Until now, we’ve known that
covid-19 death rates were higher
among the unvaccinated, and also higher
in counties that went for Donald Trump,
whose supporters were more likely to
resist vaccinations, masks and other
pandemic precautions.
Now that the omicron wave is over, a
couple of new analyses of state-by-state
data both point to an inescapable conclu-
sion: Living in states run by a Republican
governor is dangerous to your health.
Using data from the Centers for Dis-
ease Control and Prevention, consultant
Doug Haddix reported Sunday that since
July 1 (when the lifesaving vaccine was
widely available), the 14 states with the
highest death rates were all run by
Republican governors. This included
Florida (at about 153 deaths per 100,000
residents), Ohio (142 deaths per BERNAT ARMANGUE/ASSOCIATED PRESS

100,000), Arizona (138) and Georgia Volunteers sew Ukrainian flags at a workshop in Lviv, in western Ukraine, on Monday.
(134). Contrast that with the deep-blue
District of Columbia (only 27 deaths per MATT BAI
100,000) and California (58 per 100,000).

The U.S. cause in Ukraine is inspiring.

For verification, I checked with
health-care analyst Charles Gaba, whose
data on covid-19 and voting patterns has
been widely cited. He ran the numbers

It probably won’t stay that way.

for me using data mostly from Johns
Hopkins and found similar results. The
16 states with the highest coronavirus
death rates since July 1 were all run by

T
Republicans. The worst was West Vir-
ginia (about 204 deaths per 100,000), hese opening weeks in Russian indefinitely, he needs the United States but America would sooner see Ukraine as having sold out Poland and other
followed closely by Oklahoma, Tennes- President Vladimir Putin’s in- and Europe to do more than impose cede some territory than risk all-out countries in the Soviet orbit, whose
see, Wyoming and the aforementioned vasion of Ukraine have given us sanctions on Russia and ferry weapons war. It would be an imperfect solution, freedoms were quickly crushed under
Florida. two things we hardly thought across the border. but one in which we’d all live to fight grinding Russian tanks.
The states with the lowest death rates, possible in Washington any longer: The United States, however, has a another day. For decades afterward, American
by contrast, were all run by Democrats — clarity of purpose and relative unity. different bottom line, as it did through- You could argue that any compro- presidents enabled repressive regimes
or, in the case of Vermont, Maryland and But if we expect the war to end with out the 40-year Cold War: to avoid a mise would perversely reward Putin’s — Chile, South Africa, Iran and so on —
Massachusetts, by moderate Republican Putin’s surrender and President Biden shooting war with a country that keeps aggression and invite even more, and all in the cause of containing commu-
governors who had heavily Democratic basking in praise from Congress and nuclear missiles aimed at U.S. cities. it’s true: Our own policies, notably the nism. We abided assassinations and
legislatures and embraced vaccines and foreign capitals, we might want to “We will not fight a war against non-response to Putin’s annexation of undercut democracies when we
masks. The best jurisdictions were D.C., revisit Cold War history. In disputes Russia in Ukraine,” Biden said flatly on Crimea in 2014 and President Donald thought we had to do so.
Vermont, Hawaii and California. Look- between nuclear powers, the cause Friday. “Direct confrontation between Trump’s public slavishness toward Rus- In retrospect, it’s easy to see these
ing at data from the period since May 1 might be clear and just. The resolution NATO and Russia is World War III.” sia, led directly to where we are now. allowances as misguided and shame-
(by which time all U.S. adults theoretical- generally isn’t. As Biden has said, if Russia even But the universe of outcomes in ful. But from the end of World War II to
ly could have been vaccinated) produced At this point, Putin’s unprovoked tiptoes over the line into NATO terri- Ukraine is limited now. The most likely the fall of communism, East and West
similar results. war has provided the United States — tory, we’ll have little choice but to take scenario involves Putin unleashing sav- did not come to all-out war, and not a
Florida residents were, since vaccines and the world — with a simple up arms directly. The same might con- agery on the country to possess it, and single nuclear-armed missile was fired.
have been widely available, nearly seven narrative and uncontroversial choices. ceivably be true if Putin unleashes it ends with Ukraine leveled, Zelensky You might say we avoided Armageddon
times as likely to die from covid-19 as Russia, the behemoth, is isolated from chemical weapons — an option for dead and Russian troops on the Polish at the cost of our collective conscience.
residents of D.C., nearly three times as the world and reeling from resistance. which he appears to be laying a false border. You’d have to think a negotiated It would be nice if Ukraine required
likely to die as residents of California and Plucky Ukraine stands its ground and pretext. alternative that leaves Ukraine partly no such painful calculations — if Putin
212 times as likely to die as residents of pleads for help amid mounting But absent that kind of broader intact, if that window opens, would be would simply put his tanks in reverse
New York. With Florida’s population of casualties. menace, Biden will be forced to take a preferable. and plead for economic mercy. But
about 22 million, that’s a lot of unneces- But this period of easy choices and realpolitik view that most of us will find Such odious calculations aren’t new; Biden must know that he needs to
sary deaths. simple story lines is coming to an end. hard to stomach. No matter how unjust we just haven’t had to contend with prepare the country for a more agoniz-
This raises a question: How does Ron We’re reaching the phase of the crisis Ukraine’s fate, he must continue to them for a while. We remember the ing endgame. His job, in the best case,
DeSantis sleep at night? Florida’s where the interests of Ukraine and the reject any measure that threatens to Cold War now as a principled stand will be to make a negotiated outcome
Republican governor has been among United States are no longer perfectly put U.S. troops in direct conflict with against tyranny — and it was. palatable abroad and at home.
the most outspoken in raising fears of aligned, and the balance will be hard to the Russians. But the story of the nuclear age was If he does, count on this: Our much-
the coronavirus vaccine (most recently navigate. Anything else would be reckless. Yes, also one of pursuing moral ends needed sense of unity will be shattered
suggesting, falsely, that it could harm Like any capable leader in his situa- the absorption of Ukraine into Russia through a cascade of compromises that overnight. Republicans will scream
women’s fertility), suing to stop vaccine tion, Ukrainian President Volodymyr would be a human tragedy and geopo- were morally ambiguous at best. that Biden is the new Neville Chamber-
mandates, promoting ineffective cures, Zelensky wants to repel the invaders litical nightmare. But a shooting war At the dawn of the Cold War in 1945, lain, while internationalists in the pres-
blocking rules requiring face masks, and keep his country whole. His best between NATO and Russia would con- both President Franklin D. Roosevelt ident’s party will complain that he
scolding mask-wearing kids for “covid (and probably only) hope for driving stitute an existential crisis that some and President Harry S. Truman felt walked away from human rights.
theater” and touting misleading the Russians out is to draw NATO large segment of the planet might not compelled to reach unsettling terms In that event, though, Biden will
statistics. deeper into the war. survive. over the future of Europe with Joseph have checked Russian aggression with-
It’s likely no coincidence that Florida, And so Zelensky pleads movingly This might mean pressuring Zel- Stalin. For the United States, the priori- out letting NATO get drawn into an-
under DeSantis, has had by far the with the West for leftover Russian- ensky to accept a negotiated solution ty was defeating Japan, where America other world war. History tells us that in
highest covid-19 death rate among the made fighter jets and a no-fly zone over that is patently unjust — if it’s even wanted Stalin’s help. a showdown between nuclear powers,
most-populous states and is in the top Ukraine. If he’s going to hold out possible. No one wants to say it now, That deal is generally remembered that’s what leadership is.
five of all states. Other factors, including
climate, health-care infrastructure, and
the age and underlying health of the
population, don’t fully account for it.
Maine, with an even older population JOE SCARBOROUGH
than Florida’s, had a death rate just over
half as high. Also, Florida’s vaccination
rate appears to be overstated thanks to
vaccine tourism.
Putin’s war is moving into a new phase.
In addition to the state rankings,
Gaba’s latest county-level data confirms
earlier patterns: Since May, people in the
Biden and the West had better get ready.
I
most pro-Trump tenth of U.S. counties
had a death rate more than three times n June 1940, Britain stood alone plants, cultural landmarks and residen- an act of war. bly create humanitarian safe zones in
as high as those in the most anti-Trump against a Nazi war machine that had tial buildings. These attacks are not First, Putin claimed that trigger Ukraine that allow civilians to escape
tenth. The number of overall cases, swept across Europe. Winston indiscriminate; they are deliberate at- would be acceptance of Ukraine into slaughter. Putin would be assured that
however, was only 1.3 times as high, Churchill had spent the month be- tempts to slaughter and terrorize. NATO. Then he added the introduction the zones would not be used for military
indicating that vaccines were preventing fore, his first at 10 Downing Street, Even more ominously, Russia has of peacekeeping troops into western purposes; however, any force targeting
death. cycling through doomed military strate- started a misinformation campaign Ukraine. Then the transfer of Polish jets civilians there would immediately be-
Every week, it seems, brings fresh gies designed to save France. But on about Ukrainian biological laboratories, across the border, and then the ship- come a target of U.N. peacekeepers or
confirmation of the basic truths about June 18, the new prime minister traveled parroted by useful idiots in the West, ment of defensive weapons. And then he even NATO. While such a plan would
the pandemic that have long been obvi- to the House of Commons to deliver his suggesting Russian forces could be pre- moved the line again, declaring to young likely cause deep discomfort inside the
ous to all except those consuming the “finest hour” speech, warning Parlia- paring to use chemical weapons. We flight attendants bearing flowers that Biden White House, policymakers in the
disinformation of the Trumpy right: ment that the war against Hitler would must brace ourselves for horrifying even economic sanctions against Russia West may not be able to avoid such
Vaccines work. Masks work. Conspiracy soon enter a dangerous new phase: “The images of families choked to death by were tantamount to war. decisions for long. The only question is
theories don’t. Battle of France is over,” Churchill Putin’s deployment of those weapons of It is as if Putin expects Americans to whether they make the move at the
Last week, a new CDC study con- declared. “I expect that the Battle of mass destruction. If Putin crosses that forget the body bags flown to Dover Air United Nations before or after Putin
firmed that — shocker — masks prevent Britain is about to begin.” moral red line, the political pressure to Force Base because of decades of Rus- deploys chemical weapons.
illness. A study of Arkansas school dis- Over the past month, in response to respond will be overwhelming. Biden sian proxy wars fought against U.S. sol- Guard your words: Just as nothing is
tricts found that those with full mask Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, President and his allies need to prepare for that diers. Simply put, an alliance that caves gained by Biden’s declarations of what
requirements had a 23 percent lower Biden has assembled the most impres- now, in three ways: to Putin’s nuclear blackmail today would the United States will not do, the same is
incidence of covid-19 among students sive coalition since President George Stop playing defense: Three weeks be forced to respond to his chemical true of U.S. officials making statements
and staff compared to districts with no H.W. Bush’s skillful diplomatic efforts ago, only 1 in 4 Americans supported weapons attacks tomorrow. Enough. suggesting Putin has no choice but to
mask requirements. Those with partial preceding the Gulf War. Biden has significant U.S. involvement in the war. Be disruptive: At the height of the fight to the end. While cable hosts and
mask requirements were in between, united a fractured NATO alliance, and European allies were wary of confront- Cold War, then-national security adviser opinion columnists are free to call the
and those that switched from no mask to Europeans have responded more force- ing Putin on a range of issues. That made Zbigniew Brzezinski observed, the So- Russian tyrant a war criminal, U.S. am-
masks had reduced illness. fully than Vladimir Putin could have Biden’s public assurances of avoiding a viet Union was confined to playing a bassadors to the United Nations should
Before that, a pair of studies late last ever imagined. Russia’s economy has hot war against Russia politically neces- disruptive role in the world “by the be more prudent. If Putin believes his
month added evidence to the original been shattered by unprecedented eco- sary and diplomatically wise. nature of its one-dimensional power and future is inside a cage at The Hague, he
belief that the virus emerged in late 2019 nomic sanctions, and Putin’s military Now, 3 in 4 Americans support a by the character of nuclear weapons.” will have no incentive to end this war.
in a wet market in Wuhan, China. has been slowed by stalwart Ukrainian no-fly zone over Ukraine. European Russia upended international norms, The same holds true for senior U.S. sena-
Though the matter isn’t settled, the fighters making deadly use of NATO- allies have flexed their military and Brzezinski noted, because it feared “be- tors calling for regime change. Providing
findings make the scenario that the virus supplied weapons, which are crossing economic might in a way not seen since ing locked into the role of the junior Russia’s nuclear-armed president an
was spread accidentally or intentionally the Polish-Ukrainian border at a dizzy- World War II. These dramatic changes partner in effect committed to the off-ramp from the military catastrophe
by a lab in Wuhan — an incendiary ing rate. allow the U.S. president to respond more maintenance of the global status quo.” he created remains the best hope for the
accusation recklessly trumpeted by But Putin’s war against Ukraine is aggressively to the war crimes being Almost 40 years later, little has changed. people of Ukraine and the world.
Trump, DeSantis, Fox News and the like entering a dangerous new phase. Events committed against Ukrainians. Putin threatens nuclear war, levels cit- As psychiatrist Kenneth Dekleva re-
— considerably less likely. are moving rapidly, and it’s time for Biden should stop telling Putin what ies, commits war crimes and raises the cently told former CIA acting director
“Falsehood flies,” Jonathan Swift Biden and his Western allies to adjust. he will not do, stop alerting him to what specter of chemical weapons because Michael Morell, “Sometimes it is better
wrote, “and truth comes limping after it.” The horrors of Grozny and Aleppo are weapons he will not send, stop saying the West rationally moves with caution to let the bear run out of the cage back
The truth has taken the lead, for those being visited upon the people of Ukraine what strategies he will not employ and to preserve the international order. into the forest.” In the meantime, Biden
who care. Alas, for some of those who and witnessed across the free world. stop declaring where U.S. troops will Biden should change the dynamic by should do all he can to make sure that
accepted the lies DeSantis and other Russian airstrikes kill civilians and re- not deploy. It is also time for NATO to employing his own disruptive tactics. bear cannot slaughter millions trapped
leaders told about vaccines, masks and duce cities to rubble, as Putin targets stop being reactive to Putin’s ever- The United States should move expedi- inside the cage that Ukraine has be-
cures, it’s too late. They’re already dead. children’s hospitals, nuclear power changing definition of what constitutes tiously to have the U.N. General Assem- come.
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Stay the course on Ukraine

Frustration is understandable, but now is not the time for the U.S. to pivot.

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OT QUITE three weeks since it China — against which national security
began, the war in Ukraine seems adviser Jake Sullivan rightly warned Bei-
stuck in a bloody status quo. jing — might be a sign of Russian internal
Russian forces, having failed to disarray or even desperation. The same
achieve the quick victory they anticipat- goes for reports that the Russian presi-
ed, remain positioned around major cit- dent has placed key foreign-intelligence MARTYN TURNER/THE IRISH TIMES

ies, including the capital, Kyiv. Against all officials under house arrest. As Russian
odds, the best conceivable outcome of morale deteriorates, it’s no time to risk
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ag- reviving it by declaring a NATO no-fly
gression — military defeat at the hands of zone or dispatching NATO ground troops
Ukraine, without direct NATO involve- into western Ukraine, thus converting LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
ment — remains a possibility, albeit with Mr. Putin’s tale of a war against NATO
an enormous cost in civilian life, imposed from propaganda to reality. [email protected]
wantonly by Russia. Yet military victory It follows that, if the United States and
for Mr. Putin seems all too conceivable as its allies aren’t going to fight on Ukraine’s
well, even if stable Russian political MYKOLA TYMCHENKO FOR REUTERS behalf, they also should not do its negoti- Alexandria, don’t give in bled in less than two weeks, it would have
control thereafter is not. As a result, A member of the Ukrainian Territorial ating for it. Yet alongside the talk of tripled if Congress took another week or
frustration is growing, understandably, Defense Forces on Monday. greater direct NATO intervention, there Regarding the March 10 Metro article two to formally unveil the proposal.” Inar-
among many in the United States and is discussion of various possible settle- “Plan to honor abortion providers is guably, Ukraine needs aid. And yet, the
Europe, who wonder why, in addition to strike on a Ukrainian base about 15 miles ments, in which Ukrainian President withdrawn”: same members of Congress, after months
the military assistance for Kyiv and sanc- from the border of NATO member Po- Volodymyr Zelensky would, say, recog- Though I understand the political ne- of debate, cannot see the humanitarian
tions against Russia, the West is not land, and threatening more strikes on nize Russian control of Crimea and for- cessity of Alexandria Mayor Justin needs of their own constituents: shelter
doing more. weapons supply lines. And we say it swear NATO membership in return for a M. Wilson withdrawing the proclamation for the homeless, child care for low-
In our view, it is too soon to second- despite our own disappointment with cease-fire and Russian recognition. To honoring abortion providers in the face of income households, home care for the
guess, much less abandon, the broadly Mr. Biden’s refusal to transfer combat put it mildly, it is premature to bless any the predictable threats and pressure from aging in place, food insecurity, etc. Many
successful course President Biden and aircraft from Poland to Ukraine. outcome in which Russia could commit the “pro-life” right and the Catholic hier- needs that could be met in President
his fellow democratic leaders have adopt- Critics of Mr. Biden’s approach correct- aggression, fail on the battlefield and yet archy, I am sorry he did not stand up to Biden’s Build Back Better bill. Give it a
ed. The key principle is to defend “every ly argue that the West must show Russia emerge with any such gains. them. The majority of Alexandria resi- different name and maybe Congress (Re-
inch” of NATO territory but otherwise that it will pay a heavy price, in blood and The time for a different U.S. policy — dents and, indeed, all Americans support publicans) can muster aid for its own
limit the alliance’s role to aiding Ukraine treasure, lest it attempt cross-border toward either the fighting or the negotia- abortion rights, but too many of us stay citizens. Finally, congressional aid to
with arms, intelligence, money and hu- aggression against another country later; tions — might yet come. Certainly, the silent in the face of the abusive onslaught Ukraine says we are supporting a free,
manitarian supplies — while punishing the critics incorrectly imply that Moscow war’s catastrophic impact on civilians is a and physical intimidation by the minori- democratic Ukraine against an authori-
Russia. We say this even though Mr. Putin has not been made to pay a heavy price. reason to search urgently for new and ty. We cannot remain silent anymore. tarian government. And yet, Republicans
obviously meant to test the West’s “red U.S. intelligence reports that Mr. Putin’s better ideas. For now, though, Washing- Abortion providers should know that are doing everything to take away our
line” by launching a devastating missile regime has reached out for resupply to ton’s best course is the one it’s on. we both appreciate and support them. democratic rights in the United States
They provide essential health care to through state legislatures’ voting bills. It’s
women and do so under constant threat of time for Republicans to own up to their
violence. They well deserve our apprecia- hypocrisy.
tion and our thanks. I remember the days Sally A. Kemink, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

The high court opens a Pandora’s box pre-Roe, and we are not going back.
Arina van Breda, Alexandria Regarding the March 10 news article
“ ‘Armageddon’ in Mariupol, mayor says”:
The world has been attempting
Its complacency about Texas’s antiabortion law could damage the constitutional order. No mercy for Boston bomber throughout history to get nations to hon-

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or the ideals of national self-determina-
HE TEXAS Supreme Court on James M. Doyle’s March 11 Friday tion, sovereign borders and peaceful co-
Friday effectively extinguished Opinion essay, “Why Biden should com- existence. From the distant Treaty of
a lawsuit challenging the state’s mute Boston bomber’s death sentence,” Westphalia to the modern Helsinki Final
antiabortion law, all but ensur- was a metaphysical tour de force if ever Act, Paris Charter, Budapest Memoran-
ing that Texas’s extreme restrictions there were one. He concluded that “de- dum and U.N. Charter, Russia’s assault on
will remain on the books for the spite the thousands of stories we’ve read Ukraine has shredded them all.
foreseeable future. But do not imagine about him, Tsarnaev will remain a With respect to philosopher George
that Texas’s success, the result of the stranger to the community for which the Santayana’s famous aphorism, the fact
U.S. Supreme Court’s permissive atti- jury acted.” That community includes the that humankind has decidedly repeated
tude toward the state’s aggressive legal families of the three people who died, one history is not that people ever forgot the
maneuvers, will affect only pregnant of whom was an 8-year-old boy. That past. For they didn’t. But rather, what was
people within its borders — or that the community includes the more than not cured by these well-intentioned
consequences will be limited to abor- 260 people injured, 17 of whom had agreements was the irrepressible bub-
tion rights. The high court’s compla- limbs amputated as result of Dzhokhar bling up of the basest of human instincts.
cency might open the way for states Tsarnaev’s al-Qaeda-inspired barbarism. Instincts as in governments coveting
that seek to restrict constitutional Despite Mr. Doyle’s confident asser- other nations’ resources; engaging in ir-
rights of many kinds. tion that Mr. Tsarnaev will remain a redentist aspirations; yearning for pow-
Texas law bars abortion when fetal stranger to the Boston community, I’ll er, influence and global acknowledgment
cardiac activity is detectable, usually wager otherwise. of a respected presence on the world
around a pregnancy’s sixth week, which William E. Fallon, Gaithersburg stage; imagining how “the other,” as con-
is before many women even know they venient bogeyman, has supposedly disen-
are pregnant. This contradicts Roe franchised ethnic, cultural or language
v. Wade and other Supreme Court dicta. Mr. Putin’s bogus rationale identities; or not being able to move
But rather than tap state authorities to beyond long-simmering aspirations to
enforce the ban, Texas lawmakers em- The March 9 news article “Putin is right perceived historical wrongs.
powered private citizens to bring civil EVELYN HOCKSTEIN/REUTERS bombing the ‘Russian world’ he claims to In the attack on Ukraine, we’re seeing
suits against anyone abetting a restrict- protect” cited Russian President Vladi- a brazen rebuff of the inviolability of
ed abortion. This means that abortion A protester outside the U.S. Supreme Court in November. mir Putin’s view of Ukraine as part of frontiers, nonintervention, and security
rights groups had no discrete entity to “Russkiy Mir,” the Russian world he has and cooperation predictably play out yet
sue to prevent the law’s enforcement. abortion case that could scrap Roe, and ing to restrict firearms by empowering vowed to protect. Because his “protec- again.
Meanwhile, Texas abortion providers with it any argument that Texas’s ban private citizens to go after gun-shop tion” is increasingly belied by the death Keith Tidman, Bethesda
would have to shut down in fear of violates the Constitution. Yet by condon- owners. State officials across the coun- and destruction of innocent Ukrainians,
ruinous lawsuits. ing Texas’s approach in the meantime, try are rushing to create vigilante including Russian speakers, he turns to With respect to the question of wheth-
Rather than block this end run they have opened up a legal Pandora’s systems to crack down on anti-vaxxers other rationale such as “history, culture er the United States should facilitate the
around the Constitution, the U.S. Su- box that could do extreme damage to the and speech in schools. If the court and spiritual space.” Mr. Putin is correct, transfer of Polish MiG-29 fighter aircraft
preme Court threw up its hands. The constitutional order. treated such cases with the same non- of course, that there were times when to Ukraine, using Ramstein air base in
Texas Supreme Court’s action on Friday A Missouri lawmaker has proposed chalance as it did Texas’s abortion ban, Russia controlled Ukraine, but he ne- Germany, I would like to assure President
— declaring that, indeed, no state au- empowering private citizens to sue those restrictions could remain on the glects the larger part of history when Biden that Americans are not cowards.
thority had any power to enforce the law, anyone — even beyond the state’s books for long periods of time. most of modern Ukraine was part of the Each day, The Post reports on ever
and therefore no state entity could be borders — assisting a Missourian in The court should act to close the legal Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Aus- worse bombing of Ukrainian civilians,
sued to stop it — ended the last hope of getting an out-of-state abortion. The loophole Texas exploited and make tria-Hungary and Kievan Rus. now including even a maternity hospital
substantive judicial review anytime notion that a state could regulate clear that it will not tolerate any state As for spiritual space, he plays on the [“17 injured as concerns deepen over
soon. Unsurprisingly, lawmakers in at out-of-state activity is absurd. But so is seeking to export its abortion policies theme of Orthodox support for the czar escalating civilian casualties,” news,
least 12 other states have proposed Texas’s abortion vigilante enforcement beyond its borders. Meanwhile, those of all the Rus, emphasizing unity of faith March 10]. As with most Americans, I do
similar abortion bans. program, and the Supreme Court failed states that hope to preserve legal abor- as justifying the war but neglecting the not know anyone in or from Ukraine, but
Perhaps the U.S. Supreme Court jus- to stop it. In fact, states could use a tion must consider how to protect their fact that the patriarch of Moscow’s sup- I am haunted by the death from the sky
tices anticipate that the Texas abortion Texas-style system to restrict practically own abortion providers from punish- port for him undermines that very unity, raining down on innocent people. I think
controversy will soon be moot; they are any constitutionally protected activity. ments that other states might try to not only within the Orthodox Church but I might speak for many or most Ameri-
set to rule by this summer on a major California lawmakers are already mov- impose on them. also in Ukraine and the Russkiy Mir, cans when I say I would rather incur
wherever it is. some risk of conflict with Russia instead
A change of heart by the patriarch, of not doing what we can to stop the
supported by a full-court press against slaughter of innocents. So, I ask Mr. Biden
Russia’s information iron curtain, could to help send the Polish aircraft to

Overdue recognition help undercut Mr. Putin’s bogus rationale

for war in Ukraine.
Henry Kenny, McLean
Ukraine.
James D. McMichael, Buena Vista, Va.

Forget about the United Nations, for-

Officer Smith’s suicide is classified as a line-of-duty death. Other cops’ should be, too. Paul Kane’s March 10 @PKCapitol col- get about NATO, forget about Congress.

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umn, “Uncommonly united Congress Let’s hear it for McDonald’s. It appears
N A rare ruling — one believed to be a associated with suicide. officers killed in the line of duty. That she rushes to send aid to Ukraine, with more that losing McDonald’s and the “Big Mac”
first for the D.C. police department — On Jan. 6, 2021, Officer Smith was has yet, according to her attorney, to hear to come,” said “lawmakers in both parties is what is going to teach the Russian
the death of Officer Jeffrey L. Smith, dispatched to assist Capitol Police who directly from D.C. Police Chief Robert J. have pledged an unusual level of unity in people just how wrong Vladimir Putin’s
who died by suicide in the aftermath were being overwhelmed by supporters Contee III or Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) the wake of the Russian invasion” and war is.
of the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. of President Donald Trump aiming to is troubling. Even more troubling is that noted “while the initial Ukraine aid dou- Dave Morine, Great Falls
Capitol, has been classified as a line- upend Congress’s certification of the the men who allegedly attacked Jeffrey
of-duty death. This gives overdue recog- 2020 election. Smith was hit on the head Smith, reportedly identified with the
nition to the toll that police work takes on
those who do it and hopefully begins a
with a metal pole but kept working. After
a week, with seemingly cursory medical
help of a group of cybersleuths who
plowed through thousands of hours of
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meaningful discussion about how police follow-up, he was ordered back to work. videotape, have yet to be charged. And FREDERICK J. RYAN JR., Publisher and Chief Executive Officer
departments can best confront the prob- He shot himself on the day he was sup- not to be forgotten is Howard Lieben- News Editorial and opinion Officers
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Gory images Dear inflation

show war’s doves: Be
horror and careful what
media biases you wish for
B I
rave journalists have long n policy, as in life, almost every
risked their lives to document problem you’re not having seems
the horrors of war. But why has easier to handle than the ones you’re
coverage of the Russian inva- suffering through.
sion of Ukraine felt so intimate, so In recent years, people worried about
explicit and so shockingly gory? Does inflation were regarded as falling some-
this say something about the times we where between fogies and cranks. Seri-
live in, and the ability technology has ous inflation was a thing that had
given us to broadcast — and consume — happened in the past, to people who
just about anything? Or does it reveal wore funny-looking pants. Or it was
more about the news media’s own affin- something that happened abroad. But it
ities and biases? hadn’t happened to the United States
The war in Yemen, now in its eighth since the early 1980s, and after a while
year, has been every bit as brutal. The people started to worry that we had too
war in Syria has been far deadlier, and little inflation — that the Federal Reserve
both regime forces and Islamist mili- was choking off the economy before it
tants have employed chemical weap- could get to full employment and should
ons. Yet in those and other conflicts, we set a higher target such as 4 percent
were not shown such raw and immedi- annual inflation, rather than its timid
ate images of the dead, among them the 2 percent.
now-iconic New York Times close-up of Now, suddenly, we have all the infla-
a mother and two young children killed KOLA SULAIMON/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES tion the doves ever wanted, and then
by Russian mortar fire in the Kyiv sub- Two artifacts that were looted by British soldiers in 1897 from the Kingdom of Benin were returned to Nigeria in some. The rate was 7.9 percent in Febru-
urb of Irpin. February. The returned items, which included the Oba of Benin, in foreground, are valued at $2.5 million. ary, a 40-year high, and that alarming
It’s not that journalists didn’t see and figure doesn’t yet reflect what the Rus-
document such atrocities in other wars. KAREN ATTIAH sian invasion of Ukraine is doing to the
Photos of children starving in Yemen, or price of oil, natural gas and other critical
the image of Phan Thi Kim Phuc run-
ning naked down a road in Vietnam
after being burned with napalm have
shocked the conscience. But news or-
Blood art has no place in museums commodities. We are now rediscovering
why central banks were so obsessed with
keeping inflation low.
But first, let’s give the inflation doves

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ganizations traditionally have been their due. Despite the worries of extreme
squeamish about publishing images of he world knows about blood Benin’s objects could help offset the wood moment. inflation hawks, the doves are right
people who had been killed in conflict, diamonds. It’s time it learned cost of the war. The global Black Lives Matter pro- about one thing: Some inflation is better
with an especially strong taboo about about blood art. To the Kingdom of Benin and its tests of 2020 put a long-needed spot- than none. Inflation eases problems such
showing victims’ faces. Last week brought the wel- descendants, the works represented light on Western museums and de- as “sticky wages” — workers are reluc-
As an editor, I helped police those come news that some of the treasures of both the pinnacle of their spirituality mands by African governments to have tant to take pay cuts, and employers are
boundaries. Our goal was to inform the Kingdom of Benin looted by the and the perfection of their craft. The their heritages returned. Last year, therefore reluctant to offer them, so
readers while preserving the dignity of British more than a century ago will at British saw a piggy bank for their Germany said it would return Benin when firms run into cash-flow problems,
the dead and their families. We aimed to last be repatriated to Nigeria. The imperial desires. Bronzes to Nigeria. The Metropolitan they lay off some people instead of giving
avoid turning our customers’ stomachs Smithsonian Institution has an- “Blood art” is not a term we typically Museum of Art in New York returned everyone a small pay cut. By providing
to no productive end. nounced that it will return its collection use to describe treasures taken from two of its Benin Bronzes, albeit out of a that pay cut in real terms — if the cost of
That was before social media, howev- of priceless Benin artifacts — 39 pieces colonial subjects. But how are they any collection of 160. living goes up while your salary remains
er. In 1994, when the bloodiest genocide in all — once it hammers out the details different from blood diamonds and In 2012, Boston’s Museum of Fine flat, my friend, you’ve taken a pay cut —
since World War II took place in Rwan- of an agreement with Nigeria’s Nation- conflict minerals? Arts received a promise of 32 Benin inflation avoids some unemployment.
da, there was no way for observers to al Commission for Museums and Mon- The concept of “blood diamonds” Bronzes, to be transferred over time, Virtually all economists agree on this
capture incidents of mass slaughter uments. Other institutions should fol- grew out of violent 1990s conflicts in from the private collection of Robert much; we’re just arguing about how
with the cameras on their phones and low the Smithsonian’s lead. Africa and usually refers to diamonds Owen Lehman (yes, of Lehman Broth- much inflation is too much. But our
then instantly disseminate the images The Benin Bronzes, as they are mined by African rebel groups to fund ers banking stock). Though Nigeria situation is highlighting the high per-
worldwide. The husband and father of known, are a rich trove of centuries-old insurgencies against legitimate gov- demanded the art be returned, the sonal and political costs of inflation —
those victims in Irpin first learned of artifacts. This year marks 125 years ernments. In the early 2000s, repre- museum displayed all 32 of the Bronz- costs that doves might have underesti-
the death of his family from pictures he since the British sent more than 1,000 sentatives of diamond-producing es and took ownership of five of them. mated after so many years of steady
saw on Twitter. In that moment, “I lost troops to slaughter the people of Benin states met to come up with the Kimber- In November 2021, the Boston Globe’s prices.
everyone and lost the meaning of life,” City. The 1897 raid — known as the ley Process to try to curb the trade of Malcolm Gay reported that the mu- As the example above suggests, one
he told The Post. Punitive Expedition — was a response conflict diamonds. The 2006 movie seum would pause the transfer of own- way inflation boosts employment is by
Mainstream news organizations to the Benin ambush of an earlier “Blood Diamond” also served to in- ership of the remaining 27. But mu- lowering real wages — the opposite of
could reasonably ask themselves whose British expedition. The exact number crease global consciousness about dia- seum director Matthew Teitelbaum what most advocates of “running the
sensibilities they imagine they’re pro- of Benin City victims is unknown monds that helped fuel war in Africa. said, “We certainly don’t think we economy hot” seem to expect. And if that
tecting, given the ubiquity of social (some historians say it could be in the What defense can there be for hold- should encourage the return of the lower unemployment rate represents
media. They could also point to other thousands), but the killings and de- ing on to looted objects, then? The stan- objects to the donor.” people lured into the job market by
contexts in which showing images of struction were not the end of the crime dard answer is that returning works To the donor? How about doing the nominally higher paychecks, some of
people as they died and after their that was carried out. from major institutions in the West right thing and sending them home? them will probably march right back out
deaths were universally considered to When the British entered the palace would come at the cost of preservation, Meanwhile, the British Museum again when they realize how little pur-
be in the public interest — the nine- of the Benin king, or oba, they found worldwide knowledge and admiration. continues to hold on to its blood art chasing power that check represents.
minute cellphone video of Derek Chau- “several hundred unique bronze Yet true education about such objects is collection of more than 900 Benin Meanwhile, there are the other costs.
vin’s knee on George Floyd’s neck, for plaques, suggestive of almost Egyptian already minimized. The polite little in- Bronzes, offering only temporary loans Retirement savers, for example, have
example. design, but of really superb casting,” formation cards under these artifacts back to Nigeria. long been cautioned to shift more
Still, I have to wonder whether some- according to Reginald Bacon, an intel- rarely tell viewers that the plundered Lending stolen items back to their money into bonds as they approach 60,
thing more than technology is involved ligence officer with the expedition. Sol- objects helped fund colonial violence. rightful owner adds modern-day insult because bonds are safer. But bonds
in the way this war, as opposed to other diers walked out with the plaques, Proudly owning and displaying sto- to colonial-era injury. become unsafe when inflation rises,
wars, is being presented. The unmistak- along with other art, ivory, brass, jewel- len art is no less shocking than proudly More than a century after the Puni- because their fixed payouts get steadily
able subtext of the coverage is: These ry and garments. Thousands of pieces owning and displaying diamonds that tive Expedition, the British are still less valuable. Nor is that the only way
are people just like us, and we could be were taken. play a role in killing people. If you trying to get away with their plunder. retirees get whacked by inflation: Some
at risk like them. They were “not just loot; they were wouldn’t do one, don’t do the other. But the tide is changing — and it’s good will pay taxes on capital “gains” that
The vast majority of the victims in blood art,” Australian journalist Marc A trickle of change must be turned to see an American institution such as just reflect the general increase in
Ukraine are European, White and Fennell explained on the podcast “Stuff into a torrent, and I hope the Smithso- the Smithsonian helping to rectify this prices; some have pensions without
Christian. Quite a few speak at least a the British Stole.” Indeed, word was nian’s agreement will help to touch one deep harm by repatriating art stolen in cost-of-living adjustments.
little English. With their puffer coats sent back to Britain that selling off off. “Blood art” surely needs its Holly- cold blood. Workers get hit in a different way:
and their rolling suitcases, they look Because salaries rarely adjust to infla-
familiar as they climb onto the trains tion in real time, employees will typically
that speed them into exile. Their chil- see price increases before their pay-
dren play with Muppets dolls and checks rise to meet them. And while
Legos. CATHERINE RAMPELL there will be offsetting gains for some
Whether intentionally or subcon- people — this is a great time to be sitting
sciously, news organizations make this
war more vivid and more tragic by focus-
ing so tightly on victims and refugees.
Buckle up: Inflation and the risk of recession on a mountain of fresh debt — the joy of
homeowners luxuriating in 2 percent
fixed-rate mortgages as the cost of every-
We get to see them as individuals, not as
an undifferentiated mass. Viewers and
readers are invited, if not forced, to imag-
are about to get much, much worse thing else goes up probably doesn’t
outweigh the cumulative anxieties of
renters worried about buying gas and

T
ine ourselves in similar circumstances. It food.
is no wonder that so many members of he outlook for the U.S. economy elevated inflation, in both the United Fed officials would probably agree that The doves might retort that this all
Congress, reflecting the views of their has darkened. States and the rest of the world. The only they should have begun tightening has nothing to do with what they were
constituents, are pressing the Biden ad- Just as it seemed as though the possible economic upside is that factory months ago. suggesting. They wanted a modestly
ministration to intervene more robust- global economy and its tangled shutdowns will likely reduce global de- Fed officials had delayed taking these higher inflation target, not a convulsive
ly, despite the obvious risks of entering supply chains could be getting back to mand for oil. measures earlier because they feared do- leap to nearly 8 percent. The fact that
an armed conflict with Russia. normal, three factors might supercharge This might be helpful in light of Shock ing so would derail the post-pandemic unpredictable inflation is bad doesn’t
Civilians killed and displaced by the inflation and/or raise the risk of recession. No. 2: the disruptions in commodity mar- recovery. Most previous Fed efforts to mean that the planned kind would also
2003 invasion of Iraq suffered no less The first of the three developed in just kets, including oil, resulting from Russia’s tamp down inflation by making it harder be terrible.
grievously. But the fact is that we rarely the past few days: a new covid wave in unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. to borrow ended with the Fed plunging the Yet one could ask just how much good
get intimately acquainted with the vic- China that has already led to major lock- This issue has obviously generated U.S. economy into recession, after all. it does to double a completely predict-
tims (who, in that case, were neither downs and will further stress the world’s more coverage. Oil and natural gas prices Central bankers have been hoping to able target: If it really all comes out in
European nor White nor Christian) struggling supply chains. If you haven’t have climbed in recent weeks as govern- avoid that outcome this time, particularly the wash, how effective could 4 percent
when U.S. forces are the ones firing the heard much about this yet, you probably ments and individual corporations have because there are still 2 million fewer jobs possibly be? One could also ask whether
cruise missiles and lobbing the artillery will soon. placed new restrictions on transactions today than existed before the pandemic. it was ever reasonable to demand that
shells. Daily covid cases in China have reached with Russia. Oil prices have fallen back a And for a long time, most economic everything stay the same except the
I don’t believe these are willfully numbers not publicly reported since little in the past few days but remain high. forecasters believed inflationary pres- inflation rate.
biased decisions being made by editors. 2020. Thanks partly to low vaccination Equally worrisome are rising prices for sures would largely abate on their own as That predictability was hard-won by
And I have nothing but awed respect for rates for the elderly in China, plus the other commodities produced in that part supply chains normalized. That clearly central bankers who did roughly the
the reporters covering the Ukraine war, relative ineffectiveness of Chinese-made of the world. Russia and Ukraine together hasn’t happened. same thing, decade after decade, giving
including Brent Renaud, the American coronavirus vaccines, the Chinese govern- supply nearly a third of global wheat Engineering a “soft landing” for this the markets confidence that there would
journalist and filmmaker killed on Sun- ment has responded to outbreaks with an exports, with the Ukraine planting season hot economy was always going to be never be another inflationary spiral. Had
day at a checkpoint outside Kyiv. iron fist. Under its so-called “zero covid” usually occurring in mid-March (i.e., difficult. But it got more difficult in light they shifted those targets to a higher
“This was not his first war. This was policy, several areas have been locked now). Even before the war, global stocks of of recent global events, because the Fed is level, they would have sacrificed some of
not his first highly complex situation. down in recent days, with nonessential wheat were low, and prices high, thanks to being pulled in conflicting directions. that credibility. And the transition costs
He was not a cowboy,” said Ann Marie workers mostly barred from leaving their unfavorable growing weather over the Chinese supply chain problems and Rus- were bound to be large, because plans
Lipinski, curator of the Nieman Foun- homes in the major manufacturing hubs past two years. In the wake of Russia’s sia/Ukraine commodity market disrup- made for a low-inflation environment
dation for Journalism at Harvard Uni- of Shenzhen (a city of 17.5 million people) invasion, wheat prices have skyrocketed, tions are widely expected to push overall fall apart when inflation rises, as hap-
versity, where Renaud spent the 2018- and Changchun (9 million). threatening to boost food inflation more inflation even higher, which would nor- pened in the 1970s and early ’80s, and as
2019 academic year as a Nieman fellow. Transportation to Shanghai, the coun- broadly. The risk of widespread hunger mally nudge the Fed to raise interest rates is happening now.
“He was such an unusual man, with a try’s largest city (25 million), has been and economic hardship is especially high faster. But those same forces are also For 40 years, central bankers have
very deep sensitivity, a shyness that severely restricted, raising fears of a possi- in lower-income countries that are most expected to drag down economic growth, shielded us from those costs. That came
made people at ease. There was a pro- ble lockdown there, too. reliant on Europe’s breadbasket. which usually suggests the Fed should at a price. But that’s the point: We were
found humanity about him. It was okay These measures have forced factories, Finally, there’s the third risk: tighten- raise rates more slowly. never choosing whether to impose costs
to love your subject.” including plants affiliated with Apple, ing financial conditions, thanks to the It’s not obvious what path the Fed on people, just which costs to impose,
Wounded in that same incident was Toyota and Volkswagen, to suspend oper- Federal Reserve. should or even could take to get inflation and who would pay them. It’s always
Juan Arredondo, Renaud’s collaborator ations. The backlog of container ships The Fed is widely expected to raise under control without tipping us into tempting to assume that some other
and Nieman classmate, who has under- waiting off Qingdao, one of the country’s interest rates at its meeting this week. recession. Frankly, even without aggres- collection of trade-offs would sting less.
gone surgery at a hospital in Ukraine. biggest ports, has also swelled, with near- Given that U.S. inflation is already at a sive rate hikes, recession risks are piling But before we advocate for any major
Bless the journalists with that kind of ly twice as many ships queued up Monday 40-year high, this is hardly surprising. In a up. policy switch, we should always serious-
courage and compassion. And may the as at the end of February. These bottle- different era, few would have predicted There’s never a good time for a down- ly consider the unfortunate possibility
same empathy be extended to war vic- necks are expected to drive container that interest rates could be at zero when turn. But given all the other suffering and that whatever unsatisfactory thing we’re
tims everywhere who are every bit as freight prices (even) higher. inflation hit nearly 8 percent (as hap- loss of life over the past few years, it’s hard doing now might, in fact, be better than
human as the people of Ukraine. All of this will be bad for already pened in February). With hindsight, even to imagine a worse time than the present. any realistic alternative.
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FBI o∞cial
NEW SUPERVISOR
IN D.C. FIELD OFFICE
Agencies collaborated
in 2020 robbery cases

BY P ETER H ERMANN

The robberies came fast and

furious, nearly a dozen targeting
20 people over two weeks in the
fall of 2020 in Northwest Wash-
ington. Police said people were
held up at knife and gunpoint,
and three were forced into vehi-
cles.
Authorities said they found a
common thread in many of the
attacks: The robbers stole cell-
phones and used mobile cash
apps to transfer money from the
victims’ bank accounts to their
own.
In what officials described as a
cyber twist in a run of brazen
street crimes, three people were
arrested on 98 criminal counts
including armed robbery, kidnap-
ping and fraud.
The FBI and D.C. police say a
partnership between the two
agencies helped build a financial
BONNIE JO MOUNT/THE WASHINGTON POST trail to link the cases. It’s one of
many collaborations that Wayne
Authorities offer Those living on A. Jacobs, the newly named spe-
cial agent in charge of the crimi-
reward as victim in the streets face yet nal and cyber division of the FBI’s
District is identified D.C. field office, says is key to
another danger trying to reduce crime in the
region and make sure law en-
BY P ETER H ERMANN, forcement is strategically pursu-
J USTIN W M. M OYER, In his years ing perpetrators.
S HAYNA J ACOBS without a home, “It seems like a fairly simple
AND E MILY D AVIES Gregory Hammett thing, but I’ll tell you, historically,
has fought off it is something that law enforce-
A search intensified Monday heat, cold, wind, ment has at times struggled with
for a man who police believe is ice, rain, snow, — finding the right targets for us
targeting homeless people in the Petula rats, insects, to pursue,” Jacobs said in an
District and New York City in Dvorak hunger, riots and interview.
shootings that have left two dead robbers. Federal authorities and D.C.
and three wounded. This week, he added a serial police routinely work together in
Authorities are expediting killer to the list of things SEE FBI ON B5
their evidence analysis and homeless people like him have to
boosted a reward for informa- be afraid of in the nation’s capital.
tion in the attacks to $70,000 as “This is something new,” said
they warned vulnerable resi- Hammett, a 62-year-old Army
Comments
D.C. POLICE

dents to seek shelter. At a Mon- TOP: Burned clothing is seen near a tent on New York veteran from Arizona who, with
day evening news conference Avenue NE where one of the D.C. attacks occurred. his flowing silver hair and beard,
that brought together the may-
ors and top police officials from
both cities, authorities released a
ABOVE: Video surveillance images released by D.C.
police show a person of interest in the shootings. Police
said investigators linked ballistic evidence from at least
looks like Gandalf in camo and on
crutches.
There are about a dozen tents
on Black
new photograph capturing the
suspected gunman on a surveil-
lance camera.
one shooting in New York to a shooting in D.C. The
attacks come as violence against the homeless has risen.
dotting the grounds surrounding
the Christopher Columbus statue
outside Union Station, an
candidates
SEE SLAYINGS ON B2 SEE DVORAK ON B4
roil party
Maryland Democrats’
In a first since convoy’s arrival, truckers drive through D.C. deputy treasurer resigns
after email surfaces
BY E LLIE S ILVERMAN, on YouTube. “We’re right in the
K ARINA E LWOOD swamp now and creating a horri-
AND I AN D UNCAN ble mess down here.” BY O VETTA W IGGINS
Police asked for patience amid
Police blocked interstate exits the road closures along interstate A top Maryland Democratic
into downtown Washington as exits, saying authorities were try- Party official who questioned
hundreds of trucks, cars and ing to prevent the convoy from whether voters would elect a
SUVs protesting the govern- leaving the highway. Black candidate for governor
ment’s response to the pandemic “These rolling road closures stepped down on Monday as calls
rode into the nation’s capital to are occurring in real-time as they for her departure escalated.
start a second week of demon- are needed, and will be lifted as Barbara Goldberg Goldman, a
strations. soon as they are no longer neces- prolific donor who was the party’s
Members of the “People’s Con- sary,” said an alert from D.C. deputy treasurer, resigned on
voy” and thousands of other mo- Homeland Security and Emer- Monday. She also publicly apolo-
torists encountered severe back- gency Management. D.C. police gized for the comments.
ups Monday afternoon, when began to reopen exits about “We do not condone or support
highway traffic that already was 3:30 p.m. as the convoy departed the comments in her email,” state
heavy only worsened with the the city. Democratic Party Chair Yvette
convoy’s arrival. The convoy en- On live streams, truckers said Lewis said in a statement an-
tered the city via the 14th Street they never planned to leave the nouncing Goldberg Goldman’s
Bridge on Interstate 395 amid a highway and blamed police for departure. “They do not represent
near-standstill, then continued causing traffic disruptions. Alai- the values of the Maryland Demo-
to Interstate 695 before crossing na Gertz, a D.C. police spokes- cratic Party.”
the Anacostia River and return- woman, declined to comment on The resignation came shortly
ing to the Beltway. the decision to block exits, saying after John B. King Jr., a former U.S.
Eastbound traffic crawled the department doesn’t comment education secretary, and Rushern
along a four-mile stretch from on “operational tactics.” L. Baker III, a former county exec-
the Potomac River to Anacostia The convoy, a group of truckers utive in Prince George’s, called for
in the middle of the day. The D.C. and other drivers protesting pan- MATT MCCLAIN/THE WASHINGTON POST her to step down.
detour represented an escalation demic-related health measures, Kecia Pettey, with her dog Moppett, shows her support for the “People’s Convoy” as it makes its way Her remarks, which surfaced
in the group’s tactics after an spent parts of most days last Monday along Interstate 395 in Washington. Motorists encountered severe backups in the afternoon. Sunday in a report from Axios,
application by convoy leaders for week looping the Beltway as a were made in a December email to
a nearly two-week permitted pro- form of protest, but leaders had the group would resume their to their walls,” said Mike Landis, through the city to display “a party insiders about endorsing
test on the National Mall was avoided bringing the group into Beltway loop. They left the a People’s Convoy co-organizer. bigger presence,” convoy leader former Democratic National
partially denied. the city despite a desire from Hagerstown Speedway about “We’re not going to go in and Brian Brase said in an interview. Committee chairman Tom Perez
“I believe we’re making a good some supporters. 10 a.m., but this time with throat-punch them just yet, even “We are still here, and we’re in the state’s gubernatorial pri-
statement today,” said one truck After taking the weekend off added plans for a detour into though I know we would all love not going anywhere yet,” Brase mary. Goldberg Goldman wrote:
driver whose journey was live- because of a snowstorm, convoy Washington. to do that.” said. “It won’t be stopping, it “Consider this: Three African
streamed under the account ZOT organizers announced Monday “Today we’re getting right next Organizers decided to go SEE CONVOY ON B4 SEE RESIGNATION ON B5
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Police o≠er reward for information on suspect in shootings of homeless people

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District. Police identified the
D.C., NYC police seek suspect in five related shootings hands and face while standing
on a street corner, according to a
“We are looking for a person man killed in the tent as Morgan MANHATTAN police report. The man said he

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who is clearly depraved and is Holmes, 54. ran south into a gated construc-
D.C.

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targeting people who are vulner- On Monday, police in both tion area screaming for help and
Detail
able,” D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bows- cities handed out fliers and tried NW heard another burst of gunshots.
er (D) said at the John A. Wilson to steer homeless residents into NE Police said the assailant shot at
Building on Monday night. shelters and other programs. Po- . NE Detail least five more times but appar-
“Homelessness should not be a lice in the District headed to
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Adams (D) said hours after po- York Avenue and North Capitol First victim in a tent was attacked about
lice had released video of a Street. Holland 2:50 a.m. in the 400 block of New
possible assailant. The area is amid towering
Third victim Tunnel York Avenue NE, blocks from
Authorities said they believe apartment buildings and had where the other man had been
the cases are linked, citing simi- been the site of an earlier home- CA shot the previous week. His tent
larities in the assailant’s actions, less encampment consisting of NA had been set on fire, authorities

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the circumstances of the victims, dozens of tents that had been ST said. Police said they learned

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photos and video. D.C. Police removed from an underpass. Of- MANHATTAN after an autopsy that he had been
Chief Robert J. Contee III said ficials had also cleared the en- shot and stabbed.
investigators with the Bureau of campment from near Fourth H ST. NE Second victim The attacks in New York City
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Street and New York Avenue, occurred Saturday, the first
Union Second
Explosives linked ballistic evi- where the man died. But nearby, 6TH ST. NE . NE about 4:30 a.m. near the Holland
dence from at least one shooting a few tents were propped on a Station D AVE victim Street Tunnel. Police said a 38-
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in New York to at least one muddy wedge of earth between RYL year-old man was shot in the arm
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shooting in the District. the eastbound New York Avenue while sleeping, and may have
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Contee also credited a captain bridge and a FedEx facility. 1/2 MILE 2,000 FEET avoided further injury by waking
in the homicide unit, Kevin Kent- Sitting on a bike on the slim up and shouting, “What are you
ish, who was scrolling through strip of sidewalk between the Sources: D.C. Police Department, NY Police Department doing?”
social media over the weekend tents and the street, a man who About 90 minutes later, police
NICK MOURTOUPALAS/THE WASHINGTON POST
and saw an image that helped gave his name as “Dirty Redzz” said a homeless man was found
link the cases in the two cities. said he had been homeless for 18 15 blocks away in a sleeping bag,
Contee said police are still trying years after he was injured while incidents of crime and noted it shot in the head and neck. He
to determine how the gunman working construction. Though was unfair to both homeless died at the scene, and was not
moved between New York and he has a housing voucher, he people and subway patrons to found until 5 p.m. that evening.
D.C. Police are also trying to said, he’s been hesitant about continue the status quo. At that location in Lower Man-
determine where he is from. seeking an apartment. But warn- Jacquelyn Simone, policy di- hattan on Monday, a pair of
“I feel the knot is tightening,” ings about a killer on the loose rector for the Coalition for the broadcast news vans were
Contee said, promising an arrest. has him rethinking his situation. Homeless in New York, said this parked and police fliers an-
Authorities said they have talked “It’s scary,” he said. “We gotta push has contributed to the nouncing a reward were at-
with police departments along stick together.” number of people in the city tached to lampposts and scaf-
the East Coast but so far have Nearby, Wanda Alston ex- spending nights on the streets. folding.
found no other cases. But New plained that she had been home- She said there had not yet been Remnants of a vigil rested on a
York City Police Commissioner less for “the majority” of her 50 an adequate housing system in sewer grate along the side of a
Keechant Sewell warned, “We years. The D.C. native said she place to handle the displace- Blick Arts Materials store, to the
have a perpetrator who is mo- has no family and can’t work ment. right of a garage door where
bile, who has struck in two major because of a disability. Alston “As we saw this weekend, the surveillance video shows the
American cities.” said she has a place to stay, but streets can be very dangerous for sleeping victim lay when a gun-
The attacks occurred over feels safe between the concrete people who are unsheltered,” Si- man shot him in the head and
12 days in two cities 225 miles islands near the street. This is mone said. “They don’t have any neck before fleeing. “Homeless
apart, each with mayors strug- her community, threatened or protection from the elements or New Yorkers need safe haven
gling to find the right social and not. “They’re my friends,” she from people who wish them now,” read one of the signs
political solutions to the complex said. “Just because I’m fortunate BONNIE JO MOUNT/THE WASHINGTON POST harm, and that can have life-or- etched in black marker.
challenges of homelessness and enough to get a place doesn’t D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) speaks Monday during a news death consequences.” Julio Lopez has worked more
crime. In New York, Adams has mean I abandon them.” conference on the shootings of five homeless people in D.C. and The first shooting in the Dis- than five years at the security
begun a campaign to clear home- Jesse Rabinowitz, senior man- New York. “We are looking for a person who is clearly depraved trict attributed to the man took desk at 148 Lafayette, a commer-
less people from subway sta- ager for policy and advocacy at and is targeting people who are vulnerable,” she said. place about 4 a.m. on March 3 in cial building. He wasn’t at work
tions. In the District, Bowser was D.C. outreach organization Miri- the 1100 block of New York at the time of the shooting, but
having homeless encampments am’s Kitchen, said it shouldn’t Last year in the District, 69 Washington Post found a majori- Avenue NE, near Ivy City. The learned about it later on the
cleared from city streets. take a killer for people to care people died without having a ty of D.C. residents support those victim’s injuries were not life- news. He said a rotation of
Advocates say there has been a about people who are homeless. permanent home, advocates efforts, though they also gave the threatening. The victim told po- homeless people sleep outside
spike in violence targeting home- The District needs to spend more said. It could not immediately be mayor low marks for building lice he was shot in the back and his building. “I feel sad for
less people over the last year, and to get people housed, Rabinowitz determined how many of those and maintaining affordable right shoulder as he slept. everybody who is homeless,” Lo-
authorities in both cities de- said, which will in turn ease deaths were linked to violence. housing. Five days later, police said a pez said.
scribed the latest attacks as other problems such as health The Bowser administration In New York, Adams has an- man was shot about 1:20 a.m. in
“coldblooded” and “cowardly.” At care, freezing weather and vio- has embarked on a pilot initia- nounced a plan that would clear the 1700 block of H Street NE, Jacobs reported from New York.
least three men were shot in lence on the streets. “The solu- tive to clean up encampments homeless people from subways outside a grocery store off Ben- Nicole Asbury, Martin Weil and
their sleep, and one was found tion to all of these problems is and fast-track people into hous- and help them connect with city ning Road. The victim told police Devlin Barrett contributed to this
shot and stabbed in a burning housing,” he said. ing. A recent survey by The services and shelters. He cited he had been shot once in the report.

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Book on 16th Street’s history paved with accounts of dust and sluggish growth
We often refer to Said Sefton: “They had a Henderson. stable — overwhelmingly
our highways, tendency to rot on you. It was “She was like an imperial residential, compared to, say,
roads and like stepping on a soft force,” Sefton said of Henderson Connecticut Avenue or 14th
avenues as cobblestone: not too good with a who, with husband John B. Street NW — even if national
“arteries,” as if horse’s hoof.” Henderson, lived in a castle on and world events sometimes
they carried But at first the real problem the northwest corner of 16th shape it. The two blocks nearest
John corpuscles wasn’t what the road was made and Florida. She had grand the White House have a new
Kelly's instead of cars, of, but the fact that it wasn’t designs for 16th Street, many of name: Black Lives Matter Plaza.
Washington platelets rather made at all. Though 16th Street which involved demolishing the Among the first things
than pedestrians. was on Pierre L’Enfant’s modest homes of African newcomers notice about 16th
But they are a original design for the new American residents and Street NW is the abundance of
city’s circulatory system, from capital — running north from replacing them with mansions churches. Why are there so
the tiniest cul-de-sac capillary to the president’s house — the and embassy buildings. many?
the mightiest aortic interstate. street was slow to grow. “What Pennsylvania Avenue is “People often ask that,”
And that makes John “Until nearly the end of the is really what she wanted 16th DeFerrari said. “I wish I could
DeFerrari and Douglas Peter 19th century, Massachusetts Street to be,” DeFerrari said. “Of say, ‘George Washington said
Sefton veritable cardiologists of Avenue was the upper limit of course, she wanted to rename it 16th Street should be where the
the asphalt. They are the developed Washington,” LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Avenue of the Presidents.” churches are.’ There isn’t
authors of the new book DeFerrari said. The new book “Sixteenth Street NW” says sections of the street Henderson dreamed of lining anything like that.”
“Sixteenth Street NW: The intersection of 16th Street were once paved with wood blocks. Although the area’s topography the street with busts of every It does have qualities that
Washington, D.C.’s Avenue of with Massachusetts and Rhode and hydrology made it difficult to develop, a wealthy resident in president and erecting on make it appealing to houses of
Ambitions.” Island avenues NW was “just a 1898 proposed building a new Executive Mansion on Meridian Hill. Meridian Hill a new Executive worship. It's centrally located,
Well, I say “asphalt,” but for a dusty crossroads,” said Sefton, Mansion to replace the White thus easy for people to get to. It
while, sections of 16th Street notable mainly for the Louise Run paralleled the route before As in so much of the city, the House, which she saw as small has the cachet of one of the city’s
were covered in another Home, a Second Empire-style cutting east across it south of Civil War spurred growth along and tattered. oldest and most prestigious
material. pile built in 1871 by banker today’s Florida Avenue NW. This 16th Street. Military Both authors have lived near churches: St. John’s, across from
“Washington went through William Wilson Corcoran as a marshy and overgrown area encampments were established 16th Street, traveling upon it the White House.
this phase of being enamored refuge for Confederate widows. became known as the Slashes, on Meridian Hill. As was countless times. DeFerrari grew “There’s also the fact that the
with wood blocks,” DeFerrari (Corcoran was a Confederate since the only way to traverse it common, African Americans up in Crestwood, the commercial prohibition means
said. Portions of 16th Street sympathizer whose wife and was by slashing through the fleeing the South moved to be neighborhood between 16th you’re going to be in a serene
were paved with them. daughter — both named Louise brush. near them. Meridian Hill had a Street and Rock Creek Park. residential neighborhood and
“They learned their lesson — had died young.) The escarpment of Meridian vibrant Black community. “We wrote a biography of the not have a liquor store next to
pretty quickly on that,” he said. The topography and Hill was also forbidding. It also had stunning views of street,” he said. “It’s the story of you or an X-rated theater across
“Definitely in a humid hydrology of the city made “The next big obstacle is the the city below, making it ripe for the life of a street, from infancy the street,” DeFerrari said.
environment, wood doesn't hold extending the street a difficult valley of Piney Branch,” development at the busy hands to maturity.” Added Sefton: “You’re pretty
up that long.” prospect. A creek called Slash DeFerrari said. of people like Mary Foote It’s a life that’s been fairly far from sin.”

