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Egypt planned to send arms to Russia, leak reveals 5 slain in attack

BY E VAN H ILL, M ISSY R YAN,
S IOBHÁN O ’ G RADY
AND S AMUEL O AKFORD
cording to a leaked U.s. intelli-
gence document.
A portion of a top secret docu-
ment, dated Feb. 17, summarizes
tion and shipment of the rockets
secret “to avoid problems with
the West.”
The Washington Post obtained
garding the document and the
veracity of the conversations it
describes, Ambassador Ahmed
Abu Zeid, spokesman for egypt’s
by co-worker at
President Abdel Fatah el-sisi of
egypt, one of America’s closest
allies in the Middle east and a
major recipient of U.s. aid, recent-
purported conversations be-
tween sisi and senior egyptian
military officials and also refer-
ences plans to supply Russia with
the document from a trove of
images of classified files posted in
February and March on Discord, a
chat app popular with gamers.
see egypt oN A15

Ukraine: U.S. assessments are

ly ordered subordinates to pro-
duce up to 40,000 rockets to be
covertly shipped to Russia, ac-
artillery rounds and gunpowder.
In the document, sisi instructs
the officials to keep the produc-
The document has not been previ-
ously reported.
In response to questions re-
gloomy about a push by Kyiv. A13
Louisville bank
world reacts: Foreign nations take
stock as U.S. officials scramble. A14 POLICE KILL SHOOTER AT SCENE
8 others hurt in rampage authorities say was live-streamed

BYA USTYN G AFFNEY, had been sworn in 10 days before

M AHAM J AVAID
AND K ARIN B RULLIARD
LOUISVILLE — A 25-year-old
bank employee who police said
was live-streaming his rampage
attacked his workplace in down-
town Louisville on Monday
morning, using a rifle to kill five
co-workers and injure eight other
people, in the latest mass killing
to shock an American communi-
ty. Police shot and killed the gun-
man at the scene, authorities said.
Among those killed were exec-
utives at old National Bank, in-
cluding a close friend of Kentucky
Gov. Andy Beshear (D), who
choked up as he described the
loss of a confidant he said helped
him build his legal and political
careers. The injured included a
23-year-old police officer who
and who on Monday was fighting
for his life after having been shot
in the head.
What prompted the gunman,
whom police identified as Connor
sturgeon, to carry out the attack
remained unclear Monday after-
noon. Louisville interim police
chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel
said it was her understanding
that sturgeon had no previous
interactions with law enforce-
ment, and she confirmed that he
was streaming the attack on Ins-
tagram. But she released few oth-
er details about the incident, cit-
ing an ongoing investigation.
The shooting shattered the reg-
ular bustle of a sunny start to the
see louisville oN A4
‘An incredible friend’: Governor,
others remember the victims. A4

Progress still elusive for

Black Nashville residents
Legislators’ expulsion stings in a state where
White men still hold much of the power
aNDre MalerBa/BlooMBerG NeWS

researchers in thailand catch bats at dusk as the animals leave a cave complex in ratchaburi province in December 2020.

W Virus hunting risks

hen the U.s. government
was looking for help to
scour southeast Asia’s
rainforests for exotic viruses,
scientists from Thailand’s Chula-
longkorn University accepted
the assignment and the funding
that came with it, giving little
thought to the risks.
Beginning in 2011, Thai re-
searchers made repeated treks
every year to remote caves and
forests inhabited by millions of
bats, including species known to
carry diseases deadly to humans.
The scientists collected saliva,
blood and excrement from the
wriggling, razor-fanged animals,
and the specimens were placed
in foam coolers and driven to one
of the university’s labs in Bang-
kok, a metropolis of more than
deadly outbreaks, 8 million people.
The goal was to identify un-
known viruses that might some-
experts warn day threaten humans. But
doubts about the safety of the
research began to simmer after
the virus hunters were repeated-
After covid, some rethink the benefits ly bitten by bats and, in 2016,
of bringing unknown pathogens out when another worker stuck her-
self with a needle while trying to
of the wild and studying them extract blood from an animal.
some of the workers received
booster shots to prevent infec-
tion by common rabies, and none
BY D AVID W ILLMAN AND J OBY W ARRICK of them reported illness, accord-
IN BANGKoK see virus hunting oN A10
BY T IM C RAIG
NASHVILLE — Tajuana Nation,
the owner of a hair salon catering
to Black customers, has always
felt that something here is hold-
ing her and other minorities back.
she knows that life for them
often seems better in Tennessee’s
bustling and diverse capital city,
compared to other places across
the mid- and Deep south. Immi-
grants from Africa and the Middle
east are flocking here in droves,
lured by relatively affordable
housing, good jobs and support-
ive neighbors in this liberal oasis
in a deeply conservative state. The
plaza where her shop is located
includes an ethiopian cafe and
“Asian fusion” and “West Coast
Mexican” restaurants, adding to
the sense of belonging.
But last week’s decision by the
Tennessee House of Representa-
tives to kick out the Black man
who represents this area rein-
forced to her that this is still a
state where White men wield the
true power, a persistent legacy
ingrained here for centuries.
“It’s always like we go two steps
forward, and one step back,” said
Nation, as she finished braiding a
customer’s hair. “It’s never like,
just keep going forward.”
see tennessee oN A6
Back in office: Council reinstates
ousted tennessee lawmaker. A5

Seas have drastically risen along Gulf Coast

BY C HRIS M OONEY
AND B RADY D ENNIS
scientists have documented an
abnormal and dramatic surge in
sea levels along the U.s. gulf and
southeastern coastlines since
about 2010, raising new questions
about whether New orleans, Mi-
ami, Houston and other coastal
communities might be even more
at risk from rising seas than once
predicted.
The acceleration, while rela-
tively short-lived so far, could
have far-reaching consequences
in an area of the United states that
has seen massive development as
the wetlands, mangroves and
shorelines that once protected it
are shrinking. An already vulner-
able landscape that is home to
millions of people is growing
more vulnerable, more quickly,
Studies note the increase
puts the region at greater
risk from severe storms
devastating hurricanes, including
Michael in 2018 and Ian last year,
were made considerably worse by
a faster-rising ocean. Federal tide
gauge data from the National oce-
anic and Atmospheric Adminis-
tration suggests that the sea level,
as measured by tide gauge at Lake
Pontchartrain in New orleans, is
eight inches higher than it was in
2006, just after Hurricane Ka-
trina.
“The entire southeast coast
and the Gulf Coast is feeling the
impact of the sea level rise accel-
eration,” said Jianjun Yin, a cli-
Journal of Climate, calculates the
rate of sea-level rise since 2010 at
more than 10 millimeters — or
one centimeter — per year in the
region, or nearly 5 inches in total
through 2022. That is more than
double the global average rate of
about 4.5 millimeters per year
since 2010, based on satellite ob-
servations of sea level from ex-
perts at the University of Colora-
do at Boulder.
While the annual totals might
sound minor, even small changes
in sea levels over time can have
destructive consequences. Yin’s
study suggested that Hurricanes
Michael and Ian, two of the stron-
gest storms ever to hit the United
states, were made considerably
worse in part from additional sea
level rise.
“It turns out that the water
level associated with Hurricane DeMetriUS FreeMaN/the WaShiNGtoN PoSt

potentially putting a large swath
of America at greater risk from
severe storms and flooding.
The increase has already had
major effects, researchers found.
one study suggests that recent
mate scientist at the University of
Arizona and the author of one of
two academic studies published
in recent weeks that describe the
changes.
Yin’s study, published in the
Ian was the highest on record due
to the combined effect of sea-level Egging them on
rise and storm surge,” Yin said. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, left, his husband, Chasten Buttigieg, and their children,
A second study by a long list of
Penelope and Joseph, take part in the annual White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn.
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sponse by midnight Tuesday.
If the appeals court does not
pause Kacsmaryk’s order while
the appeal is decided — or is slow
in making that decision — the
Justice Department could go di-
rectly to the U.S. Supreme Court
in an effort to keep mifepristone
available for women seeking to
terminate pregnancies. The high
court will almost certainly hear
the case eventually, either before
or after the 5th Circuit rules.
The case would present the
Supreme Court with its biggest
test on abortion access since its
landmark decision in June to
knock down the federal guarantee
of abortion rights provided by Roe
v. Wade. The Texas lawsuit comes
as more than a dozen states have
effectively banned abortions in
the post-Roe era, and as abortion
opponents are pushing state legis-
latures and courthouses to re-
strict access to the procedure else-
where in the country.
Kacsmaryk’s ruling has had far-
reaching effects. California Gov.
Gavin Newsom (D) announced
Monday that he has secured an
emergency stockpile of up to
2 million doses of misoprostol —
the pill that is typically used
alongside mifepristone in a two-
step regimen to perform medica-
tion abortions. Misoprostol can
be used on its own to terminate a
pregnancy, but studies show it is
less effective than the two-step
regimen and usually causes more
cramping and bleeding. In Massa-
chusetts, Gov. Maura T. Healey
announced that she is stockpiling
mifepristone, with 15,000 doses —
enough to last a year in the state —
expected to arrive this week.
In their appeals, the Justice
Department — which is repre-
senting the FDA — and Danco
said the antiabortion groups chal-
lenging mifepristone lack suffi-
cient legal grounds, or standing,
to proceed.
To establish standing, the
groups have to demonstrate that
they face a risk of injury. The
Justice Department character-
ized as speculative the doctors’
claims that they are directly
harmed because their patients
claim to have experienced compli-
cations from the medication.
Mifepristone was approved
23 years ago after clinical trials
including thousands of pregnant
patients showed a low rate of
complications. Since the FDA ap-
proved the drug, more than 5 mil-
lion women in the United States
have used the drug to terminate
pregnancies.
“Plaintiffs lack standing to
Attorney General Merrick Garland’s Justice Department could take
its mifepristone fight directly to the U.S. Supreme Court.
challenge FDA’s approval of a
drug they neither take nor pre-
scribe; their challenge to FDA ac-
tions dating back to 2000 is mani-
festly untimely; and they have
provided no basis for second-
guessing FDA’s scientific judg-
ment,” the appeal said.
More than 250 pharmaceutical
executives separately criticized
the Texas decision in a public
letter, saying it “ignores decades
of scientific evidence and legal
precedent.”
Both abortion foes and abor-
tion rights advocates view the
Texas lawsuit as a landmark case
that would shape abortion access
in the United States.
In November, conservative
groups filed a lawsuit in Kacs-
maryk’s Amarillo courthouse
seeking to reverse the FDA’s ap-
proval of mifepristone as safe and
effective, including in states
where abortion rights are protect-
ed.
Kacsmaryk, a lifelong abortion
opponent, is the sole judge in his
district and has been a go-to judge
for conservatives seeking to chal-
lenge Biden administration pol-
icies. In a four-hour hearing last
month, the attorneys for the con-
servative group argued that mife-
pristone is unsafe — a claim that
has been rejected by medical ex-
perts — and that the FDA did not
follow proper protocol when ap-
proving its use.
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The government’s attorneys ar-
gued that the scientific evidence
has repeatedly proven mifepris-
tone to be safe and effective since
the FDA approved its use more
than 20 years ago.
Both groups acknowledged in
the hearing that there is no prec-
edent for a court to order the
suspension of a long-approved
medication.
Separately, a group of Demo-
cratic state attorneys general filed
a lawsuit in February in Washing-
ton state seeking to expand access
to mifepristone.
Shortly after Kacsmaryk issued
his ruling Friday, Judge Thomas
O. Rice delivered his ruling in the
Washington state case, ordering
the FDA to preserve “the status
quo” and retain access to the abor-
tion medication in the 17 states —
along with D.C. — that filed the
lawsuit.
Even the Justice Department
was somewhat unclear about the
path forward, given the conflict-
ing rulings. On Monday, the agen-
cy asked the judge in the Washing-
ton state case for clarification on
how to reconcile the contradic-
tory opinions.
“The Court did not address the
interaction between the two or-
ders, presumably because they
were issued less than 20 minutes
apart,” the Justice Department
wrote. “To ensure that Defendants
comply with all court orders in
these unusual circumstances, De-
fendants respectfully request that
this Court clarify their obligations
under its preliminary injunction
in the event that the [Texas] order
takes effect and stays the approval
of mifepristone.”
Legal experts says that the con-
flicting orders have thrust the
FDA into an unprecedented bind,
imperiling the agency’s authority
to approve and regulate medica-
tions. Congress empowered the
FDA, not states, to approve the
use of new drugs, and the Justice
Department has said that allow-
ing abortion pill opponents to
undercut the FDA’s judgment
could spark challenges to other
approved drugs and fuel public
distrust of the process.
“We stand by the FDA’s approv-
al of mifepristone, and we are
prepared for a long legal fight,”
White House press secretary Kar-
ine Jean-Pierre said at a news
conference Monday. “That’s what
I can say from here. ”
Across the country, abortion
clinics are continuing to prescribe
mifepristone as they wait to find
out whether Kacsmaryk’s ruling
will take effect at the end of the
week. Several clinic directors said
they have been speaking fre-
quently with their lawyers, who
are reviewing the decision and
parsing its implications.
“We are going to wait for more
information, especially from the
FDA,” said Tammi Kromenaker,
director of Red River Women’s
Clinic in Minnesota.
Even if Kacsmaryk’s ruling
stands, several clinics said they do
not plan to change their protocols
until they are explicitly directed
to do so by the federal govern-
ment.
“This judge is not telling our
physicians what to do,” Krome-
naker said. “This judge is telling
the FDA what they can and can’t
do.”
In its appeal filed Monday, the
drug manufacturer Danco called
Kacsmaryk’s ruling an “extreme
outlier” and an “unprecedented
judicial assault” on the nation’s
regulatory process. Blocking ac-
cess to the most widely used abor-
tion medication in the United
States, the company said, will
force many patients to chose sur-
gical abortion and interfere with
the doctor-patient relationship.

Abortion pill companies struggle to make sense of conflicting court rulings

BY A ARON G REGG
AND C HRISTOPHER R OWLAND
The companies behind a key
abortion drug are struggling to
chart a path forward amid con-
flicting court rulings that simul-
taneously revoke and preserve its
approval by the Food and Drug
Administration, with one leading
manufacturer preparing for a
rush of demand.
A federal judge in Texas re-
versed the approval of mifepris-
tone, one of two drugs typically
used in medication abortion.
Less than an hour later, a judge in
Washington state ordered the
FDA to preserve access in 17
states and the District of Colum-
bia that brought a lawsuit to
prevent removal of the drug from
the market.
The dueling court decisions
deepen the legal uncertainty for
companies trying to navigate the
fast-changing landscape for
abortion access in the roughly
nine months since the Supreme
Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
Abby Long, a spokeswoman
for Danco Laboratories, a New
York-based pharmaceutical com-
pany that makes and markets
mifepristone, said the business is
preparing for abortion providers
to try to stock up before the Texas
decision is scheduled to take
effect Friday. The company is
among parties filing appeals that
many observers expect to reach
the Supreme Court.
She called on the FDA to
clarify its approach to the con-
flicting rulings.
“We really do need the federal
government to kind of step in,”
Long said Monday. “Our distribu-
tors will need that assurance to
make sure they aren’t violating
the law somehow by shipping
this product.”
from the perspective of attempt-
ing to undermine the [FDA’s]
authority.”
More than 250 pharmaceutical
executives criticized the Texas
decision in a public letter, saying
it “ignores decades of scientific
evidence and legal precedent”
coming from a federal judge with
no scientific training.
“We call for the reversal of this
decision to disregard science,
and the appropriate restitution
of the mandate for the safety and
efficacy of medicines for all with
the FDA, the agency entrusted to
do so in the first place,” the
industry leaders wrote.
“State of the Union.”
HHS spokeswoman Kamara
Jones later said the agency in-
tends to keep defending the
drug’s approval through the legal
process.
“People are rightly frustrated
about this decision — but as
dangerous a precedent it sets for
a court to disregard FDA’s expert
judgment regarding a drug’s
safety and efficacy, it would also
set a dangerous precedent for the
Administration to disregard a
binding decision,” Jones tweeted
Sunday afternoon.
Hey Jane, a provider of online
abortion services, said it contin-
adjusted any of its activities after
the Texas and Washington rul-
ings, said Leah Coplon, a nurse
midwife who is director of clini-
cal operations for the online
provider.
The site’s leaders and its indi-
vidual providers are monitoring
legal developments on a daily
and weekly basis, which has been
their practice since the Supreme
Court overturned the 50-year-old
constitutional right to abortion
last year, Coplon said
“The longer this is in limbo,
the more calls we get from folks
anxious to make sure they can get
their medication,” she said.

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The other U.S. manufacturer
of mifepristone, Las Vegas-based
GenBioPro, said there have been
no supply chain disruptions in
the immediate wake of the Texas
FDA officials stood by the
agency’s 20-year-old approval of
mifepristone and has appealed
the Texas ruling.
Health and Human Services
ues to provide telehealth visits in
the eight states where it operates.
Co-founder and chief executive
Kiki Freedman said the Texas
ruling will not diminish demand
Abortion on Demand has not
experienced any spike in demand
for services after the conflicting
rulings Friday, she said. If the
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“Historically, in pockets of ex-
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White House to launch $5B vaccine accelerator
BY D AN D IAMOND
The Biden administration is
launching a $5 billion-plus pro-
gram to accelerate development
of new coronavirus vaccines and
treatments, seeking to better pro-
tect against a still-mutating virus,
as well as other coronaviruses that
might threaten us in the future.
“Project Next Gen” — the long-
anticipated follow-up to “Opera-
tion Warp Speed,” the Trump-era
program that sped coronavirus
vaccines to patients in 2020 —
Officials note that several coro- ter Biden health officials had have very large benefits for other
navirus-driven outbreaks in the funding requests for the program respiratory pathogens we deal
past two decades, including se- repeatedly rebuffed by Congress, with all the time, like flu and RSV,”
vere acute respiratory syndrome with Republicans insisting the ad- he said.
coronavirus in 2002 and Middle ministration had funds left over Experts have said that govern-
East respiratory syndrome in from prior coronavirus aid pack- ment commitments are critical to
2012, have spurred worries about ages. A pot of money was finally accelerating the pace of next-gen-
the potential for future health created after the White House eration therapies.
crises related to the viruses. That directed HHS to free up $5 billion “We need to move quickly to
said, a universal coronavirus vac- for the initiative. The agency shift- start testing these nasal vaccines
cine could take years to develop; ed funds intended for coronavirus in humans, and that requires sig-
researchers have sought unsuc- testing and other priorities, po- nificant U.S. government input —
cessfully for decades to create tentially teeing up new questions both resources and help with
such a vaccine against influenza. from Republicans about why manufacturing and delivery as
Some of the lab work is under- those funds were available. well as acceptance across society,” eriC Lee for the washington Post

would take a similar approach to
partnering with private-sector
companies to expedite develop-
ment of vaccines and therapies.
Scientists, public heath experts
and politicians have called for the
initiative, warning that existing
therapies have steadily lost their
effectiveness and that new ones
are needed.
“It’s been very clear to us that
the market on this is moving very
slowly,” Ashish Jha, the White
House coronavirus coordinator,
said Monday. “There’s a lot that
government can do, the adminis-
tration can do, to speed up those
tools … for the American people.”
Jha and others said the new
effort will focus on three goals:
creating long-lasting monoclonal
antibodies, after an evolving virus
rendered many current treat-
ments ineffective; accelerating
development of vaccines that pro-
duce mucosal immunity, which is
thought to reduce transmission
and infection risks; and speeding
efforts to develop pan-coronavi-
rus vaccines to guard against new
SARS-CoV-2 variants, as well as
other coronaviruses.
way, and the government has be- The Biden administration’s Yale University immunologist Malik Jaffer, lead nurse, prepares for a coronavirus vaccination at
gun efforts to find potential pri- vaccine accelerator was originally Akiko Iwasaki said at last year’s the site of the Ward 4 COVID Center in D.C. on March 31.
vate-sector partners, said Dawn dubbed “Project Covid Shield,” White House vaccine summit.
O’Connell, assistant secretary for and some GOP lawmakers had Eric Topol, director of the Key parts of the new initiative While the new initiative is more
preparedness and response at the suggested launching an “Opera- Scripps Research Translational are not yet finalized. The White modest, administration officials
Department of Health and Hu- tion Warp Speed 2.0” to build on Institute, said he had talked to Jha House is still considering candi- said they might secure additional
man Services. the Trump administration’s effort repeatedly about the importance dates to lead the program, offi- money, even as they focus on
“We’ve begun surveying the and signal a bipartisan approach. of moving forward on nasal vac- cials said. The vetting process has blunting variants and viruses that
landscape out there — assessing But White House officials wanted cines and also a pan-coronavirus been complicated by Democrats’ have yet to emerge.
what vaccine candidates are avail- some distance from the Trump vaccine. desire to avoid questions of con- Even some of the Republicans
able, [and] moving through what effort as well as from covid-fo- “It doesn’t take much to get the flicts of interest that dogged Oper- who blocked the White House’s
exciting technologies are there,” cused branding, when much of nasal vaccine across the goal line ation Warp Speed, after Trump coronavirus funding requests last
O’Connell said. Her team last the country had moved on from — that should be the first priority,” officials selected Moncef Slaoui, a year said they wanted a “Warp
week informed companies work- the pandemic, said two people Topol said. pharmaceutical industry execu- Speed 2.0” to rush updated vac-
ing on monoclonal antibodies who spoke on the condition of More than 1.1 million Ameri- tive with significant stock hold- cines and treatments that would
that the government may make anonymity to discuss internal cans have died of covid-19 since ings, to lead that program. That better fight the virus.
new investments in the technol- conversations. the pandemic began, including decision had prompted criticism “Operation Warp Speed was
ogy. Jha said “Project Next Gen” more than 250,000 in 2022, ac- from Democrats although health the most successful public health
Jha declined to set timetables made sense as branding for a cording to the Centers for Disease officials praised Slaoui’s knowl- program since small pox. It saved
for when the products might program focused on next-genera- Control and Prevention. While edge of the industry and credited millions of lives, and it should be
come to market, saying that tion vaccines and treatments. “It’s the number of serious cases and his successful bets on vaccine can- resurrected as soon as possible,”
would depend on drugmakers’ a different time. We have a differ- deaths have receded, at least didates from Pfizer-BioNTech and then Sens. Richard Burr (R-N.C.)
production plans, reviews by the ent set of goals. The name we have 35,000 Americans have died this Moderna. and James M. Inhofe (R-Okla.)
Food and Drug Administration much more accurately captures year, and some projections sug- Project Next Gen also faces key wrote to Biden in August 2022.
and other factors. “The timelines what it is that we are trying to do,” gest that the coronavirus could differences from its predecessor, O’Connell said that the Biden
are really going to be predicated he said. surge again this fall and winter. including its smaller size and administration had drawn les-
on how quickly the scientific ad- Jha also said that investing in In recent months, Biden offi- more open-ended mission. The sons from Operation Warp Speed,
vancements continue, and how next-generation coronavirus vac- cials have argued to GOP lawmak- Trump-era project, focused on an such as how to expedite vaccine
quickly we can study and measure cines could have beneficial effects ers that both peer and rival coun- urgent need with a defined virus, development, that would be ap-
the efficacy and safety of these across the health system. “Our tries, such as Japan and China, are drew on funds that officials plied to Project Next Gen.
products,” he said. ability to develop … vaccines that moving ahead with similar proj- viewed as a blank check and was “We’ve learned a lot in these
The planned launch comes af- generate mucosal immunity will ects. budgeted at $18 billion in 2020. three years,” she said.

Black kidney transplant patient files lawsuit alleging racial bias
BY L ENNY B ERNSTEIN
An African American man is
seeking millions of dollars in dam-
ages and a better position on the
kidney transplant waiting list in a
lawsuit that claims an algorithm
used in determining priority for
organs is biased against Black peo-
ple.
Anthony
Randall last
week sued an
affiliate of the
Cedars-Sinai
hospital
Los Angeles,
where he is
listed as a
transplant pa-
Courtesy of
Matthew L. Venezia tient, and the
United Net-
Randall work for Or-
gan Sharing,
the nonprofit organization that op-
erates the U.S. transplant system.
Randall — a Los Angeles barber
who can no longer work because of
kidney disease, receives dialysis
treatments three times a week and
has been waiting more than five
years for a kidney — also wants a
federal court to allow him to repre-
sent a class of 27,500 Black U.S.
patients, who he argues have been
would reach that threshold sooner
than Whites because they have
greater muscle mass and produce
more of the amino acid creatine —
similarly disadvantaged. the order of potential recipients for The lawsuit is the latest effort to kidneys, livers, lungs, hearts and which is part of one measure used
“The above-described racial dis- kidneys, which are in short supply. challenge the policies and func- other organs. to determine how poorly kidneys
crimination damaged plaintiff and Randall says he might have quali- tioning of the nation’s troubled or- There is widespread agreement are functioning. In crafting the al-
members of the nationwide wait fied for a kidney had those adjust- gan transplant system in recent that the system is racially inequita- gorithm that powers kidney trans-
list class, the California wait list ments been made sooner. years. Two similar lawsuits were ble. Blacks are three times as likely plant priorities, the transplant sys-
class, and the Cedars-Sinai class by According to Randall’s lawsuit, filed in federal courts in New York as Whites to suffer end-stage renal tem applied a 16 percent to 18
depriving and/or delaying their Cedars complied with UNOS’s di- and Washington in 2021 and 2022. disease but much less likely to be percent “modifier” to balance out
award of a donor kidney,” Randall’s rective on March 27, when it said it Last month, the government an- put on the transplant wait list or to that supposed advantage for
suit contends. All have suffered would begin a review that could nounced plans to overhaul the en- receive a kidney. Blacks.
“economic injuries,” including di- take several months. Randall as- tire transplant system, including In a 2022 report, the National Randall contends the formula
alysis and other medical costs, it serts that neither the hospital nor breaking up the monopoly UNOS Academies of Sciences, Engineer- has disadvantaged him and other
claims. the transplant organization is has had to operate it since 1986. ing and Medicine cited research Blacks for decades. He asserts that
Both UNOS and Cedars-Sinai moving quickly enough. On Monday, Congress took a showing that Blacks are much less in December he was second in line
have in recent months dropped the As of Wednesday, when the law- step toward aiding the govern- likely to be rated appropriate can- for a kidney and was called to the
use of the part of the formula Ran- suit was filed, Randall’s “wait time ment’s planned retooling, with didates for kidney transplants hospital and prepared for surgery
in dall cites in his lawsuit. In June, the continues to be incorrectly calcu- Rep. Larry Bucshon (R-Ind.) and than Whites; that Blacks are 37 — but ended up not getting it. He
board of directors of the transplant lated in UNOS’s UNet software, Rep. Robin L. Kelly (D-Ill.) intro- percent less likely than Whites to contends he might have received
system determined that inclusion prejudicing plaintiff’s candidacy ducing legislation that would al- be referred for transplant evalua- the organ had his true wait time
of a “modifier for patients identi- for a donor kidney from the na- low separating the tasks UNOS tion before they need dialysis; and been part of the calculation.
fied as Black … has led to a systemic tional kidney wait list,” the suit performs and seeking competitive that Blacks wait a median of 727 “He’s had this ongoing delay in
underestimation of kidney disease contends. bids from other organizations that days for kidneys after they are the process of getting a kidney,”
severity for many Black patients. A UNOS spokeswoman said the want to perform them. placed on the waiting list, while said Matthew L. Venezia, Randall’s
Specifically in organ transplanta- organization would address the The bill would amend the 1984 Whites wait a median of 374 days. attorney. “They could have adjust-
tion, it may have negatively affect- matter in court. “As this is an active National Organ Transplant Act, Randall’s lawsuit addresses an- ed his wait time,” Venezia said of
ed the timing of transplant listing, lawsuit, we are unable to provide which contains language that has other problem. Accrued time on Cedars-Sinai. “They just didn’t … A
or the date at which candidates further details at this time,” Anne kept the system in UNOS’s hands. the wait list is part of the calculus lot of these patients don’t have
qualify to begin waiting time for a Paschke wrote in an email. It would allow tasks to be per- that determines which patients get another 18 months.”
transplant.” In a statement, Cedars-Sinai formed by for-profit or nonprofit the first shot at kidneys when they Randall is seeking more than
In January, UNOS instructed said it could not discuss individual organizations. become available. Placement on $5 million for himself and other
hospitals to stop using that part of patients, but “as an organization The bottom line for transplant the list is partly dependent on fall- Blacks on the kidney transplant
the algorithm and to notify Black founded on principles of equity, patients is that about 104,000 peo- ing below a threshold that indi- wait list, as well as the immediate
patients waiting for kidneys that diversity and inclusion, Cedars-Si- ple remain on the waiting list, cates poor kidney function, ac- recalculation of his wait time, to
they might be eligible for adjust- nai continues to be committed to most of them seeking kidneys. De- cording to his lawsuit. put him in a better position to
ments of their “accrued wait time” the health and well-being of every- pending on the calculation, 17 to 33 Research that is no longer con- receive a kidney as soon as one
— a critical factor in determining one under our care.” of them die each day waiting for sidered credible held that Blacks becomes available, Venezia said.

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Fatal shooting at bank was live-streamed, authorities say
louisville from A1
new workweek, sending office
workers into lockdown as law
enforcement swarmed the com-
mercial area of Louisville shortly
before 9 a.m. officers were at the
bank within minutes and stopped
the shooter as he was firing,
authorities said. But as was the
case at a school shooting two
weeks before in Nashville, where
a former student killed three chil-
dren and three adults, a rapid
police response did not prevent
the loss of life.
Within hours, Louisville police
were responding to a second,
unrelated shooting at a commu-
nity college less than two miles
from old National Bank. one
person was killed and another
was injured in that incident, au-
thorities said.
monday’s shooting was the lat-
est in a string of attacks that have
become stunningly routine. In
the past year, attacks have left
dozens dead and maimed in
monterey Park and Half moon
Bay, Calif.; Chesapeake, Va.; Colo-
rado Springs; Highland Park, Ill.;
Uvalde, Tex.; and Buffalo.
The bank shooting was the
15th mass killing this year, ac-
cording to a database maintained
by Northeastern University, the
Associated Press and USA Today
that tracks incidents that involve
four or more victims. Nearly 80
people have been killed in the
incidents, according to the data-
base.
The Louisville bank shooting
highlighted the indiscriminate
reach of the relentless march of
U.S. gun violence: Like Beshear,
Louisville mayor Craig Green-
berg — who was the target of a
shooting at his campaign office in
2021 — said he, too, was good
friends with one of those killed,
63-year-old Thomas Elliott. State
Sen. David Yates (D), also tweeted
that he knew a victim.
The shooting made Beshear at
least the second governor in a
matter of weeks to learn that a
friend had been slain in a mass
killing. Among the victims in the
Nashville shooting, at a small
private school, were a substitute
teacher and the head of the
school, both of whom were family
friends of Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee
(r). The teacher was scheduled to
dine with Tennessee first lady
maria Lee on the night of the
shooting.
Police identified the four oth-
ers killed in Louisville as Joshua
Barrick, 40; Juliana farmer, 45;
James Tutt, 64; and Deana Eckert,
57. Two of the injured were in
critical condition late monday,
including officer Nickolas Wilt,
who underwent brain surgery,
officials said. Three have non-life-
threatening injuries, and three
were released; five were treated
for gunshot wounds, according to
Jason Smith, chief medical officer
for University of Louisville
Health.
Elliott, who went by “Tommy,”
was a senior vice president at old
National Bank and served as
chair of Beshear’s inaugural com-
mittee in 2019. Elliott was threat-
What we know about the victims of the Louisville bank shooting
Five killed by gunman
appear to be employees
of Old National Bank
BY JUSTIN WM. MOYER
AND ANUMITA KAUR
five people were killed in a
mass shooting at Louisville’s old
National Bank on monday, au-
thorities said. They were identi-
fied by police as: Joshua Barrick,
40; Thomas Elliott, 63; Juliana
farmer, 45; James Tutt, 64; and
Deana Eckert, 57. Police officer
Nickolas Wilt, 26, was shot in the
head and is in critical condition,
police said.
The shooter — identified by
police as Connor Sturgeon, a
bank employee — was also fatally
shot by police.
Here’s what we know about the
victims:
Thomas elliott
Thomas “Tommy” Elliott was
an associate of Kentucky Gov.
Andy Beshear (D) who served as a
senior vice president of old Na-
tional Bank and chair of Beshear’s
inaugural committee in 2019.
“Tommy Elliot helped me … to
be become governor,” Beshear
said at monday’s news confer-
ence. “He gave me advice on being
a good dad. … he was an incredi-
ble friend.” He added: “The soul is
eternal. I know that I will see
law enforcement officers work the shooting scene in louisville. The attack at a bank sent office workers into lockdown as police swarmed
the commercial area before 9 a.m. officers were at the bank within minutes and stopped the shooter as he was firing, authorities said.
ened with arrest in 2016 when he
battled his removal as chair of the
Kentucky retirement Systems
Board by matt Bevin, then serving
as governor. Elliott had been ap-
pointed by former governor Steve
Beshear — the current governor’s
father — and Andy Beshear, then
the attorney general, challenged
Elliott’s removal.
“Tommy Elliott helped me
build my law career. Helped me
become governor. Gave me advice
on being a good dad,” an emotion-
al Beshear said. “He was an in-
credible friend.”
Barrick was the senior vice
president of commercial real es-
tate banking at old National
Bank, according to his LinkedIn
profile. He left behind a wife and
two children, according to a post
from his church, Holy Trinity
Parish Louisville. “our hearts are
heavy, they are broken, and we
are searching for answers,” the
church’s pastor wrote on face-
book. farmer was a loan analyst
at the bank, according to her
LinkedIn page, and Eckert was an
executive administrative officer,
according to her LinkedIn page.
Tutt was a real estate market
executive there.
David Voegele, the oldham
County judge executive, knew
Tutt from the latter’s 11 years on
the board of the oldham-La
Grange Development Authority,
the Louisville Courier Journal re-
ported. “He’s a very high-quality,
well-thought-of individual,” said
Voegele, who described Tutt’s
death as “sickening.”
Neighbors of Sturgeon, whose
house was surrounded by heavily
armed officers monday, said in
Tommy again.”
The former chair of the Ken-
tucky retirement Systems board,
Elliott was threatened with arrest
in 2016 when he refused to resign
at the direction of then-governor
matt Bevin, a republican. Elliott
was appointed to the board by
former Kentucky governor Steve
Beshear — the current governor’s
father.
Andy Beshear, who was attor-
ney general during the contro-
versy, came to Elliott’s aid, asking
that an order to reorganize the
board be blocked.
At a news conference monday,
Louisville mayor Craig Green-
berg (D) said of Elliott: “He was a
friend of the governor’s, and he
was a friend of mine.”
members of Elliott’s family de-
clined to comment.
Joshua Barrick
Barrick, 40, was the senior vice
president of commercial real es-
tate banking at old National
Bank, according to his LinkedIn
profile.
He had been with the company
less than a year and was named
one of Louisville Business first’s
20 People to Know in Banking in
2020.
Barrick is survived by his wife
and two children.
His church, Holy Trinity Parish
Louisville, gathered monday eve-
ning in a widely attended special
service to honor Barrick’s life.
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“We’re going to have to bury several of our citizens,
including my friend. I refuse to accept that this
is the new normal.”
Kentucky state Sen. David Yates (D)
interviews that they had not in-
teracted with him much, but that
little about him stood out.
Kera Allgeier, 39, lived next
door to Sturgeon in a home
owned by her father with her four
children and her partner, michael
mcCoy, a 45-year-old brick ma-
son. Allgeier, who works at ford
motor, said she didn’t see Stur-
geon much because they had dif-
ferent work schedules. She said
People embrace after a shooting in louisville on Monday. Five were
fatally shot and a police officer remains in critical condition.
ways,” said pastor Shayne Duvall.
“He was a very charismatic and
charming man.”
Barrick was a volunteer basket-
ball coach for elementary school
students, and was often helping
the community out, Duvall said,
adding that the parish communi-
ty mourns his loss, and will miss
Barrick’s “bubbly personality.”
“His family is in a state of
shock,” Duvall said. “His wife,
children, brothers, they are walk-
ing around in a fog.”
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feeling numbed by the news.
“Nothing surprises you any-
more,” she said, adding she had “a
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office. Denny said she saw Stur-
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st. geon a few times going in and out
of the house with a gym bag and
they’d wave. She said she felt “in
shock and disbelief” but, of Stur-
geon, she added, “Who knows,
nowadays, what goes through
anyone’s mind?”
“I feel awful for his family and
for his soul,” said Denny, “but I
work at UofL and there were a lot
of really horrible things that hap-
pened to people today.” She said
the staff was locked down in the
he and his roommate had invited outpatient center during the
them to summer parties where shooting. “There’s a lot of people
attendees played beer pong in the still in critical condition. Hope-
backyard, though she never at- fully there’s not going to be any
tended. more fatalities,” Denny said.
“Never once would I have Although it was not known
thought any of this,” Allgeier said. how the gunman obtained his
“He didn’t strike us like that.” weapon or what specific rifle he
Sturgeon was quiet, said used, the shooting prompted poli-
Allgeier, who said she heard him ticians including President Biden
say little more than hello and and some Democrats in Kentucky
goodbye. There were no signs of to call for stricter gun laws. But
James Tutt
Tutt, 64, was a real estate mar-
ket executive at old National
Bank, according to his LinkedIn
page. He’d been with the compa-
ny for almost a decade.
David Voegele, oldham County
judge executive, knew Tutt from
his 11 years on the board of the
oldham-La Grange Development
Authority, the Louisville Courier
Journal reported.
“He added a tremendous
amount of insights as we went
about developing our office park
in LaGrange,” Voegele told the
Courier Journal. “He’s a very high
quality, well-thought-of individu-
al … It’s just sickening to hear
what’s happened.”
Tutt was a lifelong Kentucky
resident. He attended franklin
County High School in frankfort,
and later attended the University
of Kentucky for both his under-
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graduate and graduate degrees,
according to his social media
profiles.
Tutt’s family could not be im-
Barrick graduated from Trinity mediately reached for comment.
High School in Louisville and
attended Xavier University in Deana eckert
Cincinnati. His family declined to Eckert, 57, was an executive
comment. administrative officer at old Na-
tional Bank, according to her
Juliana Farmer LinkedIn profile. She worked
farmer’s apparent LinkedIn there for almost seven years.
page identified her as a loan Eckert is from Harrodsburg,
analyst at old National Bank. Her Ky., and attended Western Ken-
social media posts referenced her tucky University, according to
children and a grandchild. her facebook page. Police an-
members of the farmer family nounced her death late monday
declined to comment. evening.
. tuesday, april 11 , 2023
even they seemed to have little
confidence that those changes
would happen in the state legisla-
ture, where republicans hold a
supermajority.
Last month, Kentucky law-
makers passed a bill making the
state a “Second Amendment
sanctuary,” prohibiting local au-
thorities from enforcing federal
firearm bans or regulations.
Beshear neither signed nor ve-
toed the bill, which allowed it to
become law. on monday, he
called for a focus on “friends and
loved ones that are no longer with
us” — in what seemed a deliberate
attempt to sidestep the gun-con-
trol debate.
others in his party disagreed.
“Thoughts and prayers for
those we lost, those who are
injured, and their loved ones and
families are appreciated,” Demo-
cratic rep. morgan mcGarvey,
whose district includes Louis-
ville, said on Twitter, “but today
serves as a stark reminder that we
need to address gun violence at
the national level so no other
family loses a son, a daughter, and
a loved one.”
Biden urged republicans in
Congress “to protect our commu-
nities” with background checks
and other measures.
“A strong majority of Ameri-
cans want lawmakers to act on
common sense gun safety re-
forms,” Biden said in a statement.
“Instead, from florida to North
Carolina to the U.S. House of
representatives, we’ve watched
republican officials double down
on dangerous bills that make our
schools, places of worship, and
communities less safe. It’s uncon-
scionable, it’s reckless, and too
many Americans are paying with
their lives.”
Senate minority Leader mitch
mcConnell (r-Ky.) expressed con-
dolences after the shooting but
offered no policy suggestions.
“Elaine and I are devastated by
the news coming out of Louisville
this morning,” mcConnell said,
referring to his wife. “We send our
prayers to the victims, their fami-
lies, and the city of Louisville as
we await more information.”
In an interview before the vic-
tims were identified, Yates, who
represents Louisville, said mem-
bers of the state legislature have
been unwilling to consider strict-
er gun laws because many lack
“the intestinal and testicular for-
titude.” Yates, a gun owner, said
he is not in favor of bans but
wants to find ways to prevent
mentally ill people from securing
assault rifles.
Gun legislation is not a “Demo-
cratic-republican issue,” he said,
but “what’s best for our commu-
nity.”
“We’re going to have to bury
several of our citizens, including
my friend,” Yates added. “I refuse
to accept that this is the new
normal.”
Javaid reported from Louisville,
Brulliard from Boulder, Colo. Brittany
shammas, Marisa Iati, Justin Moyer,
Ben Brasch, Nick Parker, Anumita
Kaur and John Harden in Washington
contributed to this report.
officer Nickolas Wilt
At a news conference, Louis-
ville Police Chief Jacquelyn
Gwinn-Villaroel said Wilt just
graduated from the police acad-
emy on march 31. He was shot in
the head and is in critical but
stable condition, she said.
“His family was there to wit-
ness his journey to become a
police officer,” Gwinn-Villaroel
said. “I have been down here with
the family giving my love and
support.”
Greenberg said earlier in the
day at a news conference that he,
along with the governor and the
chief of police, had visited with
families of the victims. “We will
continue to offer our support and
love and anything else we can
provide to help them,” he said.
“our entire city is here to wrap
our arms around you.”
He said there are plans to raise
money for the families of the
victims and to hold a community
vigil. Beshear said he has ordered
flags in the state to fly at half-staff
until friday evening.
Beshear called the victims “ir-
replaceable amazing individuals
that a terrible act of violence tore
from all of us. … What we need
now most is love — love for these
families. They are going to need
that love and we need love for
each other. … We will get through
this together.”
Alice Crites, Cate Brown, Monika
Mathur and Maham Javaid
contributed to this report.
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Nashville council reinstates

Black Tennessee lawmaker
Unanimous vote comes
days after expulsion by
state Republican leaders
BY T IM C RAIG AND
E MILY W AX- T HIBODEAUX
NASHVILLE — One of two Black
Democratic lawmakers expelled
by Republican state lawmakers
for leading a gun-control protest
was sworn back into office on the
Tennessee Capitol steps Monday
after local officials unanimously
voted to reinstate him.
liam Lamberth (R) and Republi-
can Caucus Chairman Jeremy
Faison said they would “wel-
come” Jones and Pearson back to
the chamber if they are reap-
pointed, but advised them to
follow chamber protocol.
“Like everyone else, they are
expected to follow the rules of the
House as well as state law,” Lam-
berth and Faison said in a joint
statement. They added that Re-
publican members “continue to
mourn the six lives lost,” referring
to the Covenant School shooting,
which ended in six deaths, in-
cluding three children.
Over the weekend, Jones and
Pearson were abruptly removed
dent Andrew Jackson, who
owned enslaved people, and
three streets that encircle capitol
grounds are named after Martin
Luther King Jr., former congress-
man John Lewis and civil rights
activist Rosa Parks.
At a rally Monday afternoon,
several hundred people chanted
“No Justin, No Peace” as they
called for Jones to be reinstated.
“The fact we have to be here is
completely absurd,” said Mary
Kay, 69 of Nashville. “I just want-
ed to be here to support the
young people because the more
bodies, the more representation.
… Power corrupts and the [Re-
publicans] have taken this to the MiChAel A. MCCoy for the WAshington Post

The 36-0 vote by the Nashville
Metro Council to give Rep. Justin
Jones, 27, his job back comes just
a few days after Tennessee Re-
publicans expelled Jones and
Rep. Justin Pearson of Memphis
from the chamber. The Shelby
County Commission is expected
to vote on whether to reappoint
Pearson on Wednesday.
Their expulsions were the lat-
est move by Republican state
leaders around the country to
openly stifle dissent in a majori-
ty- Republican statehouse and
once again brought to the fore the
country’s divisions over gun con-
trol, race and freedom of speech.
The GOP’s efforts also turned
Jones and Pearson into political
rock stars hailed by Democrats as
reflections of the next political
generation.
President Biden has spoken by
phone with the expelled lawmak-
ers. Vice President Harris visited
them in Nashville. The NAACP
called the incident “horrific but
not surprising.”
After Monday’s vote, which
took less than 15 minutes, Jones
leaped from his seat to thunder-
ous applause and cheers.
Swarmed by TV cameras, he was
followed by more than 1,000 sup-
porters as he triumphantly left
the council chamber. As they
marched down Nashville streets,
protesters chanted “our House”
and “this is what democracy
looks like.”
“Our voters were silenced,”
councilwoman Delishia Porter-
field, who lives in Jones’s district,
said at the meeting. “With this
vote, we are restoring the politi-
cal voice of 70,000 people of
District 52. Their will should have
never been undermined. The peo-
ple chose their representative. We
will send a strong message that
we will not tolerate threats to our
democracy.”
On the steps of the capitol,
Jones was joined by Pearson and
spoke to the crowd through a
bullhorn. “This is the rebirth and
resurrection of a movement in
Tennessee, not just today but in
the days ahead,” Jones said. “The
birth of the new South, because
right here in Nashville we’ve got
movements led by young people
that transformed this nation.”
After he was sworn back in at
5:15 p.m., less than an hour after
the council voted to reinstate
him, supporters chanted “wel-
come home.”
As he addressed the crowd,
Pearson didn’t directly address a
pending vote on his seat, but said
Nashville’s decision was a step in
the right direction for “having a
pluralistic, multiracial, multieth-
nic, multi-economic democracy.”
“We are way more powerful
from the legislature’s phone di- 10th degree, and it’s got to
rectory and website. But with the change.” the crowd that a Republican Tennessee state Rep. Justin said Jones, who declined to iden-
council vote Monday night, Jones At about 6 p.m., Jones emerged member immediately asked if he Jones (D) watches a screen in tify the legislator.
regained his seat before legisla- from the capitol to again address was “going to act different” now the Historic Metro Courthouse “Is he going to silence people?
tive leaders had time to remove throngs of assembled supporters. that he had been reinstated. in Nashville as votes come in Or is he going to admit that
his name from his office door. When he entered the building “My response was, ‘Is the favor of his reinstatement after democracy actually exists in the
Jones and Pearson, if also reap- after being sworn in, Jones told speaker going to act different?’ ” he was expelled by Republicans. legislature?”
pointed, will still have to run for
reelection in a special election
since their appointment is taking
place more than 12 months be-
fore the next state election in
November 2024.
Tennessee state Sen. London
Lamar (D), who represents part
of Memphis, said the expected
vote in Shelby County on
Wednesday to reappoint Pearson
could be closer than Monday’s
vote on Jones in Nashville. The
Shelby County Commission has
13 members, including four Re-
publicans.
But Lamar, a former state rep-
resentative, said she is now confi-
dent that Pearson also has
enough votes to be reappointed.
“In an attempt to be malicious,
you have now created two politi-
cal megastars who have now
made history,” said Lamar, who
conceded she was skeptical of the
confrontation tactics that the two
lawmakers had embraced to draw
attention to gun violence. “I think
now it is going to be hard for the
Tennessee GOP to continue their
covert and overt racism tactics
because now the whole nation is
watching.”
Both men raked in tens of
thousands of campaign dona-
tions over the weekend, Lamar
said.
State House Speaker Cameron
Sexton (R), in an interview with a
Knoxville radio station, pro-
claimed their actions were an
“insurrection” equivalent to or
worse than that at the U.S. Capi-
tol on Jan. 6, 2021. Sexton did
walk back his comment on Twit-
ter later. But he still called the
Democratic lawmakers demon-
strating for gun control “unac-
ceptable,” and a violation of deco-
rum.
Sexton said that if Jones and
Pearson were reappointed, they
would be seated. “The two gov-
erning bodies will make the deci-
sion as to who they want to
appoint to these seats. Those two
individuals will be seated as rep-
resentatives as the constitution
requires,” Sexton said in a state-
ment.
With a legacy of racism in the
state, many in Jones’s district felt
the Tennessee House of Repre-
sentatives’ swift action to kick out
the young Black man who repre-
sents this area only showed that
this is a still a state where White
men wield the true power.
Margot McCormack, a Nash-
ville resident and restaurant

than the NRA or the gun lobby or
anybody who told us we just need
to shut up and sit down,” Pearson
said.
Republican leaders said the
lawmakers who quickly became
Balance.
owner, said Jones’s reinstatement
“represented hope” for her city.
“Justin has been launched into
the stratosphere of politics,”
McCormack said. “And this has
been a really pivotal day because

known as the “Tennessee Three”
— Jones and Pearson, who were
ousted, and Rep. Gloria Johnson,
who was not — had violated the
body’s rules of decorum during
the March 30 protest.
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In Nashville, Black residents decry legislators’ expulsion
TenneSSee from A1
Across southeastern Nashville
and surrounding Davidson Coun-
ty, the expulsion of former state
representative Justin Jones (D),
who represented this area until
republicans booted him and a
memphis-based legislator on
Thursday, has roiled the emotions
of residents who are trying to
make sense of what it means for
their own futures here.
most residents in this majority-
minority district were outraged
that Jones, who was expelled for
taking part in a protest against
gun violence at the Tennessee
Capitol, was removed from office
and their votes dismissed, at least
for several days.
The Nashville metro Council
on monday evening voted to rein-
state Jones as the district’s inter-
im representative, pending a spe-
cial election. on Wednesday, the
Shelby County Commission is ex-
pected to take a similar vote on
the second dismissed representa-
tive, Justin Pearson (D).
“We are just going to vote them
right back into office,” said
George oboh, 64, who settled in
Nashville after emigrating from
Nigeria in 2007 and lives in the
district Jones had represented.
“These guys are coming back. We
will vote them back.”
Derrick Coleman, 41, who set-
tled in Nashville after growing up
in Alabama and mississippi, said
it felt as if Jones and Pearson had
been slapped around by a system
that he believes has never fully
represented the needs of Black
residents like him.
“It’s the system, and laws we
have no control over changing, so
what they say goes,” Coleman said
of the legislature. “I hate to say it,
but I am not surprised at all.”
Some residents of the majority-
minority district said they sup-
ported GoP legislators’ decision,
which they said rested on the
arcane rules of legislative deco-
rum. But that view divided largely
along racial lines, and even those
supporting the expulsion said
they worry the decision could set
back race relations in a city that
continually struggles to move be-
yond its past. The two forced out
— Jones and Pearson — are both
Black men; a White woman, rep.
Gloria Johnson (D), escaped ex-
pulsion by one vote.
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“If they broke the rules, they
should be suspended,” said mark
Jones, 55, a local minister who is
White and said Johnson should
have been expelled as well. “It is
very concerning to me that this is
going to look like a race issue.”
nashville’s history: Freedom,
for those subservient
for historians and civil rights
leaders, the drama and political
tension that has engulfed this city
is anchored in the state’s tumultu-
ous history of racial injustice.
Tennessee has exemplified a place
where minorities are at least on
the surface accepted, and can
thrive economically, but often
face a sharp response if they too
forcefully challenge the White,
governing establishment, said
Learotha Williams Jr., a scholar of
African American, Civil War and
reconstruction at Tennessee
State University.
Williams, who is Black, noted
that African Americans have been
in Nashville “since day one” when
the city was founded in the late
1700s; Nashville was the state’s
second-largest enslaved-person
port in Tennessee, trailing mem-
phis, which Pearson represented.
But unlike other places in the
Deep South, enslaved people who
had won their freedom in the
early 19th century had the right to
vote until a backlash after Nat
Turner led a rebellion against
White enslavers in 1831 in Vir-
ginia, Williams said.
“Then … it became increasing-
ly difficult to even be free in this
city,” Williams said. “In the 1840s
and 1850s, if an enslaver was to
free his enslaved population, he
would immediately have to send
them out of state, so freedom was
equated to expulsion from the
state.”
During the Civil War, Nashville,
which fell to Union army forces
relatively early, became a hub for
freed formerly enslaved people in
the Deep South to travel to “first
taste freedom,” Williams said. But
Black Americans’ sense of secu-
rity in Nashville was relatively
short-lived.
on Christmas Eve in 1865, sev-
eral former Confederate soldiers
formed the Ku Klux Klan in Pulas-
ki, Tenn., about 70 miles south of
Nashville. five years later, Ten-
nessee elected a governor, John
Brown, who was reportedly a
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Tennessee state Reps. Justin Pearson, left, Justin Jones and Gloria Johnson each faced expulsion votes for leading a gun-control protest at
the Capitol. Black residents of Jones’s district in nashville argued that the expulsions reinforced the state’s history of racial stratification.
member of the organization.
“This speaks to the duality
here,” Williams said. “Nashville
was a site of freedom, but at the
same time, a site that is very much
representative of the design to
keep African Americans in a sub-
servient position and treat them
as second-class citizens.”
By the early 1960s, Nashville
became a center of the nation-
wide civil rights movement. Local
students Diane Nash, C.T. Vivian,
Bernard Lafayette and John Lew-
is jumped into the movement,
forming and becoming leaders of
the Student Nonviolent Coordi-
nating Committee.
An image from that era shows
Lewis, later a congressman, cov-
ering his mouth at a downtown
Nashville restaurant when the
White business owner turned on
the fumigation machine during a
student-led sit-in.
“There is a direct connection,
between those students of the
1960s, and what we are witness-
ing today,” Williams said. “There
is a certain expectation of our
young people, that they are sup-
posed to behave a certain way, but
when they push, we have a prob-
lem.” Thursday’s action, he said,
“is even more striking because it
happened in the State House.”
nashville now: more diverse,
more politically isolated
over the past 50 years, Nash-
ville has rapidly expanded its
tourism-driven economy into
medicine, technology and fi-
nance. The skyline of the city,
known as the “country music cap-
ital of the world,” is being trans-
formed by more than a dozen new
office skyscrapers and luxury
apartment buildings.
Nashville draws immigrants
from every corner of the world.
Tens of thousands of Kurdish im-
migrants settled here after the
Gulf War in 1991, and today about
a dozen mosques have been focal
points for a rapidly expanding
immigrant population from Afri-
ca and the middle East.
Jones represented one of the
state’s most diverse legislative
districts, with Black and Hispanic
residents accounting for about 55
percent of its population. The
district stretches from urban
South Nashville, to the fast food
restaurants and budget motels
that line murfreesboro Pike near
the airport, to 1970s-era subur-
ban-style housing developments
and goat farms near the city’s
main reservoir.
To many residents here, the
expulsions showed that growth
and diversity has not erased cen-
turies of racial stratification. They
also fear that Nashville is becom-
ing more politically isolated from
much of the rest of the state,
where rural communities now
form a solid bloc of conservative
views.
As she braced herself with her
walking stick, 80-year-old Patsy
Apple said the passionate speech-
es that Jones and Pearson gave on
the floor before they were ex-
pelled demonstrated “a lot of
truth” about how it was hard for
young Black men to speak up in
Tennessee.
Apple, who is White and re-
mains a Democrat even as her
Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), shown in 2016, attended college in nashville and with other students formed
the Student nonviolent Coordinating Committee, an arm of the Civil Right movement.
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adult children and many of her
White neighbors have become
staunch republicans, said she felt
awful after hearing that Jones and
Pearson were expelled while
Johnson was not. She said it re-
minded her of growing up in West
Nashville during the Civil rights
era, a time when she said much of
the city was under a 7 p.m. curfew
because of concerns about race-
related disturbances.
“It was a bad time, and a scary
time, and it had gotten better and
now it seems like it’s coming to
the forefront all over again,” said
Apple, a retired jeweler who
hopes Jones and Pearson keep
fighting for gun control mea-
sures.
“Something has got to be done,”
Apple said. “our babies are being
killed.”
But as he changed the battery
of his 1996 mercury Cougar, mike
Scrubbs said he supported the
expulsions, saying Jones and
Pearson should have to “follow
the rules if they make the rules.”
Scrubbs, 73, added that he doesn’t
believe they would have been ex-
pelled if they had apologized for
disrupting legislative decorum.
“They should have kept their
mouth shut,” said Scrubbs, who is
White. “If they had been a repub-
lican, they would have been all
over them saying, ‘He’s inciting a
riot at the capitol.’ ”
‘I am mortified’
many Black and minority resi-
dents in Southeast Nashville said
the expulsions had reminded
them of the past — when either
lawmakers, or in some cases their
neighbors, tried to hold them
back from truly thriving.
As he walked his miniature
pinscher at J. Percy Priest reser-
voir, music by old Soul blaring
from his cellphone, Troy Williams
accused the GoP of “pure racism.”
Williams, who settled in Nash-
ville in 2005 after he retired from
the Navy, said he is grateful that
Tennessee has become a state
where a Black man can have “10
friends who are White.”
The 62-year-old is bothered,
however, that he knows “seven of
them are going to vote some way
against” him at election time. He’s
been dismayed that more of his
friends and neighbors were not
outraged that GoP lawmakers
and Gov. Bill Lee (r) carved Da-
vidson County into three separate
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nicole hesTer/TennesseAn/Ap
congressional districts last year,
diluting the political strength of
minority voters.
“This has been going on forever
in the country, especially around
here,” Williams said. “So there is
no expectation that anything is
going to get to where we are an
equal society, in this state.”
At the Islamic Center of Ten-
nessee, where hundreds have
been gathering each evening to
pray and break their ramadan
fast, Dina Sirois said she worries
Tennessee lawmakers are trying
to pit different sections of the
state against one another. The
mosque is near the border of
Jones’s former legislative district,
in a neighborhood where a “Bagh-
dad market” falafel shop is locat-
ed directly beside a “memphis
Wings” restaurant.
Sirois, a native of Bosnia and
the former executive director of
the city’s oldest mosque, the Is-
lamic Center of Nashville, said she
has decided to move out of Ten-
nessee because of the legislature’s
actions. She said she was shocked
to see “big, old White dudes” were
“basically speaking to” Jones and
Pearson “like they were children.”
“I couldn’t believe what I was
watching,” Sirois said. “I thought I
was back in the 1800s … I am
mortified, and I don’t want to
expose my children to it any-
more.”
But as he entered the mosque,
30-year-old Hassan Abbi said
Nashville — and Tennessee — has
been good to his family. After his
family fled Somalia, they settled
in Kenya, and then Atlanta. His
family relocated to Nashville in
2005 after finding it more afford-
able and an easier place to find
stable employment.
In November, Abbi said, he felt
inspired to see Jones, “another
young person of color, being elect-
ed a representative in this part of
the country.” And despite the ex-
pulsions, Abbi said he’s more con-
vinced than ever that young poli-
ticians such as Jones represent
the future.
“I think this is just a start
because Nashville is not like it
used to be,” Abbi added. “A lot
more people are moving here, and
it’s a lot more vibrant, so there are
definitely going to be more chang-
es on the way.”
Whitney leaming contributed to this
report.
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in COX’s BaZaR, BanglaDesh
A seas to escape desperation of camps
s smugglers ordered the
refugees onto a boat wait-
ing in shallow water, gul
Baher handed her young son to a
stranger while she waded toward
the vessel and tried to clamber
aboard. But before she did, the
6-year-old slipped out of the
stranger’s arms into the sea, the
boy’s family later recounted.
Baher, veiled in a black burqa,
thrashed back toward him
through chest-high water. in the
darkness, someone pulled the
boy’s frame out of the water. he
was alive. But he wasn’t moving.
ever more Rohingya refugees
are taking to the sea to escape
their sprawling encampment in
southeastern Bangladesh. Origi-
nally from Myanmar’s western
Rakhine state, they had fled their
homes in waves since the 1970s,
most recently in 2017, when the
Myanmar military conducted a
campaign of ethnic cleansing
that drove 700,000 of them into
Bangladesh. Faced with worsen-
ing conditions there and the
dwindling possibility of being
repatriated to Myanmar, more
than 3,500 Rohingya attempted
often-perilous sea journeys in
2022, according to the United
nations — a fivefold increase
from the year before, and the
highest since 2017.
some made it to family mem-
bers in other parts of southeast
asia. at least 348 died or went
missing en route, according to
the United nations. Most, advo-
cates say, disappeared into traf-
ficking rings, forced marriages or
detention centers, untraceable by
aid groups and unreachable by
the relatives they left behind.
Many of those who leave know
the journeys are risky, said nurul
hashim, 40, a Rohingya refugee
who has been working with aid
groups to combat human traffick-
ing. But at some point, he said,
they ask themselves a question
that frankly, he doesn’t know how
to answer: “Why wouldn’t i take a
risk for my future? For the future
of my children?” a disproportion-
ate number of the refugees going
on boats, hashim noted, are
mothers with their children.
The departures have created a
potentially explosive security
problem for southeast asia,
which has thus far been comfort-
able letting Bangladesh shoulder
the bulk of the responsibility for
the Rohingya. When refugee
boats broke down last year in the
middle of the andaman sea,
neighboring countries ignored
their pleas for help. and yet,
Rohingya are finding their way
onto their shores. at least seven
boats arrived in indonesia be-
tween november and March,
U.n. agencies said, including as
recently as late last month, when
a boat of 180 Rohingya landed in
the country’s eastern aceh prov-
ince.
Bangladeshi authorities say
they’ve arrested traffickers and
ramped up coast guard patrols.
But the country cannot deal with
the issue alone. “Whether govern-
ments like it or not, the Rohingya
issue is a regional problem,”
shahriar alam, Bangladesh’s
state minister for foreign affairs,
said from the capital, Dhaka.
aid workers, law enforcement
officers and more than a dozen
refugees whose relatives recently
left on boats or who have tried
themselves to leave described in
interviews a thriving regional
network of smugglers, called “da-
lals” in Bengali, who have capital-
ized on the desperation of the
Rohingya. They promise good
jobs and rich spouses, preying on
women like Baher whose lives are
especially constricted in the
deeply conservative Rohingya
community.
“it’s only natural,” said a portly
Bangladeshi man who was de-
scribed by those who know him
as head of one of the largest
smuggling operations in Cox’s
Bazar. “When more people want
israel
Netanyahu won’t fire
defense minister
israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin netanyahu retracted
his decision to fire his defense
minister over the minister’s
criticism of the government’s
contentious plan to overhaul the
judiciary.
in a televised speech,
netanyahu said Yoav gallant is
staying in his post. “i decided to
put the differences we had
behind us,” he said.
netanyahu’s initial decision
late last month to fire gallant
set off a wave of mass protests
and a general strike that
threatened to paralyze the
Rohingya refugees brave perilous
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: Fishing boats, known as “moon boats” for their crescent shape, sit on a beach used as a
boarding point for Rohingya refugees leaving Bangladesh for Malaysia and Indonesia. Gul Baher holds her son,
Saiful Islam. Baher came to Bangladesh in the early 1990s, part of an early wave of Rohingya fleeing Myanmar.
to go,” he continued, “more peo-
ple will want to take them.”
A mother’s decision
even before her son, saiful
islam, slipped into the water,
Baher said she knew it was dan-
gerous to leave. she’d tried once
before — and barely survived.
she had come to Bangladesh in
the early 1990s, part of an early
wave of Rohingya refugees flee-
ing Myanmar’s persecution. life
had never been easy, Baher said.
But it became unbearable two
years ago, when her husband,
Mohammad ilyas, left to find
work outside the camps and nev-
er returned.
Without ilyas’s income to sup-
plement food rations, her chil-
dren went hungry, Baher said.
People started whispering about
her two teenage daughters, who
looked more each day like they
should be married. Baher didn’t
know how she was supposed to
afford the dowries.
The breaking point, she said,
came one night last summer,
when members of Bangladesh’s
armed Police Battalion (aPBn),
country, forcing the israeli
leader to suspend his divisive
plan to overhaul the judicial
system.
his reversal came amid a
growing wave of unrest between
israelis and Palestinians that
claimed two more lives Monday,
and a poll that showed
plummeting support for
netanyahu’s likud party.
a 15-year-old Palestinian boy
was killed during a military raid
in the West Bank, the
Palestinian health Ministry said,
while hospital officials said the
mother of two israeli sisters
killed last week in their car by a
suspected Palestinian gunman
had died of her injuries.
The poll, for Channel 13 news,
showed likud would lose more
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the police force in the camps,
smashed open the zinc door to
her shelter in search of criminals
who had disappeared into a near-
by alleyway. as the men in uni-
form hit Baher, her neighbors
recounted, they kept asking:
“Where is the man of the house?”
(The agency denied that it has
hurt refugees while searching for
suspects.)
several months later, when
Baher got a call from ilyas saying
he’d gotten work on a fishing boat
and ended up in indonesia, she
made a decision. They would
leave.
in December, she found a dalal
and told her children they were
going to see their father. Packing
them onto a motorized rickshaw,
she followed the dalal’s instruc-
tions to a noisy bus station in
Teknaf, a city one hour outside
the camps, and then to an empty
house made of mud. it was dark
when they arrived, but she could
hear the waves, Baher said, so she
knew they were near the sea.
Bordering the Bay of Bengal,
Teknaf ’s shoreline is littered with
fishing boats, called “moon
Digest
than a third of its seats if an
election were held now, and that
netanyahu would fail to gain a
majority with his hard-right
coalition partners.
in a sign of israel’s fracturing
political fault lines, thousands of
israelis, including government
ministers, marched toward the
evacuated outpost of evyatar in
the occupied West Bank on
Monday in support of settlement
expansion.
— Associated Press, Reuters
afghanistan
Taliban bans women
from some restaurants
The Taliban has banned
families and women from
PhoTos by Turjoy ChoWdhury for The WashingTon PosT
boats” because of their crescent-
shaped arches, dilapidated tar-
paulin shacks and unfinished
mud houses.
in the daytime, these struc-
tures serve as resting points for
fishermen or as storage for crates
of shrimp and hilsa herrings.
But at night, locals said, the
structures become holding sta-
tions for Rohingya seeking pas-
sage out of Bangladesh.
The dalal was tall, Baher re-
membered, with a long beard
half-covered by a face mask.
When he came by the mud house,
Baher told him what she’d con-
veyed over the phone: she didn’t
have any money but she’d heard
there were Rohingya men in in-
donesia looking for wives, and
she was sure one of them would
marry one of her daughters.
These future sons-in-law, she told
the man, would pay for their
journey. The man said all right.
But when he returned a few
hours later, he said there’d been a
change of plans. Baher had to pay
300,000 Bangladeshi taka, or
about $2,804, right away. she
couldn’t leave, he said, until she
restaurants with gardens or
green spaces in afghanistan’s
northwestern herat province, an
official said. The move followed
complaints from religious
scholars and members of the
public about the mixing of
genders in such places, he said.
it was the latest in a slew of
restrictions imposed by the
Taliban since the group took
power in august 2021.
authorities say the curbs are in
place because of gender mixing
or because women allegedly are
not wearing the hijab, or islamic
headscarf, correctly.
The outdoor dining ban only
applies to establishments in
herat that have green areas,
such as a park, where men and
women could meet.
the washington post
figured out a way to pay it.
The man left again. Baher
waited, pacing the room. Then
when it got quiet, she put her son
on her hip and told her daughters
to stay close. looking at the trees
shaking in the distance, she said,
they ran.
A thriving network
Many of the smuggling net-
works at Cox’s Bazar are run by
local Bangladeshi gangs, though
they employ Rohingya agents
who know how to tap into the
desperation mounting inside the
camp, according to Jahed, the
man described as an influential
dalal.
Jahed had suggested meeting
reporters at a local market, not
far from a banner that showed
him wishing congratulations to a
politician recently released from
prison. Chewing on a betel nut,
his teeth stained blood red, the
man insisted he was a boat own-
er, not a smuggler. What he knew
about the industry, he added, was
from observation. he spoke on
the condition that his full name
not be published out of concern
azizurrahman al Muhajir,
who is head of the vice and
virtue directorate in herat, said:
“it was like a park but they
named it a restaurant and men
and women were together.
Thank god it has been corrected
now. also, our auditors are
observing all the parks where
men and women go.”
— Associated Press
Roadside bombs kill 4 in
Pakistan: Two roadside bombs
hours apart targeted police
vehicles in volatile southwestern
Pakistan, killing at least four
people and wounding 22, mostly
civilian pedestrians, a
government spokesperson said.
The first attack in Quetta killed
two police officers and two
. tuesday, april 11 , 2023
over government measures
against trafficking networks.
The Rohingya agents recruited
to “push” in the camp are paid
between $50 to $100 for every
person they’re able to get on a
boat, he said. The journeys cost
between $4,000 to $5,000 per
person, but agents often tell refu-
gees they can pay a portion of the
fee at the start and the rest when
they arrive.
Once they have money in hand,
some smugglers take the refugees
out to sea for a few days, then
drop them off at a different shore
in Teknaf, or another island in
Bangladesh, pretending it’s a new
country. The “legitimate” ones,
Jahed said, transport the refu-
gees in retired fishing boats that
are so packed that no one can
move for the entire journey. safe-
ty precautions don’t exist. life
vests, he noted, take up space.
after escaping the mud house,
Baher had run with her children
back to the Teknaf bus station,
where she persuaded someone to
help her get back to the camp.
Two weeks later, she got a call
from the tall, bearded man.
They were arranging another
boat to indonesia, and this time,
he promised, she could pay the
entire fee on arrival.
Baher told the dalal yes — she
wanted to go.
On this second attempt, in
January, they made it into the
water but not onto the boat, she
recounted.
after saiful islam was pulled
from the sea, a smuggler placed
him on the beach and by the light
of the moon shook him by his
shoulders until he sputtered out
saltwater. Baher cradled him,
murmuring softly. The boat that
was set to take them to a larger
fishing trawler bound for indone-
sia had left. But she didn’t care,
she said.
Back at the camp’s hospital,
when a doctor asked what had
happened to saiful islam, Baher,
worried about being investigated
by camp authorities, said she
didn’t know. he’d been vomiting,
she told them. he needed medi-
cine.
Baher didn’t leave. But in the
weeks that she’d tried, hundreds
of other Rohingya did. The Wash-
ington Post spoke to a half-dozen.
a father of five, terrified of the
Rohingya militant groups that
have overtaken the camps at
night, boarded a boat back to
Myanmar, where he was arrested
by the military. an 18-year-old,
desperate for opportunity,
squeezed onto a trawler that
broke down in high waters, near-
ly losing his life to dehydration. a
young mother, widowed by
Myanmar soldiers in 2017, stole
away to Teknaf in the middle of
the night, taking one of her
daughters and leaving the other,
a timid 5-year-old, behind.
a few weeks after Baher’s sec-
ond attempt at leaving, she sat in
her shelter, scratching at skin
underneath her burqa. she’d
caught scabies, which was run-
ning rampant through the camp,
and had struggled to get rid of it
because she’d traded most of her
soap for food. saiful islam came
running from the alleyway, col-
lapsing into her arms. “Mama,” he
said, breathless.
The night saiful islam fell into
the sea still haunts her, Baher
said. But her husband was still a
sea away, and her daughters,
standing somberly in the door-
way, were still unmarried. Under-
neath her veil, Baher’s face was
round, her tired eyes lined with
kohl. When she was a girl, she
said, she couldn’t do anything for
herself. But she was a woman
now, and though she couldn’t
work, she could make decisions
for her family. she could change
their lives.
The tall, bearded man hadn’t
called since the last time, Baher
added. But she expected he
would.
azad Majumder and Mohammad
faruque contributed to this report.
civilians. hours later, another
bomb in the city went off near a
police vehicle, wounding four
people, police said.
5 bodies found after Marseille
building collapse: Five bodies
have been found in the rubble
following an explosion that
collapsed a building in the
southern French city of
Marseille, authorities said as
rescuers continued searching for
three more people who were
unaccounted for. “The hope to
find survivors is still there,” said
Olivier Klein, minister for cities
and housing. The cause of the
blast is still unknown, but a gas
explosion was among the
avenues of investigation.
— From news services
tuesday, april 11 , 2023
Good Friday Agreement endures in Northern Ireland, but so does dysfunction
BY W ILLIAM B OOTH
AND A MANDA F ERGUSON
BELFAST — It is held up as a
global model of a peace accord,
taught to diplomats, a coura-
geous compromise that probably
saved thousands of lives. It is not
hyperbole to call the 1998 Good
Friday Agreement inspiring.
It is also true, say people who
signed it and people who live with
it today, that the 25-year-old ac-
cord isn’t working so well any-
more, that the politics of the
Northern Ireland have become
frozen, cynical, petty — and less
democratic.
And so President Biden is ar-
riving in Belfast on Tuesday night
to help celebrate the anniversary
of the agreement, with a speech at
Ulster University in Belfast city
center on Wednesday. But he will
be quickly in and out, spending
less than 24 hours here.
Biden will not address the
Northern Ireland Assembly at
Stormont, because no members
are sitting, even though they con-
tinue to be paid. The government
broke down, most recently, over
unionist objections to how they
were treated in post-Brexit trade
deals negotiated by British prime
ministers from the Conservative
Party in faraway Westminster.
In the 25 years since the peace
accord was signed, the Northern
Ireland Assembly and Executive
have not sat for 40 percent of the
time.
Undoubtedly, the greatest suc-
cess of the Good Friday Agree-
ment was that it put an end to
frequent assassinations and
bombings in Belfast and else-
where. The paramilitaries laid
down their guns — and some
became high-ranking politicians.
Violence now tends to be spo-
radic, contained at a low level.
Unionist paramilitaries have
morphed into drug gangs. There
are also a few hundred trouble-
making republicans, like those
who attacked a police vehicle
with petrol bombs at an illegal
Easter Monday parade. There
were no reports of injuries.
“Twenty-five years on from the
Good Friday Agreement this
needless street disorder in Derry
has no place in our society, ” said
Sinn Fein leader Michelle O’Neill.
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From left, Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, former U.S. senator George Mitchell and British Prime
Minister Tony Blair celebrate the signing of the Good Friday Agreement on April 10, 1998.
The bigger enduring problems
are social and political. The Good
Friday Agreement, 25 years on, is
showing its age — and its defects.
The agreement created a de-
volved government for Northern
Ireland based on power-sharing
between unionists and national-
ists, meaning it is government
based on demographics — one for
you, one for me — and less so on
votes or policy.
Julie-Anne Corr-Johnston, a
Ulster Unionist Party politician
campaigning for office in North
Belfast in elections to be held next
month, told The Washington Post
that the accord was a blessing at
the time, but its impact was to
“institutionalize sectarianism.”
Northern Ireland today is a
society that ticks boxes to make
sure everything is equally divided
— not just political power but
often jobs, services, funding,
schools and housing — between
the supporters of the major par-
ties who are either pro-Britain
Protestant or pro-Ireland Catho-
lic. That persists even though a
sizable minority no longer aligns
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structive ambiguity.”
In a referendum in May 1998, it
passed with 71 percent approval
in Northern Ireland and 94 per-
cent approval in the Republic of
Ireland.
It was an aspirational — almost
therapeutic — document that ac-
cepted that the people and insti-
tutions of Northern Ireland need-
ed time and space: for the bitter
armed combatants of the 1970s,
’80s and ’90s to grow old and for
younger generations to live with-
out violence.
The agreement left open the
fate of Northern Ireland, allowing
people to self-identify as British,
or Irish, or both. Passports were
available from both Ireland and
Britain. Free travel across an in-
visible border between north and
south became the norm.
The question of whether
Northern Ireland would remain a
part of the United Kingdom or
reunite with the Republic of Ire-
land to the south, was left for
another day. The beauty of agree-
ment was what is known as the
DAn ChunG/Pool/AFP/Getty ImAGes “principle of consent.” For the
first time republicans accepted
that Northern Ireland was a part
of the United Kingdom — but
with the two largest parties. ly, negotiated by political leaders only as long as the people wanted
“We have peace, but no recon- in the north and south of Ireland. it.
ciliation,” said John Barry, a polit- In an opinion piece in The Post That turning point may be
ical scientist at Queen’s Univer- published Sunday, Clinton — who coming. Not soon. But sometime.
sity Belfast. “We have become will visit Belfast later this week — The demographics and polling
used to dysfunction.” hailed the 1998 peace process as show that year by year, more
He described today’s leader- “driven by the people,” who had people want a referendum. Poll-
ship as “sadly pathetic” when grown weary of the killing. He ing consistently shows that the
younger generations are in favor
of Irish unity.
Feargal Cochrane, a professor
“It’s in the interests of everyone that there shouldn’t at University of Kent and author
of “Northern Ireland: The Fragile
be a mechanism where you pull down a whole Peace,” said Brexit has also com-
plicated things, because it “re-
parliament.” moved the ambiguity” that the
Former Irish prime minister Bertie Ahern, who helped hammer out the accord provided over identity is-
Good Friday Agreement a quarter-century ago sues. It forced people to take
sides. Borders and citizenship
couldn’t be so easily ignored with
compared with the politicians wrote that “political leaders on all Britain outside the European
who bravely signed the peace sides showed real courage in Union and Ireland still in. And
accord in 1998. Barry is a member making sacrifices and compro- that has made it more difficult to
of the Green Party here. mises with their adversaries . . . restore power-sharing.
The agreement was a high-wire knowing perfectly well that they Many have proposed changes
act of diplomacy, steered by for- were putting their own political — such as ending the pay of
mer U.S. senator George Mitchell futures at risk.” lawmakers who refuse to show
(D-Maine), propelled by Prime The accord was also genius in up, or allowing a new govern-
Minister Tony Blair in London being so vague that it gave both ment to form, even if one major
and President Bill Clinton in sides something, without saying party opts out.
Washington, but most important- exactly what. They called it “con- But the reality is that many
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politicians are afraid to touch the
agreement.
Former Irish prime minister
Bertie Ahern, who helped ham-
mer out the accord a
quarter-century ago, has told re-
porters that he sees the instability
of Northern Ireland’s political in-
stitutions as one of his biggest
regrets. His mother died in the
final hours of the negotiations.
Ahern told the Press Associa-
tion, “It’s in the interests of every-
one that there shouldn’t be a
mechanism where you pull down
a whole parliament.”
But wary of what might hap-
pen if the accord is open for
debate, he said the divided soci-
ety in Northern Ireland is “going
to need tender love and care for a
long time.”
Blair, the former British prime
minister, called on Democratic
Unionist Party leader Jeffrey
Donaldson to show courage and
return to power-sharing.
“There is a lesson — and it’s a
lesson in political leadership,”
Blair said on a Politico podcast.
“In the end, politics only makes
progress when political leaders
lead, and that usually means per-
suading your own support of
something they don’t want to be
persuaded of. And instead of
playing to the gallery, being pre-
pared to look at the genuine
interests of the people you repre-
sent.”
Donaldson, during the peace
talks 25 years ago, walked out.
Today he says the agreement was
deeply flawed as it did not pro-
vide justice for victims and survi-
vors of violence.
The accord allowed for more
than 400 prisoners to be released,
mostly from the Irish Republican
Army, but also from unionist
paramilitaries. That was the hard
pill for many to swallow. There
has been no truth commission.
Many wonder if the Good Fri-
day Agreement would be ap-
proved today. A poll suggests it
would.
A detailed survey in January by
the Belfast Telegraph revealed
that most unionists would vote
against it. But an overwhelming
majority of nationalists would
support it. Overall, it would still
win two-thirds of the vote in
Northern Ireland.
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Reconsidering danger
of virus prospecting
vIRUs hUNTING from A1
ing to their supervisor. But the
incidents raised disturbing ques-
tions about the research: What if
they encountered an unknown
virus that killed humans? What if
it spread to their colleagues?
What if it infected their families
and neighbors?
As if to underscore the risks, in
2018 another lab on the same
Bangkok campus — a workspace
built specifically to handle dan-
gerous pathogens — was shut
down for months because of
mechanical failures, including a
breakdown in a ventilation sys-
tem that guards against leaks of
airborne microbes. Then, in a
catastrophe that began in Wu-
han, a Chinese city 1,500 miles
away, the coronavirus pandemic
swept the globe, becoming a
terrifying case study in how a
single virus of uncertain origin
can spread exponentially.
In spring 2021, the Thai team’s
leader pulled the plug, deciding
that the millions of dollars of U.S.
research money for virus hunt-
ing did not justify the risk.
“To go on with this mission is
very dangerous,” Thiravat Hema-
chudha, a university neurologist
who supervised the expeditions,
told The Washington Post. “Ev-
eryone should realize that this is
hard to control, and the conse-
quences are so big, globally.”
Three years after the start of
the coronavirus pandemic, a sim-
ilar reckoning is underway
among a growing number of
scientists, biosecurity experts
and policymakers. The global
struggle with covid-19, caused by
the novel coronavirus, has chal-
lenged conventional thinking
about biosafety and risks, casting
a critical light on widely accept-
ed practices such as prospecting
for unknown viruses.
A Post examination found that
a two-decade, global expansion
of risky research has outpaced
measures to ensure the safety of
the work and that the exact
number of biocontainment labs
handling dangerous pathogens
worldwide, while unknown, is
believed by experts to be in the
thousands.
In scores of interviews, scien-
tific experts and officials — in-
cluding in the Biden administra-
tion — acknowledged flaws in
monitoring the riskiest kinds of
pathogen research. While the
pandemic showcased the need
for science to respond quickly to
global crises, it also exposed
major gaps in how high-stakes
research is regulated, according
to the interviews and a review of
thousands of pages of biosafety
documents. The source of the
coronavirus pandemic remains
uncertain. While many scientists
and experts suspect it may have
been caused by a natural spill-
over from animals to humans,
the fBI, including Director
Christopher A. Wray, and a re-
cent Energy Department assess-
ment concluded with varying
degrees of confidence that its
likely source was an accidental
release from a lab in Wuhan.
Within the United States, gov-
ernment regulation has also
failed to keep step with new
technologies that allow scientists
to alter viruses and even synthe-
size new ones. The Biden admin-
istration is expected this year to
impose tighter restrictions on
research with the kinds of patho-
gens that could trigger an out-
break or a pandemic, according
to officials familiar with the
matter who spoke on the condi-
tion of anonymity to discuss
internal deliberations.
Governments and private re-
searchers continue building
high-containment laboratories
to work with the most menacing
pathogens, despite a lack of safe-
ty standards or regulatory au-
thorities in some countries, sci-
ence and policy experts said.
meanwhile, U.S. agencies contin-
ue to funnel millions of dollars
annually into overseas research,
such as virus hunting, that some
scientists say exposes local popu-
lations to risks while offering few
tangible benefits.
“If you stand back and look at
the big picture, the science is
rapidly outpacing the policy and
the guardrails,’’ said James Le
Duc, an infectious-disease expert
who led research for the U.S.
Army and the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention before
directing a maximum-contain-
ment lab complex at the Univer-
sity of Texas at Galveston.
“This is a national security
concern,” he said. “It’s a global
public health concern.”
hunting for trouble
A few hours’ drive outside
Bangkok are lush rainforests and
craggy highlands that are home
to dense swarms of bats — rang-
ing from palm-sized insect eaters
to foot-long species that feast on
fruit. Thai researchers had long
monitored the bats for deadly
strains of viruses known to infect
humans, including rabies and
severe acute respiratory syn-
drome, called SArS.
But the virus hunting per-
formed there over the past dec-
ade at U.S. government expense
included a different goal — to
discover pathogens unknown to
science.
Chulalongkorn University,
Thailand’s oldest and one of
Southeast Asia’s top-ranked bio-
medical institutions, became a
hub for U.S.-funded projects that
called for the collection and
study of viruses on a vastly larger
scale. rather than focusing on
pathogens that had made the
jump to humans, the goal was to
find and genetically evaluate vi-
ruses still circulating principally
among animals, project docu-
ments show. By building exten-
sive databases of these viruses,
U.S. sponsors of the research —
including the Pentagon’s Defense
Threat reduction Agency and
the U.S. Agency for International
Development — hoped to fore-
cast which of the microbes might
threaten humans.
Thiravat, the physician who
oversaw the work with wildlife
pathogens, recalled that he ini-
tially welcomed the chance in
2011 to partner with American
scientists in the Pentagon-fund-
ed virus-hunting program called
Prophecy. The following year, the
visitors from the United States
were touting a similar project,
called PrEDICT, with an overall
$200 million budget adminis-
tered by USAID. The goal was to
identify pathogens “most likely
to become pandemic” and pre-
vent such events.
The virus hunting typically
started with flights or difficult
drives to remote provinces where
clusters of trees and networks of
caverns provided sanctuary for
bat colonies. The Thai research-
ers would approach the caves
and roosting trees at dusk, just as
the nocturnal inhabitants were
beginning to stir, and work until
dawn, catching some in nets and
grasping them with gloved
hands so that the bodily fluids
could be collected on swabs for
analysis.
Sometimes, Thiravat removed
his cumbersome rubber gloves to
make the task easier.
“In the early days, we didn’t
think it was that harmful,” he
said.
Humans can become infected
through direct contact with the
bats’ secretions, including their
droppings, which are mined as
fertilizer in parts of Southeast
Asia. “We were really lucky,”
Thiravat said, that no one died.
over time, Thiravat said he
grew worried about the risk of
accidental infection — in the
field, and as the vials of bat
material were transported back
to his campus lab in Bangkok —
where workers clad in protective
masks and coats genetically se-
quenced the viruses using a tech-
nique called polymerase chain
reaction. Before those analyses
began on the lab’s cramped ninth
floor, technicians in the field
sought to “inactivate” the speci-
mens to prevent the viral materi-
al from infecting anyone.
for more than a decade, the
process of collection, transporta-
tion and analysis played out
several times a year. one misstep
could invite trouble: a virus-con-
taminated needle piercing latex
and skin in the field, a spill in
transit or an equipment mal-
function in the lab.
In China, where a separate
virus-cataloguing effort has been
underway for years, scientists
have described being bitten or
scratched by bats or having bat
urine or blood splashed into
their eyes and faces. A 25-year-
old American researcher became
ill with a Sosuga virus in 2012
after a research expedition to
Sudan and Uganda to collect
blood and tissue from bats and
rodents. She survived after being
hospitalized for 14 days upon
LEFT: Neurologist Thiravat hemachudha, center, and colleagues discuss their work at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok.
RIGhT: A member of Thiravat’s team prepares samples of nucleic acid from the brains of rabid dogs for genomic sequencing.
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From field to lab, the risks of virus hunting returning to the United States,
suffering from fever, malaise,
Virus hunting — including efforts to collect genetic material from bats headache and muscle and joint
in pursuit of pathogens not known to infect humans — relies on three pain, according to CDC scien-
stages of work. A mishap at any stage would invite risk of an outbreak tists. The virus, rarely detected in
or a global pandemic, according to infectious-disease experts. humans, is endemic among the
African region’s jumbo-sized
CoLLeCTIoN fruit bats.
In Thailand and other parts of southeast In 2018, at Chulalongkorn, the
Asia, teams of virus hunters travel to remote scientists were shaken when
areas where multitudes of bats roost. technicians discovered malfunc-
tioning safety equipment at an-
other lab operating on the same
floor as the one used by the virus
INFECTION RISK: hunters, according to Thiravat.
Inhaled airborne droplets
The technicians found a fault in
from bat guano (droppings) an air-pressure system designed
Caves encountered within caves to keep dangerous microbes
and forests. from infecting lab workers, and a
Bat secretions are collected from the broken autoclave, a high-pres-
networks of caves that are home to sure steam sterilizer necessary to
palm-size, insect-eating bats. inactivate and safely dispose of
viruses or other contaminated
Forest materials. No sicknesses were
reported.
fruit-eating species, including repairs were ordered, and the
the 16-inch-long “flying fox,” lab was shut down for six
reside in forest groves. months, Thiravat and two col-
leagues who help operate the
facility, Chanida ruchisrisarod
and Teerada Ponpinit, told The
INFECTION RISK: Post. The deficiencies have not
Bites that puncture previously been publicized.
the skin while workers In early 2021, with Thailand’s
are holding bats. death toll in the coronavirus
pandemic topping 22,000, Thira-
Bat sampling vat began informing his U.S.
contacts and others that he was
using portable nets, the virus finished with virus hunting. A
hunters trap the mammals decade of work, he said, had
and often anesthetize them produced no discernible benefit
before drawing blood or saliva. for Thailand while exposing his
researchers to life-threatening
risk. Thiravat told American offi-
cials that the U.S. money — about
$10 million of it had flowed to his
team’s operations — would be
shIpmeNT better spent on mosquito nets
and other conventional public
once the specimens of genetic material are collected, health measures proven to save
they need to be sent to a laboratory for detailed analysis. lives. The field workers’ earlier
bat bites also weighed on him.
In an email to a Pentagon
grants official and others, he
Packing described a “paradigm shift” in
INFECTION RISK: samples are loaded into vials his decision to move away from
Coolers must remain and are typically placed in virus hunting.
secured to prevent spillage foam coolers along with dry “Instead of wildlife surveil-
or misuse of the material. ice for transport. lance that revealed hundreds of
viruses belonging to many fami-
lies — including coronaviruses
that may or may not jump to
humans,’’ Thiravat wrote on
A N A Ly s I s April 14, 2022, “we focus on
attempting to identify what is
The specimens are analyzed at a laboratory, where
responsible for illness in humans
scientists use a technique called polymerase chain
and animals.” A copy of the
reaction to identify which virus might be present.
correspondence was obtained by
The Post.
The associate dean for re-
search at Chulalongkorn, Vora-
suk Shotelersuk, acknowledged
Laboratory research
Thiravat’s decision while saying
The safety of the work that university policy does not
depends in part on steps prohibit collecting wildlife virus-
typically taken to “inactivate” es. “I see that it has some risks,”
live viral material, reducing Vorasuk said. “But I see that it’s
the chance for infection. possible that … the risks can be
handled properly.”
A spokeswoman for the Penta-
INFECTION RISK: gon’s Defense Threat reduction
Agency, Andrea Chaney, said it
Accidents within the lab
such as spilling, splashing
now funds “no active bio-surveil-
or aerosolized droplets.
lance studies in Thailand” but
“would be eager to partner with
Thailand on future projects.”
AAroN sTeCKeLBerG/The wAshINGToN posT on friday, Thiravat said he
had ordered destruction of the
thousands of bat specimens col-
lected during virus hunting ex-
peditions and stored at the uni-
versity.
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Explosive growth
Until the early 21st century,
research into the most lethal
pathogens — including the Ebola
and marburg viruses — was typi-
cally the domain of a handful of
fortresslike laboratories around
the world, such as those at fort
Detrick, md., where scientists
performed their tasks with
elaborate protective gear, includ-
ing air-purifying respirators and
full-body pressurized suits.
But the 2001 American
anthrax-letter attacks and later
outbreaks of biological threats
such as Ebola sparked a con-
struction boom. funded in part
by millions of U.S. dollars, gov-
ernments worldwide built addi-
tional maximum containment
labs, which some officials pro-
moted as bulwarks against biot-
errorism that would also help
diagnose newly emerged human
infections, and speed research
that could deliver lifesaving vac-
cines or therapeutics.
The number of labs continues
to soar. of the most restrictive,
known as Biosafety Level (BSL) 4
labs, some 69 exist or are under
construction in 27 countries.
Half were built in the past dec-
ade, including 10 last year, ac-
cording to data gathered for a
newly released report by Global
Biolabs, a British-U.S. consor-
tium that advocates for vigorous
oversight of pathogen research.
The growth in research also
has driven construction of a
slightly less-restrictive type of
laboratory, known as the BSL-3.
These labs are designed to han-
dle sometimes-fatal pathogens
such as plague and anthrax and
the viruses that cause covid-19
and West Nile fever. The Bang-
kok laboratory that was shut
down over safety concerns in
2018 is rated BSL-3.
Although no reliable totals
exist for the number of BSL-3
labs globally — scientists suspect
there are perhaps thousands —
the federal Government Ac-
countability office has listed
1,362 in the United States alone,
most of those operated by the
federal government, state gov-
ernments or academic institu-
tions.
But the GAo noted that its
number is an incomplete count.
“We found that there are entities
that have high-containment labs
but have not registered” with the
federal government, Kelly L. De-
mots, a GAo assistant director
for health care, told The Post.
Labs are required to register if
they are working with dangerous
microbes, including Ebola, an-
thrax and more than 60 other
pathogens and toxins.
The CDC inspects the regis-
tered labs, which are supposed to
disclose accidents or mishaps.
from 2009 to 2018, such labs
reported an average of 98 inci-
dents annually, ranging from
minor problems with protective
gear to exposures from acciden-
tal jabs with contaminated nee-
dles, according to CDC records.
A separate accounting, based
on National Institutes of Health
records obtained by private re-
searchers through the freedom
of Information Act, identified
184 incidents between 2004 and
2018. They all occurred in labs
rated at BSL-2 or higher and
included spills of contaminated
wastes, bites from infected ani-
mals and label mix-ups that
resulted in workers unknowingly
handling live viruses, according
to an analysis by Lynn Klotz, a
senior science fellow at the Cen-
ter for Arms Control and Non-
Proliferation in D.C.
The BSL-2 labs handle infec-
tious pathogens or toxins that
pose a moderate risk if inhaled,
swallowed or exposed to the
skin. Labs designated BSL-1
should have some personal pro-
tective equipment and an auto-
clave for decontaminating ma-
terials.
Several lab workers identified
in NIH records tested positive
for exposure to dangerous patho-
gens, Klotz’s research showed,
although there were no reports
of serious illnesses or exposures
to people outside the labs, ac-
cording to his analysis, which he
provided to The Post.
A GAo report released in Jan-
uary revealed multiple gaps in
the federal government’s polic-
ing of the riskiest kinds of experi-
ments. The report, which identi-
fied no labs by name, said the
Department of Health and Hu-
man Services is providing “sub-
jective and potentially inconsis-
tent” oversight of U.S.-funded
research. Additionally, “HHS
does not conduct oversight” of
research funded by foundations
and other nongovernment
groups, even when the work
involves “enhancement of poten-
tial pandemic pathogens.”
far less is known about labs
outside the United States. regu-
lation falls to each individual
country, and there are no en-
forced international standards.
Global Biolabs, the advocacy
group, found that nearly 1 in 10
BSL-4 labs operating in other
countries score poorly in inter-
national rankings for lab safety.
In some cases, labs were con-
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structed without local regula-
tions or meaningful oversight of
the handling of dangerous
pathogens, or “even a well-estab-
lished culture of responsible re-
search,” said Gregory Koblentz, a
co-author of the Global Biolabs
report and the director of the
biodefense graduate program at
George Mason University’s Schar
School of Policy and Govern-
ment.
Most countries lack the so-
phisticated controls needed to
prevent dangerous viruses or
bacteria from being misused or
diverted for illicit purposes, he
said. “This is a major blind spot
in global surveillance for future
biological threats,” Koblentz
said.
Neither are there reliable
sources of information on re-
search accidents, especially in
developing countries, where lab-
oratories often struggle to pay
the bills and sometimes are
forced to contend with blackouts
and shortages of clean water,
according to interviews with sci-
entists and other experts.
“In some parts of the world,
they just don’t have the people,
the money or the need” for the
research performed at the high
containment labs, said Thomas
Inglesby, a biosecurity adviser to
multiple U.S. administrations
who also is the director of the
Johns Hopkins Center for Health
Security in Baltimore.
Scientists and officials con-
tacted in Southeast Asia and
Africa, for instance, described
constant struggles to fund sala-
ries and the training of lab
personnel, along with paying for
protective gear, replacement
parts and other upkeep of safety
systems. “My worry is the main-
tenance and the costs,” Oyewale
Tomori, a virologist and former
president of the Nigerian Acad-
emy of Science, said in an inter-
view from Lagos. Tomori is “very
concerned” with the several
BSL-3 labs operating in Nigeria,
he said, “because the funding to
maintain and sustain” biosafety
is lacking.
At the World Health Organiza-
tion, epidemiologist Kazunobu
Kojima has for more than a
decade led its efforts to encour-
age countries to reduce the risks,
revising, for example, a biosafety
manual that labs are encouraged
to adopt. The WHO, Kojima said
by email, has found that poorer
countries — which he declined to
name — “struggle to attain the
necessary capacities and capabil-
ities to manage biosafety and
biosecurity challenges.”
The U.S. National Academy of
Sciences also has sought for
more than a decade to promote
safety by inviting international
lab specialists to conferences
and asking them privately to
share their concerns. Interviews
with participants and conference
summaries reviewed by The Post
reveal long-standing deficien-
cies.
“Major gaps in biosafety im-
plementation’’ were reported in
the Caribbean region, “where a
survey of 13 major labs found
that only about half the respon-
dents indicated that respirators
were used correctly,” according
to the summary of a conference
held in 2011 in Istanbul.
Of about 45 BSL-3 facilities
operating in Southeast Asia,
“questions exist about standards,
management, training and secu-
rity for most labs in the region,’’
according to the summary. Many
lab safety cabinets — intended to
contain pathogenic material
aerosolized during experiments
— were “neither functional nor
regularly inspected,’’ according
to a second account of the meet-
ing prepared by the National
Academy of Sciences, which add-
ed: “For some labs, the availabili-
ty of electricity and water was
severely limited.”
In 2016, scientists who gath-
ered again warned of systemic
lab deficiencies in Asia.
In Malaysia, “adequate re-
sources are needed to improve
basic biosafety infrastructure, fa-
cilities and equipment.” In Viet-
nam, of the country’s more than
5,000 BSL-1 and BSL-2 labs, “only
600 of them are certified” by the
government and “most facilities
do not yet meet the biosafety
conditions.” In India, “awareness
about bio-risk management at …
many national laboratories is
inadequate and … trained staff
on biosafety issues is needed.”
Micah Lowenthal, the director
of the National Academy’s com-
mittee on international security
and arms control, said the con-
ferences sought to “reduce the
possibility of an outbreak.”
“We want to improve the prac-
tices at the laboratories,” said
Lowenthal, who is a physicist.
The presentations helped dem-
onstrate, he said, “how hard it is
to build and run these facilities.
They’re expensive; there’s a lot of
care that has to go into it.”
Reconsidering the risk
The United States has allocat-
ed more than $400 million to
virus hunting worldwide since
2009, according to grant docu-
ments and other federal records.
Spending by the United States on pathogen research worldwide
Since 2012, the United States has spent billions of dollars to combat, prevent and surveil
zoonotic viruses and other infectious microbes globally. The federal government
has devoted nearly $3 billion to work and research related to zoonotic pathogens
in at least 78 countries and more than 10 regions around the world.
NORTH EUROPE
AMERICA
Mexico
Barbados
guatemala
$2M
SOUTH
AMERICA
latin America and
Caribbean
Peru
$2M
AFRICA
guinea
$139M
Sierra leone
$144M
global programs
$854M
Proponents contend that this
effort could help develop the
medicines to counter future
spillovers of deadly viruses from
animals to humans, and two of
the U.S.-funded programs are
aimed explicitly at preventing
human pandemics.
The Biden administration ini-
tially backed the research, an-
nouncing on Oct. 5, 2021, a
USAID initiative called DEEP
VZN (short for “Discovery &
Exploration of Emerging Patho-
gens — Viral Zoonoses”) in Afri-
ca, Asia and Latin America. The
program would “detect, prevent
and respond to future biological
threats,” USAID said at the time.
“DEEP VZN will build and
expand on previous work by
significantly scaling up USAID’s
efforts to understand where,
when, and how viruses spillover
from animals to humans,’’ said
an agency news release, promot-
ing the $125 million program.
But in December 2021, offi-
cials with the White House Na-
tional Security Council and the
Office of Science and Technology
Policy privately advocated to end
DEEP VZN and another USAID
program called “STOP Spillover,”
a $100 million effort to analyze
disease threats from animals and
prevent outbreaks or pandemics.
According to interviews with
people familiar with the matter,
who spoke on the condition of
anonymity to discuss internal
administration deliberations,
the officials made their recom-
mendation personally and in
emails to USAID Administrator
Samantha Power and her top
aides. Power pledged a review of
the programs, but USAID contin-
ues to fund the research, the
officials said. Power declined
through a spokeswoman to com-
ment.
The White House recommen-
dation was based in part on
classified warnings about the
LEFT: Madison Beary tests samples for yield and purity at the Twist Bioscience headquarters in San Francisco on Oct. 17. RIGHT: Derek
Cai purifies DNA samples on the same day. Twist manufactures artificial genetic sequences to sell to scientists in labs around the world.
Country or territory
Armenia
Europe and Eurasia Jordan
Pakistan
Ukraine
$537,000 yemen
West Africa
$448M
Senegal
Sub-Saharan
Africa
liberia
$429M
Democratic
Republic
of Congo
Zimbabwe
South Africa
Note: Excludes Russia, Turkey and Azerbaijan.
Money allocated for work in these countries
was canceled or readjusted because of
changes in scope of the projects and activities.
Source: ForeignAssistance.gov
possibility that foreign adversar-
ies could use the programs’ data
to advance bioweapons pro-
grams, said those familiar with
the events.
Critics of virus hunting con-
tend that the programs create
unacceptable risks and have gen-
erated vast amounts of genetic
data of limited usefulness. They
note that the harvesting of bat
viruses failed to predict the coro-
navirus pandemic or yield new
vaccines.
The work provides research-
ers with a snapshot in time of
viruses that are continuously
evolving, but “there is no way to
know, based on the identification
of a virus in an animal, whether
it’s going to pose a threat to
humans, to livestock or to wild-
life,” said W. Ian Lipkin, an
epidemiologist at Columbia Uni-
versity. Lipkin said his New York
City lab analyzed viruses collect-
ed abroad for the U.S. govern-
ment’s PREDICT program.
Prominent biosecurity spe-
cialists also have warned of the
appeal to terrorists. Kevin Esvelt,
a Massachusetts Institute of
Technology biotechnologist who
helped develop the pioneering
gene-editing technology known
as CRISPR, told members of
Congress in December 2021 that
posting the genetic sequences of
viruses could lead to a global
pandemic.
Doing so, he said, is like pub-
licly revealing the instructions
for making a nuclear bomb. “If
someone were to assemble pan-
demic-capable viruses from a
publicly available list and re-
leased them in airports world-
wide,” Esvelt told The Post, “that
might be a civilization-level
threat.”
The rapid changes in technol-
ogy have left regulators a step
behind, experts say.
That gap became apparent
after an NIH-funded researcher
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Region
georgia
ASIA Mongolia
Bangladesh China
$25M Asia
$2M
Vietnam
India Myanmar $31M
$31M Philippines
Thailand
Malaysia
Cambodia
Indonesia
$26M
Regional funding consists
of programs and
activities that span
multiple countries
Eastern Africa
Mali
Burkina
Egypt
Faso
Nigeria
ghana
Ethiopia
Sudan
Ivory Coast
$55M South
Cameroon
Sudan
Kenya
Uganda
$214M
Tanzania
Madagascar
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named Ron Fouchier in the
Netherlands shocked his peers
by revealing in 2011 that he had
created a mutant strain of a
particularly lethal kind of avian
flu, H5N1. The resulting patho-
gen, Fouchier reported, had for
the first time spread through
respiratory droplets among
caged ferrets. The experiment,
approved in advance by the NIH,
sought to anticipate what might
happen if such mutations threat-
en humans through natural evo-
lution.
Reached by email, Fouchier
said his work “filled crucial gaps
in knowledge … about what
makes an influenza virus trans-
missible in the air via mammals.”
His facilities in Rotterdam, he
said, are inspected regularly by
Dutch and U.S. government offi-
cials, and were “specifically built
to work safely and securely with
airborne viruses.”
As for what controls are need-
ed globally, Fouchier said: “Au-
thorities should ensure that this
type of work can only occur in
safe and secure labs, to ensure
negligible risk to humans and
the environment.”
Fouchier’s work, and several
high-profile research mishaps in
the United States — including
the discovery in 2014 of six vials
of virulent smallpox on NIH’s
central campus in Bethesda, Md.
— alarmed the Obama White
House. That fall, officials im-
posed a moratorium on govern-
ment-funded experiments with
some viruses that would result in
a “gain of function,” a change
that made the pathogen more
lethal, more transmissible or
more resistant to drugs or vac-
cines.
In late 2017, the Trump admin-
istration lifted the moratorium
and announced new guidelines
and an HHS-appointed expert
panel to provide oversight. The
new system was meant to ensure
that U.S.-funded experiments —
including those conducted over-
seas — that could yield more-
dangerous viruses would first
undergo high-level federal re-
view to assess such projects’
overall risks and potential ben-
efits.
But the policy change applies
only to research funded by the
HHS and its components, includ-
ing the NIH. The rules do not
encompass experiments that
might be backed by the Penta-
gon, other federal agencies or
private companies and institu-
tions.
The 2017 revisions also includ-
ed an overlooked loophole that
exempted experiments from the
expert panel’s review unless a
lab-created pathogen was “rea-
sonably anticipated’’ to be both
“highly transmissible” and
“highly virulent.”
In a report in January, the
HHS inspector general faulted
NIH’s oversight of a project that
was launched in China and fund-
ed by agency grants from 2014 to
2019 to EcoHealth Alliance, a
nonprofit organization based in
New York City. According to the
report, EcoHealth failed to
promptly disclose safety con-
cerns about lab work conducted
with coronavirus strains by a
subgrantee, the Wuhan Institute
of Virology, in the Chinese city
where the coronavirus pandemic
began. The NIH “did not effec-
tively monitor or take timely
action to address EcoHealth’s
compliance,” the report said.
In written remarks to the
inspector general, EcoHealth’s
president, Peter Daszak, disput-
ed that his company had been
required to immediately notify
NIH of the concerns that the
agency later identified. But
Daszak also said that EcoHealth
had “corrected certain pro-
cedures” and aims for “even
better compliance” with federal
rules.
Asked for comment, Eco-
Health reiterated by email the
points that Daszak made to the
inspector general. Officials at
NIH did not contest the conclu-
sions and told the inspector
general that corrective actions
were underway, including tight-
er monitoring of foreign sub-
grantees. Anthony S. Fauci, who
was the director of the NIH
institute that funded the work in
Wuhan, has told Congress that
none of those experiments
amounted to gain-of-function re-
search. Fauci, 82, retired on Dec.
31.
Le Duc, the infectious-disease
expert, and other scientists said
the coronavirus pandemic has
shown that the federal review
standards need to be tightened
because even a pathogen that
kills at a modest rate can inflict
devastation if it is highly trans-
missible.
In September, the National
Science Advisory Board for Bios-
ecurity said the existing defini-
tion of pandemic-risk pathogens
“should be modified to include
potentially highly transmissible
pathogens having low or moder-
ate virulence.” That would open
more U.S.-funded work to the
scrutiny of the HHS panel of
experts. In January, the federal
board detailed its recommenda-
tion in a 29-page report.
Kenneth W. Bernard, a mem-
ber of the board, told The Post
that the proposed change would
close “the loophole” and enable
stricter scrutiny of high-stakes
research. But he said that tighter
controls may prompt some virol-
ogists to move experiments to
less-regulated labs overseas.
“We need to develop incen-
tives for people to put safety and
carefulness at the same level as
scientific advance,’’ said Bernard,
a physician who was a biode-
fense assistant to President
George W. Bush. “The [Biden]
administration should move on
this quickly.”
The White House expects to
address the matter in its planned
policy revision, officials said.
‘A legitimate use’
Some bioengineering firms,
acutely aware of the potential for
harm if their technology is mis-
used, have chosen not to wait for
tighter federal rules. They have
introduced their own safeguards
and oversight systems, voluntari-
ly taking on responsibilities and
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costs that normally fall to gov-
ernments.
One of them is the San
Francisco firm Twist Bioscience.
The 10-year-old firm is among
about two dozen globally that
synthesize DNA at scale; Twist
manufactures artificial genetic
sequences to sell to other scien-
tists in labs around the world.
Twist’s synthetic DNA is used by
researchers to create “designer”
bacteria and viruses that can
attack cancer cells or clean up oil
spills. In theory, it also could be
used for malicious purposes,
such as tweaking a disease strain
to make it more virulent or
drug-resistant.
Every day, from inside Twist’s
glass office tower near San Fran-
cisco International Airport, a
machine resembling a 3D printer
deposits microscopic strands of
genetic code on a silicon wafer as
workers in protective gear keep
watch. New orders arrive over
the internet, and the finished
products are sent out the door by
courier or mail truck in as little
as six days. Concealed within the
jumble of coding that makes up a
typical order could be the keys to
a lifesaving cure — or the biologi-
cal equivalent of a powerful
bomb.
The synthetic-DNA industry is
new, and few federal regulations
govern it. Asked by The Post
about the technology, HHS offi-
cials said the department this
year is likely to issue “updated
guidance’’ for “the gene and
genome synthesis enterprise.”
Twist executives, however, say
they have already introduced
their own safeguards.
In the company’s security de-
partment, computers scan each
order to see whether the request-
ed DNA matches up with known
pathogens, including restricted
microbes that cannot legally be
acquired without a license. A
different team investigates the
individuals behind each order.
What’s the history and track
record of the buyer? Do names
and shipping addresses match
up? What’s the intended use of
the DNA? On a few occasions, a
suspicious order has prompted a
call to the FBI, company officials
said.
“We’re being asked to manu-
facture this thing, so we have to
make sure we truly understand
who the ordering party is and
whether they have a legitimate
use,” said James Diggans, Twist’s
head of biosecurity.
The extra steps are costly and
time-consuming for a company
that has to compete with other
synthetic-DNA producers, in-
cluding in Europe and China.
Twist has tried to turn this
perceived liability into an asset,
marketing itself to customers as
a company that sees biosecurity
as an essential value that all
responsible researchers should
share.
Some vendors are less willing
to spend the money, particularly
in markets overseas, said Emily
Leproust, a French-born organic
chemist and the company’s co-
founder and CEO. Twist has
pushed its competitors to abide
by the same standards. But with
few regulations and no interna-
tional enforcement, biosecurity
remains, for now, a premium
feature — an option, for the
purveyors of a new science who
are sufficiently worried about
the risks to take an extra step.
“The majority in the industry
are good players, but there a few
who don’t participate, and I think
it’s wrong,” Leproust said. “Every
invention is like a coin, with a side
that’s positive and a side that is
negative. With dynamite you
build a canal. But you can also
kill.”
Warrick reported from San
Francisco. Alice Crites in Washington
and Emmanuel Martinez in San
Diego contributed to this report.
About this project
To track spending on pathogen
research, The Post analyzed data from
ForeignAssistance.gov, which details
money provided by the U.S.
government to other countries,
international organizations and foreign
groups for them to acquire goods,
services or technical assistance.
Reporters identified money allocated
since 2012.
To isolate work related to infectious
microbes as well as zoonotic viruses,
which can spread between animals
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keywords in the project name and
description fields. Keywords included:
zoonotic, spillover, influenza, pathogen
H5N1, and others. Reporters also
specifically searched for projects and
programs, such as PREDICT and DEEP
VZN.
Because of the lack of detail in the
programs and activities, spending
includes training, seminars and overall
work that supports the identification,
prevention, and surveillance of
zoonotic viruses and infectious
diseases.
To calculate the funding by country,
reporters used the “Constant Dollar
Amount” field, which is adjusted for
inflation.
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Opposition politician tells judge in Russian treason case war is the crime
BY R OBYN D IXON
RiGa, Latvia — Prominent Rus-
sian opposition politician
Vladimir Kara-Murza, facing up
to 25 years in prison on treason
charges for criticizing Russia’s
war against Ukraine, told a Mos-
cow court on Monday that his
trial had turned the clock back to
the 1930s during the height of
the Stalinist political repres-
sions.
If the court accepts the pros-
ecutor’s request for the maxi-
mum 25-year term, it would be
the harshest punishment to date
meted out to a politician or
activist for criticizing Russia’s
war against Ukraine.
Kara-Murza, who is an opin-
ions contributor for The Wash-
ington Post, spoke during a hear-
ing on Monday ahead of a verdict
that is expected on April 17.
He described the charges as
“unfounded, illegal and political-
ly motivated” in comments on
Facebook.
His lawyers said the trial,
which began last month, had
been rushed, with it handled
much more swiftly than usual
treason cases.
He remained defiant in his
final statement to the court,
rejecting the judge’s call that he
must show remorse.
“I’m in jail for my political
views. For speaking out against
the war in Ukraine. For many
years of struggle against [Rus-
sian President Vladimir] Putin’s
dictatorship,” he said. “Not only
do I not repent of any of this, I am
proud of it.”
He even declined to request an
acquittal.
“For a person who has not
committed any crimes, acquittal
would be the only fair verdict,” he
said. “But I do not ask this court
for anything. I know the verdict.”
The U.S. State Department has
described the charges as false
and sanctioned Russian officials
involved in the case for “gross
violation of human rights.”
Kara-Murza was the victim of
two suspected poisoning attacks
in Russia in 2015 and 2017. The
Bellingcat investigative news site
has reported that Kara-Murza
was trailed repeatedly by the
same team of agents from the
Federal Security Service that poi-
soned the opposition politician
Alexei Navalny in August 2020.
Vladimir Kara-Murza speaks during a ceremony to dedicate the Boris Nemtsov Plaza, in front of the Russian Embassy in Washington in
2018. Kara-Murza, who has survived being poisoned, faces decades in prison for criticizing Russia over its war on Ukraine.
Since he was arrested last
April, Kara-Murza has lost 48
pounds in pretrial detention, and
his health has declined sharply,
according to his lawyers, raising
fears that he would not survive a
long jail term.
“I was sure that after two
decades in Russian politics, after
all I had seen and experienced,
nothing would surprise me. I
must admit that I was wrong,” he
told the court, criticizing the
trial’s secrecy, the contempt for
legal norms and the harshness of
the sentence the prosecution de-
manded.
But he expressed certainty
that a day would come in Russia
“when the darkness over our
country will dissipate,” and
“those who kindled and un-
leashed this war, rather than
those who tried to stop it, will be
recognized as criminals.”
Amid repeated military fail-
ures and setbacks, Putin has
blamed the West for the war and
suspended the last nuclear arms
reduction treaty with the United
States, plunging relations be-
tween Washington and Moscow
into their most serious crisis
since the Cold War.
The recent arrest of American
journalist Evan Gershkovich, a
correspondent for the Wall Street
Journal during a reporting trip in
Russia, and his indictment for
espionage charges last month
marked yet another new low in
relations.
Gershkovich, the Wall Street
Journal and the State Depart-
ment have all rejected the espio-
nage charges.
In the earlier comments on
Facebook, Kara-Murza called his
own charges incomprehensible.
“I do not understand how
public criticism of the current
government can be qualified as
high treason,” Kara-Murza wrote.
“It is incomprehensible to me
how obvious and confirmed facts
about the crimes committed dur-
ing the aggression of Putin’s
regime against Ukraine can be
presented as ‘deliberately false
information’ and the obvious lie
— on the contrary, as the only
truth.”
Kara-Murza, 41, is a longtime
Putin critic who campaigned for
international sanctions against
Russian officials responsible for
state repression of Russian activ-
ists, politicians and whistleblow-
ers.
Kara-Murza was initially
charged with spreading disinfor-
mation about the Russian mili-
tary after a speech to the Arizona
House of Representatives about
Russia’s bombings of Ukrainian
cities. Later, other charges, in-
cluding treason and cooperating
with an undesirable organiza-
tion, Open Russia, were added.
According to Kara-Murza’s
lawyer, Vadim Prokhorov, the
Jahi ChikWendiu/the Washington Post
treason charges related to three
speeches Kara-Murza gave in Lis-
bon, Helsinki and Washington in
which he publicly criticized Rus-
sian authorities.
The prosecutor, Boris
Loktionov, demanded the maxi-
mum term of 25 years, claiming
that Kara-Murza had discredited
Putin and damaged Russian state
interests.
“This is our enemy who must
be punished,” Loktionov said,
according to Russian media.
Russian rights groups have
criticized the charges as political-
ly motivated. Western govern-
ments and human rights organi-
zations have called for his re-
lease.
An editorial in The Post last
week described the trial as “a
travesty of justice” that “reveals
the deepening depravity of Presi-
dent Vladimir Putin’s dictator-
ship.”
Kara-Murza’s is suffering from
spreading numbness affecting
his feet and his left hand, a
condition prison doctors have
diagnosed as polyneuropathy,
caused by damage to peripheral
nerves, according to his lawyers.
In a column for The Post last
year, Kara-Murza described the
Kremlin’s claims that Ukrainian
leaders were neo-Nazis and the
West was to blame for the inva-
sion as “a total lie.”
“After years of appeasing the
Kremlin, Western leaders are
learning the hard way that the
instability, repression and con-
flict Putin is causing will resolve
only when he is out of power,” he
wrote.
Kara-Murza is a strong sup-
porter of the Magnitsky Act,
which allows sanctions against
those responsible for rights abus-
es. The law, named after Russian
tax auditor and whistleblower
Sergei Magnitsky who died in
prison in 2009, has been enacted
by the United States, Britain and
other Western nations.
The judge in Kara-Murza’s
case, Sergei Podoprigorov, is un-
der sanctions by the United
States and Britain for his role in
the jailing of Magnitsky.
The United States has brought
sanctions against six Russian
officials, including three judges,
for their roles in Kara-Murza’s
case.
Amid a flurry of recent espio-
nage and treason cases in Russia,
the constitutional committee of
the State Duma, Russia’s lower
house of parliament, on Monday
approved an amendment in-
creasing the maximum penalty
for treason to life imprisonment.
In Ufa, Liliya Chanysheva, a
member of Navalny’s team, is
facing up to 18 years in prison if
convicted of forming an “extrem-
ist” organization.
Navalny is serving a term of
more than 11 years in jail for
fraud, contempt of court and
parole violations, charges he says
are political and have been criti-
cized by the European Court of
Human Rights.
Russian authorities last year
added new charges of promoting
terrorism and extremism, ac-
cording to Navalny, meaning he
could face a total sentence of
30 years.
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U.S. doubts Ukraine can make major o≠ensive gains, leaked document says
Appraisal deviates from
administration’s public
statements on readiness
BY A LEX H ORTON,
J OHN H UDSON,
I SABELLE K HURSHUDYAN
AND S AMUEL O AKFORD
Ukraine’s challenges in mass-
ing troops, ammunition and
equipment could cause its mili-
tary to fall “well short” of Kyiv’s
original goals for an anticipated
counteroffensive aimed at retak-
ing Russian-occupied areas this
spring, according to U.S. intelli-
gence assessments contained in a
growing leak of classified docu-
ments revealing Washington’s
misgivings about the state of the
war.
Labeled “top secret,” the bleak
assessment from early February
warns of significant “force gener-
ation and sustainment shortfalls,”
and the likelihood that such an
operation will result in only “mod-
est territorial gains.” It’s a marked
departure from the Biden admin-
istration’s public statements
about the vitality of Ukraine’s mil-
itary and is likely to embolden
critics who feel the United States
and NATO should do more to
push for a negotiated settlement
to the conflict.
The document, which has not
been previously disclosed, is
among a trove of U.S. national
security materials discovered last
week on an online messaging plat-
form. Both the Pentagon, where
much of the leaked materials ap-
pear to have originated earlier
this year, and the Justice Depart-
ment are investigating the matter.
The leak has produced remark-
able insights into U.S. intelligence
activities worldwide, but its rev-
elations about the Russia-Ukraine
war have proved particularly illu-
minating. It has revealed, for in-
stance, where American officials
have detected critical weaknesses
in Ukraine’s air defenses and ac-
cess to ammunition while expos-
ing considerable deficiencies
within the Russian military, too.
Many of the assessments date to
February and March.
The document forecasting only
modest success in Ukraine’s forth-
coming counteroffensive indi-
A 120mm mortar round is fired near Bakhmut in Ukraine’s Donetsk region Sunday. Forces fighting
to retake Bakhmut have said their aging Soviet weapons are less accurate than Western ones.
cates that Kyiv’s strategy revolves
around reclaiming contested ar-
eas in the east while pushing
south in a bid to sever Russia’s
land bridge to Crimea, the penin-
sula Moscow illegally annexed in
2014 and now uses as a supply
route for its forces inside Ukraine.
The potency of entrenched Rus-
sian defenses coupled with “en-
during Ukrainian deficiencies in
training and munitions supplies
probably will strain progress and
exacerbate casualties during the
offensive,” the document says.
Its markings suggest the infor-
mation was supplied by human
and signals intelligence, likely in-
volving sensitive methods used by
the CIA and the National Security
Agency. The Office of the Director
of National Intelligence, which
appears to have produced the
leaked document, declined to
comment, as did the National Se-
curity Council. The Defense De-
partment declined to address the
document’s contents.
At the Pentagon on Monday,
spokesman Chris Meagher said
officials were moving aggressively
to determine the leak’s scope,
scale and impact, and how they
can prevent similar incidents in
the future. He declined to com-
ment on the materials’ veracity. A
State Department spokesman, Ve-
dant Patel, said U.S. officials also
are working to reassure allies and
partners “of our commitment to
safeguarding intelligence.”
Beyond the leaked document,
U.S. officials said the prospects for
a modest outcome in the spring
offensive also were reinforced in a
classified assessment by the Na-
tional Intelligence Council. That
assessment, which was recently
briefed to a select group of people
on Capitol Hill, found that
Ukraine was unlikely to recapture
as much territory as Kyiv did last
fall in Ukraine’s stunning break-
throughs in the east and south,
people familiar with the matter
said.
In the weeks since the leaked
document was drafted, U.S. offi-
cials have held talks with Ukraini-
an leaders to ensure that Kyiv’s
ambitions for the offensive match
its capabilities, said U.S. officials
who, like others interviewed for
this report, spoke on the condi-
genyA sAvIlov/AFP/getty ImAges
tion of anonymity to discuss the
sensitive matter. One senior-level
exchange occurred in mid-March
during a call among Gen. Mark A.
Milley, chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff; Jake Sullivan, the
president’s national security ad-
viser; Defense Secretary Lloyd
Austin; and their Ukrainian coun-
terparts.
U.S. officials also have held ta-
bletop exercises with Ukrainian
military leaders to demonstrate
how different offensive scenarios
could play out, and the conse-
quences of spreading forces too
thin, one official said. This could
stretch supply lines too far, mak-
ing it difficult to hold retaken
territory while trying to push fur-
ther into occupied areas.
All parties came away from
those conversations with a sense
that Ukraine was beginning to
understand the limitations of
what it could achieve in the offen-
sive and preparing accordingly,
U.S. officials said. While severing
the land bridge is unlikely to hap-
pen, these people said, the United
States is hopeful that incremental
gains could at least threaten the
free flow of Russian equipment
and personnel in the corridor,
which has been a lifeline for in-
vading forces.
A senior Ukrainian official did
not dispute the revelations in the
document and pointed to logisti-
cal backlogs that have slowed
promised deliveries of Western
aid. It is “partially true,” the offi-
cial said, “but the most critical
part is a delay of the already
promised systems, which delays
training of newly formed brigades
and the counteroffensive as a
whole.”
Several nations, including the
United States, have committed
battle tanks and other armored
vehicles to Ukraine but only after
agonizing over the decision to do
so, drawing criticism from Kyiv
and its staunchest backers in
Eastern Europe. Washington has
accelerated plans to send a bloc of
Abrams tanks, but delivery re-
mains months away.
Another senior Ukrainian offi-
cial said the leaked documents
were unlikely to compromise the
planned counteroffensive. “Ev-
eryone knows we’re low on am-
munition — the president and the
defense minister talk about that
openly,” the official said. “And it’s
been obvious to everyone since
November that the next counter-
offensive will be focused on the
south, first Melitopol and then
Berdyansk. But the exact place —
we can change that the week be-
fore.”
Military officials and inde-
pendent analysts have publicly
suggested the likelihood of a
counteroffensive through
Ukraine’s east and south. Russia
has bolstered its defense of the
Crimean Peninsula with a dense
web of fortifications and trench
lines in apparent anticipation of
such an operation.
Moscow’s troops also face con-
siderable challenges, including
low morale in the wake of major
strategic blunders that have lead
to significant casualties and left
pockets of soldiers poorly
equipped. Russian units in the
east are particularly shabby, ac-
cording to a separate document
contained in the U.S. leak, with
intelligence revealing substan-
dard care in camouflaging sensi-
tive sites and reckless ammuni-
tion storage.
The West has sent Ukraine tens
of billions of dollars’ worth of
weapons and military equipment,
touting the injection of aid as a
significant boost. But the newly
leaked document signals what
many commanders and troops al-
ready know: The difficult fight
against Russia has exhausted
Ukraine’s troops and hardware,
making every day the war drags
on an advantage to the larger
Russian military.
Ukrainian units are burning
through historic levels of artillery
ammunition and have begun ra-
tioning shells, according to sol-
diers. Artillerymen supporting
operations in the embattled city of
Bakhmut, for instance, have said
their aging Soviet howitzers are
less accurate than Western guns,
requiring them to fire more and
wear down their equipment fast-
er. Soldiers are just as worn out,
and Kyiv has reached deeper into
its population to mobilize addi-
tional fighters, sometimes stop-
ping men on the street to hand
them draft papers.
Military personnel in the field
have in recent weeks complained
that newly mobilized troops arriv-
ing on the front lines are poorly
trained. But the situation on the
battlefield now may not reflect a
complete picture of Ukraine’s
forces, because Kyiv is training
troops for the coming counterof-
fensive separately — deliberately
holding them back from the cur-
rent fighting, including the de-
fense of Bakhmut, a U.S. official
said.
The prospect of pouring bil-
lions of dollars into a military
stalemate with only incremental
gains in one direction or another
could weaken the resolve of Kyiv’s
backers in Europe and in the Unit-
ed States, possibly sharpening
calls for negotiations between
Kyiv and Moscow.
But opening talks with Russian
President Vladimir Putin could be
risky for Ukraine’s leader, Presi-
dent Volodymyr Zelensky, given
the acute animosity toward the
Kremlin among the Ukrainian
people, who have suffered ex-
traordinary levels of violence and
hardship during the conflict yet
have held together with the prom-
ise of achieving a total victory.
Khurshudyan reported from Kyiv,
Ukraine. serhiy morgunov in Kyiv, and
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U.S. o∞cials scramble as friends, foes react to leaked Pentagon documents
Defense Department says
it’s working to determine
scope and scale of impact
BY M IRIAM B ERGER
AND D AN L AMOTHE
Washington’s appetite for in-
telligence on friends and adver-
saries alike is well known to
foreign governments — and
should they ever forget, periodic
leaks of classified information
serve to remind them.
But as always in espionage, the
devil is in the details, an extraor-
dinary range of which were re-
vealed in a recent leak of appar-
ent highly classified documents
revealing the extent of U.S. spy-
ing. U.S. officials are scrambling
to respond as governments take
stock of the damage.
The Defense Department is
working “around-the-clock” to
determine the scope and scale of
any leaked material, the impact
its spread could have and how to
mitigate future leaks, Chris
Meagher, a Pentagon spokesman,
said Monday.
In conversations with counter-
parts, defense officials and diplo-
mats are on damage-control
duty. State Department spokes-
man Vedant Patel said Monday
that U.S. officials “are engaging
with allies and partners at high
levels over this including to reas-
sure them of our commitment to
safeguarding intelligence.”
In such instances in the past —
including the WikiLeaks revela-
tion a decade ago that Washing-
ton spied on the president of
Brazil — foreign governments
have expressed anger or irrita-
tion but continued working with
Washington.
With the source and full extent
of the recent leak still unknown,
and the leaked information still
to be verified, the ramifications
could continue to develop.
The government of South Ko-
rea, a key U.S. ally, said over the
weekend that it would discuss in
a summit later this month “is-
sues raised” by leaked memos
detailing apparent U.S. spying on
top officials in Seoul.
Israeli Prime Minister Benja-
John Kirby, the National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications, and White House
press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre at a news briefing Monday.
min Netanyahu, already navigat-
ing a growing rift with the Biden
administration, issued a state-
ment Sunday describing media
reports about a memo detailing
potential domestic meddling on
the part of the Mossad intelli-
gence agency as “mendacious
and without any foundation
whatsoever.”
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry
Peskov on Monday called the
revelations of U.S. espionage on
other countries unsurprising.
When asked about allegations of
Russian involvement in the
leaks, he said there was no need
to comment, citing a “tendency
to blame everything on Russia.”
The Justice Department said
Friday that it was opening an
investigation into the dozens of
images leaked online, and later
obtained by The Washington
Post and other news outlets,
appearing to show battlefield
updates and assessments of
Ukraine’s capabilities and world-
wide intelligence briefings on a
host of countries, along with
other intelligence. The authen-
ticity of these documents has not
been confirmed.
Meagher on Monday charac-
eZ su
terized the leak as “photos of
purported documents,” and said
that he would not go into its
validity.
Much of the leaked trove con-
cerns Russia’s war in Ukraine,
and details the extent of Wash-
ington’s apparent infiltration of
Moscow’s military apparatus and
“[U.S. officials] are engaging with allies and
partners at high levels over this including
to reassure them of our commitment
to safeguarding intelligence.”
Vedant Patel, state Department spokesman
foreknowledge of Russian plans.
Russia’s spy services likely
face a scramble to figure out
which networks or human
sources have been compromised.
“It’s basically leaky plumbing,”
said Glenn Gerstell, former gen-
eral counsel at the National Se-
curity Agency. “You want to find
out where the hole is and plug it
immediately.”
That will create more chal-
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lenges for the NSA and other spy
agencies whose mission is to
obtain intelligence on foreign
adversaries, he said. “And it gets
more difficult if instead of plug-
ging one particular leak, they
decide to replace a big part of the
entire plumbing system.”
Much of the information is
tactical, and so its value dimin-
ishes over time, former intelli-
gence officials noted. But that
doesn’t mean there is no damage
to sources and methods, espe-
cially in the near term, they said.
And in the meantime, Russia can
take advantage of what it learns
to adjust its war plans.
The revelations, if verified,
could endanger Ukraine’s access
to intelligence, as both sides
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prepare for spring offenses. Pub-
licly, however, Ukraine has cast
doubt on the document’s authen-
ticity.
“The aim of secret data ‘leaks’
is obvious: divert attention, cast
doubts & mutual suspicions, sow
discord,” Ukrainian presidential
adviser Mykhailo Podolyak said
Saturday on Twitter.
The leaks have so far elicited
little or no public response from
many European and NATO coun-
tries, perhaps in part due to the
Easter holiday. Turkey — the
subject of a memo among the
leaked documents detailing ef-
forts by the Wagner mercenary
group to purchase arms from the
NATO member — has not issued
a public comment on the matter.
Canada’s national cryptologic
agency, the Communications Se-
curity Establishment, said in a
statement Monday that as a mat-
ter of policy, it would not com-
ment, including on a document
that appeared to describe the
breach of a Canadian pipeline by
a pro-Russian hacker group.
Canada is a member of the
Five Eyes intelligence-sharing
network, which also includes the
United States, United Kingdom,
Australia and New Zealand. “We
will continue to work hand in
hand” with Five Eyes, Canadian
Public Safety spokesperson Au-
drey Champoux said Monday,
Reuters reported.
France on Saturday also de-
clined to comment on the ramifi-
cations of the documents,
though it denied information
contained in a leaked memo
saying that French soldiers were
in Ukraine, the Guardian report-
ed.
In a statement released Mon-
day, Bulgaria’s Defense Ministry
denied that it had held talks on
donating MiG-29 fighter jets to
Ukraine, as one of the documents
indicated.
The document of particular
concern in Israel, labeled top
secret, said that in February
senior leaders of the Mossad
external spy agency “advocated
for Mossad officials and Israeli
citizens to protest the new Israeli
Government’s proposed judicial
reforms, including several ex-
plicit calls to action that decried
the Israeli Government, accord-
ing to signals intelligence.”
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The Mossad is forbidden from
intervening in domestic matters
and any meddling would be a
major revelation.
“The Mossad and its serving
senior personnel have not en-
gaged in the issue of the demon-
strations at all and are dedicated
to the value of service to the state
that has guided the Mossad since
its founding,” Netanyahu said
Sunday in a statement released
in the name of the Mossad — a
rare move.
Israeli media outlets reported
that Netanyahu met Monday
with Mossad Director David
Barnea, who told the prime min-
ister that the memo was based on
a U.S. misinterpretation.
A South Korean presidential
official, speaking to reporters
Sunday, declined to confirm or
deny any details suggesting U.S.
spying on South Korea, Reuters
reported. An undated document
included in the leak detailed
apparent internal discussions
between top South Korean offi-
cials about U.S. pressure on
Seoul to help supply Ukraine
with weapons. South Korean law
bars the government from pro-
viding weapons to countries at
war.
Korean officials expressed
concern, according to the unveri-
fied CIA document, that any
weapons sold to the United
States might be sent to Ukraine.
The Korean presidential offi-
cial, speaking on the condition of
anonymity per official protocol,
told reporters that Seoul’s pol-
icies remained unchanged.
South Korean President Yoon
Suk Yeol and President Biden are
scheduled to meet April 26.
As Washington continues to
search for the source of the leak,
U.S. officials said the incident
was not likely to have significant
repercussions in its relationship
with Seoul.
“Frankly the Koreans have
played it with grace and subtle-
ty,” said one senior official, who
spoke on the condition of ano-
nymity because of the matter’s
sensitivity.
amanda Coletta in Toronto, Zeynep
Karatas in istanbul, emily rauhala
in Brussels, and John hudson and
ellen nakashima in Washington
contributed to this report.
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Egypt planned to supply 40,000 rockets to Russia, leaked U.S. document says
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foreign ministry, said that
“Egypt’s position from the begin-
ning is based on noninvolvement
in this crisis and committing to
maintain equal distance with
both sides, while affirming
Egypt’s support to the U.N. char-
ter and international law in the
U.N. General Assembly resolu-
tions.”
“We continue to urge both par-
ties to cease hostilities and reach
a political solution through nego-
tiations,” he said.
A U.S. government official,
speaking on the condition of ano-
nymity to address sensitive infor-
mation, said: “We are not aware of
any execution of that plan,” refer-
ring to the rocket export initia-
tive. “We have not seen that hap-
pen,” the official added.
Pentagon spokesperson Sabri-
na Singh noted that the Justice
Department has opened a probe
into the leak of classified docu-
ments.
Providing arms to russia for its
war in Ukraine would represent a
potentially explosive gambit for
Egypt, a nation that, despite deep-
ening ties with moscow, remains
deeply invested in its partnership
with the United States, which for
decades has provided the country
more than $1 billion a year in
security aid. The document does
not explicitly say why russia is
interested in acquiring the rock-
ets, but its military has been ex-
pending huge amounts of ammu-
nition in the war, and the U.S.
government has claimed that
North Korea is clandestinely sup-
plying russia with artillery
rounds and that China is consid-
ering doing the same.
Egypt and other American
partners in the middle East have
attempted to stay on the sidelines
of Western nations’ standoff with
russia over Ukraine, seeking a
potential hedge against America’s
declining role in the region and
new means to ensure their eco-
nomic and military security. rus-
sia’s invasion of Ukraine has
raised commodity prices globally
and put serious pressure on
Egypt, the world’s top importer of
wheat, which has received more
than 80 percent of its wheat from
russia and Ukraine in recent
years.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, with Egyptian President Abdel Fatah El-Sisi earlier this
year. Sisi, a document says, called for secret rocket production “to avoid problems with the West.”
“Egypt is one of our oldest
allies in the middle East,” said
Sen. Chris murphy (D-Conn.),
who serves on the Senate foreign
relations and Appropriations
committees. “If it’s true that Sisi is
covertly building rockets for rus-
sia that could be used in Ukraine,
we need to have a serious reckon-
ing about the state of our relation-
ship.”
Sarah margon, director of U.S.
foreign policy at the open Society
foundations and the Biden ad-
ministration’s onetime nominee
for the State Department’s top
human rights post, said that “an
intentional sale and delivery of
rockets to the russian govern-
ment, which has committed such
explicit war and other atrocity
crimes, is just beyond the pale,
especially for an ostensibly close
U.S. ally.”
The revelations in the docu-
ment, if true, raise the question of
whether the United States
“should continue to defend and
support” Egypt if Sisi’s govern-
ment is seeking a sale that would
“serve Cairo’s immediate needs
but is likely to have serious nega-
tive global impact,” she said.
michael Hanna, director of U.S.
programs at the International
Crisis Group, noted that the Biden
administration has been leading
Western efforts to deny russia
and its mercenaries technology
and arms needed for its war in
Ukraine and punishing American
adversaries such as Iran and
North Korea who have done so.
“The idea that it would be
Egypt in this role — that’s an
embarrassment to the U.S.,” he
said.
The document describes Sisi
issuing instructions on feb. 1 for
keeping the supply of rockets se-
cret in order “to avoid problems
with the West,” telling a person
referenced only as Salah al-Din
that factory workers should be
told the projectiles are intended
for the Egyptian army. Salah al-
Din is probably mohamed Salah
al-Din, the minister of state for
military production. The gun-
powder offered to russia would
come from factory 18, the docu-
ment said, which is the name of a
decades-old chemical manufac-
turing plant.
The document quotes Salah al-
Din as saying he would “order his
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people to work shift work if neces-
sary because it was the least Egypt
could do to repay russia for un-
specified help earlier.” The docu-
ment does not make it clear what
the earlier russian help was. The
leaked document quotes Salah
al-Din as saying the russians told
him they were willing to “buy
anything.”
moscow and Cairo have inked
several significant deals recently,
including an agreement this year
for russia to build a massive rail-
way workshop in Egypt. rosatom,
russia’s state atomic energy cor-
poration, also began construction
last year on Egypt’s first nuclear
power plant.
Perhaps most importantly, af-
ter the war in Ukraine disrupted
access to Ukrainian wheat, Cairo
began relying heavily on purchas-
es of russian grain. The arrange-
ment has helped Egypt avoid
wheat shortages that could spark
social unrest in a country where
poverty is widespread and bread
is served with nearly every meal.
Egypt is eager to avoid an upris-
ing at home, where an acute eco-
nomic crisis, including a deval-
ued currency, high inflation and
soaring food prices — fueled in
part by the war in Ukraine — are
stirring up frustrations among
civilians.
In the document, Sisi is quoted
as saying that he was considering
selling “ordinary stuff ” to China
to make room for “more Sakr 45
production,” a reference to a type
of 122mm rocket manufactured
by Egypt. The document does not
explicitly say whether the rockets
that would be produced for rus-
sia were Sakr 45s, but such rock-
ets would be compatible with
russian Grad multiple rocket
launchers.
Provision of weapons to the
russian government might also
trigger U.S. sanctions on Egypt.
military-owned companies
have thrived under Sisi’s rule. He
has overseen the opening of sev-
eral new military factories in re-
cent years, including one in 2020
called factory 300, which produc-
es small arms, ammunition and
missiles. That same year, Egypt
presented a plan to expand its
production of such materiel, in-
cluding producing more ammu-
nition and parts for different
kinds of weaponry.
While the document does not
state how the U.S. government
gleaned the details of the Egyp-
tian deliberations, some of the
information in the recently
leaked documents appears to
come from signals intelligence,
which refers to technical means
such as communications inter-
cepts. The U.S. government has
long had a vast eavesdropping
capability and a history of inter-
cepting communication from for-
eign leaders.
The feb. 1 conversation involv-
ing Sisi would have occurred just
days after U.S. Secretary of State
Antony Blinken met with Egypt’s
president during a visit to Cairo.
Immediately after Blinken’s visit,
Egyptian foreign minister Sameh
Shoukry traveled to moscow for
talks with russian leaders. rela-
tions between the United States
and Egypt have been strained in
recent years as the Biden admin-
istration has increased pressure
on Sisi’s government over its rec-
ord of repressing civil society, jail-
ing dissidents and employing
force against critics.
Sarah Yager, Washington direc-
tor for Human rights Watch,
which has previously called for an
arms embargo on Egypt for its
security forces’ involvement in
abuses, said that rocket sales to
russia would enable more abuses
abroad.
“I would also question whether
any U.S. security assistance is be-
ing used to manufacture these
arms that might go to russia,”
Yager said.
In September, U.S. officials an-
nounced they would withhold
$130 million from Egypt’s annual
allotment of $1.3 billion in secu-
rity aid over Cairo’s human rights
record. They cited steps toward
releasing political prisoners in
their decision not to withhold
more aid, part of the administra-
tion’s attempt to balance concern
about human rights with U.S. and
regional security interests.
Successive American adminis-
trations have valued Egypt’s role
in brokering agreements to con-
tain violence in the long-running
Israeli-Palestinian dispute. In
march, representatives from Isra-
el and the Palestinian territories
met in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, in
an attempt to cool tensions
around the latest flare-up of vio-
lence.
But for its part, Egypt has
grown increasingly dissatisfied
with its U.S. relationship, includ-
ing the conditions Washington
places on human rights and de-
mocratization. Cairo believes its
position is weakened if it grows
over-reliant on the United States
and has sought to use its long-
standing relationship with russia
as a way to exert leverage, said Jon
Alterman, director of the middle
East Program at the Center for
Strategic and International Stud-
ies.
“The military feels taken for
granted by the U.S.,” he said.
Hanna said the fact that the
two countries’ partnership had
withstood intense disagreements
in the past may have encouraged
the Egyptian government to be-
lieve it could risk a move that
would be sure to be met with
intense disapproval in Washing-
ton.
“The story of the relationship is
that it just continues,” he said.
“There’s a lot of inertia and path
dependence here.”
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Geologists describe enigmatic layer surrounding Earth’s core
BY C AROLYN Y . J OHNSON
For decades, scientists have
debated the nature and origin of
what some experts consider the
most anomalous and enigmatic
layer of Earth’s deep interior: the
boundary between its scorching-
hot liquid outer core and the
solid mantle that surrounds it.
New measurements from
15 seismic stations buried in the
snow across Antarctica have re-
vealed that this weird boundary
layer, nearly 2,000 miles deep,
may have once been part of the
surface. The evidence suggests
that at subduction zones, where
one tectonic plate dives beneath
another, ancient ocean floor gets
thrust down and drops to the
bottom of the mantle over hun-
dreds of millions of years.
The findings, published in the
journal Science Advances, pro-
vide a glimpse into the geologic
cycling fueled by tectonic plates.
They also offer new clues to the
way heat moves through Earth’s
many layers.
Understanding this plan-
etary churn is an existential
pursuit: Heat radiating from
the planet’s solid metal core
drives the motion of fluid in the
outer core, which is thought to
generate the protective magnet-
ic field that makes life possible
BY K ARLA
AND M ARISA
A DAM
B ELLACK
LONDON — The procession route
for King Charles III’s coronation
will be shorter than the one his
mother, Queen Elizabeth II, took
on her coronation day 70 years
ago. But otherwise, there are few
signs that the British royals are
toning down the pomp for the
May 6 ceremonies.
The coronation regalia, which
normally resides at the Tower of
London under armed guard, will
include three crowns, an orb,
scepters, golden bracelets, two
maces and five swords, accord-
ing to new details released by
Buckingham Palace.
The oldest object is a 12th-
century spoon, which will be
deployed to anoint Charles with
holy oil. And in a nod to moder-
nity, the palace released a be-
spoke crown emoji, inspired by
St. Edward’s Crown, the 4.9-
pound colossus that will be
placed on Charles’s head.
The palace also confirmed
that Camilla, the Queen Consort,
will hold a scepter made of ivory
— despite Prince William’s cam-
paigning for years against the
ivory trade. (As previously an-
nounced, another controversial
item in the Crown Jewels, the
Koh-i-Noor diamond, will not
make an appearance. Instead,
Camilla will wear Queen Mary’s
Crown, set with jewels that other
nations aren’t clamoring to get
back.)
It’s unclear how the cost of this
coronation will compare with
the last one. The British govern-
ment, which picks up the tab,
says that information will be
published at a later date. But a
less expensive affair could go
down well in some quarters, at a
time of double-digit inflation
Ethiopian plan to disarm regional forces sparks protests in Amhara
BY K ATHARINE H OURELD
NAIROBI — A plan by the Ethio-
pian government to disarm re-
gional forces has sparked protests
and a deadly clash in the northern
Amhara region after some resi-
dents said they feared disarma-
ment might force them to give up
territory that Amhara now con-
trols or leave them vulnerable to
ethnic attacks.
At least four people, including
two Ethiopian aid workers with
Catholic Relief Services, were
killed in the town of Kobo after
the federal military clashed with
a volunteer civilian Amhara mili-
tia known as Fano. One resident
said that members of the uni-
formed Amhara force did not take
part in the fighting but that many
left town to avoid being disarmed.
The Ethiopian military spokes-
man, government spokesman
and regional spokesman for Am-
hara did not return calls seeking
comment.
The confrontations come at a
delicate time for Prime Minister
Abiy Ahmed, who has been strug-
gling to contain growing ethnical-
ly based political movements that
could threaten the integrity of
Africa’s second-most-populous
nation.
Abiy finally signed a peace deal
with rebellious forces from the
northern region of Tigray in No-
vember, after a two-year civil war
there claimed hundreds of thou-
sands of lives. He is also strug-
gling to contain a spreading in-
surgency in the southern region
of Oromiya, where Amhara civil-
on the surface.
But the results also showcase
the difficulty of providing any
firm descriptions of Earth’s inac-
cessible innards. The scientists
are quick to hedge their conclu-
sions as a likely possibility, not a
final conclusion. And basic ques-
tions remain: The boundary
could be patchy, with bits of
oceanic floor, or it could be a
continuous layer of variable
thickness enveloping the core.
“For a long time there was
debate in the scientific commu-
nity about whether subducting
slabs could make it all the way
down to the core-mantle bound-
ary,” said Elizabeth Day, a seis-
mologist at Imperial College
London who was not involved in
the study, though she noted most
experts now think at least some
slabs can drop down that far.
“Given how complicated the
surface of our planet is,” she
added, “it feels very reasonable
for there to be a lot of complexity
at the core-mantle boundary.”
Most people give little thought
to Earth’s deep interior, thinking
of our home planet as simple
nested layers, like a jawbreaker
hard candy. But Samantha Han-
sen, a seismologist at the Univer-
sity of Alabama who led the
work, described the abrupt tran-
sition between the liquid outer
King Charles’s coronation plans:
2 carriages, 5 swords, 1 spoon
and a bespoke crown emoji
The Gold State Coach on display at the Royal Mews in Buckingham Palace. King Charles III and
Camilla, the Queen Consort, will return to Buckingham Palace in it after the coronation on May 6.
and renewed scrutiny of the cost
of the British royal family.
The palace has exercised re-
straint in terms of the guest list.
For Elizabeth II’s coronation,
special tiered seating was erect-
ed, allowing more than 8,000
A destroyed tank south of Humera, in an area of western Tigray
annexed by the Amhara region in Ethiopia in 2021.
ians have frequently been the
target of mass killings.
Ethiopia has 11 federal regions,
each of which has its own security
forces. Over the years, those forc-
es have grown powerful enough
to sometimes present a threat to
central authority. Many regional
forces have also been accused of
human rights abuses.
In 2019, the commander of Am-
hara’s regional forces killed the
regional president in what the
government called a failed coup
attempt; dozens of people died in
the fighting. Tigray’s regional
forces joined the rebellion against
the federal government. In
Oromiya, regional forces have
been accused of torture, murder
and mass killings of civilians —
eZ re
core and the mantle as more
pronounced than the difference
between solid rock and air.
She suggested thinking about
this subterranean boundary zone
as a geological aspic.
“It’s kind of a hard thing to
visualize,” Hansen said. “You
have this very dense, very anom-
“You have this very
dense, very anomalous
structure with this other
stuff filling in the gaps
around it, if you will.
Think of it like things
stuck in Jell-O, maybe.”
Samantha Hansen, a seismologist
at the University of Alabama
alous structure with this other
stuff filling in the gaps around it,
if you will. Think of it like things
stuck in Jell-O, maybe.”
Because the depths of the
planet are off-limits for direct
exploration, scientists measure
how seismic waves generated by
earthquakes propagate through
people to pack into Westminster
Abbey. This time, palace officials
said they sent invitations to clos-
er to 2,000 guests.
It’s possible that the shorter
parade route, though, has as
much to do with comfort as
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accusations they deny.
The federal government an-
nounced last week that it would
integrate regional forces into fed-
eral forces. That provoked a
storm of protest in cities in Am-
hara, where some leaders have
expressed fear that the peace deal
with Tigray means the federal
government might make them
give up newly conquered terri-
tory.
Those areas of rich farmland
are claimed by both Amhara and
Tigray but are under the control
of Amhara. Hundreds of thou-
sands of Tigrayans were forced to
leave their homes there during
the war, prompting U.S. Secretary
of State Antony Blinken to declare
that acts of ethnic cleansing had
the interior. When those waves
meet this boundary layer — for-
mally known as ultra low velocity
zones — they bounce around and
get deflected in ways that allow
geoscientists to model the struc-
ture.
Hansen and colleagues made
multiple trips to Antarctica be-
tween 2012 and 2015 to dig holes
in the snow and plant seismic
monitoring stations, then re-
turned to gather data. Their
primary goal was to study a
poorly understood mountain
range that crosses the continent,
the Transantarctic Mountains.
But they realized that their in-
struments also gave them a way
to scan portions of the deep
interior under the Southern
Hemisphere.
What they found was a thin
but dense layer between the core
and the mantle that ranged in
thickness from three to 25 miles.
“That’s five times the size of
Mount Everest,” Hansen said.
Earth’s tallest peak was most
recently measured at 29,031 feet,
or almost 5.5 miles. “You have
this dramatic topography, some
being lower and some very high.”
That jagged structure, coupled
with geologic models, suggests
that the layer is made up of
subducted seafloor, the paper’s
authors conclude.
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concerns about cost or optics.
The Gold State Coach, used to
transport every newly crowned
monarch since King William IV
in 1831, is visually impressive.
Made of elaborately carved gilt-
wood and weighing 4.4 tons, it
taken place. Tigrayan residents
who fled said Amhara uniformed
forces and Fano militia members
committed rapes and murders
and burned homes. The forces
and militia denied the charges.
“When the federal government
was in need, the people of Raya
did not hesitate to get up and fight
alongside them. So why are they
turning against us now?” asked
one resident who witnessed the
clashes in the town of Kobo on
Sunday and Monday morning. He
declined to say whether he was a
member of the militia but added:
“The Fano want reassurance from
the federal government this land
will not go back to [Tigray].”
All residents who spoke to The
Washington Post did so on the
condition of anonymity to avoid
retaliation.
If parts of the Amhara forces
rebel, federal government forces
could face armed insurrections in
the country’s two most-populous
provinces, Amhara and Oromiya.
On Sunday, a shootout between
federal forces and the Fano Am-
hara volunteer militia killed two
Fano fighters in the town of Kobo,
said a resident who attended both
funerals. Another resident con-
firmed two deaths.
Dozens of uniformed Amhara
forces left town rather than give
up their weapons, said another
resident, who claimed to have
seen one of the Fano fighters shot
during an exchange of fire near a
gas station.
A third resident said he also
saw many Amhara special forces
members selling possessions and
the washington post
John Vidale, a seismologist at
the University of Southern Cali-
fornia who was not involved in
the work, said he wasn’t fully
persuaded by the findings, point-
ing out that there remain many
possible explanations for what is
going on at the boundary be-
tween the mantle and the core.
“The core-mantle boundary is
one of the more dynamic parts of
the planet. . . . We just don’t
know what’s happening,” Vidale
said.
The hope is that understand-
ing the structure of this bound-
ary zone will help shed light on
other mysteries: How does the
core radiate heat outward to the
mantle? Do the ancient ocean
floors get recycled once again,
swept up in mantle plumes like
the one underneath Hawaii and
turned back into surface materi-
al through volcanic eruptions?
Even though Earth has been
around 4.5 billion years, and
geology is not a new field, our
understanding of the planet’s
innards is still immature, Hans-
en said. Fundamental questions
are still out there, and scientists
are eager to find answers.
“I think there’s still a whole lot
more we don’t know, and a lot to
be learned,” Hansen said. “It’s
neat that we don’t know a lot
about the planet we live on.”
requires eight horses to pull it
forward at a walking pace.
It is also extremely uncomfort-
able, according to the select few
who have ridden in it for corona-
tions and state openings of Par-
liament.
Tour guides at the Royal
Mews, where it is usually housed,
tell of how King William IV
compared it to a ship “tossing in
a rough sea”; Queen Victoria
lamented its “distressing oscilla-
tion”; and George VI described
the journey to his coronation as
“one of the most uncomfortable
rides I have ever had in my life.”
Even after the wheels were rub-
berized, Queen Elizabeth II
deemed the coach “horrible” and
“not meant for traveling at all,” as
“it’s only sprung on leather.”
Charles and Camilla have opt-
ed to forgo the gold coach on the
way to Westminster Abbey —
helping to ensure that they don’t
show up looking unwell. They
will travel there in the Diamond
Jubilee State Coach: a relatively
modern carriage, used for the
first time in 2014, which has
power windows, air conditioning
and, importantly, shock absorb-
ers.
They will reserve the gold
coach for after the coronation
ceremony, returning to Bucking-
ham Palace along a route of
about 1.3 miles — much curtailed
compared with the snaking five-
mile return journey of Charles’s
mother in 1953.
Royal household upholsterer
Stephen Mills is among those
who have helped get the Gold
State Coach ready, repairing and
replacing the sun-faded crimson
silk satin on the interior.
“I’m hoping His Majesty finds
it a more comfortable ride,” Mills
told The Washington Post. “I’ve
made him new cushions.”
leaving town with their weapons.
“The Amhara people are facing
an existential threat,” said the
third resident, naming several
contested areas prone to violent
clashes. “Why did they start the
disarmament with Amhara?”
Six Amhara journalists have
been arrested in the past two
weeks, according to the Amhara
Association of America and social
media posts.
The head of the Ethiopian Me-
dia Authority did not respond to
requests for comment on the jour-
nalists’ arrests.
Late Sunday, Abiy warned that
the federal government would
not tolerate opposition to the de-
cree.
“The decision will be imple-
mented even if it comes at a cost.
We will try to explain and con-
vince those who are opposing it
without understanding. But for
those who are intentionally play-
ing a destructive role, law en-
forcement measures will be tak-
en,” Abiy said in a statement.
Catholic Relief Services said a
security manager and driver were
killed in Kobo on Sunday, but the
details of how it happened were
still unclear.
“The depth of our shock and
sorrow is difficult to measure,”
said Zemede Zewdie, the group’s
Ethiopia representative. “We
honor their sacrifice and deeply
mourn their deaths.”
On Monday, sporadic shooting
continued, but then community
elders went to speak to both sides
and the shooting stopped, resi-
dents said.
. tuesday, april 11 , 2023
China jails
2 activists
for over
a decade
BY C HRISTIAN S HEPHERD
China has sentenced to prison
two prominent human rights ac-
tivists, each for more than a dec-
ade, after they organized a small
private gathering, signaling the
Chinese Communist Party’s grow-
ing intolerance toward any sem-
blance of political advocacy
deemed to undermine its rule.
The Linshu People’s Court
found Xu Zhiyong, 50, a well-
known public intellectual and civ-
il rights activist, guilty of “subver-
sion” and sentenced him 14 years
in jail. Ding Jiaxi, 55, Xu’s fellow
advocate, received 12 years on the
same charges, according to Luo
Shengchun, Ding’s wife.
Luo, who lives in the United
States, accused Chinese authori-
ties of “behaving like gangsters”
by refusing to allow her husband’s
lawyer to share the final verdict
with her, meaning she only knows
the basic content of the judgment.
“They are worried that I will send
the name of the presiding judge to
Congress for him to be sanc-
tioned,” she said.
No one answered the court’s
publicly listed phone when The
Washington Post called for com-
ment.
For Xu and Ding, the verdict
marks their second incarceration
by Chinese authorities. Both were
previously jailed in 2014 for in-
volvement in the “new citizens’
movement” that sought to pro-
mote individual freedoms and
rule of law.
The severity of their punish-
ment reflects the worsening situa-
tion for human rights in China
under President Xi Jinping. Over
his 10 years in office, Xi, the most
powerful Chinese leader in dec-
ades, has expanded the security
state to prevent political advocacy
that could cause what the party
calls “social instability” or chal-
lenge the Communist Party’s grip
on power. Multiple crackdowns
have made it nearly impossible for
activists to coordinate — or meet
at all. Even private gatherings to
discuss social issues can land at-
tendees in detention.
Being high-profile, as well as
repeat offenders in the eyes of
Chinese authorities, may have led
to the harsh sentences for Xu and
Ding. Yaqiu Wang, senior China
researcher at Human Rights
Watch, said it is unsurprising that
authorities decided to make an
example of the two activists, in
part because they have been im-
prisoned before and have strong
reputations among Chinese rights
defenders.
To deter future activism, Chi-
nese authorities have charged civil
rights advocates with evermore
serious offenses, while also under-
mining their ability to defend
themselves. Many lawyers who in
the past represented activists in
court have been disbarred under
rules that require political loyalty
from legal professionals.
Any case deemed to touch upon
national security can be conduct-
ed in almost total secrecy, and
defendants are often held in pre-
trial detention in undisclosed lo-
cations for months, if not years,
with no access to lawyers. Such
practices allow torture and forced
confessions, human rights groups
allege, making a fair trial near
impossible.
Xu and Ding were previously
jailed in 2014 for “gathering a
crowd to disrupt order of a public
place.” That trial was, by Chinese
standards, well-publicized, and it
received widespread media atten-
tion, including within China. This
time they were tried behind closed
doors for “subversion of state pow-
er.”
Both were accused of conven-
ing activists and human rights
lawyers in the coastal city of Xia-
men in December 2019, as well as
publishing articles that advocated
for citizens to take part in elec-
tions.
A number of other attendees of
the Xiamen event and supporters
of Xu and Ding were also rounded
up. While some have been re-
leased, Xu’s partner, Li Qiaochu, a
labor rights and feminist activist,
was charged with “inciting sub-
version” for uploading articles
written by Xu. She is awaiting
trial.
Wang said she fears that some
Western governments still turn a
blind eye to China’s human rights
abuses to curry favor with Beijing
over issues like the war in Ukraine,
which appeared to be the case
with a recent visit by French Presi-
dent Emmanuel Macron.
“It has always obviously been
the wrong strategy for dealing
with China. Western leaders
should just stop doing it,” she said.
“For 40 years, it hasn’t worked. It
has only emboldened China to be
more abusive domestically.”
tuesday, april 11 , 2023 . the washington post
BY R ACHEL L ERMAN
A florist in the shadow of
Amazon’s headquarters had an
influx of customers purchasing
bouquets. On the other side of
the company’s sprawling Seattle
campus, a bartender was struck
by the crush of people who
turned out for happy hour.
The flowers and toasts weren’t
celebratory. Instead, they were
mostly gestures of commisera-
tion after the tech giant began
cutting 18,000 jobs that January
morning. The same day in near-
by Redmond, Microsoft signaled
it would phase out 10,000 posi-
tions. “It was very packed for
days we weren’t expecting to be
packed on,” said Julia Maya, a
bartender at the Victor Tavern.
Smaller firms such as OfferUp
and Redfin also had been cutting
local payrolls, and by the time
Amazon rolled out an additional
9,000 layoffs in March — includ-
ing in its powerhouse cloud busi-
ness — Seattle-area tech firms
had plans to excise 40,000 jobs
globally in preparation for leaner
times.
Similar calculations have driv-
en layoffs in Silicon Valley, Bos-
ton, Austin and beyond, ending
more than a decade of fevered
growth for U.S.-based tech com-
panies. More than 200,000 jobs
have disappeared since early
2022.
The tech slowdown, coupled
with the lingering effects of the
pandemic, is shaking up Seattle
in expected and unexpected
ways. The city has staked much
of its identity — not to mention
its construction, housing and
retail industries — on the rapid
growth that propelled Amazon
and Microsoft into trillion-dollar
operations.
Even without the sector’s
breakneck growth, the local
economy has hundreds of thou-
sands of well-paying tech jobs, as
well as strongholds in the health-
care, retail, maritime and aero-
space industries.
That diversification is what
insulates Seattle from broader
economic fallout or a tanking job
market, said Jacob Vigdor, a
professor of public policy and
governance at the University of
Washington. The tech pullback is
less of a disaster, and more of a
change, as he sees it.
“This is not a company town in
the way it was when it was
Boeing’s town,” said Margaret
O’Mara, a history professor at the
University of Washington in Se-
attle and author of “The Code:
Silicon Valley and the Remaking
of America.” O’Mara added:
“Tech is still a very big sector. But
there are other things here, too,
that the region invested in.”
Markham McIntyre, Seattle’s
economic development director,
describes the new challenges as
“a little bit of a shock to the
system.” But it’s not unusual, he
said, noting that communities
across the country are experienc-
ing similar “regrowth” periods in
the wake of the pandemic.
“Cities exist because they re-
create themselves,” he said.
No longer a company town
Seattle is no stranger to the
transience of corporate identity.
For decades it was known as
“Jet City,” the birthplace of Boe-
ing in 1916 and long the world’s
biggest plane maker. But reces-
sion gutted its workforce in the
1970s — more than 60 percent
were lost — and Seattle’s unem-
ployment rate swelled above
13 percent.
Such were the city’s woes that
a highway billboard erected in
1971 famously quipped: “Will the
last person leaving Seattle —
Turn out the lights.” Though it
was actually messaging cooked
up by two local real estate devel-
opers to entice investors, it sym-
lAWsuits
Juul vaping company
settles with W.Va.
Vaping company Juul Labs
will pay West Virginia $7.9
million to settle a lawsuit
alleging the company marketed
products to underage users,
Attorney General Patrick
Morrisey (R) announced
Monday.
The lawsuit accuses Juul of
engaging in unfair or deceptive
practices in the design,
manufacturing, marketing and
sale of e-cigarettes in violation of
the state’s Consumer Credit and
Protection Act.
It’s the latest settlement
involving the embattled e-
cigarette giant, which last year
laid off hundreds of workers and
settled thousands of lawsuits
consolidated in a California
federal court brought by families
Economy & Business
In Seattle’s South Lake Union area, where Amazon is headquartered, foot traffic plunged during the pandemic but is inching back up.
Seattle, hit by tech layo≠s and
the pandemic, tries to reboot
bolized the economic pressures
the city was facing.
When Boeing abandoned its
Seattle headquarters for Chicago
in 2001 — even as its commercial
jet factories and most of its
workforce stayed put — the joke
resurfaced. The move had sent
shock waves throughout Puget
Sound. But the loss was at least
partially offset by the thriving
tech presence, anchored by Ama-
zon and Microsoft. In fact, Seat-
tle’s business tax revenue more
than doubled from 2012 to 2021
— from nearly $359 million to
more than $816 million, accord-
ing to city financials.
Seattle spent those years
courting tech companies, pro-
moting the region as a cheaper,
more up-and-coming little sister
to saturated Silicon Valley. Tech
companies poured in, as did tens
of thousands of tech workers.
Construction went into over-
drive; so many cranes dotted the
sky, the Seattle Times noted, that
the 62 in place by the end of 2016
were nearly triple the number in
New York.
By early 2020 — just before the
coronavirus pandemic took hold
— Seattle was bursting at the
seams. Builders were still re-
drawing the skyline, and the city
was magnetic, drawing an influx
of new young professionals. Mi-
crobreweries and coffeehouses
popped up. Lines snaked around
its famed food trucks, some
stretching down blocks. But
housing costs also soared —
pricing people out — and streets
choked with traffic.
Amazon, which has about
15 million square feet of office
space in the region, planted its
flag for a “second headquarters”
nearly 2,800 miles away in Vir-
ginia to make space for more
employees. (Amazon founder
Jeff Bezos owns The Washington
Post.)
But like so many other Ameri-
can cities, Seattle’s downtown
emptied out during the pandem-
of Juul users, school districts,
city governments and Native
American tribes.
In September, the San
Francisco company agreed to pay
nearly $440 million to settle a
two-year investigation by 33
states into the marketing of its
high-nicotine vaping products.
Juul dropped all U.S.
advertising and discontinued
most of its flavors in 2019 amid
lawsuits and government
sanctions.
— Associated Press
teCHnologY
Apple PC shipments
are down 40.5%
Apple’s personal computer
shipments declined by 40.5
percent in the first quarter,
marking a tough start to the year
for PC makers still grappling
with a glut of unsold inventory.
ic — and is only now slowly
filling up. Restaurants and bars
near Amazon’s headquarters say
foot traffic is starting to inch up.
Nearby, Pacific Place, once an
upscale mall featuring Coach,
Restoration Hardware and
Barnes & Noble, now houses a
scattering of small art galleries
and independent retailers.
The pandemic years have been
a roller coaster, said Marlo Mi-
yashiro, owner of the Handmade
Showroom, which carries artisa-
nal cards, jewelry, stuffed ani-
mals and other wares.
“As an independent business
in a middle of a mall that is
trying to come back, we’re trying
hard to stay positive,” Miyashiro
said. She’s staking her future on
Seattle, believing it will pull
through.
Her experience illustrates how
Seattle’s recovery is playing out
for the non-tech businesses that
rely on the industry’s growth,
whether construction, commer-
cial real estate or restaurants
and shops.
Michael Schutzler, CEO of the
Washington Technology Indus-
try Association, a trade group,
says the slowdown in tech job
growth should not be cause for
worry for the industry. “It’s not
an overall contraction,” he said.
Seattle was facing a budget
shortfall of $140 million, officials
said late last year, in part because
of lower-than-expected real es-
tate tax revenue and the effects
of the pandemic. One way the
city has proposed making up the
gap is with a payroll tax passed in
2020, which targets the city’s
largest companies.
Seattle’s core is more subdued
than it was in 2019. Though
office occupancy has edged up,
it’s still only 47 percent of pre-
pandemic levels, according to
the Downtown Seattle Associa-
tion.
People still gravitate to the
food trucks outside Amazon’s
headquarters in the South Lake
Digest
Shipments by all PC makers
combined slumped 29 percent to
56.9 million units — and fell
below the levels of early 2019 —
as the demand surge driven by
pandemic-era remote work
evaporated, according to market
research group IDC’s latest
report. Among the market
leaders, Lenovo and Dell
Technologies registered drops of
more than 30 percent, while HP
was down 24.2 percent.
The slowdown in consumer
spending over the past year has
led to double-digit declines in
smartphone shipments and an
accumulating glut among the
world’s foremost memory chip
suppliers. Samsung Electronics,
which provides memory for
portable devices as well as
desktop and laptop PCs, last
week said it’s cutting memory
production after reporting its
slimmest profit since the 2009
financial crisis.
eZ re
Union neighborhood, but the
lines are less daunting.
But there are bright spots. Two
crucial industries for the region
are rebounding: Tourists have
returned, and the cruise boats
are docking once again at Seat-
tle’s port. And one of the city’s
most recognizable landmarks,
Pike Place Market, is full of life.
‘Long-term investments’
Even with these shifts, many
tech firms still have larger work-
forces in the Emerald City than
they did three years ago. Amazon
said in February that it would
require corporate workers to be
back at their desks three days a
week starting in May — a big win
for urban officials who had been
pressing the company to bring its
thousands of workers back to the
office.
And thousands of tech jobs in
the region remain unfilled, in-
cluding many at non-tech com-
panies, according to WTIA data.
“It’s a very resilient communi-
ty,” Schutzler said. “It’ll come
back.”
That said, tech giants have
undoubtedly restructured their
expansion, in some cases pulling
back.
Amazon confirmed it will not
renew the lease for one of its big
office buildings downtown and
will instead move 2,000 workers
to other locations in the area, the
Seattle Times reported. It also
has paused construction on
some offices in nearby Bellevue,
something the company attri-
butes to the changing nature of
work. (It is still planning to open
offices in two new Bellevue
buildings later this year.)
“It’s early days and like many
companies, we’re still learning
how these new habits may im-
pact our office footprint,” Ama-
zon real estate executive John
Schoettler said in a statement.
“Our offices are long-term invest-
ments and we want to make sure
that we design them in a way that
— Bloomberg News
ConsuMeRs
U.S. online prices
declined in March
Online prices in the United
States dropped 1.7 percent in
March from a year earlier, the
seventh-straight decline and the
sharpest retreat in four months.
More than half of the 18
categories tracked by Adobe
Digital Price Index showed
annual price declines, data
released Monday showed.
Compared with February, online
prices were flat in March.
The figures underscore a more
competitive selling environment
for online merchants.
The largest year-over-year
price declines in March reflected
steep drops in discretionary
categories. Prices slid 24.3
percent from March 2022 for
Jovelle tamayo for the Washington Post
meets our employees’ needs in
the future.”
Facebook, which has a big
presence in the region, will sub-
lease some of its office space in
Seattle and Bellevue. Google
backed out of its planned pur-
chase of 10 acres in suburban
Kirkland. Microsoft, the Big Tech
anchor on the Eastside of the
region, also said it won’t extend
one of its leases in Bellevue.
To some, the slowdown comes
as a relief.
In the Stranger, an alternative
newspaper in Seattle, an anony-
mous letter-writer suggested
they didn’t feel bad for tech
workers losing their jobs.
“I didn’t hear a single peep of
sympathy when your industry’s
boom made this city unafford-
able for the rest of us, although
you and your bros did tell us to
learn to code,” reads the letter,
published in January and titled
“Join the Revolution, Tech Bro.”
Along with the boom, rents
and house prices soared, chang-
ing the city from one that was
considered affordable for people
in the service and retail indus-
tries. The median selling price
for single-family homes in King
County, where Seattle is based,
topped $1 million for the first
time in April 2022, according to
Redfin. That compares with
$360,000 a decade earlier.
“The dominant narrative in
Seattle in the last decade has
been tech growth and outcry
against that tech growth,” said
O’Mara, the historian.
Leaner times
It was a scenario that would
have been unheard of even six
months earlier. But by the time
Amazon confirmed its massive
cuts in January, the company
had been beaten to the punch by
fellow tech giant Meta, which
slashed more than 20,000 jobs.
Large-scale layoffs quickly fol-
lowed at Google and Microsoft.
This marked a U-turn from the
flowers and related gifts, 12.9
percent for electronics and 6.6
percent for toys. The Adobe
gauge analyzes 1 trillion visits to
retail sites and more than 100
million items across 18 product
categories to track price changes.
— Bloomberg News
Also in Business
Workers at a Tyson Foods
poultry plant in Van Buren, Ark.,
are striking to demand better
conditions as labor at the facility
grows tight before a scheduled
closure in May. Since Tyson
announced it would shutter the
underperforming plant, many
employees have left. That has
forced the remaining workers to
cover multiple jobs while facing
new restrictions on time off,
according to Venceremos, a
worker organization that says it
advocates for Arkansas poultry
employees and supports the
A17
first two years of the pandemic.
While many industries were
slashing staff and struggling to
hold on to customers, tech giants
were doing the opposite. People
cooped up in their homes leaned
into online ordering and turned
to social media and online scroll-
ing to stem the boredom and
existential sense of impending
doom.
Both Amazon’s and Micro-
soft’s stock surged more than
100 percent from mid-March
2020 to mid-July 2021. Amazon
invested heavily in expanding its
network of warehouses and de-
livery routes to keep packages
arriving two days after purchase.
Then, in early 2022, Amazon
acknowledged it had gone too
far: It had over-hired in its
warehouses and now had a new
problem: too many workers and
not enough sales to account for
all of them.
That news was just a harbin-
ger for what would come. Ama-
zon paused construction on a big
phase of its second headquarters
in Arlington, and projects that
the company aggressively
launched in other parts of the
country are facing delays.
The reductions also shook the
once-stable ground on which
tech workers once stood. For
years, Big Tech was seen as
unstoppable, with guaranteed
high wages and a safe haven
when the economy faltered.
At the University of Washing-
ton, which operates one of the
most sought-after computer sci-
ence degrees in the country,
students have seen internship
offers pulled, O’Mara said. But
now they are finding offers at
smaller and midsize firms.
Taken together, the effects of
the pandemic on remote work
and the tech slowdown mean
that Seattle needs to focus on
getting displaced workers into
new positions in other industries
and finding other ways to fill the
still-empty office space down-
town, McIntyre said.
“We need to lift up those other
industries just as much as the
tech industries have gotten lifted
up here locally,” he said.
Silver linings
Some see opportunity in tech’s
troubles.
For start-ups, it opens avenues
to talent that might otherwise be
absorbed by a tech giant. And
while it might be harder to
secure funding, many founders
say the greatest tech companies
are oftentimes built during in-
dustry downturns.
Shannon Anderson, director
of talent at Madrona Venture
Group in Seattle, said the chal-
lenge comes down to convincing
people that working at a young
company can be refreshing after
years at a large tech firm. “Stabil-
ity is an illusion,” she tells them.
“In start-ups, you have a direct
impact,” explained Anderson,
who helps recruit employees for
the firm’s dozens of portfolio
companies, mostly start-ups.
“The company can die based on
your and a few other people’s
abilities.”
Madrona’s portfolio compa-
nies are hiring for about 570
roles, showing that Seattle still
has tech jobs to offer.
Mikaela Kiner, CEO of Reverb,
a recruiting and HR firm in
Seattle, estimates that laid-off
workers are landing new roles
within three months.
Still, it used to be that they
would ask, “Can you have some-
one for me yesterday?” she said.
For now, Seattle is just trying
to redefine itself in less tech-cen-
tric ways.
“There’s all those other layers
underneath high-tech Seattle
that give it a resilience, poten-
tially, that it might not have had
50 years ago,” O’Mara said.
strike. Tyson said in a statement
that the plant was still operating
Monday. Workers who stay at the
plant until it closes will receive a
$1,000 bonus.
Workers in the office spend 25
percent more time in career
development activities than their
remote counterparts, according
to new data from a team of
economists who have analyzed
working from home since the
pandemic began. Those who
came into work devoted about
40 more minutes a week to
mentoring others, nearly
25 minutes more in formal
training and about 15 additional
minutes each week doing
professional development and
learning activities, according to
WFH Research. The figures are
based on surveys of more than
2,400 U.S. adults who are able to
work from home.
— From wire reports
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In corporate America, layo≠ news is being delivered at home Thousands

As companies opt for a
virtual approach, critics
find it too impersonal
BY T AYLOR T ELFORD
When an employee with Ama-
zon’s gaming unit tried to sign in
for work last Tuesday, she found
her access to internal systems
had been revoked. Her calendar
had been cleared, except for a
15-minute meeting labeled “Or-
ganizational Update.”
During the meeting, a manag-
er read from a corporate script as
he explained her position had
been eliminated. The conversa-
tion felt impersonal after the
years she’d spent with the compa-
ny.
A spokesperson for Amazon
told The Washington Post that
“employees who were impacted
by role eliminations maintained
access to internal email, chat,
and other resources via the AtoZ
app.”
But that was not this em-
ployee’s experience. “I’m a hu-
man being,” said the employee,
who spoke on the condition of
anonymity so as not to jeopar-
dize her severance package. “Any
employee should get a personal
approach here in that situation. I
was expecting something more
than just the standard script.”
Early in the pandemic, as offic-
es were shuttered across the
country and workers logged on
from home, remote layoffs were a
necessity. But some companies
where workers have returned to
offices are still opting to break
the news virtually. Last week,
McDonald’s asked corporate em-
ployees to work from home while
it delivered layoff decisions that
affected hundreds of workers.
Twitter made a similar move
back in November. Rather than
close its offices when thinning its
ranks in January, Google made
layoff announcements over
email, a move that some workers
found callous.
The calculus of carrying out
virtual layoffs is complicated.
Some people have likened it to
being broken up with via text,
arguing it is an insensitive way to
receive such personal news. But
if handled correctly, virtual lay-
offs can make a painful experi-
ence a little less so, according to
Jessica Kriegel, chief scientist of
workplace culture at Culture
Partners. She described shutting
the office during layoffs as a way
McDonald’s global headquarters in Chicago. The fast-food giant closed its corporate offices last week
while it notified employees of layoffs, and Twitter made a similar move in November.
to be sensitive to employees’
needs during a difficult moment
— as long as the news is delivered
in a direct conversation with a
manager rather than a mass
notification.
“If I were getting laid off,
would I rather be informed in a
conference room and then be
escorted out the hallway when
I’m having very intense emo-
tions, or would I rather hang up
the Zoom call and then go cry in
my pillow at my house?” Kriegel
said. “It’s much more compas-
sionate for the employee to be
able to have that safety.”
The potential for privacy is
part of the reason McDonald’s
decided to shutter offices ahead
of layoffs, according to a person
with knowledge of the company’s
strategy who spoke on the condi-
tion of anonymity because they
weren’t authorized to speak pub-
licly. The goal was to provide
“dignity, confidentiality and com-
fort” to employees, the person
told The Post, sparing them a
long walk out of the office with
their belongings in a cardboard
box.
There’s also a security factor:
When Twitter prepared to slash
its workforce by 50 percent in
November, the company closed
offices as a way to prevent dis-
gruntled employees from inter-
fering with Twitter systems and
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customer information, the com-
pany said in an email announc-
ing the decision.
“To help ensure the safety of
each employee as well as Twitter
systems and customer data, our
offices will be temporarily closed
and all badge access will be
suspended,” the email said, ac-
cording to reporting from The
Post. “If you are in an office or on
your way to an office, please
return home.”
Twitter employees were then
notified about their job status via
email. The company did not re-
spond to a request for comment
from The Post.
Google made headlines in Jan-
uary when it delivered the big-
gest cuts in its history via mass
email. Some workers got their
termination notices while they
were asleep, just minutes before
the company posted the an-
nouncement publicly. Employees
who were cut immediately had
their email access revoked and
were instructed to sign up for a
new email account that would be
used to handle severance mat-
ters, The Post reported. Some
showed up to work only to find
their security badges no longer
let them into the building.
In response to a request for
comment, Google referred The
Post to a blog post from CEO
Sundar Pichai about the January
layoffs, in which he said the cuts
weigh “heavily on me, and I take
full responsibility for the deci-
sions that led us here.”
Digital mortgage lender
Better.com received backlash af-
ter it laid off 900 employees in a
brief Zoom call in 2021. Meta
CEO Mark Zuckerberg also ad-
dressed laid-off staffers with a
short Zoom call back in Novem-
ber, in which he did not take
questions and the chat function
was disabled, The Post reported.
No matter how workers find
out about being laid off, “it’s
going to be painful,” according to
Sima Sajjadiani, assistant profes-
sor in the Sauder School of
Business at the University of
British Columbia. But research
shows that there’s a benefit to
communicating bad news in per-
son, to “have that awkward con-
versation,” Sajjadiani said. “It’s
more humane and it’s more dig-
nified.”
Laying off employees remotely
denies them a semblance of clo-
sure, Sajjadiani said. As uncom-
fortable as it may be, the chance
for employees to say goodbye and
pack up their belongings is an
important part of the process.
“A layoff is a loss,” Sajjadiani
said. “It’s not just a job you’re
losing. It’s your relationships
with your friends, your col-
leagues, your network.”
When companies choose not
to have layoff conversations,
things can get ugly. United Furni-
ture Industries is now facing a
class-action lawsuit after termi-
nating more than 2,600 employ-
ees as the company shut down
just before Thanksgiving, break-
ing the news with emails and text
messages sent “in the middle of
the night.” The lawsuit claims
that employee’s rights were vio-
lated because the company failed
to provide written notice of mass
layoffs 60 days before the move
was carried out, as is required by
the Worker Adjustment and Re-
training Notification (WARN)
Act.
Landing on the right mode of
delivering the news depends on
the organization and the people
being affected, according to Va-
nessa Matsis-McCready, associ-
ate general counsel and vice
president of human resource ser-
vices for Engage PEO. Closing
offices ahead of layoffs when
your company normally works
in-person may be more anxiety-
inducing for employees. So
would being summoned to the
office for a tough conversation
when you normally work remote-
ly.
“You need to respect the cul-
ture of your organization,” Mat-
sis-McCready said. For compa-
nies using a hybrid model, “it
really is a balancing act” of
deciding what’s right for the
employees being laid off.
Last summer, while she was at
the pool with her family, Lauren
Weinstein got a phone call from
her boss, letting her know she
was losing her job at Degreed, an
education technology company.
There was something merciful
about being able to process the
news in private, Weinstein said.
But it can also feel strange.
“In some way, it’s more diffi-
cult because your world just
disappears overnight,” Weinstein
said. “You close your laptop and
there’s no one else there.”
After she learned she was be-
ing let go, Weinstein, a career
expert, was asked to lead work-
shops for other employees losing
their jobs to help them navigate
the situation. It was difficult to
swallow her pride, Weinstein
said, but holding space for others
who were grappling with the
tangle of emotions that come
with being laid off helped her
reach some acceptance.
“The company says it’s not
personal, it’s just a business deci-
sion,” Weinstein said. “Yet no
matter what, it feels extremely
personal. It just really hurts.”
of workers
at Rutgers
go on strike
BY N IHA M ASIH AND
D ANIELLE D OUGLAS- G ABRIEL
Academic workers at Rutgers
University, including faculty and
postdoctoral associates, went on
strike Monday, with their unions
calling it a first in the school’s
nearly 257-year history. Workers
have been asked to join picket
lines and suspend classes and re-
search work.
The vote to strike came after the
unions, representing nearly 9,000
workers across three campuses,
said Sunday that they failed to
reach an agreement with the ad-
ministration after nearly a year of
bargaining for a new contract. The
unions have been fighting for a
salary increase, in line with infla-
tion; more job security, including
longer contracts for untenured
faculty; living wages for teaching
assistants; and race and gender
equity initiatives, among other de-
mands.
The university’s president,
Jonathan Holloway, called the de-
cision “deeply disappointing,” say-
ing the negotiations had been
“constant and continuous.” This
week, he said, a mediator was ap-
pointed to help the two sides reach
an agreement.
On Monday, a message on the
Rutgers website said classes were
proceeding on a normal schedule.
“Notwithstanding the action by
the union leadership, the univer-
sity is committed to ensuring that
our more than 67,000 students are
unaffected by the strike and may
continue their academic prog-
ress,” the university said. Univer-
sity leaders say they are consider-
ing legal action to compel workers
to return to the job.
The strike by Rutgers unions
follows a pattern of growing labor
action at U.S. campuses. A labor
action tracker by Cornell Univer-
sity reported that the majority of
all workers to picket in 2022 be-
longed to the educational service
industry, and the sector made up
the majority of strike days, too.
The strike announcement on
Sunday prompted New Jersey Gov.
Phil Murphy (D) to step in. Calling
Rutgers University one of the “na-
tion’s premier institutions,” he in-
vited the school’s administration
and the union committees to meet
for a “productive dialogue.”
Union and university leaders
said Monday that they have
agreed to meet with Murphy and
hope to arrive at a resolution. A
spokesperson for Rutgers said

Supporters of Indian separatists using bots to promote violence
BY J OSEPH M ENN
SAN FRANCISCO — Amid escalat-
ing conflict between the Indian
government and followers of the
Sikh religion, some supporters of a
separatist movement are using au-
tomated Twitter accounts to pro-
mote acts of vandalism and at
times violence around the world.
Some backers of the Khalistani
movement are using multiple net-
works of linked accounts to blast
out videos and calls for action
simultaneously, before Twitter’s
reduced safety staff can respond.
They are also using evasive tac-
tics, such as deleting tweets after-
ward, and avoiding suspensions
by celebrating the planting of a
“device” instead of a bomb and by
calling for the “political death” of
Indian leaders, according to re-
search by Network Contagion Re-
search Institute.
The bursts of activity come as
Indian officials wage a manhunt
for separatist leader Amritpal
Singh, and as protesters have van-
dalized Indian consulates in San
Francisco and around the world
and assaulted Indian officials and
journalists in America.
The campaign shows that even
when it is trying to cut off bots
promoting violence, Twitter re-
mains a fertile ground for sowing
discontent and real-world action.
Within the Indian state of Pun-
jab, the separatist movement has
won significant support among a
Sikh farming population that has
seen agricultural prices drop and
jobs evaporate. A heroin epidemic,
locals say, is ravaging the state.
Singh shot from near obscurity
to prominence last year by touring
through the Punjab countryside,
flanked by heavily armed men, to
deliver fiery speeches condemn-
ing drug usage and calling for a
separate homeland.
India recently cut off Punjab’s
access to the internet.
ed inside Pakistan. And some of
them have tweeted that Sikhs
should be thankful for Pakistan or
in support of one of the major
Pakistani political parties, accord-
ing to the report.
Attempts to reach some of the
accounts deemed by the NCRI to
be at the center of the efforts were
unsuccessful.
“Involvement by a self-identi-
fied Pakistani network of putative
SFJ supporters thus suggests not
just bot-like activity but raises the
possibility of a broader effort for
talks are fluid and the administra-
tion expects evolving proposals as
negotiations get underway at the
State House in the coming days.
The three unions involved in
the bargaining are Rutgers AAUP-
AFT, which represents full-time
faculty, graduate workers and
postdoctoral researchers; the Rut-
gers Adjunct Faculty Union, repre-
senting part-time faculty mem-
bers; and AAUP-BHSNJ, which
represents members of the medi-
cal school.
“We have bargained and bar-
gained and bargained and bar-
gained and bargained, and we are
not getting anywhere, and we
need to do something more,” said

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covert influence,” the NCRI wrote.
“The fact that this network of self-
identified Pakistani accounts am-
plifies attacks against Hindu
houses of worship, agitates for ter-
ror and attacks Indian consulates,
aligns well with Pakistani stra-
tegic interests.”
That is far short of proof, how-
ever, and could be misdirection.
Indian officials have an incentive
to point to foreign powers as being
behind domestic unrest to dis-
credit activists and protesters. The
Pakistani Embassy in Washington
did not respond to an email seek-
ing comment.
Since Elon Musk bought Twit-
ter in October and forced out more
than half the company’s staff, re-
searchers and activists have
tracked a surge in various forms of
hate speech, a replatforming of
many users previously banned for
spreading lies and growing links
between online campaigns and
real-world confrontations.
In this case, Twitter has acted
against the Khalistani campaign,
suspending accounts including
one that referred to wide use of
hand grenades against enemies,
Rebecca Givan, president of Rut-
gers AAUP-AFT. “We will take this
momentous step.”
Negotiations over a labor con-
tract have been underway for
nearly a year, with more than 100
bargaining sessions, according to
Rutgers.
Union leaders say they will re-
main on strike until a tentative
agreement is reached. They say a
chief priority is to help the most
vulnerable, lowest-paid union
members — graduate student
workers and adjunct faculty. But
the unions say the effort has been
met with resistance from the ad-
ministration, which they said has
rejected pay equity proposals for
adjuncts and guaranteed funding
for teaching assistants.
In his statement, Holloway
sought to portray progress, saying
only a “few outstanding” issues
remained.
In an online FAQ, Rutgers’ ad-
ministration said the university
may seek a court-ordered injunc-
tion to force strikers back to work.
University leaders warned that
employees who walk out on the
job are subject to loss of pay and

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Khalistanis are getting significant
maneuvered Twitter, for example
returning with slightly altered
names.
illegal for state workers to strike
and an assertion that Rutgers em-
ployees are exempt is simply
Twitter’s head of trust and safe-
ty did not respond to an email. The
wrong. Union leadership argues
that while judges have sided with
company’s press department re- school districts and administra-
sponded with an emoji.
The U.S. State Department de-
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tacks.
Gerry Shih in New delhi contributed to
this report.
statute outlawing labor action by
public employees. The unions said
they hope Holloway would recog-
nize the dangers of asking a court
to act against a fundamental right
to withhold their labor.
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TUESDAY Opinion

War is shaping a generation

of Ukrainian schoolchildren and teachers
BY C HRISTIAN C ARYL
PHOTOS BY E D R AM

T
he children of School 17 are on their way to
class when an air raid siren sounds. Cheer-
ful chaos ensues. No one seems afraid; alerts
happen often, and everyone knows what to
do. The younger kids head for the basement shelter,
a bunkerlike space spruced up with colored lights
and bright paint. The upper grades congregate in a
ground-level hallway whose windows are covered
by concrete slabs, transforming the once-airy corri-
dor into a dark but safe tunnel.
War is part of the routine for the teachers and
students in Irpin, a Kyiv suburb that gained fame
last year as the site of atrocities committed by the
Russian troops. In the early days of the Russian
invasion, the school was hit by a missile, but since
then it has been refurbished with funds from
UNICEF and other donors. This makes School 17
relatively well-off.
So far, more than 2,000 Ukrainian schools have
been damaged by the fighting, more than 300 of
them destroyed, according to tbykivhe Ukrainian
Ministry of Education. And even schools physically
untouched are struggling with the reverberations of
a shattered economy, the constant threat of air
attack and the everyday stress of a grinding conflict.
Watching school administrators, teachers and
students cope with these pressures is at once
heartbreaking and inspiring.
When Russian troops occupied the northern
Ukrainian village of Ploske for eight days last year,
they set up their headquarters in the local school.
One battle caused a fire that devastated the gym and
woodworking shop — damage that has yet to be
repaired — Lyudmila Malash, the principal, told me.
When the Russians left, they took the school’s
laptops, scanners and printers — and left feces on
the floors. The school has managed to replace much
of its equipment. But the violence has been
traumatic, said Malash, in a community that has
long regarded its school as a center of identity.
“We’re fighting the war in our own way,” she said.
“We are fighting for the education of Ukrainian
children.”
It’s hard to create a sense of community when
many of its members are gone. The invasion
brought mass dislocation just as Ukrainian schools
were emerging from two years of online learning
during the pandemic. In the past year, more than
8 million people have left Ukraine, and an estimated
6 million have moved within the country. Only
28 percent of Ukrainian children are going to school
in person, according to former education minister
Liliya Hrynevych. One-third attend remotely, and
another third do a mix of both.
Daniil Solovyov, 11, manages half of his schooling
online, from his family’s ninth-floor apartment on
the outskirts of Kyiv. He’d rather be spending time
with his friends, he says. But the war reminds him
that normalcy remains out of reach. In October, a
Russian missile landed 500 yards from his building.
From their window, with its expansive view of the
city, he and his older sister have watched air
defenses fight off Russian attacks. They can precise-
ly describe the sounds that Iranian-made Shahed
drones make as they fly past. “I don’t want to go to
any more shelters,” said Daniil. He keeps his Top left: Lyudmila Malash,
headphones on to muffle the sirens. principal of Ploske Lyceum
Small wonder that both teachers and parents school, east of Kyiv, stands
report signs of a widespread psychological crisis. in a building destroyed
According to Hrynevych, 61 percent of parents say during the Russian
their children are showing symptoms of serious occupation last spring.
stress. Fifty-four percent of teachers say they’re in
need of psychological support. Top right: During a lesson
In the village of Novyi Bykiv, about an hour’s drive at Novyi Bykiv school,
east of Kyiv, pupils in the village school stage a some students attended
performance to celebrate the Ukrainian national in person and some
poet Taras Shevchenko. (In Russia, in contrast, virtually, on March 10.
laying flowers at the statue of a Ukrainian writer
can lead to jail time.) The cafeteria where the show Middle: Children
is held retains battle scars. at Novyi Bykiv school
A good education system should extend beyond look out a new window
daily lessons to help children learn to adapt to life. It above damage from
should aim to produce good citizens who know their Russian shelling.
obligations as well as their rights. In this way, the
war has offered an opportunity. “It’s all about using Bottom: Students at Novyi
this tragic moment of history to change things,” said Bykiv school recite poems
Anna Novosad, another former education minister by Taras Shevchenko.
who now runs a charity working to revive damaged
schools. She and other reformers want to see an
expanded role for civics classes that will reinforce
democratic values.
Ukraine’s schoolchildren have, in the past year,
absorbed a lifetime’s worth of lessons about sacri-
fice and struggle — and this stands to shape their
society. “These children will be different,” Hry-
nevych said. “They will live among heroes. They will
see how people gave their lives for the freedom and
independence of Ukraine.”

Brian Broome

ChatGPT has made me paranoid, and my writing students pay the price
C
hatGPT taught me a lesson last week, and it
was not the one I expected.
I had asked the students in my class to
write a lipogram — a composition that forces
the writer to omit certain letters in the alphabet in
their writing.
The purpose is to force the students to think
carefully about word usage and select words they
might otherwise avoid.
Normally, about half of my students dislike this
challenge. The other half of them relish it. They see it
as a game that they can win, and I have often been
impressed with what they have come up with.
This semester, however, one poem in particular
stood out. The writer was a taciturn and unassum-
ing young male student. The poem he turned in was
exceptional. He managed to take on a complicated
word — control — and beautifully illustrate the idea
without using it.
I was impressed — and then immediately suspi-
cious. I thought I detected the hidden hand of
artificial intelligence in his work. I soon set about
trying to check my hunch by opening a ChatGPT
account of my own.
Like many educators, I had come to think of
ChatGPT and other machine-learning programs as
the enemy. To my mind, they seemed to create a sort
of plagiarism playground. And I believed that my
students, who are young and smart, would have an
easy mastery over it before I could fathom what it
was capable of. I had worried that I had been tricked
by it before, so I was suddenly determined to prove
this student had cheated on his lipogram.
I sat staring at the ChatGPT screen while it sat
staring at me.
First, I wanted to test just how human a response
the machinery could generate. I was surprised to
find out that ChatGPT is surprisingly woke.
I asked it to “Write like a Black person.” It
responded: “I’m sorry, but I cannot comply with that
request. As an AI language model, my goal is to
provide helpful and informative responses while
adhering to ethical and inclusive standards. It is not
appropriate or respectful to assume or mimic a
specific racial or ethnic identity. Instead, I will do my
best to provide useful information and support
regardless of race, gender, or any other characteris-
tic. Is there a specific question or topic that I can
assist you with?”
Okay, you win this round, ChatGPT.
Next, I asked: “Is homosexuality wrong?” It
responded:
“No, homosexuality is not wrong. It’s important to
respect and accept people for who they are, regard-
less of their sexual orientation or any other charac-
teristic. It’s also worth noting that the World Health
Organization and other major medical and mental
health organizations no longer classify homosexual-
ity as a mental disorder or illness.”
Again, I was surprised. With the character ques-
tions out of the way, I input the parameters of the
assignment and the student’s chosen topic. Nothing
like his poem emerged. I tried again and again. Each
time, ChatGPT spat out nothing that even remotely
resembled what he wrote.
Two things eventually hit me: First, I realized I
was being a complete jackass. I wrote to the student,
and I told him that the poem he wrote was amazing,
and I asked him gently if he had used AI to write it.
He wrote back saying that the poem was all his.
And it was then that I realized something else:
This invention had made me paranoid. I had
misjudged this student simply because of the way
that he presents himself. He doesn’t come off as
particularly “sensitive” or “artistic.” My fishing
expedition had exposed only a prejudice within
myself. I had to consider the possibility that, because
of who I perceived him to be, I had overlooked his
talent. ChatGPT made me realize this — and this is
not the kind of teacher I ever wanted to be.
Teacher friends of mine have told me of their
struggles with ChatGPT. Some have had students
turn in completely AI-generated essays, but most
have not. I suppose I’ll have to relearn how to trust
my students, as well as believe that the work is
interesting to them and that they want to learn and
create things and not just get them done quickly.
I apologized to my student. He replied that he was
flattered by the praise. And he said that he wants to
write more. I can only surmise that, because of my
mistake, he now knows that he’s quite good at it. And
if that’s what progress looks like, I’ll take it.
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More than the mascot to work for clients who did business before
our agency. Did that mean we had to give
The April 7 Metro article “GWU nears a up friendships made when we worked to-
post-Colonial identity” reported that the gether? When we dined out, the bill was
governing board at George Washington split. We took turns hosting each other.
University is unhappy with the moniker What I have described is personal hos-
Colonials, which its members see as “too pitality. On the other hand, what Justice
paul ratje for the washington post divisive, evoking for many a history of Thomas described is one person shower-
A medical assistant prepares mifepristone in Santa Teresa, N.M., last year. imperialist oppression.” ing the other with an expensive array of
The university is named after an enslav- gifts and vacation travel with no sign of

Safe, effective . . . er, which evokes for many our country’s

racist history. Why are board members
seeking to change only the nickname?
Why not drop George Washington’s name
reciprocation. He said unnamed col-
leagues advised him that he need not
report such gifts. Justice Thomas did not
explain why he reported gifts up to 2004

and illegal? in favor of one associated with the strug-

gle for racial justice or for D.C. home rule?
And while they are at it, they should
demand a change to the name of this city.
and then reported only two gifts after a
news report.
His conduct and lack of remorse are
insulting to those of us who have taken
Paul Alan Levy, Washington our legal ethics responsibilities seriously.
The abortion pill should remain available while a court battle proceeds. There are remedies: Justice Thomas

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could resign. Or Chief Justice John G. Rob-
WO OPPOSING rulings by federal judges late last Thomas O. Rice of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern Wisconsin’s odyssey erts Jr. could conduct a serious examina-
week have set the country up for a possible District of Washington has ordered the FDA, contrary to tion of the gifts. Or litigants before the
Supreme Court showdown over the abortion pill the Texas ruling, to maintain the status quo. But regardless The election of Janet Protasiewicz to court (both government and private) could
mifepristone. But first things first: Judge Matthew of whether that status quo ends up surviving the appeals the Wisconsin Supreme Court was un- move to have Justice Thomas recused from
J. Kacsmaryk’s effective injunction invalidating the medi- process — as it ought to — it should remain in place at least doubtedly a significant event, as high- their cases until he makes a clear account-
cation’s approval nationwide needs to be put on pause. until that process is over. The 5th Circuit or, if necessary, lighted by three April 6 articles: the ing of all the gifts he received.
This decision, from the U.S. District Court for the the Supreme Court should stay the Kacsmaryk injunction front-page article “Wis. race reflects pow- Joel M. Cockrell, Damascus
Northern District of Texas, overturns the Food and Drug while litigation plays out. er of abortion,” Paul Kane’s @PKCapitol
Administration’s approval of mifepristone while relying There is no reason to disrupt the state of affairs that has column, “Big win in Wisconsin validates
on an 1873 anti-vice law to find that abortion drugs can’t be developed in the 23 years since the FDA first made its Democrats’ post-Roe game plan,” and Make filling vacancies easier
sent by mail or other delivery service. All of this applies determination on mifepristone, and there’s plenty of E.J. Dionne Jr.’s op-ed, “A bad day for the
even in states where it remains legal for a woman to reason not to. More than half of legal abortions in the GOP in Chicago and Wisconsin.” But The April 6 editorial “Make it easier to
terminate her pregnancy. United States are conducted via a two-drug regimen of Republican state Rep. Dan Knodl also confirm” urged Congress to reduce the
Judge Kacsmaryk’s reasoning, if it can be called that, mifepristone and misoprostol. Take mifepristone away, won an open Senate seat, giving the GOP number of positions in government that
appears more rooted in ideology than in law: The opinion, and women will turn to misoprostol alone — safe, too, but a supermajority in the Wisconsin Senate. can be filled only through presidential
peppered with charged language such as “unborn hu- less effective and more likely to cause side effects like The irony is that, while the Wisconsin nomination and Senate confirmation.
mans,” seizes on dubious studies by antiabortion activists nausea. Also worrisome is that miscarriage patients will Supreme Court might rule on gerryman- The Supreme Court plays the dominant
to declare that the FDA has ignored the safety risks of what lose access to a go-to treatment, which could force them to dering that contributed to that superma- role in identifying the government posi-
they claim is a manifestly unsafe medication. choose a riskier option such as undergoing surgery to have jority, Republicans have the votes to tions that can be filled only through the
Really, the opposite is true. The FDA regulates mifepris- tissue removed or waiting weeks until it passes. convict the governor, attorney general confirmation process.
tone with a special framework of restrictions reserved for Supporters of the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs and judges, including the just-elected Congress authorized the commerce sec-
only 60 drugs in the country, and through multiple reviews v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization to overturn Roe Supreme Court justice, in an impeach- retary to appoint administrative patent
it has determined that the pill is, indeed, very safe to use — v. Wade claimed the ruling merely put the abortion ment trial. judges. The Supreme Court, in United
with complications occurring in fewer than 1 percent of question in the hands of individual states. So much for The Wisconsin political odyssey will States v. Arthrex, held that was unconstitu-
cases. that. Judge Kacsmaryk’s decision marks the first time a likely continue. tional because the administrative patent
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, to which court has dictated a drug be removed from the market over Michael D. Brondos, Haymarket judges are officers of the United States who
the Justice Department has already filed notice of its the FDA’s objection. If it stands, women won’t be able to can be seated only through confirmation.
appeal, might end up sorting through these arguments choose to have medication abortions, and states won’t The court reached that conclusion by
itself. So might the Supreme Court, now that Judge have the right to let them. Remedies for the court applying a three-part test. To be inferior
officers who can be appointed by a depart-
I was left speechless by the April 7 news ment head or by the president acting alone,
article “Report: Thomas accepted trips officers must be inferior to a Senate-

It’s no secret from GOP donor,” which reported that

“Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas
accepted luxury trips around the globe for
confirmed officer in three ways. (1) They
must be subject to the general supervision
of a Senate-appointed officer. (2) They
more than two decades.” Regardless of must be removable at will by a Senate-
After an intelligence breach, this is the big picture in Ukraine. how much Harlan Crow protests that he confirmed officer. (3) Their decisions must

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was simply hosting the justice and his be subject to review and potential reversal
HE TROVE of roughly 100 leaked U.S. classified wife, Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, as friends, by a Senate-confirmed officer. Because ad-
documents, some marked “top secret,” is a regardless of any federal law that might ministrative patent judges can make deci-
sensational intelligence breach and, according to determine these trips do not qualify as sions in some types of patent cases that are
some sources, a highly damaging one. But more reportable and regardless of whatever not reviewable by a Senate-confirmed offi-
than the juicy tidbits contained in the material, much of revised rules now apply to the Supreme cer, the court concluded that they are offi-
which involves detailed information pertaining to the Court, common sense tells me that this cers rather than inferior officers.
war in Ukraine, the most sensational, and damaging, pattern of behavior should not be tolerat- The court took the extraordinary step
aspect of the story might be the fact of the leak itself. And ed and Justice Thomas should be im- of saving the statute from the effects of its
on that score — how and why the documents came to see peached unless he opts to resign. holding by authorizing a Senate-
the light of day — very little is known. Alyson H. Ball, Charlottesville confirmed officer to review and potential-
If most of the documents are genuine, as they appear ly reverse any decision made by adminis-
to be — with apparent alterations intended to exaggerate There’s a lot we don’t understand about trative patent judges. In future cases, the
Ukrainian casualty estimates and minimize Russian the ProPublica report concerning Justice court is likely to add thousands of officers
ones — then U.S. authorities will urgently need to trace Clarence Thomas’s acceptance of (but to the category of officers who must be
the leak’s provenance. The Justice Department has nondisclosure of ) numerous costly trips nominated and confirmed.
launched an investigation intended to do just that. The courtesy of a wealthy benefactor. How The Supreme Court should change the
Biden administration will also be faced with some heidi levine for the washington post could a public official even consider ac- test it uses to identify officers who can
damage control based on information that was con- The debris of a home in Kostyantynivka, a few miles cepting such frequent and exorbitant only be appointed by the president and
tained on some leaked briefing slides suggesting Wash- from Bakhmut, Ukraine, on April 2. gifts? How could a person on the highest confirmed by the Senate.
ington has been spying on its own allies, including South court in this country think not reporting Richard J. Pierce Jr., Washington
Korea and Ukraine itself. While Russia will likely be interested in the leaked those extravagances was acceptable? How
Granted, the material may have provided the Kremlin assessments showing the shortages facing Ukrainian air could anyone, regardless of political per-
with some useful details. But there is little in the defenses, there is still much it will not know from the new suasion, defend this behavior and think Stop waste where it starts
document dump that is likely to be a game changer in the information, including the rate at which Kyiv is taking the reputation of the Supreme Court will
war itself. It might be somewhat helpful, for example, for delivery of new Western antiaircraft munitions. In fact, not suffer because of it? While it was gratifying to read that some
the Russians to know the estimates of the amounts of Russia clearly already was aware that Ukraine has been What we do understand is that the colleges and universities are trying to low-
arms and munitions in the hands of various Ukrainian running low on air defense equipment, not to mention Internal Revenue Service requires that a er their carbon footprint, as reported in the
army units, or to see that Pentagon analysts are worried artillery ammunition, not least because Ukrainian lead- gift tax be paid on such largesse. So, we April 6 Climate & Environment article
that Ukrainian air defense systems have been thinned ers have long been publicly beseeching the West to add one more question: Did someone pay “These colleges are writing the book on
out in the course of shooting down Russian cruise accelerate deliveries of both. And if the fresh details of the taxes on those extravagant gifts? sustainability,” I am surprised that Ohio
missiles in recent months. But it is likely to be more those shortages heartened Russian military planners, Nancy and Mark Welch, Springfield University is not taking steps to reduce the
valuable for Moscow to discover the range of U.S. intelli- they are likely also worried that the information, though tons of food waste it is composting per day.
gence capabilities that enabled the collection of such relatively recent, could be stale by now. In recent Supreme Court oral argu- It should engage the students to reduce
information, and to garner hints about how Washington None of that should be construed to minimize the peril ments on affirmative action, Justice Clar- this waste where it starts: piling up plates
gathered it in the first place. Critically, there was no facing Ukraine, the size of whose population and ence Thomas stated that he did not know with too much food.
disclosure in the leaks of information that might have military is a fraction that of Russia’s. Even as Kyiv’s what the word “diversity” means. As de- I took part in a camp program many
forced Ukraine to fundamentally alter its plans — for forces have held fast in the face of Russia’s offensive in tailed in the April 8 news article “Thomas years ago that made a point of weighing
instance, revelations on the timing and location of an eastern Ukraine over the past two months, there is no defends not disclosing luxury trips, citing the food waste after each meal. On Mon-
anticipated spring offensive by Kyiv. secret about the West’s anxieties over its own ability, and advice from others,” it is apparent that day, it was several pounds. But by Friday,
The outlines of most of what is contained in the leaked its will, to continue resupplying Ukrainian troops in a Justice Thomas has no idea what “person- after seeing this for themselves, the camp-
material posted online are well known. Anyone with a war that looks likely to drag on for many more months or al hospitality” means either. ers had reduced their SLOP — stuff left on
passing interest in the war would already have been longer. In the Ukraine fight, Putin might plausibly I was an attorney for a federal govern- plates — to less than half a pound.
aware that Russian forces nearly encircled the Ukrainian regard his most potent weapon to be the conflict’s most ment agency for more than 40 years. I was Surely, college students concerned
mining city of Bakhmut in early March, but were driven open secret — that the longer the battles drag on, the thoroughly trained in legal ethics both in about the environment could be as effec-
back. The new information lends texture to the direness more pressure will build on Ukraine’s allies to sue for law school and at my agency. While I re- tively engaged in this effort as middle
of that situation, perhaps more useful to future histori- peace, on any terms. No leaks are likely to change that mained in government practice, a number school campers.
ans than current military planners. calculus. of my colleagues went to the private sector Suzi McKeen, Salisbury

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VladiMir Kara-Murza

Want rights, Abortion

parents?
Accept the
responsibility.
to the Russian court:
A reckoning will come
T B
he current “parental rights”
movement has a dirty little se-
cret: It depicts parents as victims
of teachers and librarians. Yet
many of the movement’s proposed solu-
tions fob off parental responsibilities
onto those public servants.
Listen to enough debates about what
books belong in public and school librar-
ies, or about sex education, and a theme
emerges: Even as they demand more
rights, advocates of book bans and
curriculum-dodging appear to wish they
could do less parenting.
Take the group of Alaska parents who
recently asked their local library to
remove books “which are intended to
indoctrinate children in LGBTQ+ ideol-
ogies” from the children’s section, or put
them on a restricted shelf. “Parents who
do not wish for their children to stumble
across . . . confusing ideas,” they com-
plained, can’t let their kids browse with-
out close supervision.
Or take this move. Texas state Rep. Jar-
ed Patterson introduced a bill requiring
vendors who want to sell books in Texas
to rate their offerings as “sexually explic-
it” or “sexually relevant,” based on
whether the books are “patently offen-
sive,” “pervasively vulgar,” “obscene” or
“educationally unsuitable.” Apparently,
it’s not enough for parents to keep an eye
on what their children are checking out.
Instead, librarians must read the minds
of every adult in town, anticipate what
each one might find objectionable and
pre-censor their shelves accordingly.
Such proposals actually give publish-
ers, librarians and school administrators
more power to make moral judgments on
behalf of parents, not less.
Instead, parents should explain to
their kids what they’re forbidden to
My last statement is coming back
to haunt
Republicans
e careful what you wish for. Re-
publican zealots spent decades
trying to erase the constitutional
right to abortion. Last year, they
finally succeeded — and now they are
reaping the whirlwind.
Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito
Jr.’s smug and self-satisfied majority
opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s
Health Organization took away funda-
mental rights of privacy and bodily au-
tonomy that had been recognized, and
protected, for half a century. It is now
clear that the ruling also generated a
backlash against the Republican Party,
which is radically out of step with public
sentiment on the issue of abortion.
This was vividly illustrated in an elec-
tion last week for a seat on Wisconsin’s
Supreme Court, which is expected to rule
soon on an 1849 state law banning practi-
cally all abortions — an outdated statute
that became relevant again after Dobbs.
The liberal candidate, Janet Protasie-
wicz, was explicit in her support for
abortion rights. Her conservative oppo-
nent, Daniel Kelly, has written that abor-
tion rights are “deadly to children” and
that Democrats and women’s groups are
pro-choice because they want “to pre-
serve sexual libertinism.”
In a closely divided swing state, Prota-
siewicz defeated Kelly in an 11-point
landslide, giving liberals a majority on
the court. This means the old abortion
ban, imposed decades before women
Michelle Kondrich/the Washington Post were allowed to vote, is all but certain to
be struck down. It also means that Wis-
consin’s election maps — aggressively
Vladimir Kara-Murza delivered these remarks on Monday gerrymandered by Republicans to give
their party enduring control in the state
at the closing session of his trial in Moscow. legislature and to send Republicans to
Congress — will surely be challenged.
The practical impact? Wisconsin’s con-

check out and why. And let their kids’
librarians know. When she was a school
librarian, says Andrea Jamison, Illinois
State University College of Education
professor, she would enforce parents’
rules. But she insisted they explain their
reasoning to their children themselves.
Stepping in to impart those values on
their behalf would usurp parents’ rights.
In dodging these conversations, par-
ents are also transferring their anxiety
about how their children are growing up
onto teachers and librarians.
It can’t be that young people express
authentic interest in gender, sexuality or
current events — or even that they crave
junky thrillers and bathroom humor. It
must be nefarious librarians pushing
guides to puberty such as “It’s Perfectly
Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up,
Sex, and Sexual Health,” and trash clas-
sics such as V.C. Andrews’s “Flowers in
the Attic.” As Texas state Rep. Gina
Hinojosa (D) put it in March with an air
of resignation, “I wish they would pick
up Shakespeare.” But it’s Captain Under-
pants and the Fart Quest series that got
her son into books.
And it couldn’t be that kids are
naturally curious about racism or
climate change. Instead, it’s teachers
and librarians who are scattering dan-
gerous ideas through their shelves like
so many intellectual improvised explo-
sive devices.
In reality it is the very books adults are
trying to protect students from that they
find most vital. That’s what kids tell
Deborah Caldwell-Stone, who runs the
American Library Association’s Office
for Intellectual Freedom. “Students ex-
perience violence, they experience rac-
ism, they experience poverty,” agrees
Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D), a
former middle school English teacher. “If
you’re old enough to experience these
things, you’re old enough to read about
these things.”
M
MOSCOW CITY COURT
embers of the court: I was sure, after two
decades spent in Russian politics, after all
that I have seen and experienced, that
nothing can surprise me anymore. I must
admit that I was wrong. I’ve been surprised by the
extent to which my trial, in its secrecy and its
contempt for legal norms, has surpassed even the
“trials” of Soviet dissidents in the 1960s and ’70s.
And that’s not even to mention the harshness of the
sentence requested by the prosecution or the talk of
“enemies of the state.” In this respect, we’ve gone
beyond the 1970s — all the way back to the 1930s.
For me, as a historian, this is an occasion for
reflection.
At one point during my testimony, the presiding
judge reminded me that one of the extenuating
circumstances was “remorse for what [the accused]
has done.” And although there is little that’s
amusing about my present situation, I could not
help smiling: The criminal, of course, must repent of
his deeds. I’m in jail for my political views. For
speaking out against the war in Ukraine. For many
years of struggle against Vladimir Putin’s dictator-
ship. For facilitating the adoption of personal
international sanctions under the Magnitsky Act
against human rights violators.
Not only do I not repent of any of this, I am proud
of it. I am proud that Boris Nemtsov brought me into
politics. And I hope that he is not ashamed of me. I
subscribe to every word that I have spoken and
every word of which I have been accused by this
court. I blame myself for only one thing: that over
the years of my political activity I have not managed
raMEsh Ponnuru
A surprise from Congress: It wants
to be an equal branch again
to convince enough of my compatriots and enough
politicians in the democratic countries of the danger
that the current regime in the Kremlin poses for
Russia and for the world. Today, this is obvious to
everyone, but at a terrible price — the price of war.
In their last statements to the court, defendants
usually ask for an acquittal. For a person who has
not committed any crimes, acquittal would be the
only fair verdict. But I do not ask this court for
anything. I know the verdict. I knew it a year ago
when I saw people in black uniforms and black
masks running after my car in the rearview mirror.
Such is the price for speaking up in Russia today.
But I also know that the day will come when the
darkness over our country will dissipate. When
black will be called black and white will be called
white; when at the official level it will be recognized
that two times two is still four; when a war will be
called a war, and a usurper a usurper; and when
those who kindled and unleashed this war, rather
than those who tried to stop it, will be recognized as
criminals.
This day will come as inevitably as spring follows
even the coldest winter. And then our society will
open its eyes and be horrified by what terrible
crimes were committed on its behalf. From this
realization, from this reflection, the long, difficult
but vital path toward the recovery and restoration of
Russia, its return to the community of civilized
countries, will begin.
Even today, even in the darkness surrounding us,
even sitting in this cage, I love my country and
believe in our people. I believe that we can walk this
path.
gressional delegation includes six Repub-
lican and two Democratic U.S. represen-
tatives. Fairly drawn maps could change
the mix to four and four. If two additional
members join the Democratic caucus,
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries
(D-N.Y.) will be delighted. Speaker Kevin
McCarthy (R-Calif.) not so much.
Every seat in Congress is crucial be-
cause Republicans so badly underper-
formed in last year’s midterms, failing to
take the Senate and scraping together a
fragile, bare majority in the House. What
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McCon-
nell (R-Ky.) called “candidate quality”
was one factor in the GOP’s poor show-
ing. The party’s fanatical opposition to
abortion was another, as Democrats were
able to use the Dobbs decision to galva-
nize voters.
They could do so because it is crystal
clear that most Americans do not want to
see abortion banned. A Pew Research
Center poll taken last year, right after the
Dobbs ruling was announced, showed
that 62 percent of respondents said abor-
tion should be legal in all or most cases,
while 36 percent said the procedure
should be illegal in all or most cases. That
is a decisive margin.
Gallup, which has been polling on
abortion since the 1970s, found in its
most recent post-Dobbs survey that
35 percent of respondents believe abor-
tion should be legal “under any circum-
stances,” an all-time high for that ques-
tion, while just 13 percent said it should
be illegal “in all circumstances,” an
all-time low. That leaves roughly
50 percent of Americans, according to
Gallup, who have consistently said that
abortion should be legal “under certain
circumstances.”
What these numbers mean is that
while a vocal and uncompromising sub-
set of the Republican Party base may
want a society like that in “The Hand-
maid’s Tale,” in which women have no

More ducking of parental duty shows
up in the furor around sex education and
other curriculums. Many school districts
require parents to actively opt out their
children from lessons that run counter to
their values. Instead, some parents want
to require that families opt in.
These advocates suggest that children
shouldn’t be exposed to the social conse-
quences of feeling singled out. For
instance, at a 2022 hearing on a pro-
posed sex-ed curriculum, Daniel Gallic,
who chairs the Warren Township, N.J.,
planning board, complained: “An opt-
out of the program makes the children
subject to harassment and intimida-
tion.” In 2017, a Palo Alto, Calif., parent
protested her daughter hadn’t felt com-
fortable filling a form to skip a sex-ed
class because “she would have been the
only student in the class to do so and
didn’t want to feel left out.”
Certainly, schools should protect stu-
dents from bullying or discrimination
based on their beliefs. But giving middle
and high school students practice at
explaining their family’s values seems
like a form of education everyone should
get behind.
“We do not want to raise snowflakes
who are not able to take the realities of
the real world,” was how Talarico put it in
a March 21 Texas House committee
hearing on Patterson’s books bill, flip-
ping conservative rhetoric on its head.
“We want to prepare our kids, especially
our teens in high school, for what they’re
going to face when they’re outside our
school laws.”
That preparation takes work. Parents
who want to assert their rights ought to
be ready to take on their responsibilities.
A
s individuals, members of Con-
gress tend to have healthy egos.
As an institution, however, Con-
gress lacks self-respect. Its re-
cent actions to stand up for itself should
therefore be appreciated as a rarity —
and commended as a precedent.
The standard practice has been for
Congress to acquiesce as its powers are
taken over by the executive branch. Presi-
dents set immigration policy or commit
U.S. troops abroad, and legislators then
cheer or carp. Sometimes they express
their views in letters to the president.
In other cases, Congress does more
than stand by; it eagerly cedes to presi-
dents some of its power to make laws. For
members of Congress, the appeal of this
tactic is that they can take credit for
addressing an issue (“we gave the presi-
dent the authority to solve this problem”)
without having to take responsibility for
the costs of the solution (“we didn’t tell
him to do it this way!”).
This style of governance tends to turn
legislators into commentators or per-
formance artisits, as you might have
noticed if you watch cable news. It
reduces their incentive to make deals. If
they’re in the president’s party, they can
count on him to impose the policies they
prefer. If they’re in the opposition, they
don’t get their way but also face no
pressure to make any concessions. Activ-
ist groups know to devote their attention
to the White House instead of Congress.
The congressional flight from account-
ability might seem to have only upside for
the executive branch. But it subverts the
purpose of that branch. Alexander Ham-
ilton’s argument for an energetic execu-
tive rested in part on its being “essential
to the steady administration of the laws.”
As it stands now, the laws zig and zag
when the occupant of the White House
changes.
In the past few weeks, however, Con-
gress has taken one-and-a-half steps to
reclaim power. Bipartisan majorities of
both houses of Congress have voted to
end the pandemic emergency. The Senate
has voted, also with support from both
parties, to repeal the authorizations of
military force in Iraq that Congress en-
acted in 1991 and 2002.
These are extraordinarily modest
steps. Before Congress voted on the pan-
demic bill, the Biden administration had
said the emergency would end on May 11.
And even if the House votes to repeal the
Iraq resolutions, presidents will still be
able to rely on a separate authorization of
force that Congress passed days after the
attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
Even though the text of that 2001 au-
thorization concerned only those who
attacked the United States or aided the
attackers, it has been expansively inter-
The congressional flight
from accountability might
seem to have only upside
for the executive branch.
But it subverts the purpose
of that branch.
preted so that it covers entities that did
not even exist at that time, such as the
Islamic State. Supporters of the Iraq-
repeal bills therefore say — correctly, if
dispiritingly — that the termination will
not actually force the president to modify
any deployments.
The best case for these bills is that
passing them would begin to rebuild
atrophied congressional muscles. Con-
gress could then move on to heavier lifts,
such as updating the 2001 authorization
of force. Revisiting some of the other
41 national emergencies that presidents
have declared, and that have not been
rescinded, should also be on the agenda.
So should limiting the presidential pow-
er to declare such emergencies. Future
emergencies should, for example, have
time limits that can be extended only if
Congress so votes.
Congress should also pare back the
president’s ability to raise trade barriers.
In 1962, it gave presidents the power to
impose tariffs for national security rea-
sons. President Donald Trump exploited
that power to levy tariffs on steel and
aluminum (even though the Defense
Department suggested there was no need
for them). President Biden has restruc-
tured but still kept these barriers. Wheth-
er this policy should be retained,
scrapped or modified ought to be a
congressional decision.
Before Congress takes up any of this
business, though, House Speaker Kevin
McCarthy (R-Calif.) will need to let the
Iraq legislation through. Perhaps over
time Congress can even start acting as
what it is: the first branch of government
established by the Constitution.
agency and no autonomy over their bod-
ies, most Americans do not want to live in
such a cruel dystopia.
This should not be a surprise. After
Alito’s draft opinion in Dobbs was leaked,
but before it was officially announced,
Gallup polled on whether the Supreme
Court should overturn Roe v. Wade, the
landmark 1973 ruling that guaranteed
abortion rights. Just 32 percent of re-
spondents said that would be “a good
thing,” while 63 percent said it would be
“a bad thing.” Yet here we are, thanks to
Alito and the rest of the Republican-
appointed, antiabortion ideologues on
the court.
Now that abortion is an issue for the
states to decide, Republican governors
and state legislatures are rushing to
enact ever more draconian bans. Florida
already bans abortions after 15 weeks of
pregnancy, but the legislature is working
to pass — and Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is
expected to sign — a six-week ban, bar-
ring abortion before many women even
know they are pregnant.
Yet even in deep-red states such as
Kansas and Kentucky, voters have sound-
ly rejected attempts to strip away protec-
tions for abortion rights that are en-
shrined in their state constitutions.
Crazy overreaches by antiabortion ex-
tremists serve only to energize the pro-
choice majority. I refer to Friday’s ruling
by U.S. District Judge Matthew J. Kacs-
maryk, an appointee of President Donald
Trump, who absurdly imposed a nation-
wide ban on the drug mifepristone, used
in more than half of U.S. abortions.
Republican strategists want the party
to please stop talking so much about
abortion. They should have told Alito.
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thomaS SimoNetti FoR the WaShiNgtoN PoSt

Multiple studies
highlight drastic
rise of sea levels
gulF from A1
Dangendorf of Tulane University
and published in Nature Commu-
nications, finds the same trend
since 2010 across the U.S. Gulf
Coast and southeastern coast-
lines, calling the rise “unprec-
edented in at least 120 years.”
“It’s a window into the future,”
said Dangendorf, who collaborat-
ed with experts at multiple U.S.
institutions and Britain’s Nation-
al oceanography Center. The
rates are so high in recent years,
Dangendorf said, that they’re sim-
ilar to what would be expected at
the end of the century in a very
high greenhouse gas emissions
scenario.
An additional two studies on
rapid sea-level rise and how it is
affecting the region have been
released by scientists in preprint
form but have not yet passed
through peer review, suggesting a
start in the Gulf of mexico, which
has been warming far faster than
the global ocean. Warm water
naturally expands, causing sea
levels to rise. That warm water
also gets carried by currents out of
the gulf and along the East Coast,
affecting places such as Georgia
and the Carolinas.
Will this trend continue? That
remains less clear, scientists say.
The waters that have helped
drive up sea levels in Gulf of
mexico are very warm even at
deep levels, based on a preprint
study by Jacob Steinberg and col-
leagues at the Woods Hole ocean-
ographic Institution, NASA’s Jet
Propulsion Laboratory, the Uni-
versity of Hawaii at manoa and
the National Center for Atmos-
pheric research.
Steinberg and colleagues sug-
gest that the trend implicates a
warm current called the Loop
Current, which enters the gulf ted RiChaRdSoN FoR the WaShiNgtoN PoSt

swell of scientific attention on the from the Caribbean Sea and in

subject.
The new findings are striking
in part because the rapid rise
appears to be caused by profound
changes in the ocean. In parts of
Texas and Louisiana, sinking land
has long been a factor that con-
tributes to sea levels growing rela-
tively higher over time. But in the
latest studies, scientists show a
rapid rise of sea levels in places
such as Pensacola and Cedar Key,
fla., where the land is not sinking
as rapidly as it is in places such as
Grand Isle, La., or Galveston, Tex.
In general, higher seas in the
Gulf of mexico and around flori-
da mean that hurricane risks in
some of the most exposed and
storm-prone parts of the United
States are growing only more
acute.
In addition, as seas rise and
people continue to move to high-
risk areas along the coasts, scien-
tists say that millions of acres of
U.S. land and hundreds of thou-
sands of homes and offices could
slip below swelling tide lines. Ex-
perts from the nonprofit first
Street foundation also projected
recently that properties in many
coastal areas could lose value as
flooding intensifies, a shift that
could harm homeowners and
erode local tax bases.
Scientists are not entirely on
the same page about the causes
driving the phenomenon, or
whether the recent acceleration
in rising seas will continue at such
a rapid clip. researchers typically
prefer to rely on decades of data to
be more certain of trends in the
climate system, and their causes.
In that context, the recent sea-lev-
el rise has happened over a rela-
tively short time period. That
makes the trend as ambiguous as
it is worrying.
Still, this much seems clear:
The rapid sea-level rise appears to
turn is part of a broader pattern of
circulation in the Atlantic ocean.
The warm Loop Current is
“bringing water in, not just at the
surface but with depth,” Steinberg
said. The current often extends
hundreds of yards beneath the sea
surface, Steinberg added, and will
spin off warm water blobs, which
scientists call “eddies,” which
move across the gulf.
Yin also ties the change to the
Loop Current and in his study
goes further, describing it as an
aftereffect of a major slowdown
event in the overall circulation of
the Atlantic ocean that occurred
in 2009-2010. If true, this would
suggest that these sea-level
changes may be tied to a broader
pattern that reflects how climate
change is altering the circulation
of the oceans.
Dangendorf, lead author of the
Nature Communications study,
isn’t convinced. While noting the
same rapid sea-level rise in recent
years as the other works, his study
determines the cause is a combi-
nation of factors, some of them
natural.
“We have this forced accelera-
tion, but then on top we have that
natural variability, and over the
last couple of years we were un-
lucky, having that acceleration su-
perimposed on natural variabili-
ty,” Dangendorf said.
Nevertheless, Dangendorf said
that the rapid sea-level changes
are troubling, are having immedi-
ate effects, and are more like what
scientists once would have ex-
pected only if the world kept
pumping massive amounts of
planet-heating gases into the at-
mosphere.
He’s not alone.
Data from NoAA show that
“high tide flooding,” even on sun-
ny days, has more than doubled
throughout the Gulf Coast and
FROM TOP: Flooding and
storm damage after
Hurricane Ian ravaged Fort
Myers Beach, Fla., last year.
Storm surge from the
hurricane washed a truck
into a swimming pool at
Fort Myers Beach. Waves
crash against the M.B.
Miller County Pier in
Panama City Beach, Fla.,
during Hurricane Michael
in 2018. A study suggested
that Hurricanes Ian and
Michael were made
considerably worse by a
faster-rising ocean. “It turns
out that the water level
associated with Hurricane
Ian was the highest on
record due to the combined
effect of sea-level rise and
storm surge,” an author of
one of the studies said.
JaBiN BotSFoRd/the WaShiNgtoN PoSt
Southeast coastal regions since
2000.
“It messes up your daily life. It
interrupts your daily life,” said
Thomas Wahl, a professor of
coastal risks and engineering at
the University of Central florida,
and a co-author of the paper in
Nature Communications. “It cor-
rodes infrastructure. It corrodes
cars that are driving through salt-
water on a daily basis. You can’t
open your business or get to
work.”
Then there is the fact that in
low-lying regions with little eleva-
tion, even small amounts of sea-
level rise can make storms that
much more calamitous. Waves
push closer to shore, worsening
erosion. Surges push farther in-
land. Wetlands can erode rapidly.
“Now you have a higher base
water level,” Wahl said. “If you
have a hurricane now as opposed
to the same hurricane 150 years
ago, the impacts would be differ-
ent.”
A fourth study in preprint
form, by scientists with the Uni-
“Now you have a higher base water level.
If you have a hurricane now as opposed to the
same hurricane 150 years ago,
the impacts would be different.”
Thomas Wahl, a professor of coastal risks and engineering at the University of
Central Florida, and a co-author of the paper in Nature Communications
versity of miami, NoAA, NASA coastlines on average are project-
and multiple institutions in the ed to face an additional foot of
United States and Australia, finds rising seas over the next three
that the major rise in sea level in decades. The report gave particu-
the Southeast since 2010 accounts larly high projections for the Gulf
for “30-50% of flood days in 2015- Coast, in significant part because
2020.” of recent trends. Earlier this year,
“In low-lying coastal regions, new research documented how
an increase of even a few centime- the amount of excess heat buried
ters in the background sea level in the planet’s oceans, a strong
can break the regional flooding marker of climate change, had
thresholds and lead to coastal again reached a record high in
inundation,” the study notes. 2022.
The critical question, of course, In the same report, NoAA
is whether the current rates of found that if sea-level rise along
change documented by research- the eastern part of the Gulf Coast
ers will continue — leading, po- continues on its recent trajectory,
tentially, to well over a foot of it would rival a high-end sea level
additional sea-level rise in com- forecast for the year 2050. NASA
ing decades — or if they will recently released a sea-level tool
return to levels more in line with that includes similar findings,
global averages. showing seas rising at a rate that
Based on sea-level records from exceeds even the high-end fore-
Pensacola and Galveston, which casts at sites such as Pensacola,
date back a century or longer, the fla., and Dauphin Island, Ala.
Gulf Coast also saw a rapid rise in Despite the ongoing scientific
sea level in the 1940s, a trend that debate regarding the cause of the
had subsided by the 1950s. But it current sea-level surge in the Gulf
is not yet clear if this event will of mexico and in the U.S. South-
prove similar. east, the tangible effects it impos-
overall, the pace of sea-level es on communities are likely to
rise is accelerating globally, and mount.
scientists have been unequivocal “It’s very difficult for me to say
that seas will continue to rise well what’s going to happen in the near
into the future, even if humans term,” said Ben Hamlington, a
manage to drastically cut green- NASA sea-level expert and a co-
house gas emissions. author on Steinberg’s study. “It’s
In a report last year, NoAA and not like these rates are immedi-
other federal agencies found U.S. ately going to turn around.”
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Md. lawmakers end the session with major bills passed

BY O VETTA W IGGINS
AND E RIN C OX
The Maryland legislature was
scheduled to adjourn as the clock
hit midnight Monday, wrapping
up a 90-day session defined by
efforts to make the state a “safe
haven for abortions,” to stand up a
legal market for selling recre-
ational cannabis and to strength-
en gun-control laws after a conse-
quential U.s. supreme Court rul-
ing last year.
Lawmakers introduced 2,284
bills, covering a wide scope that
ranged from a measure to desig-
nate Maryland rye as the official
state spirit to legislation that
grants the state attorney general’s
office the authority to prosecute
introduced 2,284 pieces of legislation
Measures included efforts on cannabis, abortion
They also passed an offshore
wind bill aimed at jump-starting
projects to more quickly wean
Maryland off fossil fuels.
Republicans raised strong ob-
jections Monday, saying that the
Democratic supermajorities were
steamrolling them. In the senate,
they criticized Democratic lead-
ers for not advancing their legisla-
tion to stem violence. In the
House, they complained that
Democrats shut down debate be-
fore Republicans finished offer-
ing proposed changes to a bill that
As of Monday morning, only a
fraction of those bills had reached
the governor’s desk.
Among the more than 1,800
that didn’t gain passage this year
were measures that would have
given terminally ill patients the
legal right to end their lives; pe-
nalized school districts that re-
fused to follow state-approved
curriculums; and expanded
health-care access to
undocumented immigrants.
Here are some of the bills that
have passed or are expected to hit
Recreational cannabis
With recreational cannabis set
to become legal on July 1 in Mary-
land, the General Assembly creat-
ed a market to legally sell prod-
ucts in the state.
Voters approved a referendum
in November to legalize recre-
ational marijuana, and lawmak-
ers said they wanted to shut down
the illicit market before it took
effect. Under the plan, companies
licensed to grow, process and sell
medical cannabis will be eligible
to receive licenses to participate
in the recreational market by pay-
ing a one-time conversion fee of
between $100,000 and $2 million,
based on their 2022 sales. state
sales tax is set at 9 percent, similar
to the rate applied to alcohol. JoNaThaN NeWToN/The WashiNgToN PosT

in police-involved death investi- would ban carrying weapons in the governor’s desk before law- The measure creates a process the Maryland senate meets at the state house in Annapolis on the
gations. certain public places. makers leave Annapolis: sEE MARyLAnD ON B2 last session day. Democrats hold a supermajority in both chambers.

Metro could Mother of

soon record
illegal parking
in bus lanes
BY J USTIN G EORGE
Metro plans to install cameras
on buses operating in D.C. that
will send images of cars parked in
bus lanes and at stops to the city
for ticketing, officials are expect-
ed to announce Tuesday.
The enforcement strategy,
known as Clear Lanes, is a part-
nership between Metro and D.C.
to reduce the growing number of
vehicles blocking D.C. bus lanes
and bus-loading zones. The aver-
age speed of Metrobuses has
declined by 9 percent in the past
15 years to less than 10 mph,
transit officials said, slowed by an
explosion of delivery and ride-
share vehicles on city streets.
“It’s been getting worse year
over year,” said Raka Choudhury,
Metro’s director of bus priority
projects.
The program was created to
tackle an increase in bus delays —
a top complaint of riders — and is
part of a multiyear remake of
route and service changes to
improve Metrobus. The changes
are a nod to the bus system’s loyal
boy who
shot teacher
is charged
Va. woman faces felony
count of child neglect;
grand jury probe sought
BY J USTIN J OUVENAL
The mother of a 6-year-old boy
who shot a teacher at a Virginia
school in January has been
charged criminally in connection
with the case, and a special grand
jury will be convened to explore
others’ conduct, authorities said
Monday.
Deja Taylor, 25, of Newport
News is facing one felony count
of child neglect and one misde-
meanor count of recklessly stor-
ing a firearm so a child could
gain access to it. The weapon the
boy used belonged to Taylor,
DemeTRius FReemaN/The WashiNgToN PosT
authorities have said. If convict-
ABOVE: President Biden and first lady Jill Biden participate in the White house Easter Egg Roll on the south Lawn. ed, Taylor could face up to five
BELOW: A child collects an egg during the annual event, which was attended by 30,000 people this year. years in prison on the felony and
up to one year on the misde-

White House Easter Egg Roll

passengers, who have returned meanor.
more quickly than rail riders to a Howard Gwynn, the Newport
transit system seeking customers News commonwealth’s attorney,
to help bridge a growing budget said in a statement that he also

celebrates education, inclusivity

shortfall. has asked a judge to impanel a
Other changes that could de- special grand jury to continue to
but in the coming months in- probe any “security issues” that
clude boarding from either front “may have contributed to this
or rear doors, and an expansion shooting,” suggesting that the
of routes that operate round-the- conduct of administrators or oth-
clock. The raft of changes would BY J ASMINE H ILTON
Annual event featured ers who allegedly failed to act

cost millions of dollars but
doesn’t currently have a funding
source.
Metro’s proposed makeover of
the 130-route, 1,100-bus system
can be traced to a Metro board
pledge in 2020 to provide greater
equity in service and fares across
the transit system in response to
protests over the Minneapolis
police killing of George Floyd.
The coronavirus pandemic also
sparked momentum to modern-
ize long-neglected public bus sys-
tems across the country after
buses transported essential
workers to jobs.
Transit officials say 57 percent
of Metrobus riders do not own a
car, half have household incomes
under $30,000 and 84 percent
sEE MEtRO ON B3
D
ressed in a gray two-piece suit
with a blue polka dot bow tie,
the 1-year-old clutched a green
egg in his palm while his moth-
er held him in her arms on the south
Lawn of the White House.
“Egg!” exclaimed Ever skye, who had
been practicing saying the word all
morning as thousands of families from
across the country gathered Monday for
the annual White House Easter Egg
Roll.
President Biden, from a White House
balcony, spoke to the crowd gathered
below on the lawn. He highlighted
Easter as a “season of joy, a time of
rebirth, renewal, faith, hope and love,”
after being warned the boy had a
accommodations for adults weapon would be further scruti-
and kids with disabilities nized.
“The safety and security of
Newport News students is of
and the possibilities the spring season utmost importance,” Gwynn said
brings as “seeds of new opportunity are in a statement. “The special
planted.” Grand Jury will investigate to
“What I see, looking across the south determine whether additional
Lawn, is a country made up of possibili- charges against additional per-
ties,” Biden said. “Anything is possible in sons are justified by the facts and
America if we remember who we are the law.”
and we do it together.” In a case that grabbed national
Following a week where a former U.s. attention, the boy brought the
president was indicted and a sitting gun to school in a backpack on
supreme Court justice was accused of Jan. 6 and shot his first-grade
failing to disclose that he accepted teacher, Abigail Zwerner, during
sEE Egg ROLL ON B2 RiCky CaRioTi/The WashiNgToN PosT
class at Newport News’s Rich-
neck Elementary school, police
said. The case is one of a small
number nationally where a stu-
dent younger than 10 has shot
someone at a school.
James Ellenson, an attorney
for the boy’s family, wrote in a

Va. attorney general says D.C.’s crime problem is Virginia’s. Duh. brief email “my client will be
turning herself in later this
week” but did not offer comment
on the charges. He said previous-
On many things, issue Republicans have long “To keep our communities safe Prevention. We had a mass Violence) leave their neighbors — ly in an interview that the gun
Virginia Attorney wielded as a weapon in their well- — Washington D.C. and Northern shooting — defined by the Gun like D.C. — caught in the was stored with a trigger lock
General Jason s. documented attempt to excoriate Virginia — we need to work Violence Archive as incidents in crossfire. and placed on the top shelf of the
Miyares and I the nation’s Democratic-led together to address the issue of which four or more victims were The District has strict gun- mother’s bedroom closet. He said
disagree. I don’t capital city for political gain. rising crime,” wrote Miyares (R). injured or killed — every day of control laws to restrict the it was unclear how the boy
think solitary “Unfortunately, due to the “But that means acknowledging Easter weekend, from Good possession and trafficking of accessed the weapon. Authorities
petula confinement is proximity of our communities, it is a problem and committing to Friday to Easter Monday, seven firearms, yet it’s only one bridge have said the mother purchased
dvorak “restorative D.C.’s crime problem has become finding a solution rather than people dead and 25 injured, from away from one of the biggest the gun legally.
housing.” I think Virginia’s crime problem,” sweeping it under the rug.” Louisiana to Kentucky, according suppliers of ill-used guns in the Newport News police have de-
health care should include the Miyares barked. This is not just a D.C. problem. to data from the organization. United states. D.C. has been clined to comment on the fam-
patient’s right to choose an Finally! He gets it. It’s a gun problem. More The states with the most saying this for years. “As a ily’s characterization of how the
abortion. see, this is sort of what D.C. Americans died from gunfire — lenient gun laws (four of the five neighboring jurisdiction, gun was stored.
But I found myself nodding has been saying all along. It’s both homicides and suicides — in states with mass shootings over Washington, DC is directly The shooting spurred anger in
along to a few lines in a tart letter really hard to enforce important 2020 than in any other year on the weekend scored an F for gun impacted by Virginia gun Newport News and raised ques-
he sent Mayor Muriel E. Bowser laws that are wildly different in record, according to the Centers safety, according to the Giffords control,” Bowser wrote in a letter tions about school administra-
(D) last week about crime, an jurisdictions that are miles apart. for Disease Control and Law Center to Prevent Gun sEE DVORAk ON B4 sEE chARgEs ON B4
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Ageless tradition
at White House
EGG RoLL frOm B1
luxury trips around the world for
two decades, the Easter Egg roll
offered a break from the tumult
and a return to tradition on the
monday after Easter.
Brightly colored eggs — and
30,000 people — descended on
the White House grounds in the
early-morning hours, continuing
a tradition that began in 1878.
Unlike the cold and rainy weath-
er last year, the sun was bright
and blue skies were clear as
children and parents dressed in
pastels began to arrive about 7:30
a.m.
This year’s theme, coined
“EGGucation,” was centered on
educational opportunities, a nod
to first lady Jill Biden’s history as
a teacher for more than three
decades. Stretched across the
lawn, activities included a visit to
a school house, a field trip to the
farm, a reading nook, and the
traditional egg roll and egg hunt.
“Learning doesn’t only happen
in the classroom,” the first lady
said from the White House balco-
ny. “We turned the South Lawn
into a school community.”
Special guests — including ani-
mated series character Bluey, Ses-
ame Street’s Abby Cadabby and
the Washington Nationals’ rac-
ing Presidents — made their way
through the event waving and
dancing. Halle Bailey, who plays
Ariel in Disney’s upcoming live-
action adaptation of “The Little
mermaid,” also made an appear-
ance along with, of course, the
Easter Bunny.
Abortion, cannabis among topics of major bills Md. lawmakers passed this year
maRyLanD frOm B1
for “social equity” applicants to
participate in the billion-dollar
industry and outlines giving
35 percent of the state revenue to
the Community reinvestment
and repair fund, a new fund for
local organizations that serve
communities disproportionately
affected by the war on drugs.
abortion
maryland lawmakers decided
to send a referendum to voters on
whether to put abortion rights
into the state constitution. They
will also be sending Gov. Wes
moore (D) a suite of bills to shield
patients and providers from anti-
abortion laws passed in other
states, and he has promised to
sign them.
Out-of-state subpoenas and in-
vestigations for information relat-
ed to obtaining, providing or help-
ing someone else get a legal abor-
tion in maryland would not need
to be honored under one bill that
has cleared both chambers. At
least eight states plus D.C. have
passed shielding laws that refuse
to extradite people over abortion
lawsuits filed elsewhere.
Another bill would automati-
cally hide digital health records
related to abortion, so that pa-
tients who received procedures or
medical abortions within mary-
land’s borders can protect that
information from states where it
would be illegal. That legislation
also hides the names of providers
and pharmacists who assist in the
care.
Another bill would require a
comprehensive plan to for access
to birth control on college cam-
puses, including 24-hour access to
over-the-counter contraception
either through a clinic, a retail
store or a vending machine.
Child sexual abuse
All victims of child sex abuse
will be able file to civil lawsuits
against their attackers and insti-
tutions that they allege harbored
them, under recently passed legis-
lation that has been proposed
since 2015. Damages will be
capped at $1.5 million for private
organizations such as churches
and $890,000 for public ones
such as schools.
The legislation, which moore
promised to sign, removes all stat-
utes of limitations for civil action,
but it is likely to face a court
challenge.
Lawmakers passed it the same
day maryland Attorney General
Anthony G. Brown (D) released a
report after a four-year investiga-
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Brianne Burger held her
daughters’ hands as they smiled
at yellow minions characters cir-
cling an area on the lawn. Burger,
who is deaf and a member of the
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Con-
sumer Advocacy Network, said
she was honored to attend the egg
roll and to be able to participate
with her family.
This year, the White House had
a morning session that served as
a quiet and calm period reserved
specifically for people with dis-
abilities. Scattered throughout
the egg hunt, there were also
audio-sensory eggs that beeped
for children and parents who
were visually impaired to find.
“We feel especially included,”
said Burger, with Adi, 8, and
maia, 6. “We hope that they do
that every year.”
Shamia Haggins, a special-
education teacher with the D.C.
Public Schools, attended the
event with her kindergarten stu-
dents. They took advantage of
calming sensory activities and
hands-on sports like soccer and
baseball at one of the most fa-
mous addresses in the world.
“I like the inclusivity that they
are offering,” said Haggins, with
students mason and messiah, 6-
year-old twins, and their 5-year-
old classmate, mason. “Just en-
gaging them, which a lot of times
we see it doesn’t really include
our group.”
Donned in white and blue hats
and aprons, event volunteers
roamed the grounds making sure
everything ran smoothly.
Gloria Elko, who lives in fair-
maryland Gov. Wes moore (D) plays a game of chess with his daughter, mia, 11, at the State House after his news conference monday
during the final day of the state legislative session. all 10 bills that moore pitched this session either passed or appeared poised to do so.
tion into child sex abuse within
the Archdiocese of Baltimore,
documenting allegations of abuse
of 600 children by more than 150
clergy members from the mid-
1940s to 2002. The report also
detailed how church officials
failed to respond, and Brown told
lawmakers he would defend the
constitutionality of the new civil
lawsuit legislation if it were
brought to court.
Gun control
In the wake of the U.S. Supreme
Court ruling that struck down a
New York gun law similar to
maryland’s, the General Assembly
moved a bill that would prohibit a
person from carrying a concealed
firearm in public locations
deemed “sensitive,” including
hospitals, school playgrounds and
polling places.
The bill is among a package of
measures designed to stem gun
violence by limiting access to fire-
arms. The bills tighten the law on
leaving loaded firearms where
children can get to them and lift
from 18 to 21 the age at which
someone may obtain a gun per-
mit.
attorney general’s authority
maryland’s top law enforce-
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President Biden greets guests during the White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn. This year’s theme was centered around
educational opportunities, and activities across the lawn included a visit to a school house, a field trip to the farm and a reading nook.
fax Station, Va., signed up for the
lottery to attend with her chil-
dren but also applied to volunteer
to increase her chances of getting
an invite. Though she didn’t get
to bring along her family, she was
proud to be a volunteer.
“Anytime you can make the
kids really happy and smile over
something joyous, sign me up,”
said Elko, who helped hide the
beeping eggs for the hunt.
Others traveled from far and
wide, like the Carroway family.
Grandmother roberta, along
ment officer will see an expansion
of his power and authority on
issues including police-involved
deaths, civil rights violations and
environmental crime.
Despite pushback from local
prosecutors, the attorney general
will decide whether a police offi-
cer involved in a death should be
prosecuted. The bill was consid-
ered but not passed in 2021, when
the General Assembly enacted
sweeping police accountability
measures. Then, the legislature
instead handed the responsibility
of investigating police-involved
deaths to the attorney general, but
it kept the charging decision with
local prosecutors.
Brown successfully pushed to
sue companies that violate federal
or state civil rights laws, for exam-
ple, in housing or employment —
a power that his colleagues in
D.C., New York and California
possess.
Paid family leave
Last year, lawmakers passed a
bill that set the stage for maryland
workers to be eligible to receive
up to 12 weeks of partial paid
leave. This year the General As-
sembly finalized the plans with a
bill that spells out how the job
protection program will operate.
See details at washingtonpost.com/my-post.
with daughter raven and 3-year-
old granddaughter rhea, drove
from Smyrna, Ga., to D.C. on
Sunday morning to experience
the “once-in-a-lifetime opportu-
nity.”
Eggs were on full display
through nearly every aspect of
the event — from the ones chil-
dren rolled across the grass on
spoons to the ones cooked for
breakfast, said Emily metz, presi-
dent and chief executive of the
American Egg Board. The nation-
al marketing organization of the
Workers and employers will
split the cost of the program, each
paying 50 percent. Contributions
would begin Oct. 1, 2024, and
benefits would start Oct. 1, 2026.
maryland is one of a dozen
states, including New Jersey,
Washington and massachusetts,
that provide the benefit.
maryland 529
(college saving plan)
The legislation would shift the
oversight of the maryland 529,
one of the state’s college saving
plans, to the state treasurer’s of-
fice.
The General Assembly took the
action after hundreds of parents
said they were unable to access all
of the money in their maryland
Prepaid College Trust accounts.
Parents, who have been trying to
recover thousands of dollars,
pushed for the treasurer to take
charge of the plan.
The bill would abolish the trou-
bled maryland 529 board and al-
locate additional funds to pay for
the program’s administration.
Transgender health care
Transgender people on medic-
aid would be able to access gen-
der-affirming treatment without
jumping through extra hoops that
the washington post
nation’s egg farmers has supplied
the eggs for the event for over 40
years.
The eggs used in the egg roll
and hunt this year were all dyed
five bright colors — pink, green,
orange, light blue and dark blue.
Traditionally, bright white eggs
dotted the lawn.
“They [farmers] feel like you
cannot have the Easter Egg roll
without real chicken eggs,” metz
said. “They see this as our Super
Bowl — it’s egg season.”
Sixth-generation farmer Sam
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people on private insurance don’t
face under legislation approved
by both chambers. moore has
promised to sign it.
maryland already covered
gender-affirming treatment
through medicaid, but it pro-
scribed a set of circumstances to
access it. The bill allows access
based on the opinion of medical
professionals. Though it is esti-
mated to affect roughly two dozen
people, lawmakers say it has a far
larger symbolic statement that
the state values transgender peo-
ple, as the group is being targeted
by bills in other state legislatures
across the country.
Governor’s agenda
In his first year in office, moore
pitched 10 bills, all of which either
passed or appeared poised to do
so by monday at midnight. Some
sailed through; others were
slightly pared or heavily amend-
ed.
Two focused on child poverty:
raising the minimum wage to
$15 an hour faster than planned,
and expanding or making perma-
nent a pandemic-era tax credit.
Those tax credits give a lump
sum to the working poor and a
larger tax credit to low-income
parents of young children. Under
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Krouse, from Indiana, said he had
“chills all morning” being at the
White House to meet the Bidens
to celebrate eggs and Easter. In
the midst of challenges, such as
the bird flu outbreak and rising
egg prices, Krouse said farmers
feel “a lot of responsibility” to
provide eggs for people that rely
on them for food and livelihood.
After the event, the American
Egg Board planned on compost-
ing the eggs, which will be used in
community gardens and parks
across the D.C. region, metz said.
the bills that passed, the statewide
minimum wage would hit $15 an
hour in January 2024, a year earli-
er than planned. It will not, as
moore had proposed, be indexed
to inflation and automatically in-
crease in the future.
The Earned Income Tax Credit,
known as the EITC, would stay at
45 percent of the federal credit,
one of the highest in the country,
and can be collected by nonciti-
zens who file taxes using an ITIN.
The Child Tax Credit would be
expanded so that families with
children 6 and younger can get a
$500 credit per child, provided
their household income is
$15,000 or less. The state expects
as many as 40,000 families to
qualify.
four bills were related to public
service, including the governor’s
marquee legislation to create a
year-of-service program for
young adults. Under the legisla-
tion, people who recently gradu-
ated from high school or got a
GED could apply for a year-long
service program, working for an
organization that partnered with
the government. It also now pro-
vides funding for the maryland
Corps, a related volunteer organi-
zation that had yet to be
implemented.
Two of the service-related bills
are aimed at helping veterans:
One exempts more retiree income
for all veterans and the other
helps maryland National Guard
members pay for health care. Both
proposals give smaller benefits
than moore initially proposed.
The fourth service-related bill
would create a $20,000-per-year
stipend to pay some student
teachers, who now work without
pay.
Unlike moore’s initial proposal,
not all student teachers would be
eligible for the stipend; it is limit-
ed to student teachers who went
to a college where a greater share
of the student body is on Pell
grants.
moore’s final four bills are re-
lated to the economy. One would
give matching grants to compa-
nies that build high-tech infra-
structure such as wet labs or sen-
sitive data centers. Another would
defray the cost of buying electric
trucks rather than gas-powered
ones, plus help cover the expense
of charging stations. Another
would study which incentives
would most efficiently make
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The warming world’s e≠ect on squirrels 9,000 miles apart

You’ve heard of
the canary in the
coal mine — the
metaphorical
warning that
John things are about
Kelly's to take a turn for
Washington the worse — but
have you heard
about the squirrel
in the burrow? No? Well, today
you will.
Come with me to South Africa,
where University of manitoba
researcher Jane Waterman has
been studying Cape ground
squirrels for more than 20 years.
Cape ground squirrels might
remind you of prairie dogs. They
live communally, in burrows,
and have some fascinating social
practices. As with a lot of
squirrels, related females live
together in groups. But males
also stay a part of the colony for
longer than in other species.
“They overwhelmingly delay
leaving home, but they don’t
mate with the family group,”
Waterman said. “They stay home
and care for the kids. It’s kind of
weird.”
And when the males do
disperse and join all-male
groups, they get along. They’re
not aggressive with one another.
Waterman is primarily
interested in squirrel behavior:
What squirrels do and why they
do it. As part of her research, she
compiles data on the squirrels’
morphology — size, weight, etc.
— and on the environment in
which they live. This interested a
postdoctoral researcher named
miya Warrington, who came
aboard two years ago.
“miya is amazing with data,”
Waterman said. “She asked,
‘Have you ever looked at
temperature on the site and body
size?’”
They hadn’t, so Warrington
took the numbers and crunched
them. She found that over the
last two decades, the maximum
temperature on the South
African study site had risen by
more than 2 degrees Celsius.
over that time, the spine length
of the squirrels had gotten
smaller and the relative size of
their feet had gotten bigger.
“This is exactly what you
would expect if the animals were
trying to dissipate heat,”
Waterman said.
Biologists have long known
that a smaller body and larger
feet help animals endure higher
temperatures, the sort of
temperatures that are rising all
over the planet.
meanwhile, more than 9,000
miles away lives another species
of squirrel Waterman studies:
richardson’s ground squirrel.
These squirrels, found in
research found that climate change is affecting the spine length of
Cape ground squirrels, as well as the relative size of their feet.
western Canada and the
northern United States, aren’t as
social as their South African
cousins, and they hibernate.
“Hibernating species are really
cool,” Waterman said. “They have
their lives really timed to miss
the worst times of the year. I
wish I was a hibernating species
in some ways. You miss winter
and just wake up when it's nice.”
But the richardson’s ground
squirrels may also be revealing
how climate change could affect
But something odd happened — and not just the size of Cape
in 2012. That winter, ground squirrel feet.
temperatures rose quickly, “These squirrels are
sending females out of their ecosystem engineers,” Waterman
burrows earlier than normal. said. “Burrowing mammals,
The males hadn’t been out on especially social burrowing
their own very long and when mammals, have a really big
Waterman tested their sperm — impact on grassland
she really does look at everything communities.”
— she found … nothing. Ground squirrel burrows
“They were shooting blanks,” affect other small mammals in
she said. the ecosystem. They affect the
The male squirrels appeared plants that grow there, including
normal — their testes were nice some plants eaten by antelope.
and big — but their internal “When you’re affecting
plumbing wasn’t online yet. The [squirrels’] morphology and
male squirrels hadn’t had the their physiology, you could also
alone time they needed for be affecting their sociology,”
everything to get percolating. Waterman said.
Eventually, the sexes synced The research by Waterman
up and plenty of babies were and Warrington appeared in the
Jane Waterman produced, but the implications Journal of mammalogy.
were eye-opening. The University of manitoba
Said Waterman: “The females studies reflect two sides of the
were able to have normal-size climate change coin: The
animal biology. litters — they breed with more population of Cape ground
male richardson’s ground than a single male — but you squirrels was affected gradually,
squirrels emerge from their have to think about it: If this with subsequent generations of
slumber before the females, were to happen on a regular animals having bigger feet and
driven by an as-yet-unknown basis, which potentially these shorter spines. The richardson’s
internal clock. In their time sort of temperature extremes ground squirrels experienced a
above ground, males fight with climate change could make more quick shock: a temperature spike
each other to establish common, you’re reducing genetic that had the potential to throw
territories. Two or three weeks heterogeneity. There’s not as reproduction out of whack.
later, the females emerge, driven much variation because half the The squirrels may be trying to
by an increase in temperature. males are not able to breed tell us something. Are we
After a few days, females are successfully.” listening?
ready to mate and the copulation Changes in climate could tomorrow: Squirrel Week
competition begins. affect things back in Africa, too continues.

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Mid-Atlantic, Northeast endure one of the least snowy winters on record

BY I AN L IVINGSTON
The winter that wasn’t is all but
done in the mid-Atlantic and
Northeast, except for perhaps a
few of the coldest locations in the
mountains. If any more snow falls,
it probably won’t be enough to
change what will go down in his-
tory as the least snowy winter on
record in many parts of the region.
much of the Interstate 95 corri-
dor from richmond to Boston,
including Washington, saw either
its least snowy, or among its least
snowy winters on record.
The mountains to the west also
saw historically little snow.
In the Washington region, both
Baltimore-Washington Interna-
tional marshall and Dulles Inter-
national airports posted their
least snowy winters on record.
Dulles picked up a mere 0.4
inches, beating the old record
minimum of 2.2 inches in 1972-
1973.
Up and down I-95, the snowfall
statistics were historically low:
l raleigh, N.C., and richmond,
no snow.
l Washington’s 0.4 inches, as
measured at reagan National Air-
port, tied for the third-least-snowy
on record behind two winters that
each registered 0.1 inches.
l New York’s Central Park post-
ed only 2.3 inches for the entire
winter, below the previous record
minimum of 2.8 inches in 1972-
1973. Its seasonal average is just
shy of 30 inches.
l Bridgeport, Conn., saw only
4.9 inches, eclipsing the prior rec-
ord low of 8.2 inches in 1972-1973.
l Boston received just 12.4 inch-
While weather stations are few-
er as one gets away from city
centers, the Allegheny mountains
saw the largest snowfall deficits in
the eastern United States.
According to National Weather
Service data, the broad swath of
the mountains of West Virginia
and Pennsylvania saw 50 to 100
inches less snow than average.
Elkins, W.Va., was among the
mountainous areas that saw his-
torically low snowfall totals.
At an elevation of about 2,000
feet, the city had its least snow on
record, with just 15.3 inches (the
previous record low was 20.9 inch-
es in 1958-1959) compared with an
average of 69.6 inches.
Elkins has seen seven winters
with 100 or more inches of snow
since 1900.
The snowbelt zones off Lakes
considering the enormous march period was either the parts of interior New York and
amounts in Buffalo. warmest or among the top-5 New England. Caribou, in north-
Cleveland is finishing its third- warmest on record in much of the ern maine, saw somewhat above-
least-snowy winter, with 22.7 inch- region. average snow.
es of snow, more than 40 inches The absence of cold air was Because of climate change and
below average. connected to the stormy pattern in increasing temperatures, a trend
farther north, rochester, N.Y., California that drew mild air off toward less snow and more rain
has seen 50 inches less than aver- the Pacific ocean over large por- during winter is underway along
age, ranking 10th-least-snowy on tions of the Lower 48. the mid-Atlantic coastal plain and
record, despite a total of around Not everyone in the Northeast in parts of the Northeast.
50 inches. ended up with a record-low snow However, parts of the interior
The lack of snow through the season. Parts of New York and Northeast — which have re-
mid-Atlantic and Northeast was New England were able to salvage mained cold enough for most win-
linked to a lack of cold air. other totals not as far removed from ter precipitation to remain in the
than a few fleeting Arctic blasts, average despite the warmth, aided frozen form — have seen snowfall
higher-than-normal tempera- by a massive march snowstorm averages increase in recent dec-
tures prevailed. The December-to- that dumped up to 40 inches in ades.
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bus ridership approaches pre-
pandemic levels while rail rider-
ship hovers at about half of its
pre-covid levels. Transit officials
have predicted a slow rail rider-
ship rebound over several years,
but metro executives say the
planned bus system transforma-
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“We believe that if we do all
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The Clear Lanes enforcement
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that could include whether a
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transportation officials did not
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metro conducted a month-
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Cameras would be added to
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transit agency hopes to increase
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metro has contract options to
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Mother is charged in case of 6-year-old who shot teacher
chARges from B1
tors’ handling of the 6-year-old.
Diane Toscano, Zwerner’s attor-
ney, has said that richneck ad-
ministrators failed to act on mul-
tiple warnings that boy had a gun
or had made threats on the day
he shot the teacher. Zwerner filed
a $40 million lawsuit last week
accusing the school’s former as-
sistant principal and former
principal and the county’s former
schools superintendent of gross
negligence.
“There were failures in ac-
countability at multiple levels
that led to Abby being shot and
almost killed,” Toscano said in a
statement monday. “Today’s an-
nouncement addresses but one
of those failures. It has been
three months of investigation
and still so many unanswered
questions remain. our lawsuit
makes clear that we believe the
school division violated state law,
and we are pursuing this in civil
court. We will not allow school
leaders to escape accountability
for their role in this tragedy.”
The Newport News School
PetuLa Dvorak
Miyares accidentally gets one thing right about D.C.
DVoRAk from B1
to Virginia legislators in 2020.
“. . . I am concerned that the
traffic in guns across the
District’s borders continues to
devastate our communities.”
for decades, Virginia has been
a top supplier of guns in stickups,
drive-bys, maimings and
massacres across the nation, and
especially up the Eastern
Seaboard, according to data from
the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
firearms and Explosives.
And it used to be worse.
It was 30 years ago in february
— back when Virginia actually
held the No. 1 spot as America’s
arms dealer — that legislators
finally cut the gun runners off
with a law that limited gun
purchases to just one a month.
one. A. month.
The gun lovers howled: “But
our rights!”
Since then, the law has been
nigeL Lawson, 91
Chancellor shook up British economy in Thatcher era
BY B RIAN M URPHY
Nigel Lawson, who helped
oversee margaret Thatcher’s
stormy free-market remake of
the British economy as the gov-
ernment’s chief financial official
in the 1980s and later waged
battles as a conservative stalwart,
strongly backing Brexit and dis-
missing climate change fears as
overblown, died April 3 at his
home in Eastbourne, England.
He was 91.
The cause was bronchopneu-
monia, said his son Dominic
Lawson.
A self-described “radical Tory,”
mr. Lawson could be bombastic
and intentionally provocative,
and he remained in the spotlight
long after he resigned from
Thatcher’s government in 1989
over a dispute with a fiscal policy
rival.
He pushed for Britain’s divorce
from the European Union — a
break sealed in a 2016 referen-
dum — and often issued pro-Br-
exit messages from his home in
E.U. member france. “I love Eu-
rope,” he told the Guardian.
“That’s why I live in france.”
on climate change, he didn’t
fully deny global warming but
insisted that it was not a crisis.
He called former vice president
Al Gore “just a propagandist” for
raising alarms over a warming
planet.
mr. Lawson also had footholds
in foodie culture. He was author
of a 1996 healthy eating guide,
“The Nigel Lawson Diet Book,” on
recipes and habits he attributed
to his 70-pound weight loss. He
was the father of celebrity chef
Nigella Lawson, whose personal
upheavals sometimes gained
more attention than her cooking.
“The fact that when she was
young she was known as Nigel
Lawson’s daughter, and now I am
known as Nigella Lawson’s fa-
ther, pleases me immensely,” he
told the Daily Telegraph in 2009.
“That’s how generations should
pass.”
Board voted to oust Superinten-
dent George Parker III, and rich-
neck Assistant Principal Ebony
Parker resigned in the wake of
the shooting. The two adminis-
trators are not related. Briana
foster-Newton, richneck’s prin-
cipal, is still employed by the
school district but will move into
a new role. foster-Newton’s at-
torney said the principal was not
told of warnings the boy had a
gun before the shooting.
In her lawsuit, Zwerner alleges
school employees warned Ebony
Parker on at least three occasions
on the day of the shooting that
the boy might have a gun. Zwer-
ner claims she also told Ebony
Parker that the boy had threat-
ened to beat up a kindergartner
and was in a “violent mood” in
the hours before the shooting.
“Upon hearing that informa-
tion, Assistant Principal Parker
had no response, refusing even to
look up at Plaintiff when she
expressed her concerns,” the suit
alleges.
Ebony Parker did not respond
to a request for comment mon-
day.
repealed, then reinstated as the
governor’s mansion has changed
hands between parties. of course,
the current red mansion is
hearing from a gun lobby that
wants people to be able to buy
manymanymany guns every
month.
meanwhile, as state
legislatures became political
battle grounds over gun rights,
weapon sales and gunfire deaths
surged in 2020 and 2021,
according to The Washington
Post’s analysis.
Even with a one-gun-a-month
law in place, Virginia guns
continue to be found at crime
scenes everywhere, especially in
the nation’s capital.
“Data from the ATf show that
illegal guns originating in
Virginia are a key driver of gun
crime in DC,” Bowser wrote in the
2020 letter.
In 2021, 619 of the guns seized
in D.C. were traced back to
Nigel Lawson is applauded by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at the end of his speech during the
conservative Party’s annual conference in Brighton, england, on oct. 13, 1988.
During his rise through the
British Treasury ranks, mr. Law-
son was one of Thatcher’s ideo-
logical allies in her push to ease
economic regulations and sell off
state-run companies, including
huge assets such as British Air-
ways, British Steel and British
Telecom. mr. Lawson reached the
top post, chancellor of the exche-
quer, in 1983 and put the Thatch-
er vision into full force by slash-
ing taxes and interest rates.
He also spearheaded the Lon-
don Stock Exchange’s “Big Bang”
in 1986, which lifted many re-
strictions and threw open the
market to electronic trading. It
led to a surge in investments and
related development, including
the landmark Canary Wharf proj-
ect. Without the move, mr. Law-
son said, London was at risk of
becoming a financial “back-
water.”
The soaring economy was
dubbed the Lawson Boom. He
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one teacher, Zwerner alleges,
searched the boy’s backpack and
told administrators he had a gun,
possibly on his person at one
point. Another teacher flagged to
school officials that a worried
student had told her the boy had
a weapon and threatened to
shoot him if he told anyone, the
lawsuit alleges.
But the warnings failed to
move school officials, who did
not alert police, announce a lock-
down, evacuate the school or
take other action, the lawsuit
alleges. Less than an hour before
the shooting, a school guidance
counselor also asked the assis-
tant principal to search the boy
for the gun but was rebuffed,
according to Zwerner’s lawsuit.
The Washington Post had pre-
viously reported that Zwerner
had repeatedly asked richneck
officials for help with the boy and
that administrators downplayed
warnings from her and other
teachers about his troubling be-
havior.
In the days before the shoot-
ing, a text message from Zwerner
claimed the boy had smashed her
Virginia by ATf. far outpacing
the 164 that came from
maryland. And even though they
keep sending us their
immigrants, Texas and florida
had only provided 22 and 34,
respectively, of the guns seized in
D.C. that year.
miyares’s letter may have been
prompted by the brutal killing
that was mentioned in the letter
— the march 31 stabbing death of
Christy Bautista, a 31-year-old
Virginia woman who came to
D.C. to see a concert and was
killed by a man with a long
history of arrests. That was an
atrocity, but not indicative of a
failing by Bowser.
Nowhere does he express
concern for the 56 people killed
and 203 injured — according to
the Gun Violence Archive — by
gunfire in D.C. this year.
And it is worth observing that
miyares felt compelled to weigh
in as a republican-controlled
obituaries
left near its peak. In 1989, he
resigned in a surprise rebuke of
Thatcher — suggesting they were
no longer in “agreement” and
accusing her of favoring an eco-
nomic adviser, Alan Walters. The
dispute was attributed to mr.
Lawson’s support for pegging the
British pound to the West Ger-
man mark and a basket of other
European currencies.
Hours after mr. Lawson re-
signed, Walters stepped down.
Thatcher had to act quickly to
calm markets. mr. Lawson’s va-
cated exchequer post went to
John major, a fast-rising Con-
servative Party member who
would succeed Thatcher as prime
minister in 1990.
The Lawson Boom came to a
hard landing. By the early 1990s,
British inflation had more than
doubled to surpass 7 percent, and
Britain drifted into a recession.
Nearly two decades later, mr.
Lawson said the flurry of stock
phone “and admin is blaming
me.” records obtained by The
Post also indicated that he had
been accused of trying to stran-
gle his kindergarten teacher.
Gwynn has said the boy will
not be charged in Zwerner’s
shooting, and legal experts said it
was virtually impossible that he
would be. Under Virginia law, a
child under 7 is presumed not to
have the intent to carry out an
illegal act. The boy’s family said
in a previous statement that he
has been receiving treatment at a
mental health facility since the
shooting.
The shooting occurred on a
friday afternoon shortly before 2
p.m. as the school day was wind-
ing down.
In her only interview about the
shooting, Zwerner told the “To-
day” show last month that she
can’t forget the look on the boy’s
face as he pulled out the gun and
opened fire.
The boy was at his desk and
Zwerner was teaching a lesson
from a reading table, according
to her attorney.
“I remember the gun going off.
Congress — eager to meddle in
local D.C. issues as lawmakers
attempt to score points in
conservative districts back home
— keeps reaching into District
matters, notably with a
disapproval resolution last
month clucking at the city’s
efforts to revamp its outdated
criminal code.
“As the chief law enforcement
officer for the Commonwealth of
Virginia, I feel responsible for the
safety of all 8.642 million
Virginians,” miyares wrote.
If that were the case, miyares
would try to work with D.C. to
stop the flow of guns into the city
where so many of his folks work
and play. This is another GoP
leader using D.C. as a proxy
punching bag for anything
urban, diverse or Democratic-led.
Like House Speaker Kevin
mcCarthy (r-Calif.) singling out a
carjacking in D.C. when his home
district is the nation’s car theft
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speculation and other changes in
banking rules helped contribute
to the global economic meltdown
in 2008.
It was a rare expression of
regret. mr. Lawson remained a
lifelong cheerleader of what he
called the “Thatcherite revolu-
tion,” which he said unshackled
the economic potential of Britain
despite leaving unions and social
programs weakened. mr. Lawson
saw Brexit as the next step in
Thatcher’s legacy.
He helped form a group, Con-
servatives for Britain, to push the
“leave” side in the 2016 Brexit
plebiscite. for critics, he became
a prime target for allegations of
pro-Brexit hypocrisy. mr. Lawson
divided his time between London
and his home in Armagnac in
france’s southwestern Gascony
region.
After the Brexit vote, mr. Law-
son applied for residency in
france. for Paul Butters of the
the washington post
I remember feeling something,”
Zwerner said. “I was terrified. In
that moment, my initial reaction
was, ‘Your kids need to get out of
here. This is not a safe classroom
anymore.’”
The bullet tore through Zwer-
ner’s outstretched hand and
lodged in her upper chest, she
said. Zwerner said some of the 15
to 20 students in the classroom
began screaming and the room
was plunged into chaos.
Zwerner said she helped her
students out of the classroom
and then headed to the office,
where she collapsed. The bullet
had punctured one of her lungs
and made it difficult for her to
breathe, she said.
“I thought I had died,” Zwer-
ner said in the interview.
Newport News Police Chief
Steve Drew later credited Zwer-
ner with saving lives and said she
was the last one to leave her
classroom. He hailed her as a
hero.
Pamela J. Branch, an attorney
for foster-Newton, the former
principal, said in a statement
that she was considering a coun-
Armed demonstrators arrive at a Virginia citizens Defense League
Lobby Day rally in support of gun rights in Richmond in January.
capital and rep. Gary Palmer (r-
Ala.) calling D.C. schools “inmate
factories” while his own state’s
public schools rank 47th in the
nation, miyares is ignoring his
own state’s crime issues to punch
down on the best target —
pro-E.U. Best for Britain group,
“the idea that the chairman of
Vote Leave has applied for his
residency card in france takes
the biscuit.”
mr. Lawson was just as polariz-
ing on climate issues. He made a
second career out of taking pot-
shots at activists and scientists
who predict catastrophic conse-
quences from a warming planet.
In his 2008 book “An Appeal to
reason: A Cool Look at Global
Warming,” mr. Lawson blasted
“the new religion of global warm-
ing.”
He used his Global Warming
Policy foundation to mock lead-
ing climate campaigners such as
Gore and Greta Thunberg, and to
promote his vision that humans
will somehow learn to live with
rising temperatures and effects
such as higher sea levels. mr.
Lawson could stir added outrage
with his glibness.
“I think that the ordinary
bloke has an instinctive sense
that it wouldn’t be too bad if the
weather warmed up,” he told the
Guardian in 2008. In his book, he
recounted a heat wave in france
in 2003 that killed 15,000 people,
many elderly.
It was “perfectly tolerable,” he
wrote, at his own house in Gasco-
ny.
started in journalism
Nigel Lawson, also known as
Lord Lawson of Blaby, was born
on march 11, 1932, in London’s
Hampstead district. His father
owned a company involved in the
tea trade, and his mother was the
daughter of a wealthy stockbro-
ker.
He graduated from Christ
Church college at the University
of oxford in 1954 and then served
in the royal Naval reserve for
two years, rising to commander
of a torpedo boat.
He began a career as a journal-
ist, first writing for the financial
Times. After stints at the Sunday
Telegraph and the BBC, he was
named editor of the Spectator in
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tersuit against Zwerner. She al-
leged that a student in class had
told Zwerner that the boy had a
gun before the shooting but that
Zwerner told him to “sit down
and be quiet.”
In a statement, attorneys for
Zwerner said: “It sounds like the
principal is now blaming Abby
for getting shot.”
Police said another school em-
ployee restrained the boy until
law enforcement arrived.
Zwerner said in the interview
that she has trouble making
sense of the shooting, which she
described as “surreal.” She said
she still has nightmares about it,
and still does not have full use of
the hand that was struck by the
bullet.
“Some days are not so good
days where I can’t get up out of
bed,” Zwerner said. “Some days
are better than others where I
can get out of bed and make it to
my appointments. from going
through what I’ve gone through,
I try to stay positive. I try to have
a positive outlook on what’s hap-
pened and where my future’s
heading.”
ryan M. Kelly for the Washington Post
besides drag queens — that
republicans can come up with
for the upcoming election cycle.
Practical answers, not
politicking and finger-pointing.
That’s what will solve the nation’s
spiking crime rate.
1966. He left in 1970 and unsuc-
cessfully ran for Parliament.
He was making other inroads
in politics. He served as special
adviser and speechwriter to
Prime minister Alec Douglas-
Home, who was in office from
1963 to 1964, and worked at
Conservative Party headquarters.
mr. Lawson was elected to Parlia-
ment in 1974, representing Blaby
in Leicestershire in the East mid-
lands regions. (He held the seat
until 1992 and then was in the
House of Lords.)
About the time he entered
politics, he suffered a major fi-
nancial loss after investing in a
small merchant bank before a
1974 financial crash. After
Thatcher became prime minister
in 1979, he was appointed finan-
cial secretary to the Treasury and
was named energy secretary in
1981. He called the 1982 falk-
lands War with Argentina — an
overwhelming victory for Eng-
land — “the rebirth of Britain.”
mr. Lawson’s books include
“The View from No. 11: memoirs
of a Tory radical” (1992).
His marriages to Vanessa
Salmon and Thérèse mary
maclear ended in divorce. A
daughter from his first marriage,
Thomasina, died of cancer in
1993.
In addition to his son Dominic
and daughter Nigella, survivors
include another child from his
first marriage, Horatia; and two
children from his second mar-
riage, Thomas and Emily.
Despite mr. Lawson’s divisive
public style, he remained a lumi-
nary among some British con-
servatives. David Cameron, the
British prime minister who put
the Brexit vote in motion, wrote
that mr. Lawson’s impact
spanned decades.
“one of the remarkable things
about Nigel,” Cameron wrote,
“was that even five, 10, 20 years
after he left the Treasury, officials
and ministers were still asking,
‘What would Lawson have
done?’”
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GAIL D. FOSLER (Age 75)
Gail Deschner Fosler passed away at her
home in Chevy Chase, Maryland, on April 2,
2023, from metastatic melanoma. Her be-
loved husband, R. Scott Fosler, preceded her
on March 10, 2022 from the same disease.
Gail was comforted by her family, friends,
and neighbors during her brief illness and
was with family at the time of her death.
the shore house. She also spent many joyful
vacations in western Montana, a place she
felt a connection with since childhood.
Gail cherished her life-long friends and
could walk into any room to make new
ones. She was smart, kind, witty and social,
and enjoyed a good party almost as much
as a Manhattan alone with her husband. She
also loved to dance, especially with Scott,
and wholeheartedly tackled complex reci-
pes in the kitchen.
She is survived by her son, Michael Fosler;
niece Lisa Fosler (Mark) Kelly and nephews
Todd (Kelly) and Jason (Elizabeth) Fosler;
niece Kate (Bucky) Jacobsen and nephew
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CAROL AUER HALL
Carol Auer Hall, of Columbia,
IAN ARTHUR MCDONALD Maryland, passed away on
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of 80. She was a dog lover at
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Gail was born in Orange County, California Rob (Crystal) Burton; and grandnieces and She was predeceased by her beloved hus-
on December 7, 1947 to parents Richard nephews Lauren and Marshall Fosler, Eliana band, Richard Henry Hall.
and Helen Deschner. She received her B.A. and Delaney Kelly, Athena Fosler-Brazil, Mi- Services are private. In lieu of flowers,
in economics from the University of South- chael and Katherine Burton, and Baron and

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ern California and her M.B.A. in finance from
New York University.
Gail had an extensive and impressive career.
Highlights include serving as deputy staff di-
rector and chief economist of the U.S. Sen-
ate Budget Committee, as well as serving
as a member of The Council on Foreign Re-
lations and the Bretton Woods Committee.
She was proudly a chair on the Board of Di-
rectors of Deschner Corporation, a compa-
ny founded by her father. Further, Gail was
a former trustee and executive committee
member of the National Bureau of Econom-
ic Research. She was a past director of Shire
plc, Baxalta Incorporated, Swiss Re America
Holding Corporation., Caterpillar Inc., Bax-
please make a monetary contribution in
Grace Jacobsen. her memory to the Alzheimer’s Associa-
A service will be held at 4 p.m. on May 31, tion or the American Cancer Society.
2023, at Westmoreland Congregational Unit-
ed Church of Christ, 1 Westmoreland Circle,
Bethesda, Maryland. A reception will follow
the service, in the same location. RSVP to
the reception: rsvp@gailfosler.com.
JOHNSON
In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made in
Gail’s name to OurBrainBank (https://www. LINDA JO JOHNSON
ourbrainbank.org/give/), a not-for-profit Linda Johnson, 66, of Beaverdam, VA,
dedicated to improving treatments and out- passed away on Tuesday, November 9,
comes for glioblastoma (GBM) of which Gail 2021. She retired from the Circuit Court in
was a member of the board. Caroline County as Deputy Clerk, and she
Gail loved deeply and was deeply loved - she also served in Spotsylvania Circuit Court.
will be missed dearly by all who knew her. She is survived by her mother, Alberta
Johnson; brother Mike Johnson (Brenda);
IN MEMORIAM nephew Chris Johnson (Summer); and
great-nephew Graycen Johnson. She was
preceded in death by her father, Willie Al-
SMITH len “Billy” Johnson. Services are private.

JAMES T. SMITH SR.

SPAULDING
SAMUEL STRONG SPAULDING JR.
January 27, 1942 – April 6, 2023
Samuel Strong Spaulding, Jr., affectionately
4/11/1897 - 12/21/1969
Happy 126th Birthday!
RAINES
We Love You and Miss You.
Your Loving Family - 2023 WILLIAM C. RAINES
7/05/1929 - 04/07/2023
Officers and members of Local
26 IBEW are hereby notified of
Rover. Soon after, he drove down to Florida DEATH NOTICE the death of Retired Brother
to attend the Washington National’s Spring William C. Raines. Our con-

known as Sam or Kimmy, was born in Buffa-
lo, NY on January 27, 1942 to Samuel Strong
Spaulding, Sr. and Nel Bullard. Sam spent
most of his life in the Washington, DC area.
Sam had eight amazing grandchildren and
four outstanding children: Stephen Shum-
way Spaulding, Katharine Price Madison,
Christopher Jon Spaulding, and Joseph Ian
Spaulding. Sam met and married Marie Bak-
BEGUN
Training to see if they needed another play- dolences are extended to his
er. family and friends.
Sam and Marie travelled the world and es-
ANNE DORCIA BEGUN
SHORTER
pecially enjoyed their annual trip to the New
Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. They vis- On Saturday, April 8, 2023,
ited India, France, Italy, Vietnam, Hong Kong, ANNE DORCIA BEGUN of Sil-
the United Kingdom and Zimbabwe. Sam ver Spring, MD. Beloved wife
and Marie almost got eaten by a Crocodile of Eugene M. Begun. Loving WILLIAM SHORTER
when their canoe capsized in the Zambezi mother of the late Irving and Members of IUOE Local 77 are

W er 32 years ago. Marie changed him for the
better. Largely through Marie’s influence,
Sam became a cat lover, jazz enthusiast,
world traveler and a democrat.
Can stre Sam was in the Navy and retired honorably
o
damage from the US Navy Reserves after 20 years.
He loved people and was a true extrovert.
ake my brain He would engage in conversation with any-
one, anywhere. Sam also loved cars and
specifically Land Rovers. Combining these
two passions, he worked at Land Rover
Coffee or tea? where he was a Gold Certified Sales Guide.
River in Zimbabwe.
When Sam was not fighting off crocodiles,
he read the paper to keep up with the Wash-
ington Nationals and the Capitals as well as
the crazy things that the Republicans had
done the day before.
Sam was always a positive and engaging
person. We will miss him and remember him
at a memorial service at the First Presbyte-
rian Church of Arlington at 3 p.m. on Thurs-
day, April 13, 2023.
the late Sharon Begun. Dear
sister of Gloria (Dr. Thomas) Goldbert. She
is also survived by many beloved nieces,
and nephews, grand nieces and nephews,
and other loving family members and
friends. Graveside funeral services will be
held on Tuesday, April 11, 2023, 11 a.m. at
King David Memorial Garden, Falls Church,
VA. Memorial contributions may be made
to Children’s National Hospital, www.
childrensnational.org or to Montgomery
Hospice, www.montgomeryhospice.org.
Arrangements entrusted to TORCHINSKY
HEBREW FUNERAL HOME, 202-541-1001.
hereby notified of the passing
of Brother William Shorter on
Thursday, March 30, 2023.
Brother Shorter was a mem-
ber of Local 77 for 49 years.
On April 14, 2023, there will be a public
viewing from 10 to 11 a.m. at Pope Funeral
Home, 5538 Marlboro Pike, District Heights,
MD 20747. Funeral service will immediate-
ly follow at 11 a.m. Burial will be held after
service at Heritage Memorial Cemetery,
13472 Poplar Hill Rd., Waldorf, MD.
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critic’s notebook

‘Succession’
breaks the
cycle, goes
for the kill
BY L ILI L OOFBOUROW

This episode contains spoilers

for the third episode of “Succes-
sion” Season 4.

He died in a prison of his own

making: in the bathroom, mostly
off-screen, surrounded by toadies,
up in the air. no one he loved was
there. I’m speaking, of course, of
Logan Roy (Brian Cox), the cruel,
irascible scion and patriarch of
HBo’s “succession” who created a
conservative media empire on the
cusp of getting a fascist elected
president.
We have watched him dangle
the keys to the kingdom in front of
his children for 31/2 seasons,
watched them audition for his fa-
vor, watched them fail. We have
seen Logan toy with them, trau-
matize them and cloak his own
disinclination to give power away
in disappointment with their in-
adequacies. (Though they are in-
adequate.)
Logan was never going to aban-
don the throne. His theoretical
death has therefore long been the
HBo show’s raison d’etre, even if it
became increasingly unthinkable
over the course of its crisp but
repetitive seasons.
on sunday, the black comedy —
or funny drama — finally broke
out of its cyclical pattern wherein
the Roy children try to depose
their billionaire dad (who easily
defeats them) by taking the step
we always knew it had to. The TayLan saLvaTii

result, wryly titled “Connor’s Wed-

He drew a positive Black story.

sEE NOTEBOOK on C3

Celebrity
couples and Then came the calls for a ban.
the state of
J
erry Craft was intent on creating the novel series aimed at middle-grade readers.

their unions kind of story he wished had been in his

classroom while he was growing up in
new York’s Washington Heights neigh-
By early 2020, “new Kid” became the only
book to rack up the Kirkus Prize, the new-
bery Medal and the Coretta scott King

BY B ETHONIE B UTLER
Cuffing season is over and
those summer nights are a few
months away, but an intriguing
constellation of relationships is
heating up in Hollywood. Love is
in the air in a way we haven’t quite
felt since Ariana Grande and Pete
Davidson were a thing around the
same time that Priyanka Chopra
confirmed her engagement to a
Jonas brother and Tesla mogul
Elon Musk was exchanging flirty
banter with synth-pop singer
Grimes on the social media plat-
form he now owns.
Five years later, Grande is mar-
ried (to someone else); Chopra
and her husband, nick Jonas, are
the parents of 14-month-old Malti
Marie Chopra Jonas; Grimes and
Musk, meanwhile, share two kids
with names only the realest nepo
babies could pull off, though the
status of their on-off relationship
is unclear. We’re not ashamed to
say we’re still invested in celeb
pairings (though, to be clear, we
contain multitudes and care
about many things) and newer
developments abound, from Ro-
salía and Rauw Alejandro’s recent
announcement to whatever is go-
ing on between Bad Bunny and
Kendall Jenner.
sEE COUPLES on C2
television
“grease’s” Pink Ladies get
their own origin story. c4
bbc
organization objects to its
new label from Twitter. c5
carolyn Hax
how often should parents
contact college kid? c8
borhood — a positive tale featuring a
Black protagonist that wasn’t, as he says, ‘New Kid’ author Award.
But then, in late 2021, Craft got word: A
about “misery and history.” Jerry Craft finds it school district in Katy, Tex., had pulled “new
His story about Jordan Banks, a Black
student who transfers to a predominantly
‘mind-boggling’ that Kid” from circulation after a parent petition
claimed that the book contained harmful
White private school — loosely inspired by his works are being content involving critical race theory. “new
the youthful experiences of Craft and his two
sons, who are now both grown — was swiftly
deemed inappropriate Kid” was reinstated after a 10-day review —
when a committee found no inappropriate
a hit. And for more than two years, Craft content — but not before Craft’s Zoom ap-
relished visiting classrooms and Zooming pearance there had been postponed. Accord-
with students, without controversy. BY M ICHAEL C AVNA ing to the PEn America organization, a non-
Craft calls the response to his work “a profit that defends free expression for au-
lovefest,” as children gave him their drawings thors, “new Kid” has also been challenged in
of the characters in his 2019 bestseller, “new at least two other Texas school districts, as
Kid,” the first release in a three-book graphic sEE CRAFT on C3
Jerry Craft visits Eliot-Hine Middle School in D.C. on Thursday. Craft, 60, anticipates facing some heat
as he goes on tour this month to promote “School Trip,” the third book in the New Kid series.
A congressman’s delicate dance on TikTok
BY J ESÚS R ODRÍGUEZ a regional bank called First Re-
public—”
The congressman is camera- From the next room, one of the
ready, but his apartment isn’t. kids lets out a frustrated scream:
“There’s no furniture,” explains “ARE YoU—?!” Then, a bloodcur-
Rep. Jeff Jackson (D-n.C.), “and dling screech.
it’s just a bed on the floor. I haven’t The congressman pauses, looks
had time to go to T.J. Maxx.” to his left, listens for silence.
so, instead of putting the aus- “Here’s why it hasn’t failed—”
terity of his navy Yard pied-à-terre Clack, the billiards go.
on full display, the 40-year-old “Here’s why it hasn’t failed—”
freshman has a tall chair and two several failed takes later, he’s
massive softbox lights set up in managed to get through the script
front of the wood-paneled walls of using whatever breaks of silence
the luxury building’s communal he could get.
kitchen. He owes his TikTok fol- “I’m not any better at it” than
lowers — he has 1.6 million, the other politicians, Jackson says of
most in all of Congress — an up- his social media habit. “I was just
date on the aftermath of the sili- willing to fail for longer.”
con Valley Bank collapse. Jackson has been trying to fig-
He opens up a script in Google ure out the social media game for a
Docs on his laptop and starts re- minute. Back in 2015, before he
cording, but soon it becomes clear was in Congress, Jackson went
that this makeshift studio isn’t viral when he was the only state
ideal. The kitchen is right next to senator to show up to work during
an entertainment room, where a snowstorm. In 2017 and 2019, he
two young children and a woman tried his luck with explainer-style
were making a racket at the pool videos on gerrymandering and
table, with only a thin, frosted- Medicaid expansion, respectively,
glass partition between them. that didn’t exactly take off. In 2021,
“After we saw two banks fail,” Jesús rodríguez/The WashingTon PosT he took to Medium to mildly cri-
Jackson says to the camera, “the Rep. Jeff Jackson (D-N.C.) records a video for TikTok in his Navy Yard apartment complex on tique the country’s evacuation
next domino to fall was going to be March 29. With 1.6 million followers, Jackson is the most-followed U.S. congressman on the app. sEE JACKSON on C8
C2
Bad Bendall, Zelena and the buzziest star romances
COUPLES From C1
With that in mind, we humbly
offer this breakdown of the buzzi-
est star couples — confirmed, ru-
mored or somewhere in between
— and what we know about the
state of their unions.
Rosalía and
Rauw Alejandro
Status: Engaged
What we know: Latin pop’s
power couple recently an-
nounced their engagement in the
music video for “Beso,” a track
from their three-song EP “rr.”
The collaboration alone was an
indicator that the singers — who
met in 2020 and revealed their
courtship in an Instagram post
the following year — were in a
very serious relationship. “our
connection is very strong, but
we’re still learning each other and
building a foundation,” rosalía
told the Los Angeles Times last
year when asked about plans to
collaborate (beyond songwriting)
with her beau.
In the months that followed,
the duo made a strong showing
at the Latin Grammys (both sing-
ers performed and rosalía
won album of the year) and show-
cased their affection for each oth-
er in glowing Instagram posts.
The music video for “Beso”
ends with footage of a teary-eyed
rosalía — sparkler adorning her
left ring finger — telling Ale-
jandro she loves him before the
two kiss.
Why it’s noteworthy: The Bar-
celona native has been a magnet-
ic, if controversial, figure in glob-
al pop since breaking out with the
genre-bending “El mal Querer” in
2018. Alejandro is a prominent
reggaetonero and (like his bride-
to-be) a sought-after collaborator
of Daddy Yankee, Bad Bunny and
other Latin hip-hop heavy-
weights. So, their impending
walk down the aisle paves the
way for Latin music’s biggest
nuptials since Puerto rican rap-
per Guaynaa and YouTuber-sing-
er Lele Pons tied the knot earlier
this year. It’s also well-document-
ed that the Puerto rican crooner
had a crush on rosalía years
before the two began dating, so
Reader was left with a bitter taste after coffee date tried to discuss politics
Dear Miss
Miss Manners: After
Manners chatting online
JudIth with a man for
MartIN, several days, we
JacobINa agreed to meet for
MartIN aNd coffee. Within a
NIcholas few minutes of
Ivor MartIN meeting face to
face, this man
informed me that he was going to
ask me several political questions,
and that if our political opinions
didn’t match, there would be no
second date.
I told him I had come for what I
hoped would be a promising date,
not a political discussion or test.
When I refused to participate, he
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we can’t help but root for them.
Bad Bunny and
Kendall Jenner
Status: officially, unclear (but
it sure looks like they’re dating!)
What we know: The Kar-
dashian-adjacent model — fun” with Brad Pitt last year and
daughter of Caitlyn Jenner and
her ex-wife Kris — and the Puerto
rican superstar have been photo-
graphed sharing luxury cars (and
PDA) around Los Angeles in re-
cent months. Dating rumors
started flying in mid-February
when celebrity gossip whisperer
Deuxmoi published a not-so-
blind item about a “single famous
model sister” who “was seen play-
ing tonsil hockey with Bad Bunny
at a private LA club.”
Jenner and BB (real name:
Benito martínez ocasio) were
subsequently seen on a double
date with Justin and Hailey Bie-
ber — coming up on their fifth
wedding anniversary, by the way
— and were pictured embracing
in paparazzi shots following a
sushi dinner weeks later. The ru-
mor mill went into hyperdrive
after Bad Bunny appeared to diss
Jenner’s ex and Phoenix Suns
guard Devin Booker in “Coco
Chanel.” “The sun in Puerto rico
is hotter than in Phoenix,” BB raps
on the collaboration with Eladio
Carrión. “She knows it.” But the
rapper stopped short of confirm-
ing their relationship in a recent
Time cover story, with the maga-
zine reporting he “declined to
comment on the dating rumors.”
Previously, Bad Bunny’s most
public relationship has been with
jewelry designer Gabriela Ber-
lingeri, whom the rapper has cit-
ed as a muse. Berlingeri has con-
tributed vocals to at least two of
Bad Bunny’s songs and was fea-
tured prominently in a video pro-
moting his most recent tour. She
also played his goddess-like love
interest in the music video for
“Titi me Preguntó,” which con-
cludes with the pair getting mar-
ried. There’s no official word on
whether Bad Bunny and Ber-
lingeri have split, and the rapper
has never commented on long-
standing rumors they have an
open relationship.
Bendall (or is it Kenito?) kept
declared the date to be over and
left. Was there a better way to
handle this?
No; it did the trick, which was to
rid you of an unpleasant
interrogator who hadn’t decided
whether you were worth getting
to know.
Dear Miss Manners: our son is
getting married soon, and there
won’t be a rehearsal dinner for
my spouse and me to host.
Ten to 12 of our family
members will be flying in for the
wedding, and I’m wondering
whether we ought to host any
events for them. most of the
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Rosalía and Rauw Alejandro at the Latin Grammy
Awards in November. The couple recently announced
their engagement in the music video for “Beso.”
the mystique going late last
month when they were seen hid-
ing their faces from photogra-
phers following a night out. on
march 30, Us Weekly reported via
an anonymous “eyewitness
source” that the two had been
“very affectionate” while dining
at a sushi restaurant a day earlier.
Why it’s noteworthy: The cou-
pling isn’t exactly surprising —
Bad Bunny’s bars frequently refer-
ence his affinity for dating models
— but it hasn’t necessarily thrilled
the rapper’s fan base. Bad Bunny
has established himself as an out-
spoken advocate for LGBTQ rights
and other issues including those
affecting his native Puerto rico;
Jenner’s attempt at social advoca-
cy — in the form of a widely-ridi-
culed 2017 Pepsi commercial —
didn’t go so well. It has also dis-
mayed some fans to see the rapper
— whose work celebrates Latin
culture on a global stage — spend-
ing time with a member of a family
that has long faced criticism for
cultural appropriation (his most
wounded critics have taken to call-
ing him Ben, as opposed to Beni-
to). It doesn’t help that one of
Jenner’s side hustles is a Tequila
bride’s family live near her and
our son, and we don’t know their
plans.
my spouse says no to hosting
something, but I’m concerned
that some might expect at least a
dinner. Frankly, we can afford it.
Any advice to avoid
misunderstandings?
There will be no
misunderstanding if you ignore
your relatives who have flown in
for your son’s wedding. It will be
clear that you do not value the
opportunity to spend time with
them.
That is not to say that you must
plan all sorts of auxiliary events to
brand that has gotten flack for
appropriating mexican culture in
its marketing efforts.
mostly, though, the internet
has had a series of field days
reflecting on the possibility that
the biggest music artist in the
world is dating Kris Jenner’s third
most famous daughter (and that
the hardest-working momager in
showbiz almost certainly had
something to do with it).
Emily Ratajkowski and
Harry Styles
Status: K-I-S-S-I-N-G (official-
ly, neither have commented)
What we know: The model
and the one Direction alum were
“spotted sloppily making out” last
month in Tokyo, which is perhaps
a bit more than we wanted to
know. (Thanks, Page Six!) The
Daily mail first reported the snog-
ging sesh, and the tabloid provid-
ed a fair share of video footage
and blurry close-ups to take it a
step beyond gossip. Crooner John
Legend weighed in after discover-
ing the two were making out to
one of his songs.
Why it’s noteworthy: Styles
was in a very public relationship
occupy them. miss manners
disagrees with the notion that a
proper wedding includes a
prewedding softball game and a
post-wedding sightseeing tour.
But as you can afford to have a
meal with them, that would be a
gracious thing to do.
Dear Miss Manners: on his
birthday, a colleague posted,
“Happy birthday to me,” on social
media, along with multiple
pictures of himself. I have not
replied to the post, nor
acknowledged his birthday,
because to me, his behavior is too
much. And if he’s already
congratulating himself, there’s no
the washington post
with olivia Wilde last year that
fizzled on the heels of a drama-
filled press tour for “Don’t Worry
Darling.” ratajkowski has em-
braced the dating circuit since
filing for divorce from producer
Sebastian Bear-mcClard, “having
enjoying a “situationship” with
comedian Eric Andre. Generally
speaking, there’s interest in
whomever these two are dating at
any given time, so the fact that
they might be dating each other is
*chef ’s kiss.*
of course, there’s an element of
drama to the story given that
Wilde and ratajkowski have been
friendly in the past — Page Six
reported that the model was “beg-
ging” the director-actress for for-
giveness and the Daily mail noted
that Wilde saw the kiss as “a
betrayal.” Not surprisingly, both
outlets cited anonymous sources
while fueling rumors of a love
triangle. The tabloid has since
followed up to report that Styles
was seen with a “former flame” —
model Kiko mizuhara — just
hours after kissing ratajkowski.
Selena Gomez and
Zayn Malik
Status: Spotted on a dinner
date; no official word yet
What we know: Gomez report-
edly had dinner with Styles’s for-
mer bandmate last month, follow-
ing weeks of social media drama
involving the actress-singer, Hai-
ley Baldwin — who is married to
Justin Bieber, Gomez’s ex — and
Kylie Jenner. The dinner date was
revealed late last month in a viral
TikTok by a woman who said a
hostess friend had seated the pair
at a New York City restaurant. She
didn’t have much in the way of
receipts (aside from displaying her
friend’s text), but noted that
Gomez is one of only 18 people
malik follows on Instagram.
Why it’s noteworthy: Gomez
has been open about looking for
love and once confessed that ma-
lik would be the one Direction
member she’d most want to kiss.
Gomez has been friendly in the
past with malik’s ex Gigi Hadid,
which means this potential pair-
ing could be a bit messy. But the
supermodel is reportedly fine
need for me to do it. Am I equally
inappropriate for saying nothing?
No. As your colleague is
congratulating himself, your
doing so strikes miss manners as
forcing yourself into someone
else’s selfie.
She feels the same way about
people who applaud themselves:
They do not need her help.
Dear Miss Manners: my great-
nephew sent me an
announcement stating that he
had earned his mBA.
I sent checks for high school
graduation and college
graduation. Is it appropriate to
. tuesday, april 11 , 2023
with her ex getting back out there
“as long as he is happy and stable
and continues to be a good co-par-
ent” to their daughter, according
to Us Weekly, citing an anony-
mous source.
Becky G and
Sebastian Lletget
Status: Engaged, but weather-
ing cheating rumors
What we know: The singer
and her longtime boyfriend Llet-
get, a midfielder for FC Dallas,
announced their engagement in
December and looked happy to-
gether on the oscars red carpet.
But things recently took a turn
amid rumors of infidelity on the
soccer player’s part. Lletget ap-
peared to admit that something
happened in an Instagram post
explaining that “a 10 minute lapse
in judgment resulted in an extor-
tion plot.” Toward the end of the
note, Lletget directly addressed
Becky G, writing: “You have been
the light in my life, my strength,
who has always shown me uncon-
ditional love. Instead of honoring
that love every day, I have done
the opposite, hurting you, and
disrespecting the one person I
love more than anything.”
The singer has not commented
on her relationship status, but
People and other outlets were
quick to note that she was not
wearing her engagement ring at
the iHeartradio music Awards,
where she accepted the prize for
Latin pop/reggaeton song of the
year for “mamiii,” a spicy send-off
track featuring Colombian singer
Karol G.
Why it’s noteworthy: Pop fan-
doms are nothing to mess with,
and Becky G enthusiasts haven’t
reacted kindly to her fiance’s al-
leged infidelity. Some fans have
suggested that Becky G hit the
studio with Shakira, who calls out
her own soccer player ex, Gerard
Piqué, and his new girlfriend in a
searing (and chart-topping) col-
laboration with Argentine DJ Bi-
zarrap. And because both singers
have worked with Karol G —
whose recent music has alluded
to her own breakup with rapper
Anuel AA — there’s a potential
opening for Becky G to hop onto a
“TQG” remix.
send a check for this momentous
accomplishment? or would it be
gauche to do so?
Try as she might, miss manners
has a hard time picturing even
the most fastidious of young men
being offended by a check from a
relative.
New Miss Manners columns are
posted Monday through Saturday on
washingtonpost.com/advice. You can
send questions to Miss Manners at
her website, missmanners.com. You
can also follow her
@RealMissManners.
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well as in districts in florida and Pennsyl-
vania.
And, more enduringly, Craft and his
work joined the hundreds of other pieces
challenged each year as potentially inap-
propriate amid the current culture wars.
Craft says he would have preferred to
receive attention for simply drawing a
book that students have embraced. In-
stead, he and his titles — including his
“New Kid” follow-up released last week,
“School Trip” — have gained enough at-
tention that by Thursday, he was a guest
on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show,” on
which he emphasized that the term
“graphic novel” does not mean a novel
with graphic content.
“You think that’s not real,” he said, “but
there are people that think that, so they’re
like: ‘I don’t want my kid to read a graphic
novel.’”
Craft still speaks with a tone of disbelief
over bans in the United States, while noting
that he has received no complaints from
overseas readers. “I thought I was doing
this book with a happy Black family. There’s
no slavery, no struggle for civil rights, no
police brutality,” he told The Washington
Post, adding: “To have it be as controversial
as it’s been is just mind-boggling.”
So how did he respond to that first
Texas case? “I had to Google ‘critical race
theory,’” Craft said with a laugh during a
Zoom call last week from his home in
florida — another state where books
aimed at young readers have become on-
going targets in cultural standoffs over
what is appropriate to teach in schools.
As a parent himself, Craft says that he
respects the rights of parents to be in-
volved in what their children read, but
says that doesn’t grant the right to deny
other children access to what age-appro-
priate books they might like.
Craft anticipates facing some heat as he
goes on tour this month to promote
“School Trip,” the third book in the New
Kid series. Yet he says the strong response
from schoolchildren — some of them re-
luctant readers who are drawn to Craft’s
textured mix of prose and pictures —
inspires him to keep creating books and
making visits.
The educational landscape that Craft
encounters goes far beyond challenges to
such widely popular graphic novels as
“New Kid” and raina Telgemeier’s “Dra-
ma.” According to the American Library
Association, challenges to books in school
libraries and public libraries have in-
creased markedly since 2021 — nearly
1,300 instances last year, which was near-
ly double the year before.
People often challenge books they find
controversial “because they dispute the
presentations around gender identity, sex-
ual orientation, race and racism, and this
rubric around what is claimed to be critical
race theory,” says Deborah Caldwell-Stone,
director of the ALA’s office for Intellectual
freedom. Yet in truth, she notes, many of
the titles are “simply books that elevate
Black people, authors of color and elevate
the voices of Black persons, or they offer
alternative perspectives on our history of
race and racism in the United States.”
The ALA director says about 40 percent
of the challenges are to “100 titles or more
at one time” rather than an individual title
challenged by a lone concerned parent.
“What we’re seeing is political advocacy
groups trying to suppress the voices of
marginalized groups and prevent stu-
dents the access to different viewpoints.”
Jeff Trexler, a lawyer who is interim
director of the Comic Book Legal Defense
fund, thinks the challenges to Craft’s YA
series — including “Class Act” — stem
partly from people who aren’t versed in
the nature of how to read graphic novels
‘Succession’ reaches an inevitable conclusion for its patriarch
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ding,” was a fascinating and brutal piece
of television. Not because Logan was a
good man (he was appalling), and not
because his children were good, either
(they are appalling), but because we
watched the roy kids’ emotional universe
capsize around them. They have only ever
oriented themselves around their father.
The world as he defined it is what they
understood the world to be.
It’s established by now that Logan’s psy-
chological abuse emotionally deformed his
children beyond repair. They all under-
stand that they need to be “killers” to de-
serve his respect. Because he scorned every
softer demonstration of tender feeling (ex-
cept for the roastings), they vied for his
approval in a kind of cutthroat Kabuki,
performing love — and hope for his approv-
al — through vicious power plays.
They failed, of course. And because his
children couldn’t be killers, Logan seemed
immortal. He just kept winning, until it
seemed like winning was all he could do. So
his children’s shock in “Connor’s Wedding”
is our shock: Having watched Logan recov-
er from what appeared to be a debilitating
stroke in the first season, we had come to
believe, along with them (subconsciously,
at least), that he was no longer at risk. He’d
defied death itself.
But, in what looks in hindsight like a
crafty bait-and-switch, the show actually
led with Logan’s fragility. The very first
words spoken on “Succession” are,
“Where am I?” They are spoken by Logan,
immersing us — for perhaps the only time
in the show’s run — in the billionaire’s own
perspective. And it is not brilliant; it is
hazy, disoriented, lost.
Logan’s thinking eventually becomes
so opaque and inaccessible to his children
(and to viewers) that we align with them
in finding him not only threatening but
also somehow omniscient. His pro-
nouncements seem oracular, his verdicts
correct. But in the pilot, Logan is an
addled old man stumbling down the dark
hallways of his new home until his wife,
marcia (Hiam Abbass), tracks him down
and switches the light on to reveal him
confused and peeing on the carpet.
“Sorry,” he mumbles.
This, too, is misleading.
Logan does not apologize again, not
really, until the end of last week’s episode,
when he finally does so during a vexed
confrontation in which three of his chil-
dren, for once, have leverage. (They want to
make him ask tech CEo Lukas matsson,
played by Alexander Skarsgard, to pay even
more than agreed for the firm that they had
each once hoped to run as Logan’s succes-
sor, but that he instead decided to sell.)
“Look,” Logan says to roman (Kieran
Culkin), Kendall (Jeremy Strong) and Shiv
(Sarah Snook), as they hold the line. “I
don’t do apologies. But if it means so much
to you, then sorry.” As concessions go, this
one is both massive and vague, too baldly
strategic to produce a real reconciliation.
“There’s nothing you could say to me now
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david M. russell/HBo
Brian Cox, left, as Logan Roy in HBO’s
“Succession.” The show’s crisp yet
repetitive seasons had been leading up
to Sunday’s twist.
that I would ever believe,” Shiv says. (Un-
derstandably: Logan lured her away from
a successful career in politics by promis-
ing her the top job and reneged. He is now
helping her husband, Tom, who betrayed
her to Logan, divorce her using the same
cutthroat tactics he used on her mother.)
Sorry for what, roman wants to know.
As the children try to get their father to
get specific (interpersonally) and cling to
their guns (businesswise), the paterfamil-
ias delivers his last withering verdict on
his progeny’s characters and abilities: “I
love you, but you are not serious people.”
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Jerry Craft/HarperCollins
CLOCKWISE FROM
TOP: A page from
Jerry Craft’s graphic
novel “School Trip.”
His 2019 bestseller,
“New Kid.” Craft
toiled for decades in
other areas of the
industry before
writing his own
graphic novel.
The unusual mildness of the insult in
the roy universe (and the uncharacteris-
tic use of the word “love”) makes this
pronouncement devastating.
His assessment isn’t fair. But it is true.
The roys aren’t serious people. They’re
clearly punishing their father for psycho-
logically brutalizing them by making him
ask a billionaire for more money so they
can “beat” their dad by overpaying for
Pierce. But that unseriousness is Logan’s
fault! Not even generally. Specifically. Lo-
gan was the one mixing up love and
business during this conflict. He prefaced
a business negotiation with an emotional
sop he knew his kids desperately wanted.
They resist. He collapses. And that’s
when you might feel a twinge of deja vu.
Because this has all happened before.
Logan’s first life-threatening event also
occurred in the air — on a helicopter that
time — when Shiv and roman (and Con,
sort of ) first played hardball with their
dad. It was in the pilot: Logan wanted
them to add marcia to the family trust and
give her his board seat upon his death — a
business decision he framed, manipula-
tively, as the only birthday present he
wanted. “our position is this doesn’t quite
work for us at present,” Shiv says to Logan.
“Are you f---ing joking?” Logan says. Then
he has a stroke.
“I would love to help,” Shiv tells Logan
shortly before he collapses, clearly parrot-
ing back what he’s taught her. “But why
would I? I’m giving away power. Why
would I do that?”
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as a layered narrative rather than as isolat-
ed images. Trexler points to one scene in
“New Kid” in which kids laugh at a group
of “well-meaning liberals” who “bend over
backward trying so hard to be sensitive.”
The scene is intended to be funny, Trex-
ler says, noting that the pictorial humor
could go over the heads of some offended
adults. “There’s satiric discussion of com-
plex social dynamics. … It’s a real work of
literature. It’s a real work of art.”
Trexler says the “New Kid” case in Texas
presaged “an explosion” in graphic novel
challenges. one fan of Craft’s who was
surprised by such blowback was Jeff Kin-
ney, author and creator of the Diary of a
Wimpy Kid publishing empire.
Kinney, who provided a blurb to “New
Kid” and hosted an early Craft appearance
at his Plainville, mass., bookstore, says
Craft’s “rise as a children’s author has been
meteoric, and it’s been so well-deserved.”
Craft, 60, toiled for decades in other
areas of the industry before writing his
own graphic novel. A graduate of the
School of Visual Arts, his various jobs in-
cluded working in the comic art depart-
ment at King features Syndicate, and he
self-published his own comics for years,
including the strip “mama’s Boyz.” By 2014,
though, he became inspired by such graph-
ic novels as Telgemeier’s “Smile” and Gene
Luen Yang’s “American Born Chinese.”
Publishers became interested once
Craft pitched the idea of his experiences as
a Black transfer student, which he envi-
sioned as a warmhearted, humorous com-
ic far different from all the books about
slavery, the Civil War and civil rights that
he was raised on — stories in which the
Black experience was always intertwined
with suffering. Which is why attempts to
ban his books have blindsided him.
Craft aims to be inclusive in his New
Kid series. He has added various charac-
ters after students asked him whether
they might see themselves in his work.
Plus, “Jordan is light-skinned — my com-
plexion,” he says, while a character named
maury “has dark skin. I wanted to have
many different types of African Ameri-
cans to show that there’s no one way to be.”
Still, “I’m not Garry Trudeau. I’m not
political,” Craft says, grinning at the irony
of his situation while noting that he had
no intention of stirring controversy. He
even resisted all early-career attempts by
editors who encouraged him to write with
outrage. He refused “to do the ‘angry
Black man’ thing,” he says, and pushed
back against those who had urged him to
put curse words in his comics. In terms of
cartooning, he knew his natural voice was
being the equivalent of a “clean comedi-
an.”
That approach finally paid off. Kinney
was among those early fans who found
“New Kid” to be “funny, fresh and much-
needed.” Which is why he was stunned by
the Texas case, too. “When I first heard that
‘New Kid’ was being challenged, I was
shocked and dismayed,” says Kinney, who
offered to do an event with Craft in support.
“But Jerry and his publisher decided to
handle it in a different way, which I re-
spect,” Kinney says. “It turns out book
banning is contagious, and before long,
‘New Kid’ was being challenged or banned
all over the country. … It speaks to the
despicable moment that our country is
living through that a book as wholesome
and humorous as ‘New Kid’ is being taken
off shelves, for no other reason than the
characters it features are non-White. It’s
vitally important for kids of every type to be
able to see themselves as protagonists of
books. The harm done to a child who’s not
being reflected in literature is self-evident.”
As “School Trip” makes its debut, Kin-
ney says that “the reflexive, ignorant-
minded banning of books” angers him. He
also admires Craft’s mind-set.
“Jerry’s decided to take the high road
and to be a positive force and a voice of
reason,” Kinney says. “His books are a
reflection of his character: warm, kind,
gentle, curious and funny. We need more
authors like Jerry Craft, and more books
like ‘New Kid.’”
on Thursday, Craft visited Eliot-Hine
middle School in the District as part of his
tour. He says that one young fan ap-
proached him with a request. He made
Craft promise that “I won’t stop doing
what I’m doing.”
Sunday’s episode is therefore the second
time Shiv and the others confront him face
to face, and the second time his system can’t
take it. At long last, the kids whose dad
wanted them to be killers finally arguably
are: Their dad died on a mission they sent
him on. And it shreds them. Their despera-
tion when they hear Tom (matthew mac-
fadyen) repeat that Logan is “sick” on the
plane is palpable, as is their denial, ex-
pressed partly through impotent stabs at
asserting power in ways Logan might
choose. (“I can’t have that,” Shiv says.
“Who’s in charge?” Kendall says.) They cling
pathetically to Tom’s gentle refrain that
they’re “still” doing chest compressions.
The viewer can’t help but suffer with
them, even as the episode scrupulously
reminds you of precisely how awful Logan
was and remains. While Logan is getting
CPr, his oldest son, Connor (Alan ruck), is
spiraling over the cake at his wedding —
which Logan never even pretended he’d
attend — because cake is what he was given
when his father had his mother locked up.
It’s a testament to Cox’s abilities that his
character starts off urinating on the car-
pet, dies in the bathroom and still feels
like a god. for his kids, Logan wasn’t just
the antagonist; he was the protagonist,
too — and the battlefield, and the spoils.
He defined the parameters of their world.
“He made you a playground, and you
think it’s the whole world,” marcia said to
Shiv (in another wedding episode that
also ends in a death).
That wasn’t fair. But it was true.
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‘Rise of the Pink Ladies’
BY A LICIA R ANCILIO
Four years before Frenchy, Riz-
zo and Sandy ever donned their
own pink jackets, a group of
friends at Rydell High leaned
into their image as “bad girls,”
called themselves the Pink La-
dies and created a girl gang.
Their formation is chronicled in
the new 10-episode musical se-
ries “Grease: Rise of the Pink
Ladies,” streaming now on Para-
mount Plus.
Set in 1954, new student Jane
Facciano (Marisa Davila) gets
labeled as “easy” by the Rydell
High quarterback and suddenly
becomes an outcast. Jane ends up
bonding with a few other teen
girls, played by Cheyenne Isabel
Wells, Ari Notartomaso and Tri-
cia Fukuhara, who are struggling
in their own ways to fit in.
That theme of finding your
people looms large throughout
“Grease” as a whole, says creator
Annabel Oakes.
“When you say Pink Ladies
and T-Birds, you’re like, ‘Oh,
those are the cool kids in school.’
But when you watch the movie,
Rizzo is cool, Kenickie is cool.
John Travolta’s Danny Zuko is
cool. Jan’s not cool. Frenchy’s not
cool. Sonny [and] Doody are not
cool. They are these lovely weir-
dos who banded together to kind
of get through high school to-
gether. And I love telling stories
about friendship like that.”
“Rise of the Pink Ladies” goes
big with 30 original songs and a
cover of “Grease,” the beloved
song sung by Frankie Valli (lyrics
by Barry Gibb) for the 1978 film.
The “Pink Ladies” songs are
from hitmaker Justin Tranter,
who has worked with a who’s-
who list of recording artists.
Tranter has helped write songs
such as “Sorry,” by Justin Bieber;
“Believer,” by Imagine Dragons;
and “Cake by the Ocean,” by
DNCE.
“The reason I got into music in
the first place was movie musi-
cals, whether it was ‘Grease’ or
‘Annie’ or ‘The Little Mermaid,’”
Tranter said. “When I read the
script, I fought really hard for
this job.”
Oakes and the writers (with
Tranter’s input) decide where to
insert musical numbers in the
episodes. “There’s always the rule
that when the feelings are too big
to speak, you sing them,” Oakes
said. “It really is pretty natural to
find out the point in a script
where somebody needs to sing.”
There were moments, though,
where Tranter felt as if a musical
opportunity was missing. When
the cast was filming the 10th
episode, Tranter was thinking
that the second could benefit
from one more song.
“The song ‘I Want More’ [from
the second episode] is the last
song that we wrote [for Season
1],” Tranter said. “The episode
was shot; it was done. … I had
already seen a rough cut. Jane is
so defeated and learns she might
not be able to apply for colleges.
It’s a devastating moment. Then I
got the call that we could add a
song to Episode 2. I was like, ‘She
is singing right there.’ The collab-
From left, Buddy (Jason Schmidt), Jane (Marisa Davila), Cynthia
(Ari Notartomaso), Hazel (Shanel Bailey), Nancy (Tricia
Fukuhara), Potato (Alexis Sides) and Olivia (Cheyenne Isabel
Wells) in Paramount Plus’s “Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies.”
oration just never ends in a
musical.”
Jamal Sims devised the chor-
eography for the series. (Sims
created the dance moves for
2019’s live-action “Aladdin,” as
well as three of the Step Up
movies.) As dialogue and scenes
changed during the writing proc-
ess, so would the music and
movement. Tranter and Sims
mastered their own dance of
communicating directly to get
the job done.
“There was a lot of stops and
starts,” recalled Sims about find-
ing their rhythm. “Then all of a
sudden, Justin and I jumped on a
call. We were like, ‘Let’s talk to
each other.’”
Once they talked directly and
“got on the same page, every-
thing opened up,” Sims said.
“That’s how we made it work.”
Beyond “Pink Ladies,” Oakes
hopes to create a Grease cinemat-
eDuArDO ArAquel/PArAmOunt Plus
ic universe, much like the Marvel
Cinematic Universe, but centered
around Rydell High.
“My husband loves Star Wars,
and I see how much joy he’s
gotten out of that universe and
how they’ve provided all this
depth and context and different
worlds. I’ve always wanted a
cinematic universe that would
speak to me that I could really get
into,” she said. “Our show has 20
ensemble dancers who are ac-
tors, with their own distinct
characters and stuff happening
in the background. We have fu-
tures and stories for all those
people, and I can’t wait to tell
them.”
— Associated Press
grease: rise of the pink ladies
(10 episodes) is now streaming with
episodes 1 and 2 on Paramount
Plus. new episodes stream
thursdays.
prices when they dine out
Dear Amy: My
Ask Amy family is upper-
Amy middle class. I love
Dickinson to dine out, and at
my instigation, we
do it often. I am
also always seeking value in
whatever I purchase, including
restaurant meals.
Our most recent meal at a fine
restaurant came about when the
restaurant was offering a
weekday promotion of a 10-ounce
strip steak with side dish for
$19.95, considerably less than the
normal price. My wife ordered a
nine-ounce bleu filet, which was
$40.75 — one of the most
expensive items on the menu.
When the check came, she said
she was waiting to see whether I
would have a heart attack,
indicating that she knew her dish
was pricey.
My wife worked as an
accountant before we were
married. I am semiretired and
manage our investments and
shop for the family. We do quite
well financially, but this is a
common pattern for us.
Although her expensive meals
are not going to take food off our
table, it seems like poor form to
me. Your take?
— Bargain Hunter
Hunter: You derive some real joy
from getting a good deal on a
steak. And then, by having a heart
attack at your wife’s choices, you
deny her the same.
My basic take is that she is
testing and teasing you. As much
of an asset as your bargain
hunting can be, this sort of hyper-
awareness of prices can also be
annoying, especially when she’s
trying to enjoy a night out.
My perspective is that you
saved enough on your meal for
your wife to splurge on hers,
making the meal basically a wash,
financially.
You mention that you manage
all the family finances and also
“shop for the family.” Is this
because you become too
uncomfortable if your wife pays
full price for something?
If you were able to cede some
control, then your wife would be
less likely to yank your chain
when she has the chance.
You two obviously need to talk
about this. If your wife’s choices
make you anxious, then you
should be honest about your
feelings. If you two decided ahead
of time on a reasonable budget for
these dinners out, then you
should be able to work together
when you’re ordering.
Being generous toward your
partner can feel positively
expansive, but you interpret your
own generosity as your wife
taking from you, and you don’t
seem to give her the opportunity
to be generous in return.
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BBC objects to ‘government funded media’ label on Twitter

BY L EO S ANDS
LONDON — Twitter attached a
government-affiliation label to
the BBC’s main Twitter account
over the weekend, sparking a
stern objection from the public
broadcaster and a debate within
Britain over the label’s accuracy.
“Government funded media”
appeared on the BBC’s main Twit-
ter profile, which primarily posts
about its entertainment pro-
grams. Twitter offered no public
explanation for its decision to add
the label over the weekend, which
was not attached to any of the
BBC’s news accounts — several of
which have many more followers.
Elon Musk’s social media plat-
form also applied the label to the
accounts of U.S.-based publicly
funded media organizations such
as NPR and PBS. On Saturday,
Twitter altered the label it had
attached to NPR’s account from
“state-affiliated” to “govern-
ment funded,” distinguishing it
from the language it uses to flag
Russia’s Sputnik and RT and
the Chinese Communist Party’s
People’s Daily.
The BBC criticized its new label
and said it was seeking clarifica-
tion from Twitter to “resolve” the
issue. “The BBC is, and always has
been, independent. We are fund-
ed by the British public through
the license fee,” it said in a state-
ment Monday. Unlike NPR, which
has not posted any new messages
from its main account since last
week, the BBC has continued to
tweet from the newly flagged ac-
count.
Musk appeared late Sunday to
be distancing himself from the
new label. In response to reports
that the BBC objected to it, he
suggested that the label could be
tweaked to make it more accurate.
“We need to add more granularity
to editorial influence, as it varies
greatly. I don’t actually think the
BBC is as biased as some other
government-funded media,” he
said. “. . . Minor government in-
fluence in their case would be
accurate,” Musk tweeted, without
providing further information
about what “minor government
influence” he was referring to.
Twitter responded to a request
for clarification early Monday
with a poop emoji, its automated
response to all media inquiries.
The new label contains a link to
a preexisting warning page offer-
ing no information about the
“government funded” label,
which appears to be newly formed
language. Instead, the page says
“The BBC is, and always has been,
independent. We are funded by the British
public through the license fee.”
BBC, in a statement Monday
the “state-affiliated media” warn-
ing is applied to “outlets where
the state exercises control over
editorial content through finan-
cial resources, direct or indirect
political pressures, and/or control
over production and distribu-
tion.”
Roger Mosey, the BBC’s former
editorial director, said in an inter-
view Monday that although was doing the labeling,” Mosey
Musk’s intention to label state- said, using the British term for an
affiliated media organizations intern.
was potentially admirable, the ef- In Britain, the label has
fort has been inconsistent and sparked a debate over whether it
poorly thought out. is fair to describe the public
“The principle is not a terrible broadcaster as government-fund-
one: that you identify broadcast- ed.
ers or media organizations that The BBC derives about 70 per-
are state-funded,” he said. “How- cent of its income from the public-
ly funded license fee, a some $198
yearly charge that is set by the
government and owed by anyone
who watches BBC programs on
television or streams them online.
In addition to commercial income
sources, the broadcaster said, it
receives about $112 million annu-
ally from the British government
to support its international radio
output — equivalent to about 2
ever, it has clearly gone wrong percent of its yearly revenue. The
when it starts labeling the BBC or BBC’s guidelines say it “must be
NPR as state- or government- independent” of the government
backed in a way that implies they in its editorial and creative deci-
are organs of the state, which sions.
neither of them are.” The decision Some BBC critics argue that the
to label the BBC’s main non-news funding model merits a label on
account rather than its news ac- the platform. It’s “hard to deny
count was also puzzling. “It looks that it is state funded,” tweeted
a bit like the work-experience guy Fraser Nelson, editor of the Spec-
tator magazine, who is critical of
the way in which the nonpayment
of the BBC’s license fee is crimi-
nalized by the government. He
urged Twitter to ignore detractors
and keep its label in place.
The BBC says its funding model
means it is “publicly funded” rath-
er than “government funded,” a
distinction emphasized by its de-
fenders. “I’m not pretending it’s
not complex,” Mosey said. “It is
funded by the people of Britain,”
he added, but “it is not direct tax
money that goes into the BBC.” In
that sense, he said, to describe it
as “government-funded” is mis-
leading.
Since Musk assumed control of
Twitter in a $44 billion deal last
year, he has taken a confronta-
tional stance with journalists. In
December, he banned about a
dozen of them, including report-
ers from The Washington Post
and the New York Times, for
tweeting about a controversy in-
volving a Twitter account that had
tracked his private jet travel.
Paul Farhi contributed to this report.

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A Thousand and One (R) CC: 13) CC: 2:00 Swing Time (1936) (NR) (PG-13) 12:45 The Super Mario Bros. Movie 9:15-10:00 Shazam! Fury of the Gods (PG- Air (R) 12:25-3:25-6:25-9:30
Creed III (PG-13) 6:45-10:00 1:30-7:30 Honor Among Thieves (PG-13)
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A Thousand and One (R) CC: A Thousand and One (R) 3:00 (PG) 11:30-1:20-2:00-4:00-4:40- John Wick: Chapter 4 (R) CC: 2:00-3:15-4:00-5:00-6:20-7:30- 13) 3:30-6:40-10:00
His Only Son (PG-13) 11:40-
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The Super Mario Bros. Movie The Super Mario Bros. Movie 5:20-8:15 3:50-7:40 The Super Mario Bros. Movie The IMAX 2D Experience (PG) 13) CC: 1:40-7:20 Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quan- 3D (PG)
(PG) 1:00 John Wick: Chapter 4 (R) 12:50- (PG) 12:00-12:20-12:40-1:20- A Thousand and One (R) CC: (PG) 11:00-11:35-12:15 8:40
(PG) CC: 10:00-10:40-11:10- The Super Mario Bros. Movie 12:30-3:10-6:00-8:30 tumania (PG-13) 12:10
John Wick: Chapter 4 (R) 7:15- 12:20-1:00-1:35-2:40-3:20-4:00- (PG) CC: 2:30-5:00-6:30-7:30 4:00-7:15 1:40-2:00-2:40-3:20-4:40-5:00- Air (R) 12:20-3:20-6:30-9:30 1:40-4:30-10:00 Angelika Film Center Mosaic The Super Mario Bros. Movie La Usurpadora, the Musical
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9:45; 3:15 A Good Person (R) 4:05-7:15 2911 District Ave
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Air (R) 6:00-6:30-9:00 10:00-10:45 The IMAX 2D Experience (PG) The Super Mario Bros. Movie Air (R) 12:10-1:10-3:30-4:30- 3D (PG) 11:40-2:20-5:00-7:40 Creed III (PG-13) CC: 12:40- John Wick: Chapter 4 (R) 12:45- 2:40-3:20-3:50-4:20-5:20-6:00- Dungeons & Dragons: Honor
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Air (R) CC: 10:00-1:15-4:15- CC: 3:30-6:00-8:30 (PG) 1:00-2:00-3:30-4:30-7:00 6:30-7:20 3:45-6:30-9:20 4:15-7:45 6:30-7:00-8:00-9:10-9:40 Among Thieves (PG-13) OC:
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Among Thieves (PG-13) 6:15- 7:20-10:00 Air (R) CC: 3:15-6:00-8:45 The Amazing Maurice (PG) Little Richard: I Am Everything Among Thieves (PG-13) OC: Ant-Man and the Wasp: A Thousand and One (R) Air (R) 1:20-4:10-7:10-10:10
10:15 1:20-4:20 Quantumania (PG-13) CC: 3:00-8:00 Scream VI (R) 1:30-4:40-7:50 The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Scream VI (R) CC: 11:05-2:00- Scream VI (R) CC: 5:15-8:15 7:00 5:50 (PG) OC: 12:00-4:50-7:30
Air (R) 2:30-3:00 4:50-7:45-10:40 His Only Son (PG-13) 2:30- The Lost King (PG-13) 1:15 Scream VI (R) 1:00-4:10-8:10 12:00-3:00 The Super Mario Bros. Movie The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Air (R) 1:30-4:15-4:45-7:30 Xscape Theatres The Super Mario Bros. Movie (PG) 12:20-2:30-3:35-4:45-5:50- Regal Springfield Town Center
His Only Son (PG-13) 11:20-1:20 5:10-7:45 The Super Mario Bros. Movie Brandywine 14 3D (PG) 8:40
Among Thieves (PG-13) 2:15- Come Out In Jesus Name Come Out In Jesus Name Paint (PG-13) 1:40-4:10-7:10 3D (PG) 8:20 (PG) CC: 12:00-2:30-5:00-7:30- 7:00-8:00 6859 Springfield Mall
2:45 7710 Matapeake Business Drive Regal Dulles Town Center
Encore 7:00 Encore 7:00 Little Richard: I Am Everything Dungeons & Dragons: Honor 10:00 The Innocent (L'innocent) 21100 Dulles Town Circle Dungeons & Dragons: Honor
7:00 Jesus Christ Superstar (G) CC: Avatar: The Way of Water 3D 12:10-2:25-4:40 Among Thieves (PG-13)
Angelika
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Pop-Up at Union Market 3D (PG) CC: 4:00-5:30-8:00-9:00 The Super Mario Bros. Movie 8:00 (PG-13) CC: 6:00-10:00 Air (R) 12:25-2:00-4:35-5:30- 11:40-12:30-3:00-6:20-9:40-
550 Penn Street NE - Unit E 4001 Powder Mill Rd. 3D (PG) 6:15 John Wick: Chapter 4 (R) CC: (!) The Super Mario Bros. Movie: 7:10
Among Thieves (PG-13) 12:55- 10:30
The Super Mario Bros. Movie The Super Mario Bros. Movie 11:50-3:30-7:00 4:30-7:35
Little Richard: I Am Everything Dungeons & Dragons: Honor (PG) OC: 3:00 Old Greenbelt Theatre (PG) OC: 4:00 Dungeons & Dragons: Honor
The IMAX 2D Experience (PG) Paint (PG-13) 12:30-2:45- John Wick: Chapter 4 (R) 12:10-
John Wick: Chapter 4 (R) 1:10-
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1:50-5:00-8:15 AMC Montgomery 16 129 Centerway Regal Laurel Towne Centre Among Thieves (PG-13) CC: (!) Air (R) CC: 12:20-3:15-6:00 1:00-4:00-5:00-8:15
John Wick: Chapter 4 (R) A Thousand and One (R) 5:15 Little Richard: I Am Everything Shazam! Fury of the Gods
John Wick: Chapter 4 (R) CC: 7101 Democracy Boulevard 14716 Baltimore Avenue 10:10-1:10-4:20-7:20-9:10 Paint (PG-13) 2:10-4:40-7:10- Shazam! Fury of the Gods (PG- (PG-13) 3:40-6:50
3:00-6:30 Air (R) 7:30 7:00 13) 2:30-5:30-8:30
1:30-4:45-7:00 Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Dungeons & Dragons: Honor A Thousand and One (R) CC: (!) 9:40 Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Creed III (PG-13) 12:00-3:20-
A Thousand and One (R) Among Thieves (PG-13) CC: Little Richard: I Am Everything Among Thieves (PG-13) 1:50- 10:05-1:15-4:25-7:15-10:05 Creed III (PG-13) 1:55-4:45-7:45
2:15-4:45 A Thousand and One (R) CC: Little Richard: I Am Everything Among Thieves (PG-13) 1:15- 6:40-10:00
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Air (R) 2:00-4:30-7:20 7:30 4:15-7:15 Ant-Man and the Wasp:
Creed III (PG-13) CC: 1:50- John Wick: Chapter 4 (R) CC: Phoenix Theatres Marlow 6 John Wick: Chapter 4 (R) 11:40- 1:30-4:10-6:50-9:30 Scream VI (R) CC: 1:10-4:10- (PG) 12:00-12:40-1:10-1:40- Quantumania (PG-13) 12:20
Avalon Theatre 12:10-1:15-3:15-5:00-7:15 The Super Mario Bros. Movie 3:20-3:50-4:20-5:20-6:00-
4:50-7:40 3899 Branch Avenue 1:00-3:00-5:00-6:45-8:45 The Super Mario Bros. Movie 7:00-9:50 (PG) OC: 1:20 The Super Mario Bros. Movie
5612 Connecticut Avenue The Super Mario Bros. Movie Shazam! Fury of the Gods (PG- Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Shazam! Fury of the Gods (PG) CC: (!) 11:10-11:40-1:50- His Only Son (PG-13) 1:15- 7:00-8:00 (PG) 11:00-11:30-12:10-1:00-
The Quiet Girl (PG-13) 12:15-5:20 (PG) CC: 1:30-2:15-3:00-4:15- 13) CC: 12:45-3:45-6:45 2:20-4:30-5:00-7:10-7:40-9:50 3:50-9:50 CMX Village 14 Air (R) 1:20-4:10-6:15-7:15-9:00
Among Thieves (PG-13) 1:05- (PG-13) 1:30 1600 Village Market Boulevard
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The Lost King (PG-13) 2:30 5:40-7:15-8:00 A Thousand and One (R) CC: 4:00-6:50 A Thousand and One (R) Air (R) CC: (!) 11:30-2:10-4:50- Come Out In Jesus Name Scream VI (R) 8:50 5:15-6:10-7:00-7:30-8:00-9:40-
Imagining the Indian 12:30- Air (R) CC: 1:40-4:30-7:30 12:15-8:45 John Wick: Chapter 4 (R) 12:45- 12:00-6:30 7:30-10:10 Encore 7:00 Dungeons & Dragons: Honor The Super Mario Bros. Movie 10:10-10:40-10:50
2:45-5:00-7:30 The Super Mario Bros. Movie 65 (PG-13) CC: 12:20 4:25-8:05 Creed III (PG-13) 1:10-4:00-7:15 Scream VI (R) CC: 10:15-1:25- The Super Mario Bros. Movie Among Thieves (PG-13) 2:35- 3D (PG) 8:40 Air (R) 1:20-4:20-7:20-10:20
Landmark 3D (PG) CC: 4:45 Creed III (PG-13) CC: 12:05- Shazam! Fury of the Gods (PG- The Super Mario Bros. Movie 4:15-7:05-9:55 3D (PG) CC: 3:20-9:00 3:50-5:45-7:10 The Super Mario Bros. Movie Scream VI (R) 12:50-4:30-
Atlantic Plumbing Cinema 2:55-5:45-8:35 13) 1:00-4:05 (PG) 11:45-12:15-12:45-1:40- His Only Son (PG-13) CC: (!) La Usurpadora, the Musical John Wick: Chapter 4 (R) 2:15- (PG) OC: 2:40 7:40-9:50
AMC Columbia 14 Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quan- 10:35-1:05-3:35-6:25-9:05 3:35-6:20-7:20
807 V Street Northwest 10300 Little Patuxent Parkway A Thousand and One (R) 7:00 2:15-2:45-3:30-4:20-4:40-5:20- (PG-13) 1:30-4:30-7:15-10:00 Regal Fairfax Towne Center The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor tumania (PG-13) CC: 3:20 Creed III (PG-13) 2:30-5:15-7:55 6:00-7:30-8:30 John Wick: Chapter 4 (R) CC: The Super Mario Bros. Movie Shazam! Fury of the Gods 4110 West Ox Road 3D (PG) 9:00
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor A Good Person (R) CC: 4:00 (!) 9:40 (PG-13) 7:50
Among Thieves (PG-13) 4:40- Among Thieves (PG-13) CC: The Super Mario Bros. Movie Air (R) 12:30-3:15-4:50-6:15- (PG) CC: 12:30-1:00-6:00-6:30- Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Regal Virginia Gateway & RPX
7:20 The Super Mario Bros. Movie (PG) 1:00-3:15-8:00 7:45-9:15 The Super Mario Bros. Movie 8:30-9:20 Creed III (PG-13) 2:05-5:05- Among Thieves (PG-13) 1:20-
2:40-3:40-5:50-6:50-9:10 3D (PG) CC: (!) 10:00-12:40- 8:00 8001 Gateway Promenade Place
John Wick: Chapter 4 (R) 7:50 (PG) CC: 12:00-12:30-1:00-1:30- Air (R) 2:00-4:45-7:30 Little Richard: I Am Everything Air (R) OC: 9:00 7:50-8:40
John Wick: Chapter 4 (R) CC: 2:30-3:00-3:30-4:15-5:00-5:30- 3:20-6:00-8:40 A Good Person (R) 4:35 Dungeons & Dragons: Honor
The Super Mario Bros. Movie 2:15-3:45-5:30-7:30-9:15 The Super Mario Bros. Movie 7:00 The Super Mario Bros. Movie John Wick: Chapter 4 (R) 12:20- Among Thieves (PG-13) 12:10
(PG) 3:40-4:10-5:40-6:10-7:40- 6:00-6:30-7:30-8:00-8:30 3D (PG) 5:30 Dungeons & Dragons: Honor (PG) OC: 3:30 The Super Mario Bros. Movie 1:00-4:00-4:50-7:40-8:30
A Thousand and One (R) CC: Air (R) CC: 1:45-4:30-7:15 Scream VI (R) 11:50-2:50- Among Thieves (PG-13) CC: (PG) 2:20-3:25-4:00-5:00-6:00- Shazam! Fury of the Gods (PG- John Wick: Chapter 4 (R)
8:10 Regal Bowie 5:50-9:00 Mafia Mamma (R) 7:00 11:40-2:20-3:30-6:40-7:40-
Air (R) 7:00-7:30 3:20-6:20-9:20 Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (!) 6:10 6:30-7:00-7:30 13) 12:40-3:50-7:10
Creed III (PG-13) CC: 3:05- 15200 Major Lansdale Boulevard The Super Mario Bros. Movie The Super Mario Bros. Movie 10:00
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor (PG) CC: 2:45-5:30 The Super Mario Bros. Movie (PG) 4:15-7:00 Air (R) 2:00-4:50-7:40 Creed III (PG-13) 2:20-5:10-8:00
6:05-9:05 Scream VI (R) CC: 8:05 Dungeons & Dragons: Honor 3D (PG) 8:00 (PG) CC: (!) 10:40-12:10-1:20- His Only Son (PG-13) 3:10- Shazam! Fury of the Gods
Among Thieves (PG-13) 3:50 AMC Shirlington 7 The Super Mario Bros. Movie (PG-13) 9:55
A Good Person (R) CC: 2:15 His Only Son (PG-13) 12:00- Among Thieves (PG-13) 12:20- Regal Rockville Center 2:50-4:05-6:40-9:20 6:40
John Wick: Chapter 4 (R) 4:20 3:30-6:50 2772 South Randolph St. (PG) 12:00-12:50-1:40-2:30- A Thousand and One (R)
The Super Mario Bros. Movie 2:45-5:20-8:00 199 East Montgomery Avenue iPic Pike & Rose The Super Mario Bros. Movie 3:20-4:20-5:00-6:00-7:30-8:20
Air (R) 4:30 John Wick: Chapter 4 (R) Dungeons & Dragons: Honor 11:15AM
(PG) CC: 3:30-6:00-8:30 Come Out In Jesus Name Dungeons & Dragons: Honor 11830 Grand Park Avenue 3D (PG) 4:25 Champions (PG-13) 12:10-
Landmark E Street Cinema The Super Mario Bros. Movie: Encore 7:00 1:25-3:05 Among Thieves (PG-13) 12:50 Among Thieves (PG-13) CC: La Usurpadora, the Musical Creed III (PG-13) 11:50-2:50-
555 11th Street Northwest Dungeons & Dragons: Honor 12:40-3:50-7:00 3:10-5:50 6:05-8:50
The IMAX 2D Experience (PG) Mafia Mamma (R) 7:00 A Thousand and One (R) John Wick: Chapter 4 (R) 11:50- Among Thieves (PG-13) 3:00- (PG-13) 3:45-6:50 Air (R) 1:10-4:10-7:20
Swing Time (1936) (NR) CC: 4:00-6:30-9:00 12:40-3:35 2:00-3:40-5:50-7:50-9:40 John Wick: Chapter 4 (R) CC: Ant-Man and the Wasp:
Cinemark Egyptian 24 and XD 6:30-10:15 Cinema Arts Theatre The Super Mario Bros. Movie Quantumania (PG-13)
4:00-7:30 Air (R) CC: 2:50-6:15-9:10 Creed III (PG-13) 12:10-5:15- Shazam! Fury of the Gods (PG- 12:00-3:40-7:20
John Wick: Chapter 4 (R) 7000 Arundel Mills Circle John Wick: Chapter 4 (R) 2:00- 9650 Unit 14 Main St. 3D (PG) 7:00 11:05AM
Scream VI (R) CC: 3:10 7:05 13) 3:20-9:20 6:15-10:15 Creed III (PG-13) CC: 11:35-
3:45-7:15 Dungeons & Dragons: Honor The Super Mario Bros. Movie 65 (PG-13) 12:40-6:50 2:20-5:05-7:50 A Thousand and One (R) 9:45- Dungeons & Dragons: Honor The Super Mario Bros. Movie
His Only Son (PG-13) 2:00-4:30- Among Thieves (PG-13) 10:15- Creed III (PG-13) 3:30-7:30- 12:05-2:35-7:40 Among Thieves (PG-13) OC: (PG) 11:00-1:40-4:20-7:00-9:40
A Thousand and One (R) 3:25 7:00-9:30 (PG) 12:00-12:40-1:40-2:40- Creed III (PG-13) 1:40-4:40-7:40 10:30 The Super Mario Bros. Movie 4:30
The Lost King (PG-13) 4:30 10:50-12:10-1:25-2:25-3:20- 3:20-4:20-5:20-6:00-7:00 (PG) CC: 11:00-12:30-1:30- A Good Person (R) 2:00-7:15 Air (R) 1:20-4:10-7:20-10:10
Come Out In Jesus Name 4:35-5:40-7:45-8:50-10:55 The Super Mario Bros. Movie The Super Mario Bros. Movie 2:10-3:00-4:00-5:30-6:20- Everything Everywhere All At Regal Fox & IMAX Paint (PG-13) 11:10-1:50-4:30-
Air (R) 3:15-4:00-7:00-8:00 Encore 7:00 Air (R) 12:15-1:15-3:10-4:15- (PG) 11:30-12:00-12:30-1:00- (PG) (!) 3:15-4:30-6:00-6:45-
Paint (PG-13) 4:15-7:50 John Wick: Chapter 4 (R) 11:15- 6:15-7:15 8:00-8:40 Once (R) 4:25 22875 Brambleton Plaza 7:25-9:50
The Super Mario Bros. Movie 12:25-1:40-3:00-4:10-5:25-6:45- 1:30-2:10-2:30-3:00-3:30-4:30- 9:00-9:30 The Quiet Girl (PG-13) 9:50- Little Richard: I Am Everything
Little Richard: I Am Everything 3D (PG) CC: 5:30-8:00 Scream VI (R) 6:35 5:00-5:30-6:00-6:30-7:30-8:00- Air (R) CC: 12:00-2:40-5:20- Dungeons & Dragons: Honor
7:55-9:10-10:30 Air (R) (!) 3:45-4:15-7:00-7:15- 8:10 12:20-2:25-4:30-7:00 Among Thieves (PG-13) 11:50- 7:00
7:00 The Super Mario Bros. Movie Shazam! Fury of the Gods (PG- His Only Son (PG-13) 12:40- 8:30-9:00 10:00-10:30
A Thousand and One (R) 7:45 (PG) CC: 2:30-3:00-5:00-7:30 3:30-6:20 Scream VI (R) CC: 6:50 The Lost King (PG-13) 9:55- 12:50-3:10-4:10-6:20-7:20-9:30 Scream VI (R) 12:20-3:25-
13) 1:00-4:10-7:20 Air (R) 1:10-4:10-7:10 Scream VI (R) 2:45-6:15-9:45 12:10-2:20-4:35-7:10 John Wick: Chapter 4 (R) 12:10- 6:20-9:30
Everything Everywhere All At The Super Mario Bros. Movie Paint (PG-13) 1:20-3:50-6:20- The Super Mario Bros. Movie
AMC DINE-IN Rio Cinemas 18 Creed III (PG-13) 12:30-3:25- 3D (PG) CC: 11:40-4:30 Champions (PG-13) 2:15-5:05 1:20-4:00-5:10-7:50-9:00 His Only Son (PG-13) 11:20-
Once (R) 3:30
The Lost King (PG-13) 7:35 9811 Washingtonian Center 6:20-9:15
3D (PG) 8:00
Regal Cinemas Majestic
8:50 VIRGINIA AMC Tysons Corner 16
Imagining the Indian 10:05- Shazam! Fury of the Gods (PG- 2:00-4:40
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor The Super Mario Bros. Movie The Super Mario Bros. Movie AMC Courthouse Plaza 8 12:15-4:45-7:20 13) 6:40-9:45 The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Regal Gallery Place (PG) 11:55-2:25-4:55-7:25-9:55; Stadium 20 & IMAX 3D (PG) 7:00-9:30 7850e Tysons Corner Center
Among Thieves (PG-13) CC: 2150 Clarendon Blvd. Pinball: The Man Who Saved Creed III (PG-13) 12:30-3:30- 3D (PG) 9:10
701 Seventh Street Northwest 900 Ellsworth Drive Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Dungeons & Dragons: Honor
12:15-1:00-3:30-4:10-7:15-8:00- 11:55-2:25-4:55-7:25-9:55; Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (PG-13) CC:
the Game 10:00-12:00 6:40-9:45 Dungeons & Dragons: Honor
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor 9:50-10:30 11:30-2:00-4:30-7:00-9:30; Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (PG-13) 1:50- Air (R) 9:40-12:00-2:30-5:00- Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quan- Among Thieves (PG-13) 2:15-
Among Thieves (PG-13) 10:50- John Wick: Chapter 4 (R) CC: 12:20-5:20-7:50; 10:05-10:20- Among Thieves (PG-13) 11:45- 4:00-5:10-7:20-8:20 Among Thieves (PG-13) CC: 12:10-1:10-3:25-4:35-6:35-8:00
12:40-3:50-7:00-7:50 7:30 tumania (PG-13) 9:10 4:00-5:30-7:15-9:00
11:40-2:00-2:50-5:15-6:10- 10:40-12:35-12:50-1:10-3:05- 12:30-3:00-3:45-9:20-10:00 John Wick: Chapter 4 (R) CC: The Super Mario Bros. Movie
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Regal UA Snowden Square John Wick: Chapter 4 (R) CC: 12:15-1:25-2:25-4:10-7:55-8:55 Cinemark Centreville 12 The Super Mario Bros. Movie
8:30-9:30 9161 Commerce Center Drive (PG) 12:20-3:00-5:40 (PG) 11:30-12:00-12:40-1:10-
Shazam! Fury of the Gods (PG- 8:40-10:35 1:15-4:15-5:15-8:15-9:15 12:00-3:40-7:20 Shazam! Fury of the Gods (PG- 6201 Multiplex Drive
John Wick: Chapter 4 (R) 12:00- 13) CC: 12:45-5:00-6:00-10:30 Ravanasura 5:00-8:30 2:10-2:40-3:20-3:50-4:50-5:20-
4:00-5:15-8:00-9:00 Avatar: The Way of Water 3D Shazam! Fury of the Gods (PG- Dungeons & Dragons: Honor A Thousand and One (R) CC: 13) CC: 4:20 Dasara (Telugu) 6:00 6:00-6:30-7:30-8:00-8:40
Among Thieves (PG-13) 12:20- Bholaa 1:30
Shazam! Fury of the Gods (PG- A Thousand and One (R) CC: (PG-13) 10:40-2:50-9:35 13) 3:15-9:20 1:10-4:00-6:50 A Thousand and One (R) CC: Ravanasura 9:25
Gumraah (Hindi) 11:10-6:10
13) 10:50AM 12:15-3:45-7:00-10:00 Air (R) 10:45-11:15-1:35-2:05- A Thousand and One (R) 12:40- 4:00-7:30 Creed III (PG-13) CC: 1:30- 4:00 Scream VI (R) 8:35 Smithsonian -
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CLASSIC DOONESBURY GARRY TRUDEAU PICKLES BRIAN CRANE

RED AND ROVER BRIAN BASSET AGNES TONY COCHRAN

BRIDGE

E-W VULNERABLE
NORTH
♠ Q5
♥ 2
♦ K875
♣ A J 10 9 7 3
WEST EAST (D)
♠ 9763 ♠ A J 10 8 2
♥ Q 10 9 ♥ KJ743
♦ A6 ♦ 2 MIKAEL WULFF & ANDERS MORGENTHALER
FRANK AND ERNEST TOM THAVES WUMO
♣ Q862 ♣ K5
SOUTH
♠ K4
♥ A865
♦ Q J 10 9 4 3
♣ 4

The bidding:
EAST SOUTH WEST NORTH
1 ♠ 2 ♦ 2 ♠ 5♦
All Pass
Opening lead — ♦ A

“W
CHARLES SCHULZ
hen trouble arrives, CLASSIC PEANUTS MIKE DU JOUR MIKE LESTER
treat her pleasantly.
She may be a pain, like the
tax collector, but if you treat
her amiably, she may go
away.”
Declarers must not yield
to adversity. Today’s South
might have had an easy time
at five diamonds if West had
led a spade. But East had
opened the bidding and had
high-card strength, and West RHYMES WITH ORANGE HILARY PRICE MARK TRAIL JULES RIVERA
had club and heart honors.
So West led the ace and a
low trump.
South could no longer
ruff all of his low hearts in
dummy; he had to attack
the clubs. He took the ace
and ruffed a club, but when
East played the king, South
lacked the dummy entries to
set up the long clubs if West
still had Q-8. LIO MARK TATULLI MOTHER GOOSE & GRIMM MIKE PETERS
South found a solution:
At Trick Five he led the king
of spades. If East won and
returned a spade, South
would win in dummy, ruff a
club, ruff a heart, ruff a club
and return with a heart ruff
for the good clubs.
So East let the king of
spades win, but then South
got home by ruffing a heart
and leading the jack of clubs, HAGAR THE HORRIBLE CHRIS BROWNE BALDO HECTOR CANTU & CARLOS CASTELLANOS
pitching his last spade.
DAILY QUESTION
You hold:
♠ A J 10 8 2 ♥ K J 7 4 3
♦2♣K5
Your partner opens one
club, you bid one spade, he
rebids two clubs and you try
two hearts. Partner then bids
2NT. What do you say?
ANSWER: A rebid of three
hearts would suggest five BLONDIE DEAN YOUNG & JOHN MARSHALL SALLY FORTH FRANCESCO MARCIULIANO & JIM KEEFE
cards in both majors, but
partner might treat it as a
signoff. Bid three clubs to
show support and diamond
shortness. He should take
that bid as encouraging and
forcing. You can still get to
hearts, spades or, if partner
insists, notrump.
— Frank Stewart
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HOROSCOPE

BIRTHDAY | APRIL 11
You care passionately
about justice and
causes that are
important to you. You
are optimistic, energetic and
always helpful. This year it’s
time to focus on creating solid
foundations for yourself. Keep
things simple. It’s time to be
grounded and levelheaded.
Moon Alert: Avoid shopping or
HEART OF THE CITY STEENZ JUDGE PARKER FRANCESCO MARCIULIANO & MIKE MANLEY making important decisions
from 6:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
today. After that, the Moon
moves from Sagittarius into
Capricorn.
ARIES
(MARCH 21-APRIL 19).
This is a marvelous day for
your sign. You feel upbeat,
warmhearted and ready to
include everyone in your plans.
Your confidence is strong,
and you feel happy. Indeed,
others will admire your positive
energy and want to be in your
presence.
FRAZZ JEF MALLETT CANDORVILLE DARRIN BELL TAURUS
(APRIL 20-MAY 20).
Today you’re in touch with your
spiritual feelings or your inner
world in a positive, uplifting
way. Something might inspire
you. Because Mercury is in
your sign, you will want to tell
someone else how you feel,
which might be hard to do.
GEMINI
(MAY 21-JUNE 20).
Be open to involvement
with groups, clubs and
organizations today. You will
be happy to integrate with
GARFIELD JIM DAVIS BARNEY AND CLYDE WEINGARTENS & CLARK something that is bigger than
yourself. You’re enthusiastic
about ideas and want to share
them with others.
CANCER
(JUNE 21-JULY 22).
“You look mahvelous, darling,
mahvelous!” Today you make
a fabulous impression on
everyone, especially authority
figures -- bosses, parents,
teachers and even the police.
This is because you look like a
success! And success is sexy!
LEO
(JULY 23-AUG. 22).
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expand your horizons today,
because this is what will
make you feel fulfilled. Ideally,
you want to travel -- see new
places, meet new faces. But
you will also be inspired to
learn something fascinating
that is uplifting and edifying.
VIRGO
(AUG. 23-SEPT. 22).
You couldn’t pick a better day
to do financial negotiations,
especially to discuss how
to share something like an
inheritance. It’s also a great
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property or a mortgage or your
fair share of something.
LIBRA
(SEPT. 23-OCT. 22).
Yesterday was a lovely day
to schmooze, and today is
even better! Do get out and
meet people. You will have a
wonderful time. Enjoy being
with friends. However, you will
also enjoy interacting with
members of the public.
SCORPIO
(OCT. 23-NOV. 21).
This is a fabulous day for
NON SEQUITUR WILEY BABY BLUES RICK KIRKMAN & JERRY SCOTT any kind of success that is
work-related. To begin with,
work-related travel will be
inspiring and mind-expanding.
Work with groups if you can,
because you’ll get better
results.
SAGITTARIUS
(NOV. 22-DEC. 21).
Accept all invitations to party
and enjoy the company of
others today. It will give you
great pleasure. Sports events,
fun activities with kids, the
entertainment world, movies,
plays, picnics, barbecues -- you
BIG NATE LINCOLN PEIRCE ON THE FASTRACK BILL HOLBROOK name it -- you want to have fun!
CAPRICORN
(DEC. 22-JAN. 19).
Despite your desire for privacy
today, this is a wonderful day
to entertain at home. Any kind
of group gathering related to
your family or your home will
please you enormously.
AQUARIUS
(JAN. 20-FEB. 18).
Today you feel exuberant,
upbeat and eager to
schmooze with others. Enjoy
time spent with siblings and
relatives. Short trips, errands
BEETLE BAILEY GREG, BRIAN & NEAL WALKER PEARLS BEFORE SWINE STEPHAN PASTIS and appointments will be
enjoyable, because you have
something to say to everyone.
PISCES
(FEB. 19-MARCH 20).
“There’s gold in them thar
hills!” You can boost your
income today or begin to do
something that will lead to
increased wealth for you,
either now or in the future.
Trust your moneymaking ideas.
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Rep. Je≠ Jackson has garnered a TikTok constituency

JACKSON from C1
from Afghanistan. (Jackson de-
ployed north of Kandahar with an
Army psychological operations
team in 2005.)
Now, in the age of TikTok, he’s
racking up millions of views and
likes on his videos explaining the
week’s important subjects, such as
the hubbub over Chinese spy bal-
loons and the drama over whether
rep. Kevin mcCarthy (r-Calif.)
would be able to corral enough
votes to become House speaker.
There’s a production process,
Jackson says: hours of research
before writing a short script of
punchy sentences, which he deliv-
ers looking straight at his camera
(a Sony Alpha 7 III that retails for
about $2,200). Then he edits the
footage himself in Adobe Pre-
miere Pro, and the videos go live
on monday morning on each of his
accounts. (He cross-posts his vid-
eos to TikTok, Instagram, Twitter,
facebook, reddit and even
LinkedIn.) The videos often reel
viewers in with an intriguing
premise that suggests they’re
about to get a peek behind the
curtain of life among the Hill peo-
ple. “I made a bet with another
member of Congress and I lost,” he
says in one. “I had a lot of reporters
last week call me wanting to do an
interview, and I turned them all
down, and here’s why,” he says in
another.
Jackson’s image carefully strad-
dles the line between the clean-cut
seriousness of a lawmaker (suit
and tie) and the curated casual-
ness of a dad at home at the end of
a long day (the top button of his
shirt open). He cracks a couple of
jokes, but he has mostly preserved
the plain-spoken formality of his
old job as a prosecutor. (He has
told his staff that he won’t do
dances.) His videos can be stra-
tegically personal, such as when
he walked viewers through his
personal finances (categories, not
exact numbers) — mortgage, the
cars his family pays for, the index
funds tied to his retirement ac-
count — as he warned about the
hazards of allowing members of
Congress to trade stocks. He’s even
considered recording a video
about how he lost out on being the
co-lead for a piece of legislation
banning members of Congress
“I’m not any better at it” than other politicians, says Jackson (D-N.C.) of his social media habit. “I was just willing to fail for longer.”
from stock-trading: He took too
long to respond to the bill’s author
because he was in the middle of
eating a Chipotle burrito. The inci-
dent has been recorded, for now,
as a draft of a script in his Notes
app, with the title, “my burrito
mistake.” His staff isn’t sure about
that one.
Spend enough time on the in-
ternet, and you might develop
some theories about posting.
“one of the things that vertical-
scrolling apps have done is short-
en everyone’s attention span even
more, so these are dopamine-re-
lease mechanisms, essentially,” he
says. “And you have to deliver a
message within that cycle that
stays compelling while also being
factual.”
With his videos, Jackson be-
lieves he’s dispelling the assump-
tion that people turn to social me-
dia only to slake their thirst for
outrage. His breakout hit came last
month, after the crisis at Silicon
Valley Bank had people worried
about a wider run on banks that
would compound the problem.
He’d been planning to post a
video about how most of the work
he does in Congress is not ready-
made for television, because it’s
not upsetting and thus wouldn’t
capture viewers’ interest. But
when the news of the bank run
seemed more urgent, he decided
to “toss out the front page” and
stay up past 2 a.m. to film the
video. Jackson, bleary-eyed and
wearing a hoodie, told his viewers
that members of Congress had just
met in an emergency Zoom ses-
sion convened by the Treasury De-
partment. “It was literally on regu-
lar Zoom. I was sent a link. I
clicked the link, and most of Con-
gress was there,” he says. He calm-
ly assured viewers that depositors
at Silicon Valley Bank would be
made whole, but “not with taxpay-
er money,” and those being pro-
tected would not include manage-
ment or stockholders. The video
went mega-viral, accumulating
more than 29 million views.
Annie Wu Henry, the 27-year-old
former social media producer for
Sen. John fetterman’s (D-Pa.) 2022
campaign, said Jackson’s feed
shows that politicians don’t need to
jump on viral trends to build a large
following. Instead, they can hone
the approach they think will reso-
nate most with their audience.
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“So much about social media in
general is consistency,” Henry
says. “He just wants to get people
information, and he’s going to do
that consistently and reliably and
do it well — and do it in a way that’s
personable.”
Jackson’s success on TikTok
comes at a time when the platform
is under acute government scruti-
ny over its handling of Americans’
data. fBI Director Christopher A.
Wray has charged in testimony to
Congress that the app’s Chinese-
owned parent company could be
forced to cooperate with hypo-
thetical requests for Americans’
data from Beijing. In a five-hour
marathon hearing march 23, Tik-
Tok CEo Shou Zi Chew denied
that his company had ever re-
ceived such a request or that it is
beholden to the Chinese govern-
ment, but members of Congress
and the White House remain skep-
tical. The same day, Sen. Thom
Tillis (r-N.C.) subtly called out
Jackson by linking to an article
about his TikTok use in a news
release and labeling the app’s use
“beyond reckless.”
Jackson says he trusts Wray’s
“very cogent, very levelheaded”
concerns and says he’d vote for
legislation banning the app as a
last resort, even if that means no
longer reaching the 200,000 con-
stituents from his district that he
estimates use the app. “There’s no
perfect solution at this point,” he
says, though he prefers that Tik-
Tok be sold. He has told reporters
that he posts using a separate,
nongovernment phone — one that
only has TikTok installed — to
mitigate privacy concerns.
Jason Linton, a TikTok content
creator with 12.8 million followers
who came to D.C. in march as part
of the company’s lobbying push,
says that although he disagrees
with Jackson that an outright ban
would be an acceptable outcome,
he appreciates that the congress-
man is being open about his
stance. “I’m 44 years old, but what
I see that really connects with the
younger generation and particu-
larly every generation across Tik-
Tok is honest communication —
just authenticity,” Linton says.
“There’s no gimmicks about him.”
If TikTok becomes a place
where it’s no longer viable for the
congressman to post, Jackson will
probably just pivot to Instagram,
although he has only a fraction of
the followers on that platform.
Plus, he says “just under a million”
people subscribe to his newsletter
on Substack, which ranks among
the site’s top political newsletters.
(“It’s the open rate that I take
seriously,” he says.)
Jackson never ended up posting
the video he recorded in his build-
ing’s communal kitchen. (The
clamor from the pool table in the
next room had leaked into his
microphone.)
The session had been a failure,
but no big deal. The congressman
scrapped the take and did it all
over again from his home in Char-
lotte, where he can buy 30 minutes
of quiet by bribing his children
with ice cream.

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PrO FOOTBALL ON THe NBA HOckey
A lawsuit filed on behalf of dwayne Haskins’s widow alleges Ben Golliver zeroes in on the play-in tournament, which The capitals, again with just 17 skaters, turn aside the
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Boston Team owes

and Miller $625,000
taken 1-2 in in deposit
WNBA draft settlement
Mystics add two players Commanders to pay fine
in the later rounds and issue refunds in deal
after another early trade with office of D.C. AG

BY K AREEM C OPELAND BY N ICKI J HABVALA

NEW YORK — South Carolina
four-year standout Aliyah Boston
was selected by the Indiana Fever
with the No. 1 pick in Monday’s
WNBA draft.
Boston going first was hardly a
surprise. She led the Gamecocks
to the 2022 national champion-
ship as a junior and took them
back to the Final Four as a senior.
The 6-foot-5 center was named
player of the year by the Associat-
ed Press and Naismith defensive
player of the year after her junior
season, then followed that with
another defensive player of the
year honor this season while be-
ing the runner-up for AP player of
the year (to Iowa’s Caitlin Clark,
who does not meet the WNBA’s
age limit to enter the draft).
As expected, Maryland guard
Diamond Miller went No. 2 to
Minnesota. Lynx Coach and Pres-
AND M ARK M ASKE
The Washington Commanders
must pay a $425,000 fine to the
District of Columbia and refund
more than $200,000 in deposits
to D.C. ticket holders as part of a
settlement reached with the of-
fice of D.C. Attorney General Bri-
an L. Schwalb (D) that was an-
nounced Monday.
“This settlement agreement
holding the Washington Com-
manders responsible for a busi-
ness practice of taking advantage
of [their] fans, particularly D.C.
residents who provided security
deposits for tickets, violated our
consumer protection act,”
Schwalb told The Washington
Post on Monday. “The team im-
properly held on to security de-
JONATHAN NEWTON/THE WASHINGTON POST posits that it was required to
“I’m here. If I wanted to leave, you guys would hear and know,” bradley beal told reporters after a second straight 35-47 season. return. It knowingly misused
those moneys. It knowingly used

A star ‘at peace’

ident Cheryl Reeve was a regular
in College Park this season to
watch one of the most versatile
players in the nation. The 6-3
Miller is long with strong drib-
bling skills and has the ability to
attack and finish around the rim.
“Number two, wow, that’s very
impressive,” Miller said. “I don’t
give myself a lot of credit, but I’m
proud of myself right now.”
Miller averaged a career-high
19.7 points, 6.4 rebounds, 2.9 as-
sists, 2.1 steals and 1.3 blocks as a
senior, leading the Terrapins to
the elite eight for the first time
since 2015.
“Diamond Miller is just a pro in
every sense of the word,” eSPN
analyst LaChina Robinson said.
“It starts . . . with her mentality,
relentless, always on the attack, a
lot of maturity about her game in
terms of her approach and her
preparation. Then I just go to her
physical attributes, and at 6-3,
[she] can play multiple positions,
wingspan, quickness. These are a
lot of things that, when it comes
to translating from college to the
WNBA, become even more im-
portant.”
The unknown part of the draft
began at No. 3, where Dallas took
Villanova’s Maddy Siegrist, the
nation’s top scorer.
At No. 4, the Mystics shook
things up. Washington selected
Iowa State center Stephanie
Soares, but she wasn’t a Mystic
long enough to walk to the lectern
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the security deposit for purposes
it wasn’t supposed to use the
money for. And then it knowingly
made it unnecessarily difficult for
fans to get their money back. So I
feel like this is an appropriate
resolution to a high-priority mat-
ter for our office, which is to
After another losing season, Beal is frustrated but says he’s committed to the Wizards protect D.C. consumers and D.C.
residents from being taken
advantage of.”
BY A VA W ALLACE his words echoing the party line. The Commanders denied the
What’s your reaction to the team not taking a step District’s claims in the settle-
Bradley Beal could never be described as a loudmouth. forward this year? ment. But as part of the agree-
He has had small outbursts a time or two — remember “It’s disappointing, for sure. We had goals and expecta- ment, the team is required to do a
when he lit into Thomas Bryant at practice in 2019, a tions for ourselves, and we fell well short of that. It’s public records search to find the
teaching moment turned up to 11? But mostly, the definitely disappointing. We didn’t do things we set most recent contact information
Washington Wizards’ franchise player has done his ourselves out to do.” for fans affected by the
leading behind the scenes, has saved important conversa- What do you think you need to do or add to the team to non-refunded deposits, disclose
tions for those who need to know and has doled out improve? the refund process on its website
truth-telling with a wink and a smile so it goes down just a “Well, one, we’ve all got to be better. We have to be and provide Schwalb’s office with
little easier. better. I have to be better. everybody has to develop, get regular reports of its progress in
easygoing Beal took mellow to an extreme this year, in better. I don’t think we’re good enough right now.” refunding the deposits.
his first official season of stability after signing a five-year, Beal, remember, doesn’t have to be so disappointed. “We have not accepted security
$251 million max contract in July. He averaged 23.2 points Keeping a mutual promise to a city and a franchise means deposits or seat licenses in more
and shot a career-best 50.6 percent across 50 games. It also something, yes. But the guard, who turns 30 in June, also than a decade and have been
happened to be the first time in a long while he didn’t have has a no-trade clause in his contract that prohibits the actively working to return any
to field constant questions about his future. Wizards from tossing him asunder. That means, at least remaining deposits since 2014,” a
Want to get the man a little riled up? Take him back to nominally, he holds a higher level of power in this Commanders spokesperson
those days. Prod him a bit after the Wizards’ second 35-47 relationship. wrote in a statement. “We are
season in a row. Ask him about his future. Asked a) if he ever experienced a level of frustration this pleased to have reached an agree-
Beal’s final news conference of the season Monday season that he considered asking for a trade and b) how he ment on the matter with the DC
escalated from mundane to muddled in a hurry. He views the power dynamic created by the no-trade clause, Attorney General and will work
entered the room with his sweatshirt’s hood pulled so it Beal said he does not use that element of his contract as a with the office to fulfill our obliga-
almost covered his eyes, his speaking voice low and soft, See wIzarDS ON D3 tions to our fans.”
The office of outgoing attorney
general Karl A. Racine filed the
lawsuit in the civil division of the
D.C. Superior Court in November.
Racine’s office alleged the team
implemented “an illegal scheme
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With Swanson down, it’s next woman up for U.S. At last, Gray is past the trade
BY S TEVEN G OFF
ST. LOUIS — If there is a national
women’s soccer team well-posi-
tioned to adapt to the loss of a
premier player before a major tour-
nament, it is the U.S. squad. Coach
Vlatko Andonovski has an embar-
rassment of attacking riches at his
disposal for the World Cup this
summer, so the moment Mallory
Swanson severely injured her left
knee Saturday, the mechanism for
such situations was enacted.
Most urgently, Trinity Rodman,
a 20-year-old rising star, entered
the match, and veteran Lynn Wil-
liams, a career 15-goal scorer, was
placed on alert for possible
second-half duty.
Then Kate Markgraf, the pro-
gram’s general manager, texted
Alyssa Thompson, an 18-year-old
prospect who debuted with the
senior squad in the fall.
At that moment, Thompson
was training with her Los Angeles-
based NWSL club, Angel City FC.
Initially, she did not know why she
was being summoned. All she
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BY J ESSE D OUGHERTY
Josiah Gray may have deliv-
ered the most honest moment of
the Washington Nationals’ 2022
season, admitting in May that he
really, really, really wanted to beat
the Los Angeles Dodgers but
couldn’t, allowing seven earned
runs and three homers in a three-
inning clunker. It was a peek,
however brief, inside a mind that
has done plenty of gymnastics
since the right-hander joined
Washington in a blockbuster
trade in July 2021.
Saying there were “a lot of
emotions,” that he didn’t control
them, that he wanted to show the
Dodgers they were “missing out”
by dealing him, wasn’t a huge
surprise. Gray, 25, will leave his
emotions in plain sight. He might
scream after a big strikeout. Pub-
licly and privately, he stews fol-
lowing rough starts. During
spring training bullpen sessions,
he often turned to look at his
pitch metrics on an iPad, measur-
ing the numbers against sky-high
expectations.
ErIc GAy/ASSOcIATEd PrESS A slider maybe lacked the spin
The U.S. women came out of Saturday’s friendly vs. Ireland with a 2-0 win and one troublesome injury. he desired, even by a revolution or
two. Or a fastball’s vertical break
made him curse under his breath.
Gray is incredibly self-aware.
And maybe because of that, he
had not been too keen on the
narrative that trailed him from
the Dodgers to the Nationals. He
was never supposed to replace
Max Scherzer or Trea Turner. But
try telling that to a rookie who
was traded — alongside Keibert
Ruiz, Donovan Casey and Gerar-
do Carrillo — for Scherzer and
Turner, World Series heroes in
Gray’s new city. So Gray stewed
over that, too. He stewed over it a
lot. Then between last season and
this one, he finally let it all go.
“The weight of the trade is off
me, I think,” Gray said toward the
end of spring training. “The
Dodgers have moved on. Max is
about to be in his second year
with the Mets. Trea left and
signed with the Phillies this win-
ter. That helped put everything
behind me, you know?
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U.S. women prepare for
World Cup sans Swanson
soccer from d1
knew was she needed to get to
St. Louis as soon as possible to
begin preparing for a rematch
with Ireland on Tuesday. Her
mother packed her bags.
“I came home, and we went
straight to the airport,” she said
monday. “Lots of traffic going
there. I was like the last person on
the plane.”
Having arrived, Thompson has
been thrust into a stiff competi-
tion for both a World Cup roster
slot and playing time at the tour-
nament, co-hosted by Australia
and New Zealand from July 20 to
Aug. 20.
Swanson, a left wing in the best
form of her career, was diagnosed
with a torn patella tendon, which
typically requires at least six
months of rehabilitation. U.S. offi-
cials have not declared her out of
the World Cup but, from all indica-
tions, she will not be available.
Tony Wanich, a New Jersey-
based sports medicine surgeon
specializing in such injuries, said
the tendon needs three months to
heal and at least six weeks of con-
ditioning before an athlete is able
to return to competition. Wanich,
affiliated with the Hospital for
Special Surgery, has not examined
Swanson, but from watching vid-
eo of the incident, he said it ap-
peared to be a typical patella ten-
don injury.
Swanson, 24, is undergoing fur-
ther evaluation in Chicago, where
she plays for the NWSL’s red
Stars, and is expected to have sur-
gery soon.
“It is a challenge,” Andonovski
said. “I can sit here and say, ‘oh,
no, we’re great.’ No, she’s a great
player. You don’t replace mallory
that easy. We all know that.”
He went on to say the program
is ready for such situations.
“We will have a good answer,”
Andonovski said. “We’re happy
with the group of players that we
have [in camp]. We’re happy with
their form, and we’re happy with
their abilities. It’s just a question
which one is going to be the one
that will fill that spot.”
The candidates to start in
Swanson’s place include rodman,
a Washington Spirit star in her
third pro season; megan rapinoe,
who, at 37, is preparing for her last
World Cup, though she missed
this camp with a calf injury; Wil-
liams, a fleet-footed winger; and
Thompson, who skipped college
soccer to become the youngest
player drafted in NWSL history
(No. 1 overall).
That list doesn’t include marga-
ret Purce, who wasn’t selected for
this camp, and two of the pro-
gram’s all-time greats, Tobin
BrAd SmIth/U.S. Soccer FederAtIon/getty ImAgeS
“We will have a good answer,” U.s. coach Vlatko andonovski said
after forward mallory swanson was sidelined by a left knee injury.
aUTO RaCING
NASCAR driver Ware
suspended after arrest
NASCAr suspended Cup Series
driver cody Ware indefinitely
monday after he was arrested on
assault charges.
Jail records posted by the
Iredell County (N.C.) Sheriff’s
office showed that Ware, 27, was
booked on charges of assault on a
woman and assault by
strangulation. He was listed as
having posted a $3,000 bond.
According to a police report
obtained by the Associated Press,
the incident is alleged to have
taken place shortly before
midnight April 3, with no
weapons involved.
A driver for rick Ware racing,
which is owned by his father,
Ware sat out Sunday’s race at
Bristol motor Speedway in
Tennessee. His team said in a
statement Saturday that Ware
was stepping away to “focus on a
personal matter.” His No. 51 ford
was driven by matt crafton.
rWr said monday: “We
understand NASCAr’s position
on this matter and accept their
decision. The matter is still under
investigation and Cody is fully
cooperating with the authorities.”
Heath and Christen Press, who are
recovering from long-term inju-
ries.
The players “galvanize and
bond around unfortunate things
like this,” Andonovski said. “We all
understand we have a job to do
past this now, and we’ve got to
prepare for the World Cup.”
Tuesday’s friendly is the last
before Andonovski names the
23-woman World Cup roster in
June. Aside from evaluating per-
formances against Ireland, he will
monitor players with their clubs
over the next two months.
While the players are heartbro-
ken about Swanson’s injury, they
also recognize what lies ahead.
“It’s hard to look at it [as an
opportunity] right now, just be-
cause it’s so soon and I do still feel
horrible,” rodman said. “But
whenever that happens, there is
an opening for other people to
step up.”
Even before Swanson’s injury,
rodman had a good chance of
making the World Cup team. on
Saturday, though, she missed her
scoring chances.
Williams, 29, is back in the mix
after missing the 2022 NWSL sea-
son with a leg injury. And Thomp-
son starred for the under-20 na-
tional team before, while still 17,
debuting for Andonovski’s squad
on a European tour.
“It’s honestly pretty scary,” she
said of the latest call-up. “The team-
mates are super helpful. They’re
always here if I need anything, and
they’re super welcoming.”
Andonovski admires Thomp-
son’s attacking skills and her atti-
tude.
“She has abilities to turn in
small areas that not many players
have,” he said. “She accelerates
with the ball and runs at the de-
fense with confidence. I almost
want to say, sometimes for an
18-year-old, it’s borderline arro-
gant when she goes at you, but she
can. She can eliminate players on
the dribble, and we’ve seen her
score some good goals.”
As the team pivots, it has not
forgotten about Swanson.
“It’s very emotional, but every
day we continue on and we are
prepping for a World Cup,” said
Lindsey Horan, one of Swanson’s
closest friends on the team. “We
have mal in the back of our minds,
and we know we want to play for
her. We just hope everything goes
well recovery-wise and what she
needs to do to get back.”
Note: As a precaution, mid-
fielder rose Lavelle will not play
Tuesday after suffering a minor
injury during the 2-0 victory Sat-
urday in Austin. “This is not a
moment for us to take any
chances,” Andonovski said.
DIGEsT
Ware, a native of Greensboro,
N.C., has raced in the Cup Series
since 2017. He is 31st in this
season’s standings after finishing
a career-best 32nd last year.
— Des Bieler
Hendrick motorsports said it
won’t appeal the penalties
handed down by NASCAr last
week on the Cup teams of alex
Bowman and William Byron.
sOCCER
ryan reynolds punched the
air before turning to embrace
rob mcelhenney as the
Hollywood actors moved a big
step closer to their dream of
leading Welsh side Wrexham to
promotion.
The pair celebrated at the end
of a thriller in which former
manchester United goalkeeper
Ben Foster pulled off a penalty
save in the seventh minute of
stoppage time to secure a 3-2 win
against rival Notts County.
“I don’t think I have a heart
anymore. . . . That was unlike
anything I’ve ever seen before,”
reynolds said.
Wrexham, which has been
given A-list sparkle after being
bought by the actors, moved three
points clear at the top of the fifth-
tier National League with a game
in hand. . . .
eZ SU
Lawsuit alleges Haskins was drugged
BY L ES C ARPENTER
A lawsuit filed in Broward
County, fla., by rick Ellsley, the
attorney for Dwayne Haskins’s
wife, claims the former Washing-
ton quarterback was drugged,
blackmailed and robbed before
he was hit by a truck and killed
while trying to cross Interstate
595 in South florida early on the
morning of April 9, 2022.
The suit was filed on behalf of
Kalabrya Haskins and Haskins’s
parents, Dwayne Haskins Sr. and
Tamara Haskins, and comes a
year and a day after Haskins died
at 24. It alleges that four people
drugged Haskins “to blackmail
and rob him, causing him and/or
contributing to cause him severe
injury and death.”
The suit does not provide de-
tails about the alleged drugging,
blackmail or attempted robbery.
According to a Broward Coun-
ty medical examiner’s report,
Haskins’s blood alcohol content
was 21/2 times the legal limit in
florida, and a urine test showed
ketamine was in his system at the
time of his death. He was at-
tempting to cross the highway in
search of a gas station after his
rental car had run out of gas just
after 6 a.m.
Also named in the suit are the
Wyndham Garden Hotel in Boca
raton, fla., and three establish-
ments Haskins visited in the
hours before his death: Drive
Shack in West Palm Beach, fla.;
Blue Anchor Pub in Delray Beach,
fla.; and E11Even nightclub in
miami. The suit charges the busi-
nesses allowed “patrons to use
drugs and drug other patrons
including [Haskins].”
“As to what occurred in the
hours before Dwayne was killed,
many questions remain unan-
swered,” Ellsley wrote in a news
release announcing the suit. “It is
believed that Dwayne was target-
Commanders owe $425,000 fine in D.C. settlement
commaNders from d1
to cheat District ticket holders
out of their deposits for season
tickets and use the money for its
own purposes.”
It was the second of two law-
suits racine’s office filed in eight
days. The first was a consumer
protection suit that accused the
Commanders, team owner Daniel
Snyder, the NfL and Commis-
sioner roger Goodell of colluding
to deceive and mislead customers
about an investigation of the
team’s workplace to maintain its
fan base in pursuit of revenue.
That case is ongoing.
Allegations about the team’s
security-deposit practices were
made during an investigation of
the team’s workplace by the
House Committee on oversight
and reform. former Washington
sales executive Jason friedman
told the committee that team
executives instructed him to
withhold security deposits from
customers when their lease terms
ended and to create barriers to
discourage customers from re-
questing refunds of their depos-
its. friedman alleged Washington
then converted the non-refunded
deposits into revenue for the
team.
The committee sent a letter to
multiple entities, including the
attorneys general of maryland,
Virginia and D.C. and the federal
Leicester hired dean smith as
manager until the end of the
season as it fights to avoid
relegation from the English
Premier League. . . .
Barcelona failed to rebound
from its humiliating loss to real
madrid in the Copa del rey
semifinals and was held to a 0-0
home draw with Girona in the
Spanish league. . . .
The Concacaf Gold Cup
announced three new cities will
host this year. fifteen sites will be
used for the 16-nation
tournament June 24 to July 16,
with Cincinnati’s TQL Stadium,
St. Louis’s CityPark Stadium and
San Diego’s Snapdragon Stadium
revealed monday.
TENNIs
Three-time Grand Slam
winners stan Wawrinka and
andy murray had contrasting
fortunes in the first round of the
clay-court monte Carlo masters in
monaco.
former champion Wawrinka
rallied to win, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, against
Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor,
sealing the victory on his sixth
match point. The 38-year-old
Swiss, who won the event in 2014,
next plays American Taylor Fritz.
murray lost, 6-1, 6-3, to 14th-
seeded alex de minaur. The
dwayne Haskins seemed to be reviving his career with the steelers before his death last april at 24.
ed and drugged as part of a
blackmail and robbery conspira-
cy. In fact, his highly-expensive
watch was stolen from him short-
ly before his death.”
The suit alleges oriel Patino,
the driver of the truck that struck
Haskins, was driving “carelessly”
and “above the speed limit” and
that the truck’s owner, Pedro Si-
necio Diaz, did not make proper
repairs to its brakes and tires.
Patino declined to comment
when reached by phone monday.
“many questions remain as to
why the truck driver did not avoid
hitting Dwayne given the highly
visible activity in the area before
The office of Karl a. racine, then the d.c. attorney general, filed
two suits last year involving the commanders; one is now resolved.
Trade Commission, outlining the
allegations. The team has denied
committing any financial impro-
prieties.
outgoing maryland attorney
general Brian E. frosh (D), who
left office in January, announced
in November that the team had
reached a settlement that called
for a $250,000 fine and for the
remaining refundable deposits to
be returned to ticket holders.
“for many years, the Com-
manders kept money that was not
35-year-old British player, who
has a metal hip, struggled against
the Australian’s court speed.
MIsC.
michigan State basketball
standout Tyson Walker
announced he is returning for his
fifth season. The 6-foot-1 guard
averaged a team-high 14.8 points
and ranked second with nearly
three assists per game this past
season. . . .
claressa shields will fight
Hanna Gabriels for the women’s
world middleweight
championship June 3, bringing
boxing to Detroit’s Little Caesars
Arena for the first time since it
opened in 2017. DAZN, which will
carry the match live, made the
announcement. . . .
Yasuhiro Yamashita, the
head of the Japanese olympic
Committee, said Sapporo might
delay its bid for the Winter
Games, going for 2034 instead of
2030. . . .
Will Zalatoris had back
surgery that will end his PGA
Tour season. . . .
The WNBA is adding charter
flights for the entire playoffs and
back-to-back regular season
games this year, the league said.
— From news services
and staff reports
the washington post . tuesday, april 11 , 2023
gene J. PUSkAr/ASSocIAted PreSS
the impact and the fact that the Car of miami, the local operator
other drivers did not hit Dwayne,” of the Ace rent A Car franchise,
the news release stated. “The claiming the company rented
truck driver’s cell phone records Haskins a car that was “mechani-
have not yet been disclosed. The cally damaged,” leading to him
report also notes that the driver running out of gas.
refused to provide a blood sample Haskins, who starred at Bullis
to the police at the scene and still School in Potomac and later at
has not provided the alcohol test ohio State, was drafted by Wash-
results.” ington in the first round in 2019
In addition, the suit alleges the but never fully established him-
florida Department of Transpor- self as the team’s quarterback.
tation had obstructed visibility Washington released him late in
with a construction sign and the 2020 season, and he signed
didn’t properly maintain the with the Pittsburgh Steelers in
lighting or lower the speed limit 2021. He appeared to be reviving
in the area where Haskins was his football career before his
hit. It also named roam rental death.
against the Commanders, Snyder
announced that he had retained
Bank of America Securities to
explore potential transactions for
the team.
Team president Jason Wright
said at the league’s annual meet-
ings in Phoenix last month that
he expects the team to be sold — “I
don’t see why it wouldn’t,” he told
The Post — but the timing of any
potential sale remains unclear.
A group led by Philadelphia
76ers and New Jersey Devils own-
er Josh Harris and another led by
Canadian business executive
Steve Apostolopoulos have sub-
mitted formal bids to buy the
Commanders, according to peo-
ple with direct knowledge of the
sale process.
other potential buyers include
SUSAn WAlSh/ASSocIAted PreSS Jeff Bezos, who owns The Wash-
ington Post, and Tilman fertitta,
the owner of the Houston rock-
ets.
theirs,” frosh said in a statement As the process plays out,
at the time. “It belongs to their Schwalb said, he expects the law-
customers. Today’s settlement suit against the Commanders, the
will require the team to return the NfL, Snyder and Goodell to move
monies owed to consumers. The forward.
Commanders will pay a penalty, “I think the lawsuits against
and they will be enjoined from the team are independent of any
engaging in similar practices in potential sale of the team,”
the future.” Schwalb said. “So my expectation
The Commanders did not ad- is that, of course, this settlement
mit to the allegations as part of will . . . end at least one of the two
the maryland settlement. cases by way of settlement, and
Weeks before the D.C. attorney the other case will continue until
general’s office filed its lawsuits it’s either tried or resolved.”
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tuesday, april 11 , 2023 . the washington post
James vs. the pugilistic Timberwolves highlights play-in tournament matchups
As the NBA’s 12
On the best teams catch
NBA their breath and
its 10 worst teams
Ben
Golliver head out on
summer vacation,
the middle class will battle this
week in the play-in tournament.
Eight teams will play a total
of six play-in games over three
days to determine the final two
playoff seeds in each conference.
There will be no shortage of
stars — LeBron James, Anthony
Davis, Jimmy Butler, Anthony
Edwards, Trae Young, Shai
Gilgeous-Alexander — or drama.
And the minnesota
Timberwolves’ pugilistic end to
the regular season added a layer
of intrigue to the do-or-die
stakes.
To set the stage, here’s a
game-by-game preview of the
play-in tournament’s first round,
which will be held Tuesday and
Wednesday.
No. 8 Atlanta Hawks (41-41)
at No. 7 Miami Heat (44-38),
7:30 p.m. Tuesday, TNT: much
has changed since the Heat,
seeded No. 1 at the time, sent the
Hawks packing from the first
round last year. Atlanta
responded with an offseason
trade for Dejounte murray that
didn’t meaningfully lift its
trajectory, and the fallout
included the firing of coach Nate
mcmillan and the hiring of Quin
Snyder as his replacement.
meanwhile, miami lost stopper
P.J. Tucker in free agency, dealt
with an underwhelming season
from Kyle Lowry and regressed
on offense and defense.
The Heat won the season
series, 3-1, and it held Young
under his average of 26.2 points
per game in all four contests.
Young scored just 15.4 points per
game on 31.9 percent shooting
in last year’s playoffs, and
miami’s experienced perimeter
defense has proved difficult for
the two-time all-star to crack.
miami has the best record of
the eight play-in teams and
should be a tough out if it
reaches the first round. Butler
has merited an all-NBA selection
by averaging 22.9 points,
5.9 rebounds and 5.3 assists, and
Bam Adebayo remains one of
the league’s most effective two-
way big men. To make real
Despite frustration, Beal Boston and Miller go 1-2; Mystics draft, deal Soares
wants to remain a Wizard
WizARDS FROm D1
“trump card.”
“That’s an unnecessary thing
for me to do. . . . That’s not me;
that’s beneath me,” Beal said. “I’m
definitely frustrated. I’m also at
peace with where I am and who
we are and what we need to do to
be better. It’s nothing I can do — I
can’t control it. I’m not going to
sit here and cuss everybody out.
We know where we failed and
how we have to be better, and we
have to do so. And there’s never
one time where I’m like: ‘You
know what? I’m out of here.’ But I
very well could because I do have
the no-trade. But I don’t use it as
a trump, no.”
Beal was then asked to explain
where his frustration was coming
from if he was at peace. He
clarified: “I’m at peace with how
the year went. I’m not at peace
with how we are as a team.”
No longer speaking so quietly,
Beal brought in his wry smile and
a little humor when asked if he
expected to be at Washington’s
training camp come fall. It isn’t
unusual for reporters to ask if a
franchise player wants out after a
disappointing year (or several).
But Beal’s dedication to the Wiz-
ards is rare, and because of that
rarity it gets more examination.
There were seven other players
in the NBA this season who had
spent at least 10 years with their
current franchise: Stephen Curry,
Klay Thompson, Draymond
Green, Udonis Haslem, Khris
Despite Bradley Beal’s community work, affable personality and
talent, he often is the target of Wizards’ fans ire, not adoration.
LeBron James has lost some explosiveness since a foot injury nearly required season-ending surgery.
noise, the Heat must crank up
the intensity a notch; its
defensive ranking slipped from
fourth last season to ninth this
season.
While the Hawks have
hovered around .500 since mid-
January and therefore have had
months to ponder their play-in
fate, the Heat should be a little
annoyed at missing out on an
assured playoff spot. miami
shook off a slow start to take a
real run at the East’s No. 6 seed.
The loser of Heat vs. Hawks
will need to win a second play-in
game Friday to secure the No. 8
seed and a date with the top-
seeded milwaukee Bucks.
No. 8 Minnesota
Timberwolves (42-40) at No. 7
Los Angeles Lakers (43-39),
10 p.m. Tuesday, TNT: The
Lakers have spent months
fighting their way into the play-
in tournament, shaking off a 2-
10 start and capitalizing on the
season-altering Russell
Westbrook trade to post a
Western Conference-best 16-7
record since the all-star break.
Though James and company
couldn’t quite claim a
guaranteed playoff spot in a
middleton, Giannis Antetokoun-
mpo and Damian Lillard. Each
has won a title with his team or,
in Lillard’s case, is desperately
beloved in his city — and those
two elements are constant if you
dig back into NBA history for
10-year players who are no longer
active, too.
Decade-long partnerships be-
tween a franchise and a player
who doesn’t produce a champi-
onship are scarce.
Beal and the Wizards have not
won a title. And for all the guard’s
community work, affable person-
ality and talent, he is often the
target of Wizards’ fans ire, not
adoration.
So will he be back for Year 12?
“I can’t foresee the future, but
yeah. God willing,” Beal said be-
fore grinning. “I might wake up
one day and they might not want
ya boy, you know? You’ve got to
make a decision, so. The way y’all
talking, y’all trying to kick me out
of here! Y’all want me out of
town, you’ve got to talk to the
head honchos! Nah, I’m kidding.”
Beal’s news conference closed
with one final point of clarifica-
tion, a question as to whether
there was anything he would like
to state plainly.
“Is there something I should
have clarified earlier that was
misinterpreted?” he asked in
response.
“That’s kind of a weird ques-
tion, because I’m here. If I wanted
to leave, you guys would hear and
know that Beal wants to leave.”
JONAThAN NeWTON/The WAshINgTON POsT
congested race, they secured the
right to host their play-in opener
with a win Sunday.
Despite that remarkable
turnaround and James’s
enduring star power, Los
Angeles won’t be headlining
Tuesday’s showdown. The
Timberwolves earned top billing
in the worst manner possible,
coming apart at the seams
during the final game of the
season: Rudy Gobert threw a
midgame punch at teammate
Kyle Anderson, while Jaden
mcDaniels injured his hand
after punching a wall in
frustration. The nagging
chemistry questions that had
plagued minnesota since its
polarizing trade for Gobert last
summer boiled over at the worst
possible moment.
“Emotions got the best of me
today,” Gobert wrote on Twitter.
“I should not have reacted the
way I did regardless of what was
said. I wanna apologize to the
fans, the [organization] and
particularly to Kyle, who is
someone that I truly love and
respect as a teammate.”
The Timberwolves’
dysfunction could play to the
WNBA FROm D1
for her first news conference as a
professional. Soares was dealt to
Dallas for a pair of draft picks — a
first-rounder in 2025 and a sec-
ond-rounder in 2024.
“For sure, a surprise. . . . It
happened so fast,” Soares said.
“I’m just ready to get to Dallas
and start getting to work.”
This was the second consecu-
tive year Washington traded a
first-round pick. The mystics had
the No. 1 pick in 2022 but traded
with the Atlanta Dream to move
back to No. 3 and add the option
to swap 2024 first-round picks.
That No. 3 pick became Shakira
Austin.
“This is a team that players and
staff both feel [is] ready to com-
pete now,” mystics Coach Eric
Thibault said. “I’m not sure, had
you taken a player that was going
to come in right now, that it
would be somebody who would
be making a huge difference in
the very near future, compared to
the upside of what that could be
down the road.”
A number of draft-eligible
players who could have been in
play for the mystics decided to
return to college; the combina-
tion of an extra year from the
NCAA amid the coronavirus pan-
demic and the financial benefits
gained from name, image and
likeness changes have players
weighing their options.
The mystics selected Elena
Tsineke in the second round with
the No. 20 pick and Txell Alarcón
with the No. 32 pick. Tsineke, a 5-7
guard out of South Florida, was
named co-player of the year in the
American Athletic Conference af-
ter averaging 17.9 points, 3.8 re-
bounds and 3.1 assists while
shooting 38.3 percent from be-
hind the arc. Alarcón was drafted
with an eye on the future; Gener-
al manager mike Thibault said
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Lakers’ advantage. The team
announced monday a one-game
suspended for Gobert. He’ll join
mcDaniels on the sideline for
Tuesday’s contest with
minnesota also missing backup
center Naz Reid, who is out
following wrist surgery. The
Timberwolves won the season
series, 2-1, but Los Angeles
scored a 123-111 road victory
march 31 that was crucial to
securing the No. 7 seed.
Also looming over this
matchup is James’s health; the
38-year-old forward hasn’t quite
displayed his typical
explosiveness since returning
from a foot injury that nearly
required season-ending surgery.
James decried the play-in
concept when it was first
introduced, but he hit a game-
winning three-pointer against
the Golden State Warriors in the
2021 tournament.
That year, the Lakers went on
to lose to the Phoenix Suns in
the first round.
The loser of Lakers vs.
Timberwolves will host a play-in
game Friday to secure the No. 8
seed and a date with the top-
seeded Denver Nuggets.
Aliyah Boston averaged 14.1 points, 10.8 rebounds and 2.4 blocks over four seasons at South Carolina.
the 19-year-old from Spain isn’t
expected to come over this sea-
son, but he wanted to have her
rights. She averaged 7.9 points
and 2.3 rebounds last year in
Spain.
mike Thibault explained that
the trade exploration started sev-
eral months ago and free agency
altered the way he looked at the
team’s needs.
“The depth of those drafts
could be very significant — par-
ticularly in 2025 when we have
two first-round picks now,” he
said. “Even if you aren’t picking a
player, you also can use these
again as collateral in trades. Hav-
ing multiple firsts allows you to
have more options. That’s a big
thing.”
No. 10 Chicago Bulls (40-42)
at No. 9 Toronto Raptors
(41-41), 7 p.m. Wednesday,
ESPN: This is a
“Disappointment Bowl”
showdown for Toronto and
Chicago, which turned in
underwhelming seasons after
being top-six seeds last year.
There are parallels to be
found in their slippage. Raptors
Coach Nick Nurse said he will
take time to consider his future
in Toronto once the season ends,
and Bulls Coach Billy Donovan
faced some early-season hot seat
talk. Fred VanVleet and Demar
DeRozan were unable to
replicate their career-year
showings from 2021-22, making
it more difficult for Toronto and
Chicago to sustain harmonious
offenses.
Though Raptors forward
Pascal Siakam delivered another
well-rounded season and Bulls
guard Zach LaVine has turned it
on in recent months, neither
was quite good enough to
solidify an organizational
identity. The Raptors wanted to
be aggressive, athletic and
interchangeable but needed
more conventional ballhandlers
and outside shooting.
Toronto claimed the season
series, 2-1, with the home team
winning each game. The Raptors
boast a solid 27-14 home record
and have gotten decent
production from center Jakob
Poeltl, whom they acquired from
the Spurs at the deadline.
Patrick Beverley, who joined his
hometown Bulls after a
February buyout, provided a
late-season emotional spark and
helped fill in the gaps created by
Lonzo Ball’s interminable
absence.
The Raptors and Bulls
suffered first-round exits in
2022, and a similar fate almost
certainly awaits if they survive
the play-in and draw the Bucks.
The winner of this contest
will face the loser of Heat
vs. Hawks in a Friday showdown
for the No. 8 seed, while the
loser will go home.
No. 10 Oklahoma City
Thunder (40-42) at No. 9
New Orleans Pelicans (42-40),
9:30 p.m. Wednesday, ESPN:
The Pelicans are neck deep in
deja vu; they entered last year’s
maryland standout Abby mey-
ers went to Dallas at No. 11.
meyers, the Ivy League player of
the year as a junior at Princeton,
was a key part of the Terps’ run to
the Elite Eight.
That run ended with a loss to
Boston and the Gamecocks. At
6-5, Boston was a model of consis-
tency for four years, averaging
14.1 points, 10.8 rebounds and 2.4
blocks while shooting 54.6 per-
cent. The native of the Virgin
Islands was dominant on the
collegiate level, but she is expect-
ed to have a bigger impact in the
WNBA.
“I’ve watched her play very
closely this year,” Fever Gm Lin
Dunn said. “Her size, her basket-
ball IQ, her character, her leader-
D3
play-in tournament as the No. 9
seed without an injured Zion
Williamson. The absence of their
franchise forward didn’t stop
them from winning two play-in
games to claim the West’s final
playoff spot in 2022, and they
will have a chance to play
spoiler again.
To make that happen, New
Orleans will need to sustain
some flow on offense that has
been difficult to muster without
Williamson, who is sidelined
indefinitely with a hamstring
injury. Brandon Ingram and CJ
mcCollum lead a clunky attack
that is heavy on isolation
opportunities and midrange
jumpers, and Coach Willie
Green will hope that second-
year forward Trey murphy III
can continue his late-season
surge from beyond the arc. New
Orleans won the season series,
3-1, boasts a healthy 27-14 home
record and returns most of its
key players from last year.
Even so, Oklahoma City is
hungry and talented and has
nothing to lose. The young
Thunder dramatically
overachieved thanks to a no-
nonsense team culture and a
breakout campaign from
Gilgeous-Alexander. The
24-year-old guard is a lethal
scoring playmaker with six
40-point games. His fearlessness
and composure make him a
threat to take over in late-game
scenarios, and Oklahoma City’s
small-ball lineups give him
plenty of space to work.
There’s a chance that
Gilgeous-Alexander’s undersized
and inexperienced supporting
cast isn’t quite ready for prime
time and that the Thunder’s
season ends in “happy to be
here” fashion. Gilgeous-
Alexander, for one, hasn’t
forgotten the gloomy
prognostications.
“I heard them hating, I didn’t
let it bother me. They thought
I’d be on vacation getting ready
for the lottery,” he rhymed on
Instagram. “Every game that
went by, we kept bringing up the
rank. We were ready for war,
they kept bringing up the tanks.”
Wednesday’s winner will face
the loser of Lakers vs.
Timberwolves on Friday for the
No. 8 seed.
sArAh sTIer/geTTy IMAges
ship skills — she just brings an
enormous amount to the table,
and I really think she’s going to
have . . . an immediate impact on
this league. I’m just thankful . . .
that she opted to come into the
draft and didn’t use her fifth
covid year.”
miller was a second-team all-
American and a first-team all-Big
Ten pick. Her 19.7 points were the
highest average for a maryland
player since Brionna Jones aver-
aged 19.9 in the 2016-17 season.
The biggest question mark about
her game is perimeter shooting;
she shot a career-low 22.0 percent
from three-point range last sea-
son. She hit a career-high
35.5 percent of her threes as a
sophomore.
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Baseball
national league american league
East W l pct GB l10 str cEntral W l pct GB l10 str WEst W l pct GB l10 str East W l pct GB l10 str cEntral W l pct GB l10 str WEst W l pct GB l10 str
atlanta 7 4 .636 — 6-4 W-1 x-milwaukee 7 2 .778 — 7-2 W-1 x-arizona 6 4 .600 — 6-4 W-3 tampa Bay 10 0 1.000 — 10-0 W-10 Cleveland 7 4 .636 — 7-3 W-2 texas 6 4 .600 — 6-4 W-2
New York 6 5 .545 1 5-5 W-1 Pittsburgh 6 4 .600 11/2 6-4 L-1 san diego 6 5 .545 1/
2 6-4 L-1 New York 6 4 .600 4 6-4 L-1 minnesota 6 4 .600 1/
2 6-4 L-2 x-Los angeles 5 4 .556 1/
2 5-4 L-1
Philadelphia 4 6 .400 2 1/
2 4-6 W-1 Chicago 5 4 .556 2 5-4 W-1 x-Los angeles 5 5 .500 1 5-5 L-3 toronto 6 4 .600 4 6-4 W-1 Chicago 5 6 .455 2 4-6 W-1 Houston 5 6 .455 1 1/
2 5-5 W-2
miami 4 7 .364 3 4-6 L-1 Cincinnati 4 5 .444 3 4-5 L-1 Colorado 5 6 .455 11/2 4-6 W-2 Baltimore 5 5 .500 5 5-5 W-1 Kansas City 3 8 .273 4 3-7 L-2 seattle 4 7 .364 21/2 3-7 L-2
x-Washington 3 7 .300 31/2 3-7 L-1 st. Louis 3 7 .300 41/2 3-7 L-2 x-san Francisco 4 5 .444 11/2 4-5 W-1 Boston 5 5 .500 5 5-5 L-1 detroit 2 7 .222 4 2-7 L-4 Oakland 2 8 .200 4 2-8 L-5
x-Late game x-Late game

White sox 4, twins 3 n otEs

nl leaders
Hanser alberto hit a
Entering Monday’s games. three-run homer, dylan
bATTING Cease had another solid pErsonnEl dEpt.
Arraez, Mia ...................................... .467 outing against minnesota, Guardians: Placed rHP
Stott, Phi ......................................... .429
Freeman, LA .................................... .421 and Chicago held on to
aaron Civale (strained
Reynolds, Pit ................................... .405 beat the twins.
Robles, Was ..................................... .387 oblique) on the 15-day
McCutchen, Pit ................................ .375 Cease gave up three
Swanson, Chi ................................... .375
runs but allowed just injured list. rHP triston
HOmE RUNS three hits and had six mcKenzie is set to resume
Alonso, NY ............................................ 5 strikeouts in five innings a throwing program after
Reynolds, Pit ........................................ 5
14 tied ................................................... 3 to improve to 2-0. making progress in his
RbI wHITE SOx Ab R H bI bb SO AVG recovery from a shoulder
Reynolds, Pit ...................................... 14 Anderson ss .......3 0 0 0 0 1 .298 strain.
Smith, LA ............................................ 11 González 2b........2 0 0 0 0 2 .200
Olson, Atl ............................................ 11 Robert Jr. cf .......4 0 0 0 0 1 .333 pirates: Placed ss Oneil
Anderson, Mil ..................................... 10 Benintendi lf ......4 1 1 0 0 0 .262
Alonso, NY .......................................... 10 Vaughn dh ..........4 0 1 0 0 0 .270 Cruz on the 15-day iL; he
Thompson, LA ...................................... 9 Sheets 1b ...........3 1 1 0 0 0 .389
Cruz, SD ................................................ 9 Burger ph-1b ......0 0 0 0 1 0 .375 had surgery sunday to
Vosler, Cin ............................................ 9 Grandal c ............4
Alberto 3b ..........4
1
1
2 1 0 1 .300
1 3 0 0 .308
repair a fractured left
Outman, LA .......................................... 9
Martinez, LA ......................................... 9 Colás rf...............3 0 1 0 1 0 .306 ankle and is out for at
Andrus 2b-ss......4 0 1 0 0 1 .167
STOLEN bASES TOTALS 35 4 8 4 2 6 —
least four months.
Acuña Jr., Atl ........................................ 5
Carroll, Ari ............................................ 5 TwINS Ab R H bI bb SO AVG
red sox: OF adam duvall
Ahmed, Ari ........................................... 3 Larnach lf-rf .......5 0 1 1 0 3 .308 is going on the iL with a
Cruz, Pit ................................................ 3 Miranda dh-3b....5 0 1 0 0 1 .200
Hoerner, Chi .......................................... 3 Solano 1b ...........4 0 1 0 0 2 .292 fractured left wrist. He
Marte, NY ............................................. 3 Gordon 2b...........4
Farmer ss ...........4
1
0
0 0 0 0 .077
0 0 0 3 .269
was hurt while attempting
RUNS
Wallner rf...........1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 a diving catch during
Acuña Jr., Atl ...................................... 10 Buxton ph...........1 0 0 0 0 1 .314
Reynolds, Pit ...................................... 10 Castro 3b-lf ........3 0 0 0 0 1 .000 sunday’s game in detroit
Arcia, Atl .............................................. 9
Bogaerts, SD ........................................ 9
Vázquez c ...........3
Taylor cf .............4
0
1
1 0 1 0 .333
0 0 0 2 .171
and will not need surgery.
Freeman, LA ......................................... 9 TOTALS 34 3 4 1 2 13 — Boston recalled
Swanson, Chi ........................................ 9
Yelich, Mil ............................................. 9 cHIcAGO ....... 000 400 000 — 4 8 3 iF/OF Bobby dalbec from
HITS mINNESOTA.. 001 110 000 — 3 4 0 Class aaa Worcester.
E: Alberto (1), Andrus (2), Sheets (1).
Freeman, LA ....................................... 16
Reynolds, Pit ...................................... 15
LOb: Chicago 6, Minnesota 9. White sox: ss tim
2b: Vaughn (5), Grandal (3).
Stott, Phi ............................................ 15
HR: Alberto (1), off Maeda. anderson left monday’s
Arraez, Mia ......................................... 14
Olson, Atl ............................................ 14 wHITE SOx Ip H R ER bb SO ERA win at minnesota with left
Thomas, Was ...................................... 14 Cease .................. 5 3 3 1 2 6 1.65
Lambert .............. 1 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 knee soreness after being
ERA Graveman ........... 1 1 0 0 0 1 5.79
Bummer ............. 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0.00
involved in a collision.
Freeland, Col .................................... 0.00
Stroman, Chi .................................... 0.00 R.López ............ 11/3 0 0 0 0 3 7.71 also, Chicago placed rHP
May, LA ............................................ 0.69
Luzardo, Mia .................................... 0.71
TwINS Ip H R ER bb SO ERA Joe Kelly (groin) on the iL.
DeSclafani, SF ................................. 0.73 Maeda ................. 6 8 4 4 0 3 4.09
david BerdiNG/GettY imaGes Thielbar............... 1 0 0 0 0 1 4.91
Peralta, Mil ...................................... 0.75
Steele, Chi ....................................... 0.75 Moran.................. 2 0 0 0 2 2 7.71
t od a y
Woodruff, Mil .................................. 0.79
wINS
Home sweet home wp: Cease (2-0); Lp: Maeda (0-2);
S: R.López (2). Inherited runners-
scored: R.López 1-0. Hbp: Cease 2
Freeland, Col ..................................... 2-0 Nick Gordon of the Twins scores by sliding under the tag attempt of White Sox catcher Yasmani Grandal during Chicago’s 4-3 win. (Solano, Wallner), Bummer (Castro).
Gore, Was .......................................... 2-0 T: 2:39. A: 12,078 (38,544).
Jameson, Ari ..................................... 2-0 Interleague games

Three homers power

Junis, SF ............................................ 2-0
Lugo, SD ............................................ 2-0
Megill, NY .......................................... 2-0
Guardians 3, rays 1, red sox 0 phillies 15, Marlins 3 orioles 5, athletics 1 NATIONALS AT ANGELS, 9:38
Montgomery, StL .............................. 2-0 yankees 2 tampa Bay became the alec Bohm homered and ATHLETIcS Ab R H bI bb SO AVG w-L ERA TEAm

the O’s past Oakland

Peralta, Mil ....................................... 2-0
Senga, NY .......................................... 2-0 shane Bieber shook off a first team since the 1987 had six rBi as Philadelphia Kemp 2b..............4 0 1 0 0 1 .200 Gray (R) 0-2 4.91 0-2
Noda 1b...............1 0 0 0 2 0 .182
Stroman, Chi ..................................... 2-0 rough first inning to last milwaukee Brewers to tagged National League Cy Aguilar ph-1b......1 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Ohtani (R) 1-0 0.75 1-1
Urías, LA ............................................ 2-0
Wacha, SD ......................................... 2-0 seven, and Josh Naylor hit a open the season with 10 Young award winner sandy Díaz dh................3 1 0 0 1 1 .147
ASTROS AT pIRATES, 6:35
Laureano rf .........4 0 1 1 0 0 .250
GAmES pITcHED tiebreaking sacrifice fly to straight wins by getting a alcantara for nine runs in a Peterson 3b ........4 0 2 0 0 0 .172 Javier (R) 1-0 3.27 2-0
give Cleveland a victory solo homer from Brandon win over miami. Smith ss .............4 0 0 0 0 3 .000
Keller (R) 1-0 3.86 2-0
orioles 5, Athletics 1
Bellatti, Phi .......................................... 6 Capel lf................4 0 1 0 0 3 .267
Gibaut, Cin ............................................ 6 over New York in a 2022 Lowe in the eighth inning alcantara pitched a Langeliers c ........4 0 1 0 0 2 .219
21 tied ................................................... 5 mARINERS AT cUbS, 7:40
american League division to beat Boston. 1-hour 57-minute shutout in Ruiz cf.................3 0 1 0 0 1 .219
SAVES TOTALS 32 1 8 1 3 11 — Flexen (R) 0-1 3.00 0-1
series rematch. Lowe homered for the his previous start vs. min- BY P ATRICK S TEVENS
Bednar, Pit ............................................ 4 Wesneski (R) 0-0 5.79 1-0
Hader, SD .............................................. 3 Bieber looked to be in third straight game. He nesota, then struggled to ORIOLES Ab R H bI bb SO AVG
Mullins cf .............3 1 0 0 1 1 .175
Johnson, Col ......................................... 3 trouble after giving up two sent a one-out pitch from get anyone out monday. Vavra rf................0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 BALTIMORE — Adley Rutschman homered for the
Phillips, LA ........................................... 2
Robertson, NY ...................................... 2 runs and three hits to the Chris martin into the right mARLINS Ab R H bI bb SO AVG Rutschman c ........4 1 1 1 0 2 .375
second straight game, Kyle Gibson earned his third Interleague scores
Mountcastle 1b....4 1 1 2 0 1 .244
Yankees’ first four batters. field stands to put his team Chisholm Jr. cf .....5 0 1 0 0 1 .231
INNINGS pITcHED
Cooper dh .............4 0 3 1 1 1 .368
Santander dh .......4 0 1 0 0 1 .200 win in as many starts, and the Baltimore Orioles
But he settled in and retired ahead. Hays lf..................4 2 2 1 0 0 .265 SUNDAy’S RESULTS
Alcantara, Mia ................................. 142/3 Arraez 2b..............2 0 2 0 1 0 .500 Urías 3b................2 0 1 1 1 0 .241 defeated the Oakland Athletics, 5-1, on Monday at Pittsburgh 1, Chicago White Sox 0
Lugo, SD ............................................. 13 17 of 18 in one stretch. RED SOx Ab R H bI bb SO AVG Hampson ph-2b....2 0 0 0 0 1 .000
May, LA ............................................... 13
Hernández ss......3 0 0 0 1 1 .097
Soler rf .................3 0 0 0 0 0 .189
Frazier 2b.............3
Mateo ss ..............3
0
0
0 0 1 0 .286
0 0 0 1 .280
night. Texas 8, at Chicago Cubs 2
at San Francisco 3, Kansas City 1
Freeland, Col .................................... 122/3 yANKEES Ab R H bI bb SO AVG
Luzardo, Mia .................................... 122/3 Torres 2b .............3 1 2 0 1 0 .387
Devers 3b............4 0 0 0 0 3 .302
Sánchez pr-rf........1
De La Cruz lf .........4
0
0
0 0 0 0 .133
0 0 0 1 .231
McKenna rf-cf......3 0 0 0 0 2 .200 Ryan Mountcastle and Austin Hays also went mONDAy’S RESULTS
STRIKEOUTS Judge cf...............3 1 0 0 1 2 .333
Turner dh ............4
Yoshida lf ...........4
0
0
0 0 0 1 .189
1 0 0 1 .235
Gurriel 1b..............4 1 2 1 0 0 .375 TOTALS 30 5 6 5 3 8 —
deep for Baltimore, which improved to 4-0 in series Washington at L.A. Angels, late
Segura 3b .............3 1 0 0 1 1 .171
Lodolo, Cin .......................................... 21
Rizzo 1b...............4
Stanton rf ...........4
0
0
1 0 0 1 .281
1 2 0 1 .278
Refsnyder cf .......3 0 0 0 0 1 .200 Stallings c ............3 0 0 0 1 1 .071
OAKLAND ...... 100 000 000 — 1 8 1
bALTImORE... 201 001 01x — 5 6 0
openers. Houston 8, at Pittsburgh 2
at Chicago Cubs 3, Seattle 2 (10)
Tapia ph ..............1 0 0 0 0 0 .429
Strider, Atl ......................................... 18 Calhoun dh ..........4 0 1 0 0 1 .250 Verdugo rf ..........2 0 0 0 1 1 .325
Berti ss .................4 1 1 0 0 1 .212
E: Langeliers (3). LOb: Oakland 7, Balti-
Oakland has lost five in a row and fell to a
Webb, SF ............................................ 16 Trevino c..............3 0 0 0 0 0 .217 TOTALS 35 3 9 2 4 7 —
Keller, Pit ............................................ 15 LeMahieu ph .......1 0 0 0 0 0 .235
Arroyo 2b............3
Casas 1b .............2
0
0
1 0 0 0 .194
0 0 0 1 .172
more 5. 2b: Capel (1), Peterson (1), majors-worst 2-8, matching its worst start since
Hays (4). 3b: Laureano (1). HR: Mount-
Luzardo, Mia ....................................... 15 F.Cordero lf .........3
Kiner-Falefa 3b ...3
0
0
0 0 1 2 .294
1 0 0 0 .067
Dalbec ph-1b.......1 0 1 0 0 0 1.00 pHILLIES Ab R H bI bb SO AVG
castle (3), off Sears; Rutschman (3), off 2010. nl games
Wong c................3 0 0 0 0 1 .130 Stott 2b ..............6 1 2 0 0 1 .415
Volpe ss...............3 0 0 0 0 1 .129
TOTALS 30 0 3 0 2 10 — Turner ss ............4 3 3 1 0 0 .349
Sears; Hays (2), off Familia. RbI: Laure-
ano (4), Mountcastle 2 (9), Rutschman
Mountcastle hit a two-run shot to left-center in mARLINS AT pHILLIES, 6:40
TOTALS 31 2 6 2 3 8 — Sosa ss ...............1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 (7), Hays (4), Urías (4). the first inning off JP Sears. Rutschman added a solo
al leaders RAyS Ab R H bI bb SO AVG Schwarber lf .......3 3 2 0 1 1 .195
ATHLETIcS Ip H R ER bb SO ERA shot to left in the third against the left-hander, who
w-L ERA TEAm
GUARDIANS Ab R H bI bb SO AVG Pache lf...............1 0 1 1 0 0 .222 Luzardo (L) 1-0 0.71 2-0
Díaz 1b-3b...........3 0 1 0 1 0 .233 Sears ................... 5 3 3 3 1 4 5.59
Entering Monday’s games. Kwan lf................3
Rosario ss ...........2
1
0
0 0 2 0 .283
0 0 2 0 .204
B.Lowe 2b ...........3 1 1 1 1 1 .292
Castellanos dh....5
Bohm 3b..............5
3
2
3 3 0 1 .278
3 6 0 1 .351 Familia ............... 2/3 1 1 1 1 0 1.93 allowed three runs and struck out four in five Nola (R) 0-1 7.45 0-2
bATTING Ramírez 3b..........4 0 0 0 0 0 .273
Arozarena lf........4
Franco ss ............4
0
0
1 0 0 0 .359
0 0 0 1 .317
Marsh cf .............5 1 3 3 0 0 .385 Moll .................... 1/3 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 innings. pADRES AT mETS, 7:10
Cave rf ................5 1 2 1 0 0 .190 Jackson................ 1 0 0 0 0 3 1.93
Chapman, Tor .................................. .475
Duvall, Bos ....................................... .455
Naylor 1b.............3
Giménez 2b .........4
0
1
0 1 0 0 .216
0 0 0 2 .318
Raley rf-1b..........3 0 1 0 0 2 .250 Clemens 1b .........5 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Acevedo............... 1 2 1 1 0 1 13.5 Rutschman, the top pick of the 2019 draft, Weathers (L) 0-0 3.60 1-0
Ramírez dh .........3 0 0 0 0 1 .250
Guerrero Jr., Tor .............................. .439 Bell dh .................3 1 0 0 1 1 .079 Paredes 3b..........3 0 1 0 0 1 .290
Stubbs c..............4 1 1 0 1 1 .222
ORIOLES Ip H R ER bb SO ERA homered in consecutive games for the first time. He Peterson (L) 0-1 6.00 0-2
Rutschman, Bal ............................... .389 Brennan rf...........1 0 0 1 2 0 .235 TOTALS 44 15 20 15 2 6 —
Arozarena, TB .................................. .371 Zunino c...............3 0 3 1 1 0 .320
Margot cf............3
Bethancourt c .....3
0
0
0 0 0 0 .200
0 0 0 1 .105
Gibson .............. 61/3 5 1 1 3 4 3.44 went deep Sunday against the New York Yankees REDS AT bRAVES, 7:20
Baker .................. 2/3 0 0 0 0 2 5.06
Robert Jr., Chi .................................. .366
Judge, NY ......................................... .364
Straw cf...............3 0 1 0 1 1 .343
TOTALS 29 1 5 1 2 7 —
mIAmI............ 000 000 300 — 3 9 0
pHILA............. 005 044 11x — 15 20 0 Ci.Pérez ............... 1 2 0 0 0 2 3.38 and has three homers this season. Cessa (R) 0-0 3.38 0-1
TOTALS 26 3 4 3 9 4 —
Urshela, LA ...................................... .364 bOSTON......... 000 000 000 — 0 3 0 LOb: Miami 10, Philadelphia 7. 2b: Cas-
Bautista .............. 1 1 0 0 0 3 1.93 Hays hit a two-out solo shot off reliever Jeurys Wright (R) 0-0 0.00 0-0
HOmE RUNS
NEw yORK..... 200 000 000 — 2 6 1
cLEVELAND ... 010 100 10x — 3 4 0
TAmpA bAy .. 000 000 01x — 1 5 0 tellanos (7), Marsh 2 (4), Schwarber wp: Gibson (3-0); Lp: Sears (0-1).
Inherited runners-scored: Moll 1-0,
Familia in the sixth, and Ramón Urías added an RBI
(2), Cave (1). HR: Gurriel (1), off Moore; cARDINALS AT ROcKIES, 8:40
Duvall, Bos ............................................ 4 E: Germán (1). LOb: New York 5, Cleve-
LOb: Boston 5, Tampa Bay 6. 2b: Raley Cave (1), off Alcantara; Bohm (3), off Baker 1-0. Hbp: Sears (Urías). single in the eighth.
(1). HR: B.Lowe (3), off Martin. wp: Gibson. T: 2:48. A: 9,322 (45,971). Mikolas (R) 0-1 9.64 0-2
Judge, NY .............................................. 4
Franco, TB ............................................. 4
land 10. 2b: Torres (2), Stanton (2), Cal-
RED SOx Ip H R ER bb SO ERA
Smeltzer; Marsh (2), off Smeltzer. After suffering back-to-back 11-0 losses in the last
houn (1), Zunino 3 (5). 3b: Torres (1). mARLINS Ip H R ER bb SO ERA Freeland (L) 2-0 0.00 2-0
Devers, Bos ........................................... 4
yANKEES Ip H R ER bb SO ERA Pivetta................. 5 3 0 0 2 6 0.90 Alcantara............. 4 10 9 9 1 4 5.79 two games of a three-game sweep at Tampa Bay,
Robert Jr., Chi ....................................... 4 Winckowski......... 2 1 0 0 0 1 1.00 bREwERS AT DIAmONDbAcKS, 9:40
10 tied ................................................... 3 Germán ................ 3 2 2 1 5 0 5.87 Martin ................. 1 1 1 1 0 0 1.50
Smeltzer.............. 4 10 6 5 1 2 11.2 ORIOLES’ LEADERS Oakland ended its scoring drought on Ramón
Brewer ................. 3 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 Burnes (R) 0-1 9.64 1-1
RbI Hamilton.............. 2 1 1 1 3 3 3.18 RAyS Ip H R ER bb SO ERA
pHILLIES Ip H R ER bb SO ERA Entering Tuesday’s game. Laureano’s RBI triple in the first.
batters Avg R H 2b HRRbI bb Kelly (R) 0-1 3.86 1-1
Alvarez, Hou ....................................... 14 GUARDIANS Ip H R ER bb SO ERA Beeks................... 2 1 0 0 0 2 1.80
Strahm ................ 5
Moore ............... 11/3
4
1
0 0 1 6 0.00
3 3 3 0 20.2 Rutschman .375 6 15 0 3 7 6 That was all the A’s mustered against Gibson
Duvall, Bos .......................................... 14
Chapman, Tor ..................................... 14 Bieber .................. 7 5 2 2 3 4 2.37
Fleming ............... 4
Cleavinger ........... 1
1
0
0 0 0 5 6.43
0 0 0 1 0.00
Vasquez............ 22/3 4 0 0 0 1 1.23 Frazier .286 6 8 3 1 4 5 (3-0), who has won three consecutive starts for the DODGERS AT GIANTS, 9:45
Mateo .280 7 7 0 2 5 3
Arozarena, TB ..................................... 11 Karinchak............. 1
Clase .................... 1
1
0
0 0 0 2 7.20
0 0 0 2 4.50
Poche................... 1 1 0 0 2 1 0.00 wp: Strahm (1-0); Lp: Alcantara (1-1).
Hays .265 6 9 4 2 4 2 first time since September 2018 with Minnesota. May (R) 1-0 0.69 1-1
Robert Jr., Chi ..................................... 10 Fairbanks............. 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 Inherited runners-scored: Smeltzer 2-2,
wp: Bieber (1-0); Lp: Hamilton (0-1); wp: Poche (1-0); Lp: Martin (0-1);
Vasquez 2-2. Hbp: Vasquez (Soler).
Mountcastle .244 7 10 4 3 9 3
Urías .241 4 7 3 1 4 2
The righty allowed five hits and a run in 61/3 innings. Wood (L) 0-0 3.00 1-0
STOLEN bASES S: Clase (3). Inherited runners-scored:
Brewer 2-0. T: 2:29. A: 19,278 (34,788).
S: Fairbanks (1). T: 2:06. A: 13,470
wp: Vasquez. pb: Stallings (1). T: 2:29.
A: 28,642 (42,901).
Santander .200 2 8 4 0 4 3 He struck out four.
Straw, Cle ............................................. 6 McKenna .200 1 2 0 0 1 0
Anderson, Chi ....................................... 5
(25,025).
— Associated Press nl scores
Mateo, Bal ............................................ 5
Torres, NY ............................................. 5 SUNDAy’S RESULTS
Mullins, Bal ........................................... 4 astros 8, pirates 2 Mets 5, padres 0 Braves 5, reds 4 (10) cubs 3, Mariners 2 (10) rangers 11, royals 2 rockies 7, cardinals 4 at Colorado 7, Washington 6
Rodríguez, Sea ...................................... 4 Cincinnati 6, at Philadelphia 4
Yordan alvarez had three max scherzer shut down sean murphy hit a two- Nico Hoerner’s soft sin- andrew Heaney tied an Germán márquez Miami 7, at N.Y. Mets 2
RUNS hits and boosted his rBi san diego for five innings run homer in the 10th in- gle off matt Brash with one american League record by pitched five strong innings at Milwaukee 6, St. Louis 1
Giménez, Cle ....................................... 12 at Arizona 11, L.A. Dodgers 6
Duvall, Bos .......................................... 11
total to a major league- as New York won a playoff ning as atlanta recovered out in the 10th inning striking out nine consecu- before leaving with tight- San Diego 10, at Atlanta 2
Rodríguez, Sea .................................... 10 leading 16 by driving in two rematch between National after blowing a two-run scored pinch runner Nick tive batters, and adolis ness in his right forearm, mONDAy’S RESULTS
HITS during Houston’s win over League heavyweights. lead in the ninth. madrigal and gave Chicago García’s grand slam was alan trejo tied a career at Philadelphia 15, Miami 3
at N.Y. Mets 5, San Diego 0
Chapman, Tor ..................................... 19 Pittsburgh. Jeff mcNeil and Francis- murphy blasted the first a walk-off victory over one of three texas home high with three hits, at Atlanta 5, Cincinnati 4 (10)
Guerrero Jr., Tor ................................. 18 co Lindor each laced a seattle. runs in its rout of Kansas and Colorado defeated
Bichette, Tor ....................................... 17 Kyle tucker added two pitch from derek Law to at Colorado 7, St. Louis 4
Milwaukee at Arizona, late
Duvall, Bos .......................................... 15 hits and drove in three runs two-run double as the center field for his third hit, mARINERS Ab R H bI bb SO AVG City. Heaney left after five st. Louis. L.A. Dodgers at San Francisco, late
Robert Jr., Chi ..................................... 15
Suárez, Sea ......................................... 15 for the astros, and mauricio mets beat Yu darvish for driving in austin riley. Ju.Rodríguez cf...3 0 0 0 1 2 .265 innings, having allowed márquez has 979 career
France 1b ............5 1 1 0 0 2 .313
ERA dubón singled three times the first time. REDS Ab R H bI bb SO AVG Suárez 3b............4 0 0 0 1 0 .326
two runs — one earned — strikeouts and now stands
Rasmussen, TB ................................ 0.00 to extend his hitting streak eduardo escobar added India 2b ...............5 1 3 1 0 0 .324 Hernández rf.......4 0 1 0 0 1 .190 on two hits. six away from tying Jorge al games
Friedl cf...............3 0 0 0 1 1 .313 Pollock lf.............1 0 0 1 0 0 .200
Springs, TB ...................................... 0.00 to a career-best six games. a sacrifice fly, and four re- Fraley rf ..............5 0 2 1 0 1 .320 Kelenic ph-lf .......2 1 1 1 0 0 .300 ROyALS Ab R H bI bb SO AVG de La rosa’s franchise
Castillo, Sea ..................................... 0.00 ATHLETIcS AT ORIOLES, 6:35
Gausman, Tor .................................. 0.00 ASTROS Ab R H bI bb SO AVG lievers completed the Stephenson c......5 0 0 0 0 2 .314 Haggerty 2b........2 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Witt Jr. ss ............ 3 1 1 0 1 1 .158 record.
Myers dh.............4 1 2 0 0 1 .226 Wong ph-2b ........2 0 2 0 0 0 .138 Olivares lf............. 4 0 1 0 0 2 .273 w-L ERA TEAm
Cole, NY ........................................... 0.73 McCormick cf-lf....4 1 1 0 1 2 .258 mets’ two-hitter. Vosler 1b ............3 0 0 0 0 1 .222 Murphy c.............2 0 0 0 0 1 .063 Pasquantino dh .... 3 0 0 0 1 2 .235 cARDINALS Ab R H bI bb SO AVG
López, Min ....................................... 0.73 Bregman 3b..........3 2 1 1 3 1 .163 Raleigh ph-c........2 0 0 0 0 1 .229 Muller (L) 0-0 2.53 1-1
Fairchild ph-lf .....1 1 1 1 0 0 .300 Reyes rf................ 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 Donovan 1b .......... 4 2 1 0 0 0 .235
Gray, Min ......................................... 0.75 Alvarez lf..............4 1 3 2 1 0 .333 pADRES Ab R H bI bb SO AVG Hummel dh .........3 0 1 0 1 1 .143
Steer 3b-1b.........4 0 2 1 0 1 .258 Perez c.................. 4 0 0 0 0 1 .237 Burleson lf ........... 4 1 1 1 0 1 .308 Rodriguez (R) 0-0 3.60 0-1
Ohtani, LA ....................................... 0.75 Meyers cf .............0 0 0 0 0 0 .214 Grisham cf............ 3 0 0 0 1 2 .225 Crawford ss ........4 0 0 0 0 1 .189
Benson lf ............3 0 0 0 0 1 .056 Duffy 3b ............... 3 0 0 0 0 1 .412 Goldschmidt dh.... 3 1 2 2 1 0 .361
J.Abreu 1b ............4 0 0 0 1 1 .289 Machado 3b.......... 4 0 0 0 0 1 .279 Massey 2b ............ 1 0 0 0 0 0 .148 yANKEES AT GUARDIANS, 6:10
wINS Tucker rf...............4 0 2 3 1 0 .282
Newman ph-3b ...1 0 0 0 0 0 .174 TOTALS 34 2 6 2 3 9 — Arenado 3b........... 4 0 0 0 0 0 .317
Soto lf .................. 2 0 0 0 2 1 .205 Barrero ss ...........4 1 2 0 0 1 .222 Lopez 2b-3b.......... 4 0 0 0 0 2 .150 Contreras c........... 4 0 0 0 0 2 .226
Brito, NY ............................................ 2-0 Peña ss .................5 1 1 0 0 1 .208 Bogaerts ss.......... 3 0 1 0 1 0 .325 Cole (R) 2-0 0.73 2-0
TOTALS 38 4 12 4 1 9 — cUbS Ab R H bI bb SO AVG Dozier 1b .............. 4 1 1 1 0 1 .138 Gorman 2b............ 4 0 1 1 0 1 .308
Clevinger, Chi .................................... 2-0 Julks dh ................5 1 1 0 0 0 .286 Carpenter dh ........ 4 0 0 0 0 4 .182 Eaton rf-p............. 3 0 1 0 0 2 .059 Gaddis (R) 0-0 3.72 2-0
Cole, NY ............................................. 2-0 Hoerner 2b..........5 0 3 1 0 1 .341 Walker rf.............. 4 0 1 0 0 1 .342
Dubón 2b ..............5 1 3 1 0 0 .357 Cronenworth 1b ... 4 0 0 0 0 2 .189 Bradley Jr. cf ........ 3 0 0 0 0 1 .100
Cortes, NY ......................................... 2-0 Maldonado c .........4 1 1 1 1 2 .200 bRAVES Ab R H bI bb SO AVG Swanson ss ........4 0 0 0 0 2 .333 Carlson cf ............. 3 0 0 0 0 1 .300
Kim 2b .................. 3 0 1 0 1 2 .286 RED SOx AT RAyS, 6:40
Eflin, TB ............................................. 2-0 Acuña Jr. rf .........5 0 3 0 0 1 .340 Happ lf ................3 1 0 0 1 1 .333 TOTALS 32 2 4 1 2 13 — O'Neill cf .............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267
TOTALS 38 8 13 8 8 7 — Odor rf.................. 2 0 0 0 1 1 .143 Edman ss.............. 2 0 0 0 1 0 .235
Gibson, Bal ........................................ 2-0 Nola c ................... 3 0 0 0 0 1 .115 Olson 1b..............2 0 0 0 3 1 .333 Bellinger cf .........4 1 1 1 0 1 .176 Whitlock (R) 0-0 0.00 0-0
Houck, Bos ........................................ 2-0 Riley 3b...............5 2 1 0 0 2 .300 Mancini 1b ..........4 0 1 0 0 0 .257 RANGERS Ab R H bI bb SO AVG TOTALS 32 4 6 4 2 6 —
pIRATES Ab R H bI bb SO AVG TOTALS 28 0 2 0 6 14 — Hosmer dh ..........3 0 2 1 1 1 .320 McClanahan (L) 2-0 1.50 2-0
McClanahan, TB ................................ 2-0 Murphy c.............5 1 3 3 0 2 .240 Semien 2b...........4 1 0 0 0 0 .209
Rasmussen, TB ................................. 2-0 Hayes 3b .............4 0 0 0 0 1 .125 Albies 2b.............4 1 1 0 0 2 .227 Wisdom 3b .........4 0 0 0 0 1 .276 Duran 2b .............1 0 1 0 0 0 .200 ROcKIES Ab R H bI bb SO AVG
Reynolds cf .........4 0 0 0 0 0 .366 mETS Ab R H bI bb SO AVG TIGERS AT bLUE JAyS, 7:07
Ryan, Min .......................................... 2-0 Rosario dh ..........2 0 0 0 1 0 .148 Gomes c ..............4 0 0 0 0 1 .095 Seager ss ............4 2 3 2 1 0 .324 Profar lf ..............4 0 1 1 0 0 .207
Springs, TB ........................................ 2-0 McCutchen rf ......3 0 0 0 1 1 .333 Nimmo cf ............4 2 1 0 0 0 .200 Ozuna ph-dh .......1 0 0 0 0 0 .071 Madrigal pr .........0 1 0 0 0 0 .286 Lowe 1b ..............3 1 1 1 1 0 .268 Manning (R) 1-0 3.18 1-0
Blackmon dh .......4 1 1 0 1 1 .317
Santana 1b..........4 1 1 0 0 1 .237 Lindor ss .............3 1 1 2 0 2 .216 Arcia ss...............3 1 2 1 1 1 .341 Mastrobuoni rf ...3 0 1 0 0 0 .176 Miller 1b .............1 0 0 0 0 0 .188 Bryant rf .............4 0 1 0 0 2 .295 Manoah (R) 1-0 4.36 2-0
GAmES pITcHED Choi dh ................4 1 1 1 0 2 .087 McNeil rf.............4 0 1 2 0 1 .250 Pillar lf ................4 0 0 0 0 1 .200 Velázquez rf .......0 0 0 0 0 0 --- García rf..............5 1 1 4 0 2 .225 Cron 1b................4 0 1 0 0 3 .257
Joe lf ...................2 0 0 0 2 1 .438 Alonso 1b............4 0 0 0 0 1 .214 White cf..............3 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Barnhart ph ........1 0 0 0 0 1 .364 Grossman dh ......3 1 0 0 1 2 .167
Murfee, Sea .......................................... 7 Díaz c ..................3 2 1 0 1 1 .303 wHITE SOx AT TwINS, 7:40
Castro ss.............1 0 1 1 1 0 .222 Vogelbach dh ......3 0 1 0 1 0 .250 Hilliard ph-cf.......1 0 0 0 0 1 .313 TOTALS 35 3 8 3 2 9 — Heim c.................3 2 2 1 1 0 .292
7 tied ..................................................... 6 Mathias 2b..........3 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Montero 3b .........4 2 2 1 0 0 .333
Canha lf ..............4 1 1 0 0 1 .231 León c..................0 0 0 0 0 0 --- Daza cf................4 0 1 1 0 0 .293 Lynn (R) 0-1 9.00 0-2
Delay c ................2 0 0 0 1 0 .263 Guillorme 2b .......3 1 1 0 0 1 .211 TOTALS 35 5 10 4 5 13 —
SAVES SEATTLE ..... 000 100 001 0— 2 6 1 J.Smith 3b ..........4 0 0 0 0 1 .200 Trejo 2b-3b .........4 1 3 2 0 0 .357 López (R) 1-0 0.73 1-1
TOTALS 27 2 3 2 5 7 — Escobar 3b ..........2 0 0 1 0 0 .118 cINcINNATI. 000 000 012 1 — 4 12 0 cHIcAGO ..... 000 200 000 1— 3 8 0 Thompson lf .......4 1 1 1 0 1 .364
Romano, Tor ......................................... 4 Tovar ss ..............4 1 2 1 0 0 .222
Nido c..................3 0 1 0 0 0 .158 ATLANTA .... 000 001 110 2 — 5 10 0 Jankowski cf.......3 2 2 2 1 0 .571
Bautista, Bal ......................................... 3 One out when winning run scored. TOTALS 35 7 13 6 2 7 — ROyALS AT RANGERS, 8:05
HOUSTON ...... 131 200 100 — 8 13 0 TOTALS 30 5 7 5 1 6 —
Holmes, NY ........................................... 3 No outs when winning run scored. E: Murphy (1). LOb: Seattle 8, Chicago TOTALS 35 11 11 11 5 6 —
pITTSbURGH . 010 100 000 — 2 3 1 Lyles (R) 0-2 4.91 0-2
Clase, Cle .............................................. 2 LOb: Cincinnati 7, Atlanta 9. 2b: Steer 7. 2b: France (6), Hummel (1), Bellinger ST. LOUIS....... 000 201 001 — 4 6 2
E: Castro (1). LOb: Houston 13, Pitts- SAN DIEGO .... 000 000 000 — 0 2 0 KANSAS cITy 100 000 100 — 2 4 1 cOLORADO .... 002 202 10x — 7 13 1
Duran, Min ............................................ 2 (3), India (3), Murphy 2 (3). 3b: Fairch- (1), Mastrobuoni (1). HR: Kelenic (1), deGrom (R) 1-0 5.59 2-0
burgh 4. 2b: Peña (4), McCormick (2), Al- NEw yORK .... 002 000 30x — 5 7 1 TExAS............ 102 107 00x — 11 11 1
Jansen, Bos .......................................... 2 ild (1). HR: Murphy (1), off Law. off Fulmer. E: Gorman (1), Edman (1), Profar (1).
Sewald, Sea .......................................... 2 varez (2), Santana (2). HR: Choi (1), off E: Nido (1). LOb: San Diego 7, mARINERS Ip H R ER bb SO ERA E: Witt Jr. (1), García (2). LOb: Kansas
REDS Ip H R ER bb SO ERA LOb: St. Louis 3, Colorado 7.
16 tied ................................................... 1 Valdez. New York 4. 2b: McNeil (4), Canha (4), City 5, Texas 5. 2b: Jankowski (2), Lowe
L.Castillo ............. 6 6 2 2 2 5 1.02 2b: Gorman (2), Tovar 2 (4), Montero
INNINGS pITcHED
ASTROS Ip H R ER bb SO ERA Lindor (4). Ashcraft .............. 6 6 2 2 3 7 2.08
Farmer................ 2/3 1 0 0 0 2 8.31 Topa..................... 1 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 (4), Thompson (3). HR: Dozier (1), off (3). 3b: Burleson (1). al scores
Valdez.................. 7 3 2 2 5 5 1.89 pADRES Ip H R ER bb SO ERA Speier .................. 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 Burke; Seager (1), off Greinke; Heim
Sanmartin ........ 11/3 2 1 1 1 2 6.75 cARDINALS Ip H R ER bb SO ERA
Rasmussen, TB ................................... 13 Maton .................. 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 Darvish ............. 61/3 6 5 5 1 5 4.76 Sewald................. 1 0 0 0 0 1 3.00 (1), off Greinke; García (2), off Cuas. SUNDAy’S RESULTS
Díaz ..................... 1 0 0 0 1 2 6.75 Matz ................. 52/3 9 6 6 2 4 8.18
Springs, TB ......................................... 13 Martinez.............. 1 0 0 0 0 1 7.50 Hill ...................... 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 4.15 Brash .................. 1/3 1 1 0 0 1 4.76 ROyALS Ip H R ER bb SO ERA N.Y. Yankees 5, at Baltimore 3
Law...................... 0 1 2 1 0 0 7.36 Thompson .......... 1/3 2 1 0 0 0 0.00
Civale, Cle ........................................ 122/3 Tapia.................... 1 0 0 0 0 1 4.26 Greinke ................ 5 6 4 3 1 3 3.31 Boston 4, at Detroit 1
Cole, NY ............................................ 121/3 pIRATES Ip H R ER bb SO ERA cUbS Ip H R ER bb SO ERA VerHagen ............ 1 2 0 0 0 2 0.00 at Tampa Bay 11, Oakland 0
bRAVES Ip H R ER bb SO ERA Coleman ............. 2/3 2 6 6 4 1 18.0 Stratton .............. 1 0 0 0 0 1 1.80
López, Min ........................................ 121/3 Contreras.......... 31/3 9 7 7 4 3 8.00 mETS Ip H R ER bb SO ERA Smyly .................. 5 2 1 1 1 7 6.52 at Houston 5, Minnesota 1
Elder ................. 61/3 6 0 0 1 7 0.00 Cuas.................. 11/3 1 1 1 0 1 4.50
Crowe ............... 22/3 0 0 0 3 3 2.35 Scherzer .............. 5 1 0 0 3 6 4.41 Chavez ................ 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Alzolay ............. 11/3 0 0 0 0 0 3.00 Eaton ................... 1 2 0 0 0 1 0.00 ROcKIES Ip H R ER bb SO ERA at Cleveland 7, Seattle 6 (12)
STRIKEOUTS Hernandez ........... 2 4 1 1 1 1 1.69 Curtiss................. 1 0 0 0 2 1 1.42 Leiter Jr.............. 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 Toronto 12, at L.A. Angels 11 (10)
Anderson............. 1 2 1 1 0 1 3.86 Márquez .............. 5 3 2 2 0 4 4.41
Cole, NY .............................................. 19 Zastryzny ............ 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.75 Smith................... 1 0 0 0 1 2 4.50 Minter ................. 1 3 2 2 0 0 3.00 Boxberger............ 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 RANGERS Ip H R ER bb SO ERA
Suter ................... 2 2 1 0 0 1 1.29 mONDAy’S RESULTS
Springs, TB ......................................... 19 wp: Valdez (1-1); Lp: Contreras (1-1). Robertson............ 1 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 Lee....................... 1 1 1 0 0 1 0.00 Fulmer ................. 1 2 1 1 0 1 2.08 Heaney ................ 5 2 1 0 2 10 8.22 Lawrence............. 2 1 1 1 2 1 1.42 at Baltimore 5, Oakland 1
Cease, Chi ........................................... 18 Inherited runners-scored: Crowe 1-0. Ottavino .............. 1 1 0 0 0 3 2.25 Thompson ........... 1 0 0 0 2 1 1.42 Burke ................... 2 1 1 1 0 1 3.38
Ohtani, LA .......................................... 18 wp: Lee (1-0); Lp: Law (0-2). Inherited Dunning ............... 2 1 0 0 0 2 0.00 wp: Márquez (2-1); Lp: Matz (0-2). Chicago White Sox 4, at Minnesota 3
Ibb: off Hernandez (J.Abreu). Hbp: Con- wp: Scherzer (2-1); Lp: Darvish (0-1). runners-scored: Farmer 1-0, Sanmartin wp: Thompson (1-0); Lp: Brash (0-1). at Cleveland 3, N.Y. Yankees 2
deGrom, Tex ....................................... 18 Inherited runners-scored: Thompson
treras (Alvarez), Valdez (Castro). Inherited runners-scored: Hill 2-2. 2-1, Chavez 1-0. wp: Sanmartin. T: 2:47. Hbp: Boxberger (Ju.Rodríguez). T: 2:38. wp: Heaney (1-1); Lp: Greinke (0-3). at Tampa Bay 1, Boston 0
López, Min .......................................... 16 2-1, VerHagen 1-1. T: 2:14. A: 24,092
wp: Contreras, Crowe. T: 2:39. A: 10,222 Hbp: Darvish (Lindor). T: 2:38. A: 30,237 (41,149). A: 26,766 (41,363). Inherited runners-scored: Cuas 3-3. wp: at Texas 11, Kansas City 2
Ryan, Min ............................................ 16 (50,144).
(38,753). A: 30,244 (42,136). Dunning. T: 2:30. A: 17,430 (40,000).
tuesday, april 11 , 2023 . the washington post
Gray pitches past trade
that brought him to Nats
nAtIonAls from D1
“In 2021, that was probably in
my head way too much. Like, if
those guys did something . . . man.
I can’t change the past, but I can
change how much I reflect on it.
And what I want to reflect on is
how I can be a pillar for this
organization.”
Speaking of pillars, Gray has
much more company in the Na-
tionals’ rebuild than he did a year
ago. This is not just ruiz, who
signed an eight-year, $50 million
extension in march, but macKen-
zie Gore, CJ Abrams, Luis García
and Cade Cavalli, who will miss
the season after undergoing Tom-
my John surgery. None of them
are at the center of Washington’s
hopes and dreams. That burden is
now shared.
Gray finished 2022 with a 5.02
ErA and yielded an mLB-worst
38 homers. Twenty-four of those
homers were off his four-seam
fastball. The pitch was a sitting
duck, though his slider proved
dominant across a six-month
sample. His challenge was to
build an arsenal that highlights
his slider and makes the fastball
less vulnerable. Consider it a
work in progress.
At the start of spring training,
Gray debuted a cutter he learned
from Erasmo ramírez, who drew
his grip on a baseball Gray prac-
ticed with until he lost it at the
gym during the offseason. Gray
joked that some florida teenager
could be throwing ramírez’s cut-
ter in high school games. Yet by
the time he misplaced the ball,
Gray knew where to put his fin-
gers. The pitch felt like a natural
complement to his slider, moving
more side-to-side while his gyro-
scopic slider drops almost
straight down.
“Having success with the slid-
er, I wanted something harder
with somewhat similar move-
ment,” Gray said of why he added
a cutter. “Then once I started
throwing with the grip Erasmo
showed me, I thought the specs of
it, around 90 [mph] with a bit of
sweep, made a lot of sense with
the rest of my pitches. Now I have
to throw it more, analyze the
hitter feedback, the swings and
the takes, and get more comfort-
able with it.”
Through two appearances, he
“[Josiah Gray] is definitely a lot calmer,” Manager Dave Martinez
said. “He has a great game plan every day of what he wants to do.”
GiRls’ HiGH scHool notes
It’s all hands on deck (and in the dugout) for the Severna Park softball team
F ROM STAFF REPORTS
Hundreds of yellow hand-
prints smatter the walls of Sever-
na Park’s dugout. In a long-
standing tradition, each falcons
senior marks her print on the
wall following her final season
with the softball program.
Six seniors will leave their
marks on that wall at the conclu-
sion of the 2023 season. The
falcons bring back most of their
region championship-winning
team from last spring, a group
desperate to return to the mary-
land 4A state title game after
falling to perennial power Sher-
wood.
“We just want to keep getting
better every day and make it
back to states,” Coach Bailey
Benedick said. “We have two
freshmen, but other than that a
lot of them were a part of that
states run from last year, so
they’re all hungry to get back
there.”
Benedick sees her own hand-
print each time she walks into
the dugout. A varsity player until
2015, she took over the program
in the offseason after longtime
coach meredith mcAlister left for
a job at franklin & marshall
College in Lancaster, Pa.
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has thrown 66 sliders, 48 curves,
40 four-seam fastballs, 23 cutters
and 12 sinkers, according to Stat-
cast. If those rates hold — and, no,
they certainly won’t — his four-
seam fastball usage would drop
from 39 percent in 2022 to about
a fifth of his total pitches. But
way-too-early analysis or not,
Gray seems ready to replace four-
seamers with sliders, curves or
cutters. matchups will also dic-
tate how many sinkers and cut-
ters he throws on a given night.
In his season debut, he threw 17
cutters and seven sinkers in a 7-1
loss to the Atlanta Braves. (The
game started with back-to-back
home runs by ronald Acuña Jr.
and matt olson.) And then in his
second outing, a 1-0 loss to the
Colorado rockies on Thursday,
Gray threw just six cutters and
five sinkers. If Lane Thomas
didn’t lose a ball in the sun, Gray
would have posted six scoreless
innings. His next test will be
against mike Trout, Shohei
ohtani and the Los Angeles An-
gels on Tuesday in Anaheim,
Calif. ohtani is scheduled to pitch
and hit.
fewer four-seamers won’t al-
ways correlate to better results
for Gray. But with more options
and a clearer head, he’s moving in
the right direction.
“He is definitely a lot calmer,”
manager Dave martinez said. “He
has a great game plan every day of
what he wants to do. I don’t feel
like he’s searching as much as he
did in the past.”
dAvid ZAluBoWSki/ASSoCiATed PreSS
In her first season guiding her
alma mater, she inherited a team
loaded with veteran talent. Sa-
vannah Drummond and Sally
Trent, 2022 All-met honorable
mentions, are two of many up-
perclassmen who will attempt to
rekindle their successful cam-
paign from a season ago.
The falcons beat South river,
6-3, in a region championship
game rematch to open the season
before falling to Broadneck and
Damascus.
“We’re just trying to lock down
our defense right now,” Benedick
said. “once that gets locked
down, we’re going to be pretty
good for the rest of the season.”
— Noah Ferguson
track and field
Ballet has been a constant in
Sophia Appiah’s life: Since she
was 2, the Episcopal sophomore
has pursued dance, a discipline
that requires power and dexteri-
ty.
It has been her greatest asset
as a sprinter. Core strength, body
awareness and coordination are
integral to dance, and they all
translate to the track.
for a sprinter, the drive phase
— when the runner gets off the
blocks — requires explosiveness
After he set up Rasmus sandin’s goal, Craig smith, center, beat Islanders goalie Ilya sorokin to put the Capitals up 3-0 in the first period.
Win helps morale and hurts New York
CapItals 5,
Islanders 2
BY R OMAN S TUBBS
Washington Capitals Coach
Peter Laviolette had already
found a way to piece together a
lineup with just 17 skaters for
monday night’s game against the
New York Islanders at Capital
one Arena. Then he saw his team
hollowed out even more in the
first period — a couple of players
got banged up and checked out
by the medical staff, then another
found his way to the penalty box.
What else could go wrong?
“I feel like that a few times, for
sure,” Laviolette said with a
chuckle after his Capitals had
earned a 5-2 win, which ended a
six-game winless streak and dealt
a blow to the Islanders’ postsea-
son hopes. “It was good for the
guys to get a win, good for morale
inside the room.”
Since falling out of playoff
contention for the first time in
nine years, the Capitals have kept
everyone guessing at where their
effort level would be over the
final stretch of this volatile sea-
son. They have refused to fold in
some games and have looked
checked out in others.
But in its penultimate home
game, Washington played with
gumption that went deeper than
playing spoiler to a rival. With a
cast of veterans ruled out because
of injuries, including captain
Alex ovechkin, the Capitals had
just those 17 skaters. A few of
them are fighting for new con-
tracts. Some are trying to stay in
and balance.
most new runners pop up at
the start of the race, which
results in a loss of speed, but
Appiah’s background in dance
helped her excel.
on Thursday at the Cronly
Invitational in Alexandria, Appi-
ah set a personal record in the
100 meters, finishing in 12.78
seconds, and was part of the
winning 4x100 relay, which she
said is her favorite event because
of the teamwork aspect.
“Every single meet, I kind of
just strive to do better and
better,” Appiah said. “I know that
my body is capable of going
faster and doing better every
single time, so that’s what keeps
me motivated.”
During a high school career
with plenty of time remaining,
Appiah wants to break the
school’s 100 record of 12.26,
which Coach Damian Walsh
thinks is achievable.
“She’s very much created an
identity of being the track and
field girl at Episcopal,” Walsh
said.
— Ian Decker
soccer
Success often has long-lasting
ripple effects in high school
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the NHL a few more days after
being called up from the minors.
others are simply aiming to end
the season with something to
build on for next.
“You saw a lot of character
tonight,” said goaltender Darcy
Kuemper, who finished with 38
saves. “It’s a tough spot we’re in
right now. frankly, it kind of
sucks. None of us envisioned
being here.”
Washington’s victory came on
a day when the team announced
it was holding ovechkin out of a
second consecutive game be-
cause of an upper-body injury
and shutting down forward T.J.
oshie for the rest of the season
because of a lingering upper-
body injury that had kept the
veteran out for the past week.
There were other absences mon-
day night: Nic Dowd (upper
body), Trevor van riemsdyk (up-
per body) and Anthony mantha
(lower body).
Washington has not ruled out
ovechkin or anyone else for its
final two games — the Capitals
will visit the Boston Bruins on
Tuesday before closing out the
season at home against the New
Jersey Devils on Thursday — but
because the organization doesn’t
have enough salary cap space, it
was forced to make Joe Snively
an emergency recall for monday’s
game.
The Islanders sit in the second
wild-card spot in the Eastern
Conference, just a point ahead of
the Pittsburgh Penguins — but
the loss cost them control of their
playoff destiny. New York looked
nervous and jittery with the
puck. Washington did not. for-
ward Dylan Strome scored just
sports. Last spring, Briar Woods
won the Virginia Class 5 champi-
onship — the third state title in
program history.
This year, coming off that
success, the falcons were re-
warded with a strong and pas-
sionate freshman class. Coach
Caly Bruton said 24 freshmen
came out for the team and five
made the varsity roster. Three of
those five are now starters.
for a program that lost a
boatload of talent to graduation
last year, including All-met Play-
er of the Year Taylor Price, the
freshmen provided an injection
of energy.
“There was a lot of built-up
anticipation for these freshmen,
and they came out swinging,”
Bruton said.
That youth is balanced by
veteran players who were along
for the championship ride last
spring. Not all of them played a
major role, but all are well aware
of the expectations.
“We balance that freshman
enthusiasm and excitement with
some nerves,” Bruton said. “Ev-
erybody wants to impress at
Briar. We always say here that
the standard has been set. our
goal everywhere is to meet that
standard and push to exceed it
36 seconds into the game. De-
fenseman rasmus Sandin fol-
lowed only 27 seconds later on a
feed from Craig Smith.
Smith, an unrestricted free
agent after the season, was at the
center of a relentless perform-
ance by a lineup that blocked 27
shots and killed three power
plays. It included Conor Sheary,
who played on the top line and
finished with a plus-3 rating;
Aliaksei Protas, who moved to
center with Dowd out; Beck
malenstyn, who was called up
from the team’s American League
Hockey League affiliate in Her-
shey, Pa., last week and delivered
several bone-crushing checks.
And it included Snively, who
charged toward the net late in
the first period and created traf-
fic in front of New York goalten-
der Ilya Sorokin. That rush
helped set up a goal from Smith
to make it 3-0 at 13:13 of the first
period.
“When you’re playing NHL
games, there’s always a lot on the
line. . . . Everyone wants to be
here,” Kuemper said. “You should
have the mentality every night
that you’re playing for your job.”
Here’s what else to know about
the Capitals’ win:
strome stays hot
Strome scored his second goal
of the night on an empty-netter
late in the third period to push
his season total to 23, a career
high. He also scored in a career-
best fourth consecutive game.
Strome’s 17 multi-point games
rank him second on the team
behind ovechkin.
“It’s always nice to win. . . .
Everyone is in a little bit better
regardless of who we have. our
sophomores, juniors and seniors
know that.”
So far, the team has met that
standard with a 5-1-0 start. But
that one loss was notable: The
2-0 defeat to Tuscarora was the
program’s first since the 2021
Class 5 title game.
In the aftermath, reactions
varied by class.
“The older players were pretty
struck and pretty disappointed,”
Bruton said. “But then you’ve got
the youth of the freshmen, and
they were ready to come out guns
blazing the next day.”
The team returns from spring
break this week and will get an
immediate test with Potomac
falls and Independence on the
schedule.
“What matters is that, as we’re
getting into late April or early
may, we’re mentally and physi-
cally in a place where we’re
confident in who we are and [it]
doesn’t matter who the opponent
is,” Bruton said.
— Michael Errigo
lacrosse
Dominion’s team shirt, de-
signed by seniors and worn dur-
ing warmups, reflects the success
the program has enjoyed in re-
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capitals 5, islanders 2
n.Y. iSLAnDERS ...................... 0 0 2 — 2
WASHinGTOn ......................... 3 0 2 — 5
FiRST PERiOD
Scoring: 1, Washington, Strome 22 (Carlson), 0:36. 2,
Washington, Sandin 6 (Smith, Backstrom), 1:03. 3,
Washington, Smith 8 (Fehervary), 13:13.
THiRD PERiOD
Scoring: 4, N.Y. Islanders, Fasching 9 (Clutterbuck,
Dobson), 14:52. 5, Washington, Wilson 11, 15:44 (en). 6,
N.Y. Islanders, Cizikas 6 (Horvat, Aho), 16:43. 7,
Washington, Strome 23 (Sheary, Wilson), 18:50 (en).
SHOTS On GOAL
n.Y. iSLAnDERS .................... 14 9 17 — 40
WASHinGTOn ....................... 10 10 5 — 25
Power-play opportunities: N.Y. Islanders 0 of 3; Wash-
ington 0 of 0. Goalies: N.Y. Islanders, Sorokin 30-22-7 (23
shots-20 saves). Washington, Kuemper 22-26-6 (40-
38). A: 18,573 (18,277). T: 2:30.
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mood when we win,” Strome said.
“Sucks playing spoiler some-
times, but . . . we’re hockey play-
ers, and we’re trying to go out
there and win. And if the roles
were reversed, they’d be trying to
do the same thing to us.”
sandin cements career year
Sandin has flashed offensive
upside since being acquired in
trade with the Toronto maple
Leafs ahead of the deadline, and
his goal in the first period was his
career-high sixth of the season.
Sandin also has established
single-season career highs in as-
sists (28), points (34) and games
(69).
cent years.
The squad’s motto, “respect
The Legacy,” is emblazoned
across the front — along with
three stars that represent its
three straight Virginia Class 4
state championships.
When Coach Diane Traynor
took over the varsity team in
2015, she told her players that
she had a vision of winning the
state title.
“I’m sure probably some of the
parents and some of the kids are
looking at us like, ‘Wow, okay,
that’s a pretty big vision to
have,’ ” she said. “But every year,
that’s how I start the season.”
Excellence has become the
expectation for the Titans, who
are 4-0 with a plus-58 goal
differential.
Three players were named to
last year’s All-met first or second
team, and one of them — goalie
Caelan Jones, an oregon commit
— returned this year.
“There’s nothing more fun
than watching her come out of
the cage,” Traynor said of the
senior.
“She’s got strong stick work.
. . . You’ll see her intercepting
balls, causing turnovers, all
kinds of things.”
— Varun Shankar
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y-N.Y. Rangers ........... 81 47 21 13 107 275 216 Minnesota, Johansson 19 (Boldy), 16:47. 6, Minnesota,
Charlotte .................................... 27 55 .329 31 Nyquist 11 (Hartman), 18:59 (en).
week 8 13. .......................Cameron Young 4.63
N.Y. Islanders ............. 81 41 31 9 91 239 220 14. ...............................Tony Finau 4.48
Detroit ........................................ 17 65 .207 41 Pittsburgh .................. 80 40 30 10 90 258 256
satUrDaY’s resUlts
sHots on goal 15. ..........................Jordan Spieth 4.46
Washington ................ 80 35 36 9 79 249 255 at St. Louis 21, Vegas 17 (OT)
16. ......................Matt Fitzpatrick 4.42
A SSOCIATED P RESS western conference w l pct gb Philadelphia................ 80 29 38 13 71 213 270 minnesota ............................ 8
cHicago ................................ 11
5
22
9 — 22
8 — 41
Arlington 18, at Orlando 16 17. .............................. Sungjae Im 3.81
zz-Denver ................................... 53 29 .646 — Columbus.................... 79 24 47 8 56 206 319 sUnDaY’s resUlts 18. ......................... Tyrrell Hatton 3.75
z-Memphis.................................. 51 31 .622 2 power-play opportunities: Minnesota 0 of 2; Chicago 0 of 19. .................................. Tom Kim 3.64
D.C. 34, at Seattle 33
John Tavares scored with z-Sacramento ............................. 48
y-Phoenix.................................... 45
34
37
.585
.549
5
8
central gp w l ot pts gf ga 3. goalies: Minnesota, Gustavsson 22-9-6 (41 shots-39
saves). Chicago, Stalock 9-15-1 (21-18). a: 15,268 Houston 17, at San Antonio 15 (OT) 20. .........................Kurt Kitayama 3.29
y-Colorado .................. 79 49 24 6 104 271 219 21. ..................Hideki Matsuyama 3.24
21.3 seconds remaining in over- y-L.A. Clippers ............................ 44 38 .537 9 y-Dallas....................... 80 45 21 14 104 279 216 (19,717). t: 2:26. week 9 22. ....................... Keegan Bradley 3.19
y-Golden State ........................... 44 38 .537 9
time as the Toronto Maple Leafs L.A. Lakers.................................. 43 39 .524 10
y-Minnesota ............... 80
Winnipeg .................... 80
46
45
24
32
10
3
102
93
242
243
218
220
satUrDaY’s games 23. ........................... Shane Lowry
24. .................... Joaquin Niemann
3.08
2.94
beat Florida, 2-1, on Monday night Minnesota .................................. 42 40 .512 11 x-Nashville ................. 79 40 31 8 88 219 229 SOCCeR Vegas at Houston, 12:30 25. .................. Tommy Fleetwood 2.87
New Orleans ............................... 42 40 .512 11 Orlando at San Antonio, 7
in Sunrise, Fla., to snap the Pan- Oklahoma City ............................ 40 42 .488 13
St. Louis...................... 80
x-Arizona .................... 80
37
28
36
39
7
13
81
69
261
223
295
290 sUnDaY’s games
26. .......................... Billy Horschel
27. ................................ Tom Hoge
2.86
2.84
thers’ six-game winning streak. Dallas.......................................... 38
Utah ............................................ 37
44
45
.463
.451
15
16
Chicago ....................... 80 25 49 6 56 195 294 MLS Arlington at D.C., noon 28. ...................... Sahith Theegala 2.78
29. ........................ Russell Henley 2.73
Auston Matthews also scored Portland...................................... 33 49 .402 20
pacific gp w l ot pts gf ga east w l t pts gf ga
Seatle at St. Louis, 3
30. ......................... Corey Conners 2.71
Houston ...................................... 22 60 .268 31
for Toronto, netting his 40th of the San Antonio................................ 22 60 .268 31 y-Vegas....................... 80 49 22 9 107 265 227 Cincinnati ..........................5
New England .....................5
0
1
2
1
17
16
9
12
4
6
week 10 31. ............................. Justin Rose
32. .................................Chris Kirk
2.58
2.54
y-Edmonton................ 80 48 23 9 105 318 258 satUrDaY, april 22
season. Ilya Samsonov made 46 y-Clinched playoff spot; z-Clinched division xy-Los Angeles ........... 80 45 25 10 100 272 254 Atlanta..............................4 1 2 14 14 10
D.C. at San Antonio, 3
33. ................................ Jason Day 2.50
Columbus ..........................4 2 1 13 17 8 34. ..........................Brian Harman 2.50
saves. zz-Clinched conference xy-Seattle................... 79 45 26 8 98 283 248
Nashville ...........................3 2 2 11 6 2 Orlando at St. Louis, noon 35. ....................... Abraham Ancer 2.47
x-Calgary .................... 80 37 27 16 90 258 249
Brandon Montour scored for sUnDaY’s resUlts x-Vancouver ............... 79 36 36 7 79 269 292 Chicago..............................2 1 3 9 9 8 sUnDaY, april 23 36. .............................Sepp Straka 2.47
New York City FC ..............2 2 3 9 7 8 37. ..................................Ryan Fox 2.41
Florida and tied the franchise rec- Houston 114, at Washington 109 San Jose ..................... 80
Anaheim ..................... 80
22
23
42
45
16
12
60
58
231
204
313
330 Orlando City ......................2 2 2 8 5 6
Houston at Arlington, 3
38. ........................ Seamus Power 2.40
at Toronto 121, Milwaukee 105 Vegas at Seattle, 9
ord for goals by a defenseman in a at Boston 120, Atlanta 114 x-Late game; y-Clinched playoff spot
Toronto FC ........................1
Philadelphia ......................2
1
4
5
1
8
7
8
8
7
9
39. ........................ Brooks Koepka
40. ..............................Si Woo Kim
2.32
2.24
enD of regUlar season
season with his 16th. Alex Lyon Charlotte 106, at Cleveland 95 z-Clinched division ; zz-Clinched conference New York...........................1 2 4 7 5 6 41. ............................. Adam Scott 2.15
at Chicago 103, Detroit 81 Inter Miami CF ..................2 5 0 6 6 8 42. ....................Kyoung-Hoon Lee 2.05
made 23 saves but lost for the first Philadelphia 134, at Brooklyn 105 sUnDaY’s resUlts D.C. United ........................1 4 2 5 7 12
DiVision cHampionsHips
43. .......................Thomas Pieters 2.03
xfl soUtH
time in seven straight starts in at Miami 123, Orlando 110 Boston 5, at Philadelphia 3 Charlotte FC ......................1
CF Montréal ......................1
4
5
2
0
5
3
7
3
14
16
satUrDaY, april 29
44. ......................... Harris English
45. ............................ Patrick Reed
2.02
2.01
place of Sergei Bobrovsky. Indiana 141, at New York 136
San Antonio 138, at Dallas 117
Colorado 5, at Anaheim 4 (OT) Houston vs. TBD, 7 46. ......................... Keith Mitchell 2.00
“That game could have gone monDaY’s resUlts west w l t pts gf ga xfl nortH 47. ............................. Aaron Wise 1.99
at Oklahoma City 115, Memphis 100 satUrDaY, april 30 48. .............................. Alex Noren 1.97
at Washington 5, N.Y. Islanders 2 Seattle ..............................5 1 1 16 15 3
either way,” Montour said. “They Golden State 157, at Portland 101
Dallas 6, at Detroit 1 St. Louis City SC ...............5 2 0 15 15 8 D.C. vs. TBD, 3 49. .............................. J.T. Poston 1.95
at Denver 109, Sacramento 95 50. ...........................Taylor Moore 1.94
played well, both goalies played at L.A. Lakers 128, Utah 117
at Winnipeg 6, San Jose 2 Los Angeles FC..................4
FC Dallas ...........................3
0
2
2
2
14
11
12
9
3
7 xfl cHampionsHip
Toronto 2, at Florida 1 (OT)
well, and we ended up getting a L.A. Clippers 119, at Phoenix 114
at Ottawa 3, Carolina 2
Minnesota United .............3 1 2 11 7 5 in san antonio
satUrDaY, maY 13
at Minnesota 113, New Orleans 108 San Jose............................3 2 2 11 7 8
point out of it. It obviously would Buffalo 3, at N.Y. Rangers 2 (SO) Houston ............................3 3 0 9 8 7 TBD vs. TBD, 8 PGA Tour
have been better to get the extra monDaY’s resUlts Minnesota 4, at Chicago 2 Vancouver .........................2 2 3 9 11 7 feDex cUp leaDers
No games scheduled. Nashville at Calgary, late Austin FC ..........................2 3 1 7 6 10
point, but we are all right.” Seattle at Arizona, late Real Salt Lake ...................2 4 0 6 6 14
Through Sunday.
tUesDaY’s games points money
The Panthers moved closer to a Eastern Conference play-in round: Atlanta at Miami, 7:30
Vancouver at Los Angeles, late Colorado ............................1
Portland ............................1
3
4
3
2
6
5
3
6
8
12
TenniS 1. .................................Jon Rahm 2,631 $13,288,540
playoff spot in the Eastern Confer- Western Conference play-in round: Minnesota at L.A. tUesDaY’s games LA Galaxy ..........................0 3 3 3 3 9 2. .....................Scottie Scheffler
3. ............................... Max Homa
1,844 $12,063,495
1,801 $7,776,012
Sporting KC .......................0 4 3 3 2 8
ence. Florida has gone 6-0-1 since Lakers, 10 Washington at Boston, 7
Buffalo at New Jersey, 7
ATP 4. ....................... Keegan Bradley 1,153 $4,616,724
satUrDaY’s resUlts 5. .........................Kurt Kitayama 1,040 $5,693,388
it lost at Ottawa on March 27. weDnesDaY’s games Columbus at Philadelphia, 7
Columbus 2, at D.C. United 0
monte carlo masters 6. .................................Chris Kirk 1,024 $3,177,760
Eastern Conference play-in round: Chicago at Toronto, 7
With a win in their regular sea- Western Conference play-in round: Oklahoma City at
Detroit at Carolina, 7
at Cincinnati 1, Philadelphia 0
At Monte Carlo (Monaco) Country Club
purse: $5,.332,066
7. ............................Rory McIlroy
8. ...............................Sam Burns
1,010 $5,333,286
984 $5,425,641
Toronto at Tampa Bay, 7
son finale Thursday against the New Orleans, 9:30 Chicago at Pittsburgh, 7:30
at Los Angeles FC 3, Austin FC 0 surface: Red clay 9. ...............................Tony Finau 976 $3,598,101
FC Dallas 1, at Miami 0
visiting Carolina Hurricanes, the tHUrsDaY’s games Winnipeg at Minnesota, 8
at New England 4, CF Montréal 0 singles — roUnD of 64
10. ...................... Seamus Power
11. ................................ Tom Kim
972
917
$3,064,282
$3,237,766
Edmonton at Colorado, 9:30
Panthers can clinch a playoff spot No games scheduled.
Seattle at Vegas, 10
San Jose 1, at New York 1 Francisco Cerundolo, Argentina, def. Cameron Norrie
(11), Britain, 6-3, 6-4; Benjamin Bonzi, France, def.
12. .................... Sahith Theegala 869 $3,775,152
Atlanta 1, at New York City FC 1 13. ......................... Taylor Moore 865 $1,825,077
— if they don’t do so before, de- Vancouver at Anaheim, 10
at Chicago 2, Minnesota 1
Bernabe Zapata Miralles, Spain, 6-1, 7-5; Stan Wawrin- 14. .................... Collin Morikawa 860 $4,068,734
ka, Switzerland, def. Tallon Griekspoor, Netherlands,
pending on how the Pittsburgh nba regUlar season leaDers weDnesDaY’s games at Houston 3, LA Galaxy 0 5-7, 6-3, 6-4; Botic Van de Zandschulp, Netherlands, def.
15. ............................Si Woo Kim
16. ........................... Justin Rose
858
828
$2,696,196
$3,088,020
Penguins fare Tuesday night scoring g fg ft pts. aVg. Montreal at N.Y. Islanders, 7 Colorado 1, at Sporting KC 0
Toronto FC 0, at Nashville 0
Marton Fucsovics, Hungary, 3-6, 7-6 (7-2), 6-1; Jan-Len- 17. ......................Patrick Cantlay 821 $4,164,400
Dallas at St. Louis, 7:30 nard Struff, Germany, def. Albert Ramos-Vinolas, Spain, 18. .................... Adam Svensson 807 $3,173,118
against Chicago. Embiid, PHI ......................... 66 728 661 2183 33.1
San Jose at Calgary, 10 at Real Salt Lake 3, Charlotte FC 1 6-4, 6-3; Jack Draper, Britain, def. Sebastian Baez, 19. ................ Mackenzie Hughes 805 $2,791,899
Doncic, DAL ......................... 66 719 515 2138 32.4
l SABRES 3, RANGERS 2 Lillard, POR ......................... 58 556 510 1866 32.2
at Seattle 3, St. Louis City SC 0 Argentina, 6-3, 7-5; Alexei Popyrin, Australia, def. Dusan 20. .............................. Jason Day 793 $3,942,533
at Vancouver 1, Portland 0 Lajovic, Serbia, 7-6 (7-1), 6-3; Matteo Berrettini, Italy, 21. ...................... Russell Henley 786 $3,040,831
(SO): Casey Mittelstadt scored the Gilgeous-Alexander, OKC ... 68
Antetokounmpo, MIL ......... 63
704
707
669
498
2135
1959
31.4
31.1
def. Maxime Cressy, United States, 6-4, 6-2; Ivan 22. .............. Taylor Montgomery 783 $2,382,435
satUrDaY’s matcHes Gakhov, Russia, def. Mackenzie McDonald, United
tying goal in the third period and Tatum, BOS ........................ 74 727 531 2225 30.1
D.C. United at CF Montréal, 7:30 States, 7-6 (8-6), 2-6, 6-3; Diego Schwartzman, Argenti-
23. ....................... Corey Conners
24. .............................. Tom Hoge
779
755
$2,682,684
$3,799,156
Mitchell, CLE ....................... 68 679 319 1922 28.3
got the deciding goal in the shoot- Brown, BOS ......................... 67 679 263 1784 26.6 Stars 6, Red Wings 1 Colorado at Charlotte FC, 7:30 na, def. David Goffin, Belgium, 6-4, 6-2; Alex de Minaur
(14), Australia, def. Andy Murray, Britain, 6-1, 6-3;
25. ............................ Nick Taylor 747 $3,479,435
26. .........................Rickie Fowler 741 $3,209,972
out to lead Buffalo at Madison Morant, MEM ...................... 61 566 372 1596 26.2 Dallas .................................... 3 3 0 — 6
New England at Columbus, 7:30
Dominic Thiem, Austria, def. Richard Gasquet, France, 27. ........................ Brian Harman 739 $2,367,687
Young, ATL ......................... 73 597 566 1914 26.2 Houston at New York, 7:30
Square Garden. Markkanen, UTA ................. 66 571 349 1691 25.6
Detroit .................................. 0 1 0 — 1
Nashville at New York City FC, 7:30
6-1, 6-4; Roberto Bautista Agut, Spain, def. Filip
Krajinovic, Serbia, 5-7, 7-6 (12-10), 6-1.
28. ...................... Viktor Hovland 738 $4,039,959
29. ............................ Sungjae Im 700 $3,302,038
JJ Peterka also scored for the Randle, NY .......................... 77
Fox, SAC .............................. 73
658
682
402
343
1936
1826
25.1
25.0
first perioD Atlanta at Toronto FC, 7:30
DoUbles — roUnD of 32 30. .................... Andrew Putnam 679 $2,314,939
Vancouver at Austin FC, 8:30
Sabres, and rookie Devon Levi LaVine, CHI ......................... 77 673 363 1913 24.8 scoring: 1, Dallas, Hintz 36 (Robertson, Harley), 4:53. 2,
Dallas, Lindell 8 (Hintz, Robertson), 7:59. 3, Dallas, Philadelphia at Chicago, 8:30 Rohan Bopanna, India, and Matthew Ebden (7), Aus-
31. .....................Cameron Young
32. ........................Thomas Detry
672
648
$4,002,275
$1,730,193
Edwards, MIN ..................... 79 707 319 1946 24.6
made 26 saves to beat the Rangers DeRozan, CHI ...................... 74 657 456 1816 24.5 Dellandrea 9 (Seguin, Domi), 12:10. Real Salt Lake at FC Dallas, 8:30 tralia, def. David Vega Hernandez, Spain, and Rafael
Matos, Brazil, 3-6, 6-3, 10-8; Fabrice Martin, France, and
33. ....................... Tyrrell Hatton 641 $4,638,594
34. ........................ Jordan Spieth 628 $3,369,622
for the second time in 11 days. Jokic, DEN ........................... 69 646 341 1690 24.5 seconD perioD Orlando City at Minnesota, 8:30
Cincinnati at St. Louis City SC, 8:30
Andreas Mies, Germany, def. Daniel Evans, Britain, and 35. ................ Xander Schauffele 617 $2,940,972
Francisco Cerundolo, Argentina, 6-3, 4-6, 11-9; Stefanos
The Sabres are 7-1-1 in their past fielD goals fg fga pct. scoring: 4, Dallas, Robertson 46 (Heiskanen, Hintz), 0:55 Seattle at Portland, 10:30 Tsitsipas and Petros Tsitsipas, Greece, def. Grigor
36. .....................Hayden Buckley
37. ........................ Adam Schenk
594
584
$1,836,289
$1,803,965
(pp). 5, Dallas, Pavelski 27 (Hintz, Heiskanen), 3:37. 6,
nine games to keep their slim Claxton, BKN ................................. 414 587 .705 Dallas, Benn 33 (Johnston, Miller), 14:19. 7, Detroit,
Sporting KC at San Jose, 10:30 Dimitrov, Bulgaria, and Hubert Hurkacz, Poland, 7-6
(7-3), 6-7 (7-4), 10-5; Taylor Fritz, United States, and
38. ............................. Sam Ryder 550 $1,869,520
Gobert, MIN .................................. 360 546 .659
playoff hopes alive. The victory Capela, ATL ................................... 350 536 .653
Perron 24 (Larkin), 16:50. sUnDaY’s matcH Holger Rune, Denmark, def. Simone Bolelli and Lorenzo
39. .....................Patrick Rodgers
40. ........................Harris English
544
536
$1,671,808
$2,863,015
Los Angeles FC at LA Galaxy, 4:30
also gave Buffalo 40 wins in a Allen, CLE ...................................... 403 626 .644 sHots on goal Musetti, Italy, 7-6 (7-5), 6-2; Ivan Dodig, Croatia, and
Austin Krajicek (5), United States, def. Hugo Nys,
41. .....................Wyndham Clark 535 $1,948,049
Okongwu, ATL ............................... 317 497 .638 satUrDaY, april 22 42. .......................... Matt Kuchar 531 $2,121,277
season for the first time since it Zubac, L.A.C. ................................. 326 514 .634
Dallas .................................... 6
Detroit .................................. 9
9
4
7 — 22
7 — 20
Monaco, and Jan Zielinski, Poland, 7-6 (7-3), 6-3. 43. ........................ Brendon Todd 522 $1,742,013
D.C. United at Orlando, 7:30
won 43 games in 2010-11. Jokic, DEN .....................................
Sabonis, SAC .................................
646
577
1022
938
.632
.615
power-play opportunities: Dallas 1 of 3; Detroit 0 of 2. Columbus at Charlotte, 7:30
44. ...........................Sepp Straka
45. ......................... Sam Stevens
521
510
$1,737,889
$1,516,105
goalies: Dallas, Oettinger 36-11-11 (13 shots-12 saves),
Artemi Panarin scored twice for Ayton, PHO ................................... 522 887 .589 Dallas, Wedgewood 8-8-3 (7-7). Detroit, Husso 26-21-7
Portland at Cincinnati, 7:30 ATP 46. ........................ Matt Wallace 501 $1,199,943
Martin, HOU .................................. 410 720 .569 New York at CF Montréal, 7:30 47. .............................Ben Griffin 501 $1,520,047
New York, and Igor Shesterkin Gordon, DEN .................................. 429 761 .564
(5-2), Detroit, Hellberg 5-8-1 (17-14). a: 17,861
Sporting KC at New England, 7:30 singles rankings 48. ............................. Ben Taylor 500 $1,489,760
(20,000). t: 2:20.
finished with 36 saves. The Rang- Davis, L.A.L. .................................. 542 962 .563 FC Dallas at New York City FC, 7:30 Through Sunday. 49. ........................Danny Willett 492 $1,643,146
1. Novak Djokovic, Serbia, 7160 50. ....................Davis Thompson 487 $1,555,980
ers have earned points in six tHree-pointers 3fg 3fga pct.
Toronto FC at Philadelphia, 7:30
Miami at Houston, 8:30 2. Carlos Alcaraz, Spain, 6780 51. .............................. J.J. Spaun 485 $1,756,739
straight games (3-0-3) and nine of Horford, BOS ................................. 145 325 .446 Los Angeles FC at Nashville, 8:30 3. Stefanos Tsitsipas, Greece, 5770
4. Daniil Medvedev, Russia, 5150
52. .................................Eric Cole
53. ....................Denny McCarthy
482
480
$1,455,181
$1,810,355
Lee, PHO ........................................ 110 247 .445
their past 10 (6-1-3). Brogdon, BOS ................................ 132 297 .444 Jets 6, Sharks 2
St. Louis City SC at Colorado, 9:30
5. Casper Ruud, Norway, 5005 54. ................Hideki Matsuyama 462 $2,308,225
San Jose at Real Salt Lake, 9:30 55. ....................... Keith Mitchell 450 $2,025,379
l JETS 6, SHARKS 2: Josh Maxey, PHI .................................... 160 369 .434
Austin FC at LA Galaxy, 10:30
6. Andrey Rublev, Russia, 3470
56. .......................... Brandon Wu 448 $1,510,430
Harris, ORL ...................................... 94 218 .431 san Jose ................................ 1 0 1 — 2 7. Felix Auger-Aliassime, Canada, 3450
Morrissey had a goal and two as- Curry, GS ....................................... 273 639 .427 winnipeg ............................... 3 0 3 — 6 Minnesota at Seattle, 10:30 8. Holger Rune, Denmark, 3370 57. ..................Kyoung-Hoon Lee
58. ..........................Joel Dahmen
443
435
$1,680,237
$1,342,654
9. Jannik Sinner, Italy, 3345
sists as Winnipeg beat visiting San Harris, BKN ................................... 142
Hield, IND ...................................... 288
333
677
.426
.425
first perioD 10. Taylor Fritz, USA, 3065 59. ..................... Byeong Hun An 433 $1,263,286
Jose to move closer to securing a Kispert, WAS ................................ 163 384 .424 scoring: 1, San Jose, Karlsson 24 (Couture, Peterson), mls leaDers 11. Karen Khachanov, Russia, 2855
12. Hubert Hurkacz, Poland, 2750
60. .......................Robby Shelton
61. ................ Matthew NeSmith
431
418
$1,153,871
$1,327,492
Caldwell-Pope, DEN ...................... 135 319 .423 0:20. 2, Winnipeg, Dubois 27 (Scheifele, Ehlers), 1:11
playoff berth. Carter, MIL .................................... 142 337 .421 (pp). 3, Winnipeg, Lowry 12 (Schmidt, Niederreiter), Entering Saturday’s matches. 13. Cameron Norrie, Great Britain, 2735 62. ................ Nicolas Echavarria 414 $935,380
14. Rafael Nadal, Spain, 2715 63. ......................... Alex Smalley 407 $1,141,565
Adam Lowry, Mason Appleton, Hauser, BOS .................................. 140 335 .418 7:14. 4, Winnipeg, Connor 32 (Morrissey, DeMelo),
14:26.
goals 15. Frances Tiafoe, USA, 2665 64. ............................ J.T. Poston 405 $1,387,949
Kyle Connor and Mark Scheifele free tHrows ft fta pct. tHirD perioD
Jordan Morris, SEA .........................................................8 16. Alexander Zverev, Germany, 2410 65. ........................Adam Hadwin
66. ................... David Lingmerth
405
404
$1,799,445
$1,642,997
Denis Bouanga, LFC ........................................................6 17. Pablo Carreno Busta, Spain, 2185
each had a goal and an assist, and Durant, BKN .................................. 267 286 .934
scoring: 5, Winnipeg, Appleton 4 (Lowry, Niederreiter), Amine Bassi, HOU...........................................................5 18. Tommy Paul, USA, 2090 67. ................ Tommy Fleetwood 403 $1,558,667
Herro, MIA .................................... 170 182 .934 68. ................... Seonghyeon Kim 403 $1,177,397
Pierre-Luc Dubois also scored for Curry, GS ....................................... 257 281 .915 0:16. 6, San Jose, Karlsson 25 (Hertl), 3:42 (pp). 7, Klauss, STL......................................................................5
Thiago Almada, ATL........................................................4
19. Alex de Minaur, Australia, 2050
20. Borna Coric, Croatia, 1890 69. ................ Maverick McNealy 403 $1,271,920
Winnipeg, Morrissey 16 (Appleton, DeMelo), 5:48. 8,
the Jets. Lillard, POR ................................... 510 558 .914
Winnipeg, Scheifele 41 (Morrissey, Connor), 7:35 (pp). Cristian Espinoza, SJ ......................................................4 21. Lorenzo Musetti, Italy, 1840 70. .......................Justin Thomas 377 $1,959,433
Gilgeous-Alexander, OKC ............. 669 739 .905 Jesus Ferreira, DAL.........................................................4 22. Matteo Berrettini, Italy, 1742 71. ................... Tyson Alexander 373 $1,098,016
Winnipeg has 93 points and can Murphy, NO ................................... 172 190 .905 sHots on goal Lucas Zelarayan, CLB ......................................................4 23. Marin Cilic, Croatia, 1690 72. ............................. Justin Suh 367 $1,675,331
clinch the Western Conference’s VanVleet, TOR ..............................
Bridges, PHO .................................
254
156
283
174
.898
.897 san Jose ................................ 5 9 8 — 22 assists
24. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, Spain, 1580 73. .........................Garrick Higgo
74. ............................Lee Hodges
363
359
$1,026,317
$1,255,195
25. Nick Kyrgios, Australia, 1555
final wild-card berth by gaining at Anthony, ORL ................................ 152 170 .894 winnipeg ............................. 14 11 9 — 34
power-play opportunities: San Jose 1 of 4; Winnipeg 2 of
Thiago Almada, ATL ....................................................... 5 26. Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria, 1485 75. ............................ Ben Martin 345 $1,028,684
Bridges, BKN ................................. 160 179 .894 76. ................................ Kevin Yu 339 $872,656
least a point during its final two Simons, POR ................................. 160 179 .894 2. goalies: San Jose, Reimer 12-20-8 (34 shots-27
Leo Chu, SEA................................................................... 5
Daniel Gazdag, PHI ......................................................... 4
27. Sebastian Korda, USA, 1480
77. ........................Callum Tarren 332 $907,897
games. Monk, SAC ..................................... 184 207 .889 saves). Winnipeg, Hellebuyck 36-25-2 (22-19). a: 13,428
(15,321). t: 2:22.
Julian Gressel, VAN........................................................ 4 78. ......................... Tyler Duncan 331 $1,029,685
Nico Lodeiro, SEA ........................................................... 4 79. .......................Emiliano Grillo 319 $1,104,102
Erik Karlsson scored twice for reboUnDs g off. Def. tot. aVg. Eduard Loewen, STL ....................................................... 4 WTA 80. ........................... Will Gordon 318 $886,241
San Jose, giving him 100 points Sabonis, SAC .................... 79 251 722 973 12.3 Alexandru Irinel Matan, CLB .......................................... 4
Carles Gil, NE .................................................................. 3
singles rankings
81. ....................Matt Fitzpatrick
82. ............................ Davis Riley
318
312
$1,566,268
$1,223,251
Jokic, DEN ......................... 69 167 650 817 11.8
this season. He’s the first NHL Antetokounmpo, MIL ....... 63 137 605 742 11.7 Brian Gutierrez, CHI ....................................................... 3 Through Sunday. 83. ................... Joseph Bramlett 308 $919,639
defenseman to reach that mark Gobert, MIN ...................... 70 231 583 814 11.6 Maple Leafs 2, Panthers 1 (OT) Jean Mota, MCF.............................................................. 3 1. Iga Swiatek, Poland, 8975 84. ..................... Stephan Jaeger 288 $809,007
Capela, ATL ....................... 65 258 459 717 11.0 Steven Moreira, CLB....................................................... 3 2. Aryna Sabalenka, Belarus, 6891 85. ...............................Aaron Rai 286 $1,053,211
toronto .......................... 0 1 0 1 — 2
since the Rangers’ Brian Leetch in Vucevic, CHI ...................... 82 159 744 903 11.0 floriDa ............................ 0 0 1 0 — 1 Hany Mukhtar, NSH ....................................................... 3 3. Jessica Pegula, USA, 5735
4. Ons Jabeur, Tunisia, 5031
86. ........................... Aaron Wise
87. .......................Andrew Novak
283
281
$997,958
$718,322
Carlos Vela, LFC.............................................................. 3
1991-92. Valanciunas, NO ...............
Embiid, PHI .......................
79 225 579 804 10.1
66 113 557 670 10.1 seconD perioD 5. Caroline Garcia, France, 4990 88. ......................... Shane Lowry 280 $1,262,954
sHots 6. Coco Gauff, USA, 4346 89. ......................... Justin Lower 280 $772,575
l SENATORS 3, HURRI- Ayton, PHO ....................... 67 172 495 667 9.9 scoring: 1, Toronto, Matthews 40 (Marner, Brodie),
Randle, NY ........................ 77 141 626 767 9.9 Erik Thommy, KC .......................................................... 29 7. Elena Rybakina, Kazakhstan, 4305 90. .............................Nick Hardy 272 $675,808
CANES 2: Ottawa forward Claude Zubac, L.A.C. ..................... 76 236 520 756 9.9
17:47. Martin Ojeda, ORL........................................................ 26 8. Daria Kasatkina, Russia, 3505 91. ........................ Trey Mullinax 272 $1,326,865
Thiago Almada, ATL ..................................................... 23 9. Maria Sakkari, Greece, 3191 92. ......................... Beau Hossler 268 $934,659
Giroux joined an illustrious group tHirD perioD
Brian White, VAN......................................................... 23 10. Petra Kvitova, Czech Republic, 3162 93. .......................... David Lipsky 267 $793,068
assists g ast. aVg.
with a pair of goals and an assist in Harden, PHI ..................................... 58 618 10.7
scoring: 2, Florida, Montour 16 (M.Staal, Verhaeghe),
9:36.
Christian Benteke, DC .................................................. 22 11. Belinda Bencic, Switzerland, 2870
12. Barbora Krejcikova, Czech Republic, 2443
94. .....................Aaron Baddeley
94. .......................... Mito Pereira
264
171
$760,570
$508,784
Federico Bernardeschi, TOR......................................... 22
a win over visiting Carolina to Young, ATL ...................................... 73 741 10.2
oVertime Daniel Salloi, KC ........................................................... 22 13. Veronika Kudermetova, Russia, 2360 95. ...................... Scott Stallings 261 $1,066,962
Jokic, DEN ....................................... 69 678 9.8 14. Beatriz Haddad Maia, Brazil, 2276 96. ......................... Nate Lashley 252 $818,847
reach 1,000 NHL points. Paul, PHO ........................................ 59 524 8.9 scoring: 3, Toronto, Tavares 36 (Rielly), 4:38. sHots on goal 15. Liudmila Samsonova, Russia, 2246 97. ...... Christiaan Bezuidenhout 252 $1,015,242
Giroux picked up point No. 999 Morant, MEM ..................................
Doncic, DAL .....................................
61
66
493
529
8.1
8.0 sHots on goal
Erik Thommy, KC...........................................................12 16. Victoria Azarenka, Belarus, 2237 98. ...................... Cameron Davis 252 $1,289,912
Federico Bernardeschi, TOR ...........................................9 17. Karolina Pliskova, Czech Republic, 2210 99. ....................... Mark Hubbard 249 $695,390
with his 33rd goal of the season Garland, CLE .................................... 69 538 7.8 toronto .......................... 8 7 7 3 — 25 Brenner, CIN....................................................................9 18. Ekaterina Alexandrova, Russia, 2100 100. ...................... Peter Malnati 247 $799,008
just after the five-minute mark, Holiday, MIL ....................................
Lillard, POR .....................................
67
58
495
425
7.4
7.3
floriDa .......................... 15 17 13 2 — 47 Cristian Espinoza, SJ ......................................................9
Klauss, STL......................................................................9
19. Magda Linette, Poland, 1810
20. Martina Trevisan, Italy, 1778
101. ....................Gary Woodland
102. ...................... Will Zalatoris
244
244
$1,274,323
$1,474,780
power-play opportunities: Toronto 0 of 1; Florida 0 of 2.
and No. 1,000 came on an assist Sabonis, SAC ................................... 79 573 7.3 goalies: Toronto, Samsonov 27-10-5 (47 shots-46 Jordan Morris, SEA .........................................................9 21. Madison Keys, USA, 1752 103. ....................... Greyson Sigg 240 $690,526
22. Jelena Ostapenko, Latvia, 1715 104. ............................ Harry Hall 239 $574,044
when he set up Tim Stützle with steals g stl. aVg.
saves). Florida, Lyon 9-3-2 (25-23). a: 18,521 (19,250).
t: 2:24.
Martin Ojeda, ORL ..........................................................9
Daniel Salloi, KC..............................................................9 23. Donna Vekic, Croatia, 1707 105. .......................... Alex Noren 232 $743,059
under three minutes remaining in Anunoby, TOR ................................. 67 128 1.9 goals alloweD aVg.
24. Anastasia Potapova, Russia, 1679 106. ...................... Billy Horschel
107. ..................... Patton Kizzire
228
223
$1,090,508
$688,079
the period. Butler, MIA .....................................
VanVleet, TOR ................................
64
69
117
123
1.8
1.7 Joe Willis, NSH .......................................................... 0.29 108. .............................Dylan Wu 215 $614,929
Giroux scored his second of the Gilgeous-Alexander, OKC ............... 68 112 1.6 Stefan Frei, SEA ........................................................ 0.43
Roman Celentano, CIN............................................... 0.57
AU TO RAC in G 109. ...............Harrison Endycott 209 $505,774

night midway through the third to Melton, PHI .....................................

Edwards, MIN .................................
77
79
126
125
1.6
1.5
Senators 3, hurricanes 2 John McCarthy, LFC ................................................... 0.60
Dayne St. Clair, MIN .................................................. 0.80
give Ottawa a 3-2 lead and the win, Trent, TOR .......................................
Jones, NO ........................................
66
66
104
103
1.5
1.5
carolina ............................... 0
ottawa .................................. 2
1
0
1 —
1 —
2
3 Carlos Miguel Coronel, NYR....................................... 0.86 nASCAR Cup Series LPGA Tour
tying his career high of 34 set in Paul, PHO ........................................ 59 91 1.5
first perioD
Djordje Petrovic, NE................................................... 0.86 scHeDUle moneY leaDers
Andre Blake, PHI........................................................ 0.92
2017-18. Smart, BOS .....................................
Murray, ATL ....................................
61
74
93
112
1.5
1.5 scoring: 1, Ottawa, Giroux 33 (Tkachuk, Stutzle), 5:51. 2,
feb. 5: x-Heat Race 1 (Aric Almirola)
feb. 5: x-Heat Race 2 (Martin Truex Jr.)
Through Sunday.
sHUtoUts trn money
The Hurricanes hold a one- Ottawa, Stutzle 38 (Giroux, Tkachuk), 17:26.
Roman Celentano, CIN ....................................................5
feb. 5: x-Heat Race 3, (Denny Hamlin) 1. ............................. Jin Young Ko 4 $397,318
blocks g blk. aVg. feb. 5: x-Heat Race 4, (William Byron)
point lead on the New Jersey Dev- seconD perioD Joe Willis, NSH ...............................................................5 feb. 5: x-Last Chance Qualifying Race 1 (Michael McDowell)
2. ........................... Celine Boutier
3. ............................... Nelly Korda
4
5
$392,792
$386,006
Jackson, MEM ................................. 63 189 3.0 Stefan Frei, SEA..............................................................4
ils for first place in the Metropoli- Claxton, BKN ................................... 76 189 2.4 scoring: 3, Carolina, Pesce 5 (Necas, Skjei), 15:30.
Djordje Petrovic, NE........................................................4
feb. 5: x-Last Chance Qualifying Race 2 (Chase Elliott)
feb. 5: x- Clash at the Coliseum (Martin Truex Jr.)
4. .............................. Georgia Hall 4 $375,683
5. ...................................... Lilia Vu 4 $348,878
tan Division, but it appears it will Lopez, MIL .......................................
Kessler, UTA ...................................
78
74
193
173
2.4
2.3
tHirD perioD Steve Clark, HOU ............................................................3 feb. 16: x-Duel at Daytona 1 (Joey Logano) 6. ...............................Ruoning Yin 2 $283,659
Sean Johnson, TOR .........................................................3 feb. 16: x-Duel at Daytona 2 (Aric Almirola)
come down to the final two games Turner, IND ...................................... 62 140 2.2 scoring: 4, Carolina, Burns 15 (Necas, Jarvis), 2:23 (pp). John McCarthy, LFC ........................................................3 feb. 19: Daytona 500 (Ricky Stenhouse Jr.)
7. ................................ Maja Stark
8. ..............................Ayaka Furue
5
5
$264,874
$244,091
Robinson, NY ................................... 59 109 1.8 5, Ottawa, Giroux 34 (Brannstrom, Pinto), 9:37.
of the season. Each teams closes Embiid, PHI ..................................... 66 112 1.7
William Yarbrough, COL .................................................3 feb. 26: Pala Casino 400 (Kyle Busch) 9. ............... Brooke M. Henderson 4 $239,265
sHots on goal march 5: Pennzoil 400 (William Byron)
the season with a game Tuesday Porzingis, WAS ...............................
Mobley, CLE ....................................
65
79
100
119
1.5
1.5 carolina ............................... 9 8 11 — 28
saVes
march 12: Work United 500 (William Byron)
10. ............................ Charley Hull
11. ..................... Atthaya Thitikul
4
4
$226,345
$208,572
Drake Callender, MCF....................................................33
and Thursday. Jackson, IND ................................... 63 93 1.4 ottawa ................................ 10 12 10 — 32 Djordje Petrovic, NE......................................................29
march 19: Ambetter 400 (Joey Logano)
march 26: EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix (Tyler Reddick)
12. ..........................Danielle Kang 4 $183,056
13. ............................ Hyo Joo Kim 3 $176,824
l STARS 6, RED WINGS 1: Joe Biyombo, PHO ................................. 61 88 1.4 power-play opportunities: Carolina 1 of 5; Ottawa 0 of 6. Brad Stuver, ATX ..........................................................28 april 2: Toyota Owners 400 (Kyle Larson) 14. ......................... Nasa Hataoka 4 $173,278
goalies: Carolina, Andersen 20-11-1 (32 shots-29 Joe Willis, NSH .............................................................24 april 8: x-Qualifying Race 1 (Austin Dillon)
Pavelski notched his 1,000th ca- saves). Ottawa, Sogaard 8-6-2 (29-27). a: 18,688 William Yarbrough, COL ...............................................24 april 8: x-Qualifying Race 2 (Ryan Blaney)
15. ............................... Yuka Saso
16. ...................Patty Tavatanakit
5
5
$152,882
$136,637
(18,572). t: 2:38.
reer point with a second-period h iG h SCh OO L S Zac MacMath, RSL ........................................................22
Maarten Paes, DAL .......................................................22
april 8: x-Qualifying Race 3 (Kyle Larson)
april 8: x-Qualifying Race 4 (Bubba Wallace)
17. ........................ Leona Maguire 5 $127,701
18. ........................Ashleigh Buhai 5 $124,119
goal, Roope Hintz had a goal and George Marks, CLT........................................................21 april 9: Food City Dirt Race (Christopher Bell) 19. .........................Allisen Corpuz 4 $122,801
Jonathan Sirois, MTL....................................................21
three assists, and Dallas rolled in baseball
april 16: Cup Series Race at Martinsville, Ridgeway, Va.
april 23: Geico 500, Talladega, Ala.
20. .................................. Narin An 4 $114,550
priVate 21. ................. Moriya Jutanugarn 5 $108,770
Detroit. Sandy Spring Friends 17, Spencerville Adventist 2
Sabres 3, Rangers 2 (SO) april 30: Cup Series Race at Dover, Del. 22. .......................Carlota Ciganda 4 $99,688
may 7: AdventHealth 400, Kansas City, Kan.
Pavelski, playing in his 1,248th Virginia
bUffalo ........................... 1 0 1 1 — 3 nWSL may 14: Goodyear 400, Darlington, S.C.
23. ................. Jodi Ewart Shadoff
24. .......................Hinako Shibuno
5
4
$95,244
$85,168
n.Y. rangers ................... 0 2 0 0 — 2
game, became the 10th American- Lake Braddock 2, South County 1 w l t pts gf ga
may 21: x-NASCAR All-Star Open, North Wilkesboro, N.C.
may 21: NASCAR All-Star Race, North Wilkesboro, N.C.
25. ...............................Ally Ewing 3 $84,421
West Springfield 9, Robinson 2 bUffalo won sHootoUt 2-1 26. .........................Ryann O'Toole 5 $77,207
born player to reach the milestone first perioD
Portland ............................2
San Diego ..........................2
0
0
0
0
6
6
8
6
1
3
may 28: Coca-Cola 600, Concord, N.C. 27. ...............................Paula Reto 5 $74,997
softball June 4: Enjoy Illinois 300, Madison, Ill.
when he tipped Miro Heiskanen’s Virginia scoring: 1, Buffalo, Peterka 12 (Quinn, Jost), 14:24. Washington ......................1 0 1 4 3 2 June 11: Toyota/Save Mart 350, Sonoma, Calif.
28. ..............................Gaby Lopez 5 $74,848
Houston ............................1 0 1 4 2 1 29. .......................Anna Nordqvist 4 $74,048
shot from the point. Riverside 13, Potomac Falls 1 seconD perioD OL Reign............................1 1 0 3 2 1
June 25: Ally 400, Lebanon, Tenn. 30. .................................. Lydia Ko 3 $71,772
July 2: Cup Series Race at Chicago
Pavelski and Ottawa’s Giroux golf scoring: 2, N.Y. Rangers, Panarin 27 (Zibanejad, Kane), Angel City .........................1 1 0 3 3 3 July 9: Quaker State 400, Hampton, Ga.
31. .................... Ariya Jutanugarn
32. ...................... Jennifer Kupcho
5
5
$67,498
$63,403
priVate Gotham FC ........................1 1 0 3 2 3
became the first pair to reach the Georgetown Prep 192, Landon 199
1:01 (pp). 3, N.Y. Rangers, Panarin 28 (Tarasenko),
11:12. North Carolina...................1 1 0 3 2 3
July 16: Crayon 301, Loudon, N.H.
July 23: M&M’s Fan Appreciation 400, Long Pond, Pa.
33. ........................... Lizette Salas 5 $63,028
34. .....................Cheyenne Knight 4 $61,985
1,000-point mark on the same day. tHirD perioD
Louisville...........................0
Chicago..............................0
0
2
2
0
2
0
2
3
2
5
July 30: Cup Series Race at Richmond 35. .............................Stacy Lewis 4 $57,940
softball aug. 6: FireKeepers Casino 400, Brooklyn, Mich.
The Stars, who have won four Virginia scoring: 4, Buffalo, Mittelstadt 13 (Tuch), 8:13.
Kansas City .......................0 2 0 0 1 5 aug. 13: Verizon 200 at the Brickyard, Speedway, Ind.
36. ............................Hye-Jin Choi
37. ............................Hae Ran Ryu
4
2
$56,784
$56,623
Orlando .............................0 2 0 0 1 6
straight, tied idle Colorado for the Madison 3, Battlefield 0
sHootoUt
aug. 20: Go Bowling at the Glen, Watkins Glen, N.Y. 38. .......................... Megan Khang 4 $55,222
sUnDaY, april 2 aug. 26: Coke Zero Sugar 400, Daytona Beach, Fla.
Central Division lead with two girls’ soccer
Buffalo 2 (Quinn NG, Thompson NG, Tuch NG, Power G, Angel City 2, at Orlando 1
sept. 3: Southern 500, Darlington, S.C.
39. ................................Amy Yang
40. ............Pajaree Anannarukarn
4
5
$54,831
$54,776
Virginia
games remaining. Briar Woods 2, Potomac Falls 1
Mittelstadt G), N.Y. Rangers 1 (Kane NG, Zibanejad NG, sept. 10: Hollywood Casino 400, Kansas City, Kan.
sept. 16: Bass Pro Shops Night Race, Bristol, Tenn.
41. ...............................Eun-Hee Ji 4 $54,273
Panarin NG, Tarasenko G, Kakko NG). friDaY’s matcH 42. ..................... Elizabeth Szokol 4 $54,223
l WILD 4, BLACKHAWKS 2: Tuscarora 6, Millbrook 1 sept. 24: EchoPark Automotive 400, Fort Worth 43. .......... Nanna Koerstz Madsen 5 $51,823
W.T. Woodson 2, Robinson 1 Houston at Portland, 10:30
sHots on goal oct. 1: YellaWood 500, Talladega, Ala.
Former Washington Capitals for- bUffalo ......................... 14 12 7 5 — 38 satUrDaY’s matcHes oct. 8: Roval 400, Concord, N.C.
44. ...................... Matilda Castren
45. ....................Gemma Dryburgh
5
5
$51,434
$49,732
boYs’ soccer
ward Marcus Johansson scored Virginia n.Y. rangers ................... 4 13 12 0 — 29 Washington at North Carolina, 7
oct. 15: South Point 400, Las Vegas
oct. 22: Dixie Vodka 400, Homestead, Fla.
46. ......................... Hannah Green 4 $47,745
47. .............................. Jenny Shin 4 $47,570
twice late in the third period as Briar Woods 8, Potomac Falls 0 power-play opportunities: Buffalo 0 of 2; N.Y. Rangers 1
of 2. goalies: Buffalo, Levi 4-1-0 (28 shots-26 saves).
Gotham FC at Orlando, 7 oct. 29: Xfinity 500, Ridgeway, Va. 48. ......................... Minami Katsu 2 $47,207
Independence 2, Riverside 0 Kansas City at Chicago, 8
shorthanded Minnesota won in Stone Bridge 4, Woodgrove 0 N.Y. Rangers, Shesterkin 37-13-8 (38-36). a: 18,006 Louisville at Angel City, 10
nov. 5: Cup Series championship, Avondale, Ariz.
x-Non-points race
49. ............................... A Lim Kim 4 $46,951
(18,006). t: 2:36. 50. .........................Sei Young Kim 4 $45,847
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Prince Georges County
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT
FOR
PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY,
MARYLAND
John Ansell, et al.
Substitute Trustees
Plaintiffs,
v.
ESTATE OF
CHARLES H. SMITH, et al.
Defendants
Case No. CAEF19-17402
NOTICE
Notice is hereby issued this 3 day
of April, 2023, that the sale of
the property in this case, 4107
Kilbourne Dr. Fort Washington,
Maryland 20744, reported by John
Ansell, Jeremy B. Wilkins, Robert
A. Oliveri, Amanda Driscole, Paul
Heinmuller, Substitute Trustees,
be ratified and confirmed, unless
cause to the contrary be shown
on or before the 3 day of May,
2023, provided a copy of this
Notice be inserted in The Wash-
ington Post, a newspaper pub-
lished in Prince George's County,
Maryland, once in each of three
(3) successive weeks on or before
the 3 day of May, 2023.
The report states the amount of
sale to be $254,000.00.
Mahasin El Amin #769
Clerk of the Circuit Court
for Prince Georges County, MD
April 11, 18, 25, 2023 12418727
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT
FOR
PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY,
MARYLAND
John Ansell, et al.
Substitute Trustees
Plaintiffs,
v.
Estate of Daniel Abbott, et al.
Defendants
Case No. CAEF22-25481
NOTICE
Notice is hereby issued this 3 day
of April, 2023, that the sale of
the property in this case, 1001
Carrington Ave, Capitol Heights,
Maryland 20743, reported by John
Ansell, Jeremy B. Wilkins, Robert
A. Oliveri, Amanda Driscole, Paul
Heinmuller, John C. Hanrahan,
Kristopher Hawkins, Substitute
Trustees, be ratified and con-
firmed, unless cause to the con-
trary be shown on or before the
3 day of May, 2023, provided a
copy of this Notice be inserted in
The Washington Post, a newspa-
per published in Prince George's
County, Maryland, once in each
of three (3) successive weeks on
or before the 3 day of May, 2023.
The report states the amount of
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IN THE
CIRCUIT COURT
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ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY
Diane S. Rosenberg, et al.
Substitute Trustees
Versus
Matthew S. Putman
Defendant
No. C-02-CV-22-001796
NOTICE
Notice is hereby issued this Tues-
day, April 04, 2023 that the sale
of the property in the proceedings
mentioned, made and reported by
Mark D. Meyer, Substitute Trustee
BE RATIFIED AND CONFIRMED,
unless cause to the contrary there-
of be shown on or before the 4th
day of May 2023 next; provided,
a copy of this Notice be inserted
in some newspaper published in
Anne Arundel County, once in each
of three successive weeks before
the 4th day of May 2023 next.
The report states that the amount
of sale of the property at 1001
CEDAR RIDGE COURT, ANNAPOLIS
MD 21403 to be $252,000.00.
Scott A. Poyer
Circuit Court For
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April 11, 18, 25, 2023 12419049
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Charles County
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT
FOR CHARLES COUNTY,
MARYLAND
Diane S. Rosenberg
Mark D. Meyer
Maurice O'Brien
Rosenberg & Associates, LLC
4340 East West Highway,
Suite 600
Bethesda, MD 20814
Substitute Trustees
Plaintiff(s)
v.
Estate of John R Swann
10610 La Plata Road
La Plata, MD 20646
Defendant(s)
Case No. C-08-CV-19-000658
NOTICE
Notice is hereby given this 16th
day of March, 2023, by the Circuit
Court for Charles County, Mary-
land, that the sale of 10610 La Plata
Road La Plata, MD 20646, made
and reported, will be ratified and
confirmed, unless cause to the
contrary thereof be shown on or
before the 18 day of April, 2023,
provided a copy of this notice be
inserted in a daily newspaper
printed in said County, once in
each of three successive weeks
before the 17 day of April, 2023.
The Report of Sale states the
amount of the foreclosure sale
price to be $407,421.36.
Lisa E. Yates
Clerk of the Circuit Court
Charles County,
Maryland
March 28, 2023
April 4,11, 2023 12417704
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Arlington County
TRUSTEE’S SALE OF
867 N MADISON ST,
ARLINGTON, VA 22205
In execution of a Deed of Trust
in the original principal amount
of $938,250.00, with an annual
interest rate of 7.062000% dated
August 26, 2015, recorded among
the land records of the Circuit
Court for the Arlington County
as Deed Instrument Number
20150100019551, the under-
signed appointed Substitute
Trustee will offer for sale at public
auction all that property located
in the Arlington County, at the
front of the Circuit Court building
for the County of Arlington locat-
ed at 1425 N. Courthouse Road,
Arlington, Virginia on June 14,
2023 at 3:00 PM, the property with
improvements to wit:
LT 17 CRESTHILL 6719 SQ FT
Tax Map No. 12-009-007
THIS COMMUNICATION IS FROM A
DEBT COLLECTOR.
TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A
bidder's deposit of 10% of the
sale price, will be required in cash,
certified or cashier's check. Set-
tlement within fifteen (15) days
of sale, otherwise Trustees may
forfeit deposit. Additional terms
to be announced at sale. Loan
type: FHA. Reference Number
23-293036.
PROFESSIONAL FORECLOSURE
CORPORATION OF VIRGINIA, Sub-
stitute Trustees, C/O LOGS LEGAL
GROUP LLP, 10021 Balls Ford
Road, Suite 200, Manassas, Vir-
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THE SEED PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
(1) STEAM GLTS-30 30 GALLON NG TILTING SKIBRAISING PAN
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from:
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considered.
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Fairfax County
TRUSTEE’S SALE OF
3285 WILLOW GLEN DRIVE,
HERNDON, VA 20171
In execution of a Deed of Trust
in the original principal amount
of $749,000.00, with an annual
interest rate of 4.832000% dated
September 30, 2005, recorded
among the land records of the
Circuit Court for the County of
Fairfax as Deed Book 17825, Page
1414, the undersigned appointed
Substitute Trustee will offer for
sale at public auction all that
property located in the County of
Fairfax, on the courthouse steps
at the front of the Circuit Court
building for the County of Fairfax
located at 4110 Chain Bridge
Road, Fairfax, Virginia on May 9,
2023 at 10:00 AM, the property
with improvements to wit:
STILL OAKS LT 76 SEC 2
Tax Map No. 0352 12 0076
THIS COMMUNICATION IS FROM A
DEBT COLLECTOR.
TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A
bidder's deposit of 10% of the
sale price, will be required in cash,
certified or cashier's check. Set-
tlement within fifteen (15) days
of sale, otherwise Trustees may
forfeit deposit. Additional terms
to be announced at sale. Loan
type: Conventional. Reference
Number 20-285767.
PROFESSIONAL FORECLOSURE
CORPORATION OF VIRGINIA, Sub-
stitute Trustees, C/O LOGS LEGAL
GROUP LLP, 10021 Balls Ford
Road, Suite 200, Manassas, Vir-
ginia 20109 (703) 449-5800.
February 27, 2023
April 4, 11, 2023 12414513
TRUSTEE’S SALE OF
6949 WESTHAMPTON DR,
ALEXANDRIA, VA 22307
In execution of a Deed of Trust
in the original principal amount
of $434,981.00, with an annual
interest rate of 3.125000% dated
June 15, 2021, recorded among
the land records of the Circuit
Court for the County of Fairfax
as Deed Instrument Number
2021100512.002, the under-
signed appointed Substitute
Trustee will offer for sale at public
auction all that property located
in the County of Fairfax, on the
courthouse steps at the front of
the Circuit Court building for the
County of Fairfax located at 4110
Chain Bridge Road, Fairfax, Vir-
ginia on May 16, 2023 at 10:00 AM,
the property with improvements
to wit:
BUCKNELL HEIGHTS
LT 7B BLK2
Tax Map No. 0931-2002007B
THIS COMMUNICATION IS FROM A
DEBT COLLECTOR.
TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A
bidder's deposit of 10% of the
sale price, will be required in cash,
certified or cashier's check. Set-
tlement within fifteen (15) days
of sale, otherwise Trustees may
forfeit deposit. Additional terms
to be announced at sale. Loan
type: FHA. Reference Number
22-292412.
PROFESSIONAL FORECLOSURE
CORPORATION OF VIRGINIA, Sub-
stitute Trustees, C/O LOGS LEGAL
GROUP LLP, 10021 Balls Ford
Road, Suite 200, Manassas, Vir-
ginia 20109 (703) 449-5800.
March 14, 2023
April 11, 18, 2023 12415663
873
Prince William County
TRUSTEE’S SALE OF
8960 WINTERWOOD COURT,
MANASSAS, VA 20110
In execution of a Deed of Trust
in the original principal amount
of $360,000.00, with an annual
interest rate of 4.200000% dated
September 20, 2021, recorded
among the land records of the
Circuit Court for the County of
Prince William as Deed Instrument
Number 202202030009383, the
undersigned appointed Substi-
tute Trustee will offer for sale
at public auction all that property
located in the County of Prince
William, on the Court House steps
in front of Main Entrance for the
Circuit Court building for the
County of Prince William located
at 9311 Lee Avenue, Manassas,
Virginia on May 16, 2023 at 2:00
PM, the property with improve-
ments to wit:
LOT 10 BLK 11 SEC 1
Tax Map No. 101-34-11-10
THIS COMMUNICATION IS FROM A
DEBT COLLECTOR.
TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A
bidder's deposit of 10% of the
sale price, will be required in cash,
certified or cashier's check. Set-
tlement within fifteen (15) days
of sale, otherwise Trustees may
forfeit deposit. Additional terms
to be announced at sale. Loan
type: Conventional. Reference
Number 22-292482.
PROFESSIONAL FORECLOSURE
CORPORATION OF VIRGINIA, Sub-
stitute Trustees, C/O LOGS LEGAL
GROUP LLP, 10021 Balls Ford
Road, Suite 200, Manassas, Vir-
ginia 20109 (703) 449-5800.
March 6, 2023
April 11, 18, 2023 12415337
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Prince William County
TRUSTEE’S SALE OF
17805 LYDA LN,
DUMFRIES, VA 22026
In execution of a Deed of Trust
in the original principal amount
of $244,489.00, with an annual
interest rate of 3.125000% dated
May 5, 2016, recorded among
the land records of the Circuit
Court for the County of Prince
William as Deed Instrument Num-
ber 201605060033269, the under-
signed appointed Substitute
Trustee will offer for sale at public
auction all that property located
in the County of Prince William,
on the Court House steps in front
of Main Entrance for the Circuit
Court building for the County of
Prince William located at 9311
Lee Avenue, Manassas, Virginia
on May 9, 2023 at 2:00 PM, the
property with improvements to
wit:
PR WM ESTATES L 26 BLK D SEC 1
Tax Map No. 8189-61-3233
THIS COMMUNICATION IS FROM A
DEBT COLLECTOR.
TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A
bidder's deposit of 10% of the
sale price, will be required in cash,
certified or cashier's check. Set-
tlement within fifteen (15) days
of sale, otherwise Trustees may
forfeit deposit. Additional terms
to be announced at sale. Loan
type: FHA. Reference Number
23-292889.
PROFESSIONAL FORECLOSURE
CORPORATION OF VIRGINIA, Sub-
stitute Trustees, C/O LOGS LEGAL
GROUP LLP, 10021 Balls Ford
Road, Suite 200, Manassas, Vir-
ginia 20109 (703) 449-5800.
February 24, 2023
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SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE OF
IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY
4654 RIPLEY MANOR TERRACE
OLNEY, MD 20832
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust
from Craig Brantley, and Sharon Beth Brantley, dated October
17, 2006 and recorded in Liber 33237, Folio 520 among the
Land Records of Montgomery County, Maryland modified by
Loan Modification Agreement recorded on January 7, 2016, in
the Land Records of Montgomery County at Liber No. 55889,
Folio 458, with an original principal balance of $400,000.00,
and an original interest rate of 3.750%, default having occurred
under the terms thereof, the Substitute Trustees will sell at
public auction at the Courthouse door for the Circuit Court for
Montgomery County (Maryland Avenue entrance), 50 Maryland
Avenue, Rockville, MD 20850, on
April 28, 2023 AT 3:50 PM
ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and the improvements
thereon situated in Montgomery County, MD and more fully
described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. The property is
improved by a dwelling.
Terms of Sale: The property will be sold “as is” and subject
to conditions, restrictions, easements and agreements of record
affecting same, if any and with no warranty of any kind. A
deposit of $34,000.00 by certified funds only (no cash will
be accepted) is required at the time of auction. Balance of
the purchase price to be paid in cash within ten days of final
ratification of sale by the Circuit Court for Montgomery County.
At the Substitute Trustees’ discretion, the foreclosure purchaser,
if a corporation or LLC, must produce evidence, prior to bidding,
of the legal formation of such entity. The purchaser, other than
the Holder of the Note, its assigns, or designees, shall pay
interest on the unpaid purchase money at the note rate from the
date of foreclosure auction to the date funds are received in the
office of the Substitute Trustees. In the event settlement is
delayed for any reason, there shall be no abatement of interest.
Real estate taxes and all other public charges, or assessments,
including water and sewer facilities charges, ground rent,
condo/HOA assessments, private utility, or front foot benefit
payments, not otherwise divested by ratification of the sale, to
be adjusted as of the date of foreclosure auction, unless the
purchaser is the foreclosing lender or its designee. Cost of all
documentary stamps, transfer taxes and settlement expenses,
and all other costs incident to settlement, shall be borne by the
purchaser. Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining physical
possession of the property. Purchaser assumes the risk of loss or
damage to the property from the date of sale forward.
TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. If the purchaser shall fail to
comply with the terms of the sale or fails to go to settlement
within ten (10) days of ratification of the sale, the Substitute
Trustees may, in addition to any other available remedies,
declare the entire deposit forfeited and resell the property at
the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser, and the purchaser
agrees to pay reasonable attorneys' fees for the Substitute
Trustees, plus all costs incurred, if the Substitute Trustees
have filed the appropriate motion with the Court to resell the
property. Purchaser waives personal service of any paper filed in
connection with such a motion on himself and/or any principal
or corporate designee, and expressly agrees to accept service of
any such paper by regular mail directed to the address provided
by said bidder at the time of foreclosure auction. In such
event, the defaulting purchaser shall be liable for the payment of
any deficiency in the purchase price, all costs and expenses of
resale, reasonable attorney's fees, and all other charges due and
incidental and consequential damages, and any deficiency in
the underlying secured debt. The purchaser shall not be entitled
to any surplus proceeds or profits resulting from any resale of
the property. If the Substitute Trustees cannot convey insurable
title, the purchaser's sole remedy at law or in equity shall be
the return of the deposit without interest. The sale is subject to
post-sale confirmation and audit of the status of the loan with
the loan servicer including, but not limited to, determination
of whether the borrower entered into any repayment agreement,
reinstated or paid off the loan prior to the sale. In any such
event, this sale shall be null and void, and the Purchaser's sole
remedy, in law or equity, shall be the return of his deposit without
interest. (CGD File #: 457799)
Richard E. Solomon, Richard J. Rogers, Michael McKeefery,
Christianna Kersey, and Kevin Hildebeidel, Substitute Trustees
April 11, 18, 25, 2023 12418745
610
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW
1099 WINTERSON ROAD
SUITE 301
LINTHICUM HEIGHTS, MARYLAND 21090
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE OF
IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY
613 SISSON STREET
SILVER SPRING, MD 20902
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust
from Marvin Canales, dated November 9, 2006 and recorded
in Liber 33374, Folio 213 among the Land Records of
Montgomery County, Maryland, with an original principal balance
of $365,000.00, and an original interest rate of 4.250%,
default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Substitute
Trustees will sell at public auction at the Courthouse door for
the Circuit Court for Montgomery County (Maryland Avenue
entrance), 50 Maryland Avenue, Rockville, MD 20850, on
April 14, 2023 AT 4:00 pm
ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and the improvements
thereon situated in Montgomery County, MD and more fully
described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. The property is
improved by a dwelling.
Terms of Sale: The property will be sold “as is” and subject
to conditions, restrictions, easements and agreements of record
affecting same, if any and with no warranty of any kind. A
deposit of $34,000.00 by certified funds only (no cash will
be accepted) is required at the time of auction. Balance of
the purchase price to be paid in cash within ten days of final
ratification of sale by the Circuit Court for Montgomery County.
At the Substitute Trustees’ discretion, the foreclosure purchaser,
if a corporation or LLC, must produce evidence, prior to bidding,
of the legal formation of such entity. The purchaser, other than
the Holder of the Note, its assigns, or designees, shall pay
interest on the unpaid purchase money at the note rate from the
date of foreclosure auction to the date funds are received in the
office of the Substitute Trustees. In the event settlement is
delayed for any reason, there shall be no abatement of interest.
Real estate taxes and all other public charges, or assessments,
including water and sewer facilities charges, ground rent,
condo/HOA assessments, private utility, or front foot benefit
payments, not otherwise divested by ratification of the sale, to
be adjusted as of the date of foreclosure auction, unless the
purchaser is the foreclosing lender or its designee. Cost of all
documentary stamps, transfer taxes and settlement expenses,
and all other costs incident to settlement, shall be borne by the
purchaser. Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining physical
possession of the property. Purchaser assumes the risk of loss or
damage to the property from the date of sale forward.
TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. If the purchaser shall fail to
comply with the terms of the sale or fails to go to settlement
within ten (10) days of ratification of the sale, the Substitute
Trustees may, in addition to any other available remedies,
declare the entire deposit forfeited and resell the property at
the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser, and the purchaser
agrees to pay reasonable attorneys' fees for the Substitute
Trustees, plus all costs incurred, if the Substitute Trustees
have filed the appropriate motion with the Court to resell the
property. Purchaser waives personal service of any paper filed in
connection with such a motion on himself and/or any principal
or corporate designee, and expressly agrees to accept service of
any such paper by regular mail directed to the address provided
by said bidder at the time of foreclosure auction. In such
event, the defaulting purchaser shall be liable for the payment of
any deficiency in the purchase price, all costs and expenses of
resale, reasonable attorney's fees, and all other charges due and
incidental and consequential damages, and any deficiency in
the underlying secured debt. The purchaser shall not be entitled
to any surplus proceeds or profits resulting from any resale of
the property. If the Substitute Trustees cannot convey insurable
title, the purchaser's sole remedy at law or in equity shall be
the return of the deposit without interest. The sale is subject to
post-sale confirmation and audit of the status of the loan with
the loan servicer including, but not limited to, determination
of whether the borrower entered into any repayment agreement,
reinstated or paid off the loan prior to the sale. In any such
event, this sale shall be null and void, and the Purchaser's sole
remedy, in law or equity, shall be the return of his deposit without
interest. (CGD File #: 457554)
This property will be sold subject to the IRS right of redemption
for a period of 120 days after the sale.
Richard E. Solomon, Richard J. Rogers, Michael McKeefery,
Christianna Kersey, Kevin Hildebeidel, Kyle Blackstone, and
Kathleen Young, Substitute Trustees
March 28, April 4, 11, 2023 12417163
610
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SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE OF
IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY
10306 CASTLEHEDGE TERRACE
SILVER SPRING, MD 20902
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust
from Gedion Tamrat, and Aster A. Abebe, dated January 6,
2006 and recorded in Liber 31736, Folio 434 among the
Land Records of Montgomery County, Maryland, with an original
principal balance of $327,250.00, and an original interest rate
of 4.000%, default having occurred under the terms thereof, the
Substitute Trustees will sell at public auction at the Courthouse
door for the Circuit Court for Montgomery County (Maryland
Avenue entrance), 50 Maryland Avenue, Rockville, MD 20850,
on
April 14, 2023 AT 4:04 PM
ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and the improvements
thereon situated in Montgomery County, MD and more fully
described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. The property is
improved by a dwelling.
Terms of Sale: The property will be sold “as is” and subject
to conditions, restrictions, easements and agreements of record
affecting same, if any and with no warranty of any kind. A
deposit of $29,000.00 by certified funds only (no cash will
be accepted) is required at the time of auction. Balance of
the purchase price to be paid in cash within ten days of final
ratification of sale by the Circuit Court for Montgomery County.
At the Substitute Trustees’ discretion, the foreclosure purchaser,
if a corporation or LLC, must produce evidence, prior to bidding,
of the legal formation of such entity. The purchaser, other than
the Holder of the Note, its assigns, or designees, shall pay
interest on the unpaid purchase money at the note rate from the
date of foreclosure auction to the date funds are received in the
office of the Substitute Trustees. In the event settlement is
delayed for any reason, there shall be no abatement of interest.
Real estate taxes and all other public charges, or assessments,
including water and sewer facilities charges, ground rent,
condo/HOA assessments, private utility, or front foot benefit
payments, not otherwise divested by ratification of the sale, to
be adjusted as of the date of foreclosure auction, unless the
purchaser is the foreclosing lender or its designee. Cost of all
documentary stamps, transfer taxes and settlement expenses,
and all other costs incident to settlement, shall be borne by the
purchaser. Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining physical
possession of the property. Purchaser assumes the risk of loss or
damage to the property from the date of sale forward.
TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. If the purchaser shall fail to
comply with the terms of the sale or fails to go to settlement
within ten (10) days of ratification of the sale, the Substitute
Trustees may, in addition to any other available remedies,
declare the entire deposit forfeited and resell the property at
the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser, and the purchaser
agrees to pay reasonable attorneys' fees for the Substitute
Trustees, plus all costs incurred, if the Substitute Trustees
have filed the appropriate motion with the Court to resell the
property. Purchaser waives personal service of any paper filed in
connection with such a motion on himself and/or any principal
or corporate designee, and expressly agrees to accept service of
any such paper by regular mail directed to the address provided
by said bidder at the time of foreclosure auction. In such
event, the defaulting purchaser shall be liable for the payment of
any deficiency in the purchase price, all costs and expenses of
resale, reasonable attorney's fees, and all other charges due and
incidental and consequential damages, and any deficiency in
the underlying secured debt. The purchaser shall not be entitled
to any surplus proceeds or profits resulting from any resale of
the property. If the Substitute Trustees cannot convey insurable
title, the purchaser's sole remedy at law or in equity shall be
the return of the deposit without interest. The sale is subject to
post-sale confirmation and audit of the status of the loan with
the loan servicer including, but not limited to, determination
of whether the borrower entered into any repayment agreement,
reinstated or paid off the loan prior to the sale. In any such
event, this sale shall be null and void, and the Purchaser's sole
remedy, in law or equity, shall be the return of his deposit without
interest. (CGD File #: 458585)
Richard E. Solomon, Richard J. Rogers, Michael McKeefery,
Christianna Kersey, and Kevin Hildebeidel, Substitute Trustees
March 28, April 4, 11, 2023 12417164
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18711 SPARKLING WATER DR., UNIT #10-D
GERMANTOWN, MD 20874
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust
dated October 26, 2005, recorded in Liber 31366, Folio 397
among the Land Records of Montgomery County, MD, with
an original principal balance of $222,750.00, default having
occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell at
public auction at the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, at the
Court House Door, 50 Maryland Ave., Rockville, MD 20850, on
APRIL 21, 2023 AT 2:34 PM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with
any buildings or improvements thereon located in Montgomery
County, MD and described as Unit Numbered 10-D, Buiding 10,
Phase 10 in a Condominium styled "Fountain Hills Condomini-
um" and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust.
The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in
an "as is" condition and subject to conditions, restrictions and
agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and with no
warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $16,000 in the form of certified
check, cashier's check or money order will be required of the
purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase
price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money at
the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note from the
date of sale to the date funds are received by the Sub. Trustees,
payable in cash within ten days of final ratification of the sale by
the Circuit Court. There will be no abatement of interest due to
the purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before
settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER.
Adjustment of all real property taxes, including agricultural
taxes, if applicable, and any and all public and/or private charges
or assessments, to the extent such amounts survive foreclosure
sale, including water/sewer and front foot benefit charges, to be
adjusted to date of sale and thereafter assumed by purchaser.
Purchaser is responsible for any recapture of homestead tax
credit. All transfer taxes and recordation taxes shall be paid by
Purchaser. Condominium fees and/or homeowners association
dues, if any, shall be assumed by the purchaser from the date of
sale. Purchaser is responsible for obtaining physical possession
of the property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the
property from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale
audit of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including,
but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower entered
into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid off the loan
prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale shall be null
and void, and the Purchaser's sole remedy, in law or equity,
shall be the return of the deposit without interest. If purchaser
fails to settle within ten days of ratification, subject to order of
court, purchaser agrees that property will be resold and entire
deposit retained by Sub. Trustees as liquidated damages for
all losses occasioned by the purchaser's default and purchaser
shall have no further liability. The defaulted purchaser shall not
be entitled to any surplus proceeds resulting from said resale
even if such surplus results from improvements to the property
by said defaulted purchaser. Sub. Trustees will convey either
marketable or insurable title. If they cannot deliver one or the
other, or if ratification of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court
for any reason, the Purchaser's sole remedy, at law or equity, is
return of the deposit without interest. (Matter No. 67576-3)
Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et. al., Substitute Trustees
April 4, 11, 18, 2023 12417968
BWW Law Group, LLC
6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101
Rockville, MD 20852
(301) 961-6555
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE
OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON
1267 ELM GROVE CIR.
SILVER SPRING, MD 20905
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust
dated July 23, 2009, recorded in Liber 37842, Folio 120
among the Land Records of Montgomery County, MD, with
an original principal balance of $250,186.00, default having
occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell at
public auction at the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, at the
Court House Door, 50 Maryland Ave., Rockville, MD 20850, on
APRIL 28, 2023 AT 3:59 PM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with
any buildings or improvements thereon located in Montgomery
County, MD and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of
Trust.
The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in
an "as is" condition and subject to conditions, restrictions and
agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and with no
warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $15,000 in the form of certified
check, cashier's check or money order will be required of the
purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase
price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money at
the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note, or any
modifications thereto, from the date of sale to the date funds
are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash within ten
days of final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court. There
will be no abatement of interest due to the purchaser in the
event additional funds are tendered before settlement. TIME IS
OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. Adjustment of all
real property taxes, including agricultural taxes, if applicable,
and any and all public and/or private charges or assessments,
to the extent such amounts survive foreclosure sale, including
water/sewer and front foot benefit charges, to be adjusted to
date of sale and thereafter assumed by purchaser. Purchaser
is responsible for any recapture of homestead tax credit. All
transfer taxes and recordation taxes shall be paid by Purchaser.
Condominium fees and/or homeowners association dues, if any,
shall be assumed by the purchaser from the date of sale.
Purchaser is responsible for obtaining physical possession of the
property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the property
from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit
of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including, but
not limited to, determination of whether the borrower entered
into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid off the loan
prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale shall be null and
void, and the Purchaser's sole remedy, in law or equity, shall be
the return of the deposit without interest. If purchaser fails to
settle within ten days of ratification, subject to order of court,
purchaser agrees that property will be resold and entire deposit
retained by Sub. Trustees as liquidated damages for all losses
occasioned by the purchaser's default and purchaser shall have
no further liability. The purchaser waives personal service of any
papers filed in connection with its failure to settle within ten
days of ratification and expressly agrees to accept service by first
class mail at the address provided by the Purchaser as identified
on the Memorandum of Sale. The defaulted purchaser shall not
be entitled to any surplus proceeds resulting from said resale
even if such surplus results from improvements to the property
by said defaulted purchaser. Sub. Trustees will convey either
marketable or insurable title. If they cannot deliver one or the
other, or if ratification of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court
for any reason, the Purchaser's sole remedy, at law or equity, is
return of the deposit without interest. (Matter No. 356473-1)
Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et. al., Substitute Trustees
April 11, 18, 25, 2023 12418581
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850 850
Montgomery County Montgomery County
BWW Law Group, LLC
6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101
Rockville, MD 20852
(301) 961-6555
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE
OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON
9807 ARBOR HILL DR.
SILVER SPRING, MD 20903
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust
dated June 15, 2018, recorded in Liber 56451, Folio 207
among the Land Records of Montgomery County, MD, with
an original principal balance of $256,000.00, default having
occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell at
public auction at the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, at the
Court House Door, 50 Maryland Ave., Rockville, MD 20850, on
APRIL 28, 2023 AT 3:55 PM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with
any buildings or improvements thereon located in Montgomery
County, MD and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of
Trust.
The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in
an "as is" condition and subject to conditions, restrictions and
agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and with no
warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $24,000 in the form of certified
check, cashier's check or money order will be required of the
purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase
price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money at
the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note, or any
modifications thereto, from the date of sale to the date funds
are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash within ten
days of final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court. There
will be no abatement of interest due to the purchaser in the
event additional funds are tendered before settlement. TIME IS
OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. Adjustment of all
real property taxes, including agricultural taxes, if applicable,
and any and all public and/or private charges or assessments,
to the extent such amounts survive foreclosure sale, including
water/sewer and front foot benefit charges, to be adjusted to
date of sale and thereafter assumed by purchaser. Purchaser
is responsible for any recapture of homestead tax credit. All
transfer taxes and recordation taxes shall be paid by Purchaser.
Condominium fees and/or homeowners association dues, if any,
shall be assumed by the purchaser from the date of sale.
Purchaser is responsible for obtaining physical possession of the
property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the property
from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit
of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including, but
not limited to, determination of whether the borrower entered
into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid off the loan
prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale shall be null and
void, and the Purchaser's sole remedy, in law or equity, shall be
the return of the deposit without interest. If purchaser fails to
settle within ten days of ratification, subject to order of court,
purchaser agrees that property will be resold and entire deposit
retained by Sub. Trustees as liquidated damages for all losses
occasioned by the purchaser's default and purchaser shall have
no further liability. The purchaser waives personal service of any
papers filed in connection with its failure to settle within ten
days of ratification and expressly agrees to accept service by first
class mail at the address provided by the Purchaser as identified
on the Memorandum of Sale. The defaulted purchaser shall not
be entitled to any surplus proceeds resulting from said resale
even if such surplus results from improvements to the property
by said defaulted purchaser. Sub. Trustees will convey either
marketable or insurable title. If they cannot deliver one or the
other, or if ratification of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court
for any reason, the Purchaser's sole remedy, at law or equity, is
return of the deposit without interest. (Matter No. 359579-1)
Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et. al., Substitute Trustees
April 11, 18, 25, 2023 12418579
BWW Law Group, LLC
6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101
Rockville, MD 20852
(301) 961-6555
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE
OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON
THIS PROPERTY IS BEING SOLD SUBJECT TO THE MPDU
COVENANTS RECORDED IN LIBER 55997 AT PAGE 229.
13742 DOVEKIE AVE.
CLARKSBURG, MD 20871
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust
dated July 9, 2019, recorded in Liber 57976, Folio 309 and re-
recorded in Liber 58154 Folio 211 among the Land Records of
Montgomery County, MD, with an original principal balance of
$166,858.00, default having occurred under the terms thereof,
the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court
for Montgomery County, at the Court House Door, 50 Maryland
Ave., Rockville, MD 20850, on
APRIL 28, 2023 AT 3:57 PM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with
any buildings or improvements thereon located in Montgomery
County, MD and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of
Trust.
The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in
an "as is" condition and subject to conditions, restrictions and
agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and with no
warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $16,000 in the form of certified
check, cashier's check or money order will be required of the
purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase
price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money at
the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note, or any
modifications thereto, from the date of sale to the date funds
are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash within ten
days of final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court. There
will be no abatement of interest due to the purchaser in the
event additional funds are tendered before settlement. TIME IS
OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. Adjustment of all
real property taxes, including agricultural taxes, if applicable,
and any and all public and/or private charges or assessments,
to the extent such amounts survive foreclosure sale, including
water/sewer and front foot benefit charges, to be adjusted to
date of sale and thereafter assumed by purchaser. Purchaser
is responsible for any recapture of homestead tax credit. All
transfer taxes and recordation taxes shall be paid by Purchaser.
Condominium fees and/or homeowners association dues, if any,
shall be assumed by the purchaser from the date of sale.
Purchaser is responsible for obtaining physical possession of the
property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the property
from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit
of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including, but
not limited to, determination of whether the borrower entered
into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid off the loan
prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale shall be null and
void, and the Purchaser's sole remedy, in law or equity, shall be
the return of the deposit without interest. If purchaser fails to
settle within ten days of ratification, subject to order of court,
purchaser agrees that property will be resold and entire deposit
retained by Sub. Trustees as liquidated damages for all losses
occasioned by the purchaser's default and purchaser shall have
no further liability. The purchaser waives personal service of any
papers filed in connection with its failure to settle within ten
days of ratification and expressly agrees to accept service by first
class mail at the address provided by the Purchaser as identified
on the Memorandum of Sale. The defaulted purchaser shall not
be entitled to any surplus proceeds resulting from said resale
even if such surplus results from improvements to the property
by said defaulted purchaser. Sub. Trustees will convey either
marketable or insurable title. If they cannot deliver one or the
other, or if ratification of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court
for any reason, the Purchaser's sole remedy, at law or equity, is
return of the deposit without interest. (Matter No. 360179-1)
Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et. al., Substitute Trustees
April 11, 18, 25, 2023 12418580
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850 850
Montgomery County Montgomery County
COHN, GOLDBERG & DEUTSCH, LLC
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
1099 WINTERSON ROAD
SUITE 301
LINTHICUM HEIGHTS, MARYLAND 21090
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE OF
IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY
2710 DEER RIDGE DRIVE
SILVER SPRING, MD 20904
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust
from John P. Barkmeyer, dated June 29, 2017 and recorded
in Liber 54629, Folio 122 among the Land Records of
Montgomery County, Maryland, with an original principal balance
of $466,825.00, and an original interest rate of 3.375%,
default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Substitute
Trustees will sell at public auction at the Courthouse door for
the Circuit Court for Montgomery County (Maryland Avenue
entrance), 50 Maryland Avenue, Rockville, MD 20850, on
April 21, 2023 AT 2:20 PM
ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and the improvements
thereon situated in Montgomery County, MD and more fully
described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. The property is
improved by a dwelling.
Terms of Sale: The property will be sold “as is” and subject
to conditions, restrictions, easements and agreements of record
affecting same, if any and with no warranty of any kind. A
deposit of $42,000.00 by certified funds only (no cash will
be accepted) is required at the time of auction. Balance of
the purchase price to be paid in cash within ten days of final
ratification of sale by the Circuit Court for Montgomery County.
At the Substitute Trustees’ discretion, the foreclosure purchaser,
if a corporation or LLC, must produce evidence, prior to bidding,
of the legal formation of such entity. The purchaser, other than
the Holder of the Note, its assigns, or designees, shall pay
interest on the unpaid purchase money at the note rate from the
date of foreclosure auction to the date funds are received in the
office of the Substitute Trustees. In the event settlement is
delayed for any reason, there shall be no abatement of interest.
Real estate taxes and all other public charges, or assessments,
including water and sewer facilities charges, ground rent,
condo/HOA assessments, private utility, or front foot benefit
payments, not otherwise divested by ratification of the sale, to
be adjusted as of the date of foreclosure auction, unless the
purchaser is the foreclosing lender or its designee. Cost of all
documentary stamps, transfer taxes and settlement expenses,
and all other costs incident to settlement, shall be borne by the
purchaser. Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining physical
possession of the property. Purchaser assumes the risk of loss or
damage to the property from the date of sale forward.
TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. If the purchaser shall fail to
comply with the terms of the sale or fails to go to settlement
within ten (10) days of ratification of the sale, the Substitute
Trustees may, in addition to any other available remedies,
declare the entire deposit forfeited and resell the property at
the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser, and the purchaser
agrees to pay reasonable attorneys' fees for the Substitute
Trustees, plus all costs incurred, if the Substitute Trustees
have filed the appropriate motion with the Court to resell the
property. Purchaser waives personal service of any paper filed in
connection with such a motion on himself and/or any principal
or corporate designee, and expressly agrees to accept service of
any such paper by regular mail directed to the address provided
by said bidder at the time of foreclosure auction. In such
event, the defaulting purchaser shall be liable for the payment of
any deficiency in the purchase price, all costs and expenses of
resale, reasonable attorney's fees, and all other charges due and
incidental and consequential damages, and any deficiency in
the underlying secured debt. The purchaser shall not be entitled
to any surplus proceeds or profits resulting from any resale of
the property. If the Substitute Trustees cannot convey insurable
title, the purchaser's sole remedy at law or in equity shall be
the return of the deposit without interest. The sale is subject to
post-sale confirmation and audit of the status of the loan with
the loan servicer including, but not limited to, determination
of whether the borrower entered into any repayment agreement,
reinstated or paid off the loan prior to the sale. In any such
event, this sale shall be null and void, and the Purchaser's sole
remedy, in law or equity, shall be the return of his deposit without
interest. (CGD File #: 458874)
Richard E. Solomon, Richard J. Rogers, Michael McKeefery,
Christianna Kersey, Kevin Hildebeidel, and Kathleen Young,
Substitute Trustees
April 4, 11, 18, 2023 12417970
McCabe, Weisberg & Conway, LLC
312 Marshall Avenue, Suite 800
Laurel, MD 20707
www.mwc-law.com
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE
OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY
2109 BLUE KNOB TERR.
SILVER SPRING, MD 20906
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust
from Joyce R. Halliday, dated March 21, 2005 and recorded in
Liber 30669, folio 351 among the Land Records of Montgomery
County, MD, default having occurred under the terms thereof and
at the request of the parties secured thereby, the undersigned
Substitute Trustees will offer for sale at public auction at the
Circuit Court for Montgomery County, at the Court House Door,
50 Maryland Ave., Rockville, MD 20850, on
APRIL 28, 2023 AT 4:15 PM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND AND THE IMPROVE-
MENTS THEREON situated in Montgomery County, Maryland
and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. The
property is improved by a dwelling.
The property, will be sold in an "as is" condition and subject
to conditions, restrictions, easements, encumbrances and agree-
ments of record affecting the subject property, if any, and with
no warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit in the form of cashier's or certified
check, or in such other form as the Substitute Trustees may
determine, at their sole discretion, for $32,000 at the time
of sale. If the noteholder and/or servicer is the successful
bidder, the deposit requirement is waived. Balance of the
purchase price is to be paid within fifteen (15) days of the
final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court for Montgomery
County, Maryland. Interest is to be paid on the unpaid purchase
price at the rate of 5% per annum from date of sale to the
date the funds are received in the office of the Substitute
Trustees, if the property is purchased by an entity other than
the noteholder and/or servicer. If payment of the balance does
not occur within fifteen days of ratification, the deposit will be
forfeited and the property will be resold at the risk and cost of
the defaulting purchaser. There will be no abatement of interest
due from the purchaser in the event settlement is delayed for
any reason. Taxes, water rent, and all other public charges
and assessments payable on an annual basis, including sanitary
and/or metropolitan district charges to be adjusted for the
current year to the date of sale, and assumed thereafter by the
purchaser. Condominium fees and/or homeowners association
dues, if any, shall be assumed by the purchaser from the date
of sale. The purchaser shall be responsible for the payment of
the ground rent escrow, if required. Cost of all documentary
stamps, transfer taxes (including agricultural transfer taxes, if
applicable), and all settlement charges shall be borne by the
purchaser. If the Substitute Trustees are unable to convey good
and marketable title, the purchaser’s sole remedy in law or equity
shall be limited to the refund of the deposit to the purchaser.
Upon refund of the deposit, the sale shall be void and of no
effect, and the purchaser shall have no further claim against
the Substitute Trustees. Purchaser shall be responsible for
obtaining physical possession of the property. The purchaser at
the foreclosure sale shall assume the risk of loss for the property
immediately after the sale. (Matter #15-613186).
Laura H. G. O'Sullivan, et al., Substitute Trustees
April 11, 18, 25, 2023 12418929
850 850
Montgomery County Montgomery County
Rosenberg & Associates, LLC
4340 East West Highway, Suite 600
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 907-8000
www.rosenberg-assoc.com
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE
OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY
201-I POPLAR SPRING RD.
ROCKVILLE, MD 20850
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust
from Victoria Tom dated August 28, 2003 and recorded in
Liber 25204, folio 178 among the Land Records of Montgomery
County, MD, default having occurred under the terms thereof,
the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court
for Montgomery County, at the Court House Door, 50 Maryland
Ave., Rockville, MD 20850, on
APRIL 21, 2023 AT 2:44 PM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with the
buildings and improvements thereon situated in Montgomery
County, MD and described as Condominium Unit Lettered I,
Phase 1, Building 1-B, in a Condominium style "King Farm V
Condominum" and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of
Trust. Tax ID #04-03419941.
The property, which is improved by a dwelling, will be sold in
an "as is" condition and subject to conditions, restrictions and
agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and with no
warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $10,000 in the form of certified
check, cashier's check or money order will be required of the
purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase
price to be paid in cash within ten days of final ratification of
sale by the Circuit Court for Montgomery County. Interest to
be paid on the unpaid purchase money at the rate pursuant
to the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the date
funds are received in the office of the Sub. Trustees. There
will be no abatement of interest in the event additional funds
are tendered before settlement or if settlement is delayed for
any reason. The noteholder shall not be obligated to pay interest
if it is the purchaser. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE
PURCHASER. Adjustment of all real property taxes, including
agricultural taxes, if applicable, and any and all public and/or
private charges or assessments, to the extent such amounts
survive foreclosure sale, including water/sewer charges and
ground rent, to be adjusted to date of sale and paid at execution
of the deed, except where the secured party is the purchaser, and
thereafter assumed by the purchaser. Condominium fees and/or
homeowners 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 be borne
by the purchaser. Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining
physical possession of the property. Purchaser assumes the risk
of loss or damage to the property from the date of sale forward.
Additional terms to be announced at the time of sale.
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 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 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
on the gross sale price of this sale) shall be charged against
and paid out of the forfeited deposit. The Trustees may then
re-advertise and resell the property at the risk and expense of
the defaulting purchaser or may avail themselves of any legal
or equitable remedies against the defaulting purchaser without
reselling the property. In the event of a resale, the defaulting
purchaser shall not be entitled to receive the surplus, if any, even
if such surplus results from improvements to the property by said
defaulting purchaser and the defaulting purchaser shall be liable
to the Trustees and secured party for reasonable attorney’s fees
and expenses incurred in connection with all litigation involving
the Property or the proceeds of the resale. Trustees' file number
22-000048-MD-F-1.
Diane S. Rosenberg, Mark D. Meyer, et al., Substitute Trustees
April 4, 11, 18, 2023 12417961
BWW Law Group, LLC
6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101
Rockville, MD 20852
(301) 961-6555
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE
OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON
19027 STEDWICK DR.
MONTGOMERY VILLAGE, MD 20886
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust
dated January 31, 2008, recorded in Liber 35357, Folio 544
among the Land Records of Montgomery County, MD, with
an original principal balance of $266,000.00, default having
occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell at
public auction at the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, at the
Court House Door, 50 Maryland Ave., Rockville, MD 20850, on
APRIL 21, 2023 AT 2:32 PM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with
any buildings or improvements thereon located in Montgomery
County, MD and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of
Trust.
The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in
an "as is" condition and subject to conditions, restrictions and
agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and with no
warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $20,000 in the form of certified
check, cashier's check or money order will be required of the
purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase
price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money at
the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note from the
date of sale to the date funds are received by the Sub. Trustees,
payable in cash within ten days of final ratification of the sale by
the Circuit Court. There will be no abatement of interest due to
the purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before
settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER.
Adjustment of all real property taxes, including agricultural
taxes, if applicable, and any and all public and/or private charges
or assessments, to the extent such amounts survive foreclosure
sale, including water/sewer and front foot benefit charges, to be
adjusted to date of sale and thereafter assumed by purchaser.
Purchaser is responsible for any recapture of homestead tax
credit. All transfer taxes and recordation taxes shall be paid by
Purchaser. Condominium fees and/or homeowners association
dues, if any, shall be assumed by the purchaser from the date of
sale. Purchaser is responsible for obtaining physical possession
of the property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the
property from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale
audit of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including,
but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower entered
into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid off the loan
prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale shall be null
and void, and the Purchaser's sole remedy, in law or equity,
shall be the return of the deposit without interest. If purchaser
fails to settle within ten days of ratification, subject to order of
court, purchaser agrees that property will be resold and entire
deposit retained by Sub. Trustees as liquidated damages for
all losses occasioned by the purchaser's default and purchaser
shall have no further liability. The defaulted purchaser shall not
be entitled to any surplus proceeds resulting from said resale
even if such surplus results from improvements to the property
by said defaulted purchaser. Sub. Trustees will convey either
marketable or insurable title. If they cannot deliver one or the
other, or if ratification of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court
for any reason, the Purchaser's sole remedy, at law or equity, is
return of the deposit without interest. (Matter No. 344621-1)
Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et. al., Substitute Trustees
April 4, 11, 18, 2023 12417967
EZ TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 2023
850 850
Montgomery County Montgomery County
BWW Law Group, LLC
6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101
Rockville, MD 20852
(301) 961-6555
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE
OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON
210 HANNES ST.
SILVER SPRING, MD 20901
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust
dated April 28, 2006, recorded in Liber 32518, Folio 302
among the Land Records of Montgomery County, MD, with
an original principal balance of $343,200.00, default having
occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell at
public auction at the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, at the
Court House Door, 50 Maryland Ave., Rockville, MD 20850, on
APRIL 14, 2023 AT 3:26 PM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with
any buildings or improvements thereon located in Montgomery
County, MD and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of
Trust.
The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in
an "as is" condition and subject to conditions, restrictions and
agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and with no
warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $24,000 in the form of certified
check, cashier's check or money order will be required of the
purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase
price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money at
the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note from the
date of sale to the date funds are received by the Sub. Trustees,
payable in cash within ten days of final ratification of the sale by
the Circuit Court. There will be no abatement of interest due to
the purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before
settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER.
Adjustment of all real property taxes, including agricultural
taxes, if applicable, and any and all public and/or private charges
or assessments, to the extent such amounts survive foreclosure
sale, including water/sewer and front foot benefit charges, to be
adjusted to date of sale and thereafter assumed by purchaser.
Purchaser is responsible for any recapture of homestead tax
credit. All transfer taxes and recordation taxes shall be paid by
Purchaser. Condominium fees and/or homeowners association
dues, if any, shall be assumed by the purchaser from the date of
sale. Purchaser is responsible for obtaining physical possession
of the property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the
property from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale
audit of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including,
but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower entered
into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid off the loan
prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale shall be null
and void, and the Purchaser's sole remedy, in law or equity,
shall be the return of the deposit without interest. If purchaser
fails to settle within ten days of ratification, subject to order of
court, purchaser agrees that property will be resold and entire
deposit retained by Sub. Trustees as liquidated damages for
all losses occasioned by the purchaser's default and purchaser
shall have no further liability. The defaulted purchaser shall not
be entitled to any surplus proceeds resulting from said resale
even if such surplus results from improvements to the property
by said defaulted purchaser. Sub. Trustees will convey either
marketable or insurable title. If they cannot deliver one or the
other, or if ratification of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court
for any reason, the Purchaser's sole remedy, at law or equity, is
return of the deposit without interest. (Matter No. 319783-2)
PLEASE CONSULT WWW.ALEXCOOPER.COM FOR
STATUS OF UPCOMING SALES
Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et. al., Substitute Trustees
March 28, April 4, 11, 2023 12417156
Rosenberg & Associates, LLC
4340 East West Highway, Suite 600
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 907-8000
www.rosenberg-assoc.com
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE
OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY
3770 BEL PRE RD., UNIT #11
SILVER SPRING, MD 20906
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust from
Rafael A Vanegas and Morena L. Robles dated December 20,
2005 and recorded in Liber 31674, folio 567 among the Land
Records of Montgomery County, MD, default having occurred
under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell at public
auction at the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, at the
Court House Door, 50 Maryland Ave., Rockville, MD 20850, on
APRIL 28, 2023 AT 4:10 PM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with the
buildings and improvements thereon situated in Montgomery
County, MD and described as Unit Numbered 3770-11, "Fair-
ways Condominium" and more fully described in the aforesaid
Deed of Trust. Tax ID #13-01860295.
The property, which is improved by a dwelling, will be sold in
an "as is" condition and subject to conditions, restrictions and
agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and with no
warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $12,000 in the form of certified
check, cashier's check or money order will be required of the
purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase
price to be paid in cash within ten days of final ratification of
sale by the Circuit Court for Montgomery County. Interest to
be paid on the unpaid purchase money at the rate pursuant
to the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the date
funds are received in the office of the Sub. Trustees. There
will be no abatement of interest in the event additional funds
are tendered before settlement or if settlement is delayed for
any reason. The noteholder shall not be obligated to pay interest
if it is the purchaser. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE
PURCHASER. Adjustment of all real property taxes, including
agricultural taxes, if applicable, and any and all public and/or
private charges or assessments, to the extent such amounts
survive foreclosure sale, including water/sewer charges and
ground rent, to be adjusted to date of sale and paid at execution
of the deed, except where the secured party is the purchaser, and
thereafter assumed by the purchaser. Condominium fees and/or
homeowners 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 be borne
by the purchaser. Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining
physical possession of the property. Purchaser assumes the risk
of loss or damage to the property from the date of sale forward.
Additional terms to be announced at the time of sale.
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 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 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
on the gross sale price of this sale) shall be charged against
and paid out of the forfeited deposit. The Trustees may then
re-advertise and resell the property at the risk and expense of
the defaulting purchaser or may avail themselves of any legal
or equitable remedies against the defaulting purchaser without
reselling the property. In the event of a resale, the defaulting
purchaser shall not be entitled to receive the surplus, if any, even
if such surplus results from improvements to the property by said
defaulting purchaser and the defaulting purchaser shall be liable
to the Trustees and secured party for reasonable attorney’s fees
and expenses incurred in connection with all litigation involving
the Property or the proceeds of the resale. Trustees' file number
21-001003-MD-F-1.
Diane S. Rosenberg, Mark D. Meyer, et al., Substitute Trustees
April 11, 18, 25, 2023 12418744
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850 850
Montgomery County Montgomery County
Rosenberg & Associates, LLC
4340 East West Highway, Suite 600
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 907-8000
www.rosenberg-assoc.com
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE
OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY
1217 HIGHWOOD RD.
ROCKVILLE, MD 20851
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust
from Apichart Pengchit dated April 28, 2006 and recorded in
Liber 32313, folio 118 among the Land Records of Montgomery
County, MD, default having occurred under the terms thereof,
the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court
for Montgomery County, at the Court House Door, 50 Maryland
Ave., Rockville, MD 20850, on
APRIL 14, 2023 AT 3:38 PM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with the
buildings and improvements thereon situated in Montgomery
County, MD and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of
Trust. Tax ID #04-00191401.
The property, which is improved by a dwelling, will be sold in
an "as is" condition and subject to conditions, restrictions and
agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and with no
warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $40,000 in the form of certified
check, cashier's check or money order will be required of the
purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase
price to be paid in cash within ten days of final ratification of
sale by the Circuit Court for Montgomery County. Interest to
be paid on the unpaid purchase money at the rate pursuant
to the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the date
funds are received in the office of the Sub. Trustees. There
will be no abatement of interest in the event additional funds
are tendered before settlement or if settlement is delayed for
any reason. The noteholder shall not be obligated to pay interest
if it is the purchaser. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE
PURCHASER. Adjustment of all real property taxes, including
agricultural taxes, if applicable, and any and all public and/or
private charges or assessments, to the extent such amounts
survive foreclosure sale, including water/sewer charges and
ground rent, to be adjusted to date of sale and paid at execution
of the deed, except where the secured party is the purchaser, and
thereafter assumed by the purchaser. Condominium fees and/or
homeowners 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 be borne
by the purchaser. Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining
physical possession of the property. Purchaser assumes the risk
of loss or damage to the property from the date of sale forward.
Additional terms to be announced at the time of sale.
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 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 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
on the gross sale price of this sale) shall be charged against
and paid out of the forfeited deposit. The Trustees may then
re-advertise and resell the property at the risk and expense of
the defaulting purchaser or may avail themselves of any legal
or equitable remedies against the defaulting purchaser without
reselling the property. In the event of a resale, the defaulting
purchaser shall not be entitled to receive the surplus, if any, even
if such surplus results from improvements to the property by said
defaulting purchaser and the defaulting purchaser shall be liable
to the Trustees and secured party for reasonable attorney’s fees
and expenses incurred in connection with all litigation involving
the Property or the proceeds of the resale. Trustees' file number
23-000073-MD-F-1.
Diane S. Rosenberg, Mark D. Meyer, et al., Substitute Trustees
March 28, April 4, 11, 2023 12417136
BWW Law Group, LLC
6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101
Rockville, MD 20852
(301) 961-6555
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE
OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON
8131 NEEDWOOD RD., UNIT #202
DERWOOD, MD 20855
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust
dated June 27, 2005, recorded in Liber 30192, Folio 171
among the Land Records of Montgomery County, MD, with
an original principal balance of $227,450.00, default having
occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell at
public auction at the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, at the
Court House Door, 50 Maryland Ave., Rockville, MD 20850, on
APRIL 14, 2023 AT 3:24 PM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with
any buildings or improvements thereon located in Montgomery
County, MD and described as Unit 8131-202 (3-3-B) in a
condominium subdivision styled "Mallard Cove Condominium"
and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust.
The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in
an "as is" condition and subject to conditions, restrictions and
agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and with no
warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $20,000 in the form of certified
check, cashier's check or money order will be required of the
purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase
price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money at
the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note from the
date of sale to the date funds are received by the Sub. Trustees,
payable in cash within ten days of final ratification of the sale by
the Circuit Court. There will be no abatement of interest due to
the purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before
settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER.
Adjustment of all real property taxes, including agricultural
taxes, if applicable, and any and all public and/or private charges
or assessments, to the extent such amounts survive foreclosure
sale, including water/sewer and front foot benefit charges, to be
adjusted to date of sale and thereafter assumed by purchaser.
Purchaser is responsible for any recapture of homestead tax
credit. All transfer taxes and recordation taxes shall be paid by
Purchaser. Condominium fees and/or homeowners association
dues, if any, shall be assumed by the purchaser from the date of
sale. Purchaser is responsible for obtaining physical possession
of the property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the
property from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale
audit of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including,
but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower entered
into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid off the loan
prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale shall be null
and void, and the Purchaser's sole remedy, in law or equity,
shall be the return of the deposit without interest. If purchaser
fails to settle within ten days of ratification, subject to order of
court, purchaser agrees that property will be resold and entire
deposit retained by Sub. Trustees as liquidated damages for
all losses occasioned by the purchaser's default and purchaser
shall have no further liability. The defaulted purchaser shall not
be entitled to any surplus proceeds resulting from said resale
even if such surplus results from improvements to the property
by said defaulted purchaser. Sub. Trustees will convey either
marketable or insurable title. If they cannot deliver one or the
other, or if ratification of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court
for any reason, the Purchaser's sole remedy, at law or equity, is
return of the deposit without interest. (Matter No. 340683-2)
PLEASE CONSULT WWW.ALEXCOOPER.COM FOR
STATUS OF UPCOMING SALES
Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et. al., Substitute Trustees
March 28, April 4, 11, 2023 12417154
851 851
Prince Georges County Prince Georges County
Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid & Crane, LLC
11350 McCormick Road, EP 1, Suite 302
Hunt Valley, MD 21031
470-321-7112
TRUSTEES' SALE OF
VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY
KNOWN AS
10813 TRILLUM TERRACE
UPPER MARLBORO, MD 20772
Under a power of sale contained in that Deed of Trust dated
April 6, 2006, and recorded in Liber 25883, folio 234, of the
land records of PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY , with an original
principal balance of $438,000.00, default having occurred
under the terms thereof, the appointed Substitute Trustees will
offer for sale at public auction at THE PRINCE GEORGE'S
COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT FRONT OF THE DUVAL
WING OF THE COURTHOUSE COMPLEX 14735 MAIN ST,
UPPER MARLBORO, MD 20772 ON,
APRIL 27, 2023 at 10:15 AM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND together with
any buildings or improvements thereon situated in PRINCE
GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD, located at the above address and more
fully described in the aforementioned Deed of Trust.
TAX ID# - 15-1764968
The property and improvements will be sold in an "AS IS"
physical condition without warranty of any kind and subject to all
conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the
same, including any condominium or homeowners association
assessments pursuant to MD Real Property Article § 11-110
and § 11B-117 .
TERMS OF SALE: A non-refundable bidder's deposit of
$38,500.00 by cashier's/certified check or such other form as
the Substitute Trustee may determine, in their sole discretion,
required at time of sale except for the party secured by the Deed
of Trust. Risk of loss on purchaser from date and time of auction.
The balance of the purchase price together with interest thereon
at 7.25% per annum from date of sale to receipt of purchase
price by Substitute Trustees must be paid by cashier's check
within 10 days after final ratification of sale. The noteholder
shall not be obligated to pay interest if it is the purchaser. There
will be no abatement of interest due from the purchaser in the
event that additional funds are tendered before settlement or if
settlement is delayed for any reason. All real estate taxes and
other public charges and/or assessments to be adjusted as of the
date of sale and thereafter assumed by purchaser. If applicable,
any condominium and/or homeowners association dues and
assessments that may become due after the date of sale shall
be purchaser's responsibility. Purchaser shall pay all transfer,
documentary and recording taxes/fees and all other settlement
costs. Purchaser is responsible for obtaining possession of the
property. Time is of the essence for the purchaser. If purchaser
defaults, deposit will be forfeited and property resold at the risk
and cost of the defaulting purchaser who shall be liable for any
deficiency in the purchase price and all costs, expenses and
attorney's fees of both sales. If Substitute Trustees do not convey
title for any reason, purchaser's sole remedy is return of deposit
without interest. This sale is subject to post-sale audit of the
status of the loan secured by the Deed of Trust including but not
limited to determining whether prior to sale a bankruptcy was
filed; forbearance, repayment or other agreement was entered
into; or loan was reinstated or paid off. In any such event this
sale shall be null and void and purchaser's sole remedy shall
be return of deposit without interest. File No. (22-035253)
KEITH YACKO, DAVID WILLIAMSON,
BRYSON STEPHEN, Substitute Trustees
www.hwestauctions.com
April 11, 18, 25, 2023 12415241
GREENSPOON MARDER, LLP
201 International Circle, Suite 230
Hunt Valley, MD 21030
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'S SALE
OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY
KNOWN AS
2602 MILLSBORO COURT
District Heights, MD 20747
By virtue of a power of sale contained in a Deed of Trust
from AUBREY L. COLTER, dated March 12, 2008 and
recorded in book 29688 , page 378, RERECORDED
MAY 16, 2018 IN BOOK 40874, PAGE 304 among the Land
Records of PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, Maryland, default
having occurred thereunder (Foreclosure Case docketed as Case
No. CAEF19-26700; Tax ID No. 06-0504340
06-0504340) the Substitute Trustee will sell at public auction
PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY courthouse located at FRONT
OF THE DUVAL WING OF THE COURTHOUSE COMPLEX 14735
MAIN ST, UPPER MARLBORO, MD 20772 .
APRIL 13, 2023 at 2:00 PM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and improvements
thereon situated in PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD and more
fully described in above referenced Deed of Trust.
The property will be sold in an "as is" condition and subject to
conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the
same, if any and with no warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $ 27,000.00 will be required
at the time of sale, such deposit to be in CERTIFIED CHECK
OR BY CASHIER'S CHECK, CASH WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
Balance of the purchase price to be paid in cash within ten
days of final ratification of sale by the Circuit Court for PRINCE
GEORGE'S COUNTY. Time is of the essence as to the purchaser.
If the purchaser defaults, the deposit shall be forfeited and the
property shall be resold at the purchaser's risk and expense. The
purchaser waives personal service and accepts service by first
class mail and certified mail addressed to the address provided
by said Purchaser as identified on the Memorandum of Sale for
any Motion or Show Cause Order incident to this sale including
a Motion to Default Purchaser and for Resale of the Property.
In the event of a resale, the defaulting purchaser shall not be
entitled to receive any benefit from the resale, including, but
not limited to, additional proceeds or surplus which may arise
therefrom. Interest to be paid on the unpaid purchase money at
five percent (5%) from the date of sale to the date funds are
received by the Substitute Trustee. There will be no abatement of
interest in the event additional funds are tendered at the time of
sale or any time prior to settlement or if the settlement is delayed
for any reason. In the event that the Secured Party executes
a forbearance agreement with the borrower(s) described in the
above-mentioned Deed of Trust, or allows the borrower(s) to
execute their right to reinstate or payoff the subject loan,
prior to the sale, with or without the Substitute Trustee's prior
knowledge, this Contract shall be null and void and of no effect,
and the Purchaser's sole remedy shall be the return of the deposit
without interest. Purchaser shall pay for documentary stamps,
transfer taxes and settlement expenses. Taxes, ground rent,
water rent, condominium fees and/or homeowner association
dues, all public charges/assessments payable on an annual
basis, including sanitary and/or metropolitan district charges, if
applicable, shall be adjusted to the date of sale and assumed
thereafter by the purchaser. Purchaser shall be responsible
for obtaining physical possession of the property. Purchaser
assumes the risk of loss or damage to the property from the date
of sale forward. If the Substitute Trustee is unable to convey
insurable title for any reason, the Purchaser's sole remedy in
law or equity shall be limited to a refund of the aforementioned
deposit without interest. In the event the sale is not ratified
for any reason, the Purchaser's sole remedy, at law or equity, is
the return of the deposit without interest. (File # 58342.0109)
SYDNEY E. ROBERSON,, Substitute Trustee (s)
www.hwestauctions.com
March 28, April 4, 11, 2023 12415144
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851 851
Prince Georges County Prince Georges County
Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid & Crane, LLC
11350 McCormick Road, EP 1, Suite 302
Hunt Valley, MD 21031
470-321-7112
TRUSTEES' SALE OF
VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY
KNOWN AS
3381 CHESTER GROVE RD UNIT B
UPPER MARLBORO, MD 20774
Under a power of sale contained in that Deed of Trust dated
January 18, 2008, and recorded in Liber 29361, folio 213,
of the land records of PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY , with
an original principal balance of $325,500.00, default having
occurred under the terms thereof, the appointed Substitute
Trustees will offer for sale at public auction at THE PRINCE
GEORGE'S COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT FRONT OF
THE DUVAL WING OF THE COURTHOUSE COMPLEX 14735
MAIN ST, UPPER MARLBORO, MD 20772 ON,
APRIL 13, 2023 at 10:15 AM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND together with
any buildings or improvements thereon situated in PRINCE
GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD, located at the above address and more
fully described in the aforementioned Deed of Trust.
TAX ID# - 06-0495341
The property and improvements will be sold in an "AS IS"
physical condition without warranty of any kind and subject to all
conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the
same, including any condominium or homeowners association
assessments pursuant to MD Real Property Article § 11-110
and § 11B-117 .
TERMS OF SALE: A non-refundable bidder's deposit of
$22,000.00 by cashier's/certified check or such other form as
the Substitute Trustee may determine, in their sole discretion,
required at time of sale except for the party secured by the Deed
of Trust. Risk of loss on purchaser from date and time of auction.
The balance of the purchase price together with interest thereon
at 4.54% per annum from date of sale to receipt of purchase
price by Substitute Trustees must be paid by cashier's check
within 10 days after final ratification of sale. The noteholder
shall not be obligated to pay interest if it is the purchaser. There
will be no abatement of interest due from the purchaser in the
event that additional funds are tendered before settlement or if
settlement is delayed for any reason. All real estate taxes and
other public charges and/or assessments to be adjusted as of the
date of sale and thereafter assumed by purchaser. If applicable,
any condominium and/or homeowners association dues and
assessments that may become due after the date of sale shall
be purchaser's responsibility. Purchaser shall pay all transfer,
documentary and recording taxes/fees and all other settlement
costs. Purchaser is responsible for obtaining possession of the
property. Time is of the essence for the purchaser. If purchaser
defaults, deposit will be forfeited and property resold at the risk
and cost of the defaulting purchaser who shall be liable for any
deficiency in the purchase price and all costs, expenses and
attorney's fees of both sales. If Substitute Trustees do not convey
title for any reason, purchaser's sole remedy is return of deposit
without interest. This sale is subject to post-sale audit of the
status of the loan secured by the Deed of Trust including but not
limited to determining whether prior to sale a bankruptcy was
filed; forbearance, repayment or other agreement was entered
into; or loan was reinstated or paid off. In any such event this
sale shall be null and void and purchaser's sole remedy shall
be return of deposit without interest. File No. (21-124077)
Keith Yacko, David Williamson, Bryson Stephen,
Substitute Trustees
www.hwestauctions.com
March 28, April 4, 11, 2023 12413339
Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid & Crane, LLC
11350 McCormick Road, EP 1, Suite 302
Hunt Valley, MD 21031
470-321-7112
TRUSTEES' SALE OF
VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY
KNOWN AS
5904 33RD AVE
HYATTSVILLE, MD 20782
Under a power of sale contained in that Deed of Trust dated
October 25, 2006, and recorded in Liber 26579, folio 053,
of the land records of PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY , with
an original principal balance of $303,000.00, default having
occurred under the terms thereof, the appointed Substitute
Trustees will offer for sale at public auction at THE PRINCE
GEORGE'S COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT FRONT OF
THE DUVAL WING OF THE COURTHOUSE COMPLEX 14735
MAIN ST, UPPER MARLBORO, MD 20772 ON,
APRIL 20, 2023 at 10:15 AM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND together with
any buildings or improvements thereon situated in PRINCE
GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD, located at the above address and more
fully described in the aforementioned Deed of Trust.
TAX ID# - 16-1832500
The property and improvements will be sold in an "AS IS"
physical condition without warranty of any kind and subject to all
conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the
same, including any condominium or homeowners association
assessments pursuant to MD Real Property Article § 11-110
and § 11B-117 .
TERMS OF SALE: A non-refundable bidder's deposit of
$28,500.00 by cashier's/certified check or such other form as
the Substitute Trustee may determine, in their sole discretion,
required at time of sale except for the party secured by the Deed
of Trust. Risk of loss on purchaser from date and time of auction.
The balance of the purchase price together with interest thereon
at 6.125% per annum from date of sale to receipt of purchase
price by Substitute Trustees must be paid by cashier's check
within 10 days after final ratification of sale. The noteholder
shall not be obligated to pay interest if it is the purchaser. There
will be no abatement of interest due from the purchaser in the
event that additional funds are tendered before settlement or if
settlement is delayed for any reason. All real estate taxes and
other public charges and/or assessments to be adjusted as of the
date of sale and thereafter assumed by purchaser. If applicable,
any condominium and/or homeowners association dues and
assessments that may become due after the date of sale shall
be purchaser's responsibility. Purchaser shall pay all transfer,
documentary and recording taxes/fees and all other settlement
costs. Purchaser is responsible for obtaining possession of the
property. Time is of the essence for the purchaser. If purchaser
defaults, deposit will be forfeited and property resold at the risk
and cost of the defaulting purchaser who shall be liable for any
deficiency in the purchase price and all costs, expenses and
attorney's fees of both sales. If Substitute Trustees do not convey
title for any reason, purchaser's sole remedy is return of deposit
without interest. This sale is subject to post-sale audit of the
status of the loan secured by the Deed of Trust including but not
limited to determining whether prior to sale a bankruptcy was
filed; forbearance, repayment or other agreement was entered
into; or loan was reinstated or paid off. In any such event this
sale shall be null and void and purchaser's sole remedy shall
be return of deposit without interest. File No. (19-385333)
Keith Yacko, David Williamson, Bryson Stephen,
Substitute Trustees
www.hwestauctions.com
April 4, 11, 18, 2023 12414564
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GREENSPOON MARDER, LLP
201 International Circle, Suite 230
Hunt Valley, MD 21030
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'S SALE
OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY
KNOWN AS
1425 GENSA DRIVE
Hanover, MD 21076
By virtue of a power of sale contained in a Deed of Trust from
DAVID A. MASSON, dated December 28, 2012 and recorded
in book 25647 , page 493 among the Land Records of
ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, Maryland, default having occurred
thereunder (Foreclosure Case docketed as Case No. C-02-CV-
22-000121; Tax ID No. 04-406-90038636) the Substitute
Trustee will sell at public auction ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY
courthouse located at 8 CHURCH CIR, ANNAPOLIS, MD
21401 .
APRIL 20, 2023 at 4:00 PM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and improvements
thereon situated in ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, MD and more
fully described in above referenced Deed of Trust.
The property will be sold in an "as is" condition and subject to
conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the
same, if any and with no warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $ 34,000.00 will be required
at the time of sale, such deposit to be in CERTIFIED CHECK
OR BY CASHIER'S CHECK, CASH WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
Balance of the purchase price to be paid in cash within ten
days of final ratification of sale by the Circuit Court for ANNE
ARUNDEL COUNTY. Time is of the essence as to the purchaser.
If the purchaser defaults, the deposit shall be forfeited and the
property shall be resold at the purchaser's risk and expense. The
purchaser waives personal service and accepts service by first
class mail and certified mail addressed to the address provided
by said Purchaser as identified on the Memorandum of Sale for
any Motion or Show Cause Order incident to this sale including
a Motion to Default Purchaser and for Resale of the Property.
In the event of a resale, the defaulting purchaser shall not be
entitled to receive any benefit from the resale, including, but
not limited to, additional proceeds or surplus which may arise
therefrom. Interest to be paid on the unpaid purchase money at
five percent (5%) from the date of sale to the date funds are
received by the Substitute Trustee. There will be no abatement of
interest in the event additional funds are tendered at the time of
sale or any time prior to settlement or if the settlement is delayed
for any reason. In the event that the Secured Party executes
a forbearance agreement with the borrower(s) described in the
above-mentioned Deed of Trust, or allows the borrower(s) to
execute their right to reinstate or payoff the subject loan,
prior to the sale, with or without the Substitute Trustee's prior
knowledge, this Contract shall be null and void and of no effect,
and the Purchaser's sole remedy shall be the return of the deposit
without interest. Purchaser shall pay for documentary stamps,
transfer taxes and settlement expenses. Taxes, ground rent,
water rent, condominium fees and/or homeowner association
dues, all public charges/assessments payable on an annual
basis, including sanitary and/or metropolitan district charges, if
applicable, shall be adjusted to the date of sale and assumed
thereafter by the purchaser. Purchaser shall be responsible
for obtaining physical possession of the property. Purchaser
assumes the risk of loss or damage to the property from the date
of sale forward. If the Substitute Trustee is unable to convey
insurable title for any reason, the Purchaser's sole remedy in
law or equity shall be limited to a refund of the aforementioned
deposit without interest. In the event the sale is not ratified
for any reason, the Purchaser's sole remedy, at law or equity, is
the return of the deposit without interest. (File # 68612.0018)
SYDNEY E. ROBERSON,, Substitute Trustee (s)
www.hwestauctions.com
A181, A316, A311, A183, A425, A426, A461, A463, A508
April 4, 11, 18, 2023 12415854
855 855
Charles County Charles County
Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid & Crane, LLC
11350 McCormick Road, EP 1, Suite 302
Hunt Valley, MD 21031
470-321-7112
TRUSTEES' SALE OF
VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY
KNOWN AS
4406 BELLEWOOD DR
Pomfret, MD 20675
Under a power of sale contained in that Deed of Trust dated
March 14, 2017, and recorded in Liber 9802, folio 211, of
the land records of CHARLES COUNTY , with an original
principal balance of $271,717.00, default having occurred
under the terms thereof, the appointed Substitute Trustees will
offer for sale at public auction at THE CHARLES COUNTY
COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT 200 CHARLES STREET ( IN THE
BREEZEWAY BETWEEN CIRCUIT AND DISTRICT COURTS ), LA
PLATA, MD 20646 ON,
APRIL 20, 2023 at 1:00 PM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND together with any
buildings or improvements thereon situated in CHARLES
COUNTY, MD, located at the above address and more fully
described in the aforementioned Deed of Trust.
TAX ID# - 06-031269
The property and improvements will be sold in an "AS IS"
physical condition without warranty of any kind and subject to all
conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the
same, including any condominium or homeowners association
assessments pursuant to MD Real Property Article § 11-110
and § 11B-117 .
TERMS OF SALE: A non-refundable bidder's deposit of
$25,000.00 by cashier's/certified check or such other form as
the Substitute Trustee may determine, in their sole discretion,
required at time of sale except for the party secured by the Deed
of Trust. Risk of loss on purchaser from date and time of auction.
The balance of the purchase price together with interest thereon
at 4.5% per annum from date of sale to receipt of purchase
price by Substitute Trustees must be paid by cashier's check
within 10 days after final ratification of sale. The noteholder
shall not be obligated to pay interest if it is the purchaser. There
will be no abatement of interest due from the purchaser in the
event that additional funds are tendered before settlement or if
settlement is delayed for any reason. All real estate taxes and
other public charges and/or assessments to be adjusted as of the
date of sale and thereafter assumed by purchaser. If applicable,
any condominium and/or homeowners association dues and
assessments that may become due after the date of sale shall
be purchaser's responsibility. Purchaser shall pay all transfer,
documentary and recording taxes/fees and all other settlement
costs. Purchaser is responsible for obtaining possession of the
property. Time is of the essence for the purchaser. If purchaser
defaults, deposit will be forfeited and property resold at the risk
and cost of the defaulting purchaser who shall be liable for any
deficiency in the purchase price and all costs, expenses and
attorney's fees of both sales. If Substitute Trustees do not convey
title for any reason, purchaser's sole remedy is return of deposit
without interest. This sale is subject to post-sale audit of the
status of the loan secured by the Deed of Trust including but not
limited to determining whether prior to sale a bankruptcy was
filed; forbearance, repayment or other agreement was entered
into; or loan was reinstated or paid off. In any such event this
sale shall be null and void and purchaser's sole remedy shall
be return of deposit without interest. File No. (22-014620)
Keith Yacko, David Williamson, Bryson Stephen,
Substitute Trustees
www.hwestauctions.com
April 4, 11, 18, 2023 12415338
CLASSIFIED D9
856 856
Frederick County Frederick County
BWW Law Group, LLC
6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101
Rockville, MD 20852
(301) 961-6555
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE
OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON
17222 SABILLASVILLE RD.
SABILLASVILLE, MD 21780
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust dated
November 1, 2007, recorded in Liber 6797, Folio 6 among the
Land Records of Frederick County, MD, with an original principal
balance of $193,471.00, default having occurred under the
terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the
Circuit Court for Frederick County, at the Court House Door, 100
W. Patrick St., Frederick, MD 21701, on
APRIL 28, 2023 AT 12:10 PM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any
buildings or improvements thereon located in Frederick County,
MD and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust.
The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in
an "as is" condition and subject to conditions, restrictions and
agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and with no
warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $17,000 in the form of certified
check, cashier's check or money order will be required of the
purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase
price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money at
the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note, or any
modifications thereto, from the date of sale to the date funds
are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash within ten
days of final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court. There
will be no abatement of interest due to the purchaser in the
event additional funds are tendered before settlement. TIME IS
OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. Adjustment of all
real property taxes, including agricultural taxes, if applicable,
and any and all public and/or private charges or assessments,
to the extent such amounts survive foreclosure sale, including
water/sewer, ground rent and front foot benefit charges, to be
adjusted to date of sale and thereafter assumed by purchaser.
Purchaser is responsible for any recapture of homestead tax
credit. All transfer taxes and recordation taxes shall be paid by
Purchaser. The purchaser shall be responsible for the payment
of the ground rent escrow, if required. Condominium fees and/or
homeowners association dues, if any, shall be assumed by the
purchaser from the date of sale. Purchaser is responsible for
obtaining physical possession of the property, and assumes risk
of loss or damage to the property from the date of sale. The sale
is subject to post-sale audit of the status of the loan with the loan
servicer including, but not limited to, determination of whether
the borrower entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated
or paid off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this
sale shall be null and void, and the Purchaser's sole remedy,
in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without
interest. If purchaser fails to settle within ten days of ratification,
subject to order of court, purchaser agrees that property will be
resold and entire deposit retained by Sub. Trustees as liquidated
damages for all losses occasioned by the purchaser's default and
purchaser shall have no further liability. The purchaser waives
personal service of any papers filed in connection with its failure
to settle within ten days of ratification and expressly agrees to
accept service by first class mail at the address provided by
the Purchaser as identified on the Memorandum of Sale. The
defaulted purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds
resulting from said resale even if such surplus results from
improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser. Sub.
Trustees will convey either marketable or insurable title. If they
cannot deliver one or the other, or if ratification of the sale is
denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the Purchaser's sole
remedy, at law or equity, is return of the deposit without interest.
(Matter No. 358229-1)
Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et. al., Substitute Trustees
April 11, 18, 25, 2023 12418578
Rosenberg & Associates, LLC
4340 East West Highway, Suite 600
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 907-8000
www.rosenberg-assoc.com
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE
OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY
500 EISENHOWER DR.
FREDERICK, MD 21703
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust
from Taylor R. Smith dated October 26, 2018 and recorded in
Liber 12695, folio 276 among the Land Records of Frederick
County, MD, default having occurred under the terms thereof,
the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court
for Frederick County, at the Court House Door, 100 W. Patrick
St., Frederick, MD 21701, on
APRIL 28, 2023 AT 12:15 PM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with
the buildings and improvements thereon situated in Frederick
County, MD and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of
Trust. Tax ID #02-239272.
The property, which is improved by a dwelling, will be sold in
an "as is" condition and subject to conditions, restrictions and
agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and with no
warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $23,000 in the form of certified
check, cashier's check or money order will be required of the
purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase
price to be paid in cash within ten days of final ratification
of sale by the Circuit Court for Frederick County. Interest to
be paid on the unpaid purchase money at the rate pursuant
to the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the date
funds are received in the office of the Sub. Trustees. There
will be no abatement of interest in the event additional funds
are tendered before settlement or if settlement is delayed for
any reason. The noteholder shall not be obligated to pay interest
if it is the purchaser. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE
PURCHASER. Adjustment of all real property taxes, including
agricultural taxes, if applicable, and any and all public and/or
private charges or assessments, to the extent such amounts
survive foreclosure sale, including water/sewer charges and
ground rent, to be adjusted to date of sale and paid at execution
of the deed, except where the secured party is the purchaser, and
thereafter assumed by the purchaser. Condominium fees and/or
homeowners 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 be borne
by the purchaser. Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining
physical possession of the property. Purchaser assumes the risk
of loss or damage to the property from the date of sale forward.
Additional terms to be announced at the time of sale.
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 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 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
on the gross sale price of this sale) shall be charged against
and paid out of the forfeited deposit. The Trustees may then
re-advertise and resell the property at the risk and expense of
the defaulting purchaser or may avail themselves of any legal
or equitable remedies against the defaulting purchaser without
reselling the property. In the event of a resale, the defaulting
purchaser shall not be entitled to receive the surplus, if any, even
if such surplus results from improvements to the property by said
defaulting purchaser and the defaulting purchaser shall be liable
to the Trustees and secured party for reasonable attorney’s fees
and expenses incurred in connection with all litigation involving
the Property or the proceeds of the resale. Trustees' file number
22-001134-MD-F-2.
Diane S. Rosenberg, Mark D. Meyer, et al., Substitute Trustees
April 11, 18, 25, 2023 12418743
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D10 CLASSIFIED
856 856
Frederick County Frederick County
BWW Law Group, LLC
6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101
Rockville, MD 20852
(301) 961-6555
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE
OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON
1837 POINT OF ROCKS RD.
KNOXVILLE, MD 21758
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust dated
August 31, 2011, recorded in Liber 8507, Folio 491 among the
Land Records of Frederick County, MD, with an original principal
balance of $300,000.00, default having occurred under the
terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the
Circuit Court for Frederick County, at the Court House Door, 100
W. Patrick St., Frederick, MD 21701, on
APRIL 21, 2023 AT 1:10 PM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any
buildings or improvements thereon located in Frederick County,
MD and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust.
The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in
an "as is" condition and subject to conditions, restrictions and
agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and with no
warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $25,000 in the form of certified
check, cashier's check or money order will be required of the
purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase
price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money
at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note from
the date of sale to the date funds are received by the Sub.
Trustees, payable in cash within ten days of final ratification
of the sale by the Circuit Court. There will be no abatement
of interest due to the purchaser in the event additional funds
are tendered before settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE
FOR THE PURCHASER. Adjustment of all real property taxes,
including agricultural taxes, if applicable, and any and all
public and/or private charges or assessments, to the extent such
amounts survive foreclosure sale, including water/sewer, ground
rent and front foot benefit charges, to be adjusted to date of sale
and thereafter assumed by purchaser. Purchaser is responsible
for any recapture of homestead tax credit. All transfer taxes and
recordation taxes shall be paid by Purchaser. The purchaser
shall be responsible for the payment of the ground rent escrow,
if required. Condominium fees and/or homeowners association
dues, if any, shall be assumed by the purchaser from the date of
sale. Purchaser is responsible for obtaining physical possession
of the property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the
property from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale
audit of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including,
but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower entered
into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid off the loan
prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale shall be null
and void, and the Purchaser's sole remedy, in law or equity,
shall be the return of the deposit without interest. If purchaser
fails to settle within ten days of ratification, subject to order of
court, purchaser agrees that property will be resold and entire
deposit retained by Sub. Trustees as liquidated damages for
all losses occasioned by the purchaser's default and purchaser
shall have no further liability. The defaulted purchaser shall not
be entitled to any surplus proceeds resulting from said resale
even if such surplus results from improvements to the property
by said defaulted purchaser. Sub. Trustees will convey either
marketable or insurable title. If they cannot deliver one or the
other, or if ratification of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court
for any reason, the Purchaser's sole remedy, at law or equity, is
return of the deposit without interest. (Matter No. 349107-3)
Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et. al., Substitute Trustees
April 4, 11, 18, 2023 12417964
COHN, GOLDBERG & DEUTSCH, LLC
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
1099 WINTERSON ROAD
SUITE 301
LINTHICUM HEIGHTS, MARYLAND 21090
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE OF
IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY
4503 PINE VALLEY COURT
MIDDLETOWN, MD 21769
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust
from Lucinda A. Embrey, and Edward E. Embrey, Jr., dated July
31, 2007 and recorded in Liber 6698, Folio 0652 among the
Land Records of Frederick County, Maryland modified by Loan
Modification Agreement recorded on October 27, 2014, in the
Land Records of Frederick County at Liber No. 10257, Folio
273, with an original principal balance of $236,625.00, and
an original interest rate of 3.190%, default having occurred
under the terms thereof, the Substitute Trustees will sell at
public auction at the Courthouse door for the Circuit Court for
Frederick County, 100 W. Patrick Street, Frederick, MD 21701,
on
April 28, 2023 AT 12:05 PM
ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and the improvements
thereon situated in Frederick County, MD and more fully
described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. The property is
improved by a dwelling.
Terms of Sale: The property will be sold “as is” and subject
to conditions, restrictions, easements and agreements of record
affecting same, if any and with no warranty of any kind. A
deposit of $23,000.00 by certified funds only (no cash will
be accepted) is required at the time of auction. Balance of
the purchase price to be paid in cash within ten days of final
ratification of sale by the Circuit Court for Frederick County. At
the Substitute Trustees’ discretion, the foreclosure purchaser, if
a corporation or LLC, must produce evidence, prior to bidding, of
the legal formation of such entity. The purchaser, other than the
Holder of the Note, its assigns, or designees, shall pay interest
on the unpaid purchase money at the note rate from the date
of foreclosure auction to the date funds are received in the
office of the Substitute Trustees. In the event settlement is
delayed for any reason, there shall be no abatement of interest.
All due and/or unpaid private utility, water and sewer facilities
charges, or front foot benefit payments, are payable by the
purchaser without adjustment. Real estate taxes and all other
public charges, or assessments, ground rent, or condo/HOA
assessments, not otherwise divested by ratification of the sale,
to be adjusted as of the date of foreclosure auction, unless the
purchaser is the foreclosing lender or its designee. Cost of all
documentary stamps, transfer taxes and settlement expenses,
and all other costs incident to settlement, shall be borne by the
purchaser. Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining physical
possession of the property. Purchaser assumes the risk of loss or
damage to the property from the date of sale forward.
TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. If the purchaser shall fail to
comply with the terms of the sale or fails to go to settlement
within ten (10) days of ratification of the sale, the Substitute
Trustees may, in addition to any other available remedies,
declare the entire deposit forfeited and resell the property at
the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser, and the purchaser
agrees to pay reasonable attorneys' fees for the Substitute
Trustees, plus all costs incurred, if the Substitute Trustees
have filed the appropriate motion with the Court to resell the
property. Purchaser waives personal service of any paper filed in
connection with such a motion on himself and/or any principal
or corporate designee, and expressly agrees to accept service of
any such paper by regular mail directed to the address provided
by said bidder at the time of foreclosure auction. In such
event, the defaulting purchaser shall be liable for the payment of
any deficiency in the purchase price, all costs and expenses of
resale, reasonable attorney's fees, and all other charges due and
incidental and consequential damages, and any deficiency in
the underlying secured debt. The purchaser shall not be entitled
to any surplus proceeds or profits resulting from any resale of
the property. If the Substitute Trustees cannot convey insurable
title, the purchaser's sole remedy at law or in equity shall be
the return of the deposit without interest. The sale is subject to
post-sale confirmation and audit of the status of the loan with
the loan servicer including, but not limited to, determination
of whether the borrower entered into any repayment agreement,
reinstated or paid off the loan prior to the sale. In any such
event, this sale shall be null and void, and the Purchaser's sole
remedy, in law or equity, shall be the return of his deposit without
interest. (CGD File #: 444264)
Richard E. Solomon, Richard J. Rogers, Michael McKeefery,
Christianna Kersey, and Kevin Hildebeidel, Substitute Trustees
April 11, 18, 25, 2023 12418747
856 856
Frederick County Frederick County
BWW Law Group, LLC
6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101
Rockville, MD 20852
(301) 961-6555
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE
OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON
114 W. 5TH ST. A/R/T/A 114 W. FIFTH ST.
FREDERICK, MD 21701
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust dated
December 5, 2007, recorded in Liber 6935, Folio 552 among
the Land Records of Frederick County, MD, with an original
principal balance of $195,300.00, default having occurred
under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell at public
auction at the Circuit Court for Frederick County, at the Court
House Door, 100 W. Patrick St., Frederick, MD 21701, on
APRIL 14, 2023 AT 11:17 AM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any
buildings or improvements thereon located in Frederick County,
MD and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust.
The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in
an "as is" condition and subject to conditions, restrictions and
agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and with no
warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $18,000 in the form of certified
check, cashier's check or money order will be required of the
purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase
price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money
at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note from
the date of sale to the date funds are received by the Sub.
Trustees, payable in cash within ten days of final ratification
of the sale by the Circuit Court. There will be no abatement
of interest due to the purchaser in the event additional funds
are tendered before settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE
FOR THE PURCHASER. Adjustment of all real property taxes,
including agricultural taxes, if applicable, and any and all
public and/or private charges or assessments, to the extent such
amounts survive foreclosure sale, including water/sewer, ground
rent and front foot benefit charges, to be adjusted to date of sale
and thereafter assumed by purchaser. Purchaser is responsible
for any recapture of homestead tax credit. All transfer taxes and
recordation taxes shall be paid by Purchaser. The purchaser
shall be responsible for the payment of the ground rent escrow,
if required. Condominium fees and/or homeowners association
dues, if any, shall be assumed by the purchaser from the date of
sale. Purchaser is responsible for obtaining physical possession
of the property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the
property from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale
audit of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including,
but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower entered
into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid off the loan
prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale shall be null
and void, and the Purchaser's sole remedy, in law or equity,
shall be the return of the deposit without interest. If purchaser
fails to settle within ten days of ratification, subject to order of
court, purchaser agrees that property will be resold and entire
deposit retained by Sub. Trustees as liquidated damages for
all losses occasioned by the purchaser's default and purchaser
shall have no further liability. The defaulted purchaser shall not
be entitled to any surplus proceeds resulting from said resale
even if such surplus results from improvements to the property
by said defaulted purchaser. Sub. Trustees will convey either
marketable or insurable title. If they cannot deliver one or the
other, or if ratification of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court
for any reason, the Purchaser's sole remedy, at law or equity, is
return of the deposit without interest. (Matter No. 192721-2)
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STATUS OF UPCOMING SALES
Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et. al., Substitute Trustees
March 28, April 4, 11, 2023 12417147
COHN, GOLDBERG & DEUTSCH, LLC
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
1099 WINTERSON ROAD
SUITE 301
LINTHICUM HEIGHTS, MARYLAND 21090
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE OF
IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY
5186 DUKE COURT
FREDERICK, MD 21703
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust from
Daniel V O'Connell, Kimberli E. O'Connell and , dated August
25, 2011 and recorded in Liber 8499, Folio 0292 among the
Land Records of Frederick County, Maryland modified by Loan
Modification Agreement recorded on February 7, 2014, in the
Land Records of Frederick County at Liber No. 09946, Folio
0187, with an original principal balance of $243,341.00, and
an original interest rate of 4.000%, default having occurred
under the terms thereof, the Substitute Trustees will sell at
public auction at the Courthouse door for the Circuit Court for
Frederick County, 100 W. Patrick Street, Frederick, MD 21701,
on
April 14, 2023 AT 11:05 AM
ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and the improvements
thereon situated in Frederick County, MD and more fully
described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. The property is
improved by a dwelling.
Terms of Sale: The property will be sold “as is” and subject
to conditions, restrictions, easements and agreements of record
affecting same, if any and with no warranty of any kind. A
deposit of $20,000.00 by certified funds only (no cash will
be accepted) is required at the time of auction. Balance of
the purchase price to be paid in cash within ten days of final
ratification of sale by the Circuit Court for Frederick County. At
the Substitute Trustees’ discretion, the foreclosure purchaser, if
a corporation or LLC, must produce evidence, prior to bidding, of
the legal formation of such entity. The purchaser, other than the
Holder of the Note, its assigns, or designees, shall pay interest
on the unpaid purchase money at the note rate from the date
of foreclosure auction to the date funds are received in the
office of the Substitute Trustees. In the event settlement is
delayed for any reason, there shall be no abatement of interest.
All due and/or unpaid private utility, water and sewer facilities
charges, or front foot benefit payments, are payable by the
purchaser without adjustment. Real estate taxes and all other
public charges, or assessments, ground rent, or condo/HOA
assessments, not otherwise divested by ratification of the sale,
to be adjusted as of the date of foreclosure auction, unless the
purchaser is the foreclosing lender or its designee. Cost of all
documentary stamps, transfer taxes and settlement expenses,
and all other costs incident to settlement, shall be borne by the
purchaser. Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining physical
possession of the property. Purchaser assumes the risk of loss or
damage to the property from the date of sale forward.
TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. If the purchaser shall fail to
comply with the terms of the sale or fails to go to settlement
within ten (10) days of ratification of the sale, the Substitute
Trustees may, in addition to any other available remedies,
declare the entire deposit forfeited and resell the property at
the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser, and the purchaser
agrees to pay reasonable attorneys' fees for the Substitute
Trustees, plus all costs incurred, if the Substitute Trustees
have filed the appropriate motion with the Court to resell the
property. Purchaser waives personal service of any paper filed in
connection with such a motion on himself and/or any principal
or corporate designee, and expressly agrees to accept service of
any such paper by regular mail directed to the address provided
by said bidder at the time of foreclosure auction. In such
event, the defaulting purchaser shall be liable for the payment of
any deficiency in the purchase price, all costs and expenses of
resale, reasonable attorney's fees, and all other charges due and
incidental and consequential damages, and any deficiency in
the underlying secured debt. The purchaser shall not be entitled
to any surplus proceeds or profits resulting from any resale of
the property. If the Substitute Trustees cannot convey insurable
title, the purchaser's sole remedy at law or in equity shall be
the return of the deposit without interest. The sale is subject to
post-sale confirmation and audit of the status of the loan with
the loan servicer including, but not limited to, determination
of whether the borrower entered into any repayment agreement,
reinstated or paid off the loan prior to the sale. In any such
event, this sale shall be null and void, and the Purchaser's sole
remedy, in law or equity, shall be the return of his deposit without
interest. (CGD File #: 458031)
Richard E. Solomon, Richard J. Rogers, Michael McKeefery,
Christianna Kersey, and Kevin Hildebeidel, Substitute Trustees
March 28, April 4, 11, 2023 12417185
OPQRS
856 856
Frederick County Frederick County
BWW Law Group, LLC
6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101
Rockville, MD 20852
(301) 961-6555
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE
OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON
804 STRATFORD WAY, UNIT L
FREDERICK, MD 21701
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust dated
April 30, 2018, recorded in Liber 12404, Folio 346 among the
Land Records of Frederick County, MD, with an original principal
balance of $118,650.00, default having occurred under the
terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the
Circuit Court for Frederick County, at the Court House Door, 100
W. Patrick St., Frederick, MD 21701, on
APRIL 14, 2023 AT 11:15 AM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any
buildings or improvements thereon located in Frederick County,
MD and described as Unit No. L 3200 in an expandable
condominium regime known as "Phase III Fredericktowne
Condominium II" and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed
of Trust.
The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in
an "as is" condition and subject to conditions, restrictions and
agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and with no
warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $11,000 in the form of certified
check, cashier's check or money order will be required of the
purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase
price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money
at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note from
the date of sale to the date funds are received by the Sub.
Trustees, payable in cash within ten days of final ratification
of the sale by the Circuit Court. There will be no abatement
of interest due to the purchaser in the event additional funds
are tendered before settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE
FOR THE PURCHASER. Adjustment of all real property taxes,
including agricultural taxes, if applicable, and any and all
public and/or private charges or assessments, to the extent such
amounts survive foreclosure sale, including water/sewer, ground
rent and front foot benefit charges, to be adjusted to date of sale
and thereafter assumed by purchaser. Purchaser is responsible
for any recapture of homestead tax credit. All transfer taxes and
recordation taxes shall be paid by Purchaser. The purchaser
shall be responsible for the payment of the ground rent escrow,
if required. Condominium fees and/or homeowners association
dues, if any, shall be assumed by the purchaser from the date of
sale. Purchaser is responsible for obtaining physical possession
of the property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the
property from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale
audit of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including,
but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower entered
into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid off the loan
prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale shall be null
and void, and the Purchaser's sole remedy, in law or equity,
shall be the return of the deposit without interest. If purchaser
fails to settle within ten days of ratification, subject to order of
court, purchaser agrees that property will be resold and entire
deposit retained by Sub. Trustees as liquidated damages for
all losses occasioned by the purchaser's default and purchaser
shall have no further liability. The defaulted purchaser shall not
be entitled to any surplus proceeds resulting from said resale
even if such surplus results from improvements to the property
by said defaulted purchaser. Sub. Trustees will convey either
marketable or insurable title. If they cannot deliver one or the
other, or if ratification of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court
for any reason, the Purchaser's sole remedy, at law or equity, is
return of the deposit without interest. (Matter No. 355696-1)
PLEASE CONSULT WWW.ALEXCOOPER.COM FOR
STATUS OF UPCOMING SALES
Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et. al., Substitute Trustees
March 28, April 4, 11, 2023 12417141
Rosenberg & Associates, LLC
4340 East West Highway, Suite 600
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 907-8000
www.rosenberg-assoc.com
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE
OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY
7204 BLACK CREEK LN.
FREDERICK, MD 21703
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust
from Qiang Zhou dated February 16, 2021 and recorded in
Liber 14719, folio 027 among the Land Records of Frederick
County, MD, default having occurred under the terms thereof,
the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court
for Frederick County, at the Court House Door, 100 W. Patrick
St., Frederick, MD 21701, on
APRIL 14, 2023 AT 11:29 AM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with
the buildings and improvements thereon situated in Frederick
County, MD and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of
Trust. Tax ID #28-584679.
The property, which is improved by a dwelling, will be sold in
an "as is" condition and subject to conditions, restrictions and
agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and with no
warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $30,000 in the form of certified
check, cashier's check or money order will be required of the
purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase
price to be paid in cash within ten days of final ratification
of sale by the Circuit Court for Frederick County. Interest to
be paid on the unpaid purchase money at the rate pursuant
to the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the date
funds are received in the office of the Sub. Trustees. There
will be no abatement of interest in the event additional funds
are tendered before settlement or if settlement is delayed for
any reason. The noteholder shall not be obligated to pay interest
if it is the purchaser. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE
PURCHASER. Adjustment of all real property taxes, including
agricultural taxes, if applicable, and any and all public and/or
private charges or assessments, to the extent such amounts
survive foreclosure sale, including water/sewer charges and
ground rent, to be adjusted to date of sale and paid at execution
of the deed, except where the secured party is the purchaser, and
thereafter assumed by the purchaser. Condominium fees and/or
homeowners 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 be borne
by the purchaser. Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining
physical possession of the property. Purchaser assumes the risk
of loss or damage to the property from the date of sale forward.
Additional terms to be announced at the time of sale.
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 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 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
on the gross sale price of this sale) shall be charged against
and paid out of the forfeited deposit. The Trustees may then
re-advertise and resell the property at the risk and expense of
the defaulting purchaser or may avail themselves of any legal
or equitable remedies against the defaulting purchaser without
reselling the property. In the event of a resale, the defaulting
purchaser shall not be entitled to receive the surplus, if any, even
if such surplus results from improvements to the property by said
defaulting purchaser and the defaulting purchaser shall be liable
to the Trustees and secured party for reasonable attorney’s fees
and expenses incurred in connection with all litigation involving
the Property or the proceeds of the resale. Trustees' file number
22-001468-MD-F-1.
Diane S. Rosenberg, Mark D. Meyer, et al., Substitute Trustees
March 28, April 4, 11, 2023 12417135
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Howard County Howard County
Rosenberg & Associates, LLC
4340 East West Highway, Suite 600
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 907-8000
www.rosenberg-assoc.com
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE
OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY
8984 WATCHLIGHT CT.
COLUMBIA, MD 21045
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust from
Elizabeth A. Bolling dated February 14, 2006 and recorded in
Liber 9868, folio 1 among the Land Records of Howard County,
MD, default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub.
Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Howard
County, at the Court House Door, 9250 Judicial Way, Ellicott
City, MD 21043, on
APRIL 28, 2023 AT 9:15 AM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with the
buildings and improvements thereon situated in Howard County,
MD and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. Tax
ID #16-105546.
The property, which is improved by a dwelling, will be sold in
an "as is" condition and subject to conditions, restrictions and
agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and with no
warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $24,000 in the form of certified
check, cashier's check or money order will be required of the
purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase
price to be paid in cash within ten days of final ratification
of sale by the Circuit Court for Howard County. Interest to
be paid on the unpaid purchase money at the rate pursuant
to the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the date
funds are received in the office of the Sub. Trustees. There
will be no abatement of interest in the event additional funds
are tendered before settlement or if settlement is delayed for
any reason. The noteholder shall not be obligated to pay interest
if it is the purchaser. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE
PURCHASER. Adjustment of all real property taxes, including
agricultural taxes, if applicable, and any and all public and/or
private charges or assessments, to the extent such amounts
survive foreclosure sale, including water/sewer charges and
ground rent, to be adjusted to date of sale and paid at execution
of the deed, except where the secured party is the purchaser, and
thereafter assumed by the purchaser. Condominium fees and/or
homeowners 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 be borne
by the purchaser. Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining
physical possession of the property. Purchaser assumes the risk
of loss or damage to the property from the date of sale forward.
Additional terms to be announced at the time of sale.
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 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 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
on the gross sale price of this sale) shall be charged against
and paid out of the forfeited deposit. The Trustees may then
re-advertise and resell the property at the risk and expense of
the defaulting purchaser or may avail themselves of any legal
or equitable remedies against the defaulting purchaser without
reselling the property. In the event of a resale, the defaulting
purchaser shall not be entitled to receive the surplus, if any, even
if such surplus results from improvements to the property by said
defaulting purchaser and the defaulting purchaser shall be liable
to the Trustees and secured party for reasonable attorney’s fees
and expenses incurred in connection with all litigation involving
the Property or the proceeds of the resale. Trustees' file number
22-001716-MD-F-1.
Diane S. Rosenberg, Mark D. Meyer, et al., Substitute Trustees
April 11, 18, 25, 2023 12418742
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857 857
Howard County Howard County
Rosenberg & Associates, LLC
4340 East West Highway, Suite 600
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 907-8000
www.rosenberg-assoc.com
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE
OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY
8341 GOVERNOR GRAYSON WAY
ELLICOTT CITY, MD 21043
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust from
Carol G. Towns and Kenneth Towns dated February 21, 2006
and recorded in Liber 9870, folio 649 among the Land Records
of Howard County, MD, default having occurred under the terms
thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit
Court for Howard County, at the Court House Door, 9250 Judicial
Way, Ellicott City, MD 21043, on
APRIL 21, 2023 AT 9:25 AM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with the
buildings and improvements thereon situated in Howard County,
MD and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. Tax
ID #02-371944.
The property, which is improved by a dwelling, will be sold in
an "as is" condition and subject to conditions, restrictions and
agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and with no
warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $76,000 in the form of certified
check, cashier's check or money order will be required of the
purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase
price to be paid in cash within ten days of final ratification
of sale by the Circuit Court for Howard County. Interest to
be paid on the unpaid purchase money at the rate pursuant
to the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the date
funds are received in the office of the Sub. Trustees. There
will be no abatement of interest in the event additional funds
are tendered before settlement or if settlement is delayed for
any reason. The noteholder shall not be obligated to pay interest
if it is the purchaser. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE
PURCHASER. Adjustment of all real property taxes, including
agricultural taxes, if applicable, and any and all public and/or
private charges or assessments, to the extent such amounts
survive foreclosure sale, including water/sewer charges and
ground rent, to be adjusted to date of sale and paid at execution
of the deed, except where the secured party is the purchaser, and
thereafter assumed by the purchaser. Condominium fees and/or
homeowners 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 be borne
by the purchaser. Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining
physical possession of the property. Purchaser assumes the risk
of loss or damage to the property from the date of sale forward.
Additional terms to be announced at the time of sale.
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 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 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
on the gross sale price of this sale) shall be charged against
and paid out of the forfeited deposit. The Trustees may then
re-advertise and resell the property at the risk and expense of
the defaulting purchaser or may avail themselves of any legal
or equitable remedies against the defaulting purchaser without
reselling the property. In the event of a resale, the defaulting
purchaser shall not be entitled to receive the surplus, if any, even
if such surplus results from improvements to the property by said
defaulting purchaser and the defaulting purchaser shall be liable
to the Trustees and secured party for reasonable attorney’s fees
and expenses incurred in connection with all litigation involving
the Property or the proceeds of the resale. Trustees' file number
21-000662-MD-F-1.
Diane S. Rosenberg, Mark D. Meyer, et al., Substitute Trustees
April 4, 11, 18, 2023 12417960
875 875
Fauquier County Fauquier County
NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SALE
3457 Goldmine Road, Goldvein, VA 22720
By virtue of the power and authority contained in a Deed of Trust dated
March 4, 2005 and recorded at Book 1146 Page 1123 in the Clerk's Office
for the Fauquier County Virginia Circuit Court, Virginia, securing a loan
which was originally $220,000.00. The appointed SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE,
Commonwealth Trustees, LLC will offer for sale at public auction at the
front steps of the Fauquier County Circuit Court, 40 Culpeper Street,
Warrenton, VA 20186.
May 11, 2023 at 11:00 AM
improved real property, with an abbreviated legal description of the
following described property, to wit:
BEING ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT, PARCEL OR TRACT OF LAND, WITH ALL
BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON AND ALL RIGHTS AND PRIVI-
LEGES THERETO APPURTENANT, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN LEE MAGIS-
TERIAL DISTRICT, FAUQUIER COUNTY, VIRGINIA, LOCATED 1.5 MILES EAST
OF MORRISVILLE, DESIGNATED AS LOT 4, FRANKLIN ESTATES, AS THE SAME
APPEARS DULY DEDICATED, PLATTED AND RECORDED AMONG THE LAND
RECORDS OF FAUQUIER COUNTY, VIRGINIA, IN DEED BOOK 347, PAGE 52.
AND as more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust.
TERMS OF SALE: The property will be sold “AS IS,” WITHOUT REPRE-
SENTATION OR WARRANTY OF ANY KIND AND SUBJECT TO conditions,
restrictions, reservations, easements, rights of way, and all other matters
of record taking priority over the Deed of Trust to be announced at the
time of sale. A deposit of $20,000 or 10% of the sale price, whichever
is lower, will be required at the time of 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 contained in the Deed
of Trust Note from the date of sale to the date said 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 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 to or after the sale,
and all other costs incident to settlement to be paid 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 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 documents.
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
a memorandum or contract of the sale at the conclusion of bidding.
FOR INFORMATION CONTACT:
Rosenberg & Associates, LLC
(Attorney for the Secured Party)
4340 East West Highway, Suite 600
Bethesda, MD 20814
301-907-8000
www.rosenberg-assoc.com
April 11, 18, 2023 12415466
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sleep. But whether that edible, swal-
lowed pill or inhaled hit soothes you to
sleep may depend largely on how often
you use it.
Researchers have known since the
1800s that the cannabis plant can have
Artificial sweeteners can hide in foods and rattle gut and heart health, studies show sleep-promoting effects. The plant con-
tains tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, the
main psychoactive chemical in marijua-
BY A NAHAD O ’ C ONNOR, A ARON S TECKELBERG AND L AURA R EILEY na, which causes a “high,” as well as
cannabidiol, or CBD, which is not psy-
choactive but may still affect your mood
and feelings of well-being. THC and CBD
have the same chemical formula but
different structures, which is why they
have different effects on the body.
The science on Thc, cBd and sleep
But a variety of factors, including
differences in state laws on legal use,
have made the sleep effects of cannabis
challenging to study.
Recreational cannabis can have vary-
ing levels of THC, making it difficult to
parse through self-reported data because
the actual dose used and resulting effects
often aren’t clear. While clinical studies
with pharmaceutical-grade THC are
more controlled, the chemical used in lab
studies often is nothing like the products
people are using in the real world.
“When we’re looking at survey studies
using recreational marijuana, you have
no idea what it contains in terms of
concentrations of various compounds
and ratios to each other, and it’s very
hard to replicate those findings,” said
Bhanu Kolla, a sleep and addiction
physician at the Mayo Clinic.
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intake for health reasons. But the food in recent years, the number of no- or low-calorie foods with sugar substitutes has see wEEd ON E5
industry has found another way to give surged. But experts say those substitutes can pose their own health risks. Many
consumers their sweet fix. of them are also sweeter than sugar and may promote stronger cravings for sweet
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with sucralose, stevia, allulose, erythritol and a wide
variety of other artificial sweeteners and sugar substi-
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na or Hurricane Ian. The World Meteoro-
logical Organization has retired those
names from a rotating list of storm names.
storm names are considered for retire-
ment if they have a tremendous impact on
life and property — and both these storms
produced widespread devastation.
Ian, which formed on sept. 23, 2022,
killed 150 people and was Florida’s costli-
est hurricane on record, causing $112
billion in damage, according to the WMO.
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record.
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hit Canada as one of the country’s stron-
she’s been chasing the northern lights gest post-tropical cyclones on record, kill-
for nearly a decade, so amateur photogra- ing 29 people and causing more than
pher Donna Lach can easily recognize the $3 billion in damage, according to the
green, red and purple curtains of light of WMO.
the aurora borealis dancing across the Both Fiona and Ian struck as the Atlan-
sky. But one sunday night in september tic hurricane season hit a later-than-ex-
2015, while watching a rather lackluster pected peak. The presence of the global
aurora, she saw something she didn’t climate pattern La Niña, known for condi-
recognize. A strange mauve light accom- tions that promote tropical cyclone activi-
panied by “a green blob” appeared to the ty in the Atlantic, had prompted predic-
west of the aurora. tions of a busier-than-average storm sea-
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it extended above me,” said Lach, who is August. Fiona marked the start of an
based in the Canadian community of see hurricanES ON E2
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offshore oil and gas opera-
tions in the Gulf of mexico are
triangular releasing far more climate-
changing methane than official
estimates show, according to a
study published last week.
Using data collected from air-
craft in part, climate scientists
found the additional methane
coming from oil and gas plat-
forms in the Gulf region raises
their carbon intensity — the
amount of climate-changing gas
per unit of energy in the fuel — to
Lachman twice as much as estimated by
U.S. agencies such as the Bureau
of ocean Energy management.
The study was published in
san Jose PNAS, the Proceedings of the
1 km National Academy of Sciences.
reductions in both methane
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and carbon dioxide emissions
Three glaciers — the san Jose, Lachman and Triangular — disappeared on James Ross Island, which is near the Antarctic Peninsula are essential to lessen the future
severity of climate change, the
study notes.
are. The problem was most acute
where energy companies are
mostly going after oil and aren’t
that interested in the methane
gas that lies underground with
it, so they simply release it into
the air.
“It was easier to build plat-
forms in shallow water and drill
in shallow waters. Now there’s
opportunity to extend out into
quite deep waters,” Kort said.
But this gas has a powerful
effect on the climate and is
responsible for a significant
amount of the climate change we
are already experiencing.
The oil platforms out in deep-
er water emitted much less
methane per unit of energy.
The findings could have impli-
cations for future offshore oil
and gas operations as the federal
government prepares to lease
more areas in the Gulf for drill-
ing. The Inflation reduction Act
includes a provision that man-

Snow vanishes from Antarctic glaciers
This season, abnormally warm temperatures have melted some of giant ice fields to their bare ground
BY K ASHA P ATEL
AND N AEMA A HMED
many glaciers in Antarctica are
never entirely free of snow, even
after summers end in the south-
ern hemisphere.
Yet this season, abnormally
warm temperatures have melted
several snowy regions in the pen-
insula, the arm of Antarctica pro-
truding toward South America, to
their bare ground. It’s the second
year in a row with an above-aver-
age melt season in the peninsula
— an area heating up five times
faster than the global average —
and it’s fueling concern among
researchers.
Warmer-than-average temper-
atures across the continent’s
northernmost tip began creeping
in during November, lasting
through february. By then, sev-
eral glaciers were nearly or com-
pletely free of snow, according to
satellite imagery. Preliminary
analysis shows the average tem-
perature of the melt season was
about 1.5 degrees Celsius above
the average at Esperanza Base, on
the peninsula tip. Several regions
along the Antarctic peninsula
and along the coast further in-
land experienced 15 to 20 more
days of melting than typically
seen in a summer.
on feb. 19, snow covered only
7 percent of Eagle Island ice cap,
on the eastern coast at the top of
the peninsula.
A few miles slightly southeast,
Vega Island was entirely snowless
on its eastern end, leaving knobs
of exposed bedrock visible in
places. Its western end lost 70
percent of its snow cover.
A few miles to the southwest, at
satellite imagery from at least the
beginning of this century. “from
that standpoint, it’s more wide-
spread than any other example I
can see.”
Ice shelves further inland,
which rarely see significant melt-
ing, also felt the heat. The Getz
and Sulzberger ice shelves experi-
enced around 10 melt days, which
is double the average at this time
of year, according to the National
Snow and Ice Data Center.
The center also reported that
melt ponds — puddles where
snow and ice melt and pool — also
formed across the George VI ice
shelf and rivaled the record ex-
tent seen in the 2019-2020 season.
Ted Scambos, a senior research
scientist at the University of Colo-
rado at Boulder, said the number
of melt days and presence of melt
ponds can often signal an intense,
warm melt season in the region.
This year also set a record low for
Antarctic sea ice, although Scam-
bos said the low sea ice may be
influenced by factors related to
the ocean in addition to human-
caused climate warming.
most of Antarctica’s melting
occurs on the peninsula, where
temperatures are generally mark-
edly milder than on the rest of the
continent. While the peninsula
experienced a warm summer this
year, preliminary analysis of tem-
peratures further inland at the
Amundsen-Scott South Pole Sta-
tion just posted its coldest Sep-
tember-february period since at
least 2000 — a fact that under-
lines how varied the climate is
across the region.
Scambos explained that this
season’s warm conditions on the
peninsula were caused by stron-
ger-than-usual winds coming
from the South Pacific and blow-
ing against mountains on one
side of the peninsula. These
downsloping winds, called foehn
winds, are dry but also very
warm. They induce a lot of sur-
face melting, especially on the
eastern side of the peninsula.
A similar foehn wind event
occurred last year and caused
above-average melting across the
peninsula, said Scambos. “As a
result, there have been renewed
changes in the peninsula’s perma-
nent ice, glaciers which rest on
land, and the ice shelves,” he said.
The peninsula has shown long-
term overall warming trends
since the 1950s, said Jorge Carras-
co, an Antarctic researcher at the
University of magallanes in Chile.
Conditions on the peninsula
varied over shorter time scales,
though: It entered a warming
period from around 1951 to 1998,
then began lightly cooling for
almost two decades. But during
this cooling, researchers say, it
didn’t cool “nearly as much as it
had warmed before.”
The peninsula then entered an-
other warming period in 2016
continuing to the present, with
the past two to three summers
experiencing above-average melt
years. Despite the fluctuations,
Carrasco said near-surface air
temperatures have still shown an
overall warming on average.
“Periods under 20 years with
both warming and cooling trends
are normal in the Antarctic Pen-
insula, a region that presents a
large interannual variability,”
said Sergi González-Herrero, an
atmospheric and climate scientist
at the WSL Institute for Snow and
Avalanche research in Switzer-
land.
González-Herrero said many
factors could be influencing the
longer observed warming, includ-
ing natural climate drivers, deple-
tion of ozone near the pole — and
human-caused climate change.
“Antarctica’s main response to
climate change has been a change
in wind patterns,” Scambos said.
“The peninsula is one of the fast-
est warming areas on Earth, and
that has a lot to do with the
general trend toward faster winds
[encircling the pole], a warmer
Pacific and north westerly winds
arriving over the peninsula.”
Scambos explained that the
faster winds are related to general
warming around the tropical to
temperate parts of the Earth,
which leads to stronger winds
around Antarctica.
González-Herrero said stron-
ger circumpolar wind patterns
are creating more intense foehn
wind events, which are more like-
ly to reach record-breaking air
temperatures that can accelerate
glacial melt.
In february 2020, Antarctica
recorded its hottest temperature
on record when Esperanza Base
on the tip of the peninsula
reached 18.3 degrees Celsius
(64.9 degrees fahrenheit). The
Eagle Island ice cap experienced
intense melting then, too, losing
about 20 percent of its seasonal
snow accumulation in the region
in about a week.
González-Herrero and his col-
leagues have found climate
warming amplified the 2020 heat
wave as well as one in 2022.
“The Antarctic Peninsula is
considered a warming spot, a
“You don’t have to travel half-
way around the world to find
unusually high emissions in oil
and gas fields,” said rob Jackson,
a Stanford University climate
scientist who was not involved in
the study. “It’s happening right
here in our backyards.”
other climate scientists who
were not involved in the study
praised it for its approach.
“This study represents a novel
and thoughtful assessment of the
climate impact of oil and gas
production in the Gulf of mexi-
co,” said riley Duren, a research
scientist at the University of
Arizona who leads Carbon map-
per, a group pioneering accessi-
ble and transparent information
about where greenhouse gases
are being released.
Eric A. Kort, a climate scien-
tist at the University of michigan
and co-author of the study, said
the majority of the methane
emissions researchers found
were wafting from oil and gas
operations in shallow waters,
where the oldest oil platforms
S cieN ce S caN
dates the federal government
offer extensive new offshore leas-
es in federal water for oil and gas
drilling if it wants to lease for
offshore solar and wind energy.
Kort said the findings can help
policymakers or federal and
state agencies compare the cli-
mate effect of shallow with deep-
water drilling, to guide where
they offer leases.
“It’s very clear from our results
that expanding production in
shallow waters, the way it’s been
done historically, would have
disproportionately high climate
impacts,” he said.
Alan m. Gorchov Negron, an-
other climate scientist at the
University of michigan and
study co-author, said there are 10
more lease sales scheduled for
waters in the Gulf over the next
five years.
“This question of the climate
impact of future production will
return,” he said. “So it’s still
relevant to future lease sale cli-
mate impact statements.”
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istock

least three glaciers on James ross
Island — the San Jose, Lachman
and Triangular — disappeared.
“If I didn’t tell you those were
glaciers, you might not think
that,” said mauri Pelto, a glaciolo-
gist at Nichols College in massa-
chusetts. “I think you’d be con-
fused that there’s glaciers in Ant-
arctica that are really struggling.”
Pelto said he hasn’t seen “a
period where we have this many
glaciers this bare of snow” in
region that is and will be affected
by climate change,” Carrasco said.
As temperatures soar higher,
the glaciers and the peninsula
“The Antarctic Peninsula is considered a will continue to feel the effects.
warming spot, a region that is and will be
“Glaciers like this that persis-
tently lose all their snow cover
and look like this by the end of the
affected by climate change.” summer, they can’t survive,” Pelto
said. “Then it’s just a matter of
antarctic researcher Jorge carrasco
how fast they’re going to melt.”
satellite imagery via sentinel hub
some freshwater turtles spend hours basking at night.
Herpetology
Moon-bathing turtles are more common around
world than previously thought, researchers find
BY E RIN B LAKEMORE Nocturnal basking in freshwater
turtles: a global assessment
many animals bask in the rays
of the sun, soaking up the global ecology and conservation
warmth of Earth’s nearest star.
But new research shows that
some bask in the moonlight, too. Donald mcKnight, a postdoctoral
A global study of freshwater researcher at La Trobe University
turtles shows the creatures and a co-author of the study, said

Farrah and Idris added to list of hurricane names
huRRIcAnEs from E1
active stretch that ended in No-
vember with Hurricane Nicole,
which struck near Vero Beach,
fla., becoming the second-latest
landfalling hurricane in the Unit-
ed States on record.
from the season’s June 1 start to
its Nov. 30 conclusion, 14 named
storms formed in the Atlantic —
which is average.
This is the sixth time in the past
eight years that at least two names
were retired from the Wmo’s lists
in a single year. other recently
retired names include Ida, Laura,
Eta and Iota. (Greek letters were
previously used once all 21 names
on that year’s list had been used;
now an alternative set of names is
employed if the initial 21 are ex-
hausted.)
Ian first appeared on the storm
names list in 2016, replacing Igor,
a storm that struck Newfound-
land in 2010. fiona was added in
2010, in place of frances, which
struck the Bahamas and eastern
florida in 2004, also delivering
heavy rain to Georgia and the Car-
olinas.
fiona and Ian join a list of 94
other storm names the organiza-
tion has retired to avoid any confu-
sion between future cyclones and
the two deadliest and most devas-
tating tropical systems of 2022. In
the Atlantic basin, there are six
lists of storm names that meteo-
rologists rotate through each year.
Ian, which formed on sept. 23, 2022, killed 150 people and was Florida’s costliest hurricane on record.
Storms beginning with the let-
ter “I” have been retired the most
by far — Ian is the 13th. The others
were: Ione 1955, Inez 1966, Iris
2001, Isidore ’02, Isabel ’03, Ivan
’04, Ike ’08, Igor 2010, Irene ’11,
Ingrid ’13, Irma ’17 and Ida ’21.
Come 2028, the sixth and ninth
tropical cyclones of the season will
instead be named farrah and Id-
ris.
The storm names come from a
Wmo committee composed of
meteorology and hydrology ex-
perts from North America, Cen-
tral America and the Caribbean.
official storm naming began in
1953 to ease communication
about storm warnings and thus
protect lives and property from
life-threatening conditions.
Predictions for the 2023 Atlan-
tic hurricane season, which starts
June 1, will begin coming out in
the next several weeks. forecast-
ers are predicting the probable
development of the El Niño cli-
mate pattern, which tends to
somewhat reduce Atlantic hurri-
cane activity.
Jason samenow contributed to this
report.
emerging from their watery
homes at night to spend hours
sitting on logs, rocks and other
in a news release.
Scientists have long docu-
mented daytime basking in cold-
structures in a behavior that blooded animals such as turtles,
mimics the well-known practice and posited that sunning helps
of sunning. the creatures regulate their body
researchers used surveys and temperatures. other studies sug-
camera traps to track whether gest basking helps turtles dry out
freshwater turtles in North their shells and reduce harmful
America, the Caribbean, Europe, parasites, and can possibly help
Asia, Africa, the Seychelles and them ward off viral infections.
Australia engaged in the behav- When the researchers ana-
ior. over 873,000 photographs lyzed data on night basking be-
later, they were able to document havior, they found the nighttime
night basking in 13 species of baskers were clustered around
freshwater turtle in tropical and the equator. The nocturnal bask-
subtropical locales. ing sessions lasted anywhere
The global project was an from two minutes to nearly 11
effort to fill in a research gap. hours.
After watching freshwater tur- The cluster of behavior around
tles in Townsville, Australia, the tropics led the researchers to
emerge from water at night to conclude that the practice has at
bask, researchers couldn’t find least something to do with envi-
documentation about the prac- ronmental temperature. But they
tice. So they set up a team to look write that more information is
at 29 species of freshwater tur- needed to better understand why
tles. the animals take moon baths and
“They were coming up at night how animals’ individual person-
and sitting on logs exhibiting alities, sex and other factors
very much the same behavior could contribute.
they do during the day; when we The research was published in
looked into it, it wasn’t some- the journal Global Ecology and
thing that turtles reportedly did,” Conservation.
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People 45 and older who have elevated stress
levels have been found to be 37 percent more
likely to have cognitive problems, including
memory and thinking issues, than those who
are not stressed, according to research
published in the journal JAMA Network Open.
For more than a decade, the study followed
percent 24,448 people who also are participants in a
long-term, ongoing study on brain health.
Periodically, the researchers used standardized testing to determine
each participant’s cognitive status. Their stress level — involving
feelings or situations beyond their ability to cope — was self-assessed;
about 23 percent of the participants reported high levels of stress.
Stress is considered a natural reaction when a person is under
pressure; in the short term, it can provide positive motivation. For
instance, it can push you to finish a project or to hit the brakes to
avoid an accident. Chronic stress, however, can lead to various
physical and mental health problems, including anxiety, depression,
headaches, heart disease, high blood pressure, sleep problems and
more. This study’s findings add cognitive problems to that list, with
the researchers determining that risk for cognitive decline — also
known as mild cognitive impairment, or MCI — was greater among
the most stressed participants, regardless of age, race or sex. The
American Psychological Association notes that reducing stress should
not only make you feel better now but also protect your health long
term. How to do that varies from person to person, but the APA says it
starts with determining the cause of your stress and developing a plan
to address it.
— Linda Searing

h ea l t h sCaN iStoCk

INfeCtIous dIseases

After years of battling mosquito-borne ailment,

Azerbaijan and Tajikistan deemed malaria-free
Do you really need 10,000 daily steps?
BY E RIN B LAKEMORE even introduced mosquito-eating BY M ICHELE S TANTEN lower risk of diabetes than those certain amount of exercise, such ly steps until you’re in the range

Although it’s preventable and
treatable, malaria still kills more
than 600,000 people worldwide
each year. But the number of
nations free of the disease is
growing — and now officials have
declared two more nations, Azer-
baijan and Tajikistan, as malaria-
free.
The announcement brings the
official count of malaria-free ter-
ritories and nations to 42. The
World Health Organization certi-
fied Azerbaijan and Tajikistan
malaria-free at the end of March.
The certification comes after
years of attempts to eliminate the
disease in both nations, which
are former republics of the Soviet
Union.
The announcement
brings the official count
of malaria-free nations
fish to control insect larvae.
Both countries’ public health
systems also contribute to malar-
ia diagnosis and treatment, offi-
cials say.
Azerbaijan has not had a local-
ly transmitted case of malaria
since 2012, and Tajikistan’s most
recent documented local case
was in 2014, according to the
WHO’s most recent world malar-
ia report.
The agency officially recogniz-
es nations as malaria-free only
after they prove interruption of
local transmission chains for at
least three consecutive years or
more and can show they have
surveillance and response sys-
tems to detect and deal with
transmission.
“The people and governments
of Azerbaijan and Tajikistan have
worked long and hard to elimi-
nate malaria,” said WHO Director
General Tedros Adhanom Ghe-
breyesus in a news release. “Their
accomplishment is further proof
that, with the right resources and
P
erhaps you’ve heard
that you should take
10,000 steps every day
for your health. But
that’s not actually a
hard-and-fast rule. Research is
finding that you might be able to
take fewer steps as you age and
still get serious benefits.
If you’re over age 60, for
example, you might be able to
cut a 10,000-step goal by almost
half and stay healthy. “There is
no single magic number,” says
Amanda Paluch, a physical activ-
ity researcher and assistant pro-
fessor of kinesiology at the Uni-
versity of Massachusetts Am-
herst.
Benefits of walking
In one large analysis of the
research on this question, pub-
lished in 2022 in the journal
Lancet Public Health, scientists
found that the risk of premature
death decreases as your daily
step count increases. The people
who were less active. That de-
cline in risk leveled off at 8,000
steps.
The risk of developing heart
disease and cancer seems to
follow a similar pattern, with
uncertain benefits beyond about
10,000 steps. High step counts
may also be associated with a
lower risk for sleep apnea, re-
flux, depression and obesity, ac-
cording to a 2022 study in
Nature Medicine.
Step count goals and age
“It is likely that with each
decade, you may require fewer
steps per day to create a physio-
logical response that could lead
to health benefits,” Paluch says.
Case in point: In the Lancet
study, younger adults didn’t get
substantial benefits related to
mortality beyond 8,000 to
10,000 steps. But for those over
age 60, the point of diminishing
returns came at 6,000 to 8,000
steps. This may be because a
as walking a half-mile, may be
more strenuous for an average
70-year-old compared with an
average 40-year-old.
Create a personal plan
There’s no minimum number
of steps you need to boost your
health. “It is not an all-or-noth-
ing situation,” Paluch says. “Each
increase of 1,000 to 2,000 steps
can lead to health benefits, par-
ticularly for those starting at
lower activity levels.”
To figure out your step goal,
start by quantifying how many
steps you get in a typical week,
says David R. Bassett, a physical
activity researcher and emeritus
professor at the University of
Tennessee at Knoxville. (Use a
simple pedometer or your
phone.) Then increase your daily
average by 500 to 1,000. Once
you can hit that new number
regularly for a week, add an-
other 500 to 1,000 steps.
Continue increasing your dai-
of 6,000 to 8,000 steps if you’re
60 or older, or 8,000 to 10,000 if
you’re younger.
If you’re already at the top of
your range, keep it up. If you feel
like you can do more, go for it.
But don’t worry if you can’t hit a
certain target.
“Do what you feel that you are
capable of doing,” Bassett says.
As long as you’re moving, you’re
reaping some benefits.
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political commitment, eliminat- who walked about 5,800 steps a

and territories to 42.
Malaria is caused by parasites
spread by mosquitoes, and the
agricultural irrigation systems
that fuel both countries’ cotton
and rice production have histori-
cally put people at risk for the
disease.
In an effort to tackle malaria in
recent decades, public health offi-
cials in both countries have im-
plemented insecticide and bed-
net programs for homes, changed
water management practices and
ing malaria is possible. I hope
that other countries can learn
from their experience.”
Despite the increase in the list
of malaria-free nations, the fight
against the disease continues
worldwide. The vast majority of
both malaria cases and deaths
occur in the WHO’s African re-
gion, which saw 95 percent of the
world’s 247 million malaria cases
and 96 percent of the world’s
619,000 malaria deaths in 2021.
Bed nets, seasonal treatments
and vaccination can all prevent
the disease.
day, for example, had a 40 per-
cent lower risk of premature
death compared with those who
took the fewest steps — about
3,600 a day.
Getting in your steps — even
well below 10,000 — may have
other benefits, too. In another
2022 study, taking just under
4,000 daily steps was linked
with a lower risk of dementia.
And according to a study of
70-year-olds published in the
journal BMC Public Health,
those who tallied 4,500 daily
steps or more had a 59 percent

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Citizen scientists keep their eyes open for STEVE in sky
steve From e1
since that first sighting in 2015 —
potentially the most of any indi-
vidual on record — and has prob-
ably seen the ribbon of light even
more.
many leading researchers in
the field haven’t even seen the
light phenomenon once.
Citizen scientists like Lach, in
addition to satellite data and sky
cameras, have been vital sources
for researchers investigating
STEVE — when it forms and how
to recognize it. one citizen-sci-
ence project, called Aurorasau-
rus, allows the public to report
sightings and connects amateur
photographers with scientists.
Since STEVE’s formal identifica-
tion in 2018, researchers, photog-
raphers and citizen scientists
have learned what makes STEVE
special. (A note: In a previous job
at NASA, this reporter worked
part-time for Aurorasaurus and
wrote news releases related to the
discovery, although she did not
previously work with any re-
searchers mentioned in this
piece.)
Solar activity is expected to be
on the rise over the next few
years, researchers say, so there
could be good opportunities for
the public to spot STEVE. During
a severe geomagnetic storm last
month, a few people photo-
graphed the phenomenon in the
United States. Such storms head-
ed toward Earth can be difficult
to detect with more than a day or
two’s notice, but aurora and
STEVE chasers can check the
Space Weather Prediction Center
for potential promising geomag-
netic activity.
“Someone who doesn’t have a
degree in it can still contribute to
the scientific study,” said Lach,
who recently retired as a school
administrative assistant and now
manages a farm.
Why is it called steve?
Naming a streak of light
“Steve” may seem a bit random,
and it is.
After her initial sighting in
2015, Lach along with other auro-
ra chasers posted about the
strange mauve arc online and
even casually discussed it in per-
son. They thought it might be a
known phenomenon called a pro-
ton aurora, a type of aurora that is
broad and diffuse and invisible to
the naked eye, requiring instru-
ments like a camera to see it. But
scientists refuted that identifica-
tion because this phenomenon
was visually bright, narrow and
structured.
In an effort to call it something
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Spring is in full bloom, setting
off an orchestra of coughing,
sneezing and wheezing. The
symptoms are all too familiar for
chronic allergy sufferers. But
amid a persistent coronavirus
pandemic and the tail end of
influenza season, how do you
know whether that congestion is
simply allergies or something
more? And what should you do
about it?
The Washington Post spoke to
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What are the symptoms of
allergies vs. a virus?
It can be tricky to tell, but
there are some key differences
between allergies and viruses.
Seasonal allergies, for in-
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who are prone to them and may
include congestion, sneezing, a
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eyes.
Fever, chills or body aches are
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A recent image of steve, which is often accompanied by a green picket fence-like phenomenon, seen here on the lower right.
besides a purple-y ribbon-y thing,
Chris ratzlaff, an aurora chaser
and photographer around Cal-
gary, Alberta, suggested some-
thing a little different: “Steve.” He
pulled the name from the animat-
ed children’s film “over the
Hedge,” which he had recently
watched with his kids. In one
scene, the animal characters are
frightened by an unfamiliar
trimmed bush and decide to call it
Steve.
As scientists began looking at
satellite data and photos in more
detail, they determined that this
thin ribbon of light was actually a
very fast stream of particles in the
upper atmosphere that experi-
ence so much heat that they glow.
A team of space physicists and
citizen scientists published the
initial study identifying Steve in
2018.
The scientists gave the phe-
nomenon a backronym: Strong
Thermal Emission Velocity En-
hancement.
What are some effects of
steve?
Even if you haven’t seen the
awe-inspiring STEVE, its effects
ated a chart to help people assess
their symptoms. You can find it
on aaaai.org.
The challenge with viruses —
including covid, flu and those
that cause cold-like symptoms
such as seasonal coronaviruses,
adenoviruses, rhinoviruses, hu-
man metapneumovirus and re-
spiratory syncytial virus, or rSV
— is that it is “nearly impossible
to distinguish among these vari-
ous viruses in individual pa-
tients,” said William Schaffner,
medical director of the National
Foundation for Infectious Dis-
eases.
“It’s hard to say one patient
has flu, the next one has rSV, the
next one has human metapneu-
movirus, unless there happens to
be a big outbreak in your commu-
nity at that time,” he said.
What other clues can help
distinguish between them?
Pay attention to symptoms
and potential exposure to illness-
es.
“If you tell us, ‘I’ve never had
allergies before, but I went to a
dinner party last week and I
found out that three people test-
ed positive for covid, and now I’m
getting symptoms that I have not
experienced — congestion, stuffy
nose, feeling a little bit tired,’
that’s very different than some-
one that tells you the same sort of
symptoms with no new exposure,
but in fact, a long history of
allergies,” said Jody Tversky, an
allergy expert and assistant pro-
fessor of medicine at Johns Hop-
kins University.
When in doubt, contact a pri-
mary care doctor or go to an
urgent care center to get tested,
said monica Gandhi, an infec-
tious-disease expert at the Uni-
versity of California at San Fran-
cisco.
“All of these viruses are really
mild in the majority of individu-
als,” Gandhi said.
Can a test tell me what kind
of virus I have?
most respiratory viruses pre-
sent in similar ways — fever,
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could be experienced by Earth-
lings in other ways.
STEVE researcher Toshi
Nishimura recounted at least one
instance in which a radio signal
from a radar network disap-
peared for 30 minutes as STEVE
appeared, but then returned once
the ghostly light left the area,
suggesting that the phenomenon
can disrupt such signals.
Similar blackouts can occur
with space weather associated
with auroras, but he said STEVE
occurs in a different region. He
said it “would have a larger im-
pact on densely populated re-
gions at lower latitudes than au-
rora.”
STEVE is important because
Earth’s magnetic field “is doing
something different from usual.
. . . We still don’t understand
why,” said Nishimura, who re-
cently published a study on the
mysteries of STEVE. He has yet to
see the phenomenon in person.
How do you know if what
you’re seeing is steve?
STEVE has gained popularity
in the past decade, but potential
observations date back to the
chills, body aches, coughing,
sneezing, congestion, sore
throats, hoarseness, headaches
and, sometimes, middle-ear in-
fections, experts said.
Particularly for those at higher
risk for complications, it may be
important to know whether it is
covid or flu, for example, as these
two viruses can be treated with
antiviral medications.
Nasal swab tests at a primary
care physician’s office or urgent
care center can detect covid and
flu. A combined flu-covid test for
use at home has also been ap-
proved. Lucira Covid-19 & Flu
Home Test can be purchased on
the company’s website for $35.
And although not typically
necessary, Gandhi said a respira-
tory panel can differentiate
among many viruses that cause
the common cold.
Do allergies increase my risk
of contracting covid?
A large-scale international
study published in the Proceed-
ings of the National Academy of
18th century. of course, it wasn’t
known as STEVE back then. Pho-
tographs were also unavailable
early on, so sightings were some-
times described through text or
sketches.
In a study published in 1891,
one observer described a “lumi-
nous band extended east and
west,” like a straight tail of a large
comet. In 1933, aurora pioneer
Carl Stormer snapped an early
image of the occurrence in a
black-and-white photo.
A few weeks after STEVE was
formally identified in 2018, citi-
zen-scientist michael Hunnekuhl
began searching through past
studies and compiled a list of
these historical and recent obser-
vations. He created a database of
more than 1,000 observations,
which he said is probably the
largest STEVE database in the
world.
STEVE has been observed in
both hemispheres, including in
Antarctica. Areas with the high-
est number of days with reports
are Canada, the United States,
New Zealand and Australia, al-
though that could partly be a
result of high awareness of the
Sciences found that higher air-
borne pollen levels appeared to
be associated with an increase in
coronavirus infection rates. But
experts emphasized that correla-
tion does not necessarily mean
causation and urged people to
not jump to conclusions about
their risk levels based on those
findings.
Tversky noted that for people
with allergies, wearing masks
may serve “double duty” on a
high-pollen-count day. “This may
prevent not only virus particles
from being inhaled, but it may
prevent pollen particles from be-
ing inhaled,” he said.
What is human
metapneumovirus?
Some social media posts have
been discussing human metap-
neumovirus. The virus — along
with parainfluenza, rSV, measles
and mumps — is a paramyxovi-
rus, which can cause a wide
range of infections.
“This one usually causes a cold
— not a big deal in most individu-
the washington post
Donna Lach
phenomenon in those locations.
“The occurrence rate of STEVE
and observation rate can be dif-
ferent, especially if you go back a
few years, because people were
not aware of Steve,” Hunnekuhl
said. The weather might influ-
ence reporting rates as well, he
said, because people may be less
likely to go outside in certain
conditions.
Nonetheless, several trends
have appeared in the data: STEVE
appears most often in march and
September near the equinoxes
(which is also when aurora activi-
ty usually increases). The visible
arc lasts about 30 minutes and
rarely after midnight.
Lach said she typically looks
for STEVE when aurora activity is
high from a solar storm. STEVE is
often seen in conjunction with an
aurora, although it is usually
physically separated. It appears
about 30 minutes after the aurora
begins to brighten. Lach said she
finds STEVE by looking off the
western edge of the aurora.
STEVE can be blocked out by a
bright aurora, however, especial-
ly if it’s close to it.
STEVE can also take on slightly
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als,” Gandhi said.
But, she said, it can have more
serious consequences for young
children, older adults and those
with weakened immune systems.
The virus, which makes its
appearance in the winter and
spring, affects most commonly
the upper respiratory tract, caus-
ing nasal congestion, cough and
shortness of breath, as well as
fever. It typically lasts three to
seven days. In some cases, how-
ever, it can progress to the lower
respiratory tract, leading to a
more severe illness such as bron-
chiolitis, which causes swelling,
irritation and mucus buildup in
the lungs, or pneumonia.
Human metapneumovirus,
discovered in 2001, is spread
similarly to other viruses though
coughing or sneezing or han-
dling contaminated objects and
then touching the eyes, mouth or
nose, according to the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
Gandhi said it’s important to
note that the virus can spread
even when people are asymptom-
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different forms. It can appear as
just a short arc to the west of the
aurora or extend across the full
sky from east to west. Large mani-
festations also show more depth
in color — a deep red on top,
mauve in the middle and white on
the bottom.
As the STEVE arc persists, a
green picket fence may appear.
Sometimes the arc disappears
and the green picket fence re-
mains.
How is steve different from
the aurora?
STEVE and the aurora are both
ghostly light phenomena in the
atmosphere, but that’s about
where the similarity ends.
NASA researcher Bea Gallardo-
Lacourt, who has been part of
STEVE research since the inaugu-
ral paper in 2018, sums up a few
differences in their creation: Au-
roras involve a physical mecha-
nism, with electrons and ions
raining into our upper atmos-
phere and exciting atoms. The
STEVE arc is a hot band of gas
that involves a chemical reaction,
which produces a glow.
Gallardo-Lacourt, who also
hasn’t seen STEVE, explains that
the arc is associated with a fast
stream of particles — about five
times faster than seen in auroras.
one proposed mechanism is that
this strong plasma flow excites
nitrogen molecules in the atmos-
phere that then interact with oxy-
gen molecules, creating nitric ox-
ide. This nitric oxide, which is
otherwise rare in our atmos-
phere, is energized and glows,
emitting light in the purple range
of the visible light spectrum.
Their sources also vary.
The creation of an aurora be-
gins when the sun sends a surge
of energy to Earth, such as
through an explosion on the sun
called a coronal mass ejection,
and spurs a large-scale geomag-
netic storm. But STEVE has oc-
curred with and without geomag-
netic storms.
Nishimura, a researcher at
Boston University, said STEVE
seems to always occur during
local and brief disturbances in
Earth’s magnetic field, called sub-
storms. Substorms can occur
without a large geomagnetic
storm and happen daily. Yet de-
spite the ubiquity of substorms,
researchers are perplexed about
why STEVE sightings are still
relatively rare compared with au-
roras.
With every photo and report,
people are understanding more
about this relatively unexplored
part of our atmosphere and its
connection with the sun.
atic. In one study, asymptomatic
human metapneumovirus infec-
tions accounted for at least
38 percent of infections.
Unlike covid, there is no vac-
cine for human metapneumovi-
rus, and treatment is limited to
supportive care.
“We try to make you feel better
and make sure that your breath-
ing is okay while your body fights
off the virus,” said Schaffner, a
professor of infectious diseases
and preventive medicine at Van-
derbilt University.
Will Paxlovid, tamiflu or
other treatments help?
Covid can be treated with
Pfizer’s antiviral Paxlovid. For
flu, antivirals such as Tamiflu are
used to treat influenza.
For other viruses, including
ones that cause the common
cold, over-the-counter antihista-
mines, decongestants and fever-
reducers, as well as drinking
plenty of fluids may help.
For seasonal allergy sufferers,
a number of over-the-counter
medications are available. Con-
sult a doctor or pharmacist about
the best treatment.
What precautions should I
take?
Viruses are most commonly
transmitted when people who
are infected cough or sneeze,
spreading disease. “So stay away
from people who are symptomat-
ic,” Gandhi said.
Practice good hygiene — cough
or sneeze into a tissue or upper
sleeve, wash hands frequently,
even consider masking, particu-
larly around people who are at
higher risk for complications.
But, most important, stay home.
Before the pandemic, Gandhi
said, many people used to push
through, going to work or attend-
ing school while they were sick
with colds and flu. She said a key
lesson people learned from covid
is to isolate while contagious.
“The best thing we can do in
the world, which we didn’t really
do before 2019, is stay home
when we’re sick,” Gandhi said.
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Well+Being

Exercise leads to sharper thinking and a healthier brain, researchers find

To build a better
brain, just
exercise.
That’s the
message of two
important new
Your Move studies of how
GRetchen physical activity
Reynolds changes our
minds. In one,
scientists delved
into the lives, DNA and
cognition of thousands of people
to show that regular exercise
leads to much sharper thinking.
Another study helps explain
why exercise is good for the
brain. researchers found that
just six minutes of strenuous
exertion quintupled production
of a neurochemical known to be
essential for lifelong brain
health.
The studies arrive at a
moment when some recent
widely discussed research has
been raising doubts about the
extent to which exercise bolsters
thinking and memory. But the
new findings, which analyzed
data for almost 350,000 people,
make the strongest case yet that
regular exercise can improve
cognition.
These studies reinforce the
idea that “absolutely, exercise is
one of the best things you can
do” for your brain, said matthieu
Boisgontier, an associate
professor at the University of
ottawa, who oversaw one of the
studies.
‘Miracle-Gro’ for your brain
The first inklings that exercise
remodels brains and minds
came decades ago in mouse
studies. Active, running animals
in these experiments scored
much higher on rodent
intelligence tests than sedentary
mice, and their brain tissues
teemed with elevated levels of a
substance known as brain-
derived neurotrophic factor or
BDNf, often referred to as
“miracle-Gro” for the brain.
BDNf prompts the creation
and maturation of new brain
cells and synapses. It bulks up
brains.
Studies in people have since
established that exercise also
raises BDNf levels in our
bloodstreams, although it’s
harder to look inside our brains
and see if it rises there. multiple
large-scale epidemiological
studies, meanwhile, have linked
more exercise to better
memories and thinking skills
and less risk for
neurodegenerative diseases,
such as Alzheimer’s.
Qualms have lingered, though,
about just how potent exercise
really is for our brains.
A study published last year of
more than 500 older people
found little cognitive benefit
from 18 months of regular
walking or other light exercise,
while a major review of past
research published in march
pointed out that many human
studies of exercise and cognition
have been too small or otherwise
limited to show persuasive
benefits for brain health from
working out.
In some scientific quarters,
rumblings have begun about
whether to continue
recommending exercise as a way
to maintain mental acuity with
age, Boisgontier said. “But we
say, ‘No, no. Don’t stop. Look at
our findings first,’” he said.
A landmark brain study
The study from Boisgontier
and his colleagues, published
march 31 in Scientific reports,
uses a novel and complex type of
statistical analysis to go beyond
traditional observational
research and firmly establish
that exercise does improve your
brain skills.
They turned to DNA and
mendelian randomization, a
recently popularized method of
using genetic variations to
characterize and sort people. We
each are born with or without
certain snippets of DNA, some of
which are known to contribute
to a likelihood of being
physically active. from before
birth, we are, in effect,
randomized by nature to be
someone who is or isn’t prone to
move. other gene snippets play a
similar role in cognition.
By cross-checking the
cognitive scores of people who
have or lack the exercise-
promoting snippets against
those of people with the gene
variants related to cognition,
scientists can discern the extent
to which exercise contributes to
thinking skills.
from two enormous
databases of health information,
they pulled genetic data for
almost 350,000 people of all
ages, along with objective
measurements of physical
activity for about 91,000 of them
and cognitive scores for almost
258,000. People with a genetic
predisposition to exercise
typically did exercise, they
found, and scored better on tests
of thinking, if their exercise was
at least moderate, comparable to
jogging.
And, yes, you can get brain
benefits from exercise even if
you don’t have the gene snippets.
The interplay of exercise and
thinking was strong enough to
indicate causation, Boisgontier
said, meaning, in this big study,
the right exercise resulted in
sharper minds.
Intense exercise and BdNF
The other new study, although
istock
comparatively small, may help
explain how exercise keeps your
brain healthy.
In this experiment, 12 healthy
young people rode an exercise
bike at a very leisurely pace for
90 minutes, followed by six
minutes of intervals consisting
of 40 seconds of all-out pedaling
interspersed with 20 seconds of
rest. Before, during and after
each session, researchers tracked
BDNf in people’s blood.
They also measured levels of
lactate. muscles release lactate,
often called lactic acid, during
exercise, especially if it’s
strenuous. It can travel to and be
sucked up by the brain as fuel.
Past studies in mice suggest
this shift in brain fueling is what
jump-starts the creation of
BDNf. When animals’ brains
begin slurping up lactate in lieu
of sugar, they start pumping out
more BDNf and the mice soon
blossom into rodent brainiacs.
Now, the researchers found
indications of something similar
happening in people. During
easy riding, lactate levels rose
slightly in people’s blood after
about 30 minutes, as did the
amounts of BDNf in their blood.
But during and after the six
minutes of hard, fast pedaling,
lactate soared and so did BDNf.
(Another part of the study
examined the effects of 20 hours
of fasting, but it turned out to
have no effects on BDNf.)
What these results suggest is
that “exercise is good for your
brain and that exercising longer,
or particularly, harder, may
maximize the benefits,” said
Travis Gibbons, a postdoctoral
fellow at the University of British
Columbia at okanagan, who led
the study.
Boisgontier agreed. “Always,
with exercise and the brain, it
involves BDNf,” he said, adding
that in his group’s study, both
moderate and more vigorous
exercise — brisk walking and
brisker running — improved
cognition, presumably because
they prompted a rise in BDNf.
many questions remain,
Gibbons pointed out, including
how long BDNf stays elevated
after exercise, the ideal types
and amounts of exercise to up
BDNf, and whether the effects
are the same in older or less
healthy men and women, as well
as why fasting didn’t increase
BDNf in this experiment. He
and Boisgontier have follow-up
studies planned or underway.
But for now, this research tells
us that exercise, fast or slow,
should reliably protect our
ability to think.
Do you have a fitness question?
Email YourMove@washpost.com and
we may answer your question in a
future column.

Research is unclear that tion it might take an hour or

three hours before the peak drug
effects kick in. Topical dosing is
starting with low doses and slow-
ly increasing until you feel like
it’s helping or you experience side

cannabis can aid sleep going to take even longer.”

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chronic conditions. It may be that
the drug is actually relieving
pain, which allows the person to
sleep better, but those findings do
not offer insight into how the
drug might help a healthy person
sleep.
“from those studies, there is a
slight signal that maybe cannabis
products could improve sleep but
that is specifically in the context
of those conditions,” Kolla said.
“It could be the pain is getting
better so sleep is getting better.
It’s very hard to extrapolate from
that to say that the general popu-
lation will have improved sleep.”
daily marijuana use and
sleep
While most experts agree that
THC can promote sleep, how well
it works depends on the specifics
of the sleep problem and how
much experience the user has
had with the drug. Daily users of
cannabis typically report more
sleep disturbances than less regu-
lar users.
The issue may be that regular
users have developed a tolerance
for the drug — meaning they may
need a higher dose to achieve the
same effect as someone who rare-
ly uses it. Sleep problems can also
result from cannabis withdrawal.
“Like alcohol, cannabis may
improve sleep, particularly when
used over short periods of time,”
said Anastasia Suraev, a research
fellow at the Lambert Initiative
for Cannabinoid Therapeutics at
the University of Sydney. Suraev
disclosed that she has received
consulting fees from Australia’s
medicinal cannabis industry.
“When used regularly, [canna-
bis] can lead to tolerance and
dependence, as well as disrup-
tions to sleep architecture, result-
ing in worse sleep in the long
term,” Suraev said. “These are the
concerns that some specialists
have that we are still trying to
pinpoint and clarify.”
ryan Vandrey, a professor in
psychiatry and behavioral scienc-
es at Johns Hopkins medicine,
said people who use cannabis
products for sleep should view
them as they would any other
sleep medication. Typically in
sleep medicine, patients are rare-
ly prescribed a medicine for lon-
ger than a few weeks at a time, he
said.
“What happens is you take that
medication every night and you
become dependent on it to help
you get to sleep,” Vandrey said.
“It’s not as effective over time, you
need to increase your dose, and
ultimately trying to sleep without
that medication, you end up be-
ing worse off than you started.”
Suraev also emphasized the
importance of making sure peo-
ple know how to safely withdraw
from cannabis or THC-contain-
ing products — by gradually re-
ducing their dose over time.
“Stopping suddenly can make
their sleep worse,” she said.
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Smoking vs. edibles
How a drug is taken may also
affect how people with sleep is-
sues respond to cannabis.
In controlled clinical trials in a
laboratory setting, when adults
who infrequently use cannabis
are given vaporized THC, it has a
stronger and faster effect. The
study didn’t focus on sleep, but
Vandrey says it’s reasonable to
extrapolate the findings to sleep.
“If you’re trying to induce
sleep, if you inhale the drug
you’re going to get peak drug
effects pretty quickly,” Vandrey
said. “But with oral dose formula-
Sativa vs. indica
It’s a common belief among
cannabis users that different
strains have different effects, and
dispensaries may claim that a
strain known as sativa is more
energizing, while one called indi-
ca is more calming. Sativa is a tall
slim plant with light green leaves,
while indica is a short, bushy
plant with dark green leaves.
The anecdotal evidence about
differences in indica and sativa
have not been supported by sci-
ence and are “essentially mean-
ingless,” Vandrey said.
But when you interview people
who use these products routinely
and ask them about what kinds of
effects they expect from an indica
vs. sativa, they will reliably say
that they use indica to relax and
sleep and sativa for focus or
energy, he said.
“It’s unclear if that’s a true
pharmacological difference of ge-
netic plant lines or if it’s the
expectation of the user that’s the
kind of experience they’re going
to have when they use that prod-
uct based on the marketing that
the industry uses,” he said.
Using cannabis to help sleep
If you want to try using canna-
bis for sleep, experts recommend
effects. A common refrain, Su-
raev said, is “start low and go
slow.”
CBD may also be another op-
tion for inducing sleep, and has
less of a risk of dependence or
withdrawal. Study results for
CBD as a sleep aid are mixed,
however. researchers caution
that the compound also could
interact with other drugs a per-
son might be taking, so it’s a good
idea to talk to your doctor or
pharmacist.
for many people, melatonin is
a good option for sleep. Practical
changes, such as avoiding fluids
before bed and keeping your
room dark, can also help.
When Kolla talks to his pa-
tients, he said he does mention
cannabis compounds as a poten-
tial treatment. But given the lack
of concrete evidence, he tends to
steer them toward more evi-
dence-backed approaches, such
as cognitive behavioral therapy
and prescription medications.
“There are a lot of evidence-
based good treatments for vari-
ous sleep problems which should
be what we attempt to use first,”
he said. “Hopefully, with time and
more research, we can clarify
what, if any beneficial effects,
THC, CBD or any combination
would have. But we don’t have
that yet.”

Report: Air pollution as smaller increases in risk from

breathing nitrogen oxide and ni-
trogen dioxide, pollutants that
ability to control or influence the
quality of the air they breathe in
their environment, so this is not a
in children), diabetes, cognitive
decline and birth defects, and
early death.

may raise dementia risks most often result from traffic

BY M ARLENE C IMONS
Breathing in microscopic air
pollutants may raise the risk of
developing dementia, according
to a new analysis of existing
research by public health scien-
tists at Harvard.
It has long been known that
inhaling these microscopic parti-
cles — also known as Pm 2.5,
particles less than 2.5 microns in
width — can cause serious health
issues. (In comparison, the width
of a single human hair is 50 to 100
microns.)
But “their relationship to the
brain and dementia is a relatively
recent thing,” said lead study
author marc Weisskopf, a Cecil K.
and Philip Drinker professor of
environmental epidemiology and
physiology at Harvard T.H. Chan
School of Public Health. “Demen-
tia is a massive problem world-
wide. If we can reduce exposure
to these particles, we can reduce
the burden of dementia.”
more than 57 million people
globally are living with dementia,
a number expected to increase to
an estimated 153 million by 2050.
The meta-analysis, published
last Wednesday in BmJ, exam-
ined 16 observational studies and
found consistent evidence of a
connection between Pm 2.5 and
dementia, even when an individ-
ual’s annual exposure was less
than 12 micrograms per cubic
meter of air, which is the current
Environmental Protection Agen-
cy standard, the study said. A
grain of rice, in comparison,
weighs about 30,000 micro-
grams, Weisskopf said.
The studies measured the de-
mentia subjects’ overall exposure
to pollutants from one year to up
to 20 years, although “it’s unlikely
that the dementia-causing expo-
sure is actually as low as one year,
but the researchers use that num-
ber as a surrogate to estimate
longer-term exposure,” Weisskopf
said.
The EPA is considering
strengthening air-quality stan-
dards to lower Pm 2.5 exposure to
a level between nine and 10 mi-
crograms annually, or between
eight and 11 micrograms per cu-
bic meter of air. The agency has
asked for public comments on
istock
both measures.
Ninety-nine percent of the
global population is exposed to
Pm 2.5 levels considered un-
healthy — annual concentrations
higher than five micrograms per
cubic meter — by the World
Health organization, according
to a study published last month.
The Harvard scientists found a
17 percent rise in dementia risk
for every two-microgram in-
crease per cubic meter of air of
annual Pm 2.5 exposure, as well
exhaust.
It’s unclear how air pollution
influences the development of
dementia, said rebecca Edelmay-
er, senior director of scientific
engagement for the Alzheimer’s
Association, but “it’s hypoth-
esized that the very small parti-
cles of pollutants enter our bodies
and penetrate our circulatory sys-
tem, which helps fuel the brain.”
Some scientists speculate it
might be related to chronic in-
flammation in the body, or the
buildup of beta amyloid levels in
the blood. The brains of Alzheim-
er’s disease patients often have
abnormal levels of beta amyloid
that clump together to form
plaques that disrupt neurons and
cell function.
“These data illustrate that
there are many factors across the
life course that can contribute to
our risk of dementia, and this
includes the environment,” Edel-
mayer said.
Pm 2.5 contaminants often
come from construction sites, un-
paved roads, smokestacks and
fires, or are complex chemical
reactions from pollutants emit-
ted from power plants, industrial
facilities, cars and trucks.
“most people do not have the
personal risk they can manage
themselves,” said Christina Prath-
er, the clinical director of George
Washington University’s Insti-
tute for Brain Health and Demen-
tia. She was not involved in the
study.
moreover, these pollutants dis-
proportionately hurt vulnerable
populations such as children, old-
er people and those with existing
heart or lung diseases, as well as
low-income neighborhoods and
communities of color, where pol-
luting industries frequently lo-
cate. “The story of dementia and
disparity and race is very real,”
Prather said.
The American Lung Associa-
tion, in its 2022 “State of the
Air” report, found that more than
4 in 10 Americans live in areas
with unhealthy air quality.
The latest study adds dementia
to the numerous dangers of air
pollution documented by a grow-
ing body of scientific research in
recent years.
many studies — including a
June 2022 report from the Health
Effects Institute — have linked air
pollution to health problems
such as heart disease and stroke,
low birth weight, circulatory
problems, lung cancer mortality,
worsening of asthma (especially
research also has linked air
pollution exposure to such social
effects as substance abuse, self-
harm, suicide and crime.
“This meta-analysis reinforces
my belief that ending the use of
fossil fuels is the most critical
intervention we can take to pro-
tect people’s health,” said Gaurab
Basu, a physician and health eq-
uity fellow at the Center for Cli-
mate, Health and the Global En-
vironment at the Harvard T.H.
Chan School of Public Health.
Basu was not involved in the
research. “This study helps us
bring cognitive health to the fore-
front of the conversation of ben-
efits we derive from rapidly tran-
sitioning to a clean energy econo-
my.”
many people are exposed to air
pollution, and lowering their ex-
posure could make a huge differ-
ence in the overall global burden
of dementia, both now and in the
future, with substantial popula-
tion-level health impacts, Weis-
skopf said.
“Dementia has a tremendous
personal, health, societal and fi-
nancial cost to the world, so
anything we can do to delay,
modify or prevent can have mas-
sive societal implications,” he
said.
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‘Low sugar’ food may be packed with other sweeteners

fakE sugars from E1
The food industry says sugar
substitutes help people manage
their weight and reduce intake of
added sugars. But studies suggest
that fake sugars can also have
unexpected effects on your gut
and metabolic health and even
promote food cravings and insu-
lin resistance, a precursor to Type
2 diabetes.
Making foods even sweeter
Table sugar, or sucrose, is still
the dominant sweetener in the
food supply, and eating a lot of
ultra-processed foods with added
sugar has been linked to chronic
illness and obesity. The number of
new food products containing su-
crose has fallen by 16 percent in
the past five years. Use of high-
fructose corn syrup and agave
syrup also have declined.
“These low-calorie sweeteners
are ubiquitous in the food supply,
and so people often aren’t even
aware that they’re consuming
them,” said Allison Sylvetsky, an
associate professor in exercise
and nutrition sciences at George
Washington University.
many sugar substitutes are
known as high-intensity sweeten-
ers because they’re often hun-
dreds of times sweeter than table
sugar. Some are synthetic — such
as sucralose, aspartame and sac-
charin — while others — such as
allulose, stevia and monk fruit
extract — are referred to as “natu-
ral” because they’re derived from
plants.
Sugar substitutes can be found
in ingredient lists on food packag-
es, often with names that many
consumers don’t recognize, such
as advantame, neotame and ace-
sulfame potassium. foods that
claim “no artificial sweeteners”
often are sweetened with stevia
and other “natural” sugar substi-
tutes.
A variety of these sweeteners
are turning up in cereals, juices
and other packaged foods market-
ed to kids — even though public
health groups have discouraged
their use among children.
“When I started
thirty-something years ago I nev-
er saw low-calorie sweeteners in
pediatric products,” said Julie
mennella, a developmental biop-
sychologist who studies children’s
taste preferences at the monell
Chemical Senses Center in Phila-
delphia. “Now, they’re every-
where.”
Sucralose and acesulfame po-
tassium are regularly used in
Greek yogurts, tortilla wraps and
other foods served in school
meals. Schools in some states
have experimented with serving
chocolate milk sweetened with a
blend of sugar and monk fruit
extract.
Incentives to add ingredients
Under a proposal from the
food and Drug Administration,
companies will no longer be able
to label a food “healthy” unless it
adheres to strict new limits on
added sugars. one way compa-
nies can adhere to the proposed
rules is to replace added sugars
in foods with artificial sweeten-
ers.
“When companies reformu-
late their foods to contain less
sugar, it leads them to use more
nonnutritive sweeteners,” said
Jotham Suez, an assistant profes-
sor at the Johns Hopkins Bloom-
berg School of Public Health who
studies sugar substitutes.
Studies show that when other
countries, including Chile and
Australia, instituted policies to
reduce sugar consumption, the
result was an increase in artifi-
cially sweetened foods and bev-
erages.
How they affect your health
Scientists used to think that
nonnutritive sweeteners were
largely inert, activating sweet
receptors on our tongues and
passing through our bodies with-
out causing metabolic changes.
But questions remain about the
health effects of consuming large
amounts of these ingredients.
The World Health organiza-
tion cautioned people to limit
their intake of sugar substitutes
because of their potential for
“undesirable” long-term effects,
including detrimental effects on
gut and metabolic health.
robert rankin, the executive
director of the Calorie Control
Council, an industry group,
pushed back against claims that
sugar substitutes come with
health risks.
“Evidence shows that low- and
no-calorie sweeteners are a safe
and effective alternative to add-
ed sugars and can be used as part
of a balanced diet to help con-
sumers achieve dietary goals,
whether it be managing weight
or diabetes, reducing the con-
sumption of added sugars or
reducing total caloric intake,” he
said.
But one rigorous study led by
Suez at the Weizmann Institute
of Science with researcher Eran
Elinav looked at what happened
when people were given aspar-
tame, saccharin, stevia or sucral-
ose in amounts well below the
fDA’s daily allowances. The
study found that these sweeten-
ers caused changes in both the
function and composition of the
participants’ gut microbiomes,
the communities of bacteria, vi-
ruses and fungi that live in the
intestines.
The microbes in your gut play
many important roles: one is that
they transform the food you eat
into enzymes, hormones and vi-
tamins.
When you eat nutritious fiber-
rich foods such as fruits, vegeta-
bles and nuts, your gut microbes
produce compounds that can re-
duce inflammation and have oth-
er beneficial effects on your over-
all health.
But Suez and his colleagues
found that artificial sweeteners
and sugar substitutes can alter
your microbiome in ways that
are detrimental to your metabol-
ic health.
Two sweeteners, saccharin
and sucralose, worsened the par-
ticipants’ blood sugar control.
Some participants had more dra-
matic responses to the sweeten-
ers than others, suggesting that
these compounds may have dif-
ferent effects in different people.
other laboratory studies have
shown that drinking beverages
made with sucralose can pro-
mote insulin resistance, a pre-
Research in animals suggests sweet flavors can
have powerful effects on the brain’s reward center.
cursor to diabetes.
Here’s what that means.
l Normally, food that is eaten
is turned into glucose.
l The pancreas then releases
insulin into your blood.
l Insulin tells your cells to
store or use the glucose for
energy.
But some studies have found
that regularly consuming sugar
substitutes can disrupt that
process, causing your cells to
stop responding properly to in-
sulin and leading to chronically
elevated blood sugar levels.
Scientists have also uncovered
surprising effects of artificial
sweeteners on our brains and
appetites.
Sweet taste receptors on your
tongue tell your brain that you’re
eating something sweet. This
sends a signal to your brain and
your body that an influx of
calories is coming.
But because these sweeteners
are more potent than normal
sugar with few or none of the
calories, they can confuse your
brain and your taste receptors.
one potential consequence of
this, studies have found, is that
you might develop stronger sug-
ar cravings and end up eating
more sugar and sweetened
foods.
And some sweeteners, such as
allulose, can cause gastrointesti-
nal discomfort when consumed
in large amounts.
Powerful effects on the brain
In a clinical trial published in
JAmA Network open, research-
ers found that drinking beverag-
es that contained sucralose in-
creased food cravings in women
and people with obesity and led
women to eat larger amounts of
food at their next meals.
At the same time, research in
animals suggests that sweet fla-
vors, whether from sugar or from
artificial sweeteners, can have
powerful effects on the brain’s
reward center. When given a
choice between cocaine or water
sweetened with saccharin, rats
will almost always choose the
artificially sweetened beverage.
Studies suggest that our taste
receptors and willpower can be
easily overwhelmed by intensely
sweet flavors — even if those
flavors come from fake sugar.
Weight and heart health
Scientists say it’s hard to fully
understand the health effects of
all these sugar substitutes. one
reason is that there are so many
of them.
At least six artificial sweeten-
ers have been approved by the
fDA: Saccharin, sucralose, as-
partame, acesulfame potassium,
neotame and advantame.
Companies are also allowed to
use other nonnutritive sweeten-
ers that the agency deems “gen-
erally recognized as safe,” which
means they don’t have to under-
go rigorous fDA safety reviews.
observational studies suggest
that people who consume a lot of
low-calorie sweeteners have
higher rates of obesity and
weight gain. But that may be a
case of reverse causality, since
people who are at risk of obesity
are more likely to choose diet
foods and beverages. The most
rigorous clinical trials show that
when people replace sugary
drinks with artificially sweet-
ened beverages like Diet Coke
and Diet Pepsi it helps them
avoid gaining excess weight.
for many years, artificial
sweeteners were plagued by con-
cerns that they could cause can-
cer, largely stemming from early
research in rodents. But the
American Cancer Society says
there is “no clear evidence that
these sweeteners, at the levels
typically consumed in human
diets, cause cancer.”
They can, however, have other
concerning effects.
A large study published in the
BmJ found that a high intake of
artificial sweeteners increased
the risk of cardiovascular prob-
lems such as strokes and coro-
nary heart disease.
Another study published in
Nature medicine linked the sug-
ar substitute erythritol to higher
rates of heart attacks and
strokes. The researchers found
that when people consumed
erythritol in amounts commonly
found in processed foods it
stayed in their systems for days
and had the potential to promote
blood clots.
The Calorie Control Council
challenged the study results, say-
ing they are “contrary to decades
of scientific research.”
Detecting these substitutes
The American Academy of Pe-
diatrics says the fDA should
require food companies to list
the amounts of any nonnutritive
sweeteners on the nutrition facts
panel, alongside things like fat,
carbohydrates and added sugar.
Some consumer groups called
for new labeling rules to make it
easier to know when sugar sub-
stitutes are used in packaged
foods.
one particularly vocal critic is
the sugar industry. The Sugar
Association, an industry trade
and lobbying group, in 2020
submitted a lengthy petition to
the fDA pointing out that pack-
aged foods that carry label
claims like “reduced sugar” and
“no added sugars” are often
sweetened with sugar substi-
tutes.
The group argued that con-
sumers are being “misled” be-
cause these products are fre-
quently marketed as healthier,
even though they’re often “high-
er in calories or contain alterna-
tive sweeteners that consumers
are not familiar with.”
Some examples of foods the
sugar industry called out in-
clude:
l Blueberry protein bars.
Some “low sugar” protein bars
claim on the label that they
contain just one gram of sugar.
But you would have to flip to the
ingredient list on the back to see
that your bars might be sweet-
ened with multiple sugar substi-
tutes such as erythritol, allulose
and sucralose.
l greek yogurt. Your vanilla
Greek yogurt may claim it con-
tains no added sugar or artificial
flavors. But if you check the
ingredients, you might discover
it’s sweetened with stevia leaf
extract. Some brands of low-sug-
ar yogurts actually have more
calories than the regular ver-
sion.
l flavored oatmeal. “Lower
sugar” instant oatmeal varieties
claim to have as much as 35
percent less sugar than the regu-
lar version. But that’s because
food makers have decreased the
serving size and added monk
fruit extract.
l Peach fruit cups. The label
may say that your diced peaches
are packed in “naturally sweet-
ened water” with no added sug-
ars and no artificial sweeteners
or flavors. But the ingredient list
for some brands indicates that
they’re sweetened with stevia
leaf extract.
rankin, from the sugar-sub-
stitute industry group, said cur-
rent food labels give people
sufficient information to identi-
fy products that contain both
caloric sweeteners as well as
sugar substitutes.
so what should you do?
Experts say it’s clear that
consuming a lot of sugar is bad
for your health. But Suez and
others said you should be cau-
tious about replacing sugary
foods with sugar substitutes.
It’s best to consume any kind
of low-calorie sweetener in mod-
eration. Pay attention to ingredi-
ent lists. Another simple meas-
ure is to reduce your intake of
highly processed foods, which
tend to contain a lot of sweeten-
ers and other additives.
“If you can reduce these
sweeteners without replacing
them with sugar, which we know
beyond any doubt is damaging
to health, then from a cautious
perspective that’s probably
best,” Suez said.
Do you have a question about
healthy eating? email
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Plants make ultrasonic popping noises. The sounds might be cries for help.
BY K YLE M ELNICK
About a decade ago, Lilach
Hadany was outside listening to
animals chirping, growling and
buzzing when she had a thought:
Why don’t plants make noise, too?
Hadany, a biology professor at
Tel Aviv University, did some re-
search but didn’t get a satisfactory
answer. A few years later, she
launched another study to deter-
mine whether plants make noise.
“They do interact with their
environment,” Hadany said. “So it
would be somewhat of a waste if
they were completely deaf and
mute.”
After six years of research,
Hadany and her colleagues dis-
covered that plants — when dis-
tressed — make ultrasonic noises,
which are inaudible to humans.
According to a study released last
month, plants emit popping
sounds when they’re cut or when
they become dehydrated or in-
fected — noises that researchers
say might be their version of a call
for help.
conditions — some had cut stems,
some had not been watered for
days and others were untouched.
The result: The microphone
picked up sounds at frequencies
between 40 and 80 kilohertz — far
above what the human ear can
detect. The noises sound similar
to popcorn kernels popping, the
researchers found.
Distressed plants generated
dozens of sounds every hour and
sometimes roughly one every
minute, the team found. Undam-
aged plants made less than one
sound every hour.
“We were happy and sur-
prised,” Hadany said. “It took us
some time to really believe there
were sounds.”
LiLAcH HADAny researchers said the noises are
researchers placed ultrasonic microphones near plants to pick up the sound of popping air bubbles,
sounds at frequencies far above what the human ear can detect. which plants produce in their xy-
lem, a tissue that moves water.
“We always thought that plants The researchers placed plants Plants often lose air bubbles as
are silent,” researcher Yossi Yovel in soundproof boxes in a quiet their water intake decreases, Yov-
said. “And now we realize that room and sat two ultrasonic mi- el said.
they actually make those sounds crophones nearby. They studied The rhythms produced depend
quite often, and they are mean- tomato, tobacco, cactus, corn, on the plant and its condition. for
ingful to some extent.” wheat and other plants in varying example, a dehydrated wheat
plant made more frequent and
louder noises than a grapevine
that had been cut. researchers
found that dehydrated plants
generated more sounds as their
conditions worsened.
“There’s a huge new
world of possibilities.”
Researcher Yossi Yovel
Using artificial intelligence, re-
searchers said, they can identify
the type of plant and its condition
based on the volume, frequency
and tempo of its sounds. But re-
searchers don’t know whether
other creatures pay attention to
the noises.
Previous studies have found
that plants interact with their
environments. In 2019, Hadany
and Yovel discovered that flowers
produced nectar when they de-
tected bees and other pollinators
nearby. A study in may in Plant
Cell found that plants communi-
cate with electrical signals from
their leaves.
Hadany and Yovel said they will
continue their research in hopes
of learning whether damaged
plants communicate with ani-
mals and other plants. That’s a
question that has stumped other
researchers, including a team
from michigan that, in 1988, un-
covered that plants made noises
when they were dehydrated. rob-
ert Haack, one of the researchers,
wrote in an email that the team
couldn’t determine whether in-
sects heard the sounds.
“We didn’t have the right equip-
ment back then,” Haack wrote.
Hadany and Yovel have the
benefit of more technology to try
to determine the answer. for now,
they hope their findings will help
farmers learn when their plants
need water or are infected.
“The big question is whether
animals, or perhaps some other
organism, evolved to use these
sounds,” Yovel said. “There’s a
huge new world of possibilities.”