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A lawyer for indicted Ald.Willie Cochran told a fed-eral judge Wednesday thatthe South Side politician isnegotiating a guilty plea tocorruption charges ratherthan take the case to trial.

Cochran, 65, was chargedin December 2016 with analleged scheme to shakedown two businessmen forcash in exchange for sup-port on deals in his 20thWard.

The 15-count indictmentalso alleged Cochran stoletens of thousands of dollarsin charitable donations tothe 20th Ward ActivitiesFund and spent it on collegetuition for his daughter,trips to Indiana casinos,accessories for his Mer-cedes-Benz and other per-sonal splurges.

In a brief status hearingWednesday, Cochran’s at-torney, ChristopherGrohman, said a plea agree-ment with prosecutors wasbeing hammered out.

“We’ve been in negotia-tions with the government,and we’re hopeful we canresolve this short of trial,”Grohman told U.S. DistrictJudge Jorge Alonso.

After court, Grohmantold the Chicago Tribunethat Cochran, who has con-tinued to serve on the CityCouncil while the case ispending for nearly twoyears, would not seek re-election in February in spiteof recent media reports tothe contrary.

Shortly after the Tribunefirst reported the devel-opments online, Cochran,who attended the courthearing with his wife, sug-gested in a Twitter post thatno decision on whether toaccept a deal had beenmade.

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testimony not long after the15-year-old’s shooting in January2013.

The reversals and shakymemories will leave for jurors todecide which version of the storythey find more credible.

Cook County prosecutorsmoved quickly to try to limit anypotential damage by the rever-sals, reading lengthy excerptsfrom the three witnesses’ grandjury testimony and signed state-ments to police. In addition,prosecutors questioned at length

Three friends of the reputedgang members on trial in HadiyaPendleton’s slaying have takenthe witness stand only to quicklyback away from their previousdamning testimony against thetwo men.

One even flatly deniedWednesday what transcriptsshowed he said in grand jury

two former assistant state’s at-torneys who had taken two ofthe witnesses’ handwrittenstatements and brought thembefore the grand jury.

Defense attorneys onWednesday suggested that po-lice years ago threatened thewitnesses into saying whateverthey wanted to hear.

The trial continued well past 7p.m. Wednesday, the first full dayof testimony in the trial ofMicheail Ward and KennethWilliams at the Leighton Crimi-nal Court Building.

Prosecutors have charged thatWard fired into Harsh Park, arival gang’s hangout on Chi-

cago’s South Side, after Hadiyaand classmates from King Col-lege Prep High School wentthere to relax after final exams.Ward fled in a white Nissandriven by Williams, prosecutorsallege. Both were alleged mem-bers of a gang faction known asSUWU.

The shooting drew nationalattention in part because Hadiya,an honors student and bandmajorette, had performed daysearlier at President Barack Oba-ma’s second inauguration festiv-ities. Her killing took place abouta mile from Obama’s Chicago

Witness Demetrius Tucker, a reputed gang member, is questioned on the stand during the trial in the fatal shooting of Hadiya Pendleton.

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A river of denials, reversalsat Hadiya Pendleton trialFriends of defendants back off theirdamning testimony in teen’s deathBy Megan Crepeau,

Rosemary Sobol and

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SPRINGFIELD — Re-publicans celebrated theirday at the Illinois State Fairon Wednesday and at-tempted to overcome inter-nal divisions over PresidentDonald Trump and socialpositions taken by Gov.Bruce Rauner that threatenhis re-election.

“Fire Madigan, FireMadigan,” the fairgroundscrowd chanted at the urg-ing of state GOP ChairmanTim Schneider, emphasiz-ing the central theme ofRepublican campaignsacross the ballot — attack-ing Rauner’s chief politicalnemesis, House SpeakerMichael Madigan, whoalso chairs the state Demo-

cratic Party.Beneath the myriad at-

tacks on Madigan andDemocratic governor can-didate J.B. Pritzker, though,were elements of concernabout Rauner’s supportamong socially conserva-tive voters. In his first term,the governor approved ex-pansions of abortion andgay rights as well as acontroversial immigrationlaw.

“Republicans now needto come together. We canhave issues where wemight disagree … but youknow what? We’ve got tounite. This is the time foreverybody to come to-gether,” Rauner said.

“We can have our differ-ences on different policyissues, but what really mat-ters is we don’t give totalcontrol to Madigan, hismachine, funded by

GOP eyes ‘lesser of 2 evils’ in Rauner-Pritzker war‘We’ve got tounite,’ governortells skeptical party By Rick Pearson

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Gov. Bruce Rauner greets supporters Wednesday at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield.

He urged his fellow Republicans to unite ahead of the November election.

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The ruling, which willallow prosecutors to usethe term during closingarguments only, wasspurred by the self-defensestrategy that Jason VanDyke’s attorneys will usewhen the high-profile casegoes to trial next month.Chicagoland, Page 4

Judge: Don’t callMcDonald ‘victim’during the trial

As of last month, not asingle incoming ninth-grader had accepted aninvitation to attend HirschHigh School in Chicago’sGrand Crossing neighbor-hood when classes begin inSeptember. Only one risingfreshman took an offer toattend Douglass High

School in South Austin.Hirsch and Douglass

were part of a new ChicagoPublic Schools online ap-plication that promptedjunior high graduates torank their most desiredhigh schools out of hun-dreds of programs.

According to a study tobe released Thursday fromthe University of ChicagoConsortium on School Re-

search and the Federal Re-serve Bank of Chicago, thecomputerized systemstreamlined the city’s com-plex high school admis-sions process in its firstyear. But researchers alsoconcluded years of declin-ing enrollment have leftthousands of ninth-gradeseats empty.

What’s more, the schooldistrict’s own applicationnumbers and ninth-gradeenrollment estimates forthe fast-approaching fall se-mester show a familiar col-

lection of district-operatedhigh schools continuing tostruggle with low demandin some of the city’s mostunderserved neighbor-hoods.

“There clearly areschools that are struggling,there clearly are schoolsthat don’t have enoughenrollment to offer a com-prehensive high schoolprogram,” said Lisa Barrow,a Federal Reserve Bank ofChicago economist who co-wrote the consortium’sstudy.

Overall, CPS predictssome 26,300 freshmen willenroll in classes when the2018-19 school year beginsnext month.

CPS officials stress thatenrollment at individualschools is expected to fluc-tuate after classes begin,because the district predic-ts some students will enrollin their neighborhoodschool outside of the elec-tronic application process.

Researchers and com-

20,000 CPS freshman seats unfilledDeclining enrollment tracked incomputerized system’s 1st yearBy Juan Perez Jr.

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After some movies, you’ve just gotto sit with friends over coffee, maybea piece of pie, and talk excitedly aboutthat amazing Hollywood blockbuster.

Those fantastic chase scenes. Theplot twists. The amazing stunts on theKashmiri cliffs. And what does VingRhames really think of Tom Cruise?

But if you’re lucky, there might be afew movies in your life that requiresomething besides chatter and pie: asilence, and the need to go off byyourself for a bit to think on howlucky you were to have seen some-thing that’ll stick with you for a longtime.

“The Rider,” directed by ChloeZhao, is that kind of movie. It’s a stun-ner.

And I just lucked into it at home,absently flipping through movie trail-ers on cable. At first, I worried itmight be horrible, the way the filmbased on a fine book by Cormac Mc-Carthy, “All the Pretty Horses,” waslacquered up and ruined.

But this one wasn’t ruined.“The Rider” is the story of a young

horse trainer and rodeo cowboy on aranch on a Lakota reservation. Thefilm begins after he’s suffered a seri-ous head injury. A zipper of stitchesruns along the side of his skull.

Zhao doesn’t play games, or usetricks, she doesn’t sop it up withWestern cliches. There is the land-scape and a young man, 22, just a boyreally, and riding is what he loves.

Life “for a horse is to run across aprairie,” he says, “for a cowboy, it’s toride.” But he can’t.

Riding and training horses are thethings he’s truly good at. He’s a natu-ral champion bronc rider. And hemust decide whether to walk awayfrom his dreams or face death.

He takes a job as a stock clerk in agrocery store. A young rodeo fan spotsthe rodeo champion. When the fanleaves, the cowboy is left to straightenthe cans on the shelves. There’s heart-break to it, but it’s spare, like the cow-boy.

The character Brady Blackburn isplayed by actor Brady Jandreau, andhis real-life expertise with horsesconvinced Zhao she wanted him forthe lead role in her picture.

In an interview I watched onYouTube, she talks of Jandreau in acorral, with almost wild horses. Whatshe noticed was this:

“… he’s the father, the mother, theteacher and the friend, the dancepartner to that horse, and (he) con-vinced the animal to trust him. And Ifigured, maybe he could do that withthe audience as well.”

Usually when I look for a movieand think it might be worth watching,I first do some research. But not thistime. This was a pure impulse buy.

What struck me was how naturalJandreau seemed, as did the autisticsister, the father — a gambler and adrinker — and the friends who lovethe rodeo life, even if it left one para-lyzed. What I didn’t know was that itwas real people playing themselves.

It turns out Jandreau was himselfinjured in a riding accident, that hissister in the movie is his sister in reallife, his father, and the other Lakotacowboys play themselves.

Zhao met Jandreau before shethought of “The Rider.” After shestudied him working horses, shecould sense there was somethingthere to make a movie.

Then his head was all but caved inin a riding accident. As he healed, sherealized that she would write andmake a film about him.

People who aren’t professionals arerevealed. But under Zhao’s amazingdirection, there’s nothing awkward.They trusted her, and what comes ofit is all powerful and clean.

“I think maybe because I’m Chi-nese it was easier for me to be ac-cepted into the community,” she saidin that interview on YouTube. “Ididn’t really have any burdens on myshoulders of what a reservation, what‘cowboys,’ mean. I didn’t learn aboutNative American history until I was in

college. And, also looking like a Chi-nese girl, going into a world of cow-boys and Indians, they just looked atme. ‘What are you doing here?’ It’sfunny to them, and I think it actuallyhelped. I think people ultimatelywant to relate to those who are unfa-miliar to them.”

Of the movies I’ve seen, I can counton my fingers the ones I thought wereworth the price, those I thought wereworth recommending.

“Mission: Impossible — Fallout”was entertaining, and I’m not out torip other pictures. I enjoyed the latest“Mission: Impossible,” and there arethe other superhero blockbusterspeople line up to see for the thrill ride.There’s nothing wrong with it.

But some dramas are too obvious.Sometimes the smell of politics in afilm is stronger than that fake butteron your popcorn. You feel the shep-herd’s goad brushing your shoulders,the prodding, and you know you’rebeing herded.

Not this one. Zhao tells a simplestory. At least, her story looks simple,but if you take a minute to think on it,you realize that simple is not easy todo.

I felt this way coming out of “ComeHell and High Water,” and earlierwith “Winter’s Bone.”

And “Black Robe,” about a Jesuitmissionary exploring the wilderness,accused of being “michimindo,” ademon, by an angry Native Americanshaman.

I’ll put “The Rider” up with them.They’re small movies, not glitzy

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C’mon African-Americans, have a heart.Omarosa Manigault Newman desperatelywants her black card back. I think we oughtto consider giving it to her.

Look, I know we can’t take this exclusivemembership card awarded to every blackperson at birth for granted. It takes a lot toget it taken away, and it’s only fitting thatblack people have to jump through a lot ofhoops to get it back.

Maybe Omarosa deserves a secondchance, just like we gave Sammy Davis Jr.

Davis lost his black card when he en-dorsed Richard Nixon’s re-election in 1972and hugged him at the GOP convention. Heearned it back years later after acknowledg-ing his mistake supporting a president thatAfrican-Americans despised and renounc-ing Nixon for reneging on promises he hadmade regarding civil rights.

Omarosa’s card was put in jeopardywhen she sashayed onto the stage at a Don-ald Trump campaign rally in Ohio twoyears ago and criticized Barack Obama for“trying to sell us hope.”

“Hope won’t fill up the gas tank andhope won’t fill prescriptions,” she pro-claimed before breaking into a chant of“USA! USA!”

African-Americans collectively snatchedher card away when she took a job inTrump’s White House. After that embar-rassing photo op she arranged for Trumpwith the heads of historically black collegesand universities, black people said, “Whatthe heck, she’s a lost cause. We’ll just burnit.”

So we tossed her card into the flamesalongside Supreme Court Justice ClarenceThomas’ card. The difference is that Thom-as never noticed, or maybe he just doesn’tcare. He has never asked for reinstatement.

Now that she’s been kicked out of theWhite House and is promoting a new tell-all book, Omarosa is practically on herknees begging for black people’s forgiv-eness. And she has come bearing gifts.

Surely she expected black people towelcome her back into the fold when sheannounced that she had actually heard —with her own ears — the rumored audio-tape of Trump using the N-word whilefilming “The Apprentice” reality TV show.

What she didn’t realize is that blackpeople don’t need a tape recording to knowthat Trump is a racist. We’ve known it allalong. But when your black card is revoked,I guess it takes a lot more evidence to figureout when someone hates you because ofyour race.

It took Omarosa a long time to reach the

conclusion that Donald Trump is a “con”and “truly a racist,” as she described him onNBC’s “Meet the Press.”

She tried to explain that she had “a blindspot” when it came to Trump. She thoughtthey were friends. She thought she knewhis heart. She wanted to see the best in him.In other words, she was a fool.

Black people, let’s not pretend we’venever been fooled by a white politician.Remember that time we gave Bill Clintonan honorary black card? Though she nevermeant it as a compliment, novelist ToniMorrison bestowed on him the title “firstblack president,” and we embraced it.

Then Clinton turned on us by signing a“three strikes” crime bill that resulted inlocking up tons of black folks for nonviolentcrimes and throwing away the key. And inthe ultimate betrayal, he accused Obama ofplaying the “race card” on him in order towin the Democratic presidential nomina-tion over Hillary Clinton.

I get why a lot of people detest Omarosa.They think she’s an opportunist who gaveup her black card and threw us under thebus in order to get ahead, and she’s usingher newfound blackness to sell books.

Some folks are demanding that her card

be permanently revoked. Actress SherriShepherd, for example, said in an im-promptu interview with TMZ thatOmarosa tried to “lead black people to theslaughterhouse.”

“You tried to sell us out for money. Youtried to make us drink the Kool-Aid in thename of Trump ... the almighty God. Yousaid that he was taking names. You boweddown to him. You sold your soul,” the for-mer co-host of “The View” said.

There’s no denying that Omarosa is atraitor, but perhaps she’s not all bad. Maybewe can come to think of her as a whistle-blower or an undercover agent who wentdeep in order to penetrate Trump’s WhiteHouse and get the dirt she thought weneeded to kick him out of office.

While she has admitted she secretlyrecorded conversations to protect herself,those tapes might come in handy whenwe’re trying to light a fire under voters,particularly blacks, to turn out in force andstop Trump from winning a second term.

Maybe she was referring to her under-cover work when she reminded us thatwhen she was around, at least there was ablack person at the table. Now, she warns,“They are making decisions about us, with-

out us.”Omarosa was lost in Trump’s White

House. But, just maybe, she really is tryingto find her way back home now. What’swrong with black people giving her achance?

For whatever reason, she decided to gointo Trump’s hellhole armed with nothingbut a tape recorder. Even with all the heatshe’s been taking, she says she’s glad she didit. Maybe we should be glad too.

She’s given African-Americans yet an-other example of what happens every timeone of us tries to give Trump a chance. Shehas forced Trump to reveal on Twitter hisdownright disdain for African-Americanwomen. She has challenged black peoplenot only to think smart but act smart, espe-cially in these troubled times.

Black card or not, Omarosa is still one ofours. She has nowhere else to go.

At the risk of losing my own black card,I’m going to be open-minded about voting“yes” to returning Omarosa’s. I’m not readyto welcome her to the picnic, but neitheram I ready to ban my sister forever.

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A Cook County judgeoverseeing the murdercharges against Chicago po-lice Officer Jason Van Dykefor the fatal shooting ofLaquan McDonald blockedprosecutors Wednesdayfrom referring to McDonaldas a victim at trial exceptduring closing arguments.

The ruling — one of abouttwo dozen Judge VincentGaughan made — wasspurred by the self-defensestrategy that Van Dyke’sattorneys will use when thehigh-profile case goes totrial next month.

Unlike typical murdertrials in which both sidesagree on the victim andargue over who pulled thetrigger, a self-defense claiminvolves an argument overwhether the deceased wasthe aggressor and if his ownactions prompted his death.

If prosecutors were al-lowed to repeatedly refer tothe 17-year-old McDonaldas the victim, legal expertssaid, it could prejudice ju-rors against Van Dyke,whose attorneys will saythat he believed the teenposed a serious threat whenhe walked down the streetwith a knife and refusedcommands to stop.

“Someone is a victimwhen they are killed with-out legal justification,” saidRobert Loeb, a defense at-torney who is also a formerCook County assistantstate’s attorney and is notinvolved in the case. “In aself-defense case, it’s thejury’s job to determinewhether the act was justi-fied and who the victim is.”

Gaughan said when mak-ing his ruling that McDon-ald’s death would be

“tragic” but he legallywould not be a victim if VanDyke’s actions are deemedjustified. However, thejudge said prosecutorscould use the word “victim”in their closing arguments“if the evidence supports it.”

The ruling may seemjarring to the public, manyof whom viewed McDonaldas a casualty of police bru-tality since the court-or-dered release of a videoshowing Van Dyke shootingthe teen 16 times in October2014. Mayor Rahm Emanu-el publicly apologized forthe shooting after the videobecame public in November2015, saying “nothing, noth-ing can excuse what hap-pened to Laquan McDon-ald.”

The city also paidMcDonald’s family $5 mil-lion before the family evenfiled a lawsuit, a settlementthat suggests McDonaldmet the threshold for law-suits of being an excessiveforce victim.

The judge’s ruling is un-likely to be a setback for theprosecution. The jury doesnot need to hear the exactword to understand thatprosecutors believeMcDonald is the victim ofpolice brutality, legal ex-perts said.

“It’s a distinction withouta difference,” said MarkSutter, a former CookCounty prosecutor who isnow in private practice.“Everyone will understandthe defined roles of the

parties involved.”While barring prose-

cutors from using “victim”throughout most of the trial,Gaughan refused a defensemotion to also ban the word“homicide” during the pro-ceedings. The Cook Countymedical examiner’s officeruled McDonald’s death ahomicide, meaning he waskilled by another human.

“It’s a death caused byanother person,” Gaughansaid. “I’ve heard it manytimes before … and it’s notthat prejudicial.”

The judge also denied adefense motion to bar evi-dence that officers on thescene of McDonald’s shoot-ing failed to provide himwith first aid. Prosecutorssaid video from the scene

was clear.“It’s going to show lack of

first aid,” said JosephCullen, a member of theprosecution team. “State ofmind is the central issue ofthis case.”

Gaughan ruled on abouttwo dozen motions — mostwhich had been kept underseal — during the hourlonghearing as he is pushing tomeet the Sept. 5 trial date.

The judge made no deci-sion on a defense request tobar prosecutors from sayingthat McDonald did notcommit a forcible felony thenight of his death. Thepolice responded after areport that the teen wascarrying a knife and tryingto break into trucks on thecity’s Southwest Side.

“That’s what started thiswhole thing,” said RandyRueckert, one of Van Dyke’sattorneys.

Both sides will return tocourt Thursday morning,when McDonald’s mother,Tina Hunter, has been or-dered to testify. Hunterfailed to appear at an earlierhearing and has not ac-cepted a subpoena requir-ing her presence.

If she does not appear,Gaughan has threatened tobar her from attending thetrial.

The defense wants to callHunter at trial to testifyabout McDonald’s allegedlyviolent history.

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Judge: Don’t call Laquan McDonald ‘victim’Prosecutors’ labelmay prejudice juryin cop murder trialBy Stacy St. Clair and Rosemary SobolChicago Tribune

Chicago Officer Jason Van Dyke walks out of the Leighton Criminal Court Building following a hearing over the shooting death of Laquan McDonald.

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He organized the shut-down of Lake Shore Drivethat snarled traffic earlierthis month and now theRev. Gregory Livingstonwants to do the same thingon the Kennedy Express-way, jamming up travel toand from O’Hare Interna-tional Airport.

Livingston, of New HopeBaptist Church in WestHumboldt Park, staged anews conference Wednes-day outside Mayor RahmEmanuel’s office in CityHall to announce his plansfor an anti-violence marchon the Kennedy Express-way — the main thorough-fare to O’Hare — about 11a.m. or noon on Labor Day.

“We need to get Rahm’sattention because we arereally following (Mahatma)Gandhi’s pattern,” Living-ston said. “Gandhi said firstthey ignore you, then theylaugh at you, then they fightyou, then we win.”

He added: “MayorEmanuel, our No. 1 demandis still your resignation.”

Livingston said he isworking with a coalitionthat’s also demanding asit-down meeting withEmanuel to address econo-mic investment on theSouth and West sides, re-purposing the city’s shutter-ed schools and justice forpeople who have been shotby police.

Emanuel’s office says thecity is creating jobs forpeople living on the Southand West sides, and thatLivingston’s protest wouldharm those who work atairports.

“We all share the goal ofcontinuing to build morejobs in our neighborhoods,but rhetoric that ignoresreality won’t create a single

job,” Adam Collins, aspokesman for the mayor,said in an email.

Collins called Living-ston’s efforts “beyondironic,” pointing out that themayor’s office Tuesday an-nounced what it said wouldbe hundreds of new jobs atretail and dining businessesat Midway Airport.

Livingston has not spo-ken to police or anyonefrom City Hall about hisplans, and he said he iswilling to be arrested ifnecessary. He said plans forthe march are still beingfirmed up; it was unclearhow many might participa-te, but Livingston said therewill be “enough” protestersto make a statement.

If the march occurs asplanned, it will mark thethird anti-violence protestto shutter a major roadwayin Chicago this year. Inaddition to the Lake ShoreDrive shutdown, the Rev.Michael Pfleger, pastor atSt. Sabina Catholic Churchon the South Side, led ademonstration on the DanRyan Expressway. In bothcases, law enforcement pa-trolled the areas as pro-testers peacefully madetheir way onto the road-ways.

The Illinois State Policehas jurisdiction over theKennedy. In a statement,state police Lt. Matt Boer-winkle said the agency “willwork with community lead-ers and partner agencies toseek peaceful resolution tofind alternative routes forlawful assembly.”

“It is against the law forpedestrians to enter theexpressway including all onand off ramps,” the state-ment said. “Protests on theexpressway endangerneighboring communitiesby backing up traffic ontoother arterial routes, cre-ating extremely hazardousconditions for motorists,which are likely to causecrashes resulting in seriousinjury and fatalities.”

Livingston was one of themain organizers behind thismonth’s demonstration thattemporarily shut downLake Shore Drive, snakedthrough the streets of Lake-view and ended outsideWrigley Field. He and acouple hundred protesterssaid they took their anti-violence message to theNorth Side — a part of thecity that organizers say getsmore resources than neigh-borhoods where most of theshootings have taken place— to draw attention topolice-involved shootings.Organizers also called forthe resignations of Emanueland Chicago Police Depart-ment Superintendent EddieJohnson.

The relationship be-tween the organizers of theLake Shore Drive protestfizzled after the demon-stration. Last week, Living-ston and Tio Hardiman,another organizer of theLake Shore Drive demon-stration, publicly an-nounced they were goingtheir separate ways over adisagreement about theplanned Sept. 3 march onthe Kennedy Expressway.

The two remain in con-tact, but Hardiman saidWednesday that he does notplan to participate in Liv-ingston’s march because hethinks people will be ar-rested.

“I’m not against Rev. Liv-ingston; I’m against peoplegoing to jail,” Hardimansaid.

Hardiman said he plansto host an “African-Ameri-can unity” day in Lawndaleon Friday as a way toprevent people from gettinginvolved in violence.

For his part, Livingstonhas taken his message to thenational stage by appearingon Fox News.

“Chicago is out of con-trol,” Livingston said on airto Fox News’ Martha Mac-Callum. “Our violence rightnow is the 21st centuryversion of the Chicago Fire

of 1871. And Mayor Emanu-el and his hand-picked Su-perintendent Eddie John-son have admitted ... thatthey cannot handle whatthey’ve been entrusted,voted in (and) appointed todo.”

Days after the Lake ShoreDrive shutdown, Chicagohad one of its most violentweekends since at least2016, according to datacompiled by the Tribune.From the afternoon of Aug.3 to early Aug. 6, there were74 people shot, 12 fatally,according to police. Duringa seven-hour period alone,40 people were wounded inshootings.

In response, the ChicagoPolice Department de-ployed additional officersthis past weekend, payingattention in particular tolarge gatherings in five po-lice districts on the city’sSouth and West sides.

But Livingston says thoseefforts and others by themayor’s office haven’t doneenough to address the city’sdisparities.

“Here’s what we know:To reduce this violence,Chicago must desegregate,”Livingston said during thenews conference. “Youmust desegregate economicinvestment, you must de-segregate health care assets,you must desegregate howeducation assets are allocat-ed in our city.”

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The Rev. Gregory Livingston

announced his plans for an

anti-violence march on the

Kennedy Expressway.

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Anti-violence protest aims toshut Kennedy ExpresswayLake Shore marchorganizer plansLabor Day eventBy Elvia MalagonChicago Tribune

Service on Metra’sBNSF Railway line,plagued this summer byovercrowding and air con-ditioning breakdowns, isimproving but officials saythere’s still work to bedone.

On-time performanceon the line from UnionStation to Aurora has im-proved from 91.6 percentin July to 95 percent inAugust, DJ Mitchell, as-sistant vice president ofpassenger operations atBNSF Railway, said duringMetra’s regular monthlyboard meeting onWednesday.

A train is considered“on time” if it reaches itsdestination within fiveminutes and 59 seconds ofits scheduled arrival.

BNSF also has reducedthe number of cars withbroken air conditioning onthe line, from a high of 64cars — about a third of thefleet — during one day thissummer, to four cars,Mitchell said. But he ac-knowledged that railroadofficials still are trying tofix the problem of late andcrowded trains. “We’regoing to do a deep diveinto learning why sometrains are late multipletimes a month,” he said.

Board members ex-pressed relief that someproblems on the commut-er railroad’s busiest lineare being addressed. “Thiswhole summer has beenkind of an embarrassingsituation,” said boardmember Steve Messerli.

BNSF and Metra offi-cials have blamed an arrayof issues for overcrowdingand delays. A major causeof the crowding has beenair conditioning break-

downs, which lead to pas-sengers on a hot carsqueezing into cooler cars.

Implementation of newsafety technology calledpositive train control,which required a majorschedule change in June,has been the source ofsome delays. But capacityissues on the line, whichsees 64,000 passengers aday, have long existed,Metra officials say. Theroute includes stops atNaperville, Hinsdale andCicero.

BNSF owns the tracksand maintenance facilitiesand runs and services thetrains. Metra suppliesequipment but is limitedin how much it can dobecause it needs moneyfor new cars and locomo-tives, according to Metraofficials. The state legisla-ture has not passed acapital bill to pay fortransportation infrastruc-ture since 2009.

Also Wednesday, Metraofficials reported that rid-ership across the servicefell 7.7 percent in the firstsix months of 2018, com-pared with the same pe-riod in 2014. One factorcould be a rise in thenumber of people workingon some days from home,said Lynnette Ciavarella,Metra’s senior division di-rector of strategic capitalplanning. The purchase ofmonthly passes has fallen16 percent between 2014and 2018, while 10-rideticket purchases have ris-en by 29 percent.

Another factor could befare increases, Ciavarellasaid. The average dailyfare on Metra has risen29.3 percent, from $3.75 in2014 to $4.85 in 2018.Metra has said the hikeswere necessary because ofstate cuts, as well as theneed to buy new equip-ment and make repairs.

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Metra’s BNSF linestill being worked onOfficials: AC isbetter; crowded,late trains not yetBy Mary WisniewskiChicago Tribune


Calling Chicago’s place inthe Mexican cartel networka major cause of the city’sstubborn violence problem,federal and local law en-forcement promisedWednesday to work closerwith their Mexicancounterparts to more effec-tively pursue drug kingpins.

The new effort will in-clude a Chicago-based en-forcement group that offi-cials said will focus on cartelleaders in Mexico, in aneffort to disrupt revenuestreams and hold thoseleaders accountable for thehavoc they cause here.

Brian McKnight, specialagent in charge of the Chi-cago office of the DrugEnforcement Administra-tion, said the new coor-dination will allow for eas-ier targeting of every playerin the drug networks re-gardless of which countrythey are in.

“From the local Chicago-based gangs to those whotraffic in multiton quan-tities of heroin and fentanyl… to those cartel leaderspoisoning the neighbor-hoods of Chicago,” Mc-Knight said.

The announcementcame at a news conferenceat the DEA’s headquartersin Chicago following strate-gy meetings with Mexicanofficials, including leadersof the Mexican attorneygeneral’s office and thatcountry’s federal police.

The cooperation be-tween the countries’ lawenforcement agenciescomes as strains betweenthe U.S. and Mexico haverisen under President Don-ald Trump, though officialsdid not address those ten-sions.

While the Wednesdayevent was somewhat shorton details, Chicago policeSuperintendent EddieJohnson said he welcomedthe help to address whatmany believe is an impor-tant factor in the city’s

struggles with violence.“We have a unique gang

problem, and with thatcomes a unique violenceproblem with the guns as-sociated with that,” John-son said. “We also knowthat cartels in Mexico areresponsible for much of theillegal drugs that are findingtheir way to Chicago.”

Federal investigatorshave long said that the samefactors that make Chicago anational business and trans-portation center make it anattractive place throughwhich to run an efficienthub-and-spoke system forillicit drugs. Those whoaddressed the mediaWednesday said they are alltoo aware that cartels workhard to get heroin and otherdrugs to the city for distri-bution, and that largeamounts of money thenflows the other way.

McKnight said that so far

this year, about 300 kilo-grams of heroin have beenseized in Chicago alone, andthe city has seen a 50percent increase in over-dose deaths.

“To be crystal clear, thedrugs are being manufac-tured in Mexico, and Mexi-can cartels control theroutes into the UnitedStates for distribution,” hesaid.

The problem then movespast Chicago to the rest ofthe center of the countryand beyond, officials said, asthe same networks movefactory-quantity amounts ofmethamphetamine to citiessuch as Detroit, Milwaukeeand St. Louis.

Mexican law enforce-ment leaders who attendedthe press conference, in-cluding Mexico’s acting at-torney general, Alberto Eli-as Beltran, said the coun-try’s new president, Andres

Manuel Lopez Obrador,backs the new cooperation.Lopez Obrador was electedon a platform that includeda call to ease the drug war.

McKnight said the plansinclude a new local taskforce involving the DEA,FBI, Chicago police andothers to target gangs, aswell as the group that willtarget international cartelmembers with the help of10 DEA offices in Mexicoand Mexican law enforce-ment.

Chicago efforts have pre-viously proved important inU.S. attempts to crack downon the cartels.

Sinaloa cartel leaderJoaquin “El Chapo” Guz-man was indicted here inconnection with his group’svast trafficking networkwith the help of two broth-ers from the Little Villageneighborhood who record-ed the infamous drug boss.

Guzman is expected to betried in New York in afederal case there, however.

Officials on Wednesdaysaid Guzman’s takedownand subsequent extraditionto the U.S. sent a message totop traffickers that theywould like to repeat. Andthat effort has created apower vacuum being filledby the likes of NemesioOseguera Cervantes, knownas “El Mencho,” who is headof the Jalisco New Genera-tion cartel.

Guzman was the firstdeclared “Public Enemy No.1” here since the legendaryChicago Outfit boss Al Ca-pone, as decided by theChicago Crime Commis-sion.

The commission, whichfirst gave Guzman the labelin 2013, so far has notapplied it to Cervantes orany other would-be re-placement, but its director,

Jeff Johnson, did attendWednesday’s announce-ment. Johnson said his or-ganization is excited to sup-port the new law enforce-ment efforts.

He noted that the newsconference was happeningnot far from the ChicagoBoard of Trade, an econo-mic powerhouse. Giant illic-it drug markets on Chi-cago’s South and West sidesoperate in stark contrast tothat institution, he said.

“The buyers and sellersthere don’t rely on con-tracts, they don’t resort tocourts of law,” Johnson said.“When they have disputes,they settle those disputesthrough intimidation andviolence, resulting even inshootings and killings, andwe’ve seen too many ofthem over the years.”

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International effort targets drug cartels operating in ChicagoDEA, FBI, localcops aiming forleaders in MexicoBy Jeff CoenChicago Tribune

Brian McKnight of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Chicago office, center, unveils a plan for targeting Mexican drug cartels Wednesday.

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Due to insufficient rider-ship, hope is fading that theCTA will make the 31stStreet bus route permanent.

Speaking at Wednesday’sregular monthly boardmeeting, CTA PresidentDorval Carter acknowl-edged the community’s de-sire for the route, whichruns between the AshlandAvenue Orange Line stationand 33rd Street and KingDrive.

But Carter said ridershipon the pilot bus route needto be higher for the agencyto support it, and he iscontinuing to look for finan-cial subsidies. The test runwill expire in Septemberunless the agency decides toextend it.

“Our options are verylimited in terms of what weneed to continue this serv-ice,” Carter said.

The No. 31 serves resi-dents of the Bridgeport andChinatown neighborhoods,and connects with Guaran-teed Rate Field, Lake Mead-ows Shopping Center andthe Illinois Institute ofTechnology. The 31st Streetbus route was discontinuedin 1997 over lack of ridership.

The pilot bus route waslaunched in 2016, and runs10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on week-days. The CTA has extendedthe term of the pilot severaltimes to see if the routecould get to to the goal of830 daily rides. In July, theroute saw an average of 298daily rides, or about 14 ridesper hour, one of the lowestrates of CTA’s 128 busroutes, the CTA said.

Representatives ofBridgeport and Chinatowncommunity groups andMercy Hospital spoke toCTA board members in sup-port of not only keeping theroute but expanding it toweekends and morningrush hour, and lengtheningthe run to Mercy Hospital’smain campus and LakeMichigan. Supporters of theroute have complained thatits current limited service ishurting ridership.

Debbie Liu of the Coali-tion for a Better ChineseAmerican community, toldthe board that Chinese sen-iors have trouble taking the“L” because it goes under-ground. “They are accus-tomed to taking the bus,”Liu said.

“The role of the CTA is toprovide for the public good… ” said Quade Gallagher ofthe Bridgeport Alliance.“We want it to act accord-ingly.”

Deciding which busroutes to keep can be diffi-cult for the CTA, whichdoes not want to run emptybuses but gets backlashwhen service is cut. Seniorsare particularly affected bycuts in bus service.

Also Wednesday, theboard approved spendingnearly $30 million to fix up1950s-era subway stations atGrand Avenue, Chicago Av-enue and Division Streetalong the Blue Line. Theboard awarded the contractto the construction firm ofF.H. Paschen, S.N. Nielsen &Associates, which has han-dled other CTA projects.

The CTA plans to startwork in 2019 that shouldtake about a year and a half.The work will include im-provements to street-levelentrances, mezzanines andplatforms; better floors; newlighting; and repairs toglazed tile walls. The agencyalso plans to waterproof andpaint tunnels, replace esca-lators, install new securitycameras, and power washand repaint surfaces.

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Insufficientridershipmay doom31st St. busHope fading tosave Chinatown,Bridgeport routeBy Mary WisniewskiChicago Tribune

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Chicago police officerspointed their guns at twoyoung children while ex-ecuting a search warrant atthe wrong address, accord-ing to a lawsuit filedWednesday in federalcourt.

Gilbert Mendez is suingthe city, saying police usedexcessive force when offi-cers rammed their waythrough the front door ofhis McKinley Park apart-ment last November, ac-cording to court docu-ments. The officers hadintended to raid the apart-ment of Mendez’s upstairsneighbor, who was sus-pected of drug possession.But Mendez, his wife, Hes-ter, and two children Jack,5, and Peter, 9, werealarmed when police offi-cers barged in with gunsdrawn, the suit says.

At a news conferenceWednesday, attorney AlHofeld Jr., who is repre-senting the family, accusedChicago police officers ofhaving a routine practice of“unnecessarily using forceagainst or in the presenceof young children, whichtraumatizes them.” Hofeldsaid the accidental raid onthe Mendezes’ apartmentunderscores the need forreforms in the impending

court agreement on policepractices.

It also coincides with theongoing debate overwhether Chicago police of-ficers should be required todocument every instance inwhich they draw their gunsand point them at someone.

“If you are out in theneighborhoods and you aretalking to people in our city,you will discover that thereis like a silent mass traumaof untold numbers of chil-dren that experience this…,” Hofeld said. “It’s been sonormalized by Chicago po-licing over the decades, andit happens with such regu-larity, that many of thecitizens on the South andWest sides that I talk to donot even know that it’sillegal policing to point agun at a child for no reason.”

Chicago Law Depart-ment spokesman Bill Mc-Caffrey said the city hadnot yet received the suitand declined to comment.

The question of whetherthe Police Department willhave to report instances inwhich cops aim guns atpeople has been a stickingpoint between Illinois At-torney General Lisa Madi-gan’s office and MayorRahm Emanuel’s adminis-tration. Madigan’s officewants the incidents re-ported, and city officialsapparently do not.

The potential consentdecree, which is expectedto be submitted to a federaljudge by early September,would be one of the most

substantive consequencesrelated to the 2015 releaseof video of Officer JasonVan Dyke, who is white,shooting black teenagerLaquan McDonald 16times.

Mendez’s lawsuit stemsfrom a warrant issued tosearch an apartment in the3500 block of SouthDamen Avenue in McKin-ley Park that was believedto contain crack cocaineand drug paraphernalia.

A confidential informanttold police the suspectslived in the second-floorapartment — informationthat police didn’t verify,Hofeld said.

Without knocking or an-nouncing themselves, offi-cers burst through Men-dez’s front door, sendingthe boys sprinting downthe hallway, according tothe complaint. Several po-lice officers, many of whomcarried rifles, aimed theirweapons at the childrenand their parents, the suitsays.

Gilbert Mendez wasplaced in handcuffs andpinned to the kitchen floorwhile the children were ina fetal position in the livingroom with their mother.

After overhearing offi-cers discuss the physicaldescription of the suspects,Hester Mendez told offi-cers they were looking fortheir neighbors who live onthe third floor, the com-plaint says. Shortly afterthis, officers appeared toacknowledge they had en-

tered the wrong home.However, they continuedto search the Mendezhome while Gilbert Men-dez remained in handcuffs.

The lawsuit, which isseeking an unspecifiedamount in damages, alsoalleges unlawful search andfalse arrest.

“At the moment duringthe search when officersbecame aware they were inthe wrong apartment — inother words, that they wereviolating this family’sFourth Amendment rightagainst unreasonablesearches and seizures —they were obligated to stopsearching, to remove thehandcuffs from Mr. Men-dez and to retreat from theapartment,” Hofeld said.

At Wednesday’s newsconference, Gilbert Men-dez recalled the feeling ofhelplessness.

“I wouldn’t wish this onanyone …,” he said. “Mywife was screaming franti-cally, my babies werescreaming, and there wasnothing I could do.”

About 90 minutes afterpolice entered the apart-ment, the officers left with-

out offering an explanationor apology, the complaintsays. It appears policedidn’t carry out the war-rant on two suspects whowere the intended targetsof the November raid.

The front door of theMendezes’ apartment,among other things, wasbroken during the forcedentry and search by offi-cers. Their landlord had topay for the repairs, accord-ing to the suit.

Other issues have beenharder to fix. Since theepisode, the children havehad nightmares and sufferfrom anxiety, promptingthe family to consider ther-apy, the suit says.

Since the incident,Gilbert Mendez said he hadto have a conversation withhis son, Peter, who hadpreviously said he wantedto be a police officer whenhe grows up.

“I said, ‘Just like withanywhere else, you havegood and bad,’ ” GilbertMendez said. “He wants tobe the good police officer.”

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Gilbert Mendez sits with wife, Hester, and their children

Peter, 9, and Jack, 5. He says the boys have nightmares.

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Suit claims excessiveforce used in raid Says cops pointedguns at children at wrong addressBy Tony BriscoeChicago Tribune

tive school and one for anonselective school. Stu-dents who are not happywith their offer can fileanother application. Reject-ing the second offer wouldsend students to their des-ignated neighborhood highschool.

Researchers’ initial find-ings show that arts pro-grams, career and technicaleducation programs andschools with high districtperformance ratingstended to have higher de-mand. General educationand military programs orschools with low perform-ance ratings were morelikely to have low demand.

“I think this kind of datahopefully will prompt CPSto think about what it’sdoing for those underper-forming schools that arealways going to attractsome students,” said Beat-riz Ponce de Leon, execu-tive director of the Genera-tion All education advocacygroup, which has called forefforts to salvage tradition-ally operated neighborhoodhigh schools.

“Rather than jump toclose a school because it’sunderenrolled or becauseof declining enrollment —in some cases it might beinevitable, but how do youhave that conversation withcommunities in a morehonest and transparent wayso you can make decisionsabout what that looks like?”

munity groups are alsoawaiting more detailed datathat’ll arrive after the startof classes to better deter-mine how many studentsactually enroll in neighbor-hood-based programs, howfar they travel and howfrequently they transfer inand out of schools.

All that means a fullpicture of enrollmenttrends is still developing.But the early figures illus-trate one consequence ofthe city’s decision to dra-matically expand the num-ber of high school optionsthat families can choosefrom, amid more than adecade of plummetingoverall enrollment.

“The preliminary find-ings from this report areencouraging: families arehighly engaged and makingimportant decisions abouttheir children’s education,”CPS spokeswoman EmilyBolton said in a statement.“This research is providingus with an unprecedentedlook into families’ choices,programs, and trends, andwe look forward to receiv-ing additional research andinsights after studentsenroll in the fall.”

CPS predicts a scant 50freshmen will ultimatelyenroll at Hirsch, a desper-ately underenrolled SouthSide school that alreadyonly offers a bare-bones

curriculum to its predomi-nantly African-Americanstudents. And CPS expectsjust 12 ninth-graders willenroll at Douglass this year.

Each school has roughly300 general education seatsavailable to freshmen, ac-cording to the district.

“Twelve students is toosmall for one class, let alonea suite of high schoolcourses in terms ofstaffing,” Barrow said.

Researchers concludedmore than 90 percent ofincoming CPS freshmenused the district’s GoCPSelectronic application tochoose from more than 270programs housed inroughly 130 high schoolsthat are open to freshmenthis fall.

Researchers also esti-mate roughly 20,000 ninth-grade seats remain unfilledin programs across CPS.

About 7,000 students areexpected to enroll in theirneighborhood schools, per-haps because they rejectedhigh school offers providedthrough the electronic ap-plication or did not partici-pate in the process.

Still, researchers said ap-proximately 13,000 seatswill remain empty and “re-flect excess capacity in CPSdue to several years ofdeclining enrollment,” asopposed to problems withthe GoCPS system.

“I think it highlights theprobability that CPS needs

to reduce capacity, or drumup a lot more business,”study author Barrow said.

“But we are probablycoming to the point wherewe have to think hardabout where the seats are,where the population is,and how we can make abetter match between thecapacity we have and thenumber of students thatare actually enrolling.Hopefully these data willhelp CPS make good deci-sions about that.”

CPS officials launchedthe online high school ap-plication system in 2017 aspart of a stated effort tosimplify an often frustrat-ing and opaque process forstudents and their families.

Under the system, stu-dents who want to attendeither a charter school or adistrict-operated building— other than the onethey’re assigned based onwhere they live — file anelectronic application thatranks their preferences.

Students receive a singleoffer to attend a school thatcorresponds with theirchoices, qualifications andavailable seats. Once a stu-dent accepts an offer, he orshe won’t be considered foradmission elsewhere.

Students who filed aseparate application to en-ter one of the district’scompetitive academic pro-grams receive up to twooffers — one for the selec-

she said.Ponce de Leon pointed

to data that showed half oflow-performing, special ed-ucation or English-learningstudents ranked general ed-ucation high school pro-grams as their top choices.

“I think what this showsis these more vulnerablestudents, first of all, arechoosing general educationprograms more, and they’rechoosing and ending upmatched to them more,”she said. “Does that meanthat we are clustering thesestudents in schools evenmore so than before?”

Earlier this year, CPSsaid 129 schools that havesuffered sharp enrollmentdeclines and struggled toprovide a basic educationwill share an additional $10million to $15 million toprotect against staff or pro-gram cuts.

Overall, though, re-searchers were confidentthe online application proc-ess has worked as designed.

“You can argue aboutelements of the system youmight think are not fair orshouldn’t be set up thatway,” Barrow said. “But itbasically took what were allof the requirements foreligibility and requirementsand executed the match theway CPS said they weregoing to do it.”

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Chicago Public Schools predicts only 50 freshmen will enroll in classes at Hirsch High School, an already desperately underenrolled South Side school.

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Pritzker. More corruption.Higher taxes. More joblosses. That’s what they’llbring,” he said.

But the concerns overthe potential lack of unitypersisted among some Re-publicans. Asked by a re-porter if the best way to sellRauner to social conserva-tives was positioning himas the lesser of two evilscompared with Pritzker,GOP state comptroller can-didate Darlene Senger ofNaperville agreed.

“That’s pretty muchwhat it is,” said Senger, aformer state lawmaker. Sheadded that the need to havea say in redrawing legisla-tive and congressional dis-tricts following the 2020federal census outweighedRauner’s social modera-tion.

“What choice do youhave? Do you want to wakeup tomorrow and look atIllinois with J.B. in office,knowing the map’s going toget redrawn, knowing thatthere’s probably no chanceto ever change (the legisla-tion Rauner signed to ex-pand taxpayer-fundedabortions), and know thatyour taxes are going up? If Ihad to wake up the morn-ing the day to vote, thinkabout that. I would seri-ously think about that,” shesaid.

At a morning breakfastof top GOP officials,Schneider said the race“could be that” lesser oftwo evils theme for socialconservatives.

“We could also talkabout redistricting reformand term limits, which theDemocrats don’t want any-thing to do with. We need aseat at that table for redis-tricting because in 2020 ifwe don’t have a seat at thetable, they’re going to re-draw our congressionaldistricts to lean Democrat,”he said.

An added element ofdiscomfort for Raunerbackers is the third-partycandidacy of Republicanstate Sen. Sam McCann ofPlainview, who is runningfor governor under the newConservative Party banner.

Rauner and Republicanshave sought to paint Mc-

Cann as a “plant” by Madi-gan and Pritzker to siphonvotes away from the gover-nor. McCann repeatedlyhas denied it.

McCann being on theballot is “going to be afactor. There’s no questionit’ll be a factor. And so (thequestion is) how it settlesand do enough Republi-cans recognize what hiscandidacy is?” asked JimDodge of Orland Park, theRepublican state treasurercandidate.

There’s also the Trumpfactor.

At the state fairgrounds ayear ago, Rauner lashed outat Trump’s rhetoric follow-ing a rally of white suprem-acists in Charlottesville,Va., that turned deadly.

On Wednesday, Raunerdidn’t mention Trump un-til reporters asked aboutthe president, and he gavean endorsement of WhiteHouse trade and jobs poli-cies.

“The president is doingimportant work to cuttaxes. That’s outstanding.Cut the red tape and regu-lations on business. That’s

outstanding. He’s fightinghard to get fair trade. Youknow what? America hasbeen taken advantage of byother nations for years.We’ve lost American jobsbecause he’s fighting to getfair trade. That’s awesome.The president’s doing greatwork and I support that,”Rauner said.

But Rauner also dis-missed Trump’s labeling ofhis former White Houseaide Omarosa ManigaultNewman as a “dog” onTwitter after she wrote atell-all book.

“That’s appalling rheto-ric and that rhetoric has noplace in public discourse,”Rauner said.

Erika Harold, an Afri-can-American who is run-ning for the seat beinggiven up by DemocraticAttorney General LisaMadigan, said she thoughtit was “important to focuson the things, the positivethings, that are occurring”under Trump’s presidency,but she called Trump’s“dog” tweet “obviously in-appropriate.”

“I think it’s importantthat anyone who is runningfor office or holding officeuses that very powerfulsocial media vehicle in avery appropriate way be-cause people are payingattention, and obviouslycalling anyone that kind ofa word is derogatory andinappropriate,” she said.

U.S. Rep. Darin LaHoodof Peoria made the firstmention of Trump at thefair’s GOP day. “We arelucky to have DonaldTrump as president of ourUnited States,” he said to astanding ovation from theRepublican State CentralCommittee and countychairs.

The question of howclose a Republican state-wide contender should getto Trump reflects thestate’s geographic and po-litical diversity. ThoughDemocrat Hillary Clintonwon the state in 2016 by 17percentage points, Trumpprevailed by sometimeswide margins in the less-populated Downstate.Clinton won Chicago aswell as all but one of thetraditionally GOP-leaningpopulous collar countieswhere moderate suburbanwomen remain a key indeciding statewide elec-tions.

“We have two Illinois,”said Schneider, the GOPchairman. “We haveDownstate Illinois thatreally embraces DonaldTrump and the northernhalf of the state, they areless confident in his abil-ities and don’t like hisrhetoric, and I think thatwe have to deal with that.”

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Gov. Bruce Rauner speaks to supporters at the Governor’s Day event on Wednesday at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield.

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An attempt by IllinoisDemocrats to generate ablue wave for the Novemberelection hit its first rockyshore when party officialsannounced former VicePresident Joe Biden won’tattend the party’s tradi-tional day at the state fairThursday because of anillness.

Biden was supposed tokeynote the DemocraticCounty Chair’s Associationannual brunch, and he wasthe biggest name that theevent has drawn in years.But Doug House, the RockIsland County chairmanwho also heads the state-wide county chair’s group,said Biden wouldn’t makethe trip, which had includedfundraisers on Wednesdayfor Democratic candidates.

“Everyone who knowsVice President Biden knowsthat he gives our party andour country his all, butunfortunately he is sick andis under doctor’s orders notto travel,” House said in astatement.

“The cancellation is ofcourse disappointing, but it

is clear that the circum-stances are simply unavoid-able. We all hope he getswell soon and I’m sure he’llbe back campaigning forDemocrats in Illinois andacross the country in notime,” he said.

Biden’s planned visitsparked high interest in theevent, which featuresspeeches from majorDemocratic candidates andofficeholders. Several thou-sand people were signed upto attend.

House is part of the “BlueWave Illinois” program cre-ated along with Democraticgovernor candidate J.B.Pritzker. It’s aimed at fun-neling money to Demo-cratic candidates across theNov. 6 ballot.

House said that whileBiden won’t appear, thebrunch and program willcontinue without him.House subsequently an-nounced that South Bend,Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigiegwould replace Biden as thebrunch event’s keynotespeaker.

“We remain excited forwhat will be the largestbrunch in our history andlook forward to hearingfrom our incredible slate ofDemocratic leaders who areready to energize our partyand lead us to victory up anddown the ticket,” he said.

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Biden ill,forced tocancel Ill.stopoverEx-vice presidentwon’t attend party’sday at state fairBy Rick PearsonChicago Tribune

“We all hope hegets well soonand I’m surehe’ll be backcampaigning forDemocrats ... inno time.”— Doug House, head of theDemocratic County Chair’sAssociation

Gov. Bruce Rauner is the proudowner, once again, of a prize-winningsteer after offering the top bid for itTuesday at the Illinois State Fair.

Rauner ponied up $60,000 for Taco,the grand champion steer, a fairspokeswoman said. But it wasn’t thehighest winning bid the wealthygovernor has made at previous fairs.

Two years ago he dropped a record$104,000 on David L, a 1,324-poundcrossbreed, at the fair in Springfield,topping the auction’s previous toppurchase of $100,000.

There were problems collecting themoney for that record-breaking bid,the Tribune reported. One of thedonors to Rauner’s winning bid, R.J.

D’Orazio, initially refused to pay the$20,000 he committed because hethought he had not gotten sufficientrecognition.

The prize cattle typically areslaughtered, and in the past thegovernor has donated the meat to theUniversity of Illinois, according toreports. Proceeds of the sale this yearwill go to 4-H clubs, the Illinois FutureFarmers of America and the individualexhibitor, according to a news release.

The governor also bought icecream, flavored chihuahua cheese,brie cheese and honey at the fair, thespokeswoman said.

— Ese Olumhense

Adam Miller, 13, of Gridley, holds on tight to Taco, the grand champion steer.

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Rauner drops some cheeseon prize steer named Taco

A defense attorney wasfatally shot outside his Ho-bart home Wednesdaymorning when a “longtimefriend and client” came toget documents, police said.

An 83-year-old man fromCedar Lake was in custodyWednesday at the HobartCity Jail in connection withthe death of T. EdwardPage, 64, said Lt. JamesGonzales, Hobart policespokesman.

The Lake County coro-ner’s office ruled Page’sdeath a homicide. An au-topsy was scheduled forThursday morning, Gonza-les said.

Investigators planned tofile charges with the county

prosecutor’s office Thurs-day or Friday, according toGonzales.

Page was shot outside hishome in the 1200 block ofWest Fouth Street, policesaid. The man, a “longtimefriend and client” of Page’s,came to collect documentsfrom Page, Gonzales said.

Police are still determin-ing what the documents arerelated to, but Gonzales saidPage was expecting the manto come to the house.

An off-duty officer wholives in the area notifieddispatch on his police radioafter he heard multiple gun-shots, screaming andyelling, and a person askingfor help, according to Gon-zales. Shortly after, LakeCounty dispatch received a911 call of shots fired to theresidence, he said.

Police arrived, and thesuspect was immediatelytaken into custody withoutincident, Gonzales said.

The suspect’s two daugh-ters, who were at the scene,were interviewed at theHobart Police Departmentand released, Gonzales said.Page’s husband was inter-viewed at the scene and alsoreleased, he said.

During the incident,Page’s husband “tackledand disarmed” the suspect,Gonzales said. Police recov-ered a firearm at the sceneand will conduct ballisticstests, he said.

Gonzales said they areinvestigating the homicideas an isolated incident andno other suspects were be-ing sought.

Police did not releaseinformation about a motive,

citing the “fluid investiga-tion.”

Prosecutor Bernard Cart-er said Wednesday that thesuspect was a current clientof Page’s from a civil case.

“On behalf of the HobartPolice Department, wewould like to express ourdeepest condolences toJudge Page’s family, hisLake County prosecutorsand Lake County publicdefenders family and to hisfriends,” Gonzales said at anews conference Wednes-day afternoon at the HobartPolice Department.

“Judge Page was a well-respected judge, attorneyand resident of Hobart, andhe will be sorely missed byall.”

Gonzales said he hadinteracted with Page in thepast and called him “very

respectful and very fair.”Page, an attorney with

Thiros & Thiros in Merril-lville, worked as a LakeCounty public defender forthe past 10 years, said MarceGonzalez Jr., chief publicdefender.

“We are all so deeplysaddened and in shock,” hesaid.

Page submitted his noticeof retirement Tuesday andwas planning to finish outthe month, Gonzalez said.“He was going to workthrough the last day of thismonth and then spend histime teaching and as asenior judge.”

Page served as a magis-trate in Lake Superior Courtfrom 1984 until 2000.

Lake County Bar Associ-ation President Steven Ser-sic said, “Our community is

shocked and saddened atTed’s tragic passing.”

“He was known as alawyer’s lawyer, a very com-passionate person and agood man.”

Calvin Bryant, who livesacross the street, calledPage a perfect neighbor.Bryant said he was at workwhen the shooting tookplace. “We won’t find an-other neighbor like him. Wenever will.”

Bryant also said Pageworked with the Boy Scoutsand was a local troop leader.

Page’s death is the secondhomicide in Hobart in 2018,Gonzales said.

Carole Carlson is a freelancereporter.

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Longtime client held in death of attorney at Hobart homeBy Becky Jacobs and Carole CarlsonPost-Tribune


Court records show hefaces separate charges for a2018 robbery and a 2017attempted robbery.

Also Wednesday, Ran-dolph claimed not to re-member making any dam-aging statements aboutWard.

Randolph, 28, repeat-edly said he did not recallgiving those answers be-fore the grand jury and didnot remember whether anyof that had occurred.

“You’re having a lot ofmemory problems, aren’tyou?” Julie Koehler, Ward’slead attorney, asked Ran-dolph during cross-exami-nation.

“I do a lot of drugs,”replied Randolph, drawing

home.The defense has empha-

sized that no physical evi-dence links either defend-ant to the shooting. Amurder weapon was neverrecovered.

Among the prosecu-tion’s most critical evi-dence was 2013 testimonyby reputed gang membersErnest Finner andDemetrius Tucker thatthey were in a car withWard and Williams shortlyafter Hadiya’s slaying.

According to their grandjury testimony, both saidthat Williams appearednervous and told them heand Ward had just done “adrill” — slang for a shoot-ing.

Ward told Williams toquit talking, both told po-lice not long after theshooting.

Separately, a third wit-ness, Jarod Randolph, testi-fied to the grand jury inFebruary 2013 that Wardhad confessed to him in thedays after Hadiya’s slaying.Ward said he had “poppedout” of a car and openedfire but that he felt “bogusas hell” and regretted theshooting, Randolph said atthe time.

But over the last twodays, all three took the

stand at trial and tried todistance themselves fromtheir grand jury testimonymore than five years ago.

Tucker went so far as todeny he ever made such aclaim to police and prose-cutors even when prose-cutors on Wednesdayshowed him his signedstatement and grand jurytestimony.

“I never heard anyonesay anything, sir,” the soft-spoken Tucker said.

“Nobody said a word inthat car?” Assistant State’sAttorney James Papaasked.

“No one said a word,”responded Tucker, whowas wearing a brown CookCounty Jail uniform.

laughter from the court-room gallery.

Randolph acknowl-edged Wednesday, though,that he used to be a SUWUgang member and knewWard and Williams, but hesaid he did not know if theywere members of the samegang.

On Tuesday, Finner saidhe had similar memoryissues.

The standing-room-onlycrowds that packed thecourtroom for openingstatements a day earlierlightened Wednesday, butHadiya’s family and friendsstill filled three rows nearthe front of the gallery inJudge Nicholas Ford’scourtroom. Supporters ofWard and Williams sat onthe room’s opposite side.

Cleopatra Pendleton,Hadiya’s mother, sat stilland perfectly silent on thewooden bench as prose-cutors displayed photos ofher daughter’s body on alarge television.

As a closeup of Hadiya’sface flashed on the screen, awoman sitting behindPendleton reached out andtouched her back with herfingertips in a gesture ofcomfort.

When the displayswitched to photos of theexit wound of the bulletthat killed Hadiya, Pendle-

ton in turn reached her armout to comfort a young mansitting beside her, drawingher hand across his back ashe hunched over.

The photos were dis-played to jurors to aid thetestimony of Dr. LaurenWoertz, who conductedHadiya’s autopsy. She wasyoung and healthy, Woertzsaid, and had been shot inthe back, through andthrough.

“Cause of death, gunshotwound to back,” Woertztestified matter-of-factly.“Manner of death is homi-cide.”

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Defendant Micheail Ward at his trial in the fatal shooting of Hadiya Pendleton at the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago on Wednesday.

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Cleopatra Pendleton and Nathaniel Pendleton Sr., parents

of Hadiya Pendleton, attend the second day of the trial.

“You’re having alot of memoryproblems, aren’tyou?” — Julie Koehler, MicheailWard’s lead attorney

“I do a lot ofdrugs.” — Witness Jarod Randolph,drawing laughter from thecourtroom gallery

hearing,” Cochran postedon his official Twitter ac-count. “We were in court.Told the judge we were innegotiations and all partiesagreed to continue to nego-tiate and return in 30 dayswith a decision. That wasthe sum of our conversa-tion.”

Cochran, a former Chi-cago police officer, waselected in 2007 after hispredecessor, Ald. ArendaTroutman, was arrested bythe FBI on bribery chargesalleging she solicited dona-tions from developers seek-ing to do business in theward. Troutman was con-victed in 2008 and latersentenced to four years.

If Cochran pleads guilty,he would become the 30thChicago alderman since1972 to be convicted ofcrimes related to officialduties. The most recent,Isaac “Ike” Carothers,pleaded guilty in 2010 tobribery and tax charges foraccepting $40,000 in homeimprovements for backinga developer’s controversialproject in his 29th Ward.

Last November, Cochranannounced that he wouldnot run for a fourth termbut said his decision to stepaway from the City Councilwasn’t tied to the pendingcriminal charges or ahealth scare two weeksearlier.

Cochran was chargedwith 11 counts of wirefraud, two counts of extor-tion and two counts ofbribery. The most serious

counts carry a maximumsentence of 20 years inprison if convicted, thoughhe would likely face far lessif he admitted guilt.

According to the indict-ment, Cochran took a bribefrom a liquor store owner— identified as Individual B— in 2015 in exchange forhis support of an ordinanceamending the municipalcode to allow liquor sales ina two-block stretch ofSouth Cottage Grove Ave-nue in the 20th Ward. Theowner wanted to sell thebusiness, but the area hadsince gone “dry,” and theamendment was neededfor the buyer to continue tosell liquor there.

