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Suspect in
Van Ness
shooting is
found dead
‘Sniper-like setup’
is discovered by police
after 4 were wounded
BY P ETER H ERMANN,
F REDRICK K UNKLE,
C LARENCE W ILLIAMS
AND E MILY D AVIES
A man who police believe
indiscriminately shot at people
from an apartment Friday,
wounding three adults and a
child and spreading fear in the
Van Ness area of Northwest
Washington, apparently took his
own life as tactical officers
breached his door.
D.C. police Chief Robert J.
Contee III said officers found six
firearms, including long guns,
hand guns and ammunition,
along with a tripod used to
mount rifles in the apartment
where the man was found dead.
The man shot himself, accord-
ing to two individuals familiar
with the matter who spoke on the
condition of anonymity because
the investigation is ongoing.
The chief described a “sniper-
like setup” in the a fifth-floor
apartment that overlooked the
shooting scene outside the Ed-
mund Burke School. After find-
ing the man dead, Contee said at
a news conference that authori-
ties are still investigating a mo-
tive, but “Our communities are
now safe.”
The shooting launched the
community into chaos, as stu-
dents in lockdown were separat-
ed from their parents for hours,
law enforcement in camouflage
and armored vehicles rolled
down the streets and police es-
corted terrified residents —
many who were asked to march
with their hands up — out of
nearby buildings.
The incident shut down one of
the busiest avenues in the city,
and instead of being filled with
people enjoying a spring Friday
night, police cars, yellow tape
and ambulances stretched across
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Racing to save right whales before it’s too late
Researchers are trying to understand the endangered mammal’s warming habitat
BY D INO G RANDONI
aboard the helen h — About 17
nautical miles south of Nantucket,
a half-dozen New England Aquari-
um researchers scrambled across
this vessel’s icy deck. Clutching
binoculars, clipboards and camer-
as, they strained to catch a glimpse
and scribble notes about a pair of
creatures they fear are disappear-
ing from this world.
After nine hours on the water,
Amy Warren’s team had found two
animals it knew by name. As the
pair arched their heads above the
water, the research scientist urged
her colleagues with cameras to
capture them.
“Get it, get it, get it, get it!”
With only about 300 left, the
North Atlantic right whale ranks
as one of the world’s most endan-
gered marine mammals. Nearly
annihilated centuries ago by whal-
ers, the slow-swimming species is
said to have earned its name be-
cause it was the “right” whale to
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Hints of ambitions beyond Ukraine
Approximately 180 new graves are prepared in the military section of Krasnopilske cemetery in Dnipro, Ukraine. A Russian
commander said capturing Ukraine’s east and south would create a “land corridor” to the Crimean Peninsula.
Europe eyes France’s Le Pen
warily: ‘If she wins, Putin wins’
BYA NTHONY F AIOLA,
E MILY R AUHALA
AND S TEFANO P ITRELLI
riga, latvia — Already facing
a resurgent menace from the
Kremlin, Europe is bracing for
the possible rise of a threat from
within — one that could bolster
Moscow, break the European
Union and diminish NATO at
the continent’s most critical
moment since the fall of the
Berlin Wall.
Marine Le Pen, a doyenne of
the far right with a history of
warm relations with Russian
President Vladimir Putin, is
staging her strongest of three
bids for the French presidency.
Opinion polls ahead of Sunday’s
Right whales are among the most endangered marine mammals — only about 300 are alive. The
creatures have thick patches of cornified skin, which helps scientists identify them by sight.
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This article is by Mary Ilyushina,
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Stern and Timothy Bella.
riga, latvia — A Russian com-
mander said Friday that Moscow
wants to take “full control” of
eastern and southern Ukraine, in
part so it could have a path to
neighboring Moldova — raising
fears that the nearly two-month
war could spill outside of Ukraini-
an borders.
The comments from Rustam
Minnekayev, deputy commander
of Russia’s Central Military Dis-
trict, seemed to hint that the
Kremlin — which has been sty-
mied in its bid to take over the
Ukrainian capital — still wants to
conquer wide swaths of its neigh-
bor’s land, and potentially threat-
en the nations that lie beyond.
They drew swift condemnation
from Moldova, where residents
have worried since the beginning
of the war they could be next in
the Kremlin’s crosshairs.
Minnekayev said capturing
Ukraine’s east and south would
create a “land corridor” to the
Crimean Peninsula — which the
Kremlin annexed in 2014 — and
give Moscow influence over “vital
objects of the Ukrainian econo-
my,” according to the Russia state
media outlet Tass. It would also
provide “another way out to
about 50,000 people a day Transnistria,” Minnekayev said,
are going back, despite warn- referring to a thin strip of land
ings from Kyiv’s mayor to stay that runs along Moldova’s border
put and continued airstrikes with Ukraine that functions as a
around the city. separate nation, though it is not
Drivers report traffic snarls recognized as such, even by Rus-
at entrances to the capital. sia.
Trains that until recently were Minnekayev’s comments came
full only in one direction — at the end of another grim week in
away from Kyiv — are now busy Ukraine — particularly in the east-
on the return leg, too. The ern Donbas region, where Kremlin
passengers of 750L said the forces have refocused their fire in
decision to go back was agoniz- recent days. The devastated south-
ing. They held family meetings ern port city of Mariupol remained
to hash out pros and cons. They SEE UKRAINE ON A10
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Biden team readies for
potential GOP probes
in both parties expect.
White House bolsters its The moves reflect an expecta-
tion that newly ascendant House
counsel’s office in case Republicans in particular would
immediately launch oversight in-
Democrats lose Congress vestigations into such matters as
the business dealings of President
Biden’s son Hunter, the rocky U.S.
BY T YLER P AGER withdrawal from Afghanistan, the
administration’s handling of the
The White House is preparing coronavirus pandemic and other
for a potential barrage of Republi- politically sensitive matters.
can-led congressional investiga- “If one or both houses flip con-
tions next year, hiring new staffers trol, if the past is any indication,
and positioning itself to respond they will be faced with a slew of
to aggressive inquiries if the GOP inquiries, much of which will be
takes control of one or both cham- aimed at trying to do political
bers of Congress, according to damage to the president,” said
people familiar with the moves. John D. Podesta, who served as
Senior officials have begun chief of staff to President Bill Clin-
strategizing on how various ton.
White House departments, espe- Anita Dunn, a former top Biden
cially the counsel’s office, may be adviser who remains close to the
restructured to respond to an on- president, is returning to the
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TEXAS
Guard soldier drowns
trying to save migrant
A Texas National Guard
soldier drowned early Friday in
the Rio Grande while trying to
rescue migrants struggling with
swift currents as they crossed the
border, according to state
officials.
Lt. Christopher Olivarez of the
Texas Department of Public
Safety said the Guard member
was part of the border security
initiative Operation Lone Star,
Bittersweet vindication for an Army widow
The Pentagon’s
policy on death in
action is clear.
Defense
Department
directive no.
Federal 1300.22 says the
Insider remains of
military service
JOE
DAVIDSON members will be
handled with
“dignity, respect,
and care of the deceased.”
That’s not what happened
after Army Sgt. 1st Class Scott R.
Smith was blown apart by a
roadside bomb in Iraq on July 17,
2006 — nor is it the way his
widow, once an Army civilian
employee, was treated when she
complained because some of his
remains were literally dumped
in the trash.
Instead of caring for Garilynn
Smith with the dignity and
respect due to a Gold Star family,
the Army denied her a
promotion after she publicly
protested the desecration of his
partial remains in a Virginia
landfill, a federal labor and
management panel declared last
week.
Her complaints led to
Washington Post revelations in
2011 that “the Air Force dumped
the incinerated partial remains
of at least 274 American troops
in a Virginia landfill, far more
than the military had
acknowledged, before halting
the secretive practice” in 2008.
Uncle Sam’s head must be
spinning.
The new ruling by the Merit
Systems Protection Board
(MSPB), a quasi-judicial agency
that considers disputes between
federal agencies and employees,
orders the Picatinny Arsenal in
Morris County, N.J., to appoint
Smith to the executive assistant
position she had been denied
and give her back pay with
interest and benefits in
compensation for the Army’s
retaliation against her. She
began at the arsenal in 2007 and
was an administrative assistant
from 2010 to 2012.
Smith, 42, no longer works
there and doesn’t want the job
now.
The MSPB action is one of the
first decisions by the panel in
five years. Graig Corveleyn,
Smith’s lawyer, likened the ruling
CDC issues alert about mysterious hepatitis cases in children
Officials are investigating
a possible association
with adenoviruses
BY L ENA H . S UN
AND A RIANA E UNJUNG C HA
The Centers for Disease Con-
trol and Prevention issued a
nationwide health alert Thurs-
day about an unusual cluster of
serious hepatitis cases in young
children for which the cause, or
causes, is not known.
Federal health officials and the
Alabama Department of Public
Health are investigating nine
cases of hepatitis in children ages
1 to 6 who were hospitalized
between October 2021 and Feb-
ruary 2022 with significant liver
injury. All of the children were
previously healthy, officials said,
and two required liver trans-
plants. There are no reported
deaths. CDC’s alert is to notify
physicians and public health au-
thorities nationwide to be on the
lookout for symptoms and report
suspected cases.
None of the children were
hospitalized because of a corona-
virus infection, officials said. The
children were from across the
state and officials have found no
epidemiological link connecting
them.
North Carolina also had two
cases in school-age children, nei-
ther of whom needed a liver
transplant and subsequently re-
covered, according to state De-
which was ordered by Gov. Greg
Abbott (R). Olivarez said the
Guard member was carried away
by the current during the rescue
attempt near Eagle Pass, Tex., a
border city about 140 miles
southwest of San Antonio.
Powerful river currents have
resulted in at least 10 drownings
this week alone, Olivarez said.
Eagle Pass officials said that in
recent weeks they have seen an
increase in crossings from
Piedras Negras, Mexico, the city
on the opposite side of the Rio
Grande from Eagle Pass.
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Garilynn Smith helps unveil a plaque at a landfall in King George County, Va., in 2012. Some of the
remains of her late husband, a soldier who was killed in Iraq, were dumped there.
to an MSPB “coming out party”
and noted the positive
implications for future
whistleblower cases. The MSPB
had no quorum during the
Trump administration and could
not function until President
Biden’s nominees took office last
month, after being approved by
the Senate. That delayed Smith’s
case. Now the new MSPB
members are tackling a backlog
of 3,600 cases.
When Smith, of Frenchtown,
N.J., was told in a phone call
from the mortuary at Dover Air
Force Base that some of her
husband’s remains were in a
landfill, “I screamed at this guy
and hung up the phone.”
In an interview, she recalled
the Dover official saying Scott
“‘was cremated with the rest of
the medical waste from the
hospital and thrown in the trash.’
Those were his exact words … I
don’t have to write those down. I
will never forget the feeling and
the sheer anger that surged
through me when I heard these
words.”
That information was
confirmed in an April 2011 letter
from Air Force’s Mortuary Affairs
partment of Health spokesper-
son Bailey Pennington. No cause
has been found and no common
exposures were identified. North
Carolina officials are working
with the state’s poison control
center and epidemiologists to
look for potential cases, Penning-
ton said in an email.
The U.S. cases come after Eu-
ropean counterparts reported an
unusual outbreak of severe hepa-
titis in dozens of previously
healthy children, also without a
known cause.
Symptoms of hepatitis, or in-
flammation of the liver, include
fever, fatigue, loss of appetite,
nausea, vomiting, abdominal
pain, dark urine, light-colored
stools, joint pain and jaundice.
Officials are investigating a
possible association between pe-
diatric hepatitis and adenovirus,
a family of viruses that causes a
range of infections, most com-
monly respiratory illnesses.
“At this time, adenovirus may
be the cause for these, but inves-
tigators are still learning more,
including ruling out other possi-
ble causes and identifying other
possible contributing factors,”
the CDC said in a statement.
All nine children in Alabama
tested positive for adenoviruses,
which are spread by respiratory
droplets and touching infected
people or virus on surfaces. Ade-
noviruses most commonly cause
respiratory illnesses, but they
can also cause inflammation of
the stomach. The virus rarely
causes hepatitis.
In Europe, the United King-
dom has reported 108 cases; 79
DI GEST
the soldier’s body. The Texas
Military Department confirmed
a soldier disappeared but did not
verify reports of a fatality, calling
them false.
A Border Patrol dive team and
state troopers are assisting in the
search.
Jon Anfinsen, local president
of the Border Patrol union in the
Del Rio sector, said the young
soldier reacted when he saw a
woman in distress, according to
calls he received from agents.
The soldier pulled off his armor,
put down his rifle and jumped
into the river after her.
Operations, which cares for
remains from all military
branches. It said Scott’s remains
were cremated “then turned over
to a medical disposal company …
The material was, at that time,
taken to a landfill. The landfill
used then is in King George
County VA.”
The letter offered the
military’s hope that “this
information brings some
comfort to you during your time
of loss.”
Of course, it didn’t. Adding to
Garilynn’s discomfort, the letter
also had Scott’s name wrong and
misstated the year it was written.
Ironically, the disturbing letter
was written on the sergeant’s
birthday. He would have been 50
years old Thursday.
An Air Force statement said
its commitment “to the fallen
and their families has never
wavered and we continue to take
decisive steps to improve our
processes.” Now “all unidentified
remains” are buried at sea.
“There was disciplinary action
taken at the time against the Air
Force Mortuary Affairs
commander and chief deputy for
retaliation against
cases are in England. The first
case was in January in Scotland.
Spain has confirmed three cases
and Ireland is investigating a
handful of cases, according to the
World Health Organization. Eu-
ropean health authorities have
also reported cases in Denmark
and the Netherlands.
In the United Kingdom, eight
children have undergone liver
transplants, according to the
U.K. Health Security Agency. No
deaths have been reported.
Adenovirus has been con-
firmed in some of the European
cases, but not all, the CDC said.
Several of the British patients
also had coronavirus infections,
the WHO said. None of the chil-
dren in the United Kingdom, who
were all under age 10, had been
vaccinated against coronavirus,
according to the U.K. Health
Security Agency.
Hepatitis can be triggered by a
variety of factors, from toxic
chemicals to autoimmune disor-
ders and viruses that cause chick-
enpox and the common cold. The
most common causes of viral
hepatitis are the hepatitis A, B,
and C viruses.
Those common causes have
been ruled out in the Alabama
children, the CDC said. They
have also been ruled out in the
British children, authorities
there said.
Alabama’s first cases were
identified in October 2021. Five
children were admitted to a chil-
dren’s hospital with significant
liver injury, including some with
acute liver failure. There was no
known cause. All tested positive
The woman survived,
Anfinsen said. But the soldier
has not been seen since.
— Arelis R. Hernández
ILLINOIS
Ky. man gets life term
in killing of deputy
A Kentucky man who pleaded
guilty to first-degree murder in
the December shooting death of
an Illinois sheriff’s deputy was
sentenced Friday to life in prison
without parole.
Ray Tate, who was originally
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whistleblowers,” the statement
added.
Instead, of comforting
Garilynn, the letter propelled her
“to push for answers” on how the
military “could treat the remains
of any fallen servicemember in
such an undignified manner,”
Administrative Judge Daniel F.
McLaughlin wrote in his 2017
opinion. It was upheld by MSPB
after the Army appealed.
Part of Smith’s push was
contacting news organizations,
including The Post. Shortly after
the application period for the
executive assistant position
closed, “additional news articles
were published to remind agency
personnel” about Smith’s
disclosures, according to the
administrative judge’s decision,
including a Post article that
carried a photo of her honoring
her husband at the landfill.
“Almost immediately after
these news stories appeared,” the
ruling continued, her job
prospects fell. A Picatinny
employee involved with hiring
had been “100 percent
absolutely” in favor of Smith.
After publication, the employee’s
“attitude towards [Smith] took a
for adenovirus, the CDC said.
After further investigation, the
hospital identified four more cas-
es, all of whom had liver injury
and adenovirus infection.
Five of the nine tested positive
for a specific type of adenovirus,
adenovirus 41, which more com-
monly causes pediatric acute gas-
troenteritis, said Karen Landers,
a health officer with the Alabama
Department of Public Health.
Symptoms typically include diar-
rhea, vomiting and fever and can
often be accompanied by respira-
tory symptoms, the CDC health
alert said.
While there have been case
reports of hepatitis in immuno-
compromised children with ade-
novirus infection, “adenovirus
type 41 is not known to be a cause
of hepatitis in otherwise healthy
children,” the health alert said.
CDC is asking physicians to
consider adenovirus testing for
pediatric patients with hepatitis
of unknown cause and to report
any such cases.
Amy Edwards, a pediatric in-
fectious-disease specialist at Uni-
versity Hospitals Rainbow Babies
& Children’s Hospital in Cleve-
land, said that with mild cases of
hepatitis parents and children
may not even know there is an
issue and it will resolve itself.
More serious cases will be very
obvious, she said, with a child
becoming increasingly fatigued
or jaundiced with abdominal
pain, nausea and vomiting.
“The main thing parents may
be wondering is, ‘What if my kid
has hepatitis and I don’t know it?’
But if you don’t know it, the child
charged with 36 counts,
including first-degree murder,
aggravated vehicle hijacking and
felony possession of a firearm,
pleaded guilty to the one count
of first-degree murder last
month in the slaying of Wayne
County Sheriff’s Deputy Sean
Riley. In exchange for the plea,
prosecutors dropped the other
charges.
Riley had responded to a
motorist assist call on Dec. 29
and was found dead a short time
later by another officer who had
arrived at the scene. Riley’s
squad car was later found
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APRIL 23 , 2022
noticeable turn towards the
negative,” McLaughlin wrote.
The arsenal’s supervisors’
complaints about Smith’s sick
leave and telework requests are
“not supported by the factual
record,” he added. “Moreover, the
concern about her request to
telework is an odd one given that
she made it so as to be able to
continue to work for the agency
rather than be unable to make
any work related contributions
while out on maternity related
sick leave following a Caesarean
section.”
Having lost before the
administrative judge, the Army
responded by attacking him in
its appeal to the board.
The Army began and ended its
appeal by claiming McLaughlin
was “obviously sympathetic” to
Smith. McLaughlin, the Army
alleged, “decided to punish the
Agency because the United
States Air Force mishandled part
of her late husband’s remains.” It
argued, among other things, that
the judge ignored testimony,
made erroneous findings of fact
and “violated standard
practices” regarding evidence.
Board members didn’t buy
that. Both Democrat Raymond
Limon, the acting chair, and
Republican Tristan Leavitt
agreed the Army “failed to prove
its allegation of judicial bias”
and provided “no basis to
disturb” the administrative
judge’s decision. MSPB is
awaiting a third member.
Furthermore, Limon and
Leavitt admonished the Army,
writing it “should be disabused
of the notion that a landfill is a
dignified resting place for the
remains of a U.S. Army Soldier
who gave his life in the service of
his nation.”
Not done, they sent a message
to Defense Department officials,
blasting “the reprehensible
manner” in which the military
handled Scott’s and other
military remains and the Army’s
“appalling suggestion that
dumping service members’
remains in a landfill could ever
qualify as ‘the requisite care,
reverence, and dignity befitting
the remains and the
circumstances.’”
A Pentagon statement said it
is considering appealing the
board’s decision to federal court.
has such mild symptoms it does
not matter,” she explained. “If it’s
a bad case, there will be symp-
toms.”
Edwards said she’s following
news about the outbreaks closely,
but “at this time I’m not particu-
larly concerned and I don’t think
parents need to be concerned.”
With the lifting of mask man-
dates and social distancing re-
strictions, children may be more
susceptible to infections after
being isolated from one another
for a long time.
“Now that COVID is down,
viral interference has been re-
leased and I think we are going to
see a lot of old pathogens coming
back and maybe some new ones,
which worries me too,” said Mon-
ica Gandhi, an infectious-disease
expert at the University of Cali-
fornia at San Francisco.
At Children’s Mercy Kansas
City, physician Ryan Fischer said
his area has not seen an increase
in hepatitis cases similar to what
has been seen in Alabama. The
hospital typically sees one to
three cases of pediatric liver
failure needing transplants an-
nually or close to it. This year,
there have been four patients and
two of those patients also had
coronavirus, Fischer said.
“It’s really interesting and in-
credibly difficult to try to figure
out why they have it,” said Fisch-
er, who is chief of the section of
hepatology and transplant medi-
cine.
This is the first time in his
career that he’s heard of clusters
of liver failures in different coun-
tries like this in children.
abandoned on Interstate 64 in
eastern Illinois.
Tate, 40, of Hopkinsville, Ky.,
was arrested that afternoon at a
home in nearby Carlyle where
Tate allegedly committed a home
invasion and took the
homeowner hostage.
Tate still faces charges in
connection with various crimes
he allegedly committed the same
day in Missouri. He also could
face charges in Jefferson and
Wayne counties for allegedly
trying to escape this month from
the Jefferson County jail.
— Associated Press
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Chicago alt-weekly faces financial ruin after column
Staffers questioned a
piece skeptical of
coronavirus vaccines
BY K IM B ELLWARE
AND E LAHE I ZADI
chicago — The scene outside
the multimillion-dollar home of
Chicago Reader co-owner Leon-
ard Goodman on Thursday could
have been lifted from one of the
alt-weekly’s vivid cover stories.
Sandwiched between two huge
inflatable rats and a collection of
picket signs, a colorful crowd of
artists, politicians, union leaders
and loyal readers rallied for what
may be the 51-year-old paper’s last
stand.
“The Reader is not just inde-
pendent journalism, it’s a voice
for the voiceless,” said Jesse Shar-
key, the outgoing president of the
city’s powerful teachers union.
“It’s a voice that lifts up the most
marginalized communities.”
The future of one of the nation’s
longest-running alternative
weeklies, which was in the proc-
ess of transitioning to a nonprofit,
is now in jeopardy because Good-
man believes the paper is trying
to silence another voice: His own.
The dispute started in Novem-
ber, when Goodman — who had
previously written columns on
the “fiasco” of the Iowa caucuses
and the government’s failure to
stop sex-trafficking financier Jef-
frey Epstein — decided to take on
the topic of coronavirus vaccines
for children. Specifically, why he
was skeptical about the need for
them.
“We have been kept in the dark
about vaccine safety and efficacy
by our government and its part-
ners in Big Pharma,” he wrote. “As
a parent, I will demand more
answers before simply taking
their word.”
After the column published,
Reader staff raised concerns
about the scientific accuracy of
some of his claims and the pub-
lisher hired a fact-checker to in-
vestigate them. Goodman pushed
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Philip Montoro, music editor of the Chicago Reader, addresses supporters outside the home of Reader
co-owner Leonard Goodman on Thursday. The paper is in the midst of becoming a nonprofit.
back — and sympathetic mem-
bers of the Reader’s board began
raising concerns about free
speech and governance at the
struggling paper.
The bitter, public fight that has
ensued is pitting the paper’s jour-
nalists and publisher against its
ownership. Now, its future hangs
in the balance as its transition
into a nonprofit is stalled and the
Reader stands on the brink of
financial collapse.
It’s a “hostage situation,” said
longtime Reader editor Philip
Montoro.
Alt-weeklies — the scrappy, ir-
reverent and sometimes profane
alternatives to buttoned-up daily
local newspapers — exploded in
popularity during the 1970s, be-
coming a venue for long-form
investigative stories as well as
local politics and arts coverage.
They also came to rely heavily on
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have gone all-digital; others have
shuttered.
“The Reader is kind of like an
artery in Chicago,” its publisher,
Tracy Baim, said. “It’s part of the
last 50 years of the heart of the
city.”
In 2018, it was purchased by
Goodman, a prominent attorney,
and developer Elzie Higginbot-
tom for a token $1. In his monthly
column, Goodman enjoyed free
rein to write on topics of his
choosing — until his vaccine col-
umn raised red flags for Baim.
Baim said the external
fact-checker she hired (“a normal
process of fixing something after
it was up,” she said) deemed more
than a dozens of Goodman’s as-
sertions to be false or misleading,
including some that relied on de-
bunked or non-peer-reviewed
studies. But Goodman resisted
Baim’s suggestions to rewrite the
column or run the fact-checker’s
report, which he called tanta-
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mount to censorship.
Ultimately, the column re-
mained online unaltered. But his
allies on the board nonetheless
decided to pause the paper’s
long-planned transition into a
nonprofit by insisting on new
protections for free speech and
that Baim resign her anticipated
role as its president.
“If they think it’s journalistic
par-for-the-course to rewrite and
edit an article because it’s unpop-
ular, they should go back and
review the First Amendment,”
Reader board member Sladjana
Vucovic told The Washington
Post.
Goodman spilled his frustra-
tions in an opinion piece pub-
lished by another site, blasting
the “fact-checking industry” as
Orwellian “business consultants”
keeping media “on the right side
of government officials and cor-
porate sponsors.” He character-
ized his feud with the staff as a
fight “to rescue the paper from
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the dark forces of censorship and
to preserve its fifty-year tradition
of embracing dissenting views.”
The dispute echoes other con-
tentious debates over free speech
that have played out in the pages
of major newspapers, college lec-
ture halls and libraries across the
United States. Within journalism,
arguments have raged over the
line between encouraging a
healthy discussion of disparate
viewpoints and promoting out-
right misinformation that could
undermine democracy or public
health.
Goodman declined to be inter-
viewed for this story but in an
email said he supports transition-
ing the Reader to a nonprofit
contingent on having some say
over who will sit on its new board.
This week he published a letter in
the Chicago Tribune saying that
the anger against him is “mis-
placed.”
Reader employees bristle over
Goodman’s claim that they op-
posed him for expressing an un-
popular opinion. This was about
bad information, they say —
arguing their dedication to
free-speech values is unmatched.
The Reader “has a history of
fighting for press freedoms and
access to information. It stood up
to the Cook County sheriff when
he barred me from the jail, suc-
cessfully arguing in court that he
was violating our First Amend-
ment protections,” former Reader
staffer Tori Marlan said in a
statement read during Thurs-
day’s rally.
Baim said the staff has accept-
ed most of the board’s requests —
including that she step down as
president of the nonprofit. Yet
they are still resisting a measure
that would allow the for-profit
entity currently in charge of the
Reader to appoint some board
members to the new nonprofit,
which Vucovic said would help
guarantee oversight by people
“that are just as concerned about
freedom of the press.”
Lawyers advising the nonprofit
group say that granting such con-
trol over board seats would en-
danger its nonprofit status, Baim
said. But there is no clear legal
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consensus that that would be the
case, according to Richard Fox, a
nonprofit and philanthropic law-
yer not involved in the situation
but who helped create the Lenfest
Institute, a media nonprofit.
Goodman’s fellow owner, Hig-
ginbottom, has sided with the
journalists, saying he doesn’t be-
lieve they need to dictate the
makeup of the board, which he
trusts will uphold free speech. If
the newspaper shutters over this,
“then what we’ve done is defeated
our own purpose,” he said. “Our
purpose originally was to save the
Reader.”
The two owners will meet Sat-
urday to discuss the paper’s fate.
At the rally, staff and support-
ers lamented the rising acrimony.
Some expressed gratitude to
Goodman for rescuing the paper
four years ago but warned that he
has left it at risk.
“The damage he’s doing to our
careers, to our mental health, po-
tentially to a 50-year-old inde-
pendent journalistic institution,
is way out of proportion to the fact
that basically we fact-checked one
of his columns,” Montoro said.
The last fully-covered payroll
was Friday, Baim said. Without a
resolution of the dispute or a
sudden infusion of cash, some
staffers may not be able to cover
their rent next month.
Also hanging in the balance is
the role the paper has played in
the community, providing potent
reporting on the queer communi-
ty and arts scene, and breaking
stories that have transformed
Chicago, such as bombshell rev-
elations that police for decades
tortured Black residents.
“We speak to what it means to
live in this city with a depth and
nuance and care that a daily [pa-
per] doesn’t have space for,” said
senior staff writer Leor Galil, the
last remaining reporter in the city
dedicated to covering the local
music scene.
These stories, “are meaningful
to the people of this community
who continue to live here and
continue the legacy,” he said, “and
meaningful to the people who live
here now and never heard these
stories.”
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the scene for blocks and blocks.
Police had identified a person
of interest in the case as Ray-
mond Spencer, 23, of Fairfax, Va.,
and said his name emerged on
social media posts. Contee
wouldn’t identify the person who
was found dead, but said the
threat was over and said authori-
ties were no longer seeking Spen-
cer.
“It appears this person was
shooting randomly at anyone
who was out there,” Contee said,
recalling the Beltway Sniper at-
tacks in 2002, in which 10 people
in the area were killed. “There
could have been a lot of damage
done, and lives lost.”
Authorities quickly began lift-
ing hours-long lockdowns in the
neighborhood of schools and
apartments, and reuniting chil-
dren with their families, and
ending an afternoon and night of
fear.
Police had searched for the
gunman for more than five hours
after the first shots were report-
ed about 3:20 p.m. outside an
apartment building at Connecti-
cut Avenue and Van Ness Street,
which overlooks the school.
Authorities said that a man in
his 50s and woman in her 30s
were critically hurt, and that a
12-year-old child suffered a mi-
nor injury. Another woman had a
graze wound but did not go to a
hospital.
Contee said he believes a
graphic video posted online Fri-
day showing what appears to be
the shooting is authentic, though
he didn’t know if it was live-
streamed or recorded and posted
after the incident.
A red target similar to one
seen at a shooting range is in the
center of the shaky video. The
Burke school’s glass walkway
covered in posters from its re-
cent financial aid auction,
themed after Clue, is visible.
The sound of gunfire erupts,
and one of the glass panels
shatters.
Three people in the video who
appear to be wearing backpacks
can be seen fleeing toward the
building on Connecticut Avenue.
One crouches and places their
hands over their ears. Below the
walkway a man in a yellow vest
runs toward a line of cars and
moves behind one.
Contee said investigators do
not know if the man targeted the
school. “We will find out what
the motive is,” he said.
Three law enforcement offi-
cials with knowledge of the in-
vestigation said authorities are
examining Internet posts that
might be by Spencer, particularly
on the 4chan platform, where a
user named Raymond Spencer
wrote, “Dear God please forgive
me” at 3:24 p.m.
The user posted another mes-
sage at 3:30 p.m.: “They’re in the
wrong part of the building right
now searching XD.”
A final message was posted at
3:36 p.m.: “Waiting for police to
catch up with me.”
Europe to slap new regulations on Big Tech, beating U.S. to the punch
BY C AT Z AKRZEWSKI
European policymakers
reached a deal early Saturday in
Brussels on a sweeping new law
to force the world’s largest tech
companies to more aggressively
police their platforms for illegal
content, paving the way for one of
the most expansive regulations to
date to address a broad range of
harms caused by social networks,
shopping websites and search en-
gines.
The legislation, called the Digi-
tal Services Act, would impose
new transparency obligations on
the companies, forcing them to
provide information to regulators
and outside researchers about
how algorithms that control what
people see on their sites work. It
also creates regulations around
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Separately, the Edmund Burke
School Wikipedia page was re-
vised online Friday to include, “A
gunman shot at the school on
April 22, 2022. The suspect is still
at large,” by a user named Ray-
mond Spencer at 4:33 p.m., ac-
cording to the Wikipedia page
history.
It was revised by the user at
4:04 p.m. to include the sen-
tence, “Hope they catch him
soon!” according to the Wikipe-
dia page history.
About 5:10 p.m. a green ar-
mored vehicle drove northbound
on Connecticut Avenue and
turned right onto Van Ness
Street. A team of about half a
dozen personnel — dressed in
green camouflage and carrying
semiautomatic rifles — got out,
conferred with a police officer
and then moved cautiously up
Van Ness, walking on the north
side of the armored vehicle for
cover.
A black armored vehicle fol-
lowed minutes later, with two
men in camouflage riding in the
back. On a rooftop south of the
Edmund Burke School, there
appeared to be a police sharp-
shooter team with rifles and a
spotter.
Parts of the University of the
District of Columbia remained in
lockdown at 9 p.m. after heavily
armed police in tactical gear and
federal agents poured into the
area, conducting an extensive
search of buildings and streets,
as law enforcement officers in
helicopters scanned the neigh-
borhood from above.
Officers questioned people
fleeing and had some hold their
hands in the air to make sure
they weren’t involved.
Siamak Aalemansour, a den-
tist, and his wife, Farnoush Ja-
mali, a pediatrician, said they
heard three rapid bursts of gun-
fire of perhaps 20 shots each and
saw people hiding under a truck
near the Burke school.
They said it appeared that the
shooter was firing from a balco-
ny at the AVA Van Ness apart-
ment building on Van Ness
Street NW, a building that faces
the Burke school.
The couple said that about 15
Burke students streamed out the
back of the school building. Sia-
mak Aalemansour said he ran
downstairs to open a door for the
students as the gunfire contin-
ued: two quick spurts, a pause,
then more, as he waved people to
safety.
He said he saw people crouch-
ing next to cars with their tires
blown out, taking cover.
Eduardo Bugay was in his
room in the apartment building
when he heard loud noises that
he thought were related to con-
struction. He saw people run-
ning up the alley near his balco-
ny and heard four blasts of
gunfire.
The 21-year-old University of
the District of Columbia student
said he waited about 30 minutes
before law enforcement escorted
him out of the apartment build-
ing in groups with other resi-
how companies target online ads.
The agreement solidifies a two-
bill plan, which also includes the
Digital Markets Act, a competi-
tion bill that would establish new
rules to prevent “gatekeepers”
from abusing their power to
squash smaller rivals. Both bills
await votes from the Parliament
and policymakers from the 27
countries in the union, which are
widely viewed as a formality.
“The Digital Services Act will
make sure that what is illegal
offline is also seen & dealt with as
illegal online — not as a slogan, as
reality! And always protecting
freedom of expression!” tweeted
Margrethe Vestager, Europe’s top
digital enforcer.
The agreement followed 16
hours of negotiations that
stretched into the early morning
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Students and staff members with the Edmund Burke School are reunited with their loved ones at the Cleveland Park Neighborhood
Library in Northwest Washington on Friday evening after a shooting in the Van Ness area left four people injured.
After the man police believed was the gunman was found dead, authorities began lifting lockdowns in
the neighborhood of schools and apartments and reuniting children with their families.
A bullet hole in a store along Connecticut Avenue. Police had searched for the gunman for about five
hours after the shots were reported. Two of the four people injured were critically hurt.
dents.
“It’s usually a calm place,”
Bugay, who is studying business
management, said of his apart-
ment complex. “I’m just trying to
process what happened.”
D.C. police said that the loca-
tion of the incident was in the
2900 block of Van Ness Street, off
Connecticut Avenue. Police had
urged residents of the Cleveland
Park and Van Ness neighbor-
hoods to shelter in place Friday
afternoon.
At an evening news confer-
ence during which a helicopter
whipped overhead and police
continued to escort people out of
buildings, Mayor Muriel E.
Bowser (D) said of the victims,
“We are praying for their health
in Brussels.
Washington lawmakers have
failed to pass comprehensive tech
legislation despite years of prom-
ises of a crackdown on the indus-
try as Apple, Facebook, Google
and Amazon amassed power and
influence for decades with mini-
mal regulation.
That’s not been the case in the
European Union, whose laws now
are expected to influence the
regulatory debate in the United
States. Europe passed its first
landmark privacy law half a dec-
ade ago.
Despite the lack of action,
there has been bipartisan sup-
port building around antitrust
regulation, particularly a bill to
prevent tech companies from giv-
ing their own products and ser-
vices advantages on their plat-
and well being.”
The Wikipedia page for user
Raymond Spencer features an
About Me section, with an age of
23 and “I’m an AR-15 aficionado”
in the biography.
The page was last edited at
3:58 p.m., according to the Wiki-
pedia page history.
The gunfire comes amid a
string of recent mass shootings
around the country that has
unnerved residents. Shortly after
the shooting near Connecticut
Avenue, police reported that
three men were shot on Kennedy
Street in Northwest Washington.
The men were all reported to be
conscious and breathing as of
Friday evening.
Diane Roberts, a freelance
forms over smaller rivals. Law-
makers have also introduced bi-
partisan bills to address chil-
dren’s safety and force greater
transparency of tech companies’
algorithms.
“This will basically set the gold
standard for regulating online
platforms for any regulator in the
world,” said Mathias Vermeulen,
a co-founder and policy director
at the data rights agency AWO,
who worked on the legislation.
Still, the consensus among Re-
publicans and Democrats in Con-
gress on social media content
moderation is limited. Republi-
cans largely say tech companies
should take a more hands-off
approach to content moderation,
while Democrats have called for
the companies to be more aggres-
sive in removing hate speech,
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broadcast reporter who has lived
in Van Ness for 20 years, said she
had never seen as many police
officers in her neighborhood as
she saw Friday.
When she heard a series of
pops echo outside her window,
she at first thought nothing of it.
“I didn’t even consider gun-
shots,” she said, adding that she
then heard voices outside her
window screaming to “move”
and “get down.”
She rushed to her window and
saw police streaming down the
street and helicopters circling
above.
Aalemansour said he ran out
onto Connecticut Avenue be-
cause police were arriving and he
tried to direct them. On the
health misinformation and false-
hoods about the election. There
are also First Amendment limita-
tions to regulating the compa-
nies’ content moderation practic-
es in the United States.
Leaders from both parties have
raised concerns about Europe
taking the lead on regulating
some of the most significant com-
panies in the American economy.
“As the world’s leading democ-
racy, we have to set a better
example,” former president Ba-
rack Obama said in a speech on
Thursday at Stanford University,
where he warned about the dam-
aging effects of misinformation
on democracies. “We should be
able to lead on these discussions
internationally, not [be] in the
rear.”
The deal on the Digital Ser-
. SATURDAY, APRIL 23 , 2022
“It’s usually a calm
place. I’m just trying
to process what
happened.”
Eduardo Bugay,
University of the District of Columbia
student who lives in the AVA Van Ness
apartment building
street a woman who had been
sitting in a black SUV parked at
the curb appeared to have been
hurt.
“The lady came out, she said,
‘I’m shot! I’m shot!’ There ap-
peared to be blood on her,”
Aalemansour said. There was a
hole in her clothing, but on
closer examination, he said, it
appeared that she had been
grazed by a bullet or flying glass.
The shootings occurred short-
ly after the Burke school dis-
missed students for the day, at
3:15 p.m. Students were stream-
ing out of the building when
they heard gunshots, and a
couple ran for shelter to a
nearby CVS. Others were still in
the building.
The University of the District
of Columbia near the shooting
and the law school had sheltered
in place and went on lock down.
At least one public elementary
and high school were also put on
lockdown, along with the west
campus of Howard University
Law School.
The lockdowns from the
shooting extended to the Sidwell
Friends School around Tenley-
town. Most of the students at the
private school had gone home for
the day, but spokesman Bill
Burger said that there were after-
school programs and two athlet-
ic events scheduled Friday after-
noon.
A spokeswoman for D.C. Pub-
lic Schools said at least two of its
schools — Hearst Elementary
and Jackson-Reed High — were
on alert, and students playing
sports and in after-school care
programs had been brought in-
side to shelter.
Both schools are located about
a mile away from the site of the
shooting.
James Tandaric, an advisory
neighborhood commissioner
who lives in the area, said he was
at work Friday afternoon when
his boyfriend, on a walk in the
neighborhood, texted him that
he had heard gunshots.
He received an email from the
apartment building just before 4
p.m., saying they had “been
aware of a possible emergency
adjacent to the building.”
“We are all in shock currently,”
Tandaric said.
Jasmine Hilton, Justin Wm. Moyer,
Alice Crites, Justin Jouvenal, Perry
Stein, Clarence Williams, Jasmine
Hilton, Tom Jackman and Ellie
Silverman contributed to this report.
vices Act is a blow to Google,
Facebook and other major tech
companies, which have aggres-
sively lobbied against some as-
pects of the legislation. These
companies could face fines of up
to 6 percent of global revenue if
they break the rules.
The Digital Services Act was
first proposed in 2020, but dis-
cussion about the responsibilities
of tech companies to oversee
their platforms have taken on
greater urgency amid the war in
Ukraine, as policymakers
watched Russia use its social me-
dia megaphone to sow propa-
ganda about its invasion. Major
tech platforms — including You-
Tube, Facebook and TikTok —
banned Russian state media
within Europe following sanc-
tions in the bloc.
SATURDAY, APRIL 23 , 2022
Little backlash over McCarthy’s Trump comments so far
After the two speak,
ex-president is said to be
unbothered by audio
BY M ARIANNA S OTOMAYOR,
J ACQUELINE A LEMANY,
J OSH D AWSEY
AND F ELICIA S ONMEZ
House Minority Leader Kevin
McCarthy dodged immediate re-
prisals from former president
Donald Trump this week after
newly released audio captured
the California Republican saying
that Trump was to blame for the
storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6,
2021, and should resign, saying at
one point, “I’ve had it with this
guy.”
The audio contradicted Mc-
Carthy’s claim that he did not
want Trump to resign after the
insurrection by a pro-Trump
mob. McCarthy told reporters on
Friday evening that his remarks
came as he “just walked through
different scenarios” and that he
“never thought that he should
resign,” according to CBS News,
even though McCarthy states in
the audio that he was thinking
about asking Trump to resign.
McCarthy called Trump on
Thursday night, and the former
president said he was not upset
about the remarks from more
than a year ago and was glad
McCarthy didn’t follow through,
according to three people famil-
iar with the conversation who
spoke on the condition of ano-
nymity to discuss the private
conversation. McCarthy said Fri-
day evening that he had spoken
with Trump twice that day.
But most House Republicans
are still waiting for a firm state-
ment from Trump, according to
multiple GOP aides, and guid-
ance from him on whether they
should still back McCarthy as
their leader and potential speak-
er if the GOP gains the House
majority in the November elec-
tion. As of Friday evening, Trump
had not said anything publicly —
and many Republican lawmak-
ers, likewise, seemed cautious
about weighing in. Trump — who
is known to change his mind on
these sorts of things — is sched-
uled to hold a political rally in
Ohio on Saturday night.
While McCarthy’s speaker am-
bitions appear safe for now, the
episode shows Trump’s immense
and continued power over the
party and his ability to influence
McCarthy’s future. But even with
Trump’s support, the newly re-
vealed comments only further
complicate McCarthy’s attempts
to appease all factions of his
House Republicans sought leadership — and didn’t find it in McCarthy
On New Year’s
PKCapitol Day 2021, House
PAUL KANE Republicans still
could not get a
straight answer
about whether their leaders
would vote in five days to certify
the 2020 presidential election.
Some demanded that House
Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
(R-Calif.) say clearly whether he
would vote to legitimize
President-elect Joe Biden’s
victory or if he intended to side
with the soon-to-be ex-president,
Donald Trump, who falsely
claimed that he was the actual
victor of November’s contest.
The more his members
pressed him, the more annoyed
McCarthy got. “You want to give
me your voting card? You never
want to do that,” McCarthy
responded, according to five
Republicans who were on a Jan.
1, 2021, call in which the
certification process was
discussed. He refused to say
what he would do when he put
his own voting card into the
electronic slots in the House
chamber that signaled his
decision about whether to certify
Biden’s victory.
The upshot was that a mere
five days before a riotous mob
attacked the Capitol in an
attempt to prevent Biden from
assuming power, McCarthy
essentially declined to lead.
Under heavy pressure from
Trump, who urged his
supporters to march to the
Capitol on Jan. 6, House
Republicans — who were
charged along with the Senate
with certifying the electoral
college count that day — could
not get clarity from their leader
about his plans.
They were left to decide on
their own what his words meant.
More than a year later, Jan. 6
still looms large in the nation’s
consciousness as members of the
mob go on trial and a
congressional panel investigates
the events surrounding that day.
And McCarthy’s leadership,
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Then-House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) speaks to President Donald Trump during a bill-signing ceremony in 2018. Most
House Republicans are still waiting for a firm statement from Trump on McCarthy before continuing to back him as a party leader.
conference, from pro-Trump
members who have yet to say
whether they would support him
for speaker to rank-and-file mem-
bers who have questioned his
leadership approach.
The saga comes after two New
York Times reporters, Jonathan
Martin and Alexander Burns, on
Thursday released excerpts from
their book “This Will Not Pass:
Trump, Biden and the Battle for
America’s Future” that detailed a
lengthy call among top Republi-
can leaders four days after the
insurrection, during which Mc-
Carthy and Senate Minority
Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)
privately pledged to push Trump
out of politics after the Capitol
attack.
McCarthy denied the report,
calling it “totally false and
wrong.” The New York Times
then published a 11/2-minute au-
dio clip from the Jan. 10, 2021,
call. The clip also aired Thursday
on “The Rachel Maddow Show”
on MSNBC. McConnell’s office
declined to comment on the re-
port.
In the audio clip, Rep. Liz
Cheney (R-Wyo.) is heard asking
whether there was any chance
Trump would resign. McCarthy
fealty to Trump and conflicting
statements about that day are
being sharply criticized.
The California Republican is
now under fire for statements he
made in the days, weeks and
months following Jan. 6. A
coming book by New York Times
reporters Jonathan Martin and
Alex Burns uses audio recordings
of GOP conference calls in the
days after the attack to show that
McCarthy was furious with
Trump and even considered
telling him to resign as president
just days before his term expired
and before Trump was
impeached.
Those private statements
conflict with the approach
McCarthy has taken to the ex-
president since late January
2021, after he visited Trump at
his Palm Beach, Fla., resort and
committed his loyalty to the
former president to try to unify
the Republican Party heading
into the 2022 midterms.
But McCarthy’s refusal to
provide leadership in the days
running up to Jan. 6 set the stage
for bitterly dividing his GOP
caucus. McCarthy eventually
joined two-thirds of House
Republicans, voting after the
insurrection, to oppose
certifying Biden’s victory, while a
third voted to support his clear
win.
McCarthy’s uncertainty about
his own Jan. 6 vote confirmed to
his internal GOP rivals that he
feared Trump. His supporters
just saw that lack of guidance as
his way to hold back and see
which way the majority would
break on the electoral college
challenge.
A week after that vote,
McCarthy began a brief period of
publicly blaming Trump for the
riot, but he also voted against
impeaching a president who was
set to leave office seven days
later.
And McCarthy’s inaction
ahead of that crucial vote, along
with his inconsistent positions
since, suggests that he will be a
said he was doubtful but noted,
“I’m seriously thinking of having
that conversation with him to-
night.”
McCarthy added on the audio
clip that he would tell Trump — as
Democrats pushed forward with
plans to again impeach the presi-
dent — that “it would be my
recommendation you should re-
sign.” McCarthy said he did not
think his effort would persuade
Trump.
McCarthy also said on the au-
dio: “Now this is one personal
fear I have. I do not want to get in
any conversation about Pence
pardoning.”
Cheney, the vice chair of the
select House committee investi-
gating the attack on the Capitol
by a pro-Trump mob, has since
denied recording or leaking the
audio and reminded in a state-
ment that the Jan. 6 committee
“has asked Kevin McCarthy to
speak with us about these events
but he has so far declined.”
Lauren Fine, a spokeswoman
for Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.), the
No. 2 Republican in House lead-
ership, said in a statement that
Scalise’s “sole focus is on working
with his colleagues to stop the
radical Democrat agenda” and
politically weak House speaker if
Republicans can win the
majority in November and he
can corral the minimum 218
votes from his side of the aisle in
the Jan. 3 roll call vote to lead the
House.
McCarthy also took a
distinctly different approach to
Trump than that of his Senate
counterpart, Minority Leader
Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). On a
Dec. 31, 2020, conference call
with Senate Republicans,
McConnell said that he would
vote to confirm Biden’s win and
that it would be the “most
consequential” vote of his then
36 years in the Senate, according
Under heavy pressure from Trump, who urged his
supporters to march to the Capitol on Jan. 6, House
Republicans could not get clarity from their leader
about his plans.
to reports that day.
About 30 minutes before the
Capitol was breached on Jan. 6,
McConnell publicly attacked
Trump’s baseless claims of voter
fraud, warning that if Trump was
successful in overturning the
election, the outcome would be
devastating.
“Our democracy would enter a
death spiral,” McConnell said in
a Senate floor speech.
Just 12 Senate Republicans
signaled that they would vote to
object to Biden’s win, and after
the riot, four of them reversed
course. Some 43 Senate
Republicans, almost 85 percent
of McConnell’s caucus,
supported Biden’s victory.
McConnell is not exactly a
profile in courage in his
opposition to Trump’s
authoritarian ways. He has
generally refused to talk about
the ex-president since he voted
to acquit him in the February
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that “neither he nor anyone on
his team recorded or leaked pri-
vate conversations among mem-
bers.” The statement did not de-
fend McCarthy by name.
After the audio became public,
McCarthy called Trump — who
was in Amelia Island, Fla., to
speak to the Heritage Foundation
— on Thursday night and the
former president was willing to
take his call after being briefed on
the situation by staffers, includ-
ing those familiar with the con-
versation.
On Friday, Martin and Burns
appeared on CNN and shared
additional audio clips from Re-
publican leadership calls in
which McCarthy blames Trump
for the attack on the Capitol and
says the president told him he has
“some responsibility” for the riot.
Pressed by The Washington
Post in January about whether he
had told his conference on a call
that Trump had made those state-
ments, McCarthy bluntly told the
reporter, “I’m not sure what call
you’re talking about.” McCarthy’s
office had not responded Friday
to the recent revelations.
In audio from a Jan. 10, 2021,
call, McCarthy said: “I’ve had it
with this guy. What he did is
2021 impeachment trial, a
decision, according to the Martin
and Burns book, that came after
realizing how few GOP senators
were willing to oppose Trump.
When pressed by reporters
these days, he will simply note
that he hasn’t spoken to Trump
since the day in December 2020
when he congratulated Biden on
his victory.
But McConnell’s clear actions
ahead of Jan. 6 helped galvanize
the vast majority of Senate
Republicans to vote the way they
preferred when it came to
certification. McConnell has
taken grief from Trump ever
since. But that is one of the most
necessary qualities of leadership:
willingness to take the incoming
fire yourself to shield the rank
and file.
McCarthy doesn’t like to
absorb slings and arrows for his
members. His greatest strength
is how well he knows lawmakers,
constantly talking to them about
Congress, about their personal
lives and about their political
standing back home. One
Republican who clashed with
McCarthy a decade ago, only to
make up a few years later,
accurately described him as a
“savant of relationships” when
McCarthy ascended to the No. 2
leadership slot in 2014, a
meteoric rise for someone first
elected in 2006.
For years the word “affable”
found its way into almost every
McCarthy profile, explaining
why he was so well liked and
would continue to be despite the
lack of any deep policy
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unacceptable. Nobody can de-
fend that, and nobody should
defend it.”
In audio from a separate call a
day later, McCarthy told Republi-
cans, “But let me be very clear to
all of you and I’ve been very clear
to the president: He bears re-
sponsibility for his words and
actions. No ifs, ands or buts. I
asked him personally today: Does
he hold responsibility for what
happened? Does he feel bad
about what happened? He told
me he does have some responsi-
bility for what happened and he
need to acknowledge that.”
As the audio clips surfaced, a
majority of the House Republican
conference remained notably
mum. Some refrained from opin-
ing until Trump put out a state-
ment, while others declared it a
nonissue not worth dividing the
conference over ahead of a mid-
term election. A few McCarthy
allies came to his defense.
“I support Kevin McCarthy,
100 percent. He supports my
campaign. He’s supported me in
office,” Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.)
said in a Fox News interview
Friday. “ … I don’t think this is a
story that is going anywhere, but
I support him wholeheartedly.”
background.
But that reputation for being
everyone’s best friend also left
McCarthy without a key
ingredient in leadership: the
ability to instill fear in his
underlings.
In the nearly 16 months since
his caucus split apart on Jan. 6,
Rep. Liz Cheney (Wyo.) has been
the only Republican to face a
public punishment — as
McCarthy helped drive her from
his leadership team when she
continued to speak out against
Trump’s authoritarian ways.
One by one members of the
most far-right, pro-Trump wing
took public actions that deserved
some form of rebuke. Instead,
the most discipline any of them
received came in private talks
with McCarthy.
In the run-up to Jan. 6,
McCarthy ran for cover. He
fretted about not wanting to tell
lawmakers which buttons to
push when they slid their voting
cards into the slots throughout
the House chamber.
When the New Year’s Day
conference call began, Cheney
led the initial talk as part of her
role as chair of the House
Republican Conference, the No.
3 post after McCarthy and
Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-
La.).
Cheney, who had already
broken sharply against Trump,
laid out detailed reasons she
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Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Tex.)
tweeted: “29 wks from now Re-
publicans will have the majority
and Kevin McCarthy will be
Speaker of the House.”
Democrats, meanwhile, seized
on the comments.
President Biden said the audio
showed “this ain’t your father’s
Republican Party.”
Nebeyatt Betre, a spokesman
for the House Democratic Cam-
paign Committee, was more
blunt in a statement: “Kevin Mc-
Carthy has proven himself to be a
spineless leader and now a bold-
faced liar.”
Several Republican aides, who
like others requested anonymity
to discuss confidential conversa-
tions, noted that even if Trump
were to fully rebuke McCarthy,
ousting him as leader would not
benefit Republicans right now,
given his prowess as a prolific
fundraiser for the party as they
eye the majority.
But his speaker ambitions
could all change with one state-
ment from Trump — from now
until January, which is when both
parties typically vote to select
their conference leadership team.
And McCarthy will probably have
to commence an apology tour.
“Kevin McCarthy’s got a big
problem,” Trump associate Boris
Epshteyn said on Stephen K.
Bannon’s “War Room” podcast
Friday. “If he can do something to
mend fences and prove himself to
the MAGA movement … that’s
upon him to do.”
Despite McCarthy and McCon-
nell’s reported private comments
condemning Trump in the days
after the Capitol attack, both soon
backed the president again. In
late January 2021, McCarthy trav-
eled to Trump’s private Mar-a-La-
go Club in Florida, where the two
discussed the GOP’s efforts to
retake the House and posed for a
photo together. The following
month, McConnell said he would
“absolutely” support Trump if the
former president were to win the
Republican nomination in 2024.
According to the New York
Times, McCarthy had also said in
the days after the attack that he
wished Twitter would shut down
the accounts of some House Re-
publicans, such as Rep. Lauren
Boebert of Colorado, who had
made what he deemed inappro-
priate comments related to the
insurrection.
A McCarthy spokesman told
the newspaper that McCarthy
“never said that particular mem-
bers should be removed from
Twitter.” Boebert’s office did not
immediately respond to a request
for comment.
Paul Kane, Julian Mark and Eugene
Scott contributed to this report.
would support Biden’s victory
(and followed up two days later
with a 21-page memo she drafted
explaining her position).
“That’s not the leadership
position,” McCarthy interjected,
according to the GOP lawmakers
and aides who heard the call and
spoke on the condition of
anonymity to talk about the
private discussion.
McCarthy made clear that
Cheney was speaking only for
herself, which prompted other
lawmakers to ask about his own
intentions. “You need to tell us
what your position is,” one
lawmaker recalled members
asking.
He never did.
On Jan. 6, just before rioters
disrupted the certification
proceedings, Scalise spoke as the
first Republican supporting
objections to Biden’s victory.
McCarthy spoke only once
during that marathon debate —
just after the House reconvened
following the riot and continued
to certify Biden’s win. He talked
about unity and coming
together.
“Let’s show the country the
mob did not win. We have a job
to do,” McCarthy said.
Even then, McCarthy didn’t
clarify how he would personally
vote on confirming Biden’s
victory. Two hours later, the GOP
leader cast his vote on the side of
the mob.
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White House in a senior adviser
role with a broad portfolio, and
she is expected to be involved in
part in responding to potential
GOP probes, according to four
people familiar with the matter
who spoke on the condition of
anonymity to discuss personnel
moves. The White House declined
to comment on Dunn.
Dunn joined the White House
for the start of the administration
as a senior adviser and left in
August to return to SKDK, the
Washington public affairs firm
where she is a partner. The time-
line of Dunn’s return to the White
House is still being finalized, as is
the scope of her duties.
White House officials said
Dunn’s job will not be explicitly
tied to the potential Republican
investigations, but her return en-
sures the veteran Democratic op-
erative will have a central role in
what could emerge as a pitched
political and legal battle between
Biden and a raucous group of
newly powerful House Republi-
cans. Dunn did not respond to a
request for comment.
The White House is also bring-
ing on Ian Sams, formerly a
spokesman for Vice President
Harris’s presidential campaign,
where he was known as a hard-
hitting and combative advocate —
traits for which the White House
looked in filling the role. Sams,
who will start in the coming
weeks, will have a communica-
tions role in the counsel’s office
focused on responding to con-
gressional investigations, accord-
ing to the people familiar with the
matter. He currently works at the
Department of Health and Hu-
man Services as a spokesman on
covid response.
Podesta praised the White
House’s plan to hire someone like
Sams to handle communications
from the White House counsel’s
office, rather than referring inqui-
ries on sensitive investigations to
the White House press office. It is
critical that senior White House
leaders remain focused on execut-
ing the president’s agenda and not
get distracted or bogged down by
investigations, he said.
“What you want to do is keep
this out of the press room,” Podes-
ta said. “Keep it out of the Oval
Office. Let the White House coun-
sel manage the problem.”
White House officials say their
preparations are hardly surpris-
ing, given the Democrats’ narrow
majorities in Congress and the
uncertain outcome of the mid-
term elections. Democrats hold a
12-member edge (221 to 209) in
Greene testifies about Jan. 6 in case seeking to remove her from Ga. ballot
Lawmaker says she can’t
recall if she urged Trump
to impose martial law
BY M ATTHEW B ROWN
AND F ELICIA S ONMEZ
atlanta — Rep. Marjorie Taylor
Greene, testifying Friday about
her alleged role in the Jan. 6,
2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol as
part of a case seeking to disquali-
fy her from seeking reelection,
said she could not remember
whether she urged President
Donald Trump to impose martial
law as a way to remain in power.
“I don’t recall,” Greene (R-Ga.)
said in response to questioning
by an attorney representing the
plaintiffs in the case.
“So you’re not denying you did
it?” asked the attorney, Andrew
G. Celli Jr. “You just don’t re-
member?”
“I don’t remember,” Greene
replied.
The exchange marked one of
dozens of times during Friday’s
hearing that Greene said she
could not recall her tweets or
statements related to the attack.
Greene’s appearance in an Atlan-
ta courtroom represented one of
the first times a member of
Congress has been questioned
under oath about the Capitol
attack.
The case against Greene was
brought by Free Speech for Peo-
ple, a campaign-finance reform
organization, on behalf of a
group of voters from Greene’s
district. The Free Speech group
alleges that Greene, who has
become a lightning rod for con-
troversy and has gained a reputa-
tion as one of the Republican
Party’s most hard-right mem-
bers, helped facilitate the ran-
sacking of the Capitol in an
attempt to stop the certification
of Joe Biden’s win.
Greene should be knocked off
the ballot, the group argues,
under the 14th Amendment,
which bars those who have “en-
gaged in insurrection or rebel-
President Biden speaks on inflation at Green River College in Auburn, Wash., on Friday. The White House has indicated a preparation for
GOP probes into Hunter Biden’s business dealings and the rocky withdrawal from Afghanistan, among other politically sensitive matters.
the House with five vacancies,
while the Senate is tied 50-50,
giving Harris the tiebreaking vote.
Biden officials also said the
White House counsel’s office had
been structured to respond to Re-
publican oversight efforts from
the beginning. During the presi-
dential transition, Biden’s team
had planned for Republicans to
control the Senate; Democrats
took control of the chamber in
January 2021 after winning both
runoff elections in Georgia.
A White House official said the
office is fully staffed, including
with lawyers who have experience
from prior administrations.
The opposition party has long
relished the committee chairman-
ships and subpoena power that
come with a congressional major-
ity, and has historically deployed
them for substantive investiga-
tions, as well as to score political
points.
The Senate committee investi-
gating the Clinton-era Whitewa-
ter land deal in the mid-1990s, for
example, held 60 sessions stretch-
ing over 300 hours and took depo-
lion” from seeking federal office.
As she entered the room at the
Georgia Office of State Adminis-
trative Hearings on Friday morn-
ing, Greene was greeted with
cheers and applause from the
audience, made up mostly of
Greene supporters.
Her fellow House member
Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) was present
as well.
In his opening statement, Ron
Fein, Free Speech for People’s
legal director, said that “the
leaders of this insurrection, of
whom there were a number, were
among us — on Facebook, Twitter
and corners of social media that
would make your stomach hurt.”
“The evidence will show that
Marjorie Taylor Greene was one
of them,” Fein said.
Greene attorney James Bopp
Jr. argued that Free Speech for
People wants to “deny the right
to vote to the thousands of
people in the 14th District of
Georgia by having Greene re-
moved from the ballot.”
“Voters have a right to vote for
the candidate of their choice
unless there is very compelling
legal — not rhetorical — justifica-
tion for that,” he said.
Bopp accused Free Speech for
People of trying to “hold against
[Greene] First Amendment-
protected speech” for her com-
ments about the Jan. 6 attack. He
argued that the 14th Amendment
was meant to bar any “direct,
overt act of insurrection to over-
throw the United States govern-
ment,” such as the Confederacy
marshaling troops.
And during his questioning of
Greene, he sought to portray the
Georgia Republican as one of the
many victims of the Jan. 6 attack
on the Capitol, rather than one of
its supporters.
“Yes, I was a victim of the riot
that day,” Greene said.
In an interview, Fein suggest-
ed the case could “set a national
precedent for other members of
Congress and officials who broke
their oath and helped the insur-
rection, and including, if he
chooses to run again in 2024, the
former president, Donald
Trump.”
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sitions from 245 people. The
probes tied up numerous White
House staffers, forcing some to
hire their own lawyers.
A House committee on the kill-
ings of Americans in Benghazi,
Libya, spent $7 million, put then-
Democratic presidential candi-
date Hillary Clinton on the stand
“If one or both houses flip control, if the past is any
indication, they will be faced with a slew of
inquiries, much of which will be aimed at trying to
do political damage to the president.”
John D. Podesta, chief of staff to President Bill Clinton
for 11 hours and released an 800-
plus-page report, creating a long-
running distraction for the
Obama White House. Other inves-
tigations have been more biparti-
san, although examples of that are
increasingly rare.
With large factions of the Re-
publican Party increasingly pro-
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) in an Atlanta courtroom Friday. The group Free Speech for People
has sued to get Greene removed from the ballot, alleging she helped instigate the Jan. 6, 2021, riot.
Trump weighed in on the case
Thursday afternoon in a state-
ment criticizing Georgia Gov.
Brian Kemp and Georgia Secre-
tary of State Brad Raffensperger
— both Republicans — for allow-
ing “a horrible thing to happen to
a very popular Republican.”
Trump lamented that Greene,
one of his closest allies in Con-
gress, “is now going through hell
in their attempt to unseat her,
just more of an election mess in
Georgia.”
Since his 2020 loss in the state,
Trump has aggressively spread
baseless accusations about the
state’s election systems and lam-
basted GOP legislators who did
not acquiesce to his false claims.
Trump has endorsed primary
challengers to both Kemp and
Raffensperger.
Republican former senator
David Perdue, the Trump-
endorsed candidate who is seek-
ing to unseat Kemp, tweeted in
support of Greene on Friday
afternoon.
“What is happening to
@RepMTG is shameful and
wrong!” Perdue said. “I’m proud
to stand with her in this fight
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moting baseless accusations and
loyal to former president Donald
Trump, the possibilities are legion
for investigations that would en-
mesh the Biden White House.
“We are going to take power
after this next election,” Rep. Matt
Gaetz (R-Fla.) told reporters in
December. “When we do, it’s not
going to be the days of Paul Ryan
and Trey Gowdy and no real over-
sight and no real subpoenas. It’s
going to be the days of Jim Jordan,
Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Dr.
Gosar and myself.”
Gaetz was referring to former
House speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-
Wis.), who left Congress in 2019,
against the establishment.”
U.S. District Judge Amy Toten-
berg ruled Monday that the case
against Greene could proceed, a
ruling that stands in contrast
with others in lawsuits against
members of Congress over their
alleged roles in the Jan. 6 attack.
Free Speech for People levied a
similar case against Rep. Madi-
son Cawthorn (R-N.C.), but he
successfully sued in federal court
to block the proceedings.
The organization has also filed
lawsuits against Reps. Paul A.
Gosar and Andy Biggs, both
Arizona Republicans. Maricopa
Superior Court dismissed those
lawsuits Friday.
Free Speech for People called
two witnesses. The first, Indiana
University constitutional law
professor Gerard Magliocca, has
written extensively about con-
gressional amnesty and the 14th
Amendment
The group’s attorney, Celli,
then questioned Greene over a
period of more than three hours.
Throughout the hearing, Bopp
repeatedly interrupted to lodge
objections against the plaintiffs’
questioning. That prompted Cel-
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and former representative Trey
Gowdy (R-S.C.), who headed the
Benghazi committee. Reps. Gaetz,
Greene (R-Ga.) and Paul A. Gosar
(R-Ariz.) are splashy conservative
media stars who often make out-
landish or explicitly false state-
ments.
Republicans have already tele-
graphed a slew of investigations,
particularly into Hunter Biden for
his business dealings in foreign
countries. Inquiries into the presi-
dent’s son could be particularly
sensitive for the White House.
Hunter has written extensively
about his substance abuse issues,
and the president remains highly
protective of his family.
Hunter Biden has emerged as a
lightning rod for conservatives,
especially after a laptop purport-
edly belonging to him surfaced at
the end of the 2020 election. Re-
publicans have seized on files pur-
ported to be from the laptop as
evidence of wrongdoing, while
some Democrats have dismissed
them as disinformation.
The Washington Post obtained
a copy of the laptop’s hard drive,
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li to declare at one point, “You
have a standing objection, Mr.
Bopp, to everything in the
world.”
During the questioning,
Greene declined to say whether
unlawfully interfering with the
counting of electoral votes in a
presidential election would
make someone “an enemy of the
Constitution.”
“I don’t know. I don’t know if it
defines it that way,” she said.
Greene also said during Fri-
day’s hearing that she believed
Biden had lost the 2020 election
to Trump but claimed it was “not
accurate” that she wanted Con-
gress not to certify Biden as the
winner.
In the days before the Jan. 6
attack, Greene said, “We aren’t
going to let this election be stolen
by Joe Biden and the Democrats.”
She was among the 147 Republi-
cans who voted in support of at
least one objection to counting
Biden’s electoral votes.
There is no evidence that
widespread voter fraud took
place in the 2020 presidential
race.
Greene also was repeatedly
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and two security experts who ex-
amined the data at the request of
The Post said thousands of emails
are authentic communications.
Among the emails The Post veri-
fied are details of a deal Hunter
Biden developed with a Chinese
energy conglomerate, CEFC Chi-
na Energy, for which he was paid
nearly $5 million. Most of the data
could not be verified by the secu-
rity experts.
Republicans have also started
to launch investigations on the
origins of the coronavirus pan-
demic, releasing a report that ar-
gues the virus stemmed from a lab
leak from a Chinese research facil-
ity. U.S. intelligence agencies have
not reached the same conclusion,
and many officials dispute the
theory. But Republicans are likely
to resurface their investigations
while also expanding the probe
into the Biden administration’s
handling of the pandemic re-
sponse.
Another likely GOP target is the
Biden’s administration’s with-
drawal from Afghanistan, a deci-
sion that Republicans and some
Democrats have strongly criti-
cized. Republicans are particular-
ly interested in probing the chaot-
ic exit, which was punctuated by
the death of 13 U.S. service mem-
bers in an attack at the Kabul
airport.
The Clinton era may provide a
preview of what the Biden White
House would face should the GOP
capture the House, though the
Clinton presidency was unusually
scandal-prone. The Republicans
who retook the House in 1994 for
the first time in four decades were
in a militant mood, and President
Bill Clinton also faced a deter-
mined independent counsel in
Kenneth Starr.
At various points, a significant
proportion of Clinton’s White
House staff was tied up with re-
sponding to investigators’ de-
mands on issues including White-
water and firings at the White
House travel office. Podesta said
that among the most consequen-
tial decisions the counsel’s office
has to make in such circum-
stances is when to assert execu-
tive privilege.
The Republican investigations
could throw the Biden adminis-
tration on the defensive on an
array of issues heading toward the
2024 election, but Podesta also
warned they could backfire if GOP
leaders do not proceed deliberate-
ly.
“When things get overly parti-
san and too nakedly political, the
public tends to tune them out,” he
said. “The Republicans have a
hard time resisting doing that.”
asked on Friday about her Twit-
ter posts and past statements,
including several in which she
alluded to the use of violence
against her political opponents,
including House Speaker Nancy
Pelosi (D-Calif.).
On Friday, Greene repeatedly
said she did not recall many of
her past statements or was not
certain who may have “liked”
certain posts using her account.
Greene was asked about a
now-deleted 2019 video in which
she called on supporters to “flood
the Capitol building, flood all the
government buildings” and feel
free to use violence “if we have
to” to get the federal government
to address their “huge list of
grievances.”
“We can do it peacefully,”
Greene said in the video. “We
can. I hope we don’t have to do it
the other way. I hope not. But we
should feel like we will if we have
to, because we are the American
people.”
Greene said she did not recall
making the statement.
The plaintiffs also questioned
Greene about her repeated refer-
ences to “1776” ahead of the Jan.
6 attack, asking whether she was
aware that extremist groups such
as the Proud Boys and others had
used it as “a code word for
violence to occur” that day.
Greene said she had “no idea”
that the term was used in that
manner.
Both parties are expected to
file additional briefs in the case
by next Thursday. Judge Charles
Beaudrot will make a recommen-
dation, and then Raffensperger,
the secretary of state, will make a
decision about Greene’s eligibili-
ty to run.
In his closing argument, Celli
said that Greene “was one of
several leaders who gathered the
kindling, who created the condi-
tions, who made it possible for
there to be an explosion of vio-
lence at the Capitol on January
6th.”
“And then, she dropped the
match,” Celli said. “And now she
comes into this courtroom and
she says she’s surprised and ap-
palled that a fire occurred.”
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CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: Community members join a search-and-rescue operation in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal Province on Thursday. A police officer searches for
some of the dozens feared missing after flooding, which has been blamed on climate change. People formed their own search units after rescue teams didn’t arrive.