CAPITAL WEATHER GANG

No, you’re not crazy: Our strongest wind gusts are becoming more frequent
BY I AN L IVINGSTON south and east as Arctic fronts — 2006. Baltimore recorded nine characterized by an unusually article, but it’s reasonable to ask much in the way hurricanes do.
AND J EFF H ALVERSON is strongest during the winter such days, the most since at least rapid drop in pressure, over a whether bomb cyclones are in- It’s thus plausible that the warm-
months. 1997. Annually, Washington large area. This accelerates air creasing with warmer ocean sur- ing offshore waters are strength-
It might be calm out now, but March is our windiest month, should expect five days with inward toward the storm core. face temperatures lurking off the ening our coastal storms.
Saturday’s storm delivered yet but wind statistics don’t vary a gusts of 50 mph or more. High pressure encroaching on Eastern Seaboard in the past few We do, of course, need the
another windy wallop to the D.C. whole lot from January through So far, 2022 has also proved such storms increases the change years. An example of anomalous- right weather pattern, too, and
area. The month’s second wind April. For March, we might ex- windy. Washington has had two in pressure with distance, typi- ly warm waters persisting from some of the recent spurt of
advisory was issued, and winds pect 11.6 days featuring gusts of days with winds gusting to cally generating D.C.’s strongest this winter is shown below. activity may also be related to the
gusted to around 50 mph. High 30 mph or more, 3.6 days with 50 mph or more, including winds in their wake. Winds are A number of studies have ongoing La Niña. La Niña win-
winds have been pestering and gusts of 40 mph or more, and 0.8 52 mph during the late-season driven by pressure changes. linked intensification of low- ters tend to deliver more atmos-
persistent over the last few days with gusts of 50 mph or snowstorm on Saturday. There Over the past year or two, with pressure systems to warm off- pheric waves than average,
weeks. more. have also been five days with back-to-back La Niña winters, shore waters — nor’easters ex- which increases the chance of
Our analysis of wind data For comparison, the typical wind gusts in the 40-plus range. our windstorms often seemed to tract heat from the upper ocean offshore storm systems as well.
shows that the strongest gusts September might bring 3.8 days Washington averages 12 days a be related to a series of very
have become more frequent re- with gusts of 30 mph or more, year with gusts of 40 mph or strong fronts with wicked pres-
cently. Last year featured more 0.6 days with gusts of 40 mph or more, and already has seven in sure rises just behind the front.
big wind gusts than any recent more, and 0.2 days with gusts of 2022. Arctic fronts occur along the LO C A L D I G E S T
year, a trend that has continued 50 mph or more. Wind advisories have also leading edge of an approaching
into this year. Wind advisories, The warmer spring-to-sum- been on the increase. In 2006, the Canadian high-pressure system.
issued by the National Weather mer months still feature bursts of trendline for average annual is- When isobars — lines of constant
Service when gusts are expected strong-to-damaging winds, but suances was at 13. In 2021, it had pressure — are packed tightly THE DISTRICT the Baltimore Sun reported. The
to top 45 mph, have also been on the gusts are typically associated risen to 18. Less-frequent high- together, and move into the D.C. medical examiner’s office sought
the increase since the mid-2000s. with thunderstorms and are wind warnings, for winds gusting region rapidly, this leads to a Police: Man fatally help last month in managing a
Reasons for high winds in the highly localized. Overall, the fre- over 55 mph, do not show the strong pressure surge, generat- stabbed in Northwest backlog of more than 200
D.C. region are many. The main quency of strong wind gusts same type of rise over time. ing powerful wind gusts. bodies that began in mid-
drivers are intense low-pressure drops in the summer and fall There were also historic wind- This past weekend there was A 42-year-old man was slain December.
systems passing near the region before increasing again. storms here in March 2018; April both a bomb cyclone and a strong in Northwest Washington early The office is responsible for
and powerful Arctic cold fronts Tropical storms and hurri- 2016; February 2011, twice; and cold front to help generate winds. Monday morning, D.C. police determining the cause and
sweeping through in their wake. canes containing high-intensity February 2010. Some of these In Arctic fronts and retreating said. manner of death if a person is
Climate change may also be in- winds are infrequent enough were clear-sky wind events, with bomb cyclones, an additional Police identified him as not under the care of a
creasing the chance of strong here not to really show up in our widespread gusts reaching into impetus for strong wind is desta- Kenneth Thomas Jr., of Silver physician, or if the death is
winds. wind statistics, but they can peak territory of 50 to 60-plus bilization of the atmosphere — Spring. unexpected or occurs under
disrupt a typically quieter Sep- mph. During the worst of these either by cold air moving in at Officers responded to a suspicious or unusual
We’re in high-wind season tember or October once in a events (March 2-3, 2018), power high altitudes and/or surface reported stabbing in the 1900 circumstances, including
There’s nothing particularly while. outages surpassed 750,000. warming by the sun. The unsta- block of Ninth Street NW about homicides and drug overdoses.
unusual about it being windy this ble air begins to stir, mixing 1 a.m. and found Thomas with a In recent years, the office
time of year. The peak of wind It’s been notably windy lately Potential causes down blobs of faster-moving air a stab wound inside an suffered from staff shortages
season in our region runs rough- Last year was a high-end wind Our days with intense wind- few thousand feet above the establishment, police said. and growing delays that have
ly from January through April. year. Washington experienced storms almost always feature surface, adding to the gustiness. He was taken to a hospital, slowed burials and criminal
This is primarily because the jet 10 days with wind gusts at or Arctic fronts or bomb cyclones. where he was pronounced dead. cases and put the office’s
stream — which powers storms above 50 mph. That was higher Bomb cyclones are intense Climate change connection? — Jasmine Hilton accreditation at risk.
and pushes chilly air masses than in any year back to at least coastal storms or nor’easters It’s the subject for a longer The office has been overseen
MARYLAND by the acting chief since last
month, when Victor Weedn
Federal team helps resigned after a year on the job.
MARYLAND clear autopsy backlog Maryland examiners typically
exceed the National Association

Confederate statue taken down in Talbot County A federal team has helped the
Maryland medical examiner’s
office clear a backlog of
of Medical Examiners’ standard
of 250 autopsies a year per
examiner.
hundreds of bodies awaiting Hiring qualified pathologists
BY F REDRICK K UNKLE or so. autopsies, officials said. has been a national problem.
“It’s all going to the same place, Maryland Department of Owen said the agency “remains
Workers removed a Confederate and it will be re-erected at that Health spokesman Andy Owen focused on recruiting qualified
statue early Monday from the location,” Stamp said. said that as of Friday, no bodies professionals and encourages all
grounds of the Talbot County The Confederate monument were awaiting autopsy at the applicants to apply.”
Courthouse on the Eastern Shore was built between 1914 and 1916, Office of the Medical Examiner, — Associated Press
with plans to reassemble the mon- nearly 50 years after the Civil War’s
ument on a Civil War battlefield in conclusion. The statue depicted a
Virginia, the county manager said. young boy, his chin up and hat
Its removal was approved last tipped back, holding a furled Con- LOT T E R I E S
year by the Talbot County Council federate flag to his side. The gran-
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PETULA DVORAK

People at Union Station worry a new danger could jeopardize encampment

DVORAK FROM B1 haggling routine every morning. knocked over a bunk bed,”
“You go ahead and have those,” Hammett said. “I had to get out of
encampment that sprouted a man known as Mole tells a the way because I have a rod in
during the pandemic. On Monday woman asking about a box of ribs my leg and I’m not walking again
morning, the chatter there was all that someone had left. if I go down.”
about the “coldblooded killer” “I’ve been homeless since I was Advocates worry that the
that the mayors of D.C. and New 14,” said Mole, who got his street recent attacks will lead cities to
York said has shot five men living name because he sees better in clear encampments. That’s
on the streets in both cities. And the dark than in daylight. “And something most people want —
the people in the tents worry that I’m 55. I’ve been attacked, sure. but only if there’s a solution to
it’ll mean the end of their But a killer? Haven’t seen that.” house folks that’s more humane
encampments. The folks of the encampment and productive than a shelter.
“It is heartbreaking and tragic wondered Monday who the killer “Our point has always been
to know that in addition to all the is and what the motive might be. that we don’t want to see anyone
dangers that unsheltered “He’s out to get rid of us, one by living on the streets,” said Ann
residents face, we now have a one,” one said. Marie Staudenmaier, a staff
coldblooded killer on the loose,” “Maybe he’s one of us, and he’s attorney for the Washington
D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser and blending in,” another suggested. Legal Clinic for the Homeless.
New York Mayor Eric Adams said Violent attacks against the “But that’s often safer than being
in a joint statement Sunday night. homeless were on the rise and in the horrible congregate
Police in both cities have a good especially horrific last year, when shelters.”
photo of a “person of interest” in a man was beheaded in Colorado, Another fear?
the shootings, two of which were a sleeping woman was attacked “Jail,” Hammett said. “I’m
fatal. He looks smooth-headed, is MICHAEL S. WILLIAMSON/THE WASHINGTON POST by four kids in Washington state worried they’re going to use this
possibly bearded and wears blue An encampment in an L Street NE tunnel on Jan. 22, 2020. Homeless people in D.C. already faced and a sleeping man was set on fire as an excuse to throw anyone who
latex gloves when he shoots, many health and safety issues, and now confront the possibility of being targeted by a serial killer. in New York. is homeless in jail. Now, what
according to the photos released In late 2020, the National good is that?”
by police. Coalition for the Homeless looked At Columbus Circle, the folks
The shootings began March 3 But on March 9, a fire on New By Sunday police connected you’re out here,” Mercer said. at 20 years of statistics and saw a outside talked about keeping
in D.C., where gunshots York Avenue was extinguished by the dots and made an “There were two stabbings and a steady rise in hate crimes against watch and taking turns looking
summoned police at 4 a.m. to the firefighters who found a man who announcement. rape recently.” the unhoused. out for the killer. They feel under
1100 block of New York Avenue had been shot and stabbed before “We all just heard about it Surrounding the sculpture of Yet folks like Mole and attack and unwanted, again.
NE, where a man was shot while being set on fire. today,” said Marty Mercer, 51, who Columbus at Union Station are Hammett sleep outside because “Most of the homeless people
outside. Five days later, another The killer was quiet after that. signs letters with the address piles of clothing, takeout food and they feel safer there than they do are just trying to take care of
man was shot in the face and But on Saturday, he shot two “Tent City outside Union Station, boxes of doughnuts left for the in a shelter. themselves,” Hammett said.
hands and ran away, screaming people asleep in Lower Washington D.C.” men and women who stay there. “Last time I was in a shelter, “Without being burdens to
for help. Both men survived. Manhattan, killing one. “You’re already in danger when And there’s a sorting and there was a fight and they others.”

In a first since protest began, detour from Beltway brings full convoy into D.C.
CONVOY FROM B1 for health workers, federal em- already booked during that time was considering reducing the dress it, Brase said, he came up ice form whether the group
ployees and military personnel frame, according to National number of tractors without trail- with a smaller number of partici- thought an individual or group
won’t be blocking anything; intended to limit the spread of Park Service records. ers to no more than 50, down pants, but decided against it. would seek to disrupt their event,
they’ll just be driving through.” the coronavirus. Although many The Park Service was working from about 50 to 75, according to “Ultimately, it just didn’t sit Brase wrote “antifa,” referring to
Monday’s convoy journey drew pandemic-related restrictions at with the group on another date, a letter from Robbin Owen, chief well with me not being able to anti-fascist activists.
comparisons by some drivers to state and local levels have been location and the conditions for of the Park Service’s permits bring everybody down in. I didn’t The application also referenc-
the Battle of Jericho — the bibli- blocked or rescinded, convoy or- the protest when the People’s management division. Brase also like the idea of having to select es “TenFourDC plans,” referring
cal conflict in which the city’s ganizers have rallied supporters Convoy withdrew the application was considering reducing the who gets to go down there,” Brase to the annual demonstration
walls fell to the sound of trum- by calling mandates an infringe- Sunday night, according to Park number of participants from a said. “They never told me I had to Brase has helped to coordinate
pets after being circled by an ment on their freedoms. Service spokesman Mike Litterst. range of 10,000 to 100,000 to no cut it down at all. They were on the Mall. The most recent
Israelite army for seven days. A broader range of grievances The NPS accepts permit applica- more than 200. totally willing to facilitate that. event was this past fall to protest
“Seventh day and we’re blow- has also brought people to the tions on a rolling, first-come first- Brase said the permit applica- It’s a First Amendment right “the ongoing over regulation of
ing our horns,” one driver said cause, evident in signs, flags and serve basis. tion was a “contingent plan in protest. But I was trying to, I the trucking Industry,” according
over a CB radio heard during a chants from drivers and support- “As far as we are concerned, order to bring trucks down in a guess, make it easier on them.” to a permit issued by the Park
live stream. “What do you think is ers in Hagerstown. Some have the books are closed on that symbolic display where we were The application submitted by Service.
going to happen?” expressed far-right beliefs and proposal,” Litterst said. going to park on the National Brase also did not include It’s unclear whether the Peo-
The detour brought the full misinformation that equate man- The convoy originally aimed to Mall.” enough information for the Park ple’s Convoy will again bring its
convoy into the District for the dates to slavery; falsely claim bring 500 trucks, 1,000 cars and On the application, Brase said Service to evaluate it, according protest into D.C. or hold a permit-
first time since it began Feb. 23 in “Trump won,” referring to the campers, and up to 100,000 peo- he estimated “a bunch of num- to a letter that requested plans ted demonstration in the future.
Adelanto, Calif., en route to 2020 presidential election; and ple to the Mall between Third bers because I had no idea who for security, medical aid, trans- “That’s a day-by-day case at
Hagerstown, where its members repeat QAnon conspiracies. and 12th streets on Jefferson and was going to show up and I portation, a final list of equip- this time, and we’re kind of
have been since March 4. The People’s Convoy had also Madison drives from March 14 at wanted to make sure it was pro- ment and information for points weighing those options day-by-
Convoy leaders say they want hoped to hold a nearly two-week 12:01 a.m. until noon March 26, tected.” But after speaking with of contact. The group was not day,” Brase said. “And if I feel that
to hold lawmakers accountable permitted trucker protest on the according to the application sub- authorities about logistics, he planning acts of civil disobedi- it is something that we need to
for the government’s pandemic National Mall starting Monday, mitted by Brase. said he did not feel comfortable ence, according to the applica- do, then I will definitely go back
responses, voicing frustrations but the application was partially In conversations with Park with the “strain” it would put on tion. down to the permits office and
over vaccination requirements denied because of other events Service leadership, Brase said he city and federal agencies. To ad- When asked on the Park Serv- file for a new permit.”

VIRGINIA

Fairfax school board appeals ruling that admissions system is discriminatory

BY H ANNAH N ATANSON ence and Technology magnet legal act of racial balancing. He ber, to hear lawsuits challenging requires applicants to possess On Monday, coalition member
school. was ruling as part of a parent- admission practices at Harvard certain academic qualifications, Harry Jackson — who noted that
The Fairfax County School U.S. District Judge Claude M. brought lawsuit that claims the and the University of North Caro- including a high-level course he is a Black father of a son who
Board is appealing a federal Hilton ruled late last month that admissions system is discrimina- lina at Chapel Hill. The majority- load and grade-point average, attends TJ and a half-Asian
judge’s ruling that invalidated the admissions program at TJ, as tory. Hilton ordered that Fairfax conservative court seems poised but also takes into account stu- eighth-grade daughter — said in
the recently revised admissions the school is known, discrimi- County Public Schools cease us- to overturn decades of precedent dents’ “experience factors” in- a statement that it is “disappoint-
system for the prestigious Thom- nates against Asian American ing the current TJ admissions supporting the consideration of cluding socioeconomic status. ing but not shocking that the
as Jefferson High School for Sci- applicants and constitutes an il- system immediately, throwing race to achieve a diverse student The factors do not include race, failed school board members of
into limbo the 2,500 students body. which is not considered in TJ Fairfax County Publics have cho-
who had already applied for a Kim Forde-Mazrui, a law pro- admissions. sen to dig in their heels to contin-

INSULATION SALE
spot in the Class of 2026 and are fessor at the University of Vir- Officials said the revisions ue their systemic racism against
midway through the application ginia, said Fairfax school officials’ were meant to boost diversity at Asian students.” He said the co-
process. best argument is that the TJ the school, which has historically alition will “continue to fight.”
Hilton also denied a subse- admissions system uses race- enrolled single-digit percentages On the opposite side of the
Home heating to increase up to 54%! quent request from the school neutral methods to increase the of Black and Hispanic students. debate, the TJ Alumni Action
board for a temporary stay of his enrollment of underrepresented But the alterations immediately Group — an advocacy group that
order, meant to allow the Class of students — a tactic that has long drew fire as some parents alleged supports the revised admissions
Oil Heat Natural Gas 2026 applicants to proceed been established as legal under they were meant to drive down system — issued a statement
Winter is HERE! through the current admissions precedents including the Su- the population of Asian students Monday praising Fairfax schools
Installing Multilayer Foil Attic Insulation, Blown Insulation and system uninterrupted. preme Court’s rulings in the 1978 — a group that has constituted for appealing the ruling. “We
Air Sealing Can Have an Immediate Impact on Your Energy Bill! The board filed its appeal of Regents of the University of Cali- about 70 percent of the student reject the false narrative of anti-
Hilton’s ruling on Monday with fornia v. Bakke case and the 2016 body in recent years, while ac- Asian discrimination and con-
the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fisher v. University of Texas. counting for about 30 percent of demn the one-sided portrayal of
18 Months 4th Circuit. Going by those cases, Forde- Fairfax County’s overall popula- the Asian American community,”
Same as Cash “We believe strongly that
Judge Hilton’s decision just was
Mazrui said, the 4th Circuit
should uphold the TJ admissions
tion.
In the first year the altered
the group wrote.
It is unclear when the 4th
Interest accrues from day 1 but is
waived if the amount financed is not reflective of the extensive system. admissions process took effect, Circuit will weigh in on the TJ
paid in full before the promotion federal case law that exists in But “if the evidence does show TJ admitted the most diverse case, although it could take
end date (18 months). Minimum
monthly payments are support of race-neutral admis- — maybe because of statements class of freshmen in recent mem- months. The Supreme Court’s
required from day 1. sions,” the board’s chair, Stella people made — that they actually ory. The percentage of Black, ruling in its next term on the use
Offer expires 4/2/22 Pekarsky (Sully), said in an inter- want to reduce Asian numbers in Hispanic and low-income stu- of race in admissions could have
view Monday. “If we allow this to particular, while maintaining dents rose, while the percentage ramifications for how the TJ case
stand without appeal, it could White numbers, then I think that of Asian students dropped to 50 is ultimately decided, according
have far-reaching repercussions will be struck down because that percent. About 22 percent of of- to Harvard law professor Richard
well beyond Fairfax County.” wouldn’t be considered a legiti- fers went to White students, a H. Fallon Jr.
The school district’s filing was mate purpose,” Forde-Mazrui number largely consistent with He said it has historically been
made by former U.S. solicitor said. the preceding four years, when harder, under Supreme Court
general Donald B. Verrilli Jr., of Natasha Warikoo, a sociology between 17 and 22 percent of precedent, to justify racial prefer-
the firm Munger, Tolles & Olson, professor at Tufts University who offers went to White students. ences in the K-12 arena than in
who has agreed to take the case studies ethnic and racial inequal- Hilton’s ruling last month higher education.
pro bono, according to school ity in education and has been came as part of a lawsuit filed by a “When the Harvard case is
system spokeswoman Julie following the TJ case, said she group of parents and alumni decided, it will undoubtedly have
Moult. He was persuaded by two thinks it will be hard to prove known as the Coalition for TJ, ripple effects,” Fallon said, “be-
of his firm’s lawyers, who are TJ Fairfax officials acted to drive which is opposed to the admis- cause what happens in postsec-
alumni, Moult said. down the Asian population. sions changes. The coalition, ondary education is obviously

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over how the 4th Circuit is likely als that they claim shows that Pacific Legal Foundation — a happens in the K-12 context.”
to rule. this was about anti-Asian bias,” conservative legal advocacy Meanwhile, the Virginia Gen-
Air Sealing Some said it depends on the she said. “I’m Asian American — I group known for fighting against eral Assembly last week passed
composition of the panel of don’t see it.” affirmative action — argued that into law a bill that outlaws racial
with purchase of the judges, while others pointed out Fairfax school officials revised TJ’s admissions system is dis- discrimination at Governor’s
Perfect Attic System that the use of race in admissions the TJ admissions system in 2020 criminatory and called for its Schools, which includes TJ. A
in higher education is a very open by removing a $100 application immediate end. spokeswoman for Gov. Glenn
and controversial question. The fee and a notoriously difficult In his February ruling, Hilton Youngkin (R) said Monday that
202-996-3586 DC Supreme Court has agreed in its test. Instead, the school adopted agreed with the coalition on pret- the governor “looks forward to
next term, which begins in Octo- a “holistic review” process that ty much every point. signing the legislation.”
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New FBI supervisor says most crime now has ‘cyber footprint’ to be investigated
FBI FROM B1 While much of the violence is
still attributed to members of
a city where their jurisdictions gangs or street crews, the consul-
often overlap. They recently tant’s report listed personal dis-
formed joint task forces, includ- putes as among the top motives.
ing one specifically targeting car- Rather than arguments over ter-
jackings across the region. Now ritory or drugs, the report found
federal and local law enforce- shootings were driven by men
ment authorities are also staffing switching between crews, form-
a command center as part of a ing alliances with rivals and per-
group called the Violent Crime ceived disrespect.
Impact Team. Jacobs said about half of all the
Having “all the federal part- shootings in the District are con-
ners sitting in one shared space” nected to previous shootings.
enables them to quickly direct And he said social media has
resources to small groups of peo- added to dangers, “stoking and
ple responsible for a dispropor- driving beefs that just don’t stop”
tionate amount of crime, Jacobs through online taunts, threats
said. and chatter.
A priority, he said, is “making “Now, you have social media,
sure we are operating in the right nothing is being shut off,” he said.
areas and pursuing the folks who “People are going back and forth.”
are driving a large percentage of And, Jacobs said, gatherings
the crime. How are we identifying such as marijuana pop-ups with
those individuals, and how are we “significant sources of cash” ad-
dedicating the resources to mak- vertise online, attracting robbers
ing sure that we hold those indi- as well as customers.
viduals accountable?” “And I don’t even need to guess
The rash of robberies in North- where they are, right?” he said.
west began Oct. 17, 2020, near the “They’re telling me.”
campus of George Washington Jacobs agreed with police that
University and continued at a the proliferation of firearms, es-
steady pace through Halloween pecially untraceable “ghost guns”
weekend, when four groups of built from home kits, is particu-
people were held up in a matter of larly troubling.
hours in Tenleytown, George- An upside for police is that
town and the West End, police most crime now has “a cyber
said. BILL O'LEARY/THE WASHINGTON POST footprint” that opens up new
Police and the FBI developed Wayne A. Jacobs, the new special agent in charge of the criminal and cyber division of the FBI’s D.C. field office, sees a link between avenues of investigation, Jacobs
leads through interviews and sur- violent crime and social media. Online taunts are “stoking and driving beefs that just don’t stop,” he says. said.
veillance videos, and by tracking One challenge, Jacobs said, is
the alleged robbers “moving cash chased him through Georgetown; cial fraud and counterintelli- bygone violent era, noting that As drug markets have changed, “How do we exploit that informa-
between accounts” on stolen the second was arrested in Cali- gence. In his interview, he talked the Internet had largely supplant- so have motives behind the shoot- tion?”
phones, Jacobs said. That, he fornia. A Maryland woman was of the changing nature of gun ed street corners in the sale and ings once largely attributed to One way turned out to be sim-
said, led to additional victims and charged with fraud and receiving crime and drug dealing, and their distribution of illegal drugs. fights over turf. A consultant ple for police investigating the
expanded the scope of the case. stolen property. intersections with the quickly People still sell drugs outside, helping D.C. to form a plan to string of robberies in Northwest
Two 19-year-old men from the Jacobs grew up in South Bruns- evolving computer age and social but Jacobs said that “you don’t combat crime through public Washington. Court documents
District have been charged with wick, N.J., and joined the FBI in media. need to do that right now.” He health initiatives has said a few say one of the men charged had
numerous counts of armed rob- 2003. He has worked in New York, Then-D.C. Police Chief Cathy L. said, “We have folks who are hundred people are responsible used his personal email address
bery and armed kidnapping. One Los Angeles and Newark in jobs Lanier in 2015 declared large leveraging the ‘dark net’ to order for up to 70 percent of the city’s in taking control of a victim’s
man was arrested after police as varied as violent crime, finan- open-air drug markets a relic of a fentanyl straight to their homes.” gun violence. Amazon account.

Md. Democratic Party o∞cial out after questioning Black candidates’ chances
RESIGNATION FROM B1 Black people were “regarded as Harris said he worries about A spokesman for Moore also
beings of an inferior order” with the type of impact these opinions harshly criticized Goldberg Gold-
“no rights which the white man from top party leaders could have man’s email and used it as an
American males have run state- was bound to respect.” on down-ballot races. opportunity to take a swing at
wide for Governor and have lost. Jealous said he thought it was King said in a statement: “This Perez, calling on him to “return
Maryland is not a Blue state. It’s a notable that he has never heard kind of backwards thinking has the money she has donated to
purple one. This is a fact we must anyone in the Republican Party no place in the future of the Demo- him, and cancel his upcoming
not ignore.” make similar remarks about Black cratic Party in Maryland, nor is it fundraiser at her home.”
The state, which according to Republican candidates. acceptable coming from a party In this year’s crowded primary,
2020 U.S. Census data is home to “I haven’t heard them say that official. As someone whose family half of the Democratic candidates
the most diverse population on about Michael Steele, about Boyd went from being enslaved in a vying to replace Hogan are men of
the East Coast, has yet to elect a Rutherford,” he said in an inter- cabin in Gaithersburg to serving color. They include Baker; King;
Black governor. That could view. “Our party needs to take a in the cabinet of the first Black Moore, an author and former non-
change this year, with three Black long look in the mirror and finally president in just three genera- profit chief; Perez, a former U.S.
candidates vying to replace Gov. pull itself out from under the last tions, my family’s story is a testi- labor secretary; and Ashwani
Larry Hogan (R), who is term-lim- remnants of the shadow of Chief mony to the progress that Black Jain, a former candidate for the
ited. Justice Taney.” Americans can achieve. Deputy Montgomery County Council.
Baker, who is making his sec- The email was sent to about 20 Treasurer Goldman must resign Jealous, who mounted a suc-
ond straight bid for governor, ini- people, including Aruna Miller, from her position with the state cessful primary bid winning 22
tially said that he didn’t agree but who had just been named the party.” out of 24 counties in 2018 but lost
that Democratic leaders’ skepti- running mate of gubernatorial MICHAEL ROBINSON CHAVEZ/THE WASHINGTON POST Perez attempted to distance to Hogan in the general election
cism of Black Democratic candi- candidate Wes Moore, who is The Maryland State House. Barbara Goldberg Goldman, the state himself from his backer. by 12 percentage points, said the
dates’ ability to be elected state- Black. No one in the thread re- Democratic Party’s deputy treasurer, resigned Monday and publicly “These ill-conceived comments email proved to him that some
wide was “fair criticism, under- sponded to Goldberg Goldman’s apologized for the comments she made in a December email. do not reflect the values of our leaders within the Democratic
standing we haven’t seen it hap- comments about the electability campaign — as evidenced by Party hold a different set of stan-
pen yet.” But on Monday, after he of Black candidates. she raised a question that African assumed — their support. Kevin Tom’s long career to advance civil dards for Black and White candi-
became aware of the email, he “I am well aware that words Americans across the country Harris, a top aide during Jealous’s rights and expand opportunity — dates and are part of an effort to
lambasted Goldberg Goldman’s matter despite how they might be have been asking for a long time campaign, said he remembers as a or our values as Maryland Demo- hold Black candidates back from
comments, saying “such com- interpreted, and I sincerely apolo- about running in statewide races. young organizer similar whispers crats,” Sean Naron, a Perez spokes- succeeding.
ments merely serve to excuse and gize,” Goldberg Goldman said He added that Goldberg Gold- during Obama’s first run for of- man, said in a statement. “White men lose races all the
legitimize acts of institutional rac- Monday in an email to The Wash- man’s comments do not reflect fice. Naron said Perez, who is His- time, but no one ever ascribes that
ism, whether at the voting booth, ington Post. “I would never want her character, noting that she has “There were these conversa- panic, also urged Goldberg Gold- loss to their DNA,” he said. “Black
in our corridors of government or to distract from the hard work and been a strong supporter for years tions about whether or not the man to step down. women and Black men are en-
our institutions of business and mission of my colleagues and of Black candidates, including president would be able to win State Comptroller Peter Fran- treated to support the Democrats
civic life.” friends fighting for the principles him, Baker, Barack Obama and over some working-class White chot, who is also running for the every single cycle. We are told that
Former gubernatorial candi- upon which the Democratic Party Rep. Anthony G. Brown (D-Md.), a voters rather than to relate to Democratic nomination, said the Democrats are the party that
date Ben Jealous late Sunday de- and I stand.” former lieutenant governor. them,” Harris said. “Time and Goldberg Goldman’s “decision to stands for us. And then when we
scribed her comments as racist in Former Montgomery County The Democratic Party has a time again, we’ve sort of broken resign was necessary. The diversi- stand up to lead, we’re told that
a tweet comparing her words to executive Isiah Leggett, a Black long, fraught history with Black through these myths, but then you ty of Maryland’s Democratic Party our race is an obstacle to us win-
those of Chief Justice Roger B. Democrat, labeled Goldberg voters, who have often felt taken get comments like this and you is its greatest strength, and her ning.”
Taney, the author of the 1857 Su- Goldman’s comment as “unfortu- advantage of by an organization are reminded that it’s just never comments contradict our values The Maryland primary is
preme Court decision stating that nate and inartful” but noted that that has depended on — and often, enough.” as both a party and state.” June 28.

THE DISTRICT

Metro to increase weekend train service during cherry blossom season

BY J USTIN G EORGE The National Park Service pre- 60 percent of its rail cars since
dicts the trees will be at peak mid-October. The absence of
After two years of discourag- bloom between March 22 and nearly 750 cars has forced Metro
ing crowds from gathering at the March 25. The annual National to reduce service, but transit
Tidal Basin during cherry blos- Cherry Blossom Festival will be officials said they have enough
som season, Metro announced from March 20 to April 17. trains to meet the seasonal de-
Monday it will increase the num- Metro will run the additional mand.
ber of trains operating over the trains from Saturday until “Cherry Blossom season is one
next four weekends to help visi- April 17, raising weekend service of the biggest attractions of the
tors restart their pilgrimage to to weekday service levels. Trains year and Metrorail is stepping up
see the blooming flowers. on the Red Line will arrive every service to better serve custom-
Starting Saturday, Metro will 10 minutes, on average, and will ers,” Metro General Manager
increase weekend service while arrive every 20 minutes on other Paul J. Wiedefeld said in a state-
forgoing daytime track work for lines. In downtown D.C., where ment.
four weekends, lessening wait most stations are served by mul- Metro plans to release a limit-
times for trains in crowded sta- tiple lines, trains will arrive every ed-edition SmarTrip card de-
tions. The increased frequency is six to 10 minutes, according to signed by Lea Craigie-Marshall,
in contrast to the closing of Metro. the official artist of the National
stations and service reductions Two years ago, Metro shut Cherry Blossom Festival, featur-
during the past two seasons — down 19 stations, including the ing the pink cherry blossoms and
the latest sign that regional lead- two nearest the Tidal Basin — a monarch butterfly. The com-
ers are moving beyond the pan- Smithsonian and Arlington Cem- memorative cards will be avail-
demic. etery — to dissuade people from able in specially marked fare
The blossoms draw scores of gathering, limit employee expo- vending machines at the Navy
visitors from around the world to sure to the virus and cut down on Yard and L’Enfant Plaza stations
take in the sight of pink and the use of sanitation supplies. Last starting Friday.
white blossoms that form cano- year, the National Park Service Officials said the Smithsonian
pies along the water near the directed people to view the blos- station, the closest to the Tidal
Jefferson Memorial. The nearly soms online from a video feed. Basin, will probably be busy over
3,000 trees that line the basin Metro continues to operate the next four weeks, recommend-
were a gift from Japan in 1912 as a with a shortage of trains during a ing that riders use the L’Enfant CRAIG HUDSON FOR THE WASHINGTON POST

symbol of friendship between the federal investigation into a safety Plaza or Federal Triangle stations James Mitchell, a National Park Service worker, cuts through a branch Friday at the Tidal Basin in
countries. defect that has sidelined about to avoid crowds. D.C. The Park Service predicts cherry blossoms will be at peak bloom between March 22 and March 25.
B6 EZ RE THE WASHINGTON POST . TUESDAY, MARCH 15 , 2022

obituaries
WILLIAM HURT, 71

Oscar winner starred in ‘Body Heat,’ ‘Broadcast News’

BY H ARRISON S MITH major directors, appearing in
Woody Allen’s “Alice” (1990),
William Hurt, a leading man Nora Ephron’s “Michael” (1996)
of 1980s Hollywood who rose to and Franco Zeffirelli’s “Jane
stardom as a cocky but indolent Eyre” (1996), while also joining
lawyer in “Body Heat,” won an big-budget projects such as “Lost
Oscar for playing a gay man in Space” (1998), a widely
jailed under a South American panned adaptation of the 1960s
dictatorship in “Kiss of the Spi- science-fiction series. Beginning
der Woman” and later estab- with “The Incredible Hulk”
lished himself as a versatile, (2008), he appeared in several
mold-breaking character actor, Marvel movies as Thaddeus
died March 13 at his home in “Thunderbolt” Ross, an Army
Portland, Ore. He was 71. general who becomes secretary
His son Alexander Hurt an- of state.
nounced the death in a state- Mr. Hurt also worked on tele-
ment but did not give a cause. vision, appearing in the legal
Mr. Hurt revealed in 2018 that he drama “Goliath” and earning
had been diagnosed with termi- Emmy Award nominations in
nal prostate cancer. 2009, for his guest role in the
A Washington native who ap- drama series “Damages,” and in
peared in more than 100 screen 2011, for starring as Treasury
roles, Mr. Hurt made his film LENNOX MCLENDON/ASSOCIATED PRESS Secretary Henry Paulson in the
debut in the 1980 psychedelic Marlee Matlin and Mr. Hurt in TV movie “Too Big to Fail,” about
horror film “Altered States,” play- 1987. Matlin, who starred the 2008 financial crisis.
ing an obsessed scientist whose opposite Mr. Hurt in “Children His marriages to actress Mary
experiments with sensory depri- of a Lesser God,” later accused Beth Hurt and Heidi Henderson
vation lead him to turn into a him of abuse. ended in divorce. He also had a
primeval, apelike creature. The relationship in the 1980s with
next year, he delivered his break- 20TH CENTURY STUDIOS /EVERETT COLLECTION of Eugene O’Neill’s “Long Day’s Sandra Jennings, who unsuc-
out performance in director William Hurt and Holly Hunter in the 1987 film “Broadcast News.” Mr. Hurt was nominated for four Journey Into Night.” “I had cessfully claimed in court that
Lawrence Kasdan’s neo-noir Academy Awards in his career and won an Oscar for his role in 1985’s “Kiss of The Spider Woman.” worked for years in complete she had been Mr. Hurt’s com-
thriller “Body Heat,” as a South darkness, complete doubt, com- mon-law wife and was entitled to
Florida lawyer seduced by Kath- window dresser who trades sto- unlikely film star. Cerebral and living by faith, then you’re always plete confusion,” he later told a share of his earnings.
leen Turner and roped into mur- ries with his prison cellmate intense, balding by his mid-30s, looking for freedom.” He added New York magazine. “And then, Mr. Hurt had four children,
dering her husband. (Raul Julia), secured his reputa- he studied theology in college that when it came to achieving a one day, I walked out onstage including a son, Alexander, from
The movie was a sultry, shad- tion for playing multilayered and continued to live on the East faith-filled existence, “You just and realized I had some craft. It his relationship with Jennings;
ow-filled throwback to 1940s characters with a seemingly ef- Coast even after he began mak- keep at it. Defeating fear is not a was just there — and it felt so two sons, Samuel and William
film noirs like “Double Indemni- fortless charisma. Ebert wrote ing movies. light switch. For most of us, it’s good.” Jr., from his second marriage;
ty.” And Mr. Hurt — tall, blond that Mr. Hurt “creates a charac- By some accounts, he could be daily work.” Returning to New York, he and a daughter, Jeanne Bon-
and blue-eyed, with a square jaw ter utterly unlike anyone else he difficult to work with; he report- William McChord Hurt was appeared in off-Broadway plays naire-Hurt, from a relationship
and charmingly laconic screen has ever played — a frankly edly struggled with alcohol and born in Washington on March with the Circle Repertory Com- with French actress and film-
persona — was suddenly in great theatrical character, exaggerated drug abuse, and his former girl- 20, 1950. His father worked on pany, winning an Obie Award in maker Sandrine Bonnaire. Infor-
demand. He reunited with Kas- and mannered — and yet he friend Marlee Matlin, who won U.S. foreign assistance programs 1977 for “My Life” and starring in mation on survivors was not
dan to play a cynical, drug-ad- never seems to be reaching for an Oscar starring opposite him and was posted to Guam, where the original production of Lan- immediately available.
dicted Vietnam War veteran in effects.” in “Children of a Lesser God,” Mr. Hurt spent his early years ford Wilson’s “Fifth of July.” He Although Mr. Hurt delighted
“The Big Chill” (1983), and re- Before entering movies, Mr. said in a 2009 memoir that he before his parents divorced. He considered Hollywood a “cultur- in talking about acting, he said
ceived three consecutive Acad- Hurt built an extensive portfolio physically and emotionally was 10 when his mother, who al wasteland,” but signed on to he had little interest in the
emy Award nominations for best of theater roles, culminating in abused her during their relation- worked on business operations “Altered States” after reading the celebrity status that accompa-
actor, including as an idealistic his Tony-nominated perform- ship in the 1980s. “My own at Time Inc., married Henry Luce script, by acclaimed screenwriter nied his success.
teacher of the deaf in “Children ance in David Rabe’s dark com- recollection is that we both apol- III, a son of the media company’s Paddy Chayefsky; five days after Interviewed by the Times in
of a Lesser God” (1986) and a edy “Hurlyburly,” which was di- ogized and both did a great deal co-founder. filming ended, he returned to 1989, he recalled that he once
handsome but ethically compro- rected by Mike Nichols and to heal our lives,” Mr. Hurt said in Mr. Hurt attended Middlesex New York to star in a Circle Rep tried to escape out of a restau-
mised newscaster in “Broadcast opened on Broadway in 1984. He a statement at the time. prep school in Massachusetts production of “Hamlet.” rant’s back door after realizing a
News” (1987). described himself early on as a He rarely spoke about his and Tufts University outside Bos- Mr. Hurt was later featured in photographer was waiting to
“His talent is to trust that less character actor trapped “in a personal life in interviews, pre- ton, where he studied theology the movies “Eyewitness” (1981), snap his photo outside the main
is more,” Kasdan told film critic leading man’s body,” and tended ferring instead to deliver impas- and then drama — “the next rung as a janitor who teams up with a exit. The owner declined his
Roger Ebert after directing Mr. toward supporting roles later in sioned monologues about con- down on the ladder of ego,” as he TV news reporter (Sigourney request, saying, “You wanted to
Hurt in a third film, “The Acci- his career, including in Steven sumerism, the relationship be- put it — and received a bachelor’s Weaver) to solve a murder, and be the celebrity. You wanted
dental Tourist” (1988). “I don’t Spielberg’s “A.I. Artificial Intelli- tween church and state, the sci- degree in 1972. He enrolled in the “Gorky Park” (1983), based on a this.”
think anyone does that better in gence” (2001), M. Night Shya- ence of condensation or the acting program at the Juilliard mystery novel by Martin Cruz “And I told him, ‘You don’t
American acting. It’s to trust that malan’s “The Village” (2004), “homogenized disruptive enti- School in Manhattan but chafed Smith about a Soviet detective. know what I wanted. How dare
the camera sees everything if you Stephen Gaghan’s “Syriana” ties” that made acting difficult. at the school’s strict disciplinary By the 1990s, he was appearing you tell me what I wanted? That’s
are feeling it and if you’re true — (2005) and David Cronenberg’s “Elliptical? Philosophical? I requirements, leaving in 1975 to in more offbeat, independent not what I wanted.’ What I
and Bill is true.” action thriller “A History of Vio- can be that way,” he told the New embark on a cross-country road films, declining a role in “Juras- wanted to do was something very
Mr. Hurt won the Oscar for lence” (2005), which earned him York Times in 1994, before turn- trip. sic Park” to appear in movies like generous. And I still want that,
“Kiss of the Spider Woman” his fourth Oscar nomination, ing to the meaning of life. His travels took him to Ash- Wim Wenders’s “Until the End of and I get great joy out of it,” he
(1985), a drama adapted from this time for best supporting “There’s fear or faith. If you’re land, Ore., where he had his the World” (1991) and Wayne said. “Because it’s something I
Manuel Puig’s novel of the same actor. living by fear, then you’re always breakthrough as an actor while Wang’s “Smoke” (1995). can share. It’s my window. It’s
name. His performance, as a gay Mr. Hurt was in some ways an looking for security. If you’re appearing in a local production He continued to work with what I look at beauty through.”

JOHNNY GRIER, 74

Longtime NFL field o∞cial became the league’s first Black referee
BY M ATT S CHUDEL his 24th season with the NFL.
Johnny Grier was born
Johnny Grier, a longtime field April 16, 1947, in Charlotte and
official in the National Football later moved with his family to
League who in 1988 became the Washington. His father worked in
league’s first Black referee, or construction, and his mother was
crew chief, died March 8 in Pasa- a homemaker.
dena, Md. He was 74. Mr. Grier played football and
The death was confirmed by a baseball at Dunbar. While serving
granddaughter, Bryanna Grier, in the Air Force in Louisiana in
who did not specify the cause. the late 1960s, he began to offici-
Mr. Grier, who spent most of ate high school and later college
his life in the Washington region, sports.
began refereeing basketball Even in the NFL, officiating is a
scrimmages while he was a stu- part-time job. For many years, Mr.
dent at Dunbar High School. He Grier worked as a planning engi-
was a high school and college neer for the old C&P Telephone
football official before being Co. (now Verizon). He received a
hired by the NFL in 1981. bachelor’s degree in business ad-
At the time, he was one of nine ministration from the University
Black officials in the league. (Burl of the District of Columbia in 1987
Toler, a head linesman, became and a master’s degree from UDC
the first African American official in 1993.
in the NFL in 1965 and was the While still working for the
first to work in a Super Bowl.) NFL, Mr. Grier became the head
Football officials are often of officiating of the Mid-Eastern
loosely called referees, but each of Athletic Conference and hired
the seven officials on the field has the conference’s first female foot-
a specific title and duty. The ball official, Annice Canady, in
referee, who wears a white cap 2002. After his NFL retirement,
during the game, is the head of Mr. Grier became a supervisor of
the crew. He tosses the coin at the officials for the league.
beginning of a game and stands His granddaughter said Mr.
in the offensive backfield before Grier was not married. Survivors
the ball is snapped. (An eighth include a son from a relationship,
official is in the press box to Lowell Grier; a sister; two grand-
review video replays of infrac- BRIAN BAHR/GETTY IMAGES
daughters; and two great-grand-
tions.) Johnny Grier officiates a National Football League game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Diego Chargers on Sept. 17, 2000. sons.
During his first seven years as When Mr. Grier was hired by the league in 1981, he was one of nine Black officials. He was promoted to referee in 1988. Mr. Grier attended officiating
an NFL official, Mr. Grier was a and rules clinics each year and
field judge, taking a sideline posi- “In my games, you’ll see my ing down the quarterback or kick- Super Bowl XXII in 1988, in calling the play an incomplete was instrumental in helping oth-
tion in the defensive backfield guys talking back and forth to the er after the ball has been thrown which Washington defeated Den- pass, leaving three seconds on the er Black officials advance in foot-
about 25 yards from the line of players,” he said in a video inter- or kicked. The referee also an- ver, 42-10. The game marked the clock. It took more than 30 min- ball and other sports. Currently,
scrimmage. In that role, he made view. “If something happens on nounces penalties, verbally and first time there had been a Black utes to bring both teams back about 40 of the approximately
calls on pass receptions, pass the field, we try to explain it to in hand gestures, and signals starting quarterback — Washing- from their locker rooms to com- 120 NFL officials are Black.
interference and on whether a them, especially if it’s something when a first down has been made. ton’s Doug Williams — in the plete a final play, which did not The number Mr. Grier wore as
runner stepped out of bounds. It that’s unusual.” “People may consider me a Super Bowl. change the outcome of the game, a referee — No. 23 — is now worn
was a demanding job, requiring When he was promoted to ref- pioneer now,” Mr. Grier told Jet As referee of a season-ending a 27-24 Miami victory. by Jerome Boger, another Black
Mr. Grier to run on many plays to eree in 1988, Mr. Grier said he magazine in 1988. “But once we game in 2000 between New Eng- Neither team “wanted to come referee.
stay close to receivers and defen- found his new position a little put on those striped shirts, the land and Miami, Mr. Grier contro- back on the field and I could “I’d like to be remembered by
sive backs. No players were sup- easier than being a field judge — first time I make a call that goes versially ruled that Patriots quar- understand that,” Mr. Grier said. my cohorts,” Mr. Grier said in a
posed to get behind him. “babysitting the quarterback,” as against somebody that they don’t terback Drew Bledsoe fumbled He was sometimes criticized 2014 interview with the Massa-
Even when he was throwing he put it. In addition to watching like, I’m going to be just another when he lost control of the ball on for calling too many penalties chusetts School of Law, “as
his flag for a penalty, Mr. Grier for holding by linemen, the refer- referee.” a last-second pass attempt. Mr. and for being slow and indecisive somebody they’d like to walk on
was known for his ability to get ee makes calls on “roughing” the Mr. Grier worked 15 playoff Grier declared the game over. in handling video reviews. Leg the field with on Sunday after-
along with players and coaches. passer or kicker — illegally knock- games and was the field judge in Replay officials overruled him, injuries led him to retire in 2004, noon.”
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DEATH NOTICE DEATH NOTICE DEATH NOTICE IN MEMORIAM DEATH NOTICE DEATH NOTICE
BEACH DEAN LOWELL CHANG DELGADO JOHNSON
MARGARET M. DEAN (Age 83)
Quietly passed away on
Wednesday, March 9, 2022, of
Silver Spring, MD. Preceded
in death by her late husband,
Paul Dean, Sr., and her sister
Susan A. Kunkel. She leaves
to cherish her memory her siblings Louise
A. Kunkel, William C. Kunkel and James H.
(Sherry L.) Kunkel. Also survived by sever-
al nieces and nephews, step-children and
grandchildren. A visitation will be held at
Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church, 15661
Norbeck Blvd., Silver Spring, MD 20906 on
Friday, March 18, from 10 to 11 a.m. fol-
lowed by the Mass of Christian Burial at 11
a.m. Interment private. In lieu of flowers,
memorial contributions may be made to
Alzheimer’s Association, 108 Byte Drive
#103, Frederick, MD 21702 or Frederick
ALICIA S. BEACH Health Hospice, 1 Frederick Health Way, CECELIA JEAN LOWELL AXIE P. JOHNSON
August 7, 1952 - March 15, 2021 CHOON-HI CHANG DOROTHY N. DELGADO (Age 76)
Frederick, MD 21701. Cecelia Jean Lowell, age 56, died peacefully Of Fort Washington, MD, passed away peace-
After a long, hard battle with pancreatic www.COLLINSFUNERALHOME.com January 30, 1928 ~ March 15, 2020 Passed away on December 13, 2021 in
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cancer we said goodbye to our beautiful illness. Cecelia was profoundly developmen- truly missed by all who knew and loved her.
mother, grandmother and sister Alicia. Ser- Noble, fine and brilliant soul! dren, Eric B. Broome, John L. Delgado, III,
tally disabled from birth but survived happily My beloved mother. Darrie Delgado Brooks and Damion Delga- Her family will receive relatives and friends on
vices were private. into adulthood under the loving care of her March 18, 2022 at St. Paul United Methodist
do; one sister, Mabel Brooks, one brother,
parents and sisters. For the last 30+ years of Your grateful and amazed son Edward Simmons; a host of other relatives Church, 6634 St. Barnabas Road, Oxon Hill, MD
Alicia lived her life to the fullest. She got her life she lived with her sister Margaret and 20745. Visitation is at 10 a.m. The Celebration
her joy from being a Mom, traveling all
corners of the world, staying up dancing HAYNES family, backed up by sister Katie and family. She
was predeceased by her mother, Julia Lowell.
([email protected]) and friends. She was preceded in death by
her father, Willie Nelson; mother; Hattie
Mae Allen Nelson; brother, Willie Nelson, Jr.
of Life begins at 11 a.m. Interment is at a later
date. Funeral services will be streamed live
to her favorite songs, squeezing her grand She is survived by her father, Joseph (Bill) at https://stpauloxonhill.online.church. Funer-
babies extra tight and helping her clients. GARY HAYNES and sister, Carolyn Nelson. On Wednesday,
Lowell; her six sisters: Mary Julia Bailey, Anne March 16, 2022, friends my visit starting al Services provided by Pope Funeral Home.
Members of IUOE Local 77 are (Bill) Cairns, Katie (Ted) Junghans, Margaret
Alicia would light up a room with her infec- hereby notified of the passing at 10 a.m. until service at 11 a.m. at Mar-
tious smile and few things were as com-
forting as her laugh. She had an incredible
of Brother Gary Haynes. on
Sunday, March 6, 2022. Broth-
(Leszek) Syski, Elizabeth Walters, and Frances
(Paul) Speight; and her stepmother, Veronica
(Ronnie) Fellerath-Lowell. Cece is also survived
JACKSON shall-March Funeral Home of Maryland,
4308 Suitland Rd., Suitland, MD, 20746. In-
sense of humor, an ability to find bargain er Haynes was a member of terment: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suitland, MD.
by 26 nieces and nephews; 39 grandnieces and
shopping better than anybody else and a Local 77 for 49 years. A view- grandnephews; and her loving caregiver Sara
love for sweets that rivals most. ing will be held at Not About Me Ministries, www.marshallmarchfh.com
Leon.
3106 Branch Ave., Temple Hills MD, on Sat-
Alicia was also a fierce advocate for those urday March 26, 2022 from 10 a.m to 11 A viewing will begin at 10 a.m. on Thursday,
who didn't have a voice. She spent her a.m. Funeral services will directly follow at March 17, followed at 11 a.m. by a funeral Mass
career as a geriatric social worker and 11 a.m. at St. Paul Catholic Church, 9240 Damascus
her free time helping out with causes she Respectfully submitted Road, Damascus, MD 20872. Burial will be
believed in. From the time she was young Steve Faulkner at the Maryland State Veterans Cemetery at
she knew how important it was to fight for Recording Secretary Crownsville, MD.
what you believe in to make the world a
better place. In lieu of flowers please consider making a
Alicia left behind four children, Samantha,
Brett, Kara and Katie; six grandchildren and
donation to Calmra, Inc., 14100 Laurel Park
Drive, Laurel, MD 20707, or to Community
Options/Kennedy Institute, 801 Buchanan St.
HAWKINS
three sisters, Barbara, Cindi and Melody. NE, Washington, DC 20017.
We miss her deeply and are grateful for the
years we shared.
DEATH NOTICE
JACKSON LANGDON
STANLEY M. JACKSON
March 15, 1956 - June 11, 2019
Happy 66th Birthday!
BRANTLEY SMITH We love and miss you very much!
Love,
Your Family and Friends
KATHLEEN FLATTERY SMITH (Age 81)
Kathleen Flattery Smith, 81, of Fairfax, VA,
died Saturday, March 12, 2022.
Mrs. Smith was born in Washington, DC.,
on September 24, 1940 and was the
daughter of the late Michael J. and Mary
Flattery. She was married to the late Wil-
liam T. Smith. Following a full career with
the United States Marshals Service, she CLAUDE MICHAEL HAWKINS
retired to Southport, NC where she was a Entered into eternal rest on Tuesday, Feb-
member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church. ruary 22, 2022. He is survived by his wife,
Yvonne Hawkins; daughter, Tahisha Haw-
She is survived by her three daughters: kins; three grandchildren, Damon Hawkins,
Dayquan Hawkins and Demarco Hayes;
JAMES ALPHEUS JACKSON (Age 82) Karen Lois Lombard and husband, John,
two great grandchildren, Aiden Hawkins ERNA A. LANGDON
of Farmersville, TX; Laura Kathleen Idol Erna Ann Langdon, age 77, died Friday March
Peacefully passed away on Sunday, Feb- and husband, Chris, of Centreville, VA; and and Nevaeh Hawkins; six sisters, Linda
ruary 27, 2022. James was a loving father, Wright, Claudette Ward, Diane Edward, 11, 2022 at her home in Asheville, NC after a
Maureen Clare Eck and husband, Albert, long and courageous battle with Alzheimer’s.
grandfather, great-grandfather and devot- of Fairfax Station, VA; nine grandchildren: Joyce Gatling, Wanda Hawkins and Brenda
ed husband of 62 years to Doris W. Jack- Hawkins; two brothers, Jospeh Diggs and Erna was born November 10, 1944 in New York,
Kayla, Jack, Ethan, and Travis Lombard; Al- NY to the late Ernest and Anna Stalzer. Erna
son. He is also survived by a host of nieces, yssa and Amanda Idol; and Anthony, Spen- Darrell Hawkins; a host of other relatives
JAMES R. BRANTLEY (Age 70) nephews, other relatives and friends. On and friends. Mr. Hawkins was preceded in grew up in Queens and Long Island and later
On Friday, March 11, 2022, of cer, and Matthew Eck. graduated from St. Bonaventure University
Saturday, March 19, friends may visit with death by his parents, Francis, Sr. and Doro-
Kensington, MD. Born in Chi- the family from 10 a.m. until time of ser- thy Hawkins; brother, Frankie Hawkins. Mr. with a degree in Math. One of her first jobs
cago, IL, Jim was a graduate A memorial Mass will be held this sum- was a programmer at the Pentagon, where she
vice at 11 a.m., at Marshall-March Chapel mer at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Hawkins wll lie in state at Temple of Praise,
of Washington High School in of Maryland, 4308 Suitland Rd, Suitland 700 Southern Ave., SE on Friday, March 18, met the love of her life Norwood "Woody".
East Chicago, IN, of Indiana Southport, NC. Inurnment will follow in the After marrying in 1969, she and Woody lived
Maryland, 20746. Interment Cheltenham Church Columbarium. 2022 from 10 a.m. until service at 11 a.m.
University in Bloomington briefly in Virginia, then moved to Germany
with a double major in criminal justice and
Veterans Cemetery, April 22 at 11:15 a.m.
Online guestbook available at:
DEATH NOTICE Interment at Ft. Lincoln Cemetery.
before settling in Maryland. They later moved
to Houston, TX, then Leesburg, VA, and finally
journalism, and of the University of Mary-
land at College Park where he received a www.moneyandking.com Asheville, NC.
Masters Degree in criminal justice. After
working for many years at the National
DOBLER She had numerous jobs over the years, pro-
grammer, teacher, jewelry sales, and lastly
Criminal Justice Reference Service (As-
pen Systems Corp), he rediscovered his
passion for photography, and in addition
BLOOM raised five children in many different coun-
tries over the course of their 64 year mar-
financial analyst at Computer Sciences Corpo-
ration (CSC), but Erna’s favorite roles were
wife and Mom. She loved her family deeply
to working as a freelance photographer riage. Betty worked in many labs as a Medical and sacrificed much for them. One of the
medical team during the moon landings. happiest days of her life was bringing home
for the remainder of his career, he put in While at the Houston Space Center, Cheri Technician and ran the household while Bob
15 years as a photographer for the Wash- traveled extensively for work. The Dobler her first child, Matthew. And she was thrilled
operated a hematology lab, in which she an- to later welcome two daughters, Melissa, and
ington Times newspaper. Jim also acted in alyzed blood samples taken from the astro- family lived on Springmann Drive in Fairfax
local community theaters for many years. City, VA for thirteen years. Katherine (Kate).
nauts before and after space flight. Erna is survived by her husband Norwood
Jim is survived by his beloved companion Cheri later earned a master’s degree in pa- Betty, or “Te Te” as the grandkids called her,
Christine Lundy, his sister Janet Cooper, was a fearless, strong woman who taught us Langdon; her daughters Melissa (Erik) Thingvoll
thology at the University of Texas, Galveston and Katherine (Steven) Wheat; her brother
and many loving nieces, nephews, and Branch. Subsequently, Cheri matriculated at all to be independent and to help others. She
cousins. A Memorial Service will be an- the University of Houston, where she was was a voracious reader, an accomplished John (Jean Marie) Stalzer; grandchildren Sara,
nounced at a later date. Interment Private. awarded a Doctor of Optometry degree. pianist, but mostly she loved travel. She was Julian, Alyssa, Justin, Jennifer, and Leah; one
Memorial contributions may be made to Cheri married Murray Bloom in Houston in still making international trips at age 90. nephew and six nieces. A viewing will be held
Montgomery County Humane Society. 1983 and relocated to Northern Virginia. Until the last few years, Betty was an active Friday, March 18 at 10 a.m. at First Baptist
www.COLLINSFUNERALHOME.com Cheri worked as an optometrist at several member and leader at Opequon Presbyterian Church of Wyoming, NY, followed by a funeral
locations around Northern Virginia and D.C., Church in Winchester, VA. We will miss her service at 11 a.m. Funeral arrangements and
specializing in low vision for the nearly blind. sage advice, willing and tireless help, patient details handled by Weeks Funeral Home in
Cheri followed several interests in her per- parenting, but most of all her subtle, dry Warsaw, NY:
sonal life. She was a long time member of humor. www.weeksfuneral.com
the NOVA Annandale Symphony Orchestra, Betty was preceded in death by her husband,
in which she played the violin. As a youth, ELIZABETH DOBLER "Betty" Bob; and sister, Eloise Auxt. She is survived
she attended Interlochen music camp two On Saturday, February 26, 2022, Elizabeth by her sister Luciclare “Ding” Ansel Young
summers in a row, each entirely by scholar- “Betty” Miller Dobler passed away peacefully (Paul) of San Francisco, CA; her five children:
DR. CHERYLANN TUCHMAN BLOOM ship. This was her personal favorite achieve- at the age of 94. She was born in Cumber- Mary Dobler Humbert (Aubrey), Carol Juan
Dr. Cherylann Tuchman Bloom, of Fairfax, ment. After retiring, Cheri took fused glass land, MD to Henry and Arbutus Gordon Miller Stanley (Mike), Robert H. Dobler (Cindy),
Virginia, passed away peacefully on March classes at the Workhouse Arts Center in of Paw Paw, West Virginia. Betty spent her Margaret Dobler Herndon (Jim McWilson),
11, 2022, after a two-year struggle with pan- Lorton. She also audited several classes childhood on Imperial Orchard owned by her and Helen Dobler Streeten (John). Additional-
creatic cancer. She is survived by her hus- at George Mason University. Cheri enjoyed father who grew Mountaineer Brand apples. ly, she has thirteen grandchildren; nine great-
band of 38 years, Murray Bloom, and their foreign travel to many places in Europe, but Betty attended Madison College and grandchildren; and one great-great-grand-
daughter, Sandra Bloom. she especially enjoyed her trip to the Gala- received a double major in Biology and child.
Dr. Bloom— “Cheri” to her friends—was pagos Islands. Chemistry and was also a member of the A celebration of Betty’s life will be held on
born in Benton Harbor, Michigan on October Cheri made friends readily with people in Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority. Later she was May 21, 2022, at 11 a.m. at Woodrow Union
19th, 1944. Cheri graduated from Michigan many different aspects of her life. She will training to be a certified medical technician Church in Paw Paw, WV and is open to all.
State University with a degree in medical be remembered fondly by all and missed at George Washington University when she In lieu of flowers, please donate to CCAP of
technology. After first working in the labo- dearly. met her future husband, Robert F. Dobler. Winchester, VA at P.O. Box 2112, Winchester,
ratory at Grant Hospital in Chicago, she took Graveside service will be held March 15 at She flew to Frankfurt, Germany and they VA 22604.
a position in Houston, Texas, with NASA and 12 Noon at King David Memorial Gardens, married on November 30, 1951. The couple Arrangements are by Phelps Funeral & Cre-
participated in the Apollo Space Program Falls Church, VA. mation Service.