An FBI affidavit madepublic last year said Coch-ran at one point demanded$5,000 from the storeowner, writing in a textmessage, “I need your help,whatever you can do.”Shocked by the amount thealderman was requesting,the owner instead took$3,000 in cash from hisbusiness safe and drove toCochran’s ward office, ac-cording to the affidavit.

When the store ownerpulled up, Cochran cameup to the passenger-sidewindow, took the cash andstuffed it in his frontpocket, the affidavit al-leged. The owner told theFBI the alderman said sim-ply, “Thanks.”

The amendment waspassed by the City Councilin April 2015. Then, whileCochran was being investi-gated, the alderman pro-posed a new ordinance to

again prohibit the sale ofpackaged liquor on thatsame stretch of CottageGrove. The council ap-proved that change in Oc-tober 2016, records show.

In addition to detailsabout the alleged bribefrom the liquor storeowner, the search warrantrecords revealed new infor-mation about how Cochranspent tens of thousands ofdollars he allegedly stolefrom charitable contrib-utions meant for poor chil-dren and seniors in hisward.

Cochran used a bankaccount tied to the wardfund to buy tires and achrome fog lamp bumperring for his Mercedes aswell as vases, lamps andartwork from Z Gallerie,the records show.

According to the affi-davit, Cochran also usedthe ward fund’s accounts tobuy “herb scissors” and a

“compact juice fountain”from Crate & Barrel, a $600iPad from Walmart and $67worth of compact discs atBest Buy — including hitsby Usher and Rihanna andan album titled “Call MeIrresponsible.”

Cochran entered intonegotiations with prose-cutors after the judge inJune denied several mo-tions to dismiss the moreserious counts against him.

Grohman had argued incourt papers that the FBIimproperly put pressure onthe liquor store owner, whofirst testified before a grandjury that Cochran neverasked him for anything inexchange for the alder-man’s help with the ordi-nance change.

Weeks after the grandjury appearance, agentsconfronted the store ownerand told him he would “bein trouble if he didn’t comeclean,” Grohman wrote in a

32-page motion. The manwas then brought backbefore the grand jury andtestified that Cochran had,in fact, demanded $5,000via a text message.

“It was only ... aftercontinued interrogationand threats from the FBI,that he changed his tuneand said he did feel somepressure from (Cochran) todonate money,” the motionsaid.

Another alleged victim— an attorney who do-nated to Cochran’s cam-paign after receiving let-ters of support from thealderman for a real estateproject in the ward — toldthe grand jury he never feltthreatened or fearedrepercussions if he didn’tgive Cochran the money,according to the motion todismiss.

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Ald. Willie Cochran and his family and friends walk through the lobby of the Dirksen U.S.

Courthouse in Chicago in 2016 following his arraignment on corruption charges.

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A Winnetka man hasbeen charged with shootingand killing a prominentattorney in his Northfieldhome, officials said.

John Gately III, 66, wascharged Wednesday nightwith homicide and at-tempted homicide in thedeath of Stephen Shapiro,72, according to a newsrelease from the NorthfieldPolice Department.

Authorities have not con-firmed the relationship be-tween the men but hadearlier characterized theshooting as a domestic al-tercation. Earlier publishedreports indicate Shapiro hasa brother-in-law with thesame name as the suspect,and his widow’s maidenname is Gately.

Shapiro, an attorney forthe Mayer Brown law prac-tice who has argued casesbefore the U.S. SupremeCourt, was shot around 7:20p.m. Monday in his North-field home, police said. Hesuffered multiple gunshotwounds, officials said.

On Monday night policetracked a suspect to a Win-netka apartment, where hebarricaded himself inside,spurring a response ofabout 90 police officers anda SWAT team. He was takeninto custody around 10 p.m.

Authorities have not saidwhat led to the shooting orthe reason for the at-tempted homicide charge.

Shapiro, a former federaldeputy solicitor general,was known for what col-leagues called his brilliantlegal mind. A statementfrom his law firm, where hefounded its Supreme Courtand appellate court divi-sion, called him “one of themost accomplished lawyersin the United States.”

His family said Shapirogrew up on the North Shoreand attended New TrierHigh School.

Shapiro married JoanGately in 1982, and thecouple had two children:Dorothy Lund, a lawyer andlaw school instructor, andMichael Shapiro, a stand-upcomedian in Chicago whodied in 2015 at age 26 ofheart failure, according toan online obituary.

John Gately is to appearfor a bond hearing Thurs-day at the Cook Countycourthouse in Skokie.

Chicago Tribune’s John Keil-man and Pioneer Press’ Ka-thy Routliffe contributed.

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At least seven OrlandPark businesses have filedpaperwork with state regu-lators seeking to offer videogambling since the villageboard voted Aug. 6 to lift alongtime ban, according tofilings with the IllinoisGaming Board.

Businesses seeking tohave the video gamblingterminals installed need ap-proval from both the stateand the village.

The village would re-strict video gambling li-censes to restaurants andbars that have Class A liquorlicenses, a full restaurantmenu and in business for 18consecutive months.

The village initially in-tends to limit those withvideo gambling to 30 per-cent of Class A license-holders, or 21, according to aletter sent by the village toeligible businesses.

Businesses filing so farwith the state are Coach’sCorner Sports Bar & Grill,Fatties Pub, Indoor GolfLinks of America, Mackey’sPub, Orland Bowl, Paddy B’sRestaurant & Pub and PapaJoe’s Italian Restaurant, ac-cording to the gamingboard.

— Mike Nolan, DailySouthtown

Orland Parkbusinessesseek OK forvideo gaming


NATION & WORLD

WASHINGTON — Presi-dent Donald Trump onWednesday announced hewas revoking the securityclearance of former CIADirector John Brennan, afrequent critic, citing whatthe president called his “er-ratic conduct and behavior.”

White House Press sec-retary Sarah HuckabeeSanders made the an-nouncement at the start of apreviously unscheduledmedia briefing at the WhiteHouse. She said Trump isalso considering taking thesame unusual action againstnine additional former na-tional security officials — allTrump critics — who servedin the Barack Obama orGeorge W. Bush adminis-trations, or both.

“Any benefits that seniorofficials might glean fromconsultations with Mr.Brennan are now out-weighed by the risks posedby his erratic conduct andbehavior,” Sanders said,reading from a statement bythe president.

That statement also al-leged that Brennan “hasrecently leveraged his statusas a former high-rankingofficial with access to highlysensitive information tomake a series of unfoundedand outrageous allegations— wild outbursts on theinternet and television —about this Administration.”

It continued: “Mr. Bren-nan’s lying and recent con-duct, characterized by in-creasingly frenzied com-mentary, is wholly inconsis-tent with access to the

Nation’s most closely heldsecrets and facilitates thevery aim of our adversaries,which is to sow division andchaos.”

Brennan responded onTwitter: “This action is partof a broader effort by Mr.Trump to suppress freedomof speech & punish critics. Itshould gravely worry allAmericans, including intel-ligence professionals, aboutthe cost of speaking out. Myprinciples are worth farmore than clearances. I willnot relent.”

Many of the additionalformer officials on Trump’starget list said that theyalready had relinquishedtheir clearances.

Sanders named ninemore individuals whoseclearances are also underreview: James Clapper, for-mer director of nationalintelligence; former FBI Di-rector James Comey; Bushnational security adviserMichael Hayden; formerDeputy Attorney GeneralSally Yates; President Oba-ma’s national security ad-viser, Susan Rice; currentJustice Department officialBruce Ohr; former FBIDeputy Director AndrewMcCabe; former FBI agentPeter Strzok; and formerFBI attorney Lisa Page.

Comey, McCabe, Strzokand Yates were fired byTrump. Only Ohr remainsin the government.

At least two of the formerofficials, Comey and Mc-Cabe, do not currently havesecurity clearances, andnone of the eight receiveintelligence briefings.

Former national securityofficials often retain clear-ances to enable them to

continue advising theWhite House and Congress,or to maintain helpful ties toforeign officials.

Brennan’s tenure as CIAdirector capped a quarter-century career at theagency, including postingsin Asia and as the stationchief in Saudi Arabia. He isfluent in Arabic. As Obama’sHomeland Security adviser,before becoming CIA direc-tor, Brennan was central tothe covert effort that endedwith the killing of Osamabin Laden.

Appearing on MSNBCafter Trump’s action, Bren-nan said: “I’ve seen this typeof behavior and actions onthe part of foreign tyrantsand despots and autocratsin my national security ca-reer. I never thought Iwould see it here in the

United States.”In what could have been

his final provocation forTrump, late Tuesday onMSNBC, Brennan calledTrump “dangerous to ournation” and “the most divi-sive president we have everhad,” who has “badly sulliedthe reputation of the officeof the presidency.”

Sanders denied that theaction against Brennan wasretribution or an infringe-ment of his free speechrights, contending insteadthat the decision was amatter of protecting classi-fied information.

“The president has a con-stitutional responsibility toprotect classified informa-tion,” she said.

Sanders cited as a ration-ale for the president’s actionBrennan’s denials, as CIA

director, that agency em-ployees in 2014 had improp-erly searched Senate com-puter files amid the Senateintelligence committee’s in-vestigation of the Bush-eraprogram for harshly inter-rogating terrorism suspects.Ten CIA officials did getaccess to the files, andBrennan later apologized tothe committee.

The president’s state-ment on Brennan was datedin late July, just after Sand-ers first told reporters thatTrump might revoke theclearances of several of thecritics named Wednesday,including Brennan. By wait-ing weeks to release it, theadministration was widelyseen as trying to shift thepublic’s focus: This weekthe White House has beenroiled by attention to the

president’s feud with for-mer aide Omarosa Mani-gault Newman, who hascalled him a racist andreleased secret recordingsof conversations with himand others, and by newsfrom the trial of Trump’sformer campaign chairman,Paul Manafort.

“This might be a conven-ient way to distract atten-tion, say from a damagingnews story or two,” Sen.Mark Warner of Virginia,the lead Democrat on theSenate intelligence commit-tee, tweeted. “But politiciz-ing the way we guard ournation’s secrets just to puni-sh the President’s critics is adangerous precedent.”

California Rep. AdamSchiff, the ranking Democ-rat on the House intelli-gence committee, tweeted,“An enemies list is ugly,undemocratic and un-American.”

Several Republicans alsoweighed in, with Sen. BobCorker, R-Tenn., saying,“Unless there’s somethingtangible that I’m unawareof, it just, as I’ve said before,feels like a banana republickind of thing.”

Hayden, the former Bushadviser, told the Los Ange-les Times, “It’s disappoint-ing that the president woulddo this. I do think he’s tryingto change the narrative be-cause it’s not been a reallygood week so far.

“Denying someone aclearance because theycriticize the president isn’twarranted, although thepresident has absolute au-thority to grant or notgrant,” Hayden said. “I justthink it’s another exampleof using authority in a waythat’s not productive.”

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Trump pulls ex-CIA chief’s clearancePresident weighing same action against 9former national security officials — all critics

By Eli Stokols and Noah BiermanWashington Bureau

Former CIA chief John Brennan said the president’s action should “worry all Americans.”

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TAOS, N.M. — Threepeople accused of childabuse at a ramshackledesert compound wereawaiting release Wednes-day in New Mexico, wheresecurity was boosted at acourthouse amid threatsagainst the judge whocleared the way for thedefendants to leave jail.

The ruling by DistrictJudge Sarah Backussparked a political uproarand backlash on social me-

dia. Officials evacuated sev-eral administrative court of-fices Tuesday in TaosCounty as a precaution.

The offices reopenedWednesday while thethreats were being investi-gated.

The decision to releasethree of the five extendedfamily members being heldin the case came despiteassertions by prosecutorsthat the group was trainingchildren to use firearms foran anti-government mis-sion and should remain injail pending trial.

In her written ruling,Backus said she was boundby an “extremely highstandard of proof” and thatprosecutors failed to pre-sent clear and convincingevidence regarding dangersthe defendants might poseto the community.

“From this meager evi-dence the court is requestedby the state to surmise thatthese people are dangerousterrorists with a plot againstthe country or institutions.The court may not surmise,guess or assume,” she wrote.

Prosecutors and defense

attorneys referenced thegroup’s Muslim faith duringthe hearing, but Backuswrote in her order that thecourt does not take intoconsideration faith whendetermining dangerous-ness.

In all, 11 children weretaken into custody at thesqualid dwelling near theColorado border during anAug. 3 raid by authoritieswho returned three dayslater and recovered thebody of a boy.

Medical examiners haveyet to determine whether

the body found at the siteoutside Amalia was that ofAbdul-ghani — the disabledmissing son of compoundresident Siraj Ibn Wahhaj.Other relatives have toldauthorities that the remainsare those of Abdul-ghani.

Wahhaj will remain injail pending a warrant forhis arrest issued in Georgiainvolving accusations thathe abducted his son fromthe boy’s mother in Decem-ber and fled to New Mexico.

Another defendant, JanyLeveille, was transferred tothe custody of federal immi-

gration authorities, TaosCounty Sheriff JerryHogrefe announced. The35-year-old native of Haiti isthe mother of six childrentaken into state custodyduring the compound raid.

Defendants Lucas Mor-ton, Subhannah Wahhajand Hujrah Wahhaj wereawaiting release.

Amid the threats, author-ities had yet to find ade-quate nearby living arrange-ments for the three defend-ants in the town with only ahandful of Muslim house-holds.

3 accused of child abuse at N.M. compound await releaseBy Morgan LeeAssociated Press

Primaries in four statesTuesday — Connecticut,Minnesota, Vermont andWisconsin — set up com-petitive governors, Senateand House races across thecountry in November.

But even before then,these primaries identifiedsome clear winners andlosers that reinforcedtrends we’ve been seeing allyear. Here they are:

WinnersTrump: In Minnesota’s

governor’s race, GOP votersnominated a relative out-sider, Jeff Johnson, over aformer governor, Tim Paw-lenty, as Pawlenty struggledto get out from under thefact he called Trump “un-hinged and unfit” duringthe campaign. (Johnson hashis own past problems withTrump, which we’ll get to inthe loser section.)

“The Republican Partyhas shifted,” Pawlenty saidas he lost. “It is the era ofTrump, and I’m just not aTrump-like politician.”

Trump’s riskiest en-dorsement yet, in last

week’s GOP Kansas gover-nor’s primary, paid off Tues-day, too. Kansas Gov. JeffColyer conceded an ultra-close race to Secretary ofState Kris Kobach, whohelped lead Trump’s voterfraud commission.

Diversity: For the firsttime, voters of a major partynominated an openly trans-gender woman for gover-nor. Christine Hallquistwon the Democratic nomi-nation for governor in Ver-mont (though she’ll have towork hard to make that raceagainst GOP Gov. Phil Scottcompetitive).

In Connecticut, Democ-rat Jahana Hayes won herprimary for Congress and isset to become the first blackwoman to represent NewEngland in the House.

In Minnesota, DemocratIlhan Omar is one of twocandidates who won prima-ries in the past two weeksvying to become the firstMuslim woman elected toCongress.

Arrest records and al-leged #MeToo perpetra-tors: 2018 is proving thatpoliticians can be accusedof — or admit — behavingbadly and win elections.The felon on the ballot

Tuesday, a Connecticutmayor running for gover-nor, didn’t win.

But in Wisconsin, adrunken driver did. Democ-rat Randy Bryce, an ironworker who trying to takethe seat of retiring GOPHouse Speaker Paul Ryan,won his primary. In Minne-sota, Rep. Keith Ellison wonhis Democratic nominationfor attorney general whiledenying accusations that heabused a former girlfriend.

Connecticut Republi-cans: It sounds counterin-tuitive to say a governor’srace in Connecticut wouldbe among the most com-petitive races in the countrythis November.

But that is what appearsto be shaping up after Tues-day.

Both Democrats and Re-publicans nominated thecandidates they wanted forthis open seat (DemocratNed Lamont and Republi-can Bob Stefanowski, bothwealthy businessmen). Out-going Democratic Gov. DanMalloy is one of the mostunpopular politicians inAmerica, so Republicansfeel like they have a shot toseize the governor’s man-sion.

LosersGOP consistency on

Trump: Any Republican onthe ballot Tuesday whodidn’t particularly likeTrump in 2016 needed topivot quickly. In Wisconsin,state Sen. Leah Vukmir didjust that as she won herprimary to challenge Sen.Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis.She called him “offensive toeveryone” during the cam-paign but endorsed himafter he won the primary.

And the night’s big win-ner, Johnson in Minnesota’sGOP governor’s primary,had attacked Trump as a“jackass” during the cam-paign. But he successfullyargued that he came aroundto supporting the president.

GOP Gov. Scott Walker-

,who didn’t have a competi-tive primary Tuesday butwill have a competitive re-election in November, hastwisted himself into a pret-zel on whether he supportsTrump’s tariff policy, whichhas ensnared Wisconsin’sHarley-Davidson.

GOP chances in gover-nor’s races in Minnesotaand Kansas: The Trumpiercandidate won in each ofthese races, but that’s notnecessarily a good thing forRepublicans.

In Kansas, WashingtonRepublicans aren’t happythat Kobach won. They feelthat his inflammatory poli-tics gives Democrats a legup to take that governor’smansion. They’re even lessthrilled with Minnesota’sresults. The Republican

Governors Association hadreserved $3 million to $4million in ads for the gen-eral election, but that couldbe in jeopardy now that alesser-known candidate,Johnson, is the nominee.

Billionaires: In Wiscon-sin’s Republican Senate pri-mary, both candidates wereboosted by billionaires will-ing to throw millions at therace.

In the end, someone hadto win (Vukmir). The loserwas Kevin Nicholson, a for-mer Democrat who para-doxically was boosted byone of the most conserva-tive billionaires active inU.S. politics, Richard Uih-lein. Some $8 million inspending for Nicholson’sfailed election can be tiedback Uihlein.

GOP gubernatorial candidate Jeff Johnson, a relative outsider, beat former Gov. Tim Paw-

lenty in Minnesota. Johnson said he has come around to supporting President Trump.

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ANALYSIS

Once again, Trump abig winner — for nowBy Amber PhillipsThe Washington Post


WASHINGTON —While Democrats grow op-timistic about their chancesof taking control of theHouse in November, theyare increasingly anxiousthat the presence of theirlongtime and polarizingleader, Nancy Pelosi, is mak-ing it harder for many oftheir candidates to competein crucial swing districts.

Republicans, clinging to a23-seat majority in theHouse, have made theHouse minority leader acentral element of theirattack ads and are portray-ing many of their opponentsas tied to the Californialiberal. At the same time,some Democrats are ex-pressing alarm that she isstanding in the way of thenext generation of leaders.

The tension was appar-ent recently, when RashidaTlaib became at least the27th Democratic Housecandidate to decline to saywhether she would supportPelosi. Some Democratsfear that anti-Pelosi attacksaimed at the Democraticcandidate in the specialelection in an Ohio congres-sional district helped pushthe Republican to a narrowlead.

The dynamic creates aconundrum for Democrats,many of whom rely onPelosi’s fundraising prow-ess and admire her politicalsavvy and status as one ofthe country’s most influen-tial female leaders. Butsome also are beginning tospeak out about how allow-ing Pelosi to remain incharge of the caucus couldreduce the size of a Demo-cratic wave in November orworse, imperil their abilityto win the majority.

“People pretend that itisn’t a problem, but it’s aproblem that exists,” saidRep. Brian Higgins, D-N.Y.,who said he heard from

frustrated colleagues con-cerned that the anti-Pelosimessaging cost Democratsin Ohio.

The tension is exacerbat-ed by a growing genera-tional rift in the Democraticcaucus, with younger candi-dates and members lookingto assert themselves againsta leadership team that in-cludes Pelosi, 78, and hertop lieutenant, MinorityWhip Steny Hoyer, 79, ofMaryland. Among theDemocratic candidateswho have declined to en-dorse Pelosi is AlexandriaOcasio-Cortez, the 28-year-old Democratic Socialistfrom the New York Cityborough of Queens who hasbecome a national star ofthe party’s left wing.

Tlaib, of Michigan, said itwas time for a generationalchange, telling CNN thather constituents “don’t feellike they’re being heard, andI think that starts at the topwith leadership.”

Republicans say Pelosi,who is well-known amongvoters from her four yearsas House speaker starting in2007 and who wants toreclaim the job, continues to

be a reliable shorthand for aliberal Democratic agenda.

About a third of Republi-can ads in the Ohio racementioned or depicted Pel-osi, and GOP strategistsargued that Democraticcandidate Danny O’Con-nor’s last-minute equivocat-ing on the Pelosi questionwas a factor.

Pelosi and her alliespointed to the top-line reali-ty of Ohio: A district thatvoted for Trump in 2016 by11 points and for Republicancongressional candidates bymuch bigger marginsswung decisively to Demo-crats. The GOP’s reliance onanti-Pelosi messages, theysay, reflects an inability tofind any other effective is-sue — and to the extent sheis a factor at all, her role isdwarfed by that of thepresident.

Pelosi has long touted herability to navigate the com-plex internal politics of hercaucus. “I think I’m worththe trouble, quite frankly,”she said last year afterDemocrats narrowly lost aGeorgia special electionwhere she was a center-piece of GOP attacks.

Still, Democratic candi-dates across the country arebeing pressed aboutwhether they support Pel-osi, and regardless of howthey answer, they are beingsubjected to GOP attackstying them to her.

Ken Spain, a Republicanpolitical consultant, saidDemocrats are “going toleave seats on the table” aslong as Pelosi remains aviable face of their party.

Even if Democrats winthe House in November, headded, “it could be thedifference between having arazor-thin majority and agoverning majority. It’s a loteasier to move legislationwhen you have a cushion ofvotes to work with.”

In the Ohio race, outsideRepublican groups airedads on a variety of themes —taxes, opioids, education,health care and seniors. ButPelosi ads dominated.

O’Connor said early onthat he did not supportPelosi remaining as the topDemocrat in the House —echoing the stance of ConorLamb, the Pennsylvania De-mocrat who won a Marchspecial election in a GOP-

leaning district.But GOP attack ads tar-

geting O’Connor still high-lighted Pelosi, and he gavethose attacks oxygen a weekbefore Election Day when,under questioning duringan MSNBC interview, heconceded he would vote forPelosi as speaker if thechoice were between herand a Republican.

Higgins said Democraticcandidates are trying to“customize their appeal” totheir particular races, andthe Pelosi questions compli-cate that task: “They arestuck with that question,and they do not deal with itwell. You equivocate, and itjams you up, and it costs youvotes,” he said.

Jesse Hunt, a spokesmanfor the National RepublicanCongressional Committee,said GOP officials saw noevidence in Ohio that Pelosiattacks have lost their po-tency. “When Nancy Pelosibecomes a central part ofthe discussion in any race,that is something we’rewinning on because we’renot just talking about her,we’re talking about her poli-cies,” Hunt said.

Asked by CNN last weekif Pelosi had hurt his cam-paign, O’Connor returnedto his preferred way ofdiscussing the Democraticleader: As a figure from thepast who needed to moveaside.

“It tells me that folks areready for a new generationof leadership,” O’Connorsaid.

Republicans have gottenlittle political traction fromtheir tax cuts, as othereconomic changes — risinggas prices and blowbackfrom Trump’s tariffs — haveoffset any financial lift. In-stead, as a three-monthsprint to November begins,Republicans are focusing onthe fear of “open borders,”tax increases, the MS-13gang, and Pelosi back incharge, overseeing a liberalcaucus.

Rep. Ben Ray Lujan, D-N.M., chairman of theDemocratic CongressionalCampaign Committee, saidthat whether trained onPelosi or any other issue, theRepublican message hasfailed to resonate with vot-ers.

“Republicans are on thebrink of losing the House,and they are flailing,” hesaid.

Pelosi has been carefulrecently to keep her party’smessage focused. She hasnot embraced calls forTrump’s impeachment; norhas she offered any actualsupport for a growing cam-paign on the left to elimi-nate the Immigration andCustoms Enforcementagency. But Republicans saythat, in the eyes of voters,Pelosi’s name is shorthandfor extreme liberal policies— even those she does notpersonally support.

“To the average Ameri-can — not the average Re-publican, the averageAmerican — Nancy Pelosiand her San Francisco libe-ral values are completelyremoved from reality,” saidCorry Bliss, executive direc-tor of the CongressionalLeadership Fund superPAC, citing focus-group re-search.

Pelosi at center of GOP attack adsYounger Dems sayshe’s in the way ofa generational shiftBy Mike DeBonisThe Washington Post

Democratic candidates are being pressed about whether they support House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.

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A mysterious packagewith a message for Presi-dent Donald Trump set offalarm last week after fallingfrom the sky into a field ofsolar panels south of Bed-minster, N.J., where thepresident was vacationing.

The package, a squarewhite box attached to a redparachute, landed in thefield in Kendall Park onTuesday just before noon —

about 20 miles as the crowflies away from the presi-dent’s golf course.

If that weren’t strangeenough, the package had ahandwritten messagescrawled on the side: “NASAAtmospheric Research In-strument NOT A BOMB! Ifthis lands near the Presi-dent, we at NASA wish hima great round of golf.”

And it was making ahissing sound, police said.

Employees at the solarpanel field told officers that

they were concerned.“We just had a package —

I’m not making this up —parachute onto my site,”one of the callers said in arecording published byNBC 4. “There’s a note onthe side that I find disturb-ing. It references somethingabout the president.”

The site was quicklyevacuated as a bomb squadwas sent to the area, accord-ing to NBC. The SecretService also investigated.

But the inquiry revealed a

curious fact: The box hadbeen sent into the sky byNASA. It was a weather-monitoring device, policesaid, one of six that scien-tists released in the areaSunday. Photographs showthat it had red and blackwires inside.

“The weather research-ers were apologetic for anyconcerns they had raised bythe handwritten note on thedevice,” the South Bruns-wick Police Departmentsaid in a statement.

In a statement, NASAspokeswoman J.D. Harring-ton explained the mishap.

The box contained aweather balloon instrumentfor measuring ozone andhad been launched as partof an air-quality study froma site owned by RutgersUniversity, which was notinvolved with the research.

“Because the instru-ments are often found afterthey float back to Earth,they include notes inform-ing the public of their re-

search purpose,” Harring-ton said. “In this instance, asummer student employee,not affiliated with Rutgers,added extra text, in a mis-guided attempt to be light-hearted.”

Only 1 of 6 other weatherinstruments has been re-covered, NBC reported.

The student was re-moved from the project,Harrington said, as theagency worked to stand-ardize the labeling processfor such instruments.

‘NOT A BOMB!’ message on NASA weather device sets off scareBy Eli RosenbergThe Washington Post

HOUSTON — TharaNarasimhan, who hosts aHindu radio program inHouston, has already given$1,200 to a Democrat run-ning against RepublicanU.S. Rep. Pete Olson, whoonce drove around his sol-idly conservative Texas dis-trict with a “NEVER HIL-LARY” bumper sticker onhis pickup. Her plans todonate even more bewilderfriends.

“It’s not the question ofwhy I have to support afailing candidate,” saidNarasimhan, mingling at afundraiser for Democrat SriKulkarni on a swelteringTexas summer night. “Un-less you put some faith in it,you’re not going to make itwork.”

The November midtermsare on pace to shatter re-cords for political spending.While more than $1 billionraised so far nationally ishelping finance battle-grounds that are poised todecide control of Congress,restless donors aren’t stop-ping there — they’re alsoputting cash into races andplaces they never have be-fore to help underdogDemocrats.

Examples include: a dis-trict home to the DallasCowboys’ stadium and heldby the GOP since 1983; theSouth Carolina district ofoutgoing U.S. Rep. MarkSanford; and a reliably Re-publican Southern Califor-nia district that PresidentDonald Trump won by 15points.

All are places whereDemocrats are outraisingtheir Republicans oppo-nents — a feat that whileperhaps not changing theconventional wisdom abouttheir chances, is succeedingin giving their campaignsunusual viability. In Texas,15 Democratic challengersrunning in Republican-helddistricts have so far raised atleast $100,000. In 2014,only one cracked six fig-ures.

The average cost of win-ning a House seat is morethan $1 million. And inTexas, some candidates stilllag substantially behind de-spite their early hauls inplaces where Republicanshave been invincible.

But driving donors’eagerness to open theirwallets to longshot candi-dates, supporters say, is amix of anti-Trump enthusi-asm and optimism follow-ing upsets like Democrat

Doug Jones’ last year in aSenate race in Alabama.Campaigns, meanwhile, saydonors are simply respond-ing to finally having bettercandidates in historicallylopsided districts that previ-ously attracted only fringecontenders who made littleeffort to professionallyfundraise or run hard.

At a crowded house partyin suburban Austin for De-mocrat MJ Hegar, JanaReeves found a seat on akitchen bench that was along way from her own HillCountry home that isn’teven in Hegar’s congres-sional district. Hegar hasraised more $1.7 million inlarge part due to a polishedsix-minute campaign adcalled “Doors” that got at-tention online and enticeddonors like Reeves to giveher a hand.

“Even though it’s hope-less? You know why?”Reeves said of the giving toHegar and other Demo-cratic challengers. “Eventhough maybe my paltrymoney can’t do much, I stillwant to support these peo-ple in the deep red districts,because the Democrats (atparty headquarters) aren’tgoing to do it.”

In few places is the surgeof money more evident than

in Texas. At the top of theticket, Rep. Beto O’Rourke isoutraising Republican Sen.Ted Cruz in a state whereDemocrats have not won astatewide race since 1994.Seven Democrats also out-raised their GOP opponentsbetween April and June indistricts held by Republi-cans, bolstered by primaryrunoffs that forced cam-paigns to double down onfundraising.

Hegar is among the mostsuccessful. The military vet-eran is running against Re-publican Rep. John Carter,who was re-elected to aneighth term in 2016 by 20points over a Democrat whoonly raised $16,000 total.

Now she has the attention ofTrump’s campaign team,which last month announcedit would financially helpCarter along with roughly100 other Republican Houseand Senate candidates.

For her part, Hegardoesn’t inveigh againstTrump while passing thehat: She didn’t even men-tion his name while speak-ing to a living room of about50 supporters at the Austinfundraiser. She said after-ward that she understandsTrump was motivatingsome of the donors but shepreferred to talk to themabout other issues.

“They want to fightagainst racism. They want

to fight against bullying andintimidation and things likethat. And they’re labelingthose things with a person’sname,” Hegar said.

Near Fort Worth, De-mocrat Jana Lynne Sanchezhas raked in more than$358,000 and has cam-paigned through summerwith more money than herheavily favored Republicanopponent, Ronald Wright.They’re both running toreplace GOP Rep. Joe Bar-ton, who abandoned plansfor re-election after a nudephoto of him circulatedonline.

“People who say, ‘Moneydoesn’t vote,’ have never runa campaign,” Sanchez said.

Democrats pourmoney into racesMidterm elections are on pace to shatter spending records By Paul J. WeberAssociated Press

Thara Narasimhan, left, talks with Democratic House candidate Sri Kulkarni in Houston.

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BERLIN — Nearly 30years after it was toppled, a20-yard-long section of theBerlin Wall has been discov-ered — hidden behindbushes, weeds and over-grown trees that over theyears slowly obscured aremnant of one of the ColdWar era’s most divisivesymbols.

Officials confirmedWednesday that the 11-foot-high cement slabs found inthe heart of the German

capital had formed part ofan inner security barrier tokeep East Germans fromeven getting close to theouter wall to West Berlin.The discovery was both afresh reminder of the IronCurtain that once seemed tosplit the world and an illus-tration of how neglectedparts of Berlin still are, eventhree decades after the wallfell in 1989.

Just a day after Berlinmarked the anniversary ofthe wall’s construction in1961, Germans were takingstock of the curious find of

the semi-concealed gray ce-ment blocks with the samefervor of an archaeologicaldiscovery.

Local authorities quicklyplaced the graffiti-strewnwall under monument pro-tection status.

“I was totally surprisedthat there were still undis-covered pieces of the BerlinWall left,” said EphraimGothe, a local city leader inan interview with a Germannews agency after the latestdiscovery.

The graffiti-coveredremnant was discovered in

June by a group of touristswandering through thethick underbrush in thearea just north of the gov-ernment quarters and nearthe new headquarters ofGermany’s BND intelli-gence agency.

Its authenticity as a pieceof the Berlin Wall, however,was only confirmed thisweek.

Another longer piece ofthe wall, about a 260-footsection, was discovered in asimilar fashion in Januaryin a northern district of EastBerlin in a forest area.

Tourists find a section of Berlin Wall under vegetation, officials sayBy Erik KirschbaumSpecial to Los Angeles Times

German officials said Wednesday that the 11-foot-high

cement slabs found in the capital are of the Berlin Wall.

MIRIAM KAROUT/AP

GENOA, Italy — Italianprosecutors focused theirinvestigation into the Gen-oa bridge collapse on pos-sible design flaws or inade-quate maintenance, as thedeath toll rose Wednesdayto 39 and Italian politicianslooked for someone toblame.

Fears mounted that an-other part of the MorandiBridge, which was carvedin two by the collapse of itsmidsection during a stormTuesday, could also comecrashing down. Thatprompted authoritiesWednesday to widen anevacuation zone aroundthe bridge, forcing some630 people out of apart-ments in nearby buildings.

Transportation and In-frastructure MinisterDanilo Toninelli raised thepossibility that the evacu-ees may never again livethere, saying the need torebuild a new bridge on thecity's key artery could re-quire the destruction ofnearby residential build-ings.

On Tuesday, just as manyItalians were driving tovacation destinations onthe eve of Italy's biggestsummer holiday, a 260-foot-long stretch of thebridge collapsed, sending

over 30 cars and threetrucks plunging up to 150feet to the ground.

Still dazed or shaken,survivors Wednesday re-counted their brushes withdeath.

One truck driver pro-vided a dramatic account,including a description ofhow a green truck stoppedjust short off the abyss andof police heroism as the51-year-old bridge crum-bled.

The trucker, identifiedonly as Idris, said the greentruck was saved after a carpassed, forcing its driver tobrake slightly. The car thenplunged into the chasm.

“That truck driver is theluckiest in the world,” Idristold Sky TG24.

Idris credited police forarriving quickly and mov-ing some 150-200 peoplewho were on the bridge tosafety in a tunnel.

As this crippled Mediter-ranean port city of 600,000reeled from the tragedy,about 1,000 rescue workerskept up the search forvictims, picking throughtons of broken concreteslabs, smashed vehicles andtwisted steel. At least twobodies were pulled out.

The tons of debris thatrained down from thebridge landed in a drystream bed, along a railroadtrack or crashed downclose to apartment build-ings.

At one point, Sky TG24said, residents were tempo-rarily blocked from evenreturning to their homes tograb documents, medicineor other necessities.

After the search for bod-ies ends, tons of debrisneeds to be cleared away.

Genoa is a flood-pronecity, and authoritieswarned that the concretecould become a dam withinhours of heavy rains.

Civil protection chiefAngelo Borrelli confirmedWednesday that 39 peoplehad died and 15 were in-jured.

Genoa Prosecutor Fran-cesco Cozzi told reportersthe investigation into thecollapse was focused onhuman causes.

A $22.7 million project toupgrade the bridge's safetyhad already been approved,with public bids to besubmitted by September.According to the businessdaily Il Sole, the improve-ment work involved twoweight-bearing columnsthat support the bridge —including one that col-lapsed Tuesday.

The 1967 bridge, consid-ered innovative in its timefor its use of concretearound its cables, was longdue for an upgrade..

One expert, AntonioBrencich at the Universityof Genoa, had previouslycalled the bridge “a failureof engineering.”

A trucker had to brake when a car zipped past just before the Morandi Bridge collapsed.

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Genoa death toll jumps to 39in span collapse, official says By Frances D’Emilio,Colleen Barry and Paolo SantaluciaAssociated Press

KABUL, Afghanistan —A suicide bomber struck aprivate education center ina Shiite neighborhood ofKabul on Wednesdaywhere high school gradu-ates were preparing foruniversity entrance exams,killing 48 men and womenand leaving behind a sceneof devastation and tragedy.

The bombing, blamed onthe Islamic State group,was the latest assault onAfghanistan’s Shiite com-munity, which has increas-ingly been targeted bySunni extremists who con-sider Shiites to be heretics.

It also showed how mili-tants are still able to stagelarge-scale attacks, even inthe heart of Kabul, andunderscored the strugglesof the Afghan forces toprovide security and stabil-ity on their own.

The attack comes amid aparticularly bloody week inAfghanistan that has seenTaliban attacks kill scoresof Afghan troops and civil-ians.

It was not clear how thebomber managed to sneakinto the building, used bythe Shiite community as aneducation center, in theDasht-i Barcha area ofKabul.

The spokesman for thepublic health ministry,Wahid Majroh, said 67 peo-ple were wounded in thebombing and that the deathtoll — which steadily rose inthe immediate aftermath ofthe bombing — could stillrise. He did not say if all thevictims were students andwhether any of their teach-ers were also among thecasualties.

Dawlat Hossain, fatherof 18-year-old studentFareba who had left herclass just a few minutesbefore the bombing butwas still inside the com-pound, was on his way tomeet his daughter andstarted running when he

heard the explosion. Hossain recounted to

The Associated Press howwhen he entered Fareba’sclassroom, he saw parts ofbodies on desks andbenches.

“There was blood every-where, all over the room, soscary and horrible,” he said.After finding out that hisdaughter was safe, hehelped move the woundedto hospitals.

Fareba was traumatizedthat so many of her friendswere killed, but Hossainsaid she was lucky to bealive.

The explosion initiallyset off gunfire from Afghanguards in the area, leadingto assumptions there weremore attackers, but officialslater said all indicationswere that there was onlyone bomber.

No group claimed re-sponsibility for the attack,but Jawad Ghawari, amember of the city’s Shiiteclerical council, blamed Is-lamic State, which hascarried similar attacks onShiites in the past, targetingmosques, schools and cul-tural centers. In the pasttwo years, there were atleast 13 attacks on the Shiitecommunity in Kabul alone,he said.

Afghan President AshrafGhani condemned the “ter-rorist” attack that “mar-tyred and wounded theinnocent” — students at-

tending class — and or-dered an investigation intothe attack.

“By targeting educa-tional and cultural centers,terrorists have clearlyshown they are against allthose Islamic principles(that strive) for both menand women to learn andstudy,” Ghani said in astatement.

The head of the U.N.children’s agency de-nounced the attack, sayingit’s “deplorable” that chil-dren continue to be hardesthit in the growing violenceacross Afghanistan.

“Children are not, andmust never be the target ofviolence,” said UNICEF’sexecutive director Henri-etta Fore.

Meanwhile, a Taliban as-sault on two adjacentcheckpoints in northernAfghanistan late Tuesdaykilled at least 30 soldiersand policemen.

The attack took place inBaghlan province’s Bagh-lan-I Markazi district, saidMohammad SafdarMohseni, head of the pro-vincial council.

Dilawar Aymaq, a parlia-mentarian from Baghlan,said the attack targeted amilitary checkpoint andanother manned by theso-called local police, mili-tias recruited and paid bythe Interior Ministry.

The Taliban claimed re-sponsibility for the assault.

48 dead in blast targetingShiite students in KabulBy Rahim Faiez and Amir ShahAssociated Press

Bystanders take in the tragedy Wednesday after a suicide

bomber targeted students in Kabul, the Afghan capital.

HEDAYATULLAH AMID/EPA

ALEXANDRIA, Va. —Paul Manafort lied to keephimself flush with cash andlater to maintain his luxuri-ous lifestyle when his in-come dropped off, prose-cutors told jurors Wednes-day in closing arguments atthe former Trump cam-paign chairman’s financialfraud trial. Jurors will begindeliberations Thursday.

In his defense, Manafort’sattorneys told jurors toquestion the entirety of theprosecution’s case as theysought to tarnish the credi-bility of Manafort’s long-time protege — and govern-ment witness — Rick Gates.

The conflicting strategiesplayed out over severalhours of argument thatcapped nearly three weeksof testimony in the firstcourtroom test for specialcounsel Robert Mueller’sRussia investigation. Theverdict, now in the hands of12 jurors, will provide ameasure of the special coun-sel’s ability to make chargesstick.

In the closing arguments,prosecutor Greg Andressaid the government’s case

boils down to “Mr. Mana-fort and his lies.”

“When you follow thetrail of Mr. Manafort’s mon-ey, it is littered with lies,”Andres said as he made hisfinal argument that the juryshould find Manafort guiltyof 18 felony counts.

Attorneys for Manafort,who is accused of tax eva-sion and bank fraud, spokenext, arguing against hisguilt by saying he left theparticulars of his finances to

other people, includingGates, his former deputy.

Neither Manafort norGates has been charged inconnection with theirTrump campaign work. ButMueller’s legal team says itdiscovered Manafort hidingmillions of dollars in in-come as a result of theongoing investigation.

Defense attorney Rich-ard Westling told jurors thatthe fact that Manafort em-ployed a team of accoun-

tants, bookkeepers and taxpreparers shows he wasn’ttrying to hide anything. Thelawyer appeared to be tryingto blunt the effect of testi-mony from some of thepeople who handled Mana-fort’s finances, including hisbookkeeper, who said heconcealed offshore bank ac-counts and lied to them.

Westling said the evi-dence against Manafort hasbeen cherry-picked byMueller’s team and doesn’t

show jurors the full picture. “None of the banks in-

volved reported Manafort’sactivities as suspicious,” hesaid.

Westling questionedwhether prosecutors hadshown criminal intent by theformer Trump campaignchairman, and pointed todocuments and emails thatthe defense lawyer said maywell show numerical errorsor sloppy bookkeeping butno overt fraud.

Manafort chose not totestify or call any witnessesin his defense.

Referring to charts com-piled by an IRS accountingspecialist, Andres told ju-rors that Manafort declaredonly some of his foreignincome on his federal in-come tax returns and re-peatedly failed to disclosemillions of dollars thatstreamed into the U.S. to payfor luxury items, servicesand loans. In 2012, Mana-fort’s most successful yearduring his Ukrainian work,he reported $5.3 million.But he told the governmentnothing about $9.2 millionmore that went to pay forloans and other items, pros-ecutors said.

The prosecutor saidManafort should have beenwell aware each time hesigned tax and financialdocuments indicating thathe had no foreign accountsto declare. “Mr. Manafortwas willful,” Andres said.

In a brief rebuttal afterdefense arguments, Andressaid the defense “wants tomake this case about RickGates,” but hasn’t explained“the dozens of documents”Manafort’s name is on.

Leaving the courthouse,defense lawyer KevinDowning said he felt “verygood” about Manafort’schances of being acquitted.

“Mr. Manafort was veryhappy with how thingswent today,” Downing said.

Prosecution: Manafort’s lies at heart of caseDefense attorneyscast guilt on othersin closing arguments

By Chad Day,Matthew Barakatand Stephen BraunAssociated Press

Paul Manafort’s defense attorneys Kevin Downing, from left, Jay Nanavati, Richard Westling, Brian Ketcham and Thomas

Zehnle arrive at the Albert V. Bryan courthouse in Alexandria, Va., for closing arguments Wednesday.

SAUL LOEB/GETTY-AFP


MAYONG, India — Therice farmer doesn’t knowhow it happened. AbdulMannan just knows a mis-take was made somewhere.But what can you say whenthe authorities suddenly in-sist one of your five childrenisn’t an Indian? What doyou do when your wife anddaughter-in-law are sud-denly viewed as illegal im-migrants?

“We are genuine Indians.We are not foreigners,” saidMannan, 50, adding hisfamily has lived in India’snortheastern Assam statesince the 1930s. “I can’tunderstand where the mis-take is.”

Neither can nearly 4 mil-lion other people who insistthey are Indian but whonow must prove their na-tionality as the politics ofcitizenship — overlaid withquestions of religion, eth-nicity and illegal immigra-tion — swirls in a statewhere such questions havea long and bloody past.

Today, nativist angerchurns through the hillsand plains of Assam state,just across the border fromBangladesh, with manyhere believing the state isoverrun with illegal mi-grants.

“India is for Indians. As-sam is for Indians,” saidSammujjal Bhattachariya, atop official with the AllAssam Students Union,which has been in the fore-front of pushing for thecitizenship survey. “Assamis not for illegal Bangla-deshis.”

“We need a permanentsolution,” he added.

On Friday, some of the 3.9million residents left offAssam’s draft list of citizensbegan picking up forms tofile their appeals, wadinginto a byzantine legal andbureaucratic process thatmany fear could lead to

detention, expulsion oryears in limbo.

Mannan, his two daugh-ters and two of his sonswere all listed on the citi-zenship list released in July.But his wife, a 17-year-oldson and his daughter-in-lawwere nowhere to be seen.No explanation was given.

“We are worried that thenames are not there,” saidMannan, who lives with hisfamily in a bamboo-walledhut, supporting them onabout $150 a month infarming income. “How willwe live? What will we do?How will we stay in As-sam?”

For decades, fears ofwidespread movementacross the porous borderwith Bangladesh have trig-gered tensions between thestate’s majority ethnicgroup, Assamese-speakingHindus, and its Bengali-speaking Muslims.

In the 1980s, that eruptedinto violence, with hun-dreds of people killed inAssam amid waves of anti-migrant attacks. New Delhi

eventually ruled that any-one who could prove theirfamily had lived in Indiabefore Bangladesh’s 1971war of independence,which drove millions ofBangladeshis to flee acrossthe border, would be con-sidered an Indian citizen.

But proving that can becomplicated in a regionwhere basic paperwork —birth certificates, marriagecertificates, leases — hasonly recently become com-monplace in many ruralvillages.

State officials insist theyhave done everything pos-sible to make the procedurefair.

“It’s been an extremelyexhaustive process,” saidPrateek Hajela, the coor-dinator of the citizenshipproject that involves 52,000officials, visits to 6.8 millionfamilies and countless hear-ings to examine the detailsof family trees.

But the politics of reli-gion and ethnicity havebeen on the rise in Indiasince 2014, when the Hindu

nationalist Bharatiya JanataParty was swept to power innational elections. Theparty quickly pushed toupdate the citizenship reg-istry in Assam, where politi-cians have eagerly grabbedhold of the issue.

“First our target is tosegregate the foreigners.What steps we will takeagainst them will comenext,” Assam’s top electedofficial, SarbanandaSonowal, told the Times ofIndia this year. “They willhave only one right — hu-man rights as guaranteed bythe U.N. that include food,shelter and clothing.”

“For almost 40 years ourpeople have been living in astate of confusion and un-certainty,” he told the news-paper.

Today, hundreds of Ben-gali-speaking Muslims withsuspect nationality are al-ready living in a half-dozendetention camps in Assam.

Assam has a populationof roughly 33 million, with alittle over one-third of themMuslims.

“The concern over illegalmigration is indeed genu-ine,” said Akhil RanjanDutta, a political analyst andprofessor at Gauhati Uni-versity in Assam. “But un-fortunately, political partieshave always tried to scorebrownie points on the issuepurely to gain votes.”

Few deny there has beenwidespread illegal migra-tion into Assam, often bypoor Bangladeshis in searchof work as farm laborers.The state’s demographicshave shifted dramatically inrecent decades, with thepercentage of Bengali-speakers jumping from 22percent in 1991 to 29 per-cent in 2011, and the per-centage of Assamese-speak-ers declining. Many ana-lysts, however, say thosenumbers in part reflect thehigher birth rates amongMuslims. Estimates on thenumber of illegal immi-grants vary wildly, from afew hundred thousand tomany millions.

While Muslims appear todominate the 3.9 million

people left off the citi-zenship rolls, they aren’t theonly people now facing abureaucratic gauntlet.

“I don’t know about poli-tics. I am a poor man. I workall day, eat, and sleep atnight. I don’t go anywhereelse,” said Khitish NamoDas, 50, a rail-thin Hindufarmer who insists he wasborn in India and whosefamily of eight — except forone daughter-in-law — arenow considered illegal.

“When the names did notappear on the list it mademe worry,” he said, thenreassured himself: “I havethe documents so I don’tthink I need to worry toomuch.”

It’s not clear what willhappen to people who, oncetheir appeals are used up,are still not listed as citizens.Detention is a strong pos-sibility for some, but impov-erished Bangladesh insistsit will not accept massexpulsions back into itsterritory. Activists worrymany could be left in limbofor years, perhaps decades,stateless wanderers likeMyanmar’s Rohingya Mus-lims.

Even some of those whosupport the citizenship sur-vey say the migrants are asignificant part of the econ-omy.

“Those immigrants playa very important role insupplying your labor econo-my. So if those people aregiven work permits, minuspolitical rights, they couldbe very valuable in Assam,”said Nani Gopal Mahanta,an Assam-based politicalanalyst.

But he defends the sur-vey: “It’s a question of sover-eignty, it’s a question of thesecurity of this country.”

Officials insist that theprocess will be open andtrustworthy.

“It’s going to be a fairprocedure,” Hajela, theproject coordinator, saidlast week. “We will ensurethat no genuine citizen getsleft out, and at the point intime, ensuring that the inel-igibles don’t find theirnames there.”

Nativist wave roiling an Indian state Fraught politics ofcitizenship leavemillions in limboBy Rishi LekhiAssociated Press

Abdul Mannan, left, reviews paperwork he hopes can confirm citizenship for some family members in Mayong, India.

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China’s military has beenordered by President XiJinping to stop runningkindergartens and otherbusinesses and focus onfighting, as he attempts tooverhaul the world’s largestarmy.

Xi said during a recentmeeting of the CommunistParty’s 25-member Politbu-ro that the armed forcesshould cease commercialactivities by the end of theyear, the official XinhuaNews Agency reported.

China’s military is involvedin running businesses rang-ing from kindergartens toproperty rental services, itsaid.

“The progress of thiswork has prompted thearmy to focus on war prepa-ration and fighting ability,”Xi said, according to Xin-hua. The change would beof “great significance to thebuilding of the People’s Lib-eration Army into a world-class military in all re-spects,” he said, adding itwould facilitate “the consol-idation of the party’s ruling

status and the long-termstability of the country.”

The move is Xi’s latestattempt to curb corruptionin the PLA as he attempts tofollow through on a pledgeto build a world-class mili-tary that can fight and winwars across all potentialtheaters by 2050. Purges ofgenerals and other top offi-cers have helped Xi pushthrough the biggest militaryoverhaul in 60 years.

Xi, who heads the party’sCentral Military Commis-sion, said his order allowedfor “no exception, discount

or makeshift compromise.”China’s cash-strapped

military went into businessfor itself shortly after re-form kicked off in the late1970s, a phenomenon thatled to corruption and raisedquestions about the PLA’seffectiveness. The party hasstruggled to convince themilitary to end its hunt forprofit, though. Calls for Chi-na’s armed forces to closetheir businesses go back toat least 1998.

Xi first pledged to endthe military’s “paid serv-ices” three years ago.

Xi orders military to get into fighting shapeBloomberg News

China’s Xi Jinping has ordered the military to stop running

businesses as he tries to reform the world’s largest army.

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MANAGUA, Nicaragua— The 21-year-old agricul-tural economics student,nearly two months preg-nant, had hoped to escapeNicaragua with herboyfriend, but a police offi-cer on a motorcycle blockedtheir path as they weregetting into taxis with otherstudents to go to a safehouse.

Five police trucks loadedwith masked and armedmen dressed in civilian garbsurrounded them. Uni-formed officers began tosearch the students’ back-packs. One pulled out ablue-and-white Nicaraguanflag.

“These are the terroristswho killed our fellow po-lice,” the officer shouted,using President Daniel Or-tega’s term for those whohave protested against hisgovernment since mid-April.

The young couple andtheir friends joined theranks of more than 2,000people arrested in Nicara-gua in nearly four months of

unrest and official crack-down. At least 400 arethought to still be in jails,prisons and police stations,and some consider thempolitical prisoners, the non-governmental NicaraguanHuman Rights Center says.

The others were held fordays or weeks incommuni-cado, brutally interrogatedto give up names and threat-ened with terrorismcharges before being re-leased without explanationas Ortega’s governmentseeks to extinguish the re-sistance.

“They crushed my fin-gers, and hit me in the ribsand the stomach,” the preg-nant student said. “When Iwas on the ground, theykicked me.”

The Associated Pressseparately interviewed fourof those arrested and re-leased, all of whom are inhiding. They agreed tospeak only on condition ofanonymity out of fear ofretaliation.

“Right now, without ex-aggerating, Nicaragua is aprison,” said Vilma Nunez,the rights center’s presidentand a former supreme courtvice president under Orte-

ga’s first Sandinista govern-ment in 1979.

She called Ortega’s sys-tematic search for thoseinvolved in the protests a“human hunt.”

The Inter-AmericanCommission on HumanRights recently said itsmonitoring team in Nicara-gua found that detaineeswere abused, not informedof their rights or anycharges, and taken into cus-tody without warrants.

Ortega for weeks deniedthat paramilitary squadsand Sandinista youthgroups that have clashedwith or attacked protesterswere working with the po-lice. But when asked in arecent TV interview howdemonstrators picked up bymasked paramilitariesended up in jails, he said:“We have volunteer policewho cooperate with thepolice.”

He has accused pro-testers and opponents oftrying to stage a coup.

The unrest began as pro-tests to social security cuts.After a deadly crackdown,students became the van-guard of a broader pushdemanding Ortega step

down. The young woman from

the National AutonomousUniversity of Nicaragua wasamong nearly 200 studentswho dug in at the Managuacampus, only to be drivenout in mid-July by paramili-taries under heavy gunfirethat killed two people.

A short time later, sheand others were taken to apolice processing centerand lined up with theirhands behind their necks.

“I told (one) I was preg-nant,” she said. “ ‘Ah,’ hesays, ‘great. We’ve got apregnant one.’ ”

“One of the paramili-taries came and punchedme in the stomach,” shesaid. “ ‘Now we’re going toget it out of you,’ he said.‘And you’re going to eat it

alive.’ ” The men and women

were separated and interro-gated individually. The menwere stripped naked.

A 20-year-old businessadministration student saidhe was punched in thestomach and kicked in thetesticles. A police officerripped out his eyebrowpiercing, and a cigarette wasput out on a tattoo on hisshoulder.

Police and masked civil-ians asked the same ques-tions in the interrogations:Who were the student lead-ers? What political partywas financing their move-ment? How much werethey being paid?

The pregnant studentwas taken to a room to standwith her hands spread out

on a table. The interrogatorsbegan hitting her in thestomach again, she said, andan officer cut off half hertoenail.

When she again toldthem she was pregnant,they told her: “The pain iswhat we feel fighting for thecountry. You all just want tosee the country destroyed.”

Midway through herfive-day incarceration shestarted to bleed. She wasbeaten again.

When the students werereleased they were warnedto stay out of sight.

The next day she went toa hospital, where a doctortold her there was nothingthey could do.

“They told me to preparemyself for the news,” shesaid. “I lost my baby.”

Nicaragua policehunt ‘terrorists’Students suffer arbitrary arrests, abuse, prison

By ChristopherShermanAssociated Press

A Nicaraguan university student shows a tattoo a police officer scarred with a lit cigarette.

ARNULFO FRANCO/AP


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LONDON — Detectivessearched several propertiesas they built up a profileWednesday of a Sudan-born man who authoritiessay crashed a car outsideBritain’s Parliament inwhat police are treating asan act of terrorism.

Police are trying to deter-mine what was in the mindof Salih Khater, 29, whothey say swerved a FordFiesta across a road andplowed into cyclists andpedestrians, injuring three,before smashing into a se-curity barrier.

All of the three peopleinjured have been releasedfrom the hospital.

Khater, a British citizenof Sudanese origin, wasarrested at the scene ofTuesday’s crash on suspi-cion of “the commission,preparation and instigationof acts of terrorism,” policesaid. Police said later hewas also suspected of at-tempted murder.

British authorities do notname suspects until theyare charged but media andneighbors said the arrestedman was Khater.

Police confirmed thesuspect was a 29-year-oldBritish man originally fromSudan. They said he wasnot previously known tocounterterrorism officers

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ished searching an apart-ment where the suspecthad lived in the centralEngland city of Birming-ham, as well as anotherproperty in the city and onein Nottingham, about 50miles away. They also aresearching a third propertyin Birmingham, 100 milesnorthwest of London.

Coventry University incentral England saidKhater had studied ac-counting there betweenSeptember 2017 and May2018 but had failed hisfirst-year studies and wasno longer enrolled.

U.S. sanctions shipping firmsover North Korea trade

WASHINGTON — TheTrump administration im-posed sanctions Wednes-day on three foreign com-panies it says are helpingNorth Korea with illicitshipments of goods tofund its nuclear program.

The Treasury Depart-ment said it was takingaction against the compa-nies, which are based inChina, Russia and Singa-pore, as well as the head ofthe Russian firm. Themove blocks any assetsthey may have in U.S.

jurisdictions and barsAmericans from doingbusiness with them.

It comes as the U.S.presses for full compli-ance with internationalsanctions against NorthKorea while it talks withthe North on ending itsnuclear program.

The new targets are theChina-based Dalian SunMoon Star InternationalLogistics Trading Co. andits Singapore-based affili-ate, SINSMS Ltd., alongwith Russia’s Profinet Ltd.

Refugee held in connectionwith Iraqi policeman’s slaying

SACRAMENTO, Calif.— A refugee from Iraq wasarrested Wednesday inNorthern California on awarrant alleging that hekilled an Iraqi policemanwhile fighting for the Is-lamic State organization.

Omar AbdulsattarAmeen, 45, and othermembers of ISIS killed theofficer in June 2014, ac-cording to documents.

He was arrested by theFBI Joint Terrorism TaskForce at a Sacramento

apartment building basedon a warrant issued inMay by an Iraqi federalcourt in Baghdad. U.S.officials plan to extraditehim back to Iraq under atreaty with that nation,and he made his firstappearance in federalcourt in Sacramento onWednesday.

Ameen could face exe-cution for the “organizedkilling by an armed group”according to Iraqi docu-ments.

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jonesmuzzled by Twitter for a week

NEW YORK — Twitterjoined other tech compa-nies in muzzling AlexJones, the right-wing con-spiracy theorist who’sused their services tospread false information.

Late Tuesday, Twittersaid it had “limited” Jones’personal account for sev-en days because he hadviolated the company’srules. Jones won’t be ableto tweet or retweet. Thecompany would not com-ment on what the offend-

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Later Wednesday, Twit-ter put the “Infowars”account on a timeout.

Report: SEC subpoenas Tesla about buyout plansSAN FRANCISCO —

The Wall Street Journal isreporting that governmentregulators have subpoe-naed Tesla as they digdeeper into CEO ElonMusk’s recent disclosureabout a potential buyout ofthe electric car maker.

The subpoena from theSecurities and Exchange

Commission demands in-formation from Tesla’s ninedirectors. The Journalcited an unnamed personfamiliar with the issue. FoxBusiness News was first toreport the SEC’s action.

Tesla and the SEC de-clined to commentWednesday.

The SEC opened an in-

quiry shortly after Musksurprised investors with anAug. 7 tweet revealing thathe lined up the financing tobuy all the Tesla stock fromshareholders willing to sell.

The subpoena signalsregulators have opened aformal investigation intowhether Musk was tellingthe truth in his tweet.

Baker whowon at highcourt sues innew bias case

DENVER — The Col-orado baker who wouldn’tmake a wedding cake for asame-sex couple and wona limited ruling at the U.S.Supreme Court is suingthe state over another dis-crimination allegation.

In a lawsuit filed Tues-day, lawyers for Master-piece Cakeshop ownerJack Phillips allege thatColorado is on a “crusadeto crush” him because ofhis religious beliefs.

The Supreme Courtsided with Phillips inJune, saying comments bya member of the ColoradoCivil Rights Commissiondisplayed an anti-religiousbias. It didn’t rule onwhether business ownerscan invoke religious objec-tions to refuse service toLGBT people.

Less than a month later,the commission foundprobable cause thatPhillips discriminatedagainst someone by refus-ing to make a cake mark-ing a gender transition.

Ethics probe: The Penta-gon’s chief spokeswomanis being investigated bythe department’s inspec-tor general after allega-tions that she misused herauthority with her staff,U.S. officials said. DanaWhite is alleged to haveroutinely used employeesto run errands, pick up herlaundry and lunch, andhelp with other chores.

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Brazil’s The Workers’Party registered jailed for-mer President Luiz InacioLula da Silva as its candi-date for presidentWednesday, forcing ashowdown with electoralauthorities. Da Silva isserving a sentence for acorruption conviction, buthe continues to lead pollsfor October’s election.

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You may have read that, this week,scores of U.S. newspapers are respondingin independently written editorials toPresident Donald Trump’s many attackson journalists as enemies — his word —of the American people.

As this became a national news story,we at the Tribune Editorial Board hadtwo choices: We could stay silent andleave you wondering what message toread into that, or we could explain in ourown words the dangers the president’sincitement has created. We chose Option2 even though we generally avoid groupeditorial efforts.

We haven’t written at length aboutTrump’s vilification of journalists. Jour-nalism isn’t supposed to be about jour-nalists. But Trump has made us part ofnews stories so often that we’ll take timeto talk with you about that.

Nineteen months ago, Donald Trumpswore an oath to defend the U.S. Consti-tution. One protection in its FirstAmendment is the stated guarantee of apress free from government dictates, andan implied responsibility for journaliststo be a check on that government’s enor-mous powers.

Rather than defending or at leastrespecting that guarantee and that re-sponsibility, Trump has escalated fromcriticism to incitement: At public appear-ances he demonizes the reporters whocover his speeches and his crowds. Heroutinely insists that journalists inten-tionally craft false reports. As he put it ina July speech to a Veterans of ForeignWars convention in Kansas City, “Don’tbelieve the crap you see from these peo-ple, the fake news. Just remember —

what you’re seeing and what you’rereading is not what’s happening.”

America’s news media — the reportingthat journalists promulgate and thedecisions they make — aren’t beyondfallibility or reproach; every day journal-ists get some things right and otherthings wrong. Tension between presi-dents and reporters is a staple of mostadministrations: Journalists rightly ob-jected when President Barack Obama’sDepartment of Justice, determined tohalt leaks, spied on reporters and repeat-edly invoked the Espionage Act againsttheir sources.

But Trump’s rants pose a much differ-ent, more dangerous threat. He is toyingwith the power of the presidency inorder to provoke one part of the Ameri-can public against another. At some pointsuch verbal assault encourages ideolog-ical extremists to take action. It threatensjournalists’ personal safety. And it under-cuts that responsibility for a press that’ssupposedly free of government controlto act as a watchdog on public officials.

Presidents play an outsize role inAmerican life as elected leaders but alsoas caretakers of liberty. What a presidentsays, how a president shows respect ordisrespect, sends signals across the coun-try and around the world. When Trumpportrays journalists as saboteurs of truth,he’s not taking on critics or sparring withadversaries. He’s using the force of hisoffice to embolden people who object torobust news coverage.

The Tribune Editorial Board faultedTrump as a candidate, then as a presi-dent, for his boorish behavior and divi-sive language. His attacks on journalistsexemplify his tendency to bully and

humiliate. There’s a direct line betweenhis reluctance to shame white suprema-cists, his insertion of himself into otherpeople’s disputes (the national anthem atfootball games?) and his relentless at-tacks on the press: His primary concernis his own popularity, his control of themoment.

In our criticism we’ve distinguishedbetween Trump’s tongue and Trump’swork — between this president and hispresidency. We’re more interested injudging his actions on major issues thanin dissecting loopy tweets du jour: We’vecriticized Trump on his immigrationbungling, his tariffs that imperil Midwestjobs and his assault on special counselRobert Mueller. We’ve also creditedTrump on his pro-growth tax policies,his nomination of qualified SupremeCourt justices and his engagement with amenacing North Korea. Along the way,we’ve ignored many outlandish thingshe’s said because they have little bearingon the country and are soon forgotten.Don’t like what Trump brays? Wait a fewminutes and you might hear somethingelse you don’t like.

In sum: We aren’t the reflexive resist-ance Trump evidently imagines when hehears the word “journalists.” We aren’tenemies of the American people. Butmany of us have fielded enough angrythreats — in the streets, on our phonesand at our computers — to chafe when apresident calls us that.

That’s why we’re adding our voices tothose of other journalists nationwide.Our role is to serve as a check on govern-ment. The president ought to get used toit.

President Donald Trump and the White House press corps in March. Trump has called journalists “the enemy of the people.”

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Trump and the press

It’s hard to know whatpasses through the mindof an alderman contem-plating acts of public cor-ruption that could landhim in prison.

We wonder becauseAld. Willie Cochran’slawyer told a federal judgeon Wednesday that theSouth Side politician in-tends to plead guilty to corruption chargesrather than take the case to trial.

Prosecutors charged Cochran in 2016 withan alleged scheme to shake down twobusinessmen for cash in exchange for supporton deals in his 20th Ward. Cochran also alleg-edly stole tens of thousands of dollars in chari-table donations to the 20th Ward ActivitiesFund and spent it on college tuition for hisdaughter, trips to Indiana casinos and acces-sories for his Mercedes.

Appalling factoid: If Cochran pleads, he willbe the 30th alderman since 1972 to be con-victed of bribery, fraud or other breaches ofthe public trust.

The 30th.

So what was he thinking? Recall that Cochran, a retired Chicago

police sergeant, was elected in 2007 after hispredecessor, Arenda Troutman, was chargedwith soliciting cash from developers to sup-port projects in her ward. Her infamous decla-ration, uttered after she promised to smooththe way for a business development: “What doI get out of it?”

Troutman also issued this pithy observationabout her colleagues: “Most aldermen, mostpoliticians are hos.”

But we digress.Someone in Cochran’s shoes might have

thought, what’s the chance that federal prose-cutors will look again for corruption in the20th Ward? A former cop might have thought,hey, I know how law enforcement works. I’llsniff out an investigation before I get caught.

Or a newcomer to the City Council couldhave mused that prosecutors had lost interestin City Hall malfeasance since no aldermanhad been convicted of corruption since 2010.That’s when Isaac “Ike” Carothers becameConvict No. 29, pleading guilty in federal courtto bribery and tax charges. (Trivia note: Ca-rothers’ guilty plea came 27 years after hisfather, William, a former alderman, was con-victed and sentenced to three years in prisonfor his own criminal behavior.)

Yes, there has been a lull in the pattern ofaldermen trudging off to jail. In 2008, after asimilar interlude, we speculated that maybealdermen had shed their sense of entitlement,their “Where’s mine?” attitude. Or maybethey’d finally wised up after decades of seeingtheir colleagues and predecessors in hand-cuffs. Or maybe, as some cynics theorized,they’d grown craftier at hiding their criminalactivities.

Apparently not.

No. 30 — again, if he does plead — couldsoon have plenty of time in the exercise yardto think about his squandered political career.We hope this dismal, decadeslong streakcomes to an end. But that depends on whatCochran’s colleagues in the Chicago CityCouncil are up to.

Will Chicago’sAld. Cochranbe Convict

No. 30?

Cochran

Back when it was still being sold as an offi-cial presidential library, the city of Chicagotook steps to allow the Obama Center projectto be built in Jackson Park. Under a deal ap-proved by the City Council in May, the ObamaFoundation will lease 19.3 acres in perpetuityfor $1.

A nonprofit group called Protect Our Parkshas filed a federal lawsuit alleging that thisviolates state law. The suit calls the ObamaCenter a “bait and switch,” since the “publicpurpose” of a presidential library no longerexists. ...

(The) state’s appropriation for roadway andtransit fixes is serious cash. Imagine the criesof corporate welfare if Chicago lured a bigcompany to town with direct infrastructurespending of $174 million.

So why no fuss about ponying up to helpthe Obama Center? There are two answers.

The first is that Illinois’s machine politi-cians dropped the appropriation this summerinto a 1,246-page budget bill, which was thenpresented to rank-and-file legislators onlyhours before the vote.

The second is that after a few Republicansobjected to spending state money for theObama Center, they were told not to fret:Federal reimbursements were on the way.“We were assured by Republican leadershipnot to worry,” state Rep. Jeanne Ives told me,“since 80 percent of the cost would be pickedup by the federal government.”

Mark Glennon, The Wall Street Journal

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PERSPECTIVE

Spike Lee’s powerful newfilm, “BlacKkKlansman,”tells the true story of RonStallworth, an African-

American police officer who infil-trated a local branch of the Ku KluxKlan in 1979.

That year, I also signed up to jointhe Klan. And at a secret meeting Ieven met the Grand Wizard him-self, David Duke, the same Klanleader featured in Lee’s film.

I was a rookie Klansman at thetime, and I’d been recruited to jointhe cause.

Sort of.Like Stallworth, I wasn’t a true

believer and had a very differentagenda from the Klan’s.

The Klan descendson Connecticut

It was the fall of 1979, and I was afirst-year reporter at the HartfordCourant when Duke launched arecruiting effort in, of all places,Connecticut. His “Klan callingcards” and his newspaper, TheCrusader, started appearing infactory parking lots, restaurants,high schools and college campuses.

To cover the story for the state’slargest newspaper, I was teamedwith veteran reporter Bill Cocker-ham. We called Duke’s head-quarters in Metairie, La.

Duke was 29 at the time — aneducated, clean-cut Klansmancampaigning for a seat in the Loui-siana state Senate.

Duke was happy to talk. He madeplain his aim to recruit young peo-ple and to remake the Klan into agentler, kinder brand of bigotry. Hewasn’t anti-black or anti-Jewish, hesaid. “We are simply pro-white andpro-Christian.

“It’s the white majority that arelosing their rights, not the blacks orthe Jews,” he insisted. “We’re theones being attacked on the streets,and they call us haters when wefight back for our rights and herit-age.”

It was vintage Duke. He wastrying, as one expert told us, to be“everybody’s Klansman,” using hisconsiderable marketing skills tosugarcoat racism.

He told us his recruiting effortshad struck a chord in the Nutmeg

State, claiming more than 200 newmembers and several hundredmore associate members. While nostatewide organization was inplace, there were, he claimed, anumber of robust, local dens. Hedid mention a statewide organizer,but when we requested repeatedlyto speak to him, Duke balked.

The KKK was a secret organiza-tion, he explained. He couldn’t dothat. But because he was the face ofthe organization, we could call theMetairie office any time — he’d behappy to talk Klan.

Getting accessThe front-page article in the

Courant appeared a few days later— “Klan Unit Attracting New Mem-bers: New Recruits Join KlanThrough Mail” — and local radioand television stations pounced onthe story.

Duke was suddenly a newsmak-er, and the news media and publicstruggled with the idea he could besuccessfully establishing a footprintin Connecticut, given that the Klanwas mostly associated with theSouth.

Of course, no one knew whetherDuke’s numbers were accurate; thestory reported his claims of agroundswell of support.

Which is why I clipped out anapplication from a copy of his Cru-sader in our newsroom, filled it outusing a false identity and mailed itto Metairie along with the $25entry fee. (The use of deception inreporting is another story alto-gether, a matter regularly discussedin journalism ethics courses.)

My goal was to get inside Duke’slocal outfit, identify his local leaderand either verify or debunk hishead count of followers. In themail, I soon received my Klanmembership card, a certificate ofKlan citizenship and a Klan rulebook with a picture of Duke in hisfancy Grand Wizard robe tellingme to buy a robe for $28. Just likethat I had joined the Klan.

Then I waited. I figured itwouldn’t take long for my compa-triots to reach out and bring meinto the fold, where I’d get theinside story. That was the gameplan, and when I occasionallycalled down to Duke’s office inMetairie, using my new identity, I

was assured I’d be hooked up withlike-minded Connecticut racists inshort order.

But nothing happened. Weekswent by. Meanwhile, Duke contin-ued to reap regular coverage inConnecticut media, with the im-perial wizard claiming huge suc-cess in his statewide recruitment.

My break came in early Decem-ber 1979. Duke announced he’ddecided to travel to Connecticutand two other New England states.The trip would be a kind of climaxto his fall membership drive. Hewould visit several Connecticutcities and speak with the newsmedia at each stop, before holding aprivate rally at night with his Con-necticut Klansmen.

And that’s when I got the call —all hands were summoned for thesecret mass meeting on Friday, Dec.7. I was told that for security rea-sons the location would not bedisclosed until the actual day but tobe on call.

The moment of truthTeamed again with the veteran

reporter, I spent most of that Fridayafternoon on the move. I was in-structed to call Metairie and wasdirected to head west from Hart-ford.

While Duke staged a news con-ference at a Waterbury motel, Iwaited in a local bar, where Duke’slocal point person finally contactedme. He directed me to Grange hallin Danbury, which they’d rentedposing as a historical group.

I left my colleague behind andwas met in a rear parking lot bythree “enforcers.” They asked formy Klan ID card, and then wavedme through. I walked into thedimly lit room on the second floorand looked around. The hall wasnearly empty, except for about twodozen men quietly mingling.

That’s when it dawned on mewhy I’d never heard a peep fromany other Connecticut Klansmen:There was no real organization, orpresence, to speak of.

While most were dressed inleather and jeans, the sandy-hairedDuke wore a three-piece suit with aKlan pin on his lapel. He intro-duced himself to each attendee,showing off a three-ring binderwith Connecticut newspaper clip-

pings about him and the Klan.Duke’s idea for a meeting was a

simple one — a screening of D.W.Griffith’s “The Birth of a Nation,”the 1915 blockbuster about the CivilWar and Reconstruction. (In SpikeLee’s movie, a Klan meeting alsoinvolves a showing of the film.)

To Griffith, a Southerner, therobed Klansmen were heroes, rid-ing to the rescue and saving theSouth from the lawlessness andchaos of Reconstruction.

That night in Danbury, Dukeused the film as a teaching tool,turning the darkened Grange hallinto a classroom for a course onwhite power. Standing next to anAmerican flag, he read aloud thefilm’s subtitles and then added hisown bigoted commentary. When agroup of Klansmen on horsesdumped the corpse of a black manon a front porch, Duke began toclap his hands — a firm clap thatgrew louder as others in the roomjoined in to applaud the death of ablack man on screen.

I left that meeting with the storywe’d been after for months — theidentity of the Connecticut leaderand, more important, the actualnumbers in Duke’s much-bally-hooed statewide Klan. It wasn’tseveral hundred but closer to twodozen. Duke’s run of media cov-erage in Connecticut dried up im-mediately.

We exposed Duke as the conman who’d bluffed his way into arun of free publicity to spew hispro-white nonsense — a transpar-ently perverse message that some-how has regained currency today.The imperial wizard’s rhetoric of1979 is parroted almost verbatim bya new generation of haters who areattracting plenty of media coverage.

I never spoke to Duke again, butI did receive a Christmas card fromhim that holiday season — ad-dressed to my Klan alias, appar-ently mailed before the article waspublished.

The red card featured two Klans-men in robes holding a fiery cross.The caption read: “May you have ameaningful and merry Christmasand may they forever be White.”

The Conversation

Dick Lehr is a journalism professorat Boston University.

Ron Stallworth, a police officer in Colorado who infiltrated a branch of the Ku Klux Klan in 1979, with his membership card. “BlacKkKlansman” is based on his story.

RICK LOOMIS/LOS ANGELES TIMES

I went undercover to expose THE KU KLUX KLAN

By Dick Lehr


A head startNew data show that, last year, 3 of

every 4 Illinois kindergartners arrived“unready” for kindergarten in one wayor another. Your editorial board choseto lay blame at the feet of parents. As aparent of a 9-year-old, I think youpicked the wrong target.

As a parent, if I’m taking the time toread your editorial, it’s very likely I’mdoing all the things you suggest. And ifI’m not, there’s probably a good reasonwhy just telling me to do somethingwon’t actually get me to do it. For ex-ample, you suggest that I can help mychild “identify and start to manage herfeelings.”

Personally, it took me a good fiveyears of family therapy to really learnhow to build all the skills that lie be-neath that simple phrase. And I am arelatively advantaged parent: white,middle-class and with health insurancethat supported me in getting the help Ineeded.

Your editorial complains that thenew data could become an excuse for“experts” to “tout programs to spendmoney the state doesn’t have” to boostresults. This misses the point entirely.There are many more important ques-tions. Here’s one: Can families withyoung children make ends meet with-out sacrificing time with them? Notwhen more Americans are working twojobs to make ends meet, and few cantake advantage of paid parental leaveafter a child is born.

Your editorial did not ask whetherwhat we now require of children by theend of kindergarten — most notably,reading — is developmentally appropri-ate. You didn’t ask about the quality ofcare and experiences available to chil-dren between birth and age 5, or whatwe can do to improve them. Nor didyou ask whether our K-12 schools areset up for success when children enterkindergarten — do they have the timeand adults available to support childrenno matter how “far behind” they start?

The central question isn’t, “Is mychild ready for kindergarten?” I wouldsuggest the real questions we need toanswer are: “Are we ready to help allfamilies support their children to learnand grow?” and “Is kindergarten readyto take all kids, wherever they are, andhelp them learn and grow? Or are wewriting some kids off before they evenget started?”

— Maureen Kelleher, Chicago

The greatest hypocrisyIt’s hard to be a Catholic. In response

to the recently released Pennsylvaniagrand jury report on some 300 priestsaccused of abuse, let it be known — letit be shouted from the rooftops — thatthose warped, vile, disgusting clericswho have violated children over thepast several decades have made victimsnot only of the children but of all Cath-olics everywhere. Their victims num-ber tens of millions.

As a churchgoing Catholic, I havefound nothing more maddening overthe last couple of decades than recur-ring revelations of priestly abuse andthe church’s attempts to hide it. I thinkof the donations, which the faithful giveat Mass every week, going now not tomaintain churches, pay staff or upgradeschools, but to compensate plaintiffs insexual abuse cases and enrich the law-yers who represent them. Why should Igive?

I think of the harm to the church’smoral credibility on matters such as theroles of women inside and outside thechurch, gay marriage, gender dyspho-ria, in vitro fertilization and embryonicstem-cell research. How can an institu-tion that has harbored so much sexualabuse over so many years purport toinstruct others on anything involvingsex?

I must suspect that the requirementthat its clergy be celibate — a require-ment that among religious organiza-tions seems all but unique to the Catho-lic Church — not only disqualifies manyotherwise capable men from the priest-hood but, more ominously, tends toselect in favor of men who lack healthylibidinal drives.

— Michael W. Drwiega, Wilmette

Caption correctionAbove Kristen McQueary’s fine piece

on a grateful Holocaust survivor (“Thewoman in the bungalow,” Aug. 14), theTribune placed a photograph thatseems to depict several emaciatedJewish inmates leaving Auschwitz atthe time of their liberation. With amaz-ing euphemistic license, the photocaption described them as “peopleliving at the Auschwitz concentrationcamp.” Someone should inform yourcaption editor that no one “lived” inAuschwitz. It was a death camp whereinnocent people “existed” until theywere beaten, shot, tortured, worked todeath or gassed.

— Rabbi Michael A. Myers, Chicago

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How can a president as successful asDonald Trump be so unpopular?

Fueled by his historic tax reform andan unprecedented regulatory rollback,the economy grew by an annualized rateof 4.1 percent in the second quarter. Theunemployment rate is just 3.9 percent —near the lowest it has been in nearly twodecades — and The New York Timesreports, “Job growth is on a record streak(and) American factories ... are hiring attheir fastest rate in two decades.” TheAfrican-American and Hispanic unem-ployment rates are at near-record lows.And the unemployment rate for women isthe lowest it has been since 1953.

Virtually everyone is doing betterthanks to the Trump economic boom. Yetthe president’s approval rating is stuck at42 percent. Even worse, his disapprovalrating has risen 11 points since his inaugu-ration. When asked if Trump is doing an“excellent,” “pretty good,” “fair” or “poor”job as president, a stunning 45 percentsay Trump is doing a “poor” job.

Part of the disapproval is driven by theintensity of the Democratic “resistance,”and the ongoing investigation by specialcounsel Robert Mueller has certainlytaken its toll. Others are put off by histweet storms and the chaotic nature of anadministration that produces self-in-flicted wounds such as family separationsat the border.

But ultimately, what makes it impos-sible for many Americans who approve ofTrump’s policies to also approve ofTrump’s presidency is his failure to de-finitively reject and ostracize the bigotswho inhabit the fever swamps of the

alt-right. A year after Charlottesville, Va.,Trump has still not explicitly condemnedthem. “Riots in Charlottesville a year agoresulted in senseless death and division,”Trump tweeted Saturday morning. “Wemust come together as a nation. I con-demn all types of racism and acts of vi-olence. Peace to ALL Americans!”

Sorry, that’s not good enough. Not alltypes of racists were marching in hisname in Charlottesville. Not all types ofracists held a rally after his election inwhich they shouted, “Hail Trump!” Notall types of racists continue to claim to bea part of Trump’s coalition.

The fact that the Unite the Right rallyin front of the White House on Sundayfizzled does not let Trump off the hook.His defenders will argue that there arealways protesters outside the WhiteHouse and none of his Republican orDemocratic predecessors were expectedto comment on them. Why should Trumphave to do so? The answer is simple: be-cause the ethno-nationalists of the alt-right have embraced him, and Trump hasfailed to make clear he does not accepttheir support.

This is not hard. After some whitenationalists praised a recent monologueshe delivered, Fox News host Laura In-graham went on the air and blasted them,declaring to “all white nationalists ... youdon’t represent my views, and you areantithetical to the beliefs I hold dear.”

Why can’t Trump bring himself to saythe same thing?

Trump’s failure to reject the bigots ofthe alt-right not only tars his presidency,it also tars his supporters. The over-whelming majority of people who votedfor Trump are not racists. They are good,

decent, patriotic Americans who weresick and tired of being ignored by thepolitical establishments of both parties inWashington. They had legitimate griev-ances that were not being addressed,from the opioid crisis to an economy thatwas not giving them the chance to workand pursue lives of dignity. Trump’s elec-tion finally gave them a voice. But hisfailure to condemn the alt-right allows hiscritics to dismiss his supporters’ validconcerns and lump them in with the tinyminority of bigots who have embracedthe president.

His failure to condemn the alt-right hasalso prevented him from expanding hissupport beyond his core supporters. Withhis record, he should be winning overmillions of Americans who did not votefor him in 2016 but whose circumstanceshave markedly improved under his presi-dency. Instead, his support is stagnantand his disapproval numbers are growing.He would gain far more supporters byrejecting alt-right bigots than he wouldlose.

The fact is, many Americans supportTrump’s policies — from his outstandingSupreme Court picks to his bold econo-mic reforms — but don’t support him forone simple reason: They don’t want to beassociated with a man who seems to haveso much trouble telling the white nation-alists of the alt-right that they don’t repre-sent his views and are antithetical to thebeliefs he holds dear.

Washington Post Writers Group

Marc A. Thiessen is a fellow at the Ameri-can Enterprise Institute and former chiefspeechwriter for President George W. Bush.

Trump’s failure to condemn the bigotsof the alt-right scars his presidency

By Marc A. Thiessen

I realized my life had entered a newphase while crossing into the UnitedStates from Canada in September 2016.

“You both have to come inside,” theborder officer said to my husband and me.“Inside” was an empty and cold ware-house with rows of wooden benches. Theyconfiscated our keys and phones, andwhen I asked for my baby’s diaper bagfrom our rental car, they escorted myhusband as they spoke into their radios:“Suspect is approaching car.”

I had already been detained on the sametrip from my home in Orlando, Fla., in-cluding during a layover in Los Angelesthat caused us to miss our flight to Port-land, Ore. I had rationalized those stops:They’re just doing their job; maybe it’s arandom search like they said.

But this time, they kept us overnight. Asthe hours passed in that warehouse, my6-month-old baby howled and shivered.After we left, we went straight to the air-port, only to endure extra screenings againon the return trip.

I started researching the TransportationSecurity Administration’s “secondarysecurity screening selection” process tounderstand why I was being stopped everytime I got on a plane or came back home tothe United States after a foreign trip.Nearly two years later, I am still beingstopped and searched, and I still don’tknow why.

I’m a graduate student at Harvard Uni-versity, and missed flights and travel anxi-ety were beginning to affect my school-work. So with the help of the AmericanCivil Liberties Union, I have filed a formalcomplaint with the Department of Home-land Security asking that I be allowed to

travel freely, which is my constitutionalright.

Am I being stopped because I am Mus-lim, or because my family once traveled toIran to visit a holy shrine? Is it because ofmy criticism of U.S. policies on the multi-media website I run to raise awarenessabout injustices around the world? Maybeit’s all three. Federal officers have askedme about my writing and religion, both ofwhich are protected by the First Amend-ment.

I’ve tried using DHS’ “redress” process.I’ve applied to the TSA’s PreCheck pro-gram and the U.S. Customs and BorderProtection’s Global Entry program. AndI’ve written to members of Congress. Allmy efforts have failed.

In response to my redress inquiry, DHSsent me a frustratingly unhelpful letter:“(We) can neither confirm nor deny anyinformation about you which may bewithin federal watchlists or reveal any lawenforcement sensitive information. How-ever, we have made any corrections torecords that our inquiries determinedwere necessary.” It added: “We cannotensure your travel will be delay-free.”

Now I have a routine every time I travel:Arrive at the airport more than threehours early. Explain to the airline agents atthe help desk that they must call Washing-ton to clear me for travel — a process thatcan take an hour. Try to be patient whenTSA officers escort me from the boardingarea to the gate for a private securitycheck. Allow them to rummage throughmy things and grit my teeth as they pat medown multiple times. Don’t bother tellingthem about parts of my body that are sen-sitive from surgery, since they’ll be roughregardless. Run to the boarding area anddon’t make a scene as they pat me down

again, trying not to feel embarrassed asother passengers watch. Stay as brave aspossible.

And above all, be prepared for some-thing new. Once, they brought the explo-sives unit — several armed men — becauseof sticker residue on the back of my com-puter. Another time, they brought a teamof dogs to search me. Once, they took mycrying 2-year-old through the screeningprocess by himself because he clung to myhusband during a pat-down search. Re-cently, they took me to a private room andforced me to open my pants and showthem my underwear. They hid theirbadges when I asked for their names.

My husband and I bonded over our lovefor travel when we got married, but nowour adventures have been greatly dimin-ished. What once was a dream to take ourchildren around the United States andabroad has been reduced to short car trips.I’ve contemplated many times giving upmy studies at Harvard because of the anxi-ety and humiliation that come with theinevitable harassment on my flights to andfrom Boston.

America is my home. It’s where I wasraised, got married, had my children andbuilt a life. Its greatest qualities of free-dom, liberty and opportunity have un-doubtedly shaped the person I am today.But these values are slowly diminishing,and those liberties are being taken awayfrom us little by little. I fear one day wewill be unable to recognize it as the placewe called home.

The Washington Post

Zainab Merchant is a graduate student atHarvard University and founder and editorof the website Zainab Rights.

A TSA agent calls passengers forward for screening last week at Sea-Tac International Airport in Seattle.

ELAINE THOMPSON/AP

The TSA searches me every timeI travel. Is it because I’m Muslim?By Zainab Merchant

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The New York Times recentlyhired as a writer and editorialboard member Sarah Jeong. TheTimes knew that in recent yearsJeong had posted a series ofunapologetically racist anti-white tweets.

Yet when the Times discov-ered less graphic versions of suchtweets from newly hiredtechnology writer Quinn Nortonearlier this year, the newspaperimmediately fired Norton.

The message of disparatetreatment was that what bothersThe New York Times is not rac-ism per se, but who is the racistand who are her targets.

Over at The Atlantic, there arealso no ostensible rules concern-ing who is and is not fired, andfor what reason. Essayist KevinWilliamson was allegedlydropped by The Atlantic for hisprior incendiary suggestion thatabortion might warrant thedeath penalty.

Fine, it is a free country, andprivate companies can firewhomever they chose. But TheAtlantic had no problem hiringwriter Julia Ioffe. She been let goat Politico for tweeting that Pres-ident Donald Trump might haveengaged in incest with hisdaughter Ivanka. Again, theimpression conveyed is that TheAtlantic is not so concerned withinflammatory speech as withcalibrating at whom the venom isdirected. If Ioffe had tweeted thesame perversities about BarackObama and his daughters, TheAtlantic surely would have firedher immediately.

The American people arelosing confidence in specialcounsel Robert Mueller’s investi-gation not just because after 15months, he has not charged any-one with Russian collusion — theoriginal reason he was ap-

pointed. Instead, the pushback isdue to the growing sense thatrules are made up ad hoc.

Mueller is investigating sus-pects for lying to federal officials,improperly lobbying foreigninterests, obstructing justice andviolating federal statutes. Yet histeam seems concerned withthose crimes only to the degreethat Donald Trump might beimplicated. Otherwise, Muellerappears to have little interest inviolations by FBI or Departmentof Justice officials who likelyviolated the law out of theirworry over, or hatred for, Trump.

We know that members of theFBI and DOJ misled the ForeignIntelligence Surveillance Courtby hiding critical facts about the

Steele dossier.We know that John Brennan,

James Clapper and JamesComey all gave false or mislead-ing testimony to Congress.

No doubt former Trump asso-ciate Paul Manafort deserves thescrutiny of the Mueller investiga-tion. But he was in the samequestionable business as hisliberal counterpart, Tony Podesta(brother of Hillary Clinton cam-paign adviser John Podesta).Both wheeler-dealers have beenmentioned in media reports ofRussian collusion and have along history of leveraging theirpolitical contacts for foreigncash. But only one so far has beenindicted (and not for collusion).

Mueller has searched in vain

for obstruction of justice. But weknow Clinton aides Cheryl Millsand Huma Abedin deliberatelymisled FBI officials about Clin-ton’s illicit email server, as didformer Deputy FBI DirectorAndrew McCabe.

If Mueller can’t find evidenceof any Trump collusion with aforeign nation, perhaps he mightfind such collaboration rightunder his nose.

Clinton and her campaignteam paid for research done by aBritish citizen, ChristopherSteele, working for Fusion GPS,to smear Trump. Steele claims heenlisted Russian sources togather gossip on Trump in anattempt to sway the 2016 elec-tion. Members of the FBI, CIA

and DOJ improperly helped toensure that Steele’s unverifiedaccusations and innuendoeswere conveyed to the media.

Again, the impression is thatlikely foreign collusion involvingClinton’s campaign is not worthinvestigating in the same mannerthat Mueller is investigatingTrump.

This same sort of asymmetryalso applies to social media.Facebook, YouTube and Appleclaim that they wish to cleansetheir platforms of hate speechand have removed Alex Jones’Infowars channels.

But so far they have shown nointerest in doing the same with anumber of radical left-wing ex-tremist sites, such as “antifa’s,” orwith those of Nation of IslamMinister Louis Farrakhan. Theimpression again is that the ac-ceptance of hate speech dependson who is hating whom. Thesocial media exemption given tothe racist rants of Sarah Jeongillustrated that well enough.

In these polarized times,Americans are not so much an-gry that newspapers and maga-zines fire reporters, or thatRobert Mueller indicts thoseunder suspicion. What bothersthem is that our guardians ofmorality do not offer any princi-ples to explain why some peo-ple’s lives are harmed or de-stroyed, and others’ lives are not.

When there is no blind code ofjustice, people suspect that ourinstitutions define wrong behav-ior and bad words as those inservice to the wrong politicalagenda. And they are right.

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Victor Davis Hanson is a classicistand historian at the Hoover Insti-tution at Stanford University.

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Hoping to shed light on the suddenfailure of Bridgeport-based WashingtonFederal Bank for Savings in December amid$61.5 million in bad loans, federal regulatorsare suing the bank’s Chicago accountingfirm for audit documents.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.filed the lawsuit this week in federal courtin Chicago against Bansley and Kiener,which served as the bank’s auditor from2012 until its closure. The accounting firmrefused to comply with a February sub-poena, citing confidentiality under Illinoislaw, according to the lawsuit.

Thomas Falkenberg, a Chicago attorneyrepresenting the accounting firm, saidWednesday that the firm will respond to thelawsuit within 60 days and intends to standits ground.

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Chicagoaccountingfirm suedby FDICFeds seek audit documents toshed light on bank’s collapse

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The hedge fund run by Sears CEOEdward Lampert has sent the ailing retailera proposal to buy its popular Kenmoreappliance brand and a piece of its homeservices division.

Hoffman Estates-based Sears HoldingsCorp. began formally exploring the sale ofpieces of the business after Lampert’s ESLInvestments expressed interest in acquiringthem earlier this year.

ESL’s proposal valued Kenmore at $400million, excluding the impact of cash or debt,according to a letter from ESL to a Searsboard committee that was filed Tuesdaywith the Securities and Exchange Commis-sion. A separate proposal valued the SearsHome Services division’s home improve-ment business at $70 million, with apotential extra $10 million if the companymet certain financial benchmarks.

In both cases, ESL proposed a cashacquisition and said the proposals arenonbinding.

“As noted in our letter to the SpecialCommittee of the Board of Directors, ourproposal is intended to contribute to acomprehensive solution to create a viableand healthy Sears Holdings,” ESL said in anemailed statement. “Completing the acquisi-tions of Kenmore and (the home improve-ment business) will enable Sears to improveits debt profile and liquidity position,creating the runway to help continue itstransformation, and allow these businessesto unlock their considerable potential byfurther expanding their presence in themarketplace.”

ESL said it is “prepared to move as quicklyas possible” and could enter into definitiveagreements as soon as Aug. 24 and close onthe acquisitions within 60 to 90 days.

Lampert’s fund’s initial letter offering tobuy certain Sears assets and break up thecompany also included the Sears HomeServices Parts Direct business and certainSears real estate assets. According to theletter, ESL is still considering Parts Directand plans to work with outside investors ona real estate deal, but wanted to move aheadwith the proposal for Kenmore and thehome improvement division.

Sears declined to comment.Since 2015, the retailer has spun off the

Lands’ End brand, sold the Craftsman toolsbrand to Stanley Black & Decker and soldmore than 200 stores to real estate invest-ment trust Seritage Growth Properties, inwhich Lampert holds a stake and serves aschairman of the board.

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ESL Investments has sent Sears a proposal

to buy its Kenmore appliance brand.

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Sears CEOmakes bid tobuy KenmoreBy Lauren Zumbach | Chicago Tribune

Chicago-based meal kit company HomeChef is the third-fastest-growing privatecompany in the country, according to theInc. 5000, a ranking released Wednesday.

Home Chef led the 240 Illinois compa-nies that made this year’s list, up from 239last year. The company’s growth did notjust catch the eye of Inc. magazine: In May,Kroger Co., the largest supermarket chainin the U.S. and the parent of Mariano’s,announced that it would pay up to $700million to acquire Home Chef, and theCEO promised further growth at theyoung company.

The Inc. 5000 is released annually, andthis year’s list is ranked according to thepercentage of revenue growth whencomparing 2014 with 2017. The compa-nies on the list must have been private,for-profit and independent as of the end oflast year. Here are five things to knowabout Illinois companies in the rankings.

1. Home Chef’s growthFounded in 2013, Home Chef develops

meals and delivers the ingredients andrecipes to its customers. It added about830 employees between 2014 and 2017,according to Inc. 5000 data, and last yearmade more than $255 million in revenue.That’s more than 600 times its revenue

from 2014, thrusting the company towardthe top of the list.

Home Chef’s founder and CEO PatVihtelic has said the company will addmore employees to help with the rollout ofits meal kits to Kroger’s stores. Krogerpaid $200 million to acquire Home Chef.

The deal, which closed in June, includesfuture “earn-out” payments of up to $500million over five years, contingent onachieving milestones such as meal kit salesgrowth.

5 things to know about Inc. 5000 companiesBy Ally MarottiChicago Tribune

Home Chef is ranked No. 3 on the Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies.

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are no longer stored.”That isn’t true. Even with Location History paused,

some Google apps automatically storetime-stamped location data withoutasking. (It’s possible, although labori-ous, to delete it.)

For example, Google stores a snap-shot of where you are when youmerely open its Maps app. Automaticdaily weather updates on Androidphones pinpoint roughly where youare. And some searches that havenothing to do with location, like“chocolate chip cookies,” or “kidsscience kits,” pinpoint your precise

SAN FRANCISCO — Google wantsto know where you go so badly that itrecords your movements even whenyou explicitly tell it not to.

An Associated Press investigationfound that many Google services onAndroid devices and iPhones storeyour location data even if you’ve used aprivacy setting that says it will preventGoogle from doing so.

Computer-science researchers atPrinceton confirmed these findings atthe AP’s request.

For the most part, Google is upfrontabout asking permission to use yourlocation information. An app likeGoogle Maps will remind you to allowaccess to location if you use it fornavigating. If you agree to let it recordyour location over time, Google Mapswill display that history for you in a“timeline” that maps out your dailymovements.

Storing your minute-by-minutetravels carries privacy risks and hasbeen used by police to determine thelocation of suspects — such as awarrant that police in Raleigh, N.C.,served on Google last year to finddevices near a murder scene. So thecompany lets you “pause” a settingcalled Location History.

Google says that will prevent thecompany from remembering whereyou’ve been. Google’s support page onthe subject states: “You can turn offLocation History at any time. WithLocation History off, the places you go

latitude and longitude — accurate tothe square foot — and save it to yourGoogle account.

The privacy issue affects some 2billion users of devices that runGoogle’s Android operating softwareand hundreds of millions of worldwideiPhone users who rely on Google formaps or search.

Storing location data in violation of auser’s preferences is wrong, said Jona-than Mayer, a Princeton computerscientist and former chief technologistfor the Federal Communications Com-mission’s enforcement bureau. A re-searcher from Mayer’s lab confirmedthe AP’s findings on multiple Androiddevices; the AP conducted its own testson several iPhones that found the samebehavior.

“If you’re going to allow users toturn off something called ‘LocationHistory,’ then all the places where youmaintain location history should beturned off,” Mayer said. “That seemslike a pretty straightforward positionto have.”

Google says it is being perfectlyclear.

“There are a number of differentways that Google may use location toimprove people’s experience, includ-ing: Location History, Web and AppActivity, and through device-level Lo-cation Services,” a Google spokes-person said in a statement to the AP.“We provide clear descriptions ofthese tools, and robust controls sopeople can turn them on or off, and

An AP investigation shows that using Google services on mobile phones allows the company to record your location.

FRANK FRANKLIN II/ASSOCIATED PRESS 2017

Google is alwayswatching you

Apps store your location data regardless of privacy settings

By Ryan NakashimaAssociated Press

A mobile phone displays a user’s

travels Aug. 8 in New York.

SETH WENIG/AP

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Constellation Brands isspending C$5 billion ($3.8billion) to boost its stake inCanadian cannabis growerCanopy Growth Corp., bet-ting legalization of the drugwill continue to gain trac-tion in the U.S. and aroundthe world.

Constellation, thebrewer of Corona beer, willraise its stake in Canopy to38 percent in what thecompanies described wasthe biggest investment inthe burgeoning marijuanaindustry yet, according to astatement Wednesday. Theagreement, which couldeventually give the Victor,N.Y.-based beverage com-pany control, follows aninitial purchase of about a10 percent stake last year.Canopy shares jumped 33percent to C$42.95 at 9:53a.m, giving it a market valueof C$9.36 billion. Constella-tion fell 7.2 percent to$205.79 in New York.

“This is rocket fuel,”Canopy Chief ExecutiveOfficer Bruce Linton said ofthe investment of on thecompany’s earnings call onWednesday. “We’re goingto be way more global.”

Makers of alcoholic bev-erages are looking to cash inon the growing use ofcannabis around the worldas their traditional businessslows. Molson Coors Brew-ing Co. has started a jointventure with Hydropothe-cary Corp. to develop non-alcoholic, cannabis-infusedbeverages for the Canadianmarket. Heineken’s Laguni-tas craft-brewing label haslaunched a brand specializ-ing in nonalcoholic drinksinfused with THC, the ac-tive ingredient in marijua-na.

Canada will become thefirst G-7 country to legalizepot for recreational use onOct. 17, while states fromCalifornia to Colorado havealready made the drug legaland medical use of cannabis

continues is growing glob-ally.

Legal sales in Canada areexpected to reach $4.9 bil-lion by 2022 and consumerspending globally will hit$32 billion, triple currentlevels, according to a reportby U.S. cannabis researchfirms Arcview Market Re-search and BDS Analyticsthis week. The U.S. legalcannabis industry is gainingeconomic and politicalclout, employing more than200,000 workers, while themarket for listed firms hasexploded in Canada. The BICanada Cannabis Competi-tive Peers Index counts 74companies with a marketvalue of C$61 billion.

Canopy, based in SmithsFalls, Ontario, doesn’t cur-rently have any operationssouth of the border, wheremarijuana is banned feder-ally. Entering the U.S. maycreate issues for its listingon the Toronto Stock Ex-change, as the bourse hassaid it may delist marijuanacompanies that run afoul ofU.S. federal law. Canopy isalso listed on the New YorkStock Exchange.

But both companies saidthey have no plans to sellcannabis products in anymarket unless it is permit-ted at all applicable govern-ment levels.

“Canopy Growth re-mains committed to notentering the U.S. market inany manner that would

contravene U.S. federallaws,” the company said in astatement.

Linton added on the call,however, that it may be-come legal federally in theU.S. “sooner than peoplethink” and that Canopy isdoing everything that’s fullyfederally lawful to getready.

Under the deal, Constel-lation Brands is buying newshares at C$48.60 a share, a38 percent premium toCanopy’s five-day volume-weighted average on theToronto Stock Exchange,and a 51.2 percent premiumto the Tuesday close. Con-stellation will also receive139.7 million warrants thatcan be exercised at a priceof C$50.40 over the nextthree years. If Constellationexercises all its existing andnew warrants, it could in-crease its stake to morethan 50 percent.

Constellation, whosebeer business is based inChicago, will be able toname four of CanopyGrowth’s seven directors.Canopy will continue to beled by its existing manage-ment.

“Over the past year,we’ve come to better under-stand the cannabis market,the tremendous growth op-portunity it presents, andCanopy’s market-leadingcapabilities in this space,”Constellation CEO