Strained South Africa searches for missing

Recent floods killed a government-estimated 435 people in a country facing high unemployment and soaring inflation

BY L ESLEY W ROUGHTON
cape town, south africa —
Along a stretch of the Buffalo Riv-
er in eastern South Africa, families
gathered on the banks to wait for
the bodies of missing relatives to
float downstream.
Asked why they were there, the
20 to 30 men and women sitting at
the edge of the river, known to
locals by its Zulu name of
uMzinyathi, said they needed clo-
sure after flooding devastated
their community.
“The people had been waiting
for rescue teams to come for three
to four days, and they never came,
so they decided to go search for
their loved ones,” said Khulekani
Kunene from the Gift of the Givers
Foundation, which has been deliv-
ering aid to the area.
Record-breaking rains last
week inundated the region
around the port city of Durban in
KwaZulu-Natal Province, includ-
ing rural areas where rushing
floodwaters collapsed hillsides
and swept away huts made from
wood and mud.
The government lowered the
official death toll Thursday to 435,
down from 448, but said it could
not confirm how many people are
missing. Aid groups fear dozens
are still unaccounted for. Thou-
sands have been left homeless.
“Their homes were completely
washed away with all of their be-
longings and it’s going to take time
for them to recover,” Kunene said.
“The worst part was that this rain
came at night when everyone was
sleeping.”
The hardest-hit areas were in-
formal settlements built close to
the water’s edge, below flood lines,
he said. Parts of KwaZulu-Natal
are now without power and water,
and some areas are difficult to
reach because of damage to bridg-
es, roads and rail lines. Flooding
also disrupted operations at one of
Africa’s busiest ports in Durban.
Local government officials and
businesses estimated damage
from the floods could reach hun-
dreds of millions of dollars in an
area that is still recovering from
destructive political riots in July.
Last week, President Cyril Ra-
maphosa toured the disaster zone,
where he blamed climate change
and declared a national state of
emergency. “You’re not alone,” he
told survivors on April 13. “We’ll
do everything in our power to see
how we can help.”
But the tragedy could not have
come at a worse time for South
Africa, which is already struggling
with high unemployment and
soaring inflation. The country has
also been hit by rolling power
blackouts caused by breakdowns
at its state power utility. And there
are worrying signs of a coronavi-
rus resurgence, as new cases in-
creased sharply Thursday, includ-
ing in KwaZulu-Natal.
The South African National De-
fence Force said it would send
10,000 troops to the province to
transport aid and help with rescue
and recovery efforts. But as flood-
waters receded and mud hard-
ened around tons of debris in the
rivers, finding bodies became
more difficult.
Shawn Herbst, spokesman for
the Netcare 911 private health
service that supplied a helicopter
to transport patients from critical
areas, said police and military
search-and-rescue teams contin-
ued to scour the region. “There is
desperation on people’s faces and
some are inconsolable,” he said.
KwaZulu-Natal has a history of
heavy rains and flooding, often
caused by a “cut-off low” weather
system that occurs frequently off
the coast of South Africa, said
Francois Engelbrecht, a climate
scientist at the University of the
Witwatersrand.
The storm on April 11 dumped
nearly 12 inches of rain in just over
24 hours, he said, eclipsing one-
day rainfall totals from previous
disasters, including the 1987 Dur-
ban floods that killed as many as
500 people. A 2019 storm in the
Durban area left at least 80 dead.
“I do think climate change
played a role in making this sys-
tem even more intense than it was
supposed to be,” Engelbrecht said.
“The only solution in the long
term to get out of these vulnerabil-
ities is to improve the infrastruc-
ture, to give people better housing
and ensure no one builds below
flood lines.”

D I GE S T

COSTA RICA
Cyberattack debilitates
government systems
Nearly a week into a
ransomware attack that has
crippled Costa Rican government
computer systems, the country
has refused to pay a ransom as it
struggles to implement
workarounds and braced itself as
hackers began publishing stolen
information.
The Russian-speaking Conti
gang claimed responsibility for
the attack.
The finance ministry was the
first to report problems Monday.
Attacks on the social security
agency’s human resources system
and on the labor ministry and
others followed.
— Associated Press
ISRAEL
57 Palestinians injured
in clash with police
At least 57 Palestinians were
injured in clashes with Israeli
police within the al-Aqsa Mosque
compound in Jerusalem on
Friday, medics said, as violence
persisted during the Muslim holy
month of Ramadan at a site also
revered by Jews.
Israeli police said they
intervened when hundreds of
people hurled rocks and
fireworks and drew close to the
Western Wall, where Jewish
worship was underway.
Witnesses said police entered
the compound after morning
Ramadan prayers and fired
rubber-tipped bullets and stun
grenades at a crowd, some of
whom were throwing rocks.
— Reuters
Ecuador starts extradition
process for ex-president: The
president of Ecuador’s National
Justice Court said Friday that he
had signed an extradition request
for the country’s former
president, Rafael Correa, who
lives in Belgium, seeking his
return to Ecuador to serve an
eight-year sentence for bribery.
An Ecuadoran court sentenced
Correa to eight years in prison in
2020, accusing him — along with
other officials — of being behind
wrongful charges to contractors
in a move to finance electoral
campaigns for his political
movement between 2012 and
2016. The extradition request will
next move to Ecuador’s foreign
ministry, which must formally
ask Belgium to extradite Correa.
Correa has requested political
asylum from Belgium which,
according to Correa’s press team,
was accepted by the government
in Brussels.
Niger backs deployment of more
European special forces:
Nigerien lawmakers approved a
bill Friday allowing the
deployment of more European
special forces to help stem an
Islamist insurgency across the
Sahel, a move rejected by some
parties that oppose Western
military influence. President
Mohamed Bazoum agreed in
February for the former French
colony to host special forces from
neighboring Mali as France
withdraws troops deployed since
2013 to help fight Islamist
militants, who have spread from
Mali’s arid north. Niger’s
parliament voted in favor of the
bill, which clears the way for
more European troops to be
deployed.
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Europe sees a threat in possible Le Pen victory in France
FRANCE FROM A1
Franco-Russian alliance, promis-
ing to forge one even if it pro-
voked U.S. sanctions. She said
Ukraine belongs in Russia’s
sphere of influence and, in 2014,
defended Russia’s annexation of
Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula.
Now, although she has dis-
tanced herself from Putin, she has
suggested that she would halt
French weapons transfers to
Ukraine and, as soon as the war
ends, seek to broker a “strategic
rapprochement” between NATO
and Moscow.
Here in Latvia, as in the other
Baltic countries, calls are mount-
ing for NATO’s mission to be
bolstered in answer to the esca-
lating danger from Moscow. But
Le Pen, some here warn, could
weaken the alliance at the worst
possible time.
In recent days, Le Pen has
rejected any “subjection to an
American protectorate” and sug-
gested unease with French troops
under foreign command. Al-
though her platform tends to be
anti-American, it harbors echoes
of President Donald Trump, who
early in his term dismissed NATO
as “obsolete.”
Le Pen has stopped short of
arguing for full withdrawal from
NATO, saying she would keep
France in the alliance and adhere
to Article 5, which compels mem-
ber nations to defend others that
come under attack. But she has
pledged to pull France out of
NATO’s military command struc-
ture (and keep it out of any future
European army). That position
could damage coordination and
planning, casting doubt on con-
tinued French surveillance flights
in Poland and troop deployments
in the Baltics, while raising
broader questions about NATO’s
future.
“Everything starts little by lit-
tle,” said Rihards Kols, head of the
foreign affairs committee in Lat-
via’s parliament. “She’s sugar-
coating … her rhetoric.”
“We have no illusions about
who she is, who she represents
and the political agenda she has
been promoting for years,” Kols
said. It’s “pro-Russian, pro-
Macron ahead of Le Pen
as their campaigns end
BY R ICK N OACK
paris — French President Em-
manuel Macron and far-right
leader Marine Le Pen used the
last hours of campaigning on
Friday to portray this weekend’s
presidential election as a referen-
dum on the future of the country,
as polls suggested a widening
lead for the incumbent.
The final polling averages
showed Macron 10 percentage
points ahead of Le Pen, gaining
some momentum after a tight
finish in the first round of the
election two weeks ago.
But a Le Pen upset victory still
remains a possibility. The final
polls missed the result margin by
nearly nine percentage points
five years ago, and turnout could
play a critical role in Sunday’s
vote.
Both candidates appeared ea-
ger to avoid unwelcome surprises
on Friday, making their last cam-
paign stops in areas they won in
the first round and whose votes
they will need in the runoff. Le
Pen, 53, met with voters in the
Pas-de-Calais region, a far-right
stronghold, and visited a medical
center, making a final attempt to
portray herself as a candidate
who is close to the people, includ-
ing those who feel forgotten by
Macron’s government.
“We did an outreach cam-
paign, a field campaign. I met
tens of thousands of French peo-
ple,” she said. “I think we did a
very good campaign.”
Meanwhile, Macron, 44, trav-
eled to the southern French town
of Figeac, where he came in 13
percentage points ahead of Le
Pen two weeks ago. The incum-
bent did almost no campaigning
before the first round, but hit the
trail hard in the final stage.
“April 24 is a referendum on
the future of France,” Macron told
BFM television on Friday eve-
ning, in his final interview before
the election, comparing the
stakes — and potential risks of
abstentionism — to the 2016 U.S.
election and the Brexit vote. “It’s
a choice between leaving or not
leaving Europe . . . a choice be-
tween turning the back on ecolo-
gy or not, a choice between aban-
doning or not abandoning the
secular republic.”
French law prohibits any cam-
paigning or the release of polls
from Friday midnight until the
election results are known.
The biggest challenge for Ma-
cron is no longer “the amount of
Marine Le Pen at the European Parliament in 2017. Since the war
in Ukraine began, she has sought nuance in her ties with Moscow.
Kremlin rhetoric aimed at under-
mining E.U. unity” and fragment-
ing NATO.
E.U. defenders view a Le Pen
victory as an existential threat
that could be more destructive to
the bloc than Brexit.
She has dropped her long-
standing calls to withdraw from
the E.U. and the euro zone. But
critics say she has merely ex-
changed those positions for a
slower poison. Her proposals —
including reinstituting border
controls, offering preference to
French nationals for certain ben-
efits, placing French law above
European law and slashing finan-
cial contributions to Brussels —
fly in the face of the bloc’s princi-
ples and rules, and could corrode
the E.U. from within.
Observers see her quickly
aligning with autocratic govern-
ments in Hungary and Poland in
their efforts to defy the liberal
democratic ideals at the E.U.’s
core. She could also give momen-
tum to far-right forces in Italy
and Spain, which have begun to
gain steam after periods of stag-
nation.
Enrico Letta, a former Italian
prime minister and head of Italy’s
Democratic Party, said in an in-
terview that his first reaction to
Le Pen’s surge of support in
France was “fear.”
She remains the underdog, and
he said he believes she will not
votes Le Pen herself will get,” but
rather his ability to fight any
inclination among people who
supported him in 2017 to sit out
the vote this time, said Antoine
Jardin, a political scientist.
Macron’s reelection strategy
has largely centered on outreach
to left-leaning voters and an at-
tempt to reactivate France’s “Re-
publican front” — a broad coali-
tion of voters to prevent a
far-right presidency.
“France is one bloc,” Macron
said Friday, addressing voters in
Figeac.
Five years ago, that coalition
helped Macron beat Le Pen by a
margin of more than 30
percentage points.
But now, Le Pen has brought
the far-right closer than ever
before to the French presidency
— prompting concerns in other
European capitals.
In an unusual op-ed on Friday,
the leaders of Germany, Spain
and Portugal suggested French
voters should reelect Macron, to
defend against a far-right threat
to European values. The piece
didn’t name either candidate di-
rectly.
“The choice French people are
facing is crucial for France and
for all of us in Europe,” the three
leaders wrote in France’s
center-left Le Monde newspaper.
“They have to choose between a
democratic candidate, who be-
lieves that France is stronger in a
powerful and autonomous Euro-
pean Union, and a far-right
candidate, who openly sides with
those who attack our freedom
and democracy, which are the
fundamental values we inherited
directly from the French Enlight-
enment.”
Macron chose similar lan-
guage to attack Le Pen in
Wednesday’s televised debate —
the only direct meeting of the
candidates. He portrayed her as
more radical than she would
acknowledge and as beholden to
Russian interests, citing a loan to
her 2017 campaign from a Rus-
sian state bank.
Le Pen on Friday characterized
Macron’s accusations as “defama-
tory.”
In 2017, thousands of internal
Macron campaign emails were
released by Russia-linked hack-
ers on the Friday night before the
election, just before the manda-
tory end of campaigning. It was
widely seen as a Russian attempt
to boost Le Pen, who had regular-
ly expressed admiration for Rus-
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win. “But should it happen, it
would mark the end of Europe,”
he said. “I don’t think the E.U.
could survive that.”
In Spain, the far-right Vox par-
ty recently secured a co-govern-
ing arrangement in the province
of Castilla y León, north of Ma-
drid, while Italy faces an election
next year in which far-right popu-
lists stand some chance of secur-
ing a ruling coalition.
“I do dread a domino effect,
because it reminds me of what
happened back in 2016 to 2018,
with the election of Trump,” Letta
continued. “I’m quite afraid that
having Le Pen at the Élysée would
have the same effect on populist
and anti-European impulses that
are already quite present [in Eu-
ropean politics] and would get a
very strong boost.”
In an extraordinary op-ed in
the French newspaper Le Monde,
the prime ministers of Portugal
and Spain — António Costa and
Pedro Sánchez — and German
Chancellor Olaf Scholz outlined
the high stakes for Europe on
Sunday.
“The choice French people are
facing is crucial for France and for
all of us in Europe,” they wrote.
“They have to choose between a
democratic candidate, who be-
lieves that France is stronger in a
powerful and autonomous Euro-
pean Union, and a far-right can-
didate, who openly sides with
French President Emmanuel Macron, center, talks to journalists after his rally in Figeac on the last day of campaigning on Friday. Macron
echoed the sentiment that France’s political class has failed voters, vowing more support for small towns and rural communities.
sian President Vladimir Putin,
been highly critical of NATO and
advocated for France to leave the
European Union.
In this campaign, Le Pen
sought to moderate her image
and distance herself from Putin.
She condemned Russia’s invasion
of Ukraine and said she would
welcome Ukrainian refugees in
France.
“Changing her position on
Vladimir Putin and Russia was a
must-do,” said Martin Quencez,
deputy director of the German
Marshall Fund’s Paris office.
“There was no other solution.”
She still opposes an embargo
on Russian oil and gas and wants
a referendum to end immigra-
tion.
Polls suggest French voters,
though, have been thinking more
about economic issues than for-
eign policy in this campaign sea-
son.
Le Pen has promoted that
Macron doesn’t understand
middle-class concerns. She has
riffed off the notion that Macron,
a former investment banker, has
been a “president of the rich,”
who can be aloof and arrogant.
In an interview with the
France Inter radio station on
Friday, Macron rejected accusa-
tions of arrogance as “a political
argument.”
those who attack our freedom
and democracy.”
Experts see Le Pen’s conciliato-
ry position toward Moscow as
complicating U.S. and European
attempts to isolate Putin. Le Pen
opposes plans to wean Europe off
Russian oil and gas and could
jeopardize the E.U. ban on Rus-
sian coal. Her stance could em-
bolden the Kremlin by tying the
bloc’s hands on any further mea-
sures against Russia, should Pu-
tin deploy even-more-inhumane
war tactics in Ukraine.
In 2017, Le Pen’s campaign was
partly funded through a loan
from a Russian bank brokered by
a Putin ally, according to French
investigative outlet Mediapart.
And, in moves similar to Russian
efforts to boost Trump, Moscow
allegedly sought to help Le Pen’s
presidential bid that year by leak-
ing damaging material on her
then and current rival — Macron.
For her current run, Le Pen’s
campaign secured a loan from a
Hungarian bank whose share-
holders include business execu-
tives close to that country’s auto-
cratic leader, Viktor Orban, who
is widely seen as Putin’s strongest
ally inside the E.U.
During the French presidential
debate on Wednesday, Macron
told Le Pen: “You depend on Mr.
Putin.”
“I am an absolutely and totally
free woman,” Le Pen responded,
declaring “solidarity and absolute
compassion for the Ukrainian
people.” Still, she said she re-
mains opposed to banning Rus-
sian oil and gas in response to the
war, arguing that it would hurt
French people more than Russia.
Since the war in Ukraine be-
gan, Le Pen has sought to inject
nuance into her relations with
Putin, suggesting that she has
“changed her opinion” of the Rus-
sian leader. She has portrayed her
courting of the Kremlin as simply
part of her efforts to put French
interests first and prevent Mos-
cow from falling into the arms of
China.
But observers say her platform
would nevertheless be a gift to
Moscow.
“If she wins, Putin wins,” Letta
said. “And European integration
Macron stirred excitement in
France when he first ran in 2017,
launching his own movement
and promising to bring a differ-
ent sort of politics to the Élysée
Palace. But enthusiasm for him as
an incumbent has been more
limited. Some left-leaning voters
have expressed frustration that
he shifted to the right on issues
such as immigration and secu-
rity.
About 3,000 people showed up
for his rally last weekend in the
southern city of Marseille — com-
pared to 4,000 who listened to Le
Pen in Avignon, a city with one-
tenth the population.
Macron was greeted with
chants demanding his resigna-
tion in the Parisian suburb of
Saint Denis, where he visited an
urban renovation project and
boxed at a sports club on Thurs-
day.
Hundreds of students occu-
pied university buildings in Paris
last week to protest what they
saw as two disappointing choices
in the final round.
Macron’s approval rating has
hovered around 45 percent over
the past months. His two most
recent predecessors, leftist Fran-
çois Hollande and center-right
Nicolas Sarkozy, both had lower
ratings toward the end of their
one-term presidencies, with Hol-
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will lose, as it will stop and
backpedal. And populist, anti-
European ideals will take root in
other European countries.”
Although dipping slightly in
the polls this week, Le Pen has
stayed competitive. French con-
sternation over inflation and slip-
ping purchasing power has domi-
nated the campaign season and
played to her strengths.
Her populist domestic agenda,
observers say, could be reined in
by Parliament, particularly if her
allies do not fare well in June’s
legislative elections. But tradi-
tionally, the French executive
branch wields substantial power
over foreign affairs — something
that has much of the rest of
Europe panicking.
In Germany, fears are running
particularly high that a Le Pen
victory would drive a wedge be-
tween Berlin and Paris — which
together often determine the di-
rection of European policy.
In a campaign speech last
week, Le Pen showed no love for
the relationship. She promised to
end joint defense projects with
Germany because of “irreconcil-
able strategic differences.” She
criticized Germany’s rejection of
nuclear power and said France
would not support a German bid
for a permanent seat on the U.N.
Security Council.
“We must all now gather be-
hind Emmanuel Macron,” tweet-
ed Michael Roth, chair of the
German parliament’s foreign af-
fairs committee. “It’s him or the
fall of a united Europe. Sounds
dramatic. But it is.”
Le Pen’s election could lead to
an “E.U. meltdown,” Reinhard
Bütikofer, a veteran European
Parliament member with Ger-
many’s Greens, told the newspa-
per Der Tagesspiegel. “Without a
France that wants to move the
E.U. forward, it cannot function.”
In Brussels, the E.U.’s capital,
European diplomats see Le Pen’s
surge as a surreal replay of
Trump’s victory and of Brexit, but
this time in the heart of Europe.
Many are clinging to hope that
she will lose, as she has twice
before. “I just can’t believe they
would vote for Putin’s stooge,”
said one European diplomat who
lande at around 20 percent and
Sarkozy around 35 percent.
Sarkozy was not reelected, while
Hollande did not seek a second
term.
Addressing a crowd in a medi-
eval market square in Figeac on
Friday, Macron echoed the senti-
ment that France’s political class
has failed voters, vowing more
support for small towns and rural
communities “which, sometimes,
have been neglected over the last
20 years,” he acknowledged.
Although Figeac was a hub for
yellow vest protests about in-
equality in 2019, the town could
also be said to encapsulate Ma-
cron’s vision for France: rooted in
its history, true to its values, but
ready to take advantage of an
increasingly globalized world.
Nestled between lush hills, a
river and a pilgrimage trail, the
town has benefited from its prox-
imity to nearby Airbus plants,
boosting local companies and its
technology institute. Figeac’s
population is relatively young
and the far-right has struggled to
make inroads there.
Middle-aged voters in France,
between 30 and 60, have ap-
peared most open to Le Pen’s
campaign.
Whereas older voters were
largely behind other nationalist
victories, like the Trump presi-
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spoke on the condition of ano-
nymity to talk freely.
“Then again,” the diplomat
continued, “I could not imagine
that someone would vote for
Trump, or that the Brits would
vote for Brexit.”
Le Pen’s far-right platform,
however, has created odd syner-
gies with other parts of Europe,
including Poland’s archconserva-
tive government, which has been
fined by the E.U. for democratic
backsliding. Warsaw is fiercely
anti-Russian but has nevertheless
seen Le Pen as a strategic ally in
its fight with Brussels.
Macron, meanwhile, is widely
viewed in central Europe as hav-
ing courted the Kremlin over the
years, as well as having over-
played his hand in the run-up to
the Ukraine invasion by seeking
to personally assuage Putin in
Moscow. This month, after Polish
Prime Minister Mateusz Mora-
wiecki likened Macron’s efforts
with Putin to negotiating “with
Hitler,” the notoriously blunt
French leader retorted by
dubbing Morawiecki “a far-right
antisemite who bans LGBT peo-
ple.”
“By attacking Macron at this
moment, they are [effectively en-
dorsing] Le Pen, contrary to Pol-
ish interests,” said Jacek Kucharc-
zyk, head of the Warsaw-based
Institute of Public Affairs. “Her
election would be a disaster for
Poland because it would weaken
Western unity. It’s completely
reckless and irresponsible [of the
government] to use this as an
opportunity to get back at the
European Union. It’s ideological
shortsightedness.”
Yet Latvia’s defense minister,
Artis Pabriks, said the biggest
loser in a Le Pen victory would be
France.
“If she wins, France will be
more sidelined in the European
Union and NATO,” he said. “She
might withdraw French troops
from the Baltics. But, you know, if
Marine Le Pen is the president of
France, it may be good that they
are not in the Baltics.”
Rauhala reported from Brussels and
Pitrelli from Rome. Loveday Morris in
Berlin contributed to this report.
NOEMIE OLIVE/REUTERS
dency and Britain’s vote to leave
the E.U., France’s older genera-
tion is a key obstacle to a Le Pen
victory.
Many in that age group re-
member vividly what the party
stood for before Le Pen took it
over from her father, who called
Nazi gas chambers just a “detail”
of World War II.
Meanwhile, the youngest vot-
ers may primarily choose candi-
dates on the left, but they aren’t
as concerned about Le Pen, ei-
ther.
“There are two conflicting
trends: Younger generations are
much more concerned about ra-
cial issues, gender issues, person-
al and sexual freedom” than older
voters, Jardin said. “But they are
also less likely to perceive Marine
Le Pen as a strongly far-right
racist person than older voters.”
Some left-leaning voters’ deci-
sion to abstain from Sunday’s
vote may hinge on a risky bet:
They don’t want Le Pen to be-
come president, but they hope
that a narrower-than-expected
outcome of the election could
force Macron to take their con-
cerns more into account over the
next five years.
“If he wins with a wider mar-
gin than expected,” Jardin said, it
would make it easier for Macron
to “implement what he wants.”
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‘Looking for mom’: Website for Mariupol’s missing shows a country’s grief
BY N IHA M ASIH
A 76-year-old woman, last seen
in her basement, is shown smiling
in front of a bed of tulips. A miss-
ing teenager who may have fled
with neighbors is pictured in a
dress holding a bouquet. Then
there is the elderly couple whose
house burned down in the fight-
ing. And a mother-son duo not
heard from in a month.
These are just a few of the
hundreds of notices users have
posted over the past week to a new
website aimed at tracking the
missing residents of Mariupol, the
southern Ukrainian port city Rus-
sian forces have besieged for
much of the war.
Commander hints at threats to nations beyond Ukraine
UKRAINE FROM A1
under siege, with Russia vowing to
trap remaining Ukrainian forces
that have been holed up in a steel
plant there.
Although tens of thousands of
people each day have begun re-
turning to the capital, Kyiv —
where Ukrainian forces seemed to
successfully push back invading
Russian forces — they have done
so cautiously, knowing they might
soon have to flee once more. Kyiv’s
mayor has warned residents to
stay where they are, as airstrikes
around the city continue.
Russian President Vladimir
Putin has previously said the inva-
sion will continue until “full com-
pletion,” without detailing what
that means, and it was not clear
whether Minnekayev’s comments
describe official, high-level think-
ing in Russia. But they give fresh
insight into the broader ambi-
tions of those fighting for the
Kremlin, including plans for a
Russian-controlled passage to
Transnistria, the breakaway en-
clave in Moldova that is held by
pro-Russian separatists and hosts
roughly 1,500 Russian troops.
Moldova is not a member of
NATO, though an incursion on its
borders would be an alarming
expansion of Russia’s war effort.
The remarks were the first time a
senior Russian military official
has hinted at Russia expanding its
offensive beyond Ukraine.
The Moldovan Foreign Affairs
Ministry said in a statement to
The Washington Post that it had
summoned Russian Ambassador
Oleg Vasnetov on Friday to ex-
press “deep concern” over the
commander’s remarks.
“His comments are unfounded
and contradict the position of the
Russian Federation supporting
the sovereignty and territorial in-
tegrity of the Republic of Moldo-
va,” the ministry said.
Mimicking language used to
justify Moscow’s initial invasion
of Ukraine, Minnekayev indicat-
ed he was concerned by the “op-
pression of the Russian-speaking
population” in the Transnistria
enclave. The Moldovan govern-
ment released a statement calling
the accusations “unacceptable,”
adding that the comment would
“lead to increased tensions and
mistrust in society.”
Russian forces have so far been
unable to seize ground in the
areas close to the Moldovan bor-
der, including the strategic port
city of Odessa. Ukrainian officials
initially feared that Moscow
would use Transnistria as a stag-
ing ground for attacks on Odessa,
but no such assault materialized.
Minnekayev’s remarks came as
senior military officers and de-
fense ministers from the United
States and at least 20 partner
countries prepared to meet at
Ramstein Air Base in Germany on
Tuesday to discuss support for
Ukraine’s defense and security ef-
forts, the Pentagon’s top spokes-
man, John Kirby, said Friday.
President Biden announced
Thursday that the United States
will send $1.3 billion in fresh aid
to Kyiv, including $800 million in
military assistance. Kirby said,
though, that Defense Secretary
Lloyd Austin does not have a
particular outcome in mind, and
that the meeting is not designed
to provide specific security guar-
antees to Ukraine.
“He wants to hear from allies
and partners, and from the Ukrai-
nians themselves about what
they’re doing and what they will
need going forward,” Kirby said,
adding that a total of 40 nations,
including some NATO members,
have been invited.
Ukrainian President Volod-
ymyr Zelensky acknowledged
that Russian forces have captured
most of Mariupol after a pro-
longed siege that exhausted elec-
tricity, food and medical supplies.
Satellite images taken over the
city Thursday show another mass
grave where an estimated 1,000
The site, Mariupol Life, was the
brainchild of computer program-
mer and Mariupol native Dmitry
Cherepanov, who was forced to
flee the city in March after days of
shelling cut off the electricity and
water supply. Cherepanov, 45,
wanted to use his skills to help
people find information about
their missing loved ones, he said
this week via Telegram.
His growing database is easy to
use: It includes names, addresses,
birth dates and sometimes last-
known locations of missing indi-
viduals. Users can follow a miss-
ing person’s profile for updates or
send direct messages or com-
ments to others who have posted.
But it also has offered a window
A 92-year-old woman waits for the Ukraine Red Cross to evacuate her in a bunker at a factory in Severodonetsk, eastern Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the south and east “are the places where . . . the future of our state is being decided.”
residents may be buried, accord-
ing to the mayor. Mariupol is
particularly significant, because
its capture allows the Russians to
build a land bridge to annexed
Crimea. Zelensky said Friday that
regions in the south and east “are
the places where the fate of this
war and the future of our state is
being decided.”
A number of outgunned Ukrai-
nian fighters and civilians remain
in a hideout at the Azovstal steel
plant, a large industrial complex
in Mariupol’s south that backs
onto the Sea of Azov. Mariupol’s
mayor, Vadym Boychenko, on Fri-
day renewed a desperate appeal
for a “full evacuation” of the city.
But Deputy Prime Minister Iryna
Vereshchuk said no corridors
would open in Ukraine on Friday
amid unrelenting shelling.
Charles Michel, president of
the European Council, said he
As of April 22, 5 p.m. Eastern time
POLAND
A majority of cities around the
capital — where residents who
Lviv
fled are now returning —
suffered massive destruction
of civilian infrastructure.
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ROMANIA
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war in ukraine
into the sheer scale of the human
tragedy in Mariupol, where un-
told numbers of people have been
killed or have disappeared.
According to Ukrainian offi-
cials, up to 20,000 civilians may
have been killed in Mariupol since
the start of the invasion — in a city
where the prewar population
numbered about 450,000. Rus-
sian President Vladimir Putin
claimed victory over Mariupol
this week, despite the presence of
a contingent of Ukrainian fighters
holed up in a sprawling steel-
works at the edge of the city.
Control over Mariupol would
give Russia a crucial land bridge
between Russian territory and the
Crimean Peninsula, which it an-
Ukrainians wait in a church to receive humanitarian aid donated
by the European Union in Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv.
BELARUS
Chernobyl
Kyiv
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DO
VA
Mykolaiv
Odessa
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nexed from Ukraine in 2014. “I’m looking for my father.
The city was once a thriving Needs humanitarian aid. Food,
seaside hub and center of iron and water.”
steel production. Now it is not Another includes an image of a
clear how many residents have bespectacled woman sitting on a
fled or gone missing. In the week bench. She is 70 years old and has
since Cherepanov launched Mari- been missing since March 21.
upol Life, it has logged more than “I’m looking for mom,” the post
12,000 visits and now has more says. “She was wearing a light
than 1,000 entries for missing peo- jacket, white hat, moving poorly
ple. There are an additional 1,000 after a stroke.”
posts for those who were evacuat- Cherepanov has posted his own
ed, including some residents who entries, including one for a friend
were forced to leave for Russia. who went missing when he left
In one post, 62-year-old home to fetch water. For him, the
Marchuk Alexander Yosipovich is mounting losses have become
shown wearing some type of mili- deeply personal. Just hours after
tary uniform. His photograph is he posted this week, Cherepanov
accompanied by a brief, painful received information that his
note: friend had been killed.
YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES
“strongly urged” Putin in a phone
call Friday to immediately open
up humanitarian access to Mari-
upol, after Russia had a day earli-
er declared its siege of the city a
“success.”
As they have for weeks, peace
talks produced little substance —
with both Russia and Ukraine
trading barbs over who is to
blame.
Russian Foreign Minister Ser-
gei Lavrov said Friday that negoti-
ations between Russia and
Ukraine have “stalled,” criticizing
Zelensky and Ukraine’s response
to Russian proposals.
Zelensky accused Russia of re-
jecting a proposed truce during
Orthodox Christian Easter, which
EMILIO MORENATTI/ASSOCIATED PRESS takes place this weekend. That
idea is supported by Pope Francis
and U.N. Secretary General
António Guterres.
“This shows very well how the
Russian-held areas
and troop movement
RUSSIA
Chernihiv
The second phase of Russia’s
invasion of Ukraine began this
week, Russian Foreign Minister
Sumy Sergei Lavrov announced Friday.
Kharkiv
Izyum
Kramatorsk
Separatist-
controlled
area
Mariupol
Kherson Newly surfaced images of two
mass graves near Mariupol
S e a o f underscored the scope of the
A z o v devastation.
Crimea
Annexed by Russia
in 2014
Black
Sea
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. SATURDAY, APRIL 23 , 2022
“I lost everything that I loved,
everything that was dear to me in
Mariupol, where I was born and
lived for 45 years of my life,” he
said.
Cherepanov’s house, the block
he lived on, the grand, red-roofed
theater where hundreds took shel-
ter and the retro computer mu-
seum he built were all destroyed,
he said.
But even amid the darkness,
Mariupol Life has provided some
light.
On a post seeking information
about a family who disappeared
after their house caught fire, a new
comment appeared.
“Get in touch,” the commenter
said. “Everyone is alive.”
leaders of this state actually treat
the Christian faith, one of the
most joyful and important holi-
days,” Zelensky said. The head of
Ukraine’s Orthodox Church
called on people to forgo the holy
celebration in areas with heavy
fighting this week.
Zelensky said last week that all
negotiations with Russia could
end if the Mariupol defenders
were killed during the city’s cap-
ture. Asked for a response to the
comment Friday, Lavrov dis-
missed the remarks. “Russia will
not tolerate ultimatums,” he said.
Other countries have contin-
ued to pressure Moscow to halt
the invasion. The Netherlands
said it plans to stop using Russian
fossil fuels by the end of the year,
while Britain and India urged
Russia to call an immediate cease-
fire after a meeting between the
two countries’ leaders Friday.
“We reiterated the importance
of territorial integrity and sover-
eignty of all nations,” Indian
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
said. India, which is heavily reli-
ant on Russia for arms sales, has
so far shied away from directly
criticizing Moscow, and earlier
abstained from a vote to expel
Russia from the U.N. Human
Rights Council.
British Prime Minister Boris
Johnson — who was in India for
the visit — announced that Brit-
ain will expand defense ties with
that country, a move that could
help it reduce its reliance on Rus-
sian arms.
Recovery efforts and investiga-
tions of possible war crimes are
ongoing in areas of northern
Ukraine where Russian troops
withdrew before refocusing their
offensive in the south and east.
The head of the United Nations’
atomic watchdog, Rafael Grossi,
said it will send a group of secu-
rity and safety staff to the Cher-
nobyl nuclear power plant Tues-
day to conduct tests and ensure
there are no accidents at the site
in the wake of its occupation by
Russian forces. Grossi has ex-
pressed “grave concern” over the
plant during the invasion and
said next week’s mission is de-
signed to “quickly establish exact-
ly what needs to be done, and how
and where.”
The high commissioner for hu-
man rights at the United Nations
said Friday her mission in
Ukraine has uncovered growing
evidence of war crimes and has
verified the killings of at least
2,345 civilians. Michelle Bachelet
said she expects the actual num-
ber of dead to rise after “horrors”
inflicted in places like Mariupol
come to light.
“Over these eight weeks, inter-
national humanitarian law has
not merely been ignored but
seemingly tossed aside,” Bachelet
said.
Ukraine’s top prosecutor, Iryna
Venediktova, accused Putin on
Friday of planning the rape, tor-
ture and killing of civilians who
refused to surrender. She told Sky
News in an interview that her
office had found a “huge number
of cases” where Ukrainians had
been killed because they had re-
sisted Russian forces, and those
killings included summary execu-
tions. Venediktova did not offer
evidence to support her allega-
tions.
Zelensky said that Ukraine has
suffered $550 billion in economic
damage since the war began and
would need “hundreds of billions
of dollars” to recover after the
conflict.
“The Russian troops are delib-
erately destroying all facilities in
our country that could provide an
economic basis for life,” he said.
Cadell, Lamothe and Bella reported
from Washington. Stern reported
from Mukachevo, Ukraine. Andrew
Jeong in Seoul; Niha Masih in New
Delhi; Ellen Francis in London; Kim
Bellware in Chicago; and Aaron Blake
and Claire Parker in Washington
contributed to this report.
SATURDAY, APRIL 23 , 2022
Invasion prompts U.K. intelligence to lift the veil — a bit
BY K ARLA A DAM
london — In mid-February,
Britain’s Defense Ministry start-
ed using social media in a way it
never had done before: to share
military intelligence on a foreign
conflict.
Now, usually twice a day, the
ministry tweets out a colorful
blue graphic that summarizes its
latest assessments about the
state of play on the Ukrainian
battlefield — where Russian
troops are, what moves they’re
making, which regions are most
under threat. Sometimes these
messages include a map with
arrows showing anticipated lines
of attack.
The United Kingdom has sub-
stantial resources in the region
and banks of analysts back in
London. These intelligence up-
dates, as they’re called, are just
the tip of the intelligence iceberg
and sometimes detail what’s
available on other open-source
outlets. But they are nonetheless
a constant feed of tactical infor-
mation.
Russia has noticed. A Foreign
Ministry spokeswoman com-
mented last week that Ukraine
was “under the leadership of
Britain’s highly experienced in-
telligence services.”
Analysts say British and Amer-
ican officials are making some of
their intelligence public in hopes
of countering Russian narra-
tives, rallying allies and even
reaching people in Russia,
though the latter became more
difficult last month after the
Kremlin restricted social media
content within the country.
“The extraordinary thing
about this war is how we’ve
dominated the information
After prayer and debate, families board Train 750L for the trip home to Kyiv
RETURN FROM A1
the uncertainty of war.
“I can’t wait to take a shower,
see my bedroom, hug my hus-
band. I’m going home,” said
Liudmyla, standing on the plat-
form with her teenage daughter.
Her excitement was tempered by
fears so deep that she asked that
her last name not be published
for security reasons. “No one
knows what’s going to happen.
It’s all so unsure,” she said.
Other passengers standing in
the cold at the ornate, century-
old depot expressed that same
blend of anticipation and dread,
but said it was time to go. They
had elderly parents or pets to
check on. They’d run out of
money or felt they were overstay-
ing their welcome with host
families in Lviv. Some had fled so
quickly in February and March
that they wondered whether
their homes would smell of rot-
ten food; one joked that his
fridge was a “biological weapon”
by now.
Several said they wouldn’t un-
pack for a week — just in case.
“It’s a little quieter now. People
say it’s still not a great time to be
there, but it’s our home. Our
walls will heal us,” said Tanya
Morozova, 40, whose husband
and elder son were still in Kyiv,
along with the family’s beloved
dog, Jack.
Jack was the main draw for
Morozova’s younger daughter,
7-year-old Varvara. Her 9-year-
old son, Hlib, said he missed his
toys. The return was more com-
plicated for Morozova’s elder
daughter, Sasha, 20, a college
student whose dreams of study-
ing in Spain were interrupted by
war, forcing her into a parental
role when the family escaped to
Lviv.
“It’s really difficult,” Sasha
said. “I started helping my mom
more with the kids. I was looking
forward to maybe going to uni-
versity abroad but … ”
Sasha’s voice broke and tears
streamed down her cheeks. She
wiped them off as her mom gave
her a hug.
“I can’t leave them now,” Sasha
said through sobs. “So we’ll go
back home and then we’ll see.”
Lviv, which has seen only spo-
radic Russian attacks, has be-
come a haven for civilians, diplo-
mats, journalists and aid groups
because of its relative safety and
proximity to the Polish border.
Residents here have opened their
homes to strangers, sheltering
displaced compatriots in their
living rooms and basements.
Volunteers at the train depot
direct new arrivals to services
and housing. Shops, cafes and
churches are open.
The calm is a welcome luxury
for families fleeing bombard-
ment, but one that also brings a
sense of guilt. Many said return-
ing to Kyiv would make them feel
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A Ukrainian soldier examines a fragment of a destroyed Russian jet
this week in Kolonshchyna, west of the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv.
space right from the beginning.
We’re doing it to crowd out any
propaganda from the Russians,”
said Jonathan Eyal, associate
director at RUSI, a London-
based defense think tank. And
compared with 2014, when Rus-
sian President Vladimir Putin
annexed Crimea, “it’s 180 de-
grees difference from how Putin
ran rings around us.”
The release of Western intelli-
gence didn’t deter an invasion of
Ukraine. But officials and ana-
lysts say it’s helping Ukraine in
the information wars, at least in
some countries.
For Brits, who are far more
clandestine about intelligence
activity than Americans, it’s a bit
of a new world for them to see so
much intelligence out there.
“It’s completely unprecedent-
ed. They do not traditionally do
live updates of intelligence,” said
Rory Cormac, a British academic
The depot in Lviv where families wait for trains to take them home to Kyiv or other cities. Ukrainian officials say about 50,000 people a day are returning to the capital,
despite warnings from its mayor and continued airstrikes around the city. One woman explained the decision to go back this way: “Because it’s our home, it’s our place.”
Tanya Morozova, 40, and three of her children prepare last week to board Train 750L in Lviv. Waiting
in Kyiv were her husband, her older son and the family dog. “Our walls will heal us,” Morozova said.
a little closer to the front lines —
though they are returning with
fear and even dread. On Friday,
the Kyiv region’s police chief said
the bodies of nearly 1,100 civil-
ians have been discovered in the
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and author of several books on
British intelligence services. “It’s
a huge cultural shift.”
The tweets, which began Feb.
17, offer much more detail on
Russia’s operations than they do
on Ukraine’s.
“‘Propaganda’ is a dirty word.
But the West is doing it, Putin is
doing it,” Cormac said. “In my
opinion, we are doing it for the
right reasons and in a much
more proportionate way that’s
compatible with democracy.”
The United Kingdom has
three main intelligence services:
MI6, the foreign intelligence
service, popularized by the fic-
tional spies James Bond and
George Smiley; MI5, the domes-
tic agency; and GCHQ, the eaves-
dropping service.
There is also Defense Intelli-
gence, or DI; many of its 4,500
staffers are experts at poring
over satellite images and open-
area. Hundreds have yet to be
identified.
“The good side will always
win, so we’re going back to Kyiv
to fight on that side,” said Volod-
ymyr Ushakov, 35, an event di-
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source information.
DI isn’t a stand-alone outfit
like the others but rather a
department within the Defense
Ministry, and the ministry’s
tweets carry the intelligence
service’s logo.
The entire intelligence com-
munity is famously secretive.
The government didn’t offi-
cially acknowledge the existence
of MI6, the U.K. equivalent of the
CIA, for the first 80 years of its
existence. Even in 2022, there is
technically only one avowed
member of MI6 — the chief.
Yet the intelligence organiza-
tions have gradually moved
toward a more public-facing role,
even as the thinking about how
they should interact with the
public has evolved.
The first public address by an
MI6 chief was in 2010. Today, the
agency’s leader is active on social
media.
Over the years, of course, Brit-
ish spies tried to put intelligence
in the public domain. During the
Cold War, this was often done by
tapping favorite journalists over
boozy lunches. Nowadays, offi-
cials here share declassified in-
telligence in briefings with re-
porters.
But going direct to a mass
audience is a novel approach.
Jeremy Fleming, the head of
GCHQ, said in a recent speech
that a “remarkable feature” of
the war in Ukraine has been “just
how much intelligence has been
so quickly declassified to get
ahead of Putin’s actions.”
He listed some examples:
“From the warnings of the war, to
the intelligence on false-flag op-
erations designed to provide a
fake premise to the invasion, and
more recently, to the Russian
rector who said he’s been work-
ing with online networks in the
“cyberwar” countering Russian
propaganda.
Anton Bobryshev and Sasha
Pomazan, a couple in their mid-
plans to falsely claim Ukrainian
use of banned chemical weap-
ons, on this and many other
subjects, deeply secret intelli-
gence is being released to make
sure the truth is heard. At this
pace and scale, it really is un-
precedented.”
Officials and analysts say the
strategy has effectively coun-
tered Russian disinformation.
In the lead-up to the war, the
effort by the “Five Eyes” spy
alliance — the United States, the
United Kingdom, Canada, Aus-
tralia and New Zealand — helped
to puncture Putin’s justifications
for the invasion and convince
European allies that the threat of
an invasion was serious.
“Basically, the English-speak-
ing countries ganged up on Euro-
peans, grabbing them by the
scruff of the neck, and said,
‘Look, you’ve got a problem,’”
said Keir Giles, a senior consult-
ing fellow at the think tank
Chatham House. As a result of
the disclosures, “Russia doesn’t
have the same grip on world
audiences because they are final-
ly being opposed.”
Analysts contrast the ap-
proach by U.K. and U.S. leaders,
who were warning over the win-
ter that Russia was preparing to
attack, to that of their French
counterparts, who did not accu-
rately predict the invasion. Éric
Vidaud, France’s military intelli-
gence chief, recently stepped
down from his post.
Disclosing intelligence is not
without risks.
Sources or methods used to
acquire intelligence could be ex-
posed. And if Western intelli-
gence agencies don’t get things
right during this conflict, their
reputations could take a hit — as
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20s waiting on the platform,
said they used to marvel at
accounts from World War II and
the 1930s Holodomor — the
intentional starvation of mil-
lions of Ukrainians under Soviet
dictator Joseph Stalin — in
which people who had fled re-
turned to help others.
“We watched all these films
regarding wars years ago, think-
ing, ‘Why are people coming
back? It’s dangerous,’ ” Pomazan
said. “And now we understand
why. Because it’s our home, it’s
our place.”
The couple said they had tried
to settle into their hotel in Lviv
but couldn’t stop thinking of all
they’d left behind in Kyiv. Family.
Friends. Their pet tarantula. A
brand-new Honda Accord. Po-
mazan’s brother is an emergency
medic who stayed in the capital
to treat people wounded in Rus-
sian strikes. Worried about her
brother, her parents also stayed
in place, just nine miles from the
suburb of Bucha, which occupy-
ing Russian forces turned into a
slaughterhouse.
“It’s a very horrible feeling
when you understand your par-
ents might be killed,” Pomazan
said.
Bobryshev’s parents, mean-
while, have stubbornly refused to
leave Zaporizhzhia, home to a
humanitarian operation for fam-
A11
happened after the 2003 inva-
sion of Iraq, when their claims
that Saddam Hussein had weap-
ons of mass destruction turned
out to be false.
On Ukraine, the intelligence
tweets are frequent but still on
the cautious side, and sanitized.
“When you read it closely, it’s
often a hedge,” said Phillips P.
O’Brien, a war studies expert at
the University of St. Andrews.
“So they will say, ‘Russians are
having logistics problems.’ Well,
okay, what does that mean?
Sometimes it’s the mood music
that’s more interesting than the
evidence.”
What isn’t discussed is also
notable: no adverse or revealing
news about Ukraine’s perform-
ance on the battlefield.
“They aren’t going to release
anything that would give Russia
any idea about Ukrainian forces,”
O’Brien said. “So they will say
things like, ‘Russia has with-
drawn forces from Kyiv and will
try to re-base to Donbas,’ but
won’t say anything about what
Ukraine is going to do.”
The updates are largely battle-
field intelligence and not, say,
assessments on Putin’s motiva-
tions or decision-making within
the Kremlin.
The U.K. agencies still have a
well-earned reputation for play-
ing their cards close to their
chest. While officials may be
more media-savvy now, an en-
trenched culture of secrecy re-
mains.
As RUSI’s Eyal put it: “The
stuff you see on these twice-a-day
slides is just skimming the sur-
face.”
Shane Harris in Washington
contributed to this report.
ilies coming out of the devastat-
ed southern port city of Mari-
upol. His parents’ daily reality is
so different from theirs in Lviv,
he said, that it’s hard not to feel
the pressure to return.
“We can eat anywhere, we can
drink anywhere, we’re in a safe
place,” Bobryshev said.
“We had a very tasty dinner
here yesterday, sitting in a cafe,
drinking wine, and somebody in
Mariupol is dying,” Pomazan
said. “For us, we can forget about
it for 15 minutes, for half an hour,
and then we start to remember
and the guilty feeling starts to
kill you.”
As boarding began, not every-
one on the platform left. Nadia
Kobryn, 45, watched her friend
board the train, take a seat and
wave to her from the window.
Kobryn had planned to leave,
too, she said, but lost her nerve
with reports of new airstrikes
that morning.
“We weigh it each week — to
go or not to go,” she said.
Train 750L, its cars painted in
the national colors of blue and
yellow, started down the tracks,
carrying its anxious passengers
back to unknown futures. Ko-
bryn said that, deep down, she
wished she and her family were
on board.
“We want to go, too,” she said.
“But we’re just not ready yet.”
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Post contributor accused of spreading falsehoods
BY P AUL F ARHI
A Russian court on Friday
charged dissident writer and
Washington Post opinions con-
tributor Vladimir Kara-Murza
with spreading what it considers
‘false’ information about the na-
tion’s military after he called the
government “a regime of murder-
ers” in an interview earlier this
month.
Kara-Murza was arrested out-
side his home in Moscow last
week and is serving a 15-day
detention for allegedly evading
police.
The more serious charge — an
alleged violation of a vaguely
defined law supported by Rus-
sian President Vladimir Putin
and enacted by Russia’s parlia-
ment just after the country’s inva-
sion of Ukraine — was leveled
Friday by a court in Moscow,
according to a charging docu-
ment posted on Facebook by his
attorney, Vadim Prokhorov.
Kara-Murza, 40, who lives with
his family in Northern Virginia,
Despite its pledge last year, China still investing in coal
Surge in foreign projects
signals energy security
trumps climate goals
BY C HRISTIAN S HEPHERD
When will China build its last
coal-fired power plant?
That’s the question environ-
mental advocates have been ask-
ing ever since Chinese leaders
pledged ahead of climate negoti-
ations in Glasgow, Scotland, last
November to peak national emis-
sions before 2030 and stop build-
ing coal power plants abroad.
With the arrival of another
Earth Day, nearly half a year after
the Conference of the Parties
negotiations concluded, Beijing’s
hopes for a rapid pivot away from
coal — the fossil fuel most re-
sponsible for global temperature
increases — have not material-
ized whether at home or abroad.
A study published Friday indi-
cates that at least 18 new coal
plant projects abroad will prob-
ably go ahead despite the pledge.
At home, power shortages and
fears of energy insecurity, wors-
ened by turmoil in international
fossil fuel markets from Russia’s
war on Ukraine, have renewed
convictions that China’s rich coal
reserves must remain the coun-
try’s main energy source in the
near-term.
China already consumes and
produces about half the world’s
coal and continued expansion of
output and capacity make achiev-
ing its climate goals look ever
more remote.
Overseas, the prohibition on
new plants has led to the cancel-
lation of about a fifth of an-
nounced projects but an appar-
ent loophole appears to allow
continued Chinese involvement,
even in some coal power plants
not yet under construction when
the pledge was made.
On Wednesday, Premier Li
Keqiang confirmed a goal of 300
million tons of new coal produc-
tion capacity in 2022, up from
220 million tons added last year.
In March, Chinese miners dug
out more coal per day than ever
before. Earlier this month, the
government of Ordos city, a coal-
extraction powerhouse in Inner
Mongolia, approved plans to tap
a 2 billion-ton coal-reserve
spread across 65 square miles
with expected output of 15 mil-
lion tons per year.
Afghanistan bombings raise fears about Taliban’s ability to quell violence
BY P AMELA C ONSTABLE
kabul — A four-day blitz of ter-
rorist bombings across Afghani-
stan has left the country reeling
after months of relative calm,
raising fears that the Taliban —
which spent years fighting the
Afghan state and its U.S. backers
— will be unable to maintain the
peace.
Sunni extremists from the Af-
ghan branch of the Islamic State,
known as Islamic State-Khorasan
or ISIS-K, have claimed at least
one of the attacks, a bombing
Thursday inside a crowded Shiite
mosque in the northern city of
Mazar-e Sharif that killed at least
31 people and injured more than
60. On Friday, Taliban officials
announced the arrest of a local
Islamic State leader who they
claimed was the “mastermind” of
that attack.
But just hours later, another
bomb exploded at a Sunni
mosque in northern Kunduz
Russian court charges
Vladimir Kara-Murza,
arrested last week
faces up to 15 years in prison if
convicted.
The charging document al-
leges that Kara-Murza “dissemi-
nated deliberately false informa-
tion [about] the military forces of
the Russian Federation” that
“causes significant harm to the
interests of the Russian Federa-
tion.”
Kara-Murza was arrested last
week after giving an interview to
CNN in which he predicted that
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
would lead to Putin’s downfall.
“It’s not just corrupt, it’s not just
kleptocratic, it’s not just authori-
tarian,” he said of the Putin gov-
ernment. “It is a regime of mur-
derers. It is important to say it
out loud.”
Kara-Murza is a prominent
A sign not far from a coal-fired power plant warns residents not to burn trash in Tongling, Anhui province, China. A new study indicates
that at least 18 new Chinese coal plant projects abroad will probably go ahead despite a pledge last year to stop building such plants.
Chinese leaders want to safe-
guard against another power
crunch while also upgrading the
sector to make it as efficient as
possible, “but by relying this
much on coal now, they’ll make
future leaders’ job of really push-
ing decarbonization progressive-
ly harder,” wrote analysts at Trivi-
um, a China-focused research
firm, in a recent note. “It won’t be
long before it becomes nearly
impossible.”
Internationally, the Chinese
ban on new overseas coal plants
has led to 12.8 gigawatts of coal
power being shelved or canceled,
but the fate of another 57 plants
remains uncertain, according to
the analysis by the Center for
Research on Energy and Clean
Air (CREA). Of those projects, 18
remain in a “gray area” where,
despite no construction having
taken place, they may go ahead
due to having secured financing
and permits.
Many of those plants are in
Indonesia, which, like China, has
province, killing more than 30
people, and a mine was detonated
near a market in Kabul. The blasts
capped a violent and chaotic
week, which included a double
bombing outside a school in the
ethnic Shiite Hazara district of
Kabul and another attack in Kun-
duz on government workers.
All told, at least 77 Afghans
have been killed and more than
160 wounded. Graphic video from
the mosque attack in Mazar-e
Sharif showed numerous bodies
covered in blood and broken
glass, sprawled on the floor where
hundreds of people had come to
pray.
“These attackers are trying to
build up a momentum of insecuri-
ty, to show that even with the
Taliban in power, they cannot be
stopped,” said Faiz Zaland, an aca-
demic and political analyst in Ka-
bul. Most of the attacks, he be-
lieves, were carried out by ISIS-K.
“They are announcing a spring
and summer of destruction.”
EZ RE
opposition leader and Russian
intellectual who has written doz-
ens of columns for The Post
critical of Putin’s regime. He has
been poisoned twice, in 2015 and
2017, in incidents he has charac-
terized as attempts to silence him
for urging Western countries to
impose sanctions against Rus-
sian officials suspected of hu-
man-rights violations.
He has maintained his defi-
ance even while in jail. In a
column published by The Post
last week during his 15-day sen-
tence, he wrote, “There will be a
dawn” in Russia. “Russia will be
free. I’ve never been so sure of it
as I am today.”
Kara-Murza is a longtime asso-
ciate of Boris Nemtsov, the Rus-
sian opposition leader who was
assassinated outside the Kremlin
in 2015. He is also an author,
documentary director and for-
mer candidate for the Russian
parliament.
He played a key role in getting
the United States, European
Union, Canada and Britain to
been unwilling to abandon this
readily available source of en-
ergy. Although the Southeast
Asian country signed a COP
statement pledging to transition
away from “unabated” coal by the
2040s, it has been slower than
neighbors like Vietnam to scrap
projects.
Chinese companies have this
year been contracted to build or
supply parts to two coal power
plants in Indonesia that are con-
nected to industrial parks includ-
ed in Chinese President Xi Jin-
ping’s signature “Belt and Road”
initiative to build infrastructure,
trade ties and influence across
Eurasia.
Because these projects are a
priority for the local government,
they are likely to go ahead “even
though financing is drying up
everywhere and domestic banks
don’t have sufficient capital,” said
Isabella Suarez, a researcher at
CREA. Given Indonesia’s climate
pledges, “it’s not really logical to
continue building these projects
So far, most of the bombings
have struck Shiite communities,
long a target of the Islamic State
in Afghanistan. The group views
Shiites as apostates, and over the
past seven years it has carried out
dozens of attacks on schools,
mosques, hospitals and other fa-
cilities in Hazara neighborhoods.
The Taliban also has a history
of persecuting Shiites, especially
during its first period in power
during the late 1990s, but the new
authorities have pledged to pro-
tect them. On Friday morning, a
group of Hazara protesters gath-
ered in Kabul, demanding better
security from the government.
“These attacks are not new. The
killings of the Hazara people have
been going on for years,” said
Shamayela Tawana, 27, one of sev-
eral hundred people at the protest
in Dasht-i-Barchi, a large Shiite
area where two bombs planted
outside a school Tuesday left nine
people dead, most of them chil-
dren. “What is our fault? What is
adopt sanctions laws in 2012,
known as the Magnitsky Act, that
target individuals in Russia and
elsewhere who are complicit in
human-rights violations.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony
Blinken tweeted earlier this
month that the U.S. is “troubled”
by Kara-Murza’s detention. He
called for his immediate release.
In addition to Kara-Murza, two
other writers associated with The
Post have faced arrest and per-
secution by foreign government
in recent years.
Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi Ara-
bian writer and dissident who
was also a Post opinions contrib-
utor, was killed in October 2018
by Saudi agents in that nation’s
consulate in Istanbul, in an at-
tack the CIA and a United Na-
tions panel concluded was or-
dered by Saudi Crown Prince
Mohammed bin Salman.
Iranian authorities in 2014 ar-
rested Jason Rezaian, The Post’s
correspondent in Tehran. He
spent 544 days in prison in Iran
without trial before his release in
that will have to retire early,” she
said.
Xi’s announcement that China
would stop building coal power
plants overseas was among the
most dramatic pledges to emerge
from international negotiations
ahead of the summit. It came
after he had already pledged to
“phase down” domestic coal pro-
duction after 2025 as well as
announced plans to peak the
country’s carbon dioxide emis-
sions before 2030 and reach car-
bon neutrality by 2060.
The Chinese government plans
to meet those targets through a
world-leading build out of renew-
able energy sources as well as
more nuclear power plants. The
rocky expanse of the Gobi Desert
is set to become home to an
additional 455 gigawatts of wind
turbines and solar panels — more
than double the total current
capacity of the United States — by
2030.
Despite pressure from envi-
ronmental activists and Western
our crime?” she asked. “Why can’t
the new authorities protect us?”
But the Friday bombing of a
Sunni mosque in Kunduz, a day
after an attack on a bus carrying
government mechanics to a mili-
tary base, suggested that the per-
petrators have broader, nonsec-
tarian motives and are trying to
undermine Taliban rule by
spreading fear and chaos.
“Above everything else, ISIS-K
is an enemy of the Taliban,” said
Michael Kugelman, an expert on
the region at the Wilson Interna-
tional Center for Scholars in
Washington. “It wants to dent
their credibility and legitimacy by
showing that the Taliban can’t
protect the Afghan people from
violence. It wants to shatter the
Taliban’s core message that they
have restored peace to Afghani-
stan.”
With no more NATO airstrikes
to worry about and the Afghan
economy in collapse, Kugelman
said, the Islamic State has more
THE WASHINGTON POST
Vladimir Kara-Murza, a Washington Post opinions contributor, is
serving a 15-day detention in Russia for allegedly evading police.
early 2016. Rezaian is now a
writer for The Post’s Global Opin-
ions, the section in which Kara-
Murza and Khashoggi’s columns
were published.
In a statement on Friday, Post
publisher Fred Ryan said Kara-
Murza has “repeatedly risked his
safety to tell the truth about
Vladimir Putin’s heinous viola-
tions of human rights” and said
QILAI SHEN/BLOOMBERG NEWS
governments to bring forward
the 2060 deadline for achieving
net-zero emissions, China argues
that its current plan is the fastest
time frame a country of its size
has proposed.
At the same time as underscor-
ing the urgency of China’s climate
ambitions, Xi has warned against
an energy transition that inter-
feres with “normal life” for Chi-
nese people. Renewable energy
must become reliable before tra-
ditional power sources are aban-
doned, he told leaders in January.
Slow-walking the coal phase
down would put China directly at
odds with the recommendations
of the latest report from the U.N.
Intergovernmental Panel on Cli-
mate Change, which suggests
coal use needs to fall by three
quarters from 2019 levels by 2030
to keep warming below 1.5 de-
grees Celsius above preindustrial
levels by 2050.
At the level of individual pow-
er plants, the continued invest-
ment in new coal generators is
advantages now in trying to de-
stabilize the country. He also said
the Taliban’s use of “scorched-
earth tactics” to crack down on
the militants can alienate local
communities, making the govern-
ment’s job even harder.
Although both the Taliban and
the Islamic State share a severe
and ultraconservative vision of
Sunni Islam, the latter group is
both more radical in its ideology
and more cruel in its methods.
During the Afghan war, it compet-
ed with the Taliban for recruits
and notoriety, carrying out espe-
cially gruesome attacks that in-
cluded beheadings.
In a message posted to Twitter
on Friday, the Taliban govern-
ment’s chief spokesman, Zabihul-
lah Mujahid, condemned the re-
cent bombings and called them
“the work of circles that have
nothing to do with Afghan society
… The perpetrators of these
crimes will soon be caught and
punished for their evil deeds,” he
. SATURDAY, APRIL 23 , 2022
ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO/ASSOCIATED PRESS
the charges against him were for
a “sham offense.”
He added, “Americans should
be infuriated by Putin’s escalat-
ing campaign to silence Kara-
Murza. … And everyone who
values press freedom and human
rights should be enraged by this
injustice and join in demanding
Kara-Murza’s immediate re-
lease.”
difficult to understand, given
profitability across the sector is
declining and analysis suggests
that new investments are likely to
become “stranded assets” unable
to recoup their investments.
But from the perspective of the
Chinese government, the short-
term and localized economic
benefits of new plants can make
sense, given the industry is domi-
nated by state-owned enterpris-
es.
The nature of China’s political
economy — where the govern-
ment often owns not just the
power plant but the construction
company that builds it, the min-
ing company that supplies the
coal and the purchaser of the
power — helps explain the deci-
sion to keep building, said
Philippe Benoit from Columbia
University’s Center on Global En-
ergy Policy.
Research published by Benoit
and colleagues this week estimat-
ed that, without a pricing mecha-
nism to reflect the additional
costs of carbon dioxide pollution,
a newly built coal power project
in China might take only seven
years to break even when consid-
ering its broader economic value.
But that analysis breaks down
when you factor how badly the
climate crisis could damage
growth potential, which China is
struggling to balance against a
desire to keep the economy hum-
ming. “That is what you are
seeing shift over time as they run
into economic problems,” Benoit
said. “There’s a tendency to
downplay the future damages to
generate short-term economic
benefits.”
Part of what makes the deci-
sion to leave coal behind so
difficult is the legacy of the Chi-
nese coal industry, which has
powered the country’s meteoric
economic rise.
The fundamental issue deter-
mining the speed of China’s coal
phase down is the government’s
approach to spurring growth and
its ability to move away from
smokestack industries, said Jor-
rit Gosens, a scholar at Australian
National University, lead author
of the paper.
As long as China relies on
stimulating its economy through
construction and other carbon-
intensive energy, renewable en-
ergy will never be enough, even if
its use surpasses stated targets.
“That very big expansion of wind
and solar doesn’t ensure a reduc-
tion in coal-fired power,” Gosens
said.
vowed.
Still, some Afghans and other
observers question the govern-
ment’s sincerity, as well as its abil-
ity to protect the public. They note
that less than a month ago Taliban
military officials held a ceremony
honoring suicide bombers, and
they suggest that, in its despera-
tion to win international support,
the government might be slow to
contain the threat from a more
radical and violent rival.
“In this situation, the Taliban
are presenting themselves as the
good terrorists, fighting against
the bad terrorists,” said Davood
Moradian, director of the Afghan
Institute for Strategic Studies,
which is now based in London. “In
a way these attacks help them.
Their strength does not lie in good
governance, and they cannot de-
liver it. They are telling the world,
‘We are the good terrorists, and if
you want us to fight the bad ones,
you need to recognize and sup-
port us.’”
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○ DOW 33,811.40
DOWN 981.36, 2.8% ○ NASDAQ 12,839.29
DOWN 335.36, 2.5%
Dow slides nearly 1,000 points to su≠er its worst day since October 2020
BY A ARON G REGG
Stocks tanked Friday — with the
Dow tumbling nearly 1,000 points
— as investors absorbed increas-
ingly hawkish signals that the Fed-
eral Reserve would raise interest
rates at a more aggressive clip.
The Dow Jones industrial aver-
age closed down 981.36 points, or
2.8 percent, to end at 33,811.40 and
mark its fourth consecutive week-
ly decline. The broader S&P 500
index shed 121.88 points, or 2.8
percent, to settle at 4,271.78, while
the tech-heavy Nasdaq composite
index tumbled 335.36 points, or
2.6 percent, to close at 12,839.29.
It was the Dow’s worst day since
October 2020, according to Mar-
ketWatch, bringing the blue-chip
index 1.9 percent lower for the
week. It’s down about 7 percent
year to date.
Musk is worth billions, but he’d buy Twitter with an IOU
BY F AIZ S IDDIQUI
san francisco — Elon Musk is
the world’s richest person, esti-
mated by Forbes to be worth $270
billion.
That’s about the size of Fin-
land’s economy. It’s also more
than a quarter of the about $1
trillion valuation of Tesla, the
electric car company where he’s
CEO. And those are staggering
amounts of money by any meas-
ure.
Musk owns a more than 20
percent stake in Tesla, according
to analysts, which is where most
of that wealth is tied up. He can’t
turn it into cash easily, although
he did sell a significant chunk of
his Tesla stock last year, includ-
ing $5 billion over several days.
All of that means instead of
spending his vast wealth, he
treats his shares in his companies
as collateral. Like using property
to back a loan, Musk at times last
year had put more than half of his
Tesla shares down as collateral,
according to financial filings,
worth tens of billions of dollars.
“If Elon Musk were forced to
sell shares of our common stock
that he has pledged to secure
certain personal loan obliga-
tions, such sales could cause our
stock price to decline,” Tesla
warned in its annual filing.
“We are not a party to these
loans,” Tesla wrote, adding that if
its stock price declines, banks
could force Musk to sell off shares
to meet his loan obligations. That
could send overall stock prices
cratering.
But Musk plans to leverage
himself further to buy Twitter,
according to analysts and public
filings.
Musk made public this week
his financing plan to acquire the
social media platform he says he
CONSUMER ISSUES
Best Buy recalls
772,000 air fryers
Best Buy is recalling 772,000
air fryers and air fryer ovens in
the United States and Canada
after more than 100 reports of
them burning, melting or
catching fire, safety regulators
announced.
The 104 incidents involving the
retailer’s Insignia brand included
seven reports of minor property
damage and two injuries,
including to a child’s leg,
according to a notice Thursday
from the Consumer Product
Safety Commission.
Air fryers, which can be used to
quickly cook food without the
preheating time of an oven or the
oily mess that can come from
traditional frying, have grown in
popularity in recent years.
Britain-based Market Research
Reports said the global market
for air and deep fryers hit
$1.3 billion in 2020.
The CPSC advised customers
to immediately stop using the
devices and return them to Best
Buy for a refund, which is to be
offered in the form of a $50
credit. The fryers, which are
manufactured in China, retail
from $30 to $150 depending on
the model.
A Best Buy spokesperson did
not immediately respond to a
request for comment Friday.
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Economy & Business
○ S&P 500 4,271.78
DOWN 121.88, 2.8%
Plunge comes as Fed
considers raising interest
races more aggressively
The S&P 500 fell 2.8 percent
this week and has shed 10.4 per-
cent since the start of the year.
Nasdaq slumped 3.8 percent this
week and has lost 17.9 percent year
to date.
Fed officials dampened market
sentiments after signaling that the
central bank could push through
bigger interest rate hikes to bring
inflation under control. Investors
were already planning for a series
of 0.25 percent rate increases. Fed
Chair Jerome H. Powell made
clear a 0.5 percent increase is a
distinct possibility, while St. Louis
Half of his Tesla stake has been collateral for his loans. His bid for the social network would add to that.
Tesla chief executive Elon Musk this week made public a plan to acquire Twitter. He outlined $46.5 billion in funding: More than half
stems from loans from banks, but $21 billion will stem from his personal wealth. That has Tesla investors concerned.
wants to help serve as the public
town square, where he communi-
cates daily with his more than 80
million followers.
He outlined $46.5 billion he
secured in funding to buy the
social media company. More than
half stems from loans from Mor-
gan Stanley and other banks. But
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EMPLOYEE RELATIONS
Exxon LGBTQ flag
policy draws criticism
ExxonMobil plans to prohibit
the LGBTQ rights flag from being
flown outside its offices during
Pride month in June, prompting a
backlash from Houston-based
employees.
Exxon updated company
guidance on what flags can be
displayed outside its offices,
banning “external position flags”
such as Pride and Black Lives
Matter, according to the policy
seen by Bloomberg News. In
response, members of Exxon’s
Pride Houston Chapter are
refusing to represent the
company at the city’s June 25
Pride celebration, according to an
employee group email also seen
by Bloomberg.
“Corporate leadership took
exception to a rainbow flag being
flown at our facilities” last year,
Exxon’s Pride Houston employee
group wrote in the email
Thursday. “PRIDE was informed
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Fed chief James Bullard said 0.75
percent should not be ruled out.
“It is appropriate in my view to
be moving a little more quickly” to
raise interest rates, Powell told
CNBC on Thursday. “I also think
there is something to be said for
front-end loading any accommo-
dation one thinks is appropriate …
I would say 50 basis points will be
on the table for the May meeting.”
The potential of a more aggres-
sive timeline appears to be the
main driver behind the stock de-
clines, analysts told The Washing-
ton Post, and is forcing investors
to reevaluate their holdings. There
also are concerns that the Fed
could overcompensate in its ef-
forts to tame inflation, increasing
the likelihood of a recession.
“The Fed’s job is to raise rates
enough to tame inflation, but not
so much as to stop economic
$21 billion will stem from his
personal wealth.
That has Tesla investors con-
cerned about the implications of
his proposal to put Tesla shares
on the line to buy Twitter.
And the massive amount of
risk — especially after Tesla has
shattered market expectations —
D I G E ST
A worker prepares a float for the Carnival parades outside the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro. The
festival returned for the first time since the pandemic began and after being postponed earlier this year.
the justification was centered on
the need for the corporation to
maintain ‘neutrality.’ ”
The dispute comes as
employees, investors and
customers increasingly push
America’s biggest corporations to
take stances on social issues such
as LGBTQ rights, racial equality
and abortion.
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growth,” said Michael Farr of the
Washington-based investment
firm Farr, Miller and Washington.
“The chances that they can get it
exactly right are really low.”
Higher rates mean higher bor-
rowing costs, which can put a
damper on spending by both
households and businesses. Mort-
gage rates, for example, have
surged in recent weeks. The U.S.
average on a 30-year fixed-rate
loan hit 5.11 percent Thursday, ac-
cording to Freddie Mac, compared
with 2.14 percent a year ago.
Markets also are responding to
a crush of corporate earnings.
Verizon shares fell 6 percent after
the company reported a drop in
phone subscribers. Gap shares
plunged nearly 19 percent after
the clothing retailer slashed its
sales outlook. Caterpillar stock
dropped 6 percent.
left some financial analysts puz-
zled.
“You’re giving away caviar to
buy a hot dog on the street in
New York City,” Wedbush Securi-
ties analyst Dan Ives said Thurs-
day.
Musk did not respond to a
request for comment.
“The updated flag protocol is
intended to clarify the use of the
ExxonMobil branded company
flag and not intended to diminish
our commitment to diversity and
support for employee resource
groups,” Tracey Gunnlaugsson,
vice president of human
resources, said in a statement.
“We’re committed to keeping an
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Several large health care com-
panies saw substantial drops
linked to their earnings reports.
HCA Healthcare, a public holding
company that operates 185 hospi-
tals, was down 22 percent after
modifying its guidance.
“We’re still very early into earn-
ings season, but higher costs are
already denting profit margins
and there doesn’t appear to be any
material relief in sight,” said Brian
Price, head of investment manage-
ment for Commonwealth Finan-
cial Network.
Netflix, meanwhile, ended the
week down 37 percent after dis-
closing it lost 200,000 accounts in
the first quarter — it had projected
a 2.5 million gain — and forecast-
ing that it would lose another 2
million by the end of June. The
unexpected drop in paying view-
ers stems from a steady slowdown
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Last year, a financial filing
detailed that of his more than 170
million shares in Tesla — which
would be valued at more than
$170 billion today — more than
half were put down as collateral
to secure loans.
Musk’s financial maneuvering
has at times surprised investors
PILAR OLIVARES/REUTERS
open, honest, and inclusive
workplace for all of our
employees, and we’re saddened
that any employee would think
otherwise.”
— Bloomberg News
ALSO IN BUSINESS
The Humane Society is asking
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$1=128.55 YEN, 0.93 EUROS
in business owing to increased
competition and the easing of
pandemic restrictions that fueled
growth by encouraging people to
stay home.
International markets also suf-
fered losses. The European Dax
and Stoxx indexes fell 2.5 percent
and 1.7 percent, respectively.
The yield on the 10-year U.S.
Treasury note was roughly flat at
2.905 percent.
Oil prices have held steady over
the past week, smoothing out
some of the volatility that has rat-
tled energy markets since Russia’s
invasion of Ukraine. West Texas
Intermediate crude, the U.S.
benchmark, was down 1.4 percent
to around $102 per barrel after
hovering there for most of the past
week. Brent crude, the global
benchmark, was down 1.7 percent
to $106 per barrel.
and drawn the ire of regulators.
The Tesla CEO famously declared
in 2018 he had “funding secured”
at $420 a share to take Tesla
private. He later paid a $20
million fine to the Securities and
Exchange Commission for the
tweet and had to give up his
board chairmanship of Tesla.
In May 2020, Musk declared he
was selling most of his property.
Musk tweeted one minute later
that Tesla’s stock valuation was
excessive, sending shares plum-
meting.
In November, he polled follow-
ers about whether to sell 10
percent of his stake in Tesla. The
poll collected more than 3.5 mil-
lion votes, and 58 percent sup-
ported a sale. Later, it became
clear Musk had planned to sell at
least some of the shares all along.
Analysts who spoke with The
Washington Post said that the
sheer volume of Musk‘s collateral
was unusual, and they said much
of it was probably tied up in
Musk’s other business ventures,
like rocket company SpaceX.
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos
(who owns The Post) has publicly
said he sold $1 billion a year in
company stock to fund his space
company, Blue Origin.
Musk first revealed he had
purchased a more than 9 percent
stake in Twitter earlier this
month. He flirted with the idea of
a board seat before launching a
hostile takeover bid a week ago.
“This is all so unorthodox,”
said Benjamin Black, the New
York-based co-head of Internet
research at Deutsche Bank. “It
fits the character — we just don’t
know what to make of it.”
“If there’s one thing that Elon
doesn’t want to do it’s sort of
mess up investor confidence in
Tesla, which is the crown jewel of
all of his holdings,” he added.
U.S. securities regulators to
investigate McDonald’s over the
burger chain’s alleged
“dissemination of false or
misleading information”
regarding the treatment of pigs in
the company’s supply chain. In
February, McDonald’s said that
by the end of 2022, it expected
85 percent to 90 percent of its
pork in the United States to come
“from sows not housed in
gestation crates during
pregnancy.” But the Humane
Society challenged that claim in a
complaint filed Friday with the
Securities and Exchange
Commission, saying McDonald’s
recent proxy filing confirms that
pigs are still kept in such cages for
weeks early in their
pregnancies. McDonald’s had no
immediate comment Friday.
A U.S. judge on Friday refused to
block TurboTax maker Intuit
from running ads for “free” tax
filing that the Federal Trade
Commission said deceived
millions of taxpayers. U.S. District
Judge Charles Breyer in San
Francisco found the risk of future
harm “attenuated” because the
main April 18 tax filing deadline
has already passed, most
taxpayers have filed their taxes,
and Intuit said it has largely
finished advertising for this tax
season. The judge also said Intuit
had removed several of the more
“plausibly deceptive” ads.
— From news services
A14 EZ RE THE WASHINGTON POST . SATURDAY, APRIL 23 , 2022

Legislators push to uncover wealth hidden by trust laws

Federal and state leaders
seek transparency amid
hunt for Russian assets
D EBBIE C ENZIPER,
BY
E VA H ERSCOWITZ
AND W ILL F ITZGIBBON
Lawmakers in one of the most
liberal tax havens in the United
States are pressing to end a key
tenet of financial secrecy by re-
quiring the owners of highly
confidential trusts to identify
themselves.
The proposal in Alaska is part
of a growing push to stop the flow
of undisclosed money into the
United States, which has for
years drawn international wealth
through state laws that provide
anonymity for the owners of
trusts, limited liability compa-
nies and other financial arrange-
ments.
New York and Wyoming are
also weighing reforms and, at the
federal level, the bipartisan En-
ablers Act would for the first time
require trust companies, regis-
tered agents and others to scruti-
nize clients and report suspicious
transactions.
State and federal lawmakers
say the changes are long overdue.
They cite new efforts to trace and
seize the assets of Russian oli-
garchs as well as findings from
the Pandora Papers, a global
media investigation published in
October by the International
Consortium of Investigative
Journalists, The Washington Post
and more than 150 other media
outlets. The stories exposed how
oligarchs, political elites and oth-
ers hide wealth in the United
States and around the world.
The investigation identified
206 U.S.-based trusts holding
combined assets worth more
than $1 billion. Nearly 30, many
of which were in South Dakota,
held assets linked to people or
companies accused of fraud,
bribery or human rights abuses.
“I think this is a good moment
when everyone is focused on
Ukraine and on strengthening
sanctions enforcement to move
the bill forward, strike while the
iron and steel are hot,” said Rep.
Tom Malinowski (D-N.J.), a key
sponsor of the proposed Enablers
Act. “Sanctions don’t work if you
can’t find their money . . . Our
extremely lax laws enable them
to hide it almost without a trace.”
The proposal in Alaska, intro-
duced this month by the
co-chairs of the state’s House
South Dakota, one of the most popular tax havens in the United States, holds more than $360 billion in trusts. Last month, a small group
of protesters urged lawmakers in Sioux Falls, seen in June 2021, to identify trust beneficiaries and freeze assets connected to Russia.
Labor and Commerce Commit-
tee, would give regulators insight
into individuals and families who
shelter money and other assets in
Alaskan trusts.
“When Vladimir Putin invaded
Ukraine, I reflected on all the
ways a state could have an impact
on wealth that oligarchs . . .
might be able to hide,” committee
co-chair Zack Fields (D) said. “We
need transparency to make sure
the bad actors are not abusing
the system.”
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy, a
Republican who has directed
state agencies to divest from
Russia, has not taken a position
on the proposal. Former Alaska
governor Tony Knowles, a Demo-
crat who approved the state’s
first major trust law in 1996, said
in an email that the proposed
legislation is “very timely and
important protection for Alaska’s
security as well as our national
security.”
“If passed,” he said, “Alaska
would be a leader in trust assets
reform.”
The nonprofit Alaska Trust &
Estate Professionals has opposed
the measure. In a submission to
lawmakers, the group said the
bill “will have a complete chilling
effect on the creation of trusts in
Alaska.”
Fields said debate in Alaska’s
legislature has so far been mini-
mal. “A bill like this given the
situation in Russia certainly has
more of a chance . . . we’ve seen in
the legislature a lot of interest,”
he said.
Citing the Pandora Papers and
other reports, lawmakers in New
York last month introduced legis-
lation requiring limited liability
companies to publicly disclose
their owners. The proposal goes
one step further than a new
federal law requiring LLCs to
provide ownership information
to a government database. That
information will not be made
public.
“I do have a say in how we
govern the world’s financial cen-
ter in New York, and I see it as my
responsibility to ensure our city
isn’t a haven for tax evasion,
money laundering, or political
corruption,” said New York As-
sembly member Emily Gallagher
(D), who sponsored the bill.
Gallagher said she initially
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took up the issue to pursue
“We have this lowest anonymous landlords who listed
only post office boxes as address-
common denominator es. Then Russia invaded Ukraine
in late February.
competition that goes on “So much money is hidden in
New York State and New York
between Delaware, City — in particular, real estate —
that it just really seemed like it
South Dakota, Nevada, was the right moment and the
right move,” she said.
Alaska, in terms of who In Wyoming, the legislature’s
joint revenue committee an-
has the most favorable nounced a review of the state’s
trust laws later this month. Trust
trust laws. Rather than companies in the state last year
managed more than $31 billion,
participate further in including assets tied to a Russian
oligarch as well as the family of a
that race to the bottom, former aide to a Latin American
dictator.
it would really help to In other states, including
South Dakota — one of the most
have some federal popular tax havens in the United
States — reforms aren’t yet on the
guardrails, particularly table.
In South Dakota, with more
on disclosure.” than $360 billion held in trusts, a
small group of protesters last
Reynold Nesiba, an economics
month rallied in Sioux Falls just
professor and one of the few
before the end of the legislative
Democratic members of the
session to urge lawmakers to
South Dakota Senate
identify trust beneficiaries and
freeze assets connected to
Russia.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi L.
Noem (R) has previously said
that “our trust industry does have
integrity and it has been proven
to be an outstanding lawful sys-
tem in the country.”
The legislature adjourned
without taking action.
“I had some hopes that maybe
they could be shamed into doing
something right after the war
started, and we were flooded
with images of Ukrainians being
attacked,” said Andy Sivertson, a
retired social worker who orga-
nized the rally. “But I have my
doubts about the South Dakota
legislature being able to do any-
thing about this in the future.”
Reynold Nesiba, one of the few
Democratic members of the
South Dakota Senate, said the
surest way to eliminate secrecy in
the state’s trust industry is
through federal legislation.
Without it, Nesiba said, trust
holders and company owners
could simply move to other
states.
“We have this lowest common
denominator competition that
goes on between Delaware,
South Dakota, Nevada, Alaska,
in terms of who has the most
favorable trust laws,” said Nesi-
ba, an economics professor at
Augustana University in Sioux
Falls. “Rather than participate
further in that race to the bot-
tom, it would really help to have
some federal guardrails, particu-
larly on disclosure.”
In February, a coalition of fi-
nancial transparency advocates
called on Congress to pass the
Enablers Act. The bill’s sponsors
in recent weeks have urged the
House Financial Services Com-
mittee to take up the measure,
fueled in part by the global hunt
for the assets of oligarchs.
This month, the United King-
dom sanctioned the cousin of
Russian aluminum magnate Oleg
Deripaska as part of a broader
effort targeting the relatives, as-
sociates and employees of oli-
garchs.
A Pandora Papers story this
month described how Deripas-
ka’s cousin, Pavel Ezubov, set up
an LLC in Delaware that pur-
chased a $15 million mansion
near Embassy Row in Northwest
Washington. In October, the FBI
searched the home as part of an
unspecified federal investigation.
Ezubov did not respond to a
previous request for comment.
Deripaska, a key Putin ally
sanctioned by the United States
in 2018, has denied owning the
home.

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Free For All

Railing against bias
The April 12 Metro article “Youngkin amends
Culpepper’s
Loudoun schools bill” described Virginia
Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s (R) successful campaign
advocacy as “railing against mask mandates, criti-
words did
cal race theory and other controversies.” Later,
citizens of Loudoun County are said to have “railed
at school officials” for mishandling assault cases.
not beguile
The reader is left to suppose that had the
benighted Youngkin or the local yokels of Loudoun When I started reading Chuck
espoused policies or positions favored by The Post’s Culpepper’s April 9 Sports col-
reporters and editors, a less pejorative character- umn, “Top-ranked Scheffler
ization would have been employed. masters wind and seizes five-
Timothy Starker, Arlington shot lead,” I realized I would
need to access my online dic-
tionary to understand parts of
One strange status update the article. In the first two
paragraphs alone, Culpepper
The April 9 front-page headline “For Biden, used the words “orgiastic,”
progress but not perfection on race” was ridiculous. “boffo” and “beguile” — in an
The same headline could run every day with a article about golf. I was puzzled,
different subject. Does The Post contend that there is so I looked up the words.
perfection on race and President Biden isn’t there? I’ve taken the liberty of re-
Virginia Q. Anthony, Chevy Chase writing a few of Culpepper’s
sentences.
1. “It’s the most frenzied event
Spotlight more local groups in golf ” instead of “It’s the most
HEIDI LEVINE FOR THE WASHINGTON POST
orgiastic event in golf.”
Chris Moody’s April 10 Washington Post Maga- Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko during a visit to meet firefighters in Kyiv on March 31. 2. “He began that week ranked
zine article, “Sowing Change,” was good and appre- 15th in the world, a ranking that
ciated. However, I feel an opportunity was missed
by not highlighting local groups such as Earth
Sangha in Springfield. It’s a nongovernmental
The art of an appropriate headline doesn’t impress the planet” in-
stead of “He began that week
ranked 15th in the world, a boffo
organization with acres of native plants for sale and ranking that doesn’t beguile the
teams that work with local businesses and govern- Given my affinity for Paul Simon’s music in general and headline made this old man’s day. planet.”
ments to add natives to landscaping projects. his song “The Boxer” in particular, I was delighted when I Donald Humbertson, Woodbridge 3. “He’s the guy who won in a
Jeff Jordan, Falls Church saw the April 11 front-page headline “In Kyiv stands an playoff at the drunken revelry of
ex-boxer, and a mayor by his trade.” I had to smile as I easily A cutesy Simon & Garfunkel-inspired headline made light Phoenix” instead of “He’s the guy
remembered the last verse of Simon’s song “The Boxer”: “In of a horrific war in Ukraine. Please save playful headlines for who won in a playoff at the
Ground rules are long overdue the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade.” more appropriate stories. bacchanal of Phoenix.”
The headline and nod to Simon honored the courage and Susan Declercq Brown, Jan Biennas,
The April 3 editorial “A sneak attack on charter leadership of Vitali Klitschko. A poignant and clever Springfield Williamsburg, Va.
schools” characterized the Biden administration’s
proposed regulations as an attack. Actually, the pro-
posed continuation of funding charters at the histori-
cally high level of $440 million and best-practices
regulations offer a pathway that is a gift for charters.
Under the regulations, applications for charters
Consider
are given priority if they feature “community school”
elements or cooperation with local school districts. A
“community impact” analysis requires an explana-
green heat
tion of why the school would be beneficial in serving
that community. For example, demonstrating that an
instructional approach is not otherwise available
fuels
would help an application gain points. In D.C., where
the D.C. Council and mayor have resisted placing a It was good to see the April 9
cap on the number of charter schools, and the school Real Estate section article on
system doesn’t really function as a system, the Biden heat fuels and helping consum-
proposals are urgently needed so that each school’s ers select the right one for their
impact on the larger community of schools is consid- needs, “When choosing a home
ered. The charter industry is well known for being heating system, consider your
unwilling to accept common sense guidelines that fuel sources,” but in this day and
would strengthen the system as a whole and opposes age, shouldn’t there be some
the regulations. The administration’s changes are reference to the carbon inten-
modest and long-overdue ground rules for an indus- sity of the fuels or a mention of
try rife with scandals, profiteering and negative renewables?
effects on the larger community of neighborhood One of the heating solutions
public schools. that the author was impressed
Mark Simon, Washington by was coal stoves. Okay, that
The writer is a board member of EmpowerEd, an still might be appropriate for
organization that elevates the voices of D.C. some households, but shouldn’t
teachers in D.C. public and charter schools. there be some mention of envi- SARAH L. VOISIN/THE WASHINGTON POST

A concise critique
“Finally understanding Yoko Ono,” an April 9 Free
for All letter about Sebastian Smee’s Critic’s Note-
book piece about Yoko Ono’s art, was as enlightening
as Smee’s March 26 Critic’s Notebook, “That’s been
Yoko Ono’s message all along.” But at nearly 2,000
words, Smee’s piece was anything but concise, as the
letter comically described it.
Michael S. Goldstein, Washington
ronmental impacts? The author
said his next home will also have
a backup wood stove, which is
one of the cheapest ways for
most Americans to use a renew-
able fuel to reduce fossil fuel
usage, but it is not ideal in urban
areas. Most of us in the D.C. area
don’t give a second thought to
installing and using our gas
furnaces. But we should start
thinking about the future.
John Ackerly,
Takoma Park
The writer is president of the
Alliance for Green Heat.
Wes Moore at Howard University on July 23, 2019.
An unnecessary omission
The April 7 Metro article “Gubernatorial hopeful Moore
wants probe after dossier questions life story” reported on
Maryland gubernatorial candidate Wes Moore’s complaint to
state prosecutors about allegedly false anonymous campaign
materials and reports that his campaign “alleged without direct
evidence that another campaign was behind the dossier and
accused it of criminal activity” and “the rival campaign denied
the allegation.” The article declined to identify that “rival
campaign.”
With a few keyboard clicks, the complaint itself and other
reports identifying the John King campaign as the alleged
wrongdoer were readily found.
It is entirely newsworthy that a particular campaign is formal-
ly alleged by another campaign to have committed a crime,
regardless of whether the allegation provides “direct evidence.”
Just whom was The Post protecting by omitting this crucial piece
of public information? King is not a minor, and The Post would
risk no defamation exposure by identifying the King campaign.
This was a very curious decision that disserved readers.
Laurence E. Gold, Washington

We are not
the subject of
her ire
Perfectly good but sadly ne-
glected words: “me,” “us,” “her,”
“him,” “them.”
Poor objective pronouns! So
JEF MALLETT many writers and speakers of
A panel from the April 4 “Frazz” comic. English apparently see them as
inferior and refuse to use them.
The winner of the first-ever ‘Toony’ Consider this example in the
April 10 Sports article “Haskins’s
If there existed an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy or Tony death at 24 elicits shock, sad-
for the comics, I’d nominate Jef Mallett for his April ness”: “NBA star Karl-Anthony
4 “Frazz” comic strip. Towns tweeted with a picture of
They took a life, but they did not take his pride. he and Haskins together as chil-
Chris McNeil, Alexandria dren.” Of he? Really? What hap-
pened to “him”? The word “he”
works great as a subject, as in
Amplifying the wrong voices this sentence from the same
article: “ ‘Tough to grasp,’ he
Regarding the April 9 front-page article “In added.” But the excellent words
lessons on sexuality, the right sees ‘grooming’ ”: “me,” “us,” “her,” “him” and
If The Post’s editors had even a moment of “them” are ready, willing and
self-reflection, they would have headlined the article able to step in when needed; and
as “Washington Post provides platform to bigots they are needed after preposi-
defaming LGBTQ community.” tions, such as “to,” “of,” for,” etc.,
Amplifying transparent and ugly smear cam- and verbs. Remember English
paigns is not the province of journalism. classes when you learned about
Michael Daly, New York pronouns having two versions:
one to serve as subjects and
another to perform as objects?
The source of Russian literature Here are two examples: She gave
RATT FOR THE WASHINGTON POST
him a picture of them. They gave
When Timothy Snyder wrote in his April 10 Out- “All Rise” April 9 Drawing Board cartoon. her a photo of him.
look essay, “By denying a Ukrainian culture, Putin I am saddened by the death of
flattens his own,” that “all of Russian literature, goes
the saying, came from Gogol — and Gogol came from
Ukraine,” he wrote pro-Ukrainian propa-
All rise for Justice-designate Jackson anyone only 24 years old, so I was
drawn toward the article about
Dwayne Haskins. My sadness
ganda, which seriously undermines his credibility as shifted to disappointment, how-
an authority on Russian culture. I was struck by Ratt’s April 9 Drawing Board cartoon. I cotton to sitting on the Supreme Court (albeit a very slow ever, upon seeing how the good
In fact, the general view held by Russians over the have enjoyed political cartoons (especially when I agree rise). and proper objective pro-
centuries is that “all Russian literature came from with their opinion) for their creativity in capturing in a I will save the cartoon to show my youngest grandchil- noun “him” was overlooked and
Pushkin.” Serious Russia scholars might add that drawing, often with few or no words, an issue of current dren when they’re old enough to understand the signifi- dismissed in an article of one of
Alexander Pushkin built upon the efforts of Nikolay political, or other, events. Ratt’s poignant cartoon with the cance of Justice-designate Ketanji Brown Jackson’s out- the best newspapers in the
Karamzin. caption “All Rise!” was not only creative but also emotionally standing and unique accomplishment. world.
Walter C. Uhler, Philadelphia moving in conveying the rise of Black women from picking Isabelle Schoenfeld, Bethesda Jane McKeel, Falls Church
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The siege of Mariupol
Mr. Putin has one last cruelty in mind for the devastated city.
R
USSIAN FORCES have reduced
the strategic Ukrainian port of
Mariupol almost to rubble, kill-
ing or injuring thousands of civil-
ian residents. Of Mariupol’s original
400,000 inhabitants, perhaps 120,000 re-
main; most survivors managed to flee to
other parts of Ukraine, but many also
have been forcibly taken to Russia. Rus-
sian President Vladimir Putin surveyed
these horrors on Thursday and pro-
nounced himself pleased. “The work of
the armed forces to liberate Mariupol has
been a success,” he told Russian Defense
Minister Sergei Shoigu in a televised
meeting. “Congratulations.”
In truth, the work of Russia’s armed
forces is not quite done. A remnant of the
city’s defenders, which Russia estimates
at 2,000 or so fighters, is holed up in
basements of a labyrinthine steel plant
along the local coastline. Ukrainian offi-
cials say a “few thousand” people are
ensconced in the fortresslike complex,
but that the figure includes 500 wound-
ed soldiers — and 1,000 noncombatant
civilians. The latter category includes
numerous children, according to video
the fighters released (but which The Post
Jailed for speaking out
In the case against Mr. Kara-Murza, Russia turns truth-telling into a crime.
W
HEN EVGENIA GINZBURG,
a teacher and journalist, was
arrested in 1937 under Jo-
seph Stalin, she was accused
of belonging to a “Trotskyist terrorist
counterrevolutionary group,” and con-
victed by a military tribunal in seven
minutes. On her way back to her cell, she
was still protesting her innocence. “I’ve
done nothing, absolutely nothing wrong
at all!” she wept. “Of course you’re not
guilty,” replied her escort. “Would they
have given you 10 years if you had been?”
Such a theater of the absurd is playing
out today in Moscow in the case against
activist Vladimir Kara-Murza.
On Friday, Mr. Kara-Murza was
charged with “acting out of political
hatred” in “spreading deliberately false
information” about the armed forces of
Russia, punishable by up to 15 years in
jail under a new law imposed after
President Vladimir Putin launched a
war against Ukraine on Feb. 24. Accord-
ing to the charging document, Mr. Kara-
Murza spoke March 15 to the Arizona
House of Representatives about the
brutality of Russia’s military tactics in
the invasion, including bombing of resi-
dential buildings and a maternity hospi-
tal. Without doubt, Mr. Kara-Murza
spoke the truth in public about these
atrocities, but in Mr. Putin’s Russia, as in
Stalin’s Soviet Union, the truth can be
turned into a crime.
This treatment of Mr. Kara-Murza, a
democratic activist and Post opinion
contributor, who in 2015 and 2017 was
the victim of poisonings, marks another
slide toward wartime totalitarianism in
Russia. Mr. Kara-Murza said in an inter-
view with CNN on April 11 that Mr. Pu-
tin’s regime is “not just corrupt, it’s not
just kleptocratic, it’s not just authoritari-
an, it is a regime of murderers.” Within
hours, he was arrested near his Moscow
apartment building on spurious charges
of not obeying a police officer.
Mr. Kara-Murza is a permanent resi-
Arbitrary arbitration
A ruling in Buffalo highlights how disciplinary proceedings are tilted in police’s favor.
T
WO YEARS ago, two Buffalo po-
lice officers pushed a 75-year-old
man to the ground during police
brutality protests. The video
showed Martin Gugino lying down,
bleeding with his fractured skull. So it
seemed incomprehensible when an arbi-
trator this month cleared the officers,
saying that their use of force was “abso-
lutely legitimate.” Sadly, this is how po-
lice arbitrations generally work. Too of-
ten, officers guilty of even the most
egregious misconduct return to duty in
proceedings that are tilted in their favor.
In a 41-page ruling, arbitrator Jeffrey
M. Selchick determined that the two
officers, Robert McCabe and Aaron Tor-
galski, were carrying out their duties and
did not intend to harm Mr. Gugino, who
was attending a June 2020 protest after
George Floyd’s death. “While Gugino
might well have believed that he was
engaged in some type of civil disobedi-
ence or, perhaps, acting out a role in some
type of political theater, Gugino was
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has not independently verified). Ac-
knowledging that it would be too risky to
Russian troops to storm the place, even
against an outnumbered and outgunned
opponent, Mr. Putin ordered his forces
not to continue assaulting the plant but
instead to lay siege to it, so “that even a
fly could not get through.”
In short, Mr. Putin’s concern for the
lives of his own men does not extend to
the lives of those in the factory who
may well die of illness, starvation or
thirst if his siege — as seems all too
likely — succeeds. Apparently bent on
taking physical control, dead or alive,
of both fighters and civilians trapped
inside the complex, Mr. Putin has
demanded their surrender and resisted
Ukrainian appeals for their evacuation
to Ukrainian territory under the super-
vision of a third party. Until Thursday,
it had been weeks since any evacua-
tions to Ukraine from Mariupol had
occurred; on that day, civilians — about
90 in number — managed to reach
safety in Zaporizhzhia.
The United States, Europe and, in-
deed, all decent governments in the
world should demand that Russia deal
Vladimir Kara-Murza on Capitol Hill on March 29, 2017.
dent of the United States and lives in
the D.C. area with his family. His
detention and the charges against him
must be forcefully rejected by the U.S.
government. Too often, Americans have
been arbitrarily seized in Russia for
reasons that are murky, including still-
incarcerated basketball star Brittney
Griner, and former Marines Paul Whel-
an and Trevor Reed. Mr. Kara-Murza’s
case is distinct because of his direct
criticism of Mr. Putin, high-profile ad-
vocacy of democracy and close affilia-
tion with Boris Nemtsov, the opposition
leader who was gunned down outside
the Kremlin walls in 2015. Everyone
involved with this judicial charade
against Mr. Kara-Murza — police, pros-
ecutors and the judge — should be
subjected to Magnitsky Act sanctions,
definitely not an innocent bystander,”
Mr. Selchick wrote, noting the protester
was in a public square past an 8 p.m.
curfew and did not comply with the
officers’ orders to move back. He added
that Mr. Gugino might have lost his
balance because he was holding objects
in each hand or because of his advanced
age.
Mr. Gugino did not testify at the
arbitration hearing, in part because he
believed that the process was slanted
and the outcome preordained. “We are
not aware of any case where this arbitra-
tor has ruled against on-duty police
officers, so his ruling here on behalf of
the police was not only expected by us,
but was certainly expected by the union
and city who selected and paid him,” said
Melissa D. Wischerath, Mr. Gugino’s
lawyer. A federal lawsuit filed by
Mr. Gugino is pending. Attorneys for the
officers said they were victims of a
political witch hunt; they had been
arrested on assault charges, but a grand
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with this catastrophe humanely. That
means negotiating something like the
Ukrainians’ proposed guaranteed evacu-
ation; if Russia will not allow such an
operation to be supervised by a third
country, as the Ukrainians have request-
ed, then a neutral agency, possibly the
International Committee of the Red
Cross, could be tapped.
The defenders’ ammunition and food
are running out, however, and nothing in
Mr. Putin’s record, alas, suggests he
would heed an appeal based on humani-
tarian concerns or international law.
Satellite photos newly analyzed by The
Post show that his record includes the
construction of mass graves, possibly
large enough to hold 3,000 bodies, in a
Russian-occupied town just 12 miles
from Mariupol. President Biden was
therefore right to announce new ship-
ments of heavy artillery and drones to
Ukraine Thursday, to help repel the new
Russian offensive in the eastern Donbas
region. It may be too late to talk Mr. Putin
into avoiding more unnecessary death in
Mariupol; U.S.-supplied weapons will
enable Ukraine to address him in a
language he does understand.
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which are aimed at individuals who
commit serious human rights abuses.
Mr. Putin’s law, forbidding criticism of
the military, was rightly perceived as so
draconian that many journalists, human
rights activists and others fled the
country after the war began. Not surpris-
ingly, it is applied selectively. Igor Gir-
kin, a leader of Mr. Putin’s forces in
Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region, who
goes by the nom de guerre Igor Strelkov,
openly challenged on the messaging
service Telegram whether the military is
ready for a new offensive in Ukraine —
saying it lacks manpower, firepower and
air support — but he’s not being pun-
ished. The truest sign of Mr. Putin’s
deepening dictatorship is the adoption
of Stalin’s methods — the tyrant decides
who is arrested and prosecuted.
jury refused to indict them and the
charges were dismissed.
Powerful police unions have written
into their collective bargaining agree-
ments arbitration processes that make it
unreasonably hard to discipline officers.
A 2017 Post investigation found that
some of the nation’s largest police depart-
ments had fired at least 1,881 officers for
misconduct, ranging from cheating on
overtime to unjustified shootings, but
were forced to reinstate more than
450 officers after required appeals. The
New York Times in 2020 analyzed 200 ar-
bitration decisions dating back to 2010
and found that arbitrators reinstated
officers who had been terminated in
approximately half of cases.
Explaining that arbiters often have a
vested interest in the outcome, the Police
Executive Research Forum proposed that
hearings be held before impartial ap-
pointees, such as judges. Better yet, scrap
the system and give the police chief full
authority to dispense discipline.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
letters@washpost.com
Say goodbye to the Lerners far less risk of tipping the economy into a
serious recession.
Barry Svrluga is a thoughtful baseball Incidentally, the MAC would generate
writer. However, his April 19 Sports column hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth of
on the Lerners’ likely sale of the Washing- new revenue every year out of the pockets
ton Nationals, “Why owning a baseball of foreign speculators.
team is nothing like owning a mall,” missed John R. Hansen, Alexandria
the giant tax elephant in the room: the The writer is a retired
roster depletion allowance (RDA). World Bank economist.
The RDA is a tax escape hatch baseball
owners enjoy for 15 years in which they can
write off the massive salaries they pay their Help families who help kids
players. The Lerners bought the team in
2006. Their RDA expired in 2021 or 2022. Dorothy Roberts’s April 17 Outlook es-
So they can’t write off the $400 million- say, “Five Myths: Child welfare” missed
plus Juan Soto wants now or enjoy the one critical factor in raising children in
$200 million annual estimated write-offs safe, stable and loving homes when their
they’ve enjoyed for years. A new owner parents are unable to do so: grandparents
certainly will. and other relatives.
Nationals fans should say goodbye and Grandfamilies, also known as kinship
thanks for the memories to Ted Lerner. The families, are responsible for 2.6 million
sale is a fait accompli for tax reasons, not children in this country. For every one
for lack of competitive desire or communi- child in the child welfare system cared for
ty spirit. It’s a tiny bit about baseball and a by a relative, 18 are being raised by
ton about taxes. relatives outside the system.
Bradford Brown, Arlington These families, whether inside or out-
side the system, rarely receive the sup-
ports and services needed to raise the
Masks protect the vulnerable children in their care, yet studies consis-
tently find that relatives protect children
Leana S. Wen’s April 13 Wednesday from many of the problems Ms. Roberts
Opinion column, “This isn’t the time for cited, including multiple placements and
mask mandates,” was not surprising but loss of culture. Most important, children
certainly was disappointing. The essen- in grandfamilies report feeling loved.
tial tenet of public health is to protect the Kinship families are increasingly
most vulnerable among us. Now, it’s up to viewed as a lever to reduce unnecessary
those with weakened immune systems, a congregate care. This is demonstrated in
range of illnesses or disabilities, and the steady increase in the percentage of
children under 5 to fend for themselves. children in foster care placed with rela-
Yes, people with illnesses and weak- tives, up from 26 percent in 2010 to
ened immunity can mask, but that often 34 percent in 2020, and a decrease from
is not enough to avoid coronavirus expo- 15 percent to 10 percent in group care.
sure with more infectious variants. It We should address poverty and racial
takes a huge amount of economic privi- injustice and overhaul the system to focus
lege to continue to work from home, and on supporting permanent families.
this isn’t an option for many working-
class individuals. If the pandemic has
taught us anything, it’s how vital all these
Grandparents and other relatives step up
when called upon; now it’s our turn.
Donna Butts, Washington
positions are to a functioning society. It The writer is executive director
would be great if we started acting like it. of Generations United.
We’re just beginning to understand
the cost of long covid. Indoor masking
when numbers rise is a small price to No easy answers in Ukraine
protect the health of vulnerable groups.
Cheryl Harris, Fairfax Station The optimistic scenario painted by
Oona Hathaway in her April 17 Outlook
essay, “The U.S. finally sees the point of the
Invest in the IRS International Criminal Court,” was either
a case of heads-I-win, tails-you-lose or a
The April 18 editorial on the struggles at blueprint for others to build the defensive
and the need for more resources for the walls we have ourselves created against
Internal Revenue Service, “Re-fund the the jurisdiction of that court.
IRS,” was right on point. It is important for It is easy to pretend to “advance the
every one of us to understand that the cause of international justice” by advocat-
agency forms the backbone of the tax ing that the United States support “evi-
infrastructure in this country. As with dence collection and handling” against
traditional infrastructure, investment in the Russians in the International Crimi-
the IRS could provide a significant return nal Court for alleged crimes against hu-
on our investment. The National Taxpayer manity in Ukraine. The author pinned her
Advocate has interesting numbers to keep false hope of optimism on a resolution
in mind: In fiscal 2021, the IRS collected sponsored by Sen. Lindsey O. Graham
about $4.1 trillion on a budget of about (R-S.C.) that pretends to “uphold the rule
$11.9 billion, producing a remarkable av- of law” when the shoe is on the other foot.
erage return on investment of about 345 to At worst, the author laid out detailed
1. Despite discussions regarding the instructions for Russian President Vladi-
amount of additional revenue increased mir Putin to copy U.S. laws to thwart any
funding to the IRS might generate, no one efforts by Ukrainians and other nations to
denies the contribution will be on the prosecute alleged crimes by the Russians.
positive side. In addition, the potential Even after acknowledging the hypoc-
time savings that taxpayers will experi- risy, the author continued to believe the
ence when they are dealing with the agen- United States can have its cake and eat it
cy is another positive. too by refusing to join the ICC by merely
In a recent online discussion, former promising to conduct trials for war crimes
IRS officials David Kautter and John Kosk- in our domestic courts. Did I hear some-
inen highlighted the urgent need for more one say: “Russia, are you listening?” Pro-
and stable funding to bring the agency into moting the rule of law means demonstrat-
the 21st century. These new resources ing willingness to play by the same rules.
should be devoted to fixing the critical, Raj K. Gupta, Rockville
immediate problems facing the agency to
help make the already unpleasant task of The April 13 news article “A war of
filing and paying taxes less so. language: ‘I want nothing to do with
Pinar Çebi Wilber, Washington Russian’ ” reported that several Ukraini-
The writer is chief economist and an cities have “removed statues and busts
executive vice president of the American of the 19th-century Russian poet Alexan-
Council for Capital Formation. der Pushkin.” People under attack get to
do whatever they feel helps, but this is
very unwise long-term. Why tear yourself
How to fight inflation from a source of great wisdom and cul-
ture? Should people have switched away
The April 16 editorial “What goes up from German and read Johann Wolfgang
isn’t coming down” noted that reducing von Goethe only in translation because
the exceptionally high inflation rate will Adolf Hitler spoke German? Many more
require careful policy choices, but it made people speak Russian than Ukrainian, so
no mention of the policy that is urgently
needed to ensure that U.S. inflation can be
controlled at the lowest possible cost and
to switch exclusively to Ukrainian is to
voluntarily self-isolate.
Pushkin was hardly a gung-ho propo-
with the greatest long-term benefits. nent of soulless conquest, having himself
The Market Access Charge (MAC), an suffered under the czar’s authoritarian-
innovative trade policy that has already ism. Letting Russian President Vladimir
been introduced in the Senate, would apply Putin define Pushkin is what Mr. Putin
a very small tax on all inflows of foreign- wants; don’t give it to him.
source money to keep such flows consis- Ilya Shlyakhter, Belmont, Mass.
tent with balanced U.S. trade.
Implementing the MAC would make a Every morning I wake up and read
major contribution to the success of the about another atrocity being committed
Federal Reserve’s efforts to control infla- in Ukraine. Thousands of civilians are
tion by raising interest rates. The effective- being slaughtered; their homes, hospitals,
ness of higher rates has been reduced by day-care centers, churches and food
excessive inflows of foreign-source money banks are indiscriminately being de-
seeking higher returns. These “carry trade” stroyed by Russian troops and artillery
inflows tend to increase inflation because while the world watches in horror. De-
they inject more liquidity into the economy. mocracy dies in darkness, but so does
When foreign-source money is used to freedom.
buy dollars and dollar-based assets such as The United Nations has proved itself
bonds, the dollar’s exchange rate is pushed ineffective, so President Biden must stand
higher and our trade deficits get worse. in Ukraine with President Volodymyr Zel-
Trade deficits are followed by job cuts, ensky and state to the world, “Enough is
factory closures, more dependence on im- enough.” The United States must stand
ports, falling real wages and rising govern- side by side with our Ukrainian brothers
ment deficits — all at odds with growth. and sisters to end Russian President
If the MAC is introduced before the Fed Vladimir Putin’s brutal, genocidal assault
starts raising interest rates, the Fed’s ef- of a sovereign, peaceful country. Stand
forts to reduce inflation by raising interest tall, Mr. Biden. Freedom is for all.
rates will be far more effective and create Charles Novick, Millersville
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COLBERT I. KING
Silence in the face
of injustice
is a sin, too
O P
n a Sunday morning this month, Patriarch
Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox Church,
stood in the Main Cathedral of the Russian
Armed Forces outside Moscow and called on
Russian soldiers to “love our fatherland . . . protect it,
as only Russians can defend their country.” A vocal
supporter of President Vladimir Putin’s war in
Ukraine, Kirill disdains liberal culture and the
acceptance of homosexuality. And he blames the
West for the conflict. Of the thousands killed and
wounded in Ukraine, Kirill preached, “All these are
people of Holy Russia. They are our brothers and
sisters.”
An established voice in Christendom, Kirill also
links Putin spiritually with God. When Putin con-
vened a February 2012 meeting of religious leaders in
advance of his campaign to win a third term, Kirill
called the 12 years of his rule a “miracle of God.”
How different from here at home?
President Donald Trump incited the Capitol insur-
rection intended to reverse the 2020 presidential
election. Still, White evangelical Christian leaders
flock to meet with him at his private Mar-a-Lago club
in Palm Beach, Fla. “They do believe he’s a man who
loves our country, and he’s embraced policies that are
in keeping with the truth of God’s word and that’s
why they selected him,” said Robert Jeffress, pastor at
First Baptist Church in Dallas and a close Trump ally.
How deep and abiding a faith?
On Jan. 6, 2021, some Trump supporters storming
the U.S. Capitol carried signs declaring “Jesus Saves.”
After taking over a Senate chamber hastily aban-
doned by Vice President Mike Pence, senators,
congressional staffers and security personnel, the
rioters — some clad in body armor — invoked the
name of Christ as they bowed their heads and prayed.
They believed they were doing the Lord’s work.
Putin’s and Trump’s people, separated by an ocean,
are united in defining their countries in a view of
Christianity that they believe must be fought for and
preserved.
Thus in a statement before the Ukraine invasion,
Kirill charged that President Volodymyr Zelensky’s
government in Kyiv was infringing on Ukraine’s
Moscow-linked Russian Orthodox Church, and that
Putin’s “high and responsible service to the people”
required Russia’s armed intervention. The troops,
Kirill said, should have “no doubts they have chosen a
very correct path.”
Just as Trump stood in a small Christian college in
Sioux Center, Iowa, in January 2016 and said in his
campaign speech, “I will tell you, Christianity is
under tremendous siege, whether we want to talk
about it or we don’t want to talk about it.” He said
most of the country is made up of Christians, “and yet
we don’t exert the power that we should have.” That
would change, Trump promised, if he got in office.
“Christianity will have power,” he said. “If I’m
there, you’re going to have plenty of power, you don’t
need anybody else. You’re going to have somebody
representing you very, very well. Remember that.”
Just as Trump told White Christian evangelicals
that he would fight for Christians like them, he told
his crowd of supporters on the National Mall before
hundreds of them marched on the Capitol, “We will
never give up. We will never concede. It doesn’t
happen.” The Biden presidency had to be challenged,
he argued.
“If you don’t fight like hell, you’re not going to have
a country anymore.”
And on the afternoon of Jan. 6, they fought like
hell, as he demanded.
This kind of White Christian nationalism has been
seen at work before. And Christianity has been seen
at rest, too.
Both modes wreak havoc.
We saw White Christians in the South sit serenely
in their pews listening to what the Rev. Martin
Luther King Jr. called “pious irrelevancies and
sanctimonious trivialities” as blatant injustices were
inflicted upon Black people. We can’t help but notice
the absence of moral sensibilities in many of today’s
Christian churches, as right-wing Christian national-
ists, in the name of Christ, try to overturn elections,
attack voting rights and convert this country into a
living hell for all unlike themselves, especially people
of color and members of the LGBTQ communities.
Just as Kirill’s Russian Orthodox Church is getting
away with giving aid and comfort to a Kremlin
butcher of innocent souls in Ukraine.
And so we witness the wrenching sight of many
mainline Christian congregations aping the behavior
of those past Southern churches, sitting on the
sidelines divorced from the “sacrificial spirit of the
early church” that King talked about.
And there it is: the sins of commission and
omission — both willfulness and the failure to do
what is right — played out before our very eyes, at
home and abroad. Without an ounce of repentance in
sight.
KAREN ATTIAH
Why Britain’s deal with Rwanda on migrants is so repulsive
W
e knew the global refugee system was
broken. But Britain, with Rwanda’s help,
wants to smash it with a hammer.
British Home Secretary Priti Patel last
week announced a plan to fly migrants and asylum
seekers to Rwanda for processing and resettlement,
this being the Johnson government’s answer to the
thousands who have lately arrived across the English
Channel from mainland Europe. For its trouble,
Rwanda would get about $157 million for housing,
job training and other services. Patel termed this a
“joint new migration and economic development
partnership.”
That’s a very posh way of saying: We are going to
pay a poorer country to take human beings we don’t
want.
Of course, trafficking vulnerable people to and
from Africa and its former territories overseas has
been something of a historical pastime for Britain.
There’s also nothing new about wealthy countries
(which at last count take in only 15 percent of the
world’s more than 26 million refugees) outsourcing
their humanitarian responsibilities to poorer coun-
tries (which take in about 85 percent of the world’s
refugees).
And, yes, I’m calling this “trafficking.” What word
better describes the shipping of vulnerable people,
against their will and from one continent to another,
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for the benefit not of those people themselves but of Kagame, Rwanda has a well-documented history of
the parties at either end of the transaction? In her human rights abuses, including politically motivat-
speech announcing the deal, Patel railed against “evil ed killings, jailing political opponents, forced disap-
smugglers” and argued that this “innovative” and pearances, torture and inhumane conditions in
“groundbreaking” plan will save lives. But the way detention centers. Exiled opponents of Kagame’s
that Britain, in seeking to defend the indefensible, is regime have been killed under mysterious circum-
working so hard to cast the plan as anti-trafficking stances. Rwanda itself is a source of refugees and
suggests to me it knows what it’s doing all too well. exiles.
As rich nations increasingly flout international Now, in bilateral migrant-dumping agreements,
agreements on the treatment of people seeking Rwanda appears to be carving out a new trade niche
shelter, poorer countries with bad human rights for itself. In 2014, Haaretz reported that Israel sent
records and struggling economies are given an thousands of African asylum seekers to Rwanda and
opening to use refugees and asylum seekers to secure Uganda in a secret scheme. The Danish government
development aid and other perks. is in dialogue with Rwanda over an arrangement like
Enter Rwanda. In Western circles, the country has the one Britain is pursuing.
crafted an image of African progress and modernity. As the atrocity in Ukraine unfolds, Rwanda could
It presents itself as a place with clean streets, a high have been a leader in calling for tolerance and
number of women in government and a welcoming compassion toward refugees, especially considering
business climate. that April is the anniversary of the beginning of its
Rwanda has also sought to define itself as a own genocide. Instead, we’re talking about Rwanda’s
country willing to help Africa chart a more self- human rights abuses, and how it is helping Euro-
sufficient path. Several years ago, it made headlines pean politicians play to xenophobic impulses within
globally for refusing to accept secondhand clothing their populations.
imports from the West. In 2018, Kigali hosted the In exchange for that, Britain is doing Rwanda’s
signing ceremony for the historic African Continen- image-laundering. Patel tweeted slick videos and
tal Free Trade Agreement. produced op-eds praising Rwanda as a humanitari-
But the country’s economy was hit hard by the an haven with a “strong record of providing safety to
pandemic. And under dictatorial President Paul those fleeing danger,” citing in particular Rwanda’s
A17
GARY ABERNATHY
Will Trump’s base
ever turn on him?
Look to Ohio.
eople who cannot fathom the depth of loyalty
to Donald Trump often ask, “Is there anything
Trump could do that would cause his base to
abandon him?”
It has been tough to think of anything. Most of the
scandals of his presidency were shrugged off by
supporters, including me, as media bias and lasting
bitterness over a shocking 2016 election result. While
his unfiltered persona was often frustrating, I never
considered abandoning him until he refused to accept
defeat and instigated an attack on the U.S. Capitol to
disrupt a constitutional count of electoral votes. But
even that didn’t do the trick for most of his devotees.
Though outside forces have worked tirelessly to
topple him, the biggest threat to Trump has always
been Trump. An example emerged last week, when he
endorsed “Hillbilly Elegy” author J.D. Vance in the
GOP primary for the open Senate seat in Ohio. Other
leading candidates, such as former state treasurer
Josh Mandel, former state Republican Party chair
Jane Timken and wealthy businessman Mike Gib-
bons, have aggressively sought Trump’s blessing, and
when reports first circulated that Trump would
endorse Vance — who had criticized Trump multiple
times in 2016 and 2017 — disbelief and panic ensued
among many of the state’s Republicans.
A letter to Trump eventually signed by more than
40 county party chairs and state GOP committee
members was hurriedly composed, pointing out
Vance’s past criticisms of Trump and his lack of
history in Republican politics. Endorsing Vance, the
signatories warned Trump, “cuts against your support
and legacy in Ohio.”
Not everyone agreed with asking Trump to stay
quiet. For example, Paulette Donley, the GOP chair in
Highland County in southwest Ohio, declined to sign
the letter — not because she supports Vance, she told
me, but because Trump has had “an uncanny sense of
picking winners and losers.” Still, Donley acknowl-
edged, “it might hurt him.”
Tom Zawistowski, the well-known leader of an
Ohio tea party group who has endorsed Gibbons, was
pointed in his criticism, saying conservatives “do not
accept this endorsement.” He added, “Mr. President,
you claim you won Ohio twice but let me be clear. You
didn’t win Ohio. We the people worked our asses off
and elected you twice.”
So fierce was the backlash from some Republicans
that Trump reportedly delayed the endorsement,
initially planned for Thursday last week. Trump
phoned at least one other contender that evening to
discuss the pushback, leaving the impression that he
was reconsidering, a source close to the candidate
told me. But late on Good Friday — after ignoring
further pleas — he announced his backing of Vance.
Theories abound as to how Vance won the nod,
despite his previous attacks on Trump and poor
performance in recent polls. Donald Trump Jr., who
has long been in Vance’s corner, argued this week that
his father picked Vance after a debate confrontation
between Mandel and Gibbons nearly got physical.
The implication that the famously combative for-
mer president was offended seems improbable. A
more likely explanation is the involvement of venture
capitalist Peter Thiel, a Trump supporter who the
New York Times reported in February is spending
millions “backing 16 Senate and House candidates,
many of whom have embraced the lie that Mr. Trump
won the election.” One of those candidates is Vance,
who worked for Thiel before opening his own Ohio-
based investment fund. After Trump’s endorsement,
Thiel dumped $3.5 million — on top of a $10 million
initial donation — into a PAC supporting Vance, and
Trump Jr. made a beeline for Ohio to campaign with
him.
As this week wore on and the May 3 primary
approached, anger was giving way to desperation
among the other candidates. Mandel and Gibbons
have been leading most polls, and the Club for
Growth, a PAC supporting Mandel, was doubling
down on ads reminding voters of Vance’s past dispar-
agements of Trump.
Everyone has long known that Trump’s endorse-
ment could make the difference, and watching such a
late, important nod go to Vance angers the other
campaigns more than if it had gone to a different
competitor. Many Republicans don’t buy Vance’s
claims to have had a change of heart about Trump.
They see him as an opportunist pandering for votes,
and Trump falling for it. They also see Ohio’s Senate
seat being bought by Thiel, a California billionaire,
with Trump’s help.
Trump is holding a rally in Ohio on Saturday, with
Vance now added to the program. Maybe all will be
forgiven, with the crowd welcoming Vance as the new
Trumpian standard-bearer. Or perhaps the reaction
will be lukewarm, or even hostile — finally providing
an affirmative answer to the eternal question of
whether there’s anything Trump can do to alienate his
base.
hosting almost 130,000 refugees and taking in
evacuees from Libya.
A record of safety? Rwandan political figures and
others who fled the country for their safety would
beg to differ.
And many of those 130,000 refugees are from
neighboring African countries, not 4,500 miles away.
And the evacuation of refugees from Libya was done
in conjunction with the African Union and the
U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees during a
conflict situation, not at the behest of a European
country wishing to keep desperate people out for
domestic political reasons.
If this deal goes through, will these asylum seekers
become bargaining chips and shields against inter-
national criticism? This was the case with Turkey,
which repeatedly threatened to release Syrian refu-
gees into Europe if it didn’t get its way with the
European Union. What’s to stop more countries from
trying the same thing?
States trading migrants for political gain and
development aid is little better than smugglers
moving people for petty cash. There is nothing
compassionate about Britain stripping people of
their international right to seek asylum. And there is
nothing noble about countries such as Rwanda
essentially offering themselves up as penal colonies
for people whom other countries deem illegal.
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Whales on the brink, facing climate change
WHALES FROM A1
hunt.
Old-fashioned harpoons have
yielded to other threats. Humans
are still killing right whales at
startlingly high numbers — but by
accident. Waters free from whal-
ers now brim with ships that strike
them, and ropes that entangle
them.
The latest challenges come in a
changing climate. Rising temper-
atures are driving them to new
seas. And soon, dozens of offshore
wind turbines — part of President
Biden’s clean energy agenda —
will encroach their habitat as the
administration tries to balance
tackling global warming with pro-
tecting wildlife.
As the Helen H teetered, War-
ren called out, “There’s a third
whale!” This one they didn’t recog-
nize. That’s when Warren, the
trip’s coordinator, and her team
began thinking about fetching an-
other piece of equipment.
To better understand this un-
known whale, they would need a
crossbow.
Watching whales vanish
Humans have chased right
whales in the Atlantic for at least a
millennium. In Europe, Basque
whale hunters between modern-
day France and Spain scanned the
horizon from stone towers.
Whales swarmed the Mayflower
after it set anchor off of Cape Cod,
and soon colonists went hunting
them there, too.
Herman Melville called right
whales “morning mowers.” The
enormous carnivore siphons mi-
croscopic zooplankton near the
ocean surface much the way a deer
grazes a meadow, making them
ready targets. And unlike many
other whales, rights float after dy-
ing, making them easier to haul.
While the slaughter obliterated
the species, the spoils helped
make the modern world. Whale oil
lubricated the machines of the
Industrial Revolution and lit
growing cities. Comb-like struc-
tures called baleen, used to filter
food, were cut from their mouths
and fashioned into collars, corsets
and petticoats. By the American
Revolution, the island of Nantuck-
et stood as the capital of the nas-
cent nation’s booming whaling
business.
Early on a frigid March morn-
ing this year, the New England
Aquarium’s charter boat steered
south under the starlight between
Nantucket and neighboring Mar-
tha’s Vineyard.
During Cape Cod’s bustling
summer season, the Helen H takes
out tourists hoping to catch fluke
and cod. During a late-winter lull,
the research scientists rented the
100-foot boat. With windy weath-
er forecast, the research team
launched from Barnstable, Mass.,
at 3 a.m. to reach whale-filled wa-
ters by sunrise.
The six-member research team
bundled up in hats, gloves, boots
and flame-colored float coats. Ev-
ery hour, they rotated around the
boat — one looking off the stern, a
few from the bow and another in
the wheelhouse while the others
warmed in the cabin, napping,
snacking and playing Wordle.
“Whale biologists have to have
the patience of a monk and the
sprinting ability of an athlete,”
said Philip Hamilton, who has
worked at the aquarium for 33
years, “because you go from doing
absolutely nothing, like this, and
then all of a sudden, a lot of ac-
tion.”
But the whales have been diffi-
cult to come by. “We call it nonco-
operative behavior,” Kelsey Howe,
a right whale assistant scientist,
said while scanning off of the stern
through polarized sunglasses to
help distinguish the whales from
the water.
Howe grew up inland, in Utah.
“The Great Salt Lake doesn’t
count,” she said. But like most on
the boat, she obsessed over whales
as a kid. In junior high, she went to
a sleepaway camp in California for
wannabe marine biologists, and in
many ways is living out a child-
hood dream. But as this morning
passed, there were no whales in
sight.
“You’re getting the full whale
surveying experience, which is
sometimes not a whole lot,” she
said.
Tucked in the wheelhouse, War-
ren, also a right whale research
assistant, charted a course along
the shoals, monitoring the weath-
er and coordinating with col-
leagues in a plane overhead spying
for whales from the sky. Marine
mammals started for her, too, as
“one of those childhood obses-
sions” she grew into rather than
out of. As an adult, she worked her
way up from deckhand to natural-
ist on whale-watching tours in
New England.
“Sometimes you could watch
someone fall in love with a whale
in that moment.”
Now with her computer she can
access a census of nearly every
right whale in American and Ca-
nadian waters, based on 1.2 mil-
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lion photos submitted by 684 ob- and blubber, whales got a re-
servers working from Newfound- prieve.
land to Florida. The North Atlan- By 1935, the world’s nations
tic Right Whale Catalog contains agreed to stop hunting right
the age, sex, sightings, physical whales. The passage of the Marine
features and family lineage of Mammal Protection Act in 1972
nearly every member of the spe- and the Endangered Species Act a
cies, with data dating back to 1935. year later cemented safeguards, at
If right whales vanish for good, least on paper, along the Eastern
scientists would be able to watch Seaboard.
them go extinct one by one, by But by then, the damage was
name. done. More than three centuries of
whaling killed at least 5,500 right
A comeback falters whales in the western Atlantic,
The birth of Big Oil, now an according to one conservative es-
environmental pariah, helped pull timate from biologists.
right whales away from the brink. For two decades, the whales
The first commercial well in made a slow recovery, with their
western Pennsylvania in 1859 sig- population nearing 500 by 2010.
naled the end of the U.S. whaling But progress faltered as the spe-
industry. As petroleum products cies struggled to survive in an
replaced those made from baleen ocean altered by people.
For a species that eats and so-
cializes at the surface, boat strikes
pose a major threat. Since 2008,
NOAA Fisheries, a division of the
National Oceanic and Atmos-
pheric Administration, has re-
quired boats bigger than 65 feet to
slow down in the whale’s habitat
at certain times of the year.
Yet carcasses with deep S-
shaped gashes from propellers are
still washing ashore. Enforcing a
speed limit on the open ocean is
difficult, and even a strike from a
small vessel zipping across the
water can kill a massive mammal.
The agency said it plans to pro-
pose an updated speed rule this
spring.
Rope presents an even trickier
threat. Traps used to catch lobster
and crabs ensnare whales that
swim into the lines tethering the
pots below to buoys at the surface.
Whales can drag fishing gear for
miles, leaving the animals ex-
hausted, starved and scarred.
Over the summer, the Biden
administration issued new fishing
restrictions meant to cut down on
the number of entanglements off
New England. Jonah crab and lob-
ster fishermen now must reduce
the number of buoy lines and use
rope weak enough to break under
a whale’s weight. The administra-
tion plans to issue more fishing
rules over the next decade.
But almost immediately, the
fishing industry and environmen-
tal groups filed competing law-
suits over the government’s plans.
For the Center for Biological
Diversity and other environmen-
tal groups, the new rule falls short
of the government’s own science.
The agency projects that the fish-
eries may seriously injure or kill
right whales above the rate need-
ed to sustain the species.
For the Maine Lobstermen’s As-
sociation and other operators us-
ing traps, the federal framework is
“draconian” and may drive them
out of business, according to their
lawsuit.
The cost of buying special rope
designed to sink, so as not to en-
snare right whales, is adding up
for Jon Williams, a fisherman in
New Bedford who owns 14 boats
that catch lobster, crab and hag-
fish. “We’re buying an awful lot
more rope than we ever used to,
for sure,” he said.
Williams is planning to test
what many conservationists hail
as a lasting solution: traps with no
rope at all. This new “ropeless”
20 gear descends with a compressed
air canister and a deflated balloon.
With the tap of a button, the bal-
loon inflates and brings the traps
to the surface.
Williams is eager to try out the
new gear in deep waters to trap
would be hard to fish without rope
area south of Nantucket.
“Without a buoy marking
where his gear is, you have no idea
where he is. So you just end up
sitting over top of people, and it’s a
mess,” he said. “It’s pretty much
impossible.”
Not even ‘a mosquito bite’
Midmorning, the Helen H
caught a break: The aerial team
spotted a group of right whales.
Warren set a course north.
To the uninitiated, right whales
are otherworldly. A narrow upper
jaw and bowed lower jaw form a
permanent frown, giving the im-
pression it is swimming upside-
down. Thick patches of cornified
skin around the head, dubbed cal-
losities, are infested with cream-
colored “whale lice” that contrasts
their inky bodies.
The callosity patterns, like fin-
gerprints, are unique to each
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whale, allowing researchers who
have pored over whale catalogue
photos to recognize plenty in the
wild. Scars, however, have
emerged as more identifiable
marks for many whales.
“Head scars!” Warren yelled
over the wind as the boat ap-
proached the whales. “Two! Two
whales.”
“It has like a — it’s a double
island,” said Howe, describing the
shape of a callosity.
“The one I looked at had really
good, very even, multiple scars,”
Hamilton said.
“So A and B both have a lot of
head scars,” Warren said.
The team quickly realized
Whale “A” was Marlin. The 14-
year-old male comes from a hardy
lineage, with both of his parents
and two siblings still living.
“That’s sadly quite rare,” Hamilton
said.
In his short life, Marlin has
endured entanglement in fishing
gear twice, including when rope
caught in his mouth in 2009 off the
coast of North Carolina. He man-
aged to shed the line within sev-
eral weeks, but not before gashing
his back.
The second whale, “B,” is named
Sawtooth. He, too, bears a distinc-
tive mark: A jagged scar at the end
of his tail, lending him his name.
This 15-year-old male also got en-
snared as a juvenile in the waters
between South Carolina and Flori-
da, the right whale’s only known
birthing grounds.
In 2009, the Georgia Depart-
ment of Natural Resources
tracked Sawtooth for days with a
satellite-linked buoy. Wildlife offi-
cials partially disentangled him.
Within a month, he had freed him-
self entirely. But his baleen was
permanently damaged.
Now, Hamilton said: “He looks
good. Really healthy skin.”
The identity of the third whale,
“C,” proved more elusive. Not ev-
ery whale gets a name, and War-
ren suspected it was #3629. This
one needed to be darted.
To gather whale DNA and hor-
mone levels, researchers are per-
mitted to use a crossbow to take a
biopsy. Specialized arrows are
equipped with a float and tipped
with a small, hollow and sterile
cylinder with barbs on the inside
grab a bit of skin.
Warren had watched but never
collected her own biopsy, practic-
ing with the bow at the aquarium’s
field house in Maine.
While unsheathing the bow
from its green bag, Warren said
whales sometimes twitch but oth-
erwise don’t seem to mind. For a
creature as long as a school bus,
she said, “it can’t be more than a
mosquito bite.”
‘Really dangerous work’
This area near the Nantucket
Shoals wasn’t always such a right
whale hot spot. And this changing
migration pattern has complicat-
ed the Biden administration’s en-
vironmental agenda.
The aquarium’s aerial team
started tracking the animals here
after developers began eyeing
these waters for offshore wind
projects. This is the first year the
New England Aquarium has
searched the region, sandwiched
between Nantucket and the ship-
ping lanes out of New York, by
boat.
Biden officials are racing to per-
mit construction of hundreds of
turbines up and down the East
Coast — many in the middle of
right whale habitat. Its goal is to
get 30 gigawatts of offshore wind
capacity — enough to power more
than 10 million homes — online by
the end of the decade.
Among the first approved proj-
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ects is Vineyard Wind, which
plans to place 62 turbines taller
than the Washington Monument
south of Martha’s Vineyard and
Nantucket. Building that infra-
structure will involve offshore
crews working in the domain of a
whale that can’t take very many
more collisions.
To help win project approval,
the developers, the Spanish-con-
trolled firm Avangrid Renewables
and the Danish company Copen-
hagen Infrastructure Partners,
agreed to forgo pile-driving dur-
ing the winter — peak whale sea-
son in the area, though research-
ers now see it as a year-round
habitat. To cut down on noise,
Vineyard Wind will envelop the
foundations in curtains of bub-
bles, foam or both during con-
struction, among other measures.
“While these benefits of off-
shore wind power — they’re unde-
niable, they’re exciting — it’s also
critical to make sure that this new
industry advances in a way that’s
compatible with healthy ocean
ecosystems,” said Francine Ker-
shaw, a senior scientist at the Nat-
ural Resources Defense Council,
an environmental group that
struck a deal with offshore wind
developers to better protect
whales. “We believe that both of
these goals can be achieved.”
But Amy DiSibio, a retired stock
trader who has vacationed in Nan-
tucket for three decades, said
many are turning a blind eye to
noise and other ecological im-
pacts of the energy project simply
because it is branded green.
“Wind farm sounds really nice,”
she said. “It’s a power plant. It
really is.”
Her group, Nantucket Resi-
dents Against Turbines, accuses
the Bureau of Ocean Energy Man-
agement, which approved the tur-
bines, of failing to protect the right
whale in its lawsuit. The effort has
attracted support from many con-
servatives.
David Stevenson, a former
member of Donald Trump’s presi-
dential transition team, has
helped Nantucket Residents
Against Turbines with publicity.
And the Texas Public Policy Foun-
dation, a right-wing think tank
based in Austin, is representing
fishing groups that oppose tur-
bines being built where they work.
“If we were talking about an oil
and gas platform,” said Robert
Henneke, the Texas Public Policy
Foundation’s executive director
and general counsel, “there’s abso-
lutely no way that the federal gov-
ernment would be allowing that
kind of a construction project in
this area.”
But the Biden administration is
encouraging offshore wind devel-
opment to meet its global pledge
to cut carbon emissions and avert
dangerous warming.
But climate change is already
compounding the right whale’s
woes. In the heavily trafficked
North Atlantic, right whales are
already scrawnier and reproduce
less often than their cousins
around Antarctica. Warming wa-
ters are now bringing zooplank-
ton to unprotected waters, and the
whales are following their prey
faster than regulators or scientists
can keep up.
2017 was the worst year — both
for the whales and the humans
trying to save them.
Seventeen right whales were
found dead, many killed by entan-
glements or boat strikes after
abandoning areas with better pro-
tections in place.
To stop the death count from
spiraling further, Hamilton
worked that July with Joe Howl-
ett, a friend and lobsterman with
experience freeing entangled
whales, to cut a badly ensnarled
male loose with a long, hooked
knife in Canada’s Gulf of St. Law-
rence. Then disaster struck.
The whale “flicked its tail into
the boat,” Hamilton said, pausing,
“and killed him instantly.”
“It’s really, really dangerous
work.”
The wind that will soon bring
turbines to these waters around
the Helen H picked up in the after-
noon. As the boat rocked, Warren
and Hamilton huddled and came
to a decision: The gusts were too
great to dart #3629. The whale
would retain some of its secrets.
“I was all gung-ho to give it a
shot, even though it’s going to be
pretty challenging,” Hamilton
said between bites of turkey chili
as he warmed up in the cabin.
“Then I stepped outside.”
“At that point,” Warren added,
“just a little bit of wind will take
the arrow completely in the wrong
direction.”
The team left the three crea-
tures — 1 percent of the entire
species’ population — in search of
another pod the plane spotted,
uncertain when they would see
them again. Studying an endan-
gered species, Warren said, is “def-
initely a roller coaster of emo-
tions.” Every newborn calf brings
delight. Every death fosters dread.
There may now be more people
working to save the North Atlantic
right whales than there are right
whales.
“It’s just — it can be really frus-
trating,” she said. “At least for me, I
find that also drives me in working
harder.”
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Big plans for Amazon’s second headquarters in Arlington now face a key vote
BY T EO A RMUS
Just over the highway from the
Pentagon, an empty plot of land is
coming under the spotlight like
never before.
This 10.4-acre slice of Northern
Virginia — one of the largest
undeveloped parcels located
close to downtown D.C. — has
hosted a traveling equestrian cir-
cus show, been home to a Mar-
riott hotel, and was even consid-
ered for a Major League ballpark.
But for the past year, some
residents from the surrounding
PenPlace proposal
includes three office
buildings and the Helix
neighborhoods have pored over
blueprints and sat through
hours-long Zoom meetings to
consider a much more high-pro-
file future for what is currently a
patch of gravel, dirt and trees:
how exactly it should look, feel
and operate as the largest part of
Amazon’s second headquarters in
Arlington County.
The tech giant’s proposal,
which includes three office build-
ings to house its corporate em-
ployees, plus retail pavilions, a
335-foot glass helix and about
2.75 acres of open space, is set to
go before county lawmakers Sat-
urday for final approval. (Ama-
zon founder Jeff Bezos owns The
Washington Post.)
Daniel Weir, the chair of the
planning commission, called it a
“new chapter” for economic de-
velopment in the county. “This is
one of the biggest projects that
has come before Arlington, and
so I think there is more engage-
ment and involvement now than
there ever has been,” he said
about the county’s review process
for the site, known as PenPlace.
Metropolitan Park, a set of
twin Amazon buildings just down
the street that is set to open in
mid-2023, has already has
reached its maximum height. The
company is also leasing office
space at three other buildings in
AMAZON RENDERING
Crystal City. But the larger Pen-
SEE AMAZON ON B4 The PenPlace project, as seen from the Pentagon lagoon.

Va. ends
Ghaisar
killing
appeal
PROSECUTION OF
OFFICERS UNLIKELY
New attorney general:
Pair ‘acted reasonably’

BY T OM J ACKMAN

Virginia Attorney General Ja-

son Miyares (R) on Friday
dropped the state’s federal appeal
in the manslaughter case against
two U.S. Park Police officers, ef-
fectively ending any attempt at
criminal prosecution of the offi-
cers who fatally shot unarmed
motorist Bijan Ghaisar in a Fair-
fax County neighborhood in 2017.
Ghaisar, 25, had led U.S. Park
Police officers Lucas Vinyard, 40,
and Alejandro Amaya, 42, on a
pursuit down the George Wash-
ington Memorial Parkway on the
night of Nov. 17, 2017, stopping at
least twice and then pulling away
as Amaya approached his Jeep
Grand Cherokee with his weapon
drawn. At a third stop, a video of
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the incident shows, Vinyard
pulled his Park Police vehicle in

‘Our futures are at stake’

front of Ghaisar’s Jeep, but when
Ghaisar began rolling forward
again, Amaya and then Vinyard
both opened fire, shooting five
times each into Ghaisar’s vehicle.
The case was investigated by
the FBI, because the Park Police
In Earth Day protests, D.C.’s climate activists say time is running out are federal officers, and in 2019
the Justice Department declined
to file federal civil rights charges
BY E LLIE S ILVERMAN SEE GHAISAR ON B8

J
amie Minden’s lungs still hurt when she runs — a lingering
reminder of the night she awoke in her smoke-filled bedroom in
Mountain View, Calif., gasping for air.
The deadly CZU Lightning Complex fire, spurred by a rare
outbreak of lightning, was the southwestern-most of three major
FAA issues
Bay Area fires in August 2020, burning through tens of thousands
of acres, hundreds of homes and historic coastal Redwood groves. The
devastation that summer, and all the fires after it, has only strengthened
apology for
Minden’s resolve to fight for a healthier, livable future.
On Earth Day, Minden, 19, joined other youth activists in front of the
White House, criticizing the Biden administration for what they say is a
flight notice
failure to enact policies that match the urgency the climate crisis
demands.
“I’m scared. My entire life I’ve lived through the droughts in
breakdown
California, . . . and I know that that’s the future of this planet. We do
have a chance to take action now. We do have the ability to solve this,” BY M ICHAEL L ARIS
said Minden, a freshman at American University. “Our futures are at AND J OE H EIM
stake.”
The protest was among many held Friday to recognize Earth Day. TOP: An activist holds a smoke flare in the District during Earth Day protests The Federal Aviation Adminis-
SEE PROTEST ON B5 on Friday. ABOVE: A banner is dropped over the Wilson Building in D.C. tration on Friday apologized for
not providing advance notifica-
tion to the Capitol Police that an
Army parachute team would fly
over Nationals Park.
The flight Wednesday led the
Capitol Police to order an evacua-

Study: Affordable housing may boost nearby property values tion of the Capitol and nearby
buildings.
The communication break-
down regarding some of nation’s
BY M ARISSA J . L ANG block — or one-sixteenth of a mile built nearby. To ensure that the results were most sensitive airspace raised

There’s a question that comes

up over and over again when new
affordable housing projects are
being pitched to homeowners in
cities like Alexandria: How will
this affect home prices?
The widespread assumption,
elected officials say, is that new
public or subsidized housing
units will cause a depreciation in
the value of nearby homes. But a
new study from the Urban Insti-
Research tracked small
increases for homes near
Alexandria developments
tute think tank indicates that, in
small, high-density cities like Al-
exandria, the opposite may be
true.
Researchers found that those
living within roughly one city
— of a new affordable housing
development will probably see a
small, but statistically significant,
increase in property value,
thanks to their proximity.
Using Zillow assessor data and
real estate databases, researchers
looked at the resale value of
homes that were sold one or more
times between 2000 and 2020.
They then compared those home
values before and after an afford-
able housing development was
“You might expect that there
could be a potentially small nega-
tive impact on surrounding
homeowners, or what most of us
expected was to see no impact at
all. We were very surprised to
consistently to find a small, but
statistically significant, positive
relationship between the two,”
said Christina Stacy, one of the
study’s lead researchers and a
principal research associate at
the Urban Institute.
not being skewed by mixed-in-
come developments that offer
affordable housing units along-
side market-rate homes, re-
searchers conducted a version of
the study that eliminated those
types of buildings. In that itera-
tion, Stacy said, the average
home-value bump that property
owners saw after new affordable
housing was built down the street
appeared to be even larger than
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questions over the federal govern-
ment’s preparedness more than
20 years after the terrorist attacks
of Sept. 11, 2001. The FAA did not
detail how its error occurred, an
issue that remains the subject of a
review.
“We deeply regret that we con-
tributed to a precautionary evacu-
ation of the Capitol complex and
apologize for the disruption and
fear experienced by those who
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Back on Earth and searching for purpose, an astronaut reaches for heaven
BY E ARL S WIFT
To hear Charlie Duke tell it, his
life’s most important moment did
not come 50 years ago this week,
when he became the 10th and
youngest of 12 people to walk on
the moon. It came six years later,
as he sat behind the wheel of his
parked car alongside State High-
way 46 in New Braunfels, Tex.
He felt lost by then — unhappy
in his marriage, emotionally dis-
tant from his two young sons,
unfulfilled in his post-NASA ca-
reer selling beer. But that day, he
and his wife, Dotty, finished a
weekend Bible study retreat, and
in the car afterward, he became a
born-again Christian.
If his conversion story ended
there, he would have plenty of
company. But Duke would, in
time, embrace a literalist interpre-
tation of the Bible that contradict-
ed all he accomplished as an astro-
naut and scrambled his expert
understanding of the heavens.
On the triumphant Apollo 16
mission, he picked up a rock sci-
entists reckon to be 4.46 billion
years old — a relic of an ancient
lunar crust that offers insight into
the formation of both moon and
Earth — and the long evolutions
both have undergone since.
Today, Duke says he believes
Earth to be only about 6,000 years
old, and the rest of the universe
with it — which is to say, he holds
that the scientists overstated the
actual age of that rock by
4.459994 billion years.
Charles Moss Duke Jr. is, at 86,
one of four surviving moon walk-
ers. He earned his place in history
on April 21, 1972, when he and
Apollo 16 commander John Young
stepped from their lunar module
Orion onto an undulating, crater-
pocked plain in the moon’s Des-
cartes Highlands.
He was already known to mil-
lions of Americans, thanks to his
part in an iconic exchange as
Apollo 11 made the first moon
landing, three years before. When
Neil Armstrong announced,
“Houston, Tranquility Base here.
The Eagle has landed,” it was the
drawling, quick-to-smile Duke
who answered for Mission Con-
trol: “Roger, Tranquility. We copy
you on the ground.”
His own mission, the fifth to
land, would eclipse the first in
every regard. Armstrong and
Buzz Aldrin spent a little more
than two hours outside their land-
er; Young and Duke, more than
20. Armstrong ventured only 65
yards from Eagle. The Apollo 16
crew, equipped with an electric
lunar rover, drove 16½ miles
across a far more challenging slice
of lunar real estate. Along the way,
the two climbed hundreds of feet
up a mountainside, took 1,774
photos and collected 210 pounds
of moon rocks.
They also made one of the most
surprising discoveries of the Apol-
lo program. NASA and its scientif-
ic partners dispatched them to the
highlands on the belief that they
were volcanic in origin. “We were
briefed that the Descartes region
was two volcanic flows, one more
viscous than the other, and there
was a contact in the plain,” Duke
said. “We were to sample back and
forth across that contact. So when
we got there, we started describ-
ing these rocks, and they weren’t
volcanic at all.”
Instead, the pair found breccias
— mash-ups of different types of
older rock, melted and fused to-
gether in the violence of titanic
meteorite strikes. Scientists on
the ground received the news re-
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FAA FROM B1
work there,” the agency said in a
statement late Friday. The FAA
said it is “taking immediate steps
to ensure that we always coordi-
nate well in advance with other
agencies to avoid confusion,” and
that it values its partnership with
the Capitol Police.
Former FAA administrator Mi-
chael Huerta said that in addition
to an advance notification, the
FAA also sends a “real-time notifi-
cation” to the National Capital Re-
gional Coordination Center, based
in Herndon, Va., when pilots begin
such flights. The coordination
center was set up to monitor re-
stricted airspace in the Washing-
ton area and houses representa-
tives from the Capitol Police, Se-
cret Service, Department of De-
fense and other agencies.
The FAA did not address the
issue of real-time notifications in
its statement Friday. Huerta said
representatives at the coordina-
tion center are tasked with com-
municating with colleagues at
their respective agencies, and
“that’s one potential area where
luctantly. “I got the feeling,” Duke
said, “that their attitude was, ‘Are
these dummies?’ ”
It wasn’t long, however, before
the experts came around. “Every-
thing we said they’d find is exactly
what they didn’t,” said Jerry Schab-
er, a U.S. Geological Survey scien-
tist who was at Mission Control.
“But I guess that if we knew every-
thing about what we’d find, there
would have been no reason to go.”
The expedition also collected
some especially old moon rocks. On
the second of their three days ex-
ploring Descartes, Young picked up
a four-pound chunk of bright white
stone that turned out to be an-
orthosite, a remnant of the moon’s
original crust. Sample 60025, as it’s
known, is among the most exactly
dated prizes of the Apollo cam-
paign, at 4.36 billion years old.
The next day, Duke bagged a
dust-covered 10-ounce rock on
the rim of the vast North Ray
Crater. It was a breccia containing
a nugget of anorthosite that ap-
parently crystallized 4.46 billion
years ago.
The finds were a bonanza to
planetary scientists, because un-
like the earth — which is constantly
morphing in the thrall of weather,
tectonic shifts, volcanism and such
— the moon has been dead since
infancy. Its rocks are thus archives
of not only its own past, but that of
its partner in space, which formed
at about the same time.
So say the scientists, at any rate.
Important as they knew their
mission to be, Young and Duke
stood apart from other Apollo
crews for the obvious fun they
had. Both were Southerners —
Duke, born in Charlotte in 1935,
was raised mostly in South Caro-
lina — and recordings of their
radio banter often seem straight
out of “The Dukes of Hazzard.”
Duke’s first words on descend-
ing Orion’s ladder were, “Hot dog!
Is this great!” Riding shotgun in
the rover, he more than once urged
Young to let ’er fly: “Hey, man, we
could just go, babe,” he cried min-
utes into their first drive. “I’m
really cinched into this moose.”
Young demurred, but Duke
achieved his aim two days later, as
they careened down the side of
North Ray Crater and set a lunar
land speed record (later contested
by the crew of Apollo 17) of
10.54 mph. “Man, are we acceler-
ating!” he hollered to Houston.
“Super!”
Asked by Mission Control to
sample soil beneath a rocky over-
hang — “shadowed” moondust
protected from cosmic pollution
— Duke stretched a long-handled
scoop into the dark space, then
mused: “You do that in West Tex-
as, and you get a rattlesnake.”
Nothing in his manner suggest-
ed he and Young faced almost
unimaginable danger every sec-
ond they spent outside the lunar
module — an airless vacuum all
around, temperatures that swung
500 degrees from sunshine to
shade, and a constant shower of
cosmic radiation and micro-mete-
ors smaller than grains of sand
but moving faster than bullets.
A tear in a space suit could kill
in seconds. An electronic glitch in
their backpacks could be equally
deadly. Were the rover to break
down, they’d have to hike back to
base. At one point, they were al-
most three miles away.
Duke was accustomed to risk.
The Eagle Scout and Naval Acad-
emy graduate had been a front-
line Air Force fighter pilot, then a
test pilot at Edwards Air Force
Base before joining NASA. He
didn’t dwell on what might go
the communication broke down.”
“Everyone there has a responsi-
bility to take whatever action is
necessary for their organization,”
including the Capitol Police, Huer-
ta said. “Everyone who is part of
this process had the responsibility
to notify their principals about
what’s going on.”
The Army team took off at 6:09
p.m., according to flight-tracking
website FlightAware, and the Cap-
itol Police’s alert to evacuate was
sent at 6:32 p.m.
The Capitol Police declined to
comment Friday on when the agen-
cy became aware that the flight was
legitimate, or to discuss the details
or timing of its Wednesday actions.
“We are working with our feder-
al law enforcement and aviation
partners to piece together specif-
ics in hopes of preventing a similar
incident from happening again,”
the Capitol Police said in state-
ment Friday.
Police said in a statement a day
earlier that “we were not given
advanced notice of an approved
flight.” The agency said that each
week it “is made aware of hun-
dreds of authorized flights in the
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Charlie Duke in São Paulo last year. Duke, who took part in the
1972 Apollo 16 mission, is one of four surviving moon walkers.
wrong. “You were so focused,” he
said. “I wanted to do a good job
with the time I had on the moon.”
Neither did he take time for
deep rumination. “You were excit-
ed and full of wonder,” he said.
“But you never had time to medi-
tate on the spiritual side of it, or
even the philosophical side —
what does this all mean, being on
the moon?”
He could appreciate the “awe-
some beauty of the Earth, as you
sped away, and the whole circle of
the Earth, and the magnificence
of the moon and the stars when
we got into darkness. You’d look
out there and see the immensity,
the blackness, of space. But it
wasn’t a spiritual experience for
me or a philosophical experience.
It was just an adventure.”
He did contemplate the frailty of
his home planet, which appeared
as a small blue orb in the infinite
black of the lunar sky: “From the
moon, you can cover the Earth
with your outstretched hand.”
But those glimpses were rare
while he was working. “The Earth
was directly overhead,” he ex-
plained. “You look up in an Apollo
space suit, and you see the inside
of your helmet.”
Splashing down in the Pacific to
end the 11-day mission, Duke found
himself facing a question that con-
fronted many a moon walker:
“Well, what are you going to do
now, with the rest of your life?”
The Apollo program had just
one more flight, and its seats were
taken. Once Apollo 17 was fin-
ished in December 1972, the space
shuttle promised the only rides
into space. Those were still a dec-
ade off.
Besides, astronauts were not
paid particularly well, and he was
weary of scraping by. So, three
years after his moon shot, Duke
quit NASA and retired from the
regular Air Force — though he re-
mained a reservist, and eventually
achieved the rank of brigadier gen-
eral. He moved with his wife and
their two boys to New Braunfels,
outside San Antonio, and opened a
Coors beer distributorship.
By this time, his marriage was
in trouble. Dotty Duke had suf-
fered years of Charlie’s long ab-
sences, his distracted indifference
at home and his remoteness with
their sons. She welcomed his re-
tirement, only to find their new
life brought little relief: In the
struggle to launch his business, he
was as absent, physically and
emotionally, as ever. Dotty fell
deep into depression. She con-
templated suicide.
Desperate, she convinced him
to attend a weekend couples’ re-
treat at their church. Duke found
it interesting, but his wife felt a
more profound shift. “We got
home, and she went off by herself
The Golden Knights parachute team glides into Nationals Park on
Wednesday. Their flight led Capitol Police to order an evacuation.
restricted airspace. It is extremely
unusual not to be made aware of a
flight in advance.”
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
(D-Calif.) had issued a public
scolding of the FAA after Wednes-
day’s evacuation. She said the
agency’s “apparent failure to noti-
fy Capitol Police” was “inexcus-
able,” and said Congress wants to
see a thorough review identifying
and gave her life to Jesus,” Duke
recalled. “She experienced peace
and purpose and direction. She
decided she was going to love me.
Jesus took away her depression
and her suicidal thoughts.”
Meanwhile, the beer business
was proving difficult for Duke. He
was bored. His long hours didn’t
seem directed toward any great
purpose. “It was very lucrative,” he
said, “but money wasn’t the an-
swer.” In 1978, he sold the distribu-
torship. Now between careers, he
joined his wife at another week-
end retreat, this one devoted to
intensive Bible study.
Until then, church had been
more social than spiritual for
Duke. Raised Southern Baptist,
he’d dutifully attended each Sun-
day through his childhood, at prep
school and the Naval Academy,
and a bit less regularly while a
fighter pilot. After meeting Dotty,
he joined her at Episcopal services.
“And I liked it,” he said. “The
kids came along, and we raised
them in the church. But Jesus was
more in our heads than in our
hearts, so it was really not having
an influence on our lives.”
The Bible study moved him,
however: “I realized that what I
was reading was either true or the
biggest lie ever perpetrated on
humanity.” Sitting in the car after-
ward, he told his wife “that I had
no doubt that Jesus is the son of
God, and I gave him my life. And I
had a profound sense of peace
come over me.”
His transformation was just be-
ginning. As Duke started a part-
nership to develop commercial
real estate, at home he immersed
himself in reading the Bible. From
its first book, he was challenged in
much he’d learned at NASA, par-
ticularly the immersive training
he’d received in geology.
Astronauts on the final three
science-heavy Apollo missions
traveled the globe studying the
landforms they might encounter
on the moon. Mentored by some
of the country’s foremost geolo-
gists, Duke studied ejecta pat-
terns around Arizona’s Meteor
Crater, volcanoes in Hawaii and
Iceland, the pits carved by nuclear
blasts in the Nevada desert.
“Our training was from an evo-
lutionary standpoint,” he said — it
followed the scientific consensus
of assigning “ancient ages” to the
universe. The Big Bang had start-
ed things roughly 14 billion years
ago. The moon and Earth had
formed more than 4.5 billion
years back. The planet’s features
had been created and changed,
time and again, over eons.
“That’s what I accepted. That’s
all I understood,” Duke said.
“Then, once I was a believer, I was
reading the scriptures — Genesis
— and it was obvious from Gen-
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“who at the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration will be held account-
able for this outrageous and
frightening mistake.”
The plane, carrying members of
the Golden Knights parachute
team, was circling in what the FAA
calls the Flight-Restricted Zone,
which stretches about 15 nautical
miles around Reagan National
Airport. After the 2001 terrorist
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esis that God said he did it in six
days.
“So I’m sitting there, and my
mind is thinking millions of
years, billions of years, and this is
saying six days. And I can’t say I
heard a voice, but an impression
in my heart asked me: Which are
you going to believe?
“I think within a year I’d made
up my mind that I was going to
believe the Bible. The more I read,
the more convinced I became that
it was true.”
In other words, evolution
played no part in all we see around
us. And further study prompted
another revision in his thinking, a
big one: that God had worked for
those six days pretty recently.
“The chronology of the scrip-
tures,” he said, “seems to indicate
that he did it 6,000 years ago.”
“I believe that,” he said. “A lot of
Christians believe that.”
A lot do, at least in part. A 2019
Gallup poll found that 40 percent
of Americans believe that “God
created human beings pretty much
in their present form at one time
within the last 10,000 years or so.”
A smaller percentage believe in
young-Earth creationism, which
holds that all the evidence of an
old and ever-changing world — of
continental drift, mountain-
building, multiple ice ages and a
fossil record dictating that dino-
saurs and people missed each oth-
er by millions of years — has been
lavishly misinterpreted. The idea
has a staunch following among
fundamentalist Christians.
So the news here isn’t that
Charlie Duke is alone in his views.
It’s that he is the only young-Earth
creationist who has picked up and
held in his hand a moon rock that
the scientific world insists is
4.46 billion years old — and that
his faith has caused him, in the
second half of his life, to discount
much of what he worked tirelessly
and publicly, and at great peril, to
establish in its first half.
He is rightfully proud of his
accomplishments as an astro-
naut. He appreciates the astound-
ing achievement the moon land-
ings represent. He just doesn’t
cotton to the scientific discoveries
he and the other moon walkers
helped to make.
“The dating of the rocks is sus-
pect,” he said. “We have assump-
tions that we make to date these
rocks, and the assumptions might
be wrong.”
Much of what is mistaken for
ancient origin, Duke suggested, is
actually a product of the Great
Flood — a deluge that, according
to the Book of Genesis, only Noah
and his family survived — and its
aftermath. “When the Earth was
cooling down after the flood, the
ice age came,” he said. “I don’t
know how long it lasted, but sev-
eral hundred years or more. And
then it was warming up and it
began to recede, the glaciers and
stuff. There’s evidence that there
were big, huge, massive lakes, and
then when they burst, they sent
the water down, and we see the
Grand Canyon.
“There is no problem between
science and creation,” he said.
“God is the author of science. All
the laws of nature, he put into
effect.
“In every part of nature, every
part of physics, I can see the hand
of God.”
Religious faith has long twined
with the space program. Wernher
von Braun, the former Nazi whose
engineering team conceived the
mammoth Saturn V rockets that
carried Apollo to the moon, be-
came a born-again Christian after
attacks, pilots were required to
obtain special advance permis-
sion to enter that airspace.
Military pilots routinely obtain
permission to fly in that restricted
airspace. In general, the military
entity will provide the FAA with
information about where it plans
to fly and when, the type of air-
plane and the purpose of the
flight, Huerta said. Once the per-
mission is granted by the FAA, the
plan is supposed to be shared
widely via the regional coordina-
tion center.
“These are not unusual events,”
Huerta said. “We have a lot of
sports teams in Washington, and
oftentimes pregame ceremonies
have flyovers and the participa-
tion of the military. This is some-
thing both the military and FAA
handle routinely.”
The U.S. Army Recruiting Com-
mand said in a statement Thurs-
day that the Army parachute team
had filed all required documenta-
tion and received FAA approval
before the flight. The pilots also
“established and maintained com-
munication with the FAA before
and throughout the operation,” ac-
. SATURDAY, APRIL 23 , 2022
he was whispered into the United
States at the end of World War II.
“Any real scientist ends up a reli-
gious man,” he told the New York-
er in 1951.
The Apollo 8 crew famously
read from Genesis on a live Christ-
mas Day 1968 broadcast from lu-
nar orbit. Apollo 11’s Aldrin, a
Presbyterian, took Communion
using bread, wine and a tiny chal-
ice, shortly after he and Arm-
strong landed on the Sea of Tran-
quility.
After returning to Earth from
Apollo 15’s three-day stay on the
moon in August 1971, astronaut
James B. Irwin wrote that he was
“relying on God rather than on
Houston” during his mission. He
later led expeditions to Turkey’s
Mount Ararat in search of Noah’s
Ark.
Apollo 17’s commander, Eugene
Cernan — who flew eight months
after Duke — recounted his
thought, on considering all he’d
seen in space: “Too much logic.
Too much purpose. Too beautiful
to have happened by accident.”
Still, faith squares with NASA’s
left-brain, empirical mind-set
only so much, and Duke’s to-the-
letter embrace of the creation sto-
ry puts him at odds with some of
his old colleagues. “I’d like to talk
to Charlie about that,” said Joseph
P. Allen, a physicist-astronaut
who served at Mission Control
during Apollos 15 and 17 and made
two space shuttle flights himself.
“It reminds me of a story, a joke,
about a scientist and a preacher
who were talking. The preacher
says, ‘God made it all only 6,000
years ago.’ And the scientist asks,
‘How can you say that? We have
moon rocks that are 4 billion years
old.’ And the preacher says, ‘Well, I
didn’t say that when God made
the moon, he used new rocks.’ ”
Duke has no quarrel with those
who see things differently. “I have
a lot of friends who I know are
Christians, but they believe in
ancient age, and that’s okay,” he
said. “I’m good friends with sev-
eral atheists. We respect each oth-
er. I’m praying that they’ll come
around, but I don’t beat them over
the head with my Bible.
“I don’t think God’s going to
stand at the pearly gates and say,
‘How old do you think the Earth
is?’ ” he said. “You believe that,
and I believe this, and we can still
be buddies. Let’s grab a beer.”
Point is, Duke said, his life is
richer now than it was 50 years
ago. As awe-inspiring as it was to
look out from the flank of Stone
Mountain, high above the plain —
to see the maw of South Ray
Crater, a spray of white ejecta
radiating like a sunburst from its
rim, and the lunar module tiny
and orange in the mouse-gray
middle distance — he’s felt greater
exhilaration since the day he and
Dotty sat parked beside Route 46.
His marriage has healed. He’s
close to his sons. He and his wife
have shared the story of their faith
all over the country.
He’s comfortable believing
what he can’t prove. The scientists
can’t prove their theories, either,
he said.
And they’ve been wrong before.
It says so in the Apollo 16 Prelimi-
nary Science Report, released sev-
en months after Duke’s mission.
“None of the returned samples are
in accord with the preflight hy-
potheses concerning the origin of
landform units in this region,” it
says of the bounty he brought
back to Earth. “The rocks that
apparently underlie the regolith
of the plains region are in no sense
volcanic.”
cording to the statement.
Maj. Andrew Scott, a spokes-
man for the North American Aero-
space Defense Command, which
monitors the nation’s airspace,
said officials there also saw noth-
ing of concern in the Army team’s
flight near the Capitol, since “that
aircraft was allowed to be there.”
The same sense of comfort was
not shared by Capitol Police or
those who received the evacuation
notice.
In her statement Wednesday,
Pelosi decried the “unnecessary
panic” the FAA’s “apparent negli-
gence” caused evacuees still trau-
matized by the Jan. 6 attack on the
Capitol. When asked about the FAA
statement, a Pelosi spokesperson
referred to her previous comments.
There are also risks for those in
the air when confusion takes hold
among federal agencies. The FAA
warns on its website that failure to
follow the rules in the Washington
region’s restricted airspace “may
result in interception by military
aircraft and/or the use of force.
This applies to all aircraft,” includ-
ing those from the Department of
Defense, the FAA said.
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THE DISTRICT
Man gets 7 years in transgender woman’s killing Friday enchants, and
He apologizes during
sentencing hearing
for 2016 shooting
BY P AUL D UGGAN
One of two brothers who ad-
mitted taking part in the fatal
street robbery of a 24-year-old
transgender woman in the Dis-
trict was given a seven-year pris-
on term Friday by a judge who
credited him for cooperating with
prosecutors in the case but de-
clared: “You can’t get a pass. . . .
Some events are just too bad,
they’re too heinous.”
Cyheme Hall, now 26, and his
older brother, Shareem Hall,
pleaded guilty to second-degree
murder in the 2016 shooting of
Deeniquia “Dee Dee” Dodds.
They then testified in D.C. Superi-
or Court against their two accom-
plices in the botched robbery.
After a mistrial caused by a dead-
locked jury, the two other men
agreed to plea bargains and were
given eight-year prison terms.
Shareem Hall is scheduled to
be sentenced next month. On
Friday, Cyheme Hall appeared be-
fore Superior Court Judge Milton
C. Lee Jr. and said he was sorry for
participating in a string of early-
morning street stickups when
Dodds was killed.
“I’d like to apologize to the
decedent, and the family the de-
cedent had, for the pain and
suffering they endured,” said
Hall, who has been jailed since his
arrest in September 2016. With
credit for time served, he has only
about 18 months left on his seven-
year sentence. But Lee also im-
VIRGINIA
Alexandria school board backs new police panel
Group will consider
changes to district’s
partnership with officers
BY N ICOLE A SBURY
The Alexandria City School
Board gave approval Thursday for
top school administrators to cre-
ate an advisory group to review
and propose changes to the dis-
trict’s partnership with police.
Formation of the School Law
Enforcement Partnership Advi-
sory Group (SLEP) was delayed
after a tense meeting last month
in which board members could
not reach a consensus about the
group’s makeup.
Board members argued, among
other things, that there needed to
be a different plan that would give
the board more oversight into the
advisory group’s work.
The revised plan presented
Thursday appeared to respond to
the school board’s previous feed-
back. Thirteen revisions were
added, which included restruc-
turing the advisory group by add-
ing four additional members and
defining those roles. It also clari-
fied the school board’s role in the
process — board members will
vote on whether the SLEP’s issued
recommendations should be ap-
proved, thus signaling to the dis-
trict’s superintendent whether to
move forward on any policy
changes.
“All of the recommendations
are in this proposal,” said Jacinta
Greene, the school board’s vice
chair. “And I went down my check-
list, so I know they are all in there.”
With the board’s consensus, the
advisory group’s first meeting is
slated to take place in May or
June, after an outside facilitator,
who has yet to be named, is ap-
proved. Applications for the
group opened Friday, with a dead-
line of May 2. Initial feedback and
recommendations will be given to
the superintendent in December.
Some board members were
concerned about the short turn-
around for people to get involved,
since applications are due in less
than two weeks. Top administra-
tors said the academic year was
close to ending, putting them on a
shorter timeline to get the group
established. But because the topic
has been so controversial within
the school system, they said they
were confident students, staffers
and community members will be
quick to apply.
“Let’s get things moving while
we have the momentum, and that
really is the sense of urgency that
we have,” Superintendent Grego-
ry C. Hutchings Jr. said. “We want-
ed to get this started in January, so
we’re already kind of past that
time frame.”
The group will be composed of
seven school staffers and nine
nonstaff members including
. THE WASHINGTON POST
hints at what’s to come
Joeann Lewis holds the ashes of niece Deeniquia “Dee Dee” Dodds,
who was fatally shot during a botched July 4, 2016, robbery.
“The individuals that you picked on were, I think,
some of the most vulnerable individuals in the
District of Columbia.”
Milton C. Lee Jr., Superior Court judge
posed a consecutive two-year
term in a 2013 home invasion
case, in which Hall initially re-
ceived a suspended sentence.
“I’m willing to give you some
break, because I think you were
of assistance to the government,”
Lee said. But he said that “the
shooting death of Ms. Dodds was
one of the most senseless acts
I’ve unfortunately been exposed
to.”
Police said the Hall brothers
and accomplices Jolonta Little
and Monte Johnson, three of
them carrying guns, were prowl-
Two resource officers patrol last year outside T.C. Williams High
School, now named Alexandria City High School.
“More voices were incorporated into the group, but
there’s still only two student voices and it’s
definitely not enough.”
Sindy Carballo, Tenants and Workers United youth organizer
two parents, two students, a com-
munity representative, a police
department representative and a
representative from the city.
The district has debated its
relationship with police since
2020, amid widespread national
discussion on whether school sys-
tems should have school resource
officers in the buildings. It
reached an agreement with the
police department that year, clari-
fying student rights and requiring
the school system to begin pub-
lishing data on discipline and po-
licing of students categorized by
race, sex, age and disability.
The SROs, who are not involved
in disciplinary matters, take ac-
tion against a student only when
the student is thought to be en-
gaged in criminal activity, such as
threatening peers with a weapon
or having drugs or alcohol at
school. In the 2019-2020 school
year, Alexandria’s five SROs made
six arrests.
In May 2021, the Alexandria
City Council voted to stop funding
the SRO program. The school sys-
tem began the academic year
without SROs — until early Octo-
ber, when Alexandria City High
School went into lockdown be-
cause a male student had a fire-
arm at school. The lockdown fol-
lowed incidents in which police
were called to the school over
fights.
About a week after the lock-
down, the city council decided to
return police to schools.
In December, two SROs at Alex-
andria City High School were
placed on leave involving an in-
vestigation. The Washington Post
reported it stemmed from a re-
port by a former student about
alleged sexually inappropriate
conversations during her time at
LINDA DAVIDSON/THE WASHINGTON POST
ing parts of Northeast and North-
west D.C. in a Pontiac in the
predawn hours of July 4, 2016,
looking for people to rob. They
accosted seven victims, according
to police. When Dodds was at-
tacked, police said, she fought
back, grabbing the barrel of one
of the pistols, and was fatally
shot.
After the U.S. attorney’s office
in the District initially said it
would seek hate-crime sentenc-
ing enhancements, alleging that
the men had deliberately targeted
transgender women, the hate-
MATT MCCLAIN/THE WASHINGTON POST
the school.
No SROs are serving at the high
school, but police patrol outside.
The board has since requested
funding from the city government
to extend the SRO program until
June 2023.
Data released in March showed
that Black students in the school
district were disproportionately
arrested compared with their
White peers. Black males were
arrested at especially high rates,
making up 44 percent of middle
school arrests and 36 percent of
high school arrests.
The revised advisory board
structure puts representatives in
place to tackle some of those is-
sues. The four added positions
will include a member who has
experience in Black male achieve-
ment and a member with experi-
ence in criminal justice reform.
Some board members inquired
whether the advisory group
would consider what policing
model to use in schools — such as
whether officers should be pre-
sent in the hallways or be on
standby outside the schools.
Hutchings halted that discussion,
urging school board members to
resist sharing any opinions on
their positions. He said that mem-
bers of the advisory group could
remember school board mem-
bers’ viewpoints and potentially
be swayed by them.
“People will look back at this
meeting and think that’s the path
we want to go, without having the
open mind of saying, ‘Let’s look at
all of our data and determine
what’s going to be the best based
on the information we have,’ ”
Hutchings said.
Meagan Alderton, the board
chair, noted that the board would
still be able to provide feedback
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crime allegations were dropped
for lack of evidence. But that
doesn’t mean they weren’t true,
Lee said from the bench.
“The four of you made the
conscious decision to ride around
the city and rob people,” he told
Hall. “And the individuals that
you picked on were, I think, some
of the most vulnerable individu-
als in the District of Columbia.”
At the 2019 trial of Little and
Johnson, who were charged with
first-degree murder, the Hall
brothers implicated themselves
and the two defendants in the
robberies, and Cyheme Hall testi-
fied that Johnson shot Dodds. He
said one of the men grabbed her
silver clutch purse after she col-
lapsed, then they hurried back to
the car and fled.
“There was nothing in the
purse,” he told the jury.
After the trial ended with a
deadlocked jury, Little and John-
son both pleaded guilty to volun-
tary manslaughter in deals with
prosecutors.
In the 2013 home invasion for
which Cyheme Hall was sen-
tenced Friday to two years in
prison, in addition to his sentence
in the Dodds killing, a group of
robbers held a man and his wife
and mother at gunpoint while
they “essentially looted the
house,” Lee said. Even though
Hall played a relatively minor role
in the crime, he “got one incredi-
ble break” by initially avoiding
incarceration.
On Friday, he sought another
break.
“I’m just asking you to give me
an opportunity to be great, to be a
father, to be a role model for my
son, who’s 11 years old,” Hall told
the judge. “I’m trying to be the
best role model I can be for him.”
throughout the process.
“We do what we always do — we
ask the questions, make the nec-
essary adjustments,” Alderton
said. “I think we can make this
work.”
On Friday, some city council
members expressed concern
about the advisory group.
City Councilman John Taylor
Chapman (D), a key swing vote to
restore the SROs last fall, said he
would not be surprised if the
advisory group ends up keeping
SROs in city schools. He has advo-
cated for Alexandria to adopt a
“school safety coach” model used
by the Charlottesville district.
“I don’t think many folks in our
community have been in a space
to look at how we keep people safe
without officers,” he said in an
interview Friday. “We haven’t had
those general community conver-
sations for people to be familiar
with some of these alternate mod-
els. I don’t think we’re there yet.”
Chapman, who works for the
Fairfax County school district,
added that because the city coun-
cil is ultimately funding the SRO
program through the police budg-
et, he and other city lawmakers
should have been given more of a
say in designing the advisory
group.
In the city council’s budget
process, Mayor Justin Wilson (D)
has proposed restoring the nearly
$800,000 that funds the five SRO
positions around Alexandria pub-
lic schools in the police’s patrol
staffing budget, though police can
ultimately shift the funding for
another purpose. He said he ex-
pects that the measure will pass
next week.
City Councilman Canek Agu-
irre (D), one of the most vocal
proponents of removing SROs
from Alexandria schools, said that
with so few student members, the
SLEP would not be demographi-
cally representative of the city or
its public school student body.
“If we’re going to be talking
about real inclusive engagement,
there needs to be demographic
representation,” he said. “This
group doesn’t do that.”
He also fears that the process,
including possible closed focus
groups, will not include the same
level of transparency as a more
public-facing engagement sys-
tem, like the one adopted by near-
by Arlington Public Schools when
that system opted to review its
SRO program.
That sentiment was echoed by
Sindy Carballo, a youth organizer
for the activist group Tenants and
Workers United and a recent
ACHS graduate.
“More voices were incorporat-
ed into the group, but there’s still
only two student voices and it’s
definitely not enough,” she said.
“There’s no real input from the
community. It’s very much driven
by the superintendent and his
staff.”
Teo Armus contributed to this report.
THE REGION
BY M ARTIN W EIL
Although it may seem that
spring has scarcely arrived here,
on Friday it was already a little
more than one-third over, and it
may even have permitted a
glimpse of the season to come.
Friday was the 33rd day since
spring started, and so much
about the day, from gentle
warmth to expanding greenery,
suggested that the season had
found a firm foothold.
On many days in early spring,
afternoon temperatures often
surge exuberantly, while morn-
ings retain a chill that can re-
mind us of winter.
In fact, Friday was the first day
in the past six on which our low
temperature did not wallow in
the 40s.
As recently as Tuesday, our low
was exactly 40, giving us only an
eight-degree separation from the
freezing mark.
On Friday, however, the low
dropped no lower than 52. That
insulated us from iciness by a
respectable 20 degrees.
It was one degree above the
Washington average for April 22.
Even more suggestive of the
warm season ahead was Friday’s
maximum reading.
Our high temperature of 77
degrees seemed recognizable as
warm in an absolute sense. It
also seemed warm in a relative
sense, six degrees above the aver-
age for April 22 in Washington.
That sort of warmth in itself
can arouse dormant dreams of
summer.
Although the temperature
perhaps fell a few degrees shy of
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soap and water as soon as
possible, and to seek medical
advice if water comes in contact
with any open wounds.
The Back River plant is owned
by Baltimore and processes
wastewater from drains across
the city and much of Baltimore
County. The Maryland
Department of the Environment
ordered a state takeover of the
Back River plant last month as
inspections showed water
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spoke clearly of outdoor ease and
comfort, and not of some sort of
freakish meteorological depar-
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It provided pleasant sur-
roundings for the wearers of
T-shirts and shorts, and it sug-
gested that the future would
present us with a season charac-
terized by such conditions.
To be quantitatively accurate,
summer as marked by the June
21 solstice of course remains
days and weeks in the future.
With 93 days from the March
20 equinox to the solstice, on
Friday the formal first day of
summer lay 60 days ahead.
Yet Friday seemed to give us
authorization to anticipate its
arrival.
Of course such a day as Friday
deserves consideration on its
own, not on its role as a prelude
or suggestion of a season to
come.
It provided plenty of daylight.
Based on the sunrise/sunset fig-
ures offered by the National
Weather Service, the interval ex-
tended for 13½ hours.
They proved hours of both
sunshine and of cloud, often with
a certain milkiness blended with
the blue expanses of sky.
At times the sky seemed domi-
nated by clouds, in fleets of small
islands extending themselves
over broad expanses above us.
But at sunset, windows that
faced the west burned with an
orange glow.
They seemed filled with a
brilliance suggestive of pure fire
as they reflected the late-setting
sun of April 22.
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Authorities said that one man
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day, while the second man was
caught in Norfolk on Thursday.
Lauren Cunningham, a
spokeswoman for the
Department of Behavioral Health
and Developmental Services, said
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Residents, civic groups raise questions and make wishes in year-long review
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Place site, with its 3.3 million
square feet of office and retail
space, promises to serve as a kind
of centerpiece for the Amazon
headquarters.
The review process, then, has
assumed unusually high stakes
and unusually high standards,
too. Over the past year, residents
and civic groups have raised
questions on everything from the
tech company’s surveillance
practices and its use of green
space to the appropriate width
for the sidewalks around the
complex.
JBG Smith, which is serving as
Amazon’s developer and owns
about a quarter of real estate in
the area, maintains that it has
engaged with residents on these
and other issues through months
of reviews. (The developer is set
to close its sale of PenPlace to
Amazon for $198 million this
year.)
“The input of community resi-
dents and other key local stake-
holders is vital to this process,
and we greatly appreciate and
benefit from this continued dia-
logue,” Kai Reynolds, JBG Smith’s
chief development officer, said in
a statement. “Together, we are
pursuing a collective vision,
which has been in the works for
years, of a welcoming place that
can be enjoyed by all.”
But as Amazon’s arrival in the
area has prompted developers to
push for a dramatic transforma-
tion of the neighborhood, many
questions — and some frustra-
tions — persist going into Satur-
day’s vote among neighbors over
the impact the tech giant’s plans
will have in the decades to come.
“When we first chose National
Landing as the site of HQ2, we
made a commitment to be a
trusted community partner in the
region,” John Schoettler, Ama-
zon’s vice president of global real
estate and facilities, said in a
statement. “Part of that commit-
ment includes engaging with and
listening to our neighbors’ feed-
back as we developed design
plans for this project.”
In response to input from
neighbors, the company added
protected bike lanes on three
streets around PenPlace, includ-
ed more green space and wider
roads, and expanded the amount
of rooftop solar panels, part of a
pledge to power the complex with
only renewable energy.
Still, some are worried about
the effect on low-income renters
nearby. Others fret over what it
might mean for the flow of traffic
in the area.
Many want to see more facili-
ties, like a community center or
library, set aside for local resi-
dents.
“The cake is often half-baked,
and people’s ability to impact
what’s happening is often more
marginal” compared to other
projects, said Christer Ahl, the
former chair of the Crystal City
Citizens Review Council, which
represents residents of that
neighborhood. “The county, land-
owners and developers have
loads of opportunities behind the
scenes to discuss what would be
Affordable housing projects may help increase property values, study finds
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those seen in the group that
included mixed-income build-
ings.
“There is already so much evi-
dence for the benefits of afford-
able housing — we know it reduc-
es homelessness, lifts people out
of poverty, improves health out-
comes, helps kids succeed and
stay in school,” Stacy said. “So the
fact that we don’t see any nega-
tive effect [on home prices] is
really huge. Not only that, but
we’re seeing a consistent positive
impact. I hope that helps leaders
here and in other jurisdictions
consider expanding their afford-
able housing stock.”
On the day the study was
published, Mayor Justin Wilson
(D) received an email from a
resident worried about the impli-
cations of building housing for
poor people near more affluent
communities. This type of com-
munication is common, the may-
or said, especially when elected
officials begin discussing new
proposals for adding affordable
housing units to certain parts of
the city.
Alexandria lawmakers have
been considering an ordinance
that would expand developers’
ability to apply for “bonus densi-
ty” — allowing buildings to be
taller or have more apartments
than what is otherwise allowed in
zoning code — in exchange for
contributing to the city’s push to
boost affordable housing num-
bers. The proposal has already
raised alarm among some home-
owners in parts of the city’s Old
Town, who say they fear it would
PenPlace will provide retail space for dining, shopping and a child care facility. Multimodal pathways
will connect throughout the site for access by foot and bike.
agreeable before the community
gets involved.”
If it’s a dramatic new chapter
for Arlington, it’s also one that
many say has felt inevitable.
From boxy offices to a helix
Once a sleepy bedroom com-
munity, Arlington transformed
into a dense, transit-powered
powerhouse largely on the basis
of careful planning. In the 1960s,
county officials made the gamble
to put Metro lines underground,
a prescient move that would spur
business activity along transit-
rich corridors in Arlington.
It was “transit-oriented devel-
opment” before that phrase ever
entered the urban planning lexi-
con: When Metro opened a sta-
tion in Pentagon City, officials put
together the region’s first blue-
print setting guidelines for what
property owners could build and
where. That shaped the develop-
ment of office buildings for two
major government agencies, ho-
tels and a mall.
But this corridor never quite
kept up with North Arlington’s
greatest density. Heightened se-
curity concerns in the post-9/11
era also prompted many federal
offices to move outside the Belt-
way, and federal officials in 2005
pulled 17,000 military and de-
fense employees from Crystal
City. The boxy buildings and un-
derground passageways emptied
out, leaving Arlington officials
scrambling to salvage a major
piece of its commercial tax base.
Fast-forward to 2018: When
Amazon chose to locate its new
offices there, it was a match made
in development heaven. The com-
pany needed a site with enough
empty space to build state-of-the-
art offices for 25,000 employees,
while also located in the kind of
transit-rich, urban setting that
could attract the young tech
workers it coveted.
And the county needed a major
tenant to fill — or attract others to
fill — the thousands of square feet
of Metro-convenient office space
that sat empty for years. (Per its
agreements with Virginia, the
permanently alter the historic
riverfront neighborhood.
Previous proposals for new de-
velopments that included a num-
ber of additional affordable hous-
ing units have frequently led to
clashes among residents. In Feb-
ruary, several civic groups citing
concerns about increased density
and traffic unsuccessfully op-
posed a development project in
the Holmes Run neighborhood
that is expected to include more
“There is already so much evidence for the benefits
of affordable housing — we know it reduces
homelessness, lifts people out of poverty, improves
health outcomes, helps kids succeed and stay in
school. So the fact that we don’t see any negative
effect [on home prices] is really huge.”
Christina Stacy, one of the study’s lead researchers
and a principal research associate at the Urban Institute
than 350 affordable units. Last
year, a similar campaign against a
seven-story, 57-unit affordable
project in Old Town led some
preservationists to say the struc-
ture was so out of character it was
akin to putting “lipstick on a pig.”
Wilson said he is hopeful that
the Urban Institute study — and
others like it — can be used to
allay fears among residents by
providing empirical evidence
that affordable housing develop-
ments will not hurt their bottom
line.
“For most folks, the ownership
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company stands to receive as
much as $770 million in cash
grants from the state’s coffers, on
the condition that its corporate
hires in Arlington earn an aver-
age of $150,000 a year.)
“Five or 10 years ago, the assets
that were in place were operating
in a way that I think did not
warrant significant change,” said
Matt Mattauszek, a development
planner for the county. “We’re
dealing with a very different
starting position from the 1970s
vision. … Because with Amazon’s
arrival, all those initial parcels
have now been built out.”
As PenPlace came under re-
view, a rash of other activity —
including several major transpor-
tation projects sped up by the
deal — prompted the county to
“It didn’t start from that place of, ‘Hey, community,
let’s talk about how we can make our community
different, better, grow it.’ Instead, it’s about what
the landowner who owns a quarter of the area
thinks.”
Darren Buck, former Arlington County transportation commission chairman
redraft its blueprint for the entire
neighborhood.
Darren Buck, a former Arling-
ton transportation commission-
er, said the county’s planning
process for the Pentagon City
area should have preceded any
Amazon blueprints. Because the
sector plan and the site plan for
PenPlace were developed concur-
rently, he said, it ultimately al-
lowed the tech giant’s vision for
its offices to shape the neighbor-
hood blueprint — rather than the
other way around.
“It didn’t start from that place
of, ‘Hey, community, let’s talk
about how we can make our
community different, better,
grow it,’ ” said Buck, who runs a
Twitter account where he calls for
a “CarFreeHQ2.” “Instead, it’s
about what the landowner who
of your home is your primary
investment. Anything that you
perceive might reduce its value,
even if it’s not an accurate as-
sumption, you’re going to be con-
cerned about it. I get that,” Wilson
said. “I think there are certainly
people who hear ‘affordable
housing’ and make certain as-
sumptions based on some of the
worst-managed public housing
projects of yesteryear — never
mind the fact that we’re mostly
talking about new, modern hous-
ing that is more likely to house
firefighters, teachers, plumbers,
grocery store workers. People
who help our community.”
The affordable housing units
cited in the study are a mix of
public housing and subsidized
housing geared toward different
income levels that range from
very-low-income families, who
earn between 0 and 30 percent of
the area median income ($42,690
a year for a family of four as of
2022, according to the U.S. De-
partment of Housing and Urban
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owns a quarter of the area thinks.
The outcome will still be a fine
place. But it’s a very backwards
power dynamic.”
A new draft of the Pentagon
City plan was passed this year, to
significant opposition from resi-
dents who opposed additional
density for an apartment com-
plex owned by JBG Smith. And
Buck said the PenPlace plan ulti-
mately cast aside previous blue-
prints that broke up the site with
a street grid in favor of preserving
a larger, contiguous “mega-
block.”
Ben D’Avanzo, who represents
the Aurora Highlands Civic Asso-
ciation on a PenPlace review pan-
el, said the ultimate outcome
makes sense. Loading docks,
parking and other bulky, unsight-
ly uses can be hidden under-
ground, with more public-facing
benefits — such as the “Green
Ribbon,” a trail of open, biophilic
spaces — situated between office
buildings on the ground level.
But, he said, there’s been no
planning process for some of the
green space. Walkways on that
area, he noted, lead from the
principal entrances to each Ama-
zon office in that complex, which
could give the area more of the
feel of a corporate campus than a
park that’s open to the communi-
ty.
Clash over community perks
Unlike most of its neighbors,
Arlington does not generally ne-
gotiate with developers in ex-
change for money to county ser-
vices. Instead, lawmakers can ap-
Park Vue Apartments in Alexandria. City lawmakers have considered an ordinance that would allow
buildings to be taller or have more apartments — in an effort to boost affordable housing numbers.
Development), to more moder-
ately affordable homes meant for
those in the 80th percentile
($113,840 a year for a family of
four).
Stacy said she hopes more
research can be done to examine
the specific impact different af-
fordable housing developments
have on property values and how
other outside conditions — demo-
graphic data, density and com-
munity development, etc. —
might alter outcomes.
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prove construction that exceeds
zoning rules on height and densi-
ty in exchange for an amorphous
concept known as “community
benefits.”
In the case of PenPlace, Ama-
zon is donating $30 million to the
county’s affordable housing fund
— the largest contribution to date
for that fund, which Arlington
uses to subsidize the construction
of below-market-rate apart-
ments. (That’s on top of $20
million that Amazon donated to
the fund for MetPark.)
Neighbors have proposed a
long list of ideas for additional
benefits. Not long after Amazon
announced plans for its second
headquarters, an association of
neighborhood residents formed
under the “Livability 22202” um-
brella, named for the Zip code
that covers much of South Arling-
ton.
They offered a detailed series
of asks for county and company
officials — from the Green Rib-
bon to an elementary school to
serve the growing number of
families, a community center that
could serve seniors aging in place
and a library to replace the limit-
ed space tacked onto another
facility.
Last fall, however, Amazon and
the county announced an addi-
tion that never appeared on the
group’s list: A permanent space
for the alternative Arlington
Community High School, which
serves mostly working adults and
has jumped around facilities.
This is in some ways modeled
after Amazon’s approach in Seat-
tle, where the company houses a
shelter for women and children
experiencing homelessness at
one of its corporate buildings.
Residents said that while perma-
nent space for the high school is
welcome, it wouldn’t serve the
immediate neighborhood.
Such a sentiment added to
The research was commis-
sioned by the city of Alexandria
and, as a result, focuses narrowly
on that community. But, Stacy
said, the report she and her team
produced outlines the steps they
took to evaluate affordable hous-
ing developments’ impact on sur-
rounding home values in the
hope that other jurisdictions will
conduct similar analyses.
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other concerns from residents
who worry they will be shut out of
the campus: The Helix, the signa-
ture architectural feature of Pen-
Place that will be covered with
local flora from Virginia’s Blue
Ridge Mountains, is largely re-
stricted to Amazon employees
and will only be open to residents
two weekend days a month.
“We’ve designed PenPlace to be
part of the local neighborhood
because we want both employees
and local residents to enjoy the
space equally,” Schoettler, the
Amazon executive, said in a blog
post this week. (Amazon did not
respond to requests for an inter-
view or comment by deadline.)
Arlingtonians for a Sustain-
able Future, which generally ad-
vocates for more measured devel-
opment, has called on county
lawmakers to demand greater
value from the additional density
requested by PenPlace’s develop-
ers.
“I mean, the county has adopt-
ed this whole site plan and has
told all the citizens, ‘You’re going
to get a really good deal,' ” said
Anne Bodine, a member of the
group. But, she added, “we are
getting basically screwed, be-
cause we’re not getting our ben-
efits for, sometimes, years and
they’re getting theirs upfront.”
But Weir, the chair of the
Arlington Planning Commission,
said frustrations are bound to be
more common when the process
incorporates more points of
view.
“That we have a broader diver-
sity of perspectives tells us that
we have in fact moved in the
right direction when it comes to
getting more engagement,” he
said. “When you get more voices
and when you have a bigger
project, it is going to look like
there is less consensus, because
you’re going to have more voices
at the table.”
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said the Urban Institute research
is “a start,” noting “there are truly
unique scenarios related to hous-
ing markets, and I’m willing to
concede what might be provably
true for Alexandria may not be
true everywhere else.”
“But let’s find out,” she added.
“If other cities, other think tanks,
can reproduce this kind of re-
search, it will be more than just a
start.”
Teo Armus contributed to this report.
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As clock ticks on climate agenda, D.C. activists call for action on Earth Day
PROTEST FROM B1
Local activists are also hoping to
persuade the D.C. Council to do
its part in slashing emissions of
methane and to imagine a future
beyond a reliance on the com-
bustion of coal.
The world is running out of
options to implement the sweep-
ing changes needed to slow
Earth’s warming, highlighted by
the latest report from the U.N.
Intergovernmental Panel on Cli-
mate Change. But organizers say
they are determined to keep
pressing for humanity to shift
course.
“It can be really hard to have
hope and to find that reason to
keep going,” said Sophia Geiger,
19, of Silver Spring and an orga-
nizer with the climate group
Fridays for Future DC. But, she
said, she keeps showing up. “You
can still find the courage to keep
getting into the streets because it
really is our only option. . . . I
want to be able to say that I did
everything that I could and I
tried.”
The Biden administration has
tackled greenhouse gas emis-
sions by proposing new rules to
begin shifting the country
toward electric cars, rejoining
the Paris climate accord and
revoking a federal permit for the
Keystone XL oil pipeline, among
other policies to slash emissions
of methane from oil and gas
operations across the United
States.
But climate activists lament
that elected leaders are allowing
politics to hamper progress.
The most sweeping climate
bill in U.S. history, which would
have helped President Biden
meet his 2030 goal of cutting
America’s greenhouse gas emis-
sions in half compared with 2005
levels, fell apart after a lack of
support from Republicans and
Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.),
whose family’s company has
made millions in the coal busi-
ness.
Increasing gas prices in the
wake of Russia’s invasion of
Ukraine have also led the Biden
administration to search for new
oil and gas sources. It has author-
ized a historically large release
from the Strategic Petroleum
THE DISTRICT
Trayon White survives challenge over signatures for mayoral candidacy
Opponent Robert White
questioned signers’
addresses
BY M ICHAEL B RICE- S ADDLER
Trayon White Sr. has survived
a challenge to his candidacy for
mayor of D.C. brought earlier
this month by Robert C. White
Jr.’s mayoral campaign, securing
his spot on the Democratic pri-
mary ballot after the city’s elec-
tions board ruled Friday that he
collected 138 more signatures
than required.
With less than two months to
go until the June 21 primary, the
challenge has marked one of the
more dramatic moments in the
race for the District’s next may-
or. Both Trayon White, a Ward 8
council member, and Robert
White, an at-large member of
the council, as well as former
advisory neighborhood com-
missioner James Butler, are vy-
ing to unseat two-term incum-
bent mayor Muriel E. Bowser
(D). All four candidates had to
collect 2,000 valid signatures
from registered Democratic vot-
ers in the District to qualify for
the ballot.
While announcing the chal-
lenge earlier this month, Robert
White’s campaign said it found
issues with nearly 2,800 of the
4,300 or so signatures gathered
by Trayon White’s campaign,
mostly pertaining to signers who
are not registered to vote at the
addresses they provided.
Trayon White has called the
challenge “deceitful and divi-
sive,” and last week, his cam-
paign boasted about a prelimi-
nary finding from the elections
board that indicated — despite
. THE WASHINGTON POST
A masked activist protests the use of fossil fuels Friday outside the District’s Wilson Building, where another demonstrator climbed a
ledge, unrolled a banner with the message “NO NEW FOSSIL FUELS” and set off smoke flares before being arrested.
Reserve, resumed selling leases
to drill on federal land, and
announced the waiver of an envi-
ronmental restriction to allow
summer sales of gasoline blend-
ed with higher levels of ethanol.
Minden has been a climate
activist since she was 14, becom-
ing involved in local organiza-
tions as well as chapters of
youth-led groups such as the
Sunrise Movement and Fridays
for Future, which was inspired
by Swedish activist Greta Thun-
berg.
Although she could not vote
in the last election, Minden
volunteered with the Sunrise
Movement’s get-out-the-vote ef-
forts, including sending hand-
written postcards to persuade
voters in swing states to cast
thousands of invalid signatures
— he had still collected enough.
Following an additional re-
view requested by Robert
White’s campaign this week, the
elections board said Friday it
found issues with about 61 more
signatures, ultimately leaving
Trayon White with 2,138 valid
signatures — still enough to
qualify.
Robert White’s wife, Christy
White, an attorney who also
represented his campaign at the
Friday hearing, had argued that
the newly discovered errors
showed that there were likely
even more problems in Trayon
White’s nominating petitions.
She asked the board to recon-
sider more than 400 signatures.
“In essence, every other signa-
ture provided by Trayon White
has been found to be invalid;
each time an official has re-
viewed signatures submitted by
Trayon White, it finds more sig-
natures to invalidate,” Christy
White said. “It is imperative to
set a precedent that when it
comes to ballot access, the law
will be followed.”
Christy White further charged
that the campaign could not
confirm whether five of Trayon
White’s petition circulators were
D.C. residents, which could have
compromised additional signa-
tures.
But the elections board said
the onus was on Robert White’s
campaign to confirm their resi-
dency.
In his response, Trayon White
decried Robert White’s cam-
paign’s push for further review.
In a tweet before the board made
its official decision, he called the
challenge “a weak witch hunt”
and pushed Robert White to
drop out of the race.
“We knew going into this that
we were dealing with a lot of
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“I’m scared. My entire life I’ve lived through the
droughts in California . . . and I know that that’s
the future of this planet. We do have a chance to
take action now.”
Jamie Minden, a freshman at American University who joined other youth
activists outside the White House on Earth Day
their ballots for Biden and
phone-banking for Democrats
such as Cori Bush in Missouri,
Jamaal Bowman in New York,
and Raphael G. Warnock and
Jon Ossoff in Georgia.
She is disappointed that more
significant climate legislation
has not been enacted and said
residents in D.C. who had a lot of
housing insecurities, who had
changed residencies during the
pandemic,” Trayon White said
during the hearing Friday. “As a
result, we went above and be-
yond to make sure we had
enough signatures to qualify.”
Robert White’s campaign
manager, Luz Martinez, said the
campaign had no plans to appeal
the decision.
The board’s ruling ensures
that both lawmakers will appear
on the ballot alongside the in-
cumbent Bowser and lesser-
known Butler; political observ-
ers have said Robert White and
Trayon White could split votes
among residents seeking a
change from the incumbent.
Trayon White this week was
also certified for the fair elec-
tions campaign-finance pro-
gram, netting him an $80,000
base payout and $282,450 in
matching funds — a big boost to
a campaign that has been work-
ing with significantly less fund-
ing than Bowser and Robert
White, who already qualified for
the program.
The signature challenge was
among 10 that the board consid-
ered Friday ahead of deadlines to
finalize the ballot and begin
sending them to voters in May.
The board also moved to disqual-
ify two candidates in the race for
at-large council member, Leni-
qua’dominique Jenkins and
Bradley Thomas.
The board found that both fell
short of the required 2,000 valid
signatures, whittling the number
of Democratic candidates in that
race from six to four.
Challengers and candidates
have three days following the
board’s ruling to ask the D.C.
Court of Appeals to reverse the
decision. At least one campaign
has already done so: attorney
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she will be among those demand-
ing Biden declare a climate
emergency, end all fossil fuel
projects and subsidies, and guar-
antee the immediate transition
to renewable energy.
She thinks back to her home-
town in Santa Clara County,
Calif., and the days she needed to
D.C. Council member Trayon White Sr. (D-Ward 8) qualified for the mayoral primary in June with
2,138 valid signatures. He will be one of four candidates, including incumbent Muriel E. Bowser.
general candidate Kenyan R.
McDuffie, who represents Ward
5 on the council, asked the D.C.
Court of Appeals on Thursday to
reconsider an elections board
ruling earlier this week that
found he is ineligible for the
ballot.
Journalist Tom Sherwood first
reported Friday that seven cur-
rent and former members of the
D.C. Council submitted a legal
briefing in support of McDuffie,
arguing that the original co-
sponsors of the bill that created
the District’s attorney general
would not have written it in a
way to disqualify city lawmakers
who are members of the D.C. Bar
from running for attorney gener-
al.
wipe ash off the car before driv-
ing to work or how fires de-
stroyed the places she loved to
visit for camping trips.
“My generation did a lot to get
him elected and to get Demo-
crats in power. Right now, we’re
really frustrated. We’re angry,”
Minden said. “It seems like we’re
hurling towards doom a lot of the
time.”
At Lafayette Square on Friday
afternoon, Nadia Sadanandan, a
sophomore at Georgetown Uni-
versity, stood among the small
crowd of climate activists hold-
ing a cardboard sign with a
drawing of the Earth as the face
of a clock. It declared: “RUN-
NING OUT OF TIME!”
Earlier, some activists met at
Franklin Square at 7:30 a.m.
“We knew going into this that we were dealing
with a lot of residents in D.C. who had a lot of
housing insecurities, who had changed residencies
during the pandemic. As a result, we went above
and beyond to make sure we had enough
signatures to qualify.”
Trayon White Sr., describing his campaign’s effort to secure at least 2,000
valid signatures to get his name on the ballot for the June primary
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before marching to the Wilson
Building, where one protester
climbed to a ledge and unrolled a
banner declaring: “NO NEW
FOSSIL FUELS” and set off
smoke flares. The activist was
escorted off the building by au-
thorities and placed under ar-
rest, Alaina Gertz, a D.C. police
spokesperson, said in an email.
The few dozen activists gath-
ered in front of the Wilson Build-
ing, including Geiger, were hop-
ing to persuade the D.C. Council
to end the city’s reliance on gas
by 2032.
This comes two months after
volunteers with a coalition of
D.C. environmental and religious
groups found almost 400 meth-
ane leaks throughout the city,
including more than a dozen that
were “potentially explosive,” ac-
cording to a report from Beyond
Gas DC.
“Washington Gas is commit-
ted to providing our customers
with essential energy to live,
work and play in a safe, reliable
and affordable way,” Bernie Ty-
lor, a Washington Gas spokesper-
son, said in a statement. “We
have been taking concrete ac-
tions towards the energy evolu-
tion. Our fuel neutral approach
provides for multiple pathways
and positions our infrastructure
to deliver affordable, ‘low to no’
carbon fuels of the future.”
Among the people gathered in
front of the Wilson Building was
Reilly Polka, 27, of Washington’s
Dupont Circle neighborhood and
an organizer with the climate
group Extinction Rebellion DC.
She said she tries to minimize
her own carbon footprint by
gardening, saving jam jars to
reuse for packed lunches, thrift-
ing clothes, trying to eat a vege-
tarian diet and shopping locally.
But much of this individual ac-
tion is done to assuage her
climate anxiety, she said. What is
truly needed, she said, is mass
systemic change.
“Getting in the streets or pick-
ing up litter on one day of the
year isn’t going to solve the
planetary crisis,” Polka wrote in a
statement. “We need people to
get involved in sustained cam-
paigns of nonviolent civil disobe-
dience. That’s how we pressure
our leaders to act.”
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THE DISTRICT
Woman critically hurt after fall from eighth story
Man charged with
assault after girlfriend
jumped, she told police
BY C LARENCE W ILLIAMS
AND P ETER H ERMANN
A 22-year-old man has been
charged with assault with intent
to kill after police said his girl-
friend fell from an eighth-story
apartment window in Northwest
Washington on Thursday night
and was found on the ground,
critically injured with her legs
bound.
The woman, who has not been
identified, told police she jumped
to escape after the man shoved
her to the floor, choked her un-
conscious and tied her with a
rope, according to court docu-
ments.
GUY LAFLEUR, 70
Winger led Montreal Canadiens to five NHL titles
BY B EN S UMNER
Guy Lafleur, the swift-skating
Canadiens winger whose scoring
prowess helped preserve Mon-
treal’s National Hockey League
dynasty throughout the 1970s,
died April 22 at a palliative care
center in a suburb of Montreal.
He was 70.
A sister, Lise Lafleur, an-
nounced his death in a Facebook
post but did not share additional
details. An NHL obituary cited “a
nearly three-year battle with can-
cer.” Mr. Lafleur had quadruple
bypass surgery in 2019; doctors
later removed part of a lung, and
he had a recurrence of lung
cancer in 2020.
On Twitter, Canadian Prime
Minister Justin Trudeau said Mr.
Lafleur “was unlike anyone else
on the ice,” adding that “he in-
spired countless Quebecers, Ca-
nadians, and hockey fans around
the world.”
Nicknamed “the Flower,” a
translation of his surname from
the French, and “le Démon
Blond” (the Blond Demon) by
French-speaking fans, Guy
Lafleur (pronounced GEE — with
a hard G — la-FLURE) led the
Habs to Stanley Cup victories in
1973 and the four straight years
from 1976 to 1979.
During his 14 years in Mon-
treal, his up-ice rushes brought
fans to their feet as they chanted
“Guy, Guy, Guy!” He won two
NHL most valuable player
awards, in 1977 and 1978, and the
1977 playoff MVP award, and he
produced more points than pre-
vious Montreal superstars Mau-
rice “Rocket” Richard, Henri
Richard and his childhood idol,
Jean Béliveau.
The parade of triumphs that
made up his heyday was, howev-
er, interrupted by an alleged plot
to kidnap him during the 1976
playoffs, a threat reported to
authorities by an informant in a
major bank robbery investiga-
tion in Montreal.
Mr. Lafleur was well protected
by security, but his play suffered
and — with the media and public
unaware of the situation — he
was subject to severe criticism.
Nevertheless, the Canadiens
plowed through the playoffs and
swept the two-time defending
Stanley Cup champions, the Phil-
adelphia Flyers, with Mr. Lafleur
scoring the Cup-clinching goal in
Game 4.
“If only people knew how
those events tortured Guy, they
would have been less unjust
toward him,” Mr. Lafleur’s wife,
Lise, told Montreal’s La Presse
after the plot became public. “It’s
unbelievable how Guy was affect-
ed by the threats, so much so that
he lost about a dozen pounds in
three weeks.”
The 1976 playoffs weren’t Mr.
Lafleur’s first encounter with
criticism from the demanding
Montreal fans and media.
His selection as the league’s
No. 1 draft choice in 1971 came
with high expectations, especial-
ly when the No. 2 pick, Marcel
Dionne, achieved stardom so
quickly with Detroit’s Red Wings.
The public disappointment was
loud and clear. It wasn’t until
1974 — when Mr. Lafleur ditched
his helmet and let his hair down
— that he began to play like a
superstar. It was the first of six
consecutive seasons in which he
produced at least 50 goals and
100 points (goals, plus assists).
He led the NHL with 60 goals in
1977-1978 and in points two other
Police said in those documents
that the man, identified as Ky Lee
Jamal Palmer, told them her feet
got tangled in the rope during an
argument and he tried to help
her. He said he left the room, and
his girlfriend was gone when he
returned.
A.D.C. Superior Court judge on
Friday ordered Palmer detained
and set a court date for May 5,
after a prosecutor called Palmer’s
statements “self-serving.” Palmer
was also charged with kidnap-
ping while armed as well as un-
lawful possession of a firearm
after police said they found an
assault-style rifle in the apart-
ment the couple shared.
The incident occurred shortly
after 7 p.m. Thursday at a high-
rise apartment building in the
4500 block of Connecticut Av-
enue NW, at Albemarle Street, in
the Van Ness neighborhood.
According to court documents,
police went into the couple’s
obituaries
FROM TOP: Guy Lafleur, left, during a 1983 game against the New Jersey Devils. Mr. Lafleur, center,
had six consecutive seasons of at least 50 goals, and led the NHL with 60 goals in 1977-1978.
times.
Montreal’s winning ways in
the 1970s were the cause of
frequent celebration, and Mr.
Lafleur partook of postgame
nightlife. In 1981, after staying
out with teammates until dawn,
he fell asleep at the wheel of his
Cadillac and nearly died in a
crash, losing part of his right
earlobe.
“I decided to slow down after
that,” he told United Press Inter-
national in 1985. “I realized that
my family was more important to
me than downtown nightlife. The
crowd doesn’t give a crap as long
as you bring the money in. When
trouble comes, it’s your family
that supports you.”
One of Mr. Lafleur’s most
memorable off-ice moments
came after winning the 1978
Stanley Cup. Long before it be-
came standard practice for each
of the winning players to get a
day of his own with the coveted
trophy, Mr. Lafleur smuggled it
from a photo shoot to his home-
town of Thurso, Quebec, to show
off to his friends.
“I said to Claude [the Cup’s
handler], ‘Give me your keys, I
need to put something in your
car,’ ” Mr. Lafleur told the Ottawa
Citizen in 2017. “He did, and I
sent my friend across the street to
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apartment and broke down a
locked bedroom door. They found
part of a rope, baby food that had
been left out, and cartoons play-
ing on the television, but neither
Palmer nor the couple’s 1-year-old
son was there.
Authorities issued an urgent
alert for the infant and published
a description of a silver Chevrolet
Impala and a photo of the boy on
the D.C. police Twitter account.
Police quickly canceled the
alert after Palmer returned to the
apartment building and told po-
lice he had driven the infant to a
relative’s house. Police confirmed
the infant was safe. Efforts to
reach the victim’s family were not
successful on Friday.
According to the documents
filed in court Friday, Palmer told
police he and his girlfriend had
been arguing and that the “situa-
tion became intense and physical
between them.”
Palmer told police he pushed
make a copy [of the car key]. I
told my friend, after the mingle
and after Claude brings the Cup
back to his trunk, you steal the
car.”
Guy-Joseph-Damien Lafleur,
the son of a welder, was born in
Thurso on Sept. 20, 1951. Mr.
Lafleur thrived in youth hockey
leagues before being invited to
Quebec City to play in the elite
junior levels at 14. As a prelude to
his NHL career, he led the Que-
bec Remparts to a Memorial Cup
victory 1971 in the Quebec Major
Junior Hockey League.
In 1973, he married Lise Bare.
They had two sons, Martin and
Mark. Mark Lafleur had several
run-ins with the law over the
years, including charges of as-
sault and breaking and entering,
which led to widespread media
coverage in Canada. In 2008, Mr.
Lafleur was charged with giving
contradicting testimony in a case
brought against his son. Mr. Laf-
leur was acquitted on appeal, but
he claimed that the charges had
damaged his reputation and re-
sulted in lost earnings. He sued
unsuccessfully for damages.
In addition to his wife and
sons, survivors include his moth-
er, four sisters and a granddaugh-
ter, according to a statement
from NHL Commissioner Gary
the woman to the floor, the court
documents state, and that her
ankles got entangled by the rope.
He told police he tried to untie
her but only made the rope tight-
er.
The man told police that he left
the bedroom to check on his son,
who was crying, and returned to
find her going out the window,
court documents say.
But police said the injured
woman told them the argument
had turned violent, and that
Palmer assaulted and choked her
and tied her hands and feet.
She told police that after Palm-
er left the room, she managed to
free her hands. A police arrest
affidavit filed in D.C. Superior
Court says she “got to the window
and jumped out. [She] stated that
she couldn’t take it anymore and
needed help.”
Razzan Nakhlawi contributed to this
report.
BILL KOSTROUN/ASSOCIATED PRESS
DOUG BALL/ASSOCIATED PRESS
Bettman.
Mr. Lafleur retired from the
Canadiens in 1985, at age 33, and
three years later was inducted
into the Hockey Hall of Fame. His
No. 10 is one of 15 uniform
numbers retired by the Cana-
diens.
Like fellow Hall of Famer
Gordie Howe before him, Mr.
Lafleur came out of retirement,
briefly playing for the New York
Rangers and later for the Quebec
Nordiques (a Canadiens rival). At
that point, Mr. Lafleur was one of
a few skaters who still played
without a helmet; the NHL’s 1979
helmet rule granted exemptions
to those who had played in the
league before the rule went into
effect.
In 2017, the NHL named Mr.
Lafleur one of the 100 greatest
players in hockey history. He was
also among the sport’s most pop-
ular players, yet he never sought
to be captain of his team. He
preferred, he said, having a sense
of freedom on the ice similar to
what he felt when flying helicop-
ters.
“When I was on the ice, I felt
like a free man,” Mr. Lafleur told
Sports Illustrated in 2000. “With
flying, it’s the same thing. When
I’m flying by myself on an after-
noon, I feel free.”
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IN MEMORIAM
ROGERS
STEPHEN CHILDS ROGERS
4/23/1941 - 3/31/2007
Happy Birthday, Steve-O, husband
extraordinaire. I'll always love you.
Hatz
DEATH NOTICE
BURTON
JAMES BURTON SR.
On April 4, 2022 of Washington, DC. Loving
father of seven. Also survived by many oth-
er relatives and friends. Visitation Saturday
April 23 from 9:30 a.m. until hour of service
11 a.m. at Park Road Community Church,
1019 Park Rd. NW.
www.johnsonandjenkinsfh.com
DEATH NOTICE
CALLANAN
MARY GRIER CALLANAN (Age 80)
Mary Grier Callanan of Kensington, MD,
passed away peacefully on January 27,
2022, after a long battle with kidney dis-
ease. Mary was born on May 25, 1941, in
Milwaukee, WI to the late Harry Grubb Grier
and the late Mary Ellen (McCarthy) Grier. At
a young age, her family moved to Wash-
ington, DC and later to Wheaton, MD. After
graduating from Wheaton High School in
1959, Mary began working in the insurance
industry but soon transitioned to working
for the federal government where she spent
most of her career. This included stints as
a clerk typist at the Defense Intelligence
Agency, the Press Secretary’s Office at the
White House under President Ford, the Of-
fice of Presidential Correspondence at the
White House under President Reagan, and
FESKE
CARL DAVID FESKE (Age 82)
Carl David Feske, 82, born in Indianapo-
lis IN, died March 26, 2022, in Washington
DC, where he had lived for 50 years. A man
with strong Catholic faith, David was loving,
HARKINS
MARTA EDEN HARKINS
Marta Harkins (née Edén) passed away on
Saturday, April 2, 2022 in McLean, Virginia
surrounded by her devout family, and amaz-
ing friends and caregivers from around the
community.
Marta was born in Åsele, a small city in
Northern Sweden. Marta’s late parents, her
father Elias and his wife Maria (née West-
man) brought her into their bourgeoning
family of one brother and five sisters, all
respectively of late; Olle Edén, Karin Olson,
Inga Arnevall, Greta Åkermark, Annastina
Berglund and Birgitta Nordfeldt. The house
of Edén consisted of their ownership of the
General Store in Åsele and their residence
above it. The building has undergone res-
toration and is now an official Swedish His-
toric Site.
Marta immigrated to New York at the age of
22 after completing university in Stockholm,
adventurously chasing her older sister Karin.
She was employed in positions at a Swedish
gift shop; at a manufacturer of forward mod-
ern design coffee pots; and, at B. Altman.
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ESTES
PAMELA LYNN LEWIS ESTES (Age 65)
Of Colonial Beach, VA and Naples, FL
passed away peacefully at home on Sat-
urday, March 26, 2022 following a nine
month battle with cancer. Pam was born
to Edward B. Lewis, Jr. and Sarah Williams
Lewis in Alexandria, Virginia and was a
1974 graduate of T. C. Williams High School.
She was employed for decades by Vepco/
Dominion Power and later the National
School Board Association; prior to her
retirement, she worked several years for
Marsha Murphy, CPA. Survivors include
her beloved husband of 48 years, Richard
Estes; dearest daughter, Krista Joy Estes
of Clearwater, Florida; a brother, Glenn
Edward Lewis of Alexandria; sister-in-law
Teresa Taylor Lewis; niece (and partner in
shenanigans) Lauren Taylor Lewis; loving
cousins and loyal friends. Interment of
ashes will take place in Alexandria and
will be private. In lieu of flowers, the family
suggests donations to St. Mary’s Episcopal
Church (with RECTOR’S DISCRETIONARY
FUND IN MEMO LINE), 203 Dennison Street,
Colonial Beach, VA 22443 or the Guada-
lupe Free Clinic, 5 Irving Avenue, Colonial
Beach, VA 22443.
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finally the Voice of America from where she
retired in 2007.
Mary was an exceptionally warm, kind, car-
ing, and selfless. She was deeply devoted to
her family and enjoyed 49 wonderful years
of marriage to her husband, William Samp-
son Callanan, who passed away in 2020.
Together they raised three loving children:
Ann Jervois Callanan, Kathleen Frances Cal-
lanan, and Christopher Grier Callanan. She
also devoted much of her free time volun-
teering for the Special Olympics of Maryland
by organizing and chaperoning many events
and with the ARC of Montgomery County
where she received an award as a Volunteer
of the Year in 2011. She also loved dogs and
owned several over her lifetime.
In addition to her parents and husband, she
is predeceased by her older brother, Pat-
rick. She is survived by her three children,
her daughter-in-law Kathryn Eileen Cape,
her granddaughter Lily Eileen Callanan, her
sister Ann Willard (husband Greg) of St. Lou-
is, MO; her sister-in-law, Gail O’Brien of Os-
terville, MA, and brother-in-law Fred Curran
(wife Sandy) of Middleburg, VA. Mary is also
survived by many friends and relatives, in-
cluding six nieces and six nephews.
A private burial was held at Holyhood Cem-
etery in Chestnut Hill, MA. A memorial ser-
vice will be held May 6, 2022 at 10:30 a.m. at
Holy Trinity Church, 3513 N St NW, Washing-
ton, DC 20007. In lieu of flowers, donations
in her memory can be made to the ARC of
Montgomery County. Please view and sign
the guestbook at:
www.PumphreyFuneralHome.com
sincere, and dedicated to everything he did
and everyone he knew. He leaves behind his
partner William West Hopper; brother Thom-
as Feske (Gail); niece Sarah Feske; nephews
Andrew (Mary Wade); and Michael Feske
(Lindsey); and great-nephews and a great-
niece.
He attended Cathedral High School in Indi-
anapolis, Notre Dame University, joined the
United States Navy, and served during the
Vietnam conflict. During his career as an
architect, urban planner, and profession-
al engineer, David planned, designed, and
oversaw infrastructure construction all over
the world, but loved few things more than
his own garden, futzing around his home, or
learning new computer programs.
Services will be held at the Shrine of the
Blessed Sacrament on Chevy Chase Circle
in Chevy Chase, DC on April 26, 2022. Visita-
tion at 10 a.m., followed by a Funeral Mass
at 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers donations to
either City Dogs & City Kitties https://www.
citydogsrescuedc.org/ or Maryknoll Sisters
https://www.maryknollsisters.org/
At the age of 30 in Greenwich Village, Marta
met and shortly thereafter married James
(Jim) P. Harkins. Their marriage was founded
on amazing zeal and strength over 56 years.
With Jim at her side Marta brought two chil-
dren into the world, first a daughter Marian
and secondly a son Paul, together raising
their family first in Croton and Peekskill,
New York and later in Arlington, Virginia.
Marta combined motherhood with being a
tax accountant for H&R Block, running for lo-
cal office, and starting and succeeding with
her own tax accountancy. Marta enjoyed a
lengthy tenure of volunteer work and was
recognized by the County of Arlington, Vir-
ginia naming her Woman of the Year. Marta
volunteered at the former Arlington Hospital
now Virginia Hospital Center. She was an
avid participant of Soroptimist Internation-
al of Arlington, Virginia; of the Presbyterian
Church; and headed the low vision support
group in her retirement community, Vinson
Hall.
Marta’s surviving family members include
her son Adrian and his wife Birgitta of
Stockholm, Sweden; her daughter Marian
of Reston, Virginia; her son-in-law Roger of
Reston, Virginia; her son Paul and his wife
Ania of Virginia Beach, Virginia; her daugh-
ter-in-law Susan of Hillsboro, Virginia; her
nine grandchildren – Anna, Malin, James
and his wife Haley, Jorden, Sarah, Joseph,
Grace, Genevieve and Josephine; her great
granddaughter Lycke; and great-grandsons
Trey and Mans Adrian.
A memorial service celebrating Marta’s life
will be held on Wednesday, May 4, 2022 at
2 p.m. in the Chapel at Vinson Hall in Mc-
Lean, Virginia. In lieu of flowers or other
offerings of remembrance, please consider
a donation to the Navy Marine Coast Guard
Residence Foundation (NMCRGRF) a 501(c)
(3) organization that supports the Vinson
Hall Retirement Community, which is a Life
Plan Community.
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DEATH NOTICE
HEYLER
DORAYNE HEYLER
Dorayne Grace Heyler, 74, of Adelphi, Mary-
land passed away on Saturday, April 9,
2022 at Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring,
MD from complications following surgery.
Dorayne was born in Lewes, Delaware on
March 17,1948 to Dorothy and Romayn
Heyler. Upon graduating with honors from
Claymont High School in Claymont, DE in
1966, she majored in English at the Uni-
versity of Delaware and taught under-priv-
ileged teens in the Boston area for the U.S.
Job Corps. She raised two children with her
first spouse, Mark Osborne, in Maryland,
where she later earned a degree in nursing
from Montgomery College and served as
a dedicated school nurse until retirement.
She was also an accomplished flutist, na-
ture enthusiast, and an active member of
the Holy Redeemer Metropolitan Commu-
nity Church.
Dorayne is survived by her wife Sandra
Baldwin, son Joshua (Marianne) Osborne
and daughter Tara (Mike) Ward, grandsons
Will and Arthur Ward, as well as two sib-
lings: sister Annette (Chris) Boprey and
brother Fred (Lynn) Heiler. She is also sur-
vived by three step-children: Emily, Mary-
Beth and John C. Burst. Dorayne was pre-
ceded in death by her first son, Aaron Seth,
who died in infancy.
A memorial service will be held on April
30 at 11 a.m. at the Joseph Gawler’s Sons
Funeral Home, 5130 Wisconsin Ave. NW,
Washington, DC. In lieu of flowers, friends
and relatives can donate blood to the
American Red Cross, while monetary do-
nations may be made to the Chesapeake
Bay Foundation. Chesapeake Bay Founda-
tion Donation.
DEATH NOTICE
JETT LOGAN
SARAH ANN ELIZABETH JETT LOGAN
“SALLY”
Loving wife of James Walter Logan, daugh-
ter of the late James Gordon Jett, Sr., and
Ann Muncaster Rice Jett, passed away
at 1:45 in the morning, April 20,2022, fol-
lowing a protracted illness. In addition to
her husband, James, she is survived by
her sister, Deborah Deitch; her brother, W.
Luther Jett; her cousin, Cherie Jett Worth;
and her uncle, M. Lee Rice; as well as her
nephew, her nieces, grand-nieces and a
grand-nephew, and many cousins. Her be-
loved younger brother, James, preceded
her in death, along with both parents.
Born June 10, 1955, at Suburban Hospital
in Bethesda, MD, Sally lived at the fam-
ily home in Darnestown for most of her
life. She moved to Revitz House, in Rock-
ville MD., in 2013, where she spent what
proved to be her last decade. Sally was
a graduate of Gaithersburg High School,
and later earned her B.A. in Sociology at
Hood College, Frederick, MD. She worked
as an instructional para-educator at sev-
eral Montgomery County Public Schools,
including Sherwood H.S., Woodlin Ele-
mentary School, Fox Chapel Elementary
School, and Maryvale Elementary School
before chronic illnesses forced her early
retirement. Sally was a gifted artist and
poet, who chose to share her work with
family members. She had the most precise
handwriting with which she wrote out her
poems and philosophical ideas. She was
deeply empathic, with a profound love
for nature and for all living creatures. She
maintained that devotion despite the many
challenges she faced.
Those who wish to honor Sally’s memory
may do so by making a donation in her
name to the Montgomery County Humane
Society, 601 S Stonestreet Ave., Rockville,
MD 20850. Memorial plans have not been
finalized at this time and will be announced
at a later date.
DEATH NOTICE
JONES
STEPHEN ROWE JONES
After a long, well-fought battle with multi-
ple health issues, Stephen died peacefully
at home April 19, 2022 at age 71.
Stephen grew up in Darien, Connecticut
and graduated from Darien High School.
After receiving his B.A. in English and Gov-
ernment at Franklin and Marshall College,
he earned a Master’s degree in Interna-
tional Studies from American University
and a JD from AU’s Washington College of
Law. He served over 30 years as an attor-
ney at the U.S. Department of Labor in the
divisions of Employment and Training and
Occupational Safety and Health.
Stephen was an avid reader of history and
literature, a dedicated runner and tennis
player, a passionate birder and he loved to
travel. He completed multiple marathons
starting at age 47, including five Boston
marathons. He shared his knowledge of
birds as a volunteer bird walk leader for
the Audubon Naturalist Society where he
was also a Water Quality Monitor. He loved
spending time with family and adored his
two young grandsons. He had an encyclo-
pedic knowledge of a wide range of sub-
jects, had a very dry sense of humor, and
was a wonderful storyteller.
Stephen is survived by his wife of 40 years,
Elizabeth Blair Jones of Bethesda, daugh-
ters Eliza Jones (Patrick Rafeedie) of Silver
Spring and Katherine Jones (Brian Greeley)
of Vancouver, and grandsons Aiden and
Finn of Silver Spring. He is also survived by
his mother, Evelyn Rowe Jones of Spring-
field, VA, his brothers Edwin H. Jones, III of
Southbury, CT and Bruce Jones of Bowdoin,
ME, and his sister Sherrill Edwards of Vien-
na, VA. He was preceded in death by his
father Edwin H. Jones, Jr.
Plans are being made for a private memo-
rial service. In lieu of flowers, donations in
Stephen’s memory may be made to The
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
(birds.cornell.edu/home/give) or the Audu-
bon Naturalist Society
(ANShome.org/donate).
TINSLEY
DEATH NOTICE
JEWELL
EILEEN MARIE JEWELL
Of Accokeek, MD, passed away on April
18, 2022 at the age of 89. Eileen was born
in Pine City, MN and married her husband
of 63 years, Charles (Al) Jewell on May 3,
1958. They moved to Accokeek, MD, and
raised four sons. Eileen loved her family
deeply, and served them and her com-
munity unselfishly: She volunteered with
Meals on Wheels, the local Boys Club, and
the Potomac Palaver. She was an enthusi-
astic fan of her sons’ and grandchildren’s
sports teams. She was quick with a smile,
loved puzzles and games, and enjoyed
traveling with Al, her sister and other
family and friends. She and Al hosted the
community Christmas party in their home
for nearly 50 years. She is already missed.
Eileen is survived by her husband Al; chil-
dren Steve (Shar), Tom, Mark (Beth), and
Bruce (Sue); many grandchildren and great
grandchildren; and sister Ceil Sundean. A
viewing will be held at Raymond Funeral
Home in La Plata, MD on Thursday, April 28,
2022, from 5 to 8 p.m. A Mass of Christian
Burial will be held at St. Mary’s Catholic
Church in Piscataway, MD on Friday, April
29, 2022, at 11 a.m. Visitation, Mass and
Funeral details can be found at:
www.raymondfuneralservice.com
DEATH NOTICE
BUCKLEY
JOHN GOODCHILD BUCKLEY
JANUARY 14, 1938 – APRIL 14, 2022
John Goodchild Buckley, beloved son of the
late John Magruder Buckley and Frances
Goodchild Buckley and nephew of Louise
Goodchild Higgins, passed away on April 14,
2022, in Washington, DC. He was 84 years
old.
John was a sixth generation, lifelong resi-
dent of Georgetown in Washington, DC. He
graduated from Archbishop Carroll High
School in 1955 and then attended Ameri-
can University in Washington, DC. Following
a long lineage of military men, John joined
the United States Air Force after college
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and held the rank of Captain. An only child,
John spent many holidays and birthdays
in Bethesda, Maryland with his uncle and
aunt, Lester and Elizabeth Buckley, and
their daughters, Mary and Kay. After both of
John’s parents died, he remained close with
his Aunt Liz and his extended Buckley family.
John was well-known for his unlimited sup-
ply of colorful stories. No one seemed to
enjoy jury duty, and telling stories about jury
duty, more than John did. He often talked
of his love of the oceans and time he spent
with friends on both coasts, either in San
Francisco, California or Atlantic City, New
Jersey. He would reminisce about antics
during his time as an Air Force officer. But
his best stories were about his cherished
home of Washington, DC. and the city’s his-
tory and culture he experienced throughout
his life. When the Washington Nationals
came to town in 2005, he enthusiastically
adopted the city’s new ballclub and would
enjoy many games each season buying
same-day tickets in the cheap seats. At
holidays he always kept the family updated
with the latest movie that was being filmed
in D.C., or the newest stores that were
opening after the old ones closed. You could
always count on John to keep you informed
on all the comings and goings of the city he
traversed each day.
John is survived by his loving cousins, Gaby
Richeimer, Kristin Richeimer-Timoteo, Kath-
leen Kovacs and Patricia McCormack. There
will be a celebration of life in remembrance
of John planned in the coming months.
organizations and charities he supported.
He remained a constant supporter of Car-
penter’s Shelter, Christ Church, St Stephens
and St Agnes school, the Chesapeake Bay
Foundation, Affordable Housing and the list
goes on. He did not hesitate to ask friends
and colleagues for their time and donations.

HODGES RONALD E. TINSLEY

JUNE 10, 1946 - APRIL 18, 2022
After the Marine Corps, he worked install-
ing fire suppression systems. He and Betsy
retired to Hampstead NC to be near friends
Ruby and Enoch Asbell and family. In retire-
ment he made many new friends especial-
ly Dan and Carole Liggotti, Joe Atkins, Kay
Stanley. Elmer and Betsy lived in Hampstead
for 25 years. In 2019 they moved to Port Or-
ange, FL.
Elmer always kept busy. An avid sports en-
IN MEMORIAM
BIGELOW
thusiast, he loved his Maryland Terrapins
having served as President of the basketball
booster club, the Fastbreakers. He was also
a Mason and an election Judge. As a vol-
unteer at the Topsail Senior Center for 15
years he could always be counted on. In
2012, Elmer was the Volunteer of the Year
for Pender, County, NC. He was a found-
ing member of the Marine Corps League,
Detachment 1321 in Hampstead, NC. A
MCMULLEN
He was a retired partner of McGuire Woods,
formerly Boothe, Pritchard and Dudley. He
attended St Stephen’s school from grade
Officers and members of Local school through graduation. He graduated
from Brown University and Virginia Law
26 IBEW are hereby notified of
the death of Retired Brother School and received an MBA from George
Washington. He loved tennis, golf, fishing,
Ronald E. Tinsley, our condo-
lences are extended to his boating, the bay and the LeeSar. He loved
animals, music, played in “bands” through-
family and friends.
out his life, was a great guitar player and a
good banjo player. He was a gentleman. He
loved adverbs and writing well, new expe-
riences and travel. Most of all he loved his
CARSON LEE FIFER JR. friends and family. Please give to your favor-
On April 21, 2022. A lifelong resident of Alex- ite cause or charity remembering this gifted
andria. He believed strongly that if you lived and generous man.
in a community, you should give back to that A service in his memory will be held in Old
community, making it better for all. He had Town at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, May 3, 2022 at
an unusual ability to bring people together, Christ Church, 118 N. Washington Street, Al-
socially, professionally and for the many exandria, VA.

ELMER EDWIN HODGES

USMC 1ST SGT. (RET.)
Elmer was an amazing man! He passed
away on April 8, 2022, after a three year bat-
tle with Parkinson’s Disease surrounded by
his loving wife Betsy and family. It was their
43rd wedding anniversary.
Elmer was born in Washington, DC to Thel-
ma S. Booth and Elmer A. Hodges on June
20, 1932. At the age of 17 Elmer enlisted
in the United States Marine Corps. He was
stationed across the US, Okinawa, Japan and
had a tour in Vietnam where he managed a
unit of Scout and Sentry dogs. Elmer was
awarded a Purple Heart and Bronze Star,
something he rarely discussed. Upon re-
turning from Vietnam, he retired from the
USMC. His final assignment was in Quanti-
co, VA. At 37 years old Elmer had served his
Country for 20 years. His love of his Country
member of Blake’s Chapel Advent Christian
Church, he was a Trustee and initiated the
scholarship program.
Elmer is survived by his wife Betsy (Betty
Lou); stepchildren Vicky Lochridge (de-
ceased), Tammy Prosise (Ken) and Robert
Wheeler (Dana); grandchildren Danielle,
Robert (Amy) and Dana, and great-grand-
daughter Zoe.
He is also survived by daughters, Caren
Lee (Donald) Christopher and Sylvia Hester,
granddaughters Rebekah, Elizabeth (Daniel),
Rachel (Kevin), Courtney (Joel), great-grand-
children, Landon, Chase, Stella, Shelby and
Adelaide. He has one brother, Frank Bert
(Janice) Hodges, half siblings, Patty Lou,
Roxy and Bobby (deceased).
Please join the family to celebrate Elmer’s
life on Saturday April 30, 2022 at 3 p.m. at
Blake’ Chapel Advent Christian Church in
Hampstead, NC.
VEDA MARIE MCMULLEN (Age 94) GEIER
Veda McMullen received her wings for
eternity on April 12, 2022. Her husband Country Day School, received his bachelor’s
and all in-laws and siblings preceded her degree from Lewis & Clark College, and an
in death. She is survived by one son Clif- MBA from George Washington University. He
ton(Lelia) and two grandsons Sean and worked for 30 years as a financial advisor at
Chase, with a multitude of nieces, neph- Morgan Stanley (formerly Legg Mason).
ews church family and friends to mourn
her passing. Services will be on April 26, He was a dedicated member of the commu-
2022 at Israel Bapitst Church 1251 Sara- nity who served on boards for organizations
toga Avenue NE, Washington DC 20018 including Community Bridges, Washington
Viewing 10 a.m. Services 11 a.m. because Episcopal School, Georgetown Visitation Pre-
of Covid-19 mask are required. There will paratory School, and Glen Echo Park. Known
MICHAEL GARRETT BIGELOW
be no repass because of Covid-19. for his infectious laugh that could be heard
APRIL 23, 1981 ~ MARCH 12, 2002 from miles away, Ted brought light and joy
We miss you more than words can say into any room he walked into. He loved golf,
and love you more each passing day. hiking, travel, bridge, walking, and most of all
Happy Heavenly Birthday Mikey!
Until we meet again. TAUBER he loved his family. He will be truly missed.

Semper Fi Love, The Smith and Bigelow Families. Friends and family are invited to gather to
never wavered. remember and celebrate his life on Thursday,
April 28, 2022 at 10:30 a.m. at Holy Trinity

GARCES
Church (1315 36th Street, NW) followed im-
EDWARD S. GEIER (Age 65)
WYNNYCZOK Ted transitioned into eternal rest on Tues-
day, April 19, 2022. He is survived by his
mediately by a reception at Columbia Coun-
try Club. In lieu of flowers please consider a
donation in Ted’s name to Community Bridg-
wife, Elisa, his daughters, Gabriele Wright es in Silver Spring, MD (https://community-
(Dave), Caroline Masur (Jack), and Julia Geier bridges-md.org/)
(Brendan). He is the cherished grandfather
of Lydia Wright and Annie Masur. He is also
survived by his devoted siblings Philip Geier
III (Amy), Richard Geier (Sara), and Susanne
Peters (Pete). Ted was born on October 18,
1956 in Cincinnati, Ohio to Philip Geier, Jr.
and Susanne Geier. He attended Cincinnati

BILLIE JEAN TAUBER MARSH

Billie Jean Tauber was born on February 25,
1967 and passed away on April 18, 2022. ment of Justice. She had three children,
Billie Jean is preceded in death by her a daughter and identical twin sons. Later,
parents Henry Clay Meador, Jr. and Iris Jea- Mary began a new career with the National
nette Meador, her sisters Betty Jo Meador
VENETIA GARCES and Jackie Irene Parks, and her son William
Symphony Orchestra, where she worked for
DON BOHDAN WYNNYCZOK Happy birthday to the most magnificent more than 30 years.
Thomas Meador. She is survived by her
Don Bohdan Wynnyczok was born in Terebowlia, Ukraine on January 2, 1941 and passed women ever to have lived. Mom, we know husband Thomas, her children Micheal,
that you’re lovingly watching over all of us Mary loved classical music and spent many
away December 7, 2020 of natural causes. A Ukrainian Catholic Mass and panakhyda were Amanda, Helen, Joe, and Ben with their re- happy years at the National Symphony, first
delivered December 18, 2020 to recognize his faith. Burial-inurnment will be at Arlington now. spective spouses, her grandchildren Liam working for the NSO’s Women’s Committee
National Cemetery on April 26, 2022 at 11 a.m. and Luna, her brothers Paul, Jimmy, Clay and then as an Executive Assistant to sev-
and Bobby and countless others. In the
Don was a US Navy Officer; Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Intelligence Officer—paramilitary
and operations; lobbyist for Ukraine; Security Director for the US Senate Intelligence LARK care of Murphy Funeral Homes, services
will be held on April 30, 2022. To view the
eral NSO directors. Smart, beautiful, char-
ismatic, and possessing a great sense of
humor, she was much loved by the Sympho-
Committee (SSCI); businessman; Office Director in Kyiv, Ukraine for the International Executive full obituary, please visit www.murphyfu- ny’s staff, Board of Directors, and orches-
Service Corps (IESC); and US Department of State Security Officer. A gifted historian and neralhomes.com. tra members. When Mary retired from the
political scientist, his avocations and hobbies were current events, fine food and wine (a NSO, then Washington, DC mayor Anthony
Chaîne des Rôtisseurs member and sommelier), creative cooking, adventure, travel (over 90 Williams honored her service by proclaim-
countries), home design, hunting, ballroom dancing, philately, numismatics, and chess. He ing September 28, 2000 as “Mary P. Marsh
was a most loving, beloved, and devoted husband to Martha-Jean (MJ) for over 44 years, Day” in the District of Columbia, and the
son, brother, nephew, cousin, and uncle, and the life of any gathering of friends and family. NSO Board made her an honorary lifetime
An extrovert with a genuine sense for people, his friendship and smile were infectious. DEATH NOTICES member.
Don escaped the Soviets with family at age two, traveling ever west from Ukraine to
MONDAY- FRIDAY 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. MARY P. MARSH
SATURDAY-SUNDAY 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Mary P. Marsh died peacefully at her home Mary’s husband, and son Darrell prede-
Germany’s US sector, and arrived in the US at age nine in 1949. Spending the war years fleeing in Fairfax, Virginia on April 19, 2022 after ceased her, as did her twin sister Marge, her
Eastern Europe, Don remembered trekking west through Slovakia, Hungary, and Austria in a To place a notice, call: several years of declining health due to Par- sister Helen, and her brothers Howard and
European horse-drawn “wagon train.” They continued by foot when Nazis took their horses, 202-334-4122 kinson’s disease. Bob. She is survived by her daughter Sharon
surviving only on cherries, then corn, then cheese, and living in a work camp in Rosenheim, 800-627-1150 ext 4-4122 (Kaid Benfield), son Terrell (Sara), Darrell’s
Germany, near Munich. After US Forces arrived, he remembered his chore churning cream FAX: Mary was born in Grass Creek, Indiana to wife Holly, and four grandchildren, Natalie,
to butter, his first orange, his exciting box of Crayola crayons, and playing with his shiny 202-334-7188 Frank and Hazel Pownell. After graduating Rachel, Alexa, and Steven. She is also sur-
new cycle wheel. Distant relatives sponsored the family’s arrival to America and Cohoes, EMAIL: from Fulton High School as class valedictori- vived by several nieces and nephews and
NY. Saints Peter and Paul and La Salle Institute provided English language and academic deathnotices@washpost.com an, she was hired by the FBI in Washington, many friends.
foundations. In Phoenix, Arizona, Don graduated St. Mary's High (1959) and Arizona State DC, where she worked for the late assistant
University (1964) earning his degree in history and English literature and pledging Delta Sigma Email and faxes MUST include
name, home address & home phone # FBI Director Louis B. Nichols, who was a top A celebration of Mary’s life will be held at a
Phi. aide to the late FBI Director, J. Edgar Hoover. later date. The family asks those who are
of the responsible billing party.
PATRICIA M. LARK “Poppy” Fax & email deadline - 3 p.m. daily interested to consider a donation in Mary’s
Summer 1964 he joined the US Navy; was commissioned an Ensign and rose to First Phone-In deadline Mary retired from the FBI soon after her memory to the National Symphony Orches-
Lieutenant. A proud, grateful American, he volunteered for Vietnam at war height to defend Our dear irreplaceable Poppy, it’s been
three years since you were present when 4 p.m. M-F marriage to John E. Marsh Jr., who at that tra, the Metropolitan Opera, or the Michael
his US homeland. He eagerly attended flight school and was assigned to the USS Whitfield 3 p.m. Sa-Su time was an attorney at the U.S. Depart- J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research.
County, LST 1169, supporting the 9th Infantry Division (little green boats) and SEALs in the we celebrated your 79th birthday. Then,
Mekong Delta and Marines at the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). On ship-watch in Danang Harbor, you left us far too soon and won’t be phys- CURRENT 2018 RATES:
he experienced the Tet '68 offensive. He was awarded two Bronze Stars, the National Defense ically present to celebrate your 82d. But ( PER DAY)
Service Medal, and the Vietnam Campaign Medal. we’ll always continue to celebrate you.

A civilian in late 1968, CIA recruited him to redeploy to Vietnam for three eventful years. He
We remember your very many lovable
qualities. Your external beauty, with its
radiant smile that always charmed us, re-
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quickly developed a love for Vietnam, its food, and local people, boasting of being Godfather 1" - $150 (text only)
to the Buddhist baby of his Vietnamese counterpart. At CIA Don met MJ on the “Ides of flected your inner beauty. You were witty 2" - $340 (text only)
and wise, a first-class punster, a legal bea- making dear friends through gardening,
March” 1975 and 15 months later married (1976) immediately upon her return from Europe. 3" - $490 embroidery, bridge, walking, and book club
gle, an adventurous traveler, a whip-smart 4" - $535
crossword puzzler, a compassionate Peace activities. She often appeared at a neigh-
Other open doors (1979) led him to be Director/Ukrainian National Information Service (UNIS), 5" - $678 bor’s door, with her famous cinnamon rolls
Washington DC, lobbying for America's Ukrainian diaspora with the US Congress, the White Corps volunteer, and -- always -- a kind and ------
caring friend. SUNDAY or other treat in hand. She arranged and
House, and US Department of State. He facilitated the meeting of Ukrainian dissident Valentyn hosted countless community events and
Moroz with President Carter’s National Intelligence Advisor Brzezinski at the White House. We’ve lost your physical presence but, Black & White
even as we mourn, we’ll never lose our 1"- $179 (text only) get-togethers with friends. Always an ani-
memories or love for you, our “Unforget- 2" - $376(text only) mal lover, Bette Mae joyfully fed birds from
With Senator Goldwater as Chairman/Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) Don 3" - $543 her deck and greeted all dogs who passed
landed the Security Director position. The Republican’s Senate loss and dissolution of the table Poppy” (as a Post headline correctly
forecast), our Popsy, our Poopsie. 4" - $572 her way. She shared her special love of hors-
Soviet empire presented unique opportunity to leverage his ethnic and cultural background, 5" - $738 es with her grandchildren, frequently taking
native language skill, and lifelong regional history study. He consulted business entities on them to the Colonial Williamsburg grazing
potential commerce in Ukraine, finally independent of Soviet domination. Stephie; Rob and Kim; Mimi, Craig, Lynn 6"+ for ALL Black & White notices
and Jen; Joey and Rennie; and Lustie areas to “say hello”, and teach them how
$150 each additional inch wkday to feed the horses carrots and gently stroke
In 1991 his expert ground truth of Ukraine attracted IESC leadership to recruit him to open its (joined by Johann, Albert, Michael, Clemen- $179 each additional inch Sunday
tine, Otto, and Poop-sie) their noses. She proudly supported Art in
first office in Ukraine's capital, Kyiv. He hired and inspired a local staff, identified industries -------------------- his activities as an honored D-Day/Omaha
with potential for world markets, and teamed US business leaders to coach Ukrainian MONDAY-SATURDAY Beach veteran and Purple Heart recipient.
industrialists. He was able to reconnect with his Ukrainian family and roots and became Color
3" - $628 With a retiree’s mindset, Bette Mae and
Godfather once again, then for the baby of a prominent business executive. In 2016 he and MJ
returned to visit family and thank his 94-year-old Uncle Franjo Sawchuk for taking the family DEATH NOTICE 4" - $676
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Art traveled the world by car, air, and cruise
ship, and spent many relaxing weeks in Surf-
by wagon to the Ukraine-Czechoslovak border to begin the trek west that, as Don said, gave ------ side Beach, South Carolina. As Art’s health
him the life he cherished in America.

A highlight of Don and MJ’s years together was the three they lived in Mexico City, Mexico, in
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the late 1990’s. Together they explored that country’s regional culture, food, customs, history, 4" - $760
and social dynamics to a level that amazed their Mexican friends. 5" - $926
On return Don joined US Department of State/Diplomatic Security with responsibility for 6"+ for ALL color notices
physical security of US diplomatic facilities in Latin America, the Middle East, and Asia. He $249 each additional inch wkday
retired from State Department spring 2009. $277 each additional inch Sunday
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Survivors are Don’s wife MJ; and cousins Zenon and Andre Lebed in Toronto, Canada; (All photos add 2" to your notice.)
extended Wynnyczok and Sawchuk family in Ukraine; sister; sister-in-law, brother-in-law, and
three nephews; and families related to each. Aunt Philia Lebed is now deceased. Home was ALL NOTICES MUST BE PREPAID
Washington, DC and Northern Virginia, and since 2019 Williamsburg, Virginia.
MEMORIAL PLAQUES:
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Additional plaques start at $26 each
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BETTE MAE SCHINTZEL
On April 13, 2022, Bette Mae Schintzel,
age 91, beloved wife of the late Arthur
“Art” Schintzel; loving mother of Katherine
Greenlaw (Steven), Sarah Evans, Arthur Jr.,
and John (deceased); doting grandmother of
Eric, Mark, and Scott Greenlaw and Sophia
Schintzel.
Bette Mae grew up in Coral Gables, Florida,
as the only living daughter of John L. and
Mae S. Woods. Demonstrating her lifelong
independent spirit, she attended Queens
College in North Carolina and graduated
from Miami University of Ohio with a dou-
ble major in English and history. From Ohio,
she established new roots in Washington,
DC, where she met and married Art. They
moved together to the Northern Virginia
suburbs, raised their four children, and filled
their lives with enduring friends, fellowship,
and community. As the children approached
declined, Bette Mae lovingly cared for him
until his death in 2013.
Most important to Bette Mae were family,
faith, and friendship. “If God takes you to
it, He’ll see you through it”, she often said.
There were never enough family photos to
place into albums for easy reach and on
tables and walls for all to see. On her kitch-
en counter rests a needle-worked plaque,
“Friends are like angels. You don’t have to
see them to know they are there.”
We will miss her.
A visitation will be held Friday, April 29, 2022
from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Nelsen Funeral
Home, 3785 Strawberry Plains Rd., Williams-
burg, where the service will occur Saturday,
April 30, 2022 at 11 a.m. Bette Mae will be
buried at Arlington National Cemetery with
her beloved Art at a later date. In lieu of
flowers, donations may be sent to the Wil-
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New Va. attorney general drops appeal in case against Park Police officers
GHAISAR FROM B1 Amaya and Vinyard were on man said Ghaisar never looked Ghaisar was shot four times in
administrative duties until their back at him and drove off. His the head and died 10 days later.
against the officers. In 2020, Fair- arrest in 2020, and on paid ad- passenger called 911 to report a The FBI investigation ended
fax Commonwealth’s Attorney ministrative leave since. The Park hit-and-run, police records show. when the Justice Department an-
Steve Descano (D) obtained invol- Police declined to provide an up- Vinyard and Amaya have not nounced in November 2019 there
untary manslaughter indict- date on their status Friday. Their spoken publicly about the events would be no federal charges, say-
ments against both officers, and attorneys said they wanted to of that night. But through their ing, “the Department is unable to
enlisted the help of Virginia At- withhold comment pending a rul- lawyers they have said that they disprove a claim of self-defense or
torney General Mark Herring (D) ing by the appeals court on the spotted Ghaisar’s Grand Chero- defense of others by the officers.”
to prosecute the case in federal attorney general’s motion. kee, pulled alongside him on Prosecutors would have to prove
court, where the officers were “By overriding the decision of Washington Street and yelled at that the officers “willfully” acted
entitled to have the case heard. the grand jury, AG Miyares has him to pull over. Ghaisar did not. with “a bad purpose to disregard
Last year, Senior U.S. District substituted his own political cal- Instead, he drove further south the law,” the Justice Department
Judge Claude Hilton ruled that culations for the judgment of the onto the parkway in Fairfax said.
Vinyard and Amaya had acted citizens of Fairfax County who County. Descano empaneled a special
reasonably in killing Ghaisar, and heard the evidence and decided Vinyard turned on his lights grand jury in the summer of
ordered the manslaughter charg- to indict these two officers for and siren as Amaya updated the 2020, and in October obtained
es dismissed. Herring and Desca- killing Bijan Ghaisar,” said Thom- Park Police and Fairfax police indictments charging Vinyard
no appealed. as G. Connolly, a lawyer for the dispatchers. Fairfax Lt. Dan Gohn and Amaya with involuntary
FAIRFAX COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE
But then Herring lost his re- Ghaisars. “It is a tragedy that in was in the area and joined the manslaughter and reckless use of
election bid in November and was this Commonwealth, justice is U.S. Park Police Officers Alejandro Amaya, left, and Lucas pursuit with his in-car camera a firearm. The two officers were
replaced by Miyares. In January, decided not by the evidence but Vinyard, after surrendering in Fairfax County in October 2020. recording. briefly booked into the Fairfax jail
an attorney on Herring’s staff by the political whims of a novice Gohn’s video shows that and released on bond.
filed a brief in the U.S. Court of AG.” but Descano said Justice Depart- resolved to begin an internal af- Ghaisar stopped in the right lane Soon, the officers moved to
Appeals for the 4th Circuit, argu- “I’m just heartbroken for the ment officials wanted to wait and fairs case. of the parkway, then drove off as have the case heard in federal
ing that the case should be rein- family,” Descano said. “If you see what happened with the state Ghaisar was an accountant Amaya ran at Ghaisar’s Jeep with court, a motion that Hilton grant-
stated. When Miyares took office, think about what they have gone prosecution, which was then who was born and raised in his gun drawn. Several minutes ed. The officers argued that the
Fairfax prosecutors and the through, and to have the attorney pending before Hilton. Northern Virginia, graduated later, Ghaisar pulled off the park- “supremacy clause” of the U.S.
Ghaisar family said his attorneys general, for purely political rea- A civil suit filed by the Ghaisars from Langley High School and way onto a grassy area, then sped Constitution, which says that
declined to speak with them. Mi- sons, to not allow the case to get against the Park Police remains Virginia Commonwealth Univer- off again as Amaya approached states must defer to federal law,
yares filed a motion to dismiss the to the 4th Circuit and get a ruling, pending. It was on the verge of sity, and worked for his father’s him. granted them immunity. Legal
appeal and end the case Friday is shameful.” Descano, who has trial in the fall of 2020 when firm in McLean. He was driving Ghaisar stopped again at the precedent says that if federal offi-
afternoon. battled with Miyares over Fairfax Descano obtained the criminal south on the George Washington intersection of Alexandria Av- cers are acting in their official
In a statement, Miyares said County’s handling of criminal indictments. Hilton then put the Parkway near Alexandria, appar- enue and Fort Hunt Road. Vin- capacity, and do only what is
that he and his team reviewed the cases since the new attorney gen- case on hold. ently smoking marijuana, accord- yard stopped his vehicle perpen- “necessary and proper,” they are
evidence and “we agree with the eral took office, added, “For a guy An internal investigation of ing to court records, when he dicular to Ghaisar’s Jeep, and shielded from state prosecution.
results of the extensive review who screams about victims, to Vinyard and Amaya might now suddenly stopped in front of a Amaya emerged from the passen- An evidentiary hearing was set
conducted by the Department of not even be able to do that? How begin, which could lead to disci- Toyota Corolla being driven as an ger side with his gun out. As for August 2021 on whether the
Justice, and the analysis of the is that taking care of victims? I plinary action or firing. The Park Uber by Atif Rehman. The two Ghaisar started to roll forward, officers’ actions were necessary
United States District Court. In don’t know.” Police have said they were wait- vehicles collided, and Rehman’s Amaya started shooting. Vinyard and proper. But the Virginia At-
light of all the circumstances of Although the state prosecution ing until the criminal case was Corolla was damaged, but Reh- ran from behind the Park Police torney General’s Office instead
the life-or-death situation con- is over, Descano said he held out car and also began shooting. chose not to present evidence,
fronting them, Officers Amaya hope that the Justice Department After the first set of shots, saying there was no dispute about
and Vinyard acted reasonably in under the Biden administration, Amaya moved to the front of the the facts. Hilton then ruled in
their use of force, and did no more and Attorney General Merrick “By overriding the decision of the grand jury, AG Jeep. It lurched forward two October that the officers had act-
than was necessary and proper to Garland, would reconsider the more times, and Vinyard shot ed properly. Virginia appealed,
perform their lawful duties as department’s 2019 ruling and Miyares has substituted his own political both times. According to Vin- but Miyares withdrew that ap-
federal officers. I have therefore launch a federal case against the yard’s lawyers, he feared for Ama- peal Friday.
decided to ask the Fourth Circuit officers. Last May, Descano and calculations for the judgment of the citizens of ya’s life and his shots were justifi- Miyares’s statement added:
to dismiss the Commonwealth’s Herring asked Garland to revisit able. Amaya’s lawyers said he, too, “The events of November 17, 2017,
appeal. I will not perpetuate the the case and permit FBI agents to Fairfax County who heard the evidence and feared for his life, though the were undoubtedly tragic. I am
continued prosecution of two of- cooperate with the prosecution, video seems to show Ghaisar’s saddened by what happened and
ficers who were doing what they which had been barred by the decided to indict these two officers . . . .” Jeep rolling away from the offi- the pain it has caused. But perse-
were trained to do under tremen- previous administration. Herring Thomas G. Connolly, lawyer for the Ghaisar family cers in an attempt to maneuver cuting the police was the wrong
dously difficult circumstances.” did allow the FBI to participate, around the Park Police vehicle. response.”

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Casting of Julia Roberts isn’t
enough to ignite ‘Gaslit’
Miniseries set during the Watergate scandal fails in its attempt to tell human stories of the players
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Nixon administration, from which her husband was eventually fired. Even after scandal broke
out, John Mitchell stayed loyal to the president, but Martha saw no reason for that. She was
Watergate’s Cassandra, and duly paid the price. ¶ And then she was mostly forgotten. The hit
podcast “Slow Burn,” which retraced the conspiracy and coverup that led to Nixon’s
resignation, revived her story for Trump-era listeners and now serves as the inspiration for
Starz’s new miniseries “Gaslit,” starring Julia Roberts as Martha.
‘The Man Who Fell to Earth’ takes grounded approach to casting
BY H ELENA A NDREWS- D YER
Pretend you’re an alien. You’ve
just blasted to Earth on a mission
to save a dying planet. You’re na-
ked, completely alone, and the
folks back home are counting on
you. Who in this whole wide world
would you ask for help?
The creators of Showtime’s new
series “The Man Who Fell to
Earth,” which premieres Sunday,
have an unequivocal answer: a
Black woman.
“I would not ask an apex preda-
tor. I would ask a woman of color
because she would have a pair of
binoculars that nobody else has,”
said Jenny Lumet, a co-creator
along with veteran wri-
ter-producer Alex Kurtzman of
the upcoming science fiction
show based on the 1963 Walter
Tevis novel of the same name.
Someone who has “nothing to
worry about,” as Lumet put it, has
less information about the actual
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BY
n the years before her death in 1976, just four years after the Watergate break-in, Martha
Mitchell was more famous than Henry Kissinger. The spouses of attorneys general, then
and now, tend to shrink from the cameras rather than run toward them. But the
Arkansas native, nicknamed “the Mouth of the South,” wouldn’t have it any other way.
She made the talk-show rounds, sometimes publicly disagreeing with the Richard
SEE TV REVIEW ON C2
Julia Roberts stars as Martha Mitchell, wife of Richard Nixon’s attorney general, in Starz’s “Gaslit.”
state of the world.
“And I am happy to duke it out
about this argument,” added Lu-
met, whose grandmother was the
groundbreaking actress Lena
Horne. “Women of color are one of
the most vulnerable populations
on the planet, and that vulnerable
populace has the clearest under-
standing of what the world actual-
ly looks like.”
The classic 1976 film adapta-
tion of “The Man Who Fell to
Earth” starred David Bowie, the
original Ziggy Stardust himself.
Shifting the focus to a Black wom-
an didn’t seem risky. It made
sense for both Lumet and Kurtz-
man.
So when Lumet and Kurtzman,
who launched a production com-
pany together last year, got the
opportunity to continue the trip-
py tale of an alien in search of
some human kindness, the pair
AIMEE SPINKS/SHOWTIME knew from jump that they would
Naomie Harris and Chiwetel Ejiofor in a scene from Showtime’s “The Man Who Fell to Earth.” SEE EARTH ON C3
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Q&A
‘Oh, my
God, I’m
banned!
Wow!’
BY C AITLIN G IBSON
The inspiration for the popu-
lar children’s picture book “Ev-
erywhere Babies” came to author
Susan Meyers more than 25 years
ago, after the birth of her first
grandchild. It was around
Christmas, she recalls, and she
kept seeing Nativity scenes ev-
erywhere — baby Jesus em-
braced by his doting mother,
surrounded by kindly visitors.
Meyers, deeply smitten with her
5-month-old grandson, was
struck by the everyday, extraor-
dinary miracle of babies in their
earliest months of life, how their
development touches the lives of
everyone around them. So she
decided to write about it.
Since its publication in 2001,
“Everywhere Babies” — a whim-
sical, lyrical ode to infancy, illus-
trated by Caldecott Medal-win-
ning illustrator Marla Frazee —
has become a staple of family
bookshelves, a common recom-
mendation in new parent
groups, and a celebrated title on
Best Books lists.
But for the first time in its
history, “Everywhere Babies”
was featured this week on an
entirely different kind of list: The
book was among dozens of works
recently banned from public
school libraries in Walton Coun-
ty, Fla. School district officials
confirmed the removal of the
books to WJHG-TV in Florida.
Walton County School Superin-
tendent Russell Hughes told the
outlet that it was “necessary in
this moment for me to make that
decision and I did it for just a
welfare of all involved, including
our constituents, our teachers,
and our students.”
SEE Q&A ON C2
BOOK WORLD
‘Veep’ fans
will salute
satirical
new novel
BY S USAN C OLL
“Let’s Not Do That Again” is a
political comedy of manners that
reads like the love child of Page Six
and a long episode of “Veep.” I
mean this in the best possible way.
If you like your humor dark and
take guilty pleasure in imagining
the messy lives of others, you will
enjoy Grant Ginder’s fifth novel.
Our brash, ambitious, Selina
Meyer-esque protagonist, Rep.
Nancy Harrison (D-N.Y.) is a liberal
politician of a familiar sort: both
likable and not. She may or may
not have a heart, but she gets
things done. She stood up to Big
Oil, fought for universal health
care and “to date, has done more to
protect the rights of undocument-
ed immigrants than any sitting
Democrat.” She is also the longtime
president of her Central Park West
co-op board and has finally suc-
ceeded in gaining approval for a
trash-compacting system.
When we first meet Nancy, she’s
in the midst of a close Senate race.
Her daughter, Greta, has just been
captured on video wearing a black
Chanel dress and throwing a bot-
tle of champagne through the
window of a famous Parisian res-
taurant. It turns out that Greta has
taken up with a particularly hid-
eous French nationalist troll who
is intent on derailing her mother’s
career. Greta, a privileged type
turned impoverished Brooklyn
hipster, hawks iPads at the Apple
Store on the corner of Flatbush
and Lafayette and harbors no
small dose of maternal grievance.
SEE BOOK WORLD ON C4
LET’S NOT
DO THAT
AGAIN
Grant Ginder
Henry Holt.
352 pp.
$27.99
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A friend feels ghosted, but I haven’t said boo to her in months. Oh, wait . . .
Adapted from an
online discussion.
Dear Carolyn:
Over the course of
the pandemic, I’ve
Carolyn lost touch with a
Hax friend of about 20
years. We used to
see each other
about once a month. She texted
recently to share some news and
said, “I know we’re not on
speaking terms right now, but
. . .”
I was pretty surprised. There
was no fight or disagreement or
anything, just life. I’ve been busy
with work, taking care of my dad,
who injured himself pretty badly,
etc. I probably could have
reached out more, but . . . I
didn’t.
Then I realized she has
unfriended me on social media. I
mentioned this to my husband,
and he showed me a text her
husband sent to him a few
months ago asking what he could
do to reconcile my friend and me.
At the time, my husband had
What’s
wrong
with this
picture?
Q&A FROM C1
Hughes did not respond to
requests for comment from The
Washington Post. A spokesper-
son for the Florida Department
of Education referred questions
to Walton County, noting that
“individual school districts are
responsible for making these
decisions,” and did not respond
to follow-up questions.
The decision made Walton
County the latest jurisdiction to
join a growing number of com-
munities across the country that
have sought to ban books that
address subjects such as race,
LGBTQ people, sex or other top-
ics deemed offensive by the
books’ critics. A slew of titles —
many of them classic and award-
winning works of children’s and
young adult literature — have
been stripped from shelves in
school buildings and public li-
braries in states including Texas,
Montana, Louisiana and Florida.
Meyers and Frazee each spoke
to me about their book, the
experience of seeing it banned
from public school libraries for
the first time, and what they
hope parents might take away
from what’s happening in Wal-
ton County and beyond. Their
responses have been edited for
length and clarity.
Q: What message did you want
“Everywhere Babies” to convey
to little kids and the parents
who would read it to them?
Susan Meyers: The opening line
“Every day, everywhere, babies
are born” is important to me
because it’s the most common
thing in the world, but it’s also
the most miraculous. So I really
just wanted to write about these
babies and how they affect
everybody around them. It
always struck me that babies
have to figure out the whole
world by themselves, and they
try so hard — and it’s just this
miraculous, universal
‘Gaslit’ revisits Watergate, and it’s another long national nightmare
TV REVIEW FROM C1
Nixon himself never appears, ex-
cept on television. This oblique
account of Watergate focuses on
mostly ancillary figures — chiefly
Martha, but also White House
Counsel John Dean (Dan Ste-
vens), conspirator G. Gordon Lid-
dy (Shea Wigham) and hotel
security guard Frank Wills (Pat-
rick R. Walker). Betty Gilpin
co-stars as Dean’s unlikely love
interest Mo, a flight attendant
with left-of-center politics, as
does an unrecognizable Sean
Penn as John N. Mitchell, the
actor buried under piles of pad-
ding to lend him a Hitchcockian
silhouette and menacing air.
At a media event last month,
Stevens said that “Gaslit” means
to tell the “human stories” be-
hind Watergate. In nearly every
aspect of that attempt, it fails.
With Martha as the lone excep-
tion, the characters are card-
board cutouts or cartoon villains.
(Two marriages form the emo-
tional crux of the show, but I
casually mentioned this text and
the husband reaching out to get
together for dinner, which we
couldn’t do at the time because
of covid. Yes, pretty clueless on
my husband’s part.
I’m conflicted as to how to
proceed. I don’t want to throw
away the friendship, but I’m also
annoyed that she unfriended me.
Maybe it’s juvenile of me, but I
feel as if that’s a pretty punitive
step to take without saying to me
directly that she felt like our
friendship was nearing that cliff.
What do you think? Am I
overreacting? Is she? If we do
wind up talking again, is there
any language I can use to convey
my thoughts? Clearly, she’s mad
at me, so I don’t imagine this will
be a very pleasant conversation.
— Unfriended
Unfriended: So, if I read this
correctly, you effectively forgot
about a friend of 20 years so
successfully, for months during
pandemania, that she took your
absence as giving her the silent
treatment on purpose?
A Marla Frazee illustration from Susan Meyers’s “Everywhere Babies,” which has been pulled from Walton County, Fla., school libraries.
experience of what it means to
have babies in a family. That’s
really what it was about.
Marla Frazee: I remember
feeling like this text was so
universal — it had a classic kind
of feeling about it. As an
illustrator, I had a couple of
decisions to make in terms of
how narrow or broad I wanted
to go. My first sense of the
manuscript was that I was going
to set it around a park, and I
was imagining a park in New
York City — Gramercy Park or
something — and then follow a
few families that lived around
this small park. But I realized
that I was narrowing it too
much, that there are so many
more kinds of families, and I
wanted to show as many kinds
of families and kids as I could. I
think my basic feeling has
always been that I want a child
who is reading a book of mine
to feel at home there, and to
relate to it, and feel like it
belongs to them. That’s my role
as an illustrator.
Q: When did you learn about
this book being banned from
public school libraries in Walton
County? Tell me about your
immediate reaction to that
news.
SM: I had not heard about this
until I checked my email this
couldn’t tell you why either cou-
ple ever got together.) The series
has been described as a political
thriller, but it’s got so much flab
and filler that it seems ideologi-
cally opposed to the very idea of
suspense. Whenever Martha’s
not on-screen, it’s closer to a
black comedy — the men behind
the plot portrayed as bumbling,
delusional fools — except it’s
flailingly unfunny.
“Gaslit” begins several
months before the break-in,
with Mitchell still Nixon’s AG
and Martha on TV, presented as
“one of the most outspoken
conservatives in Washington.”
But the show never really con-
veys her beliefs — one of many
soft-pedalings from creator
Robbie Pickering to render his
protagonist sympathetic. (In a
posthumous remembrance,
writer Myra MacPherson re-
called the time that the real-life
Mitchell called the Cambodian
theater of the Vietnam War “100
percent wonderful.” The series
merely notes her public opposi-
EZ RE
And you now want to chastise
her for not understanding your
months of silence weren’t what
she assumed they were?
I’d say everyone’s
overreacting, including me.
morning and saw your message.
And I thought, “Oh, my God, I’m
banned! Wow!” I mean, I’ve
been following all this book-
banning stuff and wondering
what is wrong with these
people. And they’re only
bringing more attention to these
books — there are plenty of
people who will then seek them
out and want to read them. So I
wasn’t really upset. There are
various LGBTQ children’s book
sites that have included our
book in their lists, so I suspect
that might be how [the school
officials in Florida] found it.
MF: I saw it Wednesday night
on Twitter. I wasn’t surprised,
given what is going on right
now. It’s abhorrent to me, but
it’s not surprising. To be honest,
I don’t know that I’ve ever been
on a list with Toni Morrison
before, or Judy Blume — I mean
the people on this list, I’m
thrilled to be on any list with
these people!
Q: When I first saw the news, I
grabbed a copy of the book and
flipped through it in search of
what might have led to it being
included on this list. All I
noticed were a few illustrations
that might be depicting same-
sex couples, which are not
specifically identified in the
text. What is your take on what
tion to the war, which came
later.) Seeing her on TV, Dean,
who works for Martha’s hus-
band, calls her “an idiot and a
lush” and the young woman he’s
just bedded sneers that she’s
“dressed up like a holiday ham.”
But as Roberts plays her, Martha
seldom appears as ridiculous or
as out of control as other people
say she is.
Martha’s credibility is crucial
here. Shortly after the burglary
at Watergate, she travels to Cali-
fornia with Mitchell, who
abruptly leaves to tend to the
burgeoning scandal. The remain-
ing bodyguard (Brian Geraghty)
forcefully prevents Martha from
leaving her hotel room or receiv-
ing any news from the outside.
After she’s set free, many disbe-
lieve her account of the kidnap-
ping — a response to her craving
for attention and occasional
fudging of the truth that takes on
darker undertones as the Water-
gate investigation continues.
But compared with a far more
intelligent series like, say, “Mrs.
Except your husband, who
underreacted.
How about this: Call her, say
you’re so sorry for dropping off
the face of the earth, you were up
to your earholes taking care of
prompted this? Because the
story itself doesn’t delve into
LGBTQ issues — all it does is
visually present the possibility
of different kinds of people and
families existing in the world.
SM: Yes, and it’s so odd — I
think there’s one illustration
they don’t like, where it’s two
men. But how do they see this,
that any time a man puts his
arm on another man’s shoulder,
it means they’re gay? It doesn’t
seem obvious to me. I don’t
know who they are! It seems
odd to me that this is banned,
because it’s a preschool book, a
family book. You read it to kids
when they’re 2. But maybe they
think we’re trying to
indoctrinate kids from the
cradle on. I don’t know. I mean,
you can’t figure out this mind-
set.
MF: If you were a child being
raised by two moms, you might
look at that image of two
women together in one way. If
you were a kid with a mom
whose best friend or sister or
aunt was always around, you
might look at it a different way.
The two men on the street —
that could be seen in a variety of
ways by a variety of cultures.
Honestly, I’m not that
concerned with what adults
think about the pictures in the
books, I’m concerned about
America,” “Gaslit” disappoints in
its efforts to provide a well-
rounded portrait of an influence-
seeking conservative woman be-
trayed by her political confreres.
It shears the most colorful — and
the most tragic — aspects of her
life and public image, from her
Southern Belle drag to the bleak-
est moments of her marriage,
giving her the vindication that
evaded her during her final years
but denying her the extrava-
gance of personality she clearly
cultivated as her life’s work.
Though they share a Southern
heritage, Roberts simply feels
miscast as Martha, to whom she
bears no resemblance, physical
or otherwise. Martha was willing
to shuck her ladylike trappings
— to be ugly and to say ugly
things — in ways the actor evi-
dently is not.
In the world of “Gaslit,” wom-
en are yoked to men who could
never find the kind of fulfillment
at home that they get at the
office, where they pursue power
with a blind zeal. Nixon is ahead
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your badly injured dad, on top of
the usual work and highly
unusual covid-ness of it all, and
you never meant to give the
impression you were upset with
her. Say this is not an excuse for
MARLA FRAZEEE
what the children think. I want
them to follow the story and
understand what the picture is
saying. Regardless of what the
book is, or what kind of picture
story is being told, I often sort
of feel like adults miss the mark
in a big way. I don’t think adults
read pictures all that expertly,
but I think kids do. I trust a
child’s perception way more.
Q: Is this the first controversy
you’ve had surrounding this
book?
MF: “Everywhere Babies” has
been targeted a few times over
the years, but never something
like this. It was predominantly
right after it came out, and it
was maybe a few Amazon
reviews, customer reviews. Or
maybe I would be in a bookstore
in a particular town, and they
would tell me they didn’t want
it on their shelves, that kind of
thing. It was more localized.
And always disappointing, of
course. I feel pretty strongly
that the illustrations can be
read in a variety of ways.
SM: There were a few negative
Amazon reviews early on, and
once I had a website finally, I
would occasionally get messages
with somebody saying, “Your
filthy mind,” or something like
that. To which I would often
respond, “You apparently think
by nearly 20 points when his
cronies plan Watergate. Though
it’s never more than subtext,
there’s a sense that the war, with
its win-at-all-costs mind-set,
came home in 1972. Dean hates
that he’s never considered more
than an expendable soldier by
his superiors. But Liddy is more
than willing to do his part to win
Nixon the election — whether
that entails honey pots, forced
rendition, or worse.
As a character, Dean is far too
oily and underdeveloped to war-
rant his screen time (or redemp-
tive potential), while security
guard Wills receives from the
writers even less. But “Gaslit”
becomes groan-inducingly ab-
surdist whenever Liddy appears
and the show abandons its real-
ism for satirical or slapstick
farce. Liddy acts like a wannabe-
Colonel Kurtz, philosophizing
aloud about “man’s struggle for
power” and, later, creating a
sadistic mouse trap out of wires
extracted from his prison-cell
bed frame. (The bloodshed that
. SATURDAY, APRIL 23 , 2022
vanishing, merely an explanation
that you have owed her from the
beginning.
Then say you’d love to get back
into your old friendship habits, if
she’ll still have you.
Think open and honest, not
blamey and defensive. Put
yourself in her position. And
draw no conclusions from social
media, because we’ve all seen
where that gets us, and it’s not
our best look.
Neither was her decision not
to bring this to you directly
months ago, but in a friendship
this long, you’re going to build up
a blooper reel.
Anyway. Apologize, explain,
see how she responds to your
overture, then choose your
course accordingly.
Write to Carolyn Hax at
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about sex a good deal more than
I do.”
Q: What do you hear most often
from parents and educators?
SM: “Everywhere Babies” has
been overwhelmingly embraced.
It’s been celebrated. I’ve talked
to women who run childbirth
preparation classes, and some of
them give out a copy of that
book to every new mother in the
class. And it’s been selling well
since 2001. There have been
many different editions. The
25th anniversary is coming up.
MF: The predominant voices
that I’ve heard from, through all
these decades — so many emails
and letters and all kinds of
responses — are so grateful that
their child has seen their family
in a book, so grateful that
nontraditional families are
represented in the book. So that
is the predominant feeling. The
majority of responses have been
so positive.
Q: What would you want to say
to parents about what’s
happening with books like yours
and so many others being
removed from school libraries
and public libraries?
SM: Parents have to open their
eyes and see what’s going on
around them. If you don’t agree
with this take, what these
people are doing, you better
show up at your local school
board meeting. Authoritarian
and fascist communities, this is
what they always go for, they
always burn the books. It
actually shows the power of
books. If they didn’t have any
power, they wouldn’t be burning
or banning them. So that’s one
thing to remember and
celebrate: The power of books.
MF: I watched Mallory
McMorrow’s speech the other
day, the state legislator in
Michigan. I feel like what she
said — how either we oppose
the rise of this hate or we
enable it — that is absolutely
the truth. I think that’s exactly
where we are. So for parents, I
just think what’s important is
to stand up for the children
who don’t have any voices.
Even if you’re not in a county
like Walton County, Florida,
even if you’re in a county
where you don’t think this is
going to happen, it very well
could happen. I think we all
have to be very aware of that
possibility and start speaking
out. We can’t leave it to
marginalized groups to speak
out. We all have to speak out.
ensues is both grotesque and
completely predictable.) The vio-
lence gets worse from there, and
somehow all that is supposed to
fit into a show about a Washing-
ton socialite whose biggest irk in
the premiere is her rivalry with
the first lady.
At the actual Mitchell’s funer-
al, an anonymous supporter sent
a floral arrangement that spelled
out the words “Martha was right”
in white chrysanthemums. This
handsome but vapid production
is the eight-hour version of that
tribute (of which I’ve seen seven)
— it exists to draw attention to
itself but has little else to say.
Fifteen months after the attack
at the Capitol, an office break-in
that happened a half-century ago
feels remarkably quaint. The
coverup, including the silencing
of Martha Mitchell, was cruel,
but as far as political dramas go,
it’s got nothing on the present
one.
Gaslit (one hour) premieres Sunday
at 8 p.m. on Starz.
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Showtime series doesn’t dwell on race
1 Cutting-edge EARTH FROM C1
name?
5 Scenery in Road zero in on a Black female charac-
Runner cartoons ter. She wouldn’t be a sidekick, a
10 Polite address set piece or the comic relief. She
14 “Sorry, my would be center frame.
In Showtime’s update the hero
hands are is super-genius Justin Falls,
tied ...” played by Oscar nominee Naomie
16 Price for hand Harris, who teams up with an
delivery? alien named Faraday, played by
17 Musical Oscar nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor,
arrangement? to get water to his thirsty planet
18 Revolution and maybe save Earth from its
19 “I rock!” own environmental apocalypse
20 Class stat along the way. The fact that both
main characters are Black is nei- STEPHEN LOVEKIN/SHOWTIME
21 “Can confirm” ther ignored nor called out. It just “I firmly believe that every time you see a brown face on your
22 Mystery that is. screen that it becomes less remarkable,” says series co-creator
may have “Diversity isn’t a benevolent ex- Jenny Lumet, center, with John Hlavin, left, and Alex Kurtzman.
a stirring ercise,” said Ejiofor. “The more we
message? normalize the engagement of all a hero in a unique way,” Kurtzman But both he and Lumet said their
26 Bon __ sorts of different people in our said of Justin. take on race was intentional.
29 Place storytelling, then the richer our It’s that emotional tether that “I thought, my God, every sin-
30 Unpredictable storytelling will be. You hope for drew Harris to the project in the gle scene is about race, every sin-
jerk the day when it’s not something first place. gle scene,” he said. “If you’re
people notice. When it’s totally “I like sci-fi,” Harris said. “It’d watching thinking we’re dancing
31 Checked normal to have all sorts of differ- be dishonest to say I’m a huge fan. around race then you missing it.”
34 Aegean capital ent people that, in fact, the oppo- A lot of sci-fi is done in such a way Lumet, who wrote the critically
37 Folk dance site would be weird.” that the characters seem remote acclaimed 2008 film “Rachel Get-
38 Like all tigers Kurtzman is behind the reboot- emotionally. What’s special about ting Married” and the CBS pro-
40 Draft status © 2022 Tribune Content Agency, LLC. 4/23/22
ed “Star Trek” universe at CBS this series is how quickly you fall cedural “Clarice,” put a sharper
41 Continues Studios, including “Star Trek Dis- in love with them and want to go point on the subject: “It infuriates
43 Run ragged covery,” which features the first on their journey.” me. It’s as if racism only exists
the “Usual Gang 35 Fictional Wolfe Greater Detroit 52 Climbs
Black female captain in the my- Ejiofor agreed: “I loved the when someone says the n-word or
45 “__ Gabler” of Idiots” 36 Drink that may 46 Sites for some 56 Beyoncé thology’s universe. He spun the idea. I loved where it went and the has on a white hood.”
47 U.N. agency 6 Wrap be served warm rites voice role benefits of “diversity” in story- ambition of it and the depth of The excuse used to explain
48 Misery 7 Military 39 Brand with a 49 Products with 57 Airline whose telling another way. “The more these characters.” away the lack of diversity in sci-
49 Popular blockade Vanessa Hud- triple the first flight was specific a story, the more univer- Neither of the show’s British ence fiction and fantasy — that
performer 8 Makes fit gens workout power? from Geneva to sal that story becomes.” stars are strangers to the sci-fi/ people of color are somehow un-
53 “Yeah, no” 9 Array for collection 50 Sitcom whose Tel Aviv When the audience meets Jus- fantasy genre. Ejiofor is part of the relatable — is just bogus, accord-
54 Bread machine catching rays 42 Like 2021 1974 pilot 58 Have a heated tin, she is exhausted, nearly massive Marvel Cinematic Uni- ing to Lumet and Kurtzman. And
10 Disappearing 44 Educator episode was exchange? ground to dust by a world that’s verse, appearing as the sorcerer by allowing their Black charac-
55 Source of forgotten her. A brilliant scientist Baron Mordo in the “Doctor ters, who in addition to Justin and
some lumber act? Annemarie who titled “Joe” 61 School org.
co-founded 51 Awards won by who’s suffered a major profession- Strange” films, while Harris re- Faraday include Justin’s father,
59 Audio brand 11 “I’m waiting ...” 62 “The Thin Man”
50-Down al and personal loss, Justin is now cently starred opposite Oscar win- daughter and neighbor, to exist as
60 Bridal store 12 Aweigh a school in star working in hazardous-waste re- ner Mahershala Ali in the futuris- they would without a sandwich
event 13 “With Reagan” moval to support her daughter tic family drama “Swan Song.” board that reads “I am Black!,” the
63 Central German memoirist and buy her ailing father’s pre- And sci-fi is waking up to the writers sought to normalize the
river 15 Advances slowly FRIDAY’S LA TIMES SOLUTION scription pills from the local drug power of letting Black characters Black experience.
64 “Deep 23 Relocation dealer. For Justin, the hero’s jour- breathe. HBO’s one-season won- The audience sees Justin strug-
breaths ...” option ney begins every morning when ders “Lovecraft Country” and gling but also singing old-school
65 Ms. enclosure 24 USPS she opens her eyes. “Watchmen” were each steeped in tunes in her beat-up truck with
Harris found something deeply American racial politics. Yet it is her family. Her neighbor dispens-
66 Unlikely assignments
familiar in that struggle. still noteworthy that in “The Man ing self-care advice. Her father
assignment 25 “Have some” “She reminded me of my mom, Who Fell to Earth,” race per- laughing. Her daughter dream-
from a math 26 Helgenberger my aunts and the women I was meates the plot but doesn’t over- ing.
teacher of “CSI” surrounded by growing up,” said power it. “I firmly believe that every time
67 Pinch at the 27 Cookie with the Harris. “There are so many single Justin is a Black woman who’s you see a brown face on your
table same colors as parents holding down draining been chewed up by several sys- screen that it becomes less re-
a crossword jobs and nurturing a family. How tems of disempowerment. Fara- markable,” Lumet said of the cre-
DOWN 28 Construction incredibly challenging that is. day is an alien in a new land, a ators’ decision to center the story
1 A bit off projects guaran- There is no space for her, no self- lizard in a human skin suit. But on people of color. It was made
teed to get off indulgence. It’s all sacrificial love.” you can’t forget that he is a Black even easier with the A-list casting,
2 Australian There’s a quote floating around man in America. In the opening she said. “When Naomi and Chi-
novelist Astley the ground
the Web and making its way onto scene of the series, Faraday shows wetel respond to your material,
3 Somewhat blue 32 Neither here nor mugs and sweatshirts that reads up naked at an auto shop in the you just get down on your knees
4 Cyclotron units there “F--- it, I’ll do it — Black Women.” middle of night. Police are called. and say thank you.”
5 Publication 33 “Rainbow It spells out why Justin, with so Guns are drawn. The potential for Giving thanks when thanks are
credited to in the Dark” much piling up on her paper-thin racialized violence permeates ev- due was another reason Justin’s
metal band plate, would agree to help a ery inch of the screen, but there is character was long overdue.
stranger save not just one but two no dialogue that specifically calls “She has this line where she
worlds. attention to the color of Faraday’s says, ‘I want one person on this
“When she sees something that skin. planet to say thank you,’ ” said
Did you hear The Post today? she knows is wrong, she cannot An early review pointed to that Lumet. “And I would like one
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BOOK WORLD FROM C1
She may or may not be complicit
in trying to dash Nancy’s political
hopes.
The novel is peopled with a
large cast of characters: an over-
worked campaign manager, a
flirtatious press secretary, Nan-
cy’s long-suffering son, every-
one’s various love interests,
roommates and colleagues, plus
an obscenely wealthy, backstab-
bing mother-in-law. That the sto-
ryline is familiar, and the charac-
ters straight out of central cast-
ing, does not detract from the
novel’s appeal. Note to creative
writing students everywhere,
particularly the ones shooting
for the stylistic moon: What
Ginder does so effectively is take
a familiar template and claim it
as his own.
Besides, getting the pieces to
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555 11th Street Northwest
Everything Everywhere All At
Once (R) CC: (!) 1:15-2:00-4:15-
5:00-7:15-8:00-10:15
The Northman (R) CC: (!) 1:00-
1:45-4:00-4:45-7:00-7:45-10:00
Paris, 13th District (R) (!) 1:00-3:15
Regal Gallery Place
701 Seventh Street Northwest
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets
of Dumbledore (PG-13) 11:30-
6:50-10:10
The Batman (PG-13) 11:30-
3:25-8:40
The Bad Guys (PG) 11:10-1:20-
4:10-7:00-9:50
The Unbearable Weight of
Massive Talent (R) 11:00-1:50-
4:40-7:30-10:20
Ambulance (R) 12:45-7:25-10:00
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (PG) 12:20-
3:20-7:20-9:40-10:40
The Northman (R) 12:30-3:50-
7:10-10:30
Everything Everywhere All At
Once (R) 11:50-3:10-6:40-10:45
Father Stu (R) 11:05-2:05-5:05-
8:05
PJ Masks: We Can All Be Heroes
2:00
SEVENTEEN POWER OF LOVE :
THE MOVIE 3:00
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of
Dumbledore (PG-13) 1:45-5:20
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (PG) OC:
6:30
Ambulance (R) OC: 4:00
The Lost City (PG-13) 5:10-8:10-
11:00
SEVENTEEN POWER OF LOVE :
THE MOVIE 3:00
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of
Dumbledore (PG-13) 11:20-2:40-
6:10-9:30
MARYLAND
AFI Silver Theatre
Cultural Center
8633 Colesville Road
The Northman (R) 11:00-1:45-
4:45-7:15-10:00
Everything Everywhere All At
Once (R) 12:40-3:30-6:20-9:10
Alien (1979) (R) 7:30
Perfect Blue (Pafekuto buru)
(1997) (R) 11:05-3:05-10:00
Dancing in the Dust (Bal pous-
siere) (NR) 1:00
Memoria (2021) (PG) 4:30
AMC Academy 8
6198 Greenbelt Road
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of
Dumbledore (PG-13) CC: 1:10-
4:20-7:40-10:30
Morbius (PG-13) CC: 7:40-10:50
The Batman (PG-13) CC: 1:00-
4:00-7:00-10:10
The Bad Guys (PG) CC: 1:45-4:30-
7:15-9:45
EZ RE THE WASHINGTON POST . SATURDAY, APRIL 23 , 2022
fit just right, even in a proven and tired of seeing his mother’s to the plot, but so nicely rendered
structure, is much harder than it name on the bottom of his pay- that it bears mention.)
seems. God is in the details, as the check, he had been good at his No plot spoilers here, but let it
saying goes; Ginder is a sharp job. Chuck Schumer knew Nick’s be noted that pretty much every
writer, and even his workaday phone number by heart, and, in a detail in this novel is there for a
observations turn up countless line so serendipitously well- Chekhovian reason. Per Anton
small gems. A banana does not timed you could take it to the Pavlovich, every gun that hangs
sit, it languishes. The weather in Grant Ginder, craps table in Vegas, “at the on every wall here eventually
the city is not just hot, it’s a heat author of behest of his mother Nick had goes off. This is true of the black
tsunami. A character cuts a line “Let’s Not Do made not one but both Cuomo Chanel dress, the trash compac-
of cocaine — on top of a volume of That Again.” brothers cry.” tor, even an antique sword that is
“Profiles in Courage.” Unsurprisingly, Nick’s at- a keepsake from Nancy’s late
An amusing subplot has Nan- tempts at reclaiming normalcy husband.
cy’s son, Nick, working on a are thwarted by the family crisis. The resolution of the novel is
musical about Joan Didion, with Strong-armed by his mother into hilariously implausible, but sec-
whom he has an obsession “that reining in his AWOL sister, Nick ond-guessing authorial choices is
falls somewhere between ador- must put on pause his fledgling what we do in book groups, and
able and unhealthy.” The working romance with his FBI agent boy- it’s part of the fun. Ginder might
title for his production about PETER SCHOTTENFELS
friend, Charlie Liu. (That Charlie have ended by sending all of his
Joan’s New York years is “Hello to has a dog named Frank who is characters into outer space, and
All That!” (An alternative title and, accordingly, withdraw from Ambien and Klonopin and “very “the size of a carry-on suitcase I’d still be recommending this
idea was “SLOUCHING.”) Lexapro. So stressful was the job occasionally, and honestly only and the color of charcoal — a novel.
Nick, who has recently stopped that he has been on an alphabet when Congress was trying to pass black so light it borders on gray,
working as his mother’s speech- soup of antidepressants and anti- the budget — a little Zyprexa.” with traces of white around the Susan Coll’s sixth novel, “Bookish
writer, is trying to decompress anxiety meds including Ativan, Although Nick is burned out snout,” is not especially relevant People,” is forthcoming this summer.
(!) No Pass/No Discount Ticket
Saturday, April 23, 2022
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The Unbearable Weight of
Massive Talent (R) CC: 1:20-4:30-
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (PG) CC:
1:00-4:00-5:00-7:15-8:15-10:15
Father Stu (R) CC: 12:45-3:45-
6:35-9:25
Morbius (PG-13) 1:40-4:30-7:20-
10:00
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets
of Dumbledore - The IMAX 2D
The Unbearable Weight of
Massive Talent (R) CC: 11:30-
Angelika Film Center Mosaic
2911 District Ave
Everything Everywhere All At
Once (R) 11:35-6:15-9:35
Regal Kingstowne & RPX
5910 Kingstowne Towne Center
8:10-10:55 Ambulance (R) CC: 6:15-9:35 The Lost City (PG-13) OC: 1:30 The Batman (PG-13) 12:20- Experience (PG-13) 11:40-3:00- 2:15-7:45-10:30 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (PG) 10:45- Father Stu (R) 11:20-5:35-8:40 Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (PG) CC: The Northman (R) CC: 12:15- Landmark 4:20-8:20 6:30-9:50 K.G.F: Chapter 2 (Hindi) (NR) 1:30-4:15-7:10-9:50 SEVENTEEN POWER OF LOVE : Dumbledore (PG-13) 12:05-3:20-
1:00-1:45-4:00-4:50-7:00-9:50 7:15-9:30 Bethesda Row Cinema The Bad Guys (PG) 12:00-2:10- Father Stu (R) 12:30-3:40 10:40-6:20 Great Freedom (Grosse Freiheit) THE MOVIE 3:00 6:40-10:00
Ambulance (R) CC: 7:30-10:40 Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets 7235 Woodmont Avenue 4:00-4:55-7:40-10:25 PJ Masks: We Can All Be Heroes Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (PG) CC: 11:00-1:45-4:30-7:20-10:00 The Bad Guys 3D (PG) 2:20 Morbius (PG-13) 6:45-10:05
The Northman (R) CC: 1:20-4:20- of Dumbledore - The IMAX 2D 2:00
The Lost City (PG-13) CC: (!) 1:30- The Unbearable Weight of Tyson Fury vs. Dillian Whyte 2:00
10:30-11:30-1:30-4:30-6:30-7:30- Everything Everywhere All At Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of The Batman (PG-13) 8:15
7:20-10:30 Experience (PG-13) CC: 1:00-4:15- 4:20-6:50-9:30 Massive Talent (R) 1:45-4:40- 8:30-9:30 Once (R) 11:55-3:30-7:05-10:05 Dumbledore (PG-13) 11:05-11:55- The Bad Guys (PG) 1:15-3:00-
The Bad Guys 3D (PG) CC: 7:30-10:45 Everything Everywhere All At 7:35-10:30 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (PG) OC: Ambulance (R) CC: 7:10-10:20 SEVENTEEN POWER OF LOVE : 6:35-9:55 4:00-7:00-9:45
3:15-5:45 Everything Everywhere All At Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (PG) 12:50- 3:30 The Lost City (PG-13) CC: 1:00- THE MOVIE 1:00 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (PG) K.G.F: Chapter 2 (Hindi) (NR) 1:00-
Once (R) CC: (!) 1:15-3:00-4:15-
AMC Center Park 8 Once (R) CC: 12:20-4:20-7:30- 7:15-10:00 1:50-2:50-4:00-5:00-6:00-7:10- Xscape 3:45-6:30-10:00 Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of 11:25-5:30 4:40-5:50-9:50
4001 Powder Mill Rd. 10:40 Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of 8:10-9:10-10:10 Theatres Brandywine 14 The Northman (R) CC: 12:30- Dumbledore (PG-13) 11:30-2:45- The Bad Guys (PG) 11:40AM Jersey (Hindi) (NR) 2:00-6:30-9:30
Father Stu (R) CC: 12:55-3:55- Dumbledore (PG-13) CC: (!) 1:10- Ambulance (R) 12:10-3:40-7:00- 7710 Matapeake Business Drive 3:45-7:00-10:15 3:45-7:00-10:10 The Unbearable Weight of The Unbearable Weight of
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of 6:55-9:55 10:15 Massive Talent (R) 11:00-1:45- Massive Talent (R) 1:30-4:25-
Dumbledore (PG-13) CC: 1:10- 4:10-7:05-10:00 Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets The Unbearable Weight of
PJ Masks: We Can All Be Heroes The Batman (PG-13) CC: (!) The Northman (R) 12:00-3:25- of Dumbledore (PG-13) CC: (!) of Dumbledore - The IMAX 2D Massive Talent (R) 12:00-2:30- 7:15-10:00 7:20-10:20
4:20-7:10-10:20 2:00
The Bad Guys (PG) CC: 1:45-4:15- The Bad Guys 3D (PG) CC: 3:50-7:45 6:50-10:05 5:50-9:00 Experience (PG-13) CC: 11:00- 5:00-7:30-8:30-10:00 K.G.F: Chapter 2 (Telugu) (NR) Ambulance (R) 12:25
7:00-9:30 Paris, 13th District (R) (!) 1:20 Jujutsu Kaisen 0: The Movie (PG- Morbius (PG-13) CC: 11:05-1:55- 2:30-6:00-9:30 Father Stu (R) 10:35-1:35-4:35- 5:55 Naked Truth 3:10-5:45-8:10-10:25
12:45-3:15 The Unbearable Weight of 13) 12:30-3:20-6:20-9:20 4:55-7:35-10:25 Everything Everywhere All At 7:35-10:20 The Lost City (PG-13) OC: 3:40 The Lost City (PG-13) 12:10
The Unbearable Weight of The Northman (R) OC: 3:30
Massive Talent (R) CC: 1:45-4:30- Massive Talent (R) CC: (!) 2:00- Everything Everywhere All At The Batman (PG-13) CC: 7:15 Once (R) CC: 11:45-3:15-6:45- The Northman (R) 10:25-1:20- The Northman (R) XD: 4:25-7:40 Father Stu (R) 12:30-3:25-6:20-
7:15-10:00 AMC Montgomery 16 4:45-6:00-7:10 Once (R) 12:05-3:30-6:55-10:20 The Bad Guys (PG) CC: (!) 11:00- 10:15 4:20-7:15-10:15 Everything Everywhere All At 10:10
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (PG) CC: 7101 Democracy Boulevard CODA (PG-13) OC: (!) 1:50-4:30- The Bad Guys 3D (PG) 1:10- 11:40-12:20-1:40-2:20-3:30-4:10- Father Stu (R) CC: 11:05-2:05- Bow Tie Once (R) OC: 2:55 Everything Everywhere All At
1:00-4:00-7:40-10:30 7:30-9:55 6:40-9:25 4:50-6:50-9:20 5:10-7:05-10:05 Reston Town Center 11 & BTX Father Stu (R) OC: 2:25 Once (R) 12:00-3:40-5:30-8:40
Uncharted (PG-13) CC: 5:00 The Northman (R) 12:20-3:45-
Ambulance (R) CC: 7:30-10:40 Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of The Northman (R) CC: (!) 1:00- Regal Laurel Towne Centre The Unbearable Weight of SEVENTEEN POWER OF LOVE : 11940 Market Street Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of
4:00-7:00-8:30-9:50 14716 Baltimore Avenue Massive Talent (R) CC: (!) 11:10- THE MOVIE 3:00 Dumbledore (PG-13) XD: 1:05- 7:10-10:35
The Northman (R) CC: 1:40-4:40- Dumbledore (PG-13) CC: 12:30- Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of 4:30-7:50
7:30-10:40 2:15-3:45-5:30-7:00-8:45-10:15 The Unbearable Weight of Mas- Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of 1:50-4:30-7:10-9:50 The Bad Guys 3D (PG) CC: 11:00- SEVENTEEN POWER OF LOVE :
Dumbledore (PG-13) 7:10-10:20 The Bad Guys (PG) XD: 12:20 THE MOVIE 3:00
Everything Everywhere All At Morbius (PG-13) CC: 5:45-8:15 sive Talent (R) OC: (!) 9:45 Dumbledore (PG-13) 11:30-12:10- Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (PG) CC: 1:45-4:30 Morbius (PG-13) 4:10-9:25
Once (R) CC: 1:15-4:20-7:30-10:30 The Batman (PG-13) CC: 1:15- 10:40-11:30-1:30-3:00-4:20-6:00- Tyson Fury vs. Dillian Whyte 2:00 The Unbearable Weight of Mas- The Bad Guys 3D (PG) 12:15
Old Greenbelt Theatre 2:40-3:20-6:00-7:00-9:10-10:10 The Batman (PG-13) 10:35-2:10- sive Talent (R) OC: 4:30 Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of
The Bad Guys 3D (PG) CC: 5:15-8:00-9:30 129 Centerway Morbius (PG-13) 11:40-2:10-4:50- 7:20-8:50-10:20 The Unbearable Weight of 6:05-9:40
2:30-5:00 Private Watch Party CC: (!) 8:00 The Northman (R) OC: 2:45 Dumbledore (PG-13) 7:30-10:40
The Bad Guys (PG) CC: 12:30- Drive My Car 6:00 7:30-10:30 Massive Talent (R) OC: 5:00 K.G.F: Chapter 2 (Kannada) SEVENTEEN POWER OF LOVE :
3:00-4:30-5:30-7:00-8:00-9:30- The Batman (PG-13) 4:00-7:45 The Lost City (PG-13) CC: 1:15- The Northman (R) CC: 10:45- (NR) 6:20 Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of
AMC Columbia 14 Mothering Sunday (R) 8:30 4:15-7:05-9:55 Dumbledore (PG-13) OC: 3:15 THE MOVIE 3:00
10:30 Everything Everywhere All At The Bad Guys (PG) 12:40-3:30- 2:00-5:15-8:30-9:30 RRR (Rise Roar Revolt) (Telugu) The Bad Guys (PG) OC: 5:00
10300 Little Patuxent Parkway Ambulance (R) CC: 11:45-3:45- Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of The Unbearable Weight of Once (R) 5:00 6:20-9:20
6:45-9:45 AMC Shirlington 7 (NR) 10:40AM
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (PG) OC: of Dumbledore (PG-13) 2:05-
Dumbledore (PG-13) CC: 12:00- Massive
7:30-10:15
Talent (R) CC: 2:00-4:45-
Phoenix Theatres Marlow 6 Ambulance (R) 12:30-4:00-7:20- Father Stu (R) CC: (!) 10:45-1:35- 2772 South Randolph St. K.G.F: Chapter 2 (Telugu) (NR) 2:30 5:40-9:00
3:30-7:00 10:40 10:00 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (PG) 12:50-
3899 Branch Avenue 4:25-7:25-10:15 Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of
Morbius (PG-13) CC: 11:45-3:15- Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (PG) CC: The Unbearable Weight of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (PG) Regal Ballston Quarter 3:35-6:25-7:25-9:15-10:15; 4:35
12:45-2:15-3:45-5:15-6:45-8:15- Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Massive Talent (R) 12:50-3:50- Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (PG-13) CC: 1:10- 1:10-4:20 671 North Glebe Road
6:15-8:50 9:45 Dumbledore (PG-13) 12:05-3:15- 6:50-9:50 Dumbledore (PG-13) CC: (!) 11:20- 4:20-7:40-10:50 Regal Manassas & IMAX
The Batman (PG-13) CC: 11:20- Ambulance (R) CC: 1:30 3:20-6:30-9:40 The Lost City (PG-13) 1:20-6:50 Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of
6:30-9:30 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (PG) The Batman (PG-13) CC: 6:30- Beast (Tamil) 2:30 Dumbledore (PG-13) 11:40-12:30- 11380 Bulloch Drive
2:30-5:10-8:50 Morbius (PG-13) 8:00-10:35 The Northman (R) CC: (!) 11:50- 10:00 Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of
The Bad Guys (PG) CC: 12:00 The Lost City (PG-13) CC: 1:45- 11:00-11:10-2:00-5:00-5:30-8:00- 3:50-7:00-10:10 Everything Everywhere All At 3:00-4:10-6:30-7:30-9:50-10:50
4:30-7:15-10:00 The Bad Guys (PG) 11:00-12:00- 8:30-10:50 The Bad Guys (PG) CC: 2:30-5:00- Once (R) 1:00-4:00-7:05-10:05 Morbius (PG-13) 12:35-6:15 Dumbledore (PG-13) 11:20-1:40-
The Unbearable Weight of The Northman (R) CC: 12:45-2:30- 2:00-3:00-5:00-6:00-9:00 iPic Pike & Rose 7:30-11:05 2:50-5:00-6:10-8:20-9:30
Massive Talent (R) CC: 12:30- The Northman (R) 12:20-3:40- Father Stu (R) 12:30-3:30-6:30- The Batman (PG-13) 4:10-8:10
4:00-5:45-7:15-9:00-10:30 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (PG) 12:30- 7:10-10:20 11830 Grand Park Avenue The Unbearable Weight of 9:35 The Bad Guys (PG) 1:15-4:00- Morbius (PG-13) 3:50-7:30-10:40
3:15-6:10-9:00 1:30-3:30-4:20-6:15-9:05 Massive Talent (R) CC: 1:50-4:30- K.G.F: Chapter 2 (Telugu) (NR)
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (PG) CC: Jujutsu Kaisen 0: The Movie (PG-
Ambulance (R) 7:15-10:30
Everything Everywhere All At Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets The Bad Guys (PG) 11:00-1:40- 7:00-9:40
2:40-10:00
11:00-12:00-2:00-3:00-5:00- 13) 12:00-3:00-6:00-9:00 Once (R) 11:10-2:30-6:10-9:30 of Dumbledore (PG-13) (!) 11:00- 7:10-9:50 4:15-7:00-9:30 The Unbearable Weight of
Everything Everywhere All At The Northman (R) 1:00-4:00- Father Stu (R) 11:50-3:10-6:30- 2:45-6:30-10:15 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (PG) CC: The Northman (R) 10:30-1:30- Massive Talent (R) 1:30-4:20- The Bad Guys (PG) 11:30-1:15-
6:00-9:00 7:00-10:00 1:20-4:10-7:00-9:50 4:00-4:30-6:50-9:45
Ambulance (R) CC: 4:50-8:25 Once (R) CC: 12:15-3:30-6:45- 10:00 Morbius (PG-13) 11:00 4:30-7:30-10:30 7:20-10:20
10:00 Regal Bowie PJ Masks: We Can All Be Heroes The Batman (PG-13) 6:00 The Northman (R) CC: 1:40-4:50- Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (PG) 12:00- K.G.F: Chapter 2 (Hindi) (NR)
The Lost City (PG-13) CC: 11:20- 11:00-6:20
2:25-6:10-8:55 Father Stu (R) CC: 12:15-3:30- 15200 Major Lansdale Boulevard 2:00 The Bad Guys (PG) (!) 12:00-3:00- 8:00-10:15 Dumbledore (PG-13) 11:45-2:50- 1:00-3:20-4:15-6:20-7:15-8:55-9:20
Everything Everywhere All At Jersey (Hindi) (NR) 11:50-3:40-
The Northman (R) CC: 11:30-2:50- 6:30-9:45 Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Regal Rockville Center
6:00-9:00
Once (R) CC: 1:00-4:05-7:20-10:30
6:00-9:10 The Lost City (PG-13) 4:30-7:50-
7:50
6:00-9:05 The Bad Guys (PG) OC: 2:00 Dumbledore (PG-13) 11:30-12:30- 199 East Montgomery Avenue The Unbearable Weight of The Unbearable Weight of 10:45
1:50-2:50-4:20-5:20-6:30-7:50- Massive Talent (R) (!) 12:45-4:00- The Bad Guys 3D (PG) CC: Massive Talent (R) 11:30-2:05- Naked Truth 12:10-2:40-5:10- Ambulance (R) 12:30
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets Cinemark Egyptian 24 and XD Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of The Unbearable Weight of
8:50-9:50 7:15-10:30 1:30-4:00 4:50-7:20-9:50 7:40-10:10
of Dumbledore - The IMAX 2D 7000 Arundel Mills Circle Dumbledore (PG-13) 11:50-12:40- Massive Talent (R) 1:30-4:20-
Experience (PG-13) CC: 10:45- Morbius (PG-13) 7:30-10:00 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (PG) 10:45- AMC Tysons Corner 16 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (PG) 12:20- The Northman (R) 12:20-3:45-
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of 7:20-10:20
2:00-5:30-9:00 Dumbledore (PG-13) 10:10-8:20 The Batman (PG-13) 11:35-3:30- 3:10-4:10-6:40-7:30-10:00-11:00 2:30-6:15-9:30 7850e Tysons Corner Center 3:40-6:40-9:45 7:10-10:30 Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets
5:10-9:00 The Batman (PG-13) 8:30 Ambulance (R) 11:30-3:15-6:45- Everything Everywhere All At
Everything Everywhere All At Morbius (PG-13) 11:55-2:35-5:15- Morbius (PG-13) 8:10 10:00 Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of CMX Village 14 of Dumbledore - The IMAX 2D
Once (R) CC: 11:50-3:00-5:50-9:00 7:55-10:40 The Bad Guys (PG) 12:00-2:00- 1600 Village Market Boulevard Once (R) 11:50-3:30-6:50-10:40 Experience (PG-13) 12:00-3:30-
4:40-5:50-7:20-10:10 The Bad Guys (PG) 11:20-1:10- Everything Everywhere All At Dumbledore (PG-13) CC: 1:30-
Father Stu (R) CC: 11:35-2:40- The Batman (PG-13) 10:50-2:55- 5:00-8:25-9:25 Father Stu (R) 3:15-10:15 7:00-10:30
The Unbearable Weight of Mas- 4:00-7:00-9:40 Once (R) 11:45-3:30-7:00-10:30 Uncharted (PG-13) 12:10-3:10- PJ Masks: We Can All Be Heroes
5:45-8:40 6:50-10:45 Morbius (PG-13) CC: 11:15-5:25- 6:30-9:25 Everything Everywhere All At
PJ Masks: We Can All Be Heroes The Bad Guys (PG) 10:00-11:00- sive Talent (R) 1:00-3:50-6:40-9:40 The Unbearable Weight of Father Stu (R) (!) 11:15-2:35- 2:00 Once (R) 11:40-3:00-6:30-9:50
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (PG) Massive Talent (R) 1:30-4:30- 7:45-10:45 8:10-10:55 Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of
2:00 11:20-11:35-12:40-2:00-2:15-4:40- The Batman (PG-13) CC: 10:55- Dumbledore (PG-13) 6:00-9:30 Regal Dulles Town Center The Northman (R) 12:20-3:45-
The Bad Guys 3D (PG) CC: 12:10-1:30-3:00-4:50-6:10-7:40- 7:20-10:20 Tyson Fury vs. Dillian Whyte 7:10-10:35
4:55-6:00-7:20-7:40-8:40-10:00 9:10-10:30 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (PG) 11:40- (!) 1:00 2:50-6:50-10:45 Morbius (PG-13) 1:00-3:50-8:30 21100 Dulles Town Circle
11:45-2:20 Jersey (Hindi) (NR) 6:30-10:25 The Batman (PG-13) 12:50- Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Father Stu (R) 12:10-3:10-6:40-
Ambulance (R) 12:50-4:00-7:10- 2:40-4:40-6:00-9:00 The Bad Guys (PG) CC: 11:00-
10:10
The Bad Guys (PG) CC: 12:50-
3:40-6:10-8:40
¿Y cómo es él? (PG-13) 11:40-
2:20-4:55-7:35-10:10
10:25 The Lost City (PG-13) 12:00-
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VIRGINIA 12:05-1:35-2:45-4:10-6:55-8:05-
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4:40-7:50
The Bad Guys (PG) 12:40-3:20
Dumbledore (PG-13) 1:35-7:15-
8:30-10:30 The Bad Guys 3D (PG) 2:00-7:40
The Northman (R) CC: 7:05-8:00; The Unbearable Weight of The Northman (R) 11:50-3:40- AMC Courthouse Plaza 8 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (PG) 11:10-
7:00-10:20 Ambulance (R) 4:50-10:50 The Unbearable Weight of Mas- Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (PG) 12:25- The Bad Guys (PG) 1:15-4:00-
4:00 Massive Talent (R) 11:30-2:15- The Northman (R) 12:20-3:40- 2150 Clarendon Blvd. sive Talent (R) CC: 11:10-1:55- 1:30-3:30-4:45-6:40-7:40 7:00-9:45 12:40-2:10-4:10-5:10-8:10-8:40
Everything Everywhere All At
AMC DINE-IN Rio Cinemas 18 5:00-7:45-10:30 Once (R) 11:40-3:20-6:50-10:15 7:10-10:30 Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of 4:45-7:30-9:20-10:20 The Lost City (PG-13) 1:10- The Unbearable Weight of Regal Springfield Town Center
9811 Washingtonian Center K.G.F: Chapter 2 (Tamil) (NR) 6:25 PJ Masks: We Can All Be Heroes Everything Everywhere All At Dumbledore (PG-13) CC: 12:50- The Lost City (PG-13) CC: 11:25- 4:30-8:20 Massive Talent (R) 1:30-4:25- 6859 Springfield Mall
Uncharted (PG-13) CC: 11:00- K.G.F: Chapter 2 (Telugu) (NR) 2:00 Once (R) 11:30-2:50-6:10-9:30 4:00-7:20-10:30 2:15-5:05-8:00-10:50 The Northman (R) 12:30-4:00-7:30 7:25-10:20 Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of
7:00-10:20 9:40 The Bad Guys 3D (PG) 3:10-8:30 Father Stu (R) 12:50-3:50-6:50- The Bad Guys (PG) CC: 12:30- Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (PG) CC: Everything Everywhere All At Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (PG) 12:25- Dumbledore (PG-13) 12:00-1:00-
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of K.G.F: Chapter 2 (Hindi) (NR) 9:50 3:00-5:20-8:00-10:30 11:50-1:00-2:25-4:00-6:05-7:05- Once (R) 1:20-4:55-8:10 3:40-6:35-9:35 3:20-4:20-6:40-7:40-10:00
Regal Cinemas The Unbearable Weight of
Dumbledore (PG-13) CC: 12:00- 10:20 Majestic Stadium 20 & IMAX PJ Masks: We Can All Be Heroes 9:05 Father Stu (R) 12:55-7:20 Ambulance (R) 7:05-10:25 Morbius (PG-13) 4:40-7:30-10:20
3:30-7:00-10:15 Private Watch Party 11:00-2:45 2:00 Massive Talent (R) CC: 2:10-4:50- Ambulance (R) CC: 11:05-4:05- Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of The Lost City (PG-13) 6:40-9:50 The Batman (PG-13) 11:50-6:40
900 Ellsworth Drive 7:30-10:10
Morbius (PG-13) CC: 12:15-2:50- Ambulance (R) 12:25-3:45-7:05- SEVENTEEN POWER OF LOVE :
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of THE MOVIE 3:00 7:20-10:35 Dumbledore (PG-13) 12:15-1:50- The Northman (R) 12:30-3:45- The Bad Guys (PG) 12:15-1:15-
5:25-8:00-10:30 10:20 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (PG) CC: The Northman (R) CC: 1:15-4:30- 3:40-5:15-6:00-7:10-8:40-9:30 7:10-10:30 4:00-7:00-9:45
Dumbledore (PG-13) 1:00-2:00- 1:20-4:10-7:00-9:50
The Batman (PG-13) CC: 11:10- The Lost City (PG-13) 10:35-1:45- 4:30-5:25-7:55-8:55 Regal UA Snowden Square 7:45-11:00 The Bad Guys 3D (PG) 1:15 Everything Everywhere All At The Unbearable Weight of
6:00-9:50 4:35-7:25-10:25 The Lost City (PG-13) CC: 2:30- The Unbearable Weight of Mas- Once (R) 12:15-3:25-6:50-10:15 Massive Talent (R) 1:30-4:25-
Morbius (PG-13) 3:45-6:30-9:05 9161 Commerce Center Drive 5:10-7:55-10:35 Jujutsu Kaisen 0: The Movie (PG-
The Bad Guys (PG) CC: 11:30-2:30 The Northman (R) 11:45-3:00- sive Talent (R) 2:05-5:05-8:00 Father Stu (R) 1:00-4:10 7:20-10:15
Jersey (Hindi) (NR) 11:30-6:30- 6:15-6:40-9:30-9:55 The Batman (PG-13) 1:20-5:20- Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of The Northman (R) CC: 1:20-4:30- 13) 11:20-6:35 The Bad Guys (PG) 12:40-3:20- SEVENTEEN POWER OF LOVE : Ambulance (R) 6:45-10:05
9:20 Dumbledore (PG-13) 11:40-12:30- 7:40-10:50 Everything Everywhere All At
9:45 Everything Everywhere All At Once (R) CC: 11:30-2:45-6:00- 4:20-7:00 THE MOVIE 3:00 The Lost City (PG-13) 4:20-7:20-
Once (R) 12:20-3:35-6:55-10:30 The Bad Guys (PG) 12:15-4:00- 1:10-3:10-4:10-4:40-6:40-7:40- Everything Everywhere All At Father Stu (R) OC: 4:00 Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of 10:15
¿Y cómo es él? (PG-13) 11:15- 6:00-7:00-8:45-9:45 8:30-10:10 Once (R) CC: 12:40-3:50-7:10- 10:40
1:45-4:15-6:45-9:30 Father Stu (R) 10:15-1:15-4:15- Dumbledore (PG-13) 12:45; 5:00 The Northman (R) 12:20-3:45-
Jersey (Hindi) (NR) 11:50-3:30- Morbius (PG-13) 1:00-4:20-7:20- 10:20 Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets Cinema Arts Theatre 7:10-10:30
K.G.F: Chapter 2 (Hindi) (NR) 7:15-10:15 of Dumbledore - The IMAX 2D Regal Fairfax Towne Center
7:10-10:50 10:30 Father Stu (R) CC: 2:00-5:00- 9650 Main St Everything Everywhere All At
1:15-5:30-9:15 PJ Masks: We Can All Be Heroes Experience (PG-13) CC: 12:00- 4110 West Ox Road
¿Y cómo es él? (PG-13) 11:30- The Bad Guys (PG) 12:10-1:15- 7:50-10:45 The Unbearable Weight of Once (R) 11:30-2:50-6:10-9:30
The Unbearable Weight of Mas- 2:00 2:05-4:40-7:15-9:55 3:00-4:00-7:00-9:45-11:00 3:30-7:00-10:30 Massive Talent (R) CC; DVS: 9:40- Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of
sive Talent (R) CC: 11:00-1:45- SEVENTEEN POWER OF LOVE : AMC Hoffman Center 22 Father Stu (R) 3:40
THE MOVIE 3:00 The Unbearable Weight of The Unbearable Weight of Father Stu (R) CC: 11:55-4:20- 12:00-2:30-7:30-9:45 Dumbledore (PG-13) 12:50-2:30- PJ Masks: We Can All Be Heroes
4:30-7:30-10:15 206 Swamp Fox Rd. 7:25-10:25
Massive Talent (R) 11:05-1:30- Massive Talent (R) 1:40-4:30- The Rose Maker CC; DVS: 10:00- 4:30-5:50-7:50-9:10 2:00
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (PG) CC: The Bad Guys 3D (PG) 3:20 4:25-7:20-10:20 7:20-10:20 Uncharted (PG-13) CC: 5:30-11:00 PJ Masks: We Can All Be Heroes 2:20-7:20 Morbius (PG-13) 5:00
11:45-12:45-3:00-4:00-6:15- Unplugging (R) 5:35-8:00-10:30 Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of 2:00 SEVENTEEN POWER OF LOVE :
Tyson Fury vs. Dillian Whyte 2:00 K.G.F: Chapter 2 (Telugu) (NR) Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (PG) 11:10- CODA (PG-13) OC; DVS: 9:50- The Batman (PG-13) 7:40 THE MOVIE 3:00
7:15-9:30 3:10-10:45 12:00-3:40-5:20-6:50-8:40-10:00 Dumbledore (PG-13) CC: 1:15- SEVENTEEN POWER OF LOVE : 12:05-2:35-5:05-7:40-9:55 The Bad Guys (PG) 1:10-4:00- Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (PG)
Ambulance (R) CC: 12:10-3:20- Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets K.G.F: Chapter 2 (Hindi) (NR) Ambulance (R) 6:35-10:05
2:30-4:45-6:00-8:15-9:30 THE MOVIE 3:00 The Outfit (R) CC; DVS: 7:50 7:00-9:40 12:30-1:40-3:30-4:50-6:30-7:50-
6:30-10:00 of Dumbledore (PG-13) XD: 11:20-7:00 Morbius (PG-13) CC: 12:20-6:00- The Bad Guys 3D (PG) CC: 5:20
The Lost City (PG-13) 6:20-9:20 Mothering Sunday (R) CC; DVS: The Unbearable Weight of 9:30-10:30
The Lost City (PG-13) CC: 11:30- 3:50-10:35; 10:25-11:25-12:05- Ambulance (R) 5:40-8:50 8:45-9:45 Tyson Fury vs. Dillian Whyte 2:00 9:55-12:10-10:00 Massive Talent (R) 1:40-4:40-
2:15-5:00-7:45-10:25 1:10-2:50-3:25-4:30-6:45-7:50- The Northman (R) 12:20-3:45- The Batman (PG-13) CC: 1:00- Regal Virginia Gateway & RPX
The Lost City (PG-13) 6:40-9:30 7:10-10:35 The Northman (R) CC: 2:55-6:10- The Northman (R) CC; DVS: 10:10- 7:30-10:10
The Northman (R) CC: 5:15-8:45 10:05-10:10 The Northman (R) 11:00-12:20- 5:00-9:00
9:35-10:15 1:10-7:10-9:55 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (PG) 12:30-
8001 Gateway Promenade Place
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets The Bad Guys (PG) XD: 10:40- Everything Everywhere All At The Bad Guys (PG) CC: 12:00- Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of
2:25-3:45-5:50-7:10-9:15-10:35 Once (R) 11:30-2:50-6:30-9:50 The Automat (NR) CC; DVS: 4:15- 6:30-9:30
of Dumbledore - The IMAX 2D 1:20-4:00 12:45-2:35-3:45-5:10-6:30-7:45- AMC Worldgate 9 Dumbledore (PG-13) 12:00-3:30-
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (PG) 10:05- Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets Father Stu (R) 11:20-2:40-6:10- 6:00-9:20 The Lost City (PG-13) 1:00-3:45
Experience (PG-13) CC: 11:00- of Dumbledore - The IMAX 2D 9:15-10:30 13025 Worldgate Drive 7:05-10:30
11:10-11:40-12:00-2:40-3:10-3:40- 9:30 ¿Y cómo es él? (PG-13) 12:00- Everything Everywhere All At The Northman (R) 12:20-3:40- Morbius (PG-13) 12:05-4:40-
2:45-6:15-9:30 Experience (PG-13) 12:00-3:25- PJ Masks: We Can All Be Heroes Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of 7:20-9:50
Everything Everywhere All At 5:40-6:10-6:40-8:40-9:10 1:30-4:15-7:00-9:45 Once (R) CC; DVS: 10:05-1:00- 7:50-10:50
6:55-10:25 2:00 Dumbledore (PG-13) CC: 12:15- 7:00-9:45 Everything Everywhere All At
Once (R) CC: 11:15-2:45-6:15- The Northman (R) XD: 7:00-10:15 Everything Everywhere All At The Unbearable Weight of Mas- 3:30-7:00 The Batman (PG-13) 5:30-9:20
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (PG) XD: The Bad Guys 3D (PG) 11:00AM sive Talent (R) CC: 12:15-2:30- ¡Viva Maestro! CC; DVS: 12:15-2:15 Once (R) 1:30-4:50-8:05 The Bad Guys (PG) 12:15-1:15-
10:00 Once (R) 11:40-3:05-6:15-9:25 The Batman (PG-13) CC: 12:00 Father Stu (R) 12:40-3:55-6:50
X (R) CC: 10:30 12:30-7:10 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (PG) OC: 3:45-5:15-6:30-8:00-9:15-10:45 The Outfit (R) OC; DVS: 4:30 3:00-4:00-7:00-9:45
Father Stu (R) 12:35-3:40-6:50- 2:10 The Bad Guys (PG) CC: 1:30- Everything Everywhere All At PJ Masks: We Can All Be Heroes
Father Stu (R) CC: 12:30-3:45- Cinépolis Luxury Cinemas 10:00 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (PG) CC: 4:00-6:30 The Unbearable Weight of
12:00-1:00-3:00-4:00-6:00-7:00- The Unbearable Weight of Once (R) OC; DVS: 4:00 2:00 Massive Talent (R) 1:30-4:25-
6:45-9:50 Gaithersburg PJ Masks: We Can All Be Heroes Regal Waugh Chapel & IMAX SEVENTEEN POWER OF LOVE :
SEVENTEEN POWER OF LOVE : 629 Center Point Way 1419 South Main Chapel Way 9:00-10:00 The Unbearable Weight of Mas- 7:20-10:20
2:00 Massive Talent (R) CC: 12:00- sive Talent (R) OC; DVS: 5:00 THE MOVIE 7:00
THE MOVIE 3:00 SEVENTEEN POWER OF LOVE : Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Aline (PG-13) 1:30-7:30 Ambulance (R) 12:30-3:40-6:50-
Ambulance (R) (!) 2:00-5:20 3:45-6:45 The Northman (R) OC; DVS: 4:10 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (PG) OC: 10:00
Tyson Fury vs. Dillian Whyte 2:00 The Northman (R) (!) 12:45- THE MOVIE 3:00 Dumbledore (PG-13) 12:20-1:20- Ambulance (R) CC: 1:15-4:30- K.G.F: Chapter 2 (Hindi) (NR)
7:45-11:00 3:30 The Lost City (PG-13) 12:50-4:15-
The Bad Guys (PG) CC: 1:00-4:00- 4:15-7:40 The Bad Guys 3D (PG) 1:15 3:40-4:50-7:10-8:00 Cinemark Centreville 12
7:00-9:45 Tyson Fury vs. Dillian Whyte 2:00 Morbius (PG-13) 4:00-6:30-9:30 The Lost City (PG-13) CC: 1:00- 2:35-6:15 6201 Multiplex Drive Regal Fox & IMAX 7:40-10:40
Everything Everywhere All At 3:50-6:45-9:45 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (PG) CC: 22875 Brambleton Plaza The Northman (R) 12:20-3:45-
The Northman (R) CC: 11:45-3:15- Once (R) (!) 12:15-7:20-9:00 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (PG) 11:10- The Bad Guys (PG) 11:00-1:40- Morbius (PG-13) 11:30-2:10-4:55-
6:45-10:00 12:10-1:10-2:20-4:20-5:30-6:30- 3:00-4:20-7:00-9:40 The Northman (R) CC: 1:00-4:15- 12:45-4:45-7:00 7:45-10:25 Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets 7:10-10:35
Father Stu (R) (!) 3:00-9:15 7:30-11:00 The Lost City (PG-13) CC: 12:30- Everything Everywhere All At
AMC Loews The Bad Guys (PG) (!) 12:00- 7:30-8:40-9:40-10:40; 3:20 The Unbearable Weight of 3:15-7:45 The Batman (PG-13) 12:10- of Dumbledore (PG-13) 11:30-
Jujutsu Kaisen 0: The Movie 7:00-10:30 Once (R) 12:25-3:55-7:35-10:45
St. Charles Town Ctr. 9 4:00-6:20 Regal Germantown Massive Talent (R) 11:40-2:20- The Northman (R) CC: 1:00- 4:05-8:00 Father Stu (R) 1:10-4:10-7:25-
5:00-7:40-10:20 (PG-13) 8:20 The Bad Guys (PG) 11:40-2:20- Morbius (PG-13) 1:30-4:15-6:50
11115 Mall Circle Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets 20000 Century Boulevard Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets 4:10-7:15 10:25
5:00-7:40-10:20 The Bad Guys (PG) 1:00
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of of Dumbledore (PG-13) (!) 11:45- Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (PG) of Dumbledore - The IMAX 2D Everything Everywhere All At
Jersey (Hindi) (NR) 9:15 Jersey (Hindi) (NR) 12:50-4:50- PJ Masks: We Can All Be Heroes
Dumbledore (PG-13) CC: 12:00- 12:30-2:30-3:30-6:00-7:00-9:45 Dumbledore (PG-13) 11:40-12:40- 10:30-12:30-1:30-3:20-4:30-6:10- Experience (PG-13) CC: 12:00- Once (R) CC: 1:00-3:45-6:00 8:40 2:00
3:20-6:45-10:15 The Unbearable Weight of Mas- 3:00-4:20-6:30-7:40-9:50-11:00 7:30-9:00-10:20 3:30-7:00-10:30 Father Stu (R) CC: 1:15-4:30-7:30 The Unbearable Weight of SEVENTEEN POWER OF LOVE :
Morbius (PG-13) CC: 12:15-3:00- sive Talent (R) 3:45-6:40-10:00 Ambulance (R) 10:50 Massive Talent (R) 11:15-2:00- The Unbearable Weight of THE MOVIE 3:00
Morbius (PG-13) 11:20AM Everything Everywhere All At Alamo Drafthouse 4:45-7:30-10:15 Massive Talent (R) 12:15-3:15-
7:45-10:30 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (PG) 11:30- The Bad Guys (PG) 11:00-1:20- The Northman (R) 1:00-4:10-5:40- Once (R) CC: 12:00-4:15-7:30- Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of
1:45-5:00-8:15 7:20-9:20-10:30 Cinema - One Loudoun K.G.F: Chapter 2 (Telugu) (NR) 6:15-9:15
The Batman (PG-13) CC: 6:00- 4:00-7:00-9:40 10:45 Dumbledore (PG-13) 1:00-4:30-
10:00 Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets 20575 East Hampton Plaza 9:00 K.G.F: Chapter 2 (Telugu) (NR) 5:40-8:00-9:30
Hoyt's West Nursery Cinema 14 Jersey (Hindi) (NR) 1:50-6:10- Father Stu (R) CC: 2:30-5:00- 12:20-4:10-8:10-9:25
The Bad Guys (PG) CC: 12:45- 10:00 of Dumbledore - The IMAX 2D 8:00-11:00 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (PG) Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (PG) 12:25- Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (PG) 1:40-
1591 West Nursery Road K.G.F: Chapter 2 (Hindi) (NR)
3:30-6:15-9:00 Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of K.G.F: Chapter 2 (Telugu) (NR) Experience (PG-13) 11:30-2:40- PJ Masks: We Can All Be Heroes 2:15-4:15 2:00-3:25-5:00-6:30-9:30
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The Unbearable Weight of 1:30-5:20-9:10 6:00-9:10 12:00-2:30 The Bad Guys (PG) 12:40 The Lost City (PG-13) 1:45-4:35-
Dumbledore (PG-13) CC: 12:45- Smithsonian - Airbus
Massive Talent (R) CC: 12:30- 4:00-7:05-9:30 The Unbearable Weight of Everything Everywhere All At
Once (R) 12:00-3:30-6:50-10:10
SEVENTEEN POWER OF LOVE : Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets
of Dumbledore (PG-13) 5:10-
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The Northman (R) 12:30-3:45-
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of
Dumbledore - The IMAX 2D Expe- IMAX Theater
4:30-7:15-10:00 Morbius (PG-13) CC: 1:35-4:45- Massive Talent (R) 11:10-1:40- THE MOVIE 3:00 14390 Air and Space Museum Parkway
Father Stu (R) 4:40-7:50-11:00 7:00-10:15 rience (PG-13) 12:40-4:35-8:00
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (PG) CC: 7:15-10:15 4:40-7:50-10:50 The Bad Guys 3D (PG) CC: 1:30 6:40-8:40 The Northman (R) 12:45-4:00- Journey to Space (2015) (NR)
1:00-1:45-4:00-4:45-7:15-9:15 K.G.F: Chapter 2 (Hindi) (NR) PJ Masks: We Can All Be Heroes The Devil You Know (R) 4:30-10:30 The Bad Guys (PG) 6:00-9:00 Father Stu (R) 1:30-4:30-7:35-
The Batman (PG-13) CC: 1:10- 10:00-2:00 10:35 7:15-10:30 10:20-11:25-12:45-5:10
Ambulance (R) CC: 7:00-10:15 5:40-9:35 The Bad Guys (PG) OC: 1:00 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (PG) 5:30- To Fly! (1976) (NR) 10:50-12:05
4:50-8:50 The Bad Guys 3D (PG) 11:50AM The Bad Guys 3D (PG) 3:40 Main Te Bapu 1:00-4:00-7:10-
The Northman (R) CC: 1:15-3:15- The Bad Guys (PG) CC: 1:20-4:15- Ambulance (R) 2:10-5:30-8:40 The Unbearable Weight of Mas- 7:25-9:20 10:10 Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets
6:30-9:45 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (PG) 10:20- The Lost City (PG-13) 1:00 sive Talent (R) OC: 7:00 Everything Everywhere All At Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of
6:40-9:10 Dumbledore (PG-13) 11:00-12:40- SEVENTEEN POWER OF LOVE : of Dumbledore - The IMAX 2D
Father Stu (R) CC: 12:00-3:15- The Unbearable Weight of 2:50-4:10-6:00-7:10-9:00-10:20 Regal Westview & IMAX The Northman (R) CC: 3:00-6:30- Once (R) 7:40-8:50 THE MOVIE 3:00 Experience (PG-13) 2:20-5:50
6:15-10:15 The Northman (R) 10:30-12:20- 9:00-10:00; 3:45 Vertigo (1958) (PG) 12:00 2:25-4:00-5:45-7:20-9:05-10:40
Massive Talent (R) CC: 1:45-4:30- 5243 Buckeystown Pike
The Bad Guys (PG) 1:00-6:20 Beast (Telugu) 11:50-6:50 Blue Planet (Il pianeta azzurro)
The Bad Guys 3D (PG) CC: 7:00-10:15 3:40-7:20-10:30 Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of The Lost City (PG-13) 11:20-3:20- (NR) 1:25
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6:20-10:40 Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets
Dog (PG-13) CC: 1:25-4:10 Everything Everywhere All At Dumbledore (PG-13) 12:50-4:10- Potomac Mills 18 Cinemark Fairfax Corner and XD of Dumbledore (PG-13) 12:00- University Mall Theatre
Once (R) 10:10-12:00-3:30-6:50- 7:30-8:30-10:45 Everything Everywhere All At 11900 Palace Way
AMC Magic Johnson Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (PG) CC: 2700 Potomac Mills Circle 4:05-7:30 10659 Braddock Road
Capital Center 12 12:50-1:50-3:35-4:35-6:20-7:20- 10:10 The Bad Guys (PG) 11:00-1:30- Once (R) 12:25-3:50 The Batman (PG-13) 7:10
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of RRR (Rise Roar Revolt) (Telugu) Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets
Father Stu (R) 1:10-4:30-7:30-
800 Shoppers Way 9:05-10:10
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Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Ambulance (R) CC: 12:55-3:55- The Unbearable Weight of 4:15-8:00-10:30 10:45AM 1:40-4:20-7:00-9:40 Father Stu (R) 11:40-3:40-6:25-
PJ Masks: We Can All Be Heroes Massive Talent (R) 11:15-2:00- 1:00-7:00-9:50
Dumbledore (PG-13) CC: 2:00- 6:55-9:55
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CLASSIC DOONESBURY GARRY TRUDEAU PICKLES BRIAN CRANE

RED AND ROVER BRIAN BASSET AGNES TONY COCHRAN

BRIDGE

N-S VULNERABLE
NORTH (D)
♠ 743
♥ 5
♦ AKJ874
♣ K 10 5
WEST EAST
♠ K862 ♠ J 10 9
♥ Q 10 6 3 ♥ 9742
♦ 10 9 ♦ 63 MIKAEL WULFF & ANDERS MORGENTHALER
FRANK AND ERNEST TOM THAVES WUMO
♣ 862 ♣ Q973
SOUTH
♠ AQ5
♥ AKJ8
♦ Q52
♣ AJ4

The bidding:
NORTH EAST SOUTH WEST
1 ♦ Pass 1 ♥ Pass
2 ♦ Pass 6 NT All Pass
Opening lead — ♦ 10

“S
CLASSIC PEANUTS CHARLES SCHULZ MIKE DU JOUR MIKE LESTER
imple Saturday” col-
umns focus on improv-
ing basic technique and logi-
cal thinking.
Finesses are fickle beasts.
Sometimes they work. Other
times — especially when you
sorely need them to work —
they don’t. Look for ways to
avoid casting your fate to a
stressful finesse.
Against 6NT West leads a
passive diamond. An aggres- RHYMES WITH ORANGE HILARY PRICE MARK TRAIL JULES RIVERA
sive lead from either major
suit might (and would) give
away a trick. South has
11 tricks: six diamonds, a
spade, two hearts, two clubs.
A winning finesse in any of
three suits will make the
slam.
In real life, South won the
first diamond in dummy and
led a spade to his queen,
losing. He won the next dia- LIO MARK TATULLI MOTHER GOOSE & GRIMM MIKE PETERS
mond, flipped a mental coin
and led a heart to his jack.
Down one.
South succeeds without
relying on a finesse. He takes
the Q-A of diamonds and
then leads a heart. When
East follows low, South plays
the eight. (If East played the
nine or 10, South would play
the jack.) When West wins,
any return gives South a free HAGAR THE HORRIBLE CHRIS BROWNE BALDO HECTOR CANTU & CARLOS CASTELLANOS
finesse and a 12th trick.
DAILY QUESTION
You hold:
♠AQ5♥AKJ8
♦Q52♣AJ4
You open 2NT, and your
partner bids 4NT. The oppo-
nents pass. What do you
say?
ANSWER: Partner’s 4NT
is not the Blackwood ace-
asking convention. He has BLONDIE DEAN YOUNG & JOHN MARSHALL SALLY FORTH FRANCESCO MARCIULIANO & JIM KEEFE
raised notrump (past game)
to invite slam, just as a raise
of 1NT to 2NT would invite
game. Consult your partner-
ship range for a 2NT open-
ing. If it is 20 or 21 points,
you can bid 6NT. But if your
2NT promised a minimum of
22 points, you should pass.
— Frank Stewart
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HOROSCOPE

BIRTHDAY | APRIL 23
You are bright, clever,
talented and forever
youthful. You have
an excellent sense
of humor and enjoy a friendly
rapport with others, especially
relatives, because you have
strong family values. This
year is about family, service
to others and taking care of
yourself. Take a class. Explore
art. Do a makeover.
DILBERT SCOTT ADAMS JUDGE PARKER FRANCESCO MARCIULIANO & MIKE MANLEY
Moon Alert: After 2:30 a.m.
today, there are no restrictions
to shopping or important
decisions. The Moon is in
Aquarius.
ARIES
(MARCH 21-APRIL 19).
A friend might surprise
you today. Or perhaps you
will meet someone who
is unusual or different in
some way. This could be an
enlightening encounter, or
at the very least it will be
entertaining.
FRAZZ JEF MALLETT CANDORVILLE DARRIN BELL TAURUS
(APRIL 20-MAY 20).
A boss, parent or someone in a
position of authority, including
the police, might catch you
off guard today. (“Busted!”)
Forewarned is forearmed. This
is definitely the day to toe the
line and not test the limits of
authority, even if you want to
do so.
GEMINI
(MAY 21-JUNE 20).
A sudden opportunity to
travel might fall in your lap
today. Likewise, you might
GARFIELD JIM DAVIS BARNEY AND CLYDE WEINGARTENS & CLARK have an unexpected chance
to take a course, get training
or explore an apprentice
program. Surprises related to
publishing, medicine and the
law are also likely.
CANCER
(JUNE 21-JULY 22).
Double-check details with
banking matters, because
something unexpected could
impact these areas for you.
Whatever occurs will require
fast attention. It also might
be something you didn’t see
coming.
DUSTIN STEVE KELLEY & JEFF PARKER THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN STAN LEE & ALEX SAVIUK
LEO
(JULY 23-AUG. 22).
A partner or close friend
might throw you a curveball
today. They might say or do
something you didn’t expect.
Perhaps they want more
freedom in the relationship.
Alternatively, you might meet
someone, even in the general
public, who is unusual.
VIRGO
(AUG. 23-SEPT. 22).
A few surprises will very
likely change your work
routine today. Computer
PRICKLY CITY SCOTT STANTIS LOOSE PARTS DAVE BLAZEK glitches, staff shortages, late
deliveries, power outages
-- these disturbances could be
anything.
LIBRA
(SEPT. 23-OCT. 22).
Parents should know that this
is an accident-prone day for
their kids. Meanwhile, social
plans might suddenly change.
Something could be canceled
or, alternatively, you might
receive a surprise invitation to
go somewhere.
SCORPIO
(OCT. 23-NOV. 21).
NON SEQUITUR WILEY BABY BLUES RICK KIRKMAN & JERRY SCOTT Your home routine very likely
will change in some way today.
Small appliances might break
down or minor breakages
could occur. Someone
unexpected might knock at
your door.
SAGITTARIUS
(NOV. 22-DEC. 21).
This is a mildly accident-prone
day for you, so pay attention
to everything you say and
do. Guard against knee-
jerk reactions or impulsive
decisions, because you will be
tempted to do this.
BIG NATE LINCOLN PEIRCE ON THE FASTRACK BILL HOLBROOK
CAPRICORN
(DEC. 22-JAN. 19).
Keep an eye on your money
and your possessions
today, because something
unexpected could impact
them. For example, you might
find money or you might lose
money.
AQUARIUS
(JAN. 20-FEB. 18).
Be careful not to jump to hasty
conclusions today, because it’s
easy to do this. In part this is
because you feel independent
and rebellious. If someone
BEETLE BAILEY MORT, BRIAN & GREG WALKER PEARLS BEFORE SWINE STEPHAN PASTIS suggests something, you will
be inclined to do the exact
opposite.
PISCES
(FEB. 19-MARCH 20).
This is a restless day for you,
because in one way, you want
to keep a low profile, and
yet in another way, you want
something exciting to happen.
This feeling might make you
feel very liberated.
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Another
meltdown
by Corbin
sinks Nats
GIANTS 7,
NATIONALS 1
BY J ESSE D OUGHERTY

This time, there were boos as

Patrick Corbin walked from the
Nationals Park mound to the dug-
out, a whole seven-run deficit be-
hind him. The scoreboard showed
an 11.20 ERA through 132/3 innings
of a season that is looking much
like the past two for the Washing-
ton Nationals’ struggling lefty. The
eventual loss, 7-1, to the San Fran-
cisco Giants, was just another
crooked mark on Corbin’s shoul-
ders.
The first inning was fine,
though a bit up and down. Corbin
struck out the Giants’ first two
batters, yielded a walk and a sin-
gle, then induced a flyout to escape
unscathed. But trouble immedi-
ately stirred in the second, begin-
ning with Brandon Crawford’s
leadoff double.
Then the dam broke, and trou-
ble wouldn’t stop.
“Obviously upset with just how
a lot of this has been playing out,”
Corbin said. “But you’ve got to
move on and try to focus on the
next pitch. I’m pissed. I’m upset.
I’m trying to do everything I can to
get better. I’m really just still JOHN G MABANGLO/EPA-EFE/SHUTTERSTOCK

searching a little bit.” Right fielder Austin Hays and the Baltimore Orioles already are running into a wall this season with a 4-9 record that is among the worst in baseball.
After Corbin struck out Mauri-
cio Dubón in the second, Joey Bart
worked a walk. Mike Yastrzemski
singled on a low-and-away slider, ANALYSIS
and Crawford scored on the hit

The rebuild that won’t end

once Victor Robles bobbled it in
center. Austin Slater followed with
SEE NATIONALS ON D3

Giants at Nationals
Today, 1 p.m., MASN

BY C HELSEA J ANES plans. So as he has since he was hired

Transfers The Baltimore Orioles began the 2022

season with the lowest payroll in the
If Orioles are going to contend
again, they probably will have
before the 2019 season, executive vice
president and general manager Mike Elias
is in his fourth year of trying to build a

help Terps majors. They finished the 2021 season

with the lowest payroll in the majors, too.
If Max Scherzer wanted to sponsor a Major
to do it without spending big franchise that can succeed long term with-
out one.
“I think the way the Orioles attacked

men shoot League Baseball roster with his 2022 sala-

ries from the Mets and Nationals, he could
sponsor theirs, no GoFundMe required.
Orioles at Angels
things prior to 2019 and before the Wash-
ington Nationals moved in, it was possible
to be a huge-spending, free agent-oriented

to the top
BY E MILY G IAMBALVO
During what should have been
his senior lacrosse season, Jona-
than Donville practiced outdoors
in the winter weather of Upstate
New York with intensity that
matched the training sessions of
his previous years at Cornell. But
this time, the players wore masks
under their helmets, young
coaches suited up because there
weren’t enough players to prac-
tice, and the team’s schedule
featured a blank slate without
games.
Donville remembers
strength coach giving a speech
about “keeping the watch,” urg-
his
ing the Cornell players to uphold
the program’s standard, even
though the Ivy League didn’t
play in 2021. That’s what drove
Donville, who had always want-
ed to represent Cornell, the
school 220 miles from his home
near Toronto and the place
where he watched his first field
lacrosse game with his father.
Many players on Donville’s team
unenrolled, hoping to preserve
eligibility in a league that usually
doesn’t let graduate students
participate in sports, a rule the
Ivy League ended up changing
for one season. But this group of
about 15 kept practicing.
“It was kind of a rose-out-of-
the-concrete situation,” Donville
said. “Not getting to play was
miserable, but I have a lot of love
for those guys now.”
He entered his name in the
NCAA’s transfer portal in the fall
of his senior year, before the Ivy
League announced the exemp-
tion. He planned to play through
the spring with his teammates,
but he had an extra season of
eligibility remaining. Donville
SEE MARYLAND ON D2
Maryland at Johns Hopkins
Today, 9 p.m., MASN
Their team is a perfect embodiment of team,” Elias said, eyes glued to some
the approach to roster construction up-and-comers playing catch in the Cam-
(“tanking,” basically) that players so des- more baseball would like to see the Ange- den Yards outfield last week.
perately hoped to deter in a new collective los family spend more on their Orioles In those days, he said, the Orioles could
bargaining agreement. They spent less than the roughly $45 million Spotrac skimp on international investments or
than $10 million combined on free agents documents they have committed to their even player development and make up for
this winter. Their highest paid player is roster this season. it with a big signing here and there. But
owed $7.5 million this year, and they But that is not going to happen. Even if with the Nationals nearby, a small market
probably will trade him because of it. the Angelos family could spend the Orioles and “a division with three other beasts and
Anyone with a vested interest in Balti- into contention, a splurge is not in their SEE ORIOLES ON D3
With new ingredients, Mystics have the look of a defensive power
Offense once fueled a franchise-defining title run, but a collection of stalwart defenders could change the paradigm for Washington
BY A VA W ALLACE talent Coach/General Manager
Mike Thibault has had during his
The last time Elena Delle decade in Washington. Toliver is
Donne suited up for a full season coaching with the Dallas Maver-
alongside Ariel Atkins, Natasha icks in the NBA playoffs and
Cloud and the rest of the core Meesseman is with the Chicago
players who helped make up the Sky, but Washington adds for-
Washington Mystics’ 2019 cham- ward Alysha Clark, who sat out
pionship roster, they conquered last year with a foot injury, as
the WNBA with tidal waves of well as center Elizabeth Wil-
offense. liams, who will join the team
That Mystics team, which fea- after fulfilling her commitment
tured six players who have either to an overseas club.
stayed on or returned to this In Clark, Williams, Atkins and
year’s roster, led the league in Cloud, the roster features four
field goal percentage (46.9), at- players who have been named to
tempted three-pointers (25.4), the league’s all-defensive team.
assists per game (21.9) and Atkins takes the honor a step
points per game (89.3) during further: The 25-year-old guard is
the regular season. Finals MVP the only player in WNBA history
Emma Meesseman and Kristi to make an all-defensive team in
Toliver, one of the top clutch each of her first four seasons.
shooters in the league, helped “There’s going to be a lot of
cement Washington’s long- intensity, both offensively and
standing reputation as a club defensively,” Clark said. “. . . I
whose best defense was often a think you’re going to see a differ-
barrage of three-pointers. ent defensive team, a different
This year, the Mystics have the defensive presence out there on
ingredients to flip that reputa- SEE MYSTICS ON D3
tion upside-down.
They will open the season Preseason: Mystics at Dream MICHAEL A. MCCOY FOR THE WASHINGTON POST

Today, 6 p.m., ESPNU May 6 with the most defensive Tomorrow, 3 p.m. Alysha Clark is one of four Mystics to have made the WNBA’s all-defensive team during their careers.
D2 EZ M2 THE WASHINGTON POST . SATURDAY, APRIL 23 , 2022

NHL ROUNDUP
Carlson and Fehervary are a good mix for Capitals
Kaprizov goes over 100 BY S AMANTHA P ELL Johnny, and he is a great guy on “He’s proved to himself that he

on record night for Wild

WILD 6,
KRAKEN 3
A SSOCIATED P RESS
Kirill Kaprizov had a goal and
three assists to become the first
player in Minnesota franchise
history with at least 100 points in
a season, and the Wild estab-
lished four franchise records and
tied another in beating the Seattle
Kraken, 6-3, on Friday night in
St. Paul, Minn.
Joel Eriksson Ek had two goals
and an assist, Mats Zuccarello,
Ryan Hartman and Nick Deslau-
riers also scored and Kevin Fiala
had a team-record five assists for
Minnesota, which also estab-
lished all-time bests with its
50th win and 107 points.
Marc-Andre Fleury made
25 saves to improve to 7-1-0 since
he was acquired from Chicago at
the trade deadline.
Daniel Sprong and Yanni
Gourde scored early for Seattle,
which saw its season-high three
game-winning streak end.
Matty Beniers also scored for
the Kraken to become the first
rookie to begin his NHL career
with points in five consecutive
games since New Jersey’s Ty
Smith from Jan. 14 to 24, 2021.
Tying his career high with four
points, Kaprizov has 45 goals and
56 assists for the Wild, winners of
four straight and 7-0-2 in its past
nine games. Minnesota is 16-1-3
in its past 20 outings, outscoring
opponents 77-48.
The Wild is 12-0-1 in its past
13 home games. Minnesota is
29-6-2 at Xcel Energy Center.
Earlier in the day, Seattle
signed defenseman Ryker Evans,
the team’s second-round pick in
the 2021 draft, to a three-year,
entry-level contract.
l SENATORS 2, BLUE JACK-
ETS 1 (SO): Tim Stutzle scored in
the shootout to lift Ottawa over
the Blue Jackets in Columbus,
Ohio.
Brady Tkachuk also scored and
Filip Gustavsson stopped
33 shots in his first career shoot-
out win.
Jack Roslovic had Columbus’s
goal and Elvis Merzlikins had
25 saves in the Blue Jackets’
fourth straight loss (0-3-1).
glendale, ariz. — Washington
Capitals defenseman John Carl-
son knew the potential of his
future defensive partner well
before their partnership began.
It was clear, both to Carlson and
others inside the Capitals organi-
zation, that rookie defenseman
Martin Fehervary had the skills,
the physical stature and the
hockey IQ to succeed in the NHL
— he just needed to go out and
prove it.
With Carlson by his side every
step of the way, the 22-year-old
Fehervary has done that and
more as his first full regular
season with the Capitals nears its
end. The top-pair partnership
with Carlson has been mutually
beneficial, with both Fehervary
and Carlson having strong offen-
sive years.
Entering Washington’s game
against the Arizona Coyotes on
Friday night, Fehervary had
eight goals, more than any rookie
Capitals defenseman in more
than a quarter century. Carlson,
meanwhile, entered the weekend
on a tear, recording four goals
and nine assists in the previous
eight games.
“I’m feeling really, really
great,” Fehervary said earlier in
the week. “I am playing with
the ice and off the ice. . . . We
have a good relationship. I am
really confident playing with
him. We are trying to help each
other, and I am playing a lot of
minutes with him.”
Fehervary sees Carlson as a
mentor, and the 32-year old vet-
eran embraces the role.
After Capitals Coach Peter
Laviolette paired Fehervary with
Carlson during Washington’s
season opener against the New
York Rangers, the duo became a
fixture, and Laviolette has never
indicated he wanted a change.
The coaching staff put its trust in
the rookie from Slovakia right
away, and his impressive play
was the reward.
“I’m trying to perform my best
every day,” Fehervary said. “I am
going to play every game hard. I
am trying to compete.”
Carlson called Fehervary an
“extraordinary talent,” one of the
best skaters in the league and a
blue-liner who can “play in any-
one’s face.”
At times this season, Feher-
vary’s game hasn’t been stable on
both ends of the ice, but those
ebbs and flows are natural in a
rookie season. Washington’s in-
consistent stretch from January
through March also didn’t do
him any favors.
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When talking about young
defensemen, Carlson said, he
always thinks of the mantra
former Capitals defenseman
Brooks Orpik told him: You
aren’t comfortable until you play
everyone in the league at least
once. After that, comfort and
confidence can truly start to take
hold.
“It is tough to transition into
the league as a young defense-
man and try to make plays and
force the envelope like you are
used to just because of the quali-
ty of the competition and you
don’t feel as confident in doing
that,” Carlson said. “I think that
was a big thing for him was
getting that confidence, knowing
that he can.
can make those plays, and he’s
certainly been shining since.”
Fehervary’s next test will be
the postseason — something that
is both foreign and familiar.
While technically a rookie, he
played two playoff games for the
Capitals during the modified
2019-20 postseason. So Feher-
vary got a taste of the playoffs,
but it wasn’t quite the real thing,
leaving him eager to be an inte-
gral part of the group’s run this
season.
His physical assets already
have stood out, with Fehervary
often using his body to create
space for teammates and win
puck battles in the corners.
Fehervary’s defensive skills
have complemented Carlson’s of-
fensive aptitude, which allows
Carlson to be confident joining
the rush, knowing he has a savvy
defensive partner to back him
up.
The veteran’s late-season high-
lights include a four-point, two-
goal showing against Tampa Bay
on April 6.
“It’s always one of those things
when you’re scoring as a defense-
man, [the puck] just seems to
drop a lot more than not,”
Carlson said of his recent uptick.
“It’s always been like that for
me.”

With transfers pitching in, Maryland men’s lacrosse team is thriving on o≠ense
MARYLAND FROM D1
emailed Maryland Coach John
Tillman immediately and indi-
cated in the portal that he didn’t
want other coaches to contact
him. Donville knew where he
wanted to go. Maryland had a
journalism master’s program
and a lacrosse team with peren-
nial championship ambitions.
Then Donville had to wait.
Nearly two years after the abrupt
cancellation of the 2020 season,
he finally returned to the field,
this time as a Terrapin. The
lead-up to the opener against
High Point seemed normal. He
hadn’t felt an unusual rush of
anticipation or nerves. But as
Donville and his new teammates
stood in the tunnel, preparing to
run onto the field, he teared up,
asking himself why this emotion
couldn’t have more conveniently
hit him an hour earlier. Moments
later, the midfielder made his
first Maryland start and scored
43 seconds into the game.
That became the first of Don-
ville’s 24 goals this season, the
second most for the top-ranked
Terps. Maryland has cruised past
opponents by an average margin
of 8.5 goals while scoring 18.4 per
game, both of which are the best
marks in the nation. The Terps
are the only undefeated team in
Division I, and if they win Satur-
day at Johns Hopkins, they will
finish the regular season 12-0.
The offensive success, Don-
ville said, comes from depth and
players who balance a mix of
aggressiveness and unselfish
play. Logan Wisnauskas, a star in
his fifth year at Maryland, head-
lines the group with 62 points
(35 goals and 27 assists), but the
Terps also have benefited from
their newcomers. Keegan Khan,
a graduate transfer from Villano-
va, is second with 40 points,
followed by Donville (37). Owen
Murphy, a sophomore transfer
from Johns Hopkins, is tied for
fourth on the team with 18 goals.
After Donville scored the first
goal of the season, Murphy and
Khan found the net before the
opening quarter ended. Khan
and Donville have started every
game. But when transfers con-
sider Maryland, they aren’t at-
tracted by guarantees.
“When you come in, you don’t
really know exactly where you’re
going to size up with everyone,
there’s a chance the newcomers
will play because “if you bring in
a few guys that don’t play and it’s
their last year, that can be a
potential problem. They’re
[like]: ‘Hey, why am I here? I
don’t play.’ And then they could
lose their focus, and they can be a
distraction. It’s very tricky.”
Khan, who lived in Fairfax for
a few years when he was young
before his family moved to New
Jersey, cast a wide net and took a
month to decide before he trans-
ferred to Maryland. He trusted
Tillman from their conversa-
tions, and to get a sense for the
program, he talked with Wis-
nauskas, who transferred from
Syracuse in 2017. Attending a Big
Ten school with a large student
body is a way to “round out my
college experience,” Khan said
while wearing sweatpants with
the Villanova logo.
On the field, the transfers
meshed well with the returners
MARYLAND ATHLETICS and now have a chance to reach
Jonathan Donville, left, came to Maryland from Cornell after the postseason heights they have
Ivy League canceled its 2021 season. He has 24 goals for the Terps. never experienced. Khan played
in one NCAA tournament game
where you’re going to fit in,” said the Wildcats in points for three as a freshman; his team lost in
Khan, who started all 50 games seasons. the first round. Donville also
of his Villanova career and led Tillman said he has to believe made it to the tournament just
once. During his freshman year,
Cornell won the Ivy League tour-
nament, then took down Syra-
cuse on the road before losing to
Maryland in the NCAA quarterfi-
nals. Donville remembers that
experience as a “magical run”
with a group that felt like “a
team of destiny in some aspects.”
He sometimes wondered:
“Was this the closest I’ll get?”
Cornell was 5-0 before the
pandemic prematurely ended
the 2020 campaign. Donville
arrived on campus for his senior
season with title aspirations, but
that team could only practice
and never play. He hardly
watched college lacrosse during
that season and barely kept up
with scores.
But the day after his gradua-
tion, he tuned in for the national
title game, when Maryland lost
to Virginia. He felt as if his
Cornell team had been held
back. He knew he would soon
become a Terp and return to the
field.
“I can play for the next one,”
Donville thought to himself. “I
get at least a chance to compete.
And if I lose, I lose. But at least I
get to leave it all out there.”

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Alcaraz won the quarterfinal,
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SATURDAY, APRIL 23 , 2022
Once offensive-minded, Mystics have muscle to become defensive powerhouse
MYSTICS FROM D1
the floor, which I’m super excited
about.”
Washington’s defensive prow-
ess extends well beyond the
backcourt.
In the draft, Thibault added
6-foot-5 Virginia native Shakira
Austin, who made a name for
herself as a fierce shot blocker
first at Maryland and then at
Mississippi. She announced her
arrival during the team’s first
pickup game last weekend in a
way befitting of her flame-orange
ANALYSIS
Orioles are trying to finish a rebuild without spending money
ORIOLES FROM D1
arguably the best-run franchise in
the sport for the last 14 years,” he
said, “we are going to need to have
an internal pipeline that is thriv-
ing at all times.”
None of this rhetoric is new to
Orioles fans, who have watched a
hapless product on the field for
half a decade now, who heard
about the ways in which the pan-
demic set back the rebuild be-
cause it slowed player develop-
ment, who, frankly, would rather
everyone stop explaining that
they just need to be patient be-
cause the future is brighter than
the present. Perhaps the question
everyone should be asking is this:
What choice do they have?
For some years now, many in
the industry wondered whether
the Orioles’ salvation would come
in the form of new ownership,
whether a deus ex machina might
suddenly spend them back into
relevance. And the Orioles’ posi-
tion grew more interesting this
month when the Lerner family
decided it will consider selling the
Washington Nationals. For years,
the Orioles seemed like the Belt-
way team most likely to hit the
market.
Orioles spokeswoman Jennifer
Grondahl declined to comment
on the potential sale of the Na-
tionals and any implications for
the Orioles. She made clear that
despite years of rumors about the
Angelos family preparing to sell —
rumors spurred by the relative
gutting of the Mid-Atlantic Sports
Another short start, another Nats loss
NATIONALS FROM D1
a three-run homer to right-center.
Wilmer Flores followed with a sin-
gle. Corbin struck out Brandon
Belt swinging. Darin Ruf followed
that with a scorched single,
112.1 mph off his bat. Thairo Estra-
da followed with a walk. Crawford
followed with another double, this
one clearing the bases. And Man-
ager Dave Martinez followed that
by coming to take the ball.
Corbin recorded five outs, leav-
ing 22 for the bullpen. Erasmo
Ramírez, who was called up Thurs-
day and threw 23 pitches in a loss to
the Arizona Diamondbacks, logged
31/3 scoreless innings on 43 pitches
(17 fewer than Corbin, who issued
three walks, too). Ramírez handed
the game to Francisco Pérez, who
handed it to Patrick Murphy, who
handed it to Paolo Espino, who
quietly finished the defeat.
Other pitchers again were taxed
because Corbin was hooked in the
early innings. When, then, do his
short starts become untenable for
the Nationals’ already overworked
relievers? And if that point arrives,
what are the team’s options to
remove him from the rotation?
Could it make him the league’s
most well-paid long reliever (an
average annual value of about
$23.3 million for this year and two
more)? Give him a reset masked as
an injured list stint?
If Washington isn’t already con-
fronting these questions, Friday
certainly inched the club closer to
them. Corbin has yielded more
earned runs than any other pitch-
er since the 2020 season began. He
also leads the majors in losses and
has the worst ERA among starters
in that stretch. So if nothing
changes — and changes quickly —
something else may have to.
“He’s going to pitch every five
days,” Martinez said, adding that
Corbin left too many pitches up in
the zone and may have been over-
throwing his fastball. “His stuff is
good. We just got to get him to
understand what he needs to do
with it.”
Here’s what else to know from
the Nationals’ loss:
Ninth-inning dust-up
With two outs in the inning,
Thairo Estrada took off from first
on Espino’s 0-1 pitch and tried to
score on Crawford’s bloop single.
Alcides Escobar, the Nationals’
veteran shortstop, threw him out
. THE WASHINGTON POST
hair and the confidence she has
carried since she was a freshman
in college.
“The first play down, Shakira
sent the shot,” forward Myisha
Hines-Allen said. “Not my shot,
now, not my shot. But I was just
like: ‘Yes! This is it.’ ”
Austin will have the benefit of
studying behind a diverse and
experienced group of frontcourt
players.
Williams’s 1.7 blocks per game
rank third among active players;
ninth-year vet Tianna Hawkins
has done much to expand her
Network — it has given no public
indications a sale is imminent.
Grondahl assured The Wash-
ington Post that as of now the
leadership structure implement-
ed around Elias remains firmly in
place. The Orioles expect the
baseball team to ascend — and
soon.
But the Orioles have not had a
winning season since 2016, and
their 4-9 start has offered little
indication they will log one in
2022. In the last full season before
the coronavirus pandemic, they
drew the third-fewest fans in
baseball; only the Tampa Bay Rays
and Miami Marlins drew fewer.
Team officials used to joke about
avoiding layovers in Nashville, a
long-rumored MLB expansion
target, for fear someone would
think they were headed that way
for more calculated reasons than
a Southwest connection.
Yet team officials were in at-
tendance when Maryland
Gov. Larry Hogan (R) signed a bill
this month that would allow the
Maryland Stadium Authority to
borrow up to $1.2 billion in funds,
some of which can be allocated to
renovate Camden Yards to show
the state’s commitment to keep-
ing the team in Baltimore.
The quality of Camden Yards
has never been a question for the
franchise. The quality of the base-
ball team has. Elias can’t control
the money. So he is trying to fix
everything else.
When he took over in Novem-
ber 2018, he inherited a franchise
that needed gutting. Baseball
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by a good margin. And then Esco-
bar seemed to take exception to
the aggressiveness, which would
be the second time this season the
Giants were part of an “unwritten
rules” spat.
Those rules would discourage a
team from trying to steal a base up
six runs. After the game, though,
Martinez wouldn’t say much, and
Escobar, 35, declined an interview
request through a team spokes-
man.
“They did some things that we
felt like was uncalled for,” Marti-
nez said. “But you guys can ask
Gabe Kapler about that.”
He didn’t want to expand at all.
“No. I’m done with it,” Martinez
said. “I talked to the team about it,
so we’re going to play baseball the
way we play.”
Your turn, Kapler.
“We scored seven runs in an
inning tonight. With Josh Bell and
Juan Soto and Nelson Cruz in the
middle of their lineup, we know
they’re capable of scoring seven
runs in an inning as well,” the
Giants skipper told reporters. “So
for all the same reasons we talked
about before, this is the way that
we think makes the most sense to
attack series. It’s not about one
game for us. It’s definitely not
about running up the score.
“We felt like we’re respecting
our opponents and we’re going to
respect our opponents at every
turn. This is about using every tool
at our disposal to compete.”
Slater built on Kapler’s logic,
saying a run or two from the Na-
tionals means the Giants would
have had to get at least one of their
game out to the perimeter in
recent years. Delle Donne is the
rare player as tall as Austin —
although she insists the rookie
has an inch or two on her.
“We got real shot blockers in
the paint, so that allows us as
guards to get into people a little
more,” Atkins said. “I played with
[Atlanta center] Imani McGee-
Stafford at Texas . . . and that’s a
completely different atmosphere
when you have somebody of that
caliber being able to protect the
rim.”
Atkins did well enough with
America ranked Baltimore’s farm
system the 20th best in the big
leagues. The New York Yankees
and Toronto Blue Jays, both in-di-
vision spenders with much larger
payrolls, ranked higher. The Tam-
pa Bay Rays, who somehow com-
pete with them despite having
one of the five lowest payrolls in
baseball year after year, were sec-
ond. Where did that leave the
Orioles, who couldn’t make up
their prospect deficits with
spending?
“We are approaching the task
of resuscitating and revitalizing
this franchise and repositioning it
for long-term health in a way
that’s never been done and in the
only way that’s realistic and feasi-
ble for us,” Elias said.
His staff had to rebuild the
franchise’s international infra-
structure, introduce analytics
into an under-resourced farm sys-
tem and restock it with talent. The
Rays contend without spending.
The Orioles would have to build a
system that could do the same.
And they have, at least on pa-
per: Baseball America ranked
their farm system the fourth best
in the majors. MLB Pipeline ranks
it No. 1. In Norfolk, Bowie and
Aberdeen, the bricks of success
have been laid.
A few bricks seem to be sticking
at Camden Yards, too. Elias said
that while the Orioles had some
young players break out last year
— Ryan Mountcastle, for example,
turned in a .796 on-base-plus-
slugging percentage at age 24 and
Cedric Mullins was an all-star —
Giants 7, Nationals 1
GIANTS AB R H
Slater lf-cf......................5 1 2
Flores 3b.........................4 1 1
Belt 1b ............................3 0 0
Ruf dh.............................5 1 2
Estrada 2b ......................4 1 2
Crawford ss ....................5 1 3
Dubón cf .........................3 0 0
González ph-lf ................1 0 0
Bart c..............................3 1 0
Yastrzemski rf ...............4 1 2
TOTALS 37 7 12
NATIONALS AB R H
C.Hernandez 2b ..............4 0 0
Soto rf ............................4 0 2
Cruz dh ...........................3 0 0
Bell 1b ............................4 0 2
Ruiz c..............................3
Thomas lf .......................3
0
0
0
1
Franco 3b........................3 1 1
Escobar ss ......................3 0 0
Robles cf.........................3 0 0
TOTALS 30 1 6
SAN FRAN. ............. 070 000
WASHINGTON........ 000 000
E: Robles (2). LOB: San Francisco 8, Washington 3. 2B:
Crawford 2 (3), Bell (3), Soto (3). HR: Slater (1), off
Corbin; Franco (2), off Marte. RBI: Slater 3 (4), Craw-
ford 3 (7), Franco (10).
GIANTS IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Long .............................2 2 0 0 0 1 31 0.00
Junis ............................5 3 0 0 0 4 61 0.00
Marte ...........................1 1 1 1 0 1 11 2.25
García...........................1 0 0 0 1 0 9 0.00
NATIONALS IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Corbin ....................... 12/3
Ramírez .................... 31/3
7
1
7 7 3 4 60 11.2
0 0 0 3 43 0.00
Perez............................1 0 0 0 2 0 16 5.40
Murphy ........................1
Espino ..........................2
1
3
0 0 0 1 15 6.35
0 0 0 1 27 3.86
WP: Junis (1-0); LP: Corbin (0-3). Inherited runners-
scored: Ramírez 1-0. T: 2:53. A: 23,751 (41,339).
HOW THEY SCORED
GIANTS SECOND
Brandon Crawford doubles. Mauricio Dubon strikes out
on a foul tip. Joey Bart walks. Mike Yastrzemski sin-
gles, Joey Bart to second, Brandon Crawford scores.
Fielding error by Victor Robles. Austin Slater homers,
Mike Yastrzemski scores, Joey Bart scores. Wilmer
Flores singles. Brandon Belt strikes out swinging. Darin
Ruf singles. Wilmer Flores to second. Thairo Estrada
walks. Darin Ruf to second. Wilmer Flores to third.
Brandon Crawford doubles, Thairo Estrada scores,
Darin Ruf scores, Wilmer Flores scores. Mauricio Dubon
grounds out.
Giants 7, Nationals 0
NATIONALS EIGHTH
Maikel Franco homers. Alcides Escobar lines out. Victor
Robles strikes out swinging. Cesar Hernandez flies out.
Giants 7, Nationals 1
high-leverage relievers warm.
Slater called Escobar stalking
toward San Francisco’s dugout “a
little over the line.” A few Nation-
als rushed out to either stand with
Escobar or usher him off the field.
No Giants came to meet them.
Sanchez is recalled
Aaron Sanchez is being called
up from the Class AAA Rochester
Red Wings and will join the team
Saturday, according to two people
with knowledge of the situation.
The 29-year-old was signed to a
minor league deal with an invite to
spring training in March. He start-
ed for the Red Wings on Sunday
and allowed one run on seven hits
in six innings. He makes sense to
fill the open rotation spot — espe-
cially after Espino, once a viable
option, was used for the eighth
and ninth of this latest bullpen
EZ M2
the team’s existing atmosphere
— she was fourth in the league
last year with 48 steals.
Washington’s newfound depth
gives it flexibility, not just might,
on the defensive end. Thibault
isn’t enamored with switching
on principle — he wants his
players to have more of a sense of
individual responsibility on de-
fense — but the Mystics should
be able to switch assignments at
all positions at will, if need be.
Experimenting with rotations
was a focus of the first week of
training camp.
Manager Brandon Hyde, left, is guiding the Orioles in the AL East
with the lowest payroll in the major leagues: roughly $45 million.
he thinks they need to see more
such breakouts sooner than later.
He is counting on “four to six
guys” from the team’s top 10 pros-
pect list to debut this year. He has
challenged his young major
league starters to do better, warn-
ing they soon will be pushed by
the young starters hurtling
through the minors.
“We know this is going to be a
long year for us probably,” Elias
said. “But the individual players
and their success are at the fore-
front of their minds.”
Elias and his staff also tried to
remold Camden Yards for the
team’s benefit. If he couldn’t
spend on dominant pitching, he
BI BB SO AVG
3 0 1 .167
0 1 1 .227
0 2 2 .239
0 0 0 .176
0 1 1 .255
3 0 0 .245
0 0 1 .158
0 0 1 .000
0 1 1 .188
0 0 1 .256
6 5 9 —
BI BB SO AVG
0 0 1 .217
0 0 1 .278
0 1 0 .190
0 0 1 .345
0 0 0 .245
0 0 0 .190
1 0 1 .263
0 0 0 .156
0 0 2 .105
1 1 6 —
000 — 7 12 0
010 — 1 6 1
Patrick Corbin has an 11.20 ERA through 132/3 innings of a season that is looking much like the past two.
scramble.
The Nationals will have to make
room for Sanchez on the active
and 40-man rosters. This puzzle
was created by them throwing Jo-
siah Gray and Joan Adon in a
doubleheader sweep of the Dia-
mondbacks on Tuesday. As for
whether Gray or Adon will start
Sunday’s series finale here, Marti-
nez deferred to answering that
Saturday. The odd man out will be
pushed off schedule and face the
Miami Marlins at Nationals Park
on Tuesday. Anyone dizzy yet?
Rehab updates
Right-handed starters Stephen
Strasburg and Joe Ross threw
roughly 30 pitches in bullpen ses-
sions in West Palm Beach, Fla., on
Friday. Strasburg, still set back by
the thoracic outlet syndrome sur-
gery he underwent last summer, is
officially on the 10-day injured list.
Ross, who had a bone spur re-
moved from his elbow in early
March, is on the 60-day IL. Marti-
nez told reporters they could each
begin facing hitters soon.
The reports were not as encour-
aging for reliever Will Harris or
third baseman Carter Kieboom.
Neither has thrown since being
D3
“I don’t know [my rotations] games after a pair of back surger-
yet until we experiment with it a ies to repair herniated disks.
little bit, but I do know that it Although they’re not sure ex-
makes some of our schemes a actly what the defensive pairings
little bit easier to envision,” Thi- will look like, Atkins believes the
bault said. “. . . It gives us an Mystics have the potential to be
ability, with the fact that Natasha more dynamic than ever.
and Ariel are all about the same “That’s what a lot of people see
size — you can do some things right now, our ability to shut
that in the past we weren’t able people out or lock people down,
to do.” and we can do it,” Atkins said. “I
Flexibility and depth could be think that’s something that we
a huge benefit for the Mystics: have to hold ourselves to. . . .
Clark and Delle Donne are com- It’s going to be exciting to be
ing off injuries, and Delle Donne able to tear on both ends of the
is expected to rest for certain floor.”
field.
“It’s hard. We feel thin some-
times,” he said. “But we feel it’s
better to err on the side of seeing
the young players than blocking
them.”
There is no one blocking the
young Orioles now. And there is
no one coming to save them, ei-
ther. In fact, the assumption
around baseball has long been
that the team will trade 30-year-
old slugger Trey Mancini to save
money, clear more major league
at-bats for young players and gain
more talent in return. Maybe the
Angelos family could spend more
money. Given that the state is
committing hundreds of millions
of dollars to their stadium there,
you could argue they should.
THEARON W. HENDERSON/GETTY IMAGES
But Elias was never counting
on much payroll patronage. That
was never the deal. Tanking or
not, like it or not, the Orioles’
could make Baltimore an easier baseball renovations were never
place to pitch. He and his team going to include megadeals and
used data to push for moving back superstars developed elsewhere.
the wall in left field, something Winning in Baltimore, he says,
the team did before this season. means molding the franchise to
That move may have been the the cramped and sometimes frus-
biggest of the Orioles’ offseason, trating space allotted to it — a
which included the free agent beautiful ballpark with a stingy
signings of starter Jordan Lyles, owner in a division packed with
infielder Rougned Odor and free spenders. It means creating
catcher Robinson Chirinos, who more favorable circumstances
will make a little more than any way possible. It means load-
$7 million combined in 2022. The ing up a farm system with talent,
Orioles have spent less and less on building a system that can devel-
veteran placeholders in recent op it and replenishing it annually.
years, and Elias knows that ap- And it means trusting that talent
proach undermines any sugges- will translate to contention, soon-
tion that his team is trying to put er or later, whether money comes
the best possible product on the with it or not.
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Harris, 37 and in the final season boom, 24, is on the 60-day IL with
of a three-year, $24 million deal, is a flexor mass strain in his right
on the 60-day IL and recovering forearm.
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Baseball
National League American League
EAST W L PCT GB L10 STR CENTRAL W L PCT GB L10 STR WEST W L PCT GB L10 STR EAST W L PCT GB L10 STR CENTRAL W L PCT GB L10 STR WEST W L PCT GB L10 STR
x-New York 10 4 .714 — 7-3 W-1 St. Louis 8 4 .667 — 6-4 W-1 x-Los Angeles 9 3 .750 — 8-2 W-1 Toronto 9 5 .643 — 6-4 W-3 Cleveland 7 6 .538 — 6-4 L-1 x-Los Angeles 8 5 .615 — 7-3 W-2
Atlanta 7 8 .467 31/2 5-5 W-1 Milwaukee 8 6 .571 1 7-3 L-1 Colorado 8 4 .667 1 7-3 L-1 New York 8 6 .571 1 6-4 W-1 Chicago 6 7 .462 1 4-6 L-5 x-Oakland 8 6 .571 1/
2 6-4 W-1
Philadelphia 6 8 .429 4 3-7 W-2 Pittsburgh 7 7 .500 2 6-4 W-2 x-San Diego 9 5 .643 1 6-4 W-4 Boston 7 7 .500 2 6-4 W-1 x-Kansas City 5 6 .455 1 4-6 L-1 x-Seattle 7 6 .538 1 5-5 L-1
Miami 5 8 .385 41/2 4-6 L-1 Chicago 6 8 .429 3 3-7 L-4 San Francisco 9 5 .643 1 7-3 W-1 Tampa Bay 7 7 .500 2 4-6 L-1 Minnesota 6 8 .429 11/2 4-6 W-2 Houston 6 7 .462 2 4-6 L-3
Washington 6 10 .375 5 4-6 L-3 Cincinnati 2 12 .143 7 0-10 L-10 x-Arizona 5 8 .385 41/2 4-6 W-2 x-Baltimore 4 9 .308 41/2 4-6 L-1 Detroit 5 7 .417 11/2 4-6 W-1 x-Texas 3 9 .250 41/2 3-7 W-1
x-Late game x-Late game

NO TE S TO D AY

TIGERS-ROCKIES NL games
POSTPONED BY RAIN GIANTS AT NATIONALS, 1:05
Miguel Cabrera’s quest W-L ERA TEAM
for his 3,000th hit was Wood (L) 1-0 1.93 1-1
delayed for at least one TBD ---- ---- ----

more day when the game PIRATES AT CUBS, 2:20

between host Detroit and Thompson (R) 0-1 9.00 1-1
Colorado was rained out. Hendricks (R) 0-1 6.08 2-1
BREWERS AT PHILLIES, 4:05
The contest was Houser (R) 0-2 2.89 0-2
rescheduled as part of a Wheeler (R) 0-2 9.39 0-2
split doubleheader CARDINALS AT REDS, 4:10
Saturday. The games are Hudson (R) 0-1 7.71 1-1
set to begin at 1:10 p.m. Mahle (R) 1-1 7.82 1-2
and 6:40 p.m. MARLINS AT BRAVES, 7:20
Hernandez (R) 1-1 4.22 1-1
PERSONNEL DEPT. Anderson (R) 1-1 6.48 1-1
Cubs: OF Clint Frazier was DODGERS AT PADRES, 8:40
placed on the injured list TBD ---- ---- ----
after undergoing surgery Darvish (R) 1-1 6.28 1-2
for appendicitis.
Dodgers: Placed RHP NL scores
Blake Treinin on the THURSDAY’S RESULTS
Arizona 4, at Washington 3
10-day IL with right at N.Y. Mets 6, San Francisco 2
at Miami 5, St. Louis 0
shoulder discomfort. Pittsburgh 4, at Chicago Cubs 3
FRIDAY’S RESULTS
Giants: Placed RHP San Francisco 7, at Washington 1
Anthony DeSclafani on St. Louis 4, at Cincinnati 2
at Philadelphia 4, Milwaukee 2
the 10-day IL with right at Atlanta 3, Miami 0
Pittsburgh 4, at Chicago Cubs 2
ankle inflammation and L.A. Dodgers at San Diego, late
OF Steven Duggar on the N.Y. Mets at Arizona, late

60-day IL with a moderate

left oblique strain.
AL games
White Sox: SS Tim ELSA/GETTY IMAGES

Anderson was suspended ORIOLES AT ANGELS, 9:07

one game and fined an Instant connection W-L ERA TEAM
undisclosed amount by Slugger Aaron Judge had a field day in the Bronx, belting two home runs and throwing out a base runner from center field as the Yankees topped the Guardians. Watkins (R) 0-0 2.25 0-2

MLB for directing an Syndergaard (R) 2-0 1.59 2-0

obscene gesture toward GUARDIANS AT YANKEES, 1:05

fans during a game McCarty (L) 0-0 0.00 0-0

Wednesday in Cleveland. Cardinals 4, Reds 2 Yankees 4, Braves 3, Marlins 0 Red Sox 4, Rays 3 Phillies 4, Brewers 2 Blue Jays 4, Astros 3 Cortes Jr. (L) 0-0 0.00 1-1
Paul Goldschmidt helped Guardians 1 Kyle Wright struck out 11 Xander Bogaerts had Alec Bohm hit a go- Matt Chapman doubled WHITE SOX AT TWINS, 4:05
slow down rookie fireballer Aaron Judge hit a pair of over six dominant innings, three hits and scored twice ahead, two-run single in home Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Velasquez (R) 0-1 4.15 1-1
QUOTABLE
Hunter Greene with three opposite-field home runs Matt Olson doubled home in the first five innings, and the eighth inning, Bryce with two outs in the ninth Bundy (R) 2-0 0.87 2-0
hits and two RBI and Ste- and threw out a runner two runs in the seventh, Boston beat Tampa Bay. Harper got two key hits, inning, and Toronto beat
“That was really ven Matz pitched one-run from center field, leading and Atlanta beat Miami. Michael Wacha gave up and Philadelphia stopped Houston for its third
RANGERS AT ATHLETICS, 4:07
Pérez (L) 0-2 6.75 0-2
ball over five innings as St. New York over Cleveland. Wright, who has a two runs on three hits in five Milwaukee’s four-game straight win.
exciting having Louis sent Cincinnati to its Judge entered with just 1.06 ERA after three starts, innings to get his first win winning streak. The Astros put runners
Montas (R)
BLUE JAYS AT ASTROS, 4:10
2-1 3.64 2-1

10th consecutive defeat. one home run this year af- set a career high in strike- for the Red Sox. Corey Knebel pitched a at the corners with one out
the opportunity to The Reds’ losing streak is ter cutting off talks on outs for the second Those two runs were solo perfect ninth for his third in the bottom half, but Manoah (R)
Urquidy (R)
2-0
1-1
1.50
7.00
2-0
1-1
the club’s longest since it Opening Day for a long- straight start. Kenley Jans- shots by Wander Franco, save in as many opportuni- Jordan Romano struck out
face him. I grew lost 11 in a row in 2016. term contract. It was the en notched his fourth save. his first multihomer game. ties as the Phillies won for Jason Castro and J.J. RED SOX AT RAYS, 6:10

17th two-homer game for the third time in 10 games. Matijevic for his eighth Whitlock (R) 1-0 0.93 0-0

up watching him
CARDINALS AB
Carlson rf.............4
Goldschmidt 1b ...5
and all the
O'Neill lf ..............5
Arenado 3b..........4
Dickerson dh .......4
Edman 2b ............3
amazing things
Nootbaar cf .........3
Bader cf ...............1
Sosa ss ................3
he did.” Knizner c..............4
TOTALS 36
— Marlins starter Pablo REDS AB
López on facing Cardinals K.Farmer ss.........5
Drury dh ..............5
legend Albert Pujols on Pham lf................3
Thursday night. López Votto 1b ..............3
Senzel cf .............4
struck out the future Aquino rf.............2
Hall of Famer three times Friedl ph-rf..........1
Lopez 2b..............4
in Miami’s 5-0 victory. Garcia c ...............3
Moran 3b.............4
TOTALS 34
STAR OF THE DAY
ST. LOUIS ....... 100 210 000 — 4 10 0
Kyle Wright, Braves CINCINNATI ... 000 010 001 — 2 9 1
E: Pham (1). LOB: St. Louis 12, Cincinnati
The right-hander allowed 9. 2B: Moran (1).
CARDINALS IP H R ER BB SO ERA
just four hits and one walk Matz .................... 5 7 1 1 2 6 5.27
while striking out 11 over Wittgren.............. 1 0 0 0 1 0 2.08
Helsley.............. 11/3 0 0 0 0 3 0.00
six innings in a Cabrera ................2/3 0 0 0 0 1 3.38
Gallegos............... 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.42
3-0 victory over Miami.
REDS IP
Greene .............. 31/3
TODAY’S GAME Hoffman ........... 12/3
Cessa ................... 1
TO WATCH Moreta................. 1
Diaz...................... 1
Orioles at Angels, B.Farmer.............. 1
9 p.m., MASN WP: Matz (2-1); LP: Greene (1-2); S: Gal-
legos (4). Inherited runners-scored: Wit-
Right-hander Spenser tgren 1-0, Hoffman 3-2. HBP: Greene
(Sosa), Cabrera (Votto). WP: Gallegos.
Watkins (0-0, 2.25 ERA) T: 3:19. A: 20,470 (42,319).
takes the hill for Baltimore
against fellow righty Noah Twins 2, White Sox 1
R H BI BB SO AVG
1 2 0 1 0 .196 the slugger.
0 3 2 0 0 .196
GUARDIANS AB
0 0 0 0 1 .205
0 2 0 1 1 .413
Straw cf ..............4
1 1 0 1 1 .158
Kwan lf ...............4
0 1 0 2 1 .341
Ramírez 3b .........4
1 1 1 1 1 .091 Reyes dh .............4
0 0 0 0 0 .205
Naylor rf .............4
1 0 0 0 1 .250
Rosario ss...........4
0 0 0 0 1 .263
Bradley 1b...........3
4 10 3 6 7 — Mercado ph.........1
Lavastida c .........4
R H BI BB SO AVG Giménez 2b.........3
0 0 1 0 2 .260 TOTALS 35
0 2 1 0 0 .226
0 0 0 1 3 .146 YANKEES AB
0 2 0 0 1 .167 LeMahieu dh.......3
0 0 0 0 2 .080 Judge cf-rf ..........3
0 0 0 0 1 .053 Rizzo 1b ..............4
0
1
0 0 1 0 .000
2 0 0 0 .214
Stanton rf...........4
Locastro cf..........0
1 1 0 1 0 .286 Donaldson 3b......2
0 2 0 0 1 .238 Gallo lf ................4
2 9 2 3 10 — Torres 2b ............4
Kiner-Falefa ss ...4
Trevino c .............3
TOTALS 31
CLEVELAND... 000 100 000 — 1 9 0
NEW YORK .... 002 110 00X — 4 7 0
LOB: Cleveland 7, New York 7. 2B: Kwan
(5), Rosario (1), Naylor (2). HR: Reyes
(2), off Taillon; Judge (2), off Morgan;
Judge (3), off Tully.
GUARDIANS IP H R ER BB SO ERA
Morgan ................ 3 1 2 2 2 5 5.00
H R ER BB SO ERA
Allen .................... 1 2 1 1 1 2 2.45
4 3 3 4 3 5.27 Tully..................... 2 2 1 1 1 0 4.50
3 1 1 1 1 2.89
Pilkington............ 2 2 0 0 0 2 0.00
1 0 0 0 1 4.50
1 0 0 0 0 3.68 YANKEES IP
0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Taillon ................. 5
1 0 0 1 2 4.05 King ..................... 3
Chapman ............. 1
WP: Taillon (1-1); LP: Morgan (1-1); S:
Chapman (4). T: 2:58. A: 41,062
(47,309).
Pirates 4, Cubs 2
MARLINS AB
Chisholm Jr. 2b...3
De La Cruz ph......1
R H BI BB SO AVG
Henry c................0
0 0 0 0 1 .300 Cooper 1b............3
Soler lf ................3
0 2 0 0 1 .395
0 0 0 0 1 .392 Sánchez cf ..........4
1 1 1 0 3 .196 Aguilar dh ...........3
García rf..............4
0 2 0 0 0 .444
B.Anderson 3b ....3
0 2 0 0 1 .259
0 0 0 0 3 .067 Rojas ss ..............4
0 0 0 0 1 .227 Stallings c...........3
Berti pr-2b ..........1
0 1 0 0 2 .083
0 1 0 0 2 .320 TOTALS 32
1 9 1 0 15 —
BRAVES AB
R H BI BB SO AVG Albies 2b.............4
1 1 0 1 1 .302 Olson 1b..............4
2 2 3 1 0 .280 Riley 3b...............3
0 1 0 0 2 .234 Ozuna dh.............4
0
0
1 0 0 2 .218
0 0 0 0 .000
d'Arnaud c ..........4
Arcia lf ................3
1 0 0 2 1 .184 Heredia cf ...........3
0 0 0 0 2 .122 Swanson ss ........2
0 1 0 0 0 .175 Demeritte rf .......2
0 1 1 0 1 .279 Rosario ph-rf ......1
0 0 0 0 0 .333 TOTALS 30
4 7 4 4 9 —
MIAMI............ 000 000 000 — 0 5 2
ATLANTA....... 100 000 20X — 3 6 0
E: Rogers (2), B.Anderson (2). LOB: Mi-
ami 9, Atlanta 6. 2B: Demeritte (1),
d’Arnaud (1), Olson (7).
MARLINS IP H R ER BB SO ERA
Rogers ................. 5 4 1 0 2 4 6.94
Head .................... 1 1 0 0 0 1 0.00
Sulser ................. 2/3 0 2 0 1 1 1.69
Bleier .................. 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 3.86
Poteet.................. 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.59
BRAVES IP
H R ER BB SO ERA Wright ................. 6
7 1 1 0 5 3.07 O'Day.................. 2/3
1 0 0 0 8 0.84 Matzek ............. 11/3
1 0 0 0 2 0.00 Jansen ................. 1
WP: Wright (2-0); LP: Rogers (0-3); S:
Jansen (4). Inherited runners-scored:
Bleier 2-2, Matzek 1-0. HBP: Wright
(Cooper). T: 3:04. A: 40,402 (41,084).
Rangers 8, Mariners 6
R H BI BB SO AVG RED SOX AB R H BI BB SO AVG
0 0 0 0 3 .265 Story 2b...............5 1 1 0 0 1 .231 BREWERS AB R H BI BB SO AVG save. TBD ---- ---- ----
0 0 0 0 1 .333 Devers 3b ............4 1 1 1 0 2 .288
McCutchen dh.....3 0 1 1 1 2 .255 BLUE JAYS AB R H BI BB SO AVG ROYALS AT MARINERS, 9:10
0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bogaerts ss .........4 2 3 0 0 0 .385
Adames ss ..........3 1 1 0 1 1 .176
0 0 0 0 2 .205 Verdugo lf ...........4 0 2 1 0 0 .313 Tapia rf ...............4 1 2 0 0 0 .256 Bubic (L) 0-1 10.80 1-1
0 2 0 1 1 .184 Yelich lf...............4 0 1 0 0 1 .200
Hernández cf.......4 0 2 1 0 0 .182 Bichette ss .........3 0 0 0 1 2 .213
Renfroe rf ...........3 0 0 1 0 3 .217 Brash (R) 1-1 3.38 1-1
0 0 0 0 2 .327 Guerrero Jr. 1b ...4 1 2 0 0 0 .320
Bradley Jr. rf .......3 0 1 1 1 1 .237 Hiura 1b-2b.........3 0 1 0 1 1 .238
0 0 0 1 3 .190 Dalbec 1b.............4 0 0 0 0 0 .159 Gurriel Jr. lf ........4 0 0 1 0 0 .269
0 0 0 0 2 .158 Cain cf.................4 0 0 0 0 2 .143
Shaw dh ..............4 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Collins dh ............4 0 0 0 0 1 .286
0 1 0 1 0 .276 Wong 2b .............1 0 0 0 0 0 .188
Vázquez c ............4 0 1 0 0 1 .226 Chapman 3b........4 0 1 1 0 1 .271
AL scores
Tellez 1b .............3 0 0 0 0 0 .250
0 1 0 0 0 .186 TOTALS 36 4 11 4 1 7 — Kirk c...................4 0 0 0 0 0 .243
Brosseau 3b........2 1 0 0 1 1 .133
0 1 0 0 1 .158 Espinal 2b ...........3 1 1 1 0 1 .214
0 0 0 0 1 .333 Peterson ph ........1 0 0 0 0 0 .107
Zimmer cf ...........3 1 1 1 0 2 .063
THURSDAY’S RESULTS
RAYS AB R H BI BB SO AVG
0 5 0 3 16 —
Caratini c ............3 0 1 0 1 0 .278
TOTALS 33 4 7 4 1 7 —
at Oakland 6, Baltimore 4
B.Lowe 2b ...........5 0 0 1 0 1 .189 TOTALS 30 2 5 2 5 11 — at Detroit 3, N.Y. Yankees 0
R H BI BB SO AVG
Franco ss .............5 2 2 2 0 0 .393 at Cleveland 6, Chicago White Sox 3
ASTROS AB R H BI BB SO AVG
0 2 0 0 1 .237
Arozarena lf ........4
Choi 1b ................3
0
0
0 0 0 2 .222
0 0 1 1 .355
PHILLIES AB R H BI BB SO AVG
Peña ss ...............3 1 0 0 1 1 .286
Toronto 3, at Boston 2
Minnesota 1, at Kansas City 0
Segura 2b............5 1 2 0 0 0 .263
1 1 2 0 1 .389 Díaz 3b ................4 0 2 0 0 0 .275 Hoskins 1b..........3 0 0 0 1 2 .205 Brantley lf ..........4 1 1 0 0 0 .265 Texas 8, at Seattle 6
0 0 0 1 0 .275 J.Lowe dh ............3 0 0 0 0 2 .186 Bregman 3b ........3 0 2 1 1 1 .273
0 0 1 0 1 .271 Walls ph ..............0 0 0 0 1 0 .292
Harper dh............4
Castellanos rf .....4
1
1
2 1 0 1 .241
2 0 0 1 .321 Alvarez dh ..........4 0 0 0 0 1 .172 FRIDAY’S RESULTS
0
0
1 0 0 1 .293
0 0 1 1 .292
Margot rf.............3
Kiermaier cf ........2
0
1
1 0 1 0 .316
0 0 1 0 .133
Realmuto c .........3 1 2 0 1 0 .320 Gurriel 1b............4
Tucker rf .............4
0
0
2 2 0 0 .184
0 0 0 1 .087
Baltimore at L.A. Angels, late
at N.Y. Yankees 4, Cleveland 1
Schwarber lf .......4 0 0 0 0 2 .157
0 0 0 0 1 .158 Ramirez ph..........1 0 0 0 0 0 .273 Bohm 3b..............4 0 1 2 0 1 .440 Díaz 2b................4 0 1 0 0 2 .167 Boston 4, at Tampa Bay 3
1 1 0 1 0 .157 Zunino c...............3 0 1 0 1 1 .071 McCormick cf......3 0 0 0 0 0 .313 Toronto 4, at Houston 3
Camargo ss.........4 0 1 1 0 2 .368
0 1 0 0 0 .500 TOTALS 33 3 6 3 5 7 — Castro ph ............1 0 0 0 0 1 .083 at Minnesota 2, Chicago White Sox 1
Herrera cf ...........2 0 0 0 0 1 .000
1 0 0 0 0 .079
Vierling ph-cf......1 0 0 0 1 1 .167 Maldonado c .......3 1 1 0 0 2 .077 Kansas City at Seattle, late
3 6 3 3 6 — BOSTON ......... 202 000 000 — 4 11 3 Matijevic ph........1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Texas at Oakland, late
TOTALS 34 4 10 4 3 11 —
TAMPA BAY... 100 010 100 — 3 6 0 TOTALS 34 3 7 3 2 10 —
E: Bogaerts 2 (3), Story (1). LOB: Boston MILWAUKEE . 001 000 100 — 2 5 0
TORONTO ...... 000 120 001 — 4 7 0
6, Tampa Bay 8. 2B: Bogaerts (6). HR:
Devers (3), off Kluber; Franco 2 (3), off
PHILA............. 100 000 03X — 4 10 1
HOUSTON ...... 003 000 000 — 3 7 0 Interleague games
E: Realmuto (2). LOB: Milwaukee 8,
Wacha.
Philadelphia 9. 2B: McCutchen (4), LOB: Toronto 3, Houston 6. 2B: Chap-
RED SOX IP H R ER BB SO ERA man (3), Maldonado (1). HR: Espinal
Harper (5).
(1), off Verlander; Zimmer (1), off Ver-
ROCKIES AT TIGERS, 1:10
Wacha.................. 5 3 2 2 2 3 1.88 BREWERS IP H R ER BB SO ERA
Davis .................... 1 1 0 0 0 2 4.50
Peralta................. 5 3 1 1 2 6 7.50
lander. W-L ERA TEAM
Strahm.................2/3 2 1 0 0 0 1.35 BLUE JAYS IP H R ER BB SO ERA Senzatela (R) 1-0 2.16 2-0
Robles ................11/3 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 Ashby ............... 21/3 5 3 3 1 4 3.18
Stripling .............. 4 5 3 3 1 2 4.50
Boxberger........... 2/3 2 0 0 0 1 0.00 Skubal (L) 0-1 3.72 1-1
Diekman...............2/3 0 0 0 3 1 0.00 Thornton ............. 2 0 0 0 1 2 1.12
Barnes..................1/3 0 0 0 0 0 6.23 PHILLIES IP H R ER BB SO ERA Cimber ................. 1 0 0 0 0 1 2.57
ROCKIES AT TIGERS, 6:40
Suárez .............. 42/3 4 1 1 3 4 4.38 Mayza.................. 1 0 0 0 0 2 1.59
H R ER BB SO ERA RAYS IP H R ER BB SO ERA Romano ............... 1 2 0 0 0 3 1.12 Gomber (L) 0-1 7.00 1-1
4 0 0 1 11 1.06 Kluber .................. 5 11 4 4 1 3 3.68 Domínguez ....... 11/3 0 0 0 0 2 4.05
Alvarado.............. 1 1 1 1 1 2 4.76 ASTROS IP H R ER BB SO ERA Brieske (R) 0-0 0.00 0-0
1 0 0 0 0 0.00 Guerra.................. 1 0 0 0 0 1 4.50
0 0 0 1 3 1.69 Poche ................... 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.00
Nelson ................. 1 0 0 0 1 2 5.14
Verlander............. 6 4 3 3 1 5 1.89
Knebel ................. 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.00
0 0 0 1 2 4.50 Sanders................ 2 0 0 0 0 2 1.80 Maton.................. 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.35
WP: Wacha (1-0); LP: Kluber (0-1); S:
WP: Nelson (1-0); LP: Ashby (0-2); S:
Knebel (3). Inherited runners-scored:
Montero .............. 1 1 0 0 0 2 0.00 Interleague score
Neris.................... 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.42
Barnes (1). Inherited runners-scored:
Robles 1-0, Barnes 3-0. WP: Kluber. T:
Boxberger 3-3, Domínguez 1-0. WP: Al-
WP: Mayza (1-0); LP: Neris (1-1); S: Ro- THURSDAY’S RESULTS
varado. T: 3:20. A: 29,285 (42,792).
3:21. A: 16,902 (25,000). mano (8). T: 2:53. A: 36,757 (41,168). No games scheduled.
FRIDAY’S RESULT
Colorado at Detroit, ppd.

Syndergaard (2-0, 1.59). Chicago SS Tim Ander- Roberto Perez drove in Late Thursday
son and 1B José Abreu three runs and Michael Kole Calhoun lined a
each made throwing errors Chavis broke a tie with a two-out RBI double to NL leaders
on the same play in the home run in the fourth in- score Adolis García in Entering Friday’s games.

MAKE
AL leaders eighth inning, allowing ning to propel Pittsburgh. ninth, and Texas rallied BATTING
Entering Friday’s games. Minnesota to score the go- The Pirates held the from an early five-run defi- Arenado, StL .................................... .405
Olson, Atl ......................................... .400
BATTING ahead run. Cubs scoreless over the fi- cit to beat Seattle. Hosmer, SD ...................................... .378

PLANS
Ramírez, Cle .................................... .426 Anderson has six errors nal seven innings in a con- RANGERS AB R H BI BB SO AVG
Machado, SD .................................... .358
Sánchez, Mia ................................... .356
Lowe, Tex ........................................ .396
Franco, TB ........................................ .392 through 10 games this test that started nearly six Semien 2b .............4 0 1 0 1 1 .180 Bryant, Col ....................................... .349
Seager ss...............4 0 0 1 0 2 .283
Kwan, Cle ......................................... .382
Benintendi, KC ................................. .359
year. He committed 10 er- hours late because of in- Garver c .................4 1 0 0 1 2 .158
Joe, Col ............................................ .349
Suzuki, Chi ....................................... .343
Bogaerts, Bos .................................. .354 rors all of last season. clement weather in the García rf-cf ............4 2 1 1 1 2 .182 Edman, StL ...................................... .342

with the
Solak lf ..................3 1 1 2 0 1 .250
France, Sea ...................................... .327
Straw, Cle ........................................ .326 WHITE SOX AB R H BI BB SO AVG forecast. K.Calhoun ph-rf.....2 1 1 1 0 0 .207 HOME RUNS
Lopez, KC ......................................... .324 Anderson ss........4 0 0 0 0 2 .300 Lowe 1b.................5 1 3 1 0 0 .396 Cron, Col ............................................... 6
PIRATES AB R H BI BB SO AVG Culberson 3b .........2 0 0 0 0 1 .308
Kemp, Oak ....................................... .311 García 2b.............4 0 1 0 0 3 .091 Arenado, StL ......................................... 5

GANG
Abreu 1b .............3 0 0 0 1 0 .205 Alford lf ..............3 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Miller ph-3b...........3 0 0 0 0 1 .214
Gamel ph-lf.........1 0 0 0 0 1 .237 Albies, Atl ............................................. 5
HOME RUNS Jiménez dh .........4 0 1 0 0 2 .229 Ibáñez dh...............4 1 1 1 0 0 .205 Suzuki, Chi ............................................ 4
Reynolds cf .........4 0 0 0 0 0 .212 White cf-lf ............4 1 2 1 0 1 .333
Guerrero Jr., Tor ................................... 5 Sheets rf.............3 0 2 0 0 0 .258 Profar, SD ............................................. 4
Hayes 3b.............3 0 1 0 1 0 .333 TOTALS 39 8 10 8 3 11 —
Perez, KC .............................................. 4 Engel cf...............1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Belt, SF ................................................. 4
Pollock cf-rf ........3 0 0 0 1 2 .400 Vogelbach dh ......4 0 1 0 0 1 .310
Rizzo, NY .............................................. 4 Chavis 1b ............4 1 1 1 0 1 .400 Schwarber, Phi ..................................... 4
Ramírez, Cle ......................................... 4 Vaughn lf ............3 1 1 1 1 0 .313 MARINERS AB R H BI BB SO AVG Lindor, NY ............................................. 4
Newman ss.........4 1 1 0 0 0 .205
10 tied ................................................... 3 McGuire c............4 0 1 0 0 0 .211 Frazier 2b............2 2 0 0 2 0 .283 Ozuna, Atl ............................................. 4
VanMeter 2b.......3 1 1 0 1 1 .222
Burger 3b ............4 0 0 0 0 2 .226 France 1b ............4 1 3 2 1 0 .327
RBI Marisnick rf ........4 0 1 0 0 2 .240 RBI
TOTALS 33 1 6 1 3 11 — Pérez c ................3 1 2 3 0 0 .242 Winker lf.............4 1 0 0 1 1 .143
Ramírez, Cle ....................................... 20 Suárez 3b............3 1 1 1 2 1 .186 Cron, Col ............................................. 16
TOTALS 33 4 8 4 2 8 — Crawford ss ........4 1 1 3 1 0 .310
France, Sea ......................................... 12 TWINS AB R H BI BB SO AVG Arenado, StL ....................................... 14
Marsh, LA ........................................... 11 Arraez 1b ............3 1 1 0 1 0 .308 Murphy c.............4 0 1 0 1 2 .400 Alonso, NY .......................................... 14
CUBS AB R H BI BB SO AVG Toro dh................3 0 1 0 2 1 .194
Mercado, Cle ....................................... 11 Correa ss.............4 0 1 1 0 1 .200 Chisholm Jr., Mia ................................ 12
Brown, Oak ......................................... 11 Madrigal 2b ........5 0 1 0 0 0 .227 Rodríguez cf .......5 0 0 0 0 4 .136 Suzuki, Chi .......................................... 12
Polanco 2b ..........3 0 0 0 1 1 .200
Guerrero Jr., Tor ................................. 11 Suzuki rf .............4 0 1 0 0 1 .333 D.Moore rf ..........2 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Bell, Was ............................................ 12
Kepler rf..............2 0 0 0 1 2 .186
Murphy, Oak ....................................... 11 Urshela 3b ..........3 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Contreras dh.......3 0 0 0 1 1 .220 Kelenic ph-rf.......3 0 0 0 0 2 .154 Profar, SD ........................................... 11
Mejía, TB ............................................ 10 Larnach lf............2 0 2 0 0 0 .259 Schwindel 1b ......4 0 0 0 0 1 .226 TOTALS 34 6 7 6 10 12 — Marte, NY ........................................... 11
Rizzo, NY ............................................ 10 Garlick ph-lf........1 Wisdom lf ...........2 1 0 0 1 2 .250
0 0 0 0 0 .167 ERA
Ortega ph-cf .......1 0 0 0 0 1 .179 TEXAS............ 020 040 002 — 8 10 1
Celestino lf .........0 0 0 0 0 0 .125
ERA Sanó dh...............3 0 0 0 0 1 .077
Villar 3b ..............4 0 1 0 0 1 .343 SEATTLE ........ 500 000 010 — 6 7 3 Crowe, Pit ........................................ 0.00
Gordon cf ............3 0 0 0 0 1 .263 Gomes c ..............2 1 0 0 1 1 .263 López, Mia ....................................... 0.52
Gilbert, Sea ...................................... 0.54 E: Culberson (2), Frazier (2), Crawford 2
Jeffers c..............3 1 1 0 0 2 .152 Rivas ph ..............1 0 0 0 0 1 .400 Kelly, Ari .......................................... 0.59
Verlander, Hou ................................ 0.69 (3). LOB: Texas 8, Seattle 12. 2B: Ibáñez
Hermosillo cf ......2 0 1 2 0 1 .071
Stay one step ahead of this season’s weather
Jefferies, Oak .................................. 1.17 TOTALS 27 2 5 1 3 9 — (2), White (2), García (2), Lowe (3), Gonsolin, LA .................................... 0.69
Happ ph-cf-lf ......1 0 0 0 1 0 .308 Rodón, SF ......................................... 1.06
Keller, KC ......................................... 1.39 K.Calhoun (1), France (3). HR: Solak (2),
Hoerner ss ..........4 0 3 0 0 0 .273 Bumgarner, Ari ................................ 1.39
Manoah, Tor .................................... 1.50 CHICAGO........ 000 010 000 — 1 6 2 off Gonzales; France (3), off Hearn;
Plesac, Cle ........................................ 1.53
Ryan, Min ......................................... 1.69
MINNESOTA.. 000 000 02X — 2 5 0 TOTALS 33 2 7 2 4 10 — Crawford (1), off Hearn.
RANGERS IP H R ER BB SO ERA
with the Capital Weather Gang Manaea, SD ..................................... 1.42
Carrasco, NY .................................... 1.47
Blackburn, Oak ................................ 1.80 E: Anderson (6), Abreu (1). LOB: Chica- PITTSBURGH . 020 110 000 — 4 8 0 Mikolas, StL .................................... 1.76
Severino, NY .................................... 2.08 go 8, Minnesota 4. 2B: McGuire (1), Ji- CHICAGO........ 020 000 000 — 2 7 1 Hearn................... 3 4 5 5 4 4 7.59
ménez (1), Larnach (3), Jeffers (1). HR:
E: Villar (3). LOB: Pittsburgh 4, Chicago Abreu................... 2 0 0 0 1 3 1.80 SAVES
SAVES Vaughn (3), off Ober. Martin ................. 1 1 0 0 1 1 3.18
8. 2B: Hermosillo (1). HR: Chavis (2), off Hader, Mil ............................................. 6
Romano, Tor ......................................... 7
Hendriks, Chi ........................................ 4
WHITE SOX IP H R ER BB SO ERA
Kopech................. 5 3 0 0 1 7 0.64
Smyly; Pérez (1), off Smyly.
PIRATES IP H R ER BB SO ERA
Patton ................ 2/3 1 0 0 1 0 3.86
Bush .................... 1 1 1 1 2 2 3.60 washingtonpost.com/ Bard, Col ............................................... 5
Rogers, SD ............................................ 5

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Chapman, NY ........................................ 3 Ruiz ..................... 1 0 0 0 0 1 1.69 Barlow .............. 11/3 0 0 0 1 2 4.15 Robertson, Chi ...................................... 4
Bummer.............. 2/3 0 0 0 1 0 5.40 Quintana .......... 42/3 3 2 2 3 3 3.86
Pressly, Hou ......................................... 3 Hembree............. 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 1.59 MARINERS IP H R ER BB SO ERA Gallegos, StL ........................................ 3
Soto, Det ............................................... 3 Graveman......... 11/3 2 2 1 1 1 2.45 Jansen, Atl ........................................... 3
De Jong................ 2 1 0 0 1 2 0.00 Gonzales........... 42/3 6 6 2 1 6 3.29
Bednar ................. 1 1 0 0 0 3 0.00 Kimbrel, LA ........................................... 3
STRIKEOUTS TWINS IP H R ER BB SO ERA Swanson........... 11/3 1 0 0 0 2 0.00 Rainey, Was ......................................... 3
Ober..................... 5 5 1 1 0 6 2.81 Stratton .............. 1 2 0 0 0 1 3.38 Festa ................... 1 0 0 0 1 1 5.79
Ohtani, LA .......................................... 26 Sheffield.............. 1 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 STRIKEOUTS
McClanahan, TB .................................. 24 Jax ....................... 2 0 0 0 1 2 3.60 CUBS IP H R ER BB SO ERA
Duffey ................. 1 0 0 0 0 2 7.20 Steckenrider....... 2/3 2 2 2 1 1 3.18
Gausman, Tor ..................................... 22 Smyly .................. 5 6 4 4 1 4 2.45 Ramirez .............. 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 4.50 Rodón, SF ............................................ 29
Cease, Chi ........................................... 19 Pagán................... 1 1 0 0 2 1 1.80 Scherzer, NY ....................................... 23
K.Thompson ........ 4 2 0 0 1 4 0.00
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WP: Barlow (1-0); LP: Steckenrider Burnes, Mil ......................................... 22

Eovaldi, Bos ........................................ 19
Cortes Jr., NY ..................................... 17
Montas, Oak ....................................... 17
Bieber, Cle .......................................... 16
Ryan, Min ............................................ 16
WP: Duffey (1-2); LP: Graveman (0-1);
WP: De Jong (1-0); LP: Smyly (1-1); S: (0-1). Inherited runners-scored: Bush
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S: Pagán (2). Inherited runners-scored: Musgrove, SD ..................................... 21
Stratton (2). Inherited runners-scored: 2-0, Barlow 2-0, Swanson 1-0, Ramirez Bassitt, NY ......................................... 20
Graveman 1-0. WP: Graveman, Jax. T:
Hembree 1-0, K.Thompson 1-0. T: 3:08. 1-0. HBP: Hearn (Frazier). T: 3:47. A: Carrasco, NY ....................................... 20
3:04. A: 14,257 (38,544).
A: 25,005 (41,649). 12,570 (47,929). Kershaw, LA ....................................... 20
SATURDAY, APRIL 23 , 2022 . THE WASHINGTON POST EZ M2 D5

NBA ROUNDUP SCOREBOARD

Young hits game-winner P RO B A S K ETB A LL H OC K E Y SO C CE R G OLF

to give Atlanta new life NBA playoffs

PLAY-IN TOURNAMENT — FIRST ROUND
TUESDAY’S RESULTS
NHL
ATLANTIC GP W L OT Pts GF GA
MLS
EAST W L T Pts GF GA
PGA Tour
ZURICH CLASSIC
At TPC Louisiana; In Avondale, La.
zz-Florida ..................... 77 56 15 6 118 325 222 Philadelphia........................5 1 1 16 11 4
EASTERN CONFERENCE Purse: $8.3 million; Yardage: 7,425; Par: 72
y-Toronto ..................... 78 51 21 6 108 301 245 Orlando City........................4 2 2 14 10 7
missed a deep fall-away jumper as SECOND ROUND
HAWKS 111,
at Brooklyn 115, Cleveland 108 y-Tampa Bay ................ 77 47 22 8 102 261 217 New York ............................3 2 2 11 10 6
y-Boston ...................... 77 47 25 5 99 236 209 Atlanta ...............................3 2 2 11 9 9
time expired. Miami will take a 2-1 WESTERN CONFERENCE
Buffalo ......................... 79 30 38 11 71 224 280 Toronto FC..........................3 2 2 11 11 12
P.Cantlay/X.Schauffele .................... 59 68 — 127 -17

HEAT 110 at Minnesota 109, L.A. Clippers 104 A.Rai/D.Lipsky .................................. 61 67 — 128 -16
series lead into Game 4 in Atlanta Detroit.......................... 78 30 38 10 70 220 299 CF Montréal........................3 3 1 10 13 16 D.Redman/S.Ryder ........................... 61 67 — 128 -16
WEDNESDAY’S RESULTS Ottawa ......................... 78 30 41 7 67 212 252 Chicago ...............................2 1 4 10 5 2
on Sunday. EASTERN CONFERENCE Montreal ...................... 78 20 47 11 51 200 303 Charlotte FC .......................3 5 0 9 8 11
B.Grace/G.Higgo ............................... 64 65
C.Tringale/W.Clark ............................ 62 67
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129
129
-15
-15
— Ben Golliver at Atlanta 132, Charlotte 103
Columbus............................2
New York City FC................2
3
3
2
1
8
7
10
11
9
6
B.Horschel/S.Burns .......................... 62 68 — 130 -14
METROPOLITAN GP W L OT Pts GF GA J.Day/J.Scrivener .............................. 65 65 — 130 -14
F ROM NEWS SERVICES l BUCKS 111, BULLS 81: Gray- WESTERN CONFERENCE y-Carolina..................... 78 50 20 8 108 260 192 New England ......................2 4 1 7 10 13 J.Lower/D.Wu ................................... 64 64 — 128 -11
at New Orleans 113, San Antonio 103 Cincinnati ...........................2 4 1 7 8 14
AND STAFF REPORTS son Allen made five three-point- y-N.Y. Rangers............. 78
y-Pittsburgh................. 78
51
44
21 6 108 244 194
23 11 99 258 215 Inter Miami CF....................2 4 1 7 7 15
B.Stuard/R.Knox ............................... 63 70
B.Watson/H.Varner III ...................... 62 71
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133
133
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-11
ers and scored 22 points, and PLAY-IN TOURNAMENT — SECOND ROUND D.C. United .........................2 4 0 6 7 8
FRIDAY’S RESULTS xy-Washington ............ 77 43 23 11 97 266 229 C.Smith/M.Leishman ........................ 65 68 — 133 -11
H.Lebioda/C.Seiffert ......................... 63 70 — 133 -11
With his Atlanta Hawks staring Milwaukee dominated Chicago EASTERN CONFERENCE N.Y. Islanders............... 77
Columbus ..................... 78
35
35
32 10 80 213 219
36 7 77 248 287 WEST W L T Pts GF GA I.Poulter/S.Lowry .............................. 64 69 — 133 -11
at the prospect of a 3-0 deficit in a on the road to take a 2-1 lead in the Atlanta 107, at Cleveland 101 New Jersey .................. 77 27 43 7 61 236 285 Los Angeles FC ...................5
Austin FC............................4
1
1
1 16
2 14
17
17
7
7
M.NeSmith/T.Moore ......................... 60 73 — 133 -11
WESTERN CONFERENCE Philadelphia ................. 78 24 43 11 59 204 286 P.Rodgers/B.Wu ............................... 65 68 — 133 -11
first-round series against the Mi- first-round playoff series without New Orleans 105, at L.A. Clippers 101 LA Galaxy ...........................4 2 1 13 9 6 B.Todd/C.Kirk .................................... 64 70 — 134 -10
ami Heat, Trae Young shook off the injured Khris Middleton. FIRST ROUND
CENTRAL GP W L OT Pts GF GA
FC Dallas.............................3
Houston ..............................3
1
1
3 12
3 12
10
10
4
7
M.Gligic/R.Armour ............................ 65 69
M.Homa/T.Gooch .............................. 66 68
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134
134
-10
-10
zz-Colorado .................. 78 55 17 6 116 301 218
another slow start by capping a Giannis Antetokounmpo add- Best of seven; x-If necessary y-Minnesota................. 78 50 21 7 107 295 241
Real Salt Lake ....................3 2 3 12 9 13 R.Brehm/M.Hubbard ......................... 65 69 — 134 -10
Minnesota United ..............3 2 2 11 8 6 S.Horsfield/M.Wallace ..................... 64 70 — 134 -10
fourth-quarter comeback with a ed 18 points as the defending EASTERN CONFERENCE y-St. Louis.................... 78
Nashville ...................... 77
47
44
20 11 105 293 223
28 5 93 247 227
Nashville.............................3 2 2 11 8 8 S.Im/B.An .......................................... 65 69 — 134 -10
76ERS LEAD RAPTORS, 3-0
game-winning runner. champions made it look easy. Game 1: at Philadelphia 131, Toronto 111 Dallas ........................... 78 43 30 5 91 225 236
Portland..............................2
Colorado..............................2
2
3
4 10
2 8
10
9
13
11
C.Morikawa/V.Hovland ..................... 65 70 — 135 -9
C.Schwartzel/C.Bezuidenhout .......... 67 68 — 135 -9
The two-time all-star guard Coming off two shaky perform- Game 2: at Philadelphia 112, Toronto 97 Winnipeg...................... 78
Chicago......................... 78
35
26
32 11 81 237 252
41 11 63 209 280
Seattle................................2 3 1 7 6 7 C.Thompson/N.Hardy ........................ 66 69 — 135 -9
Game 3: Philadelphia 104, at Toronto 101 (OT) Sporting KC ........................2 6 0 6 6 14
scored 10 points in the final four ances at home, Milwaukee quiet- Saturday's game: Philadelphia at Toronto, 2, TNT x-Arizona ..................... 77 22 49 6 50 189 296
Vancouver...........................1 5 1 4 6 14
J.Hahn/K.Chappell ............................ 64 71
K.Bradley/B.Steele ........................... 64 71
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135
135
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-9
minutes to key a dramatic 111-110 ed a raucous crowd watching Chi- x-Monday's game: Toronto at Philadelphia, 8, NBATV
x-Thursday's game: Philadelphia at Toronto, TBD, TBD PACIFIC GP W L OT Pts GF GA
San Jose .............................0 4 3 3 11 17 T.Hatton/D.Willett ........................... 63 72 — 135 -9
W.Zalatoris/D.Riley .......................... 64 71 — 135 -9
Game 3 victory at State Farm Are- cago’s first playoff game at United x-Saturday, April 30: Toronto at Philadelphia, TBD, TBD z-Calgary ...................... 78 48 20 10 106 279 195 SATURDAY, APRIL 16 B.Haas/J.Haas ................................... 65 71 — 136 -8
y-Edmonton ................. 78 46 26 6 98 275 240
na in Atlanta. On the decisive play, Center in five years almost as soon HEAT LEAD HAWKS, 2-1 Los Angeles.................. 79 42 27 10 94 228 228
Austin FC 3, at D.C. United 2
at CF Montréal 2, Vancouver 1
C.Tarren/D.Skinns ............................. 64 72
D.Ghim/M.Schwab ............................ 65 71
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136
136
-8
-8
Game 1: at Miami 115, Atlanta 91
which followed a frenzied back- as it started. The Bucks led by 24 Game 2: at Miami 115, Atlanta 105
Vegas ........................... 78 42 31 5 89 250 232 Nashville 2, at San Jose 2 J.Dahmen/S.Jaeger ........................... 63 73 — 136 -8
Vancouver .................... 78 38 29 11 87 236 223
and-forth sequence, Young drove in the second quarter and re- Game 3: at Atlanta 111, Miami 110 Anaheim....................... 78 30 34 14 74 220 255
Cincinnati 0, at Atlanta 0 J.Rose/H.Stenson ............................. 66 70
K.Kisner/S.Brown ............................. 66 70
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136
136
-8
-8
Sunday's game: Miami at Atlanta, 7, TNT Portland 0, at Houston 0
the ball through four Heat defend- mained in control the rest of the Tuesday's game: Atlanta at Miami, 7, NBATV
San Jose....................... 77
Seattle ......................... 77
30
26
35 12 72 199 246
45 6 58 203 268 FC Dallas 0, at New York 0 K.Kitayama/K.Aphibarnrat ............... 66 70 — 136 -8
K.Stanley/C.Villegas ......................... 65 71 — 136 -8
ers in transition before tossing up a way. x-Thursday's game: Miami at Atlanta, TBD, TBD
x-Saturday, April 30: Atlanta at Miami, TBD, TBD x-Late game; y-Clinched playoff spot
at New England 2, Charlotte FC 1 S.Piercy/S.O'Hair .............................. 66 70 — 136 -8
Orlando City 2, at Columbus 0
runner once he reached the paint. Game 4 is Sunday in Chicago. CELTICS LEAD NETS, 2-0 z-Clinched division; zz-Clinched conference at Toronto FC 2, Philadelphia 1
S.Scheffler/R.Palmer ........................ 64 72
T.Duncan/A.Schenk .......................... 64 72
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136
136
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-8
Leaping off his right leg, Young Game 1: at Boston 115, Brooklyn 114 THURSDAY’S RESULTS at Minnesota 3, Colorado 1 J.Niemann/M.Pereira ...................... 67 WD
lofted a shot over Jimmy Butler Hornets dismiss Borrego Game 2: at Boston 114, Brooklyn 107
Buffalo 5, at New Jersey 2 LA Galaxy 0, at Chicago 0 MISSED CUT
Saturday's game: Boston at Brooklyn, 7:30, ESPN Miami 1, at Seattle 0 A.Cook/J.Dufner ............................... 66 71 — 137 -7
that hit the front rim, the back- The Charlotte Hornets fired Monday's game: Boston at Brooklyn, 7, TNT
x-Wednesday's game: Brooklyn at Boston, TBD, TBD
at Florida 5, Detroit 2
at Carolina 4, Winnipeg 2 SUNDAY’S RESULTS A.Hadwin/A.Svensson ...................... 65 72 — 137 -7
board and the side of the rim coach James Borrego after blow- x-Friday's game: Boston at Brooklyn, TBD, TBD at Pittsburgh 4, Boston 0 at New York City FC 6, Real Salt Lake 0
L.Herbert/A.Atwal ............................ 65 72 — 137 -7
x-Sunday, May 1: Brooklyn at Boston, TBD, TBD L.Hodges/V.Whaley .......................... 63 74 — 137 -7
before rattling in with 4.4 seconds out losses in back-to-back seasons Philadelphia 6, at Montreal 3 at Los Angeles FC 3, Sporting KC 1 S.Noh/M.Kim .................................... 63 74 — 137 -7
BUCKS LEAD BULLS, 2-1 N.Y. Rangers 6, at N.Y. Islanders 3
remaining. in the play-in tournament. Game 1: at Milwaukee 93, Chicago 86 at Minnesota 6, Vancouver 3 SATURDAY’S MATCHES T.Mullinax/W.Bryan .........................
B.Garnett/S.Stallings .......................
63 74
66 72
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137 -7
138 -6
“I didn’t have any doubt that if I The 44-year-old Borrego was Game 2: Chicago 114, at Milwaukee 110 at Tampa Bay 8, Toronto 1 New England at D.C. United, 7:30 B.Hagy/C.Percy ................................. 67 71 — 138 -6
Game 3: Milwaukee 111, at Chicago 81 at Calgary 4, Dallas 2 Houston at FC Dallas, 3 B.Van Pelt/B.Martin ......................... 67 71 — 138 -6
shot it, I would make it.,” Young 138-163 in four seasons with the Sunday's game: Milwaukee at Chicago, 1, ABC St. Louis 3, at San Jose 1 CF Montréal at Philadelphia, 3 C.Ramey/J.Creel ............................... 68 70 — 138 -6
said. “I was just trying to make the Hornets and had received a multi- Wednesday's game: Chicago at Milwaukee, TBD, TBD
x-Friday's game: Milwaukee at Chicago, TBD, TBD
at Los Angeles 4, Chicago 1 Chicago at Minnesota, 5 D.Lee/S.Bae ......................................
P.Kizzire/J.Poston ............................
66 72
69 69
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138 -6
138 -6
Vancouver at Austin FC, 8:30
right read. I was going to hit a year contract extension in August. x-Sunday, May 1: Chicago at Milwaukee, TBD, TBD FRIDAY’S RESULTS Columbus at Sporting KC, 8:30 S.Gutschewski/D.Points ................... 65 73 — 138 -6
shooter if they helped [on de- Charlotte finished 43-39 this sea- WESTERN CONFERENCE Washington at Arizona, late Charlotte FC at Colorado, 9
S.Straka/G.Sigg ................................
A.Long/B.Hoag ..................................
68 70
66 73
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138 -6
139 -5
Ottawa 2, at Columbus 1 (SO)
fense]. I was able to get to the son but was embarrassed in the GRIZZLIES LEAD TIMBERWOLVES, 2-1
at Minnesota 6, Seattle 3
Real Salt Lake at Portland, 10
Seattle at San Jose, 10
G.McDowell/S.Power ........................ 65 74 — 139 -5
Game 1: Minnesota 130, at Memphis 117 K.Mitchell/B.Snedeker ...................... 69 70 — 139 -5
basket and get my floater.” play-in game for the second Game 2: at Memphis 124, Minnesota 106 at Edmonton 6, Colorado 3 Nashville at LA Galaxy, 10:30 N.Watney/C.Hoffman ....................... 68 71 — 139 -5
Following a Heat timeout, But- straight year. Game 3: Memphis 104, at Minnesota 95
Saturday's game: Memphis at Minnesota, 10, ESPN
SATURDAY’S GAMES SUNDAY’S MATCHES
S.Reeves/J.Wolfe .............................
S.Theegala/B.Hossler .......................
66 73
65 74
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139 -5
139 -5
ler, who finished with 20 points, — Associated Press Tuesday’s game: Minnesota at Memphis, 7:30, TNT Carolina at New Jersey, 12:30 Atlanta at Miami, 1 T.Fleetwood/S.Garcia ....................... 66 73 — 139 -5
x-Friday's game: Memphis at Minnesota, TBD, TBD N.Y. Islanders at Buffalo, 12:30 New York at Orlando City, 3:30 T.Gainey/R.Garrigus ......................... 61 78 — 139 -5
x-Sunday, May 1: Minnesota at Memphis, TBD, TBD Pittsburgh at Detroit, 12:30 Los Angeles FC at Cincinnati, 5 T.Hoge/P.Barjon ................................ 66 73 — 139 -5
WARRIORS LEAD NUGGETS, 3-0 N.Y. Rangers at Boston, 3 Toronto FC at New York City FC, 5 H.Higgs/A.Smotherman ................... 65 75 — 140 -4
Game 1: at Golden State 123, Denver 107 Montreal at Ottawa, 7 L.Glover/C.Reavie ............................. 66 74 — 140 -4
Game 2: at Golden State 126, Denver 106 Nashville at Tampa Bay, 7 SATURDAY, APRIL 30 R.Cabrera Bello/E.Grillo .................... 65 75 — 140 -4
NFL NOTES Game 3: Golden State 118, at Denver 113 Toronto at Florida, 7 D.C. United at Columbus, 7:30 C.Hadley/J.Byrd ................................ 66 75 — 141 -3
Sunday's game: Golden State at Denver, 3:30, ABC Austin FC at Houston, 1:30 D.McCarthy/B.Kohles ....................... 66 75 — 141 -3
Chicago at San Jose, 8

Coaches, friends attend

x-Wednesday’s game: Denver at Golden State, TBD K.Tway/K.Kraft ................................. 70 71 — 141 -3
Seattle at Dallas, 8 Cincinnati at Toronto FC, 3
x-Friday’s game: Golden State at Denver, TBD, TBD M.Laird/R.Macintyre ........................ 66 75 — 141 -3
St. Louis at Arizona, 10 LA Galaxy at Real Salt Lake, 3:30 M.McNealy/J.Bramlett ..................... 70 71 — 141 -3
x-Sunday, May 1: Denver at Golden State, TBD, TBD Atlanta at CF Montréal, 4
Vancouver at Calgary, 10 R.Streb/T.Merritt ............................. 68 73 — 141 -3
MAVERICKS LEAD JAZZ, 2-1 Anaheim at Los Angeles, 10:30 Miami at New England, 7:30 R.Werenski/P.Uihlein ....................... 65 76 — 141 -3

Haskins’s first memorial

A SSOCIATED P RESS
Former teammates and coaches
bid farewell to Dwayne Haskins at
an emotional memorial service
with Mayfield about its plans.
“I’ve touched on this previously
that we were transparent with our
intentions with his reps,” Berry
said. He added: “I think we can all
Game 1: Utah 99, at Dallas 93 Charlotte FC at Orlando City, 7:30 S.Kang/J.Huh .................................... 63 78 — 141 -3
Game 2: at Dallas 110, Utah 104 SUNDAY’S GAMES New York at Chicago, 8 M.McGreevy/A.Novak ...................... 66 76 — 142 -2
Game 3: Dallas 126, at Utah 118 Toronto at Washington, 7 FC Dallas at Sporting KC, 8:30 M.Trainer/J.Knous ............................ 68 74 — 142 -2
Saturday's game: Dallas at Utah, 4:30, TNT Carolina at N.Y. Islanders, 1 A.Smalley/H.Buckley ........................ 69 74 — 143 -1
Portland at Colorado, 9
Monday's game: Utah at Dallas, 9:30, TNT Detroit at New Jersey, 1 A.Noren/H.Norlander ........................ 68 76 — 144 E
x-Thursday’s game: Dallas at Utah, TBD, TBD Vancouver at Seattle, 10
Edmonton at Columbus, 1 J.Herman/V.Taylor ........................... 68 77 — 145 +1
x-Saturday, April 30: Utah at Dallas, TBD, TBD D.Van der Walt/B.Drewitt ................ 67 79 — 146 +2
Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 4
SUNS AND PELICANS TIED, 1-1
Game 1: at Phoenix 110, New Orleans 99
Boston at Montreal, 7 NWSL
Colorado at Winnipeg, 7
Game 2: New Orleans 125, at Phoenix 114 Tampa Bay at Florida, 7 CHALLENGE CUP LPGA Tour
Game 3: Phoenix at New Orleans, late
Sunday's game: Phoenix at New Orleans, 9:30, TNT Minnesota at Nashville, 8
EAST GP W D L GF GA Pts
LA OPEN
St. Louis at Anaheim, 8:30 At Wilshire Country Club; In Los Angeles
Tuesday’s game: New Orleans at Phoenix, 10, TNT
x-Thursday’s game: Phoenix at New Orleans, TBD, TBD San Jose at Vegas, 10
North Carolina ................. 5 3 2 0 10 5 11 Purse: $1.5 million
Washington ..................... 5 2 3 0 10 5 9
x-Saturday, April 30: New Orleans at Phoenix, TBD, TBD Gotham FC ....................... 5 1 2 2 4 7 5
Yardage: 6,447; Par: 71

Friday, a little less than two weeks understand how Baker feels.” CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS Orlando ............................ 5 0 1 4 3 10 1 FIRST ROUND — THURSDAY’S RESULTS
Alison Lee ........................................... 33 33 — 66 -5
after the death of the 24-year-old Mayfield, who is rehabbing af- TBD
Senators 2, Blue Jackets 1 (SO) CENTRAL GP W D L GF GA Pts Nasa Hataoka ..................................... 32 35 — 67 -4
Kansas City...................... 5 3 1 1 8 6 10
quarterback. ter undergoing surgery on his left CONFERENCE FINALS OTTAWA ............................ 0 0 1 1 — 2 Chicago ............................ 5 2 2 1 7 4 8
Emily Pedersen .................................. 32 35
Emma Talley ...................................... 33 34
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Haylee Harford ................................... 34 34 — 68 -3
NBA FINALS Janie Jackson ..................................... 34 34 — 68 -3
Tomlin, Ohio State Coach Ryan as they try to work out a trade. TBD
OTTAWA WON SHOOTOUT, 1-0
FIRST PERIOD Sei Young Kim .................................... 33 35 — 68 -3
WEST GP W D L GF GA Pts
Day and former Buckeyes coach l TITANS: The Tennessee state
Scoring: 1, Columbus, Roslovic 20 (Sillinger, Johnson), OL Reign .......................... 5 4 1 0 10 4 13 So Yeon Ryu ....................................... 33 35 — 68 -3
Jennifer Song ..................................... 36 32 — 68 -3
Urban Meyer joined hundreds of legislature approved $500 million 11:20 (pp). Portland ........................... 5
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8 10 4 Dewi Weber ........................................ 34 34 — 68 -3
mourners at a service at Allegheny in bonds late Thursday night for a Hawks 111, Heat 110 THIRD PERIOD Angel City FC ................... 5 0 1 4 5 13 1 Celine Boutier .................................... 35 34
Peiyun Chien ...................................... 32 37
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Alliance Church in Pittsburgh. new enclosed stadium. The pro- MIAMI ................................ 24 30 31 25 — 110 Scoring: 2, Ottawa, Tkachuk 29 (Norris, Batherson), SATURDAY, APRIL 2 Haeji Kang .......................................... 32 37 — 69 -2
7:06. Rachel Rohanna Virgili ....................... 35 34 — 69 -2
Tomlin; Haskins’s wife, Ka- posal now goes to Gov. Bill Lee (R), ATLANTA ........................... 22 39 16 34 — 111 Louisville 3, at Kansas City 0
at San Diego Wave FC 4, Angel City FC 2 Pauline Roussin-Bouchard ................. 35 34 — 69 -2
SHOOTOUT
labrya; his agent, Cedric Saun- who is expected to sign off on it. MIAMI: Butler 8-20 3-3 20, Tucker 4-6 2-2 11, Adebayo
Ottawa 1 (Batherson NG, Stutzle G), Columbus 0
at Chicago 2, Houston 0 Madelene Sagstrom ........................... 33 36 — 69 -2
5-9 3-3 13, Lowry 2-7 0-0 6, Strus 7-13 1-3 20, Martin 0-0 OL Reign 1, at Portland 0 Lizette Salas ...................................... 35 34 — 69 -2
ders; former teammate Steven The stadium is estimated to 0-0 0, Robinson 1-4 3-3 6, Dedmon 3-6 1-2 7, Herro 10-22 (Roslovic NG, Nyquist NG, Voracek NG). Lauren Stephenson ............................ 34 35 — 69 -2
Sims; and longtime friends Mo- cost between $1.9 billion and 0-0 24, Vincent 1-6 1-1 3. Totals 41-93 14-17 110. SUNDAY, APRIL 3 Pajaree Anannarukarn ....................... 36 34 — 70 -1
SHOTS ON GOAL Amanda Doherty ................................ 34 36 — 70 -1
ATLANTA: Gallinari 4-7 2-2 11, Hunter 7-13 1-2 17, at Washington 4, Orlando 1
hamed Jabbie and Mykel Traylor- $2.2 billion, and the Titans’ own- Collins 2-6 1-1 6, Huerter 5-13 2-2 13, Young 6-14 10-12
OTTAWA ............................ 4 11 9 2 — 26 North Carolina 1, at Gotham FC 1 Jodi Ewart Shadoff ............................ 35 35 — 70 -1
COLUMBUS ........................ 6 10 14 4 — 34 Ayaka Furue ....................................... 34 36 — 70 -1
Bennett spoke at the service, ers have pledged $700 million. 24, Okongwu 4-4 1-1 9, Bogdanovic 7-17 0-0 18, Wright
Power-play opportunities: Ottawa 0 of 2; Columbus 1 of THURSDAY, APRIL 14 Hannah Green .................................... 35 35 — 70 -1
6-6 0-1 13. Totals 41-80 17-21 111.
which was closed to the media. The rest of the funding still has to Three-point Goals: Miami 14-45 (Strus 5-10, Herro 4-11,
2. Goalies: Ottawa, Gustavsson 5-11-1 (34 shots-33
saves). Columbus, Merzlikins 25-21-7 (26-25). A: 18,116
at OL Reign 3, San Diego Wave FC 1 Bronte Law ......................................... 35 35
Minjee Lee .......................................... 35 35
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0-1, Vincent 0-5), Atlanta 12-32 (Bogdanovic 4-9, Hunter at Kansas City 2, Houston 1
to honor the former Ohio State the team and Nashville officials 2-6, Young 2-6, Collins 1-1, Gallinari 1-1, Wright 1-1,
Katherine Perry-Hamski .................... 36 34
Jasmine Suwannapura ...................... 36 34
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star and 2019 first-round pick of have been ongoing for months. Huerter 1-8). Fouled Out: None. Rebounds: Miami 45
Wild 6, Kraken 3 North Carolina 4, at Orlando 2
Atthaya Thitikul ................................. 36 34 — 70 -1
(Adebayo 11), Atlanta 36 (Bogdanovic 8). Assists: Marina Alex ........................................ 36 35 — 71 E
the Washington Commanders. l MISC.: The NFL will capital- Miami 30 (Butler 8), Atlanta 23 (Young 8). Total Fouls: SEATTLE .................................. 2 0 1 — 3 Chicago 1, at Louisville 1 Brittany Altomare ............................. 37 34 — 71 E
l BROWNS: General Manager ize on Christmas falling on a Sun- Miami 23, Atlanta 20. A: 18,421 (18,118) MINNESOTA ............................ 1 5 0 — 6 SUNDAY’S RESULTS Hye Jin Choi ....................................... 35 36 — 71 E
Chella Choi .......................................... 36 35 — 71 E
Andrew Berry understands Baker day this year, with three games on FIRST PERIOD Washington 3, at Gotham FC 1
at OL Reign 2, Angel City FC 1
Gemma Dryburgh ............................... 36 35 — 71 E
Georgia Hall ....................................... 36 35 — 71 E
Mayfield’s hurt feelings. He denies Dec. 25 for the first time: two in the Bucks 111, Bulls 81 Scoring: 1, Seattle, Sprong 13 (Donskoi), 6:16. 2, Seattle,
Gourde 19 (Kuhlman, McCann), 10:20. 3, Minnesota,
at Portland 3, San Diego Wave FC 2
Yu-Sang Hou ...................................... 34 37 — 71 E
the quarterback’s claim that afternoon on CBS and Fox, and a MILWAUKEE ...................... 33 27 30 21 — 111 Eriksson Ek 22 (Kaprizov, Fiala), 16:01 (pp). SATURDAY’S MATCHES Frida Kinhult ...................................... 37 34 — 71 E
Jin Young Ko ...................................... 37 34 — 71 E
Cleveland misled him. prime-time contest on NBC. CHICAGO ............................ 17 24 18 22 — 81
SECOND PERIOD
Washington at North Carolina, 1
Orlando at Gotham FC, 7 Stacy Lewis ........................................ 35 36 — 71 E
Mayfield said the Browns had The league will have 11 games MILWAUKEE: G.Antetokounmpo 7-12 4-5 18, Portis Scoring: 4, Minnesota, Eriksson Ek 23 (Fiala, Boldy), OL Reign at San Diego Wave FC, 10 Yu Liu ................................................. 35 36
Sanna Nuutinen ................................. 36 35
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7-14 0-0 18, Lopez 4-9 0-0 9, Holiday 7-14 1-2 16, 2:04. 5, Minnesota, Kaprizov 45 (Eriksson Ek, Fiala), 6:52
told him they expected him to on Saturday, Dec. 24 — including a Matthews 1-3 0-0 3, Ibaka 2-7 1-2 5, Nwora 1-6 0-0 2, (pp). 6, Minnesota, Hartman 33 (Kaprizov), 10:22. 7, SUNDAY’S MATCHES Hee Young Park .................................. 34 37 — 71 E
Sophia Popov ...................................... 33 38 — 71 E
return as their starter before trad- night game on NFL Network — T.Antetokounmpo 2-3 0-1 4, Allen 8-12 1-1 22, Carter 0-0
0-0 0, Connaughton 3-8 3-3 11, Tucker 0-0 0-0 0, Vildoza
Minnesota, Zuccarello 24 (Kaprizov, Fiala), 12:03 (pp). 8, Chicago at Kansas City, 5
Louisville at Houston, 7 Hinako Shibuno .................................. 34 37 — 71 E
Minnesota, Deslauriers 8 (Fiala, Jost), 14:29.
ing for Deshaun Watson and sign- and regularly scheduled prime- 1-3 0-0 3. Totals 43-91 10-14 111. Portland at Angel City FC, 8 Alana Uriell ........................................ 35 36
Amy Yang ........................................... 35 36
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ing him to a $230 million contract. time affairs on Thursday, Dec. 22, CHICAGO: DeRozan 4-9 3-5 11, Williams 0-9 1-2 1, Ruoning Yin ........................................ 33 38 — 71 E
Vucevic 8-17 0-0 19, Caruso 3-7 0-0 9, LaVine 6-13 1-1 15, Scoring: 9, Seattle, Beniers 3 (McCann, Dunn), 5:16 (pp).
Berry responded to those asser- and Monday, Dec. 26. Brown Jr. 1-4 0-0 2, Jones Jr. 1-2 0-0 2, Thompson 1-2 0-0 PR O F OOTB ALL Na Rin An ........................................... 33 39
Ashleigh Buhai ................................... 37 35
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tions at his pre-draft news confer- The NFL has played a total of 2, Bradley 5-5 0-0 10, Dosunmu 2-6 0-0 4, Green 0-1 0-0 0,
White 2-9 1-2 6. Totals 33-84 6-10 81. SEATTLE .................................. 7 12 9 — 28
Carlota Ciganda .................................. 33 39 — 72 +1
Allisen Corpuz .................................... 37 35 — 72 +1
ence, saying Cleveland was open 24 games on Christmas Day. Three-point Goals: Milwaukee 15-41 (Allen 5-7, Portis
MINNESOTA .......................... 10 14 11 — 35 USFL Caroline Inglis .................................... 37 35 — 72 +1
4-8, Connaughton 2-7, Lopez 1-2, Matthews 1-3, Vildoza Power-play opportunities: Seattle 1 of 2; Minnesota 3 of Danielle Kang ..................................... 36 36 — 72 +1
5. Goalies: Seattle, Grubauer 18-30-5 (36 shots-30 All games played in Birmingham, Ala.
1-3, Holiday 1-5, Ibaka 0-1, Nwora 0-2, G.Antetokounm- Christina Kim ..................................... 36 36 — 72 +1
po 0-3), Chicago 9-34 (Caruso 3-5, Vucevic 3-9, LaVine saves). Minnesota, Fleury 26-22-5 (28-25). A: 19,047 NORTH W L T Pct PF PA Gina Kim ............................................. 39 33 — 72 +1
2-4, White 1-6, Brown Jr. 0-1, Green 0-1, Jones Jr. 0-1, (18,064). T: 2:26. New Jersey ........................1 1 0 .500 34 34 Cheyenne Knight ................................ 36 36 — 72 +1
Dosunmu 0-3, Williams 0-4). Fouled Out: None. Re- Philadelphia.......................0 1 0 .000 17 23 Nanna Koerstz Madsen ...................... 36 36 — 72 +1
GOLF ROUNDUP bounds: Milwaukee 55 (Portis 16), Chicago 43 (White 8). Pittsburgh .........................0 1 0 .000 3 17 Jeong Eun Lee .................................... 35 37 — 72 +1
Assists: Milwaukee 27 (G.Antetokounmpo 9), Chicago Michigan ............................0 2 0 .000 18 27 Wichanee Meechai ............................. 34 38 — 72 +1

Cantlay and Schauffele

Giulia Molinaro ................................... 36 36 — 72 +1
22 (Dosunmu, LaVine 5). Total Fouls: Milwaukee 15,
Chicago 15. A: 22,667 (20,917)
T ENN IS SOUTH W L T Pct PF PA Su-Hyun Oh ........................................ 35 37 — 72 +1
Birmingham.......................1 0 0 1.000 28 24 Inbee Park .......................................... 35 37 — 72 +1
Houston .............................1 0 0 1.000 17 12 Sarah Schmelzel ................................ 36 36 — 72 +1
ATP New Orleans ......................1 0 0 1.000 23 17 Ana Belac ........................................... 36 37 — 73 +2
Warriors 118, Nuggets 113

hold Zurich Classic lead

Tampa Bay.........................1 0 0 1.000 17 3 In Gee Chun ........................................ 38 35 — 73 +2
BARCELONA OPEN
Late Thursday At Real Club de Tenis Barcelona WEEK 2
Jenny Coleman ................................... 37 36
Casey Danielson ................................. 36 37
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GOLDEN STATE .................. 34 35 18 31 — 118 Purse: $3,021,881 FRIDAY’S RESULT Perrine Delacour ................................ 38 35 — 73 +2
DENVER .............................. 32 27 30 24 — 113 Surface: Red clay at New Jersey 10, Michigan 6 Eun-Hee Ji .......................................... 34 39 — 73 +2
DOUBLES — ROUND OF 16 SATURDAY’S GAMES Megan Khang ..................................... 36 37 — 73 +2
GOLDEN STATE: D.Green 2-6 1-4 6, Wiggins 3-6 1-2 9, Looney In-Kyung Kim ..................................... 39 34 — 73 +2
Casper Ruud (2), Norway, def. Emil Ruusuvuori, Finland, Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 12
0-0 0-0 0, Poole 9-13 6-9 27, Thompson 10-18 0-0 26, Bjelica Pernilla Lindberg ................................ 35 38 — 73 +2
A SSOCIATED P RESS Club for a share of the second- 0-2 2-2 2, O.Porter Jr. 3-7 0-0 6, Iguodala 1-1 2-3 4, Curry 9-17 6-2, 6-2; Felix Auger-Aliassime (3), Canada, def. Frances Birmingham at Houston, 7
Ruixin Liu ........................................... 36 37 — 73 +2
Tiafoe (13), United States, 7-5, 6-4; Diego Schwartzman SUNDAY’S GAME
round lead with Nasa Hataoka at 6-8 27, Payton II 4-4 0-0 11. Totals 41-74 18-28 118.
(6), Argentina, def. Lorenzo Musetti, Italy, 6-4, 7-5; New Orleans at Tampa Bay, 3
Gaby Lopez ......................................... 37 36
Leona Maguire ................................... 37 36
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DENVER: Gordon 7-13 3-4 18, Je.Green 1-5 2-2 4, Jokic
Patrick Cantlay and Xander the LA Open. 14-22 7-9 37, Barton 5-13 0-0 13, Morris 4-11 1-2 10,
Pablo Carreno Busta (8), Spain, def. Lorenzo Sonego
(11), Italy, 6-2, 5-7, 6-2; Alex de Minaur (10), Australia, WEEK 3 Yealimi Noh ........................................ 37 36 — 73 +2
Schauffele shot a 4-under-par 68 The top-ranked Ko moved into Ja.Green 1-2 4-4 6, Cousins 3-4 3-3 9, Campazzo 0-0 0-0
0, Forbes 1-2 2-3 5, Hyland 2-6 0-0 5, Rivers 2-2 0-0 6.
def. Lloyd Harris, South Africa, 6-0, ret; Carlos Alcaraz SATURDAY, APRIL 30
Sung Hyun Park .................................. 33 40
Paula Reto .......................................... 37 36
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(5), Spain, def. Jaume Munar, Spain, 6-3, 6-3; Stefanos
in alternate-shot play Friday at position for her second victory of Totals 40-80 22-27 113. Tsitsipas (1), Greece, def. Grigor Dimitrov (14), Bulgaria,
Tampa Bay at Houston, 4
Birmingham at New Orleans, 8
Jenny Shin .......................................... 37 36 — 73 +2
Marissa Steen .................................... 37 36 — 73 +2
windswept TPC of Louisiana in the season in the first of two Three-point Goals: Golden State 18-40 (Thompson 6-13, 6-1, 6-4; Cameron Norrie (4), Britain, def. Marton
Fucsovics, Hungary, 7-5, 6-7 (11-9), 6-4. SUNDAY, MAY 1 Patty Tavatanakit .............................. 34 39 — 73 +2
Payton II 3-3, Poole 3-5, Curry 3-9, Wiggins 2-4, D.Green
Avondale to maintain a one-stroke straight tour events in the Los 1-3, O.Porter Jr. 0-3), Denver 11-26 (Barton 3-7, Rivers
Pittsburgh at Michigan, 2:30 Charlotte Thomas .............................. 38 35
Matilda Castren ................................. 38 36
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lead at the Zurich Classic of New Angeles area. 2-2, Jokic 2-3, Gordon 1-1, Forbes 1-2, Hyland 1-3, Morris
Diego Schwartzman (6), Argentina, def. Felix Auger- Jennifer Chang ................................... 38 36 — 74 +3
1-5, Cousins 0-1, Je.Green 0-2). Fouled Out: None. WEEK 4 Ally Ewing .......................................... 38 36 — 74 +3
Orleans. Hataoka birdied her final three Rebounds: Golden State 30 (Wiggins 6), Denver 44 Aliassime (3), Canada, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3; Pablo Carreno Busta
(8), Spain, def. Casper Ruud (2), Norway, 4-6, 7-6 (10-8), Philadelphia at Michigan, TBD Jaye Marie Green ............................... 37 37 — 74 +3
The Presidents Cup and Ryder holes for a 68 to match Ko at (Jokic 18). Assists: Golden State 29 (D.Green 10),
Denver 25 (Morris 6). Total Fouls: Golden State 25, 6-3; Alex de Minaur (10), Australia, def. Cameron Norrie New Jersey at Pittsburgh, TBD Yaeeun Hong ...................................... 38 36 — 74 +3
Houston at New Orleans, TBD Vivian Hou .......................................... 37 37 — 74 +3
Cup partners, who opened with a 7 under. Eighteen players were Denver 26. A: 19,627 (19,520) (4), Britain, 6-3, 5-7, 6-1; Carlos Alcaraz (5), Spain, def.
Stefanos Tsitsipas (1), Greece, 6-4, 5-7, 6-2. Lauren Kim ......................................... 38 36 — 74 +3
SATURDAY, MAY 7
tournament-record 59 on Thurs- unable to finish the round because Tampa Bay at Birmingham, 7
Agathe Laisne .................................... 37 37
Maude-Aimee Leblanc ....................... 37 37
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day in best-ball play, were at 17 un- of darkness. HIGH SCHOO LS Xiyu Lin .............................................. 36 38 — 74 +3
SERBIA OPEN Brooke Matthews .............................. 38 36 — 74 +3
der. Hannah Green was third at At Novak Tennis Center; In Belgrade Elizabeth Nagel .................................. 36 38 — 74 +3
BASEBALL
The teams of David Lipsky-Aar- 5 under after a bogey-free 67. MARYLAND Purse: $644,685 A UTO RAC IN G Bianca Pagdanganan .......................... 35 39
Pornanong Phatlum ........................... 38 36
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on Rai and Doc Redman-Sam l PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS: James Hubert Blake 11, Northwood 3 Robynn Ree ........................................ 36 38 — 74 +3
SOFTBALL SINGLES — QUARTERFINALS
Ryder were second after 67s. Jerry Kelly had a hole-in-one on MARYLAND Fabio Fognini (6), Italy, def. Oscar Otte, Germany, 7-5,
NASCAR Cup Series Lilia Vu ............................................... 36 38
Angel Yin ............................................ 36 38
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Cameron Tringale-Wyndham the par-3 sixth hole and shot a James Hubert Blake 20, Northwood 2
Watkins Mill 16, Rockville 0
6-4; Andrey Rublev (2), Russia, def. Taro Daniel, Japan, POINTS LEADERS Cydney Clanton .................................. 39 36 — 75 +4
6-3, 6-3. Lauren Coughlin ................................. 40 35 — 75 +4
Clark and Brandon Grace-Garrick 5-under 66 to take the first-round BOYS' TENNIS Through Monday
Fatima Fernandez Cano ..................... 41 34 — 75 +4
MARYLAND 1. Chase Elliott, 324.
Higgo were 15 under. Higgo and lead at the ClubCorp Classic in Watkins Mill 4, James Hubert Blake 3 2. Ryan Blaney, 321.
Dana Finkelstein ................................ 38 37
Isi Gabsa ............................................. 40 35
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Grace shot a 64, and Tringale and Irving, Tex. WTA 3. Joey Logano, 303. Muni He .............................................. 38 37 — 75 +4
4. William Byron, 295. Wei-Ling Hsu ..................................... 36 39 — 75 +4
Clark had a 67. Kelly closed with a birdie on the TENNIS GRAND PRIX 5. Kyle Busch, 273. Ariya Jutanugarn ............................... 35 40 — 75 +4
At Porsche Arena; In Stuttgart, Germany
Masters champion Scottie par-4 ninth at windy Las Colinas T RA NSA CTIO NS Purse: $491,760
6. Alex Bowman, 273.
7. Martin Truex Jr, 253.
Jennifer Kupcho ................................. 36 39 — 75 +4
Min Lee ............................................... 38 37 — 75 +4
Scheffler and Ryan Palmer settled Country Club. Surface: Red clay 8. Ross Chastain, 250. Brittany Lincicome ............................. 38 37 — 75 +4
9. Kyle Larson, 249.
for an even-par 72 to make the cut The 55-year-old Kelly has eight NFL SINGLES — QUARTERFINALS 10. Chase Briscoe, 245.
Caroline Masson ................................ 38 37
Amy Olson .......................................... 38 37
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Paula Badosa (2), Spain, def. Ons Jabeur (7), Tunisia, 7-6
on the number at 8 under. victories on the 50-and-over tour Pittsburgh Steelers: Re-signed S Terrell Edmunds to a (11-9), 1-6, 6-3; Aryna Sabalenka (3), Belarus, def. Anett
11. Tyler Reddick, 241.
12. Aric Almirola, 237.
Annie Park .......................................... 36 39 — 75 +4
one-year contract. Yuka Saso ........................................... 37 38 — 75 +4
The father-son team of Jay Haas after winning three times on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Signed DL Deadrin Senat to a
Kontaveit (5), Estonia, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1; Liudmila Samsono- 13. Kevin Harvick, 225. Kelly Tan ............................................ 37 38 — 75 +4
va, Russia, def. Laura Siegemund, Germany, 7-5, 6-3; Iga 14. Austin Cindric, 222.
and Bill Haas also made the cut on PGA Tour. one-year contract. Swiatek (1), Poland, def. Emma Raducanu (8), Britain, 15. Christopher Bell, 220.
Na Yeon Choi ...................................... 38 38 — 76 +5
Youngin Chun ..................................... 35 41 — 76 +5
the number, following a 65 with a Woody Austin, Scott Parel and NHL 6-4, 6-4. 16. Daniel Suárez, 212. Mina Harigae ...................................... 37 39 — 76 +5
17. Austin Dillon, 210.
71. At 68 years 4 months, Jay Haas Gene Sauers were a stroke back. Arizona Coyotes: Promoted LW Bokondji Imama from
Tucson (AHL).
18. Chris Buescher, 195.
Brooke Henderson .............................. 39 37
Jillian Hollis ....................................... 35 41
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is the oldest player to make a PGA l DP WORLD TOUR: Scott Ja- Chicago Blackhawks: Signed D Ethan Del Mastro to a ISTANBUL CUP 19. Erik Jones, 194.
20. Kurt Busch, 192.
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Where We Live
The
‘absolute
best’ place
to live
Tightknit neighborhood
has an active citizens
association, gatherings
BY H OPE H ODGE S ECK
Just above the northern bound-
ary of George Washington’s for-
mer River Farm on the Potomac
River, Marlan Forest, with its tall
flowering trees and scattering of
twin-chimney brick Colonials,
evokes the elegance of the nearby
Mount Vernon estate. A decade
ago, the Fairfax County neighbor-
hood was a friendly, quiet commu-
nity largely made up of retirees
and professionals without chil-
dren.
In recent years, however, young
families have brought a shout of
new life to Marlan Forest. Kids in
bike helmets now pedal up and
down the neighborhood’s curved
streets and play games — like twi-
light favorite “Dark Tag” — that
daisy-chain through backyards
and fill summer evenings with
laughter.
“I was looking for that kind of
family environment,” said Jason
Martin, a real estate agent who has
three children and has lived in
Marlan Forest since 2014. The
comfortable atmosphere that fos-
ters this fun and community is
helped, he said, by the layout of the
neighborhood.
“The houses are close enough
that your neighbors don’t feel like
strangers, but you’re also not right
on top of them,” Martin, 45, said.
APRIL 23, 2022
“So the opportunity to have a
sense of community is kind of
baked in by the distance between
the homes. I’ve got some other
friends who are in the suburbs,
and you can see their neighbors,
but there’s not the connectivity
. SATURDAY,
that we have.”
The neighborhood, south of Old
Town Alexandria and west of
George Washington Memorial
Parkway, was laid out in the 1950s.
Developer Lester Simpson named
THE WASHINGTON POST
it in honor of his wife, himself and
his daughter: MARy, Lester, ANn.
It includes 107 single-family
homes, most on about one-third of
an acre, in architecture styles from
Georgian-style Colonials to Cape
Cods and red-brick ranch houses.
The neighborhood was previously
called Marlan Forest/Marlan
Heights and included about two
dozen additional homes on four
Marlan Forest in Fairfax County
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Thomas Pardini and his wife, Cheryl Ellsworth, go for a walk in Marlan Forest. Kaitlin McGuiness, 9,
rides her bike in the neighborhood. The Fairfax County community has 107 single-family homes. Bob Powers walks his dog Cubby. It was
once a quiet community made up of retirees and professionals without children, but young families have been moving in recently.
begin and flourish: an Oktoberfest
block party, a July Fourth chil-
Po
to
dren’s bicycle parade and, in 2020,
ma
1
a socially distanced trick-or-treat-
cR
ing extravaganza for Halloween.
iver
Mt. Vernon “To this day, when I walk down
G.W.
District
Groveton the street, the children say, ‘Hi,
ME M. P
Park
Miss Lindsay, how are you?’ ” Hut-
Marlan ter said. She said she loves that the
KW
Y
Forest neighborhood appeals to young
FORT HUNT RD. families.
D.C. “It’s not a fancy community, but
1
ARLINGTON
CO. it’s a very safe, welcoming commu-
VA.
Hybla nity that really treasures kids,” she
Valley ALEXANDRIA MD. said.
FAIRFAX
P.G.
CO. Hutter said she has also tried to
1/2 MILE
CO. Detail make sure the citizens association
THE WASHINGTON POST accurately represents the commu-
nity, occasionally recruiting
neighbors to run for the board.
adjoining streets; those have since This push to involve all voices has
become part of the Villamay helped local traditions evolve and
neighborhood to the east. grow. The Oktoberfest celebra-
The magic of Marlan Forest is tion, for example, began as a low-
also the result of thoughtful devel- key gathering among neighbors
opment on the part of the Marlan and expanded with a German
Forest Citizens’ Association. Or- theme thanks, in part, to a local
ganization president Lindsay Hut- beer-brewer who lent his talents.
ter, who moved into her two-story The July Fourth parade, which
brick home on Marine Drive in begins on Marine Drive and loops
1998, hosted a Christmas party her around the neighborhood several
first year in Marlan Forest, invit- times, has become a highly antici-
ing neighbors to support the Head pated event, with bikes decked out
Start program run by Alexandria’s in patriotic colors and enthusias-
Campagna Center. Since her arriv- tic participation from spectators.
al, she has been thrilled to see Doughnuts from the Krispy
many new community traditions Kreme on Richmond Highway
PHOTOS BY CRAIG HUDSON FOR THE WASHINGTON POST
bring festivities to a sweet conclu-
sion.
The Hollin Hall shopping cen-
ter, about a mile south on Fort
Hunt Road, features a wine bar
and a pastry shop as well as a
Safeway grocery store and Wal-
greens pharmacy. Ginnie Record,
who has lived in her Marlan Drive
home since 2008, said she loves
the center’s Village Hardware.
“It’s fabulous,” she said. “It’s just
one of those local places that has
everything.”
Record, 74, also loves the nostal-
gic charm of the Hollin Hall Vari-
ety Store, which carries every-
thing from party supplies to bake-
ware. For a fresh loaf or a lunch
bite, she recommends Bread and
Water Company, a mile north of
Marlan Forest on Belle View
Boulevard.
Martin, who purchased and ren-
ovated two other Marlan Forest
homes before moving with his fam-
ily into their Colonial with a swim-
ming pool in the backyard, pub-
lished a book of life lessons and
memoir through Mandala Tree
Press last year titled, “This Is Your
Captain Speaking.” Marlan Forest
gets its own chapter.
“City life is busy, but our subur-
ban oasis is a refreshing throw-
back,” Martin writes. “ … If you ask
its residents, many will confirm
that Marlan Forest is the absolute
best neighborhood in the world.”
Living there: Marlan Forest is
bounded by Fort Hunt Road and
Westgrove Boulevard and in-
cludes homes on Burtonwood
Drive, Marlan Drive, Tudor Place,
Warrington Place and two stretch-
es of Marine Drive.
Thirteen homes were sold in
Marlan Forest within the past
year, and all but one spent less
than two weeks on the market,
Sandra Gehring, a real estate
agent and longtime resident, said.
The highest sale price was just
under $2.2 million for a recently
contracted teardown/new build
project; the lowest was $825,000,
she said, for a three-bedroom,
2,100-square foot “fixer-upper.”
The average home sale price over
the past year was $1.12 million, she
said. There are no Marlan Forest
houses for sale.
Schools: Belle View Elemen-
tary, Sandburg Middle, West Poto-
mac High.
Transit: Fairfax Connector bus-
es make stops along Fort Hunt
Road. The nearest Metro station is
Huntington (Yellow Line), a
seven-minute drive away.
If you’d like your neighborhood
featured in Where We Live, email
kathy.orton@washpost.com.
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House of the Week
Salvaged starter home part of a celebrated legacy
BY K ATHY O RTON

Charles M. Goodman was at the

forefront of bringing contempo-
rary design to the D.C. region. The
renowned mid-century modern
architect is best known for creat-
ing the original terminal at Rea-
gan National Airport and the Hol-
lin Hills community in Fairfax
County. And although many of his
designs were for wealthy clients,
Goodman also designed relatively
inexpensive starter homes for de-
velopments in the Washington
area, such as this 1951 house in the
Hammond Wood neighborhood
of Silver Spring.
Hammond Wood, which was
listed on the National Register of
Historic Places in 2004, has 58
Goodman-designed houses built
between 1949 and 1951. According
to the Maryland Historical Trust
website, “Hammond Wood con-
veys Charles Goodman’s innova-
tion in suburban planning in the
metropolitan Washington region
in the post-World War II period by
telling the story of how pioneer-
ing architect/builder teams were
redefining the monotonous sub-
urban cultural landscape into en-
claves that were overwhelmingly
naturalistic. Hammond Wood
conveys the best of Goodman’s
architectural legacy.” PHOTOS BY JOHN COLE PHOTOGRAPHY

“The homes in Hammond
Wood have always been really
affordable for what they are,” said
architect Michael Cook, who
knew about this house from hav-
ing lived in the neighborhood in
the early 2000s.
Cook and his partners, Sidney
and Derek Kowalczyk, sent a let-
ter to the owners telling them of
their interest in buying it. Cook
had renovated four other Good-
man houses in the cluster sur-
rounding this house and assured
the owners that he was intent on
APRIL 23, 2022
ABOVE: A rear view of the house, designed by mid-century modern architect Charles M. Goodman as part of the Hammond Wood
development in Silver Spring. It is one of several houses there renovated by architect Michael Cook. BELOW: The main living area.
$829,000 his last.
“It just doesn’t make financial
11705 College View Dr., Silver sense for us to continuing devel-
Spring, Md. oping historic neighborhoods like
Bedrooms/bathrooms: 4/2 Hammond Wood and [nearby,
Approximate square-footage: Goodman-designed] Hammond
1,860
Hill because the margins simply
aren’t there,” he said. “We’re com-
Lot size: 0.16 acre peting against flippers and de-
Features: The 1951 Charles sign-build companies that are
Goodman-designed house in the looking to make the most money
Hammond Wood neighborhood while spending the least.”

preserving the “soul of the house,”
not just fixing and flipping as
some developers do.
The house was not in great
shape when they acquired it. The
biggest challenge was that the
basement windows were buried
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has been restored by Cook Cook will continue to work
Architecture and Price Street with clients on transforming their
Construction. The kitchen has mid-century modern houses. He
Poggenpohl cabinetry and Bosch said he is working with 25 clients
appliances. The patio has a wood- and has 10 more lined up. But his
burning fireplace.
days as a developer are coming to
a close. He hopes someone else
Listing agent: Michael Shapiro,

in mud, trapping moisture and will be willing to take on projects

rotting the window frames and
support columns.
“We had no idea all of them
were rotten,” Cook said. “The
whole house was falling down.”
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Compass served. Grading was minimal. In
this case, the house is tucked
interest. between massive oak trees.
With the mud removed, the “It’s part of this cluster of seven
lower level now is a light-filled Goodman homes, all arranged
financially to build a new house
than restore the existing one,
even one designed by a famous
architect. But Cook has long
wanted to demonstrate that
like this one.
“It’s really unfortunate that we
can’t continue developing in his-
toric neighborhoods like Ham-
mond Wood and Hammond Hill

To fix the problem, they raised
the structure, inserted new win-
dow frames and support columns,
attached them to the foundation
and added back the glass.
Another problem was rebuild-
ing the retaining wall on the exte-
rior. It now goes three feet under-
ground. The wall, which cost
around $20,000 to fix, was paint-
ed with a design to give it visual
space with two bedrooms, a bath-
room and a family room that
opens to a patio with an outdoor
fireplace. The main level has a
living-dining area, kitchen, two
bedrooms and a bathroom.
When designing houses, Good-
man always took into consider-
ation the topography. Houses are
angled for maximum sun expo-
sure and privacy. Trees were pre-
around a downhill gully, that real-
ly displays the genius of Charles
Goodman,” Cook said. “To me, it
creates a built environment that
really resembles California hill-
sides.”
Starter houses such as this one
are often in jeopardy of being
razed. The land tends to be more
valuable than the house. For most
developers, it makes more sense
homes like this one still have
value and can work for today’s
families. He considers his work on
these houses to be architectural
restoration or historic preserva-
tion.
Cook has renovated 35 of Good-
man’s houses over the years. This
is the 12th mid-century modern
house he has worked on with the
intent to sell, and he said it may be
because we feel strongly about
preserving these special homes
and historic neighborhoods,” he
said. “To make financial sense for
us, we [would need to] move into
an area like McLean, but we’d like
to invest in a diverse community
like [Hammond Wood].”
The four-bedroom, two-bath-
room, 1,863-square-foot house is
listed at $829,000.
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Most renters can’t a≠ord
to buy homes, study finds
BY M ICHELE L ERNER
Double-digit rent increases in
the past year make many renters
long to lock in their housing costs
by buying a home.
But a recent analysis by Porch, a
home services platform, found
that 61 percent of renters can’t
afford to a buy a home in their city.
High rents also make it difficult
for tenants to save more to buy in
the future.
Porch’s study compared the av-
erage home price in each metro
area and the median income for
renter households in that area,
then calculated how many renters
would spend 30 percent or less of
their income on a mortgage pay-
ment for the average home in their
area. Most financial experts rec-
ommend keeping housing costs to
30 percent or less of household
income for affordability.
Porch’s researchers found that:
l The average home in the Unit-
ed States costs seven times the
average national household in-
come.
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l Homeownership is unafford-
able for the majority of renters in
71 percent of metro areas.
l In 13 metro areas, 10 of which
are in California, at least 90 per-
cent of renters are priced out of
owning a home. The three metro
areas outside California are in
Cape Cod, Hawaii and Boulder,
Colo.
In the D.C. metro area, 70 per-
cent of renters can’t afford to buy a
home, according to Porch’s analy-
sis. Their calculations found that
the average home is priced at
$526,296 and that 30 percent of
households rent in metro areas.
Those renter households have a
median income of $56,400, while
the median income needed to buy ANDRESR/GETTY IMAGES
the average house in the area is A real estate agent shows a couple a house for sale. A recent analysis by Porch, a home services
$64,055. platform, found that 70 percent of renters in the D.C. metro area can’t afford to buy a home.
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Mortgage Rates
Rates go past 5 percent, stoked by rising Treasury yields
BY K ATHY O RTON
What a difference a year makes.
A year ago, you could find a 30-
year fixed rate mortgage for under
3 percent. Today, it is over 5 per-
cent.
According to the latest data re-
leased Thursday by Freddie Mac,
the 30-year fixed-rate average in-
creased for the seventh week in a
row, rising to 5.11 percent with an
average 0.8 point. (A point is a fee
paid to a lender equal to 1 percent
of the loan amount. It is in addi-
tion to the interest rate.) It was 5
percent a week ago and 2.97 per-
cent a year ago. The 30-year fixed
rate hasn’t been this high since
February 2011.
Freddie Mac, the federally char-
tered mortgage investor, aggre-
gates rates from around 80 lend-
ers across the country to come up
with weekly national averages.
The survey is based on home pur-
chase mortgages. Rates for refi-
nances may be different. It uses
rates for high-quality borrowers
with strong credit scores and large
down payments. Because of the
criteria, these rates are not avail-
able to every borrower.
The 15-year fixed-rate average
climbed to 4.38 percent with an
average 0.8 point. It was 4.17 per-
cent a week ago and 2.29 percent a
year ago. The five-year adjustable
rate average grew to 3.75 percent
with an average 0.3 point. It was
3.69 percent a week ago and 2.83
percent a year ago.
“The Freddie Mac fixed rate for
a 30-year loan kept marching up
this week, following the contin-
ued surge in the 10-year Treasury,”
George Ratiu, manager of eco-
nomic research at Realtor.com,
said. “Markets are also pricing in a
likely 50 basis point hike at the
central bank’s next meeting on
May 4th, so we expect mortgage
rates to continue to rise.”
A sharp sell-off of Treasurys has
caused yields to skyrocket. And
because mortgage rates are close-
ly tied to the movement of long-
term bonds, it is worth paying
attention to the 10-year Treasury
yield’s rapid rise.
The yield on the 10-year Treas-
ury is fast approaching 3 percent,
a level not seen since December
2018. This week, it jumped to 2.93
percent on Tuesday before closing
at 2.85 percent on Wednesday.
Yields move inversely from prices.
The speed of the 10-year yield’s
ascent has been striking.
“We saw a major sell off of
mortgage-backed securities
(MBS) and Treasurys (TSY) in the
secondary market,” Robert Heck,
vice president of mortgage at
Morty, an online mortgage mar-
ketplace, wrote in an email. “The
Construction workers build new homes in Philadelphia earlier this
month. The market continues to be plagued by low inventory.
selloff in bonds (when prices drop,
yields go higher) year-to-date is
one of the sharpest moves higher
in recent history, rivaling the
bond crisis of 1994.”
The 10-year yield has gone up
more than a percentage point
since early March. Investors have
been selling bonds over fears
about inflation. They are con-
cerned about the Federal Reserve
increasing the size of its interest
rate hikes in an effort to control
rising prices.
“Inflation remains rampant but
it’s also important that rates don’t
hit a level that makes it highly
restrictive for people to purchase
homes,” Heck wrote. “It’s even
possible that rates could hit a
ceiling over the next few weeks or
months and then remain steady or
even come back down from there.”
Rising mortgage rates are start-
ing to have a chilling effect on the
housing market. The National As-
sociation of Realtors said this
week that existing-home sales
were down 2.7 percent last month
from February and are 4.5 percent
lower than a year ago. But Heck
said concerns about a housing
bubble oversimplify what’s hap-
pening.
“The actions the Fed takes are
designed to stamp out inflation
and preserve the overall health of
the economy, not tank the housing
market,” he wrote. “Of course, if
inflation were to spiral out of con-
trol and the Fed took more aggres-
sive action, rates could rise to a
level at which they could send
demand and affordability into a
steep downward spiral.”
It is not only rising rates that
are making home loans more ex-
pensive. As of April 1, the Federal
Housing Finance Agency imple-
mented a fee increase for some
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
home loans. Mortgages that the
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weekly mortgage rate trend index,
found 70 percent of the experts it Weekly averages for
surveyed expect rates to move popular mortgage types
higher in the coming week.
“Another week of Treasurys
moving up, another week of rising 5-Year ARM
mortgage rates,” Ralph McLaugh-
lin, chief economist at Kukun, 5% 5.11%
said.
Meanwhile, mortgage applica- 4.38%
tions were down again last week. 4
The market composite index — a 3.75%
measure of total loan application
volume — decreased 5 percent 3
from a week earlier, according to
Mortgage Bankers Association
data. 2
The refinance index fell 8 per-
cent and is 68 percent lower than
a year ago. The purchase index 1
MATT ROURKE/ASSOCIATED PRESS slid 3 percent. The refinance share
of mortgage activity accounted for
37.1 percent of applications.
“The recent surge in mortgage April 22, 2021 April 21, 2022
FHFA considers “high balance” or rates has shut most borrowers out
mortgages for a second home are of rate/term refinances, causing Source: Freddie Mac
NICK MOURTOUPALAS / THE WASHINGTON POST
now more expensive. the refinance index to fall for the
High-balance loans are mort- sixth consecutive week,” Joel Kan,
gages above the conforming na- an MBA economist, said in a state- Kan added: “The ARM share of
tional baseline limit ($647,200). ment. “In a housing market facing applications reached 8.5 percent
Fees for high-balance loans in- affordability challenges and low last week, its highest level since
creased between 0.25 and 0.75 inventory, higher rates are caus- 2019. As ARM loans typically have
percent, tiered by loan-to-value ing a pullback or delay in home lower rates than fixed rate mort-
ratio. Fees for second home loans purchase demand as well. Home gages, and as this spread has wid-
increased between 1.125 and 3.875 purchase activity has been volatile ened, ARM loans have become
percent, tiered by loan-to-value in recent weeks and has yet to see more attractive to borrowers al-
ratio. the typical pick up for this time of ready facing home purchase loan
Bankrate.com, which puts out a the year.” amounts close to record highs.”
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Buying New 4319 Harrison St. NW in Washington

8 condos come to market in Friendship Heights

Sales getting underway
at D.C. building; prices
start at $589,000

BY S COTT S OWERS

What used to be a four-unit

rental apartment building in
D.C.’s Friendship Heights neigh-
borhood is now an eight-unit
condominium as development
pushes north on the Wisconsin
Avenue corridor in Northwest
Washington.
“Due to the pandemic and the
subsequent migration to work-at-
home scenarios, people have be-
come more comfortable living
outside the traditional core of
downtown,” said Matt Holahan,
owner, MH Holahan Develop-
ment, based in Bethesda. “This
has created more demand for
uptown properties, but the com-
petition among developers re-
mains fierce.”
Holahan’s building at 4319
Harrison St. NW, a block west of
Wisconsin Avenue, has a post-
modern look. The building offers
“great light, high ceilings, sophis-
ticated finishes and the charm of
a boutique building,” said Lind-
say Reishman, listing agent with
Reishman Group. PHOTOS BY BENJAMIN C TANKERSLEY FOR THE WASHINGTON POST

Units in 4319 Harrison have

two or three bedrooms and two to
four bathrooms (including a pow-
der room). Units 7 and 8 have two
floors (the other six have one),
with three bedrooms and four
bathrooms. Prices in the building
range from $589,000 for 860
square feet to $1,029,000 for 1,473
4319 Harrison St. NW,
Washington
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square feet. Condo fees range
from $174 to $316 a month.
The finishes are upscale and
include hardwood floors and
quartz countertops. Move-in
dates are currently an unknown.
“This is a moving target as the
seller is finishing construction
and needs to obtain the certifi-
cate of occupancy, but likely May
2022,” Reishman said.
The building has three avail-
ABOVE: The living area in a
model unit in the condominium
building at 4319 Harrison St.
NW. The units have two or
three bedrooms, and two of the
units have two levels.
RIGHT: A view from outside
the building, which is a block
from busy Wisconsin Avenue.
encing a housing shortage. “The
single biggest challenge currently

able parking spaces — a full-size is procuring construction sup-

Eight units are coming to market.
spot for $45,000 and two com- plies and the associated spiraling
All are available, with prices pact-size spots for $35,000 each. costs,” Holahan said. “We still
ranging from $589,000 to Otherwise it offers no amenities. haven’t recovered from the sup-
$1,029,000. Friendship Heights is across ply-chain disruptions caused by
Builder: MH Holahan the border from Montgomery the pandemic. Demand contin-
Development County, with Western Avenue ues to be high, and now, unfortu-
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Features: Hardwood floors,
stainless-steel and energy-efficient
appliances, quartz countertops
Bedrooms/bathrooms: 2 or 3/2
to 4 (including a powder room)
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marking the boundary between
the county and D.C.
The neighborhood is known
for its doctor’s offices and shop-
ping venues, with Rodman’s gro-
cery and pharmacy on the south
nately, with a war in Europe,
things won’t be getting better
anytime soon.”
Schools: Janney Elementary,
Deal Middle, Wilson High
Transit: The Friendship

Square-footage: 811 to 1,473
Homeowners association
fee: $174 to $316 a month
View model: Appointments can be
scheduled online.
Sales: Lindsay Reishman,
Lindsay@ReishmanGroup.com,
info@reishmangroup.com or 202-
271-6441
end and the upscale Collection at
Chevy Chase shopping area on
the north. Many of the area’s
premier shopping venues were
struggling before the pandemic,
and the virus hastened the depar-
ture of some, including Neiman
Marcus.
The pandemic is still disrupt-
ing plans to bring new housing to
market in an area that is experi-
Heights Metrorail station, on the
Red Line, is a short walk north.
The 31 and 33 buses run north
and south on Wisconsin Avenue
NW. The E4 runs on Western
Avenue.
Nearby: Mazza Gallerie,
Whole Foods, Bloomingdale’s, the
Collection at Chevy Chase, West-
ern Grove Urban Park, Geico Cor-
porate Park
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Cover Story

BY H ARRIET E DLESON

When Karina and Calvin Jen-

kins Jr. bought their townhouse
in Gaithersburg in 2018, they
knew it would need some im-
provements.
What they didn’t realize was
how cold two of the bedrooms in
their house would be in winter,
and how warm they’d be in sum-
mer. And these were the rooms
where their sons, ages 4 and 112,
slept.
“I noticed it right away,” said
Karina, 37. “We thought if we
turned the heat higher in winter
and the air lower in the summer,
that would help. We put a fan in
one of the bedrooms, and it didn’t
help at all.” They wondered: What
else we could do?
Their real estate agent had
mentioned when they were buy-
ing the house, it would be good to
replace the insulation in the attic
but they hadn’t done it.
Since then, they read about a
home energy assessment that
their local utility, Pepco, offered.
Last November, they decided to
move forward.
The couple worked with an
approved Pepco contractor, Ze-
rodraft Maryland, which focuses
on energy efficiency, and con-
ducted the Home Performance
with Energy Star program assess-
ment. For $100, an auditor came DARDESPOT/GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCK

to their all-electric townhouse to

Getting a grip on energy usage

inspect every part of it, install
energy-saving products, includ-
ing LED lightbulbs, and gave
them a detailed report of recom-
mended improvements as well as
the program rebates that would
be available. Once they upgraded
their townhouse, they would re- What upgrades you choose depend on your home’s needs, available solutions and your budget
ceive a certificate from Pepco
outlining the changes they made
to make their space more energy upgraded HVAC system, which A smart thermostat savings continued in their March grade.”
efficient and more comfortable. was the most expensive item on allows you to monitor bill but they weren’t as signifi- There are a variety of ways to
They wanted to spend no more the list. and control heating cant. When energy demand is save energy, and what you choose
than $3,000 on the improve- The cost of the energy-saving and cooling sources typically higher, the cost per kilo- depends on your home’s needs,
APRIL 23, 2022

ments.
Their report recommended:
l Air sealing their attic floor.
l Adding new insulation on top
of the sealed attic floor.
l Applying spray foam insula-
tion on their basement rim joist
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recommendations was $3,718,
and with the rebates, their cost
was $2,584.65. Through the Pep-
co program, the rebates can ei-
ther be assigned to the home-
owner or the contractor. In this
case, Zerodraft applied the dis-
from your phone, watt hour is higher while in times what will remedy the problem
tablet or computer. A of lower demand, the cost is and your budget.
home energy audit lower. The amount of energy a house-
can provide Basically, there are two major hold uses depends on its location
suggestions for reasons people decide to sched- and climate; the type of home and
upgrades like this. ule an energy assessment, also its physical characteristics; the
Some improvements called an energy audit, on their number, type and efficiency of the

and overhanging cantilevered
floor.
l Installing a new bathroom
exhaust fan and insulating the
ductwork around the new fan.
l Adding a new exhaust-fan
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counts to the homeowners’ cost,
and Zerodraft received the re-
bates from Pepco.
For Karina and Calvin, the
changes were welcome. “It did
make a big difference,” Karina
open the opportunity home. “Often, it’s comfort that
for rebates, too. leads to an audit,” said Ryan
Meres, program director of the
Residential Energy Services Net-
work, which sets standards for
how people become certified as a
energy-consuming devices and
how much they are used; and the
number of people in the house-
hold, according to the U.S. Energy
Information Administration.
Experts say heating and cool-

timer switch to eliminate mois-
ture and ensure that adequate air
was being exchanged in and out
of the townhouse.
l Upgrading the HVAC system.
Keeping within their budget,
the couple moved ahead with all
the recommendations except the
said. “I was impressed that I Home Energy Rating System rat- ing consume approximately half
noticed the difference as quickly er. of the energy used in your home.
as I did.” The floors were no The other reason is cost sav- For example, water heating con-
longer cold to the touch, she said. ings, a reduction in their energy sumes between 10 percent and 20
They’ve already noticed dollar bills, he said. “You decide which percent. Other appliances, in-
savings as well. This past winter, things you implement, which will cluding a dishwasher and wash-
they realized a $30 savings per give you the biggest bang for the er/dryer, consume between 10
month in 2022 over 2021, and the buck based on doing the up- percent and 20 percent, and

lighting, approximately 10 per-
cent.
Heating and cooling, “that’s
the big target,” said Kurt Pfund, a
principal of Zerodraft, who co-
founded the company with his
father, Chris, in 2008.
There are a variety of ways,
Kurt said, to improve heating and
cooling:
l Replace the heating and cool-
ing system.
l Tune up the heating and cool-
ing system.
l Increase the efficiency of the
home’s ductwork.
l Tighten the home’s “en-
velope” by finding places where
cold air enters the house in win-
ter and warm, humid air gets into
the home in summer.
“Tighten up your house by
making it much more airtight,”
Kurt said. What you can do de-
pends on the home, your budget
and the utility programs avail-
able to you. “All homes leak to one
degree or another,” he said. “Even
new construction.”
Unless your home was con-
structed with energy efficiency in
mind, adding more insulation
can likely reduce your energy
bills, according to the U.S. Energy
Department. Older homes typi-
cally have less insulation than
new construction. Yet adding in-
sulation to a newer home can
“pay for itself within a few years,”
according to the department.
Area utilities have a range of
programs that can improve the
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energy efficiency of your home.
Experts recommend starting
with a no-fee audit, and going
deeper from there.
Pepco also offers a Quick Home
Energy Check-up that is less com-
prehensive than the assessment
Karina and Calvin chose.
Dominion Energy offers the
Home Energy Assessment pro-
gram and the deeper diagnostic
Retrofit testing program, accord-
ing to Michael Hubbard, manag-
er of energy conservation for Do-
minion Energy in Virginia.
The utility does not dictate to
the energy-efficiency vendor
what to charge consumers. “A
firm may choose to do a free
assessment,” but it is not re-
ABOVE: Adding insulation,
especially in an older home, can
aid in heating and cooling
conservation and result in
lower energy bills.
RIGHT: Consider replacing
older appliances, such as a
washer and dryer, with new
ones that carry an Energy Star
rating and can reduce water
usage and energy costs.
quired, he said. “The value to the
consumer in the assessment or
audit is in the discounted mea-
sures via rebates” and in the
ongoing savings from any instal-
lations, upgrades or tuneups.
Consumers receive a custom-
ized report, a guide to future
home improvements that can
lower energy usage and lower
your electric bill in the years
ahead, Hubbard said.
Like the Jenkinses, you might
not do everything that is recom-
mended immediately, but you
can consider some of them for
energy improvements later. For
now, the boys’ rooms are “much
warmer,” Karina said. “[They’re]
not frigid.”
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Six ways to improve cooling
and heating efficiency
Since heating and cooling con-
sume approximately half of your
home’s energy, take these steps to
improve the efficiency and cost of
keeping your home at just the right
temperature, according to the Energy
Department.
l Change the air filter regularly. Dur-
ing heavier usage in summer and
winter, check it every month, or at
least every three months.
l Tune up the HVAC equipment annu-
ally. This can improve its efficiency
and comfort.
l Install a smart thermostat. It will al-
low you to control heating and cool-
ing from your smartphone, tablet or
computer. Look for an Energy Star-
certified smart thermostat.
l Seal heating and cooling ducts. The
first place to focus is on ducts that
run through the attic, crawl space,
unheated basement or garage.
l Consider Energy Star-certified heat-
ing and cooling products. Have an
HVAC contractor evaluate your cur-
rent equipment if it is more than 10
years old or isn’t doing the job of
keeping your home comfortable.
l Ensure that new equipment is prop-
erly installed. Improper installation
can reduce system efficiency by as
much as 30 percent.
Sources to help improve
energy efficiency at home
There are many ways and resourc-
es to help make your home more en-
ergy efficient and to save money. So
much of what you do will depend on
the current energy efficiency of your
home, a professional energy assess-
ment, recommendations from a certi-
fied contractor and your budget.
Some utilities provide coaches who
will speak with you about steps you
can take, energy assessments and
more extensive evaluations of the en-
ergy efficiency of your home.
Energy Star is a program of the En-
vironmental Protection Agency and
the Energy Department, and provides
information about energy-efficient
products and practices.
In February, the EPA launched the
Energy Star Home Upgrade, six elec-
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tric home improvements that it said
can save the average family approxi-
mately $500 a year on utility bills:
l An Energy Star-certified air source
heat pump for clean and efficient
heating and cooling.
l An Energy Star-certified heat pump
water heater for super-efficient hot
water.
l An Energy Star-certified smart ther-
mostat with smart climate controls.
l High-performing Energy Star certi-
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fied windows and storm windows.
l A well-insulated and sealed attic.
l An electric vehicle charger-ready
home.
The average cost for the entire up-
grade would be $15,000 to $18,000,
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according to the National Renewable
Energy Laboratory data the EPA used
in its initial analysis. Cost for each up-
grade varies based on location, con-
tractor and type of product selected.
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Advice

First-time buyers’ common mistake: Waiting, waiting and waiting

Q: My mom gave
Real me a copy of Ilyce’s
Estate book “100
Matters Questions Every
First-Time Home
ILYCE GLINK
AND SAMUEL Buyer Should Ask”
J. TAMKIN for Christmas,
back in 2019. My
husband and I
have been looking for our first
home for about five years now.
I’ve been to almost every open
house and have actually seen
houses come back on the market
in this time. We have put offers in,
but feel consumed by the
constantly inflating market and
can never accrue enough cash
while renting (Boston area, so it’s
expensive) to feel secure.
Is there any advice you could
give us about the current market?
We have agreed we don’t want to
overpay, buy above an assessed
value or get emotionally involved
in bidding wars (like we have in
the past). Our preapproval
expires again soon. Should we
wait?
A: Five years of looking! Wow. We
wonder what you’re waiting for.
Five years ago, prices in the
Boston area were far below where
they are now, and interest rates
were lower. Your dollar would
have had far greater buying
power than it does today.
Most of the country is
experiencing soaring home
values, and we get it. Combined
with rising interest rates (as of
this writing, interest rates for a
30-year fixed-rate mortgage are
up more than 1 percentage point
from a year ago), it’s scary. It
might feel as though every week
your dollar buys less.
We suspect the answer to why
you’ve been sitting on the fence
for five years, though, is more
psychological. It’s hard to commit
to buying a home if you believe
something better is just around
the corner: a better house, on a
better lot, with better finishes, in
a better neighborhood, with
better schools. “Something
better” is a mind-set that
befuddles many first-time buyers.
If it isn’t waiting for
“something better,” you might be
worrying about whether you’re
overpaying, no matter what price
you wind up paying. That can
stymie your home-shopping
efforts and create a lose-lose
scenario where you regret
winning the bid (because you’re
worried you overpaid) and you
regret losing the house (because
you’ve missed out on another
opportunity to be a homeowner).
By the way, we understand
what it’s like to feel as though
prices are escalating beyond
reach. According to Redfin, home
prices reached new highs in
the four-week period ending
March 20, as fewer homeowners
listed their homes for sale. The
study found median home sale
prices rose 17 percent year-over-
year, the number of active listings
on the market fell to an all-time
low, and half of homes sold for
above list price.
First-time buyers everywhere
are feeling the pinch with more
pain to come. In the 2022
National Association of Realtors
Home Buyer and Seller
Generational Trends report, first-
time buyers made up 34 percent
of all home buyers. In February
2022, first-time buyers accounted
for 29 percent of home sales, near
2014 levels, according to the
Realtors Confidence Index. With
interest rates rising along with
home prices, it’s going to be even
tougher for first-time buyers to
afford a home.
Which brings us back to what
you should be doing. In general,
we think the best time to buy a
home is when you can afford to
live in your neighborhood(s) of
choice, even if you buy a smaller
home on a smaller lot. Can you
afford to buy something,
somewhere? Surely in five years
your income has risen, even if it
hasn’t kept pace with home value
increases.
We’ve long said that if you’re
really ready to buy, today is the
right time. If you can buy
something you’ll be happy with,
then you should buy. Don’t fool
yourself into thinking that if you
aren’t buying your “forever”
home, it isn’t worth getting in the
game. It is. But you may have to
settle for a smaller home with
fewer amenities right now. On the
other hand, you’ll be building
equity with each payment and
hopefully will find a place you can
stay for at least five to seven years.
Most first-time buyers who get
stuck eventually get up the nerve
to make a winning offer after
they’ve missed out on a few
homes. That hasn’t happened to
you, but don’t let fear rule the day.
If you pay $24,000 per year to
rent, that’s money that could be
spent on a mortgage, with a
portion of each payment going to
pay down your loan balance.
Consider this: Unless you’re
living with your parents, the cost
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percent year-over-year, rising
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