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law, Timothy and Bridget Markley and Daniel American Houses. For 20 years, he was a Additional plaques start at $26 each
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Boise 54/33/r 53/29/pc Kansas City, MO 64/47/s 72/50/s Richmond 70/43/s 68/49/pc Brussels 52/43/r 65/47/pc London 58/45/pc 57/38/c Taipei City 85/68/pc 87/68/c
Chesapeake Bay.• River Stages: The stage at Little Falls will be
Boston 56/42/pc 54/42/s Las Vegas 79/58/pc 77/52/pc Sacramento 68/46/sh 72/45/s Buenos Aires 82/68/pc 79/69/s Madrid 66/50/c 61/53/r Tehran 64/51/pc 63/38/pc
around 4.00 feet today, rising to 4.10 Wednesday. Flood stage at Buffalo 47/36/r 56/45/pc Little Rock 57/48/r 71/51/s St. Louis 68/46/pc 76/50/s Cairo 61/45/pc 64/47/s Manila 94/80/t 93/80/t Tokyo 68/50/r 65/51/pc
Little Falls is 10 feet. Burlington, VT 42/33/c 50/40/pc Los Angeles 79/55/pc 81/57/s St. Thomas, VI 83/74/s 83/74/s Caracas 74/63/r 76/63/sh Mexico City 80/50/c 76/52/sh Toronto 37/33/c 48/42/c
Charleston, SC 73/59/pc 69/56/r Louisville 68/43/pc 73/47/pc Salt Lake City 59/40/c 52/31/c Copenhagen 47/34/pc 45/38/pc Montreal 37/27/c 42/37/pc Vienna 59/45/c 54/33/c
Charleston, WV 64/37/pc 68/48/pc Memphis 60/51/t 68/50/pc San Diego 70/56/pc 67/52/s Dakar 73/62/pc 74/63/pc Moscow 35/20/s 31/16/c Warsaw 50/38/pc 52/31/c
Today’s tides (High tides in Bold)
Charlotte 68/50/pc 62/50/sh Miami 82/74/t 84/72/t San Francisco 63/48/pc 63/48/s Dublin 51/39/c 48/36/r Mumbai 96/80/s 97/80/s
Key: s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, r-rain,
Washington 1:32 a.m. 7:05 a.m. 1:38 p.m. 7:15 p.m. Cheyenne, WY 59/36/s 47/26/c Milwaukee 49/38/c 61/46/pc San Juan, PR 84/73/s 84/73/s Edinburgh 50/42/c 47/34/r Nairobi 87/61/c 87/62/pc sh- showers, t-thunderstorms, sf-snow flurries,
Chicago 55/42/c 65/48/pc Minneapolis 51/40/pc 58/35/c Seattle 51/42/sh 53/42/c Frankfurt 50/39/r 60/42/s New Delhi 95/73/s 96/72/pc sn-snow, i-ice
Annapolis 3:39 a.m. 10:03 a.m. 4:39 p.m. 10:43 p.m.
Cincinnati 64/42/pc 71/47/pc Nashville 69/49/c 67/48/r Spokane, WA 51/34/r 49/32/pc Geneva 63/41/pc 65/44/c Oslo 42/27/pc 42/30/c Sources: AccuWeather.com; US Army Centralized
Ocean City 6:24 a.m. 12:44 p.m. 6:35 p.m. none Allergen Extract Lab (pollen data); airnow.gov (air
Cleveland 56/43/pc 64/48/pc New Orleans 75/56/t 71/54/pc Syracuse 47/36/r 57/45/pc Ham., Bermuda 68/63/sh 70/65/pc Ottawa 37/26/c 42/34/c quality data); National Weather Service
Norfolk 1:59 a.m. 8:28 a.m. 2:45 p.m. 8:47 p.m. Dallas 68/47/s 78/53/s New York City 61/46/pc 61/47/s Tampa 82/70/t 77/66/t Helsinki 42/23/pc 39/26/c Paris 58/47/r 67/49/c * AccuWeather's RealFeel Temperature®
combines over a dozen factors for an accurate
Point Lookout 5:58 a.m. 12:40 p.m. 7:08 p.m. none Denver 68/37/s 54/29/c Norfolk 67/47/s 63/52/pc Wichita 65/40/s 75/44/s Ho Chi Minh City 96/78/pc 95/78/pc Prague 52/40/sh 53/32/pc measure of how the conditions really “feel.”
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EVGENIY MALOLETKA/ASSOCIATED PRESS

Telling stories of birth In a sea of su≠ering, one

surrounded by destruction image distills the misery
During the evacuation of
Afghanistan last summer, I
Motherhood, BY P HILIP K ENNICOTT

in the
remember reading a story — a Visually, the focus of this image is a red
lot of us probably remember blanket or cloth, with black dots. Emotionally,
reading the story — of a baby the photograph is centered on the woman lying
born on an airplane. The mother on the blanket, her left arm touching what may
Monica

devastation
was fleeing Afghanistan and be a wound below her belly, which holds her
Hesse went into labor on a C-17 unborn child. Four men carry her on a
military aircraft somewhere en stretcher from the ruins of a maternity hospital
route to the Ramstein Air Base in Mariupol, Ukraine, bombed
in Germany. Military personnel delivered the CRITIC’S by the Russians on March 9.

of war
infant in the cargo bay. In honor of the plane’s NOTEBOOK The agony of the photo-
call sign, the parents named their new daughter graph, taken by Evgeniy Malo-
“Reach.” letka, expanded on Monday when the Associat-
This is what passes for an uplifting story in ed Press announced that the woman had died.
wartime. At least the baby lived. At least the And so had her baby. Mariupol, under siege and
mother lived. At least the circle of life continued heavy bombardment for days by the Russian
despite the upheaval. The airplane’s call sign, invaders, is a humanitarian disaster, a poten-
thankfully, was appropriately inspirational; it tial “worst-case scenario,” according to the
could have been “Bacon” or “Anvil.” The Ukrainian emergency workers carry an injured International Committee of the Red Cross.
outcome of this story was so happy it was easy pregnant woman from a hospital bombed by Russia Even if the woman, whose name we don’t
to overlook the preamble: the fact that the last week. The woman and her baby later died. know, had survived, this image would have
woman’s blood pressure dropped severely, been one of the defining ones of this terrible
SEE HESSE ON C4 SEE PHOTOGRAPH ON C4

CAROLYN HAX APPRECIATION BOOK WORLD

Ensuring equity in chores
when moving in with busy
boyfriend. C2 My entree into William Hurt’s world ‘The Love
JANE CAMPION
Director’s quip to tennis’s A NN H ORNADAY
of My Life’:
A blissful
BY

Williams sisters draws I had one of the most memo-

scorn online. C3 rable dinners of my working
MUSIC REVIEW
Animal Collective propels
life with William Hurt.
The actor, whose death at 71
was announced Sunday, was in
thriller
Austin in the late winter of
the past and present to 1996, filming the comedy “Mi- BY M AUREEN C ORRIGAN
the future at 9:30 Club. C4 chael” with writer-director
Nora Ephron. As the film critic Everybody who is married is
at the Austin American-States- married to a stranger. That’s the
man, one of my duties was to central premise of just about ev-
make my way onto the set of ery domestic suspense novel ever
the film and interview Ephron written. In stories with these mar-
and her cast, which included riages, such as Daphne du Mauri-
John Travolta, Andie MacDow- er’s “Rebecca” and Gillian Flynn’s
ell and Bob Hoskins. But my “Gone Girl,” at least one partner
requests kept getting rebuffed. (and sometimes both) has silently
Finally, a publicist confided vowed to “love, honor, and de-
that it was Hurt who opposed ceive, till death do us part.”
press visits during filming, “The Love of My Life” is a
which might distract the actor classic example of the “I married
from the job at hand. a stranger” domestic suspense
I understood, filing the epi- plot — with a twist. Usually, the
sode away under “I tried.” SEE BOOK WORLD ON C2
Which made a subsequent invi-
tation all the more surprising: MIRAMAX/EVERETT COLLECTION THE LOVE OF
Would I care to join Mr. Hurt William Hurt as the moody, broody Mr. Rochester in 1996’s “Jane Eyre.” MY LIFE
for dinner? Production on “Mi- By Rosie Walsh
chael” was wrapping up, he was Seasons Hotel, just across Town 1980s, making a terrific debut quent turns in “Kiss of the Pamela Dorman
about to leave town and — oh Lake from the Statesman’s as an obsessed doctor in “Al- Spider Woman,” “Children of a Books. 384 pp.
yes — his new movie, “Jane newsroom. tered States” and becoming a Lesser God” and “Broadcast $28
KYLE GUSTAFSON FOR THE WASHINGTON POST
Eyre,” was about to be released I was happy to have a chance swoon-worthy screen idol in News” earned him Oscar nomi-
Avey Tare of Animal Collective in theaters. A date was set at to interview Hurt. He had en- the steamy “Body Heat” and nations (he won for “Spider
performs at the 9:30 Club. the dining room of the Four joyed a blazing run in the zeitgeisty “Big Chill.” Subse- SEE APPRECIATION ON C2
C2 EZ RE THE WASHINGTON POST . TUESDAY, MARCH 15 , 2022

William
the idiosyncratic and famous.
Over the ensuing years,
though, my interpretation of
Hurt’s spirit animals changed

Hurt,
from a can-you-believe-this-guy
eyeroll to muted respect. The
more I’ve learned about cinema,
and the singular challenges of

pausing
acting first for the camera, then,
by extension, the mass audience,
the less cavalier I’ve become
about what it takes to achieve the

to reflect level of focus and transparency

Hurt was able to channel over
and over.
We’re conditioned to think of
actors — especially the ones who
APPRECIATION FROM C1 become “movie stars” — as beau-
tiful faces, objects of desire and
Woman”). By the time I joined vicarious glamour. But they’re
him at a window table at the also emotional instruments: the
Four Seasons, I was genuinely primary means of conveying the
curious about an actor who, for music and meaning of whatever
millions of women (and not a few they’re in, whether it’s a screw-
men) of my generation, had be- ball comedy, three-hankie tear-
come the “thinking person’s” sex jerker or something more subtle.
symbol, the kind of movie star When viewers laugh, cry, fall in
whose charisma was a function love or simply become entranced
of intelligence as much as sheer by an actor of Hurt’s gifts, it’s
good looks. because he’s been able to do
In all honesty, though, I was a whatever was necessary to strip
bit preoccupied as well. The away his psychological defenses,
interview had been scheduled access his most vulnerable emo-
for mid-March, in the thick of tional interior, dredge up the
Austin’s South by Southwest film multitudes he contains. We love
and music festivals. I had had to actors, not when we catch them
leave a screening of John Sayles’s acting-with-a-capital-A, but
“Lone Star” early to be on time when we watch them simply
for Hurt, and I was hoping to be being alive. That can be scary
able to join friend later at La stuff, and if it takes channeling
Zona Rosa to see the legendary your inner crow to do it, well, fly
Denton, Tex., band Brave Combo. LADD COMPANY/WARNER BROS/KOBAL/SHUTTERSTOCK
free, my friend.
With people to see and things to Hurt was a serious actor. His
do, I figured I’d spend about an least a minute — which, as William Hurt, above a-bit-muchness was precisely
hour with Hurt, say my goodbyes anyone who has sat in silence for with co-star Kathleen what made it possible for him to
and make it to the club in plenty a minute will know, felt like an Turner in 1981’s “Body be amusingly self-deprecating
of time for the show. hour. Once the ritual was com- Heat” and at right in as a callow anchorman in
It didn’t work out that way. plete, Hurt explained that he 1987’s “Broadcast “Broadcast News” or the sexy,
Given his resistance to a set visit, took these moments before every News.” dim-bulb patsy in “Body Heat.”
I expected Hurt to be press-shy, meal — an exercise that today What’s more, he rose to stardom
maybe even reticent. Instead he would be called “mindfulness.” at a time when Hollywood stu-
was voluble, curious, direct and With the exception of that dios still made a place for actors
disarmingly open. My cassette brief interruption, he continued of his caliber — not just as a way
tape of the interview is lost to the chattering, mostly about “Jane hand in hand with talent. Who to elevate the latest superhero
sands of time and ravages of Eyre” and his interpretation of hasn’t heard the story of Lau- franchise, as Hurt did as Secre-
analog decay. But my chief mem- the moody, broody Mr. Rochester rence Olivier observing Dustin tary of State Thaddeus Ross in
ory of the evening is a lively, (opposite Charlotte Gainsbourg). Hoffman’s Method-esque prepa- the Avengers movies, but as
far-ranging conversation that I remember few specifics, except ration for his role as the sleepless leading players in mainstream
served as a reminder that, before for his revelation that he habitu- protagonist in “Marathon Man” movies.
pursuing acting, Hurt had stud- ally took on a “spirit animal” for (1976) and wryly suggesting, I look back at that 1996
ied theology. He possessed an every role he played. For Roches- “Why don’t you just try acting?” dinner with a combination of
innate sense of etiquette that ter in “Jane Eyre,” he said, it was More recently, it was “Succes- amusement, regret and nostal-
only seemed to fail once our food a crow. sion’s” Jeremy Strong in the gia. As gratifying as it is to
came, at which point he ceased Stopping and spirit animals crosshairs, his actorly eccentrici- contemplate the remarkable
talking and dropped his head are just the kind of affectations ties indexed with almost sadistic KERRY HAYES/20TH CENTURY FOX/KOBAL/SHUTTERSTOCK
performances that made up
down, as if literally contemplat- that make “serious actors” such glee in an uncharitable New Hurt’s career, it’s chastening to
ing his navel. easy fodder for ridicule. Excesses Yorker profile, which referenced the same way. As our dinner the time we got in our cars — think of the wide range of films
“I stop,” he said quietly. in the name of “craft” and “com- Strong’s idol, Daniel Day-Lewis passed the 90-minute mark, I with Hurt cheerfully honking this consummate serious actor
Uhm, hello? I looked around mitment to the work” have been — the O.G. when it comes to “the was growing impatient. Hurt’s and waving as he sped out of the was allowed to be serious in. I
the room nervously. What was a part of showbiz lore for as long work,” having inhabited his roles disquisitions were beginning to parking garage — the “I stop” still remember his final beep
happening? as performers have looked for so fully that he reportedly never feel less spontaneous than calcu- moment was already taking and wave with exasperated
“I stop,” he repeated, still as- their key light, underscoring the broke character during filming. lated and grandiose. It was all shape as yet another piquant fondness. Now, on just about
suming a disquietingly inert po- kind of preening vanity and I’m ashamed to admit that getting to be a bit much. Dessert? anecdote from a career full of every level, I wish I’d made time
sition. We sat in silence for at pretentiousness that so often go Hurt’s spirit animals struck me No thank you, just the check. By unforgettable encounters with for dessert.

Domestic suspense with a great twist

BOOK WORLD FROM C1

partner with a secret triggers

suspicion in us canny readers
early on. (That Maxim de Winter
guy is too aloof, too insistent on
having his own way to be without
a tangled past.) But, Emma Merry
Bigelow, the enigmatic heroine of
Rosie Walsh’s “The Love of My
Life,” seems so funny, warm, com-
passionate and kind that we read-
ers root for her — even though we
learn fairly quickly that she’s liv-
ing under an assumed name and
harbors a host of other secrets,
something her adoring husband,
Leo, doesn’t know about. Walsh
just may have written the first
NICK GALIFIANAKIS/ILLUSTRATION FOR THE WASHINGTON POST domestic suspense novel in which
the deceitful spouse is also a

Finding the right balance for chores genuinely nice person. Maybe.
Walsh, whose 2018 debut thrill-
er, “Ghosted,” was a bestseller,
splits the first-person narration
Adapted from an stretch; and as needed treat this Do not keep doing anything of this story chiefly between Leo
online discussion. as a time when fewer chores get past the date that he can very and Emma. In the novel’s opening
done. well resume doing it for himself. pages, Leo proudly tells us that
Dear Carolyn: If you still end up with a major Do not do anything he would his wife is an “intertidal ecologist,
I’m moving in and persistent domestic refuse to do for you. which means she studies the plac-
with my fiance. workload imbalance when it’s all Do not do anything you es and creatures that are sub-
Carolyn Unfortunately, it’s over, then break up and move wouldn’t feel right asking of him. merged at high tide and exposed VERITY RIVERS
Hax at the worst time out. Ultimately the problem You are not obligated. Period. at low.” (Suspense metaphor “The Love of My Life” author Rosie Walsh.
of the year. His would be a partner who’s okay alert!) Leo also affirms that
business — which with letting you do all the work, Dear Carolyn: About a month Emma is a loving mom to their advance. Such just-in-case obits marriage. It’s been about fear of
he owns and is trying to keep and the solution would be a ago my husband and I moved to young daughter, Ruby, and their are called “stock.” Because of discovery and deep regret. It is
going during the pandemic — is better person for a partner. a new neighborhood. When I was rescue dog named John Keats; Emma’s BBC fame and her cancer, something I could never commit
at its busiest, and he’s working out to take in our trash cans she’s also a former star of a BBC now in remission, she warrants a to paper, or Facebook, or any-
60-80 hours a week for the next Carolyn: This is his new today, I saw our next-door series on marine wildlife and a “stock,” and Leo, as the person where else.”
two months. We both knew this business. There is no “last year.” neighbor for the first time. I recent cancer survivor. Then who knows her best, accepts the In a sense, the chapters of “The
was happening, but the right I’m asking, is there a good way to smiled and said hello. She comes this kicker from Leo at the assignment to write it. As he Love of My Life” that are narrated
apartment came along. invent or put in place a “reset” frowned at me and turned away end of his opening testimonials: begins researching the facts of his by Emma constitute her own al-
I fully support his business button that I can push in three without responding. I am at a “I think it was Kennedy who wife’s life — clandestinely, so as ternate cancer memoir: her ac-
and understand this situation is months? loss. We pick up after our dog. He said we are tied to the ocean — not to upset her — Leo stumbles count of that obsession and its
temporary. Yet I’m a bit wary — Setting again is never out by himself or off that when we return to it, for upon some “submerged” fibs the backstory. Along the way, at least
that the first few months of leash. He doesn’t bark. We keep sport or leisure or somesuch, we size of the Rock of Gibraltar. three contenders for “the love of
living together will be me doing Setting again: Okay. I still think our home and yard well- are returning to the place from Meanwhile, Emma is cautious- [her] life” surface.
all the cooking, cleaning, chores, the less resetting, the better. If manicured. We are quiet. What whence we came. That’s how I feel ly confiding in us readers, too. As appealing as the characters
etc. you didn’t move in, then he’d be should we do? about us. To be near to my wife, to Here, for instance, are her of Emma and Leo are, the essen-
Any suggestions on how I end managing this and his home — New Neighbor Emma, is to return to source. thoughts in response to her doc- tial draw of a domestic suspense
this precedent? I don’t mind solo. He just would, because he’d “So when I learn, in the days tor’s suggestion that she write a story such as this one is its plot.
pitching in while times are have to. New Neighbor: Invite them over following this morning — this cancer memoir: Walsh concocts a doozy. Her nar-
unusual, but I’m also wary of It’s essential not to lose sight — or for a pandemic-approved innocent, commonplace morn- “I’ve read endless cancer mem- rative is studded with evasively
how to change a trend that starts of that — or, to put it more walk. If the frostiness persists, ing, with dogs and frogs and oirs in the years following my worded passages that lure us
when I move in. plainly from the other side, keep then just ask whether you’ve coffee … — that I know nothing of diagnosis; some written from the readers into dead ends, switch-
— Setting a Precedent firmly in mind you are not done something to offend them. this woman, it will break me.” warm shore of survival, others cut back turns, false sutures between
moving in to be his unpaid Maybe your dog barks Leo stumbles on the first of his short by an end note from a scenes and a startling final cli-
Setting a Precedent: What did domestic. Talk to him about a insanely when you’re out? Still — beloved wife’s fibs because of his bereaved relative. … But every max. All that passes for reality is
he do last year during this fair division of labor for regular that’s no cause for a snub. job: He’s a writer on the obituar- account … has talked about love. unstable in “The Love of My Life.”
period, when you were still living times, then about an adjustment ies desk at a British newspaper, a About how, as we approach the By novel’s end, readers may even
apart? to that for crazy time, then Write to Carolyn Hax at department, he insists, is “the end of our life, we find ourselves begin to wonder whether the
The way to end a precedent is decide if that sounds doable to [email protected]. Get her most cheerful desk on the news turning toward the things and name of that cute family dog,
not to set it in the first place. Tell you. Weigh his attitude carefully. column delivered to your inbox each floor,” because “we spend our people that are most meaningful John Keats, is also an alias.
him you’d like to stay close to And: morning at wapo.st/gethax. time celebrating extraordinary to us.
your normal approach to chores Do not agree to anything you people.” Obituaries of famous “ … My cancer journey, by Maureen Corrigan, who is the book
that each of you had while living don’t want to live with.  Join the discussion live at noon people who are getting on in years shameful contrast, started four critic for the NPR program “Fresh Air,”
apart; put a big X on your Do not do more than you Fridays at washingtonpost.com/live- or who have had brushes with years ago with the rekindling of teaches literature at Georgetown
calendar marking the end of this think is fair. chats. serious illnesses are written in an obsession that could end my University.
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ACROSS
1 Rolex rival
6 Wow
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indeed.com
14 Halloween
costume with
pointy ears
15 Midrange voice
16 One of WD-40’s
many
17 Wartime
delinquent
19 Slippery road
cause
20 Multipart sofa
21 Mufasa’s
“The Lion King”
brother
22 ’60s-’70s
Chicago Bears
running back MARIO ANZUONI/REUTERS
who is the Director Jane Campion’s remarks at the Critics Choice Awards sparked online condemnation.
youngest
inductee into
the Pro Football
Hall of Fame
Finding fault in Campion’s comment
25 German pastry
30 Provide BY S ONIA R AO wouldn’t think to utter something Awards. Variety reporter Marc
money for this stupid and insulting,” wrote Malkin asked her about actor Sam
31 Playground © 2022 Tribune Content Agency, LLC. 3/15/22 The criticism arrived as swiftly Chicago Sun-Times editor Gene Elliott recently referring to “The
retort as the praise. Farris. Power of the Dog,” a Western with
DOWN 29 Wrap a gift, 43 Super Bowl org. 49 Grand __ Just a day after Jane Campion Writer Saeed Jones noted, a psychological thriller bent, as a
32 __ sci was applauded for the candor “That Jane Campion whiplash is a “piece of s---.” Elliott criticized the
33 Web access co. 1 3:1, e.g. slangily 44 Roaming, like a National Park
2 No more than 32 Halves of qts. knight 52 Just plain plain with which she pushed back on perfect distillation of white femi- film’s “allusions to homosexual-
36 Flute and oboe disparaging remarks made about nism.” ity” in a podcast interview and
40 Drunkard 3 Emergency 33 Holiday and 45 Brief invite 53 Napa prefix
her film, “The Power of the Dog,” Campion issued a statement zeroed in on the behavior of Ben-
copter op Days equivalent of 54 Asian holidays
41 Sorority T’s “Drinks are
the filmmaker herself caught flak Monday afternoon apologizing for edict Cumberbatch’s character. Fi-
42 Sleep disorder 4 Birthday buy 34 Editor’s 55 Israeli for a comment she made while her words. nally, he asked, “Where’s the West-
5 Midrange “Let it be” not on me!” weapons accepting best director at Sun- “I made a thoughtless comment ern in this Western?”
43 Sam or Michelle 46 Like decrees
of Georgia voices 35 Free TV ads 56 Cabinet dept. day’s Critics Choice Awards. equating what I do in the film Campion rejected Elliott’s criti-
6 Without a key 37 Mom’s mom from Francis head After pointing out that the other world with all that Serena Wil- cism. “I’m sorry, he was being a
politics 47 Fish sauce taste
7 Olympic goal 38 Awning, for one 58 QB targets nominated directors in her catego- liams and Venus Williams have little bit of a b----,” she said, spell-
44 Online 48 Screwball ry were all men, Campion turned to achieved,” she said. “I did not in- ing out the word. “He’s not a cow-
marketing 8 Artfully seek, 39 Eco-conscious 59 Top __:
as a promotion govt. group comedy Monopoly piece Serena and Venus Williams, who tend to devalue these two legend- boy; he’s an actor. The West is a
technique attended in support of the film ary Black women and world class mythic space and there’s a lot of
46 Flaky baked 9 Actress Kravitz “King Richard.” She said, “You athletes. The fact is the Williams room on the range. I think it’s a
dough 10 Make a mistake know, Serena and Venus, you are sisters have, actually, squared off little bit sexist.”
MONDAY’S LA TIMES SOLUTION
50 Human 11 Electricity such marvels. However, you do not against men on the court (and off ), Cumberbatch and co-star Jesse
rights lawyer 12 Letter before play against the guys like I have to.” and they have both raised the bar Plemons have also commented on
Clooney Papa The audience broke out into and opened doors for what is pos- Elliott’s words — the latter saying
51 Greek “Father of 13 Coronas and cheers and applause while the sible for women in this world. The that he “laughed when I heard” —
History” Buds camera cut to Venus Williams, a last thing I would ever want to do but many were especially im-
57 Birdie plus one 18 Venetian seemingly uncomfortable smile on is minimize remarkable women. pressed by the delivery of Campi-
elder of yore her face. The response online mir- “I love Serena and Venus. Their on’s devastating response. Linda
58 “Piece of cake!” rored Williams’s (minus the smile). accomplishments are titanic and Holmes of NPR tweeted that “it’s
... and apt 21 Australian Many people expressed how un- inspiring. Serena and Venus, I the genuine *regret* she manages
description of airport code necessary it was for Campion, a apologize and completely cel- to convey about the fact that he
the starts of 23 “Star Trek” White woman, to compare her ex- ebrate you.” said something so embarrassing
17-, 22-, 36- and helmsman periences of sexism with the uphill The situation was a classic that makes it sing.”
46-Across? 24 __ husbandry battles fought by the Williams sis- “Milkshake Duck” of Hollywood Campion, the first woman to be
60 “Mad Men” 25 Logging ters, two Black women who have proportions, a term coined by Aus- nominated twice for the best di-
network tools faced unrelenting racism and sex- tralian cartoonist Ben Ward to de- rector Oscar, became the Inter-
61 Hazardous gas 26 Fairy tale ism while working toward remark- scribe the Internet phenomenon net’s sharp-tongued heroine. For
62 Shenanigan bears, e.g. able levels of success in tennis, a in which a beloved figure online is one day, that is.
63 Falsehood 27 “Seasons of White-dominated sport. quickly revealed to be problemat- “The Power of the Dog,” which
64 Surgical tube Love” musical “Jane Campion, daughter of fa- ic. In 2016, Ward tweeted from his also won big at Sunday’s BAFTAs
mous New Zealand theatre direc- account, “The whole internet (the British equivalent of the
65 Everycow 28 Amer. money tor Richard Campion & actress loves Milkshake Duck, a lovely Academy Awards), is up for 12
Edith Campion MBE, explains the duck that drinks milkshakes! *5 Oscars. “King Richard” — a biopic
challenges of being a white woman seconds later* We regret to inform of tennis coach Richard Williams
from an established family to Ve- you the duck is racist.” produced by his daughters, Venus
nus and Serena Williams,” tweeted The day before accepting her and Serena — will compete
Did you hear The Post today? BBC reporter Megha Mohan. Critics Choice trophy, Campion against Campion’s film in multiple
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MUSIC REVIEW

Animal Collective finds new ways to bend time and space

BY H AU C HU Md., amphitheater, has earned its
place as a cultural touchstone of
There’s only one way to travel the indie rock boom of the late
through time on this shared rock 2000s — which dovetailed with
of ours: forward. Listening to mu- the sunny bloom of the Obama
sic offers some time-bending loop- era. (Album opener “In the Flow-
holes. Rewind. Fast forward. Skip. ers” earned one of the biggest pops
Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. from the crowd.)
On Sunday night at the 9:30 It’s trendy to ride waves of nos-
Club, Animal Collective showed talgia. This quest to build back to a
why, for nearly two decades, brighter, better future through the
they’ve set the pace as one of mu- lens of a hazily remembered past
sic’s most blurry timekeepers. In (that we’re unreasonably sure was
concert, the band uses their stage worthwhile) tempts us with the
as a jam-band test facility to tinker possibility of clarity on the road
with songs past, present and fu- ahead.
ture. (Much like their spiritual The media materials for “Time
forebears, the Grateful Dead.) Skiffs” refer to it as a “comeback
The band’s latest album, “Time album” after years of solo and
Skiffs,” showcases the foursome in experimental works — it’s the first
near-peak form, riffing on exis- album in a decade to feature all
tence in our increasingly imper- four members. Bands and albums
iled and fragile ecosystem. Animal tend to be categorized this way. In
Collective thrives when layering temporal tradition, we expect
hypnotic, interlacing vocal har- each new release to build off the
monies over puncturing bleeps last, or, in the case of such a defin-
and blorps conjured from stacks ing work as “Merriweather,” make
of synthesizers. Onstage, Avey things sound more like it.
Tare (Dave Portner) and Panda But why do we want that?
Bear (Noah Lennox) ping-ponged I chatted with Weitz in 2018
gooey melodies with cathartic about the band’s visual album
barks, while Geologist (Brian “Tangerine Reef,” which was a plea
Weitz) and Deakin (Josh Dibb) to fight the rapid destruction of
effortlessly toggled an assemblage the coral reefs, and asked him if
of instruments (including a hur- the band felt any pressure to think
dy-gurdy) to craft enveloping of creating work along a timeline.
soundscapes. “People are discovering us, like
The pace of their live show of- high school kids now,” Weitz said
fered a fine balance in push-pull then. “There’s a pretty large body
blissoutsandtwitchyfreakoutjams. KYLE GUSTAFSON FOR THE WASHINGTON POST
of work for them to jump into. For
Tracks from “Time Skiffs” shared From left, Deakin, Avey Tare and Geologist of Animal Collective perform at the 9:30 Club. The band played music from its latest album, them, it’s not a linear experience of
space with selections from their “Time Skiffs,” which showcases the foursome in near-peak form, riffing on existence in our increasingly imperiled and fragile ecosystem. what came after what, and what
2007 standout “Strawberry Jam” — was going on in their life.”
including “Chores” and closing Maybe Animal Collective has
number “For Reverend Green.” The pace of their live show offered a fine balance found the secret to tricking time —
But the elephant in the Animal or they’ve found a map to the
Collective playroom is still “Merri- in push-pull blissouts and twitchy freakout jams. streaming algorithms that offer
weather Post Pavilion.” The 2009 up everything except direction of
album, named after the Columbia, where to go.

Senselessness cradled in Putin

MONICA HESSE possibility. But the births aren’t
mitigating factors to a terrible

Hope, heartbreak in war chaos; they’re not a Chicken Soup

for the Wartime Soul where there
are always lessons to be learned PHOTOGRAPH FROM C1 The red blanket hints at that inevitably break things to stay
and silver linings to be found, because it represents the power alive.
HESSE FROM C1 for by nannies and caseworkers. and where at least pieces of the war. The whole of Vladimir Pu- of domestic life in the midst of But there was no need to break
Every few days one of the babies story turn out okay. Sometimes tin’s rage and cruelty seems to be public destruction. War turns any of the broken things in this
causing labor complications. The will make it across the border in no pieces turn out okay. distilled here — into a visual homes inside out, subjecting image. War alone did this, and
fact that giving birth in the cargo the arms of a caregiver, and this Maybe last week you saw a dialogue between the blanket their private contents to public Putin made that war.
bay of a military aircraft while is written in headlines as silver- photograph of another pregnant and woman resting upon it. For scrutiny. This particular blanket, The symbolically freighted or
fleeing the country is the most lining news. woman. Her hospital was some reason, I imagine an older which has what looks like a cathected object, often cheap or
horrible way imaginable to give “A rescue team evacuates bombed as she prepared to sibling, the brother or sister to a watermelon, strawberry or lady- shabby, is a classic device for
birth. premature American twins from deliver. She was evacuated on a baby who never saw life, staring bug pattern, seems particularly focusing emotion in narrative
That story was, in fact, a Kyiv in a daring mission,” read stretcher against a backdrop of at this picture and asking the domestic and private, the sort of and images. The muff given to
terrible one. It was terrible in the one headline, about two infant smoldering rubble. In the questions a child might ask: Why thing an expectant mother may the dying Mimi in Puccini’s op-
same way that “schoolchildren boys who were evacuated to photograph this woman lay with are these men carrying her? have carried with her as a re- era “La Boheme,” and Rosebud,
raise money for impoverished Poland. a bloodied and mangled hip on a Because she cannot walk. Why minder of home. It isn’t mono- the child’s sled, in Orson Welles’s
bus driver’s cancer treatment” is Thank God for this. Thank piece of fabric that looked like a can’t she walk? Because she is chrome or gray, as one might “Citizen Kane,” do a kind of work
a terrible story. To get to the God for the medical professionals blanket with a design that looked hurt. Why is she hurt? expect from a hospital or ambu- that reconfigures human suffer-
uplifting part, you must who cared for the twins, and the like a strawberry, and she How does one answer that? lance. And its pattern of black ing, makes it somehow more
disregard the tragic, shameful volunteer organization that clutched her round belly. Because one man is making war dots on bright red stands in immediate and meaningful. It’s a
premise — the circumstances managed to save them. In the middle of this hell, she on millions of peaceful people. sharp visual contrast to the grid trick and easily abused, and even
that made it so this woman was But the circumstances are still still clutched her belly. Can you Because evil. of gaping rectangular window when used by a master, it can
fleeing on an airplane while terrible. The woman who birthed imagine? Of course you can. The But those answers could be frames in the background. It leave one feeling slightly manip-
heavily pregnant. You must begin the twins had gone into early desire to believe that the circle of given about any image of suffer- functions visually as red so often ulated.
a sentence with “At least,” when labor. She had to spend hours life will continue — is continuing, ing coming out of Ukraine. Why does in old paintings, drawing in But here, there is no artifice,
really the sentence should begin fighting military traffic to get to despite it all — is so powerful. is it that this one pierces so and arresting the eye with a and somehow the blanket makes
with “At most.” the hospital. The boys were born Except in this case it wouldn’t. directly? splash of crimson on a cloak or a the thing that really matters —
I’ve been thinking of this prematurely, precariously, at four The Associated Press reported on The blanket captures some- hat. the genuine suffering of the
Afghan woman. I’ve been pounds apiece in a hospital that Monday that the woman in this thing difficult to represent and It suggests ripeness and sun woman upon it — even more
thinking of her because I’ve been didn’t have food for them. A photograph had died, and her process, an idea that seems both amid bleakness and death. The unbearable to contemplate. The
thinking about the way we tell three-car convoy had to dodge baby had died, too. When she’d fundamentally true and entirely pattern is a visual metaphor not last place of innocence has been
stories of birth and hope in war. checkpoints on a 14-hour trip to learned that her baby wouldn’t banal: that war is unnecessary just for pregnancy but also for shattered.
There are surrogate babies safety. survive, she reportedly told suffering, a source of needless the seasons of abundance that There is no motherhood
trapped in Ukraine. It is one of At least the babies survived. medics, “Kill me now,” but they pain. Earthquakes, fire and dis- are a world away from the trees without the pain of childbirth.
the few countries that allows for At most the babies survived. still tried to save her for more ease bring calamity to millions that frame the suffering woman, There is no childhood without
overseas surrogacy, apparently, Their survival was a silver lining than 30 minutes before it was every year. But war is a human trees blasted by winter and war. tears. Even without war, there
for women carrying babies for because Ukraine is engulfed in clear they couldn’t. invention, and if our species For some reason, when I saw it, I is more than enough suffering
couples who live abroad. Now gray: rubble, dust, abandoned No silver lining. No uplift. Just didn’t cough up such terrible, thought of a painting by Luis in the happiest of lives. When
these babies are being born at a lives. a dead woman with a broken twisted, bloodthirsty men as Melendez in the Prado, of three Putin’s epitaph is written, look
time when the biological parents We desperately need stories of body and a heart that she seems Vladimir Putin, we might avoid watermelons, two of them whole, to this woman, and this blan-
— the sperm and egg who created births in war because we need to have hoped would stop beating the depredations of war. Natural and the other cut open. It seems ket, and include these words:
the infant — are unable to reach hope, and hope is human. We before she had to live with it disasters are inevitable; war is on to gape with blood and life, as if He heaped misery upon the
them. The babies are being cared need stories of renewal and being broken. us. to remind us that humans must world.

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Dear Miss Now that I am a senior than what was being Dear Miss Manners: We’re all fighting. Rather than getting As Miss Manners notices that
Miss Manners: myself (with a senior interrupted. And it could family, sitting on the porch in a into an argument, you can say, you and your friend are both
Manners During casual memory!), I am finding this transfer to the other person circle. I’m on the edge closest however insincerely, “Oops, careless, and you were careless
JUDITH conversations, tactic very useful, but worry that same problem of losing a to nature, and there are many sorry, I was watching the birds first, it would be kind of you to
MARTIN, my mother that it will seem as though my train of thought. beautiful tropical birds to and didn’t realize I had my treat this with some sympathy.
JACOBINA would suddenly mind has been wandering However, Miss Manners does watch while they feed on back to you.” You were the first one to lose
MARTIN AND interrupt, as while the person is talking. sympathize with the problem. bananas. I’ve put my back to those glasses, so it hardly befits
NICHOLAS politely as she More often than not, they have Shall we compromise by using the matriarch. I thought since Dear Miss Manners: I left my you to charge her for having
IVOR MARTIN could, with simply said something that a short interruption? we were casual, it was okay. sunglasses at a very good done the same. The most you
something like, jogged my memory. Like my Suppose you smile and hold They’d also put out lots of friend’s home, and she set can do is occasionally ask her
“Oh! Please excuse me, but if I mother, I find that if I don’t say up a hand (unless you are on bananas! Was I supposed to go them aside for me. Several to take another look.
don’t mention this now, I will something when I think of it, the telephone, in which case to another location to watch months later, when we saw
surely forget!” I’ll forget until the opportunity you can make a note on the the birds? each other again, she went to New Miss Manners columns are
Then she would say has passed. telephone pad), saying, They’re telling me I’m rude! retrieve them for me and they posted Monday through Saturday
whatever it was that she had Is this sort of interruption “Remind me to tell you about B.S., I say! were gone. on washingtonpost.com/advice.
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Aaja Mexico Challiye 7:10
AMC Georgetown 14 AFI Silver Theatre Dog (PG-13) CC: 2:30-6:00-8:45 4:20-4:45-5:10-5:35-6:00-6:25- 3:00-3:20-3:40-4:00-5:00-5:20- Radhe Shyam (Hindi) 11:55- 6:20-9:00 Uncharted (PG-13) CC: 7:45 Radhe Shyam (Telugu) 4:10-7:25 The Batman: The IMAX 2D
3111 K Street N.W. Cultural Center Spider-Man: No Way Home (PG- 8:15-8:40-9:05-9:30-9:55-10:20; 5:40-6:00-6:30-7:00-7:20-7:40- 5:35-8:50 Moonfall (PG-13) CC: 4:00-9:45 Death on the Nile (PG-13) CC: Radhe Shyam (Tamil) 2:30 Experience (PG-13) 12:00-
Uncharted (PG-13) CC: 1:05- 8633 Colesville Road 13) CC: 2:30-4:45-8:15 11:10-3:05-7:00-10:55; 11:40- 8:00-9:00-9:20-9:40-10:00 Spider-Man: No Way Home (PG- Radhe Shyam (Hindi) 1:15-2:00- 8:00 Radhe Shyam (Hindi) 5:45-9:10 4:00-8:00
4:20-7:10-9:45 Monty Python's Life of Brian 3:35-7:30 Dog (PG-13) 6:00-8:45 13) 12:20-3:50-7:30 4:30-5:30-8:00-9:15 The Batman (PG-13) CC: 6:00- Bheeshma Parvam 3:20 Etharkkum Thunindhavan
(1979) (R) 1:00-9:20 AMC Magic Johnson
Death on the Nile (PG-13) CC: Capital Center 12 Cinépolis Luxury Cinemas jackass forever (R) 9:15 Regal Waugh Chapel & IMAX Scream (R) CC: 9:30 7:00-7:30 Spider-Man: No Way Home (PG- (Telugu) 12:50-4:50-8:20
1:40-4:35-7:35-9:05 The Conversation (PG) 4:15-9:30 800 Shoppers Way Gaithersburg Marry Me (PG-13) 9:00 1419 South Main Chapel Way Cyrano (PG-13) CC: 2:25-5:25 Dog (PG-13) CC: 6:15 13) 2:50-6:30-9:55 Aadavallu Meeku Joharlu
The Batman (PG-13) CC: There Is No Evil (Sheytan vojud 629 Center Point Way Radhe Shyam (Telugu) 1:15- The Lego Movie (PG) 11:20-2:10 Nightmare Alley (R) CC: 8:40 Spider-Man: No Way Home (PG- Etharkkum Thunindhavan
nadarad) (NR) 6:20 Uncharted (PG-13) CC: 4:20-7:20 4:45-8:15 5:10-8:45
3:15-7:00 Uncharted (PG-13) 6:30 Uncharted (PG-13) 1:20-4:20- Tyson's Run (PG) 2:15-5:00- 13) CC: 6:30 (Tamil) 6:45
House of Gucci (R) OC: 3:15 Sing 2 (PG) CC: 3:45-6:45 Radhe Shyam (Hindi) 1:45- The Batman (PG-13) 1:05-1:30-
Dune (PG-13) CC: 3:40 Death on the Nile (PG-13) 7:45 5:15-8:45 5:00-7:10-7:50 7:45-9:30 Radhe Shyam (Hindi) 7:15 The Batman (PG-13) 1:10-2:10-
West Side Story (PG-13) CC: The Worst Person in the World Death on the Nile (PG-13) CC: 2:00-5:00-5:30-6:00-9:00; 11:30-
3:30-7:25 The Batman (PG-13) (!) 6:15-7:00- Spider-Man: No Way Home (PG- Sing 2 (PG) 11:40AM Encanto (PG) CC: 1:00 Etharkkum Thunindhavan 3:35-4:00-5:05-6:05-7:30-8:00- 12:30-3:30-4:30-7:30-8:30
12:15 (R) 1:25 The Cursed (R) CC: 8:20 (Tamil) 6:45 9:00-10:00
The Batman (PG-13) CC: 3:00- 7:30-8:00 13) 1:25-4:55-8:30 Death on the Nile (PG-13) 12:40-
Dog (PG-13) CC: 12:05-4:00- 2022 Oscar Nominated Shorts: 3:40-6:40 Spider-Man: No Way Home (PG- Alamo Drafthouse Cinema - Cinemark Regal Kingstowne & RPX
9:50 Animation (R) 9:30 5:00-6:00-7:00 Hotel Transylvania: Transfor- Gangubai Kathiawadi (Telugu) 5910 Kingstowne Towne Center
West Side Story (PG-13) CC: 7:10 mania (PG) 7:15 The Batman (PG-13) 11:30-12:00- 13) CC: 1:35-5:15-8:50 One Loudoun Fairfax Corner and XD
King Richard (PG-13) CC: 12:45 2022 Oscar Nominated Shorts: 4:30-8:10 Belfast (PG-13) CC: 6:00 20575 East Hampton Plaza 11900 Palace Way The Lego Movie (PG) 11:10-1:50
Dog (PG-13) CC: 4:55-7:55 Dog (PG-13) 6:00 12:30-1:30-2:30-3:30-4:00-4:30-
Cyrano (PG-13) CC: 1:15 Documentary 3:50 Etharkkum Thunindhavan 5:30-6:30-7:30-8:00-8:30-9:10 I Am Here (PG-13) CC: 1:45-4:15- Uncharted (PG-13) 12:55-3:55-
King Richard (PG-13) CC: 7:25 Spider-Man: No Way Home (Tamil) 1:10-4:50-8:30 Last Action Hero (PG-13) 7:30
The Secret Life of Pets (PG) 1:25
Radhe Shyam (Hindi) 12:20-3:35- 2022 Oscar Nominated Shorts: Dog (PG-13) 11:50-2:20-5:10-7:40 6:45-9:15 The Batman (PG-13) 11:00-11:30- 7:25
Live Action (R) 1:15-7:00 Moonfall (PG-13) CC: 3:55 (PG-13) 6:45 The Batman: The IMAX 2D Expe- Uncharted (PG-13) 1:45-4:45-7:40
7:00-9:30 Radhe Shyam (Telugu) 2:40 Licorice Pizza (R) CC: 6:10 12:00-1:00-1:30-2:00-3:00- Death on the Nile (PG-13) 1:00- Sing 2 (PG) 12:20
Marry Me (PG-13) CC: 6:20 AMC Academy 8
Scream (R) CC: 7:45 Hoyt's West Nursery rience (PG-13) 12:30-4:30-8:30 Blacklight (PG-13) CC: 3:45-
Spider-Man: No Way Home (PG- Radhe Shyam (Hindi) 11:10-6:00 3:30-4:00-5:00-5:30-6:00-7:00-
4:20-7:30 Death on the Nile (PG-13) 12:40-
Spider-Man: No Way Home (PG- 6198 Greenbelt Road Cinema 14 Regal Germantown 6:25-9:20 8:00-9:00
13) CC: 3:15-4:15-7:30 1591 West Nursery Road
Spider-Man: No Way Home (PG- The Batman (PG-13) 1:30-2:10- 3:40-7:40
13) CC: 2:40-9:00 Uncharted (PG-13) CC: 4:40-7:45 20000 Century Boulevard 13) 12:20-3:50-7:20 The Batman: The IMAX 2D Uncharted (PG-13) 12:45-3:45-
2:40-3:55-5:25-6:05-6:35-7:50- The Batman (PG-13) 11:00-
The Worst Person in the World The Batman: The IMAX 2D Expe- Uncharted (PG-13) CC: 4:25- The Lego Movie (PG) 11:35- Experience (PG-13) CC: 1:00- 6:45
Death on the Nile (PG-13) CC: rience (PG-13) CC: 4:00-8:00 The Batman: The IMAX 2D Expe- 9:20 3:00-7:00
(R) 4:00-9:35 4:30-7:45 7:05-9:50 12:05-2:10-4:50-7:50 rience (PG-13) 11:00-3:00-7:00 4:45-8:45 Death on the Nile (PG-13) 12:00-
The Kashmir Files 4:50
Sing 2 (PG) CC: 1:00-4:00-6:30 Dog (PG-13) 11:05-1:45-4:20-
Licorice Pizza (R) CC: 9:20 The Batman (PG-13) CC: 4:00- AMC Montgomery 16 Uncharted (PG-13) 11:40-1:10- The Batman (PG-13) CC: 1:30- 3:15-6:30 Dog (PG-13) 1:10-3:50-6:30-9:15
Regal Westview & IMAX 7:10
Belfast (PG-13) CC: 7:05 5:00-6:00-7:00 7101 Democracy Boulevard Death on the Nile (PG-13) CC: 4:20-7:10 2:30-3:00-3:45-4:15-5:30-6:30- Spider-Man: No Way Home (PG-Radhe Shyam (Telugu) 1:50-
12:50-4:00-6:50-9:35 The Batman (PG-13) 11:30-12:00-
5243 Buckeystown Pike 7:00-7:45-8:15 Radhe Shyam (Telugu) 1:35-
The Batman: The IMAX 2D Dog (PG-13) CC: 4:30-7:20 Uncharted (PG-13) CC: 2:30- 13) 12:35-4:10-7:45 5:10-8:30
Experience (PG-13) CC: 1:30- The Batman (PG-13) CC: 12:30-1:00-2:00-2:30-3:00-3:30- Uncharted (PG-13) 12:50-3:45- 4:45-8:00
Spider-Man: No Way Home (PG- 5:30-8:30 AMC Potomac Mills 18 Angelika Film Center Mosaic Radhe Shyam (Tamil) 2:30
5:15-9:00 12:45-2:00-3:20-4:35-5:50-7:10- 4:00-4:30-5:00-6:00-6:30-7:00- 6:50-9:40 Radhe Shyam (Hindi) 12:50
13) CC: 4:30-7:30 Death on the Nile (PG-13) CC: Death on the Nile (PG-13) 12:10- 2700 Potomac Mills Circle 2911 District Ave Radhe Shyam (Hindi) 5:50-9:10
I Am Here (PG-13) CC: 1:45-4:05- 2:15-4:15-7:30 8:25-9:40 7:30-8:00-8:30 Spider-Man: No Way Home (PG-
AMC Center Park 8 Dog (PG-13) 11:25AM 3:20-6:30-9:30 Uncharted (PG-13) CC: 2:00- Spider-Man: No Way Home (PG- Spider-Man: No Way Home (PG- 13) 1:10-4:40-7:55
6:15-8:40 4001 Powder Mill Rd. The Batman (PG-13) CC: 2:45- West Side Story (PG-13) CC: The Batman (PG-13) 12:30-2:30- 4:40-7:40-10:40 13) 12:50-4:20-7:35 13) 1:05-4:30-7:55
The Batman (PG-13) CC: 3:45-4:15-4:45-5:45-6:45-7:15- 12:30-9:00 Radhe Shyam (Telugu) 12:10- Gangubai Kathiawadi (Telugu)
Uncharted (PG-13) CC: 4:40-7:40 6:40 4:30-5:00-6:30-8:30-9:00 Sing 2 (PG) CC: 2:25-5:25 Uncharted (PG-13) 2:30-5:05-7:30 Etharkkum Thunindhavan 4:30
12:00-12:30-2:00-4:00-4:30-6:00- 7:45-8:15-8:45 jackass forever (R) CC: 1:45-
8:00-8:30 Death on the Nile (PG-13) CC: Radhe Shyam (Hindi) 3:30 Dog (PG-13) 12:20-2:50-5:20-7:50 Death on the Nile (PG-13) CC: Death on the Nile (PG-13) 1:45- (Tamil) 1:20-8:40 The Batman (PG-13) 12:00-4:00-
West Side Story (PG-13) CC: 4:50-7:35-9:55 3:10-6:15-9:20 4:30-7:30 The Adam Project (PG-13) 1:15-
Dog (PG-13) OC: 6:30 4:45-7:30
Dog (PG-13) CC: 1:20-4:15- Spider-Man: No Way Home (PG- Radhe Shyam (Telugu) 12:20- 8:00; 1:00-1:30-2:00-3:15-5:00-
The Batman (PG-13) CC: 4:00- 3:45-7:30 7:10 The Batman (PG-13) CC: 2:00- Cyrano (PG-13) 2:45-5:30-8:30 4:00-6:45-9:30
Cyrano (PG-13) OC: 6:55 King Richard (PG-13) CC: 4:00 6:40-9:10 13) 12:40-4:10-7:40 6:00-10:00 The Batman (PG-13) XD: 12:45- 5:30-6:00-6:30-7:15
6:00-7:00 Radhe Shyam (Hindi) 3:45 I Am Here (PG-13) OC: 1:15
Spider-Man: No Way Home (PG-
Dog (PG-13) CC: 4:10-7:20 jackass forever (R) CC: 3:00-8:15 Marry Me (PG-13) CC: 1:05-4:10- Etharkkum Thunindhavan Tyson's Run (PG) 12:40-3:40- West Side Story (PG-13) CC: 2:15 2022 Oscar Nominated Shorts: 3:05-4:40-7:00-8:35 Regal Manassas & IMAX
13) OC: 6:05 Dog (PG-13) CC: 2:00-5:45-8:30 6:45-9:20 (Tamil) 3:10-6:50
Spider-Man: No Way Home (PG- 6:40-9:25 King Richard (PG-13) CC: Animation (R) 3:45-8:35 Medal of Honor Theater - 11380 Bulloch Drive
Angelika 13) CC: 4:20-6:50 Marry Me (PG-13) CC: 3:30-6:15 Scream (R) CC: 1:40-4:40-7:20- Etharkkum Thunindhavan Spider-Man: No Way Home (PG- 5:15-8:45 2022 Oscar Nominated Shorts: NMMC The Lego Movie (PG) 1:20-3:50-
10:00 (Telugu) 11:45AM
Pop-Up at Union Market Nightmare Alley (R) CC: 6:30 13) 12:15-3:30-7:20 Gangubai Kathiawadi (Hindi) Live Action (R) 12:55-6:00 18900 Jefferson Davis Highway 6:20-8:50
550 Penn Street NE - Unit E AMC Columbia 14 The Cursed (R) CC: 4:45-7:25- Aadavallu Meeku Joharlu 11:55- (NR) 6:05
The Cursed (R) CC: 2:45-8:00 3:40-7:20 The Batman: The IMAX 2D Expe- The Batman (PG-13) 12:55-3:15- We, the Marines (NR) 11:30-1:00- Uncharted (PG-13) 2:20-5:20-
10300 Little Patuxent Parkway
All My Friends Hate Me (R) OC: Spider-Man: No Way Home (PG- 10:10 rience (PG-13) 12:00-4:00-8:00 jackass forever (R) CC: 8:15- 4:35-7:15-8:15-9:00 2:00-3:00-4:00 8:20
7:15; 2:45-5:00 Uncharted (PG-13) CC: 2:10- 13) CC: 2:15-5:15-8:45 Spider-Man: No Way Home (PG- Regal Hyattsville Royale 10:45 I Am Here (PG-13) 3:15-5:15-7:10
4:55-7:40 The Batman (PG-13) OC: 1:00; Regal Ballston Quarter Death on the Nile (PG-13) 1:50-
The Batman (PG-13) 2:15-3:15- The Worst Person in the World 13) CC: 12:40-3:50-6:35-9:30 6505 America Blvd. Dog (PG-13) CC: 3:20-6:20-9:20
1:30-5:30-9:20 Bow Tie 671 North Glebe Road 5:10-8:10
6:00-7:00 Sing 2 (PG) CC: 2:05-4:45 (R) 3:00-6:00 Blacklight (PG-13) CC: 1:30-4:05- The Lego Movie (PG) 5:10 Radhe Shyam (Hindi) 2:45-
Death on the Nile (PG-13) CC: Xscape Theatres Reston Town Center 11 & BTX The Lego Movie (PG) 1:30-4:10 jackass forever (R) 1:40-4:10-
Avalon Theatre Licorice Pizza (R) CC: 4:45 7:00-9:45 Uncharted (PG-13) 5:00-5:10- 6:15-9:45 11940 Market Street
3:05-6:25 8:00-8:15 Brandywine 14 Uncharted (PG-13) 1:50-4:40-7:40 6:40
5612 Connecticut Avenue Studio 666 (R) CC: 2:00-5:30 Studio 666 (R) CC: 1:55-4:55- 7710 Matapeake Business Drive Marry Me (PG-13) CC: 3:20-9:40 West Side Story (PG-13) 7:30
The Batman (PG-13) CC: 7:30-10:05 Death on the Nile (PG-13) 4:30- Nightmare Alley (R) CC: 5:45 Sing 2 (PG) 12:40 The Batman (PG-13) 1:00-1:30-
The Worst Person in the World 3:00-7:00 Bow Tie Annapolis Mall 11 4:50-8:00 Uncharted (PG-13) CC: (!) 1:40- Tyson's Run (PG) 4:30-7:20 Death on the Nile (PG-13) 1:10- 2:00-2:30-3:30-4:00-5:00-5:30-
(R) 1:15-4:15-7:15 Uncharted (PG-13) 1:15 Tyson's Run (PG) 2:15-5:00-
jackass forever (R) CC: 7:50 1020 Westfield Annapolis Mall jackass forever (R) 5:20-8:20 4:20-7:00-9:40
7:45-10:30
Private Watch Party 3:50 4:20-7:20 6:00-6:30-7:30-8:00-9:00
2022 Oscar Nominated Shorts: West Side Story (PG-13) CC: 4:30 Uncharted (PG-13) 11:45-2:20- Landmark The Batman (PG-13) CC: (!) 1:50- Uncharted (PG-13) 4:50-7:40 The Batman (PG-13) 12:30-1:00- Dog (PG-13) 2:10-4:50-7:50
Bethesda Row Cinema The Batman (PG-13) 4:00-4:05- Spider-Man: No Way Home (PG-
Animation (R) 7:30 Dog (PG-13) CC: 2:20-4:55-7:35 5:00-7:40-10:15 4:15-4:20-4:40-7:35-7:50-7:55- 2:30-3:30-5:30-6:10-7:10-9:10 The Batman (PG-13) 2:40-6:30 2:30-3:00-3:30-4:00-4:30-5:00- Radhe Shyam (Telugu) 4:20-7:40
7235 Woodmont Avenue 13) CC: 4:00-7:30-9:10-11:00
2022 Oscar Nominated Shorts: King Richard (PG-13) CC: 3:25 jackass forever (R) 7:30-9:55 8:20-8:30 Private Watch Party CC: (!) 1:00- Spider-Man: No Way Home (PG- 6:30-7:00-7:30-8:00-8:30 Radhe Shyam (Hindi) 1:10
Documentary 1:00 West Side Story (PG-13) CC: 4:30-8:00 Belfast (PG-13) CC: 2:40
Marry Me (PG-13) CC: 2:15 Spider-Man: No Way Home (PG- Dog (PG-13) 5:20-8:20 13) 3:40-6:50 Dog (PG-13) 6:50 Spider-Man: No Way Home (PG-
2022 Oscar Nominated Shorts: Cyrano (PG-13) CC: 2:15-5:00 (!) 12:30 Hotel Transylvania: Trans- The Batman: The IMAX 2D
13) 12:00-3:30-6:40-9:50 Scream (R) 7:40 Experience (PG-13) CC: 3:00- Death on the Nile (PG-13) Radhe Shyam (Telugu) 3:40-7:10 13) 2:40-6:10
Live Action (R) 4:30 The Cursed (R) CC: 7:40 Shrek (PG) 12:20-2:40 Uncharted (PG-13) CC: (!) 2:00- Spider-Man: No Way Home (PG- formania (PG) CC: 1:30-3:50- 3:30-6:55 Radhe Shyam (Hindi) 12:20
4:35-7:20 6:30-8:50 7:00-11:00 The Batman: The IMAX 2D
Landmark Radhe Shyam (Hindi) 4:00-7:30 Sing 2 (PG) 12:10-2:50 13) 4:25-4:35-8:00
Dog (PG-13) CC: (!) 1:45-4:15- The Batman (PG-13) CC: 2:30- Dog (PG-13) 4:25-7:10 Spider-Man: No Way Home (PG- Experience (PG-13) 4:00-8:00
Atlantic Plumbing Cinema Spider-Man: No Way Home (PG- Death on the Nile (PG-13) 1:20- Death on the Nile (PG-13) CC: (!) The Batman (PG-13) OC: 8:00 3:30-4:00-4:30-5:00-6:30-7:30- Cyrano (PG-13) 2:15-5:00-7:45 13) 12:50-4:25-8:10
807 V Street Northwest 13) CC: 3:20-7:15 4:10-7:10-10:00 12:45-4:00-7:00 6:45-9:15 The Batman (PG-13) 2:10-3:10- Etharkkum Thunindhavan Regal Springfield Town Center
Regal Laurel Towne Centre 8:00-8:30-9:00-10:30
Death on the Nile (PG-13) CC: (!) Nightmare Alley (R) CC: 8:00 The Batman (PG-13) 1:40-6:00- Belfast (PG-13) CC: (!) 12:00 Blacklight (PG-13) CC: (!) 2:15- 4:10-6:00-7:00-8:00 (Tamil) 1:20-4:50-8:20 6859 Springfield Mall
14716 Baltimore Avenue 4:45-7:25 AMC Shirlington 7
12:50-4:40-7:15 Belfast (PG-13) CC: 2:05 9:35 Cyrano (PG-13) CC: (!) 1:30-4:15 CMX Village 14 Regal Dulles Town Center The Lego Movie (PG) 1:40-4:40
The Batman (PG-13) CC: (!) Licorice Pizza (R) CC: 7:10 Dog (PG-13) 11:50-2:10-4:40- 2022 Oscar Nominated Shorts: The Lego Movie (PG) 12:20-3:00 Scream (R) CC: 1:55-4:35-7:15 2772 South Randolph St.
1600 Village Market Boulevard 21100 Dulles Town Circle Uncharted (PG-13) 12:40-3:50-
Live Action (R) (!) 4:55 Uncharted (PG-13) 12:00-2:40- Spider-Man: No Way Home (PG- Uncharted (PG-13) CC: 4:20-
12:30-12:45-1:00-1:10-1:40-3:30- The Batman: The IMAX 2D Expe- 7:20-9:45 Uncharted (PG-13) 4:10-5:00- Uncharted (PG-13) 12:30-4:30- 6:50-7:20-9:50-10:10
4:00-4:15-4:30-5:00-7:00-7:30- rience (PG-13) CC: 4:00-8:00 Cyrano (PG-13) 1:30-4:30 2022 Oscar Nominated Shorts: 5:20-8:00 13) CC: 3:10-6:20-9:30 8:20
7:15-8:00 7:15 Death on the Nile (PG-13) 12:00-
Death on the Nile (PG-13) 1:00- Gold (R) CC: (!) 2:20-4:50-7:20- Death on the Nile (PG-13) CC:
7:45-8:00-8:30 The Batman (PG-13) CC: 2:00- The Batman (PG-13) 11:40-12:40- Animation (R) (!) 2:20 4:10-7:10 9:40 4:40-7:10 Sing 2 (PG) 4:50 The Batman (PG-13) 12:15-12:40- 3:20-6:40-10:10
3:30-5:00-6:00-7:30 2:30-3:20-4:20-4:50-5:20-6:30- Licorice Pizza (R) CC: (!) Death on the Nile (PG-13) 1:00-1:45-2:30-4:00-4:45-5:30- The Batman (PG-13) 12:20-
Landmark E Street Cinema
3:45-7:05 The Batman (PG-13) 12:00-12:30- The Batman (PG-13) CC: (!) 3:00- The Batman (PG-13) CC: 3:40-
555 11th Street Northwest AMC DINE-IN Rio Cinemas 18 7:00-8:00-8:30-9:00-10:05 1:00-1:30-2:00-4:00-4:30-5:00- 4:05-6:40-7:40 4:45-7:30-7:40 4:20-7:30 6:15-7:00-7:45-8:30-9:15 12:50-1:30-2:00-3:30-4:30-5:00-
The Batman (PG-13) CC: (!) 5:30-6:00-8:00-8:30-9:00 The Batman (PG-13) 4:25-8:15 Dog (PG-13) 12:30-3:30-6:30-9:30 5:30-6:00-7:00-7:30-8:30-9:00-
2022 Oscar Nominated Shorts: 9811 Washingtonian Center Cinemark Egyptian 24 and XD
12:15-1:15-2:15-3:50-5:00-6:00- Dog (PG-13) 5:25-8:00 iPic Pike & Rose Cyrano (PG-13) CC: 4:00-6:50
Documentary (!) 4:00 Uncharted (PG-13) CC: 3:00- 7000 Arundel Mills Circle Spider-Man: No Way Home (PG- jackass forever (R) 7:40 Radhe Shyam (Telugu) 1:30-8:15 9:30-10:00
7:00-7:45-8:30 11830 Grand Park Avenue Dog (PG-13) 4:30-7:20 Radhe Shyam (Hindi) 5:00
2022 Oscar Nominated Shorts: 3:30-6:00-6:30-9:00-9:30 The Batman (PG-13) XD: 11:10- Radhe Shyam (Telugu) 4:30-7:50 13) CC: 3:50-7:20 Dog (PG-13) 12:10-3:10-6:20-
Animation (R) (!) 1:30-4:00-7:00 Phoenix Theatres Marlow 6 Radhe Shyam (Hindi) 1:00 Uncharted (PG-13) 6:15-10:15 Cyrano (PG-13) 6:45 Spider-Man: No Way Home (PG- 9:10
Sing 2 (PG) CC: 1:00-4:00-7:00 3:05-7:00-10:55; 12:00-3:55-7:50 Death on the Nile (PG-13) I Am Here (PG-13) CC: 3:45-
2022 Oscar Nominated Shorts: Death on the Nile (PG-13) CC: Sing 2 (PG) 12:30-3:30-6:40 3899 Branch Avenue Spider-Man: No Way Home (PG- 6:05-8:30 Radhe Shyam (Hindi) 4:35-7:55 13) 12:15-3:00-6:00-9:00 Radhe Shyam (Telugu) 4:20-7:40
13) 12:20-4:00-7:30 6:30-10:00 Spider-Man: No Way Home (PG- Bheemla Nayak 12:50-4:15-7:30
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The Batman (PG-13) CC: (!)
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Radhe Shyam (Hindi) 3:15-6:45- Uncharted (PG-13) CC: 4:00-7:10 DVS: 10:00-1:20-4:10-7:10 Spider-Man: No Way Home (PG- Death on the Nile (PG-13) 12:50-
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6:30-7:00-7:30-8:00 The Batman (PG-13) CC: 3:10-
Uncharted (PG-13) 2:00-4:55- Scream (R) CC: 10:00 7:20-10:05 Radhe Shyam (Telugu) 4:30-7:50 Dog (PG-13) CC: 1:10-4:05- Cyrano (PG-13) CC; DVS: 9:40- The Batman (PG-13) OC: 6:00 Dog (PG-13) 1:00-2:25-5:05-7:45
Dog (PG-13) 2:50-5:20-8:00 3:40-4:15-7:00-7:30-8:00 12:05-2:35-5:05-7:30
8:00 Cyrano (PG-13) CC: 2:00-8:00 Radhe Shyam (Telugu) 1:00-4:15- Moonfall (PG-13) 6:55 Radhe Shyam (Hindi) 1:00 6:40-9:20 Regal Fox & IMAX Radhe Shyam (Telugu) 6:40
Death on the Nile (PG-13) 12:30- Nightmare Alley (R) CC: 6:00 7:30-10:45 Spider-Man: No Way Home (PG- jackass forever (R) CC: 5:20-7:50 Radhe Shyam (Hindi) 12:55- Belfast (PG-13) CC; DVS: 2:45- 22875 Brambleton Plaza Radhe Shyam (Hindi) 3:10
Spider-Man: No Way Home (PG- Radhe Shyam (Telugu) 5:25-8:45 13) 2:00-5:30-9:00 Dog (PG-13) CC: 4:05-6:50 5:00-7:20
3:50-7:10-10:20 Radhe Shyam (Tamil) 11:55-3:15- Radhe Shyam (Hindi) 1:40 4:20-7:35 The Lego Movie (PG) 11:10-1:50 Tyson's Run (PG) 1:30-4:10-6:50
The Batman (PG-13) 1:00-5:00- 13) CC: 2:45-6:15-9:45 6:30-9:45 Etharkkum Thunindhavan Spider-Man: No Way Home (PG- Marry Me (PG-13) CC: 1:05-6:45 The Worst Person in the World
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The Batman: The IMAX 2D 5:35-8:50 Spider-Man: No Way Home (PG- The Lego Movie (PG) 12:30-3:20 AMC Hoffman Center 22 Drive My Car CC; DVS: 1:10
Dog (PG-13) 7:10-9:50 13) 1:35-5:05-8:25 Cyrano (PG-13) CC: 3:55-9:35 Death on the Nile (PG-13) 11:20- The Batman (PG-13) 12:30-1:00-
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1:30-2:00-2:30-3:00-4:00-4:30- 6:00-8:45 Aadavallu Meeku Joharlu 9:35 Sing 2 (PG) 12:45-3:30-6:15 1:30-2:10-3:00-3:40-4:10-4:40- Dune (PG-13) CC: 9:20 The Batman (PG-13) CC: Sing 2 (PG) 1:20 11:50-3:20-6:50 2:35-4:50
5:30-6:00-6:30-7:00-8:30-9:30- Death on the Nile (PG-13) CC: The Adam Project (PG-13) 11:00- Death on the Nile (PG-13) 12:50- 5:50-6:30-7:00-7:40-8:10-8:40 West Side Story (PG-13) CC: 2:15 1:00-1:30-3:30-4:00-5:00-7:30- Death on the Nile (PG-13) 1:00- Etharkkum Thunindhavan The Batman (PG-13) CC; DVS:
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CLASSIC DOONESBURY GARRY TRUDEAU PICKLES BRIAN CRANE

