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Musk’s Victory is fleeting as new attacks begin around Kherson

Trump
takedown denied
of Twitter
policing on tax
Insiders detail on-the-fly
effort to redefine site’s
returns
content moderation HIGH COURT ALLOWS
RELEASE TO HOUSE
C AT Z AKRZEWSKI,
BY
F AIZ S IDDIQUI Lawmakers to get years
AND J OSEPH M ENN of records after long fight
Hours after Elon Musk took
control of Twitter in late October, BY R OBERT B ARNES
the Trust and Safety team re-
sponsible for combating hate The Supreme Court on Tuesday
speech on the site received an cleared the way for a congres-
urgent directive: Bring back the sional committee to examine Don-
Babylon Bee. ald Trump’s tax returns, denying
To some Twitter employees, without comment the former
the order was troubling. The president’s last-ditch effort to ex-
self-described Christian satirical tend a legal battle that has con-
site had been banned since sumed Congress and the courts for
March for refusing to delete a years.
WOJCIECH GRZEDZINSKI FOR THE WASHINGTON POST
tweet naming Biden health offi- The justices’ brief order means
cial Rachel Levine its “Man of the that the Treasury Department
Year.” Levine is a transgender Serhii Kindra, 42, and his son Tymofii, 10, wait outside a hospital where his other son, Matvii, 13, lies in critical may quickly hand over six years of
woman, and the tweet violated a condition. The family was struck by cluster munitions by the Antonovsky Bridge near Antonivka, Ukraine, a tax records from Trump and some
2018 rule prohibiting Twitter us- of his companies to the House
ers from targeting transgender suburb of Kherson. The area is being targeted by Russian forces after an earlier retreat. Story, A8 Ways and Means Committee.
people by referring to them by There were no recorded dis-
the name or gender they used sents and, as is often the case in
before transitioning. emergency applications, the court
To Musk, the suspension was
emblematic of the kind of liberal
overreach he has vowed to purge
Liberated city confronts sympathies for Russia did not state a reason for denying
Trump’s request to withhold the
records.
from the platform. In a small Lawmakers have said they need
kitchen on the second floor of the BY M ICHAEL E . M ILLER was back at her desk last week, Trump’s tax returns from his time
AND S AMANTHA S CHMIDT sifting through the evidence in office, plus the year before his
SEE MUSK ON A16
Ties to occupiers complicate Ukraine reintegration her Russian-backed replace- term and the year after for com-
Advertisers exit: Twitter has lost kherson, ukraine — When ment had left behind: a ledger parison, to help evaluate the effec-
many top revenue producers. A12 the Russians occupying her city of employees who had worked tiveness of annual presidential au-
came for the maritime college and her phone, computers and crumble. Russian soldiers fled. for the Russians, a list of stu- dits. Trump has argued that Dem-
where she worked, Maryna passport were confiscated. A And so, too, did the woman who dents who had voluntarily ocratic lawmakers are on a fishing
Ivanovka refused to fall in line. pro-Russian underling was in- had taken her job and office. gone to Crimea and, peering expedition designed to embarrass

Club Q was The 60-year-old administrator

was fired and banned from
campus. Her house was raided
stalled in her place.
Months later, the occupation
of Kherson suddenly began to
No sooner had Ukrainian
authorities swept the college
for booby traps than Ivanovka
from beside a potted plant, a
portrait of Russian President
SEE KHERSON ON A8
SEE TRUMP ON A13

Mar-a-Lago: Judges express doubt

safe space, that FBI search was improper. A20

even amid BLACK OUT

recent hate In NFL, unconscious bias

City is hard to be out in,
LGBTQ residents say,
despite gains in tolerance
BY R EIS T HEBAULT
AND T EO A RMUS
colorado springs — Club Q
was Diamond Kobylinski’s first
gay bar. This was where they tried
out drag as a teenager, dancing
and lip-syncing with X’s scrawled
on their hands to mark their age.
It was where they came for
their first drink, and where they
rang in birthdays with their adop-
tive family — the lesbian couple
that took them in after a child-
hood in foster care — and a cho-
sen family of bartenders, per-
formers and regulars who gath-
ered nearly every weekend.
But now it had become a crime
scene, cordoned off by caution
tape that limited Kobylinski to
standing on the side of a nearby
road, pondering just how this
integral venue for queer life here
— a beacon in a place once known
as “hate city” — had been warped
SEE CLUB Q ON A4
Quest for motive: Authorities look
into firearms and other factors. A5
World Cup: Fans in Qatar with
LGBTQ colors are barred. A10
Irina Karamanos, 33, partner of Chilean President Gabriel Boric, walks to work. “The partner
of the president is chosen to be a partner,” she said, “not to be a president of foundations.”
Chile’s first lady wants to end job for good
The role shouldn’t exist, she says, taking on generations of tradition
BY S AMANTHA S CHMIDT
santiago, chile — Irina
Karamanos could have taken
the car to work. But it was
springtime in Santiago, and the
anthropologist and political or-
ganizer wanted to walk.
Wearing a backpack and
chunky white, blue and neon-
green sneakers, she blended in
with the other 30-somethings
commuting to their jobs. But
when she arrived at a stoplight,
a pedestrian paused and regis-
tered the familiar face of one of
the most prominent women in
the country:
TAMARA MERINO FOR THE WASHINGTON POST
The first lady who didn’t
want to be first lady any more.
It had been three weeks
since Karamanos, the partner
of Chilean President Gabriel
Boric, had announced that she
would stepping down from the
role — a job she didn’t seek; a
SEE KARAMANOS ON A11
often goes unchecked
The Giants, a flagship franchise, and a dozen
other teams have never had a Black head coach
BY A DAM K ILGORE
AND N ICOLE D UNGCA
Three days before Brian Flores
was scheduled to interview with
the New York Giants for their head
coaching vacancy in January, he
says he received an unexpected
text message from New England
Patriots Coach Bill Belichick.
In the text, Belichick seemingly
congratulated Flores, his former
assistant coach, on hearing he
SETH WENIG/ASSOCIATED PRESS
would be offered the Giants’ job,
one of the most coveted positions New York Giants co-owner
in the NFL. According to Flores, John Mara has seen his
Belichick had mistaken him for a franchise hire four head
different Brian — Brian Daboll, coaches since 2016. The first
the offensive coordinator of the
three did not make it to a third
Buffalo Bills who also previously season, and they departed with
worked for Belichick. The implica- a combined record of 32-61.
tion of the errant text was that the
Giants had made their decision
before a final interview with
Flores. This fall, The Washington Post
The day after Flores spoke with is examining the NFL’s failure
the team at its headquarters, the to equitably promote Black
Giants announced they were hir- coaches to top jobs despite
ing Daboll, who is like every other the multibillion-dollar league
head coach in the team’s 97-year being fueled by Black players.
history in at least one regard: He is There have been 192 head
White. coaches since 1990, and just
Flores, who is Black, included 25 have been Black.
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rights groups said. A11
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investigating alleged ef- earthquake in Indonesia bitious makeover. B1 Why is it still so rare for a man
forts by Donald Trump surpassed 250 as a fran- will stay open this A family is mourning a to take his wife’s last name? C1
and his allies to overturn tic search continued. A9 Thanksgiving and Black D.C. high school senior
the 2020 election heard While visiting Qatar Friday. A12 with college ambitions FOOD
testimony from Sen. for the World Cup, Sec- The new space race be- who was found fatally Your holiday helper
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peace and in power.
Each tragedy brings its own
particularly searing visual
heartbreak. The younger the
victims, the more likely there are
to be mementos of childhoods
cut short: toys, stuffed animals,
gap-toothed school portraits.
After the killing at the First
Baptist Church in Sutherland
Springs, Tex., in 2017, the victims
were honored with crosses. After
the shootings at the Tree of Life
synagogue in Pittsburgh in 2018,
the dead were counted with stars
of David. And earlier this month,
at the University of Virginia,
because the three students killed
also played football, memorials
were personalized with game
helmets, footballs and references
to their jersey numbers.
In Colorado Springs, color is a
potent symbol. It stands in for
gender, sexuality, identity,
expression. It’s a way of
clarifying our understanding of
who has been lost, not
individually but collectively. It
tells us which segment of our
human community has been
desecrated. It doesn’t tell you
everything you need to know,
A memorial with pictures of the victims in the Club Q shooting in Colorado Springs on Tuesday. Each tragedy brings its own heartbreaking
visuals. In Colorado Springs, color tells us which segment of our community has been harmed.
but it’s something. The
transgender flag, with its stripes
of baby blue, pale pink and
white, serves as a point of
correction in how gender has
been defined, understood and
stereotyped. The addition of
black and brown stripes to the
familiar rainbow flag is a
confession of a long-standing
omission of people of color from
the central conversation; it
acknowledges diversity within
the LGBTQ tribe.
The flags are tools of
education for the uninitiated;
they’re cudgels for progress and
change; they’re signposts of
welcome and reassurance. The
panoply of color enlivens mass
culture; it’s a pronouncement of
political solidarity and political
might. It’s a commentary on the
complexity and nuance inherent
in every individual. The flags are
statements about who exists in
this world and their right to do
so loudly and vividly. The colors
call out to marginalized people
letting them know that just
because they’re in the minority
or live in the shadows, that
doesn’t mean they’re alone.
Looking at the images of
people hugging and crying and
standing in the cold air at the
site of so much trauma, it’s akin
to standing alongside a river of
emotion as it overflows its
banks. Individuals show up as a
statement of solidarity. Each
time someone arrives, they add
another layer of color, another
detail to the mosaic. It’s a way of
sharing the pain and the horror,
as well as committing to stand
supportively along the path
toward healing.
In Colorado Springs, people
have planted colorful hearts in
the ground that declare, “Hate
has no home here.” And that’s a
wonderful sentiment, a
candy-coated notion. But the
truth is that hate has been
planted in all corners of the
country — elementary schools,
big-box stores, movie theaters,
houses of worship. The work is
in dislodging the roots.
People raise flags and they
turn themselves into walking
rainbow flags with multihued
dresses and bandannas and
jackets as a way of claiming
ownership over a place. Club Q
was a place of familiarity and joy
for many of those who count
themselves part of the LGBTQ
community. But those proud
colors are also a declaration of
ownership that extends beyond a
nightclub in the American West.
They reach beyond the state,
beyond the country. These colors
don’t run. They didn’t before the
shooting and won’t after it.
Despite the palpable pain, it’s
hard to look at those bright
shades of red, yellow and purple
and not see some semblance of
hope, a bit of rueful optimism.
The colorful flags on display
aren’t markers of battlefield
wounds. They aren’t
unabashedly grim even though
they stand for a community that
has had to fend off fears, lies and
demagoguery aimed at
preventing them from living full
lives. The flags are an exuberant
rebuke. A reminder that this
community has fought back for
generations with political will,
economic might and stubborn
optimism. There will be joy.
There will be.
All those combinations of
colors signify different segments
of the LGBTQ community. They
sort people under different
banners, put them under various
headings. That’s not such a
terrible thing. Everyone needs to
be seen, to be connected.
Everyone wants to find their kin.
But the beauty of all those
colors is that they can be
combined in countless ways to
tell a small piece of everyone’s
story. In the aftermath of this
tragedy, that’s the glimmer of
hope amid the mounds of
wilting flowers and melting
candles and wrung out
emotions. The whole of the
human community is
represented in those rainbows.
They arch toward solidarity. But
only if one looks closely.

Graham testifies before Georgia grand jury in election probe

BY H OLLY B AILEY
AND M ATTHEW B ROWN
After months of failed legal chal-
lenges, Sen. Lindsey O. Graham
(R-S.C.) appeared Tuesday before
a special grand jury in Atlanta
investigating efforts by former
president Donald Trump and his
allies to overturn Trump’s 2020
election loss in Georgia, the latest
high-profile witness in a probe
that is believed to be nearing a
conclusion.
A sheriff said Graham entered
Fulton County Courthouse
around 8 a.m. to appear before the

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mony in private. Kevin D. Bishop,
a spokesman for Graham, later
said in a statement that the sena-
tor testified for “just over two
hours and answered all ques-
tions.”
“The senator feels he was treat-
ed with respect, professionalism
and courtesy. Out of respect for
the grand jury process, he will not
comment on the substance of the
questions,” Bishop said.
A spokesman for the Fulton
County district attorney’s office,
which is leading the investigation,
did not respond to a request for
comment.
Graham’s testimony followed
an extended legal challenge to
block his appearance that went all
the way to the U.S. Supreme Court,
which this month declined to JABIN BOTSFORD/THE WASHINGTON POS

overturn lower court rulings re-
quiring him to appear.
The Trump confidant was first
subpoenaed in July, as Fulton
County prosecutors sought to
question Graham about phone
calls he made to Brad Raffen-
sperger, the Georgia secretary of
state, in the weeks after the 2020
election, and other issues related
to the election.
Trump personally urged
Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) was first subpoenaed over calls to Georgia’s secretary of state.
ization, describing the senator’s
interactions with Raffensperger
as “investigatory phone calls” that
were meant to inform his deci-
sion-making on whether to vote to
certify the election for Biden and
to inform other Senate work.
In court filings, Graham
claimed that his actions were le-
gitimate legislative activity pro-
Georgia election officials “to
throw out ballots or otherwise al-
ter Georgia’s election practices
and procedures.”
A three-judge panel of the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the 11th Cir-
cuit later upheld that lower court
ruling. The Supreme Court reject-
ed a final appeal by Graham this
month, paving the way for his
Meadows; former national secu-
rity adviser Michael Flynn; and
former House speaker Newt Gin-
grich. All three continue to pursue
legal efforts to quash their subpoe-
nas — ongoing appeals that could
delay proceedings.
The 23-person grand jury is au-
thorized to meet until May 2023.
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by other Republicans, including
Graham, who he said echoed
Trump’s claims about voting irreg-
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tected by the Constitution’s
“speech or debate clause” and that
he should not be required to an-
swer questions from a grand jury.
In September, U.S. District
Judge Leigh Martin May ruled
that Fulton County prosecutors
could not question Graham about
portions of his calls that were
legislative fact-finding.
But May cleared the way for
prosecutors to question Graham
about his coordination with the
Trump campaign on post-election
efforts in Georgia. The judge also
said Graham also could be asked
about his public statements about
the 2020 election and “any alleged
efforts to ‘cajole’ or encourage”
appearance this week. Graham’s
attorneys have said he has been
told he is a witness, not a target, in
the Fulton County investigation.
Graham’s testimony came as
the grand jury appears to be near-
ing a conclusion in its work. Jurors
have heard testimony from sev-
eral Trump lawyers, including
Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman and
Boris Epshteyn. Georgia Gov. Bri-
an Kemp (R), who also unsuccess-
fully sought to quash a subpoena
in the case, appeared before the
panel last week.
District Attorney Fani T. Willis
also has sought testimony from
other Trump advisers, including
Trump’s former chief of staff Mark
that she hoped the panel would
wrap up its work by the end of this
year. The panel does not have the
power to issue indictments, but
would make its recommendations
in a report to Willis, who would
then weigh potential charges.
During a court hearing in Flori-
da last week where Flynn was
challenging his subpoena, Assis-
tant Fulton County District Attor-
ney Will Wooten told a judge there
are “very few” witnesses remain-
ing.
Bailey reported from New Orleans and
Brown from Atlanta. Ann E. Marimow
and Tom Hamburger in Washington
contributed to this report.
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Bu≠alo plows ahead, clearing extreme 80-inch snowfall in about 48 hours
BY A MUDALAT A JASA
In the aftermath of one of
western New York’s most ex-
treme snowfalls on record, a
monumental effort to clear up to
6½ feet of snow is nearly com-
plete. The effort has involved
armies of people and hundreds of
plows, loaders, snowblowers and
tracked vehicles.
Less than 48 hours since the
historic snowfall, many of the
hardest-hit communities are
back on their feet.
While some neighborhood
roads are still buried in snow,
Mark Poloncarz, Erie County’s
executive, reports that all major
highways, arterial roads and sec-
ondary routes are now open.
“Now we’re just kind of touch-
ing up and finishing the work
that needs to be done to ensure
that every neighborhood has
been cleared,” Poloncarz told The
Washington Post on Monday.
Erie County, which includes
Buffalo, received some of the
most astronomical snow
amounts from the lake-effect
snow event, which also walloped
areas downwind of Lake Ontario
with up to 6 feet of snow.
In Erie County, the National
Weather Service received a re-
port of 81.2 inches in Hamburg,
N.Y., which is 15 miles south of
country put in what our guys did
and the recovery time that we
had,” he said.
All hands on deck
The rapid-fire cleanup
brought together counties,
towns, New York state and part-
ners in the contracting business.
Teams from the New York
Thruway Authority in Buffalo
and the New York State
Department of Transportation
(NYSDOT) worked around-the-
clock pushing snow from the
roads to snow storage areas on
road shoulders during whiteout
conditions. There were large
chunks of time when workers
couldn’t see past the hood of their
cars, Latko said.
Trucks that couldn’t plow the
dense snow lifted and pushed the
white heaps off the road. Over-
flowing snow was also moved
into dump trailers and taken to
abandoned parking lots or other
open spaces in heaps.
“As of right now, there is a pile
of snow that’s four and a half
stories tall at one of our commu-
nity colleges that we’re using as a
dump site,” Poloncarz said.
As of Monday morning, travel
bans were in place in the city of
Lackawanna and half of Buffalo
while efforts were made to clear
the roadways. It took workers a MARK MULVILLE/BUFFALO NEWS/ASSOCIATED PRESS

Buffalo. At one point, snow was
pounding the ground at upward
of five inches per hour. In Or-
chard Park, home to the Buffalo
Bills, 80 inches were reported.
Around Hamburg and Or-
chard Park, 60 inches fell be-
tween Thursday night and Friday
night alone, probably setting a
new 24-hour state record.
“We get lake-effect snow-
storms. They are not unusual,”
Poloncarz said. “What’s unusual
is the amount of snow that fell
with this snowstorm.”
Matthew Latko, the division
director for the New York State
Thruway Authority in Buffalo,
who has lived in the city for
nearly 34 years, called it “the
biggest storm ever.” He raved
about his team’s response.
“I don’t think anybody in the
little longer to clear Lackawanna
and parts of Buffalo because the
areas are more densely populated
and have narrower streets. Po-
loncarz hoped to lift Lackawan-
na’s driving ban by the end of the
day.
Eighteen communities were
originally placed under driving
and travel bans on Thursday to
allow snowplows to clear the
streets when the snow wasn’t as
deep. Some 400 trailer drivers
were fined over the weekend for
disobeying the order. Many of the
vehicles got stuck.
More than 500 plow trucks
from the NYSDOT were deployed
to roadways across the region,
according to Marie Therese
Dominguez, the NYSDOT com-
missioner. Mechanics from
around the state maintained
Crews truck snow in to dump in the parking lot of Erie Community College in Orchard Park, N.Y., on Sunday. Mark Poloncarz, Erie
County’s executive, said all major highways, arterial roads and secondary routes were open, less than 48 hours after the lake-effect storm.
heavy equipment all weekend, said. “There are no generals in this falo were blanketed in 7 feet of
and safety representatives made The snow came so heavy, he war, so to speak,” Poloncarz said. snow over the course of three
sure workers were trained. switched from plowing with a “Everyone is working together.” days. That storm claimed 14 lives.
Before the snow covered the pickup to using a backhoe and At the federal level, President The paralyzing storm in 2014
ground, layers of brine, a very other heavy equipment. Biden agreed to send aid to the 11 forced nearly 300 New York Na-
high concentration of salty water, Residents joined forces to en- affected counties to assist state tional Guard members to step in
were lathered onto the roads to sure that Buffalo Bills players and local authorities with their to remove the snow. The snow
prevent hard layers of snow from were able to make it to the airport cleanup efforts. The emergency piles from the storm lingered
becoming hardly packed. after their matchup against the declaration authorizes the De- until July.
In addition to the efforts from Cleveland Browns was moved partment of Homeland Security This time, Poloncarz believes
government agencies, neighbors from Orchard Park, which re- and the Federal Emergency Man- the region was better prepared.
helped neighbors. ceived snowfall as tall as their agement Agency to provide disas- “It’s been a monumental ef-
Nick Belles, 26, a plowman quarterback Josh Allen, to De- ter relief. fort,” he said. “I don’t think there
clearing commercial lots in Buf- troit. The Bills iced the Browns The aid falls on the heels of are many parts of the United
falo’s south towns, said he got a out with a 31-23 win. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s States that could have responded
total of three hours of sleep Officials advised that the (D) plea to the president for to this type of storm and recov-
during a three-day stretch. He heavy lifting be left to profession- emergency aid on Saturday. ered as quickly as we have.”
kept himself up by chugging als. Two people died of heart This was the biggest storm to
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A4
CLUB Q FROM A1
into the latest site of a deadly
mass killing.
“Club Q was my everything,”
Kobylinski said, gazing at a make-
shift memorial of bouquets, can-
dles and Pride flags. “Safe spaces
are numbered, and that’s the big-
gest shock: It meant something
that this was a safe space.”
The rampage at one of the only
gay bars in Colorado’s second-
largest city has devastated its
tightknit LGBTQ community,
whose members describe Club Q
as a welcoming haven for free
expression in one of the capitals
of American conservatism. As
Colorado Springs struggled to
move past its label as ground zero
for the evangelical push to limit
gay rights, the bar served as the
rare gathering space where those
rights were never up for debate,
and safety was presumed.
Police say they are still investi-
gating a motive for the attack,
which killed five people and in-
jured another 18. But suspect An-
derson Lee Aldrich is facing
charges of murder and commit-
ting a bias-motivated crime, in a
spurt of violence that began near
midnight Saturday that has punc-
tuated a wave of rising anti-
LGBTQ rhetoric and laws.
For a city whose recent history
has been sullied by three decades
of political attacks on transgen-
der and gay people — over spousal
benefits, nondiscrimination rules
and even the ability to start high
school clubs — it has felt like a
punch in the gut.
“It’s a heartbreak,” said Richard
Skorman, a former city council
member who helped lead up
much of the liberal response to
those earlier attacks out of the
coffee shop he owns downtown.
“We’ve made such great strides in
this area, and it’s terrible we have
to go through this again.”
Gay and transgender residents
described Colorado Springs as a
difficult place to be out, with some
citing recent episodes of discrimi-
nation and hate crimes. But oth-
ers said they’ve observed greater
tolerance recently — more rain-
bow flags on storefronts and few-
er nasty comments, measures of
acceptance long in coming.
Colorado, once infamous for its
anti-LGBTQ laws, is now reliably
blue, a political transformation
driven by liberal enclaves like
Denver, Boulder and their sub-
urbs. Gov. Jared Polis, a Democrat
and the country’s first openly gay
man to hold that position, was
just reelected by a nearly 20-point
margin.
But while even Colorado
Springs has drifted left in recent
years, Saturday’s killings brought
a swift recognition of the city’s
painful history.
“I don’t think there has really
been the ability to move freely and
safely here,” said Stoney Bertz, a
field organizer with the advocacy
group One Colorado and a one-
time drag performer at Club Q.
“That’s why we relied so much
and rely so much on these safe
spaces.”
Seeds of a movement
The area’s politics have always
leaned right, fueled by a large
military presence that includes
the Air Force Academy, the Army’s
Fort Carson and the Peterson
Space Force Base. But the deci-
sion by local business boosters in
the 1980s and early ’90s to recruit
fundamentalist Christian groups
to relocate to Colorado Springs,
an effort to jump-start the econo-
my, made the city a hotbed of
right-wing extremism.
A Washington Post story from
that era said that Colorado
Springs had developed a reputa-
tion “for intolerance and venom-
ous, values-based politics.”
One of the largest and most
influential groups to arrive was
Focus on the Family, an organiza-
tion that opposes same-sex mar-
riage and promotes conversion
therapy — a widely discredited
practice that purports to “cure”
gay and transgender people. It
also trained candidates for local
office who embraced those views.
Its presence, along with dozens of
other similarly minded groups,
prompted one evangelical leader,
the Rev. Ted Haggard of the New
Life Church, to call Colorado
Springs “the Vatican of evangeli-
cal Christianity.”
“It has been underneath us al-
ways: The military, religious or-
ganizations — there’s a way in
which they are cultivating things
that may inspire a place like Colo-
rado Springs to be the next tar-
get,” said Tre Wentling, an assis-
tant professor and queer studies
scholar at the University of Colo-
rado Colorado Springs.
An important political mo-
ment came in 1992, when con-
servative activists in Colorado
Springs rallied support across the
state for a ballot measure known
as Amendment 2, which added a
clause to the state constitution
preventing municipalities from
passing gay rights protections.
The campaign was successful,
‘It meant something that this was a safe space’
and more than half of Colorado
voters approved the amendment,
even as they voted for Democrat
Bill Clinton for president. It was a
significant setback for those seek-
ing equal treatment under the
law, but the measure also back-
fired on its backers: It wound up
sparking a full-blown gay rights
movement in the state and in
Colorado Springs.
“The LGBTQ community in the
city before then was fairly mar-
ginalized, fairly isolated, fairly
underground and did not have a
lot of places for community social
gathering spots,” said William
Schultz, a professor of American
religions at the University of Chi-
cago’s Divinity School. “Amend-
ment 2 brought a lot of people in
Colorado Springs out of the clos-
et.”
Nearly four years later, the U.S.
Supreme Court declared Amend-
ment 2 unconstitutional.
The influence of evangelicals
has waned in the city since then,
and a network of small local or-
ganizations to support LGBTQ
people has thrived — but gay bars,
which have long operated as com-
munity centers, have struggled to
stay open.
In 2005, the long-running Hide
and Seek, which was thought to
be one of the largest gay clubs in
the western United States, shut
down for good when its owner
said he couldn’t afford repairs
required after being assessed for
several fire code violations.
But shortly before Hide and
Seek closed its doors, a newcomer
opened, offering $2 margarita
specials, ’80s night on Tuesdays
and a beacon of hope in a commu-
nity desperate for a reliable ha-
ven: Club Q.
‘A place I can
put my hair down’
Teagan Gilbert and Victoria
Kosovich had very different jour-
neys to Club Q, but they were
searching for the same thing at
the low-slung club in a strip mall
set off from the street, some 20
minutes northeast of downtown.
Gilbert, now a Navy veteran,
was in town for training and feel-
ing alone in a new city, where she
knew no one. So she Googled:
“Where are LGBTQ safe spaces in
Colorado Springs.”
“That’s how I found Club Q,”
said Gilbert, who a couple of years
later would join a lawsuit against
the Trump administration over its
ban on transgender military serv-
ice members.
“I was like ‘Okay, here’s a safe
place,’ ” she said, recalling when
she walked inside. “Here’s a place
I can put my hair down, here’s a
place I can grab a drink and laugh
and play pool and get a hug.”
Kosovich, too, just wanted a
place where she could feel com-
fortable being herself. She was
starting to transition when she
first went to Club Q, and it’s
where she took part in her first
drag shows. The night before one
of those early performances, in
June 2016, a gunman killed 49
people at Pulse, a gay nightclub in
Orlando, and Club Q’s show
morphed into a fundraiser.
“We did the show, we poured
out our grief and our anger onto
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colorado shooting
FROM TOP: A crowd gathers at a makeshift memorial near Club Q in Colorado Springs on Monday.
Saturday’s shooting shocked the city’s LGBTQ community, which described the spot as a haven.
Husbands Josh Franklin, left, and John Wolfe, who own nightclub ICONS, reopened Monday to
welcome friends and patrons. “When we thought about what we could do, it was just: open up and be
here for the community,” Wolfe said. Victims’ names are written on a rainbow during a candlelit vigil.
the stage, and we helped out the
way we could,” she said Sunday.
“And that’s all we can do now, too.”
Kosovich and Gilbert had plen-
ty of friends inside Club Q on
Saturday night, and knew at least
two of those killed.
“It was supposed to be the place
where that doesn’t happen,” Koso-
vich said. “Maybe out on the street
you’re going to get accosted and
yelled at and called a slur, but in
there, it doesn’t happen. They
died having that safety betrayed.”
‘A direct personal attack’
Jonas Anderson, a 25-year-old
transgender man, moved here to
get away from his hometown on
the Florida Panhandle, where it
felt like he could never openly
discuss his gender identity — not
even with his family, he said.
Friends warned him that Colo-
rado Springs would not be a re-
prieve from conservative politics.
But high rents and heavy traffic in
Denver and a desire for a small-
town feel pushed him farther
south, where he quickly found a
job at a coffee shop downtown
and a community of “queer weir-
dos” at Club Q.
“I was just this nervous, shy,
little gay kid walking in there. I
didn’t know what was happen-
ing,” Anderson recalled. “They
just welcomed me and really
made me feel like it was okay to be
a loser who didn’t know what to
drink at a bar. Really made it okay
to be whoever you were at that
place.”
After his first few nights at Club
Q, Anderson worked up the cour-
age to order his own cocktail from
one of the bartenders: the playful,
mullet-sporting Daniel Aston, on
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whom he was starting to develop
a small crush.
Anderson nervously stuttered
until the bartender interjected
with a question — something
sweet or something spicy? — and
poured out a fruity, red concoc-
tion dubbed the Captain Hook.
But he loved it.
That cocktail will forever be a
reminder of Aston, who was one
of the five people killed at the bar
over the weekend.
“It does feel like somebody
came in to my own home and
robbed me blind or, you know,
shot my mom or something,” An-
derson said. “It feels like a direct
personal attack. Because it was
somewhere that I cared about. It’s
people I care about, people I
know.”
Less than 48 hours after the
attack, Anderson was already
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thinking about how to fight back.
“None of us are going to just let
this go and be like, ‘That’s sad.
They’re gone,’ ” he added. “We
want something to change — for
this business to come back, and
bigger, and for more queer spaces
to just gay up this town.”
‘We’ll be here’
By Monday night, ICONS — a
piano bar described by one of its
owners as “the classy gay uncle to
Club Q” — had unlocked its doors
after shutting down for a day,
welcoming a stream of friends
and regulars who crowded onto
plush chairs and stools, leaning
on each other.
“We felt powerless, and when
we thought about what we could
do, it was just: open up and be
here for the community,” said
John Wolfe, who co-owns the
place with his husband. “This
place is a sacred place to a lot of
people, they met their chosen
family here when they couldn’t
have it anywhere else.”
At a table near the front, by a
small stage where bar staff belt
show tunes, Lydia Lockhart sat
with some of her closest friends.
They didn’t know where else to
go.
“I showed up tonight because I
will not let fear and hate win,”
Lockhart said. “I want to continue
to celebrate with my community,
and I’m so thankful for my group
that we have each other to go
through this with.”
Sitting to her right, Phoebe Ru-
dolph replied: “That’s what they
want, is for us to not be here
together.”
“I’m protesting by being alive,”
she said. “I’m protesting by kiss-
ing a woman I love.”
The friends, whose party some-
times grows to 15 or so, have been
coming to ICONS twice a week,
sometimes more.
“The people, the music, it’s like
balm to your soul,” said Becca
Stephens, who was born and
raised in Colorado Springs and
grew up in an intensely conserva-
tive environment, where discuss-
ing gender and sexuality was ta-
boo.
“I don’t even care if this city
likes me or wants me here, I’m not
leaving,” Stephens said. “These
mountains, this place. I don’t
need a church. This is our church.”
As they spoke, bartender and
actor Mark Autry climbed on-
stage to sing the evening’s final
song, “Morning Glow,” from the
musical “Pippin.” The bar’s TVs
displayed a black ribbon with a
rainbow heart and “Club Q” in the
center.
As a disco ball shimmered in
the dim light, Autry sang about
finding hope in the darkness,
about the morning glow that will
come after “the phantoms of the
night” fade into the past. He held
the final words — “at last” — for a
longing beat or two.
“We love you,” he told the
crowd. “Come back, we’ll be here
— we’ll be here — we’re not going
anywhere. We’ll be here tomor-
row, and every day after that.”
Cate Brown and Anne Branigin in
Washington, and Jennifer Hassan in
London contributed to this report.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23 , 2022
Investigators work to determine a motive in attack on Colorado nightclub
BY S COTT W ILSON
AND M OLLY H ENNESSY- F ISKE
A day after the 22-year-old man
who allegedly opened fire inside a
Colorado Springs LGBTQ night-
club was preliminarily charged
with murder and hate crimes,
investigators continued seeking a
motive Tuesday.
Anderson Lee Aldrich, wearing
camouflage and a bulletproof
vest, entered Club Q late Saturday
night armed with a handgun and
an assault-style rifle. Within min-
utes, police say, he had killed five
people and wounded 18 others,
until he was subdued by a club
patron who tackled him. Several
other customers then pinned the
gunman to the ground until au-
thorities arrived.
The city’s hospitals continued
caring for many of the wounded
on Tuesday. A spokesperson for
UC Health said that Aldrich, in-
jured as he was subdued by club-
goers, was discharged from the
hospital Tuesday and taken into
police custody.
The city and much of the state,
the site of several recent mass
shootings, grieved Monday for
those who died and for the tragic
shadow now cast over a cultural
landmark, where many gay men
and lesbians found comfort in a
city once known as staunchly
opposed to LGBTQ rights.
A makeshift altar near the club
expanded overnight, and Colora-
do Gov. Jared Polis (D) ordered
flags flown at half-staff to memo-
rialize the dead. Four years ago
Polis was elected the country’s
first openly gay governor. He was
born and raised in Boulder, where
in March 2021 a shooter opened
fire inside a King Soopers grocery
store, killing 10 people.
On Tuesday, President Biden
spoke with families of the victims,
according to White House offi-
cials who also reiterated the ad-
ministration’s commitment to re-
store a ban on assault-style rifles
such as the one in Aldrich’s pos-
McCarthy calls for Mayorkas to quit, promises probes
House GOP leader hints
at homeland security
secretary’s impeachment
BY M ARIANNA S OTOMAYOR
AND M ARIA S ACCHETTI
House Minority Leader Kevin
McCarthy (R-Calif.) called on
Homeland Security Secretary
Alejandro Mayorkas to resign
Tuesday or face investigations
next year that could lead to his
impeachment by a House GOP
majority.
McCarthy announced he had
directed the Judiciary Commit-
tee’s top Republican, Rep. Jim
Jordan (Ohio), and the Oversight
Committee’s top Republican,
Rep. James Comer (Ky.), to im-
mediately launch investigations
over “the collapse of our border”
and the overall reduction in im-
migration arrests in the interior
of the United States when they
chair their respective committees
in January.
“Our country may never recov-
er from Secretary Mayorkas’s der-
eliction of duty,” McCarthy said
after he and six other Republi-
cans visited U.S. Customs and
Border Protection personnel in El
Paso.
McCarthy and other Republi-
cans challenged Mayorkas’s as-
sertions, most recently at a con-
gressional hearing last week, that
the border is “secure.”
“We can’t find one border
agent who agrees with him. So we
will investigate,” McCarthy said.
Mayorkas has no plans to re-
sign, Department of Homeland
Security officials said Tuesday,
noting the agency is managing a
record number of apprehensions
at the U.S.-Mexico border, includ-
ing of people fleeing repressive
regimes in Venezuela, Cuba and
Nicaragua who cannot easily be
deported.
“Secretary Mayorkas is proud
to advance the noble mission of
this Department, support its ex-
traordinary workforce, and serve
the American people,” spokes-
woman Marsha Espinosa said in
an email. “Members of Congress
can do better than point the
finger at someone else; they
should come to the table and
work on solutions for our broken
system and outdated laws, which
have not been overhauled in over
40 years.”
The push to investigate Mayor-
kas began long before Tuesday, as
House Republicans campaigned
to immediately oust him if they
regained the majority. Republi-
cans have united around target-
ing Mayorkas and President
Biden for what they say is their
collective failure to contain the
. THE WASHINGTON POST
Anthony, who was injured in the Colorado Springs attack, attends a hospital news conference with his spouse, Jeremy. President Biden
spoke with affected families, according to administration officials who also reiterated their goal to restore a ban on assault-style rifles.
session.
“While we don’t know yet for
certain the motive of this attack,
hate has no place in this country,
and neither do military-style as-
sault rifles,” Karine Jean-Pierre,
the White House press secretary,
told reporters during a Tuesday
briefing. “Weapons of war do not
belong on our streets, in our
churches, in our movie theaters,
in our malls, in our groceries, in
our schools or in our nightclubs.”
The investigation is in its earli-
est stages and appears to be fo-
cused on how the gunman ob-
tained the assault rifle and why he
surge of migrants at the border by
undoing restrictive measures put
in place by former president Don-
ald Trump. They also say the
administration lacks enough per-
sonnel to adequately deal with
the influx of people and illegal
drugs, such as fentanyl, from en-
tering the United States.
While the border has become a
uniting issue for House Republi-
cans, the approach to passing
substantive immigration changes
that could lift the strain on bor-
der patrol agents has splintered
the ideologically divided confer-
ence. GOP members and aides,
who spoke on the condition of
anonymity to discuss private de-
liberations, remain pessimistic
that an overhaul can be achieved
given how politically toxic the
immigration debate has become
within their own ranks.
Rep. Tony Gonzales (R), who
represents the largest portion of
the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas,
is working to build bipartisan
consensus on revamps.
But the razor-thin majority Re-
publicans were dealt this mid-
term election will make it more
difficult for the party to find a
legislative pathway given the
staunchly conservative House
Freedom Caucus, which blocked
efforts by previous GOP speakers
John A. Boehner (Ohio) and Paul
D. Ryan (Wis.) to change immi-
gration laws because they
deemed the proposals too lax.
That is why Republicans have
zeroed in on investigations
against the Biden administra-
tion, a benefit they are given as
the party in charge of the House.
Besides investigating Mayorkas,
Republicans have pledged to look
into the business dealings and art
sales of Biden’s son Hunter, the
Biden administration’s military
withdrawal from Afghanistan,
the origins of the novel coronavi-
rus, coronavirus-related school
closures, the administration’s de-
liberations over weapons sales to
Ukraine, and the spending of the
House select committee investi-
gating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrec-
tion.
Mayorkas, a former U.S. attor-
ney and deputy homeland secu-
rity secretary during the Obama
administration, has been the
chief steward of the Biden admin-
istration’s complicated efforts to
create a more humane immigra-
tion system while also creating a
more orderly system at the bor-
der. He is also responsible for
ending family migrant detention
and criticized the prior Republi-
can administration for forcibly
separating migrant children
from their parents at the border.
But Mayorkas has also faced
criticism for the mass arrivals of
migrants from Latin America and
other regions, especially from Re-
publicans who say the Biden ad-
opened fire. Colorado Springs of-
ficials on Tuesday said they would
not be commenting further on the
case until next week, citing the
judicial process now underway.
The suspect faces five murder
charges and five charges of com-
mitting a bias-motivated crime
causing bodily injury, city spokes-
man Max D’Onofrio said. He said
those were the arrest charges;
prosecutors are expected to file
criminal charges in court.
Aldrich’s first court appear-
ance is scheduled for Wednesday
morning. Court records indicate
it will be a video hearing. Michael
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) tours the U.S.-Mexico border in April in Eagle Pass, Tex. McCarthy was back at the
border Tuesday to meet with Customs and Border Protection personnel in El Paso as he seeks to become House GOP leader in January.
ministration’s policies are en-
couraging migrants to attempt to
enter the United States in search
of better lives.
McCarthy’s move comes days
after he battled for leadership in
the narrowly divided House and
as the Department of Homeland
Security is preparing to wind
down one of the Trump adminis-
tration’s most significant border
policies, known as Title 42, which
allows border officials to expel
migrants instead of allowing
them into the United States to
seek asylum or release pending a
court hearing. The policy has led
to more than 2.4 million expul-
sions, mostly from the southern
border.
Officials tried to end Title 42 in
May, but a lawsuit filed in Louisi-
ana by 24 states temporarily
stopped them. Another federal
judge, in the District of Columbia,
vacated the policy last week and
gave the administration until
Dec. 21 to end it.
Trump’s staunchest allies are
calling for immediately impeach-
ing Mayorkas and Biden for the
border crisis rather than delaying
the actions by investigating
them. McCarthy has previously
signaled a cautious approach
toward impeachment.
“We never do impeachment for
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J. Allen, the district attorney, said
Aldrich was being held without
bond in the El Paso County jail.
So far this year there have been
more than 600 mass shootings —
defined as a shooting when four
or more people die or are injured
in a single incident — in the
United States, according to the
Gun Violence Archive.
Asked about the shooting Tues-
day while on a trip to the Philip-
pines, Vice President Harris said
it was “just tragic” that mass
shootings keep happening, par-
ticularly in places “where people
should have an expectation and a
political purposes,” McCarthy
said Tuesday. “If the investigation
leads to an impeachment inquiry,
we will follow through.”
GOP members and aides have
privately voiced their hope that
removing Mayorkas may be
enough of a scalp to throw at
Trump’s “Make America Great
Again” base than also going after
Biden and establishing a prec-
edent for the House majority to
impeach every president that is
not of its party.
“I think the president and May-
orkas have shown a dereliction of
duty on the border. I say that as a
middle-of-the-road conservative
dealmaker,” said Rep. Don Bacon
(R-Neb.). “This is an issue that we
should be doing oversight on.”
Bacon echoed McCarthy and
cautioned that just impeaching
members of the Biden adminis-
tration would “hurt us in the long
run,” since swing voters, like the
ones he represents, don’t want to
see a GOP majority focus only on
investigations.
Impeachment also faces even
longer odds in the Senate, where
a Democratic majority is likely to
vote to acquit any member of the
Biden administration. The only
Cabinet member to be impeached
was William Belknap, President
Ulysses S. Grant’s secretary of
ROSS TAYLOR FOR THE WASHINGTON POST
right to be in a safe place and to be
able to be themselves and enjoy
each other’s company.”
The Colorado Springs victims
spanned the spectrum of Ameri-
can life, both patrons and employ-
ees, a testament to the club’s
appeal and the seemingly random
nature of the attack.
A 40-year-old transgender
woman visiting from Memphis
was shot dead, as was a 40-year-
old man who worked at a cosmet-
ics company and was visiting the
club with his girlfriend. Witness-
es said one of the club’s bartend-
ers also died of gunshot wounds.
war, in 1876 for accepting bribes.
McCarthy’s public declaration
against Mayorkas was seen by
some as an early signal to the
Freedom Caucus that he is taking
seriously their calls to investigate
the Biden administration at a
time when he’s facing trouble
securing the 218 votes necessary
to officially become speaker
Jan. 3.
McCarthy was nominated to be
speaker last week behind closed
door after a plurality of members
supported his candidacy, but he
fell shy of the 218 he would need
in January after Rep. Andy Biggs
(R-Ariz.), a member of the Free-
dom Caucus, earned 31 votes.
Five Freedom Caucus mem-
bers have said so far that they
would not support McCarthy in
January, a total that could be
enough to sink his chances on the
floor vote if Republicans have the
majority by only four or five seats
once all races are called.
One way to keep the Freedom
Caucus appeased is based on
whom McCarthy and his leader-
ship team tap to lead the House
Homeland Security Committee.
Reps. Mark Green (R-Tenn.) and
Dan Crenshaw (R-Tex.), who were
on the trip to El Paso, are vying
for the top spot after Rep. John
Katko (R-N.Y.) announced he
A5
The assault ended when club-
goer Richard Fierro, an Army
veteran, tackled the gunman. Fi-
erro was there celebrating a
friend’s birthday with his family,
watching a drag show that starred
his 22-year-old daughter’s best
friend.
UC Health Memorial Hospital
Central treated 11 victims of the
shooting plus Aldrich before his
release into police custody.
One of the patients died in the
emergency room, physician Paul
Reckard said. “The rest of the
patients are doing well,” he added.
Reckard, a trauma surgeon,
was called in with two other sur-
geons to treat the wounded early
Sunday. They were experienced in
treating gunshot wounds and re-
sponding after shootings.
“We unfortunately have too
much experience with these types
of injuries,” he said, but “not this
many all at once. This is the most
I’ve ever seen at one time.”
When he arrived at the hospi-
tal, one patient was in the operat-
ing room, so Reckard went there
first while another doctor stabi-
lized victims in the emergency
room. Reckard said the wounds
revealed immediately that “this
was a high-velocity, combat-type
round that was being used, be-
cause these were pretty severe
injuries. Even the extremity inju-
ries were pretty bad.”
Reckard said the shooting sur-
vivors will face lengthy recover-
ies.
“Some of the patients are going
to require multiple operations. I
expect some of them will be with
us for a couple of weeks. The
physical rehab will probably be
quicker than the mental health
rehab,” he said. “In a few days,
they’re going to start coming to
grips with what happened and
they’re going to need a lot of
support.”
Meryl Kornfield, Mark Berman and
Silvia Foster-Frau contributed to this
report.
JABIN BOTSFORD/THE WASHINGTON POST
would not seek reelection. The
Freedom Caucus is hoping Mc-
Carthy and his allies choose
Green as they look to expand
their influence atop committees,
a right previous GOP speakers
had forbidden.
Mayorkas’s future came up
during a homeland security com-
mittee hearing last week, when
Republicans such as Freedom
Caucus member Rep. Michael
Guest (Miss.) applauded him for
pressuring former Customs and
Border Protection Commissioner
Chris Magnus to resign after less
than a year on the job. But when
Rep. Jake LaTurner (R-Kan.)
asked if he would also step down,
Mayorkas stated he had no plans
on doing so.
“I am very proud of what we
have accomplished,” Mayorkas
told LaTurner at the hearing. “I’m
very committed to accomplishing
more.”
“I hope for the sake of the
safety of the American people
that conversation happens very
soon,” LaTurner said.
Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) was
clearer in his threat, telling May-
orkas, “We look forward to seeing
you in January.”
Jacqueline Alemany contributed to
this report.
A6 EZ RE THE WASHINGTON POST . WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23 , 2022

The World
O≠ Australia’s coast, e≠orts to keep a world in full color
Tourism companies and marine scientists hope gardening can give ‘Mother Nature a little bit of a boost’ as warming waters imperil the Great Barrier Reef
BY F RANCES V INALL AND
M ICHAEL R OBINSON C HAVEZ

The world off Australia’s

northeast coast is magical yet
besieged, a place of stunning
colors in good times but ghostly
white in bad ones. The bad have
happened repeatedly in recent
years as warming seas tied to
climate change have bleached
the vast coral ecosystem below.
But through a symbiotic col-
laboration between five tourism
companies and marine scientists
at the University of Technology
Sydney, “coral gardening” in un-
derwater nurseries is trying to
help preserve the country’s
famed Great Barrier Reef.
Divers for the companies — all
intimately acquainted with the
reef and, like so many business-
es, dependent on its vitality —
scour the seafloor. There they
collect broken pieces of coral and
attach them to submerged
frames on which the fragments
can recover and grow. Ecologi-
cally minded tourists pay to see
the unusual attraction.
It’s a strategy that master reef
guide Russell Hosp says is aimed
at giving “Mother Nature a little
bit of a boost.” Some 30 gardens
are currently being cultivated,
and the healthy coral segments
that thrive on their artificial
underwater structures are then
transplanted to damaged areas
of the reef.
The Coral Nurture Program is
just one of numerous projects
along the Queensland coastline,
including one, run by the Reef
Restoration Foundation, that
just saw its planted coral spawn
for the first time. Together, these
efforts aim to transform the reef PHOTOS BY MICHAEL ROBINSON CHAVEZ/THE WASHINGTON POST

by making it more resilient.

This month’s U.N. Climate
Change Conference in Egypt,
known as COP27, discussed ad-
aptation solutions for coral na-
tions. Peter Thomson, the U.N.
secretary general’s special envoy
for oceans, told a panel that he
was a convert on the effective-
ness of programs such as coral
nurseries after seeing the results
in his native Fiji.
“Don’t accept the idea that
coral reefs are going to be ex-
tinct,” he said. “We’re going to
refuse that future.”
None of the progress can over-
come unchecked global warm-
ing, however. “A 1.5-degree world
is really a death knell for reefs,”
warned Carol Phua, who leads
the World Wildlife Federation’s
Global Coral Reef Initiative.
The loss would be tragic. Cor-
als are arguably the strangest of
the many bewildering life-forms
that can be found in the world’s
oceans, simultaneously animal,
vegetable and mineral.
The animal is the polyp, a
transparent, tentacled creature
related to anemone and jellyfish.
Coral polyps have squishy bodies
but have evolved the miraculous
ability to secrete calcium carbon-
ate — the same material as
limestone rock — as protection.
These calcium carbonate barri-
cades make up the visible archi-
tecture of a reef.
Inside the polyp’s tissue are a
living algae called zooxanthellae.
It’s these single-celled organisms
that lend reefs their famous
rainbows of color. And, more
importantly for the polyp, the
algae provide food for their
hosts, turning sunlight into pro-
teins, fats and carbohydrates
through photosynthesis.
There are billions of coral
polyps, containing tens of bil-
lions of zooxanthellae, hiding
within the hard structure of the
Great Barrier Reef. Every new-
born polyp absorbs algae and
secretes rock, adding infinitesi-
mally to an ecosystem that has
been growing for 20,000 years.
The problem, said Emma
Camp, the Coral Nurture Pro-
gram’s co-founder and a univer-
sity marine biologist, is that
“corals have a narrow environ-
mental niche, or range, that they
typically like to survive.”
Coral algae can only survive in
warmer waters. But when the
temperature gets too warm, the
algae begins emitting a toxic
substance instead of food, which
the polyp instinctively and pro-
tectively ejects into the ocean.
The result is coral bleaching,
and the stark images of reefs
after an event show what corals
look like without algae inside.
Unless the water temperature
drops and the algae can safely
return, the polyp starves, and the
reef remains colorless.
The Great Barrier Reef has
experienced four bleaching
events in various sections since
2016. Even when a coral colony
survives, the stress takes a toll.
The coral needs time to recover,
and multiple bleachings in a
short period are more likely to be
fatal. Some species cope with
heat better than others, but when
the most vulnerable species die,
the reef ’s diversity suffers.
Coral Nurture participants
have planted nearly 77,000 corals
in the program’s four years.
Camp acknowledged that in
comparison to the reef ’s vastness
— the equivalent length of Flori-
da to Maine — the number is
small. “Where we’re at with most
current restoration efforts is that
they’re local,” she said.
That focus is something Alan
Wallish appreciates. He’s a tour
operator in Cairns who has spent
several decades on the reef, and
his business, Passions of Para-
dise, is among the five guiding
companies partnering with the
university scientists. The idea, he
said, is “about looking after your
own little patch.”
The other initiatives under-
way to nurture the reef run the
gamut. Eye on the Reef, headed
by the Great Barrier Reef Marine
Park Authority, enlists the mass-
FROM TOP: Tour operator Alan Wallish inspects a coral es of divers who sightsee under-
head Aug. 10 on Hastings Reef, part of the Great Barrier water to collect data while
Reef, off the coast of Australia. Tourists, divers and marine they’re there. A “Coral IVF” proj-
biologists mix in the waters. Fish swim over coral. Efforts ect, led by Southern Cross Uni-
are underway to replenish the reef with fast-growing corals. versity, gathers coral sperm and
eggs and fertilizes them in an
ocean pool, depositing the larvae
in degraded regions.
Indigenous rangers of the
Mandubarra people are also in-
volved, working with the recre-
ational fishers group OzFish and
researchers from James Cook
University to plant sea grass
meadows. At a lab near Towns-
ville, specialists at the Australian
Institute of Marine Science ex-
periment with a biodegradable,
molecule-thick film that may
block heat from entering the
ocean.
Climate change remains the
big caveat for all these initiatives.
Human intervention projects
“are going to be essential” in
coming decades, said Scott Her-
on, an environmental physicist
with the ARC Centre for Excel-
lence for Coral Reef Studies. But
they will be most effective only if
they advance in tandem with a
rapid decrease in greenhouse gas
emissions.
“We need to be addressing
climate change, and the causes of
climate change, in a policy-co-
herent way so that we’re not
putting a blowtorch as well as a
hose onto the fire,” Heron said.
Despite the odds, Hosp is actu-
ally pretty optimistic as he
guides visitors on the Great Bar-
rier Reef. “The work we’re doing
on the reef is in conjunction with
work being done in the Antarc-
tic, and in Africa, all over the
world,” he said. “There’s this
concerted effort to try and fix the
problem in as many ways as we
can.”
“Quite honestly,” he added, “I
think it’s a little bit early to tick
the box and say the reef, or any
other ecosystem, is a lost cause.
Because it’s absolutely not.”

D I GE S T

GHANA
Islamists in W. Africa
‘seeking new grounds’
Ghanaian President Nana
Akufo-Addo on Tuesday warned
that a rampant Islamist
insurgency in West Africa’s Sahel
is threatening to engulf the entire
region.
“Today the terrorist groups,
emboldened by their success in
the regions, are seeking new
grounds,” Akufo-Addo told West
African leaders and European
ministers gathered in Ghana’s
capital, Accra, to discuss regional
solutions to the insurgency in
Mali, where militants have seized
vast swaths of territory. “The
worsening situation . . . threatens
to engulf the entire West Africa
region,” he said.
A military junta took control of
Mali in 2020, and its use of
Russian mercenaries have led
some Western powers to pull out
their peacekeeping forces.
Attacks have increased over
the past decade despite efforts to
fight insurgents. The violence has
left thousands of people dead and
more than 2.7 million displaced
across the Sahel, according to the
United Nations. Conflict and
climate shocks have also created
a food crisis in the region. Over
30 million people in the Sahel
will require lifesaving assistance
and protection in 2022, almost
2 million more than the previous
year, the United Nations said in
June.
— Reuters
THE VATICAN
Pope fires executive
leadership of Caritas
Pope Francis on Tuesday fired
the entire leadership of the
Roman Catholic Church’s
worldwide charity arm following
accusations of bullying and
humiliation of employees. The
pontiff appointed a
commissioner to run Caritas
Internationalis, a confederation
of 162 Catholic relief,
development and social services.
The executives’ firing came
after a review of the workplace
environment this year by
external management and
psychological experts found
malaise and bad management
practices at the charity, which
has more than a million staff
members and volunteers in more
than 200 countries, the Vatican
said.
“No evidence emerged of
financial mismanagement or
sexual impropriety, but other
important themes and areas for
urgent attention emerged from
the panel’s work,” the Vatican’s
development office said. The
Rome-based secretariat reported
income of some 5.1 million euros
($5.3 million) in 2020 and
expenditures of 4.4 million euros,
according to the annual
statement.
— Reuters
Iran escalates uranium
processing, U.N. says: Iran is
enriching uranium to up to
60 percent purity — close to
weapons grade — underground
for the first time at its Fordow
plant, the United Nations’
nuclear watchdog said, adding
that the country is also planning
a massive expansion of its
enrichment capacity. Tehran’s
move comes after last week’s
resolution by the International
Atomic Energy Agency’s 35-
nation Board of Governors
ordering Iran to cooperate with a
years-long IAEA investigation
into the origin of uranium
particles found at three
undeclared sites.
Rocket attack kills 5 in northern
Syria: A rocket attack on the
rebel-held northwestern Syrian
city of Azaz left five civilians dead
and five others wounded Tuesday,
a hospital nurse and a local
activist said. The attack took
place in an area near the Turkish
border that is under the control
of Turkey-backed Islamist rebels.
The incident follows attacks by
Turkish drones and warplanes on
the Kurdish YPG militia in Syria,
as Turkey and the YPG escalated
tit-for-tat strikes.
Tanker attacked by Iranian
drone, U.S. Navy says:
Investigators have concluded
that an Iranian drone was used to
bomb an oil tanker linked to an
Israeli billionaire last week, the
U.S. Navy said. The attack on the
Liberian-flagged oil tanker
Pacific Zircon on Nov. 15 off the
coast of Oman appears to be part
of the long-running shadow war
between Israel and Iran.
500 migrants rescued from
fishing boat adrift at sea: A
dilapidated fishing boat
crammed with hundreds of
migrants that lost its steering and
had been drifting in the
Mediterranean Sea south of the
Greek island of Crete has been
towed to port, Greek authorities
said. Greek Migration Minister
Notis Mitarachi tweeted that the
coast guard had rescued about
500 people and that he would be
asking the European
Commission to relocate the
migrants to other European
Union nations.
E.U. court backs Russian’s claim
for asylum over cannabis: The
European Union’s top court is
backing a Russian’s asylum claim
in the Netherlands because he
needs medicinal cannabis
treatment, which is unavailable
in his home country. Russia
outlaws the use of cannabis, and
it has become a major
international issue since
American basketball star
Brittney Griner was convicted
Aug. 4 after customs agents said
they found vape canisters
containing cannabis oil in her
luggage, which she said had been
prescribed for pain.
— From news services
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Russia bombs suburb of Kherson in the shadow of a destroyed bridge
BY S AMANTHA S CHMIDT
AND S ERHII K OROLCHUK
antonivka, ukraine — The
collapse of the Antonovsky
Bridge earlier this month into
the Dnieper River below marked
the end of occupation in Kher-
son, as Russian forces fled the
only regional capital they had
captured since the start of their
full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
But less than two weeks after
hundreds of Ukrainians waved
flags in the streets of Kherson to
celebrate the liberation of their
city, the residents living in the
shadow of that bridge — or
what’s left of it — have become
sitting targets for renewed Rus-
sian attacks.
From firing positions on the
other side of the river, Russian
forces are incessantly shelling
the city they continue to claim is
theirs. After what was initially a
quiet retreat from Kherson, Rus-
sian troops appear to have re-
grouped on the east bank of the
Dnieper in recent days, sending
artillery, rockets and mortars
roaring toward residential parts
of Kherson.
The renewed bombing high-
lights the limits of Ukraine’s
victory in recapturing Kherson
city, and it confirms a sobering
reality that military experts had
warned of for months: By re-
treating, the Russians had stra-
tegically abandoned an inherent-
ly weak position in the city on the
west side of the river, only to dig
into more favorable and fortified
defensive positions on the oppo-
site bank.
With the bridges blown, the
Dnieper proves a natural barrier
that Ukrainian troops will not
cross without taking heavy casu-
alties, and Russia, for now, main-
tains its grip on the broader
Kherson region, including the
crucial Kakhovka hydroelectric
power plant and the North
Crimean Canal, a crucial supply
of fresh water for Crimea, which
Russian illegally annexed in
2014.
During city’s occupation, many residents got Russian payments or passports
KHERSON FROM A1
Vladimir Putin.
“We’re going to put it in the
bathroom above the toilet,”
Ivanovka said as a colleague
slammed the portrait facedown,
“so everyone will show him their
rear.”
Undoing eight months of occu-
pation will not be so easy, howev-
er.
About a week after the last
Russian soldier fled across the
Dnieper River, the mood in Kher-
son remained largely celebratory.
Hundreds still gathered each day
in the central square to hug sol-
diers. Electrical power was most-
ly still out, but businesses were
coming back to life. Russian
propaganda billboards were be-
ing torn down, and Ukrainian
ones were going up.
But in institutions across this
regional capital, from the city
council to hospitals and schools,
newly restored leaders like
Ivanovka are facing a double co-
nundrum. How to rebuild with-
out the thousands of Russia sym-
pathizers who fled? And even
more vexing, what to do with
those who remain? Thousands in
the city held an ambivalence
toward the Russians, or even an
affinity.
Kherson was spared the
scorched-earth strategy Russia
employed elsewhere in Ukraine.
Despite widespread detention
and torture in the city, few of its
buildings were shelled. Until sab-
otaging utilities on the way out,
the Russians kept the lights on
and the taps running. Kherson, a
Black Sea port founded by Cath-
erine the Great, was a place Putin
aimed to assimilate, not annihi-
late.
Russia’s fleeting success in
Kherson is a reflection not only of
its brute force, but also of the
connection many here felt to
Moscow. Hundreds, perhaps
thousands, of people in Kherson
accepted Russian passports in the
hope of receiving benefits. Many
more accepted thick envelopes of
Russian rubles on top of their pay
as an inducement to stay in their
jobs.
As Ivanovka rifled through
documents, a Ukrainian intelli-
gence agent poked his head in to
ask for information on the wom-
an who replaced her. Ivanovka
suggested he question a security
guard named Vyacheslav Maksy-
mov, who was close to the woman
and had also kept working.
“And take the keys away from
him,” she said.
The agent rebuffed a reporter’s
request to observe the question-
The Antonovsky Bridge collapsed after Russian forces fled the city. Ukrainians marked this retreat as a
win, but the Russian soldiers regrouped across the Dnieper River and have been bombing ever since.
“We liberated the city,
but the war is not over.”
Serhii Kindra,
who, along with two sons,
was injured when a blast hit their car
Perhaps the worst of Russia’s
renewed attacks has been here in
Antonivka, steps away from what
was once the main bridge, where
on Tuesday morning a cluster
bomb sent shrapnel flying
toward the face of 13-year-old
Matvii Kindra.
His father, Serhii Kindra, was
driving Matvii and his brother
ing.
“Better you don’t,” he said. “We
haven’t been home for a long time
and when we confront these peo-
ple, sometimes we snap.”
Selling a ‘United Russia’
Across the street from the pris-
on where Russians allegedly exe-
cuted some of their enemies sits a
soaring performance hall. If
Kherson’s torture chambers were
the hidden side of the occupation,
the hall — transformed into a
humanitarian aid hub — was the
image the Russians hoped to proj-
ect.
A few days after they fled,
however, the building was in dis-
array. Papers were strewn about.
Glass windows and doors were
shattered, and a ripped sign for
Putin’s political party lay on the
floor.
But amid the debris remained
signs of a concerted attempt to
curry favor with locals. Children’s
backpacks featured a cheery Rus-
sian teddy bear sailor urging kids
to “stay the course.” Crayon draw-
ings showed smiling stick figures
atop Russian tanks and warships
with the words “United Russia.”
An old man wandering through
the building grabbed a collection
of plays by Anton Chekhov.
“Of course, it’s Russian,” he
said when asked whether the
books were leftover handouts
from the occupation. “What else
would it be?”
The clearest picture of Russia’s
persuasion campaign lay in a
disheveled office. There, piles of
documents catalogued Kherson
residents applying for aid, pen-
sions, passports and employ-
ment. One listed children sent to
a summer camp in Crimea. Appli-
cations to volunteer at the aid
center filled binder after binder.
The Washington Post visited
addresses for almost three dozen
applicants. A few addresses ap-
peared to be false, perhaps a sign
that people felt forced to apply.
Most were real but the homes
were empty. Neighbors or rela-
tives said the applicants had fled
days or weeks before the city was
liberated, often to Crimea.
“I’d be okay with any kind of
government so long as it takes
care of its people,” a woman
named Marharyta said as she
rummaged through the aban-
doned aid center. The Post is
identifying her only by her first
name because of the risk of retri-
bution.
Some residents said they were
swayed by billboards and social
media posts promising that a
Russian passport would enable
them to obtain medical care or a
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WOJCIECH GRZEDZINSKI FOR THE WASHINGTON POST
back home from a humanitarian
aid gathering at a church when
the blast hit their car. The 42-
year-old father and his other son,
age 10, suffered minor injuries.
But Matvii, a passionate mar-
tial artist, lay in critical condi-
tion in a hospital intensive care
unit. His father stood outside the
hospital, shaking and clenching
Maryna Ivanovka and Vitaliy Volovik are Kherson Maritime College administrators who refused to
work under the Russians. Her replacement left behind a portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Russian pension worth four
times as much as their Ukrainian
one.
Sasha, 60, whom The Post is
also identifying only by his first
name, said he lined up for six
hours to receive the first of four
10,000 ruble payments at what
was once the Ukrainian post of-
fice. Without telling his wife,
Sasha also applied for a Russian
passport so he could receive a
permanent Russian pension.
“I have a [Ukrainian] pension,
but it’s not enough to live or get
medicine,” he said. As soon as the
Russians fled, however, the rubles
were nearly worthless and he was
left with little but the shame of
having taken the payments and
the passport.
“I don’t know what will hap-
pen,” he said as his wife squirmed
uncomfortably and a neighbor
eavesdropped. “The Ukrainians
might shoot me tomorrow.”
Sasha said he accepted respon-
sibility for his mistake but also
felt betrayed by Russia, which he
always thought of as a “brotherly”
country. “They looted my birth-
place,” he said of the Russian
withdrawal from Kherson. “If be-
fore I had some loyalty to Russia,
now I have only disgust.”
Rubles and resistance
On a crisp morning four days
after the Russians fled, Halyna
Luhova stood on the street corner
his jaw, with his son’s blood still
on his forehead and nose. His
younger son paced quietly next
to him, holding back tears as he
looked toward the hospital.
“We liberated the city,” Kindra
said, “but the war is not over.”
Kindra, a popular master of
ceremonies at weddings and
events in Kherson, had not yet
reached his wife to tell her the
news. She was assisting a group
of Red Cross workers at the time,
Kindra said.
A previously quiet riverfront
suburb of Kherson, where street
ads still promote vacation rent-
als, the village of Antonivka has
become a front line.
At least six people have been
killed by Russian attacks on the
town in the past five days, ac-
cording to the mayor, Serhii
Ivashchenko, 42. Ivashchenko
said he fears that the bloodshed
could get even worse.
WOJCIECH GRZEDZINSKI FOR THE WASHINGTON POST
in front of Kherson’s city council
building. A sign on the front door
said “MINES MINES MINES,” so
Luhova, the former city council
secretary, and other officials were
waiting for the Ukrainian mili-
tary to check for explosives or
booby traps and let them in.
The officials gathered in small
groups to discuss bread deliveries
and repairs to the electrical grid.
But again and again, the conver-
sation turned to collaborators. Of
the nine councilors before the
invasion, five had conspired with
the Russians, she said. One, a
wealthy real estate magnate, was
appointed mayor. The real mayor
was still missing.
“They fled to Crimea and took
everything with them,” said
Luhova, who is now the head of
the city military administration.
In some institutions, workers
simply refused to follow Russian
orders. Teachers risked their lives
to offer classes online to students,
an alternative to the Russian
propaganda offered in their
schools. And the staff at one of the
main hospitals simply ignored
many demands from their new
bosses.
Andrii Koksharov, the head of
the trauma department, said he
refused to sign a new set of rules
imposed by his Russian bosses
and refused to accept a Russian
salary, but he was allowed to keep
working because his skills were
THE WASHINGTON POST
Antonivka is the closest town
to its namesake bridge, and the
areas in town nearest the river
now lie mostly exposed to Rus-
sian forces.
About an hour after Kindra
and his sons were struck by
cluster munitions by the bridge,
Washington Post journalists
passed by the family’s smashed
car in an underpass frequently
used by residents to enter the
eastern neighborhoods of the
suburb.
Sniper fire whizzed by, making
clear the Russians on the other
side of the river were still in close
range.
A Ukrainian military check-
point was previously stationed
near the bridge, blocking some
drivers. But the checkpoint be-
came a target, Ivashchenko said,
forcing the military to move it
closer to Kherson city.
Across Kherson, officials have
been offering voluntary evacua-
tions, warning residents that a
cold, dangerous winter could lie
ahead. The evacuations are tak-
ing place days after Kherson
residents cheered the arrival of
the first train from Kyiv, market-
ed to the nation as a “Train to
Victory.”
Most of the city is without
power and running water, after
Russian forces destroyed Kher-
son’s power supply before their
retreat. Cellphone service is spot-
ty or nonexistent in parts of
town, especially in Antonivka,
making it more difficult for offi-
cials to keep residents informed
or to call for help.
Just a 10-minute drive from
the Kherson city center, where
coffee shops and restaurants are
reopening and bands have per-
formed concerts in the main
square, the streets of Antonivka
remain barren.
Rockets litter the front yards
of residents, who leave their
homes only to stand in line for
humanitarian aid. But aid sta-
tions also are being targeted. At a
recent food handout attended by
the Kherson city mayor, a crowd
needed. At one point, Russians
forced him at gunpoint to ampu-
tate one of their soldier’s arms, he
said.
When the Russians fled, the
hospital’s director, Leonid Rymy-
ga, emerged from hiding and
went back to work. To his sur-
prise, his Russian-installed re-
placement did not flee but tried to
negotiate to keep a job.
“I told him to negotiate with
the SBU,” Rymyga said, referring
to the Ukrainian intelligence
service.
‘You sold out your
motherland’
The Russians initially kept
their distance from Kherson Mar-
itime College, a hulking Soviet-
era institution where young men
and women learn to be commer-
cial ship captains. But then one
day, they burst into the head
offices and held officials at gun-
point.
In May, Russian-appointed of-
ficials visited and said that the
college, like Kherson, was “Rus-
sian now.” When Ivanovka and
others objected, they were fired
and barred from campus. On July
21, Russian security agents visit-
ed her home and confiscated her
passport, phone and computers.
In her place, the Russians in-
stalled a low-level teacher whose
eagerness to work under occupa-
tion elevated her to deputy direc-
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was forced to lie flat on the
ground amid shelling.
Midday on Tuesday, Ivash-
chenko pleaded with an official
outside of the temporary offices
of the Kherson city hall to stop
publishing the exact addresses
where they were handing out
aid. He suspected there were still
Russian sympathizers in his vil-
lage sending information to forc-
es across the river and helping to
coordinate attacks.
“They are insane and can use
that information to target it,”
Ivashchenko told the official. “If
you do want to post it some-
where, I don’t want to be the one
responsible.”
Before the invasion, Ivash-
chenko was one of three people
helping lead the village, which
was once home to about 13,000
people. That population has now
shrunk to 3,000, and the other
two town leaders have not re-
turned to the town, fearing for
their lives. Now Ivashchenko was
driving around town helping
pass out bags of food.
“When Kherson and the villag-
es were liberated, there were
signs of things opening in An-
tonivka,” the mayor said. “But in
the last five days, the situation
changed.”
At one of these humanitarian
aid points, a crowd of dozens
gathered as temperatures
dropped near freezing. They
could see their breath as they
asked neighbors for help finding
food and water.
Residents there said they
knew they were standing, unpro-
tected, in the line of Russian fire.
But they had no choice but to
wait there, in the cold, for food.
Illia Kobits, 74, said shrapnel
is strewn across his lawn. The
skies, meanwhile, have become
louder and louder.
The river, he said, is a massive
natural border. He’s not sure
when — or how — Ukrainian
forces will manage to push the
Russians back farther.
“It’s not going to be anytime
soon,” he said.
tor.
“I never thought a teacher of
Ukrainian history and patriotic
education would collaborate with
the occupiers,” Ivanovka said of
her replacement, who could not
be reached for comment.
The replacement moved into
Ivanovka’s office and put up the
Putin portrait. Then she began
trying to coerce other employees
to keep working, said Oleksiy
Kucher, 36, a lawyer who works at
the school. Sometimes she said
staying was the right thing to do,
Kucher said. Other times, howev-
er, she hinted there could be
consequences for saying no.
“She would send texts saying,
‘Aren’t you afraid you’ll start your
car and it’ll explode?’ ” Kucher
said, adding that he ignored the
threat.
The staff shriveled from 178 to
51, and the number of cadets from
1,200 to 71. Yet, the payroll nearly
doubled. Those who continued
working were rewarded with sal-
aries in rubles nearly triple their
Ukrainian pay.
Maksymov, the security guard
whom Ivanovka suspected, insist-
ed he was not a collaborator. He
said he helped Ukrainian stu-
dents escape in the hectic early
days of the invasion and kept
working because he and his fam-
ily had nowhere to go. He also
claimed that he prevented the
Russians from storing military
equipment on campus.
Ivanovka didn’t believe it.
When the SBU finished question-
ing Maksymov, Ivanovka con-
fronted him on the college quad.
“You were happy to work for
Russian rubles,” she said angrily.
“You lived here, you got paid, and
still you sold out your mother-
land.”
The burly man recoiled, then
shot back that only a court could
judge him. But Ivanovka contin-
ued delivering her own sentence.
“Are you kidding me?” she said.
“Did you get a paycheck?”
“So what?” he said. “The entire
city got a Russian paycheck!”
“Where are they now, huh?”
she said with a gesture toward the
other side of the river, where the
Russians and their supporters
had retreated days earlier.
“Well, I’m not there, am I?”
Maksymov said. He turned to get
into his beat-up blue car, then
pointed at a Ukrainian flag stuck
in its dashboard.
“Do you see this?” he said. “I
never took it down! I took down
the Russian one, but I never took
this one down.”
Anastacia Galouchka and Serhii
Korolchuk contributed to this report.
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Location, shallowness made plate collides with several other

tectonic plates in a roughly ring-
shaped zone encircling the Pacific
Ocean. As these plates grind past
epicenter of the latest quake un-
derneath Java’s landmass, not far
from the capital of Jakarta. That’s
part of why it did not generate a
the destruction caused by an
earthquake depends not only on
how much shaking occurs, but
also on how strict the building

West Java temblor so deadly or dive under each other, seismic

BY C AROLYN Y . J OHNSON
The earthquake that shook
Indonesia’s West Java province
on Monday might sound decep-
tively mild — the 5.6-magnitude
quake struck at 1:21 p.m. local
time in a seismic hot zone that
frequently sees much larger tem-
blors.
But this technically moderate
quake has so far killed at least 268
people and injured hundreds
more.
Scientists who study earth-
quakes named several factors
that could have contributed to its
tragic death toll. The epicenter of
the quake was shallow, just about
six miles beneath the surface of
the earth, so the seismic energy
didn’t have to travel far before it
hit people and buildings. It also
occurred on the densely populat-
ed island of Java, in a region of the
world where many structures are
not built to withstand earth-
quakes.
“A 5.6 [earthquake], in the
scheme of things, is just not a
huge earthquake. There’s lots of
faults that can produce an earth-
quake that big,” said Susan
Hough, a seismologist with the
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in
Pasadena, Calif. She noted that it
was similar to a 2008 earthquake
in California — one that most
people probably don’t remember.
“Unfortunately, you put an
earthquake like this in the wrong
place, you can cause damage,”
Hough said. “It’s kind of a perfect
storm, in terms of damage rela-
tive to the magnitude.”
Indonesia sits in a notoriously
active part of the world called the
Ring of Fire, where the Pacific
stresses build up until the energy
gets released as earthquakes, vol-
canic eruptions and other activity
along the plate boundaries.
In 2004, a 9.1-magnitude
megathrust earthquake occurred
under the Indian Ocean off the
coast of Sumatra, causing a devas-
tating tsunami. That kind of
quake occurs at a subduction
zone, where one tectonic plate
dives under another.
By contrast, Monday’s temblor
was a strike-slip earthquake, the
same type of quake that occurs
along California’s San Andreas
fault. In a strike-slip quake, en-
ergy builds up as two tectonic
plates grind against each other.
USGS scientists pinpointed the
tsunami. The scientists also say
that it struck about six miles
below the surface. That may
sound deep, but earthquakes can
originate from hundreds of miles
underground, and depth can be a
factor in what’s felt at the surface.
Think of it like throwing a rock
into the center of a pond, said
Don Blakeman, an earthquake
analyst for the USGS. The ripples
radiate from the point where the
rock plopped down, getting weak-
er until they dissipate.
“If you have an earthquake like
this close to the surface, it’s close
to people and buildings,” Blake-
man said. “If it was 500 miles
deep, they’d be 500 miles away
from where it happened.”
Blakeman added that much of
codes are in forcing people to
make earthquake-resistant struc-
tures.
Hough said that while the de-
struction caused is sobering,
from a scientific perspective this
was in many ways a gardenvariety
earthquake. But she added that
seismologists will be closely ana-
lyzing the data from the event,
because similarmagnitude earth-
quakes can sometimes generate
different levels of shaking —
something that seems possibly to
have happened in this case, con-
sidering the scale of destruction.
“The level of shaking seems
high,” Hough said. “It was on
land. It was close to people.
There’s a chance it actually gener-
ated more than average shaking.”

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An aerial view of an area affected by landslides following a 5.6-magnitude earthquake that hit Cianjur, West Java province, Indonesia, on Monday. The quake’s shallowness made it even more deadly.

Indonesia quake toll soars above 250 amid frantic search for survivors
BY A ISYAH L LEWELLYN
AND R EBECCA T AN

medan, indonesia — When the

building journalist Nandang
Kurnaedi was inside began to
shake violently on Monday after-
noon, his first thoughts were of
his wife and children at home.
With relief he found out they had
managed to escape the devastat-
ing tremor that slammed the In-
donesian district of Cianjur, but
their neighbors were not so lucky.
“My wife and children watched
as a mudslide washed away our
neighbors’ house with them in-
side it,” he said. “I don’t know why
they couldn’t get out in time.” The
bodies of their neighbor and her
three children were eventually
found in the mud and laid out in PHOTOS BY TATAN SYUFLANA/ASSOCIATED PRESS

the main square of the village
along with the others who had
died, further traumatizing
Kurnaedi’s own two children who
watched it all unfold.
By Tuesday the toll had risen to
268 dead in the 5.6-magnitude
earthquake, whose shallow depth
of just six miles ensured maxi-
mum havoc. It wasn’t just the
collapsing buildings that claimed
lives, said local authorities, but
the landslides that buried whole
villages and destroyed roads.
At a news conference on Tues-
day, Lt. Gen. Suharyanto, the
head of the National Agency for
Disaster Countermeasure
(BNPB), said “as many as 122 have
been identified” of the victims but
he warned that another 151 peo-
ple were still missing.
The regional governor, Ridwan
Kamil, said that the majority of
the dead were children, but BNPB
ABOVE: Indonesia rescue members carry a victim’s body from the
site of a landslide caused by the earthquake in Cianjur, West Java
province, Indonesia, on Tuesday. RIGHT: Rescuers cut through
cement to recover the body of an earthquake victim from under the
rubble of a collapsed building. At least 13 schools were affected and
more than 7,000 people have been displaced from their homes,
according to Indonesia’s disaster agency.
spokesman Abdul Muhari said it for fear that their houses would frequent quakes and volcanic of emergency supply items like Like many of those whose
was too early to tell. collapse on them. “They will need eruptions. tarpaulins, tents, medicine and homes were destroyed by the
“We are waiting for the hospi- help to get over what happened Monday’s quake, which re- drinking water, Muhari said. quake, Kurnaedi’s family is now
tals in Cianjur to send us the data and accept it.” duced rows of buildings to rubble By Tuesday, rescue efforts were sleeping in tents made of tarpau-
that they have about the sex and Located about 45 miles from and briefly cut off electricity to slowly gaining pace, with trucks lins which have been lashed to-
ages of the victims,” Muhari said. the capital, Jakarta, the moun- entire communities, could be the and earthmovers brought in from gether in the main square.
Faisal Syahreza, a writer from tainous Cianjur area is densely deadliest in Indonesia since 2018, nearby cities to search for victims At night, cold winds make the
Cikaroya village, said many chil- populated and home to about 2.2 when twin disasters — a 7.5-mag- beneath the mud and rubble, and temporary shelters uncomfort-
dren were among those injured as million residents. Though the nitude earthquake followed by a to clear blocked roads. able for the children, he said,
they had been at school or on magnitude of the quake wasn’t tsunami — killed more than Indonesian President Joko adding that he hoped that the
their way home when the quake particularly large, its location 2,000 on the central island of Widodo visited Cianjur on Tues- government would soon send
hit. close to the surface and the lack of Sulawesi. day, promising reconstruction blankets, tents and other equip-
“It was a busy time for them in quake-resistant buildings caused At least 13 schools were affect- and aid to the affected families. ment.
the middle of the afternoon,” he extensive devastation. ed and more than 7,000 people “My instruction is to prioritize “We have nowhere else to go,”
said, adding that the children in Indonesia sits on the notorious have been displaced from their saving victims that are still he said.
his village seem to be in a state of Ring of Fire circling the Pacific homes, according to the disaster trapped under rubble,” he told
shock and were afraid to go home Ocean and is characterized by agency. Officials are now in need local media. Tan reported from Singapore.
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Fans with LGBTQ colors refused entry, confronted at stadiums in Qatar
BY L EO S ANDS
AND J OHN H UDSON
Soccer fans wearing the rain-
bow, a symbol of LGBTQ inclusivi-
ty, have said they were refused
entry into World Cup stadiums
and confronted by members of the
public to remove the emblem, de-
spite assurances from FIFA, soc-
cer’s governing body, as well as
Qatari officials that visitors would
be allowed to express their identi-
ties during the tournament.
In the days since the World Cup
started Sunday, stadium security
and members of the public have
asked American and Welsh fans to
hide rainbow-themed items from
public view, fans said, in official
zones and on the subway. In some
cases, fans said they were refused
entry to matches unless they re-
moved rainbow-themed em-
blems, although others reported
they were able to take the rainbow
symbol into the stadiums without
issue.
FIFA officials have for years
tried to allay fears that LGBTQ
fans who traveled to Qatar, a con-
servative Muslim state that pun-
ishes homosexuality with jail
time, would not face discrimina-
Saudi win brings together divided region in celebration
BY S ARAH D ADOUCH
beirut — The shock that rever-
berated around the world when
Saudi Arabia beat Argentina in
Tuesday’s World Cup upset quick-
ly turned to a wave of euphoric joy
not just in the kingdom, but across
the region.
The 2-1 score was celebrated by
Muslims and Arabs everywhere as
a win for them. Across the United
States, Europe, Southeast Asia
and the Middle East, people found
pride and joy in the Saudi under-
dog beating a famously much
stronger team.
The Arab world in particular
witnessed a rare moment of
shared ecstasy. The fragmented
region is brimming with avid, ob-
session-level soccer fans who are
particularly enamored with South
American teams. And now they
had just watched the incredible
spectacle of one of their own na-
tions beating the team whose jer-
seys are must-have fashion items
for their children.
Hend Amry, a popular Muslim
voice on Twitter, noted how the
win was being celebrated by Arabs
“regardless of regional politics.”
“In fact I’d say this [Saudi] win
will have done more for regional
unity than if the host country won
its game — now there’s regional
buy-in, vested interest and identi-
fication of national pride with a
tournament hosted by a rival,” she
wrote.
“This win was an opportunity
to remember why football is such a
dynamic force in the Middle East,”
Amry told The Washington Post.
“It has the power to bring people
[together] from different nations
and across different political con-
texts like nothing else. And when
that unbelievable goal clinched a
historic win for KSA, Qatar’s
World Cup was truly celebrated as
Blinken’s visit to Doha illustrates administration’s di∞cult balancing act
BY J OHN H UDSON
doha, qatar — Secretary of
State Antony Blinken on Tuesday
rejected criticisms that his World
Cup appearance in Qatar contrib-
uted to indifference about human
rights, as some activists de-
nounced the Persian Gulf state’s
treatment of migrant workers
and LGBTQ people.
Blinken, an avowed soccer fan,
said his visit meant the opposite.
It resulted, he said, in deeper U.S.
cooperation with Qatar on hu-
man rights, labor standards and
counter-human trafficking ef-
forts while serving as an opportu-
nity to root for the U.S. national
team, whose opening match
against Wales ended in a 1-1 draw.
“I make no bones about having
the pleasure to actually come and
cheer on Team USA,” Blinken said
during a news conference, when
asked by reporters how he justi-
fied the trip. Members of Con-
gress, including Reps. Ilhan
Omar (D-Minn.) and Darrell Issa
(R-Calif.), also attended.
Blinken’s visit represents the
Biden administration’s difficult
balancing act with regard to Qa-
tar, which is fast emerging as one
of Washington’s most valuable
partners in the Middle East de-
spite its policies toward migrant
laborers and LGBTQ people. The
tion. “Let me repeat it clearly:
Everyone will be welcomed to the
tournament, regardless of their
origin, background, religion, gen-
der, sexual orientation or nation-
ality,” Gianni Infantino, FIFA’s
president, said a month before the
tournament started, echoing
pledges made by other FIFA offi-
cials as well as the head of Qatar’s
World Cup organizing committee.
The reported questioning of
people wearing rainbow flags
raised the possibility that official
guidance about allowing the sym-
bol had not trickled down to the
vast army of volunteers and em-
ployees staffing the tournament;
or that Qatar, fearing a backlash
from conservatives, had changed
course and was cracking down.
But last week, when Qatar re-
versed an earlier decision and de-
cided to ban the sale of beer out-
side World Cup stadiums, FIFA
released a statement announcing
the change. There were no such
statements from FIFA or Qatar
about the rainbow flag Tuesday.
FIFA was already facing criti-
cism for stifling the LGBTQ sym-
bol. On Monday, soccer teams rep-
resenting seven European nations
at the World Cup announced that
Players for Saudi Arabia celebrate their 2-1 defeat of Argentina at Lusail Stadium in Qatar on Tuesday, during Group C play of the FIFA
World Cup. Many in the soccer-obsessed Middle East found pride in the Persian Gulf underdog beating a famously much stronger team.
the Arab world’s World Cup,” she
said, using an abbreviation for the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
She also noted that since their
reconciliation, Saudi Arabia and
Qatar would be better described
as “former” rivals.
Emotions ran especially high
around the Persian Gulf after Qa-
tar’s ruler, Emir Tamim bin
Hamad al-Thani, was filmed wav-
ing the Saudi flag around his
“The U.S. owes Qatar a
lot, and that trumps
widespread criticism of
its mistreatment of
foreign workers
right now.”
David Ottaway,
a Persian Gulf expert at
the Wilson Center
secretary made pointed state-
ments about both issues.
The gas-rich state in the Per-
sian Gulf has transformed itself to
become the first Middle Eastern
country to host the World Cup,
spending $220 billion to build
seven stadiums, renovate an
eighth, and erect a network of
roads and railways to connect
fans to the matches.
To complete the transforma-
tion, it employed hundreds of
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world cup
their captains will not wear rain-
bow armbands in Qatar after FIFA
said players sporting the bands
would be penalized. On Tuesday,
Secretary of State Antony Blinken
criticized FIFA’s decision during a
visit to Doha, calling it “concern-
ing.”
Neither FIFA nor Qatari offi-
cials immediately responded
Tuesday to a request to clarify
what guidance was in place for
fans who wished to display the
rainbow symbol both in official
tournament zones and elsewhere
in the Persian Gulf state, where
sex between men is illegal.
Former Wales professional soc-
cer player Laura McAllister tweet-
ed that she was refused entry to a
FIFA stadium by security officials
Monday because she was wearing
a rainbow-themed supporters’
hat. McAllister said she was told
by officials that the rainbow sym-
bol was forbidden, according to an
interview with ITV News.
“When we got through security,
some of the security guards said
we had to take the hat off. When I
asked them why, they said ‘be-
cause it was a banned symbol and
that we weren’t allowed to wear it
in the stadium,’ ” she said. “They
shoulders — unimaginable just a
few years ago in 2017, when a
Saudi-led blockade severed diplo-
matic relations and transport
links with Qatar. The air, land and
sea blockade was only lifted in
January 2021.
People tweeted the hashtag
“Our Gulf is one” alongside photos
of the two countries’ leaders,
among other images, including a
clip of an interview with goalkeep-
thousands of workers from poor
countries such as Pakistan and
India but faced criticism for haz-
ardous working conditions that
resulted in an unknown number
of migrant deaths.
In response, Qatar implement-
ed labor reforms that some inde-
pendent analysts have praised
and Blinken pointed to on Tues-
day. “We appreciate the work that
Qatar has done to improve labor
practices,” he said, noting efforts
to investigate, prosecute and con-
vict human traffickers. “Our hope
and expectation [is] that some of
the progress that’s been made
continues and expands after the
World Cup is over.”
During Qatar’s mad-dash de-
velopment, it has also provided
crucial assistance to the United
States during the most challeng-
ing chapters of President Biden’s
tenure.
Its massive Al-Udeid Air Base,
which hosts several thousand U.S.
troops, was a central node in the
chaotic withdrawal from Afghan-
istan in 2021, evacuating more
Americans and Afghan civilians
than any other base in the world.
Qatar’s ambassador to Afghani-
stan personally rode in buses
carrying fleeing Americans, nego-
tiating their passage across Tali-
ban checkpoints.
“The U.S. owes Qatar a lot, and
were insistent that unless I took
the hat off we weren’t actually
allowed to come into the sta-
dium.” She was able eventually to
enter by concealing the hat.
In a separate incident before
the same match, American soccer
writer Grant Wahl said he was
stopped by a security guard for
wearing a shirt with a rainbow on
it. Wahl later said he was detained
for half an hour in an “unneces-
sary ordeal” but ultimately al-
lowed into the stadium. “Go gays,”
he wrote on Twitter with a rain-
bow emoji, sharing an image of
the shirt.
According to guidance shared
by FIFA as recently as last week,
soccer fans have been advised that
they are free to express their iden-
tities within official tournament
zones without repercussion.
“There is no risk; they are wel-
come to express themselves; they
are welcome to express their love
for their partners,” Gerdine Lind-
hout, FIFA’s head of fan experi-
ence, told ITV News Wednesday.
“They won’t get into trouble for
public displays of affection.”
At the time, FIFA clarified that
its guidance did not apply to areas
outside official tournament zones,
er Mohammed al-Owais, who
said: “Today, as Arabs, we are play-
ing on our land, and among our
fans. This gives you an advantage
on our opponents, whoever they
may be.”
In Egypt, a popular news web-
site sent an emailed newsletter
titled “Good on ya, Saudi,” telling
subscribers that they were “work-
ing with big grins on our faces
after Saudi’s shock 2-1 victory
that trumps widespread criticism
of its mistreatment of foreign
workers right now,” said David
Ottaway, a gulf expert at the Wil-
son Center.
After Russia’s invasion of
Ukraine, it supported the U.S.
push to isolate Russia diplomati-
cally and helped stabilize the liq-
uefied natural gas market in Eu-
rope.
Unlike Saudi Arabia, the Unit-
ed Arab Emirates or Israel, “Qatar
has taken a clear political stance
on Ukraine and, while this has
not translated into actively work-
ing to weaken Russia in the gas
market, it has translated into
giving high-profile platforms to
Ukrainian President Volodymyr
Zelensky, for example,” said Cin-
zia Bianco, a fellow at the Euro-
pean Council on Foreign Rela-
tions.
“Blinken’s presence in Qatar is
an acknowledgment of these ef-
forts and his high-level presence
is very important as this World
Cup has been marred by contro-
versy,” she said.
Qatar’s steadfast support for
U.S. interests in the Biden era
stands in stark contrast with rela-
tions with other Middle East al-
lies.
Saudi Arabia, for one, enraged
U.S. officials in October by an-
nouncing a decision to cut its oil
THE WASHINGTON POST . WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23 , 2022
where the rules are less clear.
On Monday, soccer fan Justin
Martin said he was confronted
multiple times by fellow subway
passengers while also traveling to
the Wales-U.S. match carrying a
small rainbow flag, including by
two men wearing official FIFA
volunteer uniforms. Five people
asked him to remove the symbol
from view during the subway
journey in total, Justin Martin
told The Washington Post in a
telephone interview, and one pas-
senger becoming physically agi-
tated when he refused to hide the
flag.
Martin, a journalism professor
who lives in Qatar, said he does
not identify as LGBTQ but was
carrying the symbol as a show of
support for marginalized groups
when he was repeatedly asked to
remove it by other passengers.
“I was standing on the train
with the emblem in my hand,
using my phone. I was ap-
proached by two young FIFA vol-
unteers in maroon-colored T-
shirts that say ‘volunteer’ on the
back and they encouraged me to
put the flag away to respect local
culture.” When he refused, Martin
says one of the apparent volun-
JABIN BOTSFORD/THE WASHINGTON POST
against Argentina in the first of
today’s World Cup matches.”
In Lebanon, a journalist with Al
Mayadeen, a news channel whose
leanings are generally anti-Saudi,
tweeted about the performance of
the Saudi goalkeeper, saying he
was “practically defending the
Kaaba, not the goal posts,” refer-
ring to the sacred building revered
by all Muslims, located in the
heart of the holy city of Mecca.
production weeks ahead of the
midterm elections. Israel has
openly defied Biden’s desire to
reopen a consulate in Jerusalem
for the Palestinians, and relations
are expected to dip further with
the return of right-wing firebrand
Benjamin Netanyahu as prime
minister. The UAE, meanwhile,
has meddled in U.S. politics in
recent years, sparking fears
among the U.S. intelligence com-
munity about its clout in Wash-
ington.
“Qatar stands out as the most
reliable Arab partner the U.S. has
today and remained relatively
free of congressional criticism
even though it has refused to
establish diplomatic ties to Israel
as the UAE and Bahrain have,”
Ottaway said.
But Blinken’s visit hasn’t been
all compliments.
The diplomat sharply criti-
cized a decision by FIFA, soccer’s
governing body, to punish World
Cup players with yellow cards if
they wear “OneLove” armbands
in support of diversity and inclu-
sion.
“It’s always concerning from
my perspective when we see any
restrictions on freedom of expres-
sion; it’s especially so when the
expression is for diversity and for
inclusion,” Blinken said at a news
conference alongside Qatari For-
teers became agitated and de-
scribed him as “disgusting.”
Minutes later, Martin said, an-
other passenger angrily asked
him again to remove the small
emblem, also becoming agitated
and using his body to intimidate
Martin when he refused. “He
physically got in my space and I
was pushed against the door of the
train,” Martin said, adding that
the person then followed him
around the subway carriage while
filming him.
A soccer fan who witnessed the
exchange confirmed Martin’s ac-
count of the altercation to The
Post in a separate interview.
Two other members of the pub-
lic also approached Martin while
he was on his journey to ask him to
remove the symbol, Martin added.
“I’m sad. I’m afraid to bring my
emblem to the USA-England
match on Friday,” he said. “It
doesn’t make me feel good,” he
added, also emphasizing that the
experience of feeling unsafe was
unrepresentative of his broader
experiences of Qatar.
Sands reported from London; Hudson
from Doha, Qatar. Kareem Fahim in
Doha contributed to this report.
Saudi social media, however,
was especially joyous. Many pub-
lic figures, including religious
leaders, were quick to ascribe the
win to the leadership of Crown
Prince Mohammed bin Salman,
the de facto ruler, in addition to
thanking his father, King Salman.
But the real celebrities were the
team members themselves, espe-
cially the goalkeeper. Saudis post-
ed their photos alongside
hashtags such as “Our Falcons are
our pride” and “Our green ahead
of all.”
Fan videos of player Salem al-
Dawsari scoring the winning goal
at the 53-minute mark peppered
Saudi social media accounts, over-
laid with love ballads and live
commentary from Arab soccer an-
nouncers — many of whom are
celebrities in their own right, fa-
mous for their impressively over-
wrought prose and explosive en-
ergy.
Turki al-Sheikh, chairman of
Saudi Arabia’s General Entertain-
ment Authority and a close advis-
er to the crown prince, had tweet-
ed a photo two days before the
match of Argentine fans, hands
half-covering their faces as they
nervously watched a game.
“Soon,” the caption read.
After the Saudi upset, he re-
plied to his previous tweet point-
ing out his prediction, and he con-
gratulated the team, the crown
prince and others including “the
great Saudi people.” He also an-
nounced free access for the re-
mainder of the day to carnivals
and recreational complexes in Ri-
yadh such as Winter Wonderland
and Boulevard World.
It was subsequently announced
that Wednesday will be a public
holiday in Saudi Arabia.
Siobhán O’Grady in Cairo contributed
to this report.
eign Minister Mohammed bin
Abdulrahman al-Thani. “No one
on a football pitch should be
forced to choose between sup-
porting these values and playing
for their team.”
Many of the scores of fans who
poured into the Qatari capital to
watch the games said economic
and social issues should take a
back seat to the sports on display.
Chris Wixson, who along with
his wife and son flew from Colora-
do to Qatar for the World Cup,
said he was glad the secretary
came to support the U.S. team
despite the controversy.
“It’s the type of thing you’d
hope to see, right? A team like this
should bring everyone together,
but everything’s so damn divi-
sive,” he said.
Not everyone felt the same.
Michael Page, a Middle East
expert at Human Rights Watch,
said he wished Blinken would
have used his public remarks to
advocate more forcefully for mi-
grant workers. “It’s disappointing
Secretary of State Blinken has
chosen to ignore widespread de-
mands from migrant workers and
their families as well as soccer
players and fans to publicly call
for FIFA and Qatari authorities to
establish a compensation fund
for workers who faced serious
abuses.”
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Dozens in Kurdish areas have been killed in Iran crackdown, groups say
BY M IRIAM B ERGER
Human rights activists are
sounding the alarm about what
they say is an intensifying crack-
down by security forces in Iran’s
Kurdish region, reporting that
nearly four dozen people have
been killed in recent days amid
efforts to suppress weeks of pro-
tests against the country’s clerical
leaders.
Despite a near-total communi-
cation blackout on information
from the northwest region of the
country, five human rights groups
interviewed for this article have
described widespread and indis-
criminate use of heavy gunfire
against civilians and the heavy
deployment of security forces, in-
cluding the Revolutionary Guard.
The Kurdish human rights group
Hengaw estimated that at least 42
people were killed in Kurdish ar-
eas over the last week.
Chile’s millennial first lady says the job should not exist
KARAMANOS FROM A1
job she doesn’t believe should
exist.
She had resisted the title from
the moment the then-35-year-old
Boric was elected president last
December. Sworn in in March, he
was the youngest leader in Latin
America, one of several leftists
now taking power across the re-
gion. She was the feminist activist
who helped him win. She initially
agreed, reluctantly, to serve as
first lady, in the hope she could
transform the role. But the deci-
sion angered many supporters.
In the months since, she had
worked quietly to overhaul the
role. She planned to move the
responsibilities — mostly, run-
ning six foundations, overseeing
programs such as a children’s day
care network, a science museum
and a women’s development or-
ganization — to the ministries she
believed could better lead them
and eventually shut the office
down. In doing so, she hoped to
reshape what it would mean to be
the partner of a president, not
only in Chile but around the
world.
First, though, she needed to
convince people across the gov-
ernment that her plan wasn’t so
radical — that it was possible to
change generations of tradition
and bureaucracy. And she wanted
to do it in a way that would ensure
that the changes would outlast
her.
Which was why, on her Thurs-
day morning walk, she was firing
off phone calls to ministers and
members of the six foundations
the first lady is supposed to lead.
“No one is answering,” she told
her press secretary, so she began
sending voice memos instead.
One went to a member of a
foundation where some had been
resistant to the idea. The chil-
dren’s orchestra didn’t want to
lose the prestige that came from a
first lady’s presence.
The role has nothing to do with
Karamanos’s skills or experience
or degrees, she thought. All that
matters is the title.
And she knew she was so much
more than that.
Dismantling an institution
This wasn’t how Karamanos
and Boric expected to spend their
30s. The couple had been dating
for about two years when it be-
came clear that Boric, a student
activist turned member of Con-
gress, was their party’s best op-
tion to run for president. Kara-
manos took the lead in collecting
the more than 30,000 signatures
he needed to qualify for the bal-
lot.
Karamanos, 33, didn’t think of
herself as the kind of person who
would put her plans on hold for a
man. The daughter of immi-
grants — a Uruguayan mother of
German descent and a Greek
father who died when she was 8
— she’s fluent in four languages,
has studied two others, and holds
degrees in educational sciences
and anthropology from Ger-
many’s Heidelberg University. If
she agreed to serve as first lady, it
would be a demanding, full-time
job for no pay.
“From now on, everything I do
will come second,” she said. “The
first thing everyone will know
about me was that I was the
president’s partner.”
The concept of a first lady is an
American one, dating back to
Dolley Madison, the wife of the
fourth president, who helped fur-
nish the White House and hosted
social affairs for politicians of
both parties. Eleanor Roosevelt
and Jacqueline Kennedy ad-
vanced the role in the public
imagination, fostering the expec-
tation that first ladies would ac-
company the president and
champion noncontroversial
causes — expectations also adopt-
ed in parts of Latin America.
. THE WASHINGTON POST
Iranian authorities have espe-
cially targeted Iran’s largely mar-
ginalized Kurdish communities
since protests broke out in mid-
September, sparked by the death
of an Iranian Kurdish woman,
Mahsa “Jina” Amini, while in po-
lice custody for a clothing viola-
tion. The rising death toll and
deployment in Kurdish areas of
the Revolutionary Guard, a paral-
lel military force set up to protect
Iran’s cleric-led state, has height-
ened fears that a further escala-
tion in violence is underway.
“The suppression of protests in
Iranian Kurdistan has entered a
new phase,” said Rebin Rahmani,
a member of the board of direc-
tors of the France-based Kurdis-
tan Human Rights Network.
The U.N. high commissioner
for human rights on Tuesday con-
demned “the hardening of the
response by security forces” and
described Iran’s situation as “crit-
“Of course I take care of him.
But what if I didn’t, you know?
What would happen? Can this
man not be president, can he
not be self-sufficient?”
Irina Karamanos, responding to constituents
who believe the first lady’s job is to “take care”
of the president
Karamanos is not the first re-
luctant first lady — see, for exam-
ple, Melania Trump. In Ecuador,
Anne Malherbe Gosselin, the Bel-
gian-born wife of former presi-
dent Rafael Correa, was mostly
absent from the role, which she
described as classist. In Mexico,
Beatriz Gutiérrez Müller, the wife
of President Andrés Manuel Ló-
pez Obrador, has continued her
ical.” Two Kurdish Iranian 16-
year-old boys were among those
killed this weekend, U.N. human
rights chief Volker Turk told a
briefing in Geneva.
Iranian authorities have strug-
gled to put down the protest
movement, which early on chal-
lenged mandatory veiling for
women and has since grown into
a broad call to overthrow the
government.
More than 300 people have
been killed, among them more
than 40 children, and deaths have
been reported in nearly every one
of Iran’s 31 provinces, according
to Turk. Other groups have re-
corded higher death tolls. Iranian
authorities have detained more
than 15,000 people.
Among the dead, at least 98
Kurdish Iranians “have been
killed by shootings, baton trau-
mas and knives by the security
forces,” Rahmani said.
work as a university professor.
“I didn’t see why I needed to
leave my job to accompany my
husband who changed his job,”
Müller told The Washington Post.
But she continues to represent
the Mexican government at diplo-
matic events.
Historians say Jill Biden, who
has long taught English composi-
tion at Northern Virginia Com-
EZ RE
On Monday, five people were
killed in the western town of
Javanrud during a protest follow-
ing the funeral for two people
killed Saturday, according to Hen-
gaw. Witnesses told the group
that the Revolutionary Guard
fired machine guns and semi-
heavy machine guns at civilians.
Videos shared online showed peo-
ple running and taking cover
from what appears to be heavy
gunfire. Another video appeared
to show bloodied bodies lying on
the street.
The Washington Post could not
independently verify these vid-
eos.
Other unverified videos circu-
lating online showed large con-
voys of trucks with armed secu-
rity forces heading into Kurdish-
majority towns, including Maha-
bad and Boukan, in recent days.
Several rights groups said that
the Revolutionary Guard has
PHOTOS BY TAMARA MERINO FOR THE WASHINGTON POST
CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT: Anthropologist and political organizer
Irina Karamanos, 33, is the partner of Chilean President Gabriel
Boric, the youngest leader in Latin America, one of several leftists
taking power across the region. “The institutional role of the first
lady as we know it now will end,” she told reporters in October.
Karamanos attends a meeting at the Moneda Palace, the seat of the
president of Chile, in October. Karamanos reviews papers in her
office in the Moneda Palace. She said she wanted to break the idea
that a powerful man can be trusted only with a woman by his side,
to soften and balance him. Her efforts to transform the role of first
lady have rubbed some the wrong way from the beginning.
munity College, is the first U.S.
first lady to hold a paying job
outside the White House while
her husband was president.
But none of these women have
overhauled the role while in of-
fice as Karamanos is attempting,
said Carolina Guerrero, a Chilean
political scientist. In the United
States, Ohio University historian
Katherine Jellison says, such an
effort would be “political dyna-
mite.”
It makes sense, perhaps, that
Chile would pave the way. It’s a
country previously led by a wom-
an, Michelle Bachelet, who dele-
gated the responsibilities of first
lady to two female politicians in
her first term and to her son in
her second. Chileans have seen
what the presidential palace
looks like without a first lady.
But Karamanos wants to make
this the norm — not the excep-
tion.
In early October, after eight
months of avoiding press inter-
views, she emerged publicly to
announce that she had made
good on her promise.
been leading the crackdown.
“Revolutionary Guard forces have
directly been responsible for all
the repressions of the past week,”
Rahmani said.
“When the Islamic government
is faced with internal crises and
nationwide protests, it represses
ethnic minority areas to create an
atmosphere of terror throughout
Iran,” Rahmani said. “On the oth-
er hand, every time the nation-
wide protests have been receding,
holding protests in Kurdistan,
which is accompanied by more
severe repression, has given a new
wave of energy and hope to the
protests in other parts of Iran.”
Skylar Thompson with the ac-
tivist news agency HRANA said
there’s been a “drastic decline” in
recent days in the volume of re-
ports coming out of Kurdish com-
munities due to internet black-
outs.
On Tuesday, White House
“The institutional role of the
first lady as we know it now,” she
told reporters, “will end.”
Persuading a nation to
change
During one of her last weeks in
the presidential palace, Karama-
nos dug through her backpack
and pulled out a curling iron and
an iPad with a cracked screen and
stickers. She always felt a bit out
of place in the office, with its
chandelier and gold velvet
drapes, where the previous first
lady spent more than $2,000 a
month on floral arrangements
and Karamanos kept a single
artificial bouquet by the window.
Later that week, Irina would sit
at the head of an oval table
leading a board of a dozen people
voting on her plan to detach their
foundation, a science museum,
from the office of the first lady.
She explained to them — most
much older than she — that it
would be more appropriately run
by a person designated by the
minister of culture.
“The partner of the president is
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spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre
said President Biden was “gravely
concerned” about the intensify-
ing violence and reiterated sup-
port for “the Iranian women and
all the citizens of Iran who are
inspiring the world with their
bravery.”
Inside Iran, rights groups and
activists said it has also become
more difficult to document abuse
and violence because of wide-
spread fear of government retri-
bution.
“We have many cases where
friends contact us and ask us to
work on an arrest, but then later
the family contacts us and says we
have to delete the post,” said Leila
Kari with the rights group
Dadban, which provides Iranians
with free legal consultation.
“Their children are like hostages,
and the regime threatens them
that if they talk to media, they will
kill their children.”
chosen to be a partner,” she said,
“not to be a president of founda-
tions.”
The board approved her plan
unanimously. But outside the pal-
ace walls, Karamanos knew,
many Chileans did not.
Boric’s approval ratings had
plummeted to new lows — just 27
percent in one poll. In September,
he suffered his greatest setback
yet, when voters rejected the new
constitution he had helped pro-
pel.
Karamanos’s efforts rubbed
some the wrong way from the
beginning, when headlines re-
ported that the name of the office
of the first lady had been changed
to the “Irina Karamanos cabinet.”
For some, it reinforced the idea
that Karamanos was making the
transformation about herself.
(She later called the name change
an “administrative error.”)
Marcela Solabarrieta, 52, con-
siders Karamanos’s efforts “impo-
lite.” “If she didn’t want this, then
she shouldn’t have chosen to be
the partner of a presidential can-
didate,” she said.
Alejandra Morales, a 55-year-
old visual artist, said Karamanos
should modernize the job — not
eliminate it.
“We didn’t elect you,” one man
tweeted. “This wasn’t in the presi-
dent’s program. Why do you as-
sume your own agenda, leaving
the figure of the first lady like
this, a decorative figure, taking
away her powers?”
But the way Karamanos sees it,
taking away those powers could
empower future presidential
partners. It’s about autonomy,
she says, both professional and
economic.
‘What does Irina want?’
Karamanos has thought of this
year as sort of an anthropological
experiment. So when a group of
political scientists and gender
studies experts asked her to speak
with them about the effort, she
jumped at the chance.
Sitting around a table at the
Pontifical Catholic University of
Chile, the women grilled her with
questions that have long fascinat-
ed — and gnawed at — Karama-
nos.
Beyond taking away the office
of the first lady, how could Kara-
manos actually change the way
Chileans see the president’s part-
ner? Is it possible, they asked, to
remove gender roles from the
presidency?
Karamanos told the women
about the many times people on
the street have asked her to “take
care” of the president.
“Of course I take care of him.
But what if I didn’t, you know?
What would happen? Can this
man not be president, can he not
be self-sufficient?”
She wanted to break the idea
that a powerful man can be trust-
ed only with a woman by his side,
to soften and balance him. She
still planned to accompany Boric
to some dinners and events — if
for no other reason than to be
able to see him. But she won’t go
on every international trip or
take part in every official cer-
emony. She won’t attend annual
summits of first ladies.
But how, they asked, could she
have a normal life? How could she
find a job that wasn’t a conflict of
interest?
Karamanos thought about the
kind of job she would love — a
return to research, perhaps fo-
cused on education. But she
didn’t yet know what that would
look like.
After she left the university
classroom, she looked back at her
notes. One of the questions was
underlined: What does Irina
want?
Soon, she hoped, she’d be able
to define the answer.
Paulina Villegas contributed to this
report.
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can muster. Though consumers
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in light of stubbornly high infla-
tion, experts warn they are grow-
ing weary, a sign that holiday sales
could be more subdued this year.
Plus, shoppers are becoming sav-
vier: They are hunting for deals,
comparing prices, trading down
and thinning out their gifts list.
What’s open and when on
Thanksgiving and Black Friday:
Stores closed on Thanksgiving
Grocery and goods
l Aldi.
l BJ’s Wholesale Club.
to sell off healthy business units
but that it has been the subject
of cyberattacks and had
“substantial” assets missing.
FTX said Saturday it has
launched a strategic review of
its global assets and is
preparing for the sale or
reorganization of some
businesses.
The hearing was held at the
U.S. Bankruptcy Court in
Wilmington, Del., and was live-
streamed to around 1,500
viewers on YouTube and Zoom.
An attorney also said that the
firm had been run as a
“personal fiefdom” of Bankman-
Fried, with $300 million spent
on real estate such as homes
and vacation properties for
senior staff. FTX, led since the
bankruptcy filing by new CEO
John Ray III, has accused
Bankman-Fried of working with
Bahamian regulators to
“undermine” the U.S.
bankruptcy case and shift assets
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busiest weeks on the site, with
some of the advertisers’ ads being
shown billions of times over the
six months before the pause.
Wall Street has long viewed
Twitter as a company that moved
too slowly to push out products
that would convert its viral popu-
larity into revenue. And while
Musk has been scrambling to cut
costs and find alternative forms of
revenue, Twitter is still heavily
reliant on advertising. Last year,
nearly 90 percent of the compa-
ny’s $5 billion in revenue came
from advertising, while the rest
was derived from data licensing
and other services, according to
regulatory filings.
Meanwhile, Twitter recently
laid off some employees in its sales
division, continuing the mass exo-
dus of employees at the company,
the Wall Street Journal reported
this week.
Twitter is best known as a plat-
form for big corporations to in-
crease awareness of their compa-
nies with a large and diverse audi-
ence through brand advertising
campaigns — the kind many com-
panies are eager to cut when the
l Costco.
l Publix.
l Sam’s Club.
l Target.
l Trader Joe’s.
l Walmart.
Department stores
l Nordstrom.
l Kohl’s.
l Bloomingdale’s.
l Dillard’s.
l Macy’s.
l J.C. Penney.
l Marshalls.
l Neiman Marcus.
l Saks Fifth Avenue.
l TJ Maxx.
D I G E ST
overseas.
Bankman-Fried did not
immediately reply to an email
seeking comment.
— Reuters
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Meta accused of trying
to stifle competition
The Federal Trade
Commission said in a court
filing that Meta Platforms
stifled competition when it
halted plans to build its own
virtual-reality fitness app and
opted to buy Within Unlimited
instead. But the company
denied that it ever planned to
move forward with a product.
The FTC is trying to persuade
a federal judge to halt the deal,
as the agency believes that it
will decrease competition in the
young virtual-reality fitness
market and that it runs afoul of
antitrust laws.
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economy sours or a given market-
ing platform no longer seems like
a solid investment, according to
experts.
Marketers are reevaluating
Twitter during a moment of chaos
as Musk makes dramatic changes
to both the staff and the platform.
The billionaire slashed roughly
half the workforce and then issued
an ultimatum that spurred hun-
dreds of other employees to quit,
including many involved in mak-
ing sure the site was free from
content that advertisers would
prefer to not be associated with. In
the hours after Musk took over,
Twitter experienced an influx of
racist and antisemitic posts that
tested the boundaries of Twitter’s
rules under a new owner who for
months had signaled he would
ease many of Twitter’s content
moderation practices.
Matthew Quint, director of the
Center on Global Brand Leader-
ship at Columbia Business School,
said that many companies are un-
der “pressure, from a range of
their stakeholders and consum-
ers, around being connected with
content that is viewed as inflam-
Specialty retailers
l Apple Store.
l Bed Bath & Beyond.
l Best Buy.
l Dick’s Sporting Goods.
l The Home Depot.
l Ikea.
l Lowe’s.
l Petco.
l PetSmart.
l Sephora.
l Ulta.
Stores open on Thanksgiving
Several national and regional
grocery chains, dollar stores and
pharmacies open are operating on
In its own filing Monday,
Meta chief executive Mark
Zuckerberg and virtual-reality
head Andrew Bosworth testified
that they never authorized the
work on the app.
— Bloomberg News
ALSO IN BUSINESS
Alphabet and Apple face an in-
depth probe from Britain’s
antitrust watchdog after a study
concluded they have the power
to “exercise a stranglehold” over
operating systems, app stores
and web browsers on mobile
devices. The Competition and
Markets Authority said Tuesday
it’s opening a formal
investigation into the duo’s
dominance of the mobile
browser market as well as
potential curbs on the
distribution of cloud gaming
services through Apple’s App
Store.
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matory.” The challenge for them
and for Twitter, he said, is that
Musk is becoming “a very strong
brand himself, and a controversial
brand.”
“The more he is out in the front,
the more advertisers may … just
choose to say I’m still not ready to
be heavily associated with a Musk
platform at this point,” Quint said.
Even before Musk took over,
marketers were pulling back on
their digital advertising as worries
about the economy proliferated.
The chaos at Twitter and the ad-
vertising pause come at an incon-
venient time: The final months of
the year generally are when adver-
tisers increase spending in an at-
tempt to capture the holiday shop-
ping rush and plan for prime-time
events such as the Super Bowl,
experts say. This year, the falloff in
advertising also hits Twitter dur-
ing the World Cup, a time when
advertisers might be interested in
reaching an international audi-
ence; 75 percent of Twitter users
are outside the United States.
Brand advertising is particular-
ly vulnerable because it is general-
ly intended to develop recognition
and loyalty among future poten-
tial customers. Companies have a
plethora of other platforms to
reach large audiences, such as
television shows, publishers and
other social media companies, ex-
perts say.
By contrast, tech companies
such as Facebook and Google are
known for offering marketers the
ability to target their advertising
campaigns to a narrowly tailored
section of users who are most like-
ly to buy the product after seeing
or clicking on the ad — a phenom-
enon known as direct response
marketing.
“Twitter, for most of these
brands, has never been a critical
part of their ad buy,” said Andrew
Lipsman, an Insider Intelligence
analyst who covers retail and e-
commerce. “It’s a big enough
channel that they are going to get
those dollars, but it’s one of the
easiest pools of spending to re-
move.”
Musk has had an evolving rela-
tionship with marketers and civil
rights groups. Late last month,
Musk posted on Twitter a letter to
advertisers vowing that the site
wouldn’t become a “free-for-all
hellscape, where anything can be
said with no consequences!” As
reports surfaced that Musk had
frozen some employees’ access to
content moderation tools, civil-so-
ciety groups pushed Twitter’s top
20 advertisers to tell Musk they
would suspend their marketing
campaigns if he undermines the
social network’s community stan-
dards.
In early November, after a pri-
vate meeting with civil rights
groups, Musk appeared to offer an
adjusted hours Thursday and clos-
ing early.
l Acme.
l Big Lots.
l CVS.
l Dollar General.
l Dollar Tree.
l Family Dollar.
l Giant.
l Kroger.
l Meijer.
l Safeway.
l Sprouts.
l Walgreens.
l Wegmans.
l Whole Foods.
Christmas trees stand ready for sale on a plantation in
Berggiesshübel, Germany. The tags atop the trees read, “A little tree
from Saxony.” In the United States, consumers spend more than
$1 billion on Christmas trees each holiday season, according to the
Reuters news agency, with most of the greenery being grown in
Oregon and North Carolina.
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olive branch by pledging not to
reinstate banned accounts with-
out a clear process — a task he said
would probably take weeks and
meant former president Donald
Trump would not rejoin the site
before the midterm elections.
Two days later, Musk handed
half of Twitter’s workers pink
slips, prompting civil rights
groups to launch a full-on boycott
of the social media site. The
groups argued that Twitter can’t
maintain its same level of content
moderation if it doesn’t have
enough people to enforce its rules.
Soon after, Musk was on a pri-
vate call that lasted roughly 90
minutes with Twitter’s influence
council, a group of marketers, to
discuss brand safety and content
moderation issues, according to
Lou Paskalis, a member of the
council. During the meeting,
Musk was questioned about his
personal tweeting habits and how
they might reflect poorly on the
platform, according to Paskalis.
“What he does on his personal
handle is taken into consideration
by large advertisers who have very
big risk mitigation and govern-
ment apparatus as a consider-
ation,” Paskalis said.
A few days later, Musk held a
public Twitter Spaces chat for ad-
vertisers in which he reiterated
that the company hadn’t made
any changes to its content moder-
ation policies and that the compa-
ny’s new push to charge users $8
to be verified would lower the
amount of hate speech on the plat-
form. Musk paused the plan after
some used the service to imper-
sonate brands and famous people.
He then delayed relaunching it.
After Musk took over, many ad-
vertisers flocked to Twitter’s top
executives, such as Robin Wheel-
er, who served as vice president of
U.S. Twitter client solutions, to
relay their concerns about what
the site would look like under
Musk’s leadership, according to
Paskalis.
“There’s only 24 hours in the
day,” Paskalis said Thursday. “And
I get the sense that they’re work-
ing around-the-clock to keep their
fingers in the dike.”
Their efforts might be short
lived. On Friday, Wheeler left the
company after Musk had previ-
ously persuaded her to stay when
she wanted to resign, according to
media reports. And on Saturday,
Musk restored Trump’s Twitter ac-
count, eliciting a round of criti-
cism from the civil rights groups
organizing the advertiser boycott.
Musk’s “decisions over the last
month have been erratic and
alarming, but this decision is dan-
gerous and a threat to American
democracy,” tweeted Anti-Defa-
mation League CEO Jonathan
Greenblatt. “We need to ask — is it
time for Twitter to go?”
Black Friday hours
Many chains are opening their
doors earlier than usual on Black
Friday. Hours may vary based on
location, so be sure to check before
heading out.
5 a.m.: Best Buy, Kohl’s, J.C.
Penney.
6 a.m.: Walmart, Bed Bath &
Beyond, The Home Depot, Dick’s
Sporting Goods, Lowe’s, Ulta,
Macy’s, Big Lots.
7 a.m.: Target, Marshalls, TJ
Maxx.
8 a.m.: Apple Store.
9 a.m.: Nordstrom, Sephora,
Costco.
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You’re deep in debt, but
the family expects gifts.
Here’s what you can do.
Michelle
Singletary is
taking time off for
the holiday. In her
absence, we are
offering this
Michelle updated column
Singletary from her archive,
THE COLOR which originally
OF MONEY ran in November
2019.
When you’re in debt, the
responsible thing to do is to
ignore the pressure to give.
Suppress, as best you can, the
misguided guilt that love comes
wrapped in a pretty box with a
red bow.
Of course, that’s easier said
than done, right?
White House extends freeze on student-loan payments as courts weigh relief
BY D ANIELLE
D OUGLAS- G ABRIEL
The Biden administration an-
nounced Tuesday that it will
extend a pandemic-era pause on
federal student-loan payments
again as courts weigh the fate of
its debt forgiveness program.
The payment pause, which
was first implemented during
the Trump administration and
extended multiple times, had
been set to end on Dec. 31.
Officials had hoped to have for-
given some debt by then so
borrowers’ balances would be
lower, or in some cases wiped
altogether, before payments re-
sumed.
But Education Secretary
Miguel Cardona said the depart-
ment will extend the pause again
until the courts reinstate Biden’s
debt relief program or resolve
ongoing lawsuits.
Payments will resume 60 days
after the department is allowed
to implement the program or the
litigation is resolved, officials
said. If that hasn’t happened by
June 30, payments will resume
60 days later or on Sept. 1, the
department said.
House panel to get years
of Trump’s tax returns
TRUMP FROM A1
him politically.
“It has been 1,329 days since our
committee sought Donald
Trump’s tax returns — almost as
long as the American Civil War,”
said Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr. (D-N.J.),
chairman of the House Ways and
Means subcommittee on over-
sight. “And for 1,329 days, our re-
quest made under law has been
delayed, obfuscated and blocked
by Donald Trump and his adju-
tants in the government and the
courts. … The Supreme Court is
right to keep its nose out of this
case.”
It was unclear when the Treas-
ury Department will turn over the
documents — a spokesman said
only that the department would
comply — but time is not on the
side of Democrats who run the
committee, who will cede control
to Republicans in January as a
result of the recent midterm elec-
tions.
House General Counsel Doug-
las N. Letter had told the justices
that “delaying Treasury from pro-
viding the requested tax informa-
tion would leave the Committee
and Congress as a whole little or
no time to complete their legisla-
tive work during this Congress,
which is quickly approaching its
end.”
The court decision immediately
touched off a scramble on Capitol
Hill, and speculation about
whether the records Trump has so
vigorously guarded would at some
point become public.
Generally, it is unlawful for the
government to release tax docu-
ments about an individual taxpay-
er. Eventually, though, the House
committee may be able to release
key information about Trump’s re-
turns under the mandatory presi-
dential audit program, according
to a Democratic aide, who spoke
on the condition of anonymity to
describe internal deliberations.
That release could take the form of
a report or other findings, which
the committee could make public
after holding a vote, the aide said.
In the Senate, where Democrats
will retain the majority next year,
party lawmakers still could try to
seek access to Trump’s tax records,
though how and when is unclear.
“The Finance Committee is re-
viewing its options,” a spokes-
woman said.
. THE WASHINGTON POST
You’ve been indoctrinated to
give until it hurts, even if it
means putting off paying down
debt.
This was the predicament
facing a Virginia couple whose
situation may be relatable to
anyone who is deeply in debt and
also struggling with how to pull
back on their giving.
“I have two young kids and
will need to at least get them a
few presents under the tree,”
wrote the wife. “My husband and
I have $62,000 of credit card
debt. We are working with a
debt-management service to
wipe it out in three years. It’s
tough, I’m not going to lie, but
I’m worried over what to tell
people about not reciprocating
President Biden delivers remarks on forgiveness for student loan
debt alongside Education Secretary Miguel Cardona on Aug. 24.
“Callous efforts to block stu-
dent debt relief in the courts
have caused tremendous finan-
cial uncertainty,” Cardona said in
a statement Tuesday. “We’re ex-
tending the payment pause be-
cause it would be deeply unfair
to ask borrowers to pay a debt
that they wouldn’t have to pay,
were it not for the baseless
The Republican lawmaker who
may become chairman of the
House committee, Rep. Vern Bu-
chanan (Fla.), blasted the pending
release of the records, saying in a
statement that “Democrats’ re-
lentless pursuit of President
Trump’s tax records is nothing
more than a partisan attack on a
political opponent that serves no
legitimate or legislative purpose.”
In a statement, outgoing Speak-
er Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said the
Supreme Court ruling “upholds
our Democracy, the rule of law and
the Congress’ ability to execute its
legislative and oversight responsi-
bilities. Now, the Congress must
enact legislation requiring Presi-
dents and candidates for Presi-
dent to disclose their tax returns.”
Trump’s lawyers had told the
court that changes in control of
the House was all the more reason
to block the release of the records.
“The Congress has only a few days
left on its legislative calendar,”
lawyer Cameron T. Norris said in
his filing. “Though a few days is
enough time to improperly expose
the most sensitive documents of
its chief political rival, it’s not
enough time to properly study,
draft, debate, or pass legislation.”
Last month, the full U.S. Court
of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
declined to review earlier rulings
finding that lawmakers are enti-
tled to the documents in the long-
running legal battle. That court
also refused to put the release of
the papers on hold while Trump’s
lawyers sought Supreme Court re-
view.
But Chief Justice John G. Rob-
erts Jr., the justice designated to
hear emergency orders from that
court, stopped the release Nov. 1,
requesting more briefing and giv-
ing the high court more time to
act. Tuesday’s action dissolved
that order.
The Supreme Court generally
has been unreceptive to assertions
from Trump — who is again run-
ning for president — that he
should be allowed to keep records
private and that he was immune to
investigation while in office. The
justices in 2020 upheld Congress’s
right to subpoena that informa-
tion as long as certain conditions
were met; last year they declined
to block the release of Trump’s
financial records to New York
state investigators.
Trump has nominated a third of
gifts. Any advice?”
Before answering, I needed
some background. How old are
the children? How do you end up
with so much credit card debt?
Much of the debt was
accumulated after the wife lost
her job during the Great
Recession. It took her a year and
a half to find a new one. Almost
everything went on credit —
rent, utilities, groceries, she said.
There were wedding expenses,
followed by child-care costs for
their two kids.
“Then, it was more living
expenses, bad choices, impulse
buys and retail therapy,” she said.
“I tried to consolidate my debt
into one credit card with a lower
interest rate, but the fine print,
which I only read later, said that
it had to be paid within 12
months, which it wasn’t. Over
the years, more balance
transfers, on top of purchases,
made the total credit card
amount spiral out of control.”
So here they are now, trying to
fix their finances.
“I’m working overtime hours
DEMETRIUS FREEMAN/THE WASHINGTON POST
lawsuits brought by Republican
officials and special interests.”
The extension arrives as Biden
is fighting multiple lawsuits
seeking to overturn one of his
signature economic policies.
The Biden administration last
week asked the Supreme Court
to reinstate its plan to cancel up
to $20,000 in federal student
Former president Donald Trump, seen on a video camera viewfinder, announces his 2024 presidential candidacy last week at his Mar-a-
Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla. Democrats began their legal battle to get his tax returns after taking control of the House in 2019.
the justices, and their 6-to-3 con-
servative supermajority has re-
sulted in one of the most conserva-
tive Supreme Courts in decades.
But his nominees have uniformly
ruled against him in requests re-
garding his finances and attempts
to withhold documents from con-
gressional investigators.
In arguing against the release of
the tax records, Trump’s legal
team said the committee’s premise
for seeking the information “has
nothing to do with funding or
staffing issues at the IRS and ev-
erything to do with releasing the
President’s tax information to the
public.”
Their filing adds: “If allowed to
stand, it will undermine the sepa-
ration of powers and render the
office of the Presidency vulnerable
to invasive information demands
from political opponents in the
legislative branch. Review is of the
utmost importance, and the Court
should preserve its ability to grant
it — not just for one ‘particular
President,’ but also for ‘the Presi-
dency itself.’”
The references to a “particular
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and penny-pinching the best I
can,” she wrote. “My focus is
helping my family get to a better
place in life, not keeping up with
the Joneses.”
Special occasions — birthdays,
weddings, anniversaries and
other gift-giving holidays —
make it hard to stick to a debt
payoff plan.
“Some people expect gifts,” the
mom wrote. “I just don’t want it
to be too awkward when I hand
them homemade cookies. I’ve
tried to lay the groundwork and
tell them that we are saving
money this year and not to
expect too much, but of course,
the expectation is there anyway.
We tried this last year, and they
were disappointed, and the
discussion of our choice of
present was frowned upon.”
Since the couple was working
on paying down the debt, I just
focused on the question of what
to say when you can’t give the
way you want.
First, let’s talk about what I
suggested to do for their
children, who were 7 and 20
loan debt for more than 40 mil-
lion borrowers.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for
the 8th Circuit had granted the
request of a coalition of six
Republican-led states to impose
an injunction on the plan amid
ongoing litigation.
In a separate case, a federal
judge in Texas on Nov. 10 de-
clared the forgiveness plan un-
lawful.
The Justice Department has
asked the U.S. Court of Appeals
for the 5th Circuit to put a hold
on that ruling while the court
considers the merits of the ad-
ministration’s appeal. Adminis-
tration lawyers asked the court
for a final ruling by Dec. 1.
The legal battles have left
millions of student-loan borrow-
ers in the lurch. More than half of
the eligible people had applied
for Biden’s loan forgiveness pro-
gram before it was ground to a
halt, with the Education Depart-
ment approving some 16 million
applications.
Despite the hold on the pro-
gram, the department over the
weekend notified people that
their applications were ap-
proved, assuring them the ad-
President” and “the Presidency it-
self” are from a previous Supreme
Court ruling involving the presi-
dent’s authority over immigra-
tion. But this litigation is unique
because Trump defied modern
tradition for presidential candi-
dates and occupants of the Oval
Office by refusing to make his tax
returns public.
Several advisers to Trump said
he always grew angry at congres-
sional attempts to see his tax re-
turns and was distrustful of the
IRS.
Democrats began the legal bat-
tle to get the tax returns after
taking the House majority in 2019.
Solicitor General Elizabeth B.
Prelogar, representing the Biden
administration, told the Supreme
Court that even if there were polit-
ical elements to the congressional
committee’s request, the judicial
branch should not get involved.
“Throughout our Nation’s his-
tory, congressional requests for in-
formation have been driven by
mixed legislative and political mo-
tives,” she told the court in a filing.
“But time and again, this Court
months.
For the baby, you don’t need to
buy anything, because he’ll
probably be excited about just
opening boxes. When my kids
were tiny tots, I looked around
for games, toys and stuffed
animals that they didn’t play
with and were buried at the
bottom of their toy bins or
stashed at the top of their closets.
I wrapped up those items and
put them under the tree.
Yes, I did that. (All grown now,
my children still like to joke
about it.) But, seriously, who
remembers what they got at 2?
For an older child, buy her just
a few things — with cash. Pick
one major thing she wants that
isn’t too expensive. I also
suggested if they are having a
family get-together, wait and
open all the gifts at one time.
This way, the kids get all their
presents at once, which will help
you feel less guilty for not giving
them a lot of items.
This brings me to the relatives.
Own your financial truth.
Be honest about the
ministration will discharge the
debt if it prevails in court.
Civil rights groups and anti-
debt activists have been urging
Biden to refrain from restarting
loan payments while the debt
relief program hangs in the bal-
ance.
White House press secretary
Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters
on Monday that the administra-
tion was examining all its op-
tions.
“In the face of extreme greed
and hypocrisy by the far-right,
President Biden today is stand-
ing up for all Americans —
middle-class and low-income
families — who carry the heavy
burden of student loan debt,”
NAACP President Derrick John-
son said in a statement Tuesday.
“The impact this extension will
have in the lives of those who
have been targeted by predatory
student loans cannot be overstat-
ed.”
The extension means borrow-
ers with student loans held by
the Education Department will
continue to see payments sus-
pended without penalty or accru-
al of interest for the duration of
the moratorium.
has rejected attempts to invalidate
otherwise appropriate legislative
requests based on evidence of ad-
ditional motives.”
She said lower courts evaluated
the committee’s request in line
with the standards set by the Su-
preme Court in Trump v. Mazars,
the 2020 decision that sided with
Congress in Trump’s attempt to
block release of his tax records.
Prelogar said the judges in the
lower courts took different ap-
proaches in finding there was no
separation of powers violation in
the committee’s request, “but all of
them reached the same conclu-
sion — and none of them regarded
the case as particularly close.”
The appellate court said
Trump’s status as a former presi-
dent figured into its decision;
since all previous presidents going
back decades had voluntarily re-
leased their tax returns, the re-
quest was “minimally intrusive.”
But the court found that even if
Trump were still president, the
request would not violate the sep-
aration of powers. The court was
unmoved by Trump’s argument
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overwhelming debt. You don’t
have to share specifics, but let
folks know you’re trying to be
financially responsible and, until
further notice, you can’t afford to
exchange gifts. You may be
surprised by how many friends
and family members will feel
relieved because they, too, are
struggling.
There is always the possibility
that you’ll get pushback. Ignore
it. If you’re carrying a lot of credit
card debt, you can’t afford to
worry about other people feeling
slighted if you didn’t get them a
sweater they won’t like anyway.
Your debt is your priority —
not trying to please an adult
acting like a child.
Don’t let your emotions lead
you to derail your commitment
to living within your means and
reducing your liabilities.
Whatever the celebration, give
yourself the gift of financial
stability by staying focused on
paying down that debt. Besides,
as I tell folks all the time, it
should be about your presence,
not your presents.
Collections on defaulted loans
will still be halted, and any
borrower with defaulted federal
loans whose wages are being
garnished will receive a refund.
The moratorium was first in-
stituted in 2020 because of the
economic upheaval caused by
the pandemic and was extended
twice by the Trump administra-
tion and now six times by Biden’s
White House.
The Committee for a Respon-
sible Federal Budget, a
D.C.-based think tank, estimates
that extending the pause for 60
days beyond June 30 would cost
$40 billion, or $5 million each
month in lost revenue from in-
terest. That would bring the total
cost of the student debt pause to
$195 billion, according to the
group.
“This is not the kind of policy
taxpayers ordered, but it’s all
that’s on the menu for the Biden
administration,” said Rep. Vir-
ginia Foxx (N.C.), the top Repub-
lican on the House Education
Committee.
“We need sane, fiscally respon-
sible policies — not the haphaz-
ard decisions being served up by
this White House.”
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that his tax returns might become
public.
“Congressional investigations
sometimes expose the private in-
formation of the entities, organi-
zations, and individuals that they
investigate,” the panel wrote.
“This does not make them overly
burdensome. It is the nature of the
investigative and legislative pro-
cesses.”
It also dismissed concerns that
allowing the request would in-
flame tensions between Congress
and the president — or a former
president.
“While it is possible that Con-
gress may attempt to threaten the
sitting President with an invasive
request after leaving office, every
President takes office knowing
that he will be subject to the same
laws as all other citizens upon
leaving office,” the court’s order
said. “This is a feature of our dem-
ocratic republic, not a bug.”
The case is Trump v. Committee
on Ways and Means.
Tony Romm and Josh Dawsey
contributed to this report.
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GIANTS FROM A1
the text exchange as part of his
landmark race-discrimination
lawsuit against the NFL and its
teams, specifically naming the Gi-
ants and two other franchises and
accusing them of holding “sham”
interviews with Black candidates,
allegations the Giants called “dis-
turbing and simply false.” The
class-action suit has cast a sharp
spotlight on the NFL and notably
on the Giants, one of its most
storied franchises and also one of
13 that have never employed a
Black full-time head coach.
An examination of the Giants’
hiring practices, based on inter-
views with more than two dozen
coaches, former employees,
agents, executives and industry
experts, indicates the path that led
to Daboll’s selection was not un-
usual. Those interviewed spoke of
an insular organization that,
while not overtly racist, does little
systemically to mitigate uncon-
scious bias that disadvantages
Black coaches. They described a
process built on personal connec-
tions and referrals from over-
whelmingly White networks, with
largely White hiring panels and
little accountability on diversity —
a direct contrast to what diversity
and inclusion experts consider
best practices.
Coming off the team’s fifth
straight losing season, Giants
owner John Mara was determined
to find the man who could revital-
ize his $6 billion franchise. He and
other team leaders — including
his brother Chris, a team execu-
tive; co-owner Steve Tisch; and
General Manager Joe Schoen —
interviewed a handful of candi-
dates, and Mara trusted his lead-
ership team.
Since Tim Mara, John’s grand-
father, founded the team by pay-
ing a $500 admittance fee in 1925,
the Giants have operated under
the family’s direction, leaning on
their own instincts and hand-
picked advisers. That’s the way
John has handled the family busi-
ness since his father, Wellington
Mara, died in 2005.
From the outside, the Giants
appear to be a franchise where a
Black coach could thrive. John
Mara is a member of the league’s
workplace diversity committee,
and in 2007 he hired Jerry Reese to
be the third Black general manag-
er in NFL history. But to some who
have had close dealings with the
franchise, it was no surprise when
its 20th head coach ended up look-
ing similar to the first 19. They saw
a business devoid of the kinds of
protocols that are common in
many large corporations but curi-
ously are largely lacking in the
NFL, which despite team owners’
enormous wealth and power is a
largely decentralized operation
consisting of 32 independent fran-
chises that often conduct them-
selves more like mom-and-pop
shops than billion-dollar entities.
Marc Ross, who worked in the
Giants’ front office from 2007 to
2017, said that when Mara, who is
White, pictures a leader of his
team, there’s “no question” he
imagines a White man. Ross, who
is Black and now an executive with
the upstart XFL, said he does not
consider Mara to be racist, but he
believes such bias has held back
Black leaders across the league.
“There’s inherent and uncon-
scious biases,” said Ross, a one-
time candidate for the team’s gen-
eral manager role who noted the
franchise treated him well. “I
heard that tons when I did my GM
interviews: ‘We thought you were
amazing. You’re outstanding.
You’ll be a GM one day. We just felt
comfortable with this guy.’ . . . I
think Black candidates, Black
coaches just don’t get that benefit
of the doubt of ‘We feel more
comfortable.’ Why not? Because
these owners are used to being
around certain people and they’re
comfortable with certain people.”
The Giants denied Flores’s alle-
gations. Pat Hanlon, the team
spokesman, said the company ac-
tively seeks “diverse candidates to
be interviewed by a diverse inter-
view panel that represents a cross-
section of our existing employees
and community.”
Hanlon said the team does its
own research “based on our obser-
vations, results and track record of
candidates and references” and
uses lists compiled by the league
office as well as conversations
with the Fritz Pollard Alliance, an
organization dedicated to increas-
ing diversity in the NFL.
“We strongly believe that racial
diversity, including among our
most senior coaching and execu-
tive ranks, makes us a stronger
and better organization,” Hanlon
said, adding that the organization
has participated in diversity ini-
tiatives in the past. “John Mara’s
leadership on the NFL’s Diversity
Committee is a direct reflection of
the organization’s commitment to
creating more diversity within the
The Giants are 7-3 under first-year coach Brian Daboll, top center. He is their fourth full-time head coach since 2016; Ben McAdoo,
above left with then-general manager Jerry Reese, is first on that list but was fired in his second season. Patrick Graham, above
right, was New York’s defensive coordinator and interviewed before Daboll was hired. He now leads the Las Vegas Raiders’ defense.
Giants organization and the
league as a whole.”
Mara declined an interview re-
quest through Hanlon, citing
Flores’s lawsuit. But in the past, he
has acknowledged the Giants’ his-
tory of never employing a Black
head coach.
“It’s certainly something I’m
aware of,” Mara said in January at
the outset of the Giants’ latest
coaching search. “At the end of the
day, we want to get the right per-
son. I think we have a good, di-
verse group of candidates right
now and will make a decision
based on who we think will be the
best person to lead us in the fu-
ture.”
In his first season, Daboll is off
to a successful start, leading the
Giants to a 7-3 record. Still, the
team’s previous selections of un-
proven White leaders who went
on to amass unimpressive records
supported The Washington Post’s
larger analysis of Black coaches’
roles in the NFL, which shows
White coaches are given chances
to lead teams through a more
diverse set of paths than Black
coaches.
Mara, whose previous three
full-time coaching hires compiled
a record of 32-61, and the organi-
zation have a long line of support-
ers who defend the team’s choices.
They point to Reese, who helped
the team to two Super Bowl titles,
as proof that Mara champions
Black leaders. And they say Mara
and the Giants long have been at
the forefront of discussions on
how to diversify teams and im-
prove the Rooney Rule.
For a franchise that long has
been a pillar of the league, the
absence of a Black head coach
hasn’t gone unnoticed. Mara is
one of the team owners whom
NFL Commissioner Roger Good-
ell often leans on for counsel on
league matters or in times of crisis,
so some coaches and officials view
the Giants’ hiring record as a
missed opportunity — and a sym-
bol of the league’s broader fail-
ures.
“It says it all,” said Grambling
State University Coach Hue Jack-
son, who is Black and previously
served as coach of the Oakland
Raiders and Cleveland Browns. “I
give kudos to Pittsburgh, because
they’ve done it. Mike Tomlin has
done a tremendous job. Pitts-
burgh, where the Rooney Rule
started, wasn’t afraid. Now you’re
talking about New York, another
one of these flagship organiza-
tions, and they have not done it —
ever.”
Along with his place on the
NFL’s workplace diversity com-
mittee, Mara is chair of the power-
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ful NFL Management Council’s ex-
ecutive committee, which handles
collective bargaining. Aside from
a lack of diversity among his own
coaching hires, some question
why Mara has not done more to
promote equal opportunity from
one of the NFL’s most influential
perches.
“He’s got more power than, the-
oretically, anyone,” said one per-
son closely connected to the
league’s dynamics, who spoke on
the condition of anonymity to dis-
cuss a team owner candidly. “Why
hasn’t John Mara been the one to
stand up? And actually call for
some sort of accountability when
it comes to diversity or any of this
stuff, right? I mean, does he act
like the chairman of the board?
No.”
In their apparent lack of inten-
tionality, the Giants serve as a
study of how institutional bias
restricts opportunity. The NFL’s
power brokers may act without
malice, but in neglecting to ad-
dress their own blind spots, their
actions are just as detrimental to
progress, according to critics.
Easily America’s most popular
sports league, the NFL often is
viewed as a monolith headquar-
tered on New York’s Park Avenue
that negotiates 10-figure media
rights contracts and employs 32
head coaches and hundreds of
players. In reality, the league is a
collective of 32 disparate billion-
dollar companies, each with its
own history and all operated inde-
pendently with their own ap-
proach and style on everything
from marketing to hiring.
Every offseason, the NFL
doesn’t fill roughly six to eight
head coaching vacancies; rather,
roughly six to eight companies —
interconnected but independent
— seek to make one highly visible
hire apiece. The league offers few
guidelines for how such hires
should be made, and the lack of a
standardized and transparent
process creates the potential for
myriad problems with diversity,
corporate experts say.
Within the industry, many say
the Giants’ hiring record is its own
evidence — and that the organiza-
tion has built a reputation that
some say wards away Black lead-
ers looking to rise. One coaching
agent, who spoke on the condition
of anonymity to protect his clients
from retribution, said associates
within the league warned him
against sending clients to inter-
view with New York.
“When we did the Giants inter-
view, we were told by multiple
people not to do it,” the agent said.
“[They said:] ‘It was a joke inter-
view. They’re not going to hire a
Black head coach. They’re just
not.’ But a Black coach can’t turn
down an interview: ‘He had an
interview with the Giants and
didn’t take it? Who does he think
he is?’ ”
A revolving door
After the 2015 season, when
they went 6-10 and missed the
playoffs for the fourth consecutive
season, the Giants forced out Tom
Coughlin, who had twice won the
Super Bowl over his dozen seasons
in New York. For the first time
since Wellington Mara’s death,
John Mara would lead a coaching
search.
Internally, offensive coordina-
tor Ben McAdoo became an im-
mediate favorite to be Coughlin’s
successor, and reports emerged
that McAdoo and Jacksonville
Jaguars assistant Doug Marrone
were leading the pack. Ross said
McAdoo’s ascent was an open se-
cret in the Giants’ facility. Quarter-
back Eli Manning liked working
with him, and the Giants long had
preferred continuity with their
personnel.
“It was a typical ‘This is our guy,
and we’re going to hire him. It
doesn’t matter what anyone else
does in an interview. This is who
we want, and that’s it,’ ” Ross said.
“Far too often, that’s what has
been happening. The Rooney Rule
was supposed to open it up, but I
think what we’ve seen is, despite
that, it just hasn’t.”
At the time, Jackson also had
agreed to interview with the Gi-
ants, and he said he believes he
would have had a “legitimate
shot” at the job, a sentiment
shared by John Wooten, then
chairman of the Fritz Pollard Alli-
ance.
But the day before Jackson’s
scheduled interview in New York
in January 2016, the Browns of-
fered him their head coaching po-
sition. With a plane reserved to
whisk him to meet with the Gi-
ants, Jackson instead accepted the
job in Cleveland, in part because
of his familiarity with the AFC
North, where he had been offen-
sive coordinator for the Cincinnati
Bengals.
With Jackson preempting his
interview, the Giants talked to
only one Black candidate: then-
Detroit Lions defensive coordina-
tor Teryl Austin. Now the Steelers’
defensive coordinator, Austin has
interviewed 11 times for head
coaching positions without
getting hired.
“Maybe I’m not what the own-
ers see when they look in the
mirror and they see leadership
positions,” Austin told the Associ-
ated Press last year. Austin and his
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agent, Eric Metz, declined to com-
ment for this story.
In the 32-team NFL, seven fran-
chises besides the Giants have
never hired a Black head coach in
any fashion, and five others have
employed only a Black interim
coach. Some can point to a lack of
turnover thanks to the long, suc-
cessful tenures of certain coaches.
Belichick has been in charge of the
Patriots since 2000, and John Har-
baugh has coached the Baltimore
Ravens since 2008.
In contrast, the Giants have
hired four coaches since 2016 —
one every other season. All were
White, and none arrived with a
résumé that made them stand out
when compared with their Black
peers.
In 2016, the Giants promoted
McAdoo, who had never been a
head coach at any level and had
been a coordinator for just two
seasons. McAdoo’s Giants went to
the playoffs in his first season
before they fired him after a 2-10
start to his second.
They replaced him in 2018 with
Pat Shurmur, who had gone 9-23
over two seasons with the Browns
in his prior head coaching experi-
ence, then produced the same rec-
ord in two years with the Giants.
In 2020, they turned to Joe
Judge, who had worked under
Belichick as the Patriots’ special
teams coordinator, a position that
seldom leads directly to a head
coaching job. Judge went 10-23 in
two years.
Daboll, their current coach,
took a more typical path, becom-
ing a sought-after candidate while
coordinating the Bills’ offense.
Comfort with candidates
In 1925, Tim Mara, a bookmak-
er, founded the Giants by paying a
$500 admittance fee. In 1936, he
gave Pittsburgh owner Art Rooney
Sr. an insider tip on a racehorse.
Rooney turned a $50,000 bet into
a fortune that enabled the fran-
chise to stay financially solvent
until it established a foothold.
The Giants and Steelers have
been passed down through two
generations, and they have only
strengthened their bonds over the
decades. John Mara and Art
Rooney II sit next to each other at
every league meeting, as their fa-
thers and grandfathers did. Mara’s
brother Chris is the father of a
famous actress. Her name is
Rooney Mara.
Where the franchises have sep-
arated is their record on head
coaching diversity. Dan Rooney,
Art Sr.’s son, championed the rule
that bears the family’s name and
compels NFL teams to interview
minority candidates for top coach-
ing roles. In 2007, Rooney estab-
lished clear criteria for his next
coach: He wanted an energetic,
youthful communicator with a de-
fensive background. It helped him
find Mike Tomlin, then the 34-
year-old coordinator of the Min-
nesota Vikings. Tomlin, one of
three current Black full-time head
coaches, has won a Super Bowl
and entered this season having
never finished with a losing rec-
ord.
By comparison, the Giants have
taken a seemingly scattershot ap-
proach. When they hired McAdoo,
an offensive coach, their only in-
terview with a Black candidate
was with a defensive coordinator
at a time when the NFL was trend-
ing toward putting offensive-
minded coaches in charge.
Six years later, the Giants inter-
viewed six candidates, five of
whom had defensive back-
grounds. Three of those — Flores,
Patrick Graham and Leslie Frazier
— are Black.
The Giants chose the only can-
didate with an offensive back-
ground: Daboll, who is White.
Rather than implementing a
system that could blunt inherent
bias, the Giants rely on gut feel
and comfort with candidates,
multiple people familiar with the
process said, potentially allowing
personal affinity to play a large
role. When Mara interviewed
Judge, he told the Athletic in 2021,
“I could envision him standing in
front of the team meeting room
and grabbing the players’ atten-
tion and being a leader.”
People familiar with the team
said it was unsurprising that lead-
ers such as Mara relied on the
connection they had with candi-
dates similar to them.
“I would expect for someone
who shares similarities to maybe
identify more [with Giants execu-
tives],” said former Giants wide
receiver David Tyree, a Super Bowl
hero who from 2014 to 2020
worked in their front office as
director of player development.
“So maybe they relate better to
some of the other White candi-
dates. I don’t think that that’s evil.
I think it’s a hindrance to prog-
ress.”
Those familiar with the hiring
process in the NFL say it varies
from team to team, which experts
say fails to address baked-in bias.
Owners and general managers of-
ten listen to influential figures
willing to offer their recommen-
dations: Powerful coaches such as
Belichick and Giants legend Bill
Parcells have become veritable
kingmakers, pushing their prom-
ising assistants to team owners.
Rick Smith, who represents
multiple coaches, said agents start
reaching out behind the scenes as
soon as it becomes clear a team is
looking for a new leader.
Both of those networks — head
coaches and agents — are over-
whelmingly White: Just 25 of the
NFL’s 192 head coaches since 1990
have been Black, according to The
Post’s analysis. The vast majority
of head coaches are represented
by White agents: Matt Smith, a
Black agent who counts his father,
Houston Texans Coach Lovie
Smith, as a client is a notable
exception.
Three of the Giants’ four recent
coaching hires have been repre-
sented by the same high-powered
agent, Bob LaMonte. Judge and
Daboll previously worked for both
Belichick and University of Ala-
bama Coach Nick Saban.
As noted by a longtime NFL
team executive who spoke on the
condition of anonymity, Shurmur,
Judge and Daboll — like John
Mara — attended Catholic high
schools, a trend he interpreted as a
sign of Mara’s lean toward candi-
dates with similar backgrounds.
Coughlin, the team’s head coach
for 12 seasons, also is Roman Cath-
olic.
Experts say relying on insular
networks leads to similar slates of
candidates, even with the Rooney
Rule — which largely has been
regarded as inadequate to help
increase diversity.
“Our networks tend to be ho-
mogenous, particularly White
people’s networks. The people
that owners are more likely to get
referrals from are going to be
White, and then the people that
those people refer are also more
likely to be White,” said Y-Vonne
Hutchinson, CEO of ReadySet, a
firm that specializes in diversity,
equity and inclusion.
Within the Giants’ organiza-
tion, their coordinator positions
also have remained relatively
White: Despite Mara’s advocacy
for the Rooney Rule to be extend-
ed to coordinator positions, of the
Giants’ 15 defensive coordinators
since 1980, just four have been
Black.
The number is even worse on
the offensive side, which has been
a dominant pipeline for head
coaches: Since 1980, 13 of their 14
offensive coordinators have been
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White, with Jim Skipper serving
as their most recent Black offen-
sive coordinator from 1997 to
1999.
But Skipper is among those
who attribute the Giants’ hiring
history to happenstance.
“They were all good people,” he
said. “For them not ever hiring a
Black head coach, that’s just some-
thing that happened. It’s nothing
intentional — nothing at all. I was
the first Black coordinator in the
history of the franchise, and they
were all open arms about it.”
The Giants say they’ve been try-
ing to diversify their organization
at all levels. Hanlon, the team
spokesman, said they have estab-
lished two committees dedicated
to diversity — one with a rotating
group of employees that reports to
another with more senior execu-
tives.
But like nearly two-thirds of the
NFL’s teams, the Giants have not
hired a staff member dedicated
exclusively to diversity, equity and
inclusion — a baseline step that
many in corporate America have
taken as a safeguard against blind
spots that promote unconscious
bias.
“It shows it’s not a priority,”
Hutchinson said. “Until the cul-
ture of the league changes, every-
thing that we’re talking about
right now is just tinkering on the
outside right until the ownership
is really bought into DEI.”
A diverse panel of judges
When the Giants set out on
their coaching search after the
2015 season, they could point to
Reese as a key Black decision-
maker. The NFL and close watch-
ers of the league have touted gen-
eral managers as a rapidly diversi-
fying group, with seven teams cur-
rently led by Black GMs and the
Steelers having promoted Omar
Khan, whose mother is from Hon-
duras and whose father is from
India.
But coaches such as Jackson
have noted that the role is much
less public-facing than that of
head coaches.
The coach “is the face of the
franchise,” Jackson said. “You hire
a minority head coach, he’s going
on all the billboards and all the
stationery and everything that
goes around the building, out to
the public, everywhere. You got to
feel comfortable with that, and I
think that’s part of it.”
After Mara fired Reese in 2017,
White men held the top spots in
the organization — and were con-
sidered the key interviews to land
top jobs.
When the organization was
looking for a new general manag-
er early this year after the retire-
ment of Dave Gettleman, Ran Car-
thon, the 49ers’ director of player
personnel, said he spoke via Zoom
with the three men atop the or-
ganization’s hierarchy: co-owners
Mara and Tisch; and Mara’s broth-
er Chris, who is now a senior
make it about me, but I think that
is the only way that you can miti-
gate some of those blind spots.”
Longtime head athletic trainer
Ronnie Barnes, who is Black, par-
ticipated in interviews during the
process that led to the hirings of
Judge and Daboll, and former
linebacker and current
front-office executive Jessie Arm-
stead and communications direc-
tor Dion Dargin, who are Black,
met with candidates this year,
Hanlon said.
But in January 2020, Hanlon
said, three candidates did not
meet with any Black employees
from the Giants before Judge’s
hiring, which Hanlon attributed
to scheduling conflicts that arose
because some candidates were
still coaching in the playoffs. For
example, John Mara, front-office
executive Kevin Abrams and Get-
tleman, all of whom are White,
comprised the Giants’ contingent
that traveled to Kansas City, Mo.,
to interview Chiefs offensive coor-
dinator Eric Bieniemy before the
job went to Judge.
This January, one of the Giants’
coaching interviews went to
Graham, a Black assistant who
also began his NFL rise as a Patri-
ots staffer and whom Judge hired
in 2020 as New York’s defensive
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coordinator. Despite the Giants’
The Giants won the Super Bowl after the 2007 and 2011 seasons but have zero postseason wins since, making just one appearance. 10-24 record under Judge,
Graham attracted notice for his
innovative schemes and strong re-
sults with underwhelming talent.
13 NFL franchises haven't had a Black full-time “Sometimes that just is what it respected him.” His players nicknamed him “the
head coach is — guys have more experience,” To increase diversity, the make- Black Picasso,” likening his
Ran Carthon said. “But I never up of the interviewer panel at schemes to art.
Since 1990, those 13 teams have had 90 full-time coaches. None of them once said I feel like I didn’t have an every level of the process matters The Vikings also interviewed
were Black, and just three of them were not White. Of those teams' 22 opportunity because of the color as much as the interviewees, ex- Graham for their head coaching
interim coaches, eight of them were Black. of my skin.” perts say. vacancy. In Minnesota, he spoke
Maurice Carthon watched the “It’s not enough to have a di- with what “seemed like 100 peo-
Black: White: Other races:
process unfold from a different verse slate [of candidates],” Jona- ple,” he said, executives coming in
Head coach Head coach Head coach
perspective. He played fullback than McBride, global managing and out of the room for nine hours,
Interim Interim
for the Giants in the 1980s and partner of the Diversity, Equity including recently hired general
1990 2000 2010 2020
1990s and then went into coach- and Inclusion Practice at execu- manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah.
Coaches ing, first serving as an assistant to tive search firm Heidrick & Strug- Asked if the Vikings had a more
Atlanta 11 Parcells, his coach with the Giants. gles, said in an email. “Organiza- diverse array of people in the in-
He viewed Wellington Mara as a tions need to have a system that terviews than the Giants, Graham
Baltimore 3 caring and progressive figure. intervenes at multiple points in chuckled.
Buffalo 11 Maurice Carthon never got to the hiring process to ensure a “Well, Kwesi is Black,” said
be a head coach. But he passed different outcome from start to Graham, now the Las Vegas Raid-
Carolina 7
down an NFL heritage to his son, finish.” ers’ defensive coordinator. “As
Dallas 9 just as Wellington Mara had In a league with one non-White soon as that happens, yeah. There
Houston/ passed down one to his. After Ran majority owner and 24 White gen- could be two people in the room,
8
Tennessee interviewed with John, Maurice’s eral managers, the issue has gone and it would be.”
Jacksonville 10 optimism that his son would run overlooked. According to the In the New York interview,
New England 5 the team he once played for evapo- agent who was advised to pull his Graham said he spoke with John
rated. Black clients from interviewing and Chris Mara, Tisch and Schoen.
New Orleans 8
“When I saw the makeup of with the Giants, one of his clients Graham said the Giants were
N.Y. Giants 10 everything in the [new] Giants, it’s has met with 14 team owners and good to him and he enjoyed living
Seattle 6
like they get so many — their executives on head coaching in- in New Jersey. He noted the Gi-
young family, kids and nephews terviews — and just two of them ants’ employment of Reese, but he
STL/
L.A. Rams 12 and all that — they get so many of have been Black. For the Giants, mostly deflected when asked
Washington 12
those guys in the organization,” he particularly after Reese’s depar- about the Giants’ commitment to
said. “So I guess, then, I think that ture, White members of manage- diversity.
it probably wasn’t enough room” ment and ownership have played “I’ll say this: If you’re wonder-
for Ran. a primary role. ing, you just got to look at people’s
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Maurice Carthon had hoped During his time in the Giants’ track record,” he said. “I don’t
that the next generation of the front office, Tyree found the team know what else to do. It’s like me
Giants would embrace progress in relied on a small group of deci- trying to figure out what someone
racial equity. When the time came, sion-makers with similar view- does on third down — I just look at
player personnel executive. at the job, though he knew he was he saw only a lack of interest. points. the tape.”
Carthon, the son of former play- competing against others with “I always respected Wellington “With my background as a play-
er and coach Maurice Carthon, more experience. The job even- Mara,” he said. “I can say that now. er, front office, NFL office, you Sally Jenkins, Gus Garcia-Roberts,
praised the Giants’ process. He tually went to Schoen, an assistant I can’t say that I sit here respecting know, I think I could have provid- Jerry Brewer and Emily Giambalvo
said he felt he had a decent chance general manager with the Bills. his sons. But I know I always ed some insight,” he said. “Not to contributed to this report.

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A16
Musk confronts content moderation in free speech agenda
MUSK FROM A1
company’s San Francisco head-
quarters, he huddled with his
lawyer, Alex Spiro, Trust and
Safety lead Yoel Roth, another
Twitter employee and a Tesla
employee to discuss the suspen-
sion.
While the Babylon Bee’s tweet
was “not cool,” Musk told them, it
also wasn’t “sticks and stones” —
violent threats that he argued
should be the new standard for
who gets booted.
Since that Friday in October,
Musk’s brief reign at Twitter has
been marked by chaos and up-
heaval as the notoriously mercu-
rial and impatient billionaire
seeks to impose his will on a
company famous for its delibera-
tive culture. Massive layoffs and
Musk’s demand that remaining
employees pledge to work “hard-
core” hours have left one of the
world’s most influential social
media sites operating with a
skeleton staff and experts pre-
dicting an eventual crash. Mean-
while, advertisers are fleeing,
raising doubts about Musk’s abil-
ity to generate sufficient profits
to satisfy investors in the $44 bil-
lion deal.
Amid the turmoil, Musk has
stoked the culture-war issues
that helped inspire him to pur-
chase the company in the first
place. A fierce advocate for the
right “to speak freely within the
bounds of the law,” Musk has
moved rapidly — at times errati-
cally — to undermine a regime
built over a decade to define
dangerous language on the site
and protect vulnerable commu-
nities, replacing it with his own
more impulsive style of ad hoc
decision-making.
The Trust and Safety team lies
at the heart of that battle. Known
for examining every question
from every angle before taking
action, the team is responsible
for many of the polarizing deci-
sions that have prompted the
right to cry censorship, including
the ban on former president
Donald Trump after his support-
ers attacked the U.S. Capitol on
Jan. 6, 2021.
Interviews with more than a
dozen current and former em-
ployees and people close to Musk
who spoke on the condition of
anonymity for fear of retribution,
as well as documents obtained by
The Washington Post, detail the
clash of cultures as Musk and his
allies have fired or alienated
Trust and Safety team leaders
and reversed their decisions. In
recent days, Musk has reinstated
both Trump and the Babylon Bee,
along with a handful of other
controversial accounts.
Now, Musk is looking to auto-
mate much of the Trust and
Safety team’s work to police con-
tent — eliminating some of the
nuance from complicated deci-
sions for a cheaper approach.
Already, the team is dwin-
dling. Its numbers have shrunk
to dozens from a staff of 120
before Musk’s takeover. On his
first night as owner, Musk fired
its leader of 11 years, former
Trust and Safety head Vijaya
Gadde. Even before the take-
over, Musk had personally am-
plified rhetoric from conserva-
tives calling Gadde the compa-
ny’s “chief censor.” Gadde did
not respond to a request for
comment.
With Gadde’s departure, Roth
became the highest-ranking
Trust and Safety official, steering
the site through the Nov. 8 mid-
term elections. At first, he
worked with Musk to stanch a
flood of hate speech unleashed
under the new owner. But Roth
quit two weeks later, after Musk
insisted on creating a $7.99 pay-
for-play blue-check system —
since suspended — that led to a
profusion of “verified” impostor
accounts.
In an op-ed Friday in the New
York Times, Roth acknowledged
that the old system of content
moderation — a “know-it-when-
I-see-it” mélange reflecting the
values of advertisers, Apple and
Google app store managers, and
Big Tech executives — can “have
a dismaying lack of legitimacy.”
But Roth warned that Musk “per-
petuates the same lack of legiti-
macy through his impulsive
changes.”
“It was for this reason that I
chose to leave the company: A
Twitter whose policies are de-
fined by edict has little need for a
trust and safety function dedicat-
ed to its principled develop-
ment,” he wrote.
Roth declined to comment fur-
ther. Musk and Twitter did not
respond to requests for com-
ment.
A new owner
In Twitter’s early years, the
company’s executives called the
social network “the free speech
wing of the free speech party.”
But then came GamerGate, the
brutal 2014 campaign against
women in the video game indus-
A view of Twitter’s headquarters in San Francisco. Since Elon Musk took over Twitter in late October, massive layoffs and his demand that remaining employees pledge to
work “hardcore” hours have left one of the world’s most influential social media sites operating with a skeleton staff and experts predicting an eventual crash.
try, and the site started to evolve.
In 2015, Gadde committed in a
Post op-ed to invest in tools and
systems that would better detect
and root out abuse.
After the 2016 election, it
became clear that the social
network had been used by Rus-
sian trolls to sow disinforma-
tion. The Trust and Safety team
took on new significance and
grew, increasingly developing
policies that put it at the center
of the culture wars that gripped
the nation during the Trump
administration and the corona-
virus pandemic. Civil rights
groups complained they weren’t
doing enough; conservatives
said they were being censored.
Despite Musk’s criticism in the
lead-up to his purchase, he ini-
tially seemed more open to their
work than the team expected. On
Oct. 27, the day the deal closed,
Gadde told her team that she’d
had productive discussions with
Musk.
Within hours, however, Gad-
de’s access to company email and
other systems was cut off; she
couldn’t even say a formal fare-
well. At a Halloween party at
Twitter headquarters where
“It was for this reason that I chose to leave the
company: A Twitter whose policies are defined by
edict has little need for a trust and safety function
dedicated to its principled development.”
Yoel Roth, former head of Twitter’s Trust and Safety team
workers had brought children
dressed in costumes, some em-
ployees quietly left to go cry.
Twitter occupies two build-
ings linked by a footbridge on
the ninth floor. Across the
bridge from the Halloween fes-
tivities, Roth huddled that day
with Musk and his new team in a
large second-floor conference
room. Dubbed the war room, the
space was strewn with toys and
2-year-old X Æ A-Xii, one of
Musk’s children, was running
around.
Musk’s takeover coincided
with a critical stress test for the
Trust and Safety team: the Brazil
election. As Musk’s team mapped
out layoffs that ultimately would
banish more than half the com-
pany’s 7,500 workers, it wanted
to cut off access to key content
moderation tools to prevent dis-
gruntled employees from wreak-
ing havoc.
Roth pitched a plan to satisfy
that desire while preserving suf-
ficient access to permit his team
to address any issues that might
crop up in Brazil, where the
incumbent, Jair Bolsonaro, uses
Twitter much as Trump did and
was likely to contest the results.
Musk approved Roth’s plan.
The very next day, Musk de-
manded that Twitter reverse
bans imposed on the Babylon
Bee and Canadian psychologist
Jordan Peterson, the self-pro-
claimed “professor against politi-
EZ RE
cal correctness.” Peterson was
suspended from Twitter this year
after referring to transgender
actor Elliot Page by the name he
used before transitioning in a
tweet that said the actor had his
“breasts removed by a criminal
physician.”
Musk has long promoted the
Babylon Bee on Twitter. When he
objected to a barb from its com-
petitor in the medium, the On-
ion, in March 2021 about how he
had made his money, Musk
wrote, “Shame on you, Onion.
This is why people are switching
to @TheBabylonBee.”
But Musk’s sudden demand
was problematic. If the company
restored the two accounts with-
out a clear reason, it would undo
years of careful work. As owner
of the company, Musk could just
revoke the policy on transgender
abuse. But Roth warned that
such a move could make Twitter
a lightning rod for the culturally
charged national debate over
gender during Musk’s first
24 hours at the helm.
Roth’s concerns were escalat-
ed to Musk, and they huddled in
the kitchen to discuss. Twitter
already was working on a new
method of handling users who
broke the rules. Instead of sus-
pending their accounts, the com-
pany would obscure offending
tweets with public warnings,
much as it does with election
misinformation.
Musk stood down, and Roth’s
deputy sent a directive on Slack
to his team to overhaul the
suspension policy that very after-
noon. The Babylon Bee and Pe-
terson would remain suspended
until Twitter unveiled the new
policy.
Shortly after, Musk an-
nounced on Twitter that he
would form a new content mod-
eration council — composed of
diverse voices from across the
political spectrum — to help
Twitter make decisions about
restoring and banning accounts.
“No major content decisions
or account reinstatements will
happen before that council con-
venes,” Musk tweeted.
For the moment, it seemed like
a victory.
The wheels come off
Through the following week-
end, Twitter executives worked
with Musk and his team to plan
layoffs. Food, coffee and snacks
were catered so that people
didn’t have to leave the building.
In violation of Twitter’s long-
standing practice of encourag-
ing reusable water bottles, ta-
bles in the war room were dotted
with buckets of Voss water.
Musk’s allies — investor David
Sacks, Spiro and a host of engi-
neers from his other companies,
Tesla, SpaceX and the Boring Co.
— regularly accompanied him.
That Sunday, Musk tweeted a
link containing misinformation
about the attack on House Speak-
er Nancy Pelosi’s husband. He
later deleted it, although his
reasoning was unclear.
Meanwhile, hate speech
surged on the site as users tested
Musk’s new Twitter. Civil rights
groups raised concerns, and bas-
ketball star LeBron James tweet-
ed that the rise of hate was “scary
AF,” calling on Musk to take it
seriously.
Trust and Safety sprang into
action. The team had already
been working on new rules that
would result in removing more
hateful slurs — a policy it had
planned to roll out months later.
They pulled the trigger, despite
some warning it might err on the
side of removing posts that were
fine, too.
“There was a lot of scrambling,
a lot of disbelief,” said one former
employee, who left the company
this month. “How are we doing
this in a week, when it was slated
to take two quarters?”
When “Black Thursday” rolled
around on Nov. 3, only 15 percent
of Roth’s team was laid off,
compared with half of the entire
company. But other teams that
also perform critical content
moderation suffered heavier
cuts, including the Product Trust
team, which develops policies to
prevent new features from harm-
ing people, and the Health team,
which implements policies from
Trust and Safety.
Civil rights groups called for
an advertiser boycott. Roth tried
to calm the public in a Twitter
thread, in which he said the
company’s “core moderation ca-
pabilities remain in place.”
As layoff notices went out —
first to Asia and Europe, then the
United States — a group of long-
time Twitter executives huddled
together in a conference room
and cried.
Civil rights groups and re-
searchers who use the company
as a resource noticed the effect
almost immediately.
Thenmozhi Soundararajan,
executive director of a Dalit
rights group called Equality
Labs, routinely asked Trust and
Safety division employees to take
down accounts violating Twit-
ter’s rules on hate speech. Fol-
lowing the layoffs, her emails
started bouncing back. When she
made requests through Twitter’s
public portal, she stopped receiv-
ing automated acknowledg-
ments.
“It is such a dangerous time to
have fired the moderators and
this team,” she said in an inter-
view, citing regional elections in
India and surging misinforma-
tion and slurs. “Twitter has been
already in a state of failure, this
is just the nail in the coffin.”
On Nov. 7, Musk made many in
the company cringe when he
tweeted to his millions of follow-
ers that they should vote Repub-
THE WASHINGTON POST . WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23 , 2022
lican. But Election Day otherwise
came and went without major
crises.
Then came Twitter Blue Veri-
fied, the paid version of the check
marks that have long been ap-
pended to accounts of major
corporations, celebrities, jour-
nalists and other influential peo-
ple.
Already, Trust and Safety em-
ployees including Roth had
made an impassioned appeal to
delay the rollout indefinitely — at
least until after the midterms,
warning the fallout could be
major.
In a seven-page memo re-
viewed by Musk, employees
warned of the risks of broad
impersonation of world leaders,
advertisers, brand partners, elec-
tion officials and other high-pro-
file individuals.
To help mitigate this risk, the
memo recommended that Twit-
ter include “official account” la-
bels, which should be “visually
distinguishable” and “distin-
guishable on every surface” in-
cluding in people’s timelines and
replies.
Musk agreed to delay the roll-
out until after the midterms. But
on Nov. 9, the check marks
started popping up — as did the
fake accounts. Impostors pur-
porting to be basketball star
James, President Biden and ma-
jor brands began fomenting cha-
os.
Sales executive Robin Wheel-
er, Roth and Musk launched an
audio chat on Twitter Spaces in
an attempt to reassure advertis-
ers, joining the call from separate
rooms. Musk said the new paid-
for verified service would make
the site more reliable and help
eliminate or demote fake ac-
counts.
Mistakes will be made, Musk
acknowledged. But he also said,
“If we do not try bold moves, how
will we make great improve-
ments?”
The next day, Roth quit. A
Trust and Safety director gath-
ered employees in a team meet-
ing and shared the abrupt an-
nouncement that Roth was out.
Employees were given no expla-
nation and worried about the
institutional knowledge vacuum
it created.
That same night, an urgent
memo was sent to engineers over
Slack. Less than 48 hours after
the launch of Musk’s first major
product, the company had dis-
abled new sign-ups for check
mark subscriptions to address
the impersonation issues.
In a tweet late Monday, Musk
said the company would hold off
relaunching Blue Verified “until
there is high confidence of stop-
ping impersonation.” He also
said Twitter will “probably use
different color check for organi-
zations than individuals.”
On Trust and Safety, morale
continued to decline. On Nov. 10,
the team executed a one-day
sickout.
After the ultimatum on
Wednesday asking employees to
commit to working harder, Trust
and Safety team members and
their allies inside the company
MARK LEONG FOR THE WASHINGTON POST
huddled virtually over Google
Meet and Signal groups to dis-
cuss what to do. They no longer
trusted private internal Slack
channels, after Musk had fired
several employees for their com-
munications there.
There was a lopsided consen-
sus that Musk didn’t value their
work. The leaders that inherited
Roth’s team had not even spoken
to Musk, they said, and false
tweets from impersonator blue-
check accounts were up for
hours. They discussed a potential
mass resignation.
But some had to stay for health
insurance that protected their
partners and children as well as
themselves. Those who wanted
out did not judge the others
poorly.
“The message was: Do what is
best for your mental health and
your family,” one of the partici-
pants said.
The next day, many members
of the team met in San Francisco
with an engineer close to Musk,
as people outside the office called
in. One employee walked away
calling it a “disaster.”
“Several colleagues made up
their minds to leave after that,”
the person said. “There appeared
to be no strategy for [Trust and
Safety], and Elon was just over-
riding or making up policy as he
went without any input.”
Ella Irwin, the executive that
Musk tapped to replace Roth as
lead of the division, suggested
after the meeting that Musk
would learn moving forward.
“It is a complete Trust and
Safety nightmare. It’s the kind of
thing you work on nonstop, you
make it your baby,” another per-
son said, “and for someone to
just disregard everything you are
saying is a complete mental
blow.”
Virtually, the entire team dedi-
cated to rooting out covert for-
eign influence operations was
fired or quit, putting in jeopardy
the company’s abilities to detect
accounts including those at-
tempting to influence U.S. poli-
tics.
On Friday, Musk announced
that the Babylon Bee and Peter-
son would be permitted back on
the site — with little explanation.
The Babylon Bee declined to
comment.
“New Twitter policy is free-
dom of speech, but not freedom
of reach,” Musk tweeted, adding
that negative and hate tweets
will be made less visible and
won’t earn the company money.
Over the weekend, Musk an-
nounced that Trump would be
reinstated to the platform after
conducting a Twitter poll in
which roughly 52 percent of par-
ticipants voted to bring the for-
mer president back.
“Hope all judgy hall monitors
stay on other platforms — please,
I’m begging u,” Musk later tweet-
ed.
His promise to appoint a coun-
cil to bring transparency to such
momentous decisions appeared
to have been forgotten.
Will Oremus and Jeremy B. Merrill
contributed to this report.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23 , 2022
MEGAN MCARDLE
For Britain,
the headaches
of ‘Leave’
still remain
F
our and a half years ago, when I
was in London to cover Brexit,
I was surprised to find how many
free-market, free-trade wonks
were in favor of it. Yes, leaving the
European Union meant sacrificing access
to the world’s largest trading bloc, they
argued, but it also meant getting Britain
out from under the thumb of a ponderous
bureaucracy that was insulated from
public accountability by layers of byzan-
tine governance. In theory, this would
leave the country free to do broader,
better trade deals and build world-class
economic institutions.
This was, to be clear, not the only
theory of Brexit, or even the most
common. Many people who voted Leave
just wanted to get control of the country’s
borders, particularly its immigration
policy; they didn’t care (or thought they
didn’t) about what that might cost
in terms of economic growth. But
“Singapore-on-Thames” was a theory of
how Brexit might turn out, and it was
plausible, if not necessarily likely.
Four and a half years on, I’m afraid it
looks even less probable.
In the interim, Britain negotiated its
exit agreement with the E.U., suffered
through a pandemic, and is now enduring
the backwash of Europe’s energy crisis on
top of soaring post-pandemic inflation.
This has considerably complicated the
urgent task facing the government: im-
proving British productivity to make it
competitive with peer nations.
Productivity has long been a problem
for Britain. In 2015, when the Brexit
referendum was barely a gleam in Prime
Minister David Cameron’s eye, Britain
was already producing significantly less
GDP per hour worked than Northern
Europe or the United States. Because
trade tends to enhance productivity, by
letting workers specialize in the things
they do best, Brexit has pushed the trend
in the wrong direction. As a result of
Brexit, productivity has declined by more
than 1 percent, a figure that Britain’s
Office for Budget Responsibility estimates
will ultimately grow to around 4 percent.
In 2015, Britain’s output per hour was
15 percent lower than America’s; by 2021,
the gap had widened to 20 percent.
In September, under new Prime Minis-
ter Liz Truss, the Conservative govern-
ment introduced a controversial “mini
budget” that offered the biggest tax cuts
Britons had enjoyed since 1972, some
45 billion pounds’ worth of relief for
individuals and corporations. Kwasi
Kwarteng, the new chancellor of the
exchequer, also promised reforms to child
care, immigration, agricultural productiv-
ity, business regulations, digital infra-
structure and barriers to home-building.
Here, in theory, was another opportunity
for radical improvement, a kind of neo-
Thatcherite program with tax cuts to
attract capital and spur investment, and
streamlined government services to clear
the bottlenecks impeding Britain’s growth.
In practice, markets freaked out at the
size of the bill and the potential for
inflation to rise even higher than the
10.1 percent Britain was suffering. The
government was thrown into chaos and,
about a month later, Truss resigned.
She had clearly misjudged her moment,
and for this, many of the conservatives
I’ve spoken with are furious. By trying to
move too far, too fast, at a time when
inflation was high and the government
was fiscally constrained by the fantastic
sums it had spent on the pandemic, Truss
gave a bad name to some good, much-
needed reforms. Conservatives speak
gloomily of needing years to recover
before it will be safe to offer similarly bold
ideas — many of which they are likely to
spend in political exile, as it now seems a
safe bet that the Labour Party will take
over after the next election.
Many conservatives are now looking to
play small ball, finding ways to open a few
cracks in the regulations and other barri-
ers that hold back British growth. Chief
among these is a housing crisis that
makes the U.S. situation look rather
manageable. At least the United States
has plenty of growing cities where it’s
relatively easy to find an affordable home
(if not as easy as it was before the
pandemic).
In the dynamic cities and towns where
Britain desperately needs housing — such
as London, Oxford and Cambridge —
building is constrained by outdated plan-
ning rules that make it easy for neighbors
to block construction and by greenbelts
where development is tightly restricted.
At the same time, it’s hard to give
stagnating secondary cities new life with-
out public transportation to enable a lot
more commuting.
Fixing these problems would enable
British workers to move to better jobs,
and employers to expand operations —
both big productivity boosters. But Brit-
ain also needs streamlined processes for
building infrastructure, an education sys-
tem that does as well for the students at
the bottom as it does for those at the top,
and higher investment.
In theory, tweaking these systems even
a small amount could yield big progress
toward closing Britain’s productivity gap.
In practice . . . well, we’ll have to see.
. THE WASHINGTON POST
WEDNESDAY Opinion
KATE COHEN
‘Indians’ mascots are out.
The problem of cultural erasure remains.
T
he “Indians,” “Braves” and
“Warriors” that decorate
team jerseys, gym floors and
scoreboards across New York
state are finally on their way out.
The state’s education department
just announced that all districts must
stop using Native American mascots
by the end of the school year. Some of
the 60 or so districts affected by this
directive were already in the process of
making this change. Others, however,
seem determined to stay on the wrong
side of history as long as possible.
Take, for instance, the contentious
debate involving the Cambridge Cen-
tral School District, whose two-year
fight to cling to its “Indians” mascot
most likely inspired New York’s ac-
tion. Most recently, the Cambridge
board of education had voted to ap-
peal a court ruling forcing the district
to retire its mascot. When the board
learned of the state’s directive, it
vowed to continue its appeal — now
more obviously futile than ever.
At issue (beyond school pride and
“tradition”) is the question of what
exactly Native-themed mascots con-
vey: condescension or respect. You
might think that’s obvious, given that
the National Congress of American
Indians (NCAI) calls them “symbols of
disrespect that degrade, mock, and
harm Native people.”
But Cambridge board member
Dillon Honyoust, of Haudenosaunee
ancestry, says that as a Native Ameri-
can, he sees retiring the “Indians”
mascot as “another effort to remove or
cancel the American Indian culture.”
Is it? The retirement of race-based
mascots is endorsed not just national-
ly by the NCAI but also locally, by the
Stockbridge-Munsee Tribal Council,
the Seneca Nation, the Saint Regis
Mohawk Tribal Council, the Oneida
Fear for our lives is what unites the LGBTQ family
BY J ENNIFER F INNEY B OYLAN
“A
nd what do we have here?”
Dolly Parton asked me. “The
typical American family?”
This was in Province-
town, Mass., many years ago, on the
street in front of a drag club, where my
wife and I were pushing a baby carriage.
At the time, I seemed to be a youngish,
tweedy English professor. What I did not
look like, though, was the thing I actually
was: a closeted transgender woman.
How I wanted, back then, to shout to
that drag artist who was not actually
Dolly Parton — I’m like you! We are
sisters, you and I!
But I didn’t have the courage. I
couldn’t imagine it.
In the years since then, and especially
since I did finally come out, in 2000, I
have occasionally wondered whether the
thing I longed to say to her was true. Was
I her sister? Was I like her?
On Sunday, as the news about the
murders inside Club Q in Colorado
Springs emerged, I thought of these ques-
tions again.
Among the victims was bartender
Daniel Aston, 28, a trans man. His part-
ner, a drag performer, was behind the bar
when the shooting began. It was not lost
EZ RE
Indian Nation and the Onondaga Na-
tion, part of the Haudenosaunee Con-
federacy. Their intention is surely not
cultural cancellation.
Honyoust’s concern brings up a fair
question, though: how to keep the
Native American experience in the
public consciousness. Will we lose
something when “Grizzlies” and
“Tigers” replace “Indians” and
“Braves”? Are stereotypical images of
Native Americans better than no im-
ages of Native Americans?
Surely there is a way
to erase the cartoon Indian
and draw more accurate
representations in its place.
Consider Thanksgiving. Many non-
Native children first learn about Na-
tive Americans through the white-
washed myth of the First Thanksgiv-
ing, that friendly potluck featuring
generous Indians welcoming pil-
grims to Plymouth.
This staple of elementary school
curriculums obscures the racism,
genocide and displacement that deci-
mated Indigenous peoples. It’s an
American origin story that leaves out
most of the truth. But it does leave in
Native people, and that’s worth some-
thing, according to Paul Chaat Smith,
a Comanche and associate curator at
the Smithsonian’s National Museum
of the American Indian: “Thanksgiv-
ing says, however imperfectly, we re-
member Indians, we’re remembering
Indians. And, with all the problems
with it, it’s still a powerful idea, and
on those of us in the LGBTQ community
that the massacre took place on the
annual Transgender Day of Remem-
brance, a day set aside in memory of all
the trans people who have lost their lives
to violence.
Nor is it lost on us that conservatives
across the country this year have been
using the LGBTQ community as their
whipping boys. And girls. Rep. Brianna
Titone, Colorado’s first openly trans leg-
islator, tweeted on Sunday, “When politi-
cians and pundits keep perpetuating
tropes, insults, and misinformation
about the trans and LGBTQ+ communi-
ty, this is a result.”
In October, a man attacked a trans
librarian in Boise, Idaho. Other attacks,
by armed men and groups such as the
Proud Boys, have disrupted drag-related
events in Texas, Nevada and Oregon. At
the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia —
where I once presented a grand rounds
lecture on the variety of trans experi-
ences — security has been increased in
the wake of threats to its transgender
clinic. In Massachusetts, Boston Chil-
dren’s Hospital reports that its clinicians
and staff have received multiple threats
of violence.
One observer at a Colorado Springs
vigil said, “It feels like, ‘When is it going to
it’s still powerful to not Photoshop
Indians out of the national narrative.”
That’s in a video, “The Invention of
Thanksgiving,” in a museum exhibit
on Native Americans in pop culture —
from the Tomahawk missile to the
Jeep Cherokee to the Cleveland Indi-
ans. (Cleveland’s team is now called
the Guardians.) Smith told the New
York Times that although some im-
agery is “obnoxious,” it “doesn’t help
us to eliminate everything. The prob-
lem with Native Americans is the
invisibility in American life.”
“Native American” as an idea is
ubiquitous in our culture — that’s the
point of the exhibit — but Native
American reality remains unseen.
Surely there’s a way to erase the
cartoon Indian and draw more accu-
rate representations in its place.
One solution you might have heard
lately is the “land acknowledgment,”
an official statement recognizing that
an institution occupies specific ances-
tral lands. These statements are com-
mon in Australia, New Zealand and
Canada. Every morning, Toronto
schoolchildren hear some version of
the following:
“We acknowledge we are hosted on
the lands of the Mississaugas of the
Anishinaabe, the Haudenosaunee
Confederacy and the Wendat. We also
recognize the enduring presence of all
First Nations, Métis and the Inuit
peoples.”
Land acknowledgments are becom-
ing more common in the United
States, too, from college events to city
council meetings to the Oscars, even as
the number of race-based mascots
dwindles. That’s a big step forward,
from a tomahawk chop of a stereotype
to a bow of respect.
But it’s just a step. The problem with
land acknowledgments, as Indigenous
happen to me?’ As opposed to thinking,
‘This kind of thing will never touch me.’ ”
The harassment at Boston Children’s
came in the wake of anti-LGBTQ posts
from social media users, including the
Twitter account LibsofTikTok. On Sun-
day morning, right after the attack in
Colorado Springs, Chaya Raichik, who
runs that Twitter account, pointed to
Titone’s support of a Denver nonprofit
that helps young drag performers.
In August, Colorado Republican Lau-
ren Boebert, who has used slurs to de-
scribe trans people, warned drag queens
to stay away from children in the state’s
3rd District, where she just won reelec-
tion. Late Sunday, Boebert expressed
sympathy for the victims. The victims,
she said, were in her prayers. Titone
replied, “You spreading tropes and in-
sults contributed to the hatred for us.
There’s blood on your hands.”
Like many trans women, especially
those of us who are decades post-
transition, I have occasionally wondered
how much in common I have with the
drag community. I’ve loved watching
drag, and have looked upon the artistry
of my friends with wonder and delight.
But I have never thought of my gender as
part of a fantasy or a performance. All I
ever really wanted for myself was the
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activist John Kane told me, is that
“acknowledging that we once lived in a
place or somehow contributed to
someone else’s society does nothing
for ours.”
Kane, a graduate of Cambridge
schools, a Mohawk and the host of the
podcast “Let’s Talk Native,” started the
petition in 2020 that led the Cam-
bridge community to face the mascot
question.
“Don’t tell us how great we were,” he
wrote to me. “We are still here and we
AREN’T doing that great now. We fight
everyday over taxes, autonomy and
our distinction. We fight poverty, rac-
ism, abuse of our women and children,
drugs, alcohol and depression on our
territories. We fight against the lack of
opportunities of any prospects for the
future of our people on our lands.”
Land acknowledgments risk doing
— albeit in a far less offensive way —
what mascots do: relegate Native peo-
ple to a hazy past, while relieving us of
the responsibility to do anything to
know or help Native Americans in the
present.
No institution should get to make a
land acknowledgment unless it is also
backing it up with action, whether
financial, political or educational. A
university, for instance, could offer
courses in Indigenous languages,
grant free tuition to Native students,
repatriate tribal artifacts and even
return land.
And a school district? If it’s truly
searching for a way to honor Native
culture, it could start each day by
recognizing the Indigenous peoples
whose land it occupies. Then it could
develop curriculums that teach Na-
tive American reality, past and pre-
sent. That would all take time, money
and effort. But fighting to hang on to a
racist mascot does, too.
solace and grace that came from finally
feeling at home in my own body.
To be honest, at this age, I’m more
Edna Krabappel than Dolly Parton.
I’ve been married to my wife for
34 years now — 12 as husband and wife,
and 22 as wife and wife. Our children, just
toddlers during that long-ago vacation in
Provincetown, have since gone into the
world to find their own adventures.
But I know the answer to the question
that I asked myself in Provincetown now.
Yes, that Dolly Parton was my sister.
Just as Daniel Aston was my brother. Just
as all of us in the LGBTQ community in
this country are one family, bound to-
gether not only by the love we feel for one
another but also by the way, every day, we
have now come to fear for our lives.
And if I met that Dolly Parton now,
even with all the changes in our family, I
would still give her the answer I gave her
three decades ago.
The typical American family? Why yes,
that’s us.
Jennifer Finney Boylan is a professor of
English at Barnard College of Columbia
University and a fellow at Harvard University’s
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Her
most recent book is “Mad Honey,” co-written
with Jodi Picoult.
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ABCDE
Disorder in the court
How justices can start to regain Americans’ trust in their ethics.
O
NCE AGAIN, the Supreme Court
is finding its ethics under scruti-
ny. Last week, Justice Clarence
Thomas declined to recuse him-
self in a case involving the plot to overturn
Arizona’s 2020 presidential vote, despite
his wife’s efforts to pressure state lawmak-
ers to set aside Joe Biden’s victory there.
Then the New York Times reported Satur-
day on allegations that a decision in a 2014
case involving contraception and reli-
gious rights leaked to a high-profile abor-
tion foe — a troubling precursor, if true, to
the breach that occurred this spring when
a draft opinion of its decision to overturn
Roe v. Wade became public.
Unlike other federal judges, the justices
on the Supreme Court are subject to no
code of conduct. It is time for the court, led
by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., to set
ethics standards for itself that are trans-
parent, consistent and actually work. At
stake is no less than its legitimacy, which
has been battered by growing public
doubts that it truly operates as an apoliti-
cal arbiter of the law.
The Post reported in June that Justice
Thomas’s wife, Virginia “Ginni” Thomas,
urged at least 29 Arizona lawmakers to
overturn the popular vote in their state
following the 2020 presidential election,
asking legislators in one email to “fight
back against fraud” and “ensure that a
clean slate of Electors is chosen.” Despite
his wife’s efforts to upend the election
result, Justice Thomas failed to recuse
himself earlier this year from a case
involving the House committee investi-
gating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack by Trump
supporters who were seeking to achieve
the same end. The panel, which she had
called an “overtly partisan political per-
secution,” subsequently interviewed
Ms. Thomas about her postelection 2020
activities.
Justice Thomas once again declined to
recuse himself last week from a case re-
garding Arizona GOP Chairwoman Kelli
Ward’s alleged efforts to set aside the 2020
presidential vote in her state. He was one
of two justices who dissented from the
court’s decision allowing the Jan. 6 com-
mittee to access some of Ms. Ward’s phone
records.
Washington is populated by countless
power couples, and conflicts of interest —
or appearances of them — are bound to
occur from time to time. But Ms. Thomas’s
activities stand out as particularly blatant.
“Ginni Thomas has held so many leader-
ship or advisory positions at conservative
pressure groups that it’s hard to keep track
of them,” the New Yorker’s Jane Mayer
wrote earlier this year. “And many, if not
all, of these groups have been involved in
cases that have come before her husband.”
One glaring example: Ms. Thomas’s con-
sultancy received more than $200,000
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OW COMES the big hurdle:
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Those are conditions ideal for spreading
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trying to improve air ventilation and
testing often. Meanwhile, preliminary
scientific reports about the efficacy of the
new bivalent boosters have carried a hint
of disappointment. So are the boosters
really worth getting? The answer is yes.
The core issue is that the new bivalent
boosters from Pfizer and Moderna are
aimed at both the original pandemic
virus and the omicron variant, BA.5, that
was prevalent for much of this year. When
the bivalent shot was formulated during
the summer, BA.5 was raging, and the
Food and Drug Administration urged the
manufacturers to proceed based on ex-
trapolations from limited human clinical
trials. But now BA.5 is receding, giving
way to a mix of new subvariants, includ-
ing a few, such as BQ.1 and its offspring,
that are evolutionary descendants of
BA.5. As of Saturday, the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention esti-
mates that BA.5 accounts for 24 percent
of the cases in the United States, while
BQ.1 is 25.5 percent and BQ.1.1 is 24.2 per-
cent, trends that are likely to continue in
the weeks ahead.
Even though the vaccine match to the
variants is not ideal, the bivalent boosters
might provide protection against hospi-
talization and death, and thus are espe-
cially important for the most vulnerable,
including the elderly and immunocom-
promised. Moderna announced Nov. 14
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The Supreme Court building on Oct. 31.
from right-wing activist Frank Gaffney’s
Center for Security Policy, according to
Ms. Mayer, as Mr. Gaffney urged the court
to rule favorably on President Donald
Trump’s Muslim ban. Justice Thomas vot-
ed to uphold the ban, and he did not
disclose the $200,000 payment to his wife.
Meanwhile, the Times reported Satur-
day that a former antiabortion activist,
the Rev. Rob Schenck, claims that he was
told how the court would rule on a major
2014 birth control case, saying that Justice
Samuel A. Alito Jr. tipped off two associ-
ates of his. There is limited corroborating
evidence, and Justice Alito and others
allegedly involved deny this happened.
Yet Mr. Schenck’s contemporaneous
emails and conversations indicating that
he knew the case’s outcome and the au-
thor of the opinion are reason to worry. He
says he ran “Operation Higher Court,” a
years-long effort among conservative ac-
tivists to ingratiate themselves with jus-
tices via donations to the Supreme Court
Historical Society, meals and trips to plac-
es such as Jackson Hole, Wyo. “I saw us as
pushing the boundaries of appropriate-
ness,” Mr. Schenck said, and the Times’s
reporting suggests his operatives
achieved high levels of access to certain
justices.
An ethics code binds lower-court judg-
es but not Supreme Court justices. Chief
Justice Roberts says that justices refer to
the code but make their own ethical calls.
This is not enough. The justices should
formally bind themselves to a judicial
code of conduct, rather than simply con-
sulting one when they are so inclined.
Then there is the question of how to
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ant than earlier boosters, and these re-
sults were consistent across age groups
from 19 years old to over 65. In a much
smaller study involving just 40 people, the
booster also showed some effectiveness
against one of the new variants, BQ.1.1.
Pfizer and its partner BioNTech reported
similar results Friday for people 55 years
and older with its bivalent booster.
One explanation for these positive in-
dications is that the new variants are
evolutionary offshoots of BA.5; thus, the
vaccines are still partially effective. At the
same time, the new crop is gaining
ground in large part because these vari-
ants are better at evading the body’s
immune system. Peter Marks, the Food
and Drug Administration’s top vaccine
regulator, told the New York Times, “It’s
true, we’re not sure how well these vac-
cines will do yet against preventing symp-
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enforce such rules. One option is to have
the whole court review requests that, for
example, certain justices recuse them-
selves. Another is to create a panel of
outside judges, perhaps distinguished re-
tired jurists whose work the high court no
longer oversees, to consider Supreme
Court ethical questions referred to them.
Critics of such an arrangement point
out that, unlike on lower courts, the Su-
preme Court risks deadlocking 4-4 on
major cases if a justice is recused. This
could leave important legal questions un-
resolved and lower courts without defini-
tive precedents to apply. Limiting justices’
work because of their spouses’ conduct,
meanwhile, raises the prospect that tal-
ented people with professionally active
partners will not pursue careers on the
bench.
Yet the court’s reputation is indispen-
sable; its power rests both on its constitu-
tional mandate and its credibility. The
justices should not continue to dismiss
Americans’ declining confidence as the
product of misunderstandings about how
they work. Moreover, if the court fails to
adjust, Congress might step in. Federal
lawmakers are considering several re-
forms, including imposing restrictions on
compensated travel and setting require-
ments that justices must disclose with
whom they meet.
Congressional action, however, would
no doubt raise separation-of-powers is-
sues. That is all the more reason that
justices should acknowledge that they
have given the public reason for its mis-
trust, and take it upon themselves to
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tomatic disease,” but added that “even
modest improvements in vaccine re-
sponse to the bivalent boosters could
have important positive consequences on
public health.”
Unfortunately, national vaccine up-
take continues to lag. According to the
CDC, only 13.1 percent of the eligible
population 18 and older has gotten the
bivalent booster, and only 29.6 percent of
those 65 and older. This defies good sense.
The booster shots are still free, readily
available and work better than the previ-
ous boosters even as the virus evolves.
Much still needs to be done to build
better vaccines that protect longer and
against more variants, including those
that might emerge in the future. But it is
worth grabbing the booster that exists
today, the jab being a small price for any
measure that can help keep covid at bay.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
letters@washpost.com
Keep students in school Smaug while nations sink beneath the
waves, the Mississippi runs dry and
In January, The Post reported that the millions of Latin Americans and Afri-
Fairfax County Public Schools system cans flee drought and starvation for
(FCPS) was adopting a new school calen- refuge in Europe and the United States?
dar to recognize additional religious holi- Sue the fossil fuel Koch family, sue
days. Though this change was welcomed, Exxon and its executives and largest
the additional holidays in combination stockholders, then BP, Shell, Peabody
with other student holidays has signifi- Energy. . . . The list is lengthy, the perpe-
cantly reduced the number of five-day trators obscenely wealthy, and the cli-
school weeks. This is becoming a notewor- mate burden enormous. If the guilty are
thy problem as research has demonstrat- free to scamper away without penalty,
ed that learning is consolidated through they will build their palaces safely above
consistency. the waves on the carcasses of civiliza-
The scarcity of the five-day school week tions and foundering nations, on
is negatively affecting children, especially mounds of riches raped from our drown-
younger ones who are beginning to devel- ing globe. Congress can act. The Justice
op basic skills and disadvantaged stu- Department can act, and everyone who
dents. FCPS is surveying parents on add- is and will be harmed by this planetary
ing more student holidays to the calendar crime can act.
— to be used for professional develop- Ronald Levin, Rockville
ment. Should FCPS include additional
student holidays, educational inequities
will increase within the school system, The absurd money in politics
and private school will become more at-
tractive for families with resources to I was astounded by Marc A. Thiessen’s
afford other options. Nov. 18 op-ed, “Rick Scott has crashed
FCPS needs to return to a consistent and burned — twice.” Though what I
five-day instructional week without gleaned was not what Mr. Thiessen
lengthening the school year. FCPS should would have wished, I am sure.
end countywide professional develop- The amount of money paid for various
ment days for teachers that occur during political campaigns was overwhelming.
the school year, shift development to the Mr. Thiessen wrote, “McConnell-aligned
summer and pay teachers for their addi- super PACs invested a whopping
tional work. $240.7 million in key Senate races.” How
Paul Winfree, Fairfax many people could be fed, housed and
educated with the amount of money
changing hands to get people elected to
Protect checks and balances office? Some of these people, if elected,
would do their best to prevent funding
I want my grandchildren to grow up in for food, housing and education. Some
a country where their votes cannot be hope to do away with or drastically
extinguished by an extremist state legis- change Social Security and Medicare.
lature with unchecked power over our When are Americans going to become
elections. wise enough to stop outrageous funding
On Dec. 7, the Supreme Court is sched- for elections? Every candidate running
uled to hear Moore v. Harper. This case is for the same office should receive the
about a lot more than gerrymandering; it same amount of funding to be used as the
is about the authority of state legislatures candidate wishes. Instead of special in-
over the running of elections. The inde- terests buying votes, it would be lovely if
pendent state legislature theory (ISLT) politicians tried to earn votes instead.
represents the idea that state legislatures
have the constitutional authority to pass
resolutions regarding the conduct of fed-
Ann Joseloff, Silver Spring
eral elections without any oversight from Setting the ground rules
their state courts. All reputable constitu-
tional scholars view this as unlawful and As expected chair of the House Judiciary
a dangerous assault on our democracy. Committee in the next Congress, Rep. Jim
I beseech the court to consider the Jordan (Ohio) will be the top GOP investi-
entirety of the Constitution, not simply gator [“As Republicans take the House, the
one phrase. Checks and balances are a crazies take the wheel,” Dana Milbank,
cornerstone of our free society, and they Sunday Opinion, Nov. 20].
are mentioned often in our founding But he brings more to his expected
documents. They provide each branch at chairmanship than his snarling lawmaker
every level of government the means to role.
limit the reach and power of the govern- In letters to the Jan. 6 House committee
ment itself. With ISLT as the law of the and other statements avoiding testimony
land, state legislatures would no longer about the Capitol attack, Mr. Jordan ad-
have those checks in place with regard to vanced some precedent — as a congress-
federal elections. Checks and balances, man and as a citizen — for when the
including court review for constitution- Judiciary Committee invites testimony
ality, do apply to the congressional power from members of Congress, administra-
to set election regulations, and it would tion officials or others.
be a distortion of the framers’ intent to Both House and Senate ethics commit-
rule that they do not apply to state tees have shown a congressional commit-
legislatures as well. tee can enforce subpoenas of members of
Martin Wulfe, Silver Spring Congress. The House, when creating the
Jan. 6 committee, granted it authority to
subpoena members of Congress, legal ex-
Make Big Oil pay perts confirm. Mr. Jordan is among several
House members who refused to honor the
Years after it was obvious that tobacco subpoenas. Mr. Jordan might have estab-
companies had been exploiting children lished that members of Congress can claim
and lying to adults about the addictive exemption from subpoenas or any request
deadly toxin nicotine, the Justice Depart- for congressional testimony — at least from
ment and state attorneys general sued to his panel.
repossess a little of their criminal gains. As a citizen invited by the Jan. 6 panel to
When the magnitude of the damage testify, Mr. Jordan declared strict restraints
done by opioid-pushing pharmas and on Congress seeking testimony and insti-
retailers was recognized, state attorneys tuted a bevy of demands the panel must
general sued them for billions of dollars meet before a citizen comes to testify. They
in damages. include “all documents, videos, or other
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and lobbied to obstruct timely govern- Committee that you potentially anticipate
ment intervention to stop the climate using” and legal analyses about the panel’s
calamity. Time passed, and the catastro- authority to subpoena.
phe worsened. Governments, especially Members of Congress, state and federal
the U.S. government, could not overcome officials and others called before Mr. Jor-
the opposition. And all along, they knew dan’s panel should be fully aware of the
a catastrophe was looming. ground rules he has been demanding for
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DAVID IGNATIUS
A pre-Trump
Republican
looks for 2024
openings
M T
ike Rogers, a Republican former
congressman from Michigan, is a
snapshot of what his party looked
like before the Donald Trump
circus arrived. He is a free-market conserva-
tive, and a former FBI agent with strong
national-security experience from his years
running the House Intelligence Committee.
This brand of mainstream conservatism
has seemed on its way to extinction. But
maybe it has a second life, with Trump
newly vulnerable and Republicans increas-
ingly worrying that they won’t win without
a broader, steadier image.
It’s a sign of the ferment in the Republi-
can Party these days that Rogers has been
spending time recently in Iowa, New Hamp-
shire and South Carolina — giving speeches
and meeting activists. He’s not running for
president; he’s not even formally exploring
a bid yet. As Iowa Republican public affairs
strategist John Stineman, who’s advising a
Rogers policy group, puts it: “He’s exploring
whether to explore.”
The bet that Rogers and a long list of
other prospective candidates are weighing
is that Republicans don’t want to be the
party of crazy anymore. The GOP wants to
win in 2024, and after the drubbing that
extreme Trump-backed candidates took in
the midterms, the former president looks
like a loser. Trump remains popular with his
base, but the latest polls show that less than
half of Republicans back him for 2024. “This
race is wide open,” argues Stineman.
Rogers is among the least known in the
potential field of candidates. He doesn’t
register in the latest Harvard-Harris poll,
which shows Trump with 46 percent sup-
port; Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis at 20 per-
cent; former vice president Mike Pence at
7 percent; Sen. Ted Cruz (Tex.) at 3 percent;
former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley at
2 percent; and former secretary of state
Mike Pompeo and Sen. Tim Scott (S.C.) at
1 percent each. But so early in the game, this
is mostly a name-recognition exercise.
Rogers told me this week that, as he visits
early primary states, “I’m getting a lot of
encouragement from people to turn that
into something for 2024.” He confronts the
dilemma that every other would-be candi-
date faces — how to repudiate Trump with-
out alienating the voters he brought into the
party. “Trump’s time has passed, but we still
want to speak to people who are frustrated
with where America is going,” Rogers said.
He wants Trump voters, even if the former
president’s tactics are “clearly destructive.”
What interests me about Rogers is that he
actually got things done when he was in
Congress. He became chairman in 2011 of a
House Intelligence Committee that had
become so partisan it was dysfunctional,
and with support of the ranking Democrat,
C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (Md.), he made it
work. The committee passed authorization
bills for the first time in years. Rogers
became his party’s most prominent foreign
policy spokesman, appearing on more Sun-
day talk shows than any other member of
Congress in 2014, the year he announced he
would be retiring.
During Trump’s presidency, Rogers went
into the wilderness, which might be an
advantage now, because he doesn’t carry
any Trump-era baggage. Now, Rogers is
direct and unambiguous in rejecting
Trump’s claims that he won the 2020 elec-
tion, and in condemning the violence that
followed. “Biden was lawfully elected to the
presidency,” he says. As for the Jan. 6
insurrection: “There is never a time in
American democracy when violence accom-
plishes what you want. … It is giving up on
our Constitution when you storm the Capi-
tol to try to change an election.”
For Republicans such as Rogers and a
half-dozen others who oppose Trump, the
political rationale is simple math. To win in
2024, Trump would likely have to win some
combination of six battleground states he
lost in 2020 — Arizona, Georgia, Michigan,
Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
Trump-backed candidates did poorly in
most of those states this month. Republi-
cans who want to regain the White House
can count the numbers.
Republicans who have heard Rogers’s
recent speeches in Iowa, New Hampshire
and South Carolina all say pretty much the
same thing. The beefy ex-FBI agent is good
at retail politics. When he talks about the
problems of manufacturing workers, he has
the advantage of actually having worked on
an assembly line. When he warns about the
competitive threat from China, he speaks as
a former Intelligence Committee chairman
and now as chairman of Mitre Corp., a
government-backed defense think tank.
When Republicans talk about 2024, Rog-
ers “should definitely be in the conversa-
tion, no question about it,” says Van Hipp, a
former chairman of the South Carolina
Republican Party who invited Rogers to
speak last month at Wofford College in
Spartanburg. A New Hampshire Republi-
can campaign consultant who heard Rogers
speak at St. Anselm College in Manchester
this month said the audience reacted warm-
ly and it was a relief that “it wasn’t about
party infighting.”
Rogers’s New Hampshire speech was two
days after midterm elections, and he told a
story about fighting organized crime back
in his FBI days that concluded with the
punch line: “There’s nothing like a good
beating to keep the family together.” Rogers
and the many other might-be candidates
are hoping that after getting roughed up
this month, the Republican family will turn
to a candidate who can re-create some of the
party unity that was shattered during the
Trump years.
Supporters of William Ruto march in the Kibera neighborhood of Nairobi on Sept. 5.
KEITH B. RICHBURG
The democracy progress you
may have missed — everywhere
hong kong
T
here’s been so much bleak news
about the global rollback of de-
mocracy in recent years that it
makes sense to pause and take
note of some positive — and perhaps
overlooked — signs.
I’m not talking about the defeat of
extremist candidates and election de-
niers in the U.S. midterms, or the loss of
extremist president and climate-
change denier Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil,
though those were both welcome devel-
opments. I’m talking about other prom-
ising green shoots of democracy that
may have gone unnoticed in the cascade
of daily news.
Let’s start in Kenya, where I was The
Post’s bureau chief in the early 1990s. In
September, William Ruto was sworn in
as president after a hard-fought cam-
paign and a razor-thin victory against
longtime opposition stalwart Raila
Odinga. Odinga cried foul and claimed
the election was rigged, but Ruto’s win
was unanimously upheld by Kenya’s
Supreme Court.
What was most remarkable is that,
despite some predictions of chaos, the
election was largely peaceful. Most Ken-
yans accepted the result and the court’s
affirmation, and the transfer of power
was mostly drama-free.
Ethnic-based violence had been a
hallmark of Kenyan elections since mul-
tiparty rule returned in 1990, culminat-
ing in the bloody post-election conflict
of 2007-2008, in which some 1,200 were
killed and 300,000 displaced. That con-
vulsion of bloodletting led Kenya to
institute a series of reforms, such as
bolstering the judiciary, greater use of
technology (including a biometric vot-
ing registry) and setting up an inde-
pendent election commission.
The election commission and Su-
preme Court showed their teeth when
they nullified a presidential election in
KATHLEEN PARKER
I’m haunted and redeemed by holidays past
A
visit to Lowe’s shortly before
Halloween was a preview of
hell. Everywhere I turned, I saw
decorations for Halloween,
Thanksgiving and Christmas all merged
into a torture chamber bedecked with
lighted trees, inflatable grinches, pump-
kins, scarecrows and turkey fryers.
I buried my head in a vat of fake
snowflakes and screamed.
Soon, I figure, we’ll have no breaks
between our celebrations and stores will
be brimming all year with New Year’s
Eve confetti, Valentine’s hearts, Easter
baskets, red-white-and-blues for Memo-
rial Day, the Fourth of July, Labor Day —
and gifts, gifts, gifts.
The effect of so much giving-and-re-
ceiving in the so-called spirit of the
season is that no season is special. What,
after all, is more depressing than a
year-round Christmas store? I know, I
know, starving puppies.
Don’t get me wrong: I love special
occasions as much as anyone and enjoy
decorating as much as the next maxi-
malist. But to all things there is a
season. We don’t have time to enjoy one
season before the next one is banging at
the door. It’s all exhausting and deplet-
ing, which is why so many of us love
Thanksgiving.
For me, it’s the day I most associate
with my father, the Ghost of Thanksgiv-
ings Past and my only parent during
much of my childhood. No one loved the
day more than J. Hal Connor, a.k.a.
Popsie.
Sometimes married, sometimes not,
he was always the chef, and the kitchen
his beloved domain. Whenever I think
of him, he’s always in the kitchen. His
“happy place,” a term he would have
despised, was spectacular in a dream-
EZ RE
2017, forcing a rerun. This year, the
election commission was beset by inter-
nal squabbling. But the results were
counted quickly and transparently, the
institutions worked, and the guardrails
held. Kenya took an important step
toward becoming a more mature de-
mocracy — and a model Africa badly
needs.
Elsewhere on the continent, in Sen-
egal in July, voters denied the ruling
coalition an absolute majority in parlia-
ment, forcing the government camp to
put together a one-seat majority with
the support of a single politician whose
party won a sole seat. In Angola, the
ruling MPLA and the opposition UNITA
parties — longtime rivals from the
country’s decades-long civil war — held
their closest and most competitive elec-
tion contest ever. President João Lou-
renço retained power, but with a re-
duced majority in parliament after a
contest deemed largely free and fair.
During my time in Africa, the conti-
nent had about as many military coups
as elections. But now, even autocrats try
to legitimize their rule regularly
through the ballot box.
Here in Asia, Malaysians went to the
polls on Saturday for a snap election in
which, for the first time since the coun-
try’s independence in 1957, no party or
coalition won a majority.
Notable ahead of the vote was that
former prime minister Najib Razak,
once considered the “kingmaker” in
Malaysian politics, is sitting in a prison
cell. In July, Najib lost a final appeal of
his 2020 convictions on a raft of charges
— including money laundering and
abuse of power — related to looting of
the state-owned 1MBD investment
fund.
Malaysians were surprised, and jubi-
lant, that the courts both sentenced
Najib to 12 years and denied his appeal,
making him the most prominent South-
driven way. It contained all his favorite
things and was arranged for conversa-
tion over-seasoned with jokes and
laughter.
The room was big enough for a large
fireplace and indoor grill built into a
recessed space along one wall. Furnish-
ings included a hand-hewn rocking
chair, a lazy Susan table, and two comfy
club chairs for (and only for) Bandit and
Nero, his dogs. An oversized butcher
block that he had coaxed from a local
grocer was the room’s centerpiece.
I see him standing at his cooking
island, his Command Central, which
was crowned with a gleaming copper
hood. Did I mention that he had obses-
sive-compulsive disorder? We know
that now, but at the time no one recog-
nized his perfectly sharpened No. 1
Mirado pencils as such. They were al-
ways sharp — when did he do this? —
and ready for his daily crossword puzzle
and housed in a sterling cup engraved
with the words, “Young Man of the Year.”
J. Hal’s preparations for Thanksgiv-
ing began days in advance, beginning
with his purchase of a special-order
turkey that was comparable in size to a
sack of soccer balls. Said bird would be
lovingly massaged with butter, salt and
pepper. He buttered and seasoned the
turkey inside as well and made sure to
slather beneath the wings and legs. Into
the cavity went a whole onion, an apple
and orange, and stuffing made from
Pepperidge Farm breading mixed with
celery, onion, assorted giblets, poultry
seasoning and broth. I told you it was
big.
He put the bird in the oven at 2 a.m. on
Thanksgiving Day for a long, slow roast
at 200 degrees. This meant staying up all
night, of course, which was accom-
BEN CURTIS/ASSOCIATED PRESS
east Asian leader to be imprisoned for
corruption. Many expected him to avoid
prison, perhaps through a royal pardon.
His conviction and jailing created a new
era of uncertainty in Malaysian politics.
Meanwhile, in Indonesia, popular
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo
squashed speculation this year that he
was angling to change the country’s
constitution and try to remain in office
for a third five-year term, as some of his
supporters had suggested. Potential
successors are angling already for elec-
tions scheduled for 2024.
Twenty-four years ago, I covered the
growing popular protest movement in
Indonesia that led to the fall of the
longtime dictator Suharto and his “New
Order” regime. Nearly a quarter-century
later, Indonesia — the world’s most-
populous Muslim-majority country — is
Southeast Asia’s most entrenched de-
mocracy.
In the Philippines, where I lived in
the 1980s, many were dismayed this
summer by the prospect of Ferdinand
Marcos Jr., son and namesake of the late
dictator, being elected president. He
campaigned on vague promises and a
social media strategy, mostly on Face-
book and TikTok, that largely succeeded
in whitewashing his family’s corrupt
history.
But Marcos won in a landslide, and
the losing candidate, Leni Robredo, the
former vice president, was gracious in
defeat, telling her supporters, “We need
to accept the majority’s decision.” Her
concession was a model that should be
emulated elsewhere, including in the
United States.
The rise of authoritarianism around
the globe needs to be confronted. But
let’s pause a moment to acknowledge
some democratic successes. Institu-
tions do work. Guardrails can hold. And
predictions of democracy’s demise may
be, at best, premature.
plished with the aid of adult beverages
and “ciggy-poos,” as his daughters called
them when bumming from dear ol’ dad.
For all we knew, he was holding seances
out there in the kitchen and burning his
favorite incense, “Campfire Memories,”
which reminded him of campouts with
his father way back when in northern
Illinois.
When the turkey emerged from the
oven a golden brown that can only be
duplicated by God or Photoshop, the
chef placed it on his butcher block with
the reverence of someone placing an
offering on an altar, there to rest until
dinnertime.
But first, the gravy!
His was no ordinary gravy. It was
labor-intensive, requiring endless stir-
ring and patience, a consortium of gib-
lets that had stewed for hours, a loaf of
white bread for frequent tasting, and
grease. It was, to borrow one of his
favorite words, scrumptious, and prob-
ably lethal, too. I suspect his gravy, along
with other World War II-era “delicacies,”
contributed to his first heart attack at
50 and his last one at 72.
I can’t match his talents in the kitch-
en, nor would I try. I gave up ciggy-poos
long ago and can’t match his tolerance
for long, haunted nights. But I’m grate-
ful that his spirit persists in haunting
me about this time each year, and that
his kitchen remains a memory filled
with love, laughter — and the occasional
provocation. Nothing’s perfect.
The importance of such rituals can’t
be overestimated nor more longingly
missed when gone. This is the reason for
rituals after all — to invite new genera-
tions to become part of the memories
they’ll look back on and someday re-
member how much they were loved.
A19
CATHERINE RAMPELL
The debt
ceiling is
falling in
on Congress
he best time to raise (or, better yet,
eliminate) the federal debt ceiling
was yesterday. The second-best
time: today.
Our alarmingly complacent Congress in-
stead behaves as though the task can be left
to some faraway tomorrow. Unfortunately,
that tomorrow might arrive much quicker
than lawmakers realize.
The debt limit is the amount Uncle Sam
can legally borrow to pay off whatever bills
past Congresses already committed to. It is
unclear exactly when the federal govern-
ment might exhaust all available tools for
meeting these obligations in full and on
time. Among the very bad consequences of a
potential default: a violation of the Consti-
tution; difficulty fulfilling basic govern-
ment functions, such as paying out Social
Security benefits and military salaries; and
higher borrowing costs for the U.S. govern-
ment, which would lose its reputation as the
safest of safe borrowers.
Also, perhaps a global financial crisis.
Lawmakers have assumed their deadline
to act was the third quarter of 2023, at the
earliest.
But the projection for when we would hit
the ceiling, calculated by the Bipartisan
Policy Center, was released this past June.
There have since been several major eco-
nomic and policy developments that might
move up the drop-dead deadline.
First, inflation has persisted at high lev-
els for longer than expected, which has
prompted the Federal Reserve to raise in-
terest rates more aggressively. Fed Chair
Jerome H. Powell has also signaled that the
central bank might continue raising rates
until they reach a higher final level than
had previously been projected.
Higher interest rates make it more ex-
pensive for everyone to borrow, Uncle Sam
included. This would drive up federal debts
more quickly.
Second, the economic outlook has dark-
ened considerably in recent months. Econo-
mists surveyed recently by the Wall Street
Journal put the chances of a recession in the
next 12 months at 63 percent, up nearly
20 points from their June predictions. Some
other major economies have already likely
entered recession, which could spill over
into the United States.
This, too, would lead the federal govern-
ment to accumulate debt more quickly,
because of how recessions affect both sides
of the ledger.
During economic downturns, tax rev-
enue generally falls because people and
companies make less money, and so end up
paying less in taxes. Additionally, even if
Congress doesn’t pass any additional relief
or stimulus bills, federal spending obliga-
tions are likely to rise. That’s because job
losses make more people eligible for safety-
net programs such as unemployment ben-
efits, food stamps and Medicaid.
(To be clear, it’s a good thing that various
forms of aid kick in automatically when
people are suffering, given how dysfunc-
tional and slow Congress is. Unfortunately,
the debt ceiling does not also automatically
adjust to changing macroeconomic condi-
tions.)
There’s also the extension of the student
loan repayment pause.
This forbearance program began in
March 2020, when Donald Trump was pres-
ident, and has been extended many times.
When the Bipartisan Policy Center released
its most recent “X Date” projection for when
we’ll stop being able to pay all our bills, the
pause had been scheduled to end on
Sept. 1, 2022. So that was the date the center
had used in its calculations, according to
economic policy director Shai Akabas.
President Biden then extended the pay-
ment freeze until Dec. 31. On Tuesday, he
announced another extension while the
courts resolve ongoing lawsuits blocking
the administration’s (separate) debt for-
giveness program.
This, too, would mean less revenue flow-
ing in.
“The bottom line is that I would not be
surprised if, on net, the situation has deteri-
orated somewhat from when we made our
projection this past June,” Akabas told me.
How much earlier Uncle Sam might run out
of cash remains unknown. The Bipartisan
Policy Center is waiting to announce a new
projection until the Congressional Budget
Office releases a new budget baseline in
January.
Meanwhile, senior Republicans in Con-
gress have threatened to take the debt limit
hostage next year, when their party regains
control of the House. Republicans have
pulled similar stunts before, leading the
country dangerously close to default. Since
then, the GOP has become even less teth-
ered to reality; and with its razor-thin ma-
jority, each and every nutjob will be even
more empowered to tank the economy un-
less the entire Congress and Biden accept
their demands.
All of these factors argue in favor of
addressing the debt limit sooner rather
than later — ideally during the lame-duck
session.
Unfortunately, leadership in both parties
has thrown cold water on that plan. In a
Sunday interview, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries
(D-N.Y.), who’s expected to soon lead his
caucus in the House, was noncommittal
about whether Democrats wanted to raise
the debt limit before the power handoff.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell
(R-Ky.) recently said the issue would prob-
ably not be addressed until “sometime next
year.”
Meanwhile, the clock on this time bomb
is ticking — and speeding up.
A20
For rivals Japan and China, the new space race is about removing junk
BY M ICHELLE Y E H EE L EE
AND L ILY K UO
tokyo — When China success-
fully towed a dead satellite into a
“graveyard orbit” this year, it
alarmed experts in Japan who
have been trying to put their
country at the forefront of the
world’s expanding market in
space-junk removal.
Some interpreted the Chinese
feat as a demonstration of an
orbit-offensive capability — the
ability to make unwelcome, close
approaches to other satellites.
The technology involved is a pre-
cursor to what Japan is racing to
build.
With commercial space activi-
ties taking off, the amount of junk
orbiting the planet poses an in-
creasing threat of collisions.
Companies around the globe are
working to develop the means to
send this junk tumbling toward
Earth so it will burn up in the
extreme temperatures of reentry.
No rules govern who is respon-
sible for cleanup — or space-
debris mitigation, as it is called —
but Japan intends to play a key
role in their development. The
nation has stepped up coopera-
tion with the United States in
response to China’s growing
space capabilities.
“In space, Japan has always
been a country of second gear.
The first gear was always the
United States, Soviet Union and,
recently, China,” said Kazuto Su-
zuki, a space policy expert at the
University of Tokyo’s Graduate
School of Public Policy. “This is a
golden opportunity for Japan, but
the time is very short.”
Low Earth orbit is full of litter.
Decades of exploration have left
thousands of pieces of now-use-
less equipment and satellites that
circle the planet at 17,500 miles
an hour. Some are the size of a
marble, others as big as a school
bus.
Dealing with space debris re-
quires cooperation and trust
among countries, especially the
top polluters — the United States,
China and Russia. But that has
been in short supply given the icy
state of relations between Wash-
ington and both Beijing and Mos-
cow. In 2021, the Chinese accused
White House touts omicron-specific boosters ahead of feared covid wave
BY F RANCES S TEAD S ELLERS
AND A RIANA E UNJUNG C HA
The White House on Tuesday
announced a six-week push ahead
of the winter travel season to in-
crease booster uptake in seniors,
minority communities and rural
areas — all of which have dispro-
portionately suffered severe dis-
ease and death during the corona-
virus pandemic.
Anthony S. Fauci, who serves as
President Biden’s chief medical
adviser, emphasized that vaccine
effectiveness wanes over time and
that the coronavirus is an unusual
foe because of the emergence of
new variants every few months.
He pointed to data released Tues-
day by the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention showing
that the recently authorized
omicron-specific boosters protect
against new variants.
“It is clear now, despite an ini-
tial bit of confusion,” he said.
Fauci — in his last briefing be-
fore his planned retirement in De-
cember, after more than four dec-
ades in government fighting HIV/
AIDS and Ebola and serving as the
U.S. appeals court grills Trump lawyer over FBI search of Mar-a-Lago
BY P ERRY S TEIN
atlanta — A panel of three ap-
peals court judges expressed deep
skepticism Tuesday that the feder-
al government violated former
president Donald Trump’s rights
when it searched Mar-a-Lago in
August, questioning whether a
lower-court judge erred in ap-
pointing an outside expert to re-
view documents seized from the
Florida property.
During oral arguments at the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th
Circuit, the government said the
neutral arbiter, known as a special
master, should never have been
appointed. Justice Department at-
torney Sopan Joshi told judges
Trump failed to prove that he suf-
fered the “irreparable harm” from
the FBI search that would legally
necessitate a special master. Joshi
called the appointment an “intru-
sion” on the executive branch.
In response, James Trusty, an
attorney for Trump, argued that a
special master appointment
didn’t significantly hamper the
criminal investigation of potential
mishandling of classified docu-
ments, obstruction and destruc-
tion of government property.
Trusty said that during the “carte
A rocket carrying the space lab module Mengtian blasts off Oct. 31 from Wenchang Satellite Launch Center in China’s Hainan province.
the United States of violating
international treaty obligations
after their space station had to
maneuver to avoid crashing into
Starlink satellites operated by
Elon Musk’s SpaceX company.
Collaboration on this issue
“only works if the countries are
willing to put international inter-
ests ahead of their own paranoia
about military concerns, and it’s
not clear that China is, and the
U.S. is definitely not,” said Jona-
than McDowell, an astrophysicist
at the Harvard-Smithsonian Cen-
ter for Astrophysics.
“The problem is there’s no in-
ternational air traffic controller
for space,” he added.
Though U.S. efforts on mitiga-
tion are still nascent, Japan is
moving forward fast. Its Aero-
space Exploration Agency has
face of the scientific community
during the coronavirus pandemic
— urged the public to get their
shots: “The final message I give
you from this podium is that
please, for your own safety, for that
of your family, get your updated
covid-19 shot as soon as you’re
eligible.”
The Biden administration has
faced growing frustration over its
bivalent booster rollout.
The United States spent nearly
$5 billion to buy 171 million biva-
lent booster doses from Pfizer and
its German partner BioNTech and
from Moderna. But efforts to mar-
ket the shots to the American pub-
lic have been limited, and booster
uptake has remained sluggish
since they were approved Aug. 31.
The CDC estimates that only
about 11 percent of people 5 and
older have received a bivalent
booster.
The new CDC study represents
the first published estimates of
efficacy based on real-world data
for the bivalent booster shots. Pre-
vious studies have measured
whether the bivalent vaccines in-
crease the levels of virus-blocking
blanche” Aug. 8 search of Trump’s
home and private club, agents
wrongly took personal items in-
cluding golf shirts and a photo of
singer Celine Dion.
But that argument didn’t seem
to win over the judges, who repeat-
edly said Trump’s team has not
proved that he needs these items
returned to him or that the search
was an overreach. Chief Judge
William H. Pryor Jr. voiced con-
cern about the precedent the case
could create by allowing the target
of a search warrant to go into court
and request a special master that
could interfere with an executive
branch investigation before an in-
dictment is ever issued.
A judge directly asked Trusty if
anyone who is the subject of a
federal search should be allowed
to request a special master. Trusty
responded that this search is
unique, saying Trump is a “politi-
cal rival” of the sitting president.
Pryor also seemed to criticize
Trump’s team for asking for a spe-
cial master without proving that
the search was illegal.
“If you can’t establish that it was
unlawful,” he said, “then what are
we doing here?”
The special master case origi-
nated in the Florida courtroom of
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joined with Astroscale, a compa-
ny headquartered in Tokyo, to
complete the world’s first debris-
removal mission and offer rou-
tine removal services by 2030.
Astroscale also is developing
technologies to refuel and repair
satellites in orbit, which would
prevent their becoming obsolete
as quickly and help extend their
life spans. Those same technol-
ogies would allow Astroscale’s
missions to refuel in space and so
each time remove more debris.
“Space is big, but the orbits
around the Earth are not. The
highways that we are using are
limited,” said Chris Blackerby, a
former NASA official who is As-
troscale’s chief operating officer.
“So if we keep putting stuff up
there and leaving it up there,
there is going to be an accident.
antibodies in people’s blood.
Tuesday’s findings confirmed
the importance of getting a new
shot to boost immunity against
the coronavirus as it continues to
evolve and produce immune-
evading variants. Last winter’s
omicron wave made the original
monovalent mRNA vaccines less
effective against symptomatic in-
fection, prompting a race to create
new vaccines that incorporated
components from the omicron
strains, BA.4 and BA.5. The new
boosters — the only shots avail-
able at pharmacies and doctors’
offices across the country — ap-
pear to offer only a modest in-
crease in protection against infec-
tion.
“This is a tremendous volume
of data in a short period of time,”
said Francesca Beaudoin, a clini-
cal epidemiologist at Brown Uni-
versity. Overall, she said, the study
shows “there is a real but very
modest benefit to the bivalent vac-
cine among people who have al-
ready been vaccinated, who are
healthy and who show up” for
shots.
But Beaudoin and others de-
U.S. Judge Aileen M. Cannon, who
sided with Trump in September by
appointing a special master and
barring the Justice Department
from using the seized materials —
including 103 documents marked
as classified — until the outside
examination concluded. She or-
dered the special master to deter-
mine if any of the documents
should be shielded from criminal
investigators because Trump
could rightfully claim certain priv-
ileges over them.
Pryor and Judges Andrew L.
Brasher and Britt C. Grant heard
the appeal Tuesday of Cannon’s
decision. Pryor, the former attor-
ney general of Alabama, was nom-
inated by President George W.
Bush. Brasher and Grant are
Trump nominees and were on the
three-judge panel that ruled
against Trump earlier this fall on
limited aspects of the special mas-
ter appointment.
Joshi, who argued Tuesday’s
case for the Justice Department, is
a former clerk for Supreme Court
Justice Antonin Scalia, a conserva-
tive, and now works in the solici-
tor general’s office. This is the first
time the Justice Department has
used a lawyer from the solicitor
general’s office in the special mas-
HU ZHIXUAN/XINHUA NEWS AGENCY/ASSOCIATED PRESS
It’s not a matter of if, it’s a matter
of when. We have to reduce that
risk.”
By working with Astroscale,
the Japanese government is try-
ing to create standards for com-
panies and countries to follow.
Earlier this year, the government
began the process of creating
rules and regulations for entities
involved in space-debris-
removal research and missions.
The goal is to make transparency
and notification the norm, which
experts say is important to avoid
stoking suspicion between com-
petitors and possible conflict.
“Setting a precedent is a great
way to hold other countries ac-
countable,” Suzuki said. “It will —
not legally, but morally — bind
other countries. And if China, for
example, is trying to find differ-
scribed the study as “under-
whelming” because it does not
shed light on key questions such as
the ability of the new boosters to
protect against severe disease.
That raises questions about the
goal of the bivalent vaccines, said
Paul Offit, director of the vaccine
education center and professor of
pediatrics in the infectious diseas-
es division at Children’s Hospital
of Philadelphia.
“The only reasonable goal is to
prevent serious illness — a goal
that has largely been reached with
monovalent vaccines,” said Offit,
who has previously expressed
skepticism about booster shots.
“We are still waiting for one shred
of evidence that this bivalent vac-
cine or any bivalent is better than
what we had.”
Meanwhile, the virus continues
to evolve so fast that the BA.4 and
BA.5 variants are no longer domi-
nant.
“This should be a cautionary
tale for what happens when you
try to chase these variants,” Offit
said.
Ashish Jha, the White House
coronavirus response coordina-
ter proceedings, a sign that the
government views the appeal as
an important case that could
reach the Supreme Court.
Chris Kise, a Trump defense
attorney who has previously ar-
gued on behalf of Trump in the
special master proceedings, was
not present for the hearing.
While the judges seemed more
receptive to the Justice Depart-
ment’s arguments than to Trusty’s,
they also openly debated whether
they had the proper jurisdiction to
overturn the lower court’s entire
ruling and dismiss the special
master — peppering Joshi with
questions about their authority in
this case.
But while Trump’s lawyers
raised the jurisdictional issue in a
previous filing about the special
master, Trusty did not focus on the
matter in his argument Tuesday.
The judges criticized Trump’s
team for seemingly making differ-
ent arguments in different venues.
For instance, in a recent filing to
the appeals court, Trump’s team
argued that, under the Presiden-
tial Records Act, the former presi-
dent had the right to deem presi-
dential records as personal ones —
thus allowing him to rightfully
possess former White House rec-
THE WASHINGTON POST
ent ways to approach this, then
China might need to explain why
China is doing something differ-
ent from what Japan did.”
Companies in North America,
Europe and Australia are in pur-
suit. In the United States, where a
recent FCC decision cut the rule
for “de-orbiting” satellites post-
mission from 25 years to five,
both Lockheed Martin and Ray-
theon are engaged. Obruta Space
Solutions in Canada is contracted
with that country’s space agency
to develop debris-removal tech-
nology. The Swiss start-up Clear-
Space is working with the Euro-
pean Space Agency to do the
same.
Chinese companies are also
focusing on the issue. Origin
Space, a space-mining start-up
based in Shenzhen, last year
tor, said at Tuesday’s news briefing
that updated vaccines probably
will be required at some point next
year. A universal vaccine that tar-
gets all variants is necessary for
long-term management of the cor-
onavirus pandemic, he said.
“We are at a point where this
virus continues to evolve very, very
rapidly,” Jha said.
The United States is falling be-
hind in some technologies related
to viruses and more resources are
needed, Jha said. “All I can say is
Congress needs to do its job and
step up and protect the American
people.”
The CDC study, which drew on
data from the Increasing Commu-
nity Access to Testing program —
designed to make testing more
available in areas with high social
vulnerability — included more
than 350,000 tests at almost
10,000 retail pharmacies between
Sept. 14 and Nov. 11, among adults
who reported symptoms consis-
tent with covid-19. At registration,
participants reported their vacci-
nation history, current symptoms
and previous infection.
The CDC researchers then cal-
ords at Mar-a-Lago.
Trusty did not delve deeply into
that argument Tuesday, either. But
he did introduce a new one, saying
that the warrant used to search
Mar-a-Lago was a “general war-
rant” that was too broad. Joshi
disputed that characterization
and said the court-approved war-
rant was for specific materials and
only allowed a search of specific
parts of Mar-a-Lago.
On Tuesday, Trump’s lawyers
also asked Cannon to release an
unredacted version of the affidavit
that investigators used to con-
vince a judge to grant the search
warrant. A redacted version has
already been released, and
Trump’s lawyers argued that see-
ing the full version would help
them understand how investiga-
tors justified this “impermissibly
broad search.”
The Justice Department’s earli-
er appeal of parts of the special
master decision allowed the gov-
ernment to immediately resume
using the classified documents in
its criminal investigation. This lat-
est appeal is asking the court to
overturn the appointment of the
special master, which would end
the review process and give pros-
ecutors access to 13,000 docu-
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launched a prototype of a robot
that can snag space debris with a
large net.
The greatest need for cleanup
soon could be China’s. The coun-
try, which put up its first satellite
only in 1970, aims to become a
global space power by 2045. And
with more than 500 satellites in
orbit as of April, more rocket
launches than any other country
for several years, construction of
its own space station and a
burgeoning commercial space
industry, it is poised to leave
more debris behind than others.
In 2007, Beijing launched a
ballistic missile at one of its de-
funct weather satellites. The im-
pact created the largest cloud of
space debris ever, and many of
the more than 3,000 remnants
will stay in orbit for decades.
Yet the country quietly
achieved a milestone in debris
mitigation this January when its
Shijian 21 satellite reached that
defunct satellite, docked with it
and then towed it into what is
known as a disposal orbit, far
away from regular operational
orbits. China notified the U.N.
Office for space Affairs in advance
of its action, which Suzuki called
a good sign that Beijing recogniz-
es the importance of transparen-
cy in these efforts.
On space-debris removal,
China has supported and fol-
lowed guidelines from the U.N.
office and the Inter-Agency
Space Debris Coordination
Committee. In May 2021, for
example, the government pub-
lished new management stan-
dards for small satellites that
require operators to submit
plans for de-orbiting them, plus
detailed safety measures in the
case of malfunctions.
“China’s ambition is to be
treated with respect and to be
seen as an equal to the United
States,” McDowell said. “There
are areas like active debris remov-
al where the U.S. has really
dropped the ball, and there’s an
opening for China to take the
leadership.”
Kuo reported from Taiwan. Vic Chiang
in Taipei, Taiwan, and Julia Mio
Inuma in Tokyo contributed to this
report.
culated vaccine effectiveness, the
measure used to establish the re-
duction of disease among vacci-
nated people compared with those
who are unvaccinated. The study
found that bivalent boosters pro-
vided significant additional pro-
tection against symptomatic in-
fection in people who had already
received at least two shots of the
monovalent vaccine. The benefit
of the bivalent boosters increased
with more time passed since a
person’s last monovalent shot.
Celine Gounder, an infectious-
disease specialist and senior fel-
low at the Kaiser Family Founda-
tion, also noted that the study does
not address the question that has
shaped the Biden administration’s
recent strategy.
“It doesn’t show the bivalents
are better than the original boost-
ers,” Gounder said.
But most people are asking a
more basic question — “Should I
get a booster?” — and the new
study confirms the answer,
Gounder said: “Get it.”
Carolyn Y. Johnson contributed to this
report.
ments that are not marked as clas-
sified.
Raymond J. Dearie, a former
chief federal judge in New York
who was appointed to sort
through the documents, is expect-
ed to complete the review next
month.
Trusty said Tuesday that the
two sides have been discussing
which material should be shielded
from investigators and still dis-
agree on the fate of 930 docu-
ments. Any recommendation to
shield or not shield documents
would have to be approved by
Cannon, unless the special master
appointment is overturned.
Trusty objected to Justice De-
partment claims that the special
master review is slowing down the
criminal investigation, noting
that Attorney General Merrick
Garland’s decision Friday to ap-
point a special counsel to oversee
the probe suggests that it will not
be wrapped up imminently.
Joshi disagreed and said that he
expects there will be objections to
Dearie’s determinations, which
could result in appeals and
months of delays.
“Delay is fatal to vindication of
the law,” Joshi said. “And that ap-
plies in spades here.”
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Mobile
sports
wagers
launch
BETTING APPS OPEN
FOR BUSINESS IN MD.
Despite delays, Hogan
hails revenue potential

BY E RIN C OX

Maryland’s mobile sports bet-

ting industry will launch Wednes-
day morning after a years-long
delay — just in time for a bonanza
of pro and college football games
and World Cup soccer action.
Regulators approved seven
apps to start taking wagers any-
where within the state’s borders
beginning at 9 a.m. Wednesday.
Many companies, including sev-
eral industry leaders dominant in
other states, started offering
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‘I will never see my daughter again’

tomers to sign up. Some have
promised $1,000 in free bets to
people who lose on their first
wager.
The crowded and highly com-
Fatal shooting of a high school senior with college ambitions devastates a mother, family and educators petitive sports betting industry
has led companies to spend bil-
lions in marketing and freebies
BY O MARI D ANIELS student fatally shot in a Hilton Garden Inn in rushing to be gamblers’ favorite
Northeast Washington. in new markets. Maryland placed
As far as Toni Cole knew, her daughter was Police have described her death as a no limit on how much cash the
supposed to go to the movies Saturday — and homicide and said they are seeking a person companies can give away to at-
she had asked permission about staying the of interest. In recent months, several teens — tract new customers in their first
night at a friend’s house. Cole said she last including some under 18 — have been shot in year, state officials said.
talked to 18-year-old Akira Wilson about the District, including a 15-year-old who was Virginia bettors already have a
8:35 p.m., and the two were supposed to shot and wounded aboard a Metro train and suite of options, including some
connect a bit later. another 15-year-old who was shot and killed companies that will soon operate
Cole said she dozed off, and she had a bad while sitting on a porch. in Maryland too. D.C.’s publicly
feeling when she woke up about 2½ hours “I want my daughter so bad. It’s so hard managed platform — the region’s
later and couldn’t reach her daughter. By that because, being a mother, anything she need- first to launch after the Supreme
time, police had found the high school SEE HOMICIDE ON B2 Court ruled in 2018 that states
could legalize sports gambling —
TOP: Roughly 100 people who knew Akira Wilson, 18, gather Tuesday near D.C.’s Jackson-Reed High School, where Wilson attended, to has drawn gripes from consum-
release balloons in celebration of her life. ABOVE: Wilson’s mother, Toni Cole, called her daughter her best friend. ers.
Maryland voters approved
sports gambling in 2020 in a land-
slide, but it took more than two
years to award the licenses letting
patrons wager on their phones,

Silver Line extension helps Dulles Airport’s makeover take o≠
BY L ORI A RATANI
Throughout the years as Dulles
International Airport grew, ex-
panding its terminal, adding a
runway and building a new con-
trol tower, a strip of grass in the
Dulles Toll Road median that was
set aside for a rail line sat mostly
untouched.
As the airport celebrates its
60th anniversary this month and
prepares for its most ambitious
makeover in more than a decade,
the last piece of that original vi-
sion fell into place in time for
Thanksgiving travel.
The airport’s new Metro station
is the busiest of the six that
opened a week ago, according to
the transit agency, fueled by a
rush of travelers during the start
of the bustling holiday season.
After several tumultuous years of
New Metro station sees
rush of travelers during
start of holiday season
planning and construction, the
project’s handover to Metro is al-
lowing airport officials to focus on
the next phase of Dulles’s future —
one buoyed by the rail line and
plans for a new concourse while
shifting beyond the pandemic.
Officials at the Metropolitan
Washington Airports Authority,
which oversaw the Silver Line’s
construction and manages Dulles
and Reagan National airports,
said in a statement that they are
“pleased at how quickly custom-
ers have embraced the new Silver
Line and incorporated the train
into their holiday airport travel
plans.”
The Dulles station recorded
about 7,700 passenger trips dur-
ing its first six days of operation,
accounting for about one-third of
23,300 trips at the new stations.
Metro typically reports ridership
based on where passengers enter
the system, but it is monitoring
entries and exits along the new
stations to better understand
travel habits.
By comparison, Metro’s Reagan
National Airport station recorded
20,372 entries over the same peri-
od. The number of trips that end-
ed at the airport was just over
19,900, compared with about
8,400 at Dulles in those six days.
“We were happy to open the
Silver Line for our customers be-
fore the Thanksgiving holiday
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one of the slowest launches in the
country and the last in the region.
The tax proceeds, estimated to be
$30 million next year, will go to
the state’s fund for education.
“The process took longer than
it should have,” Maryland Gov.
Larry Hogan (R) said at a news
conference, laying blame on a
complex bureaucracy created by
state lawmakers. He noted that
the new industry could bring in as
much as $100 million per year by
2027 — money that could have
gone elsewhere. “Sports betting is
helping to keep all of these critical
dollars in the state of Maryland,”
he said.
State lawmakers wanted bet-
ting licenses to go to at least some
minority-owned companies, giv-
ing disadvantaged businesses a
foothold in what was a $4 billion
industry nationwide last year. But
that proved tricky to execute.
ERIC LEE FOR THE WASHINGTON POST
Regulators instead settled for
Travelers pass a sign for the Dulles Airport Metro station, which requiring mobile betting opera-
recorded about 7,700 trips during its first six days of operation. SEE BETTING ON B5

CECILIA MARSHALL | 1928-2022

Widow was keeper of Thurgood Marshall’s legacy
BY B ART B ARNES
Cecilia “Cissy” Marshall, a for-
mer NAACP legal secretary who
safeguarded the reputation and
legacy of her late husband, Thur-
good Marshall, a towering civil
rights lawyer who became the first
Black justice on the U.S. Supreme
Court, died Nov. 22 in Falls
Church. She was 94.
The Supreme Court announced
her death in a statement but did
not cite a cause.
The daughter of Philippine im-
migrants, Mrs. Marshall — then
known as Cissy Suyat — grew up in
Hawaii and arrived after World
War II in New York, where she
took night classes to become a
court stenographer. A clerk at an
SARAH L. VOISIN/THE WASHINGTON POST
Cecilia “Cissy” Marshall in
2016 at the Falls Church home
she shared with Supreme Court
Justice Thurgood Marshall.
employment office “saw my dark
skin, and she sent me to the na-
tional office of the NAACP,” she
told The Washington Post years
later.
Her starting pay, in 1948, was
$35 a week, but she rapidly ad-
vanced in salary and responsibili-
ties. She worked on school deseg-
regation cases for the NAACP Le-
gal Defense and Educational
Fund, typing briefs and taking
notes as lawyers rehearsed oral
arguments.
Her duties also included ac-
companying Defense Fund offi-
cers on trips to the Deep South,
where they faced down some-
times-menacing local opposition.
Once, she recalled in a govern-
ment oral history, she was riding
in a car when one passenger asked
another to open the glove com-
partment.
Inside was a Bible and a pistol.
If threatened, she recalled the
man saying, “We use the Bible
first.”
In May 1954, Thurgood Mar-
shall triumphed at the Supreme
Court as the NAACP’s lead lawyer
in Brown v. Board of Education,
the landmark ruling that out-
lawed racial segregation in U.S.
public schools. In the ensuing
months, he became distraught as
his first wife, Vivian “Buster” Bu-
rey, succumbed to lung cancer.
She died in February 1955.
Soon thereafter, Marshall “be-
gan assiduously courting” Suyat,
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I got my covid booster, and I
hope other seniors will join me
A few days ago, I
went to Accokeek
Drug & Health
Care, a wonderful
independently
owned pharmacy
Courtland not far from
Milloy where I live in
Prince George’s
County. My mission: to overcome
a long-standing needle phobia
just long enough to get that third
coronavirus booster shot.
Matthew Carroll, a pharmacist
who handles immunizations,
told a story while preparing the
jab.
A friend of his had a ticket to
the recent football game between
Ohio State and Maryland in
College Park but ended up
bedridden with the coronavirus.
The friend hadn’t gotten a third
booster, which might have
helped him avoid infection or at
least severe symptoms. “It was a
pretty bad case,” Carroll said.
The upshot of the story was
that Carroll, who is boosted, got
the ticket and enjoyed a thrilling
game. But the story also served
to distract me. By the time he
had finished telling it, I had been
boosted and had barely noticed
the jab.
I appreciated the deft touch.
Our region has an abundance of
dedicated pharmacists. But that
might not last much longer if
their workloads continue to
skyrocket. Many people are
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Police seeking person of interest in teen’s death
HOMICIDE FROM B1
ed help with, I could help,” Cole
said. “I can’t fix this, and I don’t
know how to deal with not being
able to fix this. I will never see my
daughter again.”
Cole said her daughter was a
senior at Jackson-Reed High
School. She also took math and
psychology classes at Trinity
Washington University, in hopes
of getting a jump-start on college
work, according to relatives and
the school.
Cole said her daughter hoped
to attend Florida State University
and study mortuary science. Wil-
son wanted to open her own
funeral home, which her mother
and grandmother said they were
willing to put their retirement
funds toward.
Trinity Washington University
President Pat McGuire said in a
statement that Wilson was on the
high school’s honor roll and en-
gaged with its Academy of Hospi-
tality and Tourism, and that her
death was “a great loss to her
family and her schools, as well as
the entire DC community.”
“She had a big heart and she
wanted to help whoever she
could,” Cole said. “Somebody was
selfish enough to take my daugh-
A rebu≠ed Thurgood Marshall persisted in proposing marriage
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journalist Wil Haygood wrote in
his 2015 biography “Showdown:
Thurgood Marshall and the Su-
preme Court Nomination That
Changed America.” They often left
the office together and were seen
dining in each other’s company at
Harlem restaurants. Among
NAACP staffers, it did not go un-
noticed that, at 26, she was 20
years Marshall’s junior.
He proposed marriage, but she
rebuffed him for reasons other
than age, she told The Post. “No
way,” she recalled telling him.
“People will think you are marry-
ing a foreigner.”
Interracial marriage was an es-
pecially sensitive issue then at the
NAACP. In the late 1940s, after
Executive Director Walter White
divorced his wife and married a
White woman, he faced a backlash
from White and Black people. “His
two sisters . . . excoriated him, tell-
ing him he had let the Negro race
down,” Haygood wrote of Walter
White.
But Marshall would not be de-
terred.
“I don’t care what people think.
I’m marrying you,” she remem-
bered him saying. He persisted,
and she finally accepted. They
were married Dec. 17, 1955, at an
Episcopal church in Harlem,
where Roy Wilkins, then execu-
tive secretary of the NAACP, gave
her away. The Rev. Martin Luther
King Jr. and Rosa Parks were
among the visitors to pay their
respects at the couple’s apart-
ment.
NAACP leaders had received
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Pr. George’s pharmacy keeps boosters rolling ahead of holidays
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finally seeing their doctors again
after two years — and returning
to the pharmacy with notebooks’
worth of prescriptions to be
filled.
Another pharmacist told me
that residents in some of the
poorer neighborhoods are finally
getting job opportunities but
that they often need proof of a
coronavirus vaccination to work.
“I asked one young man why he
waited so long to get his first jab,
since the shots are free,” the
pharmacist recalled, speaking on
the condition of anonymity to
discuss private conversations.
“He said the vaccine contained
trackers, and he didn’t want to
be followed. So in addition to
giving the shots and filling
prescriptions, we have to take
time to dispel myths that people
are getting from social media.”
Carroll showed me five large
containers filled with used
needles, ready for disposal. That
represented three days of giving
shots.
“We have excellent
participation in the booster
program,” he told me. “I’m really
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ter away from me. She didn’t
deserve this.”
On Tuesday, around a hundred
of Wilson’s friends, classmates
and relatives gathered by Jack-
son-Reed High School to release
balloons in her memory.
Simona Spicciani Gerhardt,
who teaches Italian at Jackson-
Reed and had Wilson as one of
her students, recalled how she
once volunteered to make and sell
2,000 individually packaged des-
serts for a field day last year.
Spicciani Gerhardt said students
on Monday organized a bake sale
to raise money to support Wil-
son’s family.
“She was a hard worker, and
that’s the spirit that I remember
and love about her,” Spicciani-
Gerhardt said.
Police have not said what they
believe sparked the shooting, and
Cole said she is at a loss to
understand how her daughter
could have ended up a homicide
victim.
She said after 12 calls to her
daughter on Saturday, she texted
Wilson, “I pray you are okay,” and
said she was “on my way” to the
friend’s house where she believed
Wilson was staying. She said an-
other relative soon told her to go
to the hotel, in the 1200 block of
When Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall took his seat at the court for the first time in 1967,
his wife, Cecilia “Cissy” Marshall, and two sons, Thurgood Jr. and John, were on hand to watch.
advance notice of the nuptials.
Only after the ceremony was the
media informed. There was little if
any public outcry.
In 1961, President John F. Ken-
nedy appointed Marshall to the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd
Circuit in New York. The couple
settled in the Washington area in
1965, when President Lyndon B.
Johnson tapped him as U.S. solici-
tor general. Marshall was named
to the Supreme Court in 1967.
The Marshalls also started a
proud of our neighbors.”
On Monday, outgoing
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R)
declared the state a leader in
coronavirus vaccinations — with
more than 1 million residents
having received the latest
booster since September.
After a poor start in 2020,
Maryland rallied in response to
the coronavirus. Mobile
loudspeakers rolled through
Prince George’s advertising the
free shots. A “cash for vax”
program persuaded more of the
resisters to get the shots. A
concerted effort by teachers,
principals, preachers and
community leaders helped dispel
myths about the vaccines.
Two years ago, seniors like
myself, 65 and older, were
leading the way on the first
series of coronavirus shots. We
had a nationwide participation
rate of 92.4 percent, according to
the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention.
In a September KFF survey,
only 8 percent of elderly people
said they had received the latest
bivalent booster shot, and only
37 percent said they intended to
get that new booster as soon as
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First Street NE.
“I don’t even remember how I
reacted because I was so angry,”
Cole said. “I didn’t want Akira in
that area.”
Wilson’s grandmother, Dawn
Perry, called the news “devastat-
ing” and said that no parent
should have to bury their own
child.
“They just came back from
Mexico on Monday, and by Satur-
day, she’s deceased,” Perry said.
“She was special and a happy
child.”
Cole said her daughter was her
best friend and “came every
morning to my room with her
arms out to give me a hug.” She
said she has only been able to go
to Wilson’s room once since her
death, and has held the 18-year-
old’s nightgown close to her
heart.
Cole said she and Wilson had
just finished student federal aid
applications and started early en-
rollment for colleges.
“I won’t be able to give her the
party that I was giving her for
graduation. I won’t be able to
travel down to her college and
decorate her room. She was going
to be her greatest, and now she
can’t,” Cole said. “I’m never going
to be okay again.”
family. Cissy Marshall took the
lead in the guidance and care of
their two sons and the manage-
ment of their home in Falls
Church while her husband was
often absent, either traveling or
working long hours.
“Who’s that man?” her son
Thurgood Jr. once said upon see-
ing a picture of his father, accord-
ing to Haygood’s book. Mrs. Mar-
shall tried to explain to her chil-
dren the importance of his work
and the sacrifices it entailed for
COURTLAND MILLOY/THE WASHINGTON POST
Pharmacist Matthew Carroll
handles immunizations at
independently owned Accokeek
Drug & Health Care in Prince
George’s County.
possible.
And yet, flu season is already
here. More than 300 people are
dying of covid-19 every day. The
Commonwealth Fund, an
independent research group,
forecasts that more than 75,000
lives might be needlessly lost in
the United States if more people
don’t follow up with the booster
shots.
I recall what Anthony S. Fauci,
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FAMILY PHOTO
Akira Wilson, above, wanted to attend Florida State University and
one day open her own funeral home, her mother, Toni Cole, said.
and friends — the result of what
Williams characterized as a gnaw-
ing “frustration with the con-
servative court and what re-
mained of the civil rights move-
ment.”
Cissy Marshall said she tried to
encourage her husband to express
himself, while also working dili-
gently to shield him from embar-
rassing social encounters.
“Once in a while he’ll explode,”
she told Williams. “I wish he
would explode more and get it out
of his system. But he keeps a lot
in.”
Cecilia Suyat was born in Pu’un-
ene, Maui, on July 20, 1928. She
was young when her mother died.
Her father, who owned a printing
business, sent her to New York to
live with relatives, in part to keep
her away from a boyfriend of
whom he disapproved because he
spoke a different Filipino dialect.
“For my father, that was a no-
no,” she told The Post. “Imagine
that? Another dialect, instead of
HENRY GRIFFIN/ASSOCIATED PRESS another race? So he said, ‘You go to
New York with your aunt and un-
cle and take some business cours-
es. And if you still love him in a
their family. He retired from the year, come back and marry him.’ ”
court in 1991 and died in 1993. She instead married Marshall.
Survivors include their sons, She told The Post they had a play-
Thurgood Marshall Jr. of Arling- fully combative relationship
ton and John Marshall of Falls based partly on the fact that he
Church; four grandchildren; and was a strapping 6-foot-2, and she
three great-grandchildren. was 4-foot-11.
In a 1998 biography, “Thurgood “How’s the weather down there,
Marshall: American Revolution- gal?” he sometimes teased her.
ary,” journalist Juan Williams “Same as up there, man,” she
wrote that, especially in Justice would answer. “I’d keep telling
Marshall’s later years, he became him: ‘I don’t care how tall you are.
known for a gruff and distant I could still beat you up. I’ll get on
manner even with staff members a chair.’ ”
the nation’s outgoing chief significantly, even though more
epidemiologist, said during a than 11,000 seniors died of the
webinar hosted by Prince coronavirus in both July and
George’s County last year: August, according to the CDC.
Getting vaccinated is not just for “I hear people say it’s just like
personal safety but also for the the flu,” Carroll said. “I tell them
safety of the community. He not to downplay the flu. It can be
echoed that sentiment during a pretty deadly. They say only a few
meeting with The Washington hundred people are dying from
Post. covid each year. I say, ‘I wouldn’t
“If you want to prevent the want to be one of them.’ ”
evolution of mutations, you’ve As the virus continues to
got to get as many people mutate, Carroll expects more-
vaccinated as quickly as effective vaccines will have to be
possible,” Fauci told The Post. “If developed. New remedies will
you have vaccine hesitancy or also be needed for a growing list
reluctance to get vaccinated, of covid symptoms and side
you’re never going to get . . . that effects. Although few in number,
blanket or umbrella of what we there have been substantiated
refer to as ‘herd immunity.’ ” reports of covid-related
Did we listen? conditions such as “hairy
As of early October, only about tongues,” “purple toes,”
105 million U.S. adults — roughly mysterious “welts” and “sores.”
40 percent of those eligible — A day after getting my booster,
had received a third shot of I began to feel a soreness in the
vaccine, according to federal arm, muscular aches and fatigue.
data. By contrast, more than Discomforting, yes. But not as
70 percent of eligible residents in bad as dying.
Britain had received their third The good news for the non-
dose. vaxxers: If someone does come
Carroll said part of the up with a remedy for hairy
problem is that many people tongue and purple toes, you’ll
think the pandemic is over. probably find it on the shelves of
Death rates are down your local pharmacy.
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Lawsuit: Bike
lane designs
violate rights
of disabled
BY I AN D UNCAN
A lawsuit filed by two disabled
women this week accuses the Dis-
trict of adopting protected bike
lane designs that make it harder
for them to find safe parking in
violation of the Americans With
Disabilities Act.
The lawsuit, filed Monday in
U.S. District Court in Washington,
is seeking to have the District
Department of Transportation re-
think its approach to designing
bike lanes and provide more ac-
cessible parking across the city.
The bike lanes at issue include
those on a stretch of 17th Street
NW in the Dupont Circle area. The
lanes run alongside the curb, sep-
arating bikes from traffic with a
line of parking spaces. The law-
suit alleges that design makes it
difficult for people who use
wheelchairs or walkers to get safe-
ly from their vehicles to the side-
walk.
“It’s dangerous,” said Theodo-
sia Robinson, 70, one of the plain-
tiffs. She uses a walker and de-
scribed close calls with cyclists.
“There has to be a safer way.”
District Department of Trans-
portation officials declined to
comment, citing the litigation.
The protected bike lanes are
favored by cycling advocates in
many cases because they create a
physical barrier of parked cars
between cyclists and moving vehi-
cles. The District plans to install
10 miles of the lanes annually for
the next three years.
But as cities have installed
them, officials and advocates have
also grappled with the obstacle
they can create for people with
disabilities.
“If not planned carefully, sepa-
rated bike lane installations can
potentially impede access to the
curb for alighting motor vehicle
passengers or transit users,” the
Federal Highway Administration
notes in a design guide.
The guide includes an example
of how the lanes can incorporate
dedicated disabled parking and
loading zones with safe crossings
to the sidewalk. Such a design
provides enough space for some-
one to deploy a wheelchair ramp
from their vehicle without having
to enter the bike lane.
The lawsuit says the District
has taken that approach in rare
instances, and includes an image
of a blue-painted parking bay next
to a bike lane on K Street NW near
4th Street NW. But it alleges that
officials have determined they are
not generally required to provide
dedicated accessible parking out-
side downtown areas.
“Without accessible parking
spaces, residents and visitors with
disabilities are forced to park in
spaces that put them at risk of
serious injury or death,” the com-
plaint alleges. “Wheelchair users
require dedicated space around
their parking spaces to ensure
their safety when entering and/or
exiting their vehicles.”
In the complaint, Robinson al-
leges she has had to rely on rides
from friends to get to appoint-
ments because of the lack of reli-
able parking. Dana Bolles, the
other plaintiff, said she accesses
her van using a wheelchair ramp
but has found since moving to the
District this year that many places
are inaccessible.
“Now, she limits her travel,”
according to the lawsuit.
Robinson and Bolles were
joined in the lawsuit by the DC
Center for Independent Living,
which provides services to people
with disabilities, and the Dupont
East Civic Action Association, a
neighborhood group that has long
tangled with bike-lane advocates.
The complaint also alleges that
the District does not have ad-
equate parking for people with
disabilities across the board,
pointing to red-capped meters
that are too close to trees, plant-
ers, bike racks and trash cans. The
complaint alleges that only 400 of
the city’s 20,000 metered parking
spaces are accessible.
Maia Goodell, a lawyer for the
plaintiffs, said the case could end
with an expert developing a plan
to ensure the District improves
accessibility while making chang-
es to existing projects.
“It’s both forward-looking and
looking to remedy some of the
things that have gone in that are
just violations of the law,” she said.
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Flocking to Bread for the City for holiday turkeys and more
“We weren’t sure
we were going to
have a
Thanksgiving,”
Zenaida Massey
John told me Thursday.
Kelly's “If it wasn’t for
Washington this place, I don’t
know what we’d
do.”
We were at
Bread for the City, a nonprofit
that helps alleviate hunger and
homelessness in the District. This
month, the charity has been
distributing instant
Thanksgiving from its two
locations, on Good Hope Road in
Southeast and here on Seventh
Street NW. People have been
lining up every day to receive a
grocery bag full of food, a $50
debit card and a turkey.
“Or a chicken, if that’s a better
option for them,” said Trazy
Collins, director of the food and
clothing programs at Bread for
the City.
Massey, who lives in Northeast,
had stood in line for two hours.
She was planning on getting a
turkey for herself and her three
children.
“I grew up in North Carolina,”
she said. “We don’t play when it
comes to eating.”
Different holidays mean
different things to different
people. Some aren’t celebrated by
everyone. But if there’s one
American holiday that’s for
everybody, it’s Thanksgiving.
“It centers on food,” Collins
said. “For those who are food-
insecure, they worry about how to
provide a Thanksgiving meal.
That’s at the top of people’s minds
starting in September and
October: making sure they can do
that for the family.”
Bread for the City helps. The
organization does a lot — it runs
medical and dental clinics,
provides legal services, operates a
diaper bank — but providing food
is central to its mission. All year
long it distributes bags of
Melvin Pearson, food rescue coordinator, left, and Trazy Collins, director of food and clothing programs, at Bread for the City on Seventh
Street NW in Washington. The charity distributes groceries, including turkeys before Thanksgiving, to District residents in need.
groceries, some 305,000 last year.
November is for turkeys.
Or it usually is, anyway. The
pandemic and supply chain
issues meant no turkeys in 2020.
Instead, Bread for the City
distributed $50 debit cards. In
2021, it distributed $75 debit
cards. This year, clients were able
to receive groceries, a turkey or
chicken, and a $50 debit card.
“This is like the ultimate
choice,” Collins said. “You have
$50 you can spend however you
want for your family’s needs at
Thanksgiving.”
Some people use the cards at
grocery stores, others to order
something from Amazon.
“The ones that always get me
are the children’s clothing stores,”
Collins said. “That really speaks
to my heart.”
On Thursday afternoon, a line
stretched from the door of Bread
for the City and down Seventh
Street NW to P Street. Inside,
volunteers from the law firm
Perkins Coie, along with
businesses Prosek and
fruits and vegetables. Today it’s
tangerines and acorn squash.
There’s stuffing, too, and
macaroni and cheese.
Bread for the City entered the
season estimating it needed
12,000 turkeys, which it gets from
a wholesaler. It quickly realized
the need was higher. By Thursday,
it had distributed 14,000. (By the
time its Holiday Helpings
program came to a close
Thursday, 16,000 birds had been
handed out. Bread for the City
had planned for Holiday Helpings
to run until Wednesday but ended
it early because of demand and
rising tensions in line.)
Collins said turkeys have been
expensive and hard to come by
this year. “We’re paying 15 to
20 percent more than I have ever
paid for turkeys wholesale,” she
said. “If they’re expensive for us to
get, just imagine how much more
expensive they are for people to
access outside the wholesale
realm.”
The aim is to give without
question, to give without
judgment. “There’s enough
judgment in this world,” said
Collins.
Too many people who don’t
have to stand in line for food
question the motives of those who
do.
“We’re not here to do that,” she
JOHN KELLY/THE WASHINGTON POST said. “We’re here to help. We can’t
help with everything, but we’re
here to lighten the load a little bit
this holiday season.”
Energetics, were filling bags and “We try to keep it as simple as
handing out turkeys. Howard possible and be as low-barrier as You can help
University students have been possible,” Collins said. “The Bread for the City is a partner in
volunteering this month, too. biggest takeaway is we are seeing The Washington Post Helping
“Howard’s been holding it people from all eight wards, from Hand, our annual fundraising
down,” said Izzy Moody, associate every corner of the city, people campaign. I hope you’ll consider
volunteer coordinator for from all different backgrounds, making a donation to this worthy
Northwest. people who have never used our group. Just go to
At the head of the line, Bread services before, people who never posthelpinghand.com.
for the City’s staff asked for basic expected to need our services but To give by mail, make a check
information: identification and are in a position this year where payable to “Bread for the City”
proof of District residency. They $50 is life-changing.” and send it to Bread for the City,
also entered demographic details The groceries vary from day to Attn: Development, 1525 Seventh
to help get a picture of whom day. Typically they include a St. NW, Washington, DC 20001.
they’re serving. combination of canned and fresh Thank you.

L O CAL DI GES T THE DISTRICT

MARYLAND
Police investigate
killing of teenage girl
Prince George’s County police
are investigating the killing of a
17-year-old girl after skeletal
remains were found in the
Takoma Park area of the county,
officials said Monday.
County police identified the
victim as Rosa Diaz-Santos of
Greenbelt. She was reported
missing Oct. 3 by a family
member after not having contact
with her family since Sept. 22,
Greenbelt police spokeswoman
Hannah Glasgow said.
Prince George’s County
detectives opened a death
investigation after remains were
found in a wooded area about
12:30 p.m. Nov. 15 near the 1600
block of Drexel Street, police said.
Police said that an autopsy
ruled the death a homicide and
that the chief medical examiner’s
office confirmed the victim’s
identity.
— Jasmine Hilton
VIRGINIA
One found dead after
house fire in Fairfax
said.
Investigators are trying to
determine the cause of the blaze.
— Dana Hedgpeth
Suspect indicted in
campus shooting
A man charged in the slayings
of two campus officers at a
private college in Rockingham
County has been indicted by a
grand jury on first-degree
murder and other counts.
Online court records show
Alexander Wyatt Campbell was
indicted Monday by a grand jury,
WHSV-TV reported.
Campbell is accused of fatally
shooting campus police officer
John Painter, 55, and college
safety officer J.J. Jefferson, 48, at
Bridgewater College in February.
The two officers were friends
who were known on the campus
as the “dynamic duo.”
Campbell, who was a student
at the school from 2013 to 2017, is
being held without bond.
A judge ruled last month that
Campbell was mentally fit to
stand trial. Campbell’s mother
told the Richmond Times-
Dispatch in February that
Campbell is mentally ill but did
Holiday giveaway gets ‘challenging,’ ends early
BY T ARA B AHRAMPOUR
The District’s largest food pan-
try shut down its Thanksgiving
turkey giveaway early for the first
time in its 30-year history, after
overwhelming demand raised
tensions and safety concerns.
Bread for the City, a nonprofit
organization that helps low-in-
come D.C. residents obtain food,
clothing, medical care, and legal
and social services, had planned
for its Holiday Helpings program
to run from Nov. 1 until Wednes-
day. But it instead ended the give-
away last week, after giving out
holiday meals to 16,000 house-
holds, at a cost of $1.6 million.
Organizers said they were not
prepared for the demand in their
first in-person Thanksgiving dis-
tribution since before the pan-
demic began — one that had in-
creased the contents of its holiday
offerings compared with previous
years.
In 2019, about 10,000 families
received a turkey and other gro-
ceries. In 2020 and 2021, Bread
for the City electronically distrib-
uted gift cards worth $50 and $75,
respectively, usable in bricks-and-
mortar or online stores. This year,
toward our staff,” said George that a theft had occurred at a
Nonprofit cites levels Jones, Bread for the City’s chief place that helps people in need.
executive. “Everyone was grin- After increasing its supplies as
of demand and tension; ning and bearing it, and we did demand rose, the organization
changes for future likely that as long as we could,” he said.
There was also a theft of 10
was left with 3,000 undistributed
turkeys, which Jones said would
$50 gift cards, Domm said. probably be distributed to other
Jones sympathized with those organizations holding giveaways.
ment officer. Domm said 1,200 to in line. “So at the end of the day,” he said,
1,500 people a day had come to “Picture [the Transportation despite the early cutoff, “it may be
the organization’s two centers, in Security Administration] and ev- that we were able to serve 19,000
Northwest and Southeast Wash- erybody trying to get a turkey to 20,000 households.”
ington. Many were seniors and from you, but the TSA line is out Jones said Bread for the City
people with disabilities. in the cold in November,” he said. will study this year’s giveaway to
“The way it was going, we just “You had to see it to understand inform how to proceed in the
couldn’t guarantee our staff ’s how intense and challenging it future, including possibly finding
safety and the safety of people in was, and if you were there, the a larger venue.
the lines, because our facility and question might have been, ‘Why In the meantime, other turkey
our staffing weren’t built to han- didn’t you stop earlier?’ ” drives in the area continued as
dle so many people,” Domm said. Clients reacted to the news on planned. The Washington Na-
So, on Thursday, the organiza- Facebook and Twitter, in English tionals co-sponsored an event to
tion cut it off. Among the factors and Spanish. Many praised the give away turkeys and bags of
that contributed to the decision program, and some said they food Monday at Nationals Park;
was an “intensity increase in the were relieved they had gotten the giveaway will continue
final days, heated words ex- their turkeys before the cutoff. Wednesday in District Heights,
changed in line and directed Several expressed indignation Md.
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not elaborate. clients received a “holiday bun-

One person who was missing
after a house fire in Northern
Virginia has been found dead,
according to local fire officials.
A Twitter posting from Fairfax
County fire officials said a two-
alarm fire occurred Monday in
the 6600 block of Pine Road near
Braddock Road, in the Lincolnia
area.
One person had been reported
missing and was found dead
inside the home, fire officials
Campbell is due in court on
Dec. 19, when a judge is expected
to set a trial date.
Campbell’s case was originally
brought in General District
Court. Following a preliminary
hearing last month, a judge
found that prosecutors had
enough evidence to establish
probable cause, which allowed
the case to be sent to a grand jury
for an indictment.
— Associated Press
dle” of turkey, other groceries and
a $50 debit card.
The organization had antici-
pated about 12,000 households
this year, but the enhanced offer-
ing, combined with increased
economic hardship, resulted in
long lines outside the centers,
with clients standing in unsea-
sonably cold weather for three to
four hours, said Ashley Domm,
Bread for the City’s head of ad-
vancement and chief develop-

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Dulles set to launch
a major makeover
DULLES FROM B1
travel period began, and early rid-
ership numbers show that the
Silver Line, and Dulles specifical-
ly, will be key ways for residents
and visitors to travel in Northern
Virginia and to and from our na-
tional capital region,” Metro Gen-
eral Manager Randy Clarke said
Tuesday in a statement.
The rail line’s opening makes
all three of the Washington re-
gion’s major airports accessible by
rail.
Dulles’s Metro station is the
latest shot of good news for an
airport looking for a revival as
international travel rebounds
more slowly from the pandemic.
Recovery has been swifter for Na-
tional and Baltimore-Washington
International Marshall airports,
which rely more heavily on do-
mestic travel.
Earlier this year, Dulles officials
announced plans for a new 14-
gate, 400,000-square-foot con-
course. In July, the airport re-
ceived $49.6 million from the in-
frastructure law to cover part of
the project’s estimated $500 mil-
lion to $800 million cost. Airport
officials said earlier this month
that they intend to apply for an
additional $180 million.
The proposed concourse would
be built above an existing
AeroTrain stop and eliminate the
need for passengers to walk long
distances or take a shuttle to their
gates. The last major expansion at
Dulles was a $3.4 billion package
of projects completed in 2011 that
expanded the main terminal and
added the automated AeroTrain
system, a fourth runway, a new
control tower and other elements.
Airports authority officials also
are eyeing the eventual replace-
ment of the C/D concourse, built
in 1985 as a temporary structure
that serves United Airlines. As
part of that process, the airport is
soliciting feedback from the pub-
lic as it updates Dulles’s master
plan, a document that guides how
the airport will grow for a future
that could include the launch of
air taxis, the return of supersonic
travel and other innovations.
VIRGINIA
Man, 61, faces charges
in 1988 rape in Fairfax
BY O LIVIA D IAZ
Fairfax County police arrested
a 61-year-old man Monday in a
1988 rape of a woman in the
Baileys Crossroads area after
matching a recent fingerprint
record and a DNA sample to
evidence recovered more than
30 years ago.
Police charged George Thom-
as Jr. with two counts of rape,
one count of sodomy and one
count of abduction.
“In this case, justice is de-
layed, but justice is not denied,”
Fairfax County Police Chief Kev-
in Davis said at a news confer-
ence about the arrest Tuesday.
Maj. Ed O’Carroll said at the
conference that the incident oc-
curred at 5195 Leesburg Pike,
when two people approached a
then-22-year-old woman and at-
tacked her.
The woman was forced into
her vehicle and driven by the
men to a secluded location in
Northern Virginia, where she
was raped, O’Carroll said. O’Car-
roll said the men then drove her
to a different location and raped
her again. The victim was able to
flee in her car, police said.
Fairfax County police collect-
ed forensic evidence, including
fingerprints found on the car.
Sketches of potential suspects
were also created, O’Carroll said.
There were no DNA matches in
the case for decades.
he a l h & w e l l n s s ?
Dulles celebrated its 60th anni-
versary on Nov. 17 — two days after
Silver Line service launched —
marking the occasion with give-
aways and promotions, including
selling cups of coffee for 34 cents
to match the price on the day the
airport opened. The anniversary
also coincided with the start of
service from Dulles to Cape Town,
South Africa.
But it was the inauguration of
the Silver Line extension that
drew the most attention.
With the $3 billion rail project
four years behind schedule, Metro
officials pledged on Halloween to
open the line in time for the
Thanksgiving travel period, giv-
ing air passengers another option
to get to Dulles. Travelers using
the rail link this week said the
train beat paying for a pricey ride-
share trip.
Dennis Wiggins took Metro on
Monday from his home in Bethes-
da to an appointment in Tysons,
then on to the airport for a flight
to Detroit. He said despite delays
and cost overruns that plagued
the project, the rail extension was
worth the investment.
“It’s fantastic,” the 69-year-old
venture capitalist said. “Fifty
years from now, no one is even
going to remember all that.”
Corina McCullough, 25, said
she was happy that service to
Dulles launched in time for her
trip home to Tampa for Thanks-
giving. She said the ride from
Dupont Circle took about an hour,
but was worth the cost-savings
compared with other modes of
transportation.
“I moved here because of
the public transportation,” Mc-
Cullough said. “And when I heard
it would be open in time for my
flight today, I thought ‘Great!’ ”
Josh Fitt, 26, was eager to beat
the holiday travel crush, making
his trip to Dulles earlier in the
week. He used to take Metro to the
Wiehle-Reston East station, then
catch the Silver Line Express bus
to Dulles. He said he enjoyed the
direct rail connection to the air-
port, adding that “after 60 years,
it’s about time.”
Dulles for years has been derid-
“Then a break comes. An
astute FCPD fingerprint examin-
er matched a fingerprint that
was found on the victim’s vehicle
to a fingerprint on an unrelated,
new Alexandria City arrest rec-
ord that was on file,” O’Carroll
said.
Gregory Allen Thomas, the
man in that 2020 case in Alexan-
dria, had since died, O’Carroll
said, although officials believe
he was one of the men involved
in the case. But detectives
learned that he had an older
brother: George Thomas Jr.
O’Carroll said detectives did a
forensic evidence analysis on a
cigar George Thomas discarded
recently and found that it was a
direct DNA match to evidence
that was collected in the 1988
case.
“He might have smoked his
last cigar,” O’Carroll said.
Dick Cline, a detective on the
case who retired in 2007, said at
the conference that he was
thankful the case was closed.
“It is rewarding that even
though it’s more than 30 years
later, it’s just it’s a blessing,”
Cline said. “It’s a blessing from
above.”
Thomas was booked into the
Montgomery County jail after
being arrested at a Metro stop,
although he will be transported
to the Fairfax County jail. He was
denied bail. No lawyer could
immediately be located for him.
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Travelers pass a sign for the new Metro station at Dulles Airport. With the opening of the Silver Line extension last week, airport officials
are ready to focus on the next phase of Dulles’s future — which includes plans to build a new 14-gate, 400,000-square-foot concourse.
ed, in large part, because of its
distance from the District. The
airport, about 25 miles west of
Washington, is roughly a 40-min-
ute drive from the nation’s capital
when traffic cooperates, and more
when it doesn’t.
“When it first opened, people
mocked [Dulles] as a white el-
ephant,” said Rep. Gerald E. Con-
nolly (D-Va.). “They said ‘Why are
you spending all this money?’ ”
But, he said, planners knew the
airport would jump-start growth
in the region. Six decades later, he
said, “We’ve grown into it.”
The trip for passengers taking
Metro rivals the longest train
rides in the world between a ma-
jor airport and city center. The
ride from Metro Center in down-
town Washington to Dulles takes
53 minutes, slightly less than the
roughly hour-long ride from Nari-
ta International Airport to down-
town Tokyo, while longer than the
45 minutes it takes to travel be-
tween O’Hare International and
THE DISTRICT
Schools mandate negative covid tests after break
BY L AUREN L UMPKIN
Students and staff in D.C. pub-
lic schools must test negative for
the coronavirus before returning
to school after Thanksgiving
break, district officials said.
The school system’s “test-to-
return” policy is one that has been
used throughout the pandemic.
Students were also required to
show proof of a negative corona-
virus test before the first day of
school in August and after a
two-week winter break last
school year.
The public schools started dis-
tributing coronavirus test kits on
Thursday, according to officials.
Families can also pick up test kits
at any of the city’s Covid Centers,
which are located in all eight
wards.
Students will be expected to
take their tests at home on Sun-
day and upload their results on-
line. Schools will also accept pho-
tos or copies of students’ results if
they don’t have internet access at
home.
The district’s approach sets it
apart from other school systems
in the region, which have
dropped test-to-return policies.
The Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention stopped recom-
mending routine screening in
schools but said campuses could
consider testing for large events,
“high-risk activities” — such as
contact sports or theater — and
returns after holiday breaks.
In Montgomery County,
schools are providing coronavi-
downtown Chicago. Denver’s air-
port is about a 37-minute rail trip
from its downtown.
Dulles boosters say Metro
brings a stronger link between the
airport and the rest of the capital
region.
“It’s another connection to
downtown,” said Keith W. Meur-
lin, president of the Washington
Airports Task Force, a nonprofit
group of business and community
leaders that advocates for Dulles
and National. “It will make it
easier for people all around the
region. And for foreign visitors,
it’s a service they expect.”
As a Boy Scout growing up in
the region, Meurlin, a former air-
port manager at Dulles, recalls
planting trees at the newly minted
airport. He said it’s fitting that the
Silver Line is opening as Dulles
again is contemplating its future.
The Metro system didn’t exist
when Dulles opened in 1962, but
planners made accommodations
for a future rail line — not know-
Educators check in students at D.C.’s Harriet Tubman Elementary School who tested negative for the
coronavirus in January. The school system’s “test-to-return” policy is in effect after Thanksgiving.
rus test kits to staff and students,
but proof of a negative test is not
required to return to school after
the break.
Last year, schools throughout
the region saw an uptick in coro-
navirus cases on their campuses
after Thanksgiving, forcing some
to move to virtual classes, sus-
pend in-person activities or start
an early holiday break.
D.C. schools required students
and staff to provide negative cor-
THE WASHINGTON POST . WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23 , 2022
ing it would take nearly six dec-
ades to make that a reality.
“Think about the visionaries
who set aside land to make this
thing happen,” said John E. “Jack”
Potter, president and chief execu-
tive of the Metropolitan Washing-
ton Airports Authority. “Those
folks over 60 years ago set that
land aside, and were it not for
them, this would have been a
nightmare to try to accomplish.”
With about 12,000 acres of land
— more than one-quarter the size
of the District — Dulles, one of the
nation’s five largest airports, is the
only major East Coast airport
with room to expand. In addition
to outlining plans for a new con-
course, airport officials recently
approved plans to build the larg-
est U.S.-based solar farm at an
airport.
Buddy Rizer, executive director
of economic development for
Loudoun County, said the launch
of Silver Line service, coupled
with growth at Dulles, will be a
onavirus test results when they
returned from winter break in
early January.
Some schools used color-coded
wristbands to identify students
who showed proof of a negative
test, and others staggered arrival
times for students who needed to
be tested on-site.
There were some hiccups in
the process. An online portal mal-
functioned as staff tried to upload
results a few days before school
ERIC LEE FOR THE WASHINGTON POST
game changer for the region. The
Silver Line, he said, will set the
stage for Dulles’s next phase.
The Silver Line extension also
added two other Metro stations to
Loudoun, allowing for denser
suburban development that pre-
viously occurred closer to Wash-
ington. While Dulles has shown to
be the most popular of the six new
stations, the next busiest was Ash-
burn — the Silver Line’s new ter-
minus — which reported nearly
6,500 entries during its first six
days.
But at the extension’s core is
Dulles, which Phyllis J. Randall,
chair of the Loudoun County
Board of Supervisors, said has
propelled the county into one of
the nation’s wealthiest and fast-
est-growing places through the
decades.
“They built an airport in a field
with cows, and 60 years later, look
what it’s done,” she said. “We’re
very proud and protective of the
airport.”
CRAIG HUDSON FOR THE WASHINGTON POST
began, and some families experi-
enced technical glitches trying to
share their students’ statuses.
When the testing data was
finally uploaded, some of the
numbers did not line up with the
latest enrollment figures — show-
ing more test submissions than
students or staffers.
Still, district officials said, the
initiative was the safest way to
reopen schools and maintain in-
person learning.
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Md. welcomes
mobile sports bets
BETTING FROM B1
tions to have investors without
the exceptionally deep pockets
that dominate the industry, man-
dating the firms have people who
have a net worth of $1.8 million or
less own at least 5 percent of the
company. One license holder,
Maryland Live! Casino, opted to
have some longtime employees
become part owners of their mo-
bile betting operation.
With the exception of sports in
Russian or Belarusian leagues,
Maryland approved an expansive
list of sporting events and mid-
game wagers. All major U.S. col-
legiate and professional sports
are included, plus comparatively
obscure events such as Croatian
International badminton as well
as video game leagues playing
“Call of Duty.”
Bettors must be 21 or older to
use the apps and don’t need to be
Maryland residents. All winnings
are subject to Maryland income
taxes, state officials said.
MARYLAND
Judge closes hearing on state’s I-270, Beltway toll-lane project
BY K ATHERINE S HAVER
A Montgomery County judge
closed a hearing Tuesday concern-
ing a bid protest over one of
Maryland’s largest highway proj-
ects, after lawyers for the state
and winning companies said
opening the hearing to the media
and public could disclose confi-
dential information.
The protest by a losing bidder
concerns the first contract the
state awarded last year in a proj-
ect potentially worth billions of
dollars to widen Interstate 270
and part of the Capital Beltway
with toll lanes.
Lawyers for both the Maryland
Department of Transportation
and the winning bidder, a team of
companies led by Australian toll
road operator Transurban, asked
that the hearing be closed and its
transcript sealed to prevent the
MARYLAND
Baltimore o∞cials support changes to inclusionary housing law
2007 ordinance does
little to increase count
of affordable units
BY E MILY O PILO
baltimore — Seemingly every-
one at the Baltimore City Council
meeting Thursday night could
agree on one thing: The city’s
inclusionary housing ordinance
isn’t working.
Passed in 2007, the law re-
quires developers of market-rate
housing to set aside affordable
units for people with lower in-
comes, but it has led to the
creation of only 37 affordable
units. Instead, developers have
paid into an offset fund or sought
waivers.
Now, the council is taking an-
other crack at inclusionary hous-
ing. A bill proposed by council
member Odette Ramos and co-
sponsored by a majority of the
council would eliminate the loop-
holes allowed by the previous
law, while also reducing the per-
centage of affordable units re-
quired.
The city’s previous inclusion-
ary housing policy required de-
velopers building 30 or more
units to set aside 20 percent as
affordable for residents earning
less than the Baltimore area’s
median income.
Since the bill’s introduction in
February, Ramos has been work-
ing with city officials to iron out
concerns ahead of public discus-
sion. On Thursday during a com-
mittee-of-the-whole meeting, she
introduced two dozen amend-
ments designed to allay city offi-
cials’ concerns.
Alice Kennedy, Baltimore’s
housing commissioner, con-
curred with the council that the
existing legislation had failed to
achieve its objective of creating
affordable housing.
Still, some city housing and
finance officials expressed on-
going concerns and proposed
some changes to the require-
ments of Ramos’s proposed bill
based upon recommendations
from a study published in 2021
that analyzed the city’s real estate
market and the feasibility of in-
clusionary housing.
As proposed, the legislation
. THE WASHINGTON POST
The seven mobile betting com-
panies taking wagers Wednesday
passed soft-launch testing on
Monday, as regulators made sure
that the software could handle
going live and that all betting
safeguard systems required by
the state were in place.
Each of those companies —
which can take bets online or
through smartphone apps — are
partnered with an existing, regu-
lated bricks-and-mortar sports-
book where bets can be placed in
person.
They’re primarily linked to the
state’s casinos but also to the large
Bingo World operation in the Bal-
timore suburb of Brooklyn Park
and to the Riverboat on the Poto-
mac in Charles County.
Maryland’s operators are:
l Barstool Sportsbook, part-
nered with Hollywood Casino in
Perryville.
l BetMGM, partnered with
MGM National Harbor in Oxon
Hill.
l BetRivers, partnered with
Confidential information
said to be at stake in
proceedings on losing bid
possibility of proprietary bid de-
tails being discussed publicly.
“The state is certainly in favor
of transparency but also does not
want to run the risk of accidental-
ly disclosing the confidential in-
formation of any of these propos-
ers,” said Lydia Hoover, an assis-
tant attorney general represent-
ing MDOT.
Circuit Court Judge Kevin G.
Hessler said Maryland law al-
lowed him to weigh the need for
public access against the state’s
and companies’ needs to keep
competitive business information
confidential.
The latest Baltimore inclusionary housing bill was proposed by City Council member Odette Ramos. City officials have recommended
applying the legislation to “core” areas such as around the harbor and other neighborhoods where development has boomed.
would apply to developments
across the city. But the study,
conducted by Enterprise Com-
munity Partners, found that only
the city’s strongest areas could
support an inclusionary housing
requirement.
City officials have recommend-
ed applying the legislation to
“core” areas such as around the
harbor and other neighborhoods
where development has boomed.
Under Ramos’s proposed legis-
lation, developments receiving
an additional subsidy from the
city would be required to add at
least 5 percent more affordable
units for residents who are very
low or extremely low income.
Units would have to remain af-
fordable for 30 years. The previ-
ous legislation was enforced over
a 20-year period.
Developers would be required
to submit an inclusionary hous-
ing plan to the city before receiv-
ing any permits for their project.
That proposal, which also would
Maryland’s mobile sports betting business is getting underway just in time for a long holiday weekend
full of major sporting events, including pro and college football games and World Cup soccer action.
Bingo World in Brooklyn Park.
l Caesars Sportsbook, part-
nered with Horseshoe Casino in
Baltimore City.
l DraftKings, partnered with
Crown MD Online Gaming,
which plans to open at the Mary-
land Fairgrounds in Timonium.
l FanDuel, partnered with
Maryland Live! Casino and Hotel
in Hanover.
l PointsBet, partnered with
“I’m certainly aware of the fact
that there is an important public
interest in transparency in regard
to proceedings of this signifi-
cance,” Hessler said.
However, the judge said he
would close the hearing and seal
the transcript to “balance that
against the need for confidential-
ity with regard to proprietary and
commercial information.”
The bid protest concerns a
“predevelopment agreement” in
which the Transurban team com-
mitted to design the lanes at its
own expense. Winning that first
contract was most significant,
however, because it also gave the
Transurban team the right of first
refusal on a 50-year contract —
expected to be worth billions of
dollars — to build and operate the
lanes. The winner of the long-
term contract also would finance
construction in exchange for
require plans to market afford-
able units to residents who have
historically been excluded from
new developments, would have
to be approved by the city’s Inclu-
sionary Housing Board.
Steven Reilly, a principal with
HR&A Advisors, a real estate
consulting firm, recommended
that the council target the afford-
able units to both moderate- and
low-income residents. Moderate-
income families are those making
80 percent of area median in-
come. The study showed that
offering units to those in even
lower-income brackets, as Ramos
recommended, resulted in a cost
burden that “really outweighed
the incentive to build the proj-
ect,” Reilly said.
“You want to maximize afford-
able production but not doing it
to a point where you’re inhibiting
housing production,” Reilly told
the council.
Reilly proposed giving devel-
opers a 15 percent tax break to
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Riverboat on the Potomac in
Charles County.
Three other companies have
been awarded licenses but are not
yet ready to launch, said John
Martin, director of the State Lot-
tery and Gaming Control Agency.
By next football season, Martin
said, the state should have 21
mobile licenses up and running.
State law allows as many as 60.
“We’re not done. Our work con-
keeping most of the toll revenue
as part of a public-private part-
nership.
A losing-bid team, led by Span-
ish firm Cintra, has argued the
state improperly awarded the first
contract because the Transurban
team lacked a construction con-
tractor at the time and had
“gamed” the selection process by
assuming unrealistically low con-
struction costs. MDOT has coun-
tered that the bid protest was filed
too late and that the state’s selec-
tion process was proper under the
project’s procurement rules.
MDOT announced last week it
will hold off on seeking approval
of a 50-year contract until this
spring. State officials said they
needed to give the Transurban
team more time to submit a long-
term contract proposal because
the project’s federal environmen-
tal approval, which is needed to
offset the cost of offering housing
at lower rates.
Council member Zeke Cohen,
whose district includes areas in
high demand for development
such as Harbor East and Butchers
Hill, questioned why such a tax
break was necessary. He said he
worried Reilly was too quick to
dismiss alternative incentives
such as easing parking require-
ments or offering a density bonus
allowing more units per site.
“I am far more comfortable
with those types of bonuses than
I am giving an additional 15 per-
cent tax credit for folks to have
low-income folks in their build-
ings when we’re already giving
them a high-performance subsi-
dy,” he said, referring to a sepa-
rate tax credit given for market-
rate residential buildings.
Several council members ques-
tioned how the inclusionary
housing proposal would be used
to improve housing in other areas
of the city that have struggled to
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aged bettors to have a strategy
and set a budget. Anyone with a
gambling problem can call 1-800-
GAMBLER for help, he said.
Hogan, 66, promised to place
some wagers on the Baltimore
Ravens game this weekend,
though he joked he might need
someone to help him download
an app and figure it out. “I’ve
never done it before,” he said.
design the lanes, was delayed by
10 months. The delay was a politi-
cal blow to Maryland Gov. Larry
Hogan (R), who leaves office in
January and has made the toll
lanes plan his signature traffic-re-
lief proposal.
A Washington Post reporter in
the courtroom asked that the
judge allow the news organiza-
tion time to consult with a lawyer
before he closed the hearing, but
the judge said the case needed to
proceed, noting the eight lawyers
present and “ready to go.”
It is unclear when the judge
will issue a decision, but either
side is expected to appeal an unfa-
vorable ruling. The state’s Court
of Special Appeals is already con-
sidering whether the Cintra team
filed its bid protest in time.
The project also faces a federal
environmental lawsuit filed by
opponents.
KENNETH K. LAM/BALTIMORE SUN
attract developers amid high va-
cancy and neglect.
“The buzzword is ‘inclusionary
housing’ again,” lamented coun-
cil member Robert Stokes, one of
the bill’s co-sponsors. “Well, I
don’t see how this bill includes
people in those communities that
suffered through the excluded
housing.”
Kennedy said other tools are
being deployed in neighborhoods
outside the area where she would
like to see the inclusionary hous-
ing bill targeted. The city needs to
reduce vacancies and try to sup-
port grocery stores, green spaces
and cultural institutions, she
said.
Inclusionary housing, howev-
er, has to be targeted to areas
where market-rate housing is be-
ing developed, Kennedy said.
“This is really about trying to
have residents who can be in
areas where they are usually out
of reach,” Ramos added.
— Baltimore Sun
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MARYLAND
Lawyers seek
seal in court
on church
abuse report
Inquiry of Baltimore
Archdiocese found
hundreds of victims
BY E RIN C OX
AND M ICHELLE B OORSTEIN
Maryland Attorney General
Brian E. Frosh’s 456-page report
on child sexual abuse within the
Archdiocese of Baltimore faces a
legal effort to seal the court
proceedings over whether to re-
lease it.
But the legal wrangling does
not come from the archdiocese,
which said in a statement late
Tuesday that it will not oppose
releasing the details of the four-
year investigation, described by
Frosh in court filings last week as
documenting 600 victims of cler-
gy sexual abuse over 80 years.
“We believe that transparency
is necessary to rebuild the trust
that has been damaged by evil
acts of abuse committed by rep-
resentatives of the Church and
by historic failures of Church
leadership to respond adequate-
ly to those acts,” the archdiocese
statement said, adding that the
church described in the report
“is not the Archdiocese we are
today” and does not reflect ef-
forts over two decades to protect
children.
It continued: “We recognize
that efforts on the part of the
Archdiocese to challenge errors
and mischaracterizations
through legal processes will like-
ly be viewed as an attempt to
conceal past failures.”
The report relied on confiden-
tial grand jury testimony and
accused 158 priests of abuse, 43
of whom had not be previously
identified in public, according to
a motion filed last week to pub-
licly release the detailed find-
ings. Because of the use of grand
jury testimony, the attorney gen-
eral must get court permission to
unseal the report.
In the filing, Frosh said the
report should be released be-
cause it was a “time for reckon-
ing.”
The filing also indicated that
the report accuses officials who
oversaw the priests of not doing
enough to protect victims.
Lawyers representing anony-
mous clients filed paperwork
Monday to keep those proceed-
ings around the release of the
report — and potentially the
entire report — secret.
The clients “are persons
named in the report but not
accused of sexual abuse. We will
be prepared to identify our cli-
ents in the context of a sealed
proceeding,” lawyers William J.
Murphy and Gregg L. Bernstein
wrote in a motion filed Monday
in Baltimore Circuit Court.
Murphy and Bernstein asked
the court to put the entire case
under seal until a judge rules
whether the report should be
released, and to provide their
clients a confidential opportu-
nity to address the court before
that decision is reached.
Murphy declined to comment.
Bernstein did not return a call
seeking comment.
The lawyer who represents the
archdiocese, David Kinkopf, was
not an author of the motion.
Until Tuesday, the church had
been unclear on whether it in-
tends to contest the report.
The effort to keep the proceed-
ings secret mirrors legal wran-
gling that preceded the release of
an explosive report on sexual
abuse in the Catholic Church in
Pennsylvania in 2018, the only
other report like Maryland’s.
The Pennsylvania report also
relied on a grand jury, and its
eventual release led to the arrest
of priests, early retirement for an
archbishop and new policies. In
Baltimore, the archdiocese add-
ed new names to its list of
accused priests as a result.
Victims and advocates said the
Pennsylvania report’s inclusion
of many decades-old cases was
essential, since many in church
leadership were never held re-
sponsible.
The archdiocese has cooperat-
ed with Frosh’s office since Janu-
ary 2019, turning over more than
100,000 pages of documents.
The church’s statement said it
supported the right of the anony-
mous clients to have their day in
court.
“The decision of the Archdio-
cese not to oppose the release of
the report does not mean legal
requirements should not be ob-
served, or individuals who may
be named in a report should be
denied the opportunity to partic-
ipate,” the statement said.
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DOUGLAS MCGRATH, 64

Film director and writer’s career defied easy labeling

BY B RIAN M URPHY
Douglas McGrath, a film direc-
tor and writer with an erudite wit
and scholarly curiosity who
spanned genres including a film
adaptation of Jane Austen’s
“Emma,” an Oscar-nominated
screenplay with Woody Allen in
the crime farce “Bullets Over
Broadway” and satirical essays
for the New Yorker, died Nov. 3 at
his office in Manhattan. He was
64.
The death was announced by
the producers of Mr. McGrath’s
solo off-Broadway show, “Every-
thing’s Fine,” which opened last
month. A show representative,
Jim Byk, said the cause was a
heart attack.
Mr. McGrath’s interests and
career — stage, screen, maga-
zines, books — defied easy label-
ing. He seemed to like it that way,
constantly shifting gears and al-
ways offering a breezy appraisal
of his successes and poking fun at
his missteps. He often deflected
questions about his Hollywood
work with a self-effacing bon mot
or by steering praise to colleagues
— as if the movie world and its
vanities were a droll comedy and
he got the joke.
A “Golightly grace,” a journal-
ist wrote in 1996 after the blithe-
spirited main character in
“Breakfast at Tiffany’s.” It was an
apt description on other levels,
too.
Mr. McGrath was writer and
director of “Infamous,” a 2006
drama about Truman Capote,
whose books included the 1958
“Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” which
was made into a 1961 film. And,
like the fictional Holly Golightly,
Mr. McGrath was a shiny and
urbane personality raised far
from the big city — a kid amid the
oil rigs and tumbleweeds of West
Texas.
His autobiographical one-man
show, directed by John Lithgow,
recounted being a 14-year-old in
Midland (‘“I was not precocious. I
was barely ‘cocious.’ ”) and how
the arrival of an eight-grade his-
tory teacher shook up the con-
servative school, and his life.
Reviewer Elisabeth Vincentelli
wrote in the New York Times that
the show had a “can’t-look-away
Times that he “helped teach the
nation that it wasn’t such a good
idea to hurry home from that
party and watch the show.”
He later teamed up with a
fellow SNL writer, Patricia Marx,
on a novel, “Blockbuster” (1988),
a parody of big money and big
egos as a Hollywood studio tries
to bring the 17th-century tome
“The Pilgrim’s Progress” to the
screen. Publishers Weekly
panned it as “stultifying.”
A major flop as a screenwriter
— a 1993 remake of the 1950
romantic comedy “Born Yester-
day” — was followed by a major
break, partnering with his boy-
hood idol Allen on “Bullets over
Broadway” (1994). They were
nominated for an Academy
Award for best screenplay, which
went to Quentin Tarantino and
Roger Avary for “Pulp Fiction.”
In 1996, Mr. McGrath was writ-
er and director for “Emma,” star-
ring Gwyneth Paltrow in the role
of the busybody and self-styled
Cupid Emma Woodhouse. Mr.
McGrath often said he preferred
writing female roles, which he
believed offered a greater range
for both dramatic and comedic
complexity.
“When you think of all the
great books, not counting
Twain’s, it’s the funniest of all the
great novels,” he said of “Emma”
in a 1996 interview. “And that’s
what I wanted to bring out.”
On Broadway, Mr. McGrath
received a Tony nomination for
MJ KIM/GETTY IMAGES writing the book for “Beautiful:
Douglas McGrath at the 2006 London Film Festival, where The Carole King Musical,” which
“Infamous,” which he wrote and directed, had its U.K premiere. ran from 2014 to 2019. “She was
very open, and very helpful, and
quality of a slow-motion crash.” Connecticut. Mr. McGrath head- very honest,” Mr. McGrath said
“When you get older, you start ed to Princeton University, where about his research and collabora-
to think back about days gone by,” he wrote musicals for the Prince- tion with King.
he told Texas Monthly earlier this ton Triangle Club, a troupe whose Putting the story together,
year. “And one of the things I alumni include F. Scott Fitzger- though, “involved a lot of weep-
think about is: Of all the things ald and Jimmy Stewart. ing, and praying,” he said in a
I’ve done in my career, what I love After graduating in 1980, Mr. podcast with the State Theatre
most is telling stories. I love McGrath heard “Saturday Night New Jersey.
being at a table telling stories. I Live” was looking for writers. He But it was politics — at its
love being at a party telling sto- landed an $850-a-week gig that seamy and dishonest worst —
ries.” “seemed too good to be true,” he that remained a reliable muse for
Mr. McGrath could name drop wrote in the New York Times. The Mr. McGrath. In 1996, he per-
if he wanted to. His mother, then timing, however, was not. The formed off-Broadway in a one-
Beatrice Burchenal, worked at show had lost many of its original man show, “Political Animal,”
Harper’s Bazaar under Diana stars, including John Belushi and about a presidential candidate
Vreeland and was part of Andy Dan Aykroyd, and the reviews and the “oily steps” taken on the
Warhol’s crowd before marrying were ugly. path to election night.
an oil man who was born in He quipped to the New York His 2012 play “Checkers” —
referring to a famous 1952 speech
by then-Sen. Richard M. Nixon
addressing corruption allega-
tions — starred Anthony LaPaglia
as Nixon and Kathryn Erbe as his
wife, Pat.
During the Bill Clinton presi-
dency, Mr. McGrath entertained
New Republic readers with “The
Flapjack File,” a White House
“Of all the things I’ve
done in my career, what
I love most is telling
stories. I love being at a
table telling stories. I
love being at a party
telling stories.”
Douglas McGrath, In a 2022
interview with Texas Monthly
parody as told by a Secret Service
agent describing a fast-food-
gobbling president and a conniv-
ing first lady, “Mrs. Rodham
Flap.” He followed it up during
the President George W. Bush era
with “The Shrub File.”
For the New Yorker, a choice
target for Mr. McGrath was Don-
ald Trump, even before his elec-
tion.
In the Jan. 18, 2016, issue, he
contributed a “Shouts & Mur-
murs” lampoon of candidate
Trump talking to an aide named
Jeff.
“I proposed internment camps
for the Muslims already here, and
then I said that we should bar all
other Muslims from entering the
country. And you’re telling me
that my numbers are what?”
“ ‘The highest ever,’ ” Jeff said,
dropping behind a club chair as a
platinum blow dryer shot past
him.”
“Trump wandered over to the
window. ‘We have a serious prob-
lem,’ he said, almost not eating
the pizza. ‘I might win.’ ”
‘Very dusty’
Douglas Geoffrey McGrath
was born on Feb. 12, 1958, in
Midland, Tex., where his father,
Raynsford, was an independent
oil producer.
“I think this sums it up,” Mr.
McGrath said in “Everything’s
Fine” about West Texas. “It’s very
hot, it’s very dusty, and it’s very,
very windy. It’s like growing up
inside a blow dryer full of dirt.”
He dabbled in cultural satire as
co-author of “Save an Alligator,
Shoot a Preppie: A Terrorist
Guide” (1981), and over the years
had small acting roles that in-
cluded the 2012 HBO series
“Girls” and in Allen’s films such
as “Small Time Crooks” (2000)
and “Café Society” (2016).
In 2000, Mr. McGrath starred
in the comedy “Company Man,” a
film he co-wrote with Peter Askin
about a schoolteacher who stum-
bles into becoming a CIA spy
during the Cold War. The cast
includes Sigourney Weaver, John
Turturro and Denis Leary.
But Mr. McGrath said he found
deeper creative possibilities in
bringing literature to the screen,
including a 2002 adaptation of
“Nicholas Nickleby,” by Charles
Dickens.
“One of the joys of being a
writer — and it’s a short list —
especially if you are adapting
things for film,” he told Canada’s
National Post in 2002, “is that you
learn to study the structure of
great writers. You really have to
take a book apart and put it back
together.”
He is survived by his wife of 27
years, Jane Read Martin; son
Henry; and a sister and brother.
In 2016, Mr. McGrath directed
HBO’s documentary “Becoming
Mike Nichols,” about the late film
director. Mr. McGrath, who was
also executive producer, shared
an Emmy nomination with the
other producers.
Mr. McGrath said at times he
thought Jane Austen would be a
“great collaborator.”
“Because she writes, you know,
superb dialogue,” he said in 1996,
“she creates memorable charac-
ters, she has an extremely clever
skill for plotting — and she’s
dead, which means, you know,
there’s none of that tiresome
arguing over who gets the bigger
bun at coffee time.”

PAUL SCHRADE, 97

Autoworker union leader wounded in assassination of Robert Kennedy

BY B RIAN M URPHY
Paul Schrade, an autoworker
union leader who aided Robert
Kennedy’s presidential run in
1968 and was wounded when an
assassin opened fire on Kennedy
at the Ambassador Hotel in Los
Angeles, then spent more than
five decades seeking to prove gun-
man Sirhan Sirhan did not act
alone, died Nov. 9 at his home in
Los Angeles. He was 97.
Mr. Schrade’s brother-in-law,
Martin Weil, confirmed the
death. No specific cause was giv-
en.
Los Angeles police and other
official investigators have repeat-
edly rejected assertions about an
alleged second shooter and other
theories about the June 1968 slay-
ing as Kennedy celebrated a win
in California’s Democratic pri-
mary.
Sirhan, a Jordanian immi-
grant, was captured on the spot
and later convicted of being the
lone gunman in the killing —
which stunned the world just two
months after civil rights leader
Martin Luther King Jr. was fatally
shot in Memphis. (Robert Ken-
nedy’s older brother, President
John F. Kennedy, was assassinat-
ed in Dallas in 1963.)
Mr. Schrade — who was struck
in the head by a bullet — said he
did not believe Sirhan was guilty
and became an outspoken con-
trarian in the case, claiming that
evidence was destroyed or over-
looked that showed critical dis-
crepancies in the official account
of the killing of Kennedy, then a
senator from New York. Among
his allegations was that audio
clips and on-scene accounts sug-
gest more shots were fired than
the eight in Shiran’s .22-caliber
revolver.
“I sympathize very clearly with
the way Sirhan’s been treated,”
Mr. Schrade said in 2021 at the
inmate’s hearing with a parole
panel, which recommended
Sirhan’s release but was denied by
California Gov. Gavin Newsom
(D).
“After decades in prison,
[Sirhan] has failed to address the
deficiencies that led him to assas-
sinate Senator Kennedy,” News-
Paul Schrade speaks to the media June 10, 1968, in a Los Angeles hospital room while recovering from
the attack that left Robert Kennedy dead. Mr. Schrade became an outspoken contrarian in the case.
om wrote in his decision in Janu-
ary 2022. “Mr. Sirhan lacks the
insight that would prevent him
from making the same types of
dangerous decisions he made in
the past.”
Mr. Schrade stood by his con-
tentions. “This guy is not guilty,”
he said.
Many scholars and historians
disagree, citing follow-up probes
and the release of documents that
offered no new evidence. “There
is no accurate element that we
have missed” in the Robert Ken-
nedy assassination, said Barbara
Perry, director of presidential
studies at the University of Vir-
ginia’s Miller Center.
Conspiracy theories, she noted,
often take root in the desire to
“bring a more complicated expla-
nation” to major events with un-
complicated narratives.
“This is the case here,” Perry
said. “Bobby Kennedy seemed on
the cusp of a public career with
such promise. It’s hard for some
people to accept that one man
with a gun ended it all.”
Late on June 4, 1968, Kennedy
watched the primary returns
from his campaign headquarters
at the Ambassador Hotel in
downtown Los Angeles. It was a
big win: 46 percent over runner-
up Sen. Eugene McCarthy (Minn.)
at 42 percent.
Mr. Schrade was basking in the
moment, too. As a union leader,
he had introduced Kennedy to
influential farmworker organiz-
ers such as Dolores Huerta and
Cesar Chavez, both of whom be-
came campaign allies. Chavez
suspended a grape pickers’ strike
so picketers could take the day to
vote for Kennedy.
“Chavez proved invaluable af-
ter unleashing his small army of
organizers, canvassers, and get-
out-the-vote activists for Ken-
nedy,” political historian Joseph
Palermo said in 2008.
Mr. Schrade recalled watching
the votes for Kennedy “come in
from the barrio in East L.A.”
“I knew we had won,” he said in
a 2018 interview with the Detroit
Bureau, a news site focused on
the auto industry.
Kennedy left his fifth-floor
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suite and went to the hotel’s
Embassy Ballroom to address
more than 1,800 supporters. “On
to Chicago,” he said minutes after
midnight on June 5, looking
ahead to that summer’s Demo-
cratic National Convention.
As Kennedy exited the ball-
room, Mr. Schrade was a few
paces behind. The entourage en-
tered the hotel pantry. Kennedy
stopped to greet members of the
kitchen staff and others. Sirhan
stepped out from behind trays
and an ice machine.
“I never saw Sirhan,” Mr.
Schrade recounted in 1993. “Rob-
ert Kennedy had just talked to me
and shaken my hand, and he
turned to shake [hands] with
kitchen workers when the shots
came.”
The wounded Mr. Schrade col-
lapsed into the arms of Vincent
DiPierro, a student and part-time
waiter. Four other people were
hit: two journalists, a Democratic
Party activist and a campaign
volunteer.
Crowds rushed at Sirhan, in-
cluding writer George Plimpton
and Olympic decathlon gold med-
alist Rafer Johnson. “People were
trying to grab him,” DiPierro re-
counted in 1969. “People were
trying to hit him. It was complete-
ly pandemonium.”
Kennedy, mortally wounded,
was cradled by a young busboy,
Juan Romero. Kennedy died the
next day, June 6.
“It’s something you never get
over,” said Mr. Schrade.
Mr. Schrade spent 10 days in a
hospital, speaking to reporters
from his bed with his head in a
turban-like wrap. Meanwhile, a
funeral train with Kennedy’s
body headed to Washington, with
people lining the tracks and some
singing the “Battle Hymn of the
Republic” as the cars rolled past.
Mr. Schrade recovered from
the injury, but the ordeal left
other scars. He couldn’t shake the
anguish. He lost his director role
at the United Auto Workers in
California. That sent him back to
the assembly line at North Ameri-
can Rockwell (later Rockwell In-
ternational), which had built the
command and service modules
for Apollo missions and was
working on the upcoming space
shuttle. Because of seniority, he
was moved into a supervisory
role. Mr. Schrade retired in the
1980s.
Mr. Schrade kept up his activ-
ism, joining marches against the
Vietnam War and working with
union leaders on political cam-
paigns and community outreach
in Southern California. Increas-
ingly, he became a public spokes-
man for the loose network of
authors, researchers and self-
styled forensic historians who in-
sisted the full story of the RFK
assassination was still buried by
authorities.
“It was horrible, horrible,” Mr.
Schrade said in 2018. “[Kennedy]
was a great friend.”
A ‘bright young radical’
Paul Hermann Schrade was
born Dec. 17, 1924, in Saratoga
Springs, N.Y., and briefly attended
Yale University before heading
taking a job at North American
Aviation, a forerunner of North
American Rockwell, in Southern
California’s booming aerospace
industry.
Mr. Schrade moved up the
union ranks of the United Auto-
mobile Workers, shifting to De-
troit as a top aide to UAW Presi-
dent Walter Reuther. Mr. Schrade
was seen as a “bright young radi-
cal” in union activism, Reuther
biographer Nelson Lichtenstein
wrote in “The Most Dangerous
Man in Detroit” (1995).
During the 1956 Democratic
National Convention, Mr.
Schrade met John Kennedy’s
brother Robert and struck up a
friendship — which was rekin-
dled more than a decade later as
RFK made his presidential run.
Mr. Schrade had returned to Cali-
fornia as the UAW’s liaison with
farmworkers and other groups,
including the antiwar movement.
After the RFK assassination,
Mr. Schrade clashed with top
UAW officials over his strong op-
position to the Vietnam War. Re-
uther’s successor, Leonard Wood-
cock, pushed Mr. Schrade from
the union’s executive board in
1972.
The biographer Lichtenstein
said Mr. Schrade’s contributions
to building union ties with labor
activists and others beyond the
Rust Belt are often overlooked.
“I’ve never been invited to a
UAW convention,” Mr. Schrade
said in 2018.
His wife of 46 years, Monica
Weil, died in 2019. Survivors in-
clude a sister.
At the site of the Ambassador
Hotel, which closed in 1989, a
company owned by Donald
Trump sought to build a luxury
hotel and commercial complex —
with some plans describing a
gold-hued tower reaching more
than 120 stories. The Los Angeles
Unified School District also
sought the bulk of the nearly
24-acre site.
Mr. Schrade threw his support
behind the schools in a long legal
fight in the 1990s that ended with
Trump Wilshire Associates bow-
ing out.
The campus of the Robert F.
Kennedy Community Schools
was built. The library is named in
Mr. Schrade’s honor. It stands on
the site of the hotel pantry, where
the shots were fired in 1968.
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of his siblings (Lenore Watson, Claire Earley,
Grace Hughes, James McGowan, John Mc-
Gowan, Robert McGowan). He is survived
by his children Robert (Mandy) McGowan,
Joyce (Donald) Hammond, Donald (Norma)
McGowan, Vincent (Hattie) McGowan II, and
Timothy (Toni) McGowan; five grandchildren,
and three great grandchildren. Visitation will
be held on Wednesday, November 30, 2022
from 9 to 10 a.m. at Brinsfield Funeral Home,
30195 Three Notch Road, Charlotte Hall, MD
20622. Followed by Mass of Christian Buri-
al, 11 a.m. at St. Peter’s Church, 3320 St.
Peter’s Drive, Waldorf, MD 20601-2359. In-
terment to follow at 1:45 p.m. Cheltenham
Veterans Cemetery, 11301 Crain Highway,
Cheltenham, MD 20623. In lieu of flowers,
donations may be made in his memory to:
St. Peter’s Church, 3320 St. Peter’s Drive,
Waldorf, MD 20601-2359.
born in Oakton, VA on April 22, 1926 to Ed-
ward A. and Mary G. Butler. She was married
to Charles H. Showalter, Jr., and they raised
their family in Northern Virginia. Tillie proud-
ly supported her husband during his years
in the military, and later their four children,
who continued the tradition of military ser-
vice. She spent her later years in Alabama,
and it was there that she was surrounded
by family as she left her earthly life to join
her loved ones in her Heavenly Father’s
arms. Tillie was preceded in death by her
husband, her parents, nine siblings, three
nephews, and grandson David A. Showalter.
She is survived by her sister Anne Shan-
holtz, her children Sharon, Chuck, Donald
(Jenna) and Mike (Mary); 13 grandchildren;
twenty-six great-grandchildren; one great-
great-grandchild; and several nieces and
nephews.
Visitation will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Sat-
urday, November 26, 2022 at Money & King
Funeral Home in Vienna, VA. Funeral ser-
vices will follow at 11:30 a.m. Burial will take
place at 3 p.m. at National Memorial Park
in Falls Church, VA. Online condolences may
be made at
www.moneyandking.com
DEATH NOTICE
LYLES
BARBARA KING LYLES
August 28, 1935 – October 21, 2022
Mrs. Barbara K Lyles, to Everett A Lyles, III.
Mrs. Lyles is survived by sister, Sandra K.
Heard; nieces, extended family and friends
worldwide. Mrs. Lyles was an educator
in DC School District for 44 years and a
Golden Life Member of Delta Sigma The-
ta Sorority, Inc. Friends of Barbara Lyles
can go to tinyurl.com/555ms57y to share
photos, memories, and condolences. At
the request of Mrs. Lyles, no services are
planned.
VICTOR
BARBARA J. VICTOR (Age 77)
Barbara Jean Victor, 77, formally of Belts-
ville, Maryland, passed November 19,
2022. She was born December 28, 1944,
in Washington, DC to Earl and Rebecca
Barnes. Barbara was a 1963 graduate of
High Point High School, Beltsville. Follow-
ing graduation she accepted a position
with the US Department of Customs. She
later transferred to the Department of
Commerce as an International Trade Spe-
cialist. She was a devoted Redskins Fan
and never missed a game. Funeral services
will be at Borgwardt Funeral Home, 4400
Powder Mill Rd., Beltsville, MD, on Friday,
November 25, at 10 a.m. Interment Fort
Lincoln Cemetery.
www.borgwardtfuneralhome.com
DEATH NOTICE
BATEMAN
GLORIA A. BATEMAN (Age 98)
Gloria A. Bateman from Bethesda, MD
passed away peacefully on November 17,
2022 at College Manor Assisted Living in
Lutherville, MD. Wife of the late Edward
C. Bateman. Beloved mother of Sharon
B. Addabbo of Bethesda, MD, Frances B.
Shroyer of Germantown, MD, Jeffrey A.
Bateman of Laytonsville, MD, Gerald E.
Bateman of Pinehurst, NC, Lisa B. Speck
(Alan) of Laytonsville, MD and Kimberlee
B. Couch (Robert) of Millsboro, DE. Loving
grandmother of 14 and great-grandmother
of 13. Funeral Mass will be held at 12 p.m.
on November 29, 2022 at Mother Seton
Catholic Church, 19951 Father Hurley Blvd,
Germantown, MD 20874. The family will
receive friends one hour prior to Mass.
Following Mass there will be a memorial
luncheon, location to be announced after
services. Inurnment will be private at Ar-
lington National Cemetery. In lieu of flow-
ers, contributions may be made to: Alz-
heimer’s Association. Online condolences
may be expressed at:
www.PumphreyFuneralHome.com
KEYS
ELIZABETH MARSHALL KEYS
Elizabeth Marshall Keys died in her sleep
on November 17, 2022. She was born to
John and Laura Watson Keys on December
17, 1975. It was her grandmother Virginia’s
birthday and she was named for her grand-
mother Elizabeth. She grew up in Atlanta,
the eldest of three, graduated from Druid
Hills High School and the College of William
and Mary. In October of 2020, she married
Dennis Dauphin and became stepmother to
his children. She delighted in her new roles
and in creating a home for them and her old
cat, two kittens, and Bess the Newfound-
land in Crofton, MD.
One of Elizabeth’s nicknames as a small
child was Bizzy and she stayed busy her
entire life. She had a huge heart and stayed
connected with an incredible number of
family members near and far, colleagues,
friends, and godparents and godchildren.
As well as being very smart and big-heart-
ed, she was supremely organized, and one
of the jokes amongst those who knew her
well is that she had a contact for any kind
of job, including monogrammers! She used
her talent for organizing, building bridges,
and making connections not only with fam-
ily and friends, but also in her professional
life. After having worked at FBR and Fannie
Mae, she brought the wealth of her experi-
SNYDER
SUSAN SNYDER
On September 11, 2022, Sue Snyder, age
84, completed a life filled with compassion-
ate caring and professional purpose. As a
young person, Sue lived with her parents,
Bruce and Ruth Davis, and her younger sis-
ter, Peg. The family moved around North
America while her father worked on sever-
al large projects as a Civil Engineer for the
US Government, including the Hoover Dam
and the Panama Canal. Sue met and mar-
ried David Snyder in 1959 while attending
Antioch College. They had three wonderful
children, Cathy, Jay and Matthew, and six
grandchildren, all successful adults. After
raising her family, Sue spent a decade as Re-
gional Sales Manager for the Antioch Book-
B7
DEATH NOTICE
EL-KHAWAS
ELAINE EL-KHAWAS
Her family sadly announces the passing
of Elaine El-Khawas, PhD, on November
18, 2022. Survivors include her husband,
Mohamed El-Khawas, PhD; son Michael;
daughter-in-law Courtney; brother John;
Sister Janice; cousins Rosemary Parsons
and Bob Largenton. Services are private. To
offer a condolence or see a full bio please
visit AdventFuneral.com.
SCHACHTER
JOHN SAMUEL SCHACHTER
3/5/1964 - 11/20/2022
Life-long big tobacco foe, comedian and
Mets fan John Schachter passed away
Sunday, November 20, 2022. He was 58.
He is survived by his wife Lori Klein, son
Sam and his mother, Ann. He was prede-
ceased by his father, Stanley Schachter
and sister Debra Schachter.
Funeral services and a reception will take
place at The National Funeral Home (7485
Lee Highway Falls Church, VA 22046) at
12 noon, Friday, November 25, followed
by an interment at King David Memorial
Garden (7485 Lee Highway Falls Church,
VA 22046). See the National Funeral Home
site for details regarding Shiva.
To honor John, please make a donation to
The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids.”
When the
need arises,
let families
find you in the
Funeral Services
Directory.
To be seen in the
Funeral Services
Directory, please call
paid Death Notices at
202-334-4122.
DEATH NOTICE
ence and years of contacts to her position
at Capstone as Director of Outreach and
Events. Another beneficiary was the Junior
League of Washington; they had a big piece
of her heart. She had been a member of
the Junior League in Atlanta and then in DC
for the past 23 years and served in various
leadership roles, including President of both
the JLW and President of the Large Leagues.
She was involved with Junior League in
some capacity until her death and had made
countless life-long friends through that as-
sociation.
Elizabeth loved to travel and counted
amongst her proudest accomplishments
having climbed both Kilamanjaro and Ma-
chu Picchu. Her last trips were to Atlanta to
celebrate her mother’s birthday and go to a
Georgia Tech football game with her father
and sister and to Toronto and Niagara Falls
with Dennis, Alexandra, and Will.
She lived by the principle that you cannot
always control what happens but you can
control how you react to your circumstanc-
es; and she chose love and optimism. She
will be so sorely missed. She is survived
by her husband Dennis Dauphin, her step-
children Alexandra, Gabrielle, and William
Dauphin, of Crofton, MD, her parents John
and Laura Keys and her sister Sarah Keys, of
Atlanta, her godparents Carol Watson Harri-
son, of Roswell, Marshall Keys, of Belton, SC,
Edith Guyton, of Atlanta, aunts, uncles, and
dear, dear cousins. She was predeceased
by her brother Harrison Keys, her grandpar-
ents Frank and Virginia Watson and Rufus
and Elizabeth Keys, her uncle Hendree Harri-
son, and her cousin Laura Harrison Sinyard.
Services will be on Tuesday, November 29,
at 11 a.m., at The Falls Church Episcopal in
Falls Church, Virginia, and at the Church of
the Epiphany on December 2, at 11 a.m.,
where her ashes will be buried.
In lieu of flowers, Elizabeth, who had of
course made a plan, requested donations be
made to either Mikell Episcopal Camp and
Conference Center, 237 Camp Mikell Ct.,
Toccoa, GA 30577, at which she had been
a camper for many years and of which she
remained a supporter, or the Junior League
of Washington, 3039 M. St NW, Washington,
DC 20007.
plate Company, a job she inherited from her
mother. She went on to help create and
manage Bethesda Cares, the outreach ser-
vice of the local protestant churches to the
homeless of Southern Montgomery County,
MD. Bethesda Cares continues today as an
important social service to the community.
Together Sue and Dave oversaw three major
expansions of the family’s Bethesda home,
in part to make room for their growing con-
sulting business, The Snyder Family Enter-
prise (SFE), as well as to accommodate the
many young people who came to live with
them when they found themselves home-
less. At the Snyder home, you could always
find engaging conversation, support and
good will, and encouragement to “Be Nice”
to one another.
Finally, over the past 35 years, Sue has been
the principal partner with her husband at
SFE in his creation and delivery of educa-
tional programs for hundreds of trade asso-
ciations, professional societies, government
agencies and corporations, summarizing
the long-term trends and developments
that would shape their audiences’ futures.
Both professionally and personally, Sue
was a perfect partner for over 60 years and
her death has left an enormous hole in the
hearts and souls of those who knew her.
A Memorial Service and Celebration of Sue’s
Life is scheduled for November 26, 2022, at
11 a.m. at St. Luke’s Episcopal church in
Bethesda.
Memorial gifts may be made in Sue’s
name to Bethesda Cares http://dev.bethes-
dacares.org/get-involved/ways-to-give/
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On the mild side Today Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday O FF I CI A L REC O RD
Sunny Partly sunny Showers Partly sunny Rain Mostly cloudy
Another day of nearly wall-to-wall Temperatures AVERAGE RECORD ACTUAL FORECAST

sunshine. Temperatures reach for

highs in the upper 50s to lower 60s.
Winds blow from the west and
northwest about 5 to 10 mph.

60° 37 ° 58° 42 ° 55° 43 ° 58° 48 ° 58° 46 ° 58° 43 °

FEELS*: 60° FEELS: 60° FEELS: 53° FEELS: 56° FEELS: 53° FEELS: 56°
CHNCE PRECIP: 0% P: 0% P: 85% P: 20% P: 90% P: 15%
WIND: WNW 6–12 mph W: SE 4–8 mph W: WSW 6–12 mph W: W 6–12 mph W: E 10–20 mph W: W 7–14 mph
HUMIDITY: Low H: Moderate H: Moderate H: Moderate H: Moderate H: Moderate
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Statistics through 5 p.m. Tuesday

REGIO N NATION Weather map features for noon today.

National Dulles BWI
High 58° 3:00 p.m. 59° 2:40 p.m. 59° 2:37 p.m.
Low 32° 5:00 a.m. 23° 7:09 a.m. 25° 6:32 a.m.
Harrisburg Philadelphia
56/33 Normal 56°/40° 54°/34° 55°/35°
57/31 Record high 77° 2007 75° 2007 76° 1940
Hagerstown Record low 12° 1880 14° 2014 15° 1880
Baltimore
55/33
60/31 Dover Difference from 30–yr. avg. (National): this month: +2.5° yr. to date: +0.2°
57/33
Davis Cape May Precipitation PREVIOUS YEAR NORMAL LATEST
Washington Annapolis
49/26 60/37 56/34
57/36 OCEAN: 53°

Charlottesville Ocean City

63/37 58/37
OCEAN: 53°
Lexington
60/35
Richmond
64/35 Virginia Beach
61/44 National Dulles BWI
Norfolk OCEAN: 55°
60/43 Past 24 hours 0.00" 0.00" 0.00"
Total this month 1.94" 2.35" 1.83"
Kitty Hawk
61/50
Normal 2.13" 2.29" 2.29"
OCEAN: 59° Total this year 38.94" 35.37" 41.77"
Normal 37.63" 39.10" 40.45"
Pollen: Low Air Quality: Moderate
Grass Low Dominant cause: Particulates
Trees Low
Weeds Low UV: Moderate Moon Phases Solar system
Mold Low 3 out of 11+
Rise Set
Sun 6:59 a.m. 4:49 p.m.
Blue Ridge: Today, mostly sunny. High 48 to 52. Winds Moon 6:35 a.m. 4:33 p.m.
T-storms Rain Showers Snow Flurries Ice Cold Front Warm Front Stationary Front Nov 23 Nov 30 Dec 7 Dec 16
west 7–14 mph. Tonight, clear to partly cloudy. Low 30 to Yesterday's National World
New First Full Last
Venus 7:41 a.m. 5:16 p.m.
38. Winds south–southwest 6–12 mph. Thursday, partly High: Tamiami, FL 86° High: Burketown, Australia 104° Mars 5:51 p.m. 8:53 a.m.
Quarter Quarter
<–10 –0s 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110+ Low: Yellowstone N.P., WY –10° Low: Ilirney, Russia –53° Jupiter 2:01 p.m. 1:55 a.m.
sunny. High 45 to 49. Winds south 7–14 mph. Friday, a for the 48 contiguous states excludes Antarctica Saturn 12:17 p.m. 10:35 p.m.
couple of showers. High 47 to 51.
NATIONAL Today Tomorrow Des Moines 53/41/pc 50/29/sh Oklahoma City 53/46/pc 51/37/sh WORLD Today Tomorrow Islamabad 91/50/s 92/49/s Rio de Janeiro 86/72/t 79/69/r
Atlantic beaches: Today, sunny. High 55 to 60. Winds Detroit 50/31/s 51/41/pc Omaha 52/32/pc 42/25/sf Addis Ababa 79/42/pc 79/43/c Istanbul 66/53/sh 60/53/c Riyadh 78/58/s 80/58/pc
northwest 6–12 mph. Tonight, a starry night. Low 33 to 43. Albany, NY 46/29/s 46/30/pc El Paso 67/40/s 55/31/s Orlando 76/65/sh 81/67/pc Amsterdam 51/44/r 52/46/c Jerusalem 69/49/s 59/47/c Rome 59/49/pc 62/46/pc
Winds north 6–12 mph. Thursday, mostly sunny. High 55 Albuquerque 55/27/s 47/27/pc Fairbanks, AK 14/2/pc 9/1/c Philadelphia 56/33/s 56/40/pc Athens 66/53/t 67/53/pc Johannesburg 77/56/pc 80/57/t San Salvador 90/72/pc 89/71/pc
to 60. Winds east–northeast 6–12 mph. Friday, a couple of Anchorage 33/16/pc 25/20/pc Fargo, ND 38/19/c 34/21/s Phoenix 73/47/s 72/46/s Auckland 67/57/pc 63/56/sh Kabul 71/35/s 73/34/s Santiago 99/61/s 92/63/pc
showers. High 58 to 63. Atlanta 70/48/pc 66/52/c Hartford, CT 50/28/s 46/32/pc Pittsburgh 52/28/s 55/38/pc Baghdad 81/53/s 76/56/pc Kingston, Jam. 87/79/pc 88/79/s Sarajevo 43/33/r 44/32/pc
Austin 60/50/c 68/47/r Honolulu 82/71/c 78/67/pc Portland, ME 46/24/s 38/29/pc Bangkok 89/75/t 89/75/r Kolkata 81/60/pc 81/58/pc Seoul 57/39/s 58/43/s
Waterways: Upper Potomac River: Today, sunny. Wind northwest Baltimore 60/31/s 58/39/pc Houston 65/58/c 72/52/t Portland, OR 52/40/sh 54/38/pc Beijing 59/42/pc 59/43/c Kyiv 38/37/c 39/37/r Shanghai 64/50/pc 62/53/s
4–8 knots. Waves less than a foot. Visibility clear to the horizon. • Billings, MT 44/26/sf 46/36/pc Indianapolis 57/36/s 56/45/c Providence, RI 51/29/s 46/34/pc Berlin 44/35/s 41/35/sh Lagos 88/75/pc 89/75/pc Singapore 87/78/c 87/77/t
Lower Potomac and Chesapeake Bay: Today, sunny. Wind northwest Birmingham 69/50/pc 67/56/t Jackson, MS 71/51/c 66/60/t Raleigh, NC 68/37/pc 64/47/pc Bogota 67/43/pc 65/45/r Lima 72/63/pc 73/64/s Stockholm 37/26/sh 38/36/sh
6–12 knots. Waves 0–1 foot on the Lower Potomac; 1–2 feet on Bismarck, ND 37/27/c 39/16/s Jacksonville, FL 68/59/c 75/65/r Reno, NV 54/25/pc 54/27/s Brussels 47/40/r 51/42/c Lisbon 66/58/sh 67/55/r Sydney 77/57/s 74/57/s
Boise 42/24/c 42/25/pc Kansas City, MO 57/45/pc 55/30/pc Richmond 64/35/s 62/42/pc Buenos Aires 82/72/s 87/71/s London 56/43/r 53/42/r Taipei City 73/68/r 76/71/r
the Chesapeake Bay.• River Stages: The stage at Little Falls will be
Boston 51/34/s 45/37/pc Las Vegas 64/45/s 64/42/s Sacramento 67/34/s 69/37/s Cairo 75/61/s 73/61/s Madrid 57/43/sh 58/45/sh Tehran 68/45/pc 64/44/s
around 3.60 feet today, falling to 3.50 Thursday. Flood stage at Little Buffalo 41/29/pc 45/39/pc Little Rock 62/47/pc 56/50/r St. Louis 61/44/pc 54/45/r Manila 88/76/pc 88/76/t Tokyo 57/56/r 57/47/pc
Caracas 86/70/t 86/70/t
Falls is 10 feet. Burlington, VT 39/27/sf 42/33/c Los Angeles 74/52/s 80/49/s St. Thomas, VI 86/75/pc 86/76/pc Copenhagen 43/39/c 42/40/sh Mexico City 74/52/pc 75/55/t Toronto 44/32/pc 47/37/c
Charleston, SC 66/53/c 69/60/c Louisville 60/37/s 63/48/c Salt Lake City 43/24/pc 42/26/pc Dakar 85/72/s 84/74/pc Montreal 37/22/c 35/28/c Vienna 38/35/r 42/33/sh
Charleston, WV 58/30/s 64/42/pc Memphis 64/49/pc 57/52/t San Diego 70/46/s 80/48/s Dublin 50/39/c 54/42/r Moscow 34/21/sf 23/13/c Warsaw 38/30/c 31/26/sn
Today’s tides (High tides in Bold)
Charlotte 68/40/pc 64/48/pc Miami 85/72/pc 85/75/c San Francisco 62/45/s 67/49/s Edinburgh 45/39/r 47/36/r Mumbai 92/74/pc 92/75/pc
Key: s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, r-rain,
Washington 1:52 a.m. 7:01 a.m. 1:45 p.m. 7:15 p.m. Cheyenne, WY 42/20/c 39/21/sf Milwaukee 52/40/s 49/35/c San Juan, PR 84/75/t 86/74/pc Frankfurt 46/39/c 45/38/sh Nairobi 72/61/t 79/56/r sh- showers, t-thunderstorms, sf-snow flurries,
Chicago 54/39/s 50/38/c Minneapolis 40/32/c 43/26/sh Seattle 52/40/sh 54/45/pc New Delhi 85/51/pc 88/53/pc sn-snow, i-ice
Annapolis 3:34 a.m. 9:59 a.m. 4:53 p.m. 11:17 p.m. Geneva 44/40/r 51/42/sh
Cincinnati 57/35/s 60/46/c Nashville 64/38/pc 64/51/r Spokane, WA 35/26/c 38/28/pc Oslo 30/29/sn 30/29/sn Sources: AccuWeather.com; US Army Centralized
Ocean City 12:07 a.m. 6:29 a.m. 12:56 p.m. 6:48 p.m. Ham., Bermuda 74/68/r 73/66/s Allergen Extract Lab (pollen data); airnow.gov (air
Cleveland 53/33/s 56/41/pc New Orleans 71/61/c 74/66/t Syracuse 46/28/pc 51/35/pc Helsinki 33/22/c 24/23/sf Ottawa 37/24/c 35/26/c quality data); National Weather Service
Norfolk 2:01 a.m. 8:28 a.m. 2:58 p.m. 8:48 p.m. Dallas 57/51/c 60/46/r New York City 53/39/s 52/44/pc Tampa 77/67/sh 83/71/pc Ho Chi Minh City 86/75/t 88/74/t Paris 55/45/r 55/43/c * AccuWeather's RealFeel Temperature®
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BOOK WORLD

The works
Introducing Mr. and Mrs. inspired by
Austen just
[insert wife’s last keep coming
name here] BY C LARE M C H UGH

Wander down the aisle of any

bookshop, browsing covers, and you
Some couples aren’t wedded are bound to find more than one
referencing Jane Austen: “The Jane
to the norms of surnames Austen Society,” “The Jane Austen
Book Club,” “The Other Bennet Sis-
ter,” “Jane Fairfax,” “The Jane Austen
Project.” A literary industrial com-
plex has mushroomed around the
Regency-era author during the past
two decades, fueled by readers who,
having delighted in one, two or all six
of her beloved novels, eagerly snap
up adjacent titles. Publishers, with
high sales figures dancing in their
heads, gladly feed the machine, to
mixed results.
With “Godmer-
sham Park,” Brit-
ish writer Gill
Hornby makes a
second fictional
foray into Austen
territory. The first,
“Miss Austen,”
hewed closely to
what’s known
about the novel-
ist’s elder sister, GODMERSHAM
Cassandra. But in PARK
choosing Anne By Gill Hornby
Sharp as the sub- Pegasus. 416 pp.
ject of her new $26.95
novel, Hornby has
fewer facts to go on. Sharp, at age 31,
became the governess at Godmer-
sham Park, the home of Austen’s
brother, in Kent. There, she met Jane
Austen. The two became friends and
corresponded until the writer’s
death. But Sharp’s origins are a
mystery, leaving Hornby the unenvi-
able task of fashioning an imaginary
past for a flesh-and-blood figure —
JUAN BERRIO FOR THE WASHINGTON POST never an easy fictional sleight of
hand and harder still when the gaps
in the historical record are chasms.
The primary plotline — Sharp
navigating the attentions of an un-
BY J ESSICA M . G OLDSTEIN wanted suitor while putting on a

L
ike most men, Mike hadn’t really thought about what he’d
do with his last name — Ambrogi — when he got married.
What was there to think about? Even among hetero
couples who share progressive gender politics, the ques-
tion of surnames is typically directed toward the bride: Will she
take his name, or keep hers? Or further down the line: Will the
children have his last name, or a hyphenated combination?
But when he was in his 20s, Mike, a game developer who lives
in Portland, Maine, found out that a couple he knew had
combined parts of their surnames into a new one they could
share. Then a friend announced he would be taking his fiancee’s
last name when they wed. Mike started thinking past the
cultural default options, and when he got engaged to his
now-wife, Sara, he floated to her the option of taking her last
name.
ESSAY
My mom was finally ready to accept
play, titled “Virtue Rewarded” —
He was “half-joking” at first. But she took the idea seriously, so works well enough and mimics Aus-
he did, too. It didn’t hurt that she had a primo last name. ten’s “Mansfield Park.” But the back-
“‘Mike Primo,’” he said in an interview, stating his married story Hornby makes up for Anne,
name. Compared with what he had before, “that’s basically featuring a dastardly lawyer, a wise
James Bond.” SEE BOOK WORLD ON C5
Primo’s brothers have since followed in his footsteps. But
outside of that inner circle, he has met exactly zero who’ve done
the same, he said, and doubts most other men have even thought
about it. THEATER REVIEW
“I think it literally isn’t on the table, in any way shape or form,
for the vast majority of couples in America, full stop,” he said.
It is exceedingly unusual for grooms to take their bride’s
surname — though data on how rare is tough to find. The Social
Buzz-worthy
Security Administration doesn’t track it, nor does the Census
SEE NAMES ON C3 performance
in play about
addiction
BY P ETER M ARKS

my gay wedding. Then she got covid. Unsympathetic does not begin to
describe Emma, the relapsing, cross-
addicted antiheroine of Duncan Mac-
As a health reporter, I feared a superspreader. As a son, I just wanted my mom there. millan’s “People, Places & Things.”
Oblivious to what she puts loved ones
through, toxic to her co-workers,
BY F ENIT N IRAPPIL mendaciously abusive to her therapy
team, Emma is the offensive sum of

T
he text from my mom appeared
while I was walking across the
parking lot at DSW, scrambling to
find a pair of shiny black shoes for my
wedding just four days away.
“Covid positive.”
I had been bracing for this moment
since she casually mentioned feeling sick
after attending another wedding the
weekend before mine.
As a health reporter for The Washing-
ton Post, I’ve spent the past 21/2 years
writing about the ways the pandemic has
upended our lives. On a personal level, I
viewed the coronavirus as a tolerable risk
as long as I was up to date on my shots,
but something to carefully avoid ahead of
major events — especially my own wed-
ding. The scenario I long dreaded was
now becoming a reality.
The virus did not stop me from plan-
ning a 130-person wedding — big by
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her dysfunctional parts.
A musical, in other words, this is
not. And without a riveting turn in
that central role, Studio Theatre’s
“People, Places & Things” would be a
truly agonizing sit. But director David
Muse has found in Kristen Bush a
performer with a commanding grasp
of the formidable task at hand, which
is to conjure Emma as her own worst
enemy in the process of recovery, yet
remain compelling enough that an
audience doesn’t feel cast out into a
wilderness of indifference.
Bush fulfills the essential mission
and then some, enlisting us convinc-
ingly as witnesses to the train wreck
of her character’s life, and at the same
time leaning into an audience’s
dogged belief in redemption. “People,
Places & Things” walks us far out onto
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over erroneous Poland story. C2 day to celebrate their roots. C3 Thanksgiving tradition. C8 an all-expenses-paid guilt trip. C8 Kristen Bush and Nathan Whitmer
in “People, Places & Things.”
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Would covid thwart the culmination of a long and painful path to acceptance?
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American standards, tiny by Indi-
an ones — in Leesburg. Cases
were plunging when I proposed
to my now-husband, Chris, in
June 2021. We were optimistic
that the pandemic would be over
by our wedding date more than a
year away, on Sept. 17.
Instead, new daily U.S. infec-
tions that month were five times
higher than when I proposed,
with widely circulating variants
especially adept at infecting the
vaccinated and reinfecting the
previously infected.
We weren’t counting on our
May bouts with covid to shield us
from getting sick before the wed-
ding, so we agreed to hunker
down after Labor Day, donning
KN95s at work and skipping so-
cial functions.
Early on, we assured our wed-
ding guests that we took covid
seriously and would keep some
sides of the reception tent open
to improve ventilation, offer out-
door eating options and distrib-
ute rapid tests for everyone to
take before attending.
It would be one thing to turn
away a co-worker or a college
friend who tested positive. But
here was my mom, struck by
covid on the eve of a wedding
that marked the culmination of a
long and painful journey to mend
a relationship shattered after I
told her I was gay. She had raised
me on her own with my father
out of the picture.
Would it be the virus — and not
disapproval — that left me walk-
ing alone down the aisle?
E
ven as I started to feel
attracted to male class-
mates in my middle school
in a heavily evangelical Atlanta
suburb, I refused to accept I was
gay. I was a devout Catholic and
tried to pray the feelings away. I
didn’t know a single gay person.
I came out of the closet to my
sisters and friends as I started my
freshman year of college, but I
couldn’t bring myself to tell my
mom. I feared we would become
the latest subjects of gossip in
our insular community of South
Indian Catholics, with people
blaming my mom for turning me
gay by divorcing my father when
I was young.
When I mustered up the cour-
age to finally tell her before I
graduated college, she sobbed.
The first words out of her mouth
were, “We can change this.”
She never attempted to disown
me. But the next decade was a
complicated one, as she fell silent
on the phone when I told her
about boyfriends, asked why I
would need to get married when
I could just call a future life
partner a roommate and semi-
jokingly asked whether I could
wait until she died.
When I FaceTimed to tell her I
had proposed to Chris, she
abruptly ended the call. She was
at an Indian neighbor’s house
and rarely acknowledged my sex-
uality to others in the communi-
ty. Later, she griped that my
sister’s Facebook post about my
engagement led to my aunt in
India getting mocked. She dis-
suaded me from inviting distant
relatives who had attended my
sisters’ weddings years earlier.
But she also started embracing
the nuptials. The save-the-date
with a photo of Chris and me
holding hands hung on her re-
frigerator, in plain view of guests.
She worked her connections in
Associated Press reporter is fired over erroneous story on Russian attack
BY P AUL F ARHI
The Associated Press on Mon-
day fired a national security
reporter who had provided erro-
neous information about a mis-
sile strike in Poland last week
that resulted in a widely circulat-
ed but inaccurate news alert and
story suggesting Russia was re-
sponsible for the incident.
James LaPorta, 35, was termi-
nated after a brief investigation,
people at the news organization
confirmed to The Washington
Post.
The Nov. 15 explosion in Prze-
wodow, a Polish village near the
border with Ukraine, killed two
people and triggered global anx-
ieties. Hours later, the Associat-
ed Press issued a news alert
stating that an unnamed “senior
U.S. intelligence official says
Russian missiles crossed into
NATO member Poland, killing
two people.”
That information was appar-
ently incorrect. Officials in Po-
land and the European Union
later said they believed a single
missile fired by Ukrainian forc-
es had gone off course and
landed over the border in Po-
land.
But the initial AP alert, sent
to thousands of news outlets
around the world, suggested a
Reporter Fenit Nirappil, left, embraces his mother, Mary Thomas, and his husband, Chris, after her speech at their wedding reception.
Nirappil poses with his mother and sisters in the late 1990s when
they lived in New Rochelle, N.Y.
India to secure golden saris for
our groomsmaids and custom-
made Indian suits for me and
Chris to wear during a wedding
ceremony that would honor el-
ements of my culture.
I had spent so many years
feeling like an outcast who tar-
nished the family reputation be-
cause of who I love, rendering my
education and job irrelevant.
Most of my aunts and uncles
declined to attend the wedding,
few even acknowledging the invi-
tation. But it was my mom’s
presence that mattered the most.
T
he morning after testing
positive, she began feeling
worse.
“Not good. More cough at
night. But I am doing everything
possible to make me feel better,”
she texted me.
My mom, Mary Thomas, is a
67-year-old retired nurse with a
long history of medical prob-
lems. Fortunately, I had booked
her an appointment to get a
second booster when I visited
Atlanta in July. We also arranged
for her to get Paxlovid, the medi-
cation that has been found to
reduce the severity of covid-19,
dire new escalation of Russia’s
invasion of Ukraine. Poland is a
NATO member, and a Russian
attack on its territory might
have invoked a western military
response under the treaty or-
ganization’s mutual self-defense
provisions. Other news organi-
zations quickly passed along the
news.
A day later, AP replaced its
story citing the unnamed U.S.
official with a correction note. It
said that its anonymous source
was wrong and that “subse-
quent reporting showed that the
missiles were Russian-made
and most likely fired by Ukraine
in defense against a Russian
attack.”
LaPorta’s firing was first re-
ported Monday evening by the
Daily Beast.
LaPorta declined to comment.
A former U.S. Marine who served
in Afghanistan, he joined AP in
April 2020 after several years as
a freelance reporter. He covered
military affairs and national se-
curity issues for the news serv-
ice.
Officials at the Associated
Press declined to identify
LaPorta as the source of the
alert. In a statement, AP spokes-
person Lauren Easton said,
“The rigorous editorial stan-
dards and practices of the Asso-
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particularly for senior citizens.
My oldest sister and my aunt,
who attended the same wedding
as my mom, were also sick and
would eventually test positive.
I scrapped plans for a prenup-
tial self-care day of hiking and
getting a massage. Instead, at the
prodding of my detail-oriented
fiance, I spent the morning draft-
ing a 1,324-word email to the
wedding party and my future
in-laws laying out the situation
and a plan for how to proceed.
My mom first experienced a
sore throat Sunday, meaning she
could theoretically leave isola-
tion after five days under revised
guidance from the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention
— assuming her symptoms were
improving and she was fever-free
— in time for the Saturday wed-
ding. The guidance did not re-
quire a negative test to end isola-
tion. People are most contagious
in the early days of their sickness.
My goal was to let her attend
even if she was positive, while
taking extra precautions.
I chose not to inform all wed-
ding guests, because I didn’t
want to make her a pariah. Those
I did warn, including vendors,
ciated Press are critical to AP’s
mission as independent news
organization. To ensure our re-
porting is accurate, fair and
fact-based, we abide by and
enforce these standards, includ-
ing around the use of anony-
Nirappil’s mother reads from handwritten notes during a speech
at her son’s wedding on Sept. 17 in Leesburg.
seemed content with my plans.
But I also learned that I couldn’t
make everyone happy.
Deference to parents is a key
value in my culture, and my
insistence on telling my mother
what to do and publicly disclos-
ing she was sick frustrated some
in the family. Many relatives
work in health care, some treat-
ing covid-19 patients, and don’t
believe the coronavirus is worth
upending your life. One relative
snapped at me that if covid were
still such a big deal, the govern-
ment wouldn’t have ended mask
mandates.
But other guests thought my
plan didn’t go far enough. A
cousin with an unvaccinated in-
fant dropped out, saying it was
unrealistic to expect the family
would stay socially distanced.
Another member of the wedding
party lived with her mother and
faced pressure from her to drop
out.
In my attempts to base my
decisions on the science I had
spent so much time covering as a
reporter, I neglected to consider
how so much of our covid deci-
sion-making is based on a mix of
anxieties, desires and fatigues;
mous sources. When our stan-
dards are violated, we must take
the steps necessary to protect
the integrity of the news report.
We do not make these decisions
lightly, nor are they based on
isolated incidents.”
THE WASHINGTON POST . WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23 , 2022
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we’re often paving a circuitous
path to a predetermined conclu-
sion. Humans always struggle
with gauging risk, and I’m no
exception. I was twisting myself
into pretzels to justify having my
family be part of the wedding
without coming across as a giant
hypocrite.
O
n Thursday, my mom told
me she was feeling better.
But I still felt uneasy.
I’ve interviewed enough medi-
cal professionals and patients to
know how people with covid
start to recover before abruptly
deteriorating. And I suspected
she was just trying to keep me
from worrying. She told friends
that she wished she got covid
earlier, because I was finally call-
ing her all the time.
When I saw her for the first
time, right before the Friday re-
hearsal dinner, after her 10-hour
drive from Georgia, she appeared
healthy. We held the dinner out-
side a manor house where Chris
and I stayed with our families for
the wedding weekend, and I seat-
ed my mom and sister at a table
farthest away from everyone
else. My brother-in-law dubbed
OMAR MARQUES/GETTY IMAGES
Internal AP communications
viewed by The Post show some
confusion and misunderstand-
ing during the preparations of
the erroneous report.
LaPorta shared the U.S. offi-
cial’s tip in an electronic mes-
it the “Time Out Table.”
On the morning of my wed-
ding day, I walked downstairs to
find my mother and sister eating
breakfast alone. I handed them
rapid-test kits. Both came back
positive, but with faint lines — an
indication they were less conta-
gious. My mom had no symp-
toms. My sister was still cough-
ing.
I proceeded with the plan I
had devised: They could still
come, but they’d mask indoors,
get ready on their own and eat
their pan-seared salmon outside.
My mom arrived at the venue
shortly before the ceremony
started. I chose not to wear a
mask when she helped me put on
my Jodhpuri suit and my late
grandfather’s gold crucifix. I
craved the intimacy of the mo-
ment and hoped immunity from
my previous infection and a
booster dose of the new formula
tailored to omicron variants
would protect me.
During the outdoor ceremony,
my mom and I walked down the
aisle to John Legend’s “All of Me,”
and she put her mask on before
sitting in a front row of chairs
spaced apart from the rest of the
rows.
The concerned members of the
wedding party still attended,
donning masks around my mom
and sister or moving away from
them. They wore masks while in
the group shots — and our pho-
tographer Photoshopped in their
real faces later.
I didn’t handle the situation
perfectly. I wonder whether I
should have warned more guests
ahead of time or bugged my mom
more to keep her mask on in-
doors — and let’s be honest, she
often let it slip. But as far as I
know, no one got covid after
attending the wedding.
I figured my mom would wel-
come any excuse to get out of her
predinner speech thanking
guests for attending, because
she’s not much of a public speak-
er. But she insisted on it. I told
her all she had to do was briefly
express gratitude and sit back
down.
It quickly became apparent
that she had other plans.
“It was not at all easy for me to
hear Fenit was gay,” she said,
standing in the middle of the
dance floor.
My normally unfiltered mom
had always been uncharacteristi-
cally muted when it came to my
sexuality. Now here she was — in
front of more than 100 people —
laying bare our struggle. I
squeezed Chris’s hand.
“After reading so many arti-
cles, watching several videos and
listening to medical profession-
als, I came to know I am igno-
rant,” she added.
“Being gay is still a taboo in
society, especially in Indian com-
munity. Even though it is not
traditional, Fenit and Chris chose
each other, to live together, love
each other, build a family of their
own,” my mom said. “I’m proud
of you, my son, that you disclosed
your sexual identity to the world
so other kids like you have the
courage to tell their parents and
move forward in life.”
After a six-minute speech in-
terrupted occasionally by rau-
cous applause, I ran out to the
dance floor to hug my mom,
holding her tightly and telling
her I loved her. Chris joined, too,
and we all embraced each other.
Covid was the last thing on our
minds.
Police officers wear rain coats
as they search and patrol
around the blast site on Nov. 16
in Przewodow, Poland. An
initial report by the Associated
Press inaccurately suggested
that missile was fired by
Russia.
sage around 1:30 p.m. Eastern
time. An editor immediately
asked if AP should issue an alert
on his tip, “or would we need
confirmation from another
source and/or Poland?”
After further discussion, a sec-
ond editor said she “would vote”
for publishing an alert, adding,
“I can’t imagine a U.S. intelli-
gence official would be wrong on
this.”
But a person at the Associated
Press familiar with the larger
conversations surrounding the
story that day said LaPorta also
told his editors that a senior
manager had already vetted the
source of LaPorta’s tip — leaving
the impression that the story’s
sourcing had been approved.
While that editor had signed off
on previous stories using LaPor-
ta’s source, that editor had not
weighed in on the missile story.
Easton said the organization
did not anticipate any discipline
for the editors involved.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23 , 2022
These Native Americans focus on family amid Thanksgiving’s dark history
BY SAMANTHA CHERY
For centuries, Thanksgiving
has been billed as an opportunity
for friends and family to gather,
with peace and gratitude in their
hearts. But for Native Americans,
celebrating the autumnal holiday
isn’t as simple.
The short-and-sweet story told
in schools depicting the first
Thanksgiving as a harmonious
harvest celebration between Na-
tive people and Pilgrims “was a
very romanticized, whitewashed
education about Indigenous peo-
ples,” said Jordan Daniel, who’s a
member of the Lower Brule Sioux
tribe.
In reality, 1621 was not the first
celebration of Thanksgiving be-
tween the English and the
Wampanoag people, said David
Silverman, a George Washington
University professor who special-
izes in Native American history.
The Wampanoags tried to ally
with the English for trade and to
maintain political independence
from another Native group after
an epidemic dwindled their num-
bers.
“Tensions built for years as the
English population grew and be-
gan dispossessing, subjugating
and evangelizing Native people,”
Silverman said. Finally, war broke
out around 1675, and after the
English won, they enslaved about
2,000 American Indian prisoners
of war, he added.
In 1970, the United American
Indians of New England began
commemorating Thanksgiving
Day as a national day of mourn-
ing to honor its ancestors who
experienced cultural genocide at
the hands of European colonial-
ists.
Native Americans as a whole
say they’re still fighting for what’s
rightfully theirs. The Mashpee
Wampanoag tribe still doesn’t
have control over its entire ances-
tral land. The Supreme Court has
been weighing the constitutional-
ity of the Indian Child Welfare
Act, which Congress passed in
1978 to remedy the practice of
removing Native children from
their homes and sending them to
non-Native boarding schools and
families.
Pete Coser Jr., an educator and
member of the Muscogee (Creek)
Nation, also pointed to the recent
news that Harvard University’s
Peabody Museum apologized for
its collection of hair samples tak-
en from 700 Native American
children and pledged to return
them to families and tribal com-
munities. “It goes to show many
different dynamics about this
holiday and this particular year,”
he said.
Despite the painful history
Thanksgiving rehashes, Indig-
enous people also see themselves
as resilient. The fourth Thursday
in November is an opportunity
for them to celebrate their roots
and crush stereotypes, Coser says.
Some grooms have no problem saying ‘I do’ to adopting wives’ last names
NAMES FROM C1
Bureau. The Knot’s 2021 Real
Weddings Study surveyed over
15,000 respondents and found
that 78 percent of couples who got
married that year had one partner
take the other partner’s last name
— but that survey doesn’t break
that data down by gender.
The anecdotal evidence, how-
ever, is unambiguous: It’s rare.
“I’ve not seen one groom take a
bride’s last name,” said Andrew
Zill, an event planner who’s
helped couples plan weddings for
20 years.
“I’ve never had a man take the
woman’s last name,” said Heidi
Hiller, CEO and creative director
of Innovative Party Planners, who
has done a half-dozen weddings a
year for the past dozen years.
Sandy Yi-Davis, founder and
head of event design of Chic Wed-
dings and Events, estimated that
she has planned more than 250
weddings over the past decade.
And how many of those couples
had a groom taking his bride’s
name?
“It’s actually zero,” she said.
HitchSwitch, an online name-
changing service, estimates that
about 5 percent of its newlywed
clients are men seeking informa-
tion on taking their wives’ names,
a slight uptick from a few years
ago. Matthew A. Wolff, Hitch-
Switch director of operations and
compliance, said that occasional-
ly: “When the husbands take the
wife’s last name, the husbands are
like, ‘Is this even allowed?’ ”
Why aren’t more men taking
their wives’ names when they get
married?
“There is this assumption that
female last names are the change-
able, malleable ones,” journalist
and author Jill Filipovic said.
“The fact that it’s only women
making this choice — that it’s only
women presumed to be making
. THE WASHINGTON POST
Pete Coser Jr.
Pete Coser Jr., who lives in
Oklahoma, says Thanksgiving for
him feels like being in a real-life
Hallmark movie.
As Coser’s family readies their
feast for the day, Coser’s aunts,
sisters and mom banter over who
cooks the best dishes. Coser loves
his oldest sister’s pumpkin gooey
cake. And when the food is ready,
multiple generations gather at
the table to enjoy turkey, stuffing,
green bean casserole and potato
salad. They end the day with
games such as Uno, Clue and —
when it’s just the adults — Cards
Against Humanity.
Although Thanksgiving harks
back to a tumultuous history for
Indigenous people, Coser doesn’t
let tragedy define his Muscogee
(Creek), Choctaw and Chickasaw
lineage, or the Mashpee
Wampanoag ancestry his three
sons and daughter also have from
their mother’s side.
His last name hails from the
Coosa region, which was one of
the biggest chiefdoms in the
Southeast, straddling what is now
Georgia and Alabama. And al-
though the Spaniards who colo-
nized the area saw the tribal
leaders, called mekko, as chiefs,
they’re actually kings, Coser said.
“What I tell my kids is that: ‘You
come from royalty. You come from
powerful people,’ ” he said. “They
have a place on this Earth that
they can point to and say: ‘That’s
where I’m originally from.’ ”
Coser’s family takes pride in
being Native American, not just
on Thanksgiving, but throughout
their everyday lives. They em-
brace being Indigenous while
also being lacrosse players, musi-
cians, educators, historians, psy-
chologists and accountants.
“We’re not people of the past,”
Coser said.
Jordan Daniel
Although Northern Virginia
mom Jordan Daniel loved how
Thanksgiving brought her family
together, she no longer celebrates
Thanksgiving the way she used to.
Instead, she observes Truths-
giving through a four-mile run-
ning event hosted by Rising
Hearts, the grass-roots organiza-
tion that she founded. Each year,
Daniel has used the event as a way
for both Native and non-Native
people to raise awareness and
money for Indigenous social is-
sues.
Daniel first learned the true
history of Thanksgiving from a Do
Something article, which motivat-
ed her to place more importance
on “honoring the past, celebrating
the present and building a future”
for Native people like herself.
She still gathers with her family
on the day, but she plans to make
Indigenous cuisine that goes be-
yond the Indian tacos, fry bread
and Wojapi her family has eaten
in previous years. She wants to
incorporate foods known in Na-
this choice — in and of itself,
reflects a pretty deep gender im-
balance.”
Currently, a woman marrying a
man must both make a choice and
deal with the judgment her choice
will invite from loved ones and
strangers alike, whether for keep-
ing her name (divisive, selfish,
does she even really love this
guy?) or taking her husband’s
(retrograde, traitor to the cause,
aiding and abetting her own era-
sure). Meanwhile, her husband-
to-be is above reproach regardless
of the outcome. She can’t win, and
he can’t lose.
For women, keeping their ex-
isting last name (most likely in-
herited from their father’s family)
is typically considered the most
progressive option. About 20 per-
cent of women made that choice
in the years leading up to 2015,
according to an analysis that year
by the New York Times’s Upshot
blog. But even in households
where the woman keeping her
name is a foregone conclusion,
the idea that the man would
change his name, more often than
not, isn’t even on the table.
When author Laura Hankin
got engaged to David Christie, a
staffer for a female Democratic
senator, she knew she would be
keeping her name — “My name is
my identity,” she said — but the
prospect of Christie taking Han-
kin’s last name never came up.
Hankin is confident that had
she “made a big argument about
making a grand social statement
for gender equality,” Christie
would have been receptive to it.
But she wasn’t interested in ask-
ing.
“I think it goes back to that
question of identity,” Hankin said.
“Marriage is a beautiful commit-
ment between two people who
aren’t necessarily changing them-
selves or becoming a whole new
person. I think both of us felt like:
FROM TOP: Juan Gonzalez rekindles a fire in which the smoke
symbolizes a ritual for healing and a connection with the “creator”;
Josh Arce, back left, during a turkey trot in Lawrence, Kan.;
Jordan Daniel, right, marches for the missing and slain Indigenous
women and girls in North America.
tive culture as the three sisters:
beans, corn and squash.
“At the heart of it all, it’s just
about supporting and amplifying
Indigenous voices in our commu-
nities and … having an open heart
and open mind,” she said. “It
challenges what you thought
growing up, but I think we’re
collectively, as a community, do-
ing a lot of the work of unlearning
and relearning.”
Josh Arce
Josh Arce, a member of the
Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation
living in Dallas, has always spent
his Thanksgivings partaking in
food and fellowship with multiple
generations of those he calls fam-
ily, even if they’re not blood-relat-
ed: cousins, aunties, uncles and
grandmas.
“It may not be your grandma,
but they’re an adopted grandma,”
he said. “There’s this pluralism of
families that takes place, and it’s
naturally kind of that way in
Native cultures.”
Back when Arce lived in Law-
rence, Kan., that family included
Native students who weren’t able
to go home for Thanksgiving.
Arce plays dominoes and eats
traditional foods such as wild rice
casserole, usually made with sau-
sage or ground turkey and cream
of mushroom soup, or dishes
“No one ever had any pushback of any kind,” Mike Primo says
regarding his decision to take the last name of his wife, Sara.
We want to be two people who
love and support and commit to
each other, but don’t become each
other. So if I didn’t want to change
my name to his for that reason,
why would he change his name to
mine?”
What’s funny about the whole
name-changing phenomenon,
said Rebecca Traister, an author
who has written extensively on
women in America, “is that it’s a
fundamentally weird thing to do
— from any perspective.”
This innate strangeness, she
says, is part of why even men who,
say, take a more active role in
raising their children or doing the
kinds of housework that histori-
cally has fallen to women, might
nevertheless balk at ditching
their surname.
A name change is a symbolic
reallocation of privilege (whose
name displaces the other?) rather
than a practical one (who takes off
work early for day-care pickup?),
which makes couples more likely
to ignore the custom rather than
reverse it. While the material con-
cerns of parenting, cooking and
cleaning must be attended to,
EZ RE
made with squash or pumpkins.
“We have this historical trau-
ma. We have intergenerational
trauma,” he said. But when Native
Americans have fun on Thanks-
giving, “those are creating good
memories to replace those nega-
tive, traumatic memories.”
Verna Volker
Verna Volker, who’s based in
Minneapolis, lives far from her
extended family in New Mexico,
home of the Navajo Nation.
Thanksgiving has often given
Volker a reason to fly over and
reconnect with them.
Last year, Thanksgiving was es-
pecially sentimental for Volker,
because her mother died a few
days before the holiday. Family
members, even more than for a
typical Thanksgiving, flew in from
across the country for her mom’s
funeral. The time they shared fur-
ther accentuated how important
family time was to Volker. Ever
since Volker was a child, her fam-
ily has weathered the storms of
trauma and grief as a group.
“Even in our grieving, we were
together and we were laughing,”
Volker said.
Over the years, her family has
feasted on a mixed menu of popu-
lar Thanksgiving dishes and ones
specific to Navajo culture, such as
mutton stew and hominy stew.
MIKE PRIMO
“changing your name is not a
necessary thing in life — in fact, it
is a bizarre and anachronistic
thing,” Traister said. And yet “the
attitudes around it, those linger.
Those are really hard to shake off.”
Ask why it is that women have
historically changed their names
when they marry, Princeton his-
torian Tera Hunter said, and
you’ll see why most men don’t.
The legal construction of mar-
riage in the United States is mod-
eled on coverture, the set of do-
mestic laws imported from Eng-
land by early colonists, which de-
creed that a married woman’s
identity and existence was legally
“covered” by her husband. Her
money was his money, her body
was his to do with what he liked,
and her name no longer existed.
“The woman’s identity is essen-
tially erased,” Hunter said, and
the erasure of her name signified
her submission to the authority of
her husband.
Probably the average modern
man isn’t thinking about the de-
humanizing framework of cover-
ture laws when he bristles at the
prospect of taking his wife’s name
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Whether on Thanksgiving or in
daily life, she loves seeing Indig-
enous people in a positive light
and works to debunk stereotypes
that show Native people as
(if he thinks of it at all). But as
Hunter sees it, these norms are so
deeply ingrained in our society
that even people without any
awareness of the history feel an
imperative to abide by those cus-
toms, or are wary of the cost of
rejecting them.
“There’s a lot of social pressure
around naming practices,” she
says, including “egos, ideas about
masculinity, family traditions, all
kinds of things that are influenc-
ing the ways men think about
themselves and think about their
names in particular.”
When Vogue asked the pop
icon now known to the legal sys-
tem (if not her fans) as Mrs. Jenni-
fer Affleck if any part of her
“might want Ben to be Mr. Lopez,”
she laughed out loud. “No! It’s not
traditional,” she explained. “It
doesn’t have any romance to it.”
When actress Zoe Saldana wed
Marco Perugo in 2013, Marco took
Saldana’s name — and Zoe told
InStyle that she “tried to talk him
out of it.” She was concerned that
he would be “emasculated” by his
“Latin community of men, by the
world.”
Mike Primo, the Maine man
formerly known as Mike Ambro-
gi, has a theory: Most men have a
visceral, even subconscious aver-
sion to taking their wives’ names
— one they may be unable to
acknowledge, even to themselves.
“I wonder if — just getting into
the deep, deep code of being a
participant in our culture — most
dudes are coding taking a wom-
an’s name as straight-up emascu-
lation,” Primo said. Maybe to “be-
come more like a woman in any
way, for a man, is to sacrifice
status and caste placement in our
culture.”
Primo was prepared to have to
defend his own choice to the
world, but since his wedding in
2012, he has been pleasantly sur-
prised to discover that his choice
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drunks, overly sexual or rich from
casino money.
“There’s so much negativity on
our people,” she said. “I want to
change that narrative.”
has raised virtually no eyebrows.
“None of the things you’d imag-
ine would happen,” he said. “No
one ever had any pushback of any
kind or honestly even that much
curiosity.” He used to call Ambro-
gi his “bachelor name,” but has
since adopted the more classic
“maiden name.” (“Again, you
would think there would be some
follow-up,” Primo said, “but there
just isn’t.”)
One person Primo didn’t have
to explain himself to was Josh
Peek (né Goldston), the friend
whose decision to take his wife’s
name had influenced Primo’s de-
cision to do the same.
As a kid, Peek had asked his
mother why she’d taken his fa-
ther’s name. “And she said, ‘Well, a
family needs a name,’ ” Peek re-
called. “And that was a compelling
point to me, and a central one.” So
when he and his wife, Katie, got
engaged, and she said she wanted
to keep her name, he pitched her
on him taking hers. (Josh would
keep “Goldston” as a second mid-
dle name, and his wife would
“unofficially” take it on as well.)
His dad was “onboard quite
quickly,” Peek said, but his mom
needed a bit more time to come
around.
“My reaction was a bit nega-
tive,” Ruth Goldston said. ‘What,
you’re not going to have our
name?’”
As the mother of two sons, she
said, “your expectation is that a
lot of other things aren’t going to
happen. You’ll never be the moth-
er of the bride, for instance.”
By the wedding, however, she
had warmed to the idea, and she
now takes a measure of pride in
her son’s last name — even if it’s
not the one she gave him.
“Their reasoning was they
wanted to subvert the dominant
paradigm,” Goldston said. “And I
could hardly not get on board
with that.”
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‘People, Places & Things’ treads familiar turf with its story about addiction
THEATER REVIEW FROM C1
a limb with Emma, testing our
faith in both a resistant patient
and the efficacy of 12-step treat-
ment programs.
If anything keeps one involved
in this rather familiar dramatic
setup, it’s the almost clinical un-
raveling of Emma’s pathology, the
sense that we’re in it with Emma
as she bamboozles the counselors
in a British rehab center and
undermines the other addicts.
She’s one cagey junkie. Macmillan
— who in 2011 premiered another
of his works, “Lungs,” at Studio —
takes us deep into territory that
has been amply covered before, in
feature films, TV series, daytime
self-help shows and in-depth
newspaper articles.
Muse’s production, staged
fashion-runway style in the Vic-
tor Shargai Theatre between op-
posing banks of seats, offers oth-
er exceptional performances,
particularly from Jahi Kearse as
an addict with a more grounded
perspective on the value of treat-
ment, and Jeanne Paulsen as the
doctor who gently encourages
Emma’s better impulses. You
won’t come away from “People,
Places & Things” — a phrase here
denoting the myriad potential
threats to steady sobriety — with
much in the way of fresh edifica-
tion. What you do get is a scrupu-
lously clear-eyed account of one
person’s seduction by mind-
altering narcotics, and the ugly
fight to unfasten their grip.
If that and the unsparing por-
trait of Emma sound engrossing
to you, then you’re a potentially
satisfied customer for the 21/2-
hour drama. I’m hedging because
the subject so lacks in novelty and
only budges grudgingly from the
predictable. When we meet her,
Emma is an actress in an Ibsen
drama, blacking out mid-scene
and soon landing voluntarily in a
clinic; much of the play revolves
not only around Emma’s ambiva-
lence about a cure, but also the
skills at deception that she has
honed onstage.
“People, Places & Things” oc-
curs chiefly in the clinic’s therapy
rooms, where actors portraying
the other addicts and alcoholics
reveal their histories and role-
play with one another. The point
is facing the truth, and truth is
Emma’s kryptonite; she wears
dishonesty as casually as a hospi-
tal gown. Even as Emma’s defens-
es are gradually torn down,
though, Macmillan, to his credit,
offers Emma no great epiphany.
Or ready answers. There are sug-
gestions of a childhood in an
emotionally frigid home, but
many people survive a deficit of
caring parents without snorting
chemicals or guzzling bottles of
vodka.
The question of who loses con-
trol, and why, remains unsettled.
The concrete matter of the play is
the irreparable harm Emma does
to anyone who trusts her. Per-
haps the story’s most powerful
scene occurs at the end, when
Emma’s parents — stirringly
played by David Manis and Pauls-
en — get a chance to speak their
minds to her directly. It’s not at
all what she expects to hear, and
by this point, the audience, as her
unwitting accomplices, is a bit
surprised by how it turns out,
too. This is where “People, Places
& Things” departs most potently
from the addiction-story formu-
la. The process does not always
pave the road to forgiveness.
Debra Booth’s set pieces sug-
gest the institutional blandness
of an environment with few social
distractions, but something
might be done about the banging
around one hears, offstage left
and right, as actors deal with the
beds and other equipment they
wheel on and off. (A delay oc-
curred after one of the props
bumped into a door and caused
some sort of malfunction.) Lind-
say Jones’s music and Andrew
Cissna’s lighting add commend-
ably to conveying the harshness
of the journey Emma has cut out
for herself.
Bush’s uncompromising per-
formance makes a virtue of
Emma’s nihilistic abandonment
of responsibility, her pushing oth-
ers past the limits of their forbear-
ance. You learn that, even if recov-
ery is a milestone achievement,
not everything in one’s life can be
recovered.
People, Places & Things, by
Duncan Macmillan. Directed by David
Muse. Set, Debra Booth; costumes,
Helen Q Huang; lighting, Andrew
Cissna; sound and original music,
Lindsay Jones; projections, Alex
Basco Koch. With Nathan Whitmer,
Lise Bruneau, Tessa Klein, Derek
Garza, Lynnette R. Freeman, Maboud
Ebrahimzadeh. About 21/2 hours.
Through Dec. 11 at Studio Theatre,
1501 14th St. NW. studiotheatre.org.

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old retainer and a fallen woman,
owes more to Charles Dickens
than to Austen, and sticklers may
find that this incongruity de-
tracts from an otherwise spright-
ly story. Nor is Hornby’s hold on
her semi-fictional heroine al-
ways sure: Sharp is not sharp
enough to figure out her father’s
profession, yet is depicted as
more intelligent than those who
employ her?
Of course, much of Austen fan
fiction exists entirely in the
realm of make-believe. “Death
Comes to Pemberley,” P.D.
James’s 2011 mystery, unfolds on
the grand estate owned by Mr.
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interest in “Pride and Prejudice,”
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Devotion (PG-13) 1:00-4:00-7:10
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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
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She Said (R) 12:30-3:15-7:15-9:50
The Fabelmans (PG-13) 12:45-
4:00-7:45-9:30
The Banshees of Inisherin (R)
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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
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Ticket to Paradise (PG-13) 1:10-
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She Said (R) 12:45-4:05-7:20-
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The Menu (R) 10:50-1:40-4:40-
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Glass Onion: A Knives Out
Mystery (PG-13) 12:20-3:50-
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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
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MARYLAND
AFI Silver Theatre
Cultural Center
8633 Colesville Road
Tár (R) 3:00
All That Breathes 1:00
The Banshees of Inisherin (R)
1:50-4:10-6:30-8:55
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
(PG) 6:05
Bardo, False Chronicle of a
Handful of Truths (R) 8:30
Dangerous Youth (1969) 7:00
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
(PG) 12:30
Six Suspects (1965) 2:45
Retropolis
. THE WASHINGTON POST EZ RE C5
and borrows little besides set- ing 2019 novel by the Pakistani in “The Other Bennet Sister.” The A sweet confection called “The naturally to modern writers,
ting. In “Pride and Prejudice and American novelist Soniah Ka- events of “Pride and Prejudice” Jane Austen Society,” by Natalie which explains in part why no
Zombies,” a 2009 sci-fi/horror mal, which knowingly reworks are deftly retold from Mary’s Jenner, has sold briskly since temptingly titled new offering
novel by Seth Grahame-Smith, Austen while skewering the perspective, after which the so- publication in 2020. Set in Chaw- can rival the originals. Read, or
there are still five Bennet daugh- modern Pakistani obsession with cially awkward young woman ton, the Hampshire village where reread, “Mansfield Park” and
ters and balls attended by eligi- class. But the task of recasting is comes into her own, quite plausi- Austen resided for the last eight witness Fanny Price resist all
ble men. But zombies roam Re- not easy. Best-selling author Jo- bly. But the standout in the years of her life, it imagines a temptation to compromise her
gency England, young ladies of anna Trollope’s modern update side-character subgenre is group of residents there, having beliefs. Or look to “Persuasion,”
means are trained in the martial of “Sense and Sensibility” fell flat “Longbourn,” by Jo Baker, a “be- endured the hardships of World Austen’s glorious final novel, au-
arts, and Mr. Darcy eventually in 2013. As of yet, no Austen low-stairs” view of the Bennets War II, coming together to save tumnal in tone, perfect for No-
stabs the villainous Wickham in retelling in print demonstrates told by Sarah, their orphaned artifacts of her life and discuss vember. Austen biographer
the chest to prove he’s been the sparkling humor and admi- housemaid, whose chilblained her books. As in Karen Joy Fowl- Claire Tomalin speculated that
undead all along. rable audacity of “Clueless,” a hands are raw from scrubbing er’s 2004 “The Jane Austen Book the patient, long-suffering pro-
The best Austen tributes forgo movie that time-travels “Emma,” and starching laundry; who is up Club,” later made into a movie, tagonist, Anne Elliot, past the
Austen’s locales and time period dropping the story down in the before 5 a.m. to lay fires; who the characters find their own bloom of youth, may have been
to lean on her brilliant character- Clinton era at a Beverly Hills acts as a silent witness while lives paralleling the plots of the inspired by Austen’s friend Anne
izations and sturdy plots. “Bridg- high school. waiting on tables. The familiar novels. Sharp. We’ll never know. But it
et Jones’s Diary,” by Helen Field- Other Austen-inspired fictions characters, seen from Sarah’s Austen’s books wouldn’t en- hardly matters.
ing, about a contemporary Lon- feature minor figures from the perspective, take on fresh dimen- chant if the absorbing stories
don singleton looking for love, is novels. For a 2020 novel, Janice sion, and the Regency world, weren’t undergirded with a Clare McHugh is the author of the
the urtext here. More recent is Hadlow was brave enough to with all its inequities, is brought strong foundation of moral prin- historical novel “A Most English
“Unmarriageable,” an entertain- take on plain, disgruntled Mary vividly to life. ciple. The latter doesn’t come Princess.”
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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
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Glass Onion: A Knives Out
Mystery (PG-13) 12:05-3:25-
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (PG)
11:10AM
AMC Academy 8
6:00-10:00 Bones and All (R) 3:00-7:00 13) 11:20-3:10-7:00 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever 5:45-9:30 20575 East Hampton Plaza 6:45-10:05 She Said (R) 12:45-4:05-7:20-
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The Menu (R) OC: 10:15AM Cinema 14 Strange World 3D (PG) 1:20 Black Adam (PG-13) 12:00-4:00- 12:00-12:30-2:15-3:00-3:15- (PG-13) 12:00-2:00-6:00-10:00 The Chosen Season 3: Episodes Strange World (PG) 1:20-3:10-
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7:40-10:40 St. Charles Town Ctr. 9 Top Gun: Maverick (PG-13) (PG-13) OC: 12:00 Ticket to Paradise (PG-13) 1:10- 8:30-9:40 The Fabelmans (PG-13) 11:00- Spirited (PG-13) 1:00-4:05-7:10- The Menu (R) 11:00-2:00-4:45-
11115 Mall Circle Black Adam (PG-13) OC: 4:10-6:50-9:50 Strange World (PG) CC: 12:45- 2:45-6:30-10:25 10:15 7:40-10:35
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Strange World (PG) CC: 1:30-7:00 Devotion (PG-13) CC: 10:00- Ticket to Paradise (PG-13) 4:05- 4:00-4:30-5:30-6:30-7:10-8:00- 2700 Potomac Mills Circle
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Medal of Honor Theater -
Black Panther: Wakanda
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NMMC
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever 18900 Jefferson Davis Highway Forever 3D (PG-13) 3:10
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3D (PG-13) 3:30-7:20-11:00 Black Adam (PG-13) CC: 12:10- Angelika Film Center Mosaic
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AMC Annapolis Mall 11 The Chosen Season 3: Episodes
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1020 Annapolis Mall Road 1 & 2 10:15-1:15-4:15-7:15-10:15 The Menu (R) 1:40-4:40-7:40 8:30 Black Panther: Wakanda
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4:30-6:15-7:05-9:15 Strange World (PG) CC: 10:30- 7:20-10:15 (PG-13) 11:20-12:20-3:10-4:10- Forever (PG-13) 11:50-12:20-
The Menu (R) 1:35-4:20-7:10-9:50 Bones and All (R) 12:25-3:40-7:05 Xscape Theatres 1:15-4:00 Devotion (PG-13) 10:00-1:25- 7:00-8:00-10:20
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3:30-5:30-6:00-7:00-9:00-9:30- AMC Magic Johnson Black Panther: Wakanda Forever 7710 Matapeake Business Drive The Fabelmans (PG-13) 10:15- 6:40-10:00
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Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (PG) CC: (PG-13) CC: 1:30-2:00-2:30-5:15- (PG-13) OC: 12:00 Glass Onion: A Knives Out Bones and All (R) 10:20-1:30- 5:40-9:00
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Mystery (PG-13) CC: 11:15-2:45- 4:20-7:10-10:05 She Said (R) 12:50-4:00-7:40-
11:20AM 5:45-6:15-9:00-9:30-10:00 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever 10:35 Prey for the Devil (PG-13) 5:30-
She Said (R) CC: 1:10-4:20- Landmark Regal Hyattsville Royale 6:15-9:45 8:00-10:35
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7:20-10:25 Bethesda Row Cinema The Chosen Season 3: Episodes Mystery (PG-13) 10:30-1:00-4:00- 3:00-4:20-6:00-6:50-8:50-9:40 Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (PG)
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Devotion (PG-13) CC: 11:45-3:00- Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (PG) CC: 1 & 2 11:45-3:00-6:20-9:40 7:00-10:00 The Menu (R) 11:00-1:40-4:40- 11:50-2:35
6:30-9:40 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (PG-13) 11:00-11:30-12:00-12:30- The Woman King (PG-13) CC: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever The Inspection (R) 11:00-2:00- 7:45-10:30 Strange World (PG) 12:20-1:20-
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Strange World (PG) CC: 11:10- The Woman King (PG-13) CC: Ticket to Paradise (PG-13) 1:00 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever 7:10-10:10 10:30
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The Menu (R) CC: 12:10-2:50- Tár (R) 3:15 7:20-10:20 3:30-6:30-9:40
13) CC: 2:30 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Glass Onion: A Knives Out 7:10-10:20
Devotion (PG-13) CC: 2:45- The Menu (R) 12:10-3:00-6:00- The Menu (R) CC: (!) 12:10-4:15- (PG-13) 3:15-4:15-7:00-8:00 Mystery (PG-13) 12:30-3:50-
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Strange World 3D (PG) CC: 2:15- Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (PG) 1:25 6:25-9:20 Forever (PG-13) OC: 12:40
Strange World (PG) CC: 1:45- 5:00-7:45-10:30 Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (PG) 1:00 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever 5:00-7:10-7:30-10:00 The Chosen Season 3: Episodes 10:30 Regal Springfield Town Center
7:00-9:45 She Said (R) 1:20-4:10-7:25-10:10 She Said (R) CC: 10:20-1:30-4:40- 1 & 2 7:50 Strange World (PG) 1:20-4:10-
AMC Montgomery 16 Devotion (PG-13) 1:10-4:25-6:30- She Said (R) 12:10-3:10-6:20-9:30 (PG-13) 2:00-3:00-6:00-7:00- 7:00-9:50 6859 Springfield Mall
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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Black Panther: Wakanda Forever The Banshees of Inisherin (R) 4:50-8:00-11:10 10:35 Forever (PG-13) 10:50-11:20-
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Bones and All (R) 12:05-3:30- 2:40-3:10-6:30-7:00-10:10
3D (PG-13) CC: 2:15-9:30 Bones and All (R) 2:40-6:10-9:20 11:00 The Fabelmans (PG-13) CC: Cinema Arts Theatre Black Adam (PG-13) 11:40-3:20-
Bones and All (R) CC: 1:20-4:20- 2:45-5:30-6:30-9:15-10:15 The Fabelmans (PG-13) 12:45-
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Strange World (PG) (!) 4:30- 12:20-3:40-7:00-10:20 9650 Main St
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7:40-10:40 Black Adam (PG-13) CC: 10:05- 1:15-3:20-4:00-7:10-9:50 The Banshees of Inisherin (R) Black Panther: Wakanda Forever 6:20-9:40
3D (PG-13) 12:00-3:30-7:00 6:15-9:30 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever 3D (PG-13) 4:10-8:00
Strange World 3D (PG) CC: 4:30 1:00-4:05-7:10-10:05 The Menu (R) 1:50-4:20-7:30- The Menu (R) (!) 3:15-6:45-10:00 CC: 11:40-11:00 She Said (R) 12:40-4:00-7:20-
Ticket to Paradise (PG-13) CC: 10:15 Strange World 3D (PG) 12:20 (PG-13) CC; DVS: 9:40-12:45- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever 10:45
AMC Columbia 14 Bones and All (R) (!) 3:30-7:15- Strange World (PG) CC: 10:30- 4:00-7:15
10:30-1:30-4:30-7:30-10:10 Strange World (PG) 12:50-4:10- Regal Rockville Center 4:35-10:40 (PG-13) OC: 5:15 The Fabelmans (PG-13) 12:00-
10300 Little Patuxent Parkway 10:45 She Said (R) CC; DVS: 10:10-1:15- Regal Fairfax Towne Center 3:30-7:05-10:35
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (PG) CC: 7:05-9:30 199 East Montgomery Avenue
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mys- The Menu (R) CC: 11:10-1:50-
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever 10:30-1:15-4:00-7:00 Black Adam (PG-13) 5:10-8:20 tery (PG-13) (!) 2:45-6:30-10:30 4:20-7:00 Strange World (PG) 10:30-11:10-
Phoenix Theatres Marlow 6 4:30-7:20-11:05 4110 West Ox Road
(PG-13) CC: 6:15-10:00 She Said (R) CC: 10:10-1:10-4:15- She Said (R) 12:50-4:20-7:40 Devotion (PG-13) CC; DVS: 10:05- 1:20-1:50-4:10-4:40-6:50-7:30-
Devotion (PG-13) CC: 12:10-3:40- 7:25-10:25 3899 Branch Avenue Strange World 3D (PG) CC: 1:10-4:15-7:10 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever 9:50-10:20
7:10-10:20 Devotion (PG-13) CC: 12:30-3:45- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Ticket to Paradise (PG-13) 2:10
Strange World (PG) 1:20-3:00-
VIRGINIA 2:30-8:30 (PG-13) 12:10-12:50-3:10-3:50-
The Fabelmans (PG-13) CC; DVS: 4:20-5:30-6:40-7:40-8:10-9:20- The Menu (R) 11:00-1:40-4:20-
The Fabelmans (PG-13) CC: 7:00-10:15 (PG-13) 11:00-12:30-2:30-4:00- AMC Courthouse Plaza 8 AMC Tysons Corner 16 10:00-1:00-4:10-7:30 7:10-10:00
6:00-7:30-9:30 4:00-5:40-6:50-8:30 10:20
11:55-3:40-7:05 Strange World (PG) CC: 10:00AM The Menu (R) 1:40-4:50-7:50 2150 Clarendon Blvd. 7850e Tysons Corner Center The Banshees of Inisherin Bones and All (R) 10:40-2:30-
Black Adam (PG-13) 1:30-4:25- Black Adam (PG-13) 12:20-3:30-
Strange World (PG) CC: 12:30- The Menu (R) CC: 10:45-1:30- Bones and All (R) 12:30-4:10-7:20 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (R) CC; DVS: 9:40-12:05-2:35- 6:30-9:30 6:00-9:20
3:15 7:15-10:35 5:05-7:40 Glass Onion: A Knives Out
4:10-7:05-9:45 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (PG-13) CC: 10:30-12:00-2:00- (PG-13) CC: 5:20-9:05 She Said (R) 12:40-3:40-6:50-9:50
Bones and All (R) CC: 12:50-4:10- Bones and All (R) CC: 12:15-3:30- Devotion (PG-13) 11:30-2:35- 3:30-5:30-7:00-9:00 Black Adam (PG-13) CC: 10:20- The Menu (R) CC; DVS: 9:45- Mystery (PG-13) 12:25-3:50-
5:30-8:30 3D (PG-13) 2:40-6:30 Strange World (PG) 11:20-1:20-
7:20-10:30 6:45-10:00 Strange World 3D (PG) 12:10 She Said (R) CC: 10:05-1:10-4:10- 1:25-4:40-7:50-10:50 12:00-2:30-5:00-7:20 7:15-10:30
Strange World (PG) 11:15-1:45- 4:30-7:10-9:40
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Glass Onion: A Knives Out Black Panther: Wakanda Forever 7:10-10:10 Ticket to Paradise (PG-13) CC: Cinemark Centreville 12 The Menu (R) 11:30-2:10-4:50- Black Panther: Wakanda
Mystery (PG-13) CC: 11:50-3:10- Mystery (PG-13) CC: 12:45-4:00- 4:15-6:30-8:45 Forever 3D (PG-13) 12:20-
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (PG-13) 12:00-12:40-2:00-3:20- Devotion (PG-13) CC: 1:20-4:30- 10:25-1:05-3:50-6:35-9:20 6201 Multiplex Drive 7:30-10:10
6:30-9:50 7:15-10:30 3:50-4:30-5:00-5:50-7:00-7:30- 7:40-10:50 Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (PG) CC: Black Adam (PG-13) 2:25-8:50 Bones and All (R) 12:30-4:00- 4:30-8:10
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever The Chosen Season 3: Episodes 3D (PG-13) 12:00-3:30-7:00-10:35
8:10-8:40 The Menu (R) CC: 11:50-2:30- 10:35-1:20-4:05-6:45 Ticket to Paradise (PG-13) 10:10- 7:00-10:00 Regal Virginia Gateway & RPX
- The IMAX 2D Experience (PG- 1 & 2 10:15-1:15-4:20-7:20-10:20 Regal Bowie 5:10-7:50-10:30 She Said (R) CC: 11:55-3:20- 2:20-5:00-7:40-10:20 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever 8001 Gateway Promenade Place
13) CC: 11:45-7:15-11:00 Regal UA Snowden Square
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever 15200 Major Lansdale Boulevard
9161 Commerce Center Drive Strange World (PG) CC: 10:50- 6:30-9:50 She Said (R) 10:05-1:10-4:15- 3D (PG-13) 1:50 Black Panther: Wakanda
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (PG-13) CC: 12:00-3:45-7:30 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
- An IMAX 3D Experience (PG- Strange World (PG) 11:00-1:45- (PG-13) 1:00-4:50-5:50-7:40-8:40 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever 1:30-6:50-9:20 The Woman King (PG-13) CC: 10:25 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Forever (PG-13) 11:20-3:10-
(PG-13) 11:50-3:40-7:30 Bones and All (R) CC: 11:00-2:00- 1:40 Devotion (PG-13) 11:00-12:20- (PG-13) OC: 11:40AM 7:00-10:50
13) CC: 3:30 4:30-7:15-10:00 Black Adam (PG-13) 12:10-3:20-
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Cinemark Egyptian 24 and XD Black Adam (PG-13) 1:50-5:00- 5:00-8:00-11:00 Devotion (PG-13) CC: 11:15-2:45- 3:35-10:05 Regal Fox & IMAX Black Adam (PG-13) 12:10-
6:30-9:30 8:20 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever 6:15-9:45 Strange World (PG) 10:30-1:10- 22875 Brambleton Plaza 3:20-6:40-10:10
(PG-13) CC: 1:45-5:30-9:15 Till (PG-13) 12:00
Strange World 3D (PG) CC:
7000 Arundel Mills Circle Ticket to Paradise (PG-13) 1:30- 3D (PG-13) CC: 10:25 The Fabelmans (PG-13) CC: 3:50-9:10 The Legend of Maula Jatt (Maula Ticket to Paradise (PG-13)
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Strange World (PG) 1:20-3:10- 4:30-7:50 Glass Onion: A Knives Out 11:30-3:05-6:45-8:00-10:25 Bones and All (R) 10:00-1:10- 11:40-6:20
6:00-8:45 4:10-6:00-7:00-8:50-10:20 Mystery (PG-13) CC: 9:50-10:10- Jatt 2) 2:30-9:45
(PG-13) 12:10-3:55-7:40 She Said (R) 12:40-4:00-8:00 Strange World (PG) CC: 11:45- 4:20-10:40 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever She Said (R) 12:50-4:05-7:25-
Strange World (PG) CC: 1:30- The Menu (R) 1:40-4:40-7:30-
4:15-7:00-9:45
Private Watch Party 12:00-3:30 The Fabelmans (PG-13) 12:00- 1:00-4:10-7:30-10:40 2:30 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (PG-13) 11:50-12:50-3:40-4:10- 10:30
She Said (R) 10:10-1:15-4:20- 10:15 3:30-7:10 Strange World 3D (PG) CC: 4:15 The Menu (R) CC: 10:10-10:15- (PG-13) 10:25-11:30-12:55-2:05- 4:40-7:30-8:00-8:30 The Fabelmans (PG-13) 12:00-
AMC DINE-IN Rio Cinemas 18 10:30 Bones and All (R) 12:30-3:40- Strange World (PG) 12:10-1:20- AMC Hoffman Center 22 1:10-4:10-9:55 3:15-4:35-5:45-7:00-8:15-9:25- Black Adam (PG-13) 11:00- 3:30-7:05-10:35
9811 Washingtonian Center The Fabelmans (PG-13) 11:15- 7:10-9:40 4:20-7:00 206 Swamp Fox Rd. Bones and All (R) CC: 10:30-4:15- 10:45 5:20-8:15 Strange World (PG) 12:25-3:15-
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever 2:45-10:00 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever The Menu (R) 1:40-4:50-7:40 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever 7:30-10:45 Glass Onion: A Knives Out Ticket to Paradise (PG-13) 2:10 6:10-8:50
(PG-13) CC: 10:30-12:00-2:30- The Menu (R) 10:45-1:30-4:15- 3D (PG-13) 3:50 Bones and All (R) 12:40-3:50-6:50 (PG-13) CC: 6:45 Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (PG-13) 11:05-12:30- Yashoda (Telugu) 12:00-3:10- The Menu (R) 11:00-1:45-4:45-
4:00-6:30-8:00-10:30 9:45 Strange World 3D (PG) 12:20 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Black Adam (PG-13) CC: 12:15- Mystery (PG-13) CC: 10:00-1:15- 3:50-7:10-10:30 6:40-9:50 7:40-10:45
Black Adam (PG-13) CC: 11:00- Bones and All (R) 10:00-1:10- Regal Cinemas Majestic 3D (PG-13) 2:40 3:15-6:15-9:15 4:30-7:45-9:25-10:55 The Chosen Season 3: Episodes Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (PG) Bones and All (R) 12:40-3:55-
2:00-5:00-8:00-11:00 4:20-10:50 Stadium 20 & IMAX Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Ticket to Paradise (PG-13) CC: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever 1 & 2 11:40-3:10-6:40-10:10 11:05-1:40 7:20-10:25
Ticket to Paradise (PG-13) CC: Glass Onion: A Knives Out 900 Ellsworth Drive (PG-13) 12:20-12:50-1:50-3:10- 1:15 - The IMAX 2D Experience (PG- She Said (R) OC: 7:20 Strange World (PG) 11:30-2:20- Glass Onion: A Knives Out
10:30-7:00 Mystery (PG-13) 12:20-3:40- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever 4:10-4:40-5:40-6:30-6:50-8:10- 13) CC: 12:00-7:20-11:00 Devotion (PG-13) OC: 6:50 5:10-8:00 Mystery (PG-13) OC: 3:50-
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (PG) CC: 7:15-10:40
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (PG) CC: 7:00-10:20 (PG-13) 11:45-12:15-12:30-2:00- 8:30 10:15-1:15-4:00 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Strange World (PG) 2:30-5:10- The Menu (R) 1:45-4:45-7:40
10:00-1:00-3:45-6:30 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever 2:30-3:35-3:45-4:05-4:20-5:50- - An IMAX 3D Experience (PG- 7:50 Bones and All (R) 12:40-4:00- Black Panther: Wakanda For-
Regal Waugh Chapel & IMAX She Said (R) CC: 12:15-3:30- ever (PG-13) 11:50-2:10-2:40-
She Said (R) CC: 10:00-1:00-4:00- 3D (PG-13) XD: 3:35 6:20-7:25-7:30-7:55-8:10-10:10 1419 South Main Chapel Way 6:45-10:00 13) CC: 3:40 Bones and All (R) OC: 7:30 7:10-10:30
7:15-10:30 Spirited (PG-13) 10:15-1:20-4:25- Glass Onion: A Knives Out 3:40-6:00-7:30-9:20-9:50
Black Adam (PG-13) 2:45-6:00- Black Adam (PG-13) 11:00-2:40- The Woman King (PG-13) CC: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Drishyam 2 (Hindi) 11:10-6:10
The Woman King (PG-13) CC: 7:30-10:35 9:15 Mystery (PG-13) OC: 5:30 Glass Onion: A Knives Out
6:20-9:20 10:00-4:00 3D (PG-13) CC: 1:45-5:50-9:40 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Mystery (PG-13) 12:30
9:30 Strange World 3D (PG) 5:25 Prey for the Devil (PG-13) Strange World 3D (PG) 11:50AM - The IMAX 2D Experience (PG-
She Said (R) 11:50-3:00-6:30- Devotion (PG-13) CC: 12:00-1:20- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Devotion (PG-13) CC: 11:30-3:00- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever 5:55-8:45 9:30 3:15-4:45-6:30-8:00-9:45 (PG-13) CC: 11:00-12:55-2:40- Strange World (PG) OC: 6:30 13) 3:10-7:00 Smithsonian -
6:30-9:45 3D (PG-13) XD: 3:35 Ticket to Paradise (PG-13) 12:55- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Airbus IMAX Theater
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Strange World (PG) 11:30-1:20- Till (PG-13) CC: 1:15-4:30-7:45 4:35-6:20-8:20-10:15 Cinemark
14390 Air and Space Museum Parkway
The Fabelmans (PG-13) CC: 3:30-6:40-9:45 4:20-4:50-7:00-7:40-9:50-10:10 The Fabelmans (PG-13) CC: Strange World 3D (PG) CC: Fairfax Corner and XD - An IMAX 3D Experience (PG-
11:15-2:45-6:15-9:45 (PG-13) XD: 11:50-7:20-11:05; Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (PG) 11900 Palace Way 13) 11:20AM Journey to Space (2015) (NR)
The Menu (R) 11:10-1:40-4:30- 11:00-2:45-6:15-9:45 10:05-5:15
Strange World (PG) CC: 10:30- 12:10-3:55-7:40; 11:50-7:20-11:05 12:40-3:15 7:10-10:10 Strange World (PG) CC: 10:30- Bones and All (R) OC: 1:00 Black Adam (PG-13) 10:30 Black Panther: Wakanda 10:20-1:15-3:30
She Said (R) OC: 7:25 To Fly! (1976) (NR) 10:50-1:55
12:30-3:15-6:15-9:00-10:15
Devotion (PG-13) 12:35-3:55-
She Said (R) 12:45-4:05-7:20- Bones and All (R) 12:10-3:30- 1:15-4:00 Strange World (PG) CC: 10:50- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Forever 3D (PG-13) 2:10-6:00-
Smile (R) CC: 1:15-4:00-10:00 10:30 6:40-9:40 The Menu (R) CC: 10:30-1:15- 1:35-4:25-7:15-10:10 (PG-13) 1:30-2:15-5:10-6:00- 9:50; 1:20 Black Panther: Wakanda For-
7:10-9:30-10:25 The Fabelmans (PG-13) 11:45- Strange World 3D (PG) 12:20- ever - The IMAX 2D Experience
The Menu (R) CC: 11:15-2:15- Glass Onion: A Knives Out 4:00-9:30 The Menu (R) 7:00 8:50-9:45
5:10-8:15-11:00 The Fabelmans (PG-13) OC: 6:45 3:15-6:45-10:15 3:10-6:00-8:50 (PG-13) 6:10
World (PG) 10:45-12:05- Mystery (PG-13) 12:30-3:50- Smile (R) CC: 6:40-9:30 Ticket to Paradise (PG-13)
Bones and All (R) CC: 10:00-1:15- Strange
1:25-2:45-4:05-6:45-8:05-10:45
Strange World (PG) 12:20-3:10- 7:20-10:40 Bones and All (R) CC: 10:00-
AMC Worldgate 9
7:05-9:50 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Blue Planet (Il pianeta azzurro)
4:10-6:00-7:00-8:50-9:50 13025 Worldgate Drive (PG-13) 11:00-2:40-5:10-6:30- (NR) 11:25-2:35-4:55
4:25-7:30-10:45 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever 12:15-3:30-6:45-10:00 She Said (R) 12:35-3:45-6:55-
The Menu (R) OC: 7:00 The Menu (R) 12:30-3:30-6:25- Black Panther: Wakanda 9:00 The Dream is Alive (NR)
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Bones and All (R) OC: 7:35 - The IMAX 2D Experience (PG- Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mys- 10:05
- The IMAX 2D Experience (PG- 9:15 13) 11:20-6:50-10:30 tery (PG-13) CC: 10:00-12:00- Forever (PG-13) CC: 4:00-4:30- Devotion (PG-13) 12:30-3:55- Strange World (PG) 1:20-4:10- 12:20-4:05
13) CC: 11:00-7:00-11:00 Cinépolis Gaithersburg Bardo, False Chronicle of a Black Panther: Wakanda For- 3:15-6:30-9:45 7:00-7:30 7:15-10:35 7:00-9:50 University Mall Theatre
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mys- 629 Center Point Way Handful of Truths (R) 11:30-6:25 ever - An IMAX 3D Experience The Chosen Season 3: Episodes She Said (R) CC: 4:00-7:00 The Fabelmans (PG-13) 11:40- Regal Kingstowne & RPX 10659-A Braddock Road
tery (PG-13) CC: 11:45-12:45- White Christmas (NR) 6:40 Smile (R) 9:50 (PG-13) 3:10 1 & 2 1:20-4:15-7:15 Devotion (PG-13) CC: 7:45 3:10-6:40-10:20 5910 Kingstowne Towne Center Black Panther: Wakanda
3:30-4:30-6:45-7:45-10:00-11:00 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Bones and All (R) 12:40-3:55- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Strange World (PG) CC: 6:00 Strange World (PG) 11:35-2:20- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Forever (PG-13) CC; DVS:
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (PG-13) 2:00-4:00-6:00-8:00 7:10-10:25 3D (PG-13) 4:40 - The IMAX 2D Experience (PG- The Menu (R) CC: 5:00-8:00 3:55-5:00-7:40-10:25 (PG-13) 11:20-7:00-10:50 12:45-4:00-7:15
- An IMAX 3D Experience (PG- Black Adam (PG-13) 5:15-8:20 Glass Onion: A Knives Out Strange World 3D (PG) 2:00 13) CC: 12:00-7:30 One Piece Film Red (PG-13) The Menu (R) 1:40-4:30-7:20- Black Adam (PG-13) 11:30-2:20- Devotion (PG-13) CC; DVS: 1:00-
13) CC: 3:00 The Menu (R) 5:40-8:40 Mystery (PG-13) 12:25-3:50- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Black Panther: Wakanda Forever 4:15 10:10 5:15-8:10 4:10-7:30
The Chosen Season 3: Episodes She Said (R) 2:45 7:15-10:30 (PG-13) 12:40-1:10-5:10-8:20- - An IMAX 3D Experience (PG- Bones and All (R) CC: 3:45-6:45 Bones and All (R) 12:20-3:40- Ticket to Paradise (PG-13) Strange World (PG) CC; DVS:
1 & 2 12:45-4:00-7:15-10:15 Devotion (PG-13) 3:45-7:40 Drishyam 2 (Hindi) 3:00-10:00 9:00 13) CC: 3:45 Strange World 3D (PG) CC: 3:30 6:50-10:00 11:40-2:30 12:10-2:20-4:30-7:00
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CLASSIC DOONESBURY GARRY TRUDEAU PICKLES BRIAN CRANE

RED AND ROVER BRIAN BASSET AGNES TONY COCHRAN

BRIDGE

BOTH SIDES VULNERABLE

NORTH
♠ K4
♥ KJ54
♦ AKJ
♣ QJ73
WEST (D) EAST
♠ Q J 10 8 7 ♠ 652
♥ A63 ♥ 987
♦ 96 ♦ 10 8 7 3 MIKAEL WULFF & ANDERS MORGENTHALER
FRANK AND ERNEST TOM THAVES WUMO
♣ AK5 ♣ 982
SOUTH
♠ A93
♥ Q 10 2
♦ Q542
♣ 10 6 4

The bidding:
WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH
1 ♠ Dbl Pass 1 NT
Pass 3 NT All Pass
Opening lead — ♠ Q

M
CLASSIC PEANUTS CHARLES SCHULZ MIKE DU JOUR MIKE LESTER
any good books have
appeared recently
including John Carruthers’
wonderful “Bridge With
Another Perfect Partner” and
Adam Parrish’s excellent
“Parrish the Thought.” To
polish your notrump play, try
“Improve Your Cardplay Step
by Step” by Robert Berthe
and Norbert Lebely.
At 3NT, South counts
RHYMES WITH ORANGE HILARY PRICE MARK TRAIL JULES RIVERA
nine tricks: two spades, four
diamonds and three hearts
after losing to the ace. But
he must be careful: If he wins
the first spade in dummy
and starts the hearts, West
will duck twice, win the third
heart and lead another
spade. The diamonds are
blocked, and South can’t get
all his tricks.
South must win the first LIO MARK TATULLI MIKE PETERS
MOTHER GOOSE & GRIMM
spade with the ace, take
the A-K-J of diamonds and
lead a heart to his 10. If
West ducks, South cashes
the queen of diamonds and
continues hearts. He reaches
dummy with the king of
spades for the good heart.
“Step by Step” is full of
examples and quizzes. Baron
Barclay has all books in print
plus software and stocking HAGAR THE HORRIBLE CHRIS BROWNE BALDO HECTOR CANTU & CARLOS CASTELLANOS
stuffers for your favorite play-
er. See baronbarclay.com.
DAILY QUESTION
You hold:
♠ A 9 3 ♥ Q 10 2
♦ Q 5 4 2 ♣ 10 6 4
Your partner opens one
heart, you raise to two hearts
and he then bids three dia-
monds. What do you say?
ANSWER: Partner’s three
diamonds is a try for game BLONDIE DEAN YOUNG & JOHN MARSHALL SALLY FORTH FRANCESCO MARCIULIANO & JIM KEEFE
and asks you to pay atten-
tion to your holding in his
second suit: With a “double
fit” you may make game
with fewer than the usual
26 points. You have a sound
raise with two trump honors,
a diamond honor and a side
ace. Bid four hearts.
— Frank Stewart
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HOROSCOPE

BIRTHDAY | NOVEMBER 23
You are an idealist.
You are creative,
high-spirited and
freethinking. You seek
adventure and try to avoid a
routine. Simplicity is the key
to this year for you. Focus
on your health or physical
exercise and methods to stay
grounded. Work hard for what
you want.

DILBERT SCOTT ADAMS JUDGE PARKER FRANCESCO MARCIULIANO & MIKE MANLEY Moon Alert: Avoid shopping or
making important decisions
from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. today.
The New Moon is in Sagittarius
today.
ARIES
(MARCH 21-APRIL 19).
Today’s New Moon is the
perfect chance to set
intentions about expanding
your world or improving your
job through further training,
education or travel.
TAURUS
(APRIL 20-MAY 20).
You are the financial wizard
FRAZZ JEF MALLETT CANDORVILLE DARRIN BELL of the zodiac. Today is the
only New Moon all year that
offers you the chance to set
intentions about how to best
deal with shared property,
inheritances and anything that
you own jointly with someone.
GEMINI
(MAY 21-JUNE 20).
Today the only New Moon
all year opposite your sign is
taking place, which means this
is perhaps the best day of the
year to think about what you
can do to improve your closest
relationships.
GARFIELD JIM DAVIS BARNEY AND CLYDE WEINGARTENS & CLARK
CANCER
(JUNE 21-JULY 22).
Today the New Moon is in your
sign. This is the only time all
year this will occur, and it is
an opportunity for you. Every
New Moon is a chance to
make resolutions and set new
intentions. Think about how
you can improve your relations
with others.
LEO
(JULY 23-AUG. 22).
Even if we think we don’t
believe in anything, that’s what
STEVE KELLEY & JEFF PARKER STAN LEE & ALEX SAVIUK
we believe in. In other words,
DUSTIN THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN we all have beliefs. Today’s
New Moon is a good time to
ask yourself what you believe
in. What is the highest good to
your way of thinking?
VIRGO
(AUG. 23-SEPT. 22).
We are gregarious creatures.
We need to see others, and we
need to be seen. Today’s New
Moon is the perfect time to
think about what you can do to
improve your friendships and
interactions with groups.
LIBRA
SCOTT STANTIS DAVE BLAZEK (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22).
PRICKLY CITY LOOSE PARTS Everyone cares about the
impression that they create on
their audience. Today’s New
Moon is your chance to think
about your public reputation
and your style of relating to
parents, bosses, teachers and
even the police.
SCORPIO
(OCT. 23-NOV. 21).
This is the perfect day to
decide how you can improve
your life through learning,
reading, studying, taking
courses or travel. In other
words, what can you do to
NON SEQUITUR WILEY BABY BLUES RICK KIRKMAN & JERRY SCOTT enrich your life and expand
your world? Any ideas?
SAGITTARIUS
(NOV. 22-DEC. 21).
Life is easier if you feel
financially secure. Today’s New
Moon is in one of your Money
Houses. Make plans to reduce
your debt or consolidate
financial arrangements
about shared property and
inheritances so you feel more
reassured and confident.
CAPRICORN
(DEC. 22-JAN. 19).
The New Moon today is
BIG NATE LINCOLN PEIRCE ON THE FASTRACK BILL HOLBROOK opposite your sign, which is
the best opportunity for you all
year to think about how you
can improve your partnerships
and closest friendships. Think
about what kind of friend you
are to others.
AQUARIUS
(JAN. 20-FEB. 18).
This is an excellent day to set
intentions. In particular, what
resolutions would you make
that will help you improve your
job or how you do your job?
What resolutions might you
make to improve your health?
BEETLE BAILEY MORT, BRIAN & GREG WALKER PEARLS BEFORE SWINE STEPHAN PASTIS
PISCES
(FEB. 19-MARCH 20).
We are a goal-oriented society.
However, it’s important to play
and enjoy the arts. Today’s
New Moon is the perfect time
to ask yourself if you have
a good balance between
work and play. Do you take
time to have fun with others,
especially children? Do you
value your creative talents?
— Georgia Nicols
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On each Thanksgiving, an It’s another mostly sunny day as Find things to make in the
estimated 46 million turkeys temperatures climb higher to the Crafts & Recipes section of
and 80 million pounds of middle or upper 50s. our website.
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Learn more TOD AY’ S NE WS

l “Keepunumuk: Weeachumun’s
Thanksgiving Story,” by Danielle
Greendeer, Anthony Perry and Alexis
Bunten (ages 3 to 7). A gorgeous picture
book that focuses on the Native Americans
and the natural treasures of what would
become America leading up to the “first
Thanksgiving.”
l “1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving
(National Geographic),” by Catherine AUDREY JACKSON/ASSOCIATED PRESS
O’Neill Grace (ages 8 to 12). An illustrated
The Cherokee Nation aims to
photo essay that shows a more balanced
reconnect with the bison, an
and historically accurate version of the
animal tied to the tribe’s traditions.
harvest celebration in 1621.
Bison are relocated
to Native American
bean dance. We have a pumpkin dance. . . .
Traditions of giving thanks extend
tribes in 20 states
throughout the year and are abundant
and diverse in Native communities today. Decades after the last bison van-
ished from their tribal lands, the Cher-
Q: How do Native American people and okee Nation is among Indigenous
people who study Native American his- tribes seeking to reconnect with the
tory feel about the current tradition of humpbacked, shaggy-haired animals
Thanksgiving? that occupy a crucial place in centu-
A: There’s not one answer about it. My ries-old tradition and belief.
friend Dennis Zotigh wrote a really nice Since 1992 the InterTribal Buffalo
ILLUSTRATION BY J.L.G. FERRIS/LIBRARY OF CONGRESS blog about “How do Native American Council has helped relocate bison
Native Americans and Pilgrims in “The First Thanksgiving 1621.” Thanksgiving is based on Native American traditions. people feel about Thanksgiving?” And the from areas such as Badlands National
answers are really varied. Some people Park in South Dakota, Yellowstone

Feast’s Native American heritage

celebrate much like other people, they
might bring food from their culture and
tradition. . . . There are some Native
Americans who do consider it a day of
mourning, though, because it does repre-
sent a story that is not told in full, that has
BY O LIVIA M C C ORMACK er services coordinator at the Smithso- the hunt. The harvest and food was often not included specifically Wampanoag
National Park in Wyoming and Grand
Canyon National Park in Arizona to 82
member tribes in 20 states.
“Collectively those tribes manage
over 20,000 buffalo on tribal lands,”
said Troy Heinert, a Rosebud Sioux
Tribe member who serves as executive

T
hanksgiving has become a time
to gather with family and eat
turkey, but the holiday can be
more complex for Native Ameri-
cans. The stories of their ances-
tors, who were part of the 1621 meal
known as the “first Thanksgiving,” aren’t
told with the same importance as the tales
of the Pilgrims. Those colonists included
about 100 settlers who had arrived from
England the year before.
Renée Gokey, a member of the Eastern
Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, is the teach-
nian Institution’s National Museum of the
American Indian. She recently talked with
KidsPost about how to respect the history
of Thanksgiving while including Native
American traditions.
Question: What was going on between
Native Americans and colonists (in what
is now Massachusetts) during the 1600s?
Answer: There were 69 autonomous vil-
lages within the Wampanoag nation, and
each leader (or sachem) of their village
would collect tribute from the people of
his particular village, such as a portion of
redistributed to people who needed it in
the village. People took care of one an-
other. The [Pilgrims] who came here in
the 1620s were, we know the story, looking
for more religious freedom. And they real-
ly relied on the Native people who taught
them some of the ways to grow crops.
Q: Can you talk about the Native Ameri-
can practices of gratitude?
A: So Native people have always had, and
we still do have, either bigger ceremonies
[or] seasonal ceremonies of gratitude. In
my tribe, we honor the corn. We have a
voices and the people who are the descen-
dants today.
Q: Are there things that young people can
do to better understand Native Ameri-
cans’ connection with Thanksgiving dur-
ing this holiday?
A: Pick one food on the table and really
start to talk about it, and this could happen
onceaweekwithyourfamily.Whatisafood
that is on the table that you want to learn
more about? What [are] its origins? Where
does it come from? Do people still eat it?
And how have new cultures adapted it?
director of the InterTribal Buffalo
Council. “Our goal and mission is to
restore buffalo back to Indian country
for that cultural and spiritual connec-
tion that Indigenous people have with
the buffalo.”
Centuries ago, an estimated 30 mil-
lion to 60 million bison roamed the
vast Great Plains of North America,
from Canada to Texas. But by 1900,
European settlers had driven the spe-
cies to near extinction, hunting them
for their prized skins.
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BLACK OUT PRO FOOTBALL COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Unconscious bias, unchecked: How the N.Y. Giants have Carolina benches Baker Mayfield and names Sam The latest CFP rankings remain static at the top, but the
gone nearly a century without hiring a Black coach. A1 Darnold the starter for Sunday’s game vs. Denver. D2 knocking-on-the-door No. 5 spot is a bit of a surprise. D2

Washington
has a thing
for fashion
on the feet
As the victories pile up,
Heinicke and teammates
are rocking top sneakers

BY S AM F ORTIER

In late October, Washington

Commanders quarterback Taylor
Heinicke was in the training
room following a game against
the Green Bay Packers when an
idea struck. The victory had given
him a bonus — he earns $125,000
every time he plays at least 60
percent of the snaps in a win —
and that day, he unintentionally
sparked what he now calls “a fun
little tradition.”
In 2020, when Washington
signed Heinicke as its quarantine
quarterback, he had two pairs of
sneakers: one Vans and one Con-
verse. Teammates needled him,
telling him to get more swag. The
next year, he started buying Nike
Air Jordans, and by this fall, he
had about 20 pairs.
In the training room in Octo-
ber, Heinicke picked out a pair of
green-and-yellow Oregon 5 Jor-
dans, and in the weeks since, as he JABIN BOTSFORD/THE WASHINGTON POST

has helped revive the Command- SAUDI ARABIA 2, ARGENTINA 1: Midfielder Salem al-Dawsari does a flip after scoring Saudi Arabia’s second goal in a five-minute span in the second half Tuesday.
ers’ season, he’s purchased Jor-
dans in the colors of the teams

A Saudi shocker
he’s beaten: blue-and-white
Georgetown 1s for Indianapolis,
metallic green 4s for Philadel-
phia, blue Travis Scott 4s for
Houston. After the Eagles upset,
Heinicke also bought shoes for
SEE COMMANDERS ON D2

Falcons at Commanders
Sunday, 1 p.m., WTTG-5 ‘Small team’ stuns Messi and international giant Argentina in one of the event’s biggest upsets
BY C HUCK C ULPEPPER Saudi Arabia, many of whom reached
this first World Cup in the Arab world by

For hurting lusail, qatar — Consuming, astound-

ing noise, long a pillar of soccer around
this globe, just took its first turn this
WORLD CUP
driving, who unleashed an unforeseeable
ruckus. They greeted whiplash goals by
Saleh al-Shehri on 48 minutes and Salem

Capitals, it’s nascent World Cup at pounding the

eardrums and stoking the goose bumps.
It soundtracked one of the bigger upsets
United States vs. England
Friday, 2 p.m., Fox
A Ronaldo exit: Portuguese star,
al-Dawsari on 53 minutes that will sus-
tain primo lodging in their memories.
And from those you’re-kidding-me mo-

getting late in World Cup history. It stirred up in a

thundering swirl of delight and disbelief.
It came from next-door neighbors.
Man. U. agree to part ways. D4
France rolls: Les Bleus concede
ments, they carried on singing and
booming through all manner of Argenti-
na threats until they exulted at a 2-1 win

rather early Somehow, on a Tuesday afternoon that

will live long past Tuesday evening, it
turned out to be the abundant fans of
early, then dominate. D4
On Soccer: The draw with Wales
leaves U.S. in precarious state. D5
even they did not see coming.
“[Argentina] come here without losing
SEE ARGENTINA ON D5

Here are the

Washington
Capitals,
welcoming the
comfort and
familiarity of a
Barry pair of home
Svrluga games bracketed
around
Thanksgiving, in a completely
uncomfortable and unfamiliar
position. They have lost four in a
row. They are in second-to-last
place in the Metropolitan
Division. They have the third-
worst goal differential in the
Eastern Conference. Twenty
games in, they’re chasing the
season.
“It’s very frustrating,” veteran
defenseman John Carlson said.
“It weighs on a lot of guys. And
that’s kind of the vicious cycle
when you are going through
these things. It’s not in February
or something where you were
doing real good and you need to
kind of reset and get back into it.
This whole beginning of the
season has been rocky.”
And early-season rockiness is
not something with which these
Caps — with such a stable,
reliable core — has had to deal.
In the relentlessness of an NHL
season, lulls are inevitable. The
Capitals, almost invariably, have
pushed them off. In the previous
14 seasons, only once have they
finished the first 20 games with
a losing record. The last time
they posted fewer points in 20
games than the 17 they have now
— a 7-10-3 record — they fired
their coach. (Calm down. We’ll
get to that.)
The easy answer for the
struggles: injuries. Tom Wilson
and Nicklas Backstrom, two
foundational pieces, haven’t yet
played — which was expected.
The unexpected parts: T.J. Oshie
SEE SVRLUGA ON D6
Flyers at Capitals
Today, 7:30 p.m., TNT
Love? That was never part of World Cup deal.
It is me, Soprani
Ilbambino, president of
the football in all the
world across the globe. As
head of the council, chair
Sally of the standing committee
Jenkins on programmes, chief of
normalization, close
friend of the House of al-Thani, laughing
chair-mate of the Saudi crown prince,
and ally of Kremlins and dearest leaders,
it is my honor to welcome you to the
World Cup in Qatar. If you would, please
UFC’s stranglehold on mixed martial arts may face a challenger
BY G LYNN A . H ILL PFL Championship
Fri., 5:30 p.m., ESPN Plus (prelims)
From the beginning, Profes- 8 p.m., pay-per-view (main card)
sional Fighters League founder
Donn Davis felt his upstart recent moves have elevated it
mixed martial arts league could into a promising hopeful in the
compete with the Ultimate sport.
Fighting Championship, despite “PFL is not perfect, but all
the latter’s 24-year head start things considered, they’re going
and a brand so entrenched that in such a fast, positive direction,
fans sometimes mistakenly call that if you call them the No. 2
any MMA entity “UFC.” [promotion] at the moment, it
Davis has a long-term plan to wouldn’t necessarily be incor-
shape the PFL into a legitimate rect,” said Brian Campbell, a
competitor, but in the meantime, combat sports analyst for CBS
he is enjoying PFL’s recent Sports and Showtime.
growth in the lead-up to its Originally created as the
championship event this week in World Series of Fighting in 2012,
New York City. Fueled this year the promotion was relaunched
by an ESPN broadcast extension with the backing of D.C.-area
and a spate of new fighter sign- sports and business executives as
ings, the league has sought to the PFL in 2017 and debuted the
distinguish itself among a following year. Its inaugural ros-
crowded field of mixed martial ter featured several contractual
arts challengers. While it re- holdovers, including Kayla Har-
mains in the UFC’s shadow, its rison, a two-time gold medal-
slide the envelope across the table under
your palm, thank you.
I am here today to announce that the
colorful rainbow stripes cannot be worn
at the football. If you wear the colorful
rainbow stripes on your armband as a
player in the football, you will get a
yellow card. If you wear the colorful
rainbow stripes on your bucket hat as a
spectator at the football, you will be
stopped by the Directorate of Public
Safety and your hat removed, exposing
you to the pitiless Arabian sun. We must
Marcin Held defeated Myles Price in the Professional Fighters
League, which has gained traction in part by signing older stars.
respect the host and not be racist
westerners, because, as one of my
colleagues recently said, a place that had
“just sand and pearls, turns out to have
something much more, it’s gas,” which is
the reason we have all come to Qatar. So,
if you would, please place the unmarked
bills under the napkin.
The Qatar Supreme Committee has
repeatedly insisted that “everyone is
welcome” to the football, and I can
confirm that they have confirmed that I
SEE JENKINS ON D5
winning Olympic judoka who
has evolved into its biggest star.
By 2021, the PFL had gained
traction through a broadcast
deal with ESPN and the signing
of older stars who made their
names in the UFC and the Cali-
fornia-based Bellator, most nota-
bly former UFC champion An-
thony Pettis. It also signed Olym-
pic gold medalist Claressa
Shields, helping facilitate the
decorated boxing champion’s bid
to become a two-sport star.
Over the past year, the PFL has
continued to make strides. It
renewed the ESPN deal in Janu-
ary, aiding the league’s 31 percent
increase in linear television
viewership this season. The PFL
said its total viewership per
event in 2022 is 344,000. It
recently announced plans to ex-
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pand into Europe next year, and
it intends to plant roots in India
SEE PFL ON D6
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DI GES T
GOLF
Woods gets $15 million
PIP program bonus
Tiger Woods is making a
bigger impact off the course than
inside the ropes, and he was
rewarded with a $15 million
bonus from the PGA Tour’s Player
Impact Program.
Woods won the award for the
second straight year while
playing slightly more often.
He was recovering from a car
crash in 2021 and played only two
rounds of the PNC Championship
with his son, Charlie. This year,
he played in three majors, making
it to the weekend in two of them,
finishing 72 holes only in the
Masters.
Woods still ranked No. 1 in four
of the five PIP categories. The
exception was “TV Sponsor
Exposure,” which is the length of
time a player’s sponsor logos
appear on the screen during
weekend rounds. He played only
three of those.
Rory McIlroy finished second
and received a $12 million bonus.
Jordan Spieth narrowly beat out
Justin Thomas for third place —
Spieth got $9 million, Thomas
$7.5 million — with Jon Rahm
($6 million) in fifth.
Those who won PIP money
must play in a designated
tournament agreed upon by the
tour, take part in a PIP service
event and play 15 times, 12 of
them in elevated events.
Woods is an exception as he
plays a limited schedule because
of his bad legs. The commissioner
has discretion to waive playing
requirements for anyone dealing
with a serious injury or family
emergency. . . .
European Ryder Cup captain
Luke Donald appointed Nicolas
Colsaerts as his third vice captain
for next year’s event in Rome.
The Belgian joins Thomas
Bjorn of Denmark and Edoardo
Molinari of Italy as vice captains
for the European team.
Colsaerts helped Europe win
the 2012 Ryder Cup and has three
tournament victories on the
European tour.
The 2023 Ryder Cup will be
played at the Marco Simone Golf
and Country Club in Rome from
Sept. 26 to Oct. 1.
BASEBALL
Houston Astros ace Justin
Verlander and St. Louis
Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols
won the Comeback Player of the
Year awards.
Angeles Angels in May 2021 and
finishing last year with the Los
Angeles Dodgers. This year
became the fourth major leaguer
to reach 700 career home runs. . . .
Nick Martinez and the Padres
finalized a three-year, $26 million
contract for the right-hander to
remain with San Diego.
Martinez, 32, went 4-4 with a
3.47 ERA with eight saves in 10
starts and 37 relief appearances
this past season. . . .
The National League
champion Philadelphia Phillies
gave team President Dave
Dombrowski, 66, a three-year
contract extension that takes him
through the 2027 season.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
A Los Angeles jury rejected a
claim by the widow of a former
University of Southern California
player who said the NCAA failed
to protect him from repeated
head trauma that led to his death.
The jury found that the NCAA
was not negligent in the death of
Matthew Gee. Lawyers for the
widow of Gee, a linebacker on the
1990 Rose Bowl-winning squad,
say he endured an estimated
6,000 hits that caused permanent
brain damage and led to cocaine
and alcohol abuse that eventually
led to his death from sudden
cardiac arrest in 2018 at age 49.
The NCAA said it had nothing
to do with his death. . . .
Wisconsin-Whitewater coach
Kevin Bullis retired after posting
a 78-13 record in seven seasons at
the NCAA Division III school. The
Warhawks went 8-3 this season
and fell, 33-28, to Aurora in the
first round of the playoffs.
TENNIS
In Malaga, Spain, Alex de
Minaur and Jordan Thompson
won their singles matches to help
Australia defeat the Netherlands
to reach the Davis Cup semifinals.
De Minaur beat Botic van de
Zandschulp, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, on the
indoor hard court to clinch the
series, 2-0, and set up a semifinal
tie against either Spain or
Croatia, who play Wednesday.
Earlier, Thompson defeated
Tallon Griekspoor, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3,
and give Australia a 1-0 lead.
The quarterfinals wrap up
Thursday, when the United States
meets Italy, and Canada plays
Germany.
The semifinals are Friday and
Saturday, and the title will be
decided Sunday.
SOCCER
England forward Beth Mead,
LSU moves to No. 5 in rankings; top four hold firm
BY D ES B IELER stronger case for inclusion in the move to the doorstep of the CFP rankings
four-team playoff when they take playoff. The Volunteers tumbled
After a nerve-racking weekend on No. 1 Georgia next month in to No. 10. 1. Georgia (11-0)
2. Ohio State (11-0)
of games, the top four in the the SEC championship game, as- CFP selection committee
College Football Playoff rankings suming they first handle Texas chairman Boo Corrigan said 3. Michigan (11-0)
hung on to their respective place- A&M this week. LSU was placed Tuesday on ESPN that LSU’s wins 4. TCU (11-0)
ments when the latest list was behind USC in the first batch of over Alabama and Mississippi 5. LSU (9-2)
revealed Tuesday evening. The CFP rankings but was then “carried the day more so than 6. USC (10-1)
most notable move was made by moved ahead of the Trojans after [USC’s] wins over UCLA and Or- 7. Alabama (9-2)
LSU (9-2), which not only jumped a win earlier this month against egon State.” He added that some 8. Clemson (10-1)
up to fifth from sixth in the wake Alabama. members of the committee want- 9. Oregon (9-2)
of a lopsided loss by former No. 5 Staying put in the rankings ed to see “more” from USC’s 10. Tennessee (9-2)
Tennessee, but managed to hold just behind Georgia were No. 2 defense, which allowed 45 points 11. Penn State (9-2)
off Southern California (10-1) in Ohio State, No. 3 Michigan and to the Bruins, now ranked 18th. 12. Kansas State (8-3)
the process. No. 4 TCU. Returning to the top 10 at No. 9 13. Washington (9-2)
There had been some thought The stage had almost been set was Oregon, which rebounded 14. Utah (8-3)
that USC, which rallied past then- for complete upheaval at the top, from a close loss to Washington 15. Notre Dame (8-3)
No. 16 UCLA on Saturday while but the Buckeyes held off Mary- by notching a 20-17 win over 16. Florida State (8-3)
LSU crushed UAB at home, might land while the Wolverines and another Pac-12 rival, Utah. In
17. North Carolina (9-2)
be given the crucial fifth spot, but Horned Frogs needed field goals turn, the Utes, who were ranked
18. UCLA (8-3)
the 13-member CFP selection in the closing seconds to get past 10th last week, fell to 14th.
committee opted to keep the Illinois and Baylor, respectively. Tulane plays Cincinnati this 19. Tulane (9-2)
Trojans one spot behind the Ti- Georgia had a somewhat easier week with not only a berth in the 20. Mississippi (8-3)
gers. time, but even the Bulldogs were American Athletic Conference 21. Oregon State (8-3)
LSU ranks higher than USC in forced to break a bit of a sweat in championship game at stake, but 22. Central Florida (8-3)
strength of schedule and strength a 16-6 win at Kentucky. also a compelling case for grab- 23. Texas (7-4)
of record, but the Trojans have With former No. 5 Tennessee bing the spot in the prestigious 24. Cincinnati (9-2)
just one loss to the Tigers’ two, having been soundly beaten Sat- New Year’s Six slate of bowl 25. Louisville (7-4)
plus arguably a more glamorous urday by host South Carolina — games granted to the highest-
profile and the opportunity for losing star quarterback Hendon ranked Group of Five team. Cen- into the rankings this week.
the committee to feature a team Hooker to a season-ending knee tral Florida is still in the picture, Dropping out of the top 25 were
from the Pac-12. The Tigers will injury along the way — the win- though. Oklahoma State (7-4) and North
have a chance to make an even dow was open for another team to Texas and Louisville moved up Carolina State (7-4).
Winning is going straight to the Commanders’ feet
COMMANDERS FROM D1
his offensive linemen, and after
dominating the Texans, the tight
ends.
“It’s kind of Taylor’s shtick
right now . . . and his teammates
are responding,” Coach Ron Rive-
ra said.
Rivera laughed as he remem-
bered a few defensive players
screaming at Heinicke — “Hey,
why don’t you get us a couple?” —
and said he recently “poked a
little bit of fun at” his quarterback
by breaking out a pair of Grey
Pine Green 1s and donning a
Heinicke T-shirt.
By NFL standards, Jordans are
a relatively everyman celebra-
tion. Some Commanders have
toasted milestones with a new
house or a Rolls-Royce, but for
Heinicke, whose base salary is
$1.5 million, the splurges mostly
retail for about $150. The quarter-
back’s shoe game, like his fiery
style of play, seems to have en-
deared him to his teammates, and
he’s joined a relatively small
group of Commanders — head-
lined by wide receivers Cam Sims JOHN MCDONNELL/THE WASHINGTON POST

Verlander, the American runner-up to Spain’s Alexia and Dyami Brown, special-teams Quarterback Taylor Heinicke is buying Nike Air Jordans in the colors of teams Washington has beaten.
League recipient, went 18-4 with Putellas for the Ballon d’Or ace Jeremy Reaves and defensive
a 1.75 ERA and 185 strikeouts, award last month, suffered a torn tackle Daron Payne — who seri- rookie season, including all-white Wide receiver Curtis Samuel, Brown accused Michel, who
leading Houston to its second ACL while playing for Arsenal, ously collect Jordans. Air Force 1s, but none since be- who roasted a reporter earlier prides himself on being thrifty, of
World Series championship. He raising questions about her “I wouldn’t say it’s a culture [in cause, he insisted, “I’m not a this season for wearing sandals recently wearing Jordan 1 Retro
was a unanimous winner of his availability for the women’s the locker room] because there’s sneakerhead.” that looked like “grilling shoes,” Lows by Dior, which can cost
third Cy Young Award. World Cup next summer. really only a few of us that go and “I don’t really care about said he doesn’t usually buy Jor- north of $10,000. Michel looked
The 39-year-old right-hander The 27-year-old Mead, who get shoes,” Brown said. He added shoes,” he added, pointing out dans. aghast. Brown called Sims and
made only one start in 2020 helped England win the that running back Antonio Gib- that, no matter what he wears, “I’m cheap,” he explained. But Heinicke over. Did they really
because of an elbow injury and European Championship, was son is “trying to keep up,” but he’s confident. “I be putting that once in Miami, he visited Flight believe, as Michel claimed, that
missed the entire 2021 season injured in Saturday’s 3-2 loss to because he sometimes wears a s--- on.” Club, an upscale sneaker consign- these were his first pair of Jor-
while recovering from Tommy Manchester United in the pair of cheetah-print Adidas that Sims, one of the Jordans collec- ment store. He bought a pair of dans?
John surgery. Women’s Super League. are “not it,” he doesn’t qualify. tors, said his father started his Chicago Bulls 1s for about $550. Heinicke furrowed his brow,
Pujols, honored in the National Australia and New Zealand are (Brown and quarterback Sam obsession. In a favorite baby pic- Then, when he was packing to fly walked over to his locker and
League, came back to St. Louis for hosting the World Cup beginning Howell both attended the Univer- ture, Sims wore cherry 12s, but home to North Carolina, he pulled out a pair of high-tops,
his farewell season and posted his July 20. . . . sity of North Carolina and re- growing up, he could only get one couldn’t find them. seeming to refute Michel’s claim.
biggest numbers in years at age Former Seattle Sounders ceived “player exclusive” shoes pair of sneakers and one pair of “I had to buy 'em again!” Samu- In the ensuing shouting — “Y’all
42. executive Garth Lagerwey was because the brand’s namesake, basketball shoes per year. In high el said. “I was a little upset, but it are lying!” Michel said — it be-
The three-time MVP batted named to succeed Darren Eales Michael Jordan, also went there.) school, when his feet stopped happens. I’m probably the only came impossible to tell who was
.270 with 24 homers and 68 RBI as Atlanta United’s president and In the Commanders’ locker growing, he started saving his guy that [loses] sneakers.” clowning whom. Brown wanted a
in 109 games for the Cardinals chief executive officer. room, shoe preferences vary. shoes, and his rookie year in the Practice squad wide receiver reporter to think Michel was one
after getting released by the Los — From news services Many players seem to enjoy the NFL, he said, he went on a spend- Marken Michel, who said he of the team’s most fashionable
comfort of slides, and some leave ing spree, “getting every shoe I wears Uggs “every single day,” players; Michel wanted to pre-
plastic tags on their sneakers as a couldn’t get back then.” recently made an exception. On serve his reputation as being fru-
status symbol. Defensive end Now, Sims has about 250 pairs. Nov. 17, Founder’s Day for the gal.
TELEVISION AND RADIO Chase Young likes to lift without They’re spread across closets at historically Black fraternity Ome- Later, Heinicke told a reporter
NHL shoes because it helps him his house, his dad’s, his mom’s ga Psi Phi, Michel wore a pair of about Brown and Sims: “Don’t let
7:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Washington » TNT, WJFK (106.7 FM) strengthen his once-weak ankles. and his cousins’, and recently, in red high-top Jordans, which he these two fool you. These two got
10 p.m. Ottawa at Vegas » TNT Veteran linebacker Jon Bostic the locker room, he was wearing a said he only bought because the most shoes on the team.”
NBA said if he’s not in cleats, he’s in pair of the low-top Jordans creat- Brown “gave me a hard time Last week, in a news confer-
7:30 p.m. Washington at Miami » NBC Sports Washington, WTEM (980 AM) Crocs, and offensive lineman Wes ed with the rapper Travis Scott, about my shoes.” ence, Heinicke joked that, after
7:30 p.m. Dallas at Boston » ESPN Schweitzer, a rock climber, likes which generally cost about “Never!” Brown protested. this successful stretch, he now
10 p.m. Los Angeles Clippers at Golden State » ESPN five-finger toe shoes. Cornerback $1,200. “He got every single shoe,” Mi- has too many Jordans.
Benjamin St-Juste sometimes “I’m just a shoe guy,” Sims said. chel said of Brown. “So I went and How many is too many?
WORLD CUP rocks shoes by Off-White, a luxury “When you see a person, first got these.” “I’m not going to answer that,”
5 a.m. Group F: Morocco vs. Croatia » Fox Sports 1 fashion label, and left tackle thing you notice is probably, like, “Now we lying,” Brown said, he said, grinning. If Washington
8 a.m. Group E: Germany vs. Japan » Fox Sports 1
Charles Leno Jr. cycles through they feet, they teeth or they face. rolling his eyes. is lucky, Heinicke’s tradition will
11 a.m. Group E: Spain vs. Costa Rica » WTTG (Ch. 5), WBFF (Ch. 45)
2 p.m. Group F: Belgium vs. Canada » WTTG (Ch. 5), WBFF (Ch. 45)
Birkenstocks, Crocs and Jordans. . . . I want you to see my shoes, so “I ain’t going to lie,” Michel continue, and he’ll be buying
Third-year safety Kam Curl said you’re like, ‘Ah, he got on a nice said, grinning. “I feel kind of cool himself and his teammates Jor-
MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL he bought a few pairs of shoes his pair of shoes.’ ” in them.” dans for weeks to come.
11:30 a.m. American at Georgetown » Fox Sports 2
Noon Battle 4 Atlantis, quarterfinal: North Carolina State vs. Kansas » ESPN
2:30 p.m. Battle 4 Atlantis, quarterfinal: Dayton vs. Wisconsin » ESPN
2:30 p.m. Maui Invitational, fifth place: Texas Tech vs. Ohio State » ESPN2 NFL NOTES
5 p.m. Battle 4 Atlantis, quarterfinal: BYU vs. Southern California » ESPN2

Panthers bench Mayfield, name Darnold as starter

5 p.m. Maui Invitational, final: Creighton vs. San Diego State/Arizona » ESPN
6 p.m. Cancún Challenge, consolation: Bradley vs. Liberty » CBS Sports Network
6:30 p.m. Little Rock at Indiana » Big Ten Network
6:30 p.m. Saint Francis (N.Y.) at Miami » ACC Network
7 p.m. Merrimack at Providence » Fox Sports 2
7:30 p.m. Battle 4 Atlantis, quarterfinal: Butler vs. Tennessee » ESPN2 A SSOCIATED P RESS l RAMS: Struggling Los Ange- an ACL injury. Kingsbury said Kugler was
7:30 p.m. Maui Invitational, seventh place: Louisville vs. Cincinnati » ESPNU les waived veteran running back l BROWNS: Cleveland lost sent home on Monday morning.
8:30 p.m. Cancún Challenge, final: Auburn vs. Northwestern » It’s Sam Darnold’s turn at quar- Darrell Henderson and lineback- another center to injury, placing l MISC.: Four-time all-pro cor-
CBS Sports Network terback for the struggling Caro- er Justin Hollins, abruptly cut- starter Ethan Pocic on injured nerback Darrelle Revis is one of
8:30 p.m. Jackson State at Michigan » Big Ten Network
lina Panthers. ting ties with two regular starters. reserve, two days after he hurt his five first-year eligible players
8:30 p.m. Utah at Mississippi State » Fox Sports 1
8:30 p.m. South Carolina State at Wake Forest » ACC Network
The team announced Tuesday Henderson rushed for 1,742 knee on the opening drive in a among 28 modern-day semifinal-
9:30 p.m. Wooden Legacy, semifinal: Fresno State vs. Washington » ESPNU that Darnold will make his season yards over four seasons with the loss to the Buffalo Bills. ists for the Pro Football Hall of
10 p.m. Maui Invitational, third place: Arkansas vs. San Diego State/Arizona debut on Sunday against the Den- Rams, who chose him in the third Pocic’s loss is the latest blow to Fame’s class of 2023.
» ESPN2 ver Broncos after interim head round in 2019. the struggling Browns (3-7) and Joining Revis as candidates for
10:30 p.m. SoCal Challenge, final: Minnesota vs. UNLV » CBS Sports Network coach Steve Wilks decided to l GIANTS: New York will be their offensive line. induction next year are offensive
10:30 p.m. Pepperdine at UCLA » Pac-12 Network bench Baker Mayfield following without top cornerback Adoree l CARDINALS: Arizona fired linemen Jahri Evans and Joe
Midnight Wooden Legacy, semifinal: Saint Mary’s (Calif.) vs. Vanderbilt » ESPN2 yet another rocky performance in Jackson on Thanksgiving against offensive line coach and run Thomas, defensive lineman
1 a.m. (Thurs.) SoCal Challenge, consolation game: Southern Illinois vs. California a 13-3 loss to the Baltimore Ra- the Dallas Cowboys, and the list game coordinator Sean Kugler. Dwight Freeney and linebacker
Baptist » CBS Sports Network
vens this past weekend. Darnold may be a lot longer before kickoff. The Cardinals haven’t con- James Harrison. Each last played
TENNIS has spent the majority of the Coach Brian Daboll said that firmed Kugler’s dismissal but the in the 2017 season.
10 a.m. Davis Cup quarterfinal, Spain vs. Croatia » Tennis Channel season on injured reserve with a Jackson will be sidelined for the coach was no longer listed on the Henry Ellard and London
high ankle sprain he suffered first time this season with a knee team’s website. Coach Kliff Kings- Fletcher are semifinalists for the
COLLEGE ICE HOCKEY during the preseason. injury suffered on a punt return. bury told The Arizona Republic first time. Albert Lewis, a semifi-
5 p.m. Notre Dame at Boston University » ESPNU Darnold will be the fourth Six Giants were injured in Sun- that Kugler was fired for an inci- nalist in 2013, is also on the list.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL quarterback to play for the Pan- day’s loss to the Lions, and Daboll dent that happened on Sunday Ellard, who retired following the
1 p.m. Wichita State at SMU » ESPNU
thers (3-8) this season — and the said there will be a lot of game- night in Mexico City, one day 1998 season, and Lewis, who also
4 p.m. Utah at Arizona State » Pac-12 Network third different starter, joining time decisions. Rookie wide re- before the team’s 38-10 loss to the retired in 1998, are in their final
8 p.m. Tennessee at Alabama » SEC Network Mayfield and the injured P.J. ceiver Wan’Dale Robinson will San Francisco 49ers at Estadio year of eligibility as modern-era
8:30 p.m. Southern California at Washington » Pac-12 Network Walker. miss the rest of the season with Azteca. players.
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NFC East
DALLAS (7-3)
September
11: L 3-19 Tampa Bay
18: W 20-17 Cincinnati
26: W 23-16 at N.Y. Giants
October
2: W 25-10 Washington
9: W 22-10 at L.A. Rams
16: L 17-26 at Philadelphia
23: W 24-6 Detroit
30: W 49-29 Chicago
November
6: Bye
13: L 28-31 at Green Bay
20: W 40-3 at Minnesota
24: N.Y. Giants
December
4: Indianapolis
11: Houston
18: at Jacksonville
24: Philadelphia
29: at Tennessee
January
8: at Washington
N.Y. GIANTS (7-3)
September
11: W 21-20 at Tennessee
18: W 19-16 Carolina
26: L 16-23 Dallas
October
2: W 20-12 Chicago
9: W 27-22 at Green Bay
16: W 24-20 Baltimore
23: W 23-17 at Jacksonville
30: L 13-27 at Seattle
November
6: Bye
13: W 24-16 Houston
20: L 18-31 Detroit
24: at Dallas
December
4: Washington
11: Philadelphia
18: at Washington
24: at Minnesota
January
1: Indianapolis
8: at Philadelphia
NFC North
CHICAGO (3-8)
September
11: W 19-10 San Fran.
18: L 10-27 at Green Bay
25: W 23-20 Houston
October
2: L 12-20 at N.Y. Giants
9: L 22-29 at Minnesota
13: L 7-12 Washington
24: W 33-14 at New England
30: L 29-49 at Dallas
November
6: L 32-35 Miami
13: L 30-31 Detroit
20: L 24-27 at Atlanta
27: at N.Y. Jets
December
4: Green Bay
11: Bye
18: Philadelphia
24: Buffalo
January
1: at Detroit
8: Minnesota
DETROIT (4-6)
September
11: L 35-38 Philadelphia
18: W 36-27 Washington
25: L 24-28 at Minnesota
October
2: L 45-48 Seattle
9: L 0-29 at New England
16: Bye
23: L 6-24 at Dallas
30: L 27-31 Miami
November
6: W 15-9 Green Bay
13: W 31-30 at Chicago
20: W 31-18 at N.Y. Giants
24: Buffalo
December
4: Jacksonville
11: Minnesota
18: at N.Y. Jets
24: at Carolina
January
1: Chicago
8: at Green Bay
NFC South
ATLANTA (5-6)
September
11: L 26-27 New Orleans
18: L 27-31 at L.A. Rams
25: W 27-23 at Seattle
October
2: W 23-20 Cleveland
9: L 15-21 at Tampa Bay
16: W 28-14 San Fran.
23: L 17-35 at Cincinnati
30: W 37-34 Carolina
November
6: L 17-20 L.A. Chargers
10: L 15-25 at Carolina
20: W 27-24 Chicago
27: at Washington
December
4: Pittsburgh
11: Bye
18: at New Orleans
24: at Baltimore
January
1: Arizona
8: Tampa Bay
CAROLINA (3-8)
September
11: L 24-26 Cleveland
18: L 16-19 at N.Y. Giants
25: W 22-14 New Orleans
October
2: L 16-26 Arizona
9: L 15-37 San Fran.
16: L 10-24 at L.A. Rams
23: W 21-3 Tampa Bay
30: L 34-37 at Atlanta
November
6: L 21-42 at Cincinnati
10: W 25-15 Atlanta
20: L 3-13 at Baltimore
27: Denver
December
4: Bye
11: at Seattle
18: Pittsburgh
24: Detroit
January
1: at Tampa Bay
8: at New Orleans
NFC West
ARIZONA (4-7)
September
11: L 21-44 Kansas City
18: W 29-23 at Las Vegas
25: L 12-20 L.A. Rams
October
2: W 26-16 at Carolina
9: L 17-20 Philadelphia
16: L 9-19 at Seattle
20: W 42-34 New Orleans
30: L 26-34 at Minnesota
November
6: L 21-31 Seattle
13: W 27-17 at L.A. Rams
21: L 10-38 San Fran.
27: L.A. Chargers
December
4: Bye
12: New England
18: at Denver
25: Tampa Bay
January
1: at Atlanta
8: at San Fran.
L.A. RAMS (3-7)
September
8: L 10-31 Buffalo
18: W 31-27 Atlanta
25: W 20-12 at Arizona
October
3: L 9-24 at San Fran.
9: L 10-22 Dallas
16: W 24-10 Carolina
23: Bye
30: L 14-31 San Fran.
November
6: L 13-16 at Tampa Bay
13: L 17-27 Arizona
20: L 20-27 at New Orleans
27: at Kansas City
December
4: Seattle
8: Las Vegas
19: at Green Bay
25: Denver
January
1: at L.A. Chargers
8: at Seattle
PHILADELPHIA (9-1)
September
11: W 38-35 at Detroit
19: W 24-7 Minnesota
25: W 24-8 at Washington
October
2: W 29-21 Jacksonville
9: W 20-17 at Arizona
16: W 26-17 Dallas
23: Bye
30: W 35-13 Pittsburgh
November
3: W 29-17 at Houston
14: L 21-32 Washington
20: W 17-16 at Indianapolis
27: Green Bay
December
4: Tennessee
11: at N.Y. Giants
18: at Chicago
24: at Dallas
January
1: New Orleans
8: N.Y. Giants
WASHINGTON (6-5)
September
11: W 28-22 Jacksonville
18: L 27-36 at Detroit
25: L 8-24 Philadelphia
October
2: L 10-25 at Dallas
9: L 17-21 Tennessee
13: W 12-7 at Chicago
23: W 23-21 Green Bay
30: W 17-16 at Indianapolis
November
6: L 17-20 Minnesota
14: W 32-21 at Philadelphia
20: W 23-10 at Houston
27: Atlanta
December
4: at N.Y. Giants
11: Bye
18: N.Y. Giants
24: at San Fran.
January
1: Cleveland
8: Dallas
GREEN BAY (4-7)
September
11: L 7-23 at Minnesota
18: W 27-10 Chicago
25: W 14-12 at Tampa Bay
October
2: W 27-24 New England
9: L 22-27 N.Y. Giants
16: L 10-27 N.Y. Jets
23: L 21-23 at Washington
30: L 17-27 at Buffalo
November
6: L 9-15 at Detroit
13: W 31-28 Dallas
17: L 17-27 Tennessee
27: at Philadelphia
December
4: at Chicago
11: Bye
19: L.A. Rams
25: at Miami
January
1: Minnesota
8: Detroit
MINNESOTA (8-2)
September
11: W 23-7 Green Bay
19: L 7-24 at Philadelphia
25: W 28-24 Detroit
October
2: W 28-25 at New Orleans
9: W 29-22 Chicago
16: W 24-16 at Miami
23: Bye
30: W 34-26 Arizona
November
6: W 20-17 at Washington
13: W 33-30 at Buffalo
20: L 3-40 Dallas
24: New England
December
4: N.Y. Jets
11: at Detroit
18: Indianapolis
24: N.Y. Giants
January
1: at Green Bay
8: at Chicago
NEW ORLEANS (4-7)
September
11: W 27-26 at Atlanta
18: L 10-20 Tampa Bay
25: L 14-22 at Carolina
October
2: L 25-28 Minnesota
9: W 39-32 Seattle
16: L 26-30 Cincinnati
20: L 34-42 at Arizona
30: W 24-0 Las Vegas
November
7: L 13-27 Baltimore
13: L 10-20 at Pittsburgh
20: W 27-20 L.A. Rams
27: at San Fran.
December
5: at Tampa Bay
11: Bye
18: Atlanta
24: at Cleveland
January
1: at Philadelphia
8: Carolina
TAMPA BAY (5-5)
September
11: W 19-3 at Dallas
18: W 20-10 at New Orleans
25: L 12-14 Green Bay
October
2: L 31-41 Kansas City
9: W 21-15 Atlanta
16: L 18-20 at Pittsburgh
23: L 3-21 at Carolina
27: L 22-27 Baltimore
November
6: W 16-13 L.A. Rams
13: W 21-16 Seattle
20: Bye
27: at Cleveland
December
5: New Orleans
11: at San Fran.
18: Cincinnati
25: at Arizona
January
1: Carolina
8: at Atlanta
SAN FRANCISCO (6-4)
September
11: L 10-19 at Chicago
18: W 27-7 Seattle
25: L 10-11 at Denver
October
3: W 24-9 L.A. Rams
9: W 37-15 at Carolina
16: L 14-28 at Atlanta
23: L 23-44 Kansas City
30: W 31-14 at L.A. Rams
November
6: Bye
13: W 22-16 L.A. Chargers
21: W 38-10 at Arizona
27: New Orleans
December
4: Miami
11: Tampa Bay
15: at Seattle
24: Washington
January
1: at Las Vegas
8: Arizona
SEATTLE (6-4)
September
12: W 17-16 Denver
18: L 7-27 at San Fran.
25: L 23-27 Atlanta
October
2: W 48-45 at Detroit
9: L 32-39 at New Orleans
16: W 19-9 Arizona
23: W 37-23 at L.A. Chargers
30: W 27-13 N.Y. Giants
November
6: W 31-21 at Arizona
13: L 16-21 at Tampa Bay
20: Bye
27: Las Vegas
December
4: at L.A. Rams
11: Carolina
15: San Fran.
24: at Kansas City
January
1: N.Y. Jets
8: L.A. Rams
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nfl rewind
AFC East
BUFFALO (7-3) NEW ENGLAND (6-4)
September September
8: W 31-10 at L.A. Rams 11: L 7-20 at Miami
19: W 41-7 Tennessee 18: W 17-14 at Pittsburgh
25: L 19-21 at Miami 25: L 26-37 Baltimore
October October
2: W 23-20 at Baltimore 2: L 24-27 at Green Bay
9: W 38-3 Pittsburgh 9: W 29-0 Detroit
16: W 24-20 at Kansas City 16: W 38-15 at Cleveland
23: Bye 24: L 14-33 Chicago
30: W 27-17 Green Bay 30: W 22-17 at N.Y. Jets
November November
6: L 17-20 at N.Y. Jets 6: W 26-3 Indianapolis
13: L 30-33 Minnesota 13: Bye
20: W 31-23 Cleveland 20: W 10-3 N.Y. Jets
24: at Detroit 24: at Minnesota
December December
1: at New England 1: Buffalo
11: N.Y. Jets 12: at Arizona
18: Miami 18: at Las Vegas
24: at Chicago 24: Cincinnati
January January
2: at Cincinnati 1: Miami
8: New England 8: at Buffalo
MIAMI (7-3) N.Y. JETS (6-4)
September September
11: W 20-7 New England 11: L 9-24 Baltimore
18: W 42-38 at Baltimore 18: W 31-30 at Cleveland
25: W 21-19 Buffalo 25: L 12-27 Cincinnati
29: L 15-27 at Cincinnati October
October 2: W 24-20 at Pittsburgh
9: L 17-40 at N.Y. Jets 9: W 40-17 Miami
16: L 16-24 Minnesota 16: W 27-10 at Green Bay
23: W 16-10 Pittsburgh 23: W 16-9 at Denver
30: W 31-27 at Detroit 30: L 17-22 New England
November November
6: W 35-32 at Chicago 6: W 20-17 Buffalo
13: W 39-17 Cleveland 13: Bye
20: Bye 20: L 3-10 at New England
27: Houston 27: Chicago
December December
4: at San Fran. 4: at Minnesota
11: at L.A. Chargers 11: at Buffalo
18: at Buffalo 18: Detroit
25: Green Bay 22: Jacksonville
January January
1: at New England 1: at Seattle
ZACH BOLINGER/ASSOCIATED PRESS 8: N.Y. Jets 8: at Miami
Defensive newcomers Ndamukong Suh and Linval Joseph, right, were pivotal to the Eagles’ 17-16 victory over the Colts. AFC North
BALTIMORE (7-3) CLEVELAND (3-7)
September September
RANKINGS AND HAPPENINGS 11: W 24-9 at N.Y. Jets 11: W 26-24 at Carolina
18: L 38-42 Miami 18: L 30-31 N.Y. Jets
Eagles display grit; Jets have QB dilemma
25: W 37-26 at New England 22: W 29-17 Pittsburgh
October October
2: L 20-23 Buffalo 2: L 20-23 at Atlanta
9: W 19-17 Cincinnati 9: L 28-30 L.A. Chargers
16: L 20-24 at N.Y. Giants 16: L 15-38 New England
23: W 23-20 Cleveland 23: L 20-23 at Baltimore
BY M ARK M ASKE we strive to? . . . Perfection is something that reportedly did not go over particularly 27: W 27-22 at Tampa Bay
November
31: W 32-13 Cincinnati
November
will never be caught. But why not chase it?” well with some of his teammates. 7: W 27-13 at New Orleans 6: Bye
indianapolis — The Philadelphia Ea- The Jets have a talented roster that’s 13: Bye 13: L 17-39 at Miami
gles aren’t perfect any longer. Their flaws Top five teams mostly ready to win; all that’s required is 20: W 13-3 Carolina 20: L 23-31 at Buffalo
27: at Jacksonville 27: Tampa Bay
actually have become rather obvious. 1. Chiefs: There was little doubt Pat- decent quarterback play. They are 6-4 December December
4: Denver 4: at Houston
But they’re still quite good. And they still rick Mahomes would drive for a winning and one game out of first place in the AFC 11: at Pittsburgh 11: at Cincinnati
should be regarded as the Super Bowl touchdown in the closing moments East, even with their quarterback defi- 18: at Cleveland 18: Baltimore
favorite in the NFC. against the Chargers. He and his team ciencies. Flacco started the season’s first 24: Atlanta
January
24: New Orleans
January
A two-game losing streak following an just know how to win. three games while Wilson was working 1: Pittsburgh 1: at Washington
8-0 start seemed like a distinct possibili- 2. Dolphins: Their four-game win- his way back from a preseason knee 8: at Cincinnati 8: at Pittsburgh
ty when the Eagles allowed the Indian- ning streak should become five with injury and still leads the team in touch- CINCINNATI (6-4) PITTSBURGH (3-7)
September September
apolis Colts to move straight down the their post-bye matchup at home with the down passes with five, one more than 11: L 20-23 Pittsburgh 11: W 23-20 at Cincinnati
field with the game’s opening possession Texans. Wilson. 18: L 17-20 at Dallas 18: L 14-17 New England
Sunday at Lucas Oil Stadium. Tailback 3. Eagles: They sputtered on offense In the short term, the Jets probably 25: W 27-12 at N.Y. Jets
29: W 27-15 Miami
22: L 17-29 at Cleveland
October
Jonathan Taylor helped the Colts score a for three quarters against the Colts. But, would be better with Flacco at quarter- October 2: L 20-24 N.Y. Jets
quick touchdown, and the Eagles, mis- hey, 9-1 is 9-1. back. But it’s awfully soon to give up on a 9: L 17-19 at Baltimore 9: L 3-38 at Buffalo
16: W 30-26 at New Orleans 16: W 20-18 Tampa Bay
take-prone for much of the afternoon, 4. Ravens: A 3-3 score in the fourth young quarterback in whom so much 23: W 35-17 Atlanta 23: L 10-16 at Miami
faced a 13-3 deficit entering the fourth quarter at home against the Panthers has been invested, and that’s the balanc- 31: L 13-32 at Cleveland 30: L 13-35 at Philadelphia
November November
quarter. was not great. But the Ravens found a ing act Saleh and the Jets now must 6: W 42-21 Carolina 6: Bye
But they steadied themselves to emerge way to win. perform. 13: Bye 13: W 20-10 New Orleans
with a 17-16 triumph that gave them the 5. Cowboys: The lopsided win at Min- 20: W 37-30 at Pittsburgh 20: L 30-37 Cincinnati
NFL’s best record, 9-1, entering the holi- nesota signals they aren’t going away, Bottom five teams 27: at Tennessee
December
28: at Indianapolis
December
days. even after that inexplicable loss at Green 28. Rams: They poured all their re- 4: Kansas City 4: at Atlanta
11: Cleveland 11: Baltimore
“Any win, you take it any way you can Bay. sources into last season, and this was 18: at Tampa Bay 18: at Carolina
get it in this league, especially on the probably the inevitable follow-up. 24: at New England 24: Las Vegas
road,” Coach Nick Sirianni said. “We Pressure on Jets’ Wilson 29. Broncos: Nathaniel Hackett has January January
2: Buffalo 1: at Baltimore
clawed. We scratched. We fought. And For the second time this season, a brought in a coach to help with game 8: Baltimore 8: Cleveland
we kept going, and we won at the end. dreadful performance by quarterback management and surrendered offensive
And so I think any time your back’s Zach Wilson in a New York Jets loss to play-calling duties. Wasn’t he hired to be AFC South
against the wall, right, and you respond the New England Patriots has put his an offensive guru? HOUSTON (1-8-1) JACKSONVILLE (3-7)
at all levels . . . it feels pretty sweet.” status as the team’s starter in question. 30. Jaguars: They were on their bye. September September
The Eagles spent much of this season This time, Coach Robert Saleh isn’t Did anyone outside of Jacksonville real- 11: T 20-20 Indianapolis 11: L 22-28 at Washington
18: L 9-16 at Denver 18: W 24-0 Indianapolis
as the NFL’s only unbeaten team, but expressing unwavering support for Wil- ize it? 25: L 20-23 at Chicago 25: W 38-10 at L.A. Chargers
they fell from the undefeated ranks Nov. son, the second selection in last year’s 31. Browns: It didn’t really matter October October
2: L 24-34 L.A. Chargers 2: L 21-29 at Philadelphia
14 with a loss at home to the Washington NFL draft who continues to show few where the game was played: They were 9: W 13-6 at Jacksonville 9: L 6-13 Houston
Commanders, six days before the come- signs of developing into a franchise going to lose to the Bills. 16: Bye 16: L 27-34 at Indianapolis
back in Indianapolis. Suddenly, the Ea- quarterback. 32. Texans: That was a feeble per- 23: L 20-38 at Las Vegas
30: L 10-17 Tennessee
23: L 17-23 N.Y. Giants
30: L 17-21 Denver
gles’ run defense looked vulnerable. That When Wilson threw three intercep- formance against the Commanders. November November
remained the case in the early going tions in a 22-17 defeat Oct. 30 to the 3: L 17-29 Philadelphia 6: W 27-20 Las Vegas
against the Colts. Patriots in East Rutherford, N.J., there More woes for Hackett, Broncos 13: L 16-24 at N.Y. Giants 13: L 17-27 at Kansas City
20: L 10-23 Washington 20: Bye
But just-signed veteran defensive was plenty of clamoring for the Jets to Earlier this season, the Denver Bron- 27: at Miami 27: Baltimore
December December
tackles Linval Joseph and Ndamukong reconsider Wilson’s starting status. But cos brought in veteran assistant Jerry 4: Cleveland 4: at Detroit
Suh helped the Eagles slow down the Saleh preached patience, saying the Rosburg to assist their struggling rookie 11: at Dallas 11: at Tennessee
Colts after that opening drive Sunday. team needed to continue to work with head coach, Nathaniel Hackett, with 18: Kansas City
24: at Tennessee
18: Dallas
22: at N.Y. Jets
There was no repeat of the debacle Wilson and predicting the young quar- game-management decisions. January January
against the Commanders, as the Eagles terback would be fine. Last week, Hackett turned over the 1: Jacksonville 1: at Houston
8: at Indianapolis 8: Tennessee
took the lead on Jalen Hurts’s seven-yard Things were far different Monday in offensive play-calling duties to quarter-
INDIANAPOLIS (4-6-1) TENNESSEE (7-3)
touchdown run on a quarterback draw the aftermath of Sunday’s 10-3 loss to the backs coach Klint Kubiak, the closest September September
with just more than a minute remaining Patriots in Foxborough, Mass. Saleh did staffer to quarterback Russell Wilson. 11: T 20-20 at Houston 11: L 20-21 N.Y. Giants
and held on from there. Sirianni credited not commit to Wilson as the starter The reasoning was simple, according 18: L 0-24 at Jacksonville
25: W 20-17 Kansas City
19: L 7-41 at Buffalo
25: W 24-22 Las Vegas
defensive line coach Tracy Rocker with against the Chicago Bears on Sunday in to one person with knowledge of the October October
getting Joseph and Suh prepared in just the Meadowlands, and he did not say situation: Hackett wanted to make it 2: L 17-24 Tennessee 2: W 24-17 at Indianapolis
6: W 12-9 at Denver 9: W 21-17 at Washington
a few days. whether he would turn to Joe Flacco or clear he would do whatever it takes to try 16: W 34-27 Jacksonville 16: Bye
“To get those guys ready to play in that Mike White if Wilson is benched. But the to win. 23: L 10-19 at Tennessee 23: W 19-10 Indianapolis
30: L 16-17 Washington 30: W 17-10 at Houston
short amount of time is a tribute to coach shift was striking. But the moves lead to some obvious November November
Rocker,” Sirianni said, “and a tribute to “It’s just not the quarterback that’s questions: What value, exactly, does 6: L 3-26 at New England 6: L 17-20 at Kansas City
Suh and a tribute to Linval that they were being evaluated,” Saleh said at his news Hackett have? Is there any reason for the 13: W 25-20 at Las Vegas
20: L 16-17 Philadelphia
13: W 17-10 Denver
17: W 27-17 at Green Bay
able to do it.” conference Monday. “Everything is be- team’s new owners to retain him? 28: Pittsburgh 27: Cincinnati
As the season’s stretch drive nears, the ing evaluated.” The Broncos hired Hackett following December December
4: at Dallas 4: at Philadelphia
Eagles lead the Dallas Cowboys and New Wilson didn’t throw an interception his stint as offensive coordinator of the 11: Bye 11: Jacksonville
York Giants by two games in the NFC Sunday but managed only nine comple- Green Bay Packers. Now he doesn’t even 18: at Minnesota 18: at L.A. Chargers
26: L.A. Chargers 24: Houston
East. They lead the Minnesota Vikings by tions and 77 passing yards. The Jets had call the plays. He has looked over- January 29: Dallas
a game in the chase for the conference’s only 103 yards of total offense and lost matched at times with the responsibili- 1: at N.Y. Giants January
top seed. The San Francisco 49ers loom the game on a touchdown on an 84-yard ties of being a head coach, as the addition 8: Houston 8: at Jacksonville
as a growing NFC threat. But the road to punt return by the Patriots’ Marcus of Rosburg demonstrated. AFC West
the Super Bowl very well could go Jones with five seconds remaining. They The Broncos lost, 22-16, in overtime
through Philadelphia. fell to the Patriots for a 14th straight Sunday to the Las Vegas Raiders to drop DENVER (3-7)
September
LAS VEGAS (3-7)
September
“There are a lot of things that we can meeting. to 3-7. Wilson played better, completing 12: L 16-17 at Seattle 11: L 19-24 at L.A. Chargers
learn from,” Hurts said Sunday. “ . . . After When reporters asked Wilson after- 24 of 31 passes for 247 yards. But it’s still 18: W 16-9 Houston 18: L 23-29 Arizona
25: W 11-10 San Fran. 25: L 22-24 at Tennessee
every game, I assess it honestly about: ward whether the Jets’ offense had let not working for Hackett and the Bron- October October
What could we have done better to put down its defense, he flatly said no. That cos. 2: L 23-32 at Las Vegas 2: W 32-23 Denver
6: L 9-12 Indianapolis 10: L 29-30 at Kansas City
ourselves in a better position . . . of course to response broke the quarterback code — 17: L 16-19 at L.A. Chargers 16: Bye
win, but [also] to play to the standard that accept all blame, deflect all credit — and Nicki Jhabvala contributed to this report. 23: L 9-16 N.Y. Jets 23: W 38-20 Houston
30: W 21-17 at Jacksonville 30: L 0-24 at New Orleans
November November
6: Bye 6: L 20-27 at Jacksonville
13: L 10-17 at Tennessee 13: L 20-25 Indianapolis
20: L 16-22 Las Vegas 20: W 22-16 at Denver
NFC Statistics AFC Statistics 27: at Carolina 27: at Seattle
December December
OFFENSE Yards Rush Pass OFFENSE Yards Rush Pass 4: at Baltimore 4: L.A. Chargers
Philadelphia ....................... 370.6 142.5 228.1
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Kansas City ........................ 429.3 114.6 314.7
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS 11: Kansas City 8: at L.A. Rams
Detroit ............................... 366.6 132.8 233.8 PASSING ATT-CMP PCT YDS TD INT RATE Buffalo ............................... 417.4 134.0 283.4 PASSING ATT-CMP PCT YDS TD INT RATE 18: Arizona 18: New England
San Francisco ..................... 362.7 127.2 235.5 Smith, Sea ............... 316/230 72.8 2474 17 4 108.0 Miami ................................. 391.5 97.7 293.8 Tagovailoa, Mia ....... 248/176 71.0 2265 18 3 118.4 25: at L.A. Rams 24: at Pittsburgh
New Orleans ...................... 355.2 117.7 237.5 Hurts, Phi ................ 290/198 68.3 2407 15 3 106.5 Cleveland ........................... 377.9 150.9 227.0 Mahomes, KC .......... 400/265 66.3 3265 28 7 107.3 January January
Seattle ............................... 352.1 124.3 227.8 Garoppolo, SF .......... 267/179 67.0 2159 15 4 104.1 Cincinnati ........................... 366.4 95.1 271.3 Burrow, Cin ............. 372/257 69.1 2890 22 8 102.8
1: at Kansas City 1: San Fran.
Dallas ................................. 345.6 136.2 209.4 Dalton, NO ............... 242/162 66.9 1819 14 7 96.4 Jacksonville ....................... 362.2 139.6 222.6 Tannehill, Ten ......... 209/136 65.1 1685 10 4 97.9
Green Bay .......................... 344.9 122.6 222.3 Prescott, Dal ........... 152/103 67.8 1132 8 4 96.2 L.A. Chargers ..................... 351.7 87.9 263.8 Allen, Buf ................ 368/238 64.7 2930 21 10 96.9 8: L.A. Chargers 8: Kansas City
Tampa Bay ......................... 340.5 70.7 269.8 Rodgers, GB ............ 376/243 64.6 2542 19 7 93.2 Baltimore ........................... 350.2 162.8 187.4 L.Jackson, Bal ......... 290/184 63.4 1977 16 7 91.7 KANSAS CITY (8-2) L.A. CHARGERS (5-5)
Minnesota .......................... 338.5 103.6 234.9 Goff, Det .................. 327/209 63.9 2442 15 7 92.8 Las Vegas ........................... 342.3 106.8 235.5 Carr, Las .................. 348/217 62.4 2435 15 5 91.6 September September
N.Y. Giants ......................... 334.5 157.2 177.3 Brady, TB ................. 427/282 66.0 2805 12 2 91.9 Denver ................................ 326.4 102.6 223.8 Brissett, Cle ............ 331/213 64.4 2398 11 5 90.7
Arizona .............................. 331.9 108.9 223.0 Indianapolis ....................... 321.4 98.7 222.6 11: W 44-21 at Arizona 11: W 24-19 Las Vegas
Mariota, Atl ............ 251/156 62.2 1878 13 7 90.7 Herbert, LAC ........... 416/277 66.6 2730 16 7 90.7
Chicago .............................. 326.0 197.9 128.1 New England ...................... 317.6 115.4 202.2 15: W 27-24 L.A. Chargers 15: L 24-27 at Kansas City
Washington ....................... 325.9 116.1 209.8 RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD Pittsburgh .......................... 312.2 107.8 204.4 RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD 25: L 17-20 at Indianapolis 25: L 10-38 Jacksonville
Atlanta ............................... 313.8 159.4 154.5 N.Y. Jets ............................ 311.8 110.3 201.5 October October
L.A. Rams ........................... 288.0 76.1 211.9 Jefferson, Min ....................... 72 1093 15.2 64 4 Tennessee .......................... 294.3 128.9 165.4 Hill, Mia ................................. 81 1148 14.2 64 4
Kupp, LAR .............................. 75 812 10.8 75 6 Diggs, Buf .............................. 76 1033 13.6 53 8 2: W 41-31 at Tampa Bay 2: W 34-24 at Houston
Carolina .............................. 286.1 110.5 175.5 Houston ............................. 285.9 93.7 192.2 10: W 30-29 Las Vegas 9: W 30-28 at Cleveland
McLaurin, Was ...................... 50 792 15.8 49 2 Adams, Las ............................ 64 925 14.5 58 10
DEFENSE Yards Rush Pass Brown, Phi ............................. 49 785 16.0 54 6 DEFENSE Yards Rush Pass Waddle, Mia .......................... 51 878 17.2 59 6 16: L 20-24 Buffalo 17: W 19-16 Denver
Olave, NO .............................. 51 760 14.9 53 3 Kelce, KC ................................ 69 855 12.4 46 11 23: W 44-23 at San Fran. 23: L 23-37 Seattle
San Francisco ..................... 283.9 81.1 202.8 Denver ................................ 302.1 115.3 186.8
Philadelphia ....................... 300.6 122.2 178.4 Lamb, Dal .............................. 58 751 12.9 35 5 New England ...................... 302.8 114.5 188.3 Higgins, Cin ........................... 50 712 14.2 59 3 30: Bye 30: Bye
Washington ....................... 308.0 103.1 204.9 Evans, TB .............................. 49 671 13.7 51 3 Indianapolis ....................... 307.6 113.5 194.2 Cooper, Cle ............................ 50 698 14.0 55 7 November November
Tampa Bay ......................... 310.0 116.6 193.4 Lockett, Sea .......................... 54 640 11.9 40 5 N.Y. Jets ............................ 310.5 109.7 200.8 Kirk, Jac ................................. 52 679 13.1 49 7 6: W 20-17 Tennessee 6: W 20-17 at Atlanta
Dallas ................................. 310.6 136.1 174.5 St. Brown, Det ....................... 56 594 10.6 49 3 Cincinnati ........................... 326.7 117.1 209.6 Pittman, Ind .......................... 67 678 10.1 28 1 13: W 27-17 Jacksonville 13: L 16-22 at San Fran.
L.A. Rams ........................... 312.0 95.3 216.7 Buffalo ............................... 327.4 106.6 220.8 20: W 30-27 at L.A. Chargers 20: L 27-30 Kansas City
New Orleans ...................... 327.3 132.1 195.2 RUSHING NO YDS AVG LG TD Baltimore ........................... 336.2 86.4 249.8 RUSHING NO YDS AVG LG TD
27: L.A. Rams 27: at Arizona
Green Bay .......................... 328.3 135.8 192.5 Barkley, NYG ....................... 213 953 4.5 68 6 Tennessee .......................... 349.0 82.2 266.8 Henry, Ten ........................... 230 1010 4.4 56 10 December December
Chicago .............................. 339.5 142.6 196.8 Fields, Chi ............................ 122 834 6.8 67 7 Kansas City ........................ 349.2 100.6 248.6 Jacobs, Las .......................... 183 930 5.1 43 7
N.Y. Giants ......................... 347.7 135.9 211.8 Cleveland ........................... 349.9 135.1 214.8 4: at Cincinnati 4: at Las Vegas
Cook, Min ............................. 156 799 5.1 81 6 Chubb, Cle ............................ 174 923 5.3 41 11
Carolina .............................. 357.5 137.0 220.5 Jones, GB ............................. 143 778 5.4 36 2 Miami ................................. 356.7 116.9 239.8 Pierce, Hou .......................... 175 780 4.5 75 3 11: at Denver 11: Miami
Arizona .............................. 360.3 114.9 245.4 Sanders, Phi ........................ 156 757 4.9 35 6 Jacksonville ....................... 357.7 110.1 247.6 Etienne, Jac ......................... 131 725 5.5 49 4 18: at Houston 18: Tennessee
Seattle ............................... 370.0 140.9 229.1 Pollard, Dal .......................... 118 701 5.9 57 6 L.A. Chargers ..................... 369.0 148.4 220.6 Taylor, Ind ........................... 151 693 4.6 66 3 24: Seattle 26: at Indianapolis
Minnesota .......................... 388.9 121.6 267.3 Williams, Det ...................... 159 668 4.2 51 12 Las Vegas ........................... 370.5 122.9 247.6 L.Jackson, Bal ........................ 97 666 6.9 79 3 January January
Atlanta ............................... 389.4 123.1 266.3 Herbert, Chi ......................... 108 643 6.0 63 4 Pittsburgh .......................... 375.5 103.4 272.1 Stevenson, NE ..................... 144 644 4.5 49 4 1: Denver 1: L.A. Rams
Detroit ............................... 415.9 153.7 262.2 McCaffrey, SF ...................... 132 602 4.5 49 4 Houston ............................. 389.6 178.9 210.7 J.Wilson, Mia ...................... 118 638 5.8 41 3 8: at Las Vegas 8: at Denver
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world cup

NOTES

Ronaldo
and Man U.
mutually
part ways
F ROM NEWS SERVICES
AND STAFF REPORTS

Manchester United announced

Tuesday that it parted ways with
star Cristiano Ronaldo, adding in
a statement that the departure is
“by mutual agreement, with im-
mediate effect.”
“The club thanks him for his
immense contribution across two
spells at Old Trafford, scoring 145
goals in 346 appearances, and
wishes him and his family well for
the future,” the statement also
read. “Everyone at Manchester
United remains focused on con-
tinuing the team’s progress under
Erik ten Hag and working togeth-
er to deliver success on the pitch.”
Ronaldo released a statement
in which he agreed on the mutual
nature of the early end to his con-
tract with the club.
“I love Manchester United and I
love the fans, that will never ever
change,” the 37-year-old forward
said. “However, it feels like the
right time for me to seek a new
challenge. I wish the team every
success for the remainder of the
season and for the future.” THEMBA HADEBE/ASSOCIATED PRESS

The termination of Ronaldo’s

contract follows his recent inter-
view with broadcaster Piers Mor-
gan, which aired last week on Talk-
TV in Great Britain. In the inter-
view, Ronaldo said he felt “be-
trayed” by the team and that he
didn’t respect ten Hag, among oth-
er grievances.
United signed Ronaldo from
Juventus in August 2021.
Ronaldo also criticized previ-
ous Manchester United manager
Ralf Rangnick and some of his
younger teammates, who he said
weren’t listening to his advice and
probably wouldn’t have the kind
of “longevity in their career” that
he has enjoyed.
Ronaldo is competing for Por-
tugal in Qatar, where it opens play
against Ghana on Thursday.
— Glynn A. Hill and Des Bieler
l TICKET WOES: Hundreds
of fans in Qatar struggled to re-
trieve their digital tickets, as prob-
lems with FIFA’s mobile app
stoked confusion and frustration
at the tournament for a second day
in a row.
Many fans reported that their
tickets had abruptly disappeared
from their phones and could not
be retrieved— a glitch that caused
hundreds to miss the start of the
England-Iran match on Monday.
Tunisia makes a statement
Arab teams are making an im-
pact at the first World Cup in the
Middle East.
Tunisia held European Cham-
pionship semifinalist Denmark to
a 0-0 draw in Group D on Tuesday
in Rayyan, Qatar, three hours after
Saudi Arabia beat Argentina in a
shocking upset.
“It’s amazing what [Saudi Ara-
bia] did,” Tunisia defender Mon-
tassar Talbi said. “We watched a
bit of the game in the dressing
room. We saw the results. It gave
us maybe a little power.”
Before a stadium filled almost
entirely with Tunisia’s red-clad
supporters, midfielder Aissa Laid-
ouni set the tone in the very first
minute when he stripped em-
Going low and standing tall
Mexico goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa guessed right and dived left to block the penalty by Poland’s Robert Lewandowski on Tuesday in a group match that ended scoreless.
Les Bleus remind the Socceroos who they are
FRANCE 4,
AUSTRALIA 1
BY C HUCK C ULPEPPER
wakrah, qatar — France began
play here with the world’s most
talented injured list, the curse of
the defending champion, its his-
tory of World Cup implosion fol-
lowing upon World Cup success,
its frequent bouquet of imagina-
tive scandals and an early one-
goal deficit to Australia in its
opening match.
It still wound up looking rav-
ishing.
Its 4-1 win over the Socceroos
on Tuesday night filled Al Janoub
Stadium with gasps over the
French art on display. The four
French goals did achieve loveli-
ness, as did the umpteen French
near-goals. France still made Aus-
tralian goalkeeper Mathew Ryan
lunge and lurch in so many ways
he’d rather not. It still had run-
ning around one of the best play-
ers anybody ever saw, Kylian
Mbappé, as well as a ludicrous
amount of other talent and a
36-year-old Olivier Giroud run-
ning around scoring two goals.
It still looked like a bunch of
somebodies who will get out of
this Group D with Australia, Den-
mark and Tunisia, could serve as
pure hell in the knockout phase —
no champion has repeated since
1962 — and might even find inspi-
ration from inconvenience.
It had to get here without two
players anyone would covet — the
injured Paul Pogba and N’Golo ELSA/GETTY IMAGES

blematic Denmark playmaker
Christian Eriksen of the ball with
an aggressive sliding tackle —
then stood up and pumped his
arms, gesturing to the crowd to get
even more fired up. Eriksen was
back playing a major tournament
less than a year and a half after his
cardiac arrest at the European
Championship. . . .
Robert Lewandowski’s second-
half penalty attempt was saved by
Mexico goalkeeper Guillermo
Ochoa, leaving Poland to settle for
a 0-0 draw in a Group C match.
It was the first penalty miss for
the national team by Poland’s all-
time leading scorer.
Mexico dominated possession,
but Poland goalkeeper Wojciech
Szczesny turned away all three of
El Tri’s shots on goal.
Stephanie Frappart of France
made history as the first woman to
officiate a men’s World Cup match
when she took the field as the
fourth official.
— Associated Press
Kante — and then bid adieu for
now to another, Karim Benzema,
who withdrew Saturday with a
torn muscle. It had Lucas Her-
nandez go off early after a tangle
along the route to the Australian
goal that jolted the place after
nine minutes. Superstitious on-
lookers might have thought of
2002, when defending champion
France opened with a 1-0 loss to
Senegal and couldn’t get out of
the group stage, or 2010, when
defending runner-up France
opened with a 0-0 draw with
Uruguay, lost to Mexico and
South Africa and couldn’t get out
of its group.
Oddly, those things have noth-
ing to do with 2022.
For after Australian defender
Harry Souttar sent a long ball to
Mathew Leckie on the right, and
after Leckie untangled himself
with Hernandez and kept the ball,
and after Leckie crossed to Craig
Goodwin, and after Goodwin
smashed it in off the underside of
Australian goalkeeper Mathew Ryan, right, conceded four goals against France, including a pair to 36-year-old Olivier Giroud, left.
the goal roof for a 1-0 lead, France
happened.
France happened a lot.
“We reacted well,” the forever
French manager Didier Des-
champs said.
On 27 minutes, after a French
corner kick reached the box and
bounced out, Hernandez’s re-
placement, Theo Hernandez, sent
it back in as if it knew precisely
the way to Adrien Rabiot’s head.
Rabiot, slightly to the right of
center in front of the goal, headed
it in toward the left.
On 31 minutes, Mbappé and
Rabiot managed to get the ball
away from Nathaniel Atkinson, so
that Mbappé could back-foot it in
a blur to Rabiot, and Rabiot could
move to the left of the box and
cross to the front to Giroud, who
eased it into the net.
“And even though we had a
little bit of fright toward the end
of the first half,” Deschamps said
of an Australian header by Jack-
son Irvine that bounced and
struck the left post, leaving goal-
keeper Hugo Lloris with an ex-
pression that suggested he had
seen better defense in his day,
“then in the second half we
showed a lot more confidence. We
forced Australia onto the back
foot, and we created a lot of
chances.”
On 68 minutes, just after a
frenzy where Australian defender
Mitch Duke had to save one head-
ed for another goal, another fren-
zy turned up with Mbappé mak-
ing thunder on the left. He sent a
ball rolling across the front of the
goal and through the box, where
Ousmane Dembélé got it. Dembé-
lé crossed it back to the middle,
where Mbappé rose amid two
defenders and headed it to the left
post, where it caromed in.
And on 71 minutes, Mbappé
made another drive, dancing
through the left and sending a
curling cross headed in by Gir-
oud.
“So of course that’s good,” Des-
champs said. “We could have
scored more. But it’s a very good
beginning to the tournament. The
opening match is always vital. It’s
always important. So I’d like to
congratulate the team and the
players. We’ve seen some games
earlier where a team couldn’t re-
spond, but we did.”
They did against an Australia
that had scraped into the field by
beating Peru in one of the inter-
continental playoffs, and which
had wobbled near the end of its
Asian qualifying, and which has
only two players in the big five
leagues of Europe, both usually
reserves. Yet the French ran rings
around their first foe here in a way
that suggested a realization of
their capabilities. “It’s very good
for our self-confidence,” Giroud
World Cup Schedule
Tuesday’s results
Group C: Saudi Arabia 2, Argentina 1
Group D: Denmark 0, Tunisia 0
Group C: Mexico 0, Poland 0
Group D: France 4, Australia 1
Wednesday’s matches
Group F: Morocco vs. Croatia
5 a.m., Al Bayt Stadium (Fox Sports 1)
Group E: Germany vs. Japan
8 a.m., Khalifa International Stadium
(Fox Sports 1)
Group E: Spain vs. Costa Rica
11 a.m., Al Thumama Stadium (Fox)
Group F: Belgium vs. Canada
2 p.m., Ahmad bin Ali Stadium (Fox)
told reporters in the news confer-
ence afterward, “to have turned
things around,” after winning just
one of its previous six matches.
France had looked like France,
and also unlike France.