RED AND ROVER BRIAN BASSET AGNES TONY COCHRAN

BRIDGE

NEITHER SIDE VULNERABLE

NORTH
♠ 854
♥ Q9
♦ AQJ63
♣ 863
WEST EAST
♠ AKJ ♠ Q 10 9 6 2
♥ 652 ♥ 843
♦ K 10 8 7 ♦9 MIKAEL WULFF & ANDERS MORGENTHALER
FRANK AND ERNEST TOM THAVES WUMO
♣ K 10 2 ♣ J754
SOUTH (D)
♠ 73
♥ A K J 10 7
♦ 542
♣ AQ9

The bidding:
SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST
1 ♥ Dbl 2 ♦ 2 ♠(!)
3 ♦ Pass 3 ♥ Pass
4 ♥ All Pass
Opening lead — ♠ K CLASSIC PEANUTS CHARLES SCHULZ MIKE LESTER
MIKE DU JOUR

O ptimism is fine, at least

until they start transport-
ing animals in pairs to Cape
Canaveral. But too much opti-
mism can ruin a makeable
contract.
Against today’s four
hearts, West led the king of
spades. East signaled with
the 10, and West continued
with the ace and jack. South
ruffed, drew trumps and led RHYMES WITH ORANGE HILARY PRICE MARK TRAIL JULES RIVERA
a diamond to dummy’s jack.
The finesse won, and
things were going so well
that South had a fit of opti-
mism. He came to his ace
of clubs and led a second
diamond to the queen. Alas,
East discarded, and South
couldn’t bring in the dia-
monds. He tried a club to his
queen, and West took the
king and 10. Down one. LIO MARK TATULLI MOTHER GOOSE & GRIMM MIKE PETERS
If the lie of the diamonds
had been friendly, South
could have made an over-
trick. Instead, he could and
should have played safe for
the contract.
After the jack of diamonds
wins, dummy should lead
a low diamond. West wins
but has no good return. If
he leads another diamond,
South takes the queen, ace HAGAR THE HORRIBLE CHRIS BROWNE BALDO HECTOR CANTU & CARLOS CASTELLANOS
and the good fifth diamond,
winning 10 tricks.
DAILY QUESTION
You hold:
♠AKJ♥652
♦ K 10 8 7 ♣ K 10 2
You open one diamond,
your partner responds one
heart, you bid 1NT and he
tries two spades. What do
you say?
ANSWER: Partner’s sec- BLONDIE DEAN YOUNG & JOHN MARSHALL SALLY FORTH FRANCESCO MARCIULIANO & JIM KEEFE
ond bid — a “reverse” by
responder — is forcing. To
persist in notrump is tempt-
ing, but your duty is to show
a tolerance for his first suit.
Bid three hearts. Your part-
ner can still try 3NT if his pat-
tern is almost balanced and
his hearts are not robust.
— Frank Stewart
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HOROSCOPE

BIRTHDAY | MARCH 15
You are hardworking
and responsible.
You are also very
persuasive. You are
a caring person and always
helpful to others. This year
there is a strong focus on
personal responsibility and
service to others, which is
why you must take excellent
care of yourself. In fact, some
of you might even consider a
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Moon Alert: Caution! Avoid

shopping or making important
decisions after 6:45 a.m.
today. The Moon is in Leo.
ARIES
(MARCH 21-APRIL 19).
There is a Moon Alert today,
which means refrain from
spending money, except on
food and gas. However, this
particular Moon Alert is in a
creative part of your chart,
which means your artistic
energy will soar!
FRAZZ JEF MALLETT CANDORVILLE DARRIN BELL TAURUS
(APRIL 20-MAY 20).
You can best use today’s
energy to hunker down at
home and relate to family in
a genuine, more open way.
That’s because all of today
is a Moon Alert, which will
encourage you to let your hair
down and tell it like it is.
GEMINI
(MAY 21-JUNE 20).
This is a loosey-goosey day!
There is a Moon Alert all day,
which might make you feel
indecisive and unsure of what
GARFIELD JIM DAVIS BARNEY AND CLYDE WEINGARTENS & CLARK to do next. It’s a good day
to explore new ideas as well
as brainstorm thoughts with
others.
CANCER
(JUNE 21-JULY 22).
Do be aware of the restrictions
of today’s Moon Alert,
because it is taking place in
your Money House. Restrict
spending to food and gas.
Postpone important decisions
and financial matters until
tomorrow.
LEO
(JULY 23-AUG. 22).
DUSTIN STEVE KELLEY & JEFF PARKER THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN STAN LEE & ALEX SAVIUK Today, virtually all day,
there is a Moon Alert in Leo!
This means your mind is
freewheeling and soaring like
a helium balloon cut free in the
sky. You will more easily grasp
creative ideas because you
can think outside the box.
VIRGO
(AUG. 23-SEPT. 22).
Because there is a Moon Alert
today occurring in a hidden
part of your chart, this is an
excellent day for meditation,
yoga or any quiet activity
that helps calm your mind
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grounded.
LIBRA
(SEPT. 23-OCT. 22).
Relations with friends as well
as members of groups will be
friendly and, possibly, more
frank than usual because
of today’s Moon Alert.
Nevertheless, don’t volunteer
for anything or agree to
anything important.
SCORPIO
(OCT. 23-NOV. 21).
You are high-viz today, which
means other people notice you
NON SEQUITUR WILEY BABY BLUES RICK KIRKMAN & JERRY SCOTT more than usual, especially
bosses, VIPs and the police.
Because of the Moon Alert,
you might make a mistake or
be confused. Don’t volunteer
for anything.
SAGITTARIUS
(NOV. 22-DEC. 21).
Today there is a Moon Alert
in effect all day, which will
allow you to explore ideas you
don’t normally consider. It will
make it easier for you to listen
to people whose views are
different from yours.
CAPRICORN
BIG NATE LINCOLN PEIRCE ON THE FASTRACK BILL HOLBROOK (DEC. 22-JAN. 19).
The Moon Alert today, which is
in effect all day, takes place in
your House of Other People’s
Money. This means this is a
poor day to make decisions
about shared property, taxes,
debt or insurance issues.
AQUARIUS
(JAN. 20-FEB. 18).
Relations with partners and
close friends will be fuzzy
today because there is a Moon
Alert happening all day long
opposite your sign. This will
promote honest and open
BEETLE BAILEY MORT, BRIAN & GREG WALKER PEARLS BEFORE SWINE STEPHAN PASTIS conversations, but they might
be confusing.
PISCES
(FEB. 19-MARCH 20).
Issues at work might be
clouded and confused
because of today’s Moon
Alert. Expect shortages and
delays. Carry on with business
as usual as best you can, but
wait until tomorrow to make
important decisions.
— Georgia Nicols
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last year’s contest and helped

judge this year’s contest, said kids
at her school often choose un-
healthy but familiar foods at home
and in the cafeteria.
“I think most of my friends
aren’t used to eating anything
healthy, so they won’t eat anything
but lettuce,” Dahlia said. “If there’s
even kale or arugula, those flavors
just put them off.”
Dietary guidelines from the
federal government call for “a va-
riety of fruits and vegetables,
whole grains, fat-free and low-fat
dairy products, a variety of pro-
tein foods, and oils,” according to
the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention. But many kids
Students, left, from Kenmore Middle School in Arlington serve and teens don’t have a diet that
samples of their Quinoa Quiche and Apple Arugula Walnut Salad, follows those recommendations.
above, at the Real Food for Kids Culinary Challenge on March 5. Real Food for Kids organizers
hope their challenge will inspire
kids to think about improving
their eating habits and get in-
volved in what’s served in their
school cafeterias. Coming up with
something tasty for less than
$2.70 per serving isn’t easy. For the
PHOTOS BY DEB LINDSEY Kenmore team, which won the
competition, it involved a lot of
experimentation, said Mischa Bi-

Students savor taste of victory Six teams from D.C.-area

middle schools and high schools
lanchone, the teacher who worked
with the team.
“When we were doing the first

with their healthy school lunch

planned and cooked healthy, [versions] of the recipe, every-
inexpensive meals that could be thing seemed bland,” Bilanchone
served in a school cafeteria. said. “We didn’t want to over-sea-
Students from Franklin Middle son, and we didn’t want to add too
School in Chantilly, left, made much additional salt” to the
BY B RIDGET R EED M ORAWSKI Apple Arugula Walnut Salad, ingredients grown in the region. their Vegejita Wrapadilla, quiche.

A
which was a side dish for their The Kenmore team, one of six at above, for the contest. That led the team to add low-so-
fter months of brain- entree: a quinoa-crusted quiche. the March 5 competition, finished dium chicken broth and toast the
storming and prepara- This wasn’t a meal for family or making their meal in the kitchens quinoa before adding the filling to
tion, André LaRue and friends, however. LaRue and at Fairfax County’s Hayfield Sec- at school, Ellie said. But she knows doesn’t usually have time to cook the quiche, both of which Bilan-
three classmates from classmates Katelyn Cherbas, Ellie ondary School. A panel of judges the difficulties that school offi- something new for her, her sib- chone said were critical to taking
Kenmore Middle Leichtman and Norah Talbot-Lilly was waiting in a nearby room to cials face. “It’s so much easier to lings and cousins. “It’s very hard their dish up a notch in flavor.
School in Arlington thought they were trying to win the 10th An- taste their creations. [feed a lot of kids] with premade to open them up to new things,” Bilanchone said she is excited
had everything figured out for a nual Real Food for Kids Culinary Ellie Whiteman, one of four things that they can just heat up, ” Ivonne said of her siblings. But she about how contests like these en-
big meal that they were serving. Challenge. Teams representing competitors from Franklin Mid- she said. was pleasantly surprised with courage healthy habits not just in
But on the morning of the meal, D.C.-area middle schools and high dle School in Chantilly, helped Even at home, parents can’t their reaction to her team’s Tropi- competing students, but in other
they discovered that the apples schools were invited to plan and ready her team’s Vegejita Wrapa- always prepare nutritious, tasty cal Stir-Fry. “They loved it,” she kids, too. “We had a lot of folks just
they had chopped had lost their cook a healthy, inexpensive meal dilla. She was impressed with food. said. “So I’d like to make it at home come up [to our table at the con-
color and crunch overnight. The that could be served in a school what all the teams created. Ivonne Clarios, a Herndon for them.” test] and ask for the recipe be-
team rushed to buy and cut up a cafeteria. This year’s meal also “I think the quality of our meals High School student and chal- Dahlia Baht, a Takoma Park cause their child wanted them to
few dozen new apples for their had to be plant-based with half the is much better” than what’s served lenge competitor, said her family Middle School student who won make it for dinner.”

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Soto is treating this as just another spring training For Cohen’s Mets, hype
The face of the Nationals is focused on hitting and says he’s not concerned about his contract situation and expectations grow
BY J ESSE D OUGHERTY Grab your lightsaber: Doolittle is
set to return on a one-year deal. D5 BY C HELSEA J ANES ed, his small talk teetering into
west palm beach, fla. — something closer to an inspec-
Monday morning, in the first Washington Nationals’ spring port st. lucie, fla. — Steve tion.
hours of his fourth major league training facility, Soto stepped in Cohen didn’t want the golf cart This world — the Port St. Lucie
spring training, Juan Soto — the to face reliever Steve Cishek, a reserved for him at the New York complex, the Mets and increas-
guy who finished second in rook- new teammate. He took a few Mets’ spring training complex ingly baseball in general — be-
ie of the year voting; was ninth, pitches, fouled off another and Sunday morning. He wanted to longs to Cohen, after all. He is
fifth and second for MVP honors; wagged his hips, the whole thing walk the pathways, shake hands changing the rules, even as his
and won a batting title, two a tad more muted than usual. with the new coaches and say hi fellow owners change them for
Silver Slugger awards and a Then he accepted his make-be- to the fans — just your average, him, pulling the game’s center of
World Series, all before turning lieve walk, spun around, jogged everyday billionaire in a baseball gravity to Queens with every
23 in October — wanted more to the next field over and slapped cap. splurge that most owners
at-bats. a make-believe single off Erick At one point, he ambled into a wouldn’t consider, seizing the
This won’t surprise anyone Fedde. Then he jogged back, dug small patch of shaded grass out- spotlight with every tweet that
who has followed Soto’s still- in against Cishek and skied a side the minor league clubhouse most owners wouldn’t send.
young career even tangentially. If make-believe popup to left. Then and into a wall of cameras wait- Those fellow owners already
someone’s pitching, he wants to he spun around again, jogged to ing there for him. have labeled him the game’s
be hitting. If the game or life is the next field over again and “Beautiful tree,” he told the greatest villain. In fraught collec-
more complicated than that, it’s pulled what he called a make-be- JOHN MCDONNELL/THE WASHINGTON POST group before noting that it did tive bargaining agreement nego-
not the one he plays or lives. lieve double to right, beating “I always see my future here. [I appreciate] everything they’ve not have leaves. tiations with the players union,
So on a near-empty field at the SEE SOTO ON D5 done for me, and I feel pretty good,” Juan Soto said of the Nats. “Wish it was warmer,” he add- SEE METS ON D4

Hooked on
his success,
Brady can’t
walk away
And on the 41st
day of his
retirement, Tom
Brady said
enough. Who was
he kidding? The
Jerry most prolific
Brewer winner in NFL
history wasn’t
ready for civilian life. He couldn’t
carry on without a jersey to wear,
a defense to dissect, an audience
to captivate.
So Brady is back. He probably
didn’t have time to finish his
wife’s honey-do list, but he’s back.
All those wonderful tributes from
last month are outdated. His
retirement was merely a long
vacation.
In August, Brady will celebrate
his 45th birthday at training
camp, preparing for his 23rd pro
season, expecting again to be the
surest quarterback thing in the
league. When 2022 ends, he will
have spent more of his life in the
NFL than outside it, another
remarkable feat of longevity. And
if you think one more dance will
satisfy him, well, don’t bet on it.
Competition addicts aren’t
inclined to leave success on the
table. There’s always more to
accomplish, more to prove and,
in this lucrative business, more JOHN LOCHER/ASSOCIATED PRESS

to earn. Stanford, shown during last week’s Pac-12 tournament, is trying to become the first team other than Connecticut or Tennessee to repeat since USC back in 1984.
That mentality drove him to

A mission for more

return. It kept him from truly
giving the football afterlife a
chance.
It is, and forever will be, the
one thing Brady can’t beat. He
isn’t wired to be content. The
kind of success he feeds is
insatiable. Brady may have seven
Super Bowl rings, 624
touchdown passes, 84,520 Full of love and grit, Stanford is trying to repeat as the women’s national champion
passing yards and every other
record that makes the eyeballs
protrude. But, amazingly, he
hasn’t emptied his talent. He BY C HUCK C ULPEPPER IN LAS VEGAS said. “And, I mean, senior night, I was a mess.”

L
couldn’t leave with so much good “Love you, Cam,” Hull said.
football left in him. ove, that crucial entity with March Madness teams, is All that was said on a formal interview dais just after Stanford
At 44, Brady led an NFL full of attempting to repeat. cemented its 19-0 run through the Pac-12 regular season and
mesmerizing young This is the season when every team speaks of love, no tournament. “Honestly,” 36-season coach Tara VanDerveer said,
quarterbacks in passing yards one more clearly than at Stanford, where the women “I learn more from them than they could ever learn from me.”
and touchdown passes last will try to do what nobody other than Connecticut and The Cardinal has a roster deeply similar to the one that
season. He carried the Tampa Tennessee has done since Southern California in 1984: win squeezed through one of the stranger Final Fours last April in
Bay Buccaneers when injuries consecutive national titles. The Cardinal is 28-3 and the No. 1 San Antonio, by scores of 66-65 (South Carolina) and 54-53
depleted their star power. It seed in the Spokane Region. (Arizona), but more so by withstanding two harrowing,
wasn’t a season in which he could “I think we’re really hyped,” star Haley Jones said at the Pac-12 hyperventilating finishes. As the Cardinal won VanDerveer’s
economize the physical strain, tournament. first national title in 29 years — since 1992, when dinosaurs
but it didn’t matter. Brady “We love playing with each other,” Lexie Hull said. roamed the earth — love took on a starring role then, too, as if it
dazzled for 17 games in 2021, and “I’m getting really sad about our seniors,” Cameron Brink SEE STANFORD ON D7
while playing as the defending
Super Bowl champions, the
Buccaneers went 13-4 in the Inside: Reflecting on a historically rough season for D.C.-area college basketball. D7 | This may be the year the Big Ten breaks through. D12
regular season. In the playoffs,
they lost in the divisional round,
30-27, to the eventual champion
SEE BREWER ON D3

A new beginning: Commanders’

Scherff intends to join Jaguars. D3

Osaka is still hurting, and a return to the court may not be helping
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL
Another season is in the
books, so which teams
Naomi Osaka, one like when she withdrew from front-facing CEO of a sports not her sponsors, not her fans It’s hard to imagine this are atop our rankings? D6
of the world’s the French Open after she empire. Tennis doesn’t just stop and not the game. particular taunt having such an GOLF
greatest tennis revealed her struggle with for a four-time Grand Slam On Saturday, Osaka, 24, was impact on another superstar
players, should depression. champion who leaped to the visibly shaken four minutes into athlete of her caliber. But Osaka, Cameron Smith prevails at
give herself Each time she returned to the front of the pack among the her match at the BNP Paribas ferocious competitor that she the Players Championship
permission to sport, she was saddled with highest-paid female athletes, Open when a woman shouted, may be on the court, has lived a
Candace step away from even more attention as a with more than $55 million in “Naomi, you suck!” Osaka had sheltered and shy life off it. She after a dramatic finish. D12
Buckner the court. champion for athletes’ mental off-court earnings last year. just been broken by her and her sister, Mari, started ON THE WEB
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last year. And certainly not come back when you’re the be helping. And she doesn’t owe common one — seemed to break their worlds consisted of each
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D2 EZ M2 THE WASHINGTON POST . TUESDAY, MARCH 15 , 2022

Trubisky is high-upside, low-cost and a perfect fit at quarterback for the Steelers

Until this next year, probably with a higher him throwing away a playoff
On offseason, the pick in a draft class expected to be game to the Cincinnati Bengals in
the NFL Pittsburgh loaded with quality quarterbacks. January. But he has led the Titans
ADAM
Steelers had never Trubisky was the lottery ticket to the playoffs three straight
KILGORE experienced the with the best odds. seasons, including last year as the
lone downside of Given Roethlisberger’s steep No. 1 seed, while becoming an
employing the most competent physical decline, Trubisky will efficient passer and an advanced-
coach in the NFL. They do not make the Steelers better stats darling.
suffer losing seasons under Mike immediately. Given the options Trubisky could thrive similarly
Tomlin, and a losing season is the available, he also represents the because of the infrastructure
most frictionless method to clearest path to the kind of around him. As smart as the
acquire a quarterback with the quarterback required to win at Steelers were to choose him,
pedigree to lead a franchise. Ben the highest level. Trubisky may have been smarter
Roethlisberger’s retirement left In the past five seasons, 10 of to choose the Steelers. Tomlin
Pittsburgh with a gaping hole the 20 quarterbacks who started might be the best head coach in
behind center, but because on conference championship the NFL. Innovative offensive
Tomlin had dragged a rickety weekend were drafted in the first coordinator Matt Canada likes
roster to the postseason anyway, 10 picks. Six of the remaining 10 play-action passes and moving
the Steelers lacked the desirable spots were filled by Tom Brady, pockets, tools that weren’t
draft pick with which to fill it. Aaron Rodgers and Drew Brees, practical for Roethlisberger but
Only the right set of three all-timers drafted more than could maximize Trubisky’s skills.
circumstances would allow the 15 years ago. Nick Foles led the Pittsburgh will surround him
Steelers access to a quarterback Philadelphia Eagles to the Super with one of the league’s best
with the physical measurables Bowl, but only after second receiving corps and first-round
and perceived talent to be taken at overall pick Carson Wentz starred running back Najee Harris. The
the top of the draft. Those in the regular season before an Steelers’ defense will ensure he is
circumstances arose this spring, injury. rarely asked to do more than he
and the Steelers pounced Monday, In five seasons, the only can handle. For the second
at the start of the NFL’s legal quarterbacks who reached a straight season, Trubisky found a
tampering period, with a savvy conference title game and were cozy place to reboot his career.
move that could be a windfall and either taken outside the top 10 or The Steelers could have tried to
won’t damage them long-term if were not surefire Hall of Famers outbid the Broncos for Wilson,
it’s not. were Foles, Garoppolo and Case but their 2022 first-rounder, 20th
The Steelers tabbed Mitchell Keenum. Almost exclusively, the overall, couldn’t compete with the
Trubisky as the likely heir to NFL’s final weekends are ninth overall pick the Broncos
Roethlisberger, agreeing with the populated by quarterbacks with could offer. And Wilson is about to
2017 second overall pick on a two- elite traits. No one would confuse turn 34 and is coming off an
year contract. Trubisky washed Trubisky for an elite quarterback, uneven season in which he lacked
out with the Chicago Bears after and there are far more Baker the ability or willingness to run.
his first four seasons, unable to Mayfields and Sam Darnolds out Wilson is the superior player, but
build on the 12-win season he there than Patrick Mahomeses. we don’t know how short, fast
produced in his first full year as a But Trubisky was drafted so high quarterbacks will age, even in an
starter and tumbling out of the KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/ASSOCIATED PRESS for a reason. The Steelers will era when quarterbacks seemingly
organization as a passer the Mitchell Trubisky, the No. 2 pick by the Bears in 2017, is joining the Steelers after a stint with the Bills. have a chance to pull that out of play forever. Trubisky came
league viewed as a backup. him. exponentially cheaper.
Trubisky rehabbed his reputation the 33rd-best quarterback out of wouldn’t have been available to career record who has twice A reasonable comparison for The Steelers are still playing in
as Josh Allen’s backup for a season the 38 who took at least 156 snaps. the Steelers at such a low cost. started in the playoffs. Trubisky at this stage of his career an AFC stacked with Mahomes,
in Buffalo, where he won Over his final 24 starts, Trubisky Jimmy Garoppolo would’ve taken The Steelers also would have is Ryan Tannehill. The eighth pick Allen, Wilson, Joe Burrow, Justin
extensive praise from coaches and threw 18 interceptions against 33 a second-day draft pick on top of needed to pay huge salaries to in 2012, Tannehill ran his course Herbert and Lamar Jackson.
in brief cameos flashed the touchdowns while averaging just his massive salary, and the Denver either of those quarterbacks. in Miami, signed with the Trubisky, of course, doesn’t belong
potential that made him such a 6.4 yards per attempt. Teams don’t Broncos gave a haul for Russell Trubisky agreed to sign a deal for Tennessee Titans as a backup, anywhere near those names. But
coveted draft prize. decide against exercising the fifth- Wilson that the Steelers probably $14.25 million that could reach seized the starting role and used he offers Pittsburgh the best
Trubisky is far from a riskless year option of a first-round couldn’t have matched if they $27 million with incentives — his athleticism to lead a defense- chance at having a quarterback
choice to replace Roethlisberger. quarterback lightly, and the Bears wanted to. The Steelers did not affordable even if Trubisky falters first team to the AFC who could help this season
In his final season in Chicago, Pro had reason to jettison Trubisky. have to sacrifice a single draft pick and returns to a backup role. If he championship game in 2019. The without hurting its chances to try
Football Focus graded Trubisky as But if Trubisky lacked warts, he for a 27-year-old with a 29-21 fails, the Steelers can try again lingering image of Tannehill is again next year.

NFL NOTES

Chargers bolster defense with Jackson; Jaguars bring in six, including Kirk
A SSOCIATED P RESS Khalil Mack from the Chicago only once after Week 5 and losing agents-to-be in pass rusher Em- l BENGALS: To fill perhaps its l EAGLES: Linebacker Haason
Bears for two draft picks. Coach three of its final four games. manuel Ogbah, it also struck deals biggest need, Cincinnati agreed to Reddick and Philadelphia agreed
Cornerback J.C. Jackson agreed Brandon Staley is hoping that l JAGUARS: Jacksonville at three other positions of need — contacts with a pair of offensive to terms on a three-year, $45 mil-
to a five-year contract with the Los Jackson can have the same type of agreed to deals with Arizona Car- including quarterback, where Mi- linemen, Tampa Bay Buccaneers lion contract. Reddick had 11
Angeles Chargers on Monday, impact that Jalen Ramsey did dinals wide receiver Christian ami native Teddy Bridgewater guard Alex Cappa and Patriots sacks for the Panthers last year as
continuing the franchise’s aggres- when Staley was the Los Angeles Kirk, Washington Commanders agreed to come home on a one- tackle Ted Karras. an edge rusher.
sive makeover of the defense. Rams’ defensive coordinator in guard Brandon Scherff, Atlanta year deal presumably to be Tua The 27-year-old Cappa, who al- l BILLS: Buffalo shuffled its of-
Jackson’s contract will be worth 2020 and had the league’s top- Falcons linebacker Foyesade Olu- Tagovailoa’s backup. lowed just one sack last season for fensive line by releasing Daryl
$82.5 million, including $40 mil- ranked defense. okun, Giants tight end Evan En- Also coming to the Dolphins, on the Buccaneers while protecting Williams and signing free agent
lion guaranteed, two people famil- Jackson joins safety Derwin gram, New York Jets defensive deals that are pending and could Tom Brady, agreed to a four-year, Rodger Saffold to a one-year con-
iar with the negotiations con- James in the secondary and up- tackle Folorunso “Foley” Fatukasi be finalized as soon as Wednesday $40 million deal. Karras, 28, tract. Center Mitch Morse is stay-
firmed to the Associated Press. grades a cornerback position that and Raiders wide receiver Zay afternoon: running back Chase agreed to a three-year, $18 million ing after agreeing to a two-year
The people spoke on the condition struggled last season. Michael Da- Jones. Edmonds, formerly of Arizona, deal. extension.
of anonymity because the deal vis was inconsistent in coverage, The six big-time additions are and wide receiver Cedrick Wilson l COWBOYS: Dallas is bring- l TITANS: Tennessee is keep-
can’t become official until the and Asante Samuel Jr., a rookie, expected to fill huge holes for Jr., formerly of the Dallas Cow- ing back defensive end DeMarcus ing center Ben Jones in the middle
start of the new league year dealt with injuries late in the year. Jacksonville, which has lost 35 of boys. Edmonds and Wilson are Lawrence on a deal worth of its offensive line and adding
Wednesday. Jackson also comes to the AFC its last 41 games and is in rebuild- both coming off career-best sea- $40 million over three years with Seahawks offensive lineman Ja-
Later in the day, the team West, which figures to have the ing mode again. sons. $30 million guaranteed. marco Jones.
agreed to deals with defensive league’s deepest collection of Kirk caught 236 passes for The Dolphins will become l PATRIOTS: New England is l JETS: New York re-signed all-
tackles Sebastian Joseph-Day (Los quarterbacks. The Chargers have 2,902 yards and 17 touchdowns in Bridgewater’s fifth NFL team and bringing back a trio of veterans in pro kick returner Braxton Berrios
Angeles Rams) and Austin John- Justin Herbert, but they will have four years with Arizona. his fourth in the past four years. backup quarterback Brian Hoyer, to a two-year, $12 million deal and
son (New York Giants). to face Patrick Mahomes of the l BROWNS: Cleveland re- He went 7-7 in 14 starts for Denver safety Devin McCourty and spe- agreed to terms on deals with
Jackson became one of the top Kansas City Chiefs, Russell Wilson leased five-time Pro Bowl wide this past season. cial teams captain Matthew Slater. former San Francisco 49ers guard
available free agents after the New of the Denver Broncos and Derek receiver Jarvis Landry in a tough l CARDINALS: Arizona is Hoyer, a 13-year veteran, is on his Laken Tomlinson and former Ben-
England Patriots did not apply the Carr of the Las Vegas Raiders. but necessary cost-cutting move bringing back James Conner on a third stint with the Patriots. gals tight end C.J. Uzomah.
franchise tag to him last week. The “You’re in five defensive backs after the invaluable Landry be- three-year deal, rewarding the l PANTHERS: Carolina agreed l SEAHAWKS: Seattle will re-
26-year-old cornerback earned 65 percent or more, so corner is came too expensive to keep. running back for a stellar 2021 to terms on a three-year, tain one of its most important free
his first Pro Bowl selection last definitely going to be something One of the league’s steadiest season that included a fra- $15.75 million contract with free agents, agreeing to terms with
season, when he led the NFL with that we’re looking at,” Staley said pass catchers, the 29-year-old nchise-record 18 touchdowns. agent safety Xavier Woods, for- free safety Quandre Diggs.
23 passes defended and was sec- during the recent NFL scouting Landry was instrumental in the The Cardinals also announced merly of the Minnesota Vikings, l BEARS: Chicago released
ond with eight interceptions. He combine. “You’re aware of these Browns’ turnaround after the that backup quarterback Colt Mc- and a three-year, $29.25 million nose tackle Eddie Goldman.
has 25 picks over the past four receivers that we have to defend.” team went just 1-31 in the two Coy had agreed to a two-year deal, contract with Rams guard Austin Slowed by knee and ankle injuries
seasons, most in the league. Los Angeles, 9-8 last season, got seasons before he arrived via trade linebacker Dennis Gardeck was Corbett. The Panthers also re- as well as a stint on the covid-19
The Chargers had already made off to a 4-1 start but missed the from the Miami Dolphins in 2018. coming back on a three-year deal leased cornerback A.J. Bouye and list last season, Goldman set ca-
a splash last Thursday when they playoffs for the third straight sea- l DOLPHINS: Not only did Mi- and defensive lineman Michael defensive end Morgan Fox in sala- reer lows with a half-sack and one
agreed to acquire edge rusher son, winning back-to-back games ami keep one of its own free- Dogbe signed a one-year deal. ry cap moves. tackle for a loss.

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Gamecocks finished the year
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tournament. Collins with “making necessary 20-year ban by FIFA for taking France, and Vlhova was more
Christian’s overall record was changes to build towards success A 0-0 draw at an atmospheric relegation-threatened Venezia, bribes worth millions of dollars. than two seconds slower in 23rd.
29-50 during his three years, in the 2022-23 campaign.” . . . Selhurst Park extended City’s 1-0. . . .
including 1-3 in the conference Florida Gulf Coast hired Pat lead to four points, but second- Poland will visit Scotland to WINTER SPORTS TENNIS
tournament, and the decision to Chambers as its men’s place Liverpool has a game in play a friendly March 24 now Two-time Olympic curling Rafael Nadal defeated 27th-
let him go “was based on our basketball coach. hand in its quest to reclaim the that the teams no longer have medalist Brad Gushue followed seeded Daniel Evans, 7-5, 6-3, in
performance on the court,” Chambers resigned from Penn title from Pep Guardiola’s team. semifinal playoffs in World Cup up his Beijing bronze with an the third round of the BNP
George Washington Athletic State in October 2020 following American goalkeeper Zack qualifying to fulfill on that date. even more impressive — and Paribas Open in Indian Wells,
Director Tanya Vogel said in a an internal investigation into Steffen dressed for Manchester The match will raise funds for unprecedented — achievement. Calif., improving his record to
statement. . . . allegations of inappropriate City for the first time since UNICEF’s humanitarian After vice skip Mark Nichols 17-0 this year in pursuit of an
South Carolina fired head conduct, including referencing a Feb. 9 and was on the bench. . . . response in Ukraine following tested positive for the ATP Tour-leading fourth title.
coach Frank Martin after 10 noose in conversation with a Karim Benzema stayed hot as the invasion by Russia. . . . coronavirus in the middle of the Daniil Medvedev’s rise to
seasons with one appearance in player during the 2018-19 Real Madrid kept momentum Barcelona’s spending power Canadian championships, No. 1 in the world came crashing
the NCAA tournament. season. from its epic win over Paris was reduced again, with the club Gushue and his two remaining down in a 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 loss to
Athletic Director Ray Tanner Saint-Germain in the heading into the next transfer teammates won the event Gael Monfils. Medvedev needed
announced the move, saying the SOCCER Champions League with a 3-0 window more than 144 million shorthanded. . . . to reach the quarterfinals in the
change came after a “thorough Manchester City gave victory at Mallorca to extend its euros ($157 million) over its Warming up to their duel this desert to stay at the top, where
evaluation of our men’s Liverpool further hope in the lead in La Liga. . . . limit, the Spanish league week for Alpine skiing’s World he replaced Novak Djokovic.
basketball program.” English Premier League title Ciro Immobile converted a said. . . . Cup overall title, Mikaela In women’s action, No. 4 seed
Martin completed his 10th race by stumbling against penalty to become Lazio’s all- Brazilian soccer official Shiffrin was faster than Petra Anett Kontaveit lost to Marketa
season with an opening-game Crystal Palace for the second time leading scorer in Italy’s Marco Polo del Nero lost his Vlhova in downhill training. Vondrousova, 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (7-5).
loss to Mississippi State in the time this season. Serie A as the host beat appeal at Switzerland’s highest Shiffrin was third in the opening — From news services
TUESDAY, MARCH 15 , 2022 . THE WASHINGTON POST EZ M2 D3

Linemen Scher≠, Settle

are bolting Commanders
Pair reach deals to join
Jaguars, Bills on first day
of tampering window

BY N ICKI J HABVALA

The Washington Commanders

did little to add to their roster on
the first day of the NFL’s legal
tampering window Monday, but
they did — expectedly — lose a
couple of linemen.
Right guard Brandon Scherff
intends to sign with the Jackson-
ville Jaguars, according to ESPN, JOHN MCDONNELL/THE WASHINGTON POST

ending his seven-year run with Brandon Scherff plans to sign

Washington. And defensive tackle with the Jaguars after spending
Tim Settle agreed to a two-year seven seasons with Washington.
deal with the Buffalo Bills, a
person with knowledge of the that summer. And with his
situation said. Their contracts $18 million salary, his floor in any
can’t be signed until the new negotiations was probably far
league year begins at 4 p.m. higher than Washington was will-
Wednesday. ing or able to spend.
Scherff’s exit was anticipated, Washington had the luxury of
given his projected value and the being able to pay him more the
team’s limited salary cap space. past two years, largely because of
The 30-year-old played on a fran- its relatively inexpensive quarter-
chise tag the past two seasons backs. But the Commanders re-
with salaries of roughly $15 mil- cently agreed to trade for Carson
lion and $18 million that made Wentz, and his $28.3 million
him the highest-paid guard each salary cap hit leaves them with
year in average value. little flexibility but plenty of ros-
KEVIN C. COX/GETTY IMAGES
Scherff is widely regarded as ter holes.
Tom Brady announced his decision on Twitter: “These past two months I’ve realized my place is still on the field and not in the stands.” one of the top guards on the free Settle’s departure seemed pos-
agent market again, and some sible last year at the trade dead-
analysts project him to receive line and inevitable by season’s
JERRY BREWER upward of $16 million per year in end. Washington re-signed Jona-
his next contract. than Allen to a long-term deal

For competition addicts, always unfinished business The No. 5 pick in 2015, Scherff
earned five Pro Bowl selections
and last year became Washing-
and exercised Daron Payne’s fifth-
year contract option, limiting Set-
tle’s impact. Just 24 and only a
ton’s first first-team all-pro since year removed from a five-sack
BREWER FROM D1 championship-caliber roster. parts of himself this opportunity. standards in the sport, but 1996. season, Settle was bound to find a
When we last saw them, they It’s for his curiosity, his ego, his football still defines him. So he’s “He’s a guy that really is an bigger opportunity elsewhere.
Los Angeles Rams. Though there nearly pulled off an incredible sense of identity, his love of the holding on to it and hoping to get anchor on our offensive line and With Buffalo, he joins the league’s
was speculation Brady would comeback against the Rams. sport and his diligently more from it. That desire to someone who’s out there just top-ranked defense.
walk away, his play argued the With good health and a few maintained body. Most of all, it’s maximize a great thing reminds tossing dudes around,” center The Commanders will, howev-
thought was premature. tweaks, Brady and Tampa Bay for his competitiveness. For 40 you he is human. Chase Roullier said in January. er, re-sign backup center Tyler
He convinced himself could win a second title in three days, he tried to imagine a life Those obsessed with legacy “He’s such a physical player and Larsen to a one-year deal, accord-
otherwise. Nine days after that years. The Rams, Bucs and Green without needing to win another sometimes say they want such a smart player, someone ing to a person with knowledge of
playoff loss, Brady made his Bay Packers are the obvious NFC football game. And on the 41st superstars to leave on top. A few who definitely is an asset to our the move, which preserves some
goodbye official. Now, a month front-runners as offseason day, he admitted he wasn’t fortunate ones do. But most offensive line. We definitely love depth up front. And they ten-
and a half later, the transactions start. satisfied. competitors would rather leave having him around, but this game dered a contract to kicker Brian
announcement is obsolete. Never Perhaps a fairy-tale Don’t call it a comeback. No, empty. Brady is just the latest is a business.” Johnson, an exclusive rights free
trust the decisions of a distraught championship ending last season really — don’t. The man didn’t legend who’s afraid to say When healthy, Scherff is agent signed late last season after
competitor so soon after defeat. would’ve convinced Brady to quit miss a game. He didn’t even miss goodbye. Spend a career pushing among the league’s best on the starter Joey Slye suffered a ham-
Brady interrupted Selection for good. But probably not. a minicamp. Don’t call it a the limits, and it makes little interior line and was integral to string injury.
Sunday to reveal that he had Perhaps a fairy tale this season sabbatical or a leave of absence sense to waste lingering Washington’s improvement up Slye is a restricted free agent
changed his mind. Only he would will leave him figuring life can’t or anything else. Brady told greatness. front last year, even amid a rotat- and could still be tendered (a
dare compete with the NCAA get better. But probably not. It’s everyone he was leaving the So Brady, the quiet family ing cast of centers. But he hasn’t right-of-first-refusal tender, es-
tournament. most likely that he won’t exit party, and an hour later he was man, can wait. A week ago, played a full season since 2016. sentially a one-year tag worth
“These past two months I’ve until the game leaves no doubt still there. Just forget it and pour quarterbacks were making all Shoulder and elbow injuries $2.4 million) or signed to a new
realized my place is still on the that his time has passed. As long him another drink. kinds of noise, starting with curtailed his 2019 season, a medi- contract before the start of the
field and not in the stands,” as Brady is an elite player on an “Tom Brady loves to play Aaron Rodgers deciding to al collateral ligament sprain side- league year. If he’s not, Slye will
Brady wrote on Twitter. “That elite team, he will remain greedy football as much as anyone I have return to Green Bay and Russell lined him for part of 2020, and become an unrestricted free
time will come. But it’s not now. I to achieve. ever been around,” Tampa Bay Wilson being traded to Denver. another knee injury and the coro- agent and can sign with any team.
love my teammates, and I love He has the interests and life Coach Bruce Arians said in a Now here comes Brady, the navirus protocols kept him out of General Manager Martin May-
my supportive family. They make perspective to thrive once he’s statement. “As Tom said, his greatest of them all, stopping the six games last year. hew had said before the Wentz
it all possible. I’m coming back done playing. He’s already place right now is on the football sports world on a day reserved Scherff said publicly that he trade that the team’s hope was to
for my 23rd season in Tampa.” becoming a business and field.” for college basketball. hoped to remain in Washington keep as many as of its free agents
He closed by saying he has entertainment mogul. If he His place will always be on the Unfinished business. Look for his entire career, but the as it could. But he also warned
unfinished business. Only he wants, he could run for office and football field. In every sport, the hard enough, and you can always likelihood of that happening fad- that some could hit the market,
would dare consider his body of win. Still, nothing else he does game is undefeated. We like to find unfinished business. ed over the past year. After he was which comes with the risk of
work incomplete. professionally will compare to say some athletes transcend the Some day, he will retire for franchise-tagged a second time, them signing elsewhere. Just how
As free agency begins, the his Greatest Of All Time game, but who are these artists real. But as long as he can throw in March 2021, there was little to many Washington can keep will
Buccaneers will hustle to quarterback status. without their canvases? a football, you should remain no talk on a long-term agreement be determined in the coming
maintain and improve a Brady realized he owes many Brady has redefined several skeptical. with the team before the deadline days.

CANDACE BUCKNER

Osaka is still hurting, and a return to the tennis court doesn’t seem to be helping
BUCKNER FROM D1 a few games last season in months and then emerge whole
which he wore the scars on his and healed. That’s how it works
other and their Japanese mother wrists left by self-inflicted in fiction or in those simplistic
and Haitian father, who raised wounds from a box cutter. features we in the sports media
them to be tennis champions. In These athletes who walked write when an athlete returns
her Netflix docuseries, three away prioritized their mental from an offseason with bigger
episodes of melancholy, Osaka health and themselves. A biceps and a clearer mind. We
hints at a lonely upbringing. healing balm isn’t always found tend to celebrate
“Growing up we kind of kept in suppressing emotional transformations as though they
to ourselves. . . . No one really turmoil through physical acts of happen on a schedule, to
knows all the sacrifices that you strength. describe someone’s problems in
make just to be good,” she says. Osaka, of course, has already the past tense.
Osaka, so soft-spoken that her spent time away and has shown But real growth inches
words sometimes crawl out in a some growth. We’ve heard it in forward. It is continuous and
pained whisper, apologizes her honesty, in how she has uncomfortable, as is happening
when there’s nothing to be sorry worked to overcome extreme with Osaka.
for and gushes out thank-yous shyness, to search for gratitude The purpose of this column is
as though they’re punctuating in the everyday and value not to play keyboard
the end of her sentences. She’s herself as more than a psychologist, and maybe Osaka
so polite that she probably commodity on the tennis court. prefers to live her emotions out
wouldn’t even scream “You Her post-match news loud. In her docuseries, she
suck!” at a vacuum, let alone conferences sound like therapy advises young star Coco Gauff
another human being. sessions. After her first that if she needs to cry she
Yet someone else said it to tournament following the initial should do so in front of U.S.
her, and instead of brushing it coronavirus outbreak in 2020, Open spectators instead of alone
off, Osaka wanted the umpire’s Osaka said she spent some of in the shower. Even as
microphone to address the the shutdown learning to talk to detractors growl about her
crowd. That showed a certain different people. (But it’s telling being a soft millennial and
kind of mental toughness — she that Osaka built up the stamina supporters want to embrace her,
had the willingness to confront to be more outgoing at a time Osaka continues to pour herself
the heckler and protect herself. when there was less human out in public settings, no matter
But maybe the bravest thing interaction and faces were how messy.
Osaka can do now is save herself hidden behind masks.) But as a teaser to the third
by exiting the spotlight. Then last week, after her first- episode of her docuseries, Osaka
Anyone tempted to recycle round win in Indian Wells, says: “Honestly, tennis is not
the hackneyed conclusion that Calif., when she could’ve been necessary for anything. . . . I love
athletes who face real-life crises frustrated by the conditions, she doing it, but there’s more
will find their peace on the instead found humor in the important things in the world. I
playing field hasn’t been paying gusting winds and thanked fans JAYNE KAMIN-ONCEA/USA TODAY SPORTS
think about, what would happen
much attention lately. Simone for staying and watching in the Naomi Osaka was brought to tears by a heckler during her match Saturday at the BNP Paribas Open. if the world stopped? What
Biles stepped away from the cold. During that same would happen if tennis
greatest stage of her sport, the interview session, Osaka didn’t not think you’re important — the jeer started to replay in her heart of a hater? Maybe this stopped?”
Olympics, when her mind and hesitate to admit that in the but like if I’m valuable to mind an endless loop of the woman paid actual U.S. dollars After years of dealing with
body, tormented by memories of past she had linked her self- someone’s life, I feel like they disgraceful treatment that to attend a tennis tournament internal pressure to be great, to
the sexual abuse she and her worth to her success. treat me better or something Venus and Serena Williams just to harass Osaka because of stand as the symbol of mental
teammates suffered, would not “I can’t be bold enough to say like that, you know?” received at the same her skin color. But maybe it’s health and to build her brand,
align for her to perform aerial I completely changed that mind- Maybe, when the taunt tournament in 2001. Then, their not that simple, and neither is Osaka should consider not just
twists. Recently, Ohio State set,” she said. “Of course I feel stabbed through the silence, father, Richard, said the boos Osaka’s journey to wholeness. thinking about what would
lineman Harry Miller said he like I’m the type of person that Osaka felt worthless when all and taunts were racially Growth isn’t tidy, nor is it happen if tennis stopped but
was “medically retiring” from wants to be of value. It feels she was trying to do was motivated. linear. Osaka doesn’t step away actually finding out — before
football — but only after playing better if people think you’re — entertain and compete. She said Who can tell what’s in the from the tennis court for four the game breaks her completely.
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baseball

Mets’ Cohen hasn’t been shy about spending money NOTES

METS FROM D1
Braves trade for Olson;
they fought for (and got) a
fourth competitive balance tax
Freeman is set to leave
threshold that is $60 million
higher than the first — presum- A SSOCIATED P RESS Familia had a 3.94 ERA and one
ably exclusively to put a limit on save in 65 games with the Mets.
Cohen’s seemingly bottomless Freddie Freeman’s tenure with l ORIOLES: Baltimore signed
pockets. Cohen said that he still the Atlanta Braves appears to be catcher Robinson Chirinos to a
probably will go over that over after the World Series cham- one-year, $900,000 contract.
threshold, already known pions acquired all-star first base- The 37-year-old Chirinos hit
around the game as “the Cohen man Matt Olson from the Oakland .227 with five home runs in 45
tax.” Athletics on Monday, a franchise- games for the Chicago Cubs last
“It’s better than having a altering deal that cost a prize pack- season. He now joins an Orioles
bridge named after you,” he said, age of four players, including team whose catcher of the future
as though he had considered the young outfielder Cristian Pache. — former No. 1 overall draft pick
possibility before. Freeman was the 2020 National Adley Rutschman — made it to
As Hal Steinbrenner has League MVP and a five-time all- Class AAA Norfolk last year.
dulled his father’s free-spending star over 12 seasons with Atlanta, l CARDINALS: Catcher Yadier
ways with the New York Yankees and his leadership proved critical Molina will be a late arrival for
and as the Los Angeles Dodgers on last year’s title team. He be- what could be his final spring
have shed stars this offseason, came a free agent after the season, training.
this short man in a Mets pull- but even then it was hard to imag- “I don’t have any details other
over commenting on the foliage ine the career Brave would leave. than he had reached out to me a
has settled comfortably into the General Manager Alex Antho- few days ago just saying that he
void they left by giving everyone poulos said it became clear to him was going to be delayed for per-
else in baseball a common en- Sunday night that Freeman wasn’t sonal issues,” St. Louis President
emy — by becoming the Goliath coming back. At that point, he of Baseball Operations John Mo-
big enough to render everyone went full-steam after Olson. zeliak said. “I said that’s fine. I do
else a relative David. Anthopoulos repeatedly de- hope to talk to him in the next few
The Mets have never needed clined to discuss Freeman, who is days to get a little clarity.”
help with headline-making cha- still a free agent. Still, he admitted Molina, 39, is heading into his
os. In recent years, they devel- he has never had a tougher time 19th season. The 10-time all-star
oped a remarkable knack for emotionally pulling the trigger on and nine-time Gold Glove winner
becoming a parody of them- a trade. agreed to a one-year, $10 million
selves and an unfortunate knack “You get attached,” he said. extension in August. . . .
for regretting hires soon after MARY ALTAFFER/ASSOCIATED PRESS Olson is a two-time Gold Glove Right-hander Alex Reyes, a
they made them. But thanks to Owner Steve Cohen, above, and the Mets have spent big on big new acquisitions, led by Max Scherzer. winner with a .252 career average, 2021 all-star who saved 29 games,
Cohen, his billions and his will- 142 homers and an .859 on-base- is experiencing issues with his
ingness to spend them, the Mets the CBA negotiations, only to ting. He wants to win,” Bassitt sentment last year after the Mets plus-slugging percentage over six shoulder. St. Louis sent him for
enter this season as a substantial wave them off to focus on base- said. “We all want to win, so we gave him a contract worth seasons. The 27-year-old hit more tests, and Mozeliak wouldn’t
talent conglomerate, a reality- ball. On Monday, he stood on a all have a common goal — literal- $341 million and then he turned 39 homers and drove in 111 runs speculate as to when Reyes will
show-ready cast of big personal- mound a few feet from Mets ace ly from the very top to the in one of the worst offensive last season, finishing eighth in appear this spring.
ities charged with coexisting Jacob deGrom as they threw bottom.” seasons of his career, blamed the American League MVP voting. He The 27-year-old flamethrower
amid the ever-building hype. bullpen sessions. By the end of the day, Bassitt media for harsh coverage and is under team control through is expected to compete for a spot in
Fastidious, grizzled manager Within a few hours, Showalter had another new teammate: gave fans at Citi Field a thumbs- 2023. the starting rotation.
Buck Showalter has spent his was telling reporters that de- Cohen and Co. had added reliev- down for booing him and his A career .295 hitter, Freeman l METS: In an effort to defuse
first few days asking everyone Grom is penciled in as his Open- er Adam Ottavino on a one-year teammates. surpassed 20 homers eight times any upcoming drama, right-hand-
around him why things are done ing Day starter — ending a deal. But as he wandered past doz- with a career-high 38 in 2019. In er Jacob deGrom said he intends
the way they are — and then controversy that never began On paper, the advantage ap- ens of boxes of cleats next to his addition to his win, he finished in to opt out of his contract to be-
changing them if the answer but could have been the kind of pears to be financial, but the locker Monday, he wasn’t even the top 10 of NL MVP balloting five come a free agent after this season.
doesn’t satisfy him. Within days story that dominates a day or Mets’ talent edge is real, too. the biggest story in that corner times. He also claimed three Silver DeGrom, 33, is set to earn
of the lockout lifting, Showalter two of spring training under Cohen and new general manager of the clubhouse. Next door, Slugger awards and a Gold Glove. $33.5 million in 2023, with a
had renumbered the Mets’ prac- normal circumstances. The Mets Billy Eppler stockpiled veterans Home Run Derby champion Pete Oakland also receives minor $32.5 million club option for 2024.
tice fields out of concern that the have never found themselves in such as Eduardo Escobar, Mark Alonso called reporters over to league catcher Shea Langeliers The two-time Cy Young Award
old system was so nonsensical normal circumstances. Canha and Starling Marte, add- tell them he had been in a and right-handers Ryan Cusick winner said he wants to stay in
that it would confuse their ever- When former Oakland Athlet- ing them to an already strong “pretty brutal” car crash on his and Joey Estes. Langeliers was New York.
growing list of new arrivals. ics ace Chris Bassitt, acquired lineup that will count on enthu- way to camp Sunday. His car ranked as Atlanta’s No. 2 prospect “For me, I don’t want that to be
One of those new arrivals, just a day earlier, arrived at Mets siastic outfielder Brandon Nim- flipped three times, Alonso said, by Baseball America, one spot any distraction,” he said. “I’m ex-
three-time Cy Young Award win- camp Monday, one of the first mo and a bounce-back season and he explained that he had to ahead of Pache, with Cusick ninth cited about this team, and I’ve said
ner Max Scherzer — with his questions that New York report- from shortstop Francisco Lin- kick out the windshield to es- and Estes 14th. . . . it before, I love being a Met.”
three-year, $130 million contract ers asked him involved his new dor. cape. He held back tears as he Outfielder Marcell Ozuna said l ANGELS: Mike Trout found
— rolled into camp amid ques- owner. Lindor doesn’t deflect atten- said how happy he felt to be he addressed his Braves team- out that Los Angeles was thinking
tions about his outsize role in “Whatever we want, we’re get- tion, either. He generated re- alive. mates and apologized to fans for about moving him out of center
Showalter said later that an arrest last year on charges of field the same way many of his
Alonso sharing that story was aggravated assault by strangula- fans did: He read it on Twitter.
one of two “good moments” the tion and battery. The three-time AL MVP isn’t
team had in a pre-workout meet- Ozuna returned to the team this really the type to get worked up
ing Monday — “good” translat- week for the first time since his about such a revelation. Still, after
ing to reminders for a room full May 29 arrest. He was put on discussing it with Manager Joe
of baseball players about the administrative leave while MLB Maddon and GM Perry Minasian,
fragility of their opportunity. was investigating and missed At- Trout said he isn’t going to move
The other, he explained, was lanta’s title run. He was suspended away from the center of the action
when infielder Robinson Canó retroactively for 20 games in No- just yet — and Maddon agreed.
CALL TODAY FOR FREE QUOTE addressed his teammates in his vember and is now free to play. “He feels very strong,” Maddon

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first comments to them since he l WHITE SOX: Chicago added said. “He feels like he’s in great
was suspended for the 2021 sea- pitching depth, agreeing to deals shape. Everything is in order, so
son after testing positive for a with right-handers Joe Kelly and he’s going to play center field.

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performance-enhancing drug — Vince Velasquez. That’s that.”
the second lengthy PED suspen- Kelly’s contract is for $17 mil- l TRADE: The Seattle Mariners

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sion of his career. Showalter said lion over two years, with a acquired all-star outfielder Jesse
that Canó was apologetic and $9.5 million team option for 2024. Winker and third baseman Eu-
that his teammates received him Velasquez receives a one-year, genio Suárez from the Cincinnati
well. $3 million deal. Reds in exchange for a package of
“In this clubhouse,” Showalter Kelly, 33, posted a 2.86 ERA and players.
said, “we’ve moved on.” two saves in 48 relief appearances The trade gives the Mariners a
Canó is a career .303 hitter for the Los Angeles Dodgers in left-handed hitter who can play in

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with an .844 on-base-plus-slug- 2021. Velasquez, 29, had a the outfield and a corner infielder
ging percentage who will be a 6.30 ERA in 25 games (21 starts) with major power just three years
total wild card on a roster that is for the Philadelphia Phillies and removed from hitting 49 home
built to survive without him but San Diego Padres last year. runs.
could thrive with him. Showal- l PHILLIES: Philadelphia Seattle is sending pitcher Justin
ALL WINDOWS ter said he expects to use Canó
regularly, rotating him at second
added a pair of late-inning reliev-
ers and brought back a familiar
Dunn, outfielder Jake Fraley, top
pitching prospect Brandon Wil-
base, first base and designated face, agreeing to contracts with liamson and a player to be named
INCLUDING INSTALLATION hitter. outfielder Odúbel Herrera, right- to the Reds.
Plus no interest until October 2023 As constructed, the Mets hander Jeurys Familia and left- Winker is coming off a career
would have the largest Opening hander Brad Hand, according to a year in which he hit .305 with
Day payroll by about $30 mil- person familiar with the deals. 24 home runs and 71 RBI. He is
lion, according to Cot’s Baseball The left-handed-hitting Herre- likely to be in a rotation in left field
Contracts. But Cohen said Sun- ra is an option to platoon with and will get plenty of at-bats at
day that he hasn’t told his staff to Matt Vierling in center field. Her- designated hitter.
avoid pursuing a move for finan- rera batted .260 with 13 homers Suárez hit just .198 last year but
cial concerns, and he doesn’t and 51 RBI and had a .310 on-base still clubbed 31 home runs. He
expect to do so even if he crosses percentage last year after return- closed the season on a surge, hit-
that $290 million threshold and ing to the team following a suspen- ting .370 with an .808 slugging
must pay the tax meant to slow sion in 2019 for violating MLB’s percentage in the final month.
his spending spree. domestic violence policy. Suárez hit 83 home runs and
“I got to live within the base- Hand struggled last season had 207 RBI during the 2018 and
ball confines, and I’m okay with with the Washington Nationals 2019 seasons combined.
it,” he said. and Toronto Blue Jays but finished The acquisition of Suárez also
“We probably will [go over it] strong with the New York Mets. answers the question of who will
— I wouldn’t be surprised,” he Overall, he put up a 3.90 ERA and step in at third base after the re-
added. “Hard to say how much.” notched 21 saves in 68 outings. tirement of veteran Kyle Seager.

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Nationals bring back fan favorite Doolittle Caps’ Eller tests positive
Left-hander, Washington’s former closer who helped win World Series, is latest relief addition and isolates in Canada
BY J ESSE D OUGHERTY among others, he’s a familiar,
low-risk, likely-somewhat-mar- BY S AMANTHA P ELL C APITALS’ NEX T THREE
west palm beach, fla. — The ginal-return-on-the-field-but-al-
Washington Nationals are pad- so-good-to-have-around sort of Washington Capitals center vs. New York Islanders
ding their bullpen with a famil- acquisition. He makes sense for Lars Eller tested positive for the
iar face: The club and Sean the Nationals at this stage of coronavirus and was in isolation Today 7 NBCSW
Doolittle agreed to a one-year their rebuild. in Vancouver on Monday. The
major league contract, accord- Since the lockout ended, Gen- positive test popped up during at Columbus Blue Jackets
ing to multiple people with eral Manager Mike Rizzo has routine cross-border testing after Thursday 7 NBCSW
knowledge of the situation. been busy, agreeing to major the Capitals’ three-game road trip
Since the deal is still pending a league deals with Doolittle, Cruz, through western Canada, and he at Carolina Hurricanes
physical, the team has not made right-handed reliever Steve was added to the NHL’s coronavi-
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salary was not known as of Adrianza; and minor league con- It was unclear as of Monday NHL Network
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er at the Nationals’ spring train- chez and outfielder Gerardo Par- United States. Eller scored the
ing facility, his No. 63 jersey ra. And with Cishek and Doolit- game-winner in the Capitals’ 4-3 Sprong back into the lineup and
restored. tle on board, Martinez can tilt overtime victory over the Van- had Anthony Mantha play his
Once Doolittle and designated his head, maybe squint a bit, and couver Canucks on Friday night first game since shoulder surgery.
hitter Nelson Cruz join the team, start to see the faint outline of a to cap a 2-0-1 road trip. The Sprong has eight goals and five
the Nationals will need to clear bullpen. Capitals host the New York Is- assists in 43 games. His most
two spots on their 40-man ros- Unless rosters are expanded landers on Tuesday night at Capi- recent goal came Feb. 1 at Pitts-
ter. Doolittle was with the Na- for April, which remains possi- tal One Arena. burgh. Sprong, who turns 25 on
tionals from July 2017 to Septem- ble given the shortened spring This is Eller’s second stint on Thursday, is in the final year of a
ber 2020, initially arriving from training, the Nationals will carry the coronavirus list this season. two-year, $1.45 million contract
the Oakland Athletics via trade. eight relievers. Cishek, Doolittle, He missed six games after he and is set to be a restricted free
In those three years and change, Tanner Rainey and Kyle tested positive in November. Eller agent in the offseason.
he thrived as a closer, struggled Finnegan feel like the locks. The had traveled with Washington for It was unclear whether Wash-
to stay healthy, helped lead the other relievers on the 40-man the team’s four-game West Coast ington would recall another for-
team to a World Series title and roster are Patrick Murphy, Ma- trip, but a positive test kept him ward from Hershey before Tues-
became a respected voice in the son Thompson, Austin Voth, An- isolated in Anaheim, Calif., for 10 day’s game.
clubhouse and city. Since leav- drés Machado, Jhon Romero, days.
ing, he signed a one-year, Gabe Klobosits, Paolo Espino (a Rookie Connor McMichael Pursuit of 767
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Reds last year, was designated If Sean Doolittle bounces back from his so-so 2021, he could be a and Francisco Pérez. center at practice Monday, skat- history again Tuesday night. The
for assignment after the trade high-leverage option and potential trade chip for the Nationals. Murphy and Voth are out of ing with Tom Wilson and Daniel Capitals captain remains tied
deadline and wound up making minor league options, meaning Sprong. McMichael impressed in with Jaromir Jagr for third on the
11 appearances for the Seattle with Doo. We know what he can fastballs, spin and location often they’ll either make the club out Friday’s win, playing one of his NHL’s all-time goals list with 766.
Mariners. do when he’s healthy, so I’m are more important than pure of spring training or go on waiv- best games in weeks. He drove Ovechkin tied Jagr by scoring two
Across 492/3 innings in 2021, he looking forward to getting him speed. But status quo velocity, or ers, giving the other 29 teams a the pace of play, created opportu- goals last Tuesday at Calgary. He
had a 4.53 ERA and walked too back here,” Manager Dave Marti- something close to it, is impor- chance to claim them. Thomp- nities and finished with six shots. has 14 shots but no goals over his
many hitters. ERA+, a metric nez said Monday. “Honestly, he’s tant and does show better over- son, Machado, Romero, Klobos- But he hasn’t scored since Feb. 10. past two games.
used to compare pitchers across one of my favorites. I can’t wait all health. its, Espino, Clay and Pérez have He has seven goals and eight “It’s in his blood; it’s in his
the major leagues, considered to see him again, and hopefully As for what this means for the options remaining, meaning assists in 55 games. nature,” Capitals Coach Peter
him a slightly above-average re- he gets right back on track. Last bullpen — and for the club’s they can swing between the “When he is playing his game, Laviolette said Monday.
liever. His first stint in Washing- year, we kept an eye on him. We prospects in 2022 — Doolittle majors and minors a maximum you can tell he is a special, special Ovechkin nearly took sole pos-
ton closed with him limping off watched him get his velo back, so can serve a few functions, none of five times, providing flexibili- player,” Wilson said. “We played session of third place Friday in
the mound with an oblique we definitely think he can help of which are make-or-break. If ty. Veterans Carl Edwards Jr., one game together and had a Vancouver, but he couldn’t con-
strain, struggling to breathe in us.” he bounces back, maintaining Reed Garrett and lefty Luis Avi- bunch of good looks. I was joking nect despite multiple opportuni-
the quiet of an empty stadium. From 2019 to 2020, Doolittle’s some of his increased velocity lán are also in camp with non- on him, he had three or four good ties. Center Evgeny Kuznetsov
For months afterward, he hoped average fastball velocity dipped and shaving down the walks, he roster invites. looks, [and] I’m like, ‘You got to denied Ovechkin’s best attempt at
for a different ending with a from 93.5 to 90.9 mph, accord- could be a high-leverage option Whatever the case, Doolittle is score one — like let’s go.’ We got a No. 767: Ovechkin’s one-timer
team and fan base that grew ing to FanGraphs. In 2021, it and potential trade chip. If his expected to bring his steady diet fun relationship. He’s a good kid.” clanged off the post and hit Van-
close to his heart. ticked back up to 93.3, at times numbers don’t improve much, of fastballs to Nationals Park in Sprong has been a healthy couver goalie Thatcher Demko’s
And now he has a chance for even creeping into the mid- to he could guide younger relievers April. And no matter what that scratch in eight of the Capitals’ left leg before the puck slid
one. high 90s. For a pitcher who and steady an inexperienced yields, he’s due for the ovation past nine games. His only appear- toward the goal line. Kuznetsov
“We have a great relationship throws more than 80 percent clubhouse. For these reasons, that never came two years ago. ance in that stretch was March 3 reached for the puck, knocking it
against Carolina when forwards over the line.
Carl Hagelin and Joe Snively “I just saw the puck there,”
were injured. Instead of calling a Kuznetsov said. “I wasn’t sure.
forward up from Hershey of the Even when I touched the puck, I
American Hockey League for that wasn’t sure who scored it. So he’ll
game, Washington brought score next game for sure.”

NHL ROUNDUP

Maple Leafs’ Matthews

suspended for next two
A SSOCIATED P RESS spent his entire career with Ana-
heim. He is due to be an unre-
NHL leading goal scorer Aus- stricted free agent this summer.
ton Matthews will miss the To- The 30-year-old Manson is a
ronto Maple Leafs’ next two former sixth-round pick who
games after being suspended for played his way onto the Ducks’
cross-checking the Buffalo Sa- roster in late 2014. The son of
bres’ Rasmus Dahlin in the neck. NHL enforcer Dave Manson has
Matthews retaliated against been a stalwart on Anaheim’s
Dahlin by shoving his stick up- blue line ever since, racking up
ward into the Sabres defense- 26 goals, 87 assists and 431
man’s neck late in the Heritage penalty minutes in 453 games.
Classic outdoor game Sunday. Manson, who has four goals
Buffalo won, 5-2, to hand Toron- and five assists in 45 games this
to a fourth loss in six games season, will be a complementary
despite Matthews scoring his piece with the NHL-leading Ava-
45th goal of the season. lanche, which is building up its
The 24-year-old from Scotts- depth in anticipation of a long
dale, Ariz., will forfeit $116,403 playoff run.
in salary as part of the suspen-
sion, which the NHL’s Depart- Arizona tops Ottawa on road
ment of Player Safety announced Nick Schmaltz scored the
Monday. Matthews will miss To- game-winner to extend his point
ronto’s upcoming games against streak, Lawson Crouse had a hat
JOHN MCDONNELL/THE WASHINGTON POST
the Dallas Stars on Tuesday and trick and the Arizona Coyotes
This is, it could be argued, the first true Juan Soto Year in Washington, given that the team’s other stars were dealt at July’s trade deadline. the Carolina Hurricanes on beat the host Ottawa Senators,
Thursday. 5-3, on Monday night.
Matthews and Dahlin were Schmaltz has 15 points in his

Nats’ Soto has only one concern: Taking his at-bats each given a two-minute minor
penalty for cross-checking in the
aftermath of the incident that
last six games (six goals, nine
assists), and Crouse’s goals were
varied: one at even strength, one
happened with 5:05 left. This is on the power play and one
SOTO FROM D1 tionals in November. And to that ment. At the general managers in the meantime, that’s for Rizzo, the first suspension of any kind shorthanded.
end, he stuck to his usual script, meetings in November, Boras Lerner and Boras to sort out. The for Matthews in his NHL career. Barrett Hayton added an emp-
righty Gabe Klobosits. leaving the negotiations to the told a group of reporters — told GM and owner watched from a l TRADE: The Anaheim ty-net goal for the Coyotes, and
No one else raced between the team and his agent, Scott Boras. the baseball world, really — that golf cart as Soto battled Cishek Ducks traded veteran defense- Scott Wedgewood made 40 saves
two batter’s boxes. No one else “Scott is talking with them. I Soto wants to see a commitment on Monday. When Soto switched man Josh Manson to the Colora- to pick up his 10th win of the
answered a third request to sign don’t know what they’re going to winning from the Nationals’ fields to see Klobosits, Lerner do Avalanche for defense pros- season.
a Juan Soto bobblehead, inked through,” said Soto, who’s under front office and ownership. The followed, keeping a close eye on pect Drew Helleson and a sec- Josh Norris had two goals for
two Juan Soto jerseys or took a team control for three more exact question was if there was a the star. ond-round pick in the 2023 draft. the Senators, Connor Brown also
photo with a family of five, just in seasons. “Right now, I just try to number that Mark Lerner, Wash- “How’s your family?” Lerner The Ducks confirmed the deal scored, and Filip Gustavsson
case they each wanted Juan Soto focus on baseball. They’re doing ington’s managing principal asked as Soto hugged him with to part ways with Manson, an stopped 10 shots in his first NHL
in their current or future phone all that stuff, and he will let me owner, could put on a check right one arm. eight-year NHL veteran who has start since Feb. 20.
backgrounds. This is, it could be know if he hears anything.” then to get Soto to sign long- “Everybody’s good. Every-
argued, the first true Juan Soto “We made an offer, and all of a term. But framed by the Nation- body’s happy,” Soto answered.
Year in Washington, given that sudden the lockout happened, als’ sell-off last summer, the “Everybody’s happy that baseball
the team’s other stars were dealt and we didn’t have much dia- response made sense. is back.”
away at July’s trade deadline. He logue after that,” Rizzo explained Soto wasn’t happy with it. He “I’m sure,” Lerner said. “And
is front, center and everyone else Sunday. “But our side plans to didn’t like losing Max Scherzer I’m sure they wanted you out of
for the rebuilding club. On Sun- pick it up very soon. He’s our and Trea Turner, Kyle Schwarber the house!”
day, General Manager Mike Riz- number-one priority.” and Josh Harrison, Yan Gomes, They both laughed. Soto
zo called him the face of the Did the addition of Nelson Daniel Hudson, Brad Hand and tapped the dirt with his bat once,
team, the franchise and maybe Cruz, a respected designated hit- Jon Lester in a hope-crushing twice, then set off for the club-
all of Major League Baseball. ter and fellow Dominican Re- two days. He didn’t like how the house and weight room beyond
Juan Soto, though? Shortly public native, make Soto feel boulders felt on each shoulder. it. Waiting was a small group of
after those four at-bats — “Walk! better about the club’s direction And when ESPN’s Enrique Rojas reporters who wanted to know
Single! Flyout! Double! . . . Yes, and his potential future with it? reported the Nationals’ big offer about the pressure of being Juan
double!” he argued with a report- “I mean, I always see my from November, Soto told Rojas Soto in 2022. Or what it felt like
er — Soto tried to pass for future here. [I appreciate] every- he expected to go year-to-year to have his locker moved to
another young player. He balked thing they’ve done for me, and I and wait for free agency. where Zimmerman, Turner and a
at filling the leadership void left feel pretty good,” he said. “I never This wasn’t new, either. Soto bunch of other veterans used to
by Ryan Zimmerman. Being a vet think about leaving or anything has often dually expressed an sit. Or, more simply, if he felt any
everyone turns to, he admitted like that. . . . I just think about interest in staying in Washing- older than he did a year ago.
with a smile, seems like a lot of baseball and trying to stay in ton and doing so through the For 10 minutes, he held off the
work. He hasn’t played a game shape and trying to get another open-market process of free notions of who he is and what he FRANK GUNN/ASSOCIATED PRESS

since turning down a 13-year, championship.” agency. Eventually, the latter represents. He promised to Auston Matthews was suspended for the Maple Leafs’ next two
$350 million offer from the Na- Simple enough, for the mo- could eliminate the former. Yet “keep doing my thing.” games after a hard cross-check in the Heritage Classic on Sunday.
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Wizards will face Warriors in preseason Japan trip GIRLS ’ HIGH S CHOOL B AS K ETB ALL TOP 20

Sidwell Friends, the country’s top- 10. Woodgrove (29-1) LR: 10

BY A VA W ALLACE home market in Washington D.C. W IZ A RD S ’ N E X T T H RE E regular season game that a U.S. ranked team, leads The The Wolverines fell to Menchville,
have a special connection to the sports league played outside Washington Post’s final rankings 59-36, in the Virginia Class 5
san francisco — Rui Hachimu- Japanese people — marked by vs. Denver Nuggets North America, according to the after maintaining the No. 1 spot all championship game.
ra may soon take on an addition- our annual celebration of the gift NBA. season. The Quakers cruised
al role with the Washington Wiz- of cherry trees given to our city by Tomorrow 7 NBCSW For Hachimura, the first Japa- against local competition while 11. Osbourn Park (26-2) LR: 11
ards: tour guide. The Wizards are the Mayor of Tokyo over 100 years nese player selected in the first winning Independent School Both of the Yellow Jackets’ losses
heading to Hachimura’s native ago. Celebrating American and at New York Knicks round of the NBA draft, the League and D.C. State Athletic came against No. 8 Madison,
Japan this fall to play two pre- Japanese cultures further Friday 7:30 NBCSW preseason games will be a home- Association championships. including in the Virginia Class 6
season games against the Golden strengthens our bonds, and so we coming just one year after he was
championship game.
State Warriors, the NBA an- look forward to taking on the vs. Los Angeles Lakers one of the faces of the Tokyo
nounced Monday. Golden State Warriors and grow- Olympics. The 24-year-old was 1. Sidwell Friends (28-0)
The Wizards and Warriors will ing new fans of the sport we all Saturday 8 NBCSW one of his country’s flag bearers Last ranked: 1 12. Maret (18-9) LR: 12
face off Sept. 30 and Oct. 2 at love.” and led the first men’s basketball The Quakers’ dominant season The Frogs lost to No. 1 Sidwell
Saitama Super Arena north of The trip will be the Wizards’ Radio: WTEM (980 AM) team Japan sent to the Olympics included ISL and DCSAA Friends in the ISL and DCSAA
Tokyo, the same venue at which second stint abroad in less than since 1976. championships. playoffs.
Team USA won the gold medal at four years following a regular Monday night in a matchup that Washington’s previous over-
the Olympics this past summer. season game against the New ended too late for this edition. seas trips for exhibition and pre- 2. New Hope Academy (26-2) 13. Howard (19-1) LR: 13
“We are so honored to repre- York Knicks in London in Janu- The league’s history in Japan season games include journeys to LR: 2 The Lions’ 44-game winning streak
sent the NBA and the wonderful ary 2019 — which is also the last runs deep. Between 1990 and Israel after the Bullets won the The Tigers won their second ended in a 60-37 loss to Baltimore
game of basketball in front of an year the NBA went to Japan, for a 2003, the NBA played 12 regular NBA title in 1978; to China, where National Association of Christian Polytechnic Institute in the
audience of Japanese fans,” Mon- preseason series between the season games in Saitama, Tokyo it became the first U.S. profes- Athletes Division I championship in Maryland 3A final.
umental Sports & Entertainment Houston Rockets and the Toron- and Yokohama. A matchup be- sional sports team to visit; and to the past three seasons.
CEO Ted Leonsis said in a news to Raptors. tween the Phoenix Suns and Brazil for a 2013 preseason game 14. Glen Burnie (22-1) LR: 14
release. “. . . Our fans across our The Wizards and Warriors met Utah Jazz in 1990 was the first against the Chicago Bulls. 3. St. John’s (19-5) LR: 3 The Gophers’ turnaround season
The Cadets claimed their fourth ended against eventual champion
Washington Catholic Athletic Western, 61-46, in the Maryland 4A

This year, the top draft prospects are in the tournament

Conference title in the past five semifinals.
seasons.
15. Bishop Ireton (19-12) LR: 16
4. Bishop McNamara (20-5) The Alexandria private school’s
The NBA draft LR: 4 marquee victory came against
On the landscape was The Forestville private school’s only No. 6 Paul VI on Feb. 15.
NBA splintered in WCAC loss came in the tournament
2020 and 2021, championship game. 16. Meridian (24-2) LR: 17
BEN The Mustangs fell to Carroll County,
GOLLIVER with LaMelo Ball
playing overseas 5. Good Counsel (19-4) LR: 5 51-47, in the Virginia Class 3
professionally, with Jalen Green The Olney private school championship game.
and Jonathan Kuminga signing announced itself as a WCAC
up for the G League Ignite and contender by reaching the 17. Robinson (26-3) LR: 15
with international prospects tournament semifinals. The Rams lost to No. 8 Madison,
such as Josh Giddey and Killian 49-27, in the Virginia Class 6
Hayes emerging as lottery 6. Paul VI (22-8) LR: 6 semifinals.
selections. The Panthers won their 15th
By comparison, the 2022 class consecutive Virginia Independent 18. C.H. Flowers (16-2) LR: 18
is shaping up in more Schools Athletic Association The Prince George’s County
traditional fashion. When the Division I title. champion fell to No. 9 Clarksburg,
draft is held June 23, it’s 53-35, in the Maryland 4A
possible that the top 10 picks 7. Georgetown Visitation (23-5) semifinals.
will have all come through the LR: 7
NCAA ranks, something that
The Cubs qualified for their seventh 19. National Christian (17-9)
has happened just once since
2014. This consolidation of DCSAA championship game in the LR: 19
talent will turn the NCAA past eight seasons. The Fort Washington private school
tournament into a singular started strong but was inconsistent
showcase. 8. Madison (27-2) LR: 8 after the holiday break.
Even better, the top three The Warhawks won their third
projected picks — Paolo consecutive Virginia Class 6 20. Potomac School (21-2)
Banchero, Chet Holmgren and championship. LR: 20
Jabari Smith Jr. — play for title The Panthers won the ISL’s lower
hopefuls. SARAH STIER/GETTY IMAGES 9. Clarksburg (25-1) LR: 9 division for the second time in the
With March Madness set to Paolo Banchero, 19, is averaging 17 points and 7.8 rebounds in his freshman season for the Blue Devils. The Montgomery County champion past four seasons.
open this week, here’s a look at lost to Western, 81-68, in the
five leading prospects for NBA cog in Gonzaga’s well-oiled attack defenses off the dribble. from beyond the three-point Maryland 4A final. Dropped out: None.
fans to track. machine. The Bulldogs (26-3) Blessed with a smooth handle line. Less heralded and less
enter the tournament as the and an improving jumper, Ivey polished than the highest-
Paolo Banchero, Duke West Region’s No. 1 seed with has averaged 17.3 points, 4.8 profile members of this class,
The Blue Devils (28-6) five players averaging in double rebounds and 3.1 assists as the Mathurin nevertheless has
stumbled into the West Region’s figures, granting them the leading scorer for Purdue’s elite worked his way into the draft BOYS ’ HIGH S CHOOL BAS KETBALL TOP 20
No. 2 seed after losses to North luxury to use Holmgren as a lob offense. Much like Donovan lottery by averaging 17.4 points,
Carolina in Coach Mike finisher and a floor-spacer Mitchell, the 6-foot-4 Ivey is 5.6 rebounds and 2.6 assists.
Krzyzewski’s final home game rather than as a go-to scorer. wired as a scoring guard rather Eleanor Roosevelt beat Churchill, 8. National Christian (30-9)
and to Virginia Tech in the ACC The Minneapolis product has than a pure point guard, and Jabari Smith Jr., Auburn 54-49, in double overtime to win the LR: 10
title game. Banchero, though, fit in well with the perennial he’s at his best when he’s getting The 18-year-old checks many program’s fourth Maryland 4A title The Eagles won the first Metro
has mostly delivered on the powerhouse, averaging 14.2 downhill to the basket. of the most important boxes to of the past decade. Westlake Private School Conference
considerable hype that built points, 9.6 rebounds and 3.6 be the No. 1 draft pick: He’s a toppled Douglass with a last-second tournament.
during his prep career, blocks while establishing Bennedict Mathurin, long, athletic and confident
Arizona layup, earning a 63-61 win in the
averaging 17 points and 7.8 himself as a major difference- scoring forward with Maryland 2A title game. And to the 9. Westlake (23-2) LR: 14
rebounds to claim first-team all- maker on the defensive end The Wildcats (31-3) enter the dependable three-point range south, Hayfield finished a perfect The Wolverines won their first
conference honors as a despite his skinny frame. If tournament with real and versatile defensive 32-0 season with a 67-47 win over Maryland state title on senior Aaron
freshman. Gonzaga and Duke both momentum, having won 15 of potential. The 6-foot-10
Battlefield in the Virginia Class 6 Herron’s last-second layup.
The 6-foot-10 Seattle native is advance, Holmgren and their past 16 games to claim the freshman standout has averaged
championship game.
a polished scorer and shot- Banchero will square off in an Pac-12 Conference title and the 17.1 points and 7 rebounds while
creator who displays a Elite Eight showdown. South Region’s No. 1 seed. shooting 42.8 percent from 10. Eleanor Roosevelt (21-5)
controlled pace and strength on Mathurin, a 19-year-old beyond the arc for the Tigers All three programs rise in the LR: 16
the ball when he works in his Jaden Ivey, Purdue sophomore guard, has (27-5), who claimed the Midwest rankings, but they still fall behind The Maryland 4A champions
preferred isolation situations. In a class headlined by three blossomed into their driving Region’s No. 2 seed. the two teams that have planted outlasted No. 13 Churchill in double
Banchero, 19, projects as a frontcourt players, Ivey has force, capping his Pac-12 player Smith’s size and shooting themselves at the top for the past overtime.
Tobias Harris-type power become one of this year’s most of the year campaign by posting stroke evoke Rashard Lewis, month: Paul VI and Sidwell Friends.
forward unless he can coveted guard prospects by 27 points and seven assists in a and he should enjoy a smooth Both private schools used deep and 11. Gonzaga (18-12) LR: 9
demonstrate considerable leading the Boilermakers (27-7) conference title game victory transition to the NBA given his talented rosters to navigate The Eagles dropped three games
growth as a playmaker for his to the East Region’s No. 3 seed. over UCLA. scoring range and two-way treacherous schedules. Both at the Alhambra Catholic
teammates. The 20-year-old sophomore A native of Canada whose ability. Auburn hasn’t turned to earned dramatic titles in league and Invitational.
hails from a family of family hails from Haiti, the Smith for much ballhandling or state play. Both will be remembered
Chet Holmgren, Gonzaga professional athletes — his 6-foot-6 Mathurin has modeled offense initiation, leaving scouts at their schools for years to come. 12. Patriot (26-1) LR: 8
The 7-foot, 195-pound father and grandfather were his all-around scoring game to decide whether he is capable The Pioneers’ perfect season ended
Holmgren leads his class in NFL players, and his mother after Bradley Beal’s, seeking to of greater responsibilities or if 1. Paul VI (31-5) Last ranked: 1 in a Virginia Class 6 semifinal when
intrigue, even though the was a WNBA player — and it generate opportunities from he is best suited to a wingman A young Panthers team ascended to rival Battlefield hit a buzzer-beating
19-year-old freshman is just one shows in his relentless desire to hard drives to the hoop and role alongside a lead guard. the top of the area’s toughest three-pointer.
league, winning a share of the
Washington Catholic Athletic 13. Churchill (24-2) LR: 12
NBA ROUNDUP Conference regular season title and The Bulldogs’ season ended in
then the conference tournament. heartbreak: a double-overtime

Towns pours in career-high 60 to lead Minnesota

The Panthers also took home the defeat to No. 10 Eleanor Roosevelt
Virginia Independent Schools in the Maryland 4A title game.
Athletic Association crown.
14. Douglass (19-4) LR: 15
second-half deficit to beat visiting 2. Sidwell Friends (28-1) LR: 2 The Eagles’ season ended with a
TIMBERWOLVES 149, Portland. The Quakers dominated the Mid- loss in the final seconds of
SPURS 139 Young, who scored 47 points a Atlantic Athletic Conference, going
undefeated en route to an outright
Saturday’s Maryland 2A
championship game.
night earlier in a win over Indiana,
added 12 assists against the Trail league title. They followed that with
A SSOCIATED P RESS Blazers. a dramatic D.C. State Athletic 15. Archbishop Spalding (25-11)
The Hawks (34-34), who en- Association championship victory. LR: 13
Karl-Anthony Towns had a ca- tered the game ninth in the East- The Cavaliers emerged as a
reer-high 60 points — the most ern Conference, have won three 3. St. Stephen’s/St. Agnes (20-4) Baltimore-area power this winter.
scored in the NBA this season — straight to reach .500 for the first LR: 4
and the visiting Minnesota Tim- time since Dec. 15, when they were The Saints won the Interstate 16. Huntingtown (21-4) LR: 17
berwolves outlasted the San Anto- 14-14. Athletic Conference title for the third The Hurricanes finished a strong
nio Spurs, 149-139, on Monday Josh Hart led Portland with 31 straight season, then finished as season as runners-up in the
night. points. The Trail Blazers began the runner-up in the VISAA Division I Maryland 3A bracket.
Towns shot 19 for 31 and night 11th in the Western Confer-
tournament.
grabbed 17 rebounds in surpass- ence, one spot out of the play-in
17. South Lakes (24-3) LR: 11
ing his previous best of 56 points tournament.
against Atlanta on March 28, 2018. l CAVALIERS 120, CLIP- 4. Hayfield (32-0) LR: 5 The Seahawks fell just short of a title
Lakers star LeBron James and PERS 111 (OT): Rookie big man The Hawks finished their dream appearance, losing in the Virginia
Hawks point guard Trae Young Evan Mobley scored a season-high season with a Class 6 title. Class 6 semifinal.
previously shared league-high DARREN ABATE/ASSOCIATED PRESS 30 points and Darius Garland had
honors this season with 56 points. Karl-Anthony Towns gets a little congratulatory refreshment from 24 points and 13 assists, sending 5. Bishop McNamara (22-6) LR: 3 18. Loudoun County (23-7)
Minnesota’s 7-foot all-star teammate D’Angelo Russell after his 60-point performance. Cleveland to the overtime victory The WCAC runner-up dropped two LR: 18
capped his dazzling performance against visiting Los Angeles. games at the Alhambra Catholic The Captains fell to Varina in the
by draining a three-pointer with rebounds to lead Denver in Phila- reviewed. Green received a fla- Ivica Zubac had 24 points, 14 Invitational. Virginia Class 4 title game.
1:39 remaining, shortly after mak- delphia in a battle of MVP con- grant foul, and Embiid went 1 of 2 rebounds and four assists and
ing 1 of 2 free throws to reach 57 tenders. from the free throw line to cut the Amir Coffey scored 19 for the Clip- 6. DeMatha (21-7) LR: 6 19. Episcopal (17-8) LR: 20
points. Embiid had 34 points and a Nuggets’ lead to 107-106. pers, who had only nine players in The Stags won three games in three The Maroon’s season ended with a
San Antonio has lost two scary fall that left the 76ers hold- But Denver rookie Bones Hy- uniform. days to earn the Alhambra Catholic loss to No. 1 Paul VI in the VISAA
straight since Gregg Popovich ing their breath. land stole the show from both of l HORNETS 134, THUNDER Invitational championship. semifinals.
earned his 1,336th career victory Jeff Green clobbered Embiid on the all-star big men, burying his 116: Terry Rozier scored 30 points
to become the winningest coach in a drive to the basket with 3:13 fourth three-pointer of the fourth for visiting Charlotte against 7. Wilson (27-5) LR: 7 20. Meade (20-4) LR: 19
NBA history. The Spurs have remaining, and the all-star center quarter for a 110-108 lead. Oklahoma City. The Hornets The Tigers dominated the D.C. The Mustangs fell to Churchill in a
dropped seven of nine and are 2-3 landed smack on his tailbone. Em- l HAWKS 122, TRAIL BLAZ- closed out a perfect two-game trip, Interscholastic Athletic Association Maryland 4A semifinal.
during a seven-game homestand. biid immediately grabbed at his ERS 113: Young scored 21 of his 46 rallying after falling behind by as and finished as runners-up in the
l NUGGETS 114, 76ERS 110: back but walked off the court on points in the third period, and many as 18 points in the second
D.C. state tournament. Dropped out: None.
Nikola Jokic had 22 points and 13 his own power as the play was Atlanta recovered from a 15-point quarter.
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college basketball

After Terps and Hoyas flop, no area men are in big dance
BY E MILY G IAMBALVO

College basketball coaches

flock to the Washington area to
find talented high school players,
and the region touts its basketball
culture and history. Yet the Divi-
sion I men’s programs in D.C. and
its suburbs headed into their con-
ference tournaments barely cling-
ing to hope that their seasons
might last beyond Selection Sun-
day. One team at a time, those
dreams disappeared.
Maryland and Georgetown,
historically the top local teams,
struggled all season and would
have needed stunning runs in
their conference tournaments.
But the Hoyas and Terrapins lost
in their opening postseason
matchups. Neither George Mason
nor George Washington won a
game in the Atlantic 10 tourna-
ment, and Howard had the same
fate in the Mid-Eastern Athletic
Conference. American, the only
local team to win a game in its
conference tournament, ended its
season in the Patriot League quar-
terfinals, leaving Washington
without a representative in
March Madness.
Since 1978, the D.C. area has
had only one other tournament
without one of its teams in the
field. And that time, in 2018,
Maryland Baltimore County still
brought attention to this part of
the country with a historic upset
of top-seeded Virginia. This time
around, the other nearby pro-
grams of Navy, Towson, UMBC,
Coppin State, Loyola and Morgan
State missed the tournament, too.
The field’s closest teams to the
nation’s capital are Delaware and
Richmond, both with campuses
about 100 miles away. PHOTOS BY JOHN MCDONNELL/THE WASHINGTON POST

This rare occurrence is mostly Georgetown lost 21 straight games to close its dreadful campaign. Athletic Director Lee Reed publicly gave his support to Coach Patrick Ewing, the ex-Hoyas and NBA great.
a product of the Hoyas and the
Terps having terrible seasons at ning the title in 1984 and losing in gone elsewhere — including
the same time. Georgetown (6-25, the championship game in 1982 standout center Hunter Dickin-
0-19 Big East) lost 21 straight and 1985. Led by legendary coach son to Michigan, along with Paul
games to close its dreadful cam- John Thompson Jr., Georgetown VI products Trevor Keels and Jer-
paign, but Athletic Director Lee became a name-brand program. emy Roach playing for Duke.
Reed publicly gave his support to The Terps had some strong Georgetown and Maryland’s si-
Coach Patrick Ewing, the former teams in the 1980s, which includ- multaneous struggles seem more
Hoyas and NBA great, seemingly ed the Len Bias era, but never coincidental than a cause for
indicating a coaching change is made it past the Sweet 16. After alarm, Knoche said — as long as
not imminent. Bias’s death, Gary Williams re- the trouble doesn’t persist. He
In College Park, the Terps navi- built the program and took the grew up in Fairfax, with Terps
gated a tumultuous season after Terps to 11 straight NCAA tourna- games often on television and top
Mark Turgeon stepped down in ments, a run highlighted by their ACC matchups shaping his col-
December. Turgeon left while in national title in 2002. In the past lege basketball frame of refer-
his 11th season at the helm, hav- two decades, the Terps haven’t ence. Then as a player, assistant
ing guided Maryland to five made it beyond the Sweet 16. and head coach at American, he
NCAA tournaments but never fur- From 2006 to 2008, three of the had a front-row seat for the domi-
ther than the Sweet 16. Athletic six D.C.-area teams made the tour- nant stretches of Georgetown and
Director Damon Evans will soon nament each year, including Maryland.
name a new coach, who he hopes berths for George Mason, George But he also thinks about how
will build the program into a Washington and American. his three children, who are be-
contender for Big Ten and nation- During Butler’s career from tween the ages of 24 and 32, have
al titles. Under interim coach 2001 to 2006, the local programs no interest in the Washington
Danny Manning, the Terps (15-17, “always had DMV talent,” he said. Commanders. Knoche watched
7-13) stumbled through a season “The coaches made sure that they the NFL team that won Super
that ended with the school’s first kept the talent home. I don’t think Bowls in the 1982, 1987 and 1991
losing record since 1993. that was a secret back then.” seasons become mostly irrelevant
“You can say what you want The talent here has not dimin- during his kids’ lives.
about the lack of progress once ished, but Butler, now an assistant “And you know what they do on
they get there, but for the most coach at St. Paul VI Catholic High Sunday?” he said. “They do other
part [Maryland has] been able to After Mark Turgeon stepped down as coach, Maryland stumbled to its first losing record since 1993. in Chantilly and D.C.-based Team stuff.”
get there to the tournament,” said Takeover on the AAU circuit, be- Apathy can be dangerous, he
Chris Knoche, a former coach at since 1968. “I never thought I would see 11th-seeded George Mason on its lieves the competition to land said, especially in a city with plen-
American and now a radio analyst Since the tournament expand- that, but here we are,” said Lamar remarkable run to the Final Four. these prospects has intensified. ty of options to fill free time. The
for Maryland. “You sort of take ed to 64 teams in 1985, one or both Butler, a former George Mason “When you grow up in the DMV The D.C. area is at the “cross- young generation of sports fans in
that for granted. You think it’s a of Maryland and Georgetown has player who graduated from Oxon area, there are so many guys you roads” of several major confer- Washington has hardly watched
birthright and it happens every appeared in all but five editions of Hill High in 2001. During his can look up to, that you have ences, Knoche said. “You’re not Maryland or Georgetown ad-
year. And it doesn’t.” the event. Three of those dual senior year of high school, Mary- access to because it’s such a small going to be able to recruit every- vance beyond the first weekend of
Georgetown and Maryland misses — 2014, 2018 and 2022 — land reached the Final Four and area and hoops is the king sport,” body in the DMV. It just doesn’t the NCAA tournament. This year,
combined for a 21-42 record, the have come in the past decade. Georgetown lost to the Terps in said Butler, who grew up a Terps work like that. As many kids want they won’t be on that stage at all.
worst mark since both schools The thought of these two teams the Sweet 16. The next year, when fan but wasn’t one of Maryland’s to go away from home as want to “That’s why, if you’re down, you
began consistently fielding teams missing the tournament feels for- Butler played his freshman sea- top recruiting targets. stay home.” can’t stay down,” Knoche said. “If
in 1924, according to Sports Ref- eign to those who grew up in the son for the Patriots, Maryland During a 19-year stretch from Georgetown and Maryland you’re serious about it, you’ve got
erence’s database. Both teams had area and watched the programs won the national title. In 2006, his 1979 to 1997, the Hoyas appeared have attracted local players, but to make yourself relevant — and
a losing record for the first time reach great heights. senior year, Butler helped lead in 18 NCAA tournaments, win- some high-profile prospects have do so as quickly as possible.”

Stanford begins its mission to repeat as champion

STANFORD FROM D1 sorts. The Longhorns beat Stan- to Southern California, Cheyney To listen to teams male and
ford, 61-56, long ago, on Nov. 14. State, budding giant Tennessee female for March after March
might have weighed down play- That brought loss No. 1, and 12 and budding mainstay Louisi- after March is to find it unargu-
ers in the frantic closing seconds. days later South Florida, also a ana Tech. The USC of Coach able that love matters. It over-
After Jones’s big-time 15-foot- tournament team (with a shot at Linda Sharp and certain marvel rides other ideas such as getting
er with 32 seconds left gave playing South Carolina in the Cheryl Miller, the No. 1 seed overlooked, which seems to have
Stanford that 66-65 lead, South second round), beat Stanford, from the West, won, 72-61, over happened ever so slightly and
Carolina closed with a midcourt 57-54, in the Bahamas. the Mideast No. 3 seed Tennes- definitely so curiously in the
steal and two shots at victory, the “I think having that target on see of Pat Summitt, then an case of this defending champion.
second one a follow by Aliyah our back all season,” Jones said, ambitious pup. It brought the To a reasonable question
Boston that nudged cruelly off “has led to really competitive Trojans’ second straight national about how her team might have
the back of the rim and back out. practices, competitive scrim- title. generated more noise if it played
Arizona had the last possession mages, whatever it may be, being From there all the way to here, somewhere in the East, VanDer-
in the title game, but world-class ultracompetitive in games, being only the two members of the veer had a ready rejoinder: She
defense forced it into a mass- gritty. I think we know what it Connecticut-Tennessee hegemo- has spent the whole chunk of
guarded shot that would not takes to get there. But we’re ny have repeated: Tennessee in history from the mid-1980s to
appear on a coach’s whiteboard. going to have to work twice as 1996, 1997 and 1998; Connecti- the early 2020s as a resident of
Here in Las Vegas, another hard because everybody’s com- cut in 2002, 2003 and 2004; Palo Alto.
ladder went climbed and the net ing after us.” Tennessee in 2007 and 2008; “And living in Palo Alto, come
strands got cut by a stirring Jones, that 6-foot-1 junior Connecticut in 2009 and 2010 on,” she said.
amount of people who pour from Santa Cruz, upheld that in and from 2013 through 2016. Everyone who had ever been
themselves into the Stanford the Pac-12 final against Utah Weaving all through that, to Palo Alto understood, and
program, interns et al. It looked when, in the third quarter, she VanDerveer made 13 Final Fours, VanDerveer then said: “I’m liv-
like still more love. Then the kind of got — okay, really got — claiming titles in 1990 and 1992. ing my dream. And I don’t get
Cardinal would get its fait-ac- shoved out of bounds in a man- It didn’t win from 1992 on caught up, I don’t do Twitter and
compli No. 1 seed, lodged in ner that wreaked a few gasps until last April, when VanDer- stuff. I don’t get caught up in any
perception just behind overall from the crowd. That may or veer said: “I never really thought of that. Although I have done a
No. 1 seed South Carolina, set- may not have helped a game that about it. This isn’t why I coach. I couple of TikToks, right, Haley?”
ting up a potential national final stood 39-36 in the third quarter wanted to be a teacher.” “You killed it,” Jones said.
in Minneapolis as a rematch of a make its way toward a 73-48 “And we love each other more “I like to keep it real,” VanDer-
rematch, the Gamecocks having finish. than just teammates,” Jones said veer said. “And what’s real is the
beaten Stanford, 65-61, way over That left Stanford seeking 11 months on. “We love each grit I saw today [in the Pac-12
in Columbia, S.C., on Dec. 21. something elusive for so many. other as people, so we want to title game]” — the same grit
The Cardinal hasn’t lost since The 1984 Final Four happened keep playing together. And I that heaved across the finish line
but did get, as a No. 2 seed in its in UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion. It think that adds to the spirit to first in San Antonio and may do ELLEN SCHMIDT/ASSOCIATED PRESS

bracket, Texas, which seemed drew from a tournament of only keep fighting, keep playing as so this time around in Minneap- Haley Jones (30) is averaging 13.1 points and 7.9 rebounds for the
faintly puckish of the selection 32 teams. Those 32 got whittled long as we can.” olis. Pac-12 champion Cardinal, the top seed in the Spokane Region.
D8 EZ M2 THE WASHINGTON POST . TUESDAY, MARCH 15 , 2022

scoreboard

PR O B AS KET B A LL HOCKEY C OL LE GE BA S K E T BA L L

NBA Suns 140, Lakers 111 NHL NCAA men’s tournament NCAA women’s tournament NCAA MEN’S AP TOP 25 POLL
EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Late Sunday ATLANTIC GP W L OT Pts GF GA FIRST FOUR FIRST FOUR The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college
Miami ...........................................45 24 .652 — Florida .......................... 59 40 13 6 86 245 173 TUESDAY’S GAMES WEDNESDAY’S GAMES basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses,
x-Milwaukee ................................42 26 .618 21/2 L.A. LAKERS ....................... 22 34 34 21 — 111 Tampa Bay ................... 59 38 15 6 82 200 171 IN DAYTON, OHIO IN COLUMBIA, S.C. records through Sunday, total points based on 25 points
Philadelphia..................................41 26 .612 3 PHOENIX ............................ 48 31 40 21 — 140 Toronto ........................ 59 37 17 5 79 219 181 Texas Southern (18-12) vs. Texas A&M CC (23-11), 6:40 for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place
Howard (20-9) vs. Incarnate Word (13-16), 7
x-Chicago......................................41 26 .612 3 Boston.......................... 59 36 18 5 77 180 160 Wyoming (25-8) vs. Indiana (20-13), 9:10 vote and previous ranking
L.A. LAKERS: Reaves 2-4 5-6 10, S.Johnson 0-2 2-2 2, IN AMES, IOWA
Boston ..........................................41 28 .594 4 James 10-20 6-7 31, Monk 5-10 1-1 13, Westbrook 5-10 Detroit.......................... 59 24 28 7 55 170 221 WEDNESDAY’S GAMES Dayton (25-5) vs. DePaul (22-10), 9 RECORD PTS PVS
Cleveland......................................39 29 .574 51/2 Buffalo ......................... 60 20 32 8 48 162 212
x-Toronto .....................................37 30 .552 7
3-4 13, Anthony 6-11 2-4 18, Gabriel 1-3 3-5 5, Howard
Ottawa ......................... 59 21 33 5 47 157 194
IN DAYTON, OHIO 1. Gonzaga (54) 26-3 1518 1
1-1 0-0 2, Bazemore 0-2 0-0 0, Augustin 0-2 0-0 0, Wright State (21-13) vs. Bryant (22-9), 6:40
THURSDAY’S GAMES 2. Arizona (7) 31-3 1470 2
Brooklyn .......................................35 33 .515 91/2 Bradley 3-5 0-0 9, Ellington 2-3 0-0 5, Horton-Tucker 1-8 Montreal ...................... 59 16 35 8 40 147 224 IN RALEIGH, N.C.
Rutgers (18-13) vs. Notre Dame (22-10), 9:10 3. Kansas 28-6 1388 6
Atlanta .........................................34 34 .500 101/2 1-2 3. Totals 36-81 23-31 111. Longwood (21-11) vs. Mount St. Mary’s (16-12), 7 4. Baylor 26-6 1286 3
Charlotte ......................................34 35 .493 11 METROPOLITAN GP W L OT Pts GF GA EAST REGIONAL
PHOENIX: Bridges 8-13 1-1 18, Crowder 4-10 0-0 11, IN BATON ROUGE, LA. 5. Tennessee 26-7 1235 9
x-Washington ..............................29 37 .439 141/2 Carolina ........................ 59 41 13 5 87 198 139 FIRST ROUND
Ayton 11-14 1-1 23, Booker 12-25 2-2 30, Payne 4-10 0-0 Missouri State (24-7) vs. Florida State (17-13), 9 6. Villanova 26-7 1211 8
New York......................................28 40 .412 161/2 Pittsburgh.................... 60 36 15 9 81 197 160 THURSDAY’S GAMES
9, Craig 5-8 0-0 11, Wainright 0-1 1-2 1, McGee 4-4 2-2 7. Kentucky 26-7 1178 5
Indiana..........................................23 46 .333 22 N.Y. Rangers ................ 59 37 17 5 79 180 154
Detroit..........................................18 50 .265 261/2 10, Biyombo 1-2 1-2 3, Holiday 4-9 3-3 12, Payton 3-3 0-0 IN FORT WORTH GREENSBORO REGIONAL 8. Auburn 27-5 1144 4
Washington ................. 60 32 18 10 74 197 169 Baylor (26-6) vs. Norfolk State (24-6), 2 FIRST ROUND 9. Duke 28-6 986 7
Orlando.........................................18 51 .261 27 6, Shamet 2-3 1-1 6. Totals 58-102 12-14 140. Columbus ..................... 60 30 27 3 63 199 222 North Carolina (24-9) vs. Marquette (19-12), 4:30 FRIDAY'S GAMES 10. Purdue 27-7 958 9
Three-point Goals: L.A. Lakers 16-40 (James 5-11, N.Y. Islanders............... 56 24 24 8 56 152 157 IN COLUMBIA, S.C. 11. UCLA 25-7 823 13
WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Anthony 4-7, Bradley 3-3, Monk 2-4, Ellington 1-2, New Jersey .................. 59 22 32 5 49 179 208 IN PORTLAND, ORE. 12. Texas Tech 25-9 819 14
y-Phoenix .....................................54 14 .794 — Philadelphia ................. 59 18 30 11 47 148 206 Saint Mary’s (Calif.) (25-7) vs. Wyoming-Indiana win- South Carolina (29-2) vs. Howard-Incarnate Word win-
Reaves 1-2, S.Johnson 0-1, Augustin 0-2, Bazemore 0-2, 13. Providence 25-5 723 11
Memphis ......................................47 22 .681 71/2 ner, 7:20 ner, TBA
Westbrook 0-2, Horton-Tucker 0-4), Phoenix 12-33 14. Wisconsin 24-7 685 12
x-Golden State .............................46 22 .676 8 UCLA (25-7) vs. Akron (24-9), 9:50 Miami (20-12) vs. South Florida (24-8), TBA
(Booker 4-10, Crowder 3-8, Bridges 1-2, Shamet 1-2, CENTRAL GP W L OT Pts GF GA 15. Houston 29-5 665 18
x-Utah ..........................................42 25 .627 111/2 Craig 1-3, Holiday 1-3, Payne 1-3, Ayton 0-1, Wainright Colorado ....................... 60 42 13 5 89 233 170 IN INDIANAPOLIS IN AMES, IOWA 16. Iowa 26-9 661 24
Dallas ...........................................42 26 .618 12 0-1). Fouled Out: None. Rebounds: L.A. Lakers 37 (James St. Louis ....................... 59 34 17 8 76 211 165 Murray State (30-2) vs. San Francisco (24-9), 9:40 Georgia (20-9) vs. Dayton-DePaul winner, TBA 17. Arkansas 25-8 578 15
Denver ..........................................41 28 .594 131/2 7), Phoenix 51 (Ayton 16). Assists: L.A. Lakers 24 Minnesota.................... 58 34 20 4 72 218 193 Kentucky (26-7) vs. St. Peter’s (19-11), 7:10 Iowa State (26-6) vs. Texas Arlington (20-7), TBA 18. Saint Mary's (Calif.) 25-7 508 17
Minnesota ....................................40 30 .571 15 (James 6), Phoenix 36 (Payne 11). Total Fouls: L.A. Nashville ...................... 59 34 21 4 72 190 166 IN IOWA CITY, IOWA 19. Illinois 22-9 457 16
L.A. Clippers .................................36 35 .507 191/2 Lakers 14, Phoenix 24. A: 17,071 (18,422) FRIDAY’S GAMES 20. Murray State 30-2 425 19
Dallas ........................... 57 32 22 3 67 170 169 IN MILWAUKEE Colorado (22-8) vs. Creighton (20-9), TBA
x-L.A. Lakers ................................29 38 .433 241/2 Winnipeg...................... 60 27 23 10 64 182 187 21. Connecticut 23-9 353 20
New Orleans.................................28 40 .412 26 Texas (21-11) vs. Virginia Tech (23-12), 4:30 Iowa (23-7) vs. Illinois State (19-13), TBA
Chicago......................... 60 22 30 8 52 161 208 22. Southern California 26-7 170 21
Portland........................................26 41 .388 271/2 Arizona......................... 59 19 36 4 42 153 213 Purdue (27-7) vs. Yale (19-11), 2 SATURDAY'S GAMES 23. Boise State 27-7 165 -
San Antonio .................................26 43 .377 281/2 SO C C ER SECOND ROUND
IN TUSCON 24. Colorado State 25-5 82 23
x-Sacramento...............................24 45 .348 301/2 North Carolina (23-6) vs. Stephen F. Austin (28-4), TBA 25. Texas 21-11 72 22
Oklahoma City..............................20 48 .294 34 PACIFIC GP W L OT Pts GF GA SATURDAY’S GAMES Arizona (20-7) vs. UNLV (26-6), TBA
Houston........................................17 51 .250 37 MLS Calgary ......................... 59 36 16 7 79 204 143 IN FORT WORTH Others receiving votes: Virginia Tech 63, San Diego
Los Angeles.................. 61 33 20 8 74 178 173 Baylor-Norfolk State winner vs. North Carolina-Mar- SECOND ROUND State 33, South Dakota State 33, LSU 25, Loyola Chicago
x-Late game; y-Clinched playoff spot Edmonton..................... 59 32 23 4 68 193 187 quette winner, TBA SUNDAY'S GAMES 18, Memphis 18, North Carolina 16, Michigan State 14,
EAST W L T Pts GF GA Vegas ........................... 61 32 25 4 68 192 183 IN COLUMBIA, S.C. Texas A&M 13, Alabama 9, Ohio State 7, Creighton 4,
SUNDAY’S RESULTS Columbus............................2 0 1 7 9 4 Vancouver .................... 60 29 24 7 65 173 174 IN PORTLAND, ORE. Vermont 3, San Francisco 2, Indiana 2, Davidson 2, Seton
Philadelphia........................2 0 1 7 5 2 UCLA-Akron winner vs. Saint Mary’s (Calif.)—Wyo- South Carolina—Howard-Incarnate Word winner vs.
at Brooklyn 110, New York 107 Anaheim....................... 62 27 25 10 64 180 197 Miami-South Florida winner, TBA Hall 1, Longwood 1, Yale 1.
New York ............................2 1 0 6 7 3 San Jose....................... 58 26 25 7 59 154 182 ming-Indiana winner, TBA
L.A. Clippers 106, at Detroit 102 D.C. United .........................2 1 0 6 4 2
Dallas 95, at Boston 92 Seattle ......................... 61 18 37 6 42 159 220 IN INDIANAPOLIS IN AMES, IOWA
Atlanta ...............................2 1 0 6 5 5 Iowa State-Texas Arlington winner vs. Georgia—Day-
Philadelphia 116, at Orlando 114 (OT) Chicago ...............................1 0 2 5 2 0 SUNDAY’S RESULTS Kentucky-St. Peter’s winner vs. Murray State-San
ton-DePaul winner, TBA
at New Orleans 130, Houston 105 New York City FC................1 1 1 4 4 2 at Pittsburgh 4, Carolina 2
Francisco winner, TBA
IN IOWA CITY, IOWA
NCAA MEN’S TOP 25
at Atlanta 131, Indiana 128 Orlando City........................1 1 1 4 3 2 SUNDAY’S GAMES
Memphis 125, at Oklahoma City 118 New England ......................1 1 1 4 5 5 Buffalo 5, Toronto 2 (at Tim Hortons Field)
IN MILWAUKEE Iowa-Illinois State winner vs. Colorado-Creighton win- COACHES POLL
Cincinnati ...........................1 2 0 3 2 7 Winnipeg 4, at St. Louis 3 ner, TBA
at Phoenix 140, L.A. Lakers 111 Montreal 4, at Philadelphia 3 (OT) Purdue-Yale winner vs. Texas-Virginia Tech winner, TBA The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college
Toronto FC..........................0 2 1 1 3 7 MONDAY'S GAMES basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses,
MONDAY’S RESULTS Inter Miami CF....................0 2 1 1 1 7 at Columbus 6, Vegas 4 REGIONAL SEMIFINALS IN TUSCON records through Sunday, total points based on 25 points
Washington at Golden State, Late Charlotte FC .......................0 3 0 0 1 6 at N.Y. Islanders 4, Anaheim 3 FRIDAY, MARCH 25 Arizona-UNLV winner vs. North Carolina-Stephen F. for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place
CF Montréal........................0 3 0 0 2 8 Nashville 6, at Minnesota 2 IN PHILADELPHIA vote and previous ranking
at Cleveland 120, L.A. Clippers 111 (OT) Austin winner, TBA
Denver 114, at Philadelphia 110 at Colorado 3, Calgary 0 Baylor-Norfolk State—North Carolina-Marquette win-
WEST W L T Pts GF GA Tampa Bay 2, at Vancouver 1 ner vs. UCLA-Akron—Saint Mary’s (Calif.)—Wyoming- REGIONAL SEMIFINALS RECORD PTS PVS
at Atlanta 122, Portland 113 1. Gonzaga (54) 26-3 1518 1
Los Angeles FC ...................2 0 1 7 6 1 at Los Angeles 3, Florida 2 (SO) Indiana winner, TBA FRIDAY, MARCH 25
Charlotte 134, at Oklahoma City 116 Real Salt Lake ....................2 0 1 7 4 2 Kentucky-St. Peter’s—Murray State-San Francisco win- IN GREENSBORO, N.C. 2. Arizona (7) 31-3 1470 2
Minnesota 149, at San Antonio 139 Austin FC............................2 1 0 6 10 2 MONDAY’S RESULT ner vs. Purdue-Yale—Texas-Virginia Tech winner, TBA 3. Kansas 28-6 1388 6
South Carolina—Howard-Incarnate Word—Miami-
Chicago at Sacramento, Late Colorado..............................2 1 0 6 5 3 South Florida winner vs. Arizona-UNLV—North Caroli- 4. Baylor 26-6 1286 3
Arizona 5, at Ottawa 3 REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Milwaukee at Utah, Late LA Galaxy ...........................2 1 0 6 4 3 na-Stephen F. Austin winner, TBA 5. Tennessee 26-7 1235 9
Toronto at L.A. Lakers, Late Portland..............................1 0 2 5 4 3 TUESDAY’S GAMES SUNDAY, MARCH 27 Iowa-Illinois State—Colorado-Creighton winner vs. Iowa 6. Villanova 26-7 1211 8
Minnesota United ..............1 0 2 5 3 2 N.Y. Islanders at Washington, 7 Semifinal winners, TBA State-Texas Arlington—Georgia—Dayton-DePaul win- 7. Kentucky 26-7 1178 5
TUESDAY’S GAMES FC Dallas.............................1 1 1 4 3 2 ner, TBA 8. Auburn 27-5 1144 4
Anaheim at N.Y. Rangers, 7 SOUTH REGIONAL 9. Duke 28-6 986 7
Brooklyn at Orlando, 7 Houston ..............................1 1 1 4 2 2 Arizona at Montreal, 7
Nashville.............................1 1 1 4 2 3 FIRST ROUND REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP 10. Purdue 27-7 958 9
Memphis at Indiana, 7 Dallas at Toronto, 7 THURSDAY’S GAMES
Seattle................................1 2 0 3 3 4 SUNDAY, MARCH 27 11. UCLA 25-7 823 13
Detroit at Miami, 7:30 Pittsburgh at Nashville, 8 IN INDIANAPOLIS 12. Texas Tech 25-9 819 14
Phoenix at New Orleans, 8 Sporting KC ........................1 2 0 3 2 5 Semifinal winners, TBA
San Jose .............................0 2 1 1 4 8 Vegas at Winnipeg, 8 Colorado State (25-5) vs. Michigan (17-14), 12:15 13. Providence 25-5 723 11
WEDNESDAY’S GAMES Vancouver...........................0 2 1 1 1 6 Boston at Chicago, 8:30 Tennessee (26-7) vs. Longwood (26-6), 2:45 WICHITA REGIONAL 14. Wisconsin 24-7 685 12
Detroit at Edmonton, 9 FRIDAY’S GAMES FIRST ROUND 15. Houston 29-5 665 18
Denver at Washington, 7 SUNDAY, MARCH 6 FRIDAY'S GAMES 16. Iowa 26-9 661 24
Atlanta at Charlotte, 7 New Jersey at Vancouver, 10 IN SAN DIEGO 17. Arkansas 25-8 578 15
at Austin FC 5, Miami 1 Colorado at Los Angeles, 10:30 Arizona (31-3) vs. Wright State-Bryant winner, 7:27
IN LOUISVILLE
Philadelphia at Cleveland, 7 Portland 1, at Los Angeles FC 1 Louisville (25-4) vs. Albany (N.Y.) (23-9), TBA 18. Saint Mary's (Calif.) 25-7 508 17
Dallas at Brooklyn, 7:30 Florida at San Jose, 10:30 Seton Hall (21-10) vs. TCU (20-12), 9:57 19. Illinois 22-9 457 16
Nebraska (24-8) vs. Gonzaga (26-6), TBA
Portland at New York, 7:30 SATURDAY’S RESULTS WEDNESDAY’S GAMES IN PITTSBURGH 20. Murray State 30-2 425 19
Houston (29-5) vs. UAB (27-7), 9:20
IN WACO, TEXAS 21. Connecticut 23-9 353 20
L.A. Lakers at Minnesota, 8 Chicago 2, at D.C. United 0 Boston at Minnesota, 7:30
Illinois (22-9) vs. Chattanooga (27-7), 6:50 Mississippi (23-8) vs. South Dakota (27-5), TBA 22. Southern California 26-7 170 21
Phoenix at Houston, 8 at New York City FC 4, CF Montréal 1 Columbus at Ottawa, 7:30 Baylor (27-6) vs. Hawaii (20-9), TBA
Ohio State (19-11) vs. Loyola Chicago (25-7), 12:15 23. Boise State 27-7 165 -
Oklahoma City at San Antonio, 8:30 at Columbus 2, Toronto FC 1 New Jersey at Calgary, 10 24. Colorado State 25-5 82 23
Chicago at Utah, 9 Los Angeles FC 2, at Miami 0
Villanova (26-7) vs. Delaware (22-12), 2:45 SATURDAY'S GAMES
Tampa Bay at Seattle, 10 IN KNOXVILLE 25. Texas 21-11 72 22
Boston at Golden State, 10 at Seattle 3, LA Galaxy 2 SECOND ROUND
THURSDAY’S GAMES Oregon (20-11) vs. Belmont (22-7), TBA Others receiving votes: Virginia Tech 63, San Diego
Milwaukee at Sacramento, 10 at Houston 2, Vancouver 1 SATURDAY’S GAMES Tennessee (23-8) vs. Buffalo (25-8), TBA
IN INDIANAPOLIS State 33, South Dakota State 33, LSU 25, Loyola Chicago
Toronto at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 Real Salt Lake 3, at New England 2 Washington at Columbus, 7
IN ANN ARBOR, MICH. 18, Memphis 18, North Carolina 16, Michigan State 14,
Cincinnati 2, at Orlando City 1 Carolina at Toronto, 7 Tennessee-Longwood winner vs. Colorado State-Michi- Texas A&M 13, Alabama 9, Ohio State 7, Creighton 4,
THURSDAY’S GAME gan winner, TBA BYU (26-3) vs. Villanova (23-8), TBA
at Philadelphia 2, San Jose 0 Dallas at Montreal, 7 Vermont 3, San Francisco 2, Indiana 2, Davidson 2, Seton
Detroit at Orlando, 7 Michigan (22-6) vs. American (23-8), TBA
at FC Dallas 2, Nashville 0 N.Y. Islanders at N.Y. Rangers, 7 SUNDAY’S GAMES Hall 1, Longwood 1, Yale 1.
FRIDAY’S GAMES at Colorado 2, Sporting KC 0 Nashville at Philadelphia, 7 IN SAN DIEGO SECOND ROUND
Washington at New York, 7:30 at Portland 1, Austin FC 0 Pittsburgh at St. Louis, 8 Arizona—Wright State-Bryant winner vs. Seton Hall- SUNDAY'S GAMES
Dallas at Philadelphia, 7 Buffalo at Edmonton, 9 TCU winner, TBA IN LOUISVILLE
SUNDAY’S RESULTS
Memphis at Atlanta, 7:30 at Atlanta 2, Charlotte FC 1
Detroit at Vancouver, 10 IN PITTSBURGH Louisville-Albany (N.Y.) winner vs. Nebraska-Gonzaga NCAA WOMEN’S AP TOP 25 POLL
San Jose at Los Angeles, 10 Illinois-Chattanooga winner vs. Houston-UAB winner, winner, TBA
Portland at Brooklyn, 7:30 Minnesota 1, at New York 0 The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ women’s
Denver at Cleveland, 7:30 Florida at Vegas, 10:30 TBA IN WACO, TEXAS
Villanova-Delaware winner vs. Ohio State-Loyola Chica- college basketball poll, with first-place votes in paren-
L.A. Lakers at Toronto, 7:30 SATURDAY’S MATCHES Baylor-Hawaii winner vs. Mississippi-South Dakota theses, records through Sunday, total points based on 25
go winner, TBA winner, TBA
Oklahoma City at Miami, 8 D.C. United at Toronto FC, 3 points for a first-place vote through one point for a
Indiana at Houston, 8 Miami at Cincinnati, 1 REGIONAL SEMIFINALS MONDAY'S GAMES 25th-place vote and previous ranking:
New Orleans at San Antonio, 8:30 Philadelphia at New York City FC, 1
Coyotes 5, Senators 3 THURSDAY, MARCH 24 IN KNOXVILLE RECORD PTS PVS
L.A. Clippers at Utah, 9 Orlando City at LA Galaxy, 3:30 ARIZONA ................................. 2 1 2 — 5 IN SAN ANTONIO Tennessee-Buffalo winner vs. Oregon-Belmont winner, 1. South Carolina (20) 29-2 739 1
Chicago at Phoenix, 10 CF Montréal at Atlanta, 4 OTTAWA .................................. 2 0 1 — 3 Arizona—Wright State-Bryant—Seton Hall-TCU winner TBA 2. Stanford (9) 28-3 728 2
Boston at Sacramento, 10 Sporting KC at Chicago, 6 vs. Illinois-Chattanooga—Houston-UAB winner, TBA IN ANN ARBOR, MICH. 3. North Carolina State (1) 29-3 693 3
FIRST PERIOD Villanova-Delaware—Ohio State-Loyola Chicago winner
New England at Charlotte FC, 7 Michigan-American winner vs. BYU-Villanova winner, 4. Louisville 25-4 624 5
Scoring: 1, Ottawa, Norris 23 (Tkachuk), 2:39. 2, Arizona, vs. Tennessee-Longwood—Colorado State-Michigan TBA 5. Connecticut 25-5 605 6
San Jose at Minnesota, 8
Crouse 16 (Galchenyuk, Kessel), 7:49. 3, Arizona, Crouse winner, TBA 6. Texas 26-6 599 7
Portland at FC Dallas, 8:30 REGIONAL SEMIFINALS
Cavaliers 120, Clippers 111 (OT) Colorado at Houston, 8:30
17 (Keller, Gostisbehere), 9:00 (pp). 4, Ottawa, Norris 24
(Stutzle), 14:01 (pp). REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SATURDAY, MARCH 26
7.
8.
Baylor
Iowa
27-6
23-7
597
541
4
8
Nashville at Real Salt Lake, 9:30 SATURDAY, MARCH 26 IN WICHITA 9. LSU 25-5 505 9
L.A. CLIPPERS ............... 27 30 24 25 5 — 111 SECOND PERIOD
CLEVELAND ................... 33 23 31 19 14 — 120 Semifinal winners, TBA Louisville-Albany (N.Y.)—Nebraska-Gonzaga winner vs. 10. Iowa State 26-6 473 10
SUNDAY’S MATCHES
Scoring: 5, Arizona, Crouse 18, 16:12 (sh). MIDWEST REGIONAL Tennessee-Buffalo—Oregon-Belmont winner, TBA 11. Indiana 22-8 455 11
L.A. CLIPPERS: Batum 2-8 0-0 6, Coffey 7-20 1-2 19, Columbus at New York, 2 Baylor-Hawaii—Mississippi-South Dakota winner vs. 12. Michigan 22-6 413 12
Zubac 10-15 4-4 24, Kennard 5-12 3-3 14, Mann 7-21 2-4 Seattle at Austin FC, 4:30 THIRD PERIOD FIRST ROUND 13. Maryland 21-8 383 13
THURSDAY’S GAMES Michigan-American—BYU-Villanova winner, TBA
18, Ojeleye 3-4 2-3 9, Hartenstein 5-5 0-0 10, Hood 0-2 Vancouver at Los Angeles FC, 10 Scoring: 6, Ottawa, C.Brown 9 (Tkachuk, Zub), 7:30. 7, 14. Ohio State 23-6 338 14
0-0 0, Boston Jr. 4-11 1-1 11. Totals 43-98 13-17 111. IN FORT WORTH REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP 15. Kentucky 19-11 301 16
Arizona, Schmaltz 17 (Keller), 7:46. 8, Arizona, Hayton 5
Kansas (28-6) vs. Texas Southern-Texas A&M CC MONDAY, MARCH 28 16. Virginia Tech 23-9 254 17
CLEVELAND: Markkanen 5-9 3-4 17, Stevens 2-5 0-0 5, (Moser, Schmaltz), 19:12 (en).
winner, 9:57 Semifinal winners, TBA 17. North Carolina 23-6 236 18
Mobley 13-22 3-6 30, Garland 8-21 4-4 24, Okoro 4-6
11-13 20, Love 4-11 2-3 13, Osman 0-0 0-2 0, Davis 0-0 T E NN I S SHOTS ON GOAL San Diego State (23-8) vs. Creighton (22-11), 7:27
SPOKANE REGIONAL
18. Tennessee 23-8 218 19
0-0 0, Windler 0-2 0-0 0, Goodwin 0-0 0-0 0, LeVert 5-10 ARIZONA ................................. 6 3 6 — 15 IN BUFFALO 19. Arizona 20-7 213 20
Iowa (26-9) vs. Richmond (23-12), 3:10
FIRST ROUND 20. BYU 26-3 201 15
0-0 11. Totals 41-86 23-32 120. OTTAWA ................................ 15 17 11 — 43
ATP/WTA Providence (25-5) vs. South Dakota State (30-4), 12:40 FRIDAY'S GAMES 21. Notre Dame 22-8 159 22
Three-point Goals: L.A. Clippers 12-36 (Coffey 4-11, Power-play opportunities: Arizona 1 of 2; Ottawa 1 of 3. IN STANFORD, CALIF.
Goalies: Arizona, Wedgewood 10-13-3 (43 shots-40 22. Oklahoma 24-8 156 21
Boston Jr. 2-4, Batum 2-7, Mann 2-7, Ojeleye 1-1, BNP PARIBAS OPEN FRIDAY’S GAMES Stanford (28-3) vs. Montana State (22-12), TBA 23. Florida Gulf Coast 29-2 132 23
Kennard 1-5, Hood 0-1), Cleveland 15-30 (Markkanen saves). Ottawa, Gustavsson 3-10-1 (14-10). A: 9,201 IN MILWAUKEE
At Indian Wells Tennis Garden; In Indian Wells, Calif. (18,572). T: 2:23. Kansas (20-9) vs. Georgia Tech (21-10), TBA 24. UCF 25-3 58 25
4-6, Garland 4-9, Love 3-6, Okoro 1-1, Stevens 1-1, Purse: $8,584,055 LSU (22-11) vs. Iowa State (20-12), 7:20 25. Princeton 24-4 46 24
LeVert 1-2, Mobley 1-3, Windler 0-2). Fouled Out: L.A. Wisconsin (24-7) vs. Colgate (23-11), 9:50 IN COLLEGE PARK, MD.
Surface: Hardcourt outdoor Virginia Tech (23-9) vs. Florida Gulf Coast (29-2), TBA
Clippers 1 (Zubac), Cleveland None. Rebounds: L.A. Others receiving votes: Ole Miss 20, Miami (Fla.) 19,
IN GREENVILLE, S.C. Maryland (21-8) vs. Delaware (24-7), TBA Villanova 14, Colorado 10, Nebraska 4, Georgia 4,
Clippers 43 (Zubac 14), Cleveland 49 (Love, Markkanen MEN’S SINGLES — ROUND OF 32 Avalanche 3, Flames 0 Southern Cal (26-7) vs. Miami (23-10), 3:10 Georgia Tech 3, Kansas 3, Oregon 2, Florida 2, IUPUI 1,
9). Assists: L.A. Clippers 29 (Batum 6), Cleveland 28 Carlos Alcaraz (19), Spain, def. Roberto Bautista Agut Auburn (27-5) vs. Jacksonville State (21-10), 12:40 IN AUSTIN, TEXAS
(Garland 13). Total Fouls: L.A. Clippers 24, Cleveland 19. (15), Spain, 6-2, 6-0; Gael Monfils (26), France, def. Late Sunday Utah (20-11) vs. Arkansas (18-13), TBA
Gonzaga 1.
A: 18,742 (19,432) Daniil Medvedev (1), Russia, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1; Rafael Nadal SECOND ROUND Texas (26-6) vs. Fairfield (25-6), TBA
CALGARY ................................. 0 0 0 — 0
(4), Spain, def. Daniel Evans (27), Britain, 7-5, 6-3; Reilly SATURDAY’S GAMES
COLORADO .............................. 1 0 2 — 3
Opelka (17), United States, def. Denis Shapovalov (13), IN FORT WORTH SATURDAY'S GAMES NCAA WOMEN’S TOP 25
Canada, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-4; Jannik Sinner (10), Italy, def. FIRST PERIOD IN BATON ROUGE, LA.
Hawks 122, Trail Blazers 113 Benjamin Bonzi, France, 7-6 (7-5), 3-6, 6-4; Jenson
Kansas—Texas Southern-Texas A&M CC winner vs. San
Diego State-Creighton winner, TBA Ohio State (23-6) vs. Missouri State-Florida State COACHES POLL
Brooksby, United States, def. Stefanos Tsitsipas (5), Scoring: 1, Colorado, MacKinnon 20 (Kadri, Rantanen), winner, TBA
PORTLAND ......................... 34 33 17 29 — 113 9:55 (pp). IN BUFFALO The top 25 teams in the USA Today women’s college
Greece, 1-6, 6-3, 6-2. LSU (25-5) vs. Jackson State (23-6), TBA basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses,
ATLANTA ........................... 29 29 31 33 — 122 Providence-South Dakota State winner vs. Iowa-Rich-
WOMEN’S SINGLES — ROUND OF 32 THIRD PERIOD SECOND ROUND records through Monday, points based on 25 points for a
PORTLAND: Elleby 1-2 4-4 6, Watford 9-19 2-2 22, mond winner, TBA
Scoring: 2, Colorado, MacKinnon 21, 4:00. 3, Colorado, SUNDAY'S GAMES first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote
Maria Sakkari (6), Greece, def. Petra Kvitova (27), Czech SUNDAY’S GAMES
Eubanks 7-10 2-2 16, B.Williams 8-17 2-5 20, Hart 11-21 Rantanen 28 (Helm), 18:22 (en). IN STANFORD, CALIF. and last week’s ranking:
Republic, 6-3, 6-0; Veronika Kudermetova (21), Russia, IN MILWAUKEE RECORD PTS PVS
5-7 31, Brown III 1-1 0-0 2, Dunn 1-6 0-0 2, Hughes 3-4
def. Marie Bouzkova, Czech Republic, 6-4, 0-2, ret; Daria Stanford-Montana State winner vs. Kansas-Georgia 1. South Carolina (27)....................29-2 770 1
0-0 8, K.Johnson 3-8 0-1 6. Totals 44-88 15-21 113. SHOTS ON GOAL Wisconsin-Colgate winner vs. LSU-Iowa State winner,
Saville, Australia, def. Elise Mertens (20), Belgium, 6-3, Tech winner, TBA 2. Stanford (4) ...............................28-3 744 2
ATLANTA: Huerter 6-15 0-0 14, Hunter 6-17 5-6 20, 4-6, 6-3; Marketa Vondrousova (30), Czech Republic, def. CALGARY ................................. 9 15 22 — 46 TBA
Capela 4-12 0-0 8, Wright 0-3 4-4 4, Young 15-31 11-11 IN GREENVILLE, S.C. IN COLLEGE PARK, MD. 3. North Carolina State (1) ............29-3 718 3
Anett Kontaveit (4), Estonia, 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (7-5); COLORADO .............................. 9 13 10 — 32 4. Louisville ....................................26-4 666 5
46, Knox II 0-3 0-0 0, Okongwu 3-5 6-7 12, Luwawu- Viktorija Golubic (31), Switzerland, def. Jasmine Paolini, Maryland-Delaware winner vs. Virginia Tech-Florida
Power-play opportunities: Calgary 0 of 3; Colorado 1 of 2. Auburn-Jacksonville State winner vs. Southern Cal-Mi- 5. Baylor .........................................27-6 613 4
Cabarrot 2-4 0-0 5, Bogdanovic 2-13 4-4 9, L.Williams 2-6 Italy, 7-5, 1-6, 7-6 (7-4); Elena Rybakina (17), Kazakh- Gulf Coast winner, TBA
Goalies: Calgary, Vladar 8-5-1 (31 shots-29 saves). ami winner, TBA 6. Connecticut ................................25-5 600 6
0-0 4. Totals 40-109 30-32 122. stan, def. Victoria Azarenka (13), Belarus, 6-3, 6-4; Paula Colorado, Kuemper 28-8-2 (46-46). A: 18,081 (18,007). T: IN AUSTIN, TEXAS 7. Texas ..........................................26-6 574 9
Badosa (5), Spain, def. Sara Sorribes Tormo (32), Spain, 2:27. REGIONAL SEMIFINALS Texas-Fairfield winner vs. Utah-Arkansas winner, TBA
Three-point Goals: Portland 10-24 (Hart 4-7, Hughes 2-3, 8. Iowa State..................................26-6 537 7
7-6 (7-4), 6-1. FRIDAY, MARCH 25 9. LSU .............................................25-5 523 8
Watford 2-4, B.Williams 2-6, Dunn 0-1, Elleby 0-1, MONDAY'S GAMES
IN CHICAGO 10. Iowa..........................................23-7 491 11
Eubanks 0-1, K.Johnson 0-1), Atlanta 12-48 (Young MEN’S DOUBLES — ROUND OF 16 IN BATON ROUGE, LA.
Kansas—Texas Southern-Texas A&M CC—San Diego
5-14, Hunter 3-9, Huerter 2-9, Luwawu-Cabarrot 1-3, Aslan Karatsev and Andrey Rublev, Russia, def. Marcel Kings 3, Panthers 2 (SO) State-Creighton winner vs. Providence-South Dakota LSU-Jackson State winner vs. Ohio State—Missouri
11. Indiana......................................22-8 485 10
Bogdanovic 1-8, Knox II 0-1, L.Williams 0-2, Wright 0-2). 12. Michigan...................................22-6 439 12
Granollers, Spain, and Horacio Zeballos (3), Argentina, Late Sunday State—Iowa-Richmond winner, TBA State-Florida State winner, TBA
Fouled Out: Portland 1 (Dunn), Atlanta None. Rebounds: 13. Maryland ..................................21-8 395 14
7-6 (7-2), 4-6, 10-4; Andrey Golubev, Kazakhstan, and Auburn-Jacksonville State—Southern Cal-Miami winner
Portland 56 (Elleby 13), Atlanta 49 (Capela 16). Assists: FLORIDA ............................ 0 2 0 0 — 2 REGIONAL SEMIFINALS 14. Brigham Young.........................26-3 337 13
Alexander Zverev, Germany, def. Jean-Julien Rojer, vs. Wisconsin-Colgate—LSU-Iowa State winner, TBA
Portland 25 (B.Williams 6), Atlanta 28 (Young 12). Total LOS ANGELES .................... 1 0 1 1 — 3 FRIDAY, MARCH 25 15. Ohio State ................................23-6 328 15
Netherlands, and Marcelo Arevalo-Gonzalez, El Salva-
Fouls: Portland 25, Atlanta 15. A: 16,432 (18,118) REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP 16. Arizona .....................................20-7 297 16
dor, 7-6 (7-0), 6-3; Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul, United
LOS ANGELES WON SHOOTOUT, 2-1 IN SPOKANE, WASH. 17. Tennessee ................................23-8 296 17
States, def. Robert Farah and Juan Sebastian Cabal (4), SUNDAY, MARCH 27 Stanford-Montana State—Kansas-Georgia Tech winner
Colombia, 6-1, 6-4; Rajeev Ram, United States, and Joe
FIRST PERIOD 18. North Carolina ..........................23-6 228 18
Semifinal winners, TBA vs. Maryland-Delaware—Virginia Tech-Florida Gulf
Nuggets 114, 76ers 110 Salisbury (2), Britain, def. Andres Molteni and Diego Scoring: 1, Los Angeles, Kupari 4 (Spence, Byfield), 11:50. Coast winner, TBA
19. Oklahoma .................................24-8 195
20. Florida Gulf Coast ....................29-2 169
19
20
Schwartzman, Argentina, 6-3, 7-6 (7-2). WEST REGIONAL Texas-Fairfield—Utah-Arkansas winner vs. LSU-Jack-
DENVER .............................. 22 31 28 33 — 114 SECOND PERIOD FIRST ROUND 21. Notre Dame ..............................22-8 149 21
son State—Ohio State—Missouri State-Florida State 22. Kentucky.................................19-11 135 22
PHILADELPHIA .................. 37 21 30 22 — 110 WOMEN’S DOUBLES — ROUND OF 16 Scoring: 2, Florida, Luostarinen 9 (Huberdeau), 0:43 (sh). THURSDAY’S GAMES winner, TBA
Asia Muhammad, United States, and Ena Shibahara (7), IN PORTLAND, ORE. 23. Virginia Tech ............................23-9 130 23
DENVER: Gordon 3-6 0-0 7, Je.Green 3-3 0-0 6, Jokic 8-16 3, Florida, Montour 7 (Barkov, Hornqvist), 3:44. 24. Central Florida..........................22-3 125 24
Japan, def. Alison Riske and Sofia Kenin, United States, Gonzaga (26-3) vs. Georgia State (18-10), 4:15 REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
5-7 22, Barton 7-14 3-4 20, Morris 5-10 1-2 11, Ja.Green THIRD PERIOD 25. Georgia .....................................20-9 51 25
1-6, 6-4, 10-1; Caty McNally and Coco Gauff (3), United Boise State (27-7) vs. Memphis (21-10), 1:45 SUNDAY, MARCH 27
5-6 0-0 10, Cousins 3-6 0-0 8, Forbes 2-5 0-0 5, Hyland States, def. Ajla Tomljanovic, Australia, and Maria Dropped out: None.
7-14 3-5 21, Rivers 1-2 1-2 4. Totals 44-82 13-20 114. Scoring: 4, Los Angeles, Frk 2 (Durzi), 19:28 (pp). IN BUFFALO Semifinal winners, TBA
Sakkari, Greece, 6-4, 6-1. Others receiving votes: Georgia Tech (21-10) 13; Liberty
PHILADELPHIA: Harris 4-9 0-2 10, Thybulle 4-7 0-0 9, SHOOTOUT Connecticut (23-9) vs. New Mexico State (26-6), 6:50 BRIDGEPORT REGIONAL (27-4) 12; Oregon (21-11) 10; Mississippi (23-8) 9;
Embiid 11-20 9-10 34, Harden 6-11 11-12 24, Maxey 7-13 Arkansas (25-8) vs. Vermont (28-5), 9:20 FIRST ROUND Princeton (24-4) 9; South Florida (24-8) 9; Utah (20-11)
3-4 19, Niang 2-12 2-2 8, Milton 1-1 0-0 3, Jordan 1-6 1-2 Los Angeles 2 (Vilardi NG, Kopitar NG, Kempe G, Byfield SATURDAY'S GAMES 6; Gonzaga (26-6) 4; Florida (21-10) 3; South Dakota
NG, Moore G), Florida 1 (Huberdeau NG, Barkov G,
FRIDAY’S GAMES
3, D.Green 0-5 0-0 0. Totals 36-84 26-32 110. IN SAN DIEGO IN RALEIGH, N.C. (27-5) 2; Colorado (22-8) 1; Massachusetts (26-6) 1;
Three-point Goals: Denver 13-33 (Hyland 4-9, Barton 3-6,
AUTO RA CING Reinhart NG, Luostarinen NG, Duclair NG).
Alabama (19-13) vs. Rutgers-Notre Dame winner, 4:15 N.C. State (29-3) vs. Longwood-Mount St. Mary’s South Dakota State (23-9) 1.
Cousins 2-5, Rivers 1-2, Forbes 1-3, Gordon 1-3, Jokic 1-3, SHOTS ON GOAL Texas Tech (25-9) vs. Montana State (27-7), 1:45 winner, TBA
Morris 0-2), Philadelphia 12-33 (Embiid 3-3, Harris 2-4, Washington State (19-10) vs. Kansas State (19-12),
Maxey 2-6, Niang 2-10, Milton 1-1, Thybulle 1-3, Harden NASCAR Cup Series FLORIDA .......................... 11
LOS ANGELES .................... 6
10
13
6
12
5 — 32
6 — 37
IN GREENVILLE, S.C. TBA G OLF
Michigan State (22-12) vs. Davidson (27-6), 9:40
1-4, D.Green 0-2). Fouled Out: None. Rebounds: Denver 42 SCHEDULE-WINNERS Power-play opportunities: Florida 0 of 2; Los Angeles 1 Duke (28-6) vs. Cal State Fullerton (21-10), 7:10 IN NORMAN, OKLA.
(Jokic 13), Philadelphia 48 (Embiid, Harden 9). Assists: Notre Dame (22-8) vs. Massachusetts (26-6), TBA
Denver 29 (Jokic 8), Philadelphia 25 (Harden 11). Total
Feb. 6: x-Clash at the Coliseum Heat Race 1 (Kyle Busch)
Feb. 6: x-Clash at the Coliseum Heat Race 2 (Tyler
of 4. Goalies: Florida, Knight 10-6-3 (37 shots-35 saves).
Los Angeles, Quick 16-11-7 (32-30). A: 15,822 (18,230). SECOND ROUND Oklahoma (24-8) vs. IUPUI (24-4), TBA PGA Tour
Fouls: Denver 24, Philadelphia 17. A: 21,444 (20,478) T: 2:39. SATURDAY’S GAMES
Reddick) IN BLOOMINGTON, IND. PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP
Feb. 6: x-Clash at the Coliseum Heat Race 3 (Justin IN PORTLAND, ORE. At TPC Sawgrass; In Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
Kentucky (19-11) vs. Princeton (24-4), TBA
Haley) Gonzaga-Georgia State winner vs. Boise State-Mem- Indiana (22-8) vs. Charlotte (22-9), TBA Purse: $20 Million
Hornets 134, Thunder 116 Feb. 6: x-Clash at the Coliseum Heat Race 4 (Joey Lightning 2, Canucks 1 phis winner, TBA
IN HARTFORD, CONN.
Yardage: 7,256; Par: 72
Logano) IN BUFFALO
CHARLOTTE ....................... 29 36 37 32 — 134 Feb. 6: x-Clash at the Coliseum Last Chance Qualifying Late Sunday Arkansas-Vermont winner vs. Connecticut-New Mexico
UCF (25-3) vs. Florida (21-10), TBA FINAL ROUND
OKLAHOMA CITY ............... 41 23 27 25 — 116 Race 1 (Denny Hamlin) Connecticut (25-5) vs. Mercer (23-6), TBA Individual FedEx Cup points in parentheses
TAMPA BAY ............................ 2 0 0 — 2 State winner, TBA
Feb. 6: x-Clash at the Coliseum Last Chance Qualifying VANCOUVER ........................... 0 0 1 — 1 $3,600,000
CHARLOTTE: Bridges 11-15 0-0 27, Washington 3-9 0-0 Race 2, (Ryan Preece) SUNDAY’S GAMES SECOND ROUND
6, Plumlee 2-3 1-3 5, Ball 6-13 4-4 21, Rozier 11-17 4-4 MONDAY'S GAMES Cameron Smith (600) .............. 69 71 69 66 — 275 -13
Feb. 6: Clash at the Coliseum (Joey Logano) FIRST PERIOD IN SAN DIEGO
30, Martin 4-6 2-2 11, McDaniels 1-5 0-0 2, Thor 1-1 0-0 2, Feb. 17: x-Duel 1 at Daytona (Brad Keselowski) Texas Tech-Montana State winner vs. Alabama—Rut- IN RALEIGH, N.C. $2,180,000
Harrell 1-2 3-3 5, Oubre Jr. 4-9 2-5 11, Richards 1-2 0-0 2, Feb. 17: x-Duel 2 at Daytona (Chris Buescher) Scoring: 1, Tampa Bay, Hedman 15 (Bellemare, Maroon), N.C. State—Longwood-Mount St. Mary’s winner vs. Anirban Lahiri (330) ................ 67 73 67 69 — 276 -12
gers-Notre Dame winner, TBA
Thomas 4-10 0-0 12. Totals 49-92 16-21 134. Feb. 20: Daytona 500 (Austin Cindric) 3:26. 2, Tampa Bay, Colton 11 (Perry), 5:06. Washington State-Kansas State winner, TBA $1,380,000
IN GREENVILLE, S.C. Paul Casey (210) ...................... 70 69 69 69 — 277 -11
OKLAHOMA CITY: Bazley 10-18 1-2 25, Mann 4-12 2-2 13, Feb. 27: Wise Power 400 (Kyle Larson) THIRD PERIOD IN NORMAN, OKLA.
March 6: Pennzoil 400 (Alex Bowman) Duke-Cal State Fullerton winner vs. Michigan State-Da-
Sarr 2-5 3-4 7, Gilgeous-Alexander 12-20 5-5 32, Maledon vidson winner, TBA Oklahoma-IUPUI winner vs. Notre Dame-Massachusetts $980,000
2-9 2-2 6, Pokusevski 6-11 3-4 17, Roby 0-0 0-0 0, Krejci March 13: Ruoff Mortgage 500 (Chase Briscoe) Scoring: 3, Vancouver, Miller 24 (Garland, Pearson),
winner, TBA Kevin Kisner (150) ................... 68 74 68 68 — 278 -10
4-7 0-0 12, Waters III 2-8 0-0 4. Totals 42-90 16-19 116. March 20: QuikTrip 500, Hampton, Ga. 5:54.
REGIONAL SEMIFINALS IN BLOOMINGTON, IND. $820,000
March 27: Texas Grand Prix, Austin SHOTS ON GOAL THURSDAY, MARCH 24
Three-point Goals: Charlotte 20-35 (Bridges 5-6, Ball 5-8, April 3: Toyota Owners 400, Richmond Indiana-Charlotte winner vs. Kentucky-Princeton win- Keegan Bradley (120) .............. 72 71 68 68 — 279 -9
Thomas 4-4, Rozier 4-8, Martin 1-1, Oubre Jr. 1-4, TAMPA BAY .......................... 15 11 5 — 31 IN SAN FRANCISCO ner, TBA $675,000
April 9: Maximum Pain Relief 400, Ridgeway, Va.
McDaniels 0-1, Washington 0-3), Oklahoma City 16-44 VANCOUVER ......................... 11 14 11 — 36 Gonzaga-Georgia State—Boise State-Memphis winner Harold Varner III (101) ............ 69 69 72 70 — 280 -8
April 17: Dirt Race, Bristol, Tenn. IN HARTFORD, CONN.
(Krejci 4-6, Bazley 4-9, Mann 3-6, Gilgeous-Alexander 3-7, Power-play opportunities: Tampa Bay 0 of 2; Vancouver vs. Arkansas-Vermont—Connecticut-New Mexico State Russell Knox (101) ................... 71 71 68 70 — 280 -8
April 24: Geico 500, Talladega, Ala. Connecticut-Mercer winner vs. UCF-Florida winner, TBA
Pokusevski 2-5, Sarr 0-1, Maledon 0-4, Waters III 0-6). 0 of 2. Goalies: Tampa Bay, Vasilevskiy 31-11-4 (36 winner, TBA Doug Ghim (101) ...................... 70 70 68 72 — 280 -8
May 1: Drydene 400, Dover, Del.
Fouled Out: None. Rebounds: Charlotte 37 (Plumlee 11), shots-35 saves). Vancouver, Demko 26-17-3 (31-29). A: Duke-Cal State Fullerton—Michigan State-Davidson
May 8: Goodyear 400, Darlington, S.C.
winner vs. Texas Tech-Montana State—Alabama—Rut- REGIONAL SEMIFINALS $525,000
Oklahoma City 49 (Gilgeous-Alexander 8). Assists: Char- May 15: NASCAR Cup Series at Kansas, Kansas City, 18,760 (18,910). T: 2:28.
lotte 33 (Plumlee 8), Oklahoma City 31 (Mann 6). Total gers-Notre Dame winner, TBA FRIDAY, MARCH 25 Sepp Straka (80) ...................... 69 74 71 67 — 281 -7
Kan. IN BRIDGEPORT, CONN. Adam Hadwin (80) ................... 72 72 70 67 — 281 -7
Fouls: Charlotte 17, Oklahoma City 19. A: 15,810 (18,203) May 22: x-NASCAR All-Star Open, Fort Worth REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP N.C. State—Longwood-Mount St. Mary’s—Washington Viktor Hovland (80) ................. 71 73 68 69 — 281 -7
May 22: NASCAR All-Star Race, Fort Worth SATURDAY, MARCH 26 State-Kansas State winner vs. Oklahoma-IUPUI—Notre Dustin Johnson (80) ................ 69 73 76 63 — 281 -7
May 29: Coca-Cola 600, Concord, N.C.
NHL LEADERS
Semifinal winners, TBA Dame-Massachusetts winner, TBA $327,222
Timberwolves 149, Spurs 139 June 5: NASCAR Cup Series Race at Gateway, Madison, Ill. Entering Monday’s games.
SATURDAY, MARCH 26 Russell Henley (57) ................. 69 73 72 68 — 282 -6
June 12: Toyota/Save Mart 350, Sonoma, Calif. GOALS GP G FINAL FOUR
MINNESOTA ...................... 40 35 46 28 — 149 Connecticut-Mercer—UCF-Florida winner vs. Indiana- Taylor Pendrith (57) ................ 68 71 74 69 — 282 -6
June 26: Ally 400, Lebanon, Tenn. IN NEW ORLEANS
SAN ANTONIO ................... 32 41 33 33 — 139 Auston Matthews, Toronto................................. 56 45 Charlotte—Kentucky-Princeton winner, TBA Keith Mitchell (57) .................. 67 72 74 69 — 282 -6
July 3: Kwik Trip 250, Elkhart Lake, Wis. SATURDAY, APRIL 2
Leon Draisaitl, Edmonton.................................... 59 39 Erik van Rooyen (57) ............... 71 67 74 70 — 282 -6
MINNESOTA: Edwards 2-7 0-0 5, McDaniels 4-7 2-2 11, July 10: Quaker State 400, Hampton, Ga. TBD vs. TBD, TBA
July 17: Ambetter 301, Loudon, N.H. Chris Kreider, N.Y. Rangers ................................. 59 38 REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Daniel Berger (57) ................... 67 75 70 70 — 282 -6
Towns 19-31 15-16 60, Beverley 5-8 7-8 20, Russell 8-12 Kyle Connor, Winnipeg ........................................ 60 37 TBD vs. TBD, TBA MONDAY, MARCH 28 Max Homa (57) ........................ 72 73 71 66 — 282 -6
0-0 19, Knight 3-7 0-0 6, Prince 5-9 1-2 13, Beasley 0-1 0-0 0, July 24: Explore the Pocono Mountains 350, Long Pond, Pa.
Alex Ovechkin, Washington ................................ 58 36 Semifinal winners, TBA Tyrrell Hatton (57) .................. 70 73 69 70 — 282 -6
Nowell 6-8 3-4 15, Okogie 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 52-90 28-32 149. July 31: Verizon 200 at the Brickyard, Speedway, Ind. NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Brendan Steele (57) ................. 73 69 69 71 — 282 -6
Aug. 7: FireKeepers Casino 400, Brooklyn, Mich. Alex DeBrincat, Chicago ...................................... 60 34 MONDAY, APRIL 4
SAN ANTONIO: Johnson 13-21 3-4 34, Richardson 1-3 Aug. 14: Federated Auto Parts 400, Richmond David Pastrnak, Boston ....................................... 59 33 FINAL FOUR Shane Lowry (57) .................... 73 70 67 72 — 282 -6
Connor McDavid, Edmonton ................................ 58 32 Semifinal winners, TBA IN MINNEAPOLIS
0-0 2, Poeltl 9-12 3-4 21, Murray 10-20 9-10 30, Vassell Aug. 21: Go Bowling at the Glen, Watkins Glen, N.Y. $201,000
6-12 3-3 17, Collins 2-7 0-0 5, Wieskamp 0-2 0-0 0, Aug. 27: Coke Zero Sugar 400, Daytona Beach, Fla. Matt Duchene, Nashville ..................................... 55 31 FRIDAY, APRIL 1 Joaquin Niemann (43) ............. 67 73 73 70 — 283 -5
Landale 1-2 0-0 3, Jones 1-4 0-0 2, Primo 1-2 1-2 3, Sept. 4: Southern 500, Darlington, S.C. Filip Forsberg, Nashville...................................... 46 31 TBD vs. TBD, TBA Patton Kizzire (43) .................. 68 76 72 67 — 283 -5
Walker IV 8-12 3-3 22. Totals 52-97 22-26 139. Sept. 11: Hollywood Casino 400, Kansas City, Kan. Kirill Kaprizov, Minnesota ................................... 57
Gabriel Landeskog, Colorado ............................... 51
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TR AN S AC TI ON S TBD vs. TBD, TBA Tommy Fleetwood (43) ........... 66 73 72 72 — 283 -5
Sept. 17: Night Race, Bristol, Tenn. Kevin Streelman (43) .............. 73 71 66 73 — 283 -5
Three-point Goals: Minnesota 17-33 (Towns 7-11, Bev- Elias Lindholm, Calgary ....................................... 59 30 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Sept. 25: Automotive 500, Fort Worth $143,000
erley 3-4, Russell 3-5, Prince 2-6, Edwards 1-2, McDan-
Oct. 2: YellaWood 500, Talladega, Ala. Jason Robertson, Dallas ...................................... 49 30 SUNDAY, APRIL 3
iels 1-3, Beasley 0-1, Nowell 0-1), San Antonio 13-35 Andrew Mangiapane, Calgary ............................. 59 29 NBA Semifinal winners, TBA
Corey Conners (33) .................. 70 69 75 70 — 284 -4
(Johnson 5-9, Walker IV 3-5, Vassell 2-6, Landale 1-2, Oct. 9: Roval 400, Concord, N.C. Doc Redman (33) ..................... 71 70 72 71 — 284 -4
Oct. 16: South Point 400, Las Vegas Troy Terry, Anaheim ............................................ 57 29 NBA: Fined Brooklyn $50,000 for violating local New
Collins 1-4, Murray 1-5, Jones 0-1, Primo 0-1, Wieskamp York City law and league health and safety protocols Sergio Garcia (33) .................... 71 71 71 71 — 284 -4
Oct. 23: Dixie Vodka 400, Homestead, Fla. Jake Guentzel, Pittsburgh ................................... 54 28 Alex Noren (33) ....................... 69 75 71 69 — 284 -4
0-2). Fouled Out: None. Rebounds: Minnesota 40 (Towns Mikko Rantanen, Colorado .................................. 57 28 during a March 13 game against New York at the Barclay
17), San Antonio 36 (Johnson 8). Assists: Minnesota 28 Oct. 30: Xfinity 500, Ridgeway, Va. Patrick Reed (33) ..................... 73 70 68 73 — 284 -4
Nov. 6: NASCAR Cup Series Championship, Avondale, Ariz. Dylan Larkin, Detroit ........................................... 54 27 Center.
(Beverley 8), San Antonio 33 (Murray 12). Total Fouls: Portland Trail Blazers: Signed G Kris Dunn to a 10-day Will Zalatoris (33) ................... 69 71 70 74 — 284 -4
x-Non-points race Steven Stamkos, Tampa Bay .............................. 58 27 Sam Burns (33) ........................ 68 69 71 76 — 284 -4
Minnesota 20, San Antonio 24. A: 14,143 (18,581) contract.
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Washington, DC 20015 Washington, DC 20015 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE
202-223-7900 202-223-7900 OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON
Routes available in the following areas Capital One Bank (USA), National Association (“COBNA”)
4851 Cox Road, Glen Allen, Virginia 23060 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE 12407 CARTERS GROVE PL.
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OF REAL PROPERTY OF REAL PROPERTY
S.E. and N.E. Washington D.C. with and into Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust dated February 28, 1997,
Zip codes 20032, 20020, 20019 Capital One, National Association (“CONA”)
2023-2025 Benning Road, N.E., 2027 Benning Road, N.E., recorded in Liber 14742, Folio 486 among the Land Records of Montgomery County,
1680 Capital One Drive, McLean, Virginia 22102. Washington, D.C. 20002 Washington, D.C. 20002 MD, with an original principal balance of $164,571.00, default having occurred
under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit
Contact Mr. Williams at 202-321-6415 The above-named institutions are affiliated institutions, each of which (Lot 0101 in Square 4515) (Lot 0102 in Square 4515) Court for Montgomery County, at the Court House Door, 50 Maryland Ave., Rockville,
is a wholly owned subsidiary of Capital One Financial Corporation. It MD 20850, on
is contemplated that the main office and branch offices of CONA will Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust and Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust and APRIL 1, 2022 AT 4:15 PM
Excellent PART-TIME income! continue to operate. The main office of COBNA located at 4851 Cox
Security Agreement, Assignment of Leases and Rents (“Deed Security Agreement, Assignment of Leases and Rents (“Deed
Road, Glen Allen, Virginia 23060 will be closed. COBNA does not have ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any buildings or
Early a.m. delivery hours any U.S. branch offices. of Trust”) in the original principal amount of $800,000.00 of Trust”) in the original principal amount of $735,000.00 improvements thereon located in Montgomery County, MD and more fully described in
Must have reliable transportation This notice is published pursuant to 12 U.S.C. 1828(c) and 12 C.F.R. 5. dated July 5, 2019 and recorded on July 11, 2019 as dated May 13, 2019 and recorded on January 21, 2020 as the aforesaid Deed of Trust.
Anyone may submit written comments on this application by March
21, 2022 to [email protected] or Director for Large Bank
Instrument No. 2019073385 among the Land Records of the Instrument No. 2020008526 among the Land Records of the The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in an "as is" condition and
Licensing, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, 340 Madison District of Columbia from Benning McLean Holdings, LLC, as District of Columbia from Benning McLean Holdings, LLC, as subject to conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the same, if any,

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Terms of Sale: A deposit of $5,000 in the form of certified check, cashier's
The public may find information regarding this application, including for the benefit of Christopher Abod and Harry Roupas, as for the benefit of Christopher Abod and Harry Roupas, as check or money order will be required of the purchaser at time and place of sale.
Newspaper Delivery Carriers needed to deliver the date of the end of the public comment period, in the OCC Weekly
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Beneficiaries, default having occurred under the terms thereof, Beneficiaries, default having occurred under the terms thereof, Balance of the purchase price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money
application should be sent to [email protected]. and following the mailing and recordation in the Land Records and following the mailing and recordation in the Land Records at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to
the date funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash within ten days
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of an Affidavit of Non-Residential Mortgage Foreclosure and a of an Affidavit of Non-Residential Mortgage Foreclosure and a of final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court. There will be no abatement
Notice of Foreclosure Sale of Real Property or Condominium Notice of Foreclosure Sale of Real Property or Condominium of interest due to the purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before
Capital One Bank (USA), National Association, Glen Allen, Virginia
For positions/routes in Burke & Fairfax, VA Capital One, National Association, McLean, Virginia Unit, at the request of the current noteholder, the Trustees will Unit, at the request of the current noteholder, the Trustees will settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. Adjustment of
all real property taxes, including agricultural taxes, if applicable, and any and all
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public and/or private charges or assessments, to the extent such amounts survive
foreclosure sale, including water/sewer and front foot benefit charges, to be adjusted
Excellent PART-TIME Income! 20015, on 20015, on to date of sale and thereafter assumed by purchaser. Purchaser is responsible for any
recapture of homestead tax credit. All transfer taxes and recordation taxes shall be
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ALL THAT LOT OF GROUND AND THE IMPROVEMENTS ALL THAT LOT OF GROUND AND THE IMPROVEMENTS for obtaining physical possession of the property, and assumes risk of loss or damage
THEREON situated in the City of Washington, District of Colum- THEREON situated in the City of Washington, District of Colum- to the property from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit of the
Notice is hereby given that application has been made to the Federal bia, known as 2023-2025 Benning Road, N.E., Washington, bia, known as 2027 Benning Road, N.E., Washington, D.C. status of the loan with the loan servicer including, but not limited to, determination
Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) on or about February 18, 2022 of whether the borrower entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid off
Newspapers carriers for consent to merge: D.C. 20002 (Lot 0101 in Square 4515), and more fully 20002 (Lot 0102 in Square 4515), and more fully described in the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale shall be null and void, and the
described in the Deed of Trust. the Deed of Trust. Purchaser's sole remedy, in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without
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The property will be sold in an “AS IS” condition, with no The property will be sold in an “AS IS” condition, with no
interest. If purchaser fails to settle within ten days of ratification, subject to order of
court, purchaser agrees that property will be resold and entire deposit retained by Sub.
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agreements, liens, and encumbrances of record affecting the
warranty of any kind, and subject to conditions, restrictions,
agreements, liens, and encumbrances of record affecting the
Trustees as liquidated damages for all losses occasioned by the purchaser's default
and purchaser shall have no further liability. The defaulted purchaser shall not be
BlueTarp Financial, Inc. (d/b/a Capital One Trade Credit) entitled to any surplus proceeds resulting from said resale even if such surplus results
in One Monument Square, Suite 800, Portland, Maine 04101 same – except those encumbrances of record that are released by same – except those encumbrances of record that are released by from improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser. Sub. Trustees will
with and into operation of District of Columbia law by virtue of the foreclosure operation of District of Columbia law by virtue of the foreclosure convey either marketable or insurable title. If they cannot deliver one or the other, or if
DC, MD and VA area Capital One, National Association
of the Deed of Trust. of the Deed of Trust. ratification of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the Purchaser's
sole remedy, at law or equity, is return of the deposit without interest. BIDDERS ARE
1680 Capital One Drive, McLean, Virginia 22102 Purchaser will take title to the property subject to all taxes, water Purchaser will take title to the property subject to all taxes, water STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO FOLLOW CDC GUIDANCE AND WEAR A COVER OVER
BOTH NOSE AND MOUTH AND PRACTICE SOCIAL DISTANCING AT THE AUCTION.
The above-mentioned institutions are affiliated institutions. Each of and sewer charges, and other utility charges, if any. Purchaser and sewer charges, and other utility charges, if any. Purchaser (Matter No. 354132-1)
Great part-time income opportunity! the above-mentioned institutions is a wholly owned subsidiary of
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date of sale forward. Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining date of sale forward. Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining STATUS OF UPCOMING SALES
Transportation required. This notice is published pursuant to 12 U.S.C. § 1828(c) and 12
C.F.R. Part 303, Subpart D. Any person wishing to comment on
physical possession of the property. physical possession of the property. Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et. al., Substitute Trustees
this application may file his or her comments in writing with Frank
R. Hughes, the Acting Regional Director of the FDIC at the Atlanta
TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $20,000.00 by cash or TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $20,000.00 by cash or
Regional Office of the FDIC, at 10 10th Street NE, Suite 800, Atlanta, GA cashier’s check will be required of the purchaser at the time cashier’s check will be required of the purchaser at the time
To apply, go to 30309 not later than March 21, 2022. The non-confidential portions of
the applications are on file at the Atlanta Regional Office of the FDIC and place of sale. Purchaser shall settle within thirty (30) days and place of sale. Purchaser shall settle within thirty (30) days
and are available for public inspection during regular business hours. of sale. TIME SHALL BE OF THE ESSENCE WITH RESPECT of sale. TIME SHALL BE OF THE ESSENCE WITH RESPECT Maryland Office:
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of this sale (including attorneys’ fees and full commission on the of this sale (including attorneys’ fees and full commission on the 20640 PLUM CREEK CT.
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at 301-505-1383 shall be applied against the outstanding balance of the debt shall be applied against the outstanding balance of the debt recorded in Liber 30478, Folio 263 among the Land Records of Montgomery County,
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recipes by ingredient or name. fees and costs, and all other damages of any kind or nature, fees and costs, and all other damages of any kind or nature, Court for Montgomery County, at the Court House Door, 50 Maryland Ave., Rockville,
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Early a.m. delivery hours any such default. Trustee may resell the property at the risk and any such default. Trustee may resell the property at the risk and ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any buildings or
expense of the defaulting purchaser. The defaulting purchaser expense of the defaulting purchaser. The defaulting purchaser improvements thereon located in Montgomery County, MD and more fully described in
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shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds or profits resulting shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds or profits resulting The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in an "as is" condition and
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT If the Trustees do not settle as required herein, purchaser’s sole If the Trustees do not settle as required herein, purchaser’s sole and with no warranty of any kind.
FOR PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY
PONTIAC MARYLAND remedy at law and in equity shall be limited to a refund of the
deposit and the sale shall be considered null and void and of no
remedy at law and in equity shall be limited to a refund of the
deposit and the sale shall be considered null and void and of no
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $65,000 in the form of certified check, cashier's
check or money order will be required of the purchaser at time and place of sale.
Diane S. Rosenberg Balance of the purchase price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money
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63,000 miles, exc cond, $13,500. Maurice Obrien effect whatsoever. effect whatsoever. at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to
3015735142 Rosenberg & Associates, LLC the date funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash within ten days
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OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY
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SILVER SPRING, MD 20904 KNOWN AS GAITHERSBURG A/R/T/A NORTH POTOMAC, MD 20878 KNOWN AS KNOWN AS
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust dated September 30, 2005, 17210 Doctor Bird Road Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust dated July 14, 2003, 1116 Capitol Heights Boulevard 6702 Lake Park Drive #301
recorded in Liber 31166, Folio 252 among the Land Records of Montgomery County, Sandy Springs, MD 20860 recorded in Liber 25259, Folio 357 among the Land Records of Montgomery County, Capitol Heights, MD 20743
MD, with an original principal balance of $399,625.00, default having occurred MD, with an original principal balance of $324,000.00, default having occurred Greenbelt, MD 20770
under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit By virtue of a power of sale contained in a Deed of Trust from Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain
Court for Montgomery County, at the Court House Door, 50 Maryland Ave., Rockville, Court for Montgomery County, at the Court House Door, 50 Maryland Ave., Rockville,
MD 20850, on Deed of Trust to MICHAEL T. GALEONE, Trustee(s), dated MD 20850, on JULIA A. HARRIS, dated April 15, 2008 and recorded in Deed of Trust to MICHELLE SLATTERY, Trustee(s), dated May
MARCH 18, 2022 AT 1:12 PM
January 31, 2007, and recorded among the Land Records MARCH 25, 2022 AT 1:09 PM book 29661 , page 122 among the Land Records of PRINCE 30, 2008, and recorded among the Land Records of PRINCE
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any buildings or
of MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND in Liber 33792, folio ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any buildings or
GEORGE'S COUNTY, Maryland, default having occurred thereun- GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND in Liber 29819, folio 531, the
improvements thereon located in Montgomery County, MD and more fully described in 244, the holder of the indebtedness secured by this Deed of improvements thereon located in Montgomery County, MD and more fully described in der (Foreclosure Case docketed as Case No. CAEF20-07759; Tax holder of the indebtedness secured by this Deed of Trust having
the aforesaid Deed of Trust. Trust having appointed the undersigned Substitute Trustees, by the aforesaid Deed of Trust. ID No. 18-2092856) the Substitute Trustee will sell at public appointed the undersigned Substitute Trustees, by instrument
The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in an "as is" condition and instrument duly recorded among the aforesaid Land Records, The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in an "as is" condition and auction PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY courthouse located at duly recorded among the aforesaid Land Records, default having
subject to conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, default having occurred under the terms thereof, and at subject to conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, FRONT OF THE DUVAL WING OF THE COURTHOUSE COMPLEX occurred under the terms thereof, and at the request of the party
and with no warranty of any kind. and with no warranty of any kind.
the request of the party secured thereby, the undersigned 14735 MAIN ST, UPPER MARLBORO, MD 20772. secured thereby, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $43,000 in the form of certified check, cashier's Terms of Sale: A deposit of $25,000 in the form of certified check, cashier's
check or money order will be required of the purchaser at time and place of sale. Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction at check or money order will be required of the purchaser at time and place of sale. MARCH 17, 2022 at 10:04 AM for sale at public auction at THE PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY
Balance of the purchase price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT 50 Balance of the purchase price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT FRONT OF THE DUVAL WING
at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to MARYLAND AVENUE, ROCKVILLE, MD 20850 ON, at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and improvements OF THE COURTHOUSE COMPLEX 14735 MAIN ST, UPPER
the date funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash within ten days the date funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash within ten days thereon situated in PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD and more MARLBORO, MD 20772 ON,
of final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court. There will be no abatement APRIL 4, 2022 at 1:30PM of final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court. There will be no abatement fully described in above referenced Deed of Trust.
of interest due to the purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before of interest due to the purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before MARCH 24, 2022 at 10:00 AM
settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. Adjustment of ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and improvements settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. Adjustment of The property will be sold in an "as is" condition and subject to
all real property taxes, including agricultural taxes, if applicable, and any and all thereon situated in MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD and described all real property taxes, including agricultural taxes, if applicable, and any and all
conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and improvements
public and/or private charges or assessments, to the extent such amounts survive as follows: public and/or private charges or assessments, to the extent such amounts survive thereon situated in PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD and
foreclosure sale, including water/sewer and front foot benefit charges, to be adjusted foreclosure sale, including water/sewer and front foot benefit charges, to be adjusted same, if any and with no warranty of any kind.
to date of sale and thereafter assumed by purchaser. Purchaser is responsible for any LOT NUMBERED SEVENTEEN (17) IN THE SUBDIVISION to date of sale and thereafter assumed by purchaser. Purchaser is responsible for any described as follows:
recapture of homestead tax credit. All transfer taxes and recordation taxes shall be recapture of homestead tax credit. All transfer taxes and recordation taxes shall be Terms of Sale: A deposit of $ 20,000.00 will be required
paid by Purchaser. Condominium fees and/or homeowners association dues, if any,
KNOWN AS "LOTS 15-21 AND PARCEL 'A ', NORWOOD paid by Purchaser. Condominium fees and/or homeowners association dues, if any, at the time of sale, such deposit to be in CERTIFIED CHECK UNIT NUMBERED 6702-3C IN BUILDING NUMBERED I,
shall be assumed by the purchaser from the date of sale. Purchaser is responsible OVERLOOK " AS PER PLAT THEREOF RECORDED AS PLAT shall be assumed by the purchaser from the date of sale. Purchaser is responsible OR BY CASHIER'S CHECK, CASH WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. PHASE 2, "GREENBELT LAKE VILLAGE CONDOMINIUM,
for obtaining physical possession of the property, and assumes risk of loss or damage NO. 22684, AMONG THE LAND RECORDS OF MONTGOMERY for obtaining physical possession of the property, and assumes risk of loss or damage
Balance of the purchase price to be paid in cash within ten PHASE 2, BUILDING 1", A CONDOMINIUM, AS DEFINED
to the property from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit of the to the property from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit of the
status of the loan with the loan servicer including, but not limited to, determination COUNTY, MARYLAND. status of the loan with the loan servicer including, but not limited to, determination AND SET FORTH IN A DECLARATION OF CONDOMINIUM
days of final ratification of sale by the Circuit Court for PRINCE
of whether the borrower entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid off The property will be sold in an "AS IS WHERE IS" condition of whether the borrower entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid off GEORGE'S COUNTY. Time is of the essence as to the purchaser. DATED APRIL, 1997 AND RECORDED AMONG THE LAND
the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale shall be null and void, and the
without either express or implied warranty or representation, the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale shall be null and void, and the
If the purchaser defaults, the deposit shall be forfeited and theRECORDS OF PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND IN
Purchaser's sole remedy, in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without Purchaser's sole remedy, in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without
interest. If purchaser fails to settle within ten days of ratification, subject to order of including but not limited to the description, fitness for a interest. If purchaser fails to settle within ten days of ratification, subject to order of property shall be resold at the purchaser's risk and expense. TheLIBER 11383 AT FOLIO 292, AS AMENDED FROM TIME
court, purchaser agrees that property will be resold and entire deposit retained by Sub. particular purpose or use, structural integrity, physical condi- court, purchaser agrees that property will be resold and entire deposit retained by Sub. purchaser waives personal service and accepts service by first TO TIME. SAID UNIT IS DELINEATED ON THAT CERTAIN
Trustees as liquidated damages for all losses occasioned by the purchaser's default
tion, construction, extent of construction, workmanship, mate- Trustees as liquidated damages for all losses occasioned by the purchaser's default
class mail and certified mail addressed to the address provided CONDOMINIUM PLAT ENTITLED "GREENBELT LAKE VILLAGE
and purchaser shall have no further liability. The defaulted purchaser shall not be and purchaser shall have no further liability. The defaulted purchaser shall not be
entitled to any surplus proceeds resulting from said resale even if such surplus results rials, liability, zoning, subdivision, environmental condition, entitled to any surplus proceeds resulting from said resale even if such surplus results by said Purchaser as identified on the Memorandum of Sale for CONDOMINIUM, PHASE 2, BUILDING 1", AS RECORDED IN
from improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser. Sub. Trustees will merchantability, compliance with building or housing codes or from improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser. Sub. Trustees will any Motion or Show Cause Order incident to this sale including CONDOMINIUM PLAT BOOK VJ 180 AT PLATS 55 THROUGH 58,
convey either marketable or insurable title. If they cannot deliver one or the other, or if
other laws, ordinances or regulations, or other similar matters, convey either marketable or insurable title. If they cannot deliver one or the other, or if
a Motion to Default Purchaser and for Resale of the Property. INCLUSIVE. SAID PROPERTY BEING LOCATED IN THE 21ST
ratification of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the Purchaser's ratification of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the Purchaser's
sole remedy, at law or equity, is return of the deposit without interest. BIDDERS ARE and subject to easements, agreements and restrictions of record sole remedy, at law or equity, is return of the deposit without interest. BIDDERS ARE In the event of a resale, the defaulting purchaser shall not be ELECTION DISTRICT OF SAID COUNTY. TOGETHER WITH
STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO FOLLOW CDC GUIDANCE AND WEAR A COVER OVER which affect the same, if any. The property will be sold STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO FOLLOW CDC GUIDANCE AND WEAR A COVER OVER entitled to receive any benefit from the resale, including, but AN UNDIVIDED PERCENTAGE INTEREST IN THE COMMON
BOTH NOSE AND MOUTH AND PRACTICE SOCIAL DISTANCING AT THE AUCTION.
subject to all conditions, liens, restrictions and agreements of BOTH NOSE AND MOUTH AND PRACTICE SOCIAL DISTANCING AT THE AUCTION.
not limited to, additional proceeds or surplus which may arise ELEMENTS, COMMON EXPENSES AND COMMON PROFITS OF
(Matter No. 134198-1) (Matter No. 346302-1)
record affecting same including any condominium and of HOA therefrom. Interest to be paid on the unpaid purchase money at THE CONDOMINIUM REGIME AS IS APPURTENANT TO SAID
PLEASE CONSULT WWW.ALEXCOOPER.COM FOR PLEASE CONSULT WWW.ALEXCOOPER.COM FOR UNIT ACCORDING TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE PREVIOUSLY
STATUS OF UPCOMING SALES assessments pursuant to Md Real Property Article 11-110. STATUS OF UPCOMING SALES five percent (5%) from the date of sale to the date funds are
received by the Substitute Trustee. There will be no abatement ofRECORDED DECLARATION AND BYLAWS AS WELL AS ANY
Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et. al., Substitute Trustees TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $ 20,000.00 PAYABLE ONLY BY Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et. al., Substitute Trustees
AND ALL RECORDED AMENDMENTS THERETO.
certified funds, shall be required at the time of sale. CASH WILL interest in the event additional funds are tendered at the time of
NOT BE AN ACCEPTABLE FORM OF DEPOSIT. The balance sale or any time prior to settlement or if the settlement is delayed
The property will be sold in an "AS IS WHERE IS" condition
of the purchase price with interest at 6% per annum from the for any reason. In the event that the Secured Party executes without either express or implied warranty or representation,
date of sale to the date of payment will be paid within TEN a forbearance agreement with the borrower(s) described in the including but not limited to the description, fitness for a
Maryland Office: Maryland Office:
908 York Road • Towson, MD 21204 • 410.828.4838 DAYS after the final ratification of the sale. Adjustments on 908 York Road • Towson, MD 21204 • 410.828.4838 above-mentioned Deed of Trust, or allows the borrower(s) to particular purpose or use, structural integrity, physical condi-
www.alexcooper.com all taxes, public charges and special or regular assessments www.alexcooper.com
execute their right to reinstate or payoff the subject loan, tion, construction, extent of construction, workmanship, mate-
will be made as of the date of sale and thereafter assumed prior to the sale, with or without the Substitute Trustee's priorrials, liability, zoning, subdivision, environmental condition,
March 1, 8, 15, 2022 12375718 by purchaser. If applicable, condominium and/or homeowner March 8, 15, 22, 2022 12376308 knowledge, this Contract shall be null and void and of no effect,merchantability, compliance with building or housing codes or
association dues and assessments that may become due after and the Purchaser's sole remedy shall be the return of the deposit
other laws, ordinances or regulations, or other similar matters,
the time of sale will be the responsibility of the purchaser. without interest. Purchaser shall pay for documentary stamps, and subject to easements, agreements and restrictions of record
Title examination, conveyancing, state revenue stamps, transfer transfer taxes and settlement expenses. Taxes, ground rent, which affect the same, if any. The property will be sold
taxes, title insurance, and all other costs incident to settlement water rent, condominium fees and/or homeowner association subject to all conditions, liens, restrictions and agreements of
are to be paid by the purchaser. Time is of the essence for dues, all public charges/assessments payable on an annual record affecting same including any condominium and of HOA
BWW Law Group, LLC the purchaser, otherwise the deposit will be forfeited and the basis, including sanitary and/or metropolitan district charges, if
assessments pursuant to Md Real Property Article 11-110.
6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101
property may be resold at risk and costs of the defaulting applicable, shall be adjusted to the date of sale and assumed TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $20,000.00 PAYABLE ONLY BY
Rockville, MD 20852
(301) 961-6555 purchaser. The purchaser agrees to accept service by first class BWW Law Group, LLC thereafter by the purchaser. Purchaser shall be responsible certified funds, shall be required at the time of sale. CASH WILL
6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101 for obtaining physical possession of the property. Purchaser
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE mail and certified mail addressed to the address provided by Rockville, MD 20852 NOT BE AN ACCEPTABLE FORM OF DEPOSIT. The balance
OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON said Purchaser as identified on the Memorandum of Sale for any (301) 961-6555 assumes the risk of loss or damage to the property from the date of the purchase price with interest at 5.5% per annum from
1219 MAPLE GROVE LN. Motion or Show Cause Order incident to this sale including a SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE of sale forward. If the Substitute Trustee is unable to convey the date of sale to the date of payment will be paid within
ROCKVILLE, MD 20850 Motion to Default Purchaser and for Resale of the Property. If OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON insurable title for any reason, the Purchaserâs sole remedy in TEN DAYS after the final ratification of the sale. Adjustments
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust dated June 17, 2005, the sale is not ratified or if the Substitute Trustees are unable to 14901 ATHEY RD. law or equity shall be limited to a refund of the aforementioned on all taxes, public charges and special or regular assessments
recorded in Liber 30215, Folio 330 among the Land Records of Montgomery County,
convey marketable title in accord with these terms of sale, the
BURTONSVILLE, MD 20866 deposit without interest. In the event the sale is not ratified will be made as of the date of sale and thereafter assumed
MD, with an original principal balance of $486,000.00, default having occurred
under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit purchaser's only remedy is return of the deposit. Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust dated November 13, 2018, for any reason, the Purchaser's sole remedy, at law or equity, isby purchaser. If applicable, condominium and/or homeowner
recorded in Liber 57011, Folio 468 among the Land Records of Montgomery County,
Court for Montgomery County, at the Court House Door, 50 Maryland Ave., Rockville, Trustee's File No. (79098) MD, with an original principal balance of $432,030.00, default having occurred the return of the deposit without interest. (File # 44210.0268) association dues and assessments that may become due after
MD 20850, on
JOHN E. DRISCOLL III, et al SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES
under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Eric D. VandeLinde, the time of sale will be the responsibility of the purchaser.
MARCH 18, 2022 AT 1:14 PM Court for Montgomery County, at the Court House Door, 50 Maryland Ave., Rockville,
MD 20850, on SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES Title examination, conveyancing, state revenue stamps, transfer
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any buildings or
improvements thereon located in Montgomery County, MD and described as follows: MARCH 25, 2022 AT 1:05 PM taxes, title insurance, and all other costs incident to settlement
Lot Thirty-One (31) in Block lettered N as shown on a plat of re-subdivision entitled ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any buildings or
are to be paid by the purchaser. Time is of the essence for
plat sixty-nine King Farm: Irvington Centre and recorded at Plat No 22651 among improvements thereon located in Montgomery County, MD and more fully described in the purchaser, otherwise the deposit will be forfeited and the
the Land Records of Montgomery County. Being the same property described in Liber
22718 at Folio 520. Subject to covenants and conditions on record.
the aforesaid Deed of Trust. property may be resold at risk and costs of the defaulting
The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in an "as is" condition and
The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in an "as is" condition and purchaser. The purchaser agrees to accept service by first class
www.hwestauctions.com subject to conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, mail and certified mail addressed to the address provided by
subject to conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and with no warranty of any kind. www.hwestauctions.com
March 15, 22, 29, 2022 12376883
and with no warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $43,000 in the form of certified check, cashier's MARCH 1, 8 , 15, 2022 12374149 said Purchaser as identified on the Memorandum of Sale for any
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $39,000 in the form of certified check, cashier's check or money order will be required of the purchaser at time and place of sale. Motion or Show Cause Order incident to this sale including a
check or money order will be required of the purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money Motion to Default Purchaser and for Resale of the Property. If
Balance of the purchase price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money
at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to
at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the sale is not ratified or if the Substitute Trustees are unable to
the date funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash within ten days
the date funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash within ten days of final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court. There will be no abatement convey marketable title in accord with these terms of sale, the
of final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court. There will be no abatement of interest due to the purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before purchaser's only remedy is return of the deposit.
of interest due to the purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. Adjustment of
settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. Adjustment of
McCabe, Weisberg & Conway, LLC all real property taxes, including agricultural taxes, if applicable, and any and all Trustee's File No. (77306)
all real property taxes, including agricultural taxes, if applicable, and any and all
public and/or private charges or assessments, to the extent such amounts survive 312 Marshall Avenue, Suite 800 public and/or private charges or assessments, to the extent such amounts survive GREENSPOON MARDER, LLP ROBERT A. JONES et al SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES
foreclosure sale, including water/sewer and front foot benefit charges, to be adjusted
foreclosure sale, including water/sewer and front foot benefit charges, to be adjusted Laurel, MD 20707
to date of sale and thereafter assumed by purchaser. Purchaser is responsible for any 201 International Circle, Suite 230
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recapture of homestead tax credit. All transfer taxes and recordation taxes shall be
recapture of homestead tax credit. All transfer taxes and recordation taxes shall be Hunt Valley, MD 21030
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE paid by Purchaser. Condominium fees and/or homeowners association dues, if any,
paid by Purchaser. Condominium fees and/or homeowners association dues, if any, OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY shall be assumed by the purchaser from the date of sale. Purchaser is responsible SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'S SALE
shall be assumed by the purchaser from the date of sale. Purchaser is responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property, and assumes risk of loss or damage OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY
for obtaining physical possession of the property, and assumes risk of loss or damage 20231 RED BUCKEYE CT.
GERMANTOWN, MD 20876 to the property from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit of the
to the property from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including, but not limited to, determination KNOWN AS
status of the loan with the loan servicer including, but not limited to, determination Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust from Samwel G. Yiapan, of whether the borrower entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid off
of whether the borrower entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid off dated April 24, 2006 and recorded in Liber 32239, folio 5 among the Land Records the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale shall be null and void, and the 1827 Dutch Village Drive www.hwestauctions.com
the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale shall be null and void, and the of Montgomery County, MD, default having occurred under the terms thereof and at Purchaser's sole remedy, in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without Landover, MD 20785 March 8,15,22, 2022 12373608
Purchaser's sole remedy, in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without the request of the parties secured thereby, the undersigned Substitute Trustees will interest. If purchaser fails to settle within ten days of ratification, subject to order of
interest. If purchaser fails to settle within ten days of ratification, subject to order of offer for sale at public auction at the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, at the Court court, purchaser agrees that property will be resold and entire deposit retained by Sub. By virtue of a power of sale contained in a Deed of Trust
court, purchaser agrees that property will be resold and entire deposit retained by Sub. House Door, 50 Maryland Ave., Rockville, MD 20850, on Trustees as liquidated damages for all losses occasioned by the purchaser's default from BEVERLY W. POSTELL, dated March 15, 2007 and
Trustees as liquidated damages for all losses occasioned by the purchaser's default and purchaser shall have no further liability. The defaulted purchaser shall not be
and purchaser shall have no further liability. The defaulted purchaser shall not be
APRIL 1, 2022 AT 4:02 PM recorded in book 27488 , page 258 among the Land
entitled to any surplus proceeds resulting from said resale even if such surplus results
entitled to any surplus proceeds resulting from said resale even if such surplus results ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND AND THE IMPROVEMENTS THEREON
from improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser. Sub. Trustees will Records of PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, Maryland, default
from improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser. Sub. Trustees will situated in Montgomery County, Maryland and more fully described in the aforesaid
convey either marketable or insurable title. If they cannot deliver one or the other, or if Deed of Trust. The property is improved by a dwelling. convey either marketable or insurable title. If they cannot deliver one or the other, or if having occurred thereunder (Foreclosure Case docketed as
ratification of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the Purchaser's Case No. CAEF21-12133; Tax ID No. 13-1457407) the
ratification of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the Purchaser's The property, will be sold in an "as is" condition and subject to conditions, restrictions, sole remedy, at law or equity, is return of the deposit without interest. BIDDERS ARE
sole remedy, at law or equity, is return of the deposit without interest. BIDDERS ARE easements, encumbrances and agreements of record affecting the subject property, if STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO FOLLOW CDC GUIDANCE AND WEAR A COVER OVER Substitute Trustee will sell at public auction PRINCE GEORGE'S Samuel I. White, P.C.
STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO FOLLOW CDC GUIDANCE AND WEAR A COVER OVER any, and with no warranty of any kind. BOTH NOSE AND MOUTH AND PRACTICE SOCIAL DISTANCING AT THE AUCTION. COUNTY courthouse located at FRONT OF THE DUVAL WING
BOTH NOSE AND MOUTH AND PRACTICE SOCIAL DISTANCING AT THE AUCTION. (Matter No. 345366-1)
596 Lynnhaven Parkway, Suite 200
(Matter No. 163137-1) Terms of Sale: A deposit in the form of cashier's or certified check, or in such OF THE COURTHOUSE COMPLEX 14735 MAIN ST, UPPER Virginia Beach, VA 23452
other form as the Substitute Trustees may determine, at their sole discretion, for PLEASE CONSULT WWW.ALEXCOOPER.COM FOR MARLBORO, MD 20772.
PLEASE CONSULT WWW.ALEXCOOPER.COM FOR $30,000 at the time of sale. If the noteholder and/or servicer is the successful STATUS OF UPCOMING SALES SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE OF
STATUS OF UPCOMING SALES bidder, the deposit requirement is waived. Balance of the purchase price is to be MARCH 17, 2022 at 10:02 AM
Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et. al., Substitute Trustees paid within fifteen (15) days of the final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et. al., Substitute Trustees VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY
for Montgomery County, Maryland. Interest is to be paid on the unpaid purchase price ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and improvements KNOWN AS
at the rate of 5% per annum from date of sale to the date the funds are received in thereon situated in PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD and more
the office of the Substitute Trustees, if the property is purchased by an entity other
fully described in above referenced Deed of Trust. 9504 Fox Run Drive
than the noteholder and/or servicer. If payment of the balance does not occur within Clinton, MD 20735
fifteen days of ratification, the deposit will be forfeited and the property will be resold Maryland Office: The property will be sold in an "as is" condition and subject to
Maryland Office: at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser. There will be no abatement of interest 908 York Road • Towson, MD 21204 • 410.828.4838 conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a
908 York Road • Towson, MD 21204 • 410.828.4838 due from the purchaser in the event settlement is delayed for any reason. Taxes, certain Deed of Trust to MICHAEL LYON, Trustee(s), dated April
www.alexcooper.com water rent, and all other public charges and assessments payable on an annual basis, www.alexcooper.com same, if any and with no warranty of any kind.
including sanitary and/or metropolitan district charges to be adjusted for the current 7, 2015, and recorded among the Land Records of PRINCE
year to the date of sale, and assumed thereafter by the purchaser. Condominium fees March 8, 15, 22, 2022 12376306 Terms of Sale: A deposit of $ 15,000.00 will be required GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND in Liber 36957, folio 589, the
March 1, 8, 15, 2022 12375719 and/or homeowners association dues, if any, shall be assumed by the purchaser from at the time of sale, such deposit to be in CERTIFIED CHECK holder of the indebtedness secured by this Deed of Trust having
the date of sale. The purchaser shall be responsible for the payment of the ground BWW Law Group, LLC
BWW Law Group, LLC rent escrow, if required. Cost of all documentary stamps, transfer taxes (including 6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101 OR BY CASHIER'S CHECK, CASH WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. appointed the undersigned Substitute Trustees, by instrument
6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101 agricultural transfer taxes, if applicable), and all settlement charges shall be borne by Rockville, MD 20852 Balance of the purchase price to be paid in cash within ten duly recorded among the aforesaid Land Records, default having
Rockville, MD 20852
(301) 961-6555
the purchaser. If the Substitute Trustees are unable to convey good and marketable (301) 961-6555 days of final ratification of sale by the Circuit Court for PRINCE
occurred under the terms thereof, and at the request of the party
title, the purchaser’s sole remedy in law or equity shall be limited to the refund of SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE GEORGE'S COUNTY. Time is of the essence as to the purchaser.
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE the deposit to the purchaser. Upon refund of the deposit, the sale shall be void and OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON secured thereby, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer
OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON of no effect, and the purchaser shall have no further claim against the Substitute If the purchaser defaults, the deposit shall be forfeited and thefor sale at public auction at THE PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY
Trustees. Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining physical possession of the 3929 BALLET WAY property shall be resold at the purchaser's risk and expense. The
20120 LOCUSTDALE DR., UNIT #342
property. The purchaser at the foreclosure sale shall assume the risk of loss for the BURTONSVILLE, MD 20866 COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT FRONT OF THE DUVAL WING
GERMANTOWN, MD 20876
property immediately after the sale. (Matter #2013-44244).
purchaser waives personal service and accepts service by first OF THE COURTHOUSE COMPLEX 14735 MAIN ST, UPPER
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust dated February 25, 2006,
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust dated August 17, 2005, recorded in Liber 32006, Folio 735 among the Land Records of Montgomery County, class mail and certified mail addressed to the address provided MARLBORO, MD 20772 ON,
Laura H. G. O'Sullivan, et al., Substitute Trustees
recorded in Liber 30588, Folio 462 among the Land Records of Montgomery County, MD, with an original principal balance of $205,000.00, default having occurred by said Purchaser as identified on the Memorandum of Sale for
MD, with an original principal balance of $240,000.00, default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit any Motion or Show Cause Order incident to this sale including MARCH 24, 2022 at 10:00 AM
under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, at the Court House Door, 50 Maryland Ave., Rockville,
Court for Montgomery County, at the Court House Door, 50 Maryland Ave., Rockville, MD 20850, on a Motion to Default Purchaser and for Resale of the Property. ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and improvements
MD 20850, on
MARCH 25, 2022 AT 1:07 PM In the event of a resale, the defaulting purchaser shall not be thereon situated in PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD and
MARCH 18, 2022 AT 1:10 PM Maryland Office:
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any buildings or
entitled to receive any benefit from the resale, including, but described as follows:
908 York Road • Towson, MD 21204 • 410.828.4838
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any buildings or improvements thereon located in Montgomery County, MD and more fully described in not limited to, additional proceeds or surplus which may arise LOT NUMBERED FORTY-NINE (49), IN BLOCK LETTERED "D",
improvements thereon located in Montgomery County, MD and described as Unit www.alexcooper.com
342 in "Greenfields of Brandermill Condominium" and more fully described in the
the aforesaid Deed of Trust. therefrom. Interest to be paid on the unpaid purchase money at IS THE SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS "SECTION TWO PARTS
March 15, 22, 29, 2022 12377267 The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in an "as is" condition and five percent (5%) from the date of sale to the date funds are
aforesaid Deed of Trust.
subject to conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the same, if any,
OF BLOCKS D, E AND G, FOX RUN ESTATES", AS PER
The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in an "as is" condition and and with no warranty of any kind. The property will be sold subject to a prior mortgage,
received by the Substitute Trustee. There will be no abatement ofPLAT THEREOF RECORDED AMONG THE PLAT RECORDS OF
subject to conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, the amount to be announced at the time of sale, if made available to the Substitute interest in the event additional funds are tendered at the time of
PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND, IN PLAT BOOK NLP
and with no warranty of any kind. Trustees. sale or any time prior to settlement or if the settlement is delayed
97 AT PLAT 9
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $32,000 in the form of certified check, cashier's Terms of Sale: A deposit of $20,000 in the form of certified check, cashier's for any reason. In the event that the Secured Party executes
check or money order will be required of the purchaser at time and place of sale. check or money order will be required of the purchaser at time and place of sale. a forbearance agreement with the borrower(s) described in the The property will be sold in an "AS IS WHERE IS" condition
Balance of the purchase price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money McCabe, Weisberg & Conway, LLC Balance of the purchase price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money without either express or implied warranty or representation,
at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to above-mentioned Deed of Trust, or allows the borrower(s) to
the date funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash within ten days
312 Marshall Avenue, Suite 800
the date funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash within ten days execute their right to reinstate or payoff the subject loan, including but not limited to the description, fitness for a
Laurel, MD 20707
of final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court. There will be no abatement www.mwc-law.com of final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court. There will be no abatement prior to the sale, with or without the Substitute Trustee's priorparticular purpose or use, structural integrity, physical condi-
of interest due to the purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before of interest due to the purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before tion, construction, extent of construction, workmanship, mate-
settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. Adjustment of SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. Adjustment of knowledge, this Contract shall be null and void and of no effect,
all real property taxes, including agricultural taxes, if applicable, and any and all OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY all real property taxes, including agricultural taxes, if applicable, and any and all
rials, liability, zoning, subdivision, environmental condition,
and the Purchaser's sole remedy shall be the return of the deposit
public and/or private charges or assessments, to the extent such amounts survive 18708 FLOWER HILL WAY public and/or private charges or assessments, to the extent such amounts survive without interest. Purchaser shall pay for documentary stamps, merchantability, compliance with building or housing codes or
foreclosure sale, including water/sewer and front foot benefit charges, to be adjusted GAITHERSBURG, MD 20879 foreclosure sale, including water/sewer and front foot benefit charges, to be adjusted other laws, ordinances or regulations, or other similar matters,
to date of sale and thereafter assumed by purchaser. Purchaser is responsible for any to date of sale and thereafter assumed by purchaser. Purchaser is responsible for any transfer taxes and settlement expenses. Taxes, ground rent,
recapture of homestead tax credit. All transfer taxes and recordation taxes shall be Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust from Saleh Ibrahim
recapture of homestead tax credit. All transfer taxes and recordation taxes shall be water rent, condominium fees and/or homeowner association and subject to easements, agreements and restrictions of record
paid by Purchaser. Condominium fees and/or homeowners association dues, if any, and Sawsan Ibrahim, dated February 28, 2005 and recorded in Liber 29398, folio
paid by Purchaser. Condominium fees and/or homeowners association dues, if any, dues, all public charges/assessments payable on an annual which affect the same, if any. The property will be sold
shall be assumed by the purchaser from the date of sale. Purchaser is responsible 611 among the Land Records of Montgomery County, MD, default having occurred
under the terms thereof and at the request of the parties secured thereby, the shall be assumed by the purchaser from the date of sale. Purchaser is responsible subject to all conditions, liens, restrictions and agreements of
basis, including sanitary and/or metropolitan district charges, if
for obtaining physical possession of the property, and assumes risk of loss or damage for obtaining physical possession of the property, and assumes risk of loss or damage
to the property from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit of the undersigned Substitute Trustees will offer for sale at public auction at the Circuit
to the property from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit of the applicable, shall be adjusted to the date of sale and assumed record affecting same including any condominium and of HOA
status of the loan with the loan servicer including, but not limited to, determination Court for Montgomery County, at the Court House Door, 50 Maryland Ave., Rockville, assessments pursuant to Md Real Property Article 11-110.
of whether the borrower entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid off MD 20850, on status of the loan with the loan servicer including, but not limited to, determination thereafter by the purchaser. Purchaser shall be responsible
of whether the borrower entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid off
the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale shall be null and void, and the APRIL 1, 2022 AT 4:00 PM the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale shall be null and void, and the for obtaining physical possession of the property. Purchaser TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $20,000.00 PAYABLE ONLY BY
Purchaser's sole remedy, in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND AND THE IMPROVEMENTS THEREON Purchaser's sole remedy, in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without assumes the risk of loss or damage to the property from the date certified funds, shall be required at the time of sale. CASH WILL
interest. If purchaser fails to settle within ten days of ratification, subject to order of interest. If purchaser fails to settle within ten days of ratification, subject to order of of sale forward. If the Substitute Trustee is unable to convey NOT BE AN ACCEPTABLE FORM OF DEPOSIT. The balance
court, purchaser agrees that property will be resold and entire deposit retained by Sub. situated in Montgomery County, Maryland and more fully described in the aforesaid
court, purchaser agrees that property will be resold and entire deposit retained by Sub.
Trustees as liquidated damages for all losses occasioned by the purchaser's default Deed of Trust. The property is improved by a dwelling.
Trustees as liquidated damages for all losses occasioned by the purchaser's default insurable title for any reason, the Purchaserâs sole remedy in of the purchase price with interest at 3.99% per annum from
and purchaser shall have no further liability. The defaulted purchaser shall not be The property, will be sold in an "as is" condition and subject to conditions, restrictions, and purchaser shall have no further liability. The defaulted purchaser shall not be law or equity shall be limited to a refund of the aforementioned the date of sale to the date of payment will be paid within
entitled to any surplus proceeds resulting from said resale even if such surplus results easements, encumbrances and agreements of record affecting the subject property, if entitled to any surplus proceeds resulting from said resale even if such surplus results deposit without interest. In the event the sale is not ratified TEN DAYS after the final ratification of the sale. Adjustments
from improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser. Sub. Trustees will any, and with no warranty of any kind. from improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser. Sub. Trustees will
convey either marketable or insurable title. If they cannot deliver one or the other, or if Terms of Sale: A deposit in the form of cashier's or certified check, or in such convey either marketable or insurable title. If they cannot deliver one or the other, or if for any reason, the Purchaser's sole remedy, at law or equity, ison all taxes, public charges and special or regular assessments
ratification of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the Purchaser's other form as the Substitute Trustees may determine, at their sole discretion, for ratification of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the Purchaser's the return of the deposit without interest. (File # 58342.0185) will be made as of the date of sale and thereafter assumed
sole remedy, at law or equity, is return of the deposit without interest. BIDDERS ARE $31,000 at the time of sale. If the noteholder and/or servicer is the successful sole remedy, at law or equity, is return of the deposit without interest. BIDDERS ARE by purchaser. If applicable, condominium and/or homeowner
STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO FOLLOW CDC GUIDANCE AND WEAR A COVER OVER bidder, the deposit requirement is waived. Balance of the purchase price is to be STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO FOLLOW CDC GUIDANCE AND WEAR A COVER OVER Eric D. VandeLinde,
BOTH NOSE AND MOUTH AND PRACTICE SOCIAL DISTANCING AT THE AUCTION. paid within fifteen (15) days of the final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court BOTH NOSE AND MOUTH AND PRACTICE SOCIAL DISTANCING AT THE AUCTION. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES association dues and assessments that may become due after
(Matter No. 142881-3) for Montgomery County, Maryland. Interest is to be paid on the unpaid purchase price (Matter No. 88848-1) the time of sale will be the responsibility of the purchaser.
PLEASE CONSULT WWW.ALEXCOOPER.COM FOR at the rate of 5% per annum from date of sale to the date the funds are received in PLEASE CONSULT WWW.ALEXCOOPER.COM FOR Title examination, conveyancing, state revenue stamps, transfer
STATUS OF UPCOMING SALES the office of the Substitute Trustees, if the property is purchased by an entity other STATUS OF UPCOMING SALES taxes, title insurance, and all other costs incident to settlement
than the noteholder and/or servicer. If payment of the balance does not occur within
Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et. al., Substitute Trustees
fifteen days of ratification, the deposit will be forfeited and the property will be resold Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et. al., Substitute Trustees are to be paid by the purchaser. Time is of the essence for
at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser. There will be no abatement of interest the purchaser, otherwise the deposit will be forfeited and the
due from the purchaser in the event settlement is delayed for any reason. Taxes, property may be resold at risk and costs of the defaulting
water rent, and all other public charges and assessments payable on an annual basis,
including sanitary and/or metropolitan district charges to be adjusted for the current
www.hwestauctions.com purchaser. The purchaser agrees to accept service by first class
year to the date of sale, and assumed thereafter by the purchaser. Condominium fees MARCH 1, 8 , 15, 2022 12374148 mail and certified mail addressed to the address provided by
Maryland Office: Maryland Office:
908 York Road • Towson, MD 21204 • 410.828.4838 and/or homeowners association dues, if any, shall be assumed by the purchaser from said Purchaser as identified on the Memorandum of Sale for any
the date of sale. The purchaser shall be responsible for the payment of the ground 908 York Road • Towson, MD 21204 • 410.828.4838
www.alexcooper.com rent escrow, if required. Cost of all documentary stamps, transfer taxes (including www.alexcooper.com
Motion or Show Cause Order incident to this sale including a
agricultural transfer taxes, if applicable), and all settlement charges shall be borne by Motion to Default Purchaser and for Resale of the Property. If
March 1, 8, 15, 2022 12375717 the purchaser. If the Substitute Trustees are unable to convey good and marketable the sale is not ratified or if the Substitute Trustees are unable to
title, the purchaser’s sole remedy in law or equity shall be limited to the refund of March 8, 15, 22, 2022 12376307
the deposit to the purchaser. Upon refund of the deposit, the sale shall be void and convey marketable title in accord with these terms of sale, the
of no effect, and the purchaser shall have no further claim against the Substitute purchaser's only remedy is return of the deposit.

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Prince Georges County Prince Georges County Charles County Charles County Frederick County Frederick County Frederick County Frederick County Fairfax County Fairfax County
Samuel I. White, P.C. GREENSPOON MARDER, LLP McCabe, Weisberg & Conway, LLC BWW Law Group, LLC
NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'S SALE
312 Marshall Avenue, Suite 800 6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101
596 Lynnhaven Parkway, Suite 200 201 International Circle, Suite 230 Laurel, MD 20707 Rockville, MD 20852
6733 Sunset Woods Court, Burke, Virginia 22015
Virginia Beach, VA 23452 Hunt Valley, MD 21030 www.mwc-law.com (301) 961-6555 In execution of a certain First Balloon Deed of Trust dated April 18,
2019 (the “Deed of Trust”), granted by SUNSET WOODS HOLDINGS
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'S SALE SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE LLC, a Virginia limited liability company, as grantor and borrower,
OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON
VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY securing the repayment of a loan in the original principal amount
of $325,000.00, which Deed of Trust is recorded among the Land
519 ELLISON CT. 5422 ADAMSTOWN COMMONS DR.
KNOWN AS KNOWN AS FREDERICK, MD 21703 ADAMSTOWN, MD 21710 Records of the County of Fairfax, Virginia in Book 25718, Page 1995,
a default having occurred in the payment of that certain Confession
310 Elmleaf Avenue 3050 Dick Simmons Place Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust from Carole L. Young, dated Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust dated April 27, 2012, of Judgment Balloon First Deed Of Trust Note dated April 18, 2019
thereby secured and at the request of the holder of said Note, the
August 13, 2003 and recorded in Liber 4266, folio 579 among the Land Records recorded in Liber 8918, Folio 445 among the Land Records of Frederick County, MD,
Capitol Heights, MD 20743 Indian Head, MD 20640 of Frederick County, MD, default having occurred under the terms thereof and at the with an original principal balance of $374,821.00, default having occurred under the undersigned Substitute Trustees will offer for sale at public auction at
the entrance of the Circuit Court building for the County of Fairfax,
Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain By virtue of a power of sale contained in a Deed of Trust request of the parties secured thereby, the undersigned Substitute Trustees will offer terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Virginia (4110 Chain Bridge Road, Fairfax, VA 22030), on
for sale at public auction at the Circuit Court for Frederick County, at the Court House Frederick County, at the Court House Door, 100 W. Patrick St., Frederick, MD 21701,
Deed of Trust to KHECHOK LANGCHUNG, Trustee(s), dated from JAMES E. SIMMONS JR. , dated August 3, 2007 Door, 100 W. Patrick St., Frederick, MD 21701, on on March 30, 2022, at 12:30 o'clock PM
October 29, 2018, and recorded among the Land Records of and recorded in book 6519 , page 0501 among the MARCH 18, 2022 AT 11:00 AM MARCH 18, 2022 AT 11:10 AM the Property described in said Deed of Trust, located at the above
address and described as:
PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND in Liber 41543, folio Land Records of CHARLES COUNTY, Maryland, default ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND AND THE IMPROVEMENTS THEREON ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any buildings or The Land referred to herein below is situated in the COUNTY OF
173, the holder of the indebtedness secured by this Deed of having occurred thereunder (Foreclosure Case docketed as situated in Frederick County, Maryland and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed improvements thereon located in Frederick County, MD and more fully described in FAIRFAX, Commonwealth of Virginia, and is described as follows:
Trust having appointed the undersigned Substitute Trustees, by Case No. C08CV21000504; Tax ID No. 10-019869) the of Trust. The property is improved by a dwelling. the aforesaid Deed of Trust. Lot 17-A, a resubdivision of Lots 1 through 80 and Parcels “F” and “G”,
instrument duly recorded among the aforesaid Land Records, Substitute Trustee will sell at public auction CHARLES COUNTY The property, will be sold in an "as is" condition and subject to conditions, restrictions, The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in an "as is" condition and WOODED GLEN, Section Two (2), as the same appears duly dedicated,
subject to conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, platted and recorded in Deed Book 6253, a Page 1671, among the land
default having occurred under the terms thereof, and at the courthouse located at 200 CHARLES STREET ( IN THE easements, encumbrances and agreements of record affecting the subject property, if
and with no warranty of any kind. records of the County of Fairfax, Virginia.
any, and with no warranty of any kind.
request of the party secured thereby, the undersigned Substitute BREEZEWAY BETWEEN CIRCUIT AND DISTRICT COURTS ), LA Property Address: 6733 Sunset Woods Court
Terms of Sale: A deposit in the form of cashier's or certified check, or in such other Terms of Sale: A deposit of $46,000 in the form of certified check, cashier's
Trustee will offer for sale at public auction at THE PRINCE PLATA, MD 20646 . form as the Substitute Trustees may determine, at their sole discretion, for $24,000 check or money order will be required of the purchaser at time and place of sale.
Burke, VA 22015
GEORGE'S COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT FRONT OF MARCH 17, 2022 at 12:00 PM at the time of sale. If the noteholder and/or servicer is the successful bidder, the Balance of the purchase price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money Tax Map No.: 088-2-25-02-0017-A
THE DUVAL WING OF THE COURTHOUSE COMPLEX 14735 deposit requirement is waived. Balance of the purchase price is to be paid within at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to Subject to any and all covenants, conditions, restrictions and ease-
MAIN ST, UPPER MARLBORO, MD 20772 ON, ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and improvements fifteen (15) days of the final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court for Frederick the date funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash within ten days ments, if any, affecting the aforesaid Property.
thereon situated in CHARLES COUNTY, MD and more fully County, Maryland. Interest is to be paid on the unpaid purchase price at the rate of final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court. There will be no abatement
of interest due to the purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before TERMS OF SALE:
MARCH 24, 2022 at 10:00 AM described in above referenced Deed of Trust.
of 5% per annum from date of sale to the date the funds are received in the office
settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. Adjustment of all A deposit of $25,000.00 or 10% of the sale price, whichever is
of the Substitute Trustees, if the property is purchased by an entity other than the
less, cashier or certified check, will be required at the time of sale.
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and improvements The property will be sold in an "as is" condition and subject to noteholder and/or servicer. If payment of the balance does not occur within fifteen real property taxes, including agricultural taxes, if applicable, and any and all public
Settlement shall be by cashier's check or wire transfer of immediately
days of ratification, the deposit will be forfeited and the property will be resold at and/or private charges or assessments, to the extent such amounts survive foreclosure
thereon situated in PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD and conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser. There will be no abatement of interest sale, including water/sewer, ground rent and front foot benefit charges, to be adjusted
available federal funds and shall occur within thirty (30) days from
date of sale, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE. The Substitute Trustees
described as follows: same, if any and with no warranty of any kind. due from the purchaser in the event settlement is delayed for any reason. Taxes, to date of sale and thereafter assumed by purchaser. Purchaser is responsible for any reserve the right in their sole discretion (but are under no obligation)
ground rent, water rent, and all other public charges and assessments payable on an recapture of homestead tax credit. All transfer taxes and recordation taxes shall be to extend the date of settlement as may be necessary to complete
LOTS NUMBERED NINE (9) AND TEN (10) IN BLOCK LETTERED Terms of Sale: A deposit of $ 17,000.00 will be required at the annual basis, including sanitary and/or metropolitan district charges, and front foot paid by Purchaser. The purchaser shall be responsible for the payment of the ground arrangements for settlement. The deposit, without interest, shall be
(T) IN A SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS "SECTION NO. 2, CARMODY time of sale, such deposit to be in CERTIFIED CHECK OR BY benefit charges, if applicable, to be adjusted for the current year to the date of sale, rent escrow, if required. Condominium fees and/or homeowners association dues, if applied to the credit of the successful bidder at settlement. The
balance of the purchase price over and above the retained deposit,
HILL" AS PER PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK CASHIER'S CHECK, CASH WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. Balance and assumed thereafter by the purchaser. Condominium fees and/or homeowners any, shall be assumed by the purchaser from the date of sale. Purchaser is responsible
with interest thereon at the note rate then being charged from the
association dues, if any, shall be assumed by the purchaser from the date of sale. The for obtaining physical possession of the property, and assumes risk of loss or damage
SDH 3 AT PLAT 10 AMONG THE LAND RECORDS OF PRINCE of the purchase price to be paid in cash within ten days of final purchaser shall be responsible for the payment of the ground rent escrow, if required. to the property from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit of the
date of sale through the date of receipt of the balance of the purchase
price, will be due at settlement. If the successful bidder fails to
GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND. ratification of sale by the Circuit Court for CHARLES COUNTY. Cost of all documentary stamps, transfer taxes (including agricultural transfer taxes, status of the loan with the loan servicer including, but not limited to, determination complete settlement as aforesaid, the deposit shall be forfeited, and
if applicable), and all settlement charges shall be borne by the purchaser. If the of whether the borrower entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid off the Substitute Trustees may resell the subject Property at the risk
The property will be sold in an "AS IS WHERE IS" condition Time is of the essence as to the purchaser. If the purchaser Substitute Trustees are unable to convey good and marketable title, the purchaser’s the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale shall be null and void, and the and cost of the defaulting purchaser. The Substitute Trustees reserve
without either express or implied warranty or representation, defaults, the deposit shall be forfeited and the property shall sole remedy in law or equity shall be limited to the refund of the deposit to the Purchaser's sole remedy, in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without the right to cancel the sale, postpone the sale or remove any or all
portions of the Property from sale at any time before the sale is
including but not limited to the description, fitness for a be resold at the purchaser's risk and expense. The purchaser purchaser. Upon refund of the deposit, the sale shall be void and of no effect, and interest. If purchaser fails to settle within ten days of ratification, subject to order of announced as final for any reason, to reject any and all bids, waive
the purchaser shall have no further claim against the Substitute Trustees. Purchaser court, purchaser agrees that property will be resold and entire deposit retained by Sub.
particular purpose or use, structural integrity, physical condi- waives personal service and accepts service by first class mail shall be responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property. The purchaser Trustees as liquidated damages for all losses occasioned by the purchaser's default
deposit requirements, extend time for settlement, and announce
additional terms of sale. Terms of sale announced at the public
tion, construction, extent of construction, workmanship, mate- and certified mail addressed to the address provided by said at the foreclosure sale shall assume the risk of loss for the property immediately after and purchaser shall have no further liability. The defaulted purchaser shall not be auction will supersede all advertised terms of sale. All closing and
rials, liability, zoning, subdivision, environmental condition, Purchaser as identified on the Memorandum of Sale for any the sale. (Matter #17-603220). entitled to any surplus proceeds resulting from said resale even if such surplus results settlement costs, including without limitation the preparation of the
from improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser. Sub. Trustees will Substitute Trustee's deed, settlement and escrow fees and all state,
merchantability, compliance with building or housing codes or Motion or Show Cause Order incident to this sale including a Laura H. G. O'Sullivan, et al., Substitute Trustees convey either marketable or insurable title. If they cannot deliver one or the other, or if county and local grantor tax, grantee tax, regional congestion relief
fee, and WMATA capital fee shall be paid by the successful bidder.
other laws, ordinances or regulations, or other similar matters, Motion to Default Purchaser and for Resale of the Property. ratification of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the Purchaser's In addition, at settlement, the successful bidder shall pay all current
and subject to easements, agreements and restrictions of record In the event of a resale, the defaulting purchaser shall not be sole remedy, at law or equity, is return of the deposit without interest. BIDDERS ARE and past due assessments, sewer or water charges, and real estate
STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO FOLLOW CDC GUIDANCE AND WEAR A COVER OVER taxes, and any penalties and interest due on any of the foregoing, with
which affect the same, if any. The property will be sold entitled to receive any benefit from the resale, including, but BOTH NOSE AND MOUTH AND PRACTICE SOCIAL DISTANCING AT THE AUCTION. respect to the Property, whether covering periods prior to or after the
subject to all conditions, liens, restrictions and agreements of not limited to, additional proceeds or surplus which may arise Maryland Office: (Matter No. 189402-3) foreclosure sale. The risk of loss or damage to the Property shall be
assumed by the successful bidder from and after the bid strike-down
record affecting same including any condominium and of HOA therefrom. Interest to be paid on the unpaid purchase money at 908 York Road • Towson, MD 21204 • 410.828.4838 PLEASE CONSULT WWW.ALEXCOOPER.COM FOR at the time of sale. The Substitute Trustees will not deliver possession
assessments pursuant to Md Real Property Article 11-110. five percent (5%) from the date of sale to the date funds are www.alexcooper.com STATUS OF UPCOMING SALES of the Property to the successful bidder and the successful bidder
shall be solely responsible for obtaining possession of the Property.
TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $20,000.00 PAYABLE ONLY BY received by the Substitute Trustee. There will be no abatement of Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et. al., Substitute Trustees
The Property and all personal property applicable thereto shall be sold
certified funds, shall be required at the time of sale. CASH WILL interest in the event additional funds are tendered at the time of March 1, 8, 15, 2022 12375722 "AS IS, WHERE IS, WITH ALL FAULTS" without any warranty whatsoever
NOT BE AN ACCEPTABLE FORM OF DEPOSIT. The balance of sale or any time prior to settlement or if the settlement is delayed express or implied and subject to any and all (i) senior deeds of trust,
judgments, liens, tax liens, lis pendens, and any matters of record
the purchase price with interest at 5.375% per annum from for any reason. In the event that the Secured Party executes (ii) outstanding homeowner association assessments, (iii) existing
a forbearance agreement with the borrower(s) described in the BWW Law Group, LLC housing and zoning code violations, (iv) filed or unfiled mechanic’s and
the date of sale to the date of payment will be paid within 6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101 Maryland Office: materialmen’s liens, and/or (v) tenants, leasehold interests and other
TEN DAYS after the final ratification of the sale. Adjustments above-mentioned Deed of Trust, or allows the borrower(s) to Rockville, MD 20852 908 York Road • Towson, MD 21204 • 410.828.4838 parties in possession, if any.

on all taxes, public charges and special or regular assessments execute their right to reinstate or payoff the subject loan, (301) 961-6555 www.alexcooper.com Neither the Substitute Trustees nor the holder of the Note, nor their
respective agents, successors, and assigns, make any representa-
will be made as of the date of sale and thereafter assumed prior to the sale, with or without the Substitute Trustee's prior SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE tions or warranties with respect to the Property including, without
knowledge, this Contract shall be null and void and of no effect, OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON March 1, 8, 15, 2022 12375716 limitation, representations or warranties as to the structural integrity,
by purchaser. If applicable, condominium and/or homeowner physical condition, construction, workmanship, materials, habitability,
and the Purchaser's sole remedy shall be the return of the deposit 608 GLEN ECHO RD. 872 872
association dues and assessments that may become due after
without interest. Purchaser shall pay for documentary stamps, FREDERICK, MD 21703 Fairfax County Fairfax County fitness for a particular purpose or merchantability of all or any
part of the Property. The purchaser recognizes and agrees that any
the time of sale will be the responsibility of the purchaser. Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust dated March 26, 2004, Trustee's Sale TRUSTEE’S SALE OF investigation, examination, or inspection of the Property being sold
Title examination, conveyancing, state revenue stamps, transfer transfer taxes and settlement expenses. Taxes, ground rent, recorded in Liber 4529, Folio 726 among the Land Records of Frederick County, MD, 7543 Lindberg Drive, is within the control of the owner or other parties in possession and
1524 Lincoln Way,
taxes, title insurance, and all other costs incident to settlement water rent, condominium fees and/or homeowner association with an original principal balance of $184,200.00, default having occurred under the Alexandria, VA 22306 Mclean, VA 22102 their agents and not within the control of the Substitute Trustees,
the holder of the Note, or their respective successors or assigns.
(Parcel ID: 0924 11 0235)
are to be paid by the purchaser. Time is of the essence for dues, all public charges/assessments payable on an annual terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for
In execution of a Deed of Trust Immediately upon the conveyance by the Substitute Trustees of the
basis, including sanitary and/or metropolitan district charges, if Frederick County, at the Court House Door, 100 W. Patrick St., Frederick, MD 21701,
the purchaser, otherwise the deposit will be forfeited and the on Default having been made in the in the original principal amount of Property to the purchaser at foreclosure, all duties, liabilities and
property may be resold at risk and costs of the defaulting applicable, shall be adjusted to the date of sale and assumed APRIL 1, 2022 AT 12:40 PM
terms of a certain Deed of Trust
dated August 18, 2006, in the
$227,900.00 dated April 22, 2004
recorded among the land records
obligations of the Substitute Trustees, if any, with respect to such
Property shall be extinguished. Should Settlement not occur for any
purchaser. The purchaser agrees to accept service by first class thereafter by the purchaser. Purchaser shall be responsible original principal amount of of the Circuit Court for Fairfax reason on the part of the Substitute Trustees, the purchaser's sole
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any buildings or
mail and certified mail addressed to the address provided by for obtaining physical possession of the property. Purchaser improvements thereon located in Frederick County, MD and more fully described in
$540,000.00 and recorded in the
Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court
County on April 23, 2004 as Instru-
ment Number: 2004016036.002,
remedy, in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without
interest.
said Purchaser as identified on the Memorandum of Sale for any assumes the risk of loss or damage to the property from the date the aforesaid Deed of Trust. of the County of Fairfax, Virginia the undersigned appointed Sub- Pursuant to the Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, we advise
Motion or Show Cause Order incident to this sale including a of sale forward. If the Substitute Trustee is unable to convey The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in an "as is" condition and
on August 28, 2006, in Deed Book
18716, at page 1829, the under-
stitute Trustee will offer for sale
at public auction, at the Main
you that this is a communication from a debt collector and any
information obtained will be used for that purpose. Additional terms
Motion to Default Purchaser and for Resale of the Property. If insurable title for any reason, the Purchasers sole remedy in subject to conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, signed Substitute Trustees will entrance of the courthouse for may be announced at the sale.
and with no warranty of any kind. sell at public auction on April 12, the Circuit Court of Fairfax Coun-
the sale is not ratified or if the Substitute Trustees are unable to law or equity shall be limited to a refund of the aforementioned 2022 at 10:00 AM, in front of the ty, 4110 Chain Bridge Rd, Fairfax, Substitute Trustees: Jung Kim, 8000 Towers Crescent Drive, Suite 1400
deposit without interest. In the event the sale is not ratified Terms of Sale: A deposit of $14,000 in the form of certified check, cashier's building housing the County of VA 22030 on May 3, 2022 at 11:00 Tysons Corner, Virginia 22182 (Tel: 202-900-8595, Email: jkim@offitkur-
convey marketable title in accord with these terms of sale, the check or money order will be required of the purchaser at time and place of sale. Fairfax Circuit Court, 4110 Chain AM the property described in said man.com; Alfredo Acin, 8000 Towers Crescent Drive, Suite 1400
purchaser's only remedy is return of the deposit. for any reason, the Purchaser's sole remedy, at law or equity, is Balance of the purchase price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money Bridge Road, Fairfax, VA 22030, deed of trust, located at the above Tysons Corner, Virginia 22182 (Tel: 703-745-1827, Email:
the return of the deposit without interest. (File # 48433.0026) at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the property designated as Lot address and briefly described as: [email protected]).
Trustee's File No. (74276) the date funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash within ten days 235, THE GROVE AT HUNTLEY Condominium Unit No. 1524-304, INTERESTED BIDDERS are encouraged to contact Substitute Trustees
Eric D. VandeLinde, of final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court. There will be no abatement MEADOWS, as the same appears The Fountains at McLean Condo- for additional information and materials concerning the Property;
ROBERT A. JONES, et al SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES of interest due to the purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before duly dedicated, platted, and
recorded in Deed Book 13454,
minium, and the limited common
elements thereto, including lim-
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, all such information and materials will be
settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. Adjustment of all provided without any representations or warranties whatsoever.
at Page 1926 among the land ited common element parking
real property taxes, including agricultural taxes, if applicable, and any and all public records of Fairfax County, Vir- space no. G24-61, established by March 8, 15, 22, 29, 2022 12376936
and/or private charges or assessments, to the extent such amounts survive foreclosure ginia. Sale is subject to all prior condominium instruments
sale, including water/sewer, ground rent and front foot benefit charges, to be adjusted liens, easements, restrictions, recorded on August 2, 2002 873
Prince William County MARYLAND
to date of sale and thereafter assumed by purchaser. Purchaser is responsible for any covenants, and conditions, if any, among the land records of Fairfax
recapture of homestead tax credit. All transfer taxes and recordation taxes shall be of record, or other matters which
would be disclosed by an accu-
County, Virginia in Deed Book
13178, at Page 1214 Tax ID: 0293 TRUSTEE’S SALE OF Roommates
paid by Purchaser. The purchaser shall be responsible for the payment of the ground rate survey or inspection of the 29060304. 3884 WERTZ DR,
rent escrow, if required. Condominium fees and/or homeowners association dues, if Montgomery Village, Gaithersburg -
www.hwestauctions.com premises. TERMS OF SALE: A bidder’s WOODBRIDGE, VA 22193 extra large room. Walk in closet,
www.hwestauctions.com any, shall be assumed by the purchaser from the date of sale. Purchaser is responsible
March 8,15,22, 2022 12372526 MARCH 1, 8 , 15, 2022 12374318 for obtaining physical possession of the property, and assumes risk of loss or damage TERMS: CASH. A deposit of
$54,000.00 or 10% of the sale
deposit of $11,000.00 or 10% of
the sale price, whichever is lower, In execution of a Deed of Trust
very private, 301-538-8589
to the property from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit of the
status of the loan with the loan servicer including, but not limited to, determination
price, whichever is lower, will be
required of the successful bidder
will be required in the form of a
certified or cashier’s check. Cash
in the original principal amount
of $374,000.00, with an annual
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of whether the borrower entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid off at time of sale. Prior to the sale, will not be accepted as a deposit. interest rate of 4.255000% dated Rentals, Sales
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certified funds and/or cash, but
no more than $9,900.00 of cash
This is a communication from a
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Number 200504260066115, the
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With six teams in the mix, the Big Ten could end its women’s title drought
BY K AREEM C OPELAND season. Connecticut always No. 4 seed Maryland, No. 6 seed [there’s a] team here in the Big “Our league was so hard this and Ohio State fell at unranked
bathes in attention even as the Ohio State and No. 8 seed Nebras- Ten, and I don’t know who it is, year, so deep,” Northwestern Syracuse.
indianapolis — Teri Moren Huskies counted the days until ka — have a chance to make a deep that could easily win a Final Four. Coach Joe McKeown said. “. . . I Maryland played a difficult
jumped on the opportunity to the return of Paige Bueckers. run and maybe even win the con- I love the fact that nationally, I feel like we’re just as deep as the nonconference schedule and beat
make a point as she sat behind a Stanford is the reigning national ference’s first national title since think, we are getting some recog- SEC or the ACC or any other Baylor but lost to North Carolina
giant Big Ten women’s basketball champion, Kim Mulkey has re-en- Purdue in 1999. nition. It’s not near where we league. . . . We finished seventh; State and Stanford by 18 points
tournament table skirt with a diz- ergized LSU, and player of the “I feel like we are still fighting need it to be, but winning hope- we could have finished fifth, sixth, apiece while shorthanded.
zying amount of the league’s logos year candidate NaLyssa Smith from a national perspective to get fully will solve a lot of those fourth. . . . [Iowa and Michigan] “I was like, ‘Oh boy, I did not see
plastered behind her. In fact, she has kept Baylor in the top 10 for the respect that this league de- issues.” we beat, and that in itself should that coming like that,’ ” analyst
thanked a reporter for setting her most of the season. serves,” Moren said. “But from top This season has produced the separate you on your résumé.” Christy Winters Scott said. “But I
up. The Indiana coach has guided But outside of the national love to bottom, if you look at our top deepest rosters Moren has seen The conference had an early think even with the teams drop-
the Hoosiers for eight seasons for Iowa’s Caitlin Clark, the Big seven, eight, nine — I mean, really, during her time in Bloomington. opportunity to earn more nation- ping some games early on, now
and wanted to talk about respect. Ten continues to fly under the really great teams, with great The pandemic assisted some al attention but went 4-10 in the everyone is fully healthy. . . . With
South Carolina, with superstar radar. coaches, great players. And night schools — players were able to ACC-Big Ten Challenge. Michigan so many teams returning so many
coach Dawn Staley and player of Six Big Ten teams are in the in and night out . . . we just con- take an extra year, and many and Indiana lost to Louisville and core players and everyone came
the year favorite Aliyah Boston, NCAA tournament field, and all tinue to beat up on each other. teams brought back intact rosters North Carolina State in matchups back because, ‘Hey, we have un-
has been the focus of the conver- six — No. 2 seed Iowa, No. 3 seed “This is a special year for the after four Big Ten squads ad- of ranked teams. Iowa was upset finished business’ — okay, let’s see
sation in the women’s game this Michigan, No. 3 seed Indiana, Big Ten. . . . I really feel like vanced to last season’s Sweet 16. by unranked Duke on the road, who is going to finish.”

GOLF Then he was inches away from

getting relief from a sprinkler

Better late than never, head near the green and had to
scramble for par. Smith punched
out to the fairway and matched

Smith is Players champ the par.

They headed to the 17th, where
Smith’s 9-iron was bolder than he
wanted.
BY D OUG F ERGUSON victim of a horrible break on the “I’d be lying if I didn’t push it a
16th hole when he was in position little bit,” he said.
ponte vedra beach, fla. — to edge closer to the lead. No matter. He got the birdie,
Cameron Smith made the longest Smith, who finished at 13-un- got the win and moved to No. 6 in
week at the Players Champion- der 275, won for the second time the world.
ship worth the wait. this year and the fifth time in his So concluded a week like no
In a dynamic conclusion to five PGA Tour career, picking up other at TPC Sawgrass, where so
days of bad weather and high $3.6 million from the $20 million much rain early in the week
drama, Smith one-putted eight of purse, the richest in golf. meant the first round lasted
his last nine holes with his pure This was about more than 54 hours 16 minutes, finishing
stroke and delivered one of the money, more than the three-year Saturday morning. The wind that
gutsiest shots of his career for the exemption he earned to the four followed wreaked havoc on half
cushion he needed to win. majors and a five-year exemption the field.
Leading by two on the par-3 on the PGA Tour. The bone-chilling tempera-
17th hole, 135 yards to the hole on This was as much about family. tures Sunday made it tough on
an island green, Smith split the Smith, so unflappable in the tense everyone. It was the first Monday
difference in the 12 feet that sepa- pressure that featured 26 holes finish since 2005 at the Players.
rated the flag from the water. The Monday, choked up when he Smith made it memorable for
ball ended up four feet away, and talked about his mother and sis- so many other reasons.
the Australian made his record- ter, whom he had not seen in Kevin Kisner birdied three of
tying 10th birdie of the round. more than two years because of his last four holes for a 68 to finish
Turns out he needed it. Smith travel restrictions Down Under alone in fourth. Kisner is famous
punched out from the pine straw during the pandemic. for once saying 20th place pays
right of the 18th fairway all the Smith makes his home about pretty good. So does fourth place
way into the water. After a penalty five miles down the road in Ponte at the tour’s premier event. He
drop, his 60-yard wedge spun Vedra Beach, and he happily went SAM GREENWOOD/GETTY IMAGES earned $980,000.
next to the hole to three feet for a to the airport last week for a Australia’s Cameron Smith earned his second victory on the PGA Tour this year, worth $3.6 million. Keegan Bradley was among
bogey and a 6-under-par 66, giv- special reunion. four players who had a chance
ing him a one-shot victory over They watched him capture the tee shot into a palmetto bush on That’s definitely a monkey I want Smith when he looked to have a over the last hour. He was one
Anirban Lahiri of India. biggest prize in golf next to the the par-3 eighth, forcing him to to get off my back,” Lahiri said. big advantage on the par-5 16th. shot behind after a birdie on the
Lahiri, who started the final majors. take a drop near the concession “Today was as good an opportu- Smith duck-hooked his tee shot 16th, only to three-putt the 17th
round with a one-shot lead, had a “It’s really cool to have them area that led to double bogey. It nity as any. I gave it a good go. into the pines. Casey drilled his from the front of the green to a
birdie on the 17th and needed one here,” Smith said. “My main prior- was the only shot he dropped all Made some mistakes today that I drive down the middle. But the back pin, and then took double
more to force a playoff. He came ity was to hang out with them. day, and his best finish on the could have avoided, but that’s ball took one last roll in the bogey on the 18th when his punch
up short of the green, and his Golf was second. It’s nice to see PGA Tour came with a $2.18 mil- golf.” rain-soaked fairway, right into shot from the trees came out hot
pitch was below the cup all the them and nice to get a win for lion consolation prize. Casey, meanwhile, was the vic- another player’s pitch mark. and ended up in the water. He
way. He closed with a 69. them.” “I’ve been here seven years; tim of bad luck. He was two shots Instead of a mid-iron into the shot 68 and finished fifth.
Paul Casey shot 69 and was the Lahiri’s only big mistake was a haven’t gotten over the line yet. behind and in the same group as par 5, he had to punch it out short. — Associated Press

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Two hard years later,

young people look past pandemic
BY M AX S TRICKBERGER AND A LAN J INICH

I
n 2021, as the pandemic showed no signs of abating, young people man became estranged from his lifelong pastor over alt-right politics; a
across the country were dealing with isolation and altered dreams, cattle sorter on the U.S.-Mexico border struggled to make time for his
and were trying figure out what their futures would be like. We were newborn daughter; a lonely New Orleans waitress found a community
among them — two college students who wanted to see how our through online gaming; a new teacher in South Dallas scrambled to provide
generation was coping. For six months, we crisscrossed 23 states and support for her second-grade students. Yet, like us, they hung on to hopes
interviewed more than 80 young people suspended in that transitional time for a future free of covid-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. We asked
between adolescence and adulthood. Some returned to the homes they members of this “Generation Pandemic” to respond to the open-ended
spent their childhood hoping to escape. Others moved across the country statement “After the pandemic, I want to . . . ” Here is how they responded in
when their jobs turned remote. Each reshaped parts of themselves: a Navajo their own writing:

When Grant Williams at age 19 began studying film at New York University in 2020,
university restrictions made socializing almost impossible. He spent hours walking the
city alone, averaging 30,000 steps a day. He developed severe anxiety, lost 20 pounds
and eventually transferred to a university near his family in Dalton, Ga. Nearly two
years later, he still thinks about his time in New York every day: “It’s a form of PTSD.”
Inspired by the therapist who cared for him, he now studies biology and hopes to
become a heart surgeon.

Couvisa Washington, 26, once made hundreds of dollars a week playing drums on a
plastic bucket on a highway exit ramp in Chicago. His income evaporated when the
pandemic kept tourists away and local traffic home. “You couldn’t see nobody outside.”
Sometimes he would play for the whole day only to make $15. Performing was a way for
him to keep busy and stay safe, however. Originally from the Englewood neighborhood
in Chicago, many of his friends have died of gun violence in the past two years.

Jamie Galicia and her boyfriend, AJ, met on the first day of school at Central Wyoming
College in 2019. They started dating until the school sent people home because of the
pandemic in March 2020 — AJ to an apartment in Colorado without WiFi and Jamie to
her family home in Idaho. They drifted apart. Months later, AJ released a song on
YouTube about Jamie. They began talking again. When Jamie got covid-19, they would
fall asleep on FaceTime. Eventually, AJ found a job near Jamie and they’ve shared a home
with Jamie’s family since then. “Sometimes I wonder if covid never happened, would we
still be together?” Jamie says. SEE PANDEMIC ON E5
PHOTOS BY ALAN JINICH; CARDS BY GENERATION PANDEMIC

INSIDE
Talking about dying can help us confront our fears, say goodbye to loved ones. E4 | “Papa pals” help older people feel less socially isolated and aid with errands, chores. E6
As places drop mask rules, here are questions to ask about indoor air quality. E6 | Reducing salt is important for health. There are ways to cut sodium from our diets. E3
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Tracking funnel-web spider’s behavior S C I E N C E N E WS

Oldest known fossil ancestor of octopuses is

Most studies have been found in Montana, lived before dinosaur era
about their venom. BY C HRISTINA L ARSON other finds from the site. But then
Caitlin Creak wants to paleontologists noticed the 10
learn about their lives. Scientists have found the old-
est known ancestor of octopuses
tiny limbs encased in limestone.
The well-preserved fossil also
— an approximately 330 million- “shows some evidence of an ink
BY J ILL G RALOW year-old fossil unearthed in Mon- sac,” probably used to squirt out a
tana. dark liquid cloak to help to evade
Some Sydney funnel-web spi- The researchers concluded the predators, just like modern octo-
ders are scrambling into the Aus- ancient creature lived millions of puses, said Christopher Whalen,
tralian brush carrying special car- years earlier than previously be- an American Museum of Natural
go: a telemetry tracker to study lieved, meaning that octopuses History paleontologist and
how far a mature male can travel originated before the era of dino- co-author of the study published
at night and whether their move- saurs. last week in the journal Nature
ments are affected by the environ- The 4.7-inch fossil has 10 limbs Communications.
ment and weather. — modern octopuses have eight The creature, a vampyropod,
Caitlin Creak, a doctoral candi- — each with two rows of suckers. probably was the ancestor of both
date at the School of Biological, It probably lived in a shallow, modern octopuses and vampire
Earth and Environmental Scienc- tropical ocean bay. squid, a confusingly named ma-
es of the University of New South “It’s very rare to find soft tissue rine critter that’s much closer to
Wales, has been tracking the male fossils, except in a few places,” an octopus than a squid.
Sydney funnel-web, one of the said Mike Vecchione, a Smithso- Previously, the “oldest known
world’s deadliest spiders, for two nian National Museum of Natural definitive” vampyropod was from
summers. The nocturnal arach- History zoologist who was not around 240 million years ago, the
nid lives within about 62 miles of involved in the study. “This is a authors said.
Australia’s largest city, and is very exciting finding. It pushes The scientists named the fossil
mostly active between November back the ancestry much farther Syllipsimopodi bideni, after Pres-
and April. than previously known.” ident Biden.
Having grown up in Australia’s The specimen was discovered Whether having an ancient oc-
bushland, the 27-year-old is no in Montana’s Bear Gulch lime- topus — or vampire squid —
stranger to spiders, but her love stone formation and donated to bearing your name is actually a
for them grew after she learned PHOTOS BY JILL GRALOW/REUTERS
the Royal Ontario Museum in compliment, the scientists say
about them during her biology Caitlin Creak, a doctoral candidate at the University of New South Wales, uses an antenna to search Canada in 1988. they intended admiration for the
degree, and interacted with the for a male Sydney funnel-web spider. BELOW: A spider with an attached telemetry tracker. For decades, the fossil sat over- president’s science and research
creatures she thinks are wonder- looked in a drawer while scien- priorities.
ful. far he’s gone overnight,” Creak tists studied fossil sharks and — Associated Press
Most studies on the Sydney said. “Once they’re used to having
funnel-web spider are about its a tracker on, they’re off. They can
venom and taxonomy, but Creak’s go, God, anywhere between a
study focuses on its behavior and meter to 60 meters [3 feet to 197
ecology. feet] in a night, that I’ve record-
“The Sydney funnel-web has a ed.”
human-lethal venom, which is It is no easy task to track the
just a bit of an evolutionary coin- arachnids. With a receiver and
cidence, as we suspect at this antenna, Creak must tread care-
stage,” she said. “That’s kind of all fully over vegetation, logs and leaf
we know about them, to be hon- litter. The telemetry tracker on
est. We don’t actually really know the spider sends beeps to the
anything else in terms of their receiver as Creaks gets close.
behavior, their biology or their Australia has many species of
ecology.” funnel-webs but only the male
To be able to attach the tracker, Sydney funnel-web is responsible
the spider must first be knocked for human deaths. Only 13 deaths
out with carbon dioxide, a stan- have been recorded but more
dard practice for sedating inver- than 30 people are bitten by the
tebrates, Creak said. spider each year, according to the
As the spider dozes for a couple Australian Museum.
of minutes on a wet sponge that Creak is cautious when han- tracks the spider daily for as long “We’re with them all the time, BERND KAMMERER/ASSOCIATED PRESS

keeps it hydrated, Creak places a dling the spider, never touching as the trackers stay functional. we might as well try and coexist An octopus at the zoo in Frankfurt, Germany. Researchers say a
second sponge around its head to them with her hands. Instead, she They can sometimes become dis- and to do that, we need to know fossil indicates that the ancestors of octopuses existed much earlier
safely glue the small tracking uses foot-long forceps and when lodged, and the tiny batteries last more about them,” Creak said of than believed — approximately 330 million years ago.
device, slightly bigger than a awake, the spider is kept in a thick about a month. spiders during a recent tracking
grain of rice, to its fused head and plastic container. “In the morning, I’ll come expedition.
thorax, called the cephalothorax. Weather permitting, Creak back, and I’ll be able to see how — Reuters

SCIENCE SCAN

Tips shed light on best power-saving bulbs to buy ANIMAL HUSBANDRY

Scientists explore how pigs’ oinks, squeals and

BY T IK R OOT for comparison, are about 4,000
to 6,500 Kelvin.
other sounds are associated with their emotions
Thomas Edison’s incandescent Another metric is the color BY E RIN B LAKEMORE Classification of pig calls
lightbulb has endured for more rendering index (CRI), which is a produced from birth to slaughter
than a century. But when their measure of how much a lightbulb Pigs are noisy creatures, from according to their emotional
characteristic wire filaments affects the color of objects it their contented oinks to their valence and context of
glow, much of the electricity they shines on. Both sunlight and in- terrified squeals. production
draw escapes as heat — a process candescent bulbs have a maxi- But could those sounds contain Scientific Reports
that, while once a technological mum CRI of 100, and serve as clues to their emotions and wel-
marvel, makes them modern-day benchmarks for how items ap- fare?
energy hogs. pear under those light sources. An international team of re-
Sales of incandescents have This is what LED makers are searchers say so. For a study in examples, or isolated them from
been falling in recent years and striving for, said DenBaars, so he Scientific Reports, they created the other pigs.
now make up fewer than half of suggested looking for high-CRI an algorithm to analyze thou- They analyzed the data with
all sales. The Biden administra- bulbs, which are becoming more sands of pig sounds — and say it’s the help of an algorithm. It re-
tion recently announced renewed common. a tool that could one day be used vealed that short sounds without
efforts to effectively phase them DenBaars said LEDs have im- by farmers. much fluctuation in volume —
out entirely in favor of more proved in other ways, too. Some If you’re wondering whether usually ones that go from a high
efficient lighting technology that now come with features that shift animals have emotions at all, to a lower frequency — are associ-
saves electricity, lowers utility the color and brightness of a bulb you’re not alone. For centuries, ated with positive emotions. Neg-
bills and avoids planet-warming ISTOCK
throughout the day or at preset researchers have been trying to ative ones are associated with
emissions. A man replaces a compact-fluorescent bulb with an LED one, which times. There are also “filament” determine if and how animals longer squeals and vocalizations
Switching to more efficient consumes far less electricity than an incandescent lightbulb. LED bulbs, where the diodes are experience feelings. In this case, at higher frequencies. Pigs made
lightbulbs is a “great first step” in arranged to look like the fila- the researchers looked at pigs’ low-frequency grunts in both sit-
reducing a home’s energy use, Zarker said, changing lightbulbs ing California) were LED in 2020 ments in an incandescent bulb. emotional arousal — heightened uations, however.
said Larry Zarker, chief executive is something renters can also do — that’s up from about half just “You almost think it’s an incan- activity associated with pleasant What’s the point of listening to
of the Building Performance In- to lower their utility bills. two years earlier. descent,” DenBaars said. and unpleasant stimuli. pigs? Animal welfare, say the re-
stitute. But with a plethora of In addition to Energy Star, the “Ten years ago, this product Nonetheless, there are pitfalls The scientists used a data set of searchers. Understanding the
options, shopping for the best government has tried more direct was not purchasable on the mar- to watch out for even with LEDs. over 7,000 vocalizations made sounds pigs make when they’re
replacement bulb can be confus- measures to encourage the move ket, and now they’re available DenBaars said that installing across the life span of 411 pigs on stressed is “an important step
ing. So, we turned to experts for away from incandescents. On everywhere,” Zarker said. “It’s efficient bulbs can sometimes commercial farms and in a vari- toward improved animal welfare
tips on finding the right fit. President Barack Obama’s last very exciting.” lead to complacency, in which ety of experimental scenarios. for livestock,” Elodie Briefer, an
The universal vote for the most day in office, for instance, the But not all Energy Star LED people are less attentive to turn- They assigned positive or nega- associate professor at the Univer-
climate-friendly household light- Energy Department issued stan- lightbulbs are the same; there are ing off lights that aren’t in use. tive emotions to different situa- sity of Copenhagen’s biology de-
ing was LED (light-emitting di- dards that would have effectively other factors to consider, as well. “The other problem is that tions; for example, a fight or partment who co-led the study,
ode) bulbs, which consume far phased out incandescent bulbs by Some of the choices are fairly people put in more lights,” he imminent slaughter was catego- said in a news release.
less electricity than their pred- 2020. But President Donald intuitive. “If you have a dimmable said. In either case, it can eat into rized as “negative” and suckling The researchers say the algo-
ecessors. Where an incandescent Trump’s administration reversed switch, you certainly want the the savings that LEDs offer. was categorizes as “positive.” rithm could be used to better
would use 60 watts, for example, that move. President Biden is bulb that works with dimmable,” Narendran highlighted a less- To tease out other pig sounds, understand other animals — and
an equivalent LED uses closer to aiming to reinstate the measure. Zarker said. But other variables er-known issue: overheating. the researchers put pigs in a could be developed into an app
about 8 watts. The Appliance Standards can be more complex, such as the When LEDs aren’t ventilated variety of situations: They intro- for farmers who want to improve
“The best place to start for Awareness Project estimated that color tones that the bulb emits. properly, he said, the buildup of duced them to new objects, for their animals’ lives.
somebody shopping is to look for there are still a billion sockets in Early iterations of efficient heat can cause their life span to
something like Energy Star la- the United States using incandes- lights, such as compact fluores- fall far short of the 10 to 15 years
bels, which have gone through cent bulbs. Implementing the cents, developed a reputation as often advertised.
some testing,” said Nadarajah Na- higher standards, it found, would bright, harsh and ultimately off- “The heat has no place to go,
rendran, the director of research result in $20 billion in savings for putting to consumers. Because and that will affect the lightbulb
at Rensselaer Polytechnic Insti- consumers and a reduction of 50 LEDs come in various shades, longevity,” he said. Particularly
tute’s Lighting Research Center. million metric tons of carbon said Steven DenBaars, an LED heat-prone situations to look out
Energy Star is the Energy Depart- dioxide emissions by 2030. That’s expert at the University of Cali- for include fixtures with multiple
ment and Environmental Protec- the equivalent of taking about 10 fornia at Santa Barbara, custom- bulbs, as well as LEDs that are
tion Agency program that desig- million cars off the road for a ers “need to understand what installed with a closed covering.
nates products as meeting certain year. color temperature they want.” But Narendran said moving to
efficiency standards, and the blue Politics aside, the price of LEDs “Soft” or “warm” are the closest LEDs makes nearly universal
label should be on the packaging. has dropped dramatically in re- to traditional incandescent bulbs, sense, and switching from incan-
A 2017 price survey from the cent years, and they are now he said. The package may also list descent lights can pay back in
nonprofit group Consumer Fed- available for a couple bucks per the bulb color in a unit of temper- lower electricity costs in a matter
eration of America (CFA) found bulb or less, essentially the same ature measurement known as of months.
that a house with 20 lightbulbs price as incandescents. And ac- Kelvin, and “soft” or “warm” “The market transformation is
could save about $1,000 per dec- cording to data that utilities sub- would translate to about 2,500 to already a done deal,” he said. ISTOCK

ade by switching from incandes- mitted to the Energy Depart- 2,700 Kelvin. The higher the “There is definitely no reason Researchers created an algorithm to analyze thousands of pig
cent to LEDs. And unlike some ment, about 69 percent of bulbs numbers, the more blue the light. why people should not go to sounds — and say it’s a tool that could one day be used by farmers.
energy-efficiency improvements, sold in the United States (exclud- “Cool” white fluorescent lights, LEDs.”

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B I G N UM B ER FROM CONSUMER REPORTS

Cutting back on the salt you consume

33
The more fit you are, the less likely you
may be to develop Alzheimer’s disease
— with those who are the most fit
having a 33 percent lower risk for this
dementia than the least fit, according BY S HARON L IAO

Y
to a report to be presented to the
American Academy of Neurology at its ou probably already
percent lower risk annual meeting next month. D.C.- know that you should
based researchers, from the keep an eye on your
Washington VA Medical Center and George Washington University, daily sodium intake,
tested and tracked 649,605 veterans (average age 61) for nearly a especially if you have
decade. Based on their cardiorespiratory fitness, participants were high blood pressure. But the
divided into five categories, from lowest to highest fitness level. The health risks of getting too much
researchers found that, as fitness improved, people’s chances of of the salty stuff are back in the
developing the ailment decreased. Compared with the least-fit group, spotlight. The Food and Drug
those slightly more fit had a 13 percent lower risk for Alzheimer’s; the Administration recently issued
middle group was 20 percent less likely to develop the disease; the guidelines encouraging manufac-
next higher group was 26 percent less likely; with the odds reaching a turers to scale back the amount of
33 percent lower risk for those in the most-fit group. Alzheimer’s is sodium they use in packaged and
the most common type of dementia. It is a progressive brain disorder restaurant foods.
that, over time, destroys memory and thinking skills and interferes While this guidance is volun-
with the ability to carry out daily tasks. About 6 million Americans 65 tary, its goal is to reduce the
and older have Alzheimer’s. There are no proven ways to cure the average daily sodium intake by
disease. Researchers say, however, that increasing physical activity is about 12 percent — from the
a promising way to possibly reduce risk for the ailment. Numerous 3,400 mg that people in the
studies have found that regular physical activity can benefit the brain, United States typically get to
and the Alzheimer’s Association describes it as one of the best things 3,000 mg — over the next
people can do to decrease their chances of developing dementia. 212 years. While that’s still more
than the recommended threshold
— Linda Searing of 2,300 mg, it’s a step in the right
direction, says Anne Thorndike,
an associate professor of medi-
cine at the Harvard Medical
H EAL T H S CAN School and volunteer chair of the
American Heart Association’s
Nutrition Committee.
MEDICAL SEGREGATION Much of the sodium that peo-
ple take in — over 70 percent — ISTOCK
Researchers seek help uncovering the stories comes from packaged and pro- Fresh baked sourdough bread. Unlike packaged foods, you can lower the amount of salt in your recipes.
behind first TB sanitarium for Black patients cessed foods and restaurant
meals. So if many companies
BY E RIN B LAKEMORE Piedmont Tuberculosis follow these guidelines, it could intake. hypertension or a history of dium to food you might not
sanitarium have a significant effect on heart • Take a tally. “Write down stroke, half used a substitute expect it to be in to enhance
In the 19th and early 20th Virginia Tech and the University of health, Thorndike says. how much sodium you’re getting made from 75 percent salt and flavors and textures, and act as a
centuries, tuberculosis patients from foods throughout the day,” 25 percent potassium chloride. preservative. “The sodium in pro-
Central Florida Issues with salt
sought refuge in sanitariums. Zumpano suggests. This allows After about five years, those who cessed and packaged foods can
But in states with Jim Crow Despite what you may have you to spot the top culprits and cooked and seasoned with the really add up throughout the
segregation laws, those places of They were assisted by a unique heard about sodium getting an choose where to cut back. You substitute were 13 to 14 percent day,” Thorndike says. A slice of
respite weren’t out of racism’s set of nurses — Black women unfair shake, a majority of evi- might decide, for instance, that less likely to have a heart attack bread, for instance, can have 240
reach. pursuing advanced training at dence shows that cutting back you can’t sacrifice salting your or stroke compared with those mg or about 10 percent of the
An ongoing research project is Piedmont. As they honed their protects your health. eggs but you’re okay snacking on who used salt. As for taste, check recommended daily sodium in-
uncovering the stories of the na- skills, these nurses grappled with That’s because eating too much unsalted almonds (0 mg of sodi- out the results of a blind taste test take. Certain cereals deliver more
tion’s first sanitarium for Black inequity, “eugenicist policies, and can increase blood volume, ele- um per ounce) instead of pretzels of six popular salt substitutes by a than 300 mg in a serving, and
patients — and is looking for the paternalistic assumptions,” the vating blood pressure and forcing (about 350 mg of sodium per Consumer Reports panel of sen- pasta sauces contain upward of
public’s help. researchers write for Nursing your heart to work harder, says ounce) or opting for reduced-so- sory experts. 500 mg per half-cup. When gro-
Built in 1918, the Piedmont Clio, a peer-reviewed blog project Julia Zumpano of the Cleveland dium soy sauce. • Skip salt as you cook. Salt cery shopping, check labels to see
sanitarium in Burkeville, Va., was on the history of gender and Clinic’s Center for Human Nutri- • Train your taste buds. Ac- gets incorporated into the food, how much sodium an item is
the first facility of its kind in the medicine. tion. That raises the risk for cording to the FDA, people typi- which means you might not taste packing.
nation. It served tuberculosis pa- In the mid 1960s, the state shut stroke and heart disease. cally don’t notice small reduc- it that much in the final product, • Decode claims. “Light in
tients barred by law from TB down the sanitarium. A state-run A study published in 2014 from tions — about 10 percent — in Ross says. Instead, sprinkle it on sodium” means a product has at
facilities that served White peo- geriatric hospital is now on the Tufts University in Boston sodium. Sprinkle a little less salt right before serving. When you least 50 percent less than its
ple. Over 12,000 patients were site. showed that 1 in 10 cardiovascu- onto every meal, and gradually add it at the end, the crystals rest original or a competing one,
treated at the state-sponsored Today, tuberculosis rates have lar-related deaths worldwide is lower that amount even more. on top of the food. The salt hits while “reduced sodium” means it
sanitarium. fallen dramatically, and in 2020 because at least in part of a Over time, your tastes and prefer- your tongue, so you’re better able has at least 25 percent less. But
Researchers at Virginia Tech there were just 8,916 reported high-sodium diet. And according ences can change, so you won’t to taste it — and won’t need as even with the reduction, the sodi-
and the University of Central cases in the United States. to a study of more than 10,000 need as much salt to feel satisfied, much. um content can still be high,
Florida are delving into Pied- Inequality still casts its shadow people published in 2021 in the Ross says. • Perk up food with spices, Zumpano says. Better options:
mont’s four-decade history and over TB. According to the Centers New England Journal of Medi- • Upgrade your salt. Ounce for herbs and aromatics. They add Low sodium (140 mg or less per
uncovering stories of patients for Disease Control and Preven- cine, every 1,000 mg of sodium ounce, table, kosher and sea salt flavor and disease-fighting anti- serving), very low sodium (35 mg
and the nurses who treated them. tion, 89 percent of all new cases excreted in urine (which repre- have about the same sodium oxidants with little sodium, or less), sodium-free (less than
Health disparities were a fact occur among racial and ethnic sents intake) increases cardiovas- count. But the last two often have Zumpano says. According to re- 5 mg) and no salt added (no salt,
of life for Black Virginians, and minority groups. In 2020, 3.4 cular disease risk by 18 percent. larger crystals that take up more search published in 2015 in the but not necessarily a low-sodium
tuberculosis was no different. percent of new patients were volume on a measuring spoon, so American Journal of Clinical Nu- food).
State figures from 1920 show that Black, compared with 0.4 percent Shake it off you wind up getting less sodium trition, people who cooked with
Black people died of tuberculosis of White patients. That said, finding a balance in recipes. Another smart move: herbs and spices significantly re-
nearly twice as often as their The historians are in search of between less salt and tasty food Use a salt shaker with smaller duced their daily sodium intake.
White counterparts. more information. They’re asking can be tricky. Salt has a unique holes. That slows the flow so Experiment with garlic, onion, Consumer Reports is an
In an age before antibiotics, people to contribute details about taste that’s hard to mimic, says you’ll use less salt overall, Ross fresh and dried herbs, and sea- independent, nonprofit organization
treatment options were limited. nurses, patients and associated Carolyn F. Ross, a professor of says. soning blends. “In recipes, you that works side by side with
Sanitariums were a way to isolate community members at their food science at Washington State • Swap in salt substitutes. can replace a half or full teaspoon consumers to create a fairer, safer,
patients and reduce community website. University in Pullman. These products add either salti- of salt with an herb blend,” Ross and healthier world. CR does not
spread. What’s more, sodium is found ness or enough of a savory flavor says. An acid, such as lemon juice endorse products or services, and
Black patients who “took the Do you know anything about a past in foods where you might not called umami so you don’t miss or vinegar, can also brighten the does not accept advertising. CR has
cure” at Piedmont were put on a Piedmont resident? Visit bit.ly/ expect it, such as cereal and the salt. In a 2021 New England flavor of a dish. no financial relationship with
medically supervised regimen of PiedmontTB to learn more about the bread. These expert tips can help Journal of Medicine study of • Spot hidden sodium advertisers in this publication. Read
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characterized the approach as doing her own research online.

one that asks, “What happened to Now she’s working with a friend
you?” and not “What’s wrong with in social work to understand how
you?” she can help clients feel safe
Trauma awareness is especially during the tattoo process.
appropriate in settings where Like Valentine, Gore’s motiva-
physical contact may happen, tion is personal. As someone who
such as a yoga class, Tosone said. has experienced trauma herself,
“You go to the studio, you’re doing “seeing how [scar coverups]
your poses. The instructor may brought so much hope and light
come over and correct your pose to the person that I had tattooed
to help you deepen it.” For some- was . . . so rewarding on another
one who has experienced trauma, level that I couldn’t even explain.”
she said, being touched can elicit Because there are few avenues
a deeply painful or unpleasant for formal trauma education, not
response. “Now, in trauma-in- everyone receives adequate train-
formed, what the instructor ing. Skinner-Spain, with NYU,
would be saying is, ‘May I ap- said the risk of someone outside
proach you? May I put my hands of mental health educating them-
on you?’” selves and labeling their work
Jenn Turner, a licensed mental trauma-informed is that they may
health counselor based in Boston, not be prepared to handle trauma
founded Trauma Center Trauma- responses or to hear about trau-
Sensitive Yoga, a program to edu- matic experiences. “Listening to
cate yoga instructors in trauma stories of harm is difficult both
awareness. The 300-hour certifi- for the practitioner, if you’re not
cation course comprises class- equipped and experienced
work, mentorship, observation, enough to handle that, and also
evaluation and research, and it the person, if you can’t contain
requires that participants pursue the emotional charge and inter-
continuing education and annual vene appropriately.”
supervision to maintain their cre- How professionals represent
dential. themselves matters, said New
For professionals like Valen- York psychotherapist Jennifer
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tine, the photographer, it can be Benetato, who specializes in trau-
difficult to find trauma-informed ma and addiction recovery. It’s a
training. There are no licenses or good sign if they’ve received

Why ‘trauma-informed’ care spread certifications for photographers,

so they have to create their own
course of study. Valentine said
they draw on their previous work
training from a mental health
practitioner, but it doesn’t mean
that person is qualified to say,
“Please tell me all of your trauma,

to yoga classes and tattoo parlors at a domestic violence agency and

their undergraduate coursework
in subjects such as sociology, hu-
man rights and colonialism, in
let’s heal all of that,” she said.
One of the most popular texts
for those looking to develop trau-
ma awareness is “The Body Keeps
addition to staying apprised of the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body
BY E MILY M C C RARY- R UIZ- health arena, nor is there any portrait clients in particular, Val- childhood trauma is common: By current research. “I am consis- in the Healing of Trauma,” which
E SPARZA governing body that regulates entine makes themself available age 16, more than two-thirds of tently working to learn and grow documents and explores the ef-
trauma-informed programs. That for hours of consultation before children report at least one trau- in this area. I think it’s the thing fects of trauma. The author, psy-
For years, psychiatrists, psy- means that non-mental health the shoot, where they agree on matic event. that I will always be learning and chiatrist and trauma researcher
chologists, social workers and professionals could receive inad- what kinds of poses, interaction Traumatic events can include growing in. I do feel confident in Bessel van der Kolk, said he is
mental health counselors have equate training. and language the client is com- community, school, racial and do- doing trauma-informed work at heartened by the “quite impor-
practiced trauma-informed care, Vaile Wright, senior director of fortable with, when and where mestic violence, physical or sex- this point, but also recognize tant and quite revolutionary”
an approach that acknowledges health-care innovation at the the shoot will take place, and how ual assault, psychological abuse, there’s so much expansive space growing awareness of trauma
that people have traumatic ex- American Psychological Associa- Valentine can make the experi- loss of a loved one, neglect, natu- there for growth.” and its effects. He nevertheless
periences and that those experi- tion, said the risk this poses is ence a positive one. Valentine said ral disasters, and refugee or war Professionals seeking to make expressed reservation about the
ences can affect their behavior twofold. “If consumers are ex- photo sessions often begin with a experiences, though this list is far their work trauma-informed of- trauma-informed label being
and understanding of the world. pecting a trauma-informed yoga moment of silence. “It’s typically a from exhaustive. ten do so for deeply personal used outside of mental health.
The goal of trauma-informed teacher to heal their trauma or pretty tender and vulnerable ex- The effects of these events can reasons. “As someone who has “I like to think that I know
care is to offer more effective treat their trauma, I think that perience for folks being photo- be profound and long-lasting and held a lot of trauma in my body something about trauma,” he
therapy by acknowledging trau- you run the risk of that expecta- graphed. . . . It’s a pretty vulner- can appear in a number of ways, and mind in life, it is really mean- said. “I would never say that I’m a
ma, recognizing the signs of trau- tion clearly not being met, and able space together.” including anxiety, depression, in- ingful to me to support others trauma-informed practitioner
ma, responding to those signs therefore a consumer might not ability to concentrate, self-harm, with trauma services,” Valentine because I know that people have
and avoiding re-traumatizing the reach out for help in other ways, violent behavior, thoughts of sui- said, “and I'm really passionate their own reactions, and you can
patient. like [with] a professional. At its cide, intense and intrusive mem- about affirming people, particu- get very unexpected responses.”
Now, professionals and service very worst, it could end up being Professionals and ories of the traumatic event, dis- larly other people in the He also noted that the term trau-
providers of all kinds outside the re-traumatizing.” sociation, sleep disorders, and LGBTQIA community.” ma can be overapplied.
mental health field are adopting a When there is no available others outside the avoidance of emotions and sensa- Ruby Gore is a Philadelphia Van der Kolk worries that some
trauma-informed mind-set. Law- training, interested professionals tions associated with the trau- tattoo artist educating herself practitioners may be hiding be-
yers, yoga teachers, photogra- such as Rosie Valentine, a photog- mental health field are matic event. about trauma. Like everyone in hind the label, using it as a buzz-
phers, career coaches and tattoo rapher in central North Carolina To be trauma-informed, said her field, Gore spends a great deal word. If someone wants to claim
artists are educating themselves who labels their services trauma- adopting a trauma- Carol Tosone, a professor of social of time in close physical contact trauma awareness, he said, there
about the effects of trauma, ap- informed, are creating their own work at New York University who with others, which can be diffi- must be demonstrable change in
proaching their work with this curriculum. informed mind-set. co-directs its trauma-informed cult for someone who has had a the way they work with and relate
new knowledge in mind and la- “I really care about my clients’ clinical practice program, is to traumatic experience. She said to clients. “I would say, ‘What do
beling their businesses “trauma- emotional experience and their assume “that trauma is fairly that when several clients started you mean? What have you
informed.” safety. I recognize that I cannot As the increasing interest in ubiquitous, it’s widespread, that asking her for scar coverups, of- learned? How are you doing
Although mental health pro- create a 100 percent safe space all offering trauma-informed care anybody could be experiencing it, ten the result of a traumatic event things differently?’
fessionals take coursework from the time. That’s just not humanly suggests, trauma is common. One and you need to be sensitive to the or its long-term effects, she recog- “I think the label doesn’t really
and receive certification by aca- possible,” Valentine said. “I don’t survey of 2,900 participants fact that anybody could be experi- nized that she needed a special- tell me how good you are, but
demic and professional organiza- know folks’ individual triggers to found that up to 89.7 percent of encing it.” She also noted that ized approach. your results [do].”
tions that specialize in trauma-in- all of the nuanced extent that they adults in the U.S. have experi- what one person registers as trau- “I was like, you know, I've
formed training, those outside exist as living, complex people, enced at least one traumatic ma, another may not. never done this before. It is some- Emily McCrary-Ruiz-Esparza is a
the field seldom have access to and their lived experience.” event, and exposure to more than Aaron Skinner-Spain, a li- thing that's important to me. I'd freelance writer based in Richmond
similar instruction. There’s no Valentine’s trauma-informed one is the norm. According to the censed clinical social worker who like to learn.” Gore said she start- who covers workplace culture and
consensus on how to vet profes- approach involves consent, com- Substance Abuse and Mental co-directs NYU’s trauma-in- ed by having a more experienced policies and issues faced by women.
sionals outside of the mental munication and boundaries. For Health Services Administration, formed program with Tosone, tattoo artist supervise and by Find her @emilymccrary.

PERSPECTIVE

Although it was terrifying for me, I learned to talk about death and dying
hope
BY S TEVEN P ETROW said, “Don’t worry, it won’t be detect. By acknowledging and , supporting them if not sharing
painful.” I told her hospice had sharing my fears openly, I let their pain.
A serious illness is many things provided a “comfort kit,” which them go and they began to dis- Barry did well enough for a
— terrifying, painful, life-alter- contained medications for rest- solve. Eventually, I stopped tak- while — long enough to celebrate
ing. The prospect of losing a loved lessness, confusion, anxiety, ing those anti-anxiety medica- his 67th birthday, to make a fare-
one, or your own life, becomes an sleeplessness, constipation and, tions. well tour to friends, and to enjoy
unspeakable agony. It’s also iso- of course, pain management. I In her recent memoir, “Going the winter holidays. By spring, all
lating in a way I never could have could feel Mom’s hand relax. Fi- There,” journalist Katie Couric, that had changed. Eleven months
imagined. I’ve been the one in nally, she said, with a palpable whose husband died of colon can- after diagnosis, one of his care-
that sickbed, and I’ve also done sense of relief, “Thank you.” cer in 1998 at age 42, tells of givers posted the sentence every-
some time sitting beside it. I In the weeks after that, we feeling trapped between a rock one expected, yet dreaded. “So,
wouldn’t wish either experience began a new chapter. I hadn’t and a hard place. “I was so wor- yes, he is dying.” We understood.
on anyone. realized how much effort had ried about letting go of hope Barry’s followers made that final
Lately, however, I’ve been gone into my denial. I thought because I didn’t want Jay to spend journey together with him.
thinking about what memoirist about the many times I had said, whatever time he had left just During those final days I
Meghan O’Rourke has called “the “if you die …,” which denied what waiting to die,” she wrote. “I think thought of “The Mary Tyler
long goodbye” and trying to focus we both knew was inevitable. it takes extraordinary courage to Moore Show,” one of Barry’s fa-
on the one gift it does give us: the After I dropped the subjunctive be able to face death, and I think I vorites, specifically the final
gift of time. Time to plan, but and began to talk about when she was too scared, honestly.” scene where Mary, Rhoda, Lou,
mostly time to unearth and proc- died, a barrier was eliminated. ISTOCK
Couric’s words reverberated Ted and all the rest huddle, and
ess our feelings. And then, if we’re She knew. I knew. Now, we knew with me, especially as I’ve tried to walk offstage together, as one. It’s
fortunate, to be able to share together. from others, even myself, but in me so much, sharing my cancer take the lessons learned from my a tear-jerker, for sure.
these deep-seated fears with I don’t think Mom suffered in my mind, that was better than “experience” with patients, which mother’s death, and my own ill- We leaned in, through the Car-
those we love. her final days. After she became feeling. Or worse: talking about invariably included discussions ness: How to be present. How to ing Bridge site. One friend ac-
This is not easy. When my “unresponsive” (considered part feelings with others. of fear. I realized how helpful balance today with tomorrow. knowledged the heartbreak of
mother learned she had lung can- of “active dying”) I returned to I chose to be alone. these conversations — about hair How to find the courage to em- losing Barry. His brother, Jamie,
cer several years ago, we both that comfort kit at the direction of Every time when I returned to and weight loss, recurrence and brace what’s so often unspeak- posted: “We all know the inevi-
turned to humor to help absorb a nurse. I removed the liquid the hospital for follow-up labs remission, life and death — were able. table result, but it doesn’t keep
the meaning of her diagnosis and morphine and gently squeezed and scans, I’d medicate. But to the patients I met in the hospi- A longtime friend, Barry Owen, me from becoming emotional ev-
to deflect the pain. One after- one drop, then a second into her tal, either newly diagnosed or succeeded in all three ways. ery day.” I wrote that I’d burst into
noon, many months before she mouth. When the end came a few undergoing treatment. But these At 66, he revealed his pancreat- tears upon reading the news, but
died, Mom said with a wry smile, hours later, my sister, brother and talks changed me, too. ic cancer diagnosis in a blog post. that I felt so deeply connected to
“I think I’m really dying.” To I sat on her hospital bed, holding For far too long, For far too long, my fears had He knew, as did his husband, Dan, his friends. Amid all this, a friend
which I replied, “You mean to- hands with each other and our been caged inside me, dense and the unforgiving prognosis. (Stage reminded us that Barry’s mantra
day? Because I’m going to the mother as she died. What a gift, I my fears had been dark. Laura Wallace, a licensed IV pancreatic cancer has a five- had always been “Only connect,”
market, so if you really think so, I thought, as we helped her to let go clinical social worker whose prac- year survival rate of 1 percent, which to him spoke to the impor-
won’t shop for you.” “That’s hilari- honestly, openly, and — most im- caged inside me, tice focuses on transitions and according to Johns Hopkins Med- tance of our relationships to help
ous,” Mom countered, a hungry portantly — together. loss, explained that acknowledg- icine.) “I have no illusions about defeat “the isolation” — as novel-
smile now on her face. “What’s for Three decades earlier, when I dense and dark. ing feelings of “loss and longing,” this disease,” Barry wrote on his ist E.M. Forster put it — that
dinner?” Very adroitly, pretty was newly in remission from my while deeply painful, is a much Caring Bridge blog, which was keeps us apart.
much reflexively, we had avoided own cancer, I had so many wor- better alternative than anger, ad- read by about 30 of his closest I felt privileged to be among all
the elephant in the room. ries — about recurrence, addi- diction and anxiety. Or denial. friends, including his two broth- these beautiful souls, so in touch
Mom’s health deteriorated tional treatments, more surgery. drugs, it turns out, can do only so Releasing these fears — into ers. with their feelings and able to
over the next several weeks. But at its core the fear was always much. I’d still taste the fear in my the rooms where I had these Three months after his diagno- express them. I thought then — as
Again, she raised the question of about dying, which I never ac- throat, or notice the shallowness conversations, into the air out- sis, Barry pushed open the door to I do now — how rare this gift is.
her death, but now without the knowledged, which meant no of my breathing. A few times I side the hospital when I would a conversation about dying. “Dan When Barry died, we held onto
smile. “Will dying be painful?” opening for others to broach the vomited — spontaneously — the walk away — was liberating. and I are starting to talk about one another, tightly albeit it virtu-
she asked. In that moment, I topic. I tried hard to keep those associations too strong. No mat- Imagine a vial filled with dark planning, planning for my death,” ally. One friend posted, “Although
knew I needed to confront my anxieties buried away, mostly by ter how hard I tried, I could not blue worry. Release a drop into a he wrote. “This is not easy to write I only know a few of all the friends
own feelings about her mortality taking anti-anxiety medications. effectively lock away that demon, small cup of water and it colors about.” around Barry, I feel part of you
and not sidestep the conversation I’d pop a Klonopin and for four that fear. the water. Release another drop, It was not easy to read about, and share your grief.” Another
with facile banter. hours I’d be “fine,” as I often Then I decided to volunteer at this one into a gallon bucket, and either. But we joined the conver- wrote, “How terrible our loss.”
I took Mom’s hand in mine and repeated. Still, I felt detached the cancer hospital that had given it becomes nearly impossible to sation with Barry and Dan, I Yes, our loss.
TUESDAY, MARCH 15 , 2022 . THE WASHINGTON POST EZ EE E5

Covid changed their lives. Now they look ahead.

PANDEMIC FROM E1

Lindsay Cohen, 20, considered

her grandfather her best friend.
But when he died by suicide a
year into the pandemic, she
couldn’t remember the last time
she’d seen him in person — they
lived in different states. In his
honor, Lindsay got a tattoo of
her grandfather’s initials. “I just
called him Papa though.” Now a
sophomore at the University of
Alabama, Lindsay is working to
raise awareness about men’s
mental health issues; a link to
related resources is now part of
her Instagram bio. PHOTOS BY ALAN JINICH; CARDS BY GENERATION PANDEMIC

Three weeks after Shay Scott’s human resources job in Virginia

turned fully remote in 2021, she decided to move to New Orleans.
Shay, 26, had spent much of her childhood moving — some 40 times
before college, sometimes in and out of homeless shelters. During
the pandemic, however, she slowed down and had a chance to deal
with an eating disorder and childhood pain: “Instead of watching
everybody else, I watched myself.” At first, New Orleans felt like
home but her remote work has made it hard for her to make new
friends so she’s thinking of moving back to the East Coast, maybe
Philadelphia. Shay says she misses the cold.

Chase Hansen, 23, is a punk rock

drummer from Los Angeles who
has worked as a professional
welder since he was 17. In January
2020, he enrolled in community
college for the first time. Pandem-
ic stimulus checks helped him
stay in school but he dropped out
after three semesters: “I missed
working with my hands.” He re- When the pandemic reached Grand Teton National Park in
cently formed a new band and is Wyoming, facilities there shut down. Many park employees stayed,
in talks to sign a record deal. “I however. One of them was Luxianna Watkins, 25. Over a thousand
feel like I’ve made it in life,” he miles away from her older parents in rural Illinois, Luxianna felt
says. “I just wish there was more isolated and homesick — and stuck. She worried she might never
financial security being in a punk see her parents again: “They could die and I’d be stuck in Wyoming.”
band. I don’t really care though, Luxianna expressed gratitude for her parents by writing them a
as long as I’m happy.” six-page letter. She wanted nothing left unsaid. She now visits them
every six months.

The pandemic accelerated this now 27-year-old woman’s political

move to the right. (She asked that her name not be used.) She believes
the mainstream media has hyped the threat of covid-19. She got a tattoo
of an atom on her hand to show she is not anti-science. When her Dallas
catering business dried up because of the pandemic, she moved to D.C.,
where she says worked for a conservative group and demonstrated
outside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. She is working as a waitress in
Nebraska now, but she hopes one day to launch her own podcast,
inspired by a conservative podcast she listens to.

Micah Estevan, 23, works in an

auto body shop near Window
Sharon Lemus, 23, grew up in a Rock, Ariz., the capital of the
crowded mobile home in Santa Fe. Navajo Nation. As a child, the
Until the pandemic, she organized pastor at Micah’s church helped
her life to spend as little time there install running water and elec-
as possible, working two jobs and tricity in his family’s mobile
studying at her local community home. Micah sometimes called
college. When everything shut him grandfather. But during the
down, she had no choice but to pandemic, Micah says the pastor
stay home. It was noisy, chaotic became increasingly political and
and stressful. Her brother and his far right, going after Democrats
girlfriend had a drug problem that and denigrating minority groups
worsened in lockdown and in 2021 including Native Americans like
they had a son. Eventually, her Micah. So he stopped going to
brother and his girlfriend moved church and now explores his reli-
out and Sharon helped her mom gious identity through books by
assume shared custody of their Russian novelist Feodor Dostoev-
son. Now Sharon’s looking for a ski, Japanese writer Shusaku
place of her own. Endo and others.

These stories are adapted from Generation Pandemic, an online oral history archive that can be read in full at www.generationpandemicproject.com.

Max Strickberger and Alan Jinich are seniors at the University of Pennsylvania, studying English and neuroscience respectively. They have been close friends
since childhood and grew up on the same street outside of D.C.
E6 EZ EE THE WASHINGTON POST . TUESDAY, MARCH 15 , 2022

‘Papa pals’ provide companionship, help for the elderly

BY P HIL G ALEWITZ cultures, and humility.
Michael Walling, 22, who works
Widowed and usually living as a Papa pal near his home in Port
alone, Gloria Bailey walks with a Huron, Mich., said most seniors
cane after two knee replacement are receptive to getting help or a
surgeries and needs help with chance to talk to someone for a
housekeeping. couple of hours.
So she was thrilled last summer One of his clients has trouble
when her Medicare Advantage walking, so Walling helps vacuum
plan, SummaCare, began sending and mop her trailer and take her to
a worker to her house in Akron, the grocery store. On Christmas
Ohio, to mop floors, clean dishes, Eve, he even took her out to lunch.
and help with computer prob- “It was to be my day off, but I didn’t
lems. Some days, they would want her to be alone on the holi-
spend the two-hour weekly visit day,” he said.
just chatting at her kitchen table. Tim Barrage, who visits Bailey
“I love it,” she said of the free and about a dozen other seniors in
benefit. the Akron area each week, turned
Bailey, 72, is one of thousands of to Papa because he was looking for
elderly people around the country a flexible part-time job to supple-
being visited each week by em- ment income from his firearms
ployees of Papa. Known as “Papa safety training businesses.
pals,” their primary aim is to pro- “I’ve done work in the garden,
vide companionship to seniors hanging up and taking down
along with helping with errands Christmas decorations, cleaning
and light housework duties. Since ovens or stovetops,” said Barrage,
2020, more than 65 Medicare Ad- a former parole officer.
vantage plans nationwide have Each time he arrives at a mem-
signed up with Papa, a Miami- ber’s home, Papa directs him to
based company, to address mem- check to see how the member is
bers’ loneliness — a problem exac- feeling overall and then periodi-
erbated by the pandemic. cally ask about issues that can
“It’s the best thing ever” to include the wellness exam and
counteract social isolation, said JOHN TOMSICK
health risk assessment. At the end
Anne Armao, a vice president at Tim Barrage, a “Papa pal,” helps out with some yard work at Gloria Bailey’s home in Akron, Ohio. Bailey’s Medicare Advantage of the visit, he reports to Papa
SummaCare. More than 12 per- health plan contracts with a firm called Papa. Its workers provide companionship, perform light housekeeping and run errands. about what services he provided
cent of the company’s 23,000 Ohio Barrage visits Bailey, 72, and about a dozen other seniors in the Akron area each week. and how the member interacted
Medicare members used the Papa with him. He alerts his supervisors
benefit last year. at Papa to a member’s potential
But SummaCare and other tive to traditional Medicare. In health risk assessments and chart exam reminders are on the list of he said. “A pal is a trusted adviser health issues, and Papa connects
health plans also stand to benefit 2021, Medicare paid plans $11.6 reviews without documentation things Papa employees are told to who can get them to think about with the health plan to address
by sending Papa pals into mem- billion in bonus pay, double the that the patients were treated for ask about on visits. benefits they do not know about.” them.
bers’ homes. The workers can help amount in 2017. these issues. “They are our eyes and ears who He said insurers often don’t Jennifer Kivi, manager of Medi-
the plans collect more money The federal government’s base Nearly half of Medicare enroll- can learn so much from members know a member is facing a health care product development for Pri-
from Medicare by persuading pay for the plans is a monthly fee ees get their coverage through in their homes,” she explained. issue until they see a medical ority Health, a Michigan health
members to get annual wellness for each member, but it increases Medicare Advantage. Pals look in refrigerators to see if claim. “We can identify things they plan, said members who have
exams, fill out personal health risk that amount based on the mem- David Lipschutz, associate di- members have enough to eat, don’t know about,” he said. used the Papa service said it makes
assessments and undergo covered bers’ health risks. So plans also get rector of the Center for Medicare check on how members are feeling Until recently, Medicare rarely them feel less lonely.
health screenings. billions of dollars a year in extra Advocacy, said Papa pals provide and remind them to take prescrip- paid for non-health services. But “If we can reduce their loneli-
Accomplishing these steps Medicare payments by pinpoint- an important benefit to seniors by tions. SummaCare even directs Papa began working with Medicare ness, it helps members feel better
helps plans in two ways: ing members’ health problems helping them with chores, reduc- pals to ask whether members have Advantage plans in 2020, just one and their physical health will im-
By gleaning more information, through a variety of measures, in- ing their loneliness and getting urinary incontinence or are up to year after the program began al- prove,” she said.
plans may discover members have cluding the health risk assess- them to medical appointments. date on cancer screenings. lowing the private insurers to have The insurer doesn’t want its
health issues that may earn higher ments. But the benefit can also help the Andrew Parker, who founded more flexibility addressing mem- Papa pals to ask members a long
reimbursement rates from Medi- Yet federal investigators have insurers’ bottom lines. Papa in 2017 after finding a couple bers’ social needs, such as transpor- list of health questions, but they
care. found these diagnoses often do “If there is one thing these plans of college students to visit with his tation, housing and food, which are can ask about cancer or diabetes
Plans can boost their star rat- not always result in additional are good at is maximizing their grandfather and take him to doc- not typically covered by Medicare screenings, which also can bolster
ings, which are based on more treatment or follow-up care to profit,” he said. tor appointments and do other but could influence health. Papa’s a plan’s ratings. “What we have
than 40 performance measures, beneficiaries. As a result, the fed- Medicare Advantage plans of- errands, said he estimates his goal of addressing members’ lone- seen is you can have a doctor tell
including cancer, diabetes and eral government is probably over- ten give doctors financial incen- company will provide more than a liness took on even more signifi- them and their insurance compa-
blood pressure screenings; out- paying the Medicare health plans tives to get patients to undergo million hours of companionship cance during the pandemic when ny tell them they need it, but a
come measures such as control- and wasting billions in taxpayer health assessments. Plan workers in 2022. The Medicare plans pay many seniors became socially iso- Papa pal can start to build that
ling hypertension; and overall sat- dollars, according to an influential repeatedly call patients with offers Papa, a for-profit company, a per lated as they sought to reduce their relationship with them, and it
isfaction with the plan. Plans that advisory board that advises Con- to send nurses or doctors to their member fee each month. risk of getting infected. means a lot more coming from
score at least four stars on a five- gress on Medicare. homes to complete them. Lip- “Papas [pals] are very proactive Papa has over 25,000 pals them,” she said.
star scale receive bonuses from In a report last September, the schutz said health risk assess- and will call you to see how you are whose average age is mid-30s. Be-
Medicare. Health and Human Services in- ments are useful only if the health feeling and, maybe not on the first fore being hired, pals must under- This article was produced by Kaiser
Bonus payments from the star spector general found 20 Medi- plans act on the information by day but over the course of the go a criminal-background check Health News, a program of the Kaiser
ratings make up an increasing care Advantage companies gener- making sure patients are getting program, can ask, ‘Did you know and a driving record review as part Family Foundation, an endowed
share of federal reimbursements ated $5 billion in extra payments treatment for those issues. your health plan would prefer if of the vetting process. After being nonprofit organization that provides
to these private Medicare Advan- from the federal government for Armao said the health risk as- you had a wellness exam and it hired, pals are trained on empa- information on health issues to the
tage plans, which are an alterna- diagnoses identified through sessment and annual wellness could help you with your health?’” thy, understanding of different nation.

As mask rules end, what about indoor air risks? 800 rural hospitals may
Anybody
Many places have
ended indoor
The gold standard for filters is
HEPA, which stands for high
close in next few years
MARLENE mask mandates, efficiency particulate air. This
CIMONS and public health type of air filter can trap at least BY L AUREN C OLEMAN- health care in their communities.
experts say it’s 99.97 percent of dust, pollen, L OCHNER Higher costs for labor and sup-
okay to forgo mold and bacteria, including plies and lower revenue have
mask-wearing where vaccination large and small airborne Slammed by the pandemic, at trounced hospitals as they shut
rates are high and infections and particles, according to the least 40 percent of rural U.S. hos- down elective procedures to care for
hospitalizations are low. As Environmental Protection pitals are in danger of shutting critically ill coronavirus patients.
maskless people begin venturing Agency. “MERV ratings go from down, leaving millions of people Even with billions of dollars
inside, they still may wonder 1 to 16, but HEPA is even better in smaller and less affluent com- from the federal government, op-
whether it is safe. than that,” Kipen says. munities without a nearby emer- erating margins at U.S. hospitals
“There are no absolutes in this Many large air systems, gency and critical care facility. were negative-3.3 percent in Janu-
business,” says Howard Kipen, however, cannot handle a HEPA That is the conclusion of the ary, health-care consultancy Kauf-
professor of occupational and filter, so you’re unlikely to find Center for Healthcare Quality and man Hall said. That includes the
environmental health at the one in your facility. “Their fans Payment Reform, whose study strongest operators. Meanwhile,
Rutgers University School of that move the air are not strong sees 500 hospitals at immediate they’re facing pending cuts in
Public Health and lead author of enough to move air through the risk for closing within two years Medicare payments along with re-
a study examining airborne tighter filter,” Kipen says. “They and more than 300 others at high payments of funds advanced earli-
transmission in the homes of would have to rebuild their risk within five years. The grim er in the pandemic.
infected individuals. “It depends ISTOCK whole HVAC systems.” You can, assessment by the policy center What is hurting the smaller
on how crowded it is and however, buy small units with found the problems spread across providers, Miller said, is a long-
whether people are sneezing or diameter,” Kipen says.) Filters causes covid-19. “The best-case HEPA filters and set them up in the country, and that the threats standing inability to negotiate the
coughing or singing or talking or and increased ventilation are the scenario is 100 percent outdoor your home. “Portable air cleaners will persist even if the pandemic same rates as their larger counter-
yelling — and how close they are best tools to disperse and reduce air.” with HEPA filters can do the job ends because rising costs are out- parts for the roughly half of their
to you. If you live where there are their concentration, and thus How often does the air inside one room at a time,” he says. running revenue. patients who have private insur-
high rates, or people are not well their infectiousness, he says. change, that is, completely turn It’s important to remember About 38 million Americans ance.
vaccinated, there is reason to still “Wearing a mask, preferably over? that questions about ventilation live in the at-risk areas; they Bigger facilities rely on higher
wear a mask.” an N95, is the best way to “What is the ventilation rate, apply to reducing the risk of would have to drive at least payments from private insurers to
When experts talk about the prevent exposure to particles that is, how many air changes transmission from a distance, 20 minutes farther if their local offset lower reimbursements from
safety of indoor spaces, the that are in the air around you,” per hour?” Marr says. “Hospitals experts say. hospitals close, with half adding at Medicare and Medicaid.
conversation often turns to Kipen says, and it’s key “to have 6 [to] 12 changes per hour “If you are close to someone least 30 minutes, said Harold Mil- Besides that, the sparser popu-
ventilation, meaning the minimize the amount of time or more. Homes have maybe a unmasked who is infected, the ler, the center’s chief executive and lations mean costs per patient are
introduction of fresh air. you are in a potentially half air change per hour. With a ventilation won’t be as helpful,” author of the report. higher so the hospitals cannot al-
contaminated place.” gym or a locker room, for Marr says. “The more crowded it Many of the facilities are in ways count on a flow of patients to
Airborne transmissions example, you want it to be as is, the more important sparsely populated but important finance essential services such as
Even where infections have high as possible, over 4 is good. ventilation is.” farming, mining or ranching com- emergency care.
plummeted, the danger of Higher is better.” I asked my periodontist about munities. “The problem is, they don’t get
catching a virus is not zero. She says that many places his practice since mask-wearing “The myth is that these are hos- paid if you don’t go,” Miller said.
Being inside always is riskier “There are different such as bathrooms, gyms and is impossible when someone is pitals that should no longer exist This means that state and local
than being outside when it locker rooms also often have fans working inside your mouth. He in communities that should no governments — and their taxpay-
comes to airborne viral degrees of risk.” and blowers — which help push said that he uses medical grade longer exist,” Miller said in an ers — pick up more of the tab, he
transmission, of which there are Howard Kipen, professor at the air through the filters — and filters (HEPA) in each room and interview. Keeping those facilities said. His research shows margins
two primary routes, according to the Rutgers University School exhaust systems. Remember, that the air turns over every open would cost $3.4 billion, or declining with hospital size.
research. Each requires a of Public Health however, that fans just blow the 10 minutes. Both are good. less than 1 percent of total annual A representative for AHIP, a
different approach. Large air around, they don’t dilute it Not every facility, however, spending on hospitals, said Miller, health-insurance trade group, did
respiratory droplets — those with fresh air. has the answers or will provide an adjunct public policy and man- not provide an immediate comment.
bigger than 10 microns — rapidly What kind of filter are you them. When I asked a fitness agement professor and former as- Some rural hospitals do get fed-
fall onto surfaces, typically using? If you are using a MERV center about its locker room, sociate dean at Carnegie Mellon eral reimbursements that cover
within about 6 feet from the Questions to ask filter, what is its rating? where you cannot mask in the University. their costs, and a new program
source. Hand washing, social There are several questions to When it comes to MERV shower, I learned (via email) they Fifteen states have more than that takes effect next year will
distancing and face masks offer ask to help make an informed filters, the higher the number, use a MERV filter of at least 8 half of their rural hospitals at risk increase payments to qualifying
the best protection against decision about whether to stay the better. MERV stands for and pump in 100 percent of closing because of persistent facilities that eliminate inpatient
exposure to these relatively large inside without a mask: minimum efficiency reporting outdoor air. I then asked (also by losses, including Texas and a large beds, which often sit empty. But
particles that people can inhale How much fresh air flows value, is rated from 1 to 16, and email): How often does the air swath of the South and Midwest Miller said most of the hospitals
or transmit by touching mucous into the facility? represents the filter’s ability to change? Would they upgrade the such as Kansas and Mississippi, aren’t losing money on inpatient
membranes of the eyes, nose and “People should ask: How catch larger particles between filter? I received no response. the study shows. But rural hospi- services, but rather on their emer-
mouth, Kipen says. much air is outdoor air, and how 0.3 and 10 microns. The ratings I decided to take a chance, tals in New York, Connecticut and gency rooms and clinics.
Smaller respiratory droplets much is recirculated?” says were developed from a test living in a highly vaccinated Washington state are also in trou- Increasing payments can help,
ranging from a few microns to Linsey Marr, professor of method designed by the county with a low infection rate, ble. but the system also needs more
0.1 microns — the size of a single environmental and water American Society of Heating, although I remain a little uneasy. More than 130 rural hospitals coordinated planning to ensure
particle of the coronavirus — can resources engineering at Virginia Refrigerating and Air- “There are different degrees of have closed in the past decade, all communities have care, said
stay suspended in the air for Tech’s school of engineering, who Conditioning Engineers. The risk,” Kipen says. “Everyone has according to the University of Kenneth Kaufman, Kaufman
hours. (“One micron is one one- has studied airborne most effective MERV filters are to decide how much risk they are North Carolina’s Sheps Center. Hall’s chair.
hundredth of a human hair in transmission of the virus that rated 11 or higher, Marr says. willing to tolerate.” They often are the only option for — Bloomberg News