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GROUP A GROUP B GROUP C GROUP D GROUP E GROUP F GROUP G GROUP H

W T L GF GAPts W T L GF GAPts W T L GFGAPts W T L GF GAPts W T L GFGAPts W T L GFGAPts W T L GFGAPts W T L GFGAPts
Netherlands 1 0 0 2 0 3 England 1 0 0 6 2 3 Saudi Arabia 1 0 0 2 1 3 France 1 0 0 4 1 3 Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 Belgium 0 0 0 0 0 0 Brazil 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ghana 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ecuador 1 0 0 2 0 3 Wales 0 1 0 1 1 1 Poland 0 1 0 0 0 1 Tunisia 0 1 0 0 0 1 Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cameroon 0 0 0 0 0 0 Portugal 0 0 0 0 0 0
Senegal 0 0 1 0 2 0 United States 0 1 0 1 1 1 Mexico 0 1 0 0 0 1 Denmark 0 1 0 0 0 1 Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 Croatia 0 0 0 0 0 0 Serbia 0 0 0 0 0 0 South Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0
Qatar 0 0 1 0 2 0 Iran 0 0 1 2 6 0 Argentina 0 0 1 1 2 0 Australia 0 0 1 1 4 0 Costa Rica 0 0 0 0 0 0 Morocco 0 0 0 0 0 0 Switzerland 0 0 0 0 0 0 Uruguay 0 0 0 0 0 0
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A draw was good for the U.S. men. But at some point, ‘good’ isn’t good enough.
RAYYAN, Qatar —
Setting aside the
On age and
Soccer inexperience of
the U.S. men’s
STEVEN GOFF national team at
this World Cup —
and the pure joy of returning to
the event after an
unmentionable fiasco last time
— there was a feeling late
Monday that the Americans
missed another opportunity for a
breakthrough moment on
soccer’s biggest stage.
Circumstances in each World
Cup are different, but with a
golden chance to make inroads
in the eyes of the world and
catch the attention of casual
sports fans back home, the
Americans fell short again in
their 1-1 draw against Wales.
There is no shame in tying a
good European team, one that
hadn’t qualified for the World
Cup in 64 years but made the
2016 Euro semifinals. There was
justified anger at Walker
Zimmerman, a 10th-year pro, for
conceding a late penalty with a
sloppy challenge. More than
anything, though, there was
Saudi Arabia stuns Argentina, sending shock waves and goose bumps rippling
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any games in 36 games,” said
Hervé Renard, the 54-year-old
French manager of Saudi Arabia
since 2019 who also managed
Zambia, Angola, Ivory Coast and
Morocco. “They are the South
American champion [in the 2021
Copa America]. They have amaz-
ing players. But this is football,
and sometimes things are com-
pletely crazy.”
He spoke eternal truth after
ethereal upturn, the upset taking
its place alongside historic oth-
ers such as the United States over
England in 1950, North Korea
over Italy in 1966, Northern
Ireland over Spain in 1982, Cam-
eroon over Argentina in 1990
and Senegal over France in 2002.
Even his gritty team’s fans, like
any other fans of an Argentina
opponent here, might have ar-
rived with a ticklish sort of dual
allegiance for this opening
match in Group C. They would
have supported the homeland, of
course, but also probably would
have counted themselves as
lucky ticket-holders to witness
presumably the last of the five
World Cups of Argentina’s Lionel
Messi, the 35-year-old global su-
perstar.
And from the outset, the futur-
istic Lusail Stadium did appear a
setting with 88,012 gathered for
Messi connoisseurship. Complet-
ed in April 2021, the stadium saw
its first World Cup goal when
Saudi Arabia suffered a penalty
for what appeared some mild
roughhousing in the box, and
Messi, of course, took that penal-
ty. He directed it simply and
leftward into the corner for his
seventh career World Cup goal
since his debut as a teenager in
2006 — all of those goals in group
play — and everything looked
normal at 1-0 to Argentina.
SALLY JENKINS
Qatar’s World Cup is all about love — of megayachts, butler service and cash
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can confirm this. Except for
homosexuals, who are haram
and have what one Qatar World
Cup ambassador called “damage
in the mind,” and thus are
subject to arrest and
imprisonment for seven years. I
cannot confirm that the
Preventive Security Department
recently cleansed the streets of
Doha on the eve of the football
and placed suspected
homosexuals in the Al Dafneh
underground prison. But we
Europeans should not moralize
— after all, we still have not
apologized for the Bronze Age
Etruscan orgies 3,000 years ago.
We leave the moralizing to the
U.S. Secretary of State Antony
Blinken, who said of the ban on
the colorful rainbow stripes, “No
one on a football pitch should be
forced to choose between
supporting these values and
playing for their team.” And so
please fold the bills and slip them
to me as you shake my hand on
leaving.
The Qatar World Cup is 200
percent within my control as
president of the football in all the
world across the globe. As you
can clearly read in articles 4.3,
4.31, 4.32, 4.33 and 4.34 from our
annexes, circulars, guidelines
. THE WASHINGTON POST
disappointment in relinquishing
a late lead and settling for one
point instead of rejoicing over
three.
U.S. supporters worked
through these same mixed
feelings in the team’s previous
two World Cup appearances. In
2010, there was the thrill of
Landon Donovan’s dramatic goal
against Algeria that won the
group, but then the unfulfillment
of losing to beatable Ghana in
extra time in the round of 16.
Four years later, there was the
drama of John Brooks’s late
header in the group-stage opener
against Ghana, followed later by
a brave fight and heroic
goalkeeping by Tim Howard but
ultimately an extra-time setback
against far-superior Belgium in
the round of 16.
It’s unfair to say the
Americans squandered all these
opportunities. Situations vary.
But they were in position to
make a mark, to take the next
step, to show they have the
sophistication and gumption to
win hard games.
Most of the key U.S. players
here are young, but they’ve also
Argentina’s Lionel Messi (10) scored on a penalty kick but was otherwise contained by Saudi Arabia.
Everything looked normal
right after that, too, as one of the
favorites to win the whole thing
looked just about as it should
against one of the distant outsid-
ers on the wagering sheets. In a
weird sequence from 22 minutes
to 34 minutes, Argentina ap-
peared to score three goals, two
by Messi, all on easy penetra-
tions of Saudi Arabia’s high de-
fensive line that left Argentines
pretty much alone with goal-
keeper Mohammed al-Owais.
Well, all three got ruled off-
Armbands such as the one worn by England’s Harry Kane in a September match are banned in Qatar.
and directives, no items of
clothing can be worn if they are
considered “offensive or
indecent,” or if they represent
“political, religious or personal
world cup
grown up fast at the highest
levels of European club soccer.
They’ve played for and against
the best of Europe and in the late
stage of the UEFA Champions
League. They are not naive.
After Monday’s match, Coach
Gregg Berhalter and the players
spoke of a first-half performance
punctuated by confidence,
ambition and a terrific scoring
sequence, capped by Tim Weah’s
goal that Christian Pulisic
assisted in brilliant fashion. They
played like a team unfazed by the
tournament’s gravity.
They also acknowledged
shortcomings of the second half,
one that veered off-course and
left them desperately clinging to
the lead.
One point in the opener,
Berhalter said, is not the end of
the world. And he’s right. His
team sits in a second-place tie
with Wales with two matches left
in a group that will reward two
teams with tickets to the
knockout stage. Things are not
great, but they’re not bad.
They’re okay.
At some point, regardless of
age and experience,
side, two with immediate flags
raised, one after a VAR review.
The score remained 1-0 into
halftime.
“By inches, some of the deci-
sions,” went the truth spoken by
Lionel Scaloni, the former Ar-
gentina player who has managed
Argentina since 2018.
“At that time, if we concede the
second goal,” Renard said, “I
think the match was finished.”
If anything, there was an ease
about the Argentines that per-
haps served them poorly. The
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slogans.” Therefore, under the
rules, as well as the talking
points given me by the sheikhs, I
must forbid the Dutch and other
European teams from wearing
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circumstances and expectations,
okay can no longer be good
enough. The United States needs
to win these games, not settle for
draws or claim moral victories.
It’s nice to be competitive with
European teams at the World
Cup, but since 1990, the
Americans are 1-11-6 against the
sport’s preeminent continent.
Responding to a question
about the impact of a good World
Cup on growing the sport in the
United States, Berhalter said:
“For us, it’s about trying to build
some momentum, both within
the team but also with the
American public. We think good
performances here can do that.”
Monday’s performance was
better than good for 45 minutes.
The subsequent 45 was fragile.
The Americans were bending but
not breaking until Zimmerman
took down Gareth Bale from
behind with the Welshman’s
back to the goal. It was a bad
decision in one of those
moments that can turn a match
and alter a team’s trajectory in
the tournament.
“World Cup, you’ve got to be
focused,” Berhalter said. “Every
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second half brought them things
they did not expect and stam-
mered to counter. “Sometimes
your opponent is not at his best
motivation,” Renard said. “This
is normal. . . . Can you imagine
Lionel Messi playing against
Saudi Arabia and you tell him,
‘We have to start well,’ this is not
like he was playing Brazil. This
[difference] is normal.” As Ar-
gentina “owned the first half,” as
Scaloni put it, the offsides made
the game start to feel “strange,”
where “a single goal could turn
armbands that promote
“OneLove.” If armbands were
supposed to draw attention, we
would have sold the licensing
rights to them. Preferably to
single play can have a potential
outcome on the game.”
Zimmerman, the lone U.S.
starter from an MLS club, has
been a reliable regular with the
national team for several years
and has appeared in about 250
matches across all competitions
in his solid career.
With three points from the
opener, the United States
probably would’ve needed just a
draw in either of the next two to
advance. For the second-
youngest squad at this
tournament (behind Ghana), the
success-failure threshold is
qualifying for the round of 16. It
remains a realistic goal in a
group with a clear favorite
(England) and three teams
scrambling for second.
But now things get tricky. And
hard. On Friday, the Americans
will play England, a 2018 World
Cup semifinalist, a 2021 Euro
finalist and a 6-2 winner over
Iran on Monday. Several hours
earlier, Wales gets its shot at the
wounded Iranians.
“The hallmark of U.S. teams is
we don’t quit and we keep
going,” defender Tim Ream said.
things around, and that’s how
things developed.”
The game got strange; a single
goal turned it around, and that’s
how things developed.
On 48 minutes, after the Sau-
dis won a ball at midfield, Shehri
took a long pass from Abdulellah
al-Malki just atop the box, by-
passed defender Cristian Rome-
ro and left-footed a pretty thing
past goalkeeper Emi Martinez
into the far right corner to level
the match. That sent the stadium
from good noise to untold noise,
the kind that might have greeted
some dazzling Messi goal but
now greeted something else alto-
gether.
Four minutes later, with the
Argentina defense on the wob-
ble, the Saudis suddenly found
themselves populating a crowd-
ed box with the ball taking a little
tour around. When Dawsari took
it, sidestepped a challenge and
drilled a shot into the far right
corner, glancing off the desper-
ate palm of Martinez, things got
really rambunctious.
From there, Owais and Saudi
Arabia hung on with plenty of
attacks at them but only two that
seemed flashing-red. On one at
62 minutes, Owais saved a point-
blank bid from Nicolás Tagliafico
off Lisandro Martínez’s cross
into the box. On the other two
minutes into stoppage time, and
as celebration neared, Owais
went out to bat away some
trouble and wound up leaving it
open for Julian Alvarez to pound
it in. Abdulelah al-Amri headed
that off the line, and reserved his
own place in future lore.
“I was really aware of every
minute in this game,” Owais said,
“and I’m really happy.” Also:
“Honestly, I felt we were good
especially during the last mo-
ments . . .”
In the closing strains, Messi
QatarEnergy.
Nothing should distract from
the football. And it is with this in
mind that I turn your attention
to the newly built eight stadiums
rising from the glass-melting
sands of this peninsula, where
we can see the tankers from our
five-star hotel windows at the
Fairmont Katara Towers,
architecture inspired by a
scimitar blade, decor inspired by
megayachts, smallest room $750
night, with spa, butler service,
the tallest chandelier in the
world, and live falcon shows.
Plus four restaurants, one of
which serves a $75 afternoon tea
service. I recommend the Lobster
Caesar, or the Burrata with
vanilla infused vinaigrette and
balsamic caviar. And if you would
with the toe of your shoe under
the table discreetly push the
overstuffed briefcase toward my
side of the banquette, thank you.
The Qatar World Cup does not
deserve this hypocritical
criticism by the western
moralists, who insult my good
friend the emir. These stadiums
and hotels, as well as new
railways and highways, were not
built by slaves but by hundreds of
thousands of migrant volunteers,
who came here for the healthful
climate, and offered their
services simply because they
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“You take a point and you look
forward to the next game. . . . It’s
just another game [against
England]. We’re not going to get
too up, too down. You have to go
in levelheaded every single
match.”
With whom they will go into
the England match remains to be
seen. Having not played much in
recent weeks because of injuries,
Weston McKennie and Sergiño
Dest left early Monday. Others
struggled physically in the
second half. Is three days enough
recovery time?
And what of Gio Reyna, the
20-year-old sensation who didn’t
play Monday? Berhalter said he
was held out for precautionary
reasons after feeling muscle
tightness last week but he might
be in the mix against England.
Ah, England. The United
States does not have to beat
England to remain in contention
for a place in the knockout stage;
no matter the outcome, the
group won’t be settled until the
last set of matches Nov. 29. But
what better way to show they’ve
finally arrived than, against all
odds, to upset the Three Lions?
tried often but didn’t menace
much. The whole meaning of his
World Cup had changed, just as
the whole meaning of the whole
World Cup had changed for the
fans from next door. The final
whistle sounded, ending 14 min-
utes of added time bloated partly
because of a long injury delay.
Saudi players looked rapturous
as they tumbled out to the field.
Argentines in the stands held
their heads in their hands. The
Saudi fan noise mushroomed
again, and anyone videotaping
them from close by might have
felt some nonalcoholic beer driz-
zle down onto the cheeks.
“I feel light,” Renard began his
remarks.
“ . . . un batacazo histórico en
Qatar . . .,” went the headline in
Clarin, Argentina’s largest news-
paper, seeing a historic bump.
“It’s difficult to digest,” Scaloni
said. “In five minutes, they
scored two goals. I think they
were two out of two in shots on
goal. But we will have to bounce
back from defeat for the next two
matches [against Mexico and
Poland],” hoping to emulate
Spain 2010, a champion that lost
its opener.
“And we don’t have to do more
than that. It’s a sad day, but . . .”
“It’s a special thing,” Renard
said, about what he told his
players. “When you are a small
team, when you are a neighbor of
Qatar, with a lot of fans in the
stadium like all the Saudi people
who came today, you need to be
thinking about them. You need to
think about the 35 million Saudi
people at home, and I told [the
players] today the life will stop
[in Saudi Arabia], because they
are looking for something differ-
ent.”
They and the world got some-
thing almost too different to
believe.
wanted to help, as you can see
from the numbers who fainted
on the job from pride. They had
the opportunity to earn many
more times what they would
have in their undeveloped
countries back home before they
died unpaid, rolling asphalt in
110-degree heat in 12-hour shifts
in Wakrah.
As the president of the
football in all the world, I am
proud of the World Cup’s long
association with strong
governments and I salute those
who used their influence to
bring this event here, including
those who can’t attend as they
are engaged in foreign invasion,
under house arrest for election
corruption, or banned for life
for ethical breaches. This
continues our organization’s
wonderful tradition of global
outreach that extends from
Mussolini’s Italy in 1934, to the
Military Junta’s Argentina in
1978, to Putin’s Russia in 2018.
So please, if you would sign the
offshore agreement and have
the funds transferred, half in
Singapore dollars and half in
South African Rand, to the
Banque Pictet in Geneva,
account
665777213345667894652, code
name “AlltheBiscotti.” Thank
you.
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NHL ROUNDUP
Fast start helps Buffalo snap eight-game losing streak with rout of Montreal
SABRES 7,
CANADIENS 2
A SSOCIATED P RESS
In Montreal, Jeff Skinner had
two goals and three assists as the
Buffalo Sabres snapped an eight-
game losing streak Tuesday night
with a 7-2 victory over the Cana-
diens.
Tage Thompson added a goal
and three assists, while Rasmus
Dahlin and Alex Tuch each had a
goal and two assists. JJ Peterka
BARRY SVRLUGA
For a franchise unfamiliar with slow starts, the ailing Caps face an uphill climb
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has missed 11 games. Dmitry
Orlov has missed seven. Carlson
missed six. Connor Brown, a
major offseason acquisition,
blew out a knee in his fourth
game. On and on.
So on a nightly basis, the
lineup that takes the ice only
vaguely resembles the lineup
they expected. Yeah, there’s
some truth in the thought that
this is what you signed up for:
assemble an old team, and not
everyone’s going to lace up the
skates 82 times.
But there’s a little bit of a
perfect storm to how these
injuries have upset the lineup,
and tiny daggers that make it all
sting that much more. Example:
Darcy Kuemper, the Stanley
Cup-winning goalie the Caps
brought in to stabilize an
unstable position, is 25th in the
league in goals against average.
The two goalies he replaced —
Vitek Vanecek, now with New
Jersey, and Ilya Samsonov, now
with Toronto — rank third and
fifth, respectively. (Yeah, GAA is
a flawed stat for individual
evaluation, and Samsonov
responded to securing the top
job with the Maple Leafs by
getting hurt. Still.)
Back to the injuries. Brown,
acquired in an offseason trade
with Ottawa, was supposed to
help offset the absence of the
physically impactful Wilson,
who is still working his way back
from the torn ACL he suffered in
last year’s playoffs — and may
not be back till after the new
year. That hasn’t happened. Last
season, when the Caps suffered a
PFL progresses in its quest to challenge UFC for mixed martial arts dominance
PFL FROM D1
and Latin America as part of a
broader effort to create the
“Champions League” of MMA, as
Davis puts it, referencing Euro-
pean soccer’s esteemed interna-
tional tournament.
That, plus the recent addition
of more recognizable fighters,
has propelled the PFL to a point
where Davis believes it can coex-
ist alongside the UFC as an
industry leader within the next
several years.
“They have a very professional
presentation, and they are start-
ing to build those under-the-ra-
dar names that you might not
have heard of,” Campbell said of
the PFL. “They’re in a very good
spot right now, and I think
they’ve started to make shrewd
signings to try to continue to
build upon that. For where PFL is
at compared to 2019, it feels like
night and day.”
Those recent signings include
former UFC title challenger Thi-
ago Santos (22-11 in MMA, age
38), Marlon Moraes (23-10-1, age
34), and Aspen Ladd (9-3, age
27), a skilled fighter who was cut
by the UFC in September after
she missed three weight cuts
over a five-year period. The PFL
also signed Biaggio Ali Walsh,
Muhammad Ali’s grandson and a
former UNLV running back look-
ing to transition to MMA.
Shane Burgos (15-3) is viewed
as PFL’s most impressive addi-
tion, less because he is the only
one to leave the UFC on a
winning streak, and more be-
cause the 31-year-old Bronx na-
tive is a popular fighter in his
prime.
Burgos fought his way through
lesser promotions to earn his
2016 passage into the UFC,
where he became one of its most
exciting featherweight fighters
despite not winning a title. The
UFC gave Burgos the sport’s
biggest platform, and his aggres-
sive style brought wins, fans and
fight bonuses in what is arguably
its deepest division. Burgos said
he enjoyed his time with the
company, but new responsibili-
ties reshuffled his priorities.
and Henry Jokiharju also scored
for Buffalo (8-11-0), and Craig An-
derson made 29 saves.
The 30-year-old Skinner has 40
points (23 goals, 17 assists) in 37
career games against the Cana-
diens.
Cole Caufield and Sean Mona-
han scored for Montreal (9-9-1).
Jake Allen allowed seven goals on
38 shots.
The Canadiens went 0 for 6 on
the power play, including a 4-on-3
opportunity halfway through the
second period.
Buffalo jumped out to a 3-0 lead
in the first 2:13, the second-fastest
similar run of early-season
injuries — particularly to Oshie
and Backstrom — Wilson was
around to team with Alex
Ovechkin and Evgeny Kuznetsov,
providing the Caps a line that
could carry a team.
Now, there are nights when
no Caps line can carry a period.
Dylan Strome, an offseason free
agent signing, was meant to fill
in for Backstrom, and has done
fine. The problem: He’s not
Backstrom. Conor Sheary is not
Wilson, either. Alexei Protas is
not Oshie. There’s a pattern
here. The Capitals have decent
depth. But that’s what it has to
be: Depth. Not bunches of bit
players thrust into starring roles.
So a franchise that, from
2007-08 to 2021-22, scored the
second-most goals in the NHL
and won the second-most games
and piled up the most standings
points now must take a different
approach. That formula has to
be measured out to the milliliter.
The Caps must make the most of
their power-play opportunities.
(They’re 1 for their past 26.)
They must excel on the penalty
kill. (They have allowed five
goals on 12 power plays over the
past four games.) They must
play consistent defense. (They’ve
allowed four or more goals in six
of their past seven games.)
And they have to, somehow,
scrape and claw to net a third
goal. When they score at least
that many, they’re excellent: a 7-
1-1 record. When they score two
or fewer — which they have
done in more than half their
games — they are 0-9-2.
So here come the Philadelphia
Flyers, just ahead of them in the
The PFL is now at a point where its founder believes it can coexist alongside the UFC as an industry leader within the next several years.
“When I first started in UFC, I
thought I was making good mon-
ey. I had a little one-bedroom
apartment. I basically had no
bills. I had low car payments,”
said Burgos, whose PFL contract
also includes a commentary role.
“Now I have real bills, kids to
take care of and a wife. I put my
life on the line, my health on the
line, every single time I fight, and
with two kids now, I mean, it’s
got to be worth it.
“My last couple [UFC] fights
combined — with win bonuses —
would equal around what I’m
making for one [PFL] fight.”
Concerns over UFC fighter
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three goals to begin a game in
franchise history.
Thompson found Dahlin in the
slot only 35 seconds in. Just 17
seconds later, the Sabres attacked
Allen’s crease and Peterka netted
Buffalo’s second of the night.
In an attempt to shift the mo-
mentum, Canadiens defenseman
Chris Wideman dropped the
gloves with Sabres forward Tyson
Jost after Montreal’s Michael
Pezetta was called for boarding.
Instead, Tuch jumped on the
opportunity to make it 3-0 with a
wrist shot on the power play.
The Habs cut the deficit to two
In addition to the Capitals’ injury woes, goaltender Darcy Kuemper has yet to live up to expectations.
standings, on Wednesday. Then
the Calgary Flames on Friday.
Then — gulp — a stretch in
which they play eight of nine on
the road, trips that span from
New Jersey to Vancouver, Seattle
to Philadelphia. The landscape
includes no layups, not anymore.
“This group’s got to find ways
to win hockey games,” Coach
Peter Laviolette said. “Everybody
sees players when they come
back [and start practicing], so
that’s always a positive sign. But
the reality is we’ve got to work
with what’s available to us, and
these are the players that are
compensation aren’t new, and
the departure of some of the
promotion’s aging stars who
have found more lucrative fight-
ing opportunities elsewhere has
opened the door for renewed
criticism. Despite those con-
cerns, UFC fighters such as Sean
O’Malley and Israel Adesanya,
the promotion’s budding and es-
tablished stars, seem unlikely
defectors — though Pettis and
Burgos said dozens of UFC fight-
ers contacted them with ques-
tions about compensation after
their PFL deals were announced.
“Everyone was wondering
what I was getting paid, but that
when Caufield sent a slap shot
past Anderson at 2:57 of the first.
Buffalo regained its three-goal
cushion 11:21 into the second
when Thompson found Skinner
in the slot with a backhand pass
and the winger scored his sixth of
the season.
Montreal made it 4-2 when
Monahan took the puck from cen-
ter ice, skated in and scored off his
own rebound at 13:57.
The Sabres bumped their ad-
vantage to three again when Tuch
rounded the net and sent a back-
hand pass to Jokiharju, who beat
Allen for his first goal of the sea-
available to us, and we work
every day to try get better and
win hockey games.”
A word about the coach: This
isn’t on him. Yes, the last time
the Caps suffered through a start
worse than this was way back in
2007-08, when the first 20
games yielded six wins and 13
points. After a loss in the 21st,
on the Wednesday before
Thanksgiving, Glen Hanlon was
fired and replaced by Bruce
Boudreau. It was the spark those
Young Gun Caps needed. They
changed both their style and
their results. They won 11 of
wasn’t the first question,” said
Burgos, who did not disclose the
full details of his contract. “They
were like, ‘Why did the UFC let
you go?’ It wasn’t necessarily that
they let me go. It’s that they
couldn’t match the deal I was
getting from the PFL.”
PFL fighters compete across
six divisions in a regular season
schedule that runs from April
through November, with win-
ners advancing to a win-or-go-
home playoff tournament that
concludes Friday. Each tourna-
ment winner is crowned PFL
champion for that weight class
and also earns $1 million. The
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son at 3:48 of the third.
Thompson added his team’s
sixth goal at 6:39 with a wrist shot
over Allen’s glove.
Skinner iced it with a one-timer
from the right faceoff circle at
14:26.
Toronto’s Rielly lands on IR
The Toronto Maple Leafs
placed defenseman Morgan Rielly
on long-term injured reserve with
a knee injury.
Rielly was hurt in a collision
with New York forward Kyle
Palmieri early in the third period
of Toronto’s 3-2 overtime loss to
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their final 12 games and pushed
a 22-year-old Ovechkin into the
playoffs for the first time.
But if you’re sharpening your
knives for Laviolette, save them
for Thursday’s turkey. Laviolette
won’t say it, and he shouldn’t,
but Scotty Bowman could
replace him tomorrow and
struggle with this lineup and
this schedule. Laviolette’s tone
through it all is the following:
“We expect to win. We’ve got
good players in the lineup.”
He understands the
production through 20 games
doesn’t match the expectations
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seasonal format is a departure
from the arbitrary matchmaking
that determines fight cards and
title opportunities across combat
sports. It also offers athletes a
more predictable schedule to
plan their lives around — at the
expense of shorter rest periods
between fights and greater risk
for injuries with a relatively tight
schedule.
Those adjustments also ex-
tend into the cage, which Pettis
learned the hard way during his
2021 PFL debut.
Pettis won the UFC light-
weight title in 2013, and the
following year he was voted onto
the Islanders on Monday night.
Rielly has no goals and 16 as-
sists in 20 games this season and is
averaging 23 minutes of ice time.
Maple Leafs Coach Sheldon
Keefe said following Tuesday’s
practice that the 28-year-old Riel-
ly doesn’t need surgery, adding
there’s no firm timeline for his
return beyond the minimum 24
days and 10 games required for
going on long-term injured re-
serve.
Toronto’s defense is also miss-
ing Jake Muzzin with a neck inju-
ry and T.J. Brodie with an injured
oblique.
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this franchise has established.
He also understands the first 20
games don’t make a season.
“Doesn’t guarantee anything,”
he said. “There’s four or five
teams this year that have had a
strong start that have now
drifted. There’s plenty of history
that shows that somebody who
maybe didn’t have the first
month-and-a-half that they
want, they make the playoffs and
push deep into the playoffs. . . .
“Ultimately, we’ve got to make
our way. You can’t keep putting
it off for too long, either.”
For the Capitals, late in the
season has come much earlier
than expected. Eventually,
important pieces will return to a
tattered lineup. The questions,
right now, are many: What will
the standings look like when
they return? What do these
Capitals look like at full
strength? And how does an
aging core so accustomed to
playing from ahead respond to
having to chase a season, with
yet another playoff berth at
stake?
the cover of the Wheaties cereal
box. Despite less consistent re-
sults in subsequent years, Pettis
ended his UFC career on a two-
fight winning streak and held a
handful of impressive victories.
Four months later, he suffered an
upset loss in his PFL debut and
eventually missed the playoffs.
“I got banged up, man, so I
couldn’t even spar in training for
the next fight,” Pettis said of the
debut loss. “The second season, I
was more technical. Jiu-jitsu is
the way to go in those first fights
so you don’t mess your body up.”
Pettis appeared poised for re-
demption after he won his 2022
season opener by first-round
submission in May, but he lost
his next two fights, including an
August playoff defeat.
Where some might see those
struggles as an indictment of
Pettis or the UFC roster’s talent,
Campbell views it as a sign of
quality within the PFL’s ever-
growing roster.
“ONE Championship did the
same thing by signing Demetri-
ous Johnson and Eddie Alvarez,”
said Campbell, referencing the
Singaporean MMA promotion
that signed two former UFC
champions. “You’re bringing in
the names that are older and
established, but the reality is that
you’re bringing them in so peo-
ple can see the young talent that
you’re building behind them.”
If the PFL continues to culti-
vate its young talent and finds a
way to entice UFC fighters in
their primes, Campbell envisions
a distant future where the PFL
might challenge for the UFC’s
top spot. In the meantime, the
fledgling league has at least
earned his attention.
“I was somebody who almost
didn’t even want to see the PFL
three years ago,” Campbell said.
“I watched the results, I watched
the highlights, but I’m like, ‘Do
we need more second- or third-
rate MMA?’ But they’ve com-
pletely turned it around. From
the investors, to the product on
the screen, to the rule set, to the
innovation, to the TV deal, they
have a fantastic foundation to
make a run at it.”
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NBA ROUNDUP
For Simmons, boos and loss in return
76ERS 115,
NETS 106
A SSOCIATED P RESS
Tobias Harris scored 24 points,
and a spirited Philadelphia 76ers
team playing without Joel Embiid
COLLEGE BASKETBALL ROUNDUP
Nembhard helps the Bluejays outlast the Razorbacks in a Hawaiian thriller
CREIGHTON 90,
ARKANSAS 87
A SSOCIATED P RESS
Ryan Nembhard drove the lane
for an authoritative dunk in the
closing minutes and scored a ca-
reer-high 25 points for No. 10
Creighton, which survived a tense
second half to beat No. 9 Arkan-
sas, 90-87, on Tuesday and ad-
vance to the title game of the Maui
Invitational in Lahaina, Hawaii.
The Bluejays (6-0) and Razor-
FINAL HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS’ SOCCER TOP 10
For St. John’s, Whitman,
domination was normal
BY K YLE M ELNICK
Last season, Whitman and St.
John’s used stellar postseason
runs to win championships and
finish as the top two teams re-
spectively in The Washington
Post’s final rankings.
This season, the Cadets and
Vikings made domination the
norm. St. John’s finished No. 1 in
The Post’s rankings after its unde-
feated season ended with Wash-
ington Catholic Athletic Confer-
ence and D.C. State Athletic Asso-
ciation championships. Whitman
is No. 2 after suffering one loss in
a season that concluded with its
second consecutive Maryland 4A
FINAL HIGH SCHOOL BOYS’ SOCCER TOP 20
Undefeated Gonzaga,
Bowie are best of bunch
BY M ICHAEL E RRIGO
It’s hard not to think about the
bigger picture in the aftermath of
achieving a dream. For some of
this year’s local boys’ soccer
champions, earning titles
brought perspective and reflec-
tion.
“This is not only for us; it’s for
our people, it’s for our brothers,
it’s for [Prince George’s] County,”
FINAL HIGH SCHOOL FIELD HOCKEY TOP 10
Broadneck finishes a perfect season
BY S HANE C ONNUCK
At the time of The Washington
Post’s midseason field hockey
rankings, Broadneck was 10-0
with some big tests in its Anne
Arundel County gantlet upcom-
ing. The Bruins passed all of
them.
Once it emerged victorious in
the 4A championship game
against unbeaten Churchill,
Coach Shannon Hanratty’s squad
completed a perfect 20-0 cam-
paign. It handed Spalding one of
FINAL HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL TOP 10
Flint Hill was definitely
the area’s class team
BY H AYLEY S ALVATORE
At the start of the volleyball
season, Flint Hill was ranked in
the top spot. As the season comes
to a close, the Huskies are still
there — now with Independent
School League medals, the Vir-
ginia Independent Schools Ath-
letic Association trophy and a
perfect record.
Though it will be hard for the
Huskies to top this season, they
will return a number of decorat-
ed juniors to next year’s squad,
including University of Pitts-
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and James Harden spoiled Ben
Simmons’s homecoming with a
115-106 win over the visiting
Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday night.
Simmons had 11 points, 11 as-
sists and seven rebounds to the
tune of steady boos. Kyrie Irving
scored 23 points and Kevin Du-
rant had 20 before Coach Jacque
Vaughn pulled his starting lineup
backs (4-1) played an electrifying
game worthy of a March Madness
matchup. There were 10 lead
changes, and the score was tied
10 times in the second half alone.
Ryan Kalkbrenner scored 21
points and Baylor Scheierman 20
for Creighton, which led by 12 in
the first half. Anthony Black had
26 points, Ricky Council IV 24 and
Trevon Brazile 17 for Arkansas.
l AUBURN 85, BRADLEY 64:
Johni Broome and Wendell Green
Jr. each had 14 points to help the
No. 13 Tigers rout the Braves at
the Cancún Challenge in Mexico.
Green also had six assists, and
title.
“This one was sweeter just be-
cause getting one is one thing, but
the whole season the pressure’s
on us to defend our state title,”
Whitman defender Charlotte
Shapiro said after the Vikings’
win over Quince Orchard on Sat-
urday. “It’s pretty special that we
were able to do that like in every
game.”
The excitement of winning was
new for other teams, such as No. 3
Crofton. The second-year Anne
Arundel County program won the
Maryland 3A title. During a post-
game news conference Thursday
at Baltimore’s Loyola University,
Cardinals Coach Travis Bonfigli
Bowie defender Ethan Beauman-
Ansah said after the Bulldogs cap-
tured the Maryland 4A title. “So it
means a lot to go down in history
and win another state title.”
Next to him at the postgame
news conference table, Bulldogs
Coach Frantz Deetjen was in-
spired to speak more about Prince
George’s County, which has pro-
duced the past two 4A champi-
ons.
its four losses early in the season
and was the only team to defeat
3A champion Crofton, doing so
twice.
Fairfax and Yorktown clashed
in the Virginia Class 6 champion-
ship game. The Lions’ 1-0 win
capped a 24-1-1 season; the lone
loss and tie came against out-of-
state opponents in tournaments.
South Lakes was unbeaten until it
ran into Fairfax in the Class 6
quarterfinals, and Independence
(Class 5) and Loudoun Valley
(Class 4) reached their respective
burgh commit Ryla Jones.
While Flint Hill maintained its
dominance all year, the area fea-
tured some surprises along the
way.
Georgetown Day School cap-
tured its first D.C. State Athletic
Association title just one year
after losing to Jackson-Reed in
five sets in the championship
match. The Hoppers defeated a
tough St. John’s team to get the
job done and cement themselves
among the top of the area’s hier-
archy.
In Virginia, reigning Class 6
with three minutes left in the
game.
The expected marquee match-
up was dimmed with Embiid out
with a sprained left foot, Harden
still out with a tendon strain in his
right foot and starting guard
Tyrese Maxey also out with a bro-
ken left foot.
Simmons was heckled, drew a
Broome, who sat out the previous
game with an injury, had nine
rebounds and three blocks.
Connor Hickman and Duke
Deen each recorded 15 points for
Bradley (3-2).
l TEXAS TECH 70, LOUIS-
VILLE 38: The No. 21 Red Raid-
ers held the Cardinals to their
lowest point total in 74 years in a
win at the Maui Invitational.
Kevin Obanor scored 15 points
to lead Texas Tech (4-1), which
bounced back from a 76-65 defeat
to the Bluejays on Monday.
El Ellis and Jae’Lyn Withers
each scored seven points for Lou-
Whitman players celebrate after winning their second straight
Maryland 4A title last weekend at Loyola University in Baltimore.
told his players he would cry if
they continued to look at him.
“I don’t want to say this exceed-
ed my expectations because I
“There are some great teams;
there are some great players,” he
said. “It’s tough because some
fields look like you wouldn’t even
put your dog to play on, but we
still come out and play. There are
so many good teams in the entire
state of Maryland. . . . We’re
showing that you don’t have to go
to an academy in order to make it
to the next level.”
After Gonzaga completed an
undefeated season by winning
the D.C. State Athletic Associa-
tion title, Gonzaga Coach Scott
Waller reflected on his luck.
“These kids are amazing,” he
said. “I’ve got the best coaching
staff and the best kids. That’s
what makes this easy.”
The Eagles and Bulldogs are
semifinals.
St. John’s repeated as Washing-
ton Catholic Athletic Conference
champion, shutting out Good
Counsel to finish 15-1. Stone Ridge
and Georgetown Visitation were
the heavyweights in the Inde-
pendent School League, and the
Gators edged the Cubs, 1-0, in the
title game. In the Interscholastic
Athletic Association of Maryland
A championship game, Spalding
couldn’t repeat against Garrison
Forest.
Here is the final top 10:
champion Colgan was stunned in
five sets by late-blooming Alex-
andria City. The Sharks were
dominant behind middle hitter
Brielle Kemavor and looked
poised to repeat until they saw
the Titans on the other side of the
net.
Arundel was hoping for a
three-peat as Maryland 4A cham-
pion and had confidence after a
sweep of Bowie in the semifinal
game. But Urbana put a stop to
the Wildcats’ effort in a close
five-set match to win its first
state title.
Bishop O’Connell swept Holy
Cross to repeat as Washington
Catholic Athletic Conference
champion, but only after drop-
ping its regular season matchup
with the Tartans. It was Holy
Cross’s 12th consecutive appear-
ance; next season, with Ohio
State commit Emerson Sellman
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flagrant foul, shushed the crowd
on a layup, and even Jordan-
shrugged after hitting free throws.
Of most importance for a player
who has battled mental health is-
sues, Simmons played with poise
as boos rained on him for the bulk
of his 32 minutes.
He already had three assists
when he went to the free throw
line early in the game. Simmons
was booed but never looked rat-
tled and sank both baskets. Sim-
mons had a reverse layup minutes
later for his first bucket.
Sixers fans were mostly well-be-
isville (0-5).
l CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO
75, GEORGE WASHINGTON
70: Bryce Pope scored 31 points to
lift the Tritons (2-4) past the Colo-
nials (3-2) at Smith Center.
l RICHMOND 61, TEMPLE
49: Tyler Burton scored 18 points
as the Spiders (3-3) beat the Owls
(2-4) at the Empire Classic in
Brooklyn.
Boston, No. 1 Gamecocks roll
Aliyah Boston had her fourth
double-double of the season as the
top-ranked South Carolina wom-
en rolled to a 79-36 win over Cal
TOM BRENNER FOR THE WASHINGTON POST
almost expected to be here at
some point with this group,” Bon-
figli said. “We couldn’t have
scripted this better.”
two of a handful of teams that
finished their seasons with win.
Six of the 10 teams in our final
rankings won championships.
1. Gonzaga (25-0-1) Last
ranked: 2
It was a magical season for the
Eagles, who claimed the WCAC
and DCSAA championships en
route to their first undefeated
season in two decades.
2. Bowie (17-2-0) LR: 8
Kareem Davis’s goal gave the
Bulldogs their first state title in 11
years.
3. Bishop McNamara (17-2-1)
LR: 1
The Mustangs saw a breakout
season end in overtime heart-
break as they fell to No. 1 Gonzaga
on a dramatic game-winner in the
1. Broadneck (20-0) | Last
ranked: 1 | Maryland commit
Maya Everett paced the Bruins
with 19 goals, including one in
their first 4A championship in
20 years.
2. Fairfax (24-1-1) | LR: 3 | Led
by senior Halley Beaudoin, the
school’s all-time points leader, the
Lions won the first Class 6 title in
program history over defending
champion Yorktown.
3. Crofton (16-2) | LR: 5 |
Junior Kylie Corcoran’s 21 goals
led the second-year program to
the 3A championship. Sopho-
more Ryleigh Osborne was one of
the best goalkeepers in the area,
posting an .875 save percentage.
4. Spalding (17-4) | LR: 4 |
Though they fell short in the
set to return, could provide an-
other.
1. Flint Hill (36-0) Last
ranked: 1
The Huskies lost a set, for the
first time all year, to Norfolk
Academy in their final match, but
they finished undefeated and
won the ISL AA and VISAA cham-
pionships. Flint Hill is so domi-
nant that coaches throughout the
area have mentioned it should
consider playing against college
teams to up its level of competi-
tion.
2. Bishop O’Connell (29-2)
LR: 3
The Knights swept Holy Cross
for the consecutive second year
to repeat as WCAC champions.
3. Holy Cross (23-2) LR: 2
Although Sellman and the Tar-
tans didn’t finish the way they
had hoped, the team performed
well and was atop the competi-
haved — save for a couple of short-
lived “(expletive) Ben Simmons!”
chants — and mostly saved the
four-letter words for tape on the
back of their old No. 25 jerseys.
Simmons and second-year Six-
er Georges Niang tussled late in
the first half, and Niang gave his
former teammate a light stiff-arm
to the body that earned a technical
foul. Simmons missed the techni-
cal free throw, and the crowd
roared as much as it did all game.
l KINGS 113, GRIZZLIES
109: De’Aaron Fox scored 32
points and made two free throws
Poly in San Luis Obispo, Calif.
Boston, the reigning AP player
of the year, had 12 points and 10
rebounds for her 64th career dou-
ble-double, the most among ac-
tive NCAA players in all divisions.
The Gamecocks (5-0) led the
whole way. Laeticia Amihere was
the leading scorer with 13 points
off the bench, Zia Cooke added 11
and Ashlyn Watkins had 10 points
and 11 rebounds.
Annika Shah led the Mustangs
with eight points, all in the fourth
quarter.
l CREIGHTON 93, OMAHA
71: Emma Ronsiek had 26 points,
1. St. John’s (19-0-1) Last
ranked: 2
The Cadets finished with 19
consecutive wins and WCAC and
DCSAA championships.
2. Whitman (16-1) LR: 6
The Vikings beat Montgomery
County counterpart Quince Or-
chard, 2-0, for back-to-back
Maryland 4A championships.
3. Crofton (15-3-1) LR: Not
ranked
The second-year Anne Arundel
County program defeated Mount
Hebron, 1-0, for the Maryland 3A
title.
4. Quince Orchard (14-4) LR:
NR
Three of the Cougars’ losses
came against Whitman, includ-
ing a 2-0 defeat in the Maryland
4A final.
5. Mount Hebron (13-3-1) LR:
5 10. Good Counsel (15-5) LR:
The Howard County program
failed to defend the Maryland 3A
championship in a 1-0 loss to
Crofton.
WCAC championship game.
4. Landon (15-2-3) LR: Not
ranked
The Bears ceded the Interstate
Athletic Conference regular sea-
son championship to St. Albans
but got their revenge by topping
the Bulldogs in the conference
tournament title game.
5. Severna Park (17-3-0) LR:
NR
The Falcons lost, 1-0, in the
Maryland 4A title match against
Bowie.
6. Glenelg (12-4-1) LR: NR
Vaughn Sines scored twice for
the Gladiators as they captured
the program’s first state title since
1997.
7. Potomac School (16-2-2)
LR: NR
IAAM A championship game, the
Cavaliers outscored their oppo-
nents 68-11 this season.
5. St. John’s (15-1) | LR: 7 |
Two-time WCAC player of the year
Leah Morrison scored 36 goals
this season — breaking her own
conference record — and added 12
assists. The Syracuse commit led
the Cadets to their second
straight WCAC championship.
6. Churchill (17-1) | LR: 6 |
Before the Montgomery County
champions’ season ended in the
4A championship game against
Broadneck, the Bulldogs had sur-
rendered only two goals all sea-
son.
7. Yorktown (17-4) | LR: 8 |
Penn commits Emily Stafford and
Alexis Williams led the Patriots
tive WCAC through the regular
season.
9
4. Alexandria City (32-2) LR:
Seniors Milan Rex and Chloe
Wilmot led a largely new squad
to its second Virginia Class 6
state title over reigning cham-
pion Colgan.
5. Arundel (19-1) LR: 5
The Wildcats’ attempt at a
third straight Maryland 4A title
was thwarted by a disciplined
Urbana team.
6. Colgan (22-2) LR: 7
Despite smelling blood in the
water in the third and fourth sets
of the Virginia Class 6 champion-
ship match, the Sharks were un-
able to finish the Titans in the
fifth set and fell short of a state
title repeat.
7. Georgetown Day (21-3) LR:
Not ranked
The Grasshoppers downed St.
D7
with 0.3 seconds to play to clinch
Sacramento’s win over host Mem-
phis. Harrison Barnes added 26
points for the Kings.
Ja Morant led all scorers with
34 points for Memphis to go with
seven rebounds and six assists.
l PISTONS 110, NUGGETS
108: Bojan Bogdanovic scored 22
points and made two free throws
with 8.2 seconds left as Detroit
beat host Denver to snap a seven-
game losing streak.
Nikola Jokic had 31 points, 10
assists and nine rebounds for Den-
ver.
Lauren Jensen added 20 and the
No. 16 Bluejays beat the host Mav-
ericks to win the Nebraska cham-
pionship.
Morgan Maly added 18 points
and Carly Bachelor had 11 points
and 11 rebounds for Creighton
(5-0), which is off to its best start
since 1986-87.
Aaliyah Stanley had 15 points to
lead Omaha (3-2).
l MONMOUTH 76, NAVY 56:
Kaci Donovan had 17 points and
six rebounds as the Hawks (3-2)
surged to defeat the Midshipmen
(0-5) at Alumni Hall.
6. Broadneck (14-1-4) LR: 4
The Anne Arundel County
champion’s lone loss came
against Quince Orchard, 1-0, in
the Maryland 4A semifinals.
7. Glenelg (14-4) LR: NR
The Howard County team re-
bounded from an inconsistent
start to reach the Maryland 2A
final, where it lost, 1-0, to Century.
8. Calvert (16-1-1) LR: 1
After a stellar start, the South-
ern Maryland Athletic Confer-
ence champion fell to Sparrows
Point on penalty kicks in the
Maryland 2A quarterfinals.
9. Walter Johnson (12-2) LR:
8
Both of the Montgomery Coun-
ty team’s losses came in overtime
against eventual champion Whit-
man, including in the Maryland
4A postseason’s third round.
10
The Olney private school fell to
St. John’s, 2-1, in the WCAC final
in back-to-back seasons.
The Panthers finished as out-
right champions of the Mid-At-
lantic Athletic Conference after
winning the regular season
crown and the tournament title.
8. Washington International
(17-1-1) LR: NR
After dominating the Potomac
Valley Athletic Conference this
fall, the Red Devils held their own
against No. 1 Gonzaga in the DC-
SAA title game.
9. Blair (12-2-2) LR: NR
The Blazers, a surprise con-
tender in the Maryland 4A brack-
et, fell to No. 5 Severna Park by
one goal in the state semifinal.
10. Centennial (14-3-1)
The Eagles, back-to-back
champions of Howard County,
came up just short of a state title.
back to the Class 6 title game.
8. Independence (21-2) | LR: 2
| Sammie Goin followed up her
freshman year, in which she gar-
nered first-team all-state honors,
with 20 goals and 35 assists as a
sophomore to lead the Tigers to
the Class 5 semifinals.
9. Stone Ridge (14-3) | LR: Not
ranked | Junior Hallie Slidell, a
Davidson commit, led the Gators
with 15 goals and 18 assists as they
went 13-1 against ISL opponents
en route to their conference
championship.
10. South Lakes (20-2) | LR:
NR | The Seahawks won their first
19 games of the season, their best
start in school history, with goal-
keeper Amelie Beckett leading
them to 10 shutouts.
John’s in four sets to win their
first DCSAA title.
8. Northern (17-2) LR: Not
ranked
Behind setter Reese Courtney
and outside hitter Maya Johnson,
the Patriots made a deep run in
the Maryland 3A playoffs and
ended their season with a four-
set loss to North Hagerstown in
the final.
9. Churchill (16-2) LR: 10
The Bulldogs took out highly
favored Wootton and became
Maryland 4A West region
champs but ultimately fell to
eventual state champion Urbana
in the semifinals of the 4A play-
offs.
10. Wootton (16-1) LR: 6
After an undefeated regular
season, the Patriots made a sur-
prising exit in the third round of
playoffs to end their bid for
another state title.
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NFL World Cup Saudi Arabia 2, Argentina 1 NBA NHL NCAA men
NFC FIRST ROUND Saudi Arabia .......................... 0 2 — 2 EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC GP W L OT Pts GF GA EAST
SUNDAY’S RESULT Argentina............................... 1 0 — 1 Boston ........................ 19 17 2 0 34 80 40 Pittsburgh 83, Fairleigh Dickinson 61
EAST W L T PCT. PF PA GROUP A — IN KHOR First Half: 1, Argentina, Messi, (penalty kick), 10th ATLANTIC W L Pct GB Richmond 61, Temple 49
Toronto ....................... 20 10 5 5 25 59 54
Philadelphia .................. 9 1 0 .900 263 183 Ecuador 2, Qatar 0 minute. Boston ........................................ 13 4 .765 — Rutgers 76, Rider 46
Tampa Bay.................. 19 11 7 1 23 64 61
Dallas ............................ 7 3 0 .700 251 167 Second Half: 2, Saudi Arabia, AlShehri, (Al Birakan), Philadelphia.................................. 9 8 .529 4 Detroit ........................ 18 9 5 4 22 59 58 South Florida 75, Saint Joseph’s 62
N.Y. Giants .................... 7 3 0 .700 205 204 48th; 3, Saudi Arabia, Al-Dawsari, 53rd. Toronto......................................... 9 8 .529 4 Florida......................... 19 9 8 2 20 64 64 Towson 83, Coppin State 67
Washington .................. 6 5 0 .545 214 223 MONDAY’S RESULTS Goalies: Saudi Arabia, Mohammed Alowais, Nawaf New York...................................... 9 9 .500 41/2 Montreal..................... 19 9 9 1 19 59 70 Tulane 78, Rhode Island 75
GROUP B — IN RAYYAN Alaqidi, Mohammed Alyami; Argentina, Emilano Marti- Brooklyn ....................................... 8 10 .444 51/2 Buffalo........................ 19 8 11 0 16 69 68 UC San Diego 75, George Washington 70
SOUTH W L T PCT. PF PA United States 1, Wales 1 nez, Franco Armani, Geronimo Rulli. Ottawa........................ 18 6 11 1 13 57 64
Tampa Bay .................... 5 5 0 .500 183 180 Yellow Cards: Almalki, Saudi Arabia, 67th; Albulayhi, SOUTH
GROUP A — IN DOHA SOUTHEAST W L Pct GB
Atlanta .......................... 5 6 0 .455 259 274 Saudi Arabia, 75th; Al-Dawsari, Saudi Arabia, 79th; Auburn 85, Bradley 64
Netherlands 2, Senegal 0 Washington................................ 10 7 .588 — METROPOLITAN GP W L OT Pts GF GA
New Orleans ................. 4 7 0 .364 249 267 Abdulhamid, Saudi Arabia, 82nd; Alabid, Saudi Arabia, East Carolina 86, Toledo 75
Atlanta ....................................... 10 7 .588 — New Jersey ................. 19 16 3 0 32 73 44
Carolina ......................... 3 8 0 .273 207 256 GROUP B — IN RAYYAN 88th; Alowais, Saudi Arabia, 90th+2. Miami ........................................... 7 11 .389 31/2
Southern Mississippi 77, Winthrop 52
England 6, Iran 2 Referee: Slavko Vincic. Assistant Referees: Tomaz Carolina....................... 19 10 5 4 24 56 52 Texas Tech 70, Louisville 38
Orlando......................................... 5 13 .278 51/2 N.Y. Islanders ............. 20 12 8 0 24 66 55
Klancnik, Andraz Kovacic, Pol van Boekel. 4th Official: Troy 118, Southern (New Orleans) 61
NORTH W L T PCT. PF PA Charlotte ...................................... 4 14 .222 61/2 x-N.Y. Rangers............ 19 9 6 4 22 56 52
Maguette Ndiaye. UAB 87, Georgia 73
Minnesota ..................... 8 2 0 .800 229 231 TUESDAY’S RESULTS A: 88,012. Pittsburgh .................. 19 9 7 3 21 70 64
Detroit .......................... 4 6 0 .400 250 282 CENTRAL W L Pct GB Philadelphia................ 19 7 8 4 18 48 62 MIDWEST
GROUP C — IN LUSAIL
Green Bay ..................... 4 7 0 .364 202 243 Saudi Arabia 2, Argentina 1 Milwaukee.................................. 12 4 .750 — Washington ................ 20 7 10 3 17 55 67 Fort Wayne 74, Eastern Michigan 67
Chicago ......................... 3 8 0 .273 241 274 Cleveland.................................... 11 6 .647 11/2 Columbus.................... 18 7 10 1 15 55 78 Kansas State 96, Nevada 87 (OT)
GROUP D — IN RAYYAN
Denmark 0, Tunisia 0
Poland 0, Mexico 0 Indiana........................................ 10 6 .625 2 LSU 73, Akron 58
Chicago ......................................... 7 10 .412 51/2 Northwestern 66, Liberty 52
WEST W L T PCT. PF PA Poland .................................... 0 0 — 0 CENTRAL GP W L OT Pts GF GA
GROUP C — IN DOHA Detroit .......................................... 4 15 .211 91/2 Notre Dame 82, Bowling Green 66
Seattle .......................... 6 4 0 .600 257 241 Mexico ................................... 0 0 — 0 Dallas.......................... 19 11 5 3 25 73 52
Mexico 0, Poland 0 Ohio State 81, Cincinnati 53
San Francisco ................ 6 4 0 .600 236 173 First Half: None. Colorado...................... 17 11 5 1 23 61 42
Arizona ......................... 4 7 0 .364 240 296 GROUP D — IN WAKRAH WESTERN CONFERENCE San Francisco 67, Wichita State 63
Second Half: None. Winnipeg .................... 17 11 5 1 23 50 41
L.A. Rams ...................... 3 7 0 .300 168 227 France 4, Australia 1 Goalies: Poland, Wojciech Szczesny, Kamil Grabara, SOUTHWEST W L Pct GB St. Louis...................... 18 10 8 0 20 53 59 SOUTHWEST
Lukasz Skorupski; Mexico, Guillermo Ochoa, Rodolfo New Orleans............................... 10 7 .588 — Nashville..................... 19 9 8 2 20 53 62 Creighton 90, Arkansas 87
AFC Cota, Alfredo Talavera. 1/ Minnesota .................. 18 8 8 2 18 49 54 Louisiana Lafayette 76, SMU 72 (OT)
WEDNESDAY’S MATCHES Dallas............................................ 9 7 .563 2

EAST W L T PCT. PF PA Yellow Cards: Sanchez, Mexico, 29th; Moreno, Mexico, Memphis..................................... 10 8 .556 1/
2 Chicago ....................... 18 6 9 3 15 44 62 WEST
GROUP F — IN KHOR 56th; Frankowski, Poland, 76th. San Antonio.................................. 6 12 .333 41/2 Arizona ....................... 17 6 9 2 14 44 62
Buffalo .......................... 7 3 0 .700 281 174 Morocco vs. Croatia, 5 a.m. Arizona State 80, Grambling State 49
Miami ............................ 7 3 0 .700 252 241 Referee: Chris Beath. Assistant Referees: Anton Shche- Houston........................................ 3 14 .176 7 UNLV 56, Southern Illinois 49
N.Y. Jets ....................... 6 4 0 .600 199 186 GROUP E — IN RAYYAN (KHALIFA) tinin, Ashley Beecham, Shaun Evans. 4th Official: PACIFIC GP W L OT Pts GF GA Utah State 95, Oral Roberts 85
New England ................. 6 4 0 .600 213 169 Germany vs. Japan, 8 a.m. Stephanie Frappart. Vegas .......................... 20 15 4 1 31 73 51
NORTHWEST W L Pct GB
GROUP E — IN DOHA A: 39,369. x-Los Angeles............. 21 11 8 2 24 67 71
Utah............................................ 12 7 .632 —
SOUTH W L T PCT. PF PA Spain vs. Costa Rica, 11 a.m. Portland...................................... 10 7 .588 1 Seattle ........................ 18 10 5 3 23 58 49
Tennessee ..................... 7 3 0 .700 193 185 GROUP F — IN RAYYAN Denver ........................................ 10 7 .588 1 Calgary........................ 18 9 7 2 20 58 60 UC San Diego 75,
Minnesota .................................... 9 8 .529 2 Edmonton ................... 19 10 9 0 20 66 69
Indianapolis .................. 4
Jacksonville .................. 3
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7
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Belgium vs. Canada, 2 p.m. France 4, Australia 1 Oklahoma City.............................. 7 10 .412 4 San Jose ..................... 21 7 11 3 17 62 72 George Washington 70
Houston ........................ 1 8 1 .150 159 230 Australia................................ 1 0 — 1 Vancouver................... 19 6 10 3 15 66 76 UC San Diego (2-4)
THURSDAY’S MATCHES France .................................... 2 2 — 4 Anaheim ..................... 19 5 13 1 11 50 82 Brooks 3-4 0-0 6, Nwaokorie 3-7 1-2 7, Anderson 3-10 1-2
PACIFIC W L Pct GB
NORTH W L T PCT. PF PA GROUP G — IN WAKRAH First Half: 1, Australia, Goodwin, (Leckie), 9th minute; 2, x-Phoenix ................................... 10 6 .625 — x-Late game 8, Pope 11-16 6-11 31, Roquemore 3-5 1-3 9, Tshimanga
Baltimore ...................... 7 3 0 .700 248 199 Switzerland vs. Cameroon, 5 a.m. France, Rabiot, (Hernandez), 27th; 3, France, Giroud, Sacramento ................................ 10 6 .625 — 3-8 2-3 8, Kosakowski 2-3 0-0 6, Vulikic 0-1 0-0 0, DeGraaf
Cincinnati ...................... 6 4 0 .600 265 215 GROUP H — IN RAYYAN (Rabiot), 32nd. L.A. Clippers ............................... 11 7 .611 — MONDAY’S RESULTS 0-0 0-0 0, Patterson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 28-54 11-21 75.
Cleveland ...................... 3 7 0 .300 240 269 Uruguay vs. South Korea, 8 a.m. Second Half: 4, France, Mbappe, (Dembele), 68th; 5, Golden State ................................ 8 10 .444 3 Boston 5, at Tampa Bay 3 George Washington (3-2)
Pittsburgh ..................... 3 7 0 .300 170 244 France, Giroud, (Mbappe), 71st. x-L.A. Lakers ................................ 5 10 .333 41/2 Calgary 5, at Philadelphia 2 Dean 1-1 0-0 2, Lindo 2-7 1-2 5, Adams 7-13 4-4 20,
GROUP H — IN DOHA Goalies: Australia, Mathew Ryan, Danny Vukovic, An- Bishop 10-22 4-5 25, Edwards 4-7 0-0 10, Clark 0-1 1-2 1,
Portugal vs. Ghana, 11 a.m. x-Late game at New Jersey 5, Edmonton 2
drew Redmayne; France, Hugo Lloris, Steve Mandanda, Samuels 0-2 0-0 0, Brown 0-1 1-2 1, Harvey 2-3 0-0 6.
WEST W L T PCT. PF PA GROUP G — IN LUSAIL Alphonse Areola. at Winnipeg 4, Carolina 3 (OT) Totals 26-57 11-15 70.
Kansas City ................... 8 2 0 .800 300 233 Brazil vs. Serbia, 2 p.m. Yellow Cards: Duke, Australia, 55th; Irvine, Australia, MONDAY’S RESULTS N.Y. Islanders 3, at Toronto 2 (OT) Halftime: UC San Diego 41-25. Three-point goals: UC San
L.A. Chargers ................ 5 5 0 .500 227 258 80th; Mooy, Australia, 90th+5. at Cleveland 114, Atlanta 102 at St. Louis 3, Anaheim 1 Diego 8-17 (Pope 3-5, Kosakowski 2-3, Roquemore 2-3,
Denver ........................... 3 7 0 .300 147 171 Referee: Victor Gomes. Assistant Referees: Zakhele at Indiana 123, Orlando 102 at Nashville 4, Arizona 3 (SO) Anderson 1-4, Nwaokorie 0-2), George Washington 7-25
Las Vegas ...................... 3 7 0 .300 225 242 FRIDAY’S MATCHES Thusi Siwela, Souru Phatsoane, Drew Fischer. 4th (Edwards 2-3, Harvey 2-3, Adams 2-7, Bishop 1-7, Clark
at Chicago 121, Boston 107 Colorado 3, at Dallas 2 (SO)
WEEK 11 GROUP B — IN KHOR Official: Salima Mukansanga. at Milwaukee 119, Portland 111 at San Jose 5, Ottawa 1 0-1, Lindo 0-2, Samuels 0-2). Fouled out: Anderson.
THURSDAY’S RESULT England vs. United States, 2 p.m. A: 40,875. at New Orleans 128, Golden State 83 Vegas 5, at Vancouver 4 Rebounds: UC San Diego 28 (Tshimanga 7), George
GROUP B — IN RAYYAN Washington 33 (Dean 7). Assists: UC San Diego 12
Tennessee 27, at Green Bay 17 New York 129, at Oklahoma City 119
Wales vs. Iran, 5 a.m. TUESDAY’S RESULTS (Brooks, Anderson, Roquemore 3), George Washington
SUNDAY’S RESULTS at Minnesota 105, Miami 101 14 (Bishop 4). Total fouls: UC San Diego 15, George
GROUP A — IN DOHA at L.A. Clippers 121, Utah 114 Buffalo 7, at Montreal 2
Washington 23, at Houston 10 Qatar vs. Senegal, 8 a.m. TEN NI S N.Y. Rangers at Los Angeles, late
Washington 21.
at Baltimore 13, Carolina 3 TUESDAY’S RESULTS
at Atlanta 27, Chicago 24 GROUP A — IN RAYYAN WEDNESDAY’S GAMES
at Philadelphia 115, Brooklyn 106
at Buffalo 31, Cleveland 23 (in Detroit)
Netherlands vs. Ecuador, 11 a.m.
WTA Sacramento 113, at Memphis 109 Philadelphia at Washington, 7:30 No. 10 Creighton 90,
Arizona at Carolina, 7
Detroit 31, at N.Y. Giants 18 MONTEVIDEO OPEN Detroit 110, at Denver 108 No. 9 Arkansas 87
at New England 10, N.Y. Jets 3 SATURDAY’S MATCHES At Carrasco Lawn Tennis Club; In Montevideo, Uruguay L.A. Lakers at Phoenix, late Boston at Florida, 7
at New Orleans 27, L.A. Rams 20 GROUP D — IN WAKRAH Calgary at Pittsburgh, 7 Creighton (6-0)
Purse: $115,000 WEDNESDAY’S GAMES Kaluma 4-8 1-2 9, Kalkbrenner 9-12 3-6 21, Alexander 4-6
Philadelphia 17, at Indianapolis 16 Tunisia vs. Australia, 5 a.m. Surface: Red clay Montreal at Columbus, 7
Washington at Miami, 7:30 Nashville at Detroit, 7 4-5 12, Nembhard 6-12 10-12 25, Scheierman 7-10 3-4
Las Vegas 22, at Denver 16 (OT) GROUP C — IN RAYYAN 20, Farabello 1-3 0-0 3, Miller 0-0 0-0 0, S.Mitchell 0-1
Cincinnati 37, at Pittsburgh 30 Poland vs. Saudi Arabia, 8 a.m. SINGLES — ROUND OF 32 Minnesota at Indiana, 7 St. Louis at Buffalo, 7
Darya Astakhova, Russia, def. Tamara Zidansek (3), 0-0 0, King 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 31-53 21-29 90.
Dallas 40, at Minnesota 3 GROUP D — IN DOHA Philadelphia at Charlotte, 7 Toronto at New Jersey, 7 Arkansas (4-1)
Kansas City 30, at L.A. Chargers 27 Slovenia, 7-5, 3-6, 6-4; Kateryna Baindl (6), Ukraine, def. Portland at Cleveland, 7 Winnipeg at Minnesota, 7
France vs. Denmark, 11 a.m. Makhi.Mitchell 1-2 0-0 2, Black 10-18 5-7 26, Council 9-19
Emma Navarro, United States, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3; Rosa Vicens Brooklyn at Toronto, 7:30 Edmonton at N.Y. Islanders, 7:30
BYE: Jacksonville, Miami, Seattle, Tampa Bay GROUP C — IN LUSAIL Mas, Spain, def. Jang Su Jeong (8), South Korea, 6-1, 4-4 24, Da.Davis 3-9 2-2 9, Walsh 1-5 2-2 5, Brazile 7-14
MONDAY’S RESULT Argentina vs. Mexico, 2 p.m. Dallas at Boston, 7:30 Chicago at Dallas, 8:30 0-1 17, Makhe.Mitchell 2-3 0-1 4. Totals 33-70 13-17 87.
2-6, 7-6 (8-6); Clara Burel, France, def. Victoria Jimenez
Kasintseva (9), Andorra, 7-6 (7-3), 6-3; Ann Li, United Sacramento at Atlanta, 7:30 N.Y. Rangers at Anaheim, 10 Halftime: Creighton 40-34. Three-point goals: Creighton
San Francisco 38, Arizona 10 (in Mexico City) 7-14 (Nembhard 3-4, Scheierman 3-5, Farabello 1-3,
States, def. Natalija Stevanovic, Serbia, 6-4, 6-3; Brenda Chicago at Milwaukee, 8 Ottawa at Vegas, 10
WEEK 12 SUNDAY’S MATCHES Fruhvirtova, Czech Republic, def. Maria Carle, Argentina, Denver at Oklahoma City, 8 San Jose at Seattle, 10 Kaluma 0-1, S.Mitchell 0-1), Arkansas 8-20 (Brazile 3-5,
THURSDAY’S GAMES GROUP E — IN RAYYAN 6-3, 6-2; Ipek Oz, Turkiye, def. Guillermina Grant, New Orleans at San Antonio, 8 Council 2-6, Walsh 1-2, Black 1-3, Da.Davis 1-4). Fouled
Vancouver at Colorado, 10
Japan vs. Costa Rica, 5 a.m. Uruguay, 6-2, 6-1. out: Brazile. Rebounds: Creighton 33 (Kalkbrenner,
Buffalo (-9 ) at Detroit, 12:30
1/ Detroit at Utah, 9 Scheierman 7), Arkansas 25 (Black, Brazile 6). Assists:
2
GROUP F — IN DOHA L.A. Clippers at Golden State, 10
THURSDAY’S GAMES
N.Y. Giants at Dallas (-91/2), 4:30 DOUBLES — ROUND OF 16 Creighton 17 (Alexander 6), Arkansas 15 (Black 6). Total
Belgium vs. Morocco, 8 a.m. No games scheduled
New England at Minnesota (-21/2), 8:20 Laura Pigossi, Brazil, and Diana Shnaider, Russia, def. THURSDAY’S GAMES fouls: Creighton 16, Arkansas 22.
SUNDAY’S GAMES GROUP E — IN KHOR Ingrid Neel and Jessie Aney (4), United States, 6-1, 6-3; FRIDAY’S GAMES
Spain vs. Germany, 2 p.m. No games scheduled.
Atlanta at Washington (-4), 1 Ingrid Gamarra Martins and Luisa Stefani (2), Brazil, Calgary at Washington, 2
Baltimore (-4) at Jacksonville, 1
GROUP F — RAYYAN (KHALIFA) def. Whitney Osuigwe and Hailey Baptiste, United FRIDAY’S GAMES Carolina at Boston, 1 No. 13 Auburn 85, Bradley 64
Croatia vs. Canada, 11 a.m. States, 6-2, 6-2; Valeriya Strakhova, Ukraine, and Leolia Washington at Miami, 8 Colorado at Nashville, 2 Bradley (3-2)
Chicago at N.Y. Jets (-41/2), 1 Jeanjean, France, def. Christina Rosca and Anna Rogers,
Cincinnati (-21/2) at Tennessee, 1 Minnesota at Charlotte, 5 Montreal at Chicago, 2 Hannah 2-5 0-0 4, Leons 3-6 4-4 11, Deen 6-15 0-0 15,
United States, 6-7 (7-4), 6-1 (40-30), 10-7; Yvonne Hickman 6-12 0-0 15, Tahvanainen 3-10 0-0 7, Weathers
Denver (-21/2) at Carolina, 1 MONDAY’S MATCHES Cavalle-Reimers and Rosa Vicens Mas, Spain, def. Philadelphia at Orlando, 7 Toronto at Minnesota, 2
Portland at New York, 7:30 1-4 2-5 4, Linke 0-0 0-0 0, Biliew 1-1 2-4 4, Davis 2-2 0-0
Houston at Miami (-13), 1 GROUP G — IN WAKRAH Rebeca Pereira, Brazil, and Julia Riera, Argentina, 6-2, Ottawa at Anaheim, 3
4, Hardtke 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 24-56 8-13 64.
Tampa Bay (-31/2) at Cleveland, 1 Cameroon vs. Serbia, 5 a.m. 6-2. Atlanta at Houston, 8 Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 5:30 Auburn (5-0)
L.A. Chargers (-4) at Arizona, 4:05 GROUP H — IN RAYYAN Brooklyn at Indiana, 8 Arizona at Detroit, 8 Broome 5-8 4-5 14, Moore 1-2 0-0 2, Williams 4-6 1-2 11,
Las Vegas at Seattle (-31/2), 4:05 South Korea vs. Ghana, 8 a.m. Chicago at Oklahoma City, 8 N.Y. Islanders at Columbus, 8 Green 5-10 2-3 14, Jasper 1-1 0-0 3, Traore 2-5 1-2 5,
L.A. Rams at Kansas City (-141/2), 4:25 GROUP G — IN DOHA HIGH SCHO O L S Cleveland at Milwaukee, 8
L.A. Lakers at San Antonio, 8
New Jersey at Buffalo, 8
Seattle at Vegas, 8
Flanigan 3-7 4-4 12, Cardwell 3-4 0-0 6, Johnson 5-8 2-3
13, Westry 2-4 1-1 5, Donaldson 0-0 0-0 0, Akingbola 0-0
New Orleans at San Francisco (-91/2), 4:25 Brazil vs. Switzerland, 11 a.m.
Green Bay at Philadelphia (-7), 8:20 New Orleans at Memphis, 8 St. Louis at Tampa Bay, 8 0-0 0. Totals 31-55 15-20 85.
GROUP H — IN LUSAIL Halftime: Auburn 45-32. Three-point goals: Bradley 8-24
MONDAY’S GAMES Portugal vs. Uruguay, 2 p.m. ICE HOCKEY Sacramento at Boston, 8 Winnipeg at Dallas, 8:30
Detroit at Phoenix, 9 (Hickman 3-5, Deen 3-9, Leons 1-2, Tahvanainen 1-8),
PRIVATE Los Angeles at San Jose, 10:30
Pittsburgh at Indianapolis (-21/2), 8:15 Auburn 8-17 (Flanigan 2-3, Williams 2-3, Green 2-4,
St. Albans 5, Walter Johnson 2 Utah at Golden State, 10 Jasper 1-1, Johnson 1-2, Broome 0-1, Moore 0-1, Traore
TUESDAY’S MATCHES Denver at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 0-1, Westry 0-1). Fouled out: Linke. Rebounds: Bradley
GROUP B — IN DOHA
C O L L EG E F O O T B A L L Iran vs. United States, 2 p.m. Sabres 7, Canadiens 2 22 (Tahvanainen 5), Auburn 31 (Broome 9). Assists:
Bradley 14 (Deen, Weathers 4), Auburn 18 (Green 6).
GROUP A — IN KHOR TR A NSA C TI O NS WIZARDS’ NEXT THREE BUFFALO ................................. 3 1 3 — 7 Total fouls: Bradley 18, Auburn 19. A: 951.
MONTREAL .............................. 1 1 0 — 2
NCAA Netherlands vs. Qatar, 10 a.m.
GROUP A — IN RAYYAN FIRST PERIOD
TUESDAY’S RESULTS Ecuador vs. Senegal, 10 a.m. MLB at Miami Heat No. 21 Texas Tech 70,
MIDWEST Scoring: 1, Buffalo, Dahlin 8 (Skinner, Thompson), 0:35.
at Miami (Ohio) 18, Ball State 17
GROUP B — IN RAYYAN Houston Astros: Agreed to terms with INF Dixon 2, Buffalo, Peterka 4 (Cozens, Quinn), 0:52. 3, Buffalo, Louisville 38
Ohio 38, Bowling Green 14
Wales vs. England, 2 p.m. Machado on a minor league contract.
Cincinnati Reds: Agreed to terms with OF Allan Cerda
Today 7:30 NBCSW Tuch 10 (Dahlin, Skinner), 2:13 (pp). 4, Montreal, Texas Tech (4-1)
Caufield 12 (Savard, Guhle), 2:57. Batcho 2-5 5-6 9, Obanor 6-9 3-3 15, Harmon 1-2 1-2 4,
THURSDAY’S GAMES and RHP Daniel Duarte on minor league contracts.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 30 SECOND PERIOD Isaacs 2-6 0-0 5, Tyson 2-5 3-6 8, Washington 2-5 0-2 4,
SOUTH
GROUP D — IN RAYYAN
Philadelphia Phillies: Agreed to terms with president of
baseball operations David Dumbrowski on a contract
at Miami Heat Jennings 3-5 2-5 8, Fisher 1-4 0-0 2, Walton 0-2 0-0 0,
Arkansas Pine Bluff (2-8) at Alabama State (6-4), 3 Tunisia vs. France, 10 a.m. Scoring: 5, Buffalo, Skinner 6 (Tuch, Thompson), 11:21. D.Williams 2-4 4-5 10, Allen 1-3 1-1 3, C.Williams 0-1 2-2
Mississippi State (7-4) at Mississippi (8-3), 7 extension thought 2027. 6, Montreal, Monahan 4 (Dadonov, Wideman), 13:57.
GROUP D — IN WAKRAH Pittsburgh Pirates: Claimed 1B Lewis Diaz off waivers Friday 8 NBCSW 2. Totals 22-51 21-32 70.
Louisville (0-5)
Australia vs. Denmark, 10 a.m. from Miami. Designated SS Hoy Park for assignment. THIRD PERIOD
San Diego Padres: Agreed to terms with RHP Nick Curry 1-4 0-0 2, Huntley-Hatfield 0-4 3-4 3, Withers 3-7
Ohio 38, Bowling Green 14 GROUP C — IN DOHA Martinez on a three-year contract. at Boston Celtics Scoring: 7, Buffalo, Jokiharju 1 (Tuch, Thompson), 3:48. 0-0 7, Ellis 3-11 0-2 7, James 0-2 4-4 4, Traynor 2-8 1-2 6,
Poland vs. Argentina, 2 p.m. 8, Buffalo, Thompson 13 (Hinostroza, Skinner), 6:39. 9, Lands 0-7 0-0 0, Wheeler 1-1 0-0 2, Miller 0-2 2-4 2, Basili
BOWLING GREEN .................... 7 0 0 7 — 14 GROUP C — IN LUSAIL NFL Buffalo, Skinner 7 (Dahlin, Cozens), 14:26 (pp). 0-2 0-1 0, Payne 1-1 1-2 3, Ree 0-0 2-2 2. Totals 11-49
OHIO ......................................... 0 28 3 7 — 38 Saudi Arabia vs. Mexico, 2 p.m. Arizona Cardinals: Waived RB Jonathan Ward from Sunday 6 NBCSW SHOTS ON GOAL
13-21 38.
Halftime: Texas Tech 32-13. Three-point goals: Texas
injured reserve. Released OL Jean Delance and DL
FIRST QUARTER BUFFALO ................................. 9 14 15 — 38 Tech 5-19 (D.Williams 2-4, Harmon 1-2, Tyson 1-3,
Michael Dogbe from the practice squad.
BGSU: Broden 44 pass from McDonald (Lawler kick),
THURSDAY, DEC. 1 Atlanta Falcons: Promoted OL Ryan Neuzil from the Radio: WTEM (980 AM), MONTREAL ............................ 15 8 8 — 31 Isaacs 1-4, Walton 0-1, Washington 0-1, Fisher 0-2,
Obanor 0-2), Louisville 3-18 (Withers 1-2, Traynor 1-4,
GROUP F — IN RAYYAN practice squad to the active roster. Signed CB John Reid Power-play opportunities: Buffalo 2 of 4; Montreal 0 of
2:21.
Croatia vs. Belgium, 10 a.m. to the practice squad. Released S Devon Key from the
WFED (1500 AM) 6. Goalies: Buffalo, Anderson 4-3-0 (31 shots-29 saves). Ellis 1-6, Basili 0-1, Miller 0-1, James 0-2, Lands 0-2).
SECOND QUARTER Montreal, Allen 6-7-0 (38-31). A: 20,984 (21,288). T: Rebounds: Texas Tech 42 (Batcho 12), Louisville 26
GROUP F — IN DOHA practice squad.
(Withers 5). Assists: Texas Tech 12 (Washington 4),
Canada vs. Morocco, 10 a.m. Carolina Panthers: Signed LB Arron Mosby to the 2:26.
OHIO: C.Harris 5 run (Vakos kick), 11:40.
OHIO: Wiglusz 20 pass from C.Harris (Vakos kick), 8:25. GROUP E — IN RAYYAN (KHALIFA) practice squad. Released QB D’Eriq King from the 76ers 115, Nets 106 Louisville 5 (Ellis 3). Total fouls: Texas Tech 19,
Louisville 23. A: 2,400 (2,400).
OHIO: Bangura 3 run (Vakos kick), 3:42. Japan vs. Spain, 2 p.m. practice squad.
Chicago Bears: Signed DB Breon Borders to the practice BROOKLYN ......................... 26 31 25 24 — 106
OHIO: C.Harris 8 run (Vakos kick), :24. GROUP E — IN KHOR
Costa Rica vs. Germany, 2 p.m.
squad. PHILADELPHIA .................. 33 30 22 30 — 115 Predators 4, Coyotes 3 (SO)
THIRD QUARTER Cincinnati Bengals: Promoted WR Trenton Irwin from
the practice squad to the active roster. Waived OT Isaiah
BROOKLYN: Durant 9-14 2-2 20, O’Neale 4-4 0-0 11, Late Monday NCAA women
OHIO: FG Vakos 32, 2:27. Claxton 6-7 0-0 12, Irving 10-18 1-1 23, Simmons 4-7 3-6
Prince. ARIZONA ........................... 0 2 1 0 — 3 EAST
FRIDAY, DEC. 2 Cleveland Browns: Signed C Greg Mancz. Placed C Ethan
11, Edwards 0-1 0-0 0, Morris 0-0 0-0 0, J.Harris 1-8 0-0
FOURTH QUARTER GROUP H — IN RAYYAN 3, Sharpe 0-0 0-0 0, Curry 5-12 2-2 14, Duke Jr. 1-3 0-1 2, NASHVILLE ........................ 1 0 2 1 — 4 Towson 69, Maryland Eastern Shore 57
Pocic on injured reserve. Signed S Bubba Bolden and T Mills 1-3 0-0 3, Sumner 3-3 1-1 7, Thomas 0-0 0-0 0.
OHIO: C.Harris 12 run (Vakos kick), 11:43. South Korea vs. Portugal, 10 a.m. Will Holden to the practice squad. Released C Jordan NASHVILLE WON SHOOTOUT 4-3 SOUTH
BGSU: Orth 10 run (Lawler kick), 2:24. Totals 44-80 9-13 106.
GROUP H — IN WAKRAH Meredith from the practice squad. FIRST PERIOD Elon 71, Old Dominion 68
Ghana vs. Uruguay, 10 a.m. Denver Broncos: Signed LB Dakota Allen from Cleve- PHILADELPHIA: T.Harris 10-21 3-4 24, Tucker 0-6 0-0 0, Morgan State 50, St. Francis (Pa.) 49
Bowling Green Ohio Scoring: 1, Nashville, Granlund 2 (Josi, Forsberg), 7:04
land’s practice squad. Placed RB Chase Edmonds on Harrell 2-8 2-2 6, Melton 7-16 2-2 22, Milton 7-14 0-0 16, Radford 93, Bluefield State 59
First Downs ..................................... 13 21 GROUP G — IN LUSAIL Champagnie 0-1 0-0 0, Foster Jr. 0-0 0-0 0, Niang 6-11
(pp).
Total Net Yards ............................. 279 384 Cameroon vs. Brazil, 2 p.m. injured reserve. Signed RB Tyreik McAllister and LB Ray South Florida 75, New Hampshire 57
Wilborn to the practice squad. Released LB Harvey Langi 0-0 16, Reed 7-9 5-6 19, Korkmaz 3-9 1-2 9, Thybulle 1-3 SECOND PERIOD UCF 78, Louisiana-Monroe 54
Rushes-Yards ............................. 21-50 54-188 GROUP G — IN DOHA from the practice squad. 0-0 3, House Jr. 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 43-99 13-16 115.
Passing .......................................... 229 196 Serbia vs. Switzerland, 2 p.m. Scoring: 2, Arizona, Crouse 7 (Bjugstad, Maccelli), 8:50. MIDWEST
Punt Returns .................................. 0-0 0-0 Houston Texans: Signed DB D’Angelo Ross to the Three-point Goals: Brooklyn 9-28 (O’Neale 3-3, Curry
practice squad. 3, Arizona, Bjugstad 2 (Ritchie, Moser), 15:56. Creighton 93, Omaha 71
Kickoff Returns ............................ 5-91 3-47 2-6, Irving 2-8, Mills 1-3, J.Harris 1-7, Durant 0-1), Marshall 43, Fort Wayne 39
Interceptions Ret. ........................... 0-0 3-29 Indianapolis Colts: Signed DE Khalid Kareem from Philadelphia 16-32 (Melton 6-11, Niang 4-5, Milton 2-3, THIRD PERIOD
SECOND ROUND Cincinnati’s practice squad. Waived S Trevor Denbow. Memphis 89, Southern Illinois 76
Comp-Att-Int .......................... 18-32-3 10-21-0 SATURDAY, DEC. 3 Korkmaz 2-4, T.Harris 1-3, Thybulle 1-3, House Jr. 0-1, Scoring: 4, Nashville, Josi 4 (Johansen, Granlund), 1:03 Miami 63, Loyola Chicago 45
Sacked-Yards Lost ........................ 3-26 0-0 Released TE Tyrell Adams from the practice squad. Tucker 0-2). Fouled Out: None. Rebounds: Brooklyn 35
IN RAYYAN Los Angeles Chargers: Promoted K Cameron Dicker from (pp). 5, Nashville, Duchene 5 (Sissons), 1:31. 6, Arizona, Nebraska 71, Tarleton State 53
Punts .......................................... 5-35.0 5-32.0 Group A winner vs. Group B second place, 10 a.m. (O’Neale, Simmons 7), Philadelphia 49 (Reed 10). Bjugstad 3, 13:16 (sh). Northwestern 76, Niagara 38
Fumbles-Lost .................................. 2-1 0-0 the practice squad to the active roster. Placed K Dustin Assists: Brooklyn 31 (Simmons 11), Philadelphia 19
Group C winner vs. Group D second place, 2 p.m. Hopkins on injured reserve. Signed WR Keelan Doss to Western Michigan 62, Youngstown State 54
Penalties-Yards ............................ 2-19 2-17
the practice squad.
(Milton 5). Total Fouls: Brooklyn 15, Philadelphia 12. A: SHOOTOUT Xavier 84, McNeese State 68
Time Of Possession .................... 23:41 36:19 SUNDAY, DEC. 4 20,184 (20,478)
IN DOHA Los Angeles Rams: Waived RB Darrell Henderson Jr. and Nashville 4 (Granlund NG, Duchene G, Forsberg G, SOUTHWEST
PASSING LB Justin Hollins. Released TE Kendall Blanton from the Johansen G, Josi NG, Parssinen NG, Glass G), Arizona 3 Oklahoma 95, Arkansas State 70
Group D winner vs. Group C second place, 10 a.m. practice squad. (Schmaltz NG, Bjugstad G, Keller G, Ritchie G, Maccelli SMU 61, Louisiana Tech 59
Bowling Green: McDonald 16-29-3-217, Orth 2-3-0-12. IN KHOR Minnesota Vikings: Signed OLB Benton Whitley to the NG, Boyd NG, Gostisbehere NG).
Ohio: C.Harris 10-21-0-196.
Group B winner vs. Group A second place, 2 p.m. practice squad. Kings 113, Grizzlies 109 WEST
New England Patriots: Signed OT Conor McDermott SHOTS ON GOAL Fresno State 71, UC Merced 28
RUSHING SACRAMENTO ................... 28 36 24 25 — 113 Idaho State 63, Montana Tech 39
MONDAY, DEC. 5 from New York Jets practice squad. ARIZONA ......................... 12 6 9 0 — 27
Bowling Green: Mosley 4-29, Orth 2-27, Patterson 7-17, New York Giants: Signed TE Nick Vannett to the practice MEMPHIS ........................... 31 28 17 33 — 109 NASHVILLE ...................... 11 13 13 9 — 46 Montana State 74, San Jose State 65 (OT)
IN WAKRAH New Mexico 93, Western New Mexico 57
J.Johnson 2-6, Embry 1-(minus 2), Wimberly 1-(minus squad. Promoted TE Lawrence Cager from the practice Power-play opportunities: Arizona 0 of 2; Nashville 2 of
3), McDonald 4-(minus 24). Ohio: Bangura 27-96, C.Har- Group E winner vs. Group F second place, 10 a.m. SACRAMENTO: Barnes 7-13 8-8 26, Murray 1-8 0-0 2, Pacific 90, Academy of Art 26
squad to the active roster. 7. Goalies: Arizona, Ingram 1-4-1 (46 shots-43 saves).
ris 12-65, Ross 4-18, Neatherton 5-13, McCormick 2-4, IN DOHA Sabonis 3-8 3-6 9, Fox 11-21 5-6 32, Huerter 6-10 2-4 18, Pepperdine 71, Concordia (Calif.) 52
New York Jets: Signed DE Marquiss Spencer to the Nashville, Saros 7-6-2 (27-24). A: 17,159 (17,113). T:
Toledo 1-2, (Team) 3-(minus 10). Lyles 0-1 0-0 0, Metu 5-7 0-0 10, Davis 0-4 0-0 0, Mitchell Sacramento State 67, UC Davis 45
Group G winner vs. Group H second place, 2 p.m. practice squad. 2:46.
1-5 0-0 2, Monk 5-13 2-3 14. Totals 39-90 20-27 113. San Diego State 66, Grambling State 41
Philadelphioa Eagles: Released OL Jarrid Williams from
RECEIVING TUESDAY, DEC. 6 the practice squad injured reserve. Released WR Auden MEMPHIS: Brooks 6-16 2-2 14, Jackson Jr. 8-14 5-7 22, Santa Clara 95, UMKC 60
Bowling Green: Sims 4-45, Hiliare 3-8, Broden 2-81, IN RAYYAN Tate from the practice squad. Adams 2-5 1-4 5, Konchar 3-8 2-2 10, Morant 12-21 9-15 South Carolina 79, Cal Poly 36
Wyoming 64, Regis 44
Fannin 2-58, Keith 2-6, Patterson 2-3, Lewis 1-14, Bench Group F winner vs. Group E second place, 10 a.m. Pittsburgh Steelers: Released DB Quincy Wilson from 34, Clarke 3-5 0-0 6, LaRavia 0-1 0-0 0, Roddy 1-3 0-0 3, Avalanche 3, Stars 2 (SO)
1-7, Embry 1-7. Ohio: Ja.Jones 4-96, Bostic 2-37, IN LUSAIL the practice squad. Aldama 3-9 0-0 7, Jones 3-9 0-0 8. Totals 41-91 19-30
M.Cross 2-20, Foster 1-23, Wiglusz 1-20. Group H winner vs. Group G second place, 2 p.m.
Seattle Seahawks: Designated LB Jon Rhattigan to 109. Late Monday
return to practice from injured reserve.
Tennessee Titans: Designated K Caleb Shudak to return
Three-point Goals: Sacramento 15-45 (Fox 5-8, Huerter COLORADO ........................ 1 0 1 1 — 3 No. 1 South Carolina 79,
4-7, Barnes 4-8, Monk 2-8, Lyles 0-1, Metu 0-1, Sabonis DALLAS .............................. 0 1 1 0 — 2
QUARTERFINALS to practice from the physically unable to perform (PUP) 0-1, Mitchell 0-3, Davis 0-4, Murray 0-4), Memphis 8-30 Cal Poly 36
list. COLORADO WON SHOOTOUT 1-0
Miami (Ohio) 18, Ball State 17 FRIDAY, DEC. 9
Washington Commanders: Designated LB Milo Eifler to
(Jones 2-5, Konchar 2-6, Morant 1-3, Roddy 1-3, Aldama FIRST PERIOD SOUTH CAROLINA ............. 14 19 23 23 — 79
IN RAYYAN 1-4, Jackson Jr. 1-5, LaRavia 0-1, Brooks 0-3). Fouled CAL POLY ............................. 2 15 5 14 — 36
Wakrah winner vs. Doha (974) winner, 10 p.m. return to practice from injured reserve. Out: None. Rebounds: Sacramento 45 (Sabonis 13), Scoring: 1, Colorado, Makar 5 (Lehkonen, Rantanen),
BALL ST. .................................. 7 7 3 0 — 17 South Carolina (5-0)
IN LUSAIL NHL Memphis 49 (Adams 16). Assists: Sacramento 27 10:10 (pp).
MIAMI (OHIO) ......................... 0 3 3 12 — 18 Boston 6-9 0-1 12, Saxton 5-9 0-0 10, Beal 0-0 0-0 0,
(Sabonis 8), Memphis 26 (Jones, Morant 6). Total Fouls:
Rayyan (Khalifa) winner Rayyan (Education City) win- Buffalo Sabres: Assigned F Riley Sheahan to Rochester Sacramento 25, Memphis 23. A: 16,826 (18,119) SECOND PERIOD Cooke 5-12 0-0 11, Fletcher 4-5 0-2 8, Amihere 6-7 1-3 13,
FIRST QUARTER ner, 2 p.m. (AHL). Watkins 5-6 0-0 10, Cooper 2-5 0-2 5, Johnson 1-1 2-2 4,
Scoring: 2, Dallas, Robertson 13 (Dellandrea), 5:33.
BALL: Steele 48 run (VonGunten kick), 4:33. Boston Bruins: Reassigned G Michael DiPietro and F Thompson 0-2 0-0 0, Hall 2-5 1-2 6, Totals 36-61 4-12 79
SATURDAY, DEC. 10 Cal Poly (2-3)
IN DOHA
Curtis Hall from Providence (AHL) to Maine (ECHL).
Pistons 110, Nuggets 108 THIRD PERIOD
SECOND QUARTER Dallas Stars: Loaned LW Matej Blumel to Texas (AHL). Ackerman 1-4 0-0 2, Anousinh 1-5 2-2 5, Bourland 0-5 0-0
Rayyan, Qatar (Education City) winner vs. Lusail winner, Reassigned G Adam Scheel from Texas (AHL) to Idaho Scoring: 3, Colorado, Newhook 4 (Englund, Rodrigues), 0, Kovacikova 2-12 1-2 5, Shah 3-10 0-0 8, Lichtie 1-2 0-0
BALL: Steele 23 run (VonGunten kick), 8:09. DETROIT ............................. 28 30 25 27 — 110 2:06. 4, Dallas, Robertson 14 (Miller, Hintz), 19:34.
M-OH: FG Nicholson 30, 1:45. 10 a.m. (ECHL). Recalled F Fredrik Karlstrom from Texas. DENVER .............................. 29 28 24 27 — 108 3, Stajic 0-0 0-0 0, Toure 1-6 3-6 5, Willett 2-4 0-0 6, Wu
IN KHOR Nashville Predators: Placed LW Zach Sanford on waiv- SHOOTOUT 0-8 0-0 0, Dickson 0-0 0-0 0, Garcia 1-2 0-0 2, Karlin 0-2
THIRD QUARTER Khor winner vs. Doha (Al Thumama) winner, 2 p.m. ers. DETROIT: Bogdanovic 8-17 5-6 22, Livers 2-3 0-0 5, 0-0 0, Totals 12-60 6-10 36
New Jersey Devils: Assigned F Alexander Holtz and D Bagley III 7-8 0-0 14, Hayes 3-9 2-2 9, Ivey 3-11 0-0 7, Colorado 1 (MacKinnon NG, Rantanen G), Dallas 0 Three-point goals: South Carolina 3-11 (Cooke 1-5,
BALL: FG VonGunten 44, 10:07. (Seguin NG, Pavelski NG).
Kevin Bahl to Utica (AHL). Knox II 8-11 0-0 17, Duren 2-3 0-0 4, Burks 7-13 5-6 21, Cooper 1-2, Thompson 0-2, Hall 1-2), Cal Poly 6-23
M-OH: FG Nicholson 25, 5:24.
SEMIFINALS Ottawa Senators: Recalled G Lassi Thomson from Diallo 3-5 0-0 6, Joseph 2-8 0-0 5. Totals 45-88 12-14 110. SHOTS ON GOAL (Anousinh 1-1, Bourland 0-2, Kovacikova 0-4, Shah 2-6,
FOURTH QUARTER TUESDAY, DEC. 13 Belleville (AHL). Assigned D Jacob Larsson to Belleville. Lichtie 1-2, Toure 0-1, Willett 2-2, Wu 0-4, Karlin 0-1).
DENVER: Gordon 7-10 2-5 17, Porter Jr. 7-15 3-3 18, Jokic COLORADO ...................... 11 7 14 4 — 36 Assists: South Carolina 18 (Beal 5, Cooper 5), Cal Poly 5
M-OH: A.Smith 18 run (pass failed), 6:08.
IN LUSAIL Philadelphia Flyers: Recalled C Jackson Cates from
12-16 7-11 31, Caldwell-Pope 4-10 0-0 10, Murray 3-12
Lusail winner vs. Rayyan winner, 2 p.m. Lehigh Valley (AHL). DALLAS ............................ 11 8 5 0 — 24 (Shah 2). Fouled out: None. Rebounds: South Carolina 54
M-OH: Marshall 34 pass from A.Smith (pass failed), Seattle Kraken: Placed G Magnus Hellberg on waivers. 4-5 10, Nnaji 4-6 0-0 8, Brown 5-9 0-0 11, Jordan 0-2 1-2 Power-play opportunities: Colorado 1 of 6; Dallas 0 of 1. (Watkins 11), Cal Poly 26 (Kovacikova 5). Total fouls:
1:32. WEDNESDAY, DEC. 14 Toronto Maple Leafs: Recalled Ds Victor Mete and Mac 1, Braun 0-0 0-0 0, Hyland 1-5 0-0 2, Reed 0-1 0-0 0. Goalies: Colorado, Georgiev 9-2-1 (24 shots-22 saves). South Carolina 15, Cal Poly 17. Technical Fouls_None. A:
IN KHOR Hollowell from Toronto (AHL). Placed RW Wayne Totals 43-86 17-26 108. Dallas, Oettinger 7-2-2 (36-32). A: 18,532 (18,532). T: 2,384.
Ball St. Miami (Ohio) Khor winner vs. Doha winner, 2 p.m.
First Downs ..................................... 19 26 Simmonds on waivers. Three-point Goals: Detroit 8-28 (Burks 2-5, Joseph 1-2, 2:46.
Total Net Yards ............................. 393 331 Livers 1-2, Ivey 1-4, Knox II 1-4, Bogdanovic 1-5, Hayes
MLS 1-5, Diallo 0-1), Denver 5-19 (Caldwell-Pope 2-5, Brown
Rushes-Yards ........................... 37-251 36-120 THIRD PLACE
Passing .......................................... 142 211 SATURDAY, DEC. 17 Atlanta United FC: Named Garth Lagerway president 1-2, Gordon 1-2, Porter Jr. 1-5, Murray 0-2, Hyland 0-3). Golden Knights 5, Canucks 4 No. 16 Creighton 93,
Punt Returns .................................. 0-0 2-16 IN RAYYAN and chief executive officer. Fouled Out: None. Rebounds: Detroit 40 (Bogdanovic 9),
Kickoff Returns ............................ 1-11 4-78 Semifinal losers, 10 a.m. Columbus Crew: Acquired up to $350,000 in General Denver 42 (Jokic 9). Assists: Detroit 27 (Hayes 9), Late Monday Nebraska-Omaha 71
Interceptions Ret. ........................... 1-1 2-3 Allocation Money (GAM) from Houston in exchange for Denver 28 (Jokic 10). Total Fouls: Detroit 24, Denver 21. VEGAS ..................................... 0 2 3 — 5
A: 19,635 (19,520) CREIGHTON ........................ 20 21 28 24 — 93
Comp-Att-Int .......................... 20-33-2 18-47-1 M Artur. VANCOUVER ........................... 0 1 3 — 4
CHAMPIONSHIP NEBRASKA-OMAHA .......... 16 14 22 19 — 71
Sacked-Yards Lost .......................... 0-0 3-17 D.C. United: Acquired $50,000 in 2023 General Allocation
Punts .......................................... 5-45.6 5-38.2 SUNDAY, DEC. 18 Money (GAM) and the 9th pick in Stage 2 of the 2022 SECOND PERIOD Creighton (5-0)
Fumbles-Lost .................................. 1-0 0-0 IN LUSAIL MLS Re-Entry Draft from the New England Revolution in Bachelor 5-7 0-0 11, Ronsiek 8-14 5-5 26, Jensen 9-15 0-0
Semifinal winners, 10 a.m. Scoring: 1, Vancouver, Kuzmenko 8 (Boeser, Hughes), 20, Maly 7-15 2-2 18, Mogensen 1-2 0-0 3, Lockett 0-2 0-0
Penalties-Yards ............................ 7-65 3-30 exchange for the first pick in Stage 2 of the 2022 MLS NBA LEADERS 11:48. 2, Vegas, Stone 8 (Martinez, Eichel), 14:52. 3,
Time Of Possession .................... 27:43 31:30 Re-Entry Draft. 0, Townsend 1-1 1-2 4, Brake 3-3 1-2 7, Horan 2-4 0-0 4,
Entering Tuesday’s games. Vegas, Carrier 5 (Pietrangelo, Eichel), 15:41. Totals 36-63 9-11 93
Orlando City SC: Signed M Felipe Martins to a one-year
PASSING Nebraska-Omaha (3-2)
Tunisia 0, Denmark 0 contract. SCORING G FG FT PTS. AVG. THIRD PERIOD
Pilakouta 4-9 2-2 10, Cave 3-8 3-3 10, Grant 3-10 5-6 12,
Ball St.: Paddock 19-32-2-119, Kelly 1-1-0-23. Miami Tunisia ................................... 0 0 — 0 COLLEGES Doncic, DAL .......................... 15 169 130 502 33.5 Scoring: 4, Vancouver, Horvat 15 (Miller, Stillman), 1:47. Keitges 0-3 0-0 0, Stanley 6-12 1-2 15, Mitchell 1-1 0-0 2,
(Ohio): A.Smith 18-47-1-211. Denmark ................................ 0 0 — 0 Curry, GS .............................. 16 174 84 516 32.3 5, Vancouver, Schenn 2 (Lazar, Hughes), 5:35. 6, Ana Nikulochkina 0-0 0-0 0, Polina Nikulochkina 1-3 3-3
Binghamton: Named Eugene Marshall Jr. director of Embiid, PHI .......................... 12 126 122 387 32.3 Vancouver, Pettersson 10 (Mikheyev, Kuzmenko), 6:11.
RUSHING First Half: None. athletics. 5, Townsend 5-12 0-0 13, Gardner 2-4 0-0 4, Totals 25-62
Second Half: None. Gilgeous-Alexander, OKC .... 16 180 119 497 31.1 7, Vegas, Carrier 6 (Martinez, Pietrangelo), 6:54. 8, 14-16 71
Ball St.: Steele 27-165, Kelly 8-83, Jackson 1-4, (Team) Edgewood: Named Courtney Novak head women’s la- Durant, BKN ......................... 17 173 145 516 30.4 Vegas, Smith 10 (Marchessault), 8:57. 9, Vegas, Pi-
Goalies: Tunisia, Aymen Dahmen, Aymen Mathlouthi, crosse coach. Three-point goals: Creighton 12-29 (Bachelor 1-1, Ron-
1-(minus 1). Miami (Ohio): A.Smith 23-71, Davis 5-27, Bechir Ben Said, Mouez Hassen; Denmark, Kasper Tatum, BOS ......................... 17 165 125 513 30.2 etrangelo 3 (Stephenson, Stone), 14:14. siek 5-8, Jensen 2-7, Maly 2-8, Mogensen 1-2, Townsend
Shelton 5-14, K.Tracy 3-8. Wisconsin-Whitewater: Announced retirement of foot- Antetokounmpo, MIL .......... 13 143 96 391 30.1
Schmeichel, Oliver Christensen, Frederik Ronnow. ball head coach Kevin Bullis. Named Jace Rindahl interim 1-1, Horan 0-2), Nebraska-Omaha 7-17 (Cave 1-2, Grant
Mitchell, CLE ........................ 15 157 76 447 29.8 SHOTS ON GOAL 1-2, Keitges 0-3, Stanley 2-4, Townsend 3-6). Assists:
RECEIVING Yellow Cards: Kristensen, Denmark, 24th; Jensen, Den- football head coach.
mark, 78th; Khenissi, Tunisia, 86th. Morant, MEM ...................... 14 139 95 400 28.6 VEGAS ................................... 17 8 13 — 38 Creighton 22 (Mogensen 4, Ronsiek 4, Mogensen 4),
Ball St.: Steele 6-35, Hunt 3-22, Tyo 2-18, Koziol 2-17, Referee: Cesar Arturo Ramos. Assistant Referees: ECHL Booker, PHO ........................ 16 155 92 441 27.6 VANCOUVER ........................... 8 8 13 — 29 Nebraska-Omaha 13 (Townsend 3). Fouled out: None.
Jackson 2-7, Ca.Coll 1-23, Abdur-Rahman 1-7, Pember- Alberto Morin Mendez, Miguel Hernandez, Fernando Young, ATL .......................... 16 142 116 435 27.2 Power-play opportunities: Vegas 0 of 1; Vancouver 0 of Rebounds: Creighton 39 (Bachelor 11), Nebraska-Omaha
ton 1-7, W.Jones 1-3, Tyler 1-3. Miami (Ohio): Hippen- Maine Mariners: Released Gs Peter Thome and Josh Davis, L.A.L. ......................... 14 138 79 359 25.6 1. Goalies: Vegas, Thompson 10-3-0 (29 shots-25 saves). 27 (Stanley 5). Total fouls: Creighton 18, Nebraska-
Guerrero. 4th Official: Said Martinez. Boyko. Activated G Francois Brassard from reserve.
hammer 6-64, J.Walker 4-47, Marshall 3-49, Davis 2-18, A: 42,925. DeRozan, CHI ....................... 17 152 119 431 25.4 Vancouver, Demko 2-9-2 (38-33). A: 18,558 (18,910). T: Omaha 16. Technical Fouls_None. A: 1,273.
Muersch 1-12, K.Tracy 1-11, Coldiron 1-10. Placed F Cameron Askew on injured reserve. Fox, SAC ............................... 14 135 60 356 25.4 2:39.
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301-656-5775 date of sale to the date of payment will be paid within TEN DAYS the purchaser. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. Adjustment of all shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds or profits resulting from any resale of the thereon situated in PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD and
after the final ratification of the sale. real property taxes, including agricultural taxes, if applicable, and any and all public property. Interest to be paid on unpaid purchase money at the rate pursuant to the described as follows:
COURT APPOINTED TRUSTEES’ and/or private charges or assessments, to the extent such amounts survive foreclosure Deed of Trust note from date of sale to the date funds are received in the office of the
FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY Adjustments on all taxes, public charges and special or regular sale, including water/sewer charges and ground rent, to be adjusted to date of sale Substitute Trustee, in the event the property is purchased by someone other than the LOT NUMBERED THIRTY (30), IN BLOCK LETTERED A, IN A
assessments will be made as of the date of sale and thereafter and paid at execution of the deed, except where the secured party is the purchaser, note holder. In the event the settlement is delayed for any reason and the property
1125 12TH STREET, NW #B1 and thereafter assumed by the purchaser. Condominium fees and/or homeowners is purchased by someone other than the note holder, there shall be no abatement SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS "COLLEGE SQUARE", AS PER PLAT
Washington, DC 20005 assumed by purchaser. association dues, if any, shall be assumed by the purchaser from the date of sale of interest caused by the delay. Taxes, water rent, ground rent, condominium fees, THEREOF RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK WWW 73 FOLIO 81,
If applicable, condominium and/or homeowners association forward. Cost of all documentary stamps, transfer taxes and settlement expenses shall and/or homeowners association dues, if applicable, to be adjusted to the date of sale AMONG THE LAND RECORDS OF PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY,
In execution of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia Civil Division ("Court") be borne by the purchaser. Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining physical and assumed thereafter by the purchaser. All other public charges and assessments
Order Granting Default Judgment in Case #2020 CA 004916 R(RP) TVC Funding dues and assessments that may become due after the time possession of the property. Purchaser assumes the risk of loss or damage to the payable on an annual basis, including sanitary and/or metropolitan district charges MD. THE IMPROVEMENTS THEREON BEING KNOWN AS 5067
IV, LLC v. Takoma Park Venture, LLC the undersigned Substitute Trustees will of sale will be the responsibility of the purchaser. Title property from the date of sale forward. Additional terms to be announced at the time to be adjusted for the current year to date of sale and assumed thereafter by the BERWYN ROAD TAX ID 21-2384048
offer for sale at public auction within the offices of Alex Cooper Auctioneers, Inc., of sale. purchaser. Cost of all documentary stamps and transfer taxes shall be borne by the
4910 Massachusetts Avenue, NW #100, Washington, DC 20016, 202-364-0306 on
examination, conveyancing, state revenue stamps, transfer purchaser. The property will be sold in an "AS IS WHERE IS" condition
taxes, title insurance, and all other costs incident to settlement If the Sub. Trustees are unable to convey good and marketable title, the purchaser's without either express or implied warranty or representation,
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2022 AT 10:50 AM sole remedy in law and equity shall be limited to a refund of the deposit without If the Substitute Trustee is unable to convey good and marketable title, the purchaser's
are to be paid by the purchaser. Time is of the essence for interest. If the purchaser fails to go to settlement, the deposit shall be forfeited, sole remedy in law or equity shall be limited to the refund of the deposit. Upon refund including but not limited to the description, fitness for a
THE ABOVE-DESCRIBED PROPERTY AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON situated in the purchaser, otherwise the deposit will be forfeited and the
Washington, DC and more fully designated as Lot 2152 in Square 0315 in a
to the Trustees for application against all expenses, attorney’s fees and the full of the deposit, the sale shall be void and of no effect, and the purchaser shall have particular purpose or use, structural integrity, physical condition,
property may be resold at risk and costs of the defaulting commission on the sale price of the above-scheduled foreclosure sale. In the event no further claim against the Substitute Trustee. The purchaser at the foreclosure sale
Deed of Trust dated January 2, 2019, recorded as Instrument No. 2019006415- of default, all expenses of this sale (including attorney’s fees and the full commission shall assume the risk of loss for the property immediately after the sale. construction, extent of construction, workmanship, materials,
28 among the D.C. Land Records, and subsequently assigned by Assignment of purchaser. If the sale is not ratified or if the Substitute Trustees on the gross sale price of this sale) shall be charged against and paid out of the liability, zoning, subdivision, environmental condition, mer-
Mortgage/Security Deed/Deed of Trust, recorded as Instrument No. 2020100611, are unable to convey marketable title in accord with these terms
and described as follows:
forfeited deposit. The Trustees may then re-advertise and resell the property at the Cindy R. Diamond, Substitute Trustee chantability, compliance with building or housing codes or other
of sale, the purchaser's only remedy is the return of the deposit. risk and expense of the defaulting purchaser or may avail themselves of any legal or laws, ordinances or regulations, or other similar matters, and
A part of Lot 25 in Square (0315), more particular described as Condominium Unit equitable remedies against the defaulting purchaser without reselling the property.
No. B1 in the Twelve Street Condominium thereinafter called the “Condominium” Trustee's File No. 22-290110. In the event of a resale, the defaulting purchaser shall not be entitled to receive the subject to easements, agreements and restrictions of record
which was constituted and established under the District of Columbia Act of 1976, William M. Savage, et al., Substitute Trustees. surplus, if any, even if such surplus results from improvements to the property by said which affect the same, if any. The property will be sold
as amended by the Condominium Declaration recorded June 6, 2003, as Instrument defaulting purchaser and the defaulting purchaser shall be liable to the Trustees and subject to all conditions, liens, restrictions and agreements of
Number 75933 in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of the District of Columbia LOGS LEGAL GROUP LLP, 10021 Balls Ford Road, Suite 200, secured party for reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses incurred in connection with
thereinafter called the “Condominium Declaration” and the second amendment to Manassas, Virginia 20109 (410) 769-9797 all litigation involving the Property or the proceeds of the resale. Trustees' file number record affecting same including any condominium and of HOA
Condominium Declaration recorded April 19, 2006 as Instrument Number 50916 22-000161-MD-F-1. assessments pursuant to Md Real Property Article 11-110.
and by the Condominium Bylaws recorded June 17, 2003 as Instrument No. 75934, Diane S. Rosenberg, Mark D. Meyer, et al., Substitute Trustees
in the Office of the Recorder of the Deeds of the District of Columbia (hereinafter TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $28,000.00 payable in certified
November 23, 30, December 7, 2022 12402932
called the “Condominium Bylaws) and by the Condominium Plat and plans recorded check or by a cashier's check will be required from purchaser at
in Condominium Plat Book 44 at page 47 as amended by Condominium Plat Book 52
at Page 8 (hereinafter called the “Condominium Plat and Plans”). time of sale, balance in immediately available funds upon final
The property will be sold by Trustees' Deed "as is" without any covenant, expressed or
ratification of sale by the Circuit Court of PRINCE GEORGE'S
implied, in Fee Simple, subject to conditions, restrictions, easements, and all other www.hwestauctions.com
COUNTY, MARYLAND interest to be paid at the rate of 4.16% on
recorded instruments superior to the Deed of Trust referenced above, and subject to
November 23, 30, December 7, 2022 12402317 unpaid purchase money from date of sale to date of settlement.
ratification by the Court. The secured party herein, if a bidder, shall not be required to
TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of at least $80,000 will be required at time of sale, November 23, 30, December 7, 2022 12403611
in cashier’s or certified check, or other form as Substitute Trustees may determine.
Rosenberg & Associates, LLC post a deposit. Third party purchaser (excluding the secured
The deposit required to bid at the auction is waived for the Noteholder and any of
4340 East West Highway, Suite 600 TRUSTEE'S SALE party) will be required to complete full settlement of the
Bethesda, MD 20814
its successors or assigns. The Noteholder may bid up to the amount owed on the (301) 907-8000 3204 Scottish Avenue, Suitland, MD 20746-3138 purchase of the property within TEN (10) CALENDAR DAYS of
Note plus all costs and expenses of sale on credit and may submit a written bid www.rosenberg-assoc.com the ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court otherwise the
to the Substitute Trustees which shall be announced at sale. The Balance of the Trustee's Sale of valuable fee simple property improved by
purchase price to be paid in certified funds within thirty (30) days of final ratification SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE
Rosenberg & Associates, LLC premises known as 3204 Scottish Avenue, Suitland, MD purchaser's deposit shall be forfeited and the property will be
OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY
of the sale by the Court. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. If Purchaser fails to settle 4340 East West Highway, Suite 600 20746-3138. By virtue of the power and authority contained resold at the risk and expense, of the defaulting purchaser.
within the aforesaid thirty (30) days of the ratification, the Purchaser agrees to pay 5910 ARBROATH DR. Bethesda, MD 20814 All other public charges and private charges or assessments,
the Substitute Trustees’ reasonable attorney fees as ordered by the Court, plus all CLINTON, MD 20735 (301) 907-8000 in a Deed of Trust, dated November 30, 2009, and recorded
costs incurred, if the Substitute Trustees have filed the appropriate motion with the www.rosenberg-assoc.com in Liber 31246 at Page 402 among the land records of the including water/sewer charges, ground rent, taxes if any, to be
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust from Thomara B. Speight
Court to resell the property. Purchaser waives personal service of any paper filed dated August 24, 2007 and recorded in Liber 28616, folio 8 among the Land Records SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE County of Prince George's, in the original principal amount adjusted to date of sale. Cost of all documentary stamps and
with the Court in connection with such motion and any Show Cause Order issued of Prince George's County, MD, default having occurred under the terms thereof, the transfer taxes and all other costs incident to the settlement
by the Court and expressly agrees to accept service of any such paper or Order by OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY of $173,027.00. Upon default and request for sale, the
Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Prince George's County, shall be borne by the purchaser. If applicable, condominium
certified mail and regular mail sent to the address provided by the Purchaser and 14735 Main St., Upper Marlboro, MD, 20772 (Duval Wing entrance, located on Main 9816 PHEASANT RUN CT. undersigned trustees will offer for sale at public auction at the
as recorded on the documents executed by the Purchaser at the time of the sale. St.), on LAUREL, MD 20708
Courthouse for the COUNTY OF PRINCE GEORGE'S, at the front and/or homeowner association dues and assessments will be
Service shall be deemed effective upon the Purchaser 3 days after postmarked by Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust from Ian Dougan dated adjusted to date of sale. If the sale is rescinded or not ratified for
the United States Post Office. It is expressly agreed by the Purchaser that actual DECEMBER 6, 2022 AT 10:25 AM of the Duval Wing of the Courthouse Complex located at 14735
receipt of the certified mail is not required for service to be effective. If the Purchaser ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with the buildings and
November 20, 2007 and recorded in Liber 29019, folio 217 among the Land Records
Main Street, Upper Marlboro, Maryland 20772, on December any reason, including post sale lender audit, or the Substitute
of Prince George's County, MD, default having occurred under the terms thereof, the
fails to go to settlement the deposit shall be forfeited to the Substitute Trustees improvements thereon situated in Prince George's County, MD and more fully Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Prince George's County, 13, 2022 at 2:00 PM, all that property described in said Deed Trustees are unable to convey insurable title or a resale is to
and all expenses of this sale (including attorney fees and full commission on the described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. Tax ID #09-0902924 and Tax ID #09- 14735 Main St., Upper Marlboro, MD, 20772 (Duval Wing entrance, located on Main take place for any reason, the purchaser(s) sole remedy in law
gross sales price of the sale) shall be charged against and paid from the forfeited 0902932. of Trust including but not limited to:
deposit. In the event of resale, the defaulting Purchaser shall not be entitled to any
St.), on or equity shall be limited to the refund of the aforementioned
surplus proceeds or profits resulting from any resale of the property regardless of The property, which is improved by a dwelling, will be sold in an "as is" condition and DECEMBER 13, 2022 AT 11:02 AM Tax ID# 06-0646554 deposit. The purchaser waives all rights and claims against
any improvements made to the real property. Interest is to be paid on the unpaid subject to conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the same, if any,
purchase money at the rate of 18% per annum from the date of sale to the date and with no warranty of any kind. ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with the buildings and improve- Said property is in fee simple and is improved by a dwelling and the Substitute Trustees whether known or unknown. These
ments thereon situated in Prince George's County, MD and more fully described in the provisions shall survive settlement Upon refund of the deposit,
the funds are received in the office of the Substitute Trustees. In the event that the Terms of Sale: A deposit of $45,000 in the form of certified check, cashier's check aforesaid Deed of Trust. Tax ID #10-3169257. is sold in "as is condition" and subject to all superior covenants,
settlement is delayed for ANY REASON WHATSOEVER, there shall be no abatement or money order will be required of the purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of conditions, liens, restrictions, easement, rights-of-way, as may this sale shall be void and of no effect, and the purchaser
of interest. Taxes, water rent, condominium fees and/or homeowner association dues, The property, which is improved by a dwelling, will be sold in an "as is" condition and
all public charges/assessments payable on an annual basis, including sanitary and/or
the purchase price to be paid in cash within ten days of final ratification of sale by the
subject to conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, affect same, if any. shall have no further claim against the Substitute Trustees.
Circuit Court for Prince George's County. Interest to be paid on the unpaid purchase
metropolitan district charges, if applicable, to be adjusted for the current year to date money at the rate pursuant to the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the date and with no warranty of any kind.
TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of 10% of the sale price, cash or The sale is subject to post-sale review of the status of the
of sale and assumed thereafter by the Purchaser. Purchaser shall be responsible for funds are received in the office of the Sub. Trustees. There will be no abatement of Terms of Sale: A deposit of $51,000 in the form of certified check, cashier's check or certified funds shall be required at the time of sale. The balance loan and that if any agreement to cancel the sale was entered
the costs of all transfer taxes, documentary stamps and all other costs incident to interest in the event additional funds are tendered before settlement or if settlement money order will be required of the purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of into by the lender and borrower prior to the sale then the sale
settlement. Purchaser shall be responsible for physical possession of the property. is delayed for any reason. The noteholder shall not be obligated to pay interest if it is the purchase price to be paid in cash within ten days of final ratification of sale by the of the purchase price with interest at 6.00% per annum from the
Purchaser assumes the risk of loss from the date of sale forward. If the Substitute the purchaser. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. Adjustment of all Circuit Court for Prince George's County. Interest to be paid on the unpaid purchase date of sale to the date of payment will be paid within TEN DAYS is void and the purchaser's deposit shall be refunded without
Trustees are unable to convey good and marketable title, the Purchaser's sole remedy real property taxes, including agricultural taxes, if applicable, and any and all public money at the rate pursuant to the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the date after the final ratification of the sale. interest. Additional terms and conditions, if applicable, maybe
in law or equity shall be limited to the refund of the deposit to the Purchaser. The sale and/or private charges or assessments, to the extent such amounts survive foreclosure funds are received in the office of the Sub. Trustees. There will be no abatement of announced at the time and date of sale. Sale is subject to the
is subject to post sale audit by the noteholder to determine whether the borrower filed sale, including water/sewer charges and ground rent, to be adjusted to date of sale interest in the event additional funds are tendered before settlement or if settlement Adjustments on all taxes, public charges and special or regular
bankruptcy, entered into any repayment/forbearance agreement, reinstated, or paid and paid at execution of the deed, except where the secured party is the purchaser, is delayed for any reason. The noteholder shall not be obligated to pay interest if it is attestation by the Borrower in accordance with Section 5.A of the
off prior to the sale. In any such event the Purchaser agrees that upon notification by and thereafter assumed by the purchaser. Condominium fees and/or homeowners the purchaser. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. Adjustment of all assessments will be made as of the date of sale and thereafter Governor's order of 10.16.2020. File No. (19-13309)
the Substitute Trustees of such event the sale is null and void and of no legal effect association dues, if any, shall be assumed by the purchaser from the date of sale real property taxes, including agricultural taxes, if applicable, and any and all public assumed by purchaser.
and the deposit returned without interest. forward. Cost of all documentary stamps, transfer taxes and settlement expenses shall and/or private charges or assessments, to the extent such amounts survive foreclosure Thomas W. Hodge, Brennan Ferguson, Christine N. Johnson,
Craig A. Parker, Thomas J. Kokolis, and Amy C. Czekala, Substitute Trustees be borne by the purchaser. Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining physical sale, including water/sewer charges and ground rent, to be adjusted to date of sale If applicable, condominium and/or homeowners association Jeana McMurray, Robert A. Oliveri, Melissa Alcocer,
possession of the property. Purchaser assumes the risk of loss or damage to the and paid at execution of the deed, except where the secured party is the purchaser, dues and assessments that may become due after the time Substitute Trustees
property from the date of sale forward. Additional terms to be announced at the time and thereafter assumed by the purchaser. Condominium fees and/or homeowners of sale will be the responsibility of the purchaser. Title
of sale. association dues, if any, shall be assumed by the purchaser from the date of sale
forward. Cost of all documentary stamps, transfer taxes and settlement expenses shall examination, conveyancing, state revenue stamps, transfer
If the Sub. Trustees are unable to convey good and marketable title, the purchaser's
sole remedy in law and equity shall be limited to a refund of the deposit without be borne by the purchaser. Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining physical taxes, title insurance, and all other costs incident to settlement
interest. If the purchaser fails to go to settlement, the deposit shall be forfeited, possession of the property. Purchaser assumes the risk of loss or damage to the are to be paid by the purchaser. Time is of the essence for
property from the date of sale forward. Additional terms to be announced at the time
to the Trustees for application against all expenses, attorney’s fees and the full
of sale. the purchaser, otherwise the deposit will be forfeited and the
commission on the sale price of the above-scheduled foreclosure sale. In the event
of default, all expenses of this sale (including attorney’s fees and the full commission If the Sub. Trustees are unable to convey good and marketable title, the purchaser's property may be resold at risk and costs of the defaulting
on the gross sale price of this sale) shall be charged against and paid out of the sole remedy in law and equity shall be limited to a refund of the deposit without purchaser. If the sale is not ratified or if the Substitute Trustees www.hwestauctions.com
November 9, 16, 23, 30, 2022 12402360 forfeited deposit. The Trustees may then re-advertise and resell the property at the interest. If the purchaser fails to go to settlement, the deposit shall be forfeited, are unable to convey marketable title in accord with these terms November 23, 30, December 7, 2022 12401486
risk and expense of the defaulting purchaser or may avail themselves of any legal or to the Trustees for application against all expenses, attorney’s fees and the full
of sale, the purchaser's only remedy is the return of the deposit.
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In the event of a resale, the defaulting purchaser shall not be entitled to receive the
commission on the sale price of the above-scheduled foreclosure sale. In the event
of default, all expenses of this sale (including attorney’s fees and the full commission Trustee's File No. 22-290592.
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1999 Black Dodge Dakota SLT, 95K, 5 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT surplus, if any, even if such surplus results from improvements to the property by said on the gross sale price of this sale) shall be charged against and paid out of the
speed, exc cond. $10,000. 2013 Black FOR CHARLES COUNTY
defaulting purchaser and the defaulting purchaser shall be liable to the Trustees and forfeited deposit. The Trustees may then re-advertise and resell the property at the William M. Savage, et al., Substitute Trustees
VW Sports Wagon, 260K, auto, exc MARYLAND
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KEITH YACKO, et al.,
Substitute Trustees,
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1447 Autos Wanted Plantiffs, 22-001701-MD-F-1. In the event of a resale, the defaulting purchaser shall not be entitled to receive the
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Lutheran Mission Society of MD HEATHER BAILEY, et al., secured party for reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses incurred in connection with
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help local families with food, Case No. C08CV22000265 22-000987-MD-F-1. 4340 East West Highway, Suite 600
clothing, counseling. Tax deductible. Bethesda, MD 20814
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sale of the property in this case, November 23, 30, December 7, 2022 12402625 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE
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Arlington County Prince William County Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust from Kevin J. Windsor dated
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ber, 2022, provided a copy of this
Trained, Certified & ready to Notice be inserted in the Wash- 1200 N NASH ST, 4619 CHARLTON CT, of Anne Arundel County, MD, default having occurred under the terms thereof, the
work in months! ington Post, a newspaper pub- ARLINGTON, VA 22209 WOODBRIDGE, VA 22193 Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County,
Call 833-429-0018. lished in Charles County, Mary- at the Court House Door, 8 Church Circle, Annapolis, MD 21401, on
(M-F 8am-6pm ET). land, once in each of three (3) In execution of a Deed of Trust In execution of a Deed of Trust TRUSTEE'S SALE
DECEMBER 13, 2022 AT 9:35 AM
Computer with internet successive weeks on or before in the original principal amount in the original principal amount
4818 Deanwood Drive, Capitol Heights, MD 20743
is required. the 2nd day of December, 2022. of $416,100.00, with an annual of $225,834.00, with an annual ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with the buildings and improve-
interest rate of 3.875000% dated interest rate of 5.250000% dated Rosenberg & Associates, LLC
The report states the amount of 4340 East West Highway, Suite 600 Trustee's Sale of valuable fee simple property improved by ments thereon situated in Anne Arundel County, MD and more fully described in the
COMPUTER & IT sale to be $384,109.00. February 8, 2016, recorded October 7, 2019, recorded among aforesaid Deed of Trust. Tax ID #05-326-01960000.
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among the land records of the the land records of the Circuit Bethesda, MD 20814 premises known as 4818 Deanwood Drive, Capitol Heights, MD
Sharon L Hancock Circuit Court for the County of Court for the County of Prince (301) 907-8000 The property, which is improved by a dwelling, will be sold in an "as is" condition and
Train ONLINE to get the skills Clerk of the Circuit Court Arlington as Deed Instrument William as Deed Instrument Num- www.rosenberg-assoc.com 20743. By virtue of the power and authority contained in a Deed subject to conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the same, if any,
to become a Computer & Charles County, MD Number 20160100002648, the ber 201910080074124, the under-
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE of Trust, dated April 28, 2017, and recorded in Liber 40397 and with no warranty of any kind.
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12402362 tute Trustee will offer for sale Trustee will offer for sale at public OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY at Page 118 among the land records of the County of Prince Terms of Sale: A deposit of $19,000 in the form of certified check, cashier's check
available for certain programs at public auction all that property
located in the County of Arling-
auction all that property located
in the County of Prince William, 4304 STABLEMERE CT. George's, in the original principal amount of $206,196.00. or money order will be required of the purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance
for qualified applicants. BOWIE, MD 20720 Upon default and request for sale, the undersigned trustees of the purchase price to be paid in cash within ten days of final ratification of sale by
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT ton, at the front of the Circuit on the Court House steps in front
Call CTI for details! the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County. Interest to be paid on the unpaid purchase
855-391-0772 FOR CHARLES COUNTY Court building for the County of
Arlington located at 1425 N. Cour-
of Main Entrance for the Circuit
Court building for the County of
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust from Kevin D. Guile and will offer for sale at public auction at the Courthouse for the money at the rate pursuant to the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the date
MARYLAND Loretta S. Guile dated November 9, 2001 and recorded in Liber 15215, folio 491
(M-F 8am-6pm ET). Computer thouse Road, Arlington, Virginia Prince William located at 9311
among the Land Records of Prince George's County, MD, default having occurred
COUNTY OF PRINCE GEORGE'S, at the front of the Duval Wing funds are received in the office of the Sub. Trustees. There will be no abatement of
with internet is required. STEPHEN B. JACKSON and Lee Avenue, Manassas, Virginia interest in the event additional funds are tendered before settlement or if settlement
STEVEN P. HENNE
on December 21, 2022 at 3:00 PM,
the property with improvements on December 21, 2022 at 1:30 PM, under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit of the Courthouse Complex located at 14735 Main Street, Upper is delayed for any reason. The noteholder shall not be obligated to pay interest if it is
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Plaintiffs
to wit: the property with improvements Court for Prince George's County, 14735 Main St., Upper Marlboro, MD, 20772 Marlboro, Maryland 20772, on November 29, 2022 at 2:00 the purchaser. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. Adjustment of all
to wit: (Duval Wing entrance, located on Main St.), on
v.
CONDO UNIT 232, PROSPECT PM, all that property described in said Deed of Trust including real property taxes, including agricultural taxes, if applicable, and any and all public
HOUSE CONDOMINIUM LOT 73, SECTION ONE (1), GREEN- and/or private charges or assessments, to the extent such amounts survive foreclosure
Experience Works, Inc. ESTATE of MARGARET C. DOUGLAS WOOD FARM
DECEMBER 13, 2022 AT 11:04 AM but not limited to: sale, including water/sewer charges and ground rent, to be adjusted to date of sale
Tax Map No. 17-036-040 ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with the buildings and improve-
Public Notice of Dissolution
In accordance with DC Code §
Defendant
THIS COMMUNICATION IS FROM A
Tax Map No. 8191-18-5111
ments thereon situated in Prince George's County, MD and more fully described in the Tax ID# 18-2096766 and paid at execution of the deed, except where the secured party is the purchaser,
Civil Action No. DEBT COLLECTOR. THIS COMMUNICATION IS FROM A and thereafter assumed by the purchaser. Condominium fees and/or homeowners
29–412.03 (2018) Experience
C-08-CV-21-000606
aforesaid Deed of Trust. Tax ID #07-3128568. Said property is in fee simple and is improved by a dwelling and association dues, if any, shall be assumed by the purchaser from the date of sale
Works, Inc. is in the process of DEBT COLLECTOR.
TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A forward. Cost of all documentary stamps, transfer taxes and settlement expenses shall
dissolving its corporation and wind- NOTICE bidder's deposit of 10% of the TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A
The property, which is improved by a dwelling, will be sold in an "as is" condition and is sold in "as is condition" and subject to all superior covenants, be borne by the purchaser. Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining physical
ing-up its business to fully shut subject to conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the same, if any,
down the business. Questions or NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, this 18 sale price, will be required in cash,
certified or cashier's check. Set-
bidder's deposit of 10% of the
sale price, will be required in cash, and with no warranty of any kind. conditions, liens, restrictions, easement, rights-of-way, as may possession of the property. Purchaser assumes the risk of loss or damage to the
day of November, 2022, by the
claims can be sent to either of
Circuit Court for Charles County, tlement within fifteen (15) days certified or cashier's check. Set- Terms of Sale: A deposit of $37,000 in the form of certified check, cashier's check or affect same, if any. property from the date of sale forward. Additional terms to be announced at the time
the following: sboofer@experience- of sale, otherwise Trustees may tlement within fifteen (15) days of sale.
Maryland, that the sale of the prop-
works.org or rschmidt@experience-
erty which is the subject of these forfeit deposit. Additional terms of sale, otherwise Trustees may money order will be required of the purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of 10% of the sale price, cash or If the Sub. Trustees are unable to convey good and marketable title, the purchaser's
works.org. the purchase price to be paid in cash within ten days of final ratification of sale by the
proceedings, made by Stephen B. to be announced at sale. Loan
type: Conventional. Reference
forfeit deposit. Additional terms
to be announced at sale. Loan Circuit Court for Prince George's County. Interest to be paid on the unpaid purchase certified funds shall be required at the time of sale. The balance sole remedy in law and equity shall be limited to a refund of the deposit without
852 Jackson and Steven P. Henne, Sub-
Anne Arundel County stituted Trustees, to: Patriotic Number 22-291243. type: FHA. Reference Number money at the rate pursuant to the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the date of the purchase price with interest at 6.00% per annum from the interest. If the purchaser fails to go to settlement, the deposit shall be forfeited,
to the Trustees for application against all expenses, attorney’s fees and the full
Homes, LLC and reported in the PROFESSIONAL FORECLOSURE
22-291445. funds are received in the office of the Sub. Trustees. There will be no abatement of date of sale to the date of payment will be paid within TEN DAYS commission on the sale price of the above-scheduled foreclosure sale. In the event
IN THE above-entitled cause, will be rati- CORPORATION OF VIRGINIA, Sub- PROFESSIONAL FORECLOSURE interest in the event additional funds are tendered before settlement or if settlement
CIRCUIT COURT fied and confirmed, unless cause stitute Trustees, C/O LOGS LEGAL CORPORATION OF VIRGINIA, Sub- is delayed for any reason. The noteholder shall not be obligated to pay interest if it is after the final ratification of the sale. of default, all expenses of this sale (including attorney’s fees and the full commission
FOR to the contrary thereof be shown GROUP LLP, 10021 Balls Ford stitute Trustees, C/O LOGS LEGAL the purchaser. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. Adjustment of all on the gross sale price of this sale) shall be charged against and paid out of the
ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY on or before the 20 day of Decem- Road, Suite 200, Manassas, Vir- GROUP LLP, 10021 Balls Ford real property taxes, including agricultural taxes, if applicable, and any and all public
Adjustments on all taxes, public charges and special or regular forfeited deposit. The Trustees may then re-advertise and resell the property at the
Thomas w. Hodge, et al.
ber, 2022, provided a copy of this
Notice be inserted in a newspaper
ginia 20109 (703) 449-5800. Road, Suite 200, Manassas, Vir- and/or private charges or assessments, to the extent such amounts survive foreclosure assessments will be made as of the date of sale and thereafter risk and expense of the defaulting purchaser or may avail themselves of any legal or
ginia 20109 (703) 449-5800.
Substitute Trustees published in said Charles County, October 14, 2022 sale, including water/sewer charges and ground rent, to be adjusted to date of sale assumed by purchaser. equitable remedies against the defaulting purchaser without reselling the property.
Versus Maryland, once a week for three November 16, 23, 2022 12399771 October 20, 2022 and paid at execution of the deed, except where the secured party is the purchaser, In the event of a resale, the defaulting purchaser shall not be entitled to receive the
Estate of successive weeks on or before the November 16, 23, 2022 12400552 and thereafter assumed by the purchaser. Condominium fees and/or homeowners If applicable, condominium and/or homeowners association surplus, if any, even if such surplus results from improvements to the property by said
Raymond Allen Neall, Sr.,et al. 19 day of December 2022. association dues, if any, shall be assumed by the purchaser from the date of sale dues and assessments that may become due after the time defaulting purchaser and the defaulting purchaser shall be liable to the Trustees and
forward. Cost of all documentary stamps, transfer taxes and settlement expenses shall secured party for reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses incurred in connection with
Defendants The Report of Sale states the
amount of the foreclosure sale be borne by the purchaser. Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining physical
of sale will be the responsibility of the purchaser. Title all litigation involving the Property or the proceeds of the resale. Trustees' file number
No. C-02-CV-19-003664
price to be $49,000.00. The prop- possession of the property. Purchaser assumes the risk of loss or damage to the examination, conveyancing, state revenue stamps, transfer 22-001675-MD-F-1.
NOTICE
Notice is hereby issued this
erty sold herein is known as 6650
Masontown Place, Hughesville,
property from the date of sale forward. Additional terms to be announced at the time taxes, title insurance, and all other costs incident to settlement Diane S. Rosenberg, Mark D. Meyer, et al., Substitute Trustees
Maryland 20637.
of sale. are to be paid by the purchaser. Time is of the essence for
Wednesday, November 16, 2022
that the sale of the property in Sherri L. Hancock If the Sub. Trustees are unable to convey good and marketable title, the purchaser's the purchaser, otherwise the deposit will be forfeited and the
the proceedings mentioned, made Clerk of the Circuit Court For sole remedy in law and equity shall be limited to a refund of the deposit without
and reported by John Ansell, Sub- Charles County, Maryland interest. If the purchaser fails to go to settlement, the deposit shall be forfeited, property may be resold at risk and costs of the defaulting
stitute Trustee to the Trustees for application against all expenses, attorney’s fees and the full purchaser. If the sale is not ratified or if the Substitute Trustees
BE RATIFIED AND CONFIRMED, Attorney: Louis S. Pettey, Esq commission on the sale price of the above-scheduled foreclosure sale. In the event
unless cause to the contrary there- Heise Jorgensen & Stefanelli P.A. of default, all expenses of this sale (including attorney’s fees and the full commission
are unable to convey marketable title in accord with these terms
of be shown on or before the 18310 Montgomery Village
on the gross sale price of this sale) shall be charged against and paid out of the of sale, the purchaser's only remedy is the return of the deposit.
16th day of December 2022 next; Avenue, Suite 400
provided, a copy of this Notice Gaithersburg, MD 20879 forfeited deposit. The Trustees may then re-advertise and resell the property at the Trustee's File No. 19-280385. November 23, 30, December 7, 2022 12403608
be inserted in some newspaper (301) 977-8400 risk and expense of the defaulting purchaser or may avail themselves of any legal or
William M. Savage, et al., Substitute Trustees.

Recipe
published in Anne Arundel Coun- November 23, 30, 2022
equitable remedies against the defaulting purchaser without reselling the property.
ty, once in each of three succes- December 7, 2022 12404311 In the event of a resale, the defaulting purchaser shall not be entitled to receive the LOGS LEGAL GROUP LLP, 10021 Balls Ford Road, Suite 200,
sive weeks before the 16th day of surplus, if any, even if such surplus results from improvements to the property by said
December 2022 next. The report defaulting purchaser and the defaulting purchaser shall be liable to the Trustees and
Manassas, Virginia 20109 (410) 769-9797
states that the amount of sale of secured party for reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses incurred in connection with
the property at 300 SYCAMORE RD,
How about some all litigation involving the Property or the proceeds of the resale. Trustees' file number
LINTHICUM HEIGHTS MD 21090 to
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D10 CLASSIFIED H NOTICES H Trustee Sales—VA H MERCHANDISE H Pets & Animals OPQRS EZ WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2022
852
Anne Arundel County 852 Anne Arundel County 873 Prince William County 873 Prince William County 875
Fauquier County 877
Spotsylvania County 877
Spotsylvania County 878
Stafford County 881
Orange County 881
Orange County
TRUSTEE'S SALE NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SALE TRUSTEE’S SALE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE OF
8850 Olde Mill Run, Manassas, VA 20110 6087 FRYS LN, 11420 SILVERLEAF LANE, 6635 HICKORY RIDGE ROAD, 3 SILVER CIR, 18320 BEECHNUT DRIVE, 12414 CONSTITUTION HIGHWAY,
1608 Grange Road, Edgewater, MD 21037 By virtue of the power and authority contained in a Deed of Trust dated WARRENTON, VA 20187 FREDERICKSBURG, VA 22407 SPOTSYLVANIA, VA 22551 FREDERICKSBURG, VA 22405 ORANGE, VA 22960 ORANGE, VA 22960
July 31, 2018 and recorded at Instrument Number 201808010056621 in
Trustee's Sale of valuable fee simple property improved by the Clerk's Office for the Prince William County Virginia Circuit Court, In execution of a certain Deed of In execution of a certain Deed In execution of a certain Deed
In execution of a certain Deed of
Trust dated September 9, 2016, In execution of a certain Deed
In execution of a certain Deed
of Trust dated May 7, 2010, in
premises known as 1608 Grange Road, Edgewater, MD 21037. Virginia, securing a loan which was originally $346,750.00. The appointed Trust dated August 16, 2006, in
the original principal amount of
of Trust dated October 3, 2005,
in the original principal amount
of Trust dated June 14, 2019, in
the original principal amount of
in the original principal amount of Trust dated July 8, 2005, in
the original principal amount of
the original principal amount of
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE, Commonwealth Trustees, LLC will offer for sale at
By virtue of the power and authority contained in a Deed of Trust, public auction at the front steps of the Circuit Court for Prince William $47,000.00 recorded in the Clerk’s of $280,000.00 recorded in the $147,283.00 recorded in the
of $270,603.00 recorded in the
Clerk’s Office, Circuit Court for $232,500.00 recorded in the
$114,437.00 recorded in the
Clerk’s Office, Circuit Court for
dated August 22, 2008, and recorded in Liber 20414 at Page County located at 9311 Lee Avenue, Manassas, VA 20110. Office, Circuit Court for Fauquier
County, Virginia, in Book 1235 at
Clerk’s Office, Circuit Court for
Spotsylvania County, Virginia as
Clerk’s Office, Circuit Court for
Spotsylvania County, Virginia as
Stafford County, Virginia as Instru- Clerk’s Office, Circuit Court for
Orange County, Virginia as Instru-
Orange County, Virginia as Instru-
0330 among the land records of the County of Anne Arundel, December 23, 2022 at 1:00 PM Page 1009 as Instrument No. Instrument No. 200500042522 . Instrument No. 190009177 . The
ment No. 160017195 . The under-
signed Substitute Trustee will offer ment No. 050007716 . The under-
ment No. 100003072 . The under-
signed Substitute Trustee will offer
in the original principal amount of $412,500.00. Upon default improved real property, with an abbreviated legal description of the
following described property, to wit:
003905420009 . The undersigned
Substitute Trustee will offer for
The undersigned Substitute
Trustee will offer for sale at public
undersigned Substitute Trustee
will offer for sale at public auction
for sale at public auction in the signed Substitute Trustee will offer
for sale at public auction in the
for sale at public auction in the
front of the Circuit Court building front of the Circuit Court building
and request for sale, the undersigned trustees will offer for All that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, lying and being situated in the
sale at public auction in the front auction in the front of the Circuit in the front of the Circuit Court for Stafford County, 1300 Court- front of the Circuit Court building for Orange County, 109 W. Main
Court building for Spotsylvania building for Spotsylvania County, for Orange County, 109 W. Main
sale at public auction at the Courthouse for the COUNTY OF City of Manassas, Virginia, and being more particularly described as follows:
of the Circuit Court building for
Fauquier County, 40 Culpeper County, 9107 Judicial Center Lane, 9107 Judicial Center Lane, Spot-
house Road, Stafford, Virginia on
Street, Orange, Virginia on Decem-
Street, Orange, Virginia on Decem-
December 22, 2022, at 2:00 PM, the ber 22, 2022, at 10:15 AM, the
ANNE ARUNDEL, at 8 Church Circle, Annapolis, Maryland, on Lot Five (5) Section Three (3), "Kinsley Mill", as the same appears duly Street, Warrenton, Virginia on Jan- Spotsylvania, Virginia on December sylvania, Virginia on December 22, property described in said Deed ber 22, 2022, at 10:15 AM, the property described in said Deed
uary 12, 2023, at 12:00 PM, the 22, 2022, at 4:00 PM, the property 2022, at 4:00 PM, the property property described in said Deed
November 29, 2022 at 4:00 PM, all that property described in dedicated, platted and recorded in Deed Book 1233, at page 1208, among
the land records of Prince William County, Virginia. , and as more fully property described in said Deed described in said Deed of Trust, described in said Deed of Trust,
of Trust, located at the above
of Trust, located at the above
of Trust, located at the above
address, and more particularly address, and more particularly
said Deed of Trust including but not limited to: described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. of Trust, located at the above located at the above address, and located at the above address, and described as follows: address, and more particularly described as follows:
address, and more particularly more particularly described as fol- more particularly described as fol- described as follows:
TERMS OF SALE: The property will be sold “AS IS,” WITHOUT REPRE-
Tax ID# 01-904-06046604 SENTATION OR WARRANTY OF ANY KIND AND SUBJECT TO conditions,
described as follows: lows: lows: ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT OR PARCEL
ALL THAT CERTAIN TRACT OR PAR-
ALL THAT CERTAIN PARCEL OR
OF LAND SITUATE, LYING AND TRACT OF LAND, WITH IMPROVE-
restrictions, reservations, easements, rights of way, and all other matters ALL THAT CERTAIN TRACT OR PAR- LOT 137, OF SECTION THREE OF ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT OR PARCEL CEL LYING AND SITUATE IN TAY-
Said property is in fee simple and is improved by a dwelling and of record taking priority over the Deed of Trust to be announced at the CEL OF LAND SITUATED IN CEDAR HARVESTDALE SUBDIVISION, AS OF LAND, SITUATE, LYING AND
BEING IN AQUIA MAGISTERIAL DIS-
TRICT, STAFFORD COUNTY, VIR- LOR MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT OF
MENTS THEREON AND APPURTE-
NANCES THERETO, SITUATED IN
is sold in "as is condition" and subject to all superior covenants, time of sale. A deposit of $20,000 or 10% of the sale price, whichever is RUN MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT,
FAUQUIER COUNTY, VIRGINIA,
SHOWN ON PLAT OF SUBDIVI-
SION/HARVESTDALE/SECTION 3,
BEING IN COURTLAND MAGISTE-
RIAL DISTRICT, SPOTSYLVANIA
GINIA, AND MORE PARTICULARLY ORANGE COUNTY, VIRGINIA, CON-
TAINING 12.301 ACRES, DESIGNAT-
ORANGE COUNTY, VIRGINIA, CON-
lower, however not less than $10,000, that will be required at the time of
conditions, liens, restrictions, easement, rights-of-way, as may sale, in the form of certified check, cashier's check or money order by the CONTAINING 4.6055 ACRES DATED MAY 5, 1988 AND CERTI- COUNTY, VIRGINIA, KNOWN AS LOT
DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: LOT 40,
CONTAINING 1.5271 ACRES, MORE ED AS LOT C OF BEECH TREE
TAINING 0.84 ACRES, MORE OR
LESS, AS SHOWN ON A PLAT BY
affect same, if any. purchaser. The balance of the purchase price, with interest at the rate ACCORDING TO A PLAT AND SUR-
VEY OF JAMES G. BUTLER, JR.,
FIED BY DEXTER HUBBARD, JR.,
P.E., AND BY EVERETT D. GRISSOM,
NO. 3 OF FAIRCHILD SUBDIVISION,
CONTAINING 0.9017 ACRE, MORE
OR LESS, SECTION TWO (2), BEL ESTATES, ON A PLAT OF SURVEY
BY HERNDON AND GRYMES, C.L.S.,
CURRY T. GUINN, JR., CERTIFIED
contained in the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the date said PLAINS ESTATES ON THAT CERTAIN SURVEYOR, DATED NOVEMBER 1,
TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of 10% of the sale price, cash or funds are received in the office of the SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE, will be due C.L.S., DATED AUGUST 7, 1974 AND
IS MORE PARTICULARY DESCRIBED
P.L.S., A COPY OF WHICH IS
RECORDED IN THE CLERK‘S OFFICE
OR LESS, AND BEING MORE FULLY
DESCRIBED ON THAT CERTAIN
PLAT OF SUBDIVISION DATED DATED SEPTEMBER 24, 1990,
REVISED DECEMBER 4, 1992 AND
1958, AND RECORDED IN THE
within fifteen (15) days of sale. In the event of default by the successful
certified funds shall be required at the time of sale. The balance bidder, the entire deposit shall be forfeited and applied to the costs and AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A OF THE CIRCUIT COURT OF SPOT- PLAT DATED JUNE 18, 1974, MADE
AUGUST 29, 1977, BY SULLIVAN,
DONAHOE & INGALLS, AND RECORDED IN THE CLERK‘S OFFICE
CLERK‘S OFFICE OF THE CIRCUIT
COURT OF THE COUNTY OF
of the purchase price with interest at 6.00% per annum from the expenses of sale and Substitute Trustee's fee. All other public charges
or assessments, including water/sewer charges, whether incurred prior
PIPE SET ON THE SOUTHERLY
RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF ROUTE
SYLVANIA COUNTY, VIRGINIA, IN
DEED BOOK 827, AT PAGE 354, ET
BY CORBIN SURVEYS, INC., WHICH
PLAT IS DULY RECORDED IN THE
RECORDED SEPTEMBER 22, 1977, OF THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
COUNTY OF ORANGE, VIRGINIA IN
ORANGE, VIRGINIA, IN DEED BOOK
IN PLAT BOOK 7, AT PAGE 178, 182 AT PAGE 456.
date of sale to the date of payment will be paid within TEN DAYS to or after the sale, and all other costs incident to settlement to be paid 771 CORNER TO TAYLOR AND THE SEQ. CLERK‘S OFFICE OF THE CIRCUIT IN THE CLERK‘S OFFICE OF THE DEED BOOK 493, PAGE 660.
COURT OF SPOTSYLVANIA COUN- TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bid-
after the final ratification of the sale. by the purchaser. In the event taxes, any other public charges have been
advanced, a credit will be due to the seller, to be adjusted from the date
HEREIN DESCRIBED
THENCE DEPARTING ROUTE 771
PARCEL, TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bid-
TY, VIRGINIA, IN DEED BOOK 350,
CIRCUIT COURT OF STAFFORD TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bid- der’s deposit of ten percent (10%)
der’s deposit of ten percent (10%) COUNTY, VIRGINIA. THERE IS CON- der’s deposit of ten percent (10%)
AND RUNNING WITH TAYLOR AND PAGE 134. of the sale price or ten percent
Adjustments on all taxes, public charges and special or regular of sale at the time of settlement. Purchaser agrees to pay the seller's
attorneys at settlement, a fee of $470.00 for review of the settlement RICKETTS S 35° 01‘ 26" W 703.95
of the sale price or ten percent VEYED UNTO THE GRANTEE A of the sale price or ten percent (10%) of the original principal bal-
(10%) of the original principal bal- TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bid- NON-EXCLUSIVE FIFTY FOOT (50‘) (10%) of the original principal bal-
assessments will be made as of the date of sale and thereafter documents. FEET TO A PIPE SET IN BREEDEN‘S ance of the subject Deed of Trust, der’s deposit of ten percent (10%) RIGHT OF INGRESS AND EGRESS, ance of the subject Deed of Trust,
ance of the subject Deed of Trust,
LINE, THENCE RUNNING WITH SAID whichever is lower, in the form
assumed by purchaser. Additional terms will be announced at the time of sale and the successful BREEDEN N 75° 01‘13" W 291.39
whichever is lower, in the form of the sale price or ten percent LEADING FROM THE AFORESAID whichever is lower, in the form of cash or certified funds payable
bidder will be required to execute and deliver to the Substitute Trustees of cash or certified funds payable (10%) of the original principal bal- PROPERTY OVER AND ACROSS THE of cash or certified funds payable
FEET TO A PIPE SET, CORNER TO to the Substitute Trustee must be
If applicable, condominium and/or homeowners association a memorandum or contract of the sale at the conclusion of bidding. JONES, THENCE RUNNING WITH
to the Substitute Trustee must be ance of the subject Deed of Trust, EXISTING ROADS LEADING TO
STATE ROUTES 722 AND 604
to the Substitute Trustee must be present at the time of the sale.
present at the time of the sale. whichever is lower, in the form present at the time of the sale.
dues and assessments that may become due after the time FOR INFORMATION CONTACT: JONES N 35° 01‘26" E 761.79 FEET The balance of the purchase price of cash or certified funds payable (THESE ROADS TO BE KNOWN AS The balance of the purchase price
The balance of the purchase price
will be due within fifteen (15) days
Rosenberg & Associates, LLC TO A PIPE SET ON THE SOUTHERLY
of sale will be the responsibility of the purchaser. Title (Attorney for the Secured Party) RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF ROUTE 771,
will be due within fifteen (15) days
of sale, otherwise Purchaser’s
to the Substitute Trustee must be
present at the time of the sale.
EAGLE COURT, SILVER CIRCLE,
CLIFT STREET, NEWTON PLACE
will be due within fifteen (15) days
of sale, otherwise Purchaser’s
of sale, otherwise Purchaser’s
examination, conveyancing, state revenue stamps, transfer 4340 East West Highway, Suite 600 THENCE RUNNING ALONG SAID
RIGHT OF WAY LINE S 63° 42‘ 19"
deposit may be forfeited to The balance of the purchase price AND BEL PLAINS DRIVE); HOWEV- deposit may be forfeited to
deposit may be forfeited to
Trustee. Time is of the essence.
Bethesda, MD 20814
taxes, title insurance, and all other costs incident to settlement 301-907-8000 E 276.95 FEET TO THE POINT AND
Trustee. Time is of the essence.
If the sale is set aside for any
will be due within fifteen (15) days
of sale, otherwise Purchaser’s
ER, THIS EASEMENT SHALL TERMI-
NATE UPON THESE ROADS BEING
Trustee. Time is of the essence.
If the sale is set aside for any
If the sale is set aside for any
are to be paid by the purchaser. Time is of the essence for www.rosenberg-assoc.com PLACE OF BEGINNING, CONTAING
4.6055 ACRES OF LAND.
reason, the Purchaser at the sale deposit may be forfeited to TAKEN INTO THE ROAD SYSTEM reason, the Purchaser at the sale
reason, the Purchaser at the sale
shall be entitled to a return of the
the purchaser, otherwise the deposit will be forfeited and the November 23, 30, 2022 12400635
TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bid-
shall be entitled to a return of the
deposit paid. The Purchaser may,
Trustee. Time is of the essence.
If the sale is set aside for any
BY THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIR-
GINIA.
shall be entitled to a return of the
deposit paid. The Purchaser may,
deposit paid. The Purchaser may,
property may be resold at risk and costs of the defaulting der’s deposit of ten percent (10%) if provided by the terms of the reason, the Purchaser at the sale TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bid- if provided by the terms of the
if provided by the terms of the
Trustee’s Memorandum of Fore-
purchaser. If the sale is not ratified or if the Substitute Trustees of the sale price or ten percent
(10%) of the original principal bal-
Trustee’s Memorandum of Fore-
closure Sale, be entitled to a $50
shall be entitled to a return of the
deposit paid. The Purchaser may,
der’s deposit of ten percent (10%) Trustee’s Memorandum of Fore-
closure Sale, be entitled to a $50
closure Sale, be entitled to a $50
of the sale price or ten percent cancellation fee from the Substi-
are unable to convey marketable title in accord with these terms ance of the subject Deed of Trust, cancellation fee from the Substi- if provided by the terms of the (10%) of the original principal bal- cancellation fee from the Substi- tute Trustee, but shall have no
whichever is lower, in the form tute Trustee, but shall have no Trustee’s Memorandum of Fore- tute Trustee, but shall have no
of sale, the purchaser's only remedy is the return of the deposit. NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SALE of cash or certified funds payable further recourse against the Mort- closure Sale, be entitled to a $50
ance of the subject Deed of Trust,
further recourse against the Mort-
further recourse against the Mort-
whichever is lower, in the form gagor, the Mortgagee or the Mort-
Trustee's File No. 21-289590. 2823 Chablis Circle, Woodbridge, VA 22192 to the Substitute Trustee must be gagor, the Mortgagee or the Mort- cancellation fee from the Substi- of cash or certified funds payable gagor, the Mortgagee or the Mort- gagee’s attorney. A form copy of
present at the time of the sale. gagee’s attorney. A form copy of tute Trustee, but shall have no to the Substitute Trustee must be gagee’s attorney. A form copy of the Trustee’s memorandum of
William M. Savage, et al., Substitute Trustees. By virtue of the power and authority contained in a Deed of Trust dated
May 25, 2005 and recorded at Instrument Number 200506060091018 in
The balance of the purchase price the Trustee’s memorandum of further recourse against the Mort- present at the time of the sale. the Trustee’s memorandum of foreclosure sale and contract to
will be due within fifteen (15) days foreclosure sale and contract to gagor, the Mortgagee or the Mort- foreclosure sale and contract to
LOGS LEGAL GROUP LLP, 10021 Balls Ford Road, Suite 200, the Clerk's Office for the Prince William County Virginia Circuit Court, of sale, otherwise Purchaser’s purchase real property is available gagee’s attorney. A form copy of
The balance of the purchase price
purchase real property is available
purchase real property is available
will be due within fifteen (15) days for viewing at
Manassas, Virginia 20109 (410) 769-9797 Virginia, securing a loan which was originally $100,000.00. The appointed
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE, Commonwealth Trustees, LLC will offer for sale at
deposit may be forfeited to for viewing at the Trustee’s memorandum of of sale, otherwise Purchaser’s for viewing at www.bwwsales.com. Additional
Trustee. Time is of the essence. www.bwwsales.com. Additional foreclosure sale and contract to deposit may be forfeited to www.bwwsales.com. Additional terms, if any, to be announced at
public auction at the front steps of the Circuit Court for Prince William Substitute Trustee has identified terms, if any, to be announced at purchase real property is available terms, if any, to be announced at
County located at 9311 Lee Avenue, Manassas, VA 20110. Trustee. Time is of the essence. the sale and the Purchaser may
an unreleased security instrument the sale and the Purchaser may for viewing at If the sale is set aside for any the sale and the Purchaser may be given the option to execute the
December 23, 2022 at 1:00 PM which may be superior to the sub- be given the option to execute www.bwwsales.com. Additional reason, the Purchaser at the sale be given the option to execute contract of sale electronically.
ject Deed of Trust. Substitute the contract of sale electronically. terms, if any, to be announced at shall be entitled to a return of the the contract of sale electronically.
improved real property, with an abbreviated legal description of the Trustee disclaims any implication This is a communication from a the sale and the Purchaser may This is a communication from a This is a communication from a
following described property, to wit: deposit paid. The Purchaser may, debt collector and any information
that the Property will be sold free debt collector and any information be given the option to execute if provided by the terms of the debt collector and any information
UNIT 23-A, ROCKLEDGE CLUSTERS, CONDOMINIUM, SECTION ELEVEN-B (11- and clear of all liens. If the sale obtained will be used for that pur- the contract of sale electronically. obtained will be used for that pur- obtained will be used for that pur-
Trustee’s Memorandum of Fore- pose. The sale is subject to seller
B), LAKERIDGE, PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA, THE DECLARATION FOR is set aside for any reason, the pose. The sale is subject to seller This is a communication from a closure Sale, be entitled to a $50 pose. The sale is subject to seller
www.hwestauctions.com ROCKLEDGE CLUSTER CONDOMINIUM IS RECORDED IN DEED BOOK 890, AT Purchaser at the sale shall be enti- confirmation. debt collector and any information confirmation. confirmation. Substitute Trustee:
cancellation fee from the Substi- Equity Trustees, LLC, 8100 Three
tled to a return of the deposit paid. obtained will be used for that pur-
A181, A316, A311, A183, A425, A426, A461, A463, A508 PAGE 590, AMONG THE AFORESAID LAND RECORDS.
The Purchaser may, if provided by
Substitute Trustee: Equity
pose. The sale is subject to seller
tute Trustee, but shall have no
further recourse against the Mort-
Substitute Trustee: Equity Chopt Road, Suite 240, Richmond,
, and as more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. Trustees, LLC, 8100 Three Chopt Trustees, LLC, 8100 Three Chopt
November 9, 16, 23, 2022 12399963 the terms of the Trustee’s Mem-
orandum of Foreclosure Sale, be
Road, Suite 240, Richmond, VA confirmation. gagor, the Mortgagee or the Mort- Road, Suite 240, Richmond, VA
VA 23229. For more information
contact:
TERMS OF SALE: The property will be sold “AS IS,” WITHOUT REPRE- 23229. Substitute Trustee: Equity gagee’s attorney. A form copy of 23229.
SENTATION OR WARRANTY OF ANY KIND AND SUBJECT TO conditions, entitled to a $50 cancellation fee Trustees, LLC, 8100 Three Chopt the Trustee’s memorandum of BWW Law Group, LLC, attorneys for
For more information contact: For more information contact:
TRUSTEE'S SALE restrictions, reservations, easements, rights of way, and all other matters
of record taking priority over the Deed of Trust to be announced at the
from the Substitute Trustee, but
shall have no further recourse BWW Law Group, LLC, attorneys for Road, Suite 240, Richmond, VA foreclosure sale and contract to
BWW Law Group, LLC, attorneys for
Equity Trustees, LLC, 6003 Exec-
23229. purchase real property is available utive Blvd, Suite 101, Rockville,
against the Mortgagor, the Mort- Equity Trustees, LLC, 6003 Execu- Equity Trustees, LLC, 6003 Execu-
914 Van Buren Street, Annapolis, MD 21403 time of sale. A deposit of $20,000 or 10% of the sale price, whichever is
lower, however not less than $10,000, that will be required at the time of gagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. tive Blvd, Suite 101, Rockville, MD For more information contact:
for viewing at
tive Blvd, Suite 101, Rockville, MD
MD 20852, 301-961-6555, website:
www.bwwsales.com. Additional www.bwwsales.com. VA-133073-
A form copy of the Trustee’s mem- 20852, 301-961-6555, BWW Law Group, LLC, attorneys for 20852, 301-961-6555,
Trustee's Sale of valuable fee simple property improved by sale, in the form of certified check, cashier's check or money order by the
purchaser. The balance of the purchase price, with interest at the rate orandum of foreclosure sale and website: www.bwwsales.com. Equity Trustees, LLC, 6003 Execu-
terms, if any, to be announced at
website: www.bwwsales.com.
2.
the sale and the Purchaser may
premises known as 914 Van Buren Street, Annapolis, MD contained in the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the date said contract to purchase real prop- VA-352574-1. tive Blvd, Suite 101, Rockville, MD be given the option to execute VA-320593-2. 10/26, 11/2, 11/23 12399524
21403. By virtue of the power and authority contained in funds are received in the office of the SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE, will be due
within fifteen (15) days of sale. In the event of default by the successful
erty is available for viewing at
www.bwwsales.com. Additional
November 16, 23, 2022 12399560 20852, 301-961-6555,
website: www.bwwsales.com.
the contract of sale electronically. November 16, 23, 2022 12400478 MARYLAND
This is a communication from a
a Deed of Trust, dated December 17, 2019, and recorded bidder, the entire deposit shall be forfeited and applied to the costs and
expenses of sale and Substitute Trustee's fee. All other public charges
terms, if any, to be announced at
the sale and the Purchaser may
VA-359423-1. debt collector and any information Roommates
in Liber 34008 at Page 267 among the land records of the or assessments, including water/sewer charges, whether incurred prior be given the option to execute
October 26, November 2, 23, 2022
12399553
obtained will be used for that pur-
pose.
County of Anne Arundel, in the original principal amount to or after the sale, and all other costs incident to settlement to be paid the contract of sale electronically.
This is a communication from a
TRUSTEE’S SALE OF
The sale is subject to seller confir-
TRUSTEE’S SALE OF CAPITAL HEIGHTS - Sr. rehab home.
Furn rms. 2 baths, 2 kits, $300-350
by the purchaser. In the event taxes, any other public charges have been
of $252,340.00. Upon default and request for sale, the advanced, a credit will be due to the seller, to be adjusted from the date debt collector and any information 11808 CLARENCE DRIVE, mation. Substitute Trustee: Equity 35373 GOSLING LANE, sec dep. $600-700m. W/D. prkg + sec
LOCUST GROVE, VA 22508
undersigned trustees will offer for sale at public auction at the of sale at the time of settlement. Purchaser agrees to pay the seller's obtained will be used for that pur-
pose. The sale is subject to seller
FREDERICKSBURG, VA 22407
TRUSTEE’S SALE OF
Trustees, LLC, 8100 Three Chopt
Road, Suite 240, Richmond, VA
fence. Util incl. Nr Metro. N/S inside.
Text/Call 202-568-0792
attorneys at settlement, a fee of $470.00 for review of the settlement In execution of a certain Deed of
Courthouse for the COUNTY OF ANNE ARUNDEL, at 8 Church documents. confirmation. 1628 HUDGINS FARM CIRCLE, 23229. For more information con- In execution of a certain Deed
245
Circle, Annapolis, Maryland, on November 29, 2022 at 4:00 Additional terms will be announced at the time of sale and the successful Substitute Trustee: Equity
Trust dated September 6, 2019,
in the original principal amount FREDERICKSBURG, VA 22408 tact: of Trust dated April 26, 2006, in
the original principal amount of Electronics
Trustees, LLC, 8100 Three Chopt of $249,000.00 recorded in the BWW Law Group, LLC, attorneys for
PM, all that property described in said Deed of Trust including bidder will be required to execute and deliver to the Substitute Trustees
a memorandum or contract of the sale at the conclusion of bidding. Road, Suite 240, Richmond, VA Clerk’s Office, Circuit Court for In execution of a certain Deed of Equity Trustees, LLC, 6003 Exec-
$308,000.00 recorded in the
Clerk’s Office, Circuit Court for
DISH Network. $64.99 for
190 Channels! Blazing Fast Internet,
but not limited to: FOR INFORMATION CONTACT:
23229. Spotsylvania County, Virginia as Trust dated September 27, 2019, utive Blvd, Suite 101, Rockville, Orange County, Virginia as Instru- $19.99/mo. (where available.)
Instrument No. 190014861 . The in the original principal amount MD 20852, 301-961-6555, website: ment No. 060004532 . The under- Switch & Get a FREE $100 Visa Gift
For more information contact:
Tax ID# 06-000-90026774 Rosenberg & Associates, LLC
(Attorney for the Secured Party) BWW Law Group, LLC, attorneys for
undersigned Substitute Trustee of $365,851.00 recorded in the
Clerk’s Office, Circuit Court for
www.bwwsales.com. VA-359422- signed Substitute Trustee will offer Card. FREE Voice Remote. FREE HD
will offer for sale at public auction 1. for sale at public auction in the DVR. FREE Streaming on ALL
Equity Trustees, LLC, 6003 Execu-
Said property is in fee simple and is improved by a dwelling and 4340 East West Highway, Suite 600
Bethesda, MD 20814 tive Blvd, Suite 101, Rockville, MD
in the front of the Circuit Court
building for Spotsylvania County,
Spotsylvania County, Virginia as
Instrument No. 190016332 . The November 16, 23, 2022 12399522 front of the Circuit Court building Devices. Call today! 1-855-407-6870.
for Orange County, 109 W. Main
is sold in "as is condition" and subject to all superior covenants, 301-907-8000 20852, 301-961-6555, 879 265
conditions, liens, restrictions, easement, rights-of-way, as may www.rosenberg-assoc.com website: www.bwwsales.com.
VA-358999-1.
9107 Judicial Center Lane, Spot-
sylvania, Virginia on December 22,
undersigned Substitute Trustee
will offer for sale at public auction Culpeper County Street, Orange, Virginia on Decem-
ber 22, 2022, at 10:15 AM, the Home & Garden
November 23, 30, 2022 12400485 2022, at 4:00 PM, the property in the front of the Circuit Court property described in said Deed BEAUTIFUL BATH UPDATES
affect same, if any. November 16, 23, 30, 2022 described in said Deed of Trust, building for Spotsylvania County, TRUSTEE’S SALE OF
of Trust, located at the above in as little as ONE DAY! Superior
December 7, 14, 2022 12401006 located at the above address, and 9107 Judicial Center Lane, Spot- 12122 MITCHELL RD, address, and more particularly quality bath and shower systems
TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of 10% of the sale price, cash or more particularly described as fol- sylvania, Virginia on January 26, MITCHELLS, VA 22729 described as follows: at AFFORDABLE PRICES! Lifetime
certified funds shall be required at the time of sale. The balance
877
Spotsylvania County lows: 2023, at 2:30 PM, the property
described in said Deed of Trust, In execution of a certain Deed ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT OR PARCEL
warranty & professional installs.
Call Now! 877-738-0991.
of the purchase price with interest at 6.00% per annum from the NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SALE
TRUSTEE’S SALE OF
ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT OR PARCEL
OF LAND, TOGETHER WITH ALL
located at the above address, and of Trust dated March 5, 2008, in OF LAND, SITUATE, LYING AND
more particularly described as fol- BEING IN THE GORDON MAGIS-
date of sale to the date of payment will be paid within TEN DAYS 8975 Miles Place, Manassas, VA 20110
12307 BRANCH BLUFF CT,
BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS lows:
the original principal amount of
$150,000.00 recorded in the TERIAL DISTRICT, ORANGE COUN-
THEREON AND ALL RIGHT AND
after the final ratification of the sale. By virtue of the power and authority contained in a Deed of Trust SPOTSYLVANIA, VA 22551 PRIVILEGES APPURTENANT THERE- LOT 21, PHASE 3, SUMMERFIELD, Clerk’s Office, Circuit Court for TY, VIRGINIA, AND SHOWN AND
DESCRIBED AS LOT 116R, SECTION Eliminate gutter cleaning forever!
dated November 17, 2006 and recorded at Instrument Number Culpeper County, Virginia as Instru-
TO, LYING AND BEING IN CHANCEL- AS THE SAME APPEARS DULY DED- LeafFilter, the most advanced
Adjustments on all taxes, public charges and special or regular 200611300167587 in the Clerk's Office for the Prince William County In execution of a certain Deed LOR MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT, SPOT- ICATED, PLATTED AND RECORDED ment No. 080002561 . The under- 3, WILDERNESS SHORES SUBDIVI-
SION, ON THAT CERTAIN PLAT OF debris-blocking gutter protection.
Virginia Circuit Court, Virginia, securing a loan which was originally of Trust dated March 16, 2006, signed Substitute Trustee will offer
assessments will be made as of the date of sale and thereafter $236,000.00. The appointed SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE, Commonwealth in the original principal amount
SYLVANIA COUNTY, VIRGINIA, AND AS INSTRUMENT NUMBER
for sale at public auction in the SUBDIVISION ENTITLED "PLAT OF Schedule a FREE LeafFilter estimate
KNOWN AND DESCRIBED AS LOT 170010267, AMONG THE LAND today. 15% off Entire Purchase.
assumed by purchaser. Trustees, LLC will offer for sale at public auction at the front steps of
the Circuit Court for Prince William County located at 9311 Lee Avenue,
of $227,300.00 recorded in the 93, SECTION 4, CAMELOT SUBDI- RECORDS OF SPOTSYLVANIA front of the Circuit Court building LOT LINE ADJUSTMENT & VACA-
TION WILDERNESS SHORES SEC- 10% Senior & Military Discounts.
Clerk’s Office, Circuit Court for VISION, AS SHOWN ON THE PLAT COUNTY, VIRGINIA. for Culpeper County, at the corner Call 1-844-566-3227.
If applicable, condominium and/or homeowners association Manassas, VA 20110. Spotsylvania County, Virginia as RECORDED IN THE CLERK‘S OFFICE of West Davis Street and North TION THREE GORDON MAGISTER-
IAL DISTRICT ORANGE CO., VA", 275
dues and assessments that may become due after the time December 23, 2022 at 1:00 PM Instrument No. 200600009312 and
as modified and re-recorded as
OF THE CIRCUIT COURT OF SPOT-
SYLVANIA COUNTY, VIRGINIA IN
TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bid-
der’s deposit of ten percent (10%)
West Street in the Town of
Culpeper on December 22, 2022, at DATED MARCH 9, 2004, MADE BY Merchandise Wanted
of sale will be the responsibility of the purchaser. Title improved real property, with an abbreviated legal description of the
following described property, to wit:
Instrument No. 200600025410. PLAT FILE 2 AT PAGES 258 AND
of the sale price or ten percent
(10%) of the original principal bal-
11:30 AM, the property described WEBB AND ASSOCIATES, AND
RECORDED IN THE CLERK‘S OFFICE
Mr. Baseball, Coming to Washington
The undersigned Substitute in said Deed of Trust, located at the DC, Buying Sportscards &
examination, conveyancing, state revenue stamps, transfer SITUATED IN PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA, TO-WIT. Trustee will offer for sale at public
261. ance of the subject Deed of Trust, above address, and more particu- OF THE CIRCUIT COURT OF Memorabilia, 203-767-2407
ORANGE COUNTY, VIRGINIA AS
taxes, title insurance, and all other costs incident to settlement auction in the front of the Circuit TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bid- whichever is lower, in the form larly described as follows:
610
are to be paid by the purchaser. Time is of the essence for
LOT 2, BLOCK 50, SECTION 3, BRISTOE STATION, AS THE SAME IS DULY
DEDICATED, PLATTED AND RECORDED IN AMONG THE LAND RECORDS OF
Court building for Spotsylvania
County, 9107 Judicial Center Lane,
der’s deposit of ten percent (10%)
of the sale price or ten percent
of cash or certified funds payable
to the Substitute Trustee must be THE FOLLOWING REAL PROPERTY
INSTRUMENT 040010034, AND IN
PLAT CABINET J, SLOTS 380 Dogs for Sale
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA, IN DEED BOOK 663 AT PAGE 527 SITUATE IN COUNTY OF CULPEPER, THROUGH 386.
the purchaser, otherwise the deposit will be forfeited and the Spotsylvania, Virginia on January
12, 2023, at 4:00 PM, the property
(10%) of the original principal bal-
ance of the subject Deed of Trust,
present at the time of the sale.
The balance of the purchase price AND STATE OF VIRGINIA,
AKC German Shepherd Puppies,
10 weeks, $1100.
LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS ALL THAT CERTAIN PROPERTY SITUATED IN THE TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bid-
property may be resold at risk and costs of the defaulting COUNTY OF MANASSAS, AND STATE OF VIRGINIA, BEING DESCRIBED described in said Deed of Trust, whichever is lower, in the form will be due within fifteen (15) days DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: ALL
THOSE TWO CERTAIN LOTS OR der’s deposit of ten percent (10%) 443-250-1867
of sale, otherwise Purchaser’s
purchaser. If the sale is not ratified or if the Substitute Trustees AS FOLLOWS: AND BEING MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN A DEED DATED located at the above address, and
more particularly described as fol-
of cash or certified funds payable
to the Substitute Trustee must be deposit may be forfeited to PARCEL OF LAND, TOGETHER WITH of the sale price or ten percent
11/07/1991, AND RECORDED 11/12/1991, AMONG THE LAND RECORDS (10%) of the original principal bal-
are unable to convey marketable title in accord with these terms OF THE COUNTY AND STATE SET FORTH ABOVE, IN DEED BOOK 1839, lows: present at the time of the sale. Trustee. Time is of the essence. ALL BUILDINGS AND IMPROVE-
MENTS THEREON AND PRIVILEGES ance of the subject Deed of Trust,
The balance of the purchase price If the sale is set aside for any
of sale, the purchaser's only remedy is the return of the deposit. PAGE 1274., and as more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT(S), will be due within fifteen (15) days reason, the Purchaser at the sale AND APPURTENANCES THEREUN- whichever is lower, in the form
of cash or certified funds payable
BLACK FRIDAY SALE for CKC fully
reg, beautiful, healthy Yorkie Pups,
TO BELONGING, SITUATE, LYING
Trustee's File No. 22-290658. TERMS OF SALE: The property will be sold “AS IS,” WITHOUT REPRE-
SENTATION OR WARRANTY OF ANY KIND AND SUBJECT TO conditions,
PIECE(S), OR PARCEL(S) OF LAND
TOGETHER WITH THE APPURTE-
of sale, otherwise Purchaser’s shall be entitled to a return of the
AND BEING AT MITCHELLS, ON VIR- to the Substitute Trustee must be M&F, vet check, 1st shot,
deposit may be forfeited to deposit paid. The Purchaser may, present at the time of the sale. dewormed, ready for your home
NANCES THERETO BELONGING OR GINIA ROUTE 652 (MICHELL ROAD),
William M. Savage, et al., Substitute Trustees. restrictions, reservations, easements, rights of way, and all other matters
of record taking priority over the Deed of Trust to be announced at the IN ANYWISE THEREUNTO APPER-
Trustee. Time is of the essence. if provided by the terms of the
IN CEDAR MOUNTAIN MAGISTE- The balance of the purchase price $1500-1600 Call/ text 703-986-7019
If the sale is set aside for any Trustee’s Memorandum of Fore-
LOGS LEGAL GROUP LLP, 10021 Balls Ford Road, Suite 200, time of sale. A deposit of $20,000 or 10% of the sale price, whichever is TAINING, LYING, BEING AND SITU- reason, the Purchaser at the sale closure Sale, be entitled to a $50 RIAL DISTRICT, CULPEPER COUN- will be due within fifteen (15) days
of sale, otherwise Purchaser’s
ATE IN LIVINGSTON MAGISTERIAL TY, VIRGINIA, AND DESIGNATED AS
Manassas, Virginia 20109 (410) 769-9797 lower, however not less than $10,000, that will be required at the time of
sale, in the form of certified check, cashier's check or money order by the DISTRICT, SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY,
shall be entitled to a return of the cancellation fee from the Substi-
tute Trustee, but shall have no T.M. #62-70, CONTAINING 2.133 deposit may be forfeited to
deposit paid. The Purchaser may, Trustee. Time is of the essence.
purchaser. The balance of the purchase price, with interest at the rate VIRGINIA, KNOWN AS LOTS 24 AND if provided by the terms of the further recourse against the Mort- ACRES (WHICH INCLUDES THE CAVACHON PUPPIES
25, EACH CONTAINING 5.005 AREA DESIGNATED AS PARCEL X If the sale is set aside for any
contained in the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the date said Trustee’s Memorandum of Fore- gagor, the Mortgagee or the Mort- reason, the Purchaser at the sale IN VIRGINIA
funds are received in the office of the SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE, will be due ACRES, MORE OR LESS, ON A PLAT closure Sale, be entitled to a $50 gagee’s attorney. A form copy of WHICH WAS ADDED TO THIS PAR- Adorable baby doll faces Ready
OF TIMBERBROOK SUBDIVISION BY CEL) AS SHOWN ON THE PLAT OF shall be entitled to a return of the
within fifteen (15) days of sale. In the event of default by the successful cancellation fee from the Substi- the Trustee’s memorandum of deposit paid. The Purchaser may, weekend. M/F. Local breeder
bidder, the entire deposit shall be forfeited and applied to the costs and ACCURATE LAND SURVEYING tute Trustee, but shall have no foreclosure sale and contract to SURVEY ENTITLED "A BOUNDARY raised in home. 703-362-8718
COMPANY, DATED APRIL 30, 1990, LINE ADJUSTMENT OF A PORTION if provided by the terms of the
expenses of sale and Substitute Trustee's fee. All other public charges further recourse against the Mort- purchase real property is available Trustee’s Memorandum of Fore- www.dcdogfinders.com
or assessments, including water/sewer charges, whether incurred prior RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE gagor, the Mortgagee or the Mort- for viewing at OF THE LAND OF EDWYNA M.
CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT OF WINGO", BY JAMES W. LUTHER, closure Sale, be entitled to a $50
to or after the sale, and all other costs incident to settlement to be paid gagee’s attorney. A form copy of www.bwwsales.com. Additional cancellation fee from the Substi-
by the purchaser. In the event taxes, any other public charges have been SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY, VIRGINIA, the Trustee’s memorandum of terms, if any, to be announced at JR., LAND SURVEYOR, DATED JAN-
www.hwestauctions.com IN PLAT FILE NO. 2, AT PAGES UARY 26, 2004, AND RECORDED tute Trustee, but shall have no
advanced, a credit will be due to the seller, to be adjusted from the date foreclosure sale and contract to the sale and the Purchaser may GERMAN SHEPHERD PUPS Pure Bred-
A181, A316, A311, A183, A425, A426, A461, A463, A508 of sale at the time of settlement. Purchaser agrees to pay the seller's 778 THROUGH 788, REFERENCE TO purchase real property is available be given the option to execute the AS INSTRUMENT NO. 040003263, further recourse against the Mort-
gagor, the Mortgagee or the Mort- AKC, Vet checked. Great watch &
attorneys at settlement, a fee of $470.00 for review of the settlement WHICH PLAT IS HEREBY MADE FOR IN PLAT CABINET 8, SLIDE 156,
November 9. 16. 23, 2022 12401551 documents. A MORE PARTICULAR DESCRIP-
for viewing
www.bwwsales.com. Additional
at contract of sale electronically.
IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF gagee’s attorney. A form copy of family dogs. Starting at $775
TION OF THE LAND HEREIN CON- This is a communication from a THE CIRCUIT COURT OF CULPEPER the Trustee’s memorandum of Born 9/2 301-481-4943
Additional terms will be announced at the time of sale and the successful terms, if any, to be announced at debt collector and any information foreclosure sale and contract to
VEYED. the sale and the Purchaser may COUNTY, VIRGINIA, AND THAT CER-
bidder will be required to execute and deliver to the Substitute Trustees obtained will be used for that pur- TAIN PARCEL OF LAND FRONTING purchase real property is available
a memorandum or contract of the sale at the conclusion of bidding. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bid- be given the option to execute the pose. The sale is subject to seller for viewing at
contract of sale electronically. ON THE SAME ROAD AND ADJOIN-
der’s deposit of ten percent (10%)
TRUSTEE'S SALE FOR INFORMATION CONTACT: of the sale price or ten percent This is a communication from a
confirmation. ING THE STORE HOUSE AND LOT www.bwwsales.com. Additional
terms, if any, to be announced at
GOLDEN RET AKC & GOLDEN /
LAB RET CROSS PUPS & ADULTS
Rosenberg & Associates, LLC Substitute Trustee: Equity AND CONTAINING 0.11 OF A ACRE
(10%) of the original principal bal-
1459 Washington Avenue, Severn, MD 21144 (Attorney for the Secured Party) ance of the subject Deed of Trust,
debt collector and any information
obtained will be used for that pur-
Trustees, LLC, 8100 Three Chopt ACCORDING TO A PLAT OF SURVEY the sale and the Purchaser may
be given the option to execute
8 weeks - 5 yrs. Vet checked, parents
on prem, health guar. 240-620-2013
4340 East West Highway, Suite 600 Road, Suite 240, Richmond, VA MADE BY L.M. TWYMAN, SURVEY-
whichever is lower, in the form the contract of sale electronically.
Trustee's Sale of valuable fee simple property improved by Bethesda, MD 20814 of cash or certified funds payable
pose. The sale is subject to seller
confirmation. Substitute Trustee:
23229. OR, DATED MAY 11, 1966, AND
RECORDED WITH A DEED AT DEED This is a communication from a
W www.VictoriasPups.com W
301-907-8000
premises known as 1459 Washington Avenue, Severn, MD www.rosenberg-assoc.com
to the Substitute Trustee must be
present at the time of the sale.
Equity Trustees, LLC, 8100 Three For more information contact: BOOK 143, PAGE 371, IN THE debt collector and any information
obtained will be used for that pur-
21144. By virtue of the power and authority contained in a Deed November 23, 30, 2022 12400648 The balance of the purchase price
Chopt Road, Suite 240, Richmond,
VA 23229. For more information
BWW Law Group, LLC, attorneys for
Equity Trustees, LLC, 6003 Execu-
AFOREMENTIONED
OFFICE.
CLERK‘S
pose. The sale is subject to seller
MINI SCHNAUZER/ BICHON
of Trust, dated July 25, 2008, and recorded in Liber 20356 will be due within fifteen (15) days
of sale, otherwise Purchaser’s
contact: tive Blvd, Suite 101, Rockville, MD
TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bid-
confirmation.
Up to date on shots & wormed.
20852, 301-961-6555,
at Page 0193 among the land records of the County of Anne deposit may be forfeited to BWW Law Group, LLC, attorneys for website: www.bwwsales.com. der’s deposit of ten percent (10%) Substitute Trustee: Equity Can meet for delivery.
Equity Trustees, LLC, 6003 Exec- Trustees, LLC, 8100 Three Chopt $500. Text preferred
Arundel, in the original principal amount of $375,000.00. Trustee. Time is of the essence.
If the sale is set aside for any utive Blvd, Suite 101, Rockville,
VA-359640-1. of the sale price or ten percent
(10%) of the original principal bal- Road, Suite 240, Richmond, VA 301-672-1072 or 434-277-8108
Upon default and request for sale, the undersigned trustees will reason, the Purchaser at the sale MD 20852, 301-961-6555, website: November 23, 30, 2022 ance of the subject Deed of Trust, 23229.
shall be entitled to a return of the www.bwwsales.com. VA-359104- December 28, 2022 12402582 whichever is lower, in the form
offer for sale at public auction at the Courthouse for the COUNTY NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SALE
deposit paid. The Purchaser may, 1. of cash or certified funds payable
For more information contact:
BWW Law Group, LLC, attorneys for
10001 Tasha Court, Manassas, VA 20111
OF ANNE ARUNDEL, at 8 Church Circle, Annapolis, Maryland, if provided by the terms of the November 16, 23, 2022 12399537 to the Substitute Trustee must be Equity Trustees, LLC, 6003 Execu- PUG PUPPIES - CKC REG MALES &
By virtue of the power and authority contained in a Deed of Trust dated Trustee’s Memorandum of Fore- present at the time of the sale.
on November 29, 2022 at 4:00 PM, all that property described June 30, 2005 and recorded at Instrument Number 200507050109125 closure Sale, be entitled to a $50 The balance of the purchase price
tive Blvd, Suite 101, Rockville, MD
20852, 301-961-6555,
FEMALES Shots, wormed, vet
checked, fawns, Ready now. $1250.
in said Deed of Trust including but not limited to: in the Clerk's Office for the Prince William County Virginia Circuit Court, cancellation fee from the Substi- will be due within fifteen (15) days website: www.bwwsales.com. 540-879-9492 Just in time for Xmas
Virginia, securing a loan which was originally $554,100.00. The appointed tute Trustee, but shall have no of sale, otherwise Purchaser’s VA-354472-1.
Tax ID# 04-154-06517000 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE, Commonwealth Trustees, LLC will offer for sale at further recourse against the Mort- deposit may be forfeited to
November 16, 23, 2022 12399379
public auction at the front steps of the Circuit Court for Prince William gagor, the Mortgagee or the Mort- Trustee. Time is of the essence.
Said property is in fee simple and is improved by a dwelling and County located at 9311 Lee Avenue, Manassas, VA 20110. gagee’s attorney. A form copy of
the Trustee’s memorandum of
If the sale is set aside for any
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TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of 10% of the sale price, cash or
to home
Instruments No. 200303030039745 among the Land Records of Prince the sale and the Purchaser may cancellation fee from the Substi-
William County, Virginia., and as more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust dated December 7, 2006,
certified funds shall be required at the time of sale. The balance of Trust.
be given the option to execute the
contract of sale electronically.
in the original principal amount tute Trustee, but shall have no
further recourse against the Mort-
delivery.
of $150,000.00 recorded in the
of the purchase price with interest at 6.00% per annum from the TERMS OF SALE: The property will be sold “AS IS,” WITHOUT REPRE- This is a communication from a Clerk’s Office, Circuit Court for gagor, the Mortgagee or the Mort- SHIH TZU PUPPIES - Shots & wormed,
gagee’s attorney. A form copy of
date of sale to the date of payment will be paid within TEN DAYS SENTATION OR WARRANTY OF ANY KIND AND SUBJECT TO conditions,
restrictions, reservations, easements, rights of way, and all other matters
debt collector and any information Spotsylvania County, Virginia as
Instrument No. 200600044288 . the Trustee’s memorandum of
mother & father on premises. $600.
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obtained will be used for that pur-
after the final ratification of the sale. of record taking priority over the Deed of Trust to be announced at the pose. The sale is subject to seller The undersigned Substitute foreclosure sale and contract to
time of sale. A deposit of $20,000 or 10% of the sale price, whichever is Trustee will offer for sale at public purchase real property is available
confirmation.
Adjustments on all taxes, public charges and special or regular lower, however not less than $10,000, that will be required at the time of for viewing at
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assessments will be made as of the date of sale and thereafter Court building for Spotsylvania
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funds are received in the office of the SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE, will be due 23229. 12, 2023, at 4:00 PM, the property be given the option to execute
If applicable, condominium and/or homeowners association within fifteen (15) days of sale. In the event of default by the successful described in said Deed of Trust, the contract of sale electronically.
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dues and assessments that may become due after the time
of sale will be the responsibility of the purchaser. Title
bidder, the entire deposit shall be forfeited and applied to the costs and
expenses of sale and Substitute Trustee's fee. All other public charges
or assessments, including water/sewer charges, whether incurred prior
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of sale at the time of settlement. Purchaser agrees to pay the seller's
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property may be resold at risk and costs of the defaulting Additional terms will be announced at the time of sale and the successful
bidder will be required to execute and deliver to the Substitute Trustees
GINIA. BEING MORE PARTICULAR- For more information contact:
LY DESCRIBED IN A DEED RECORD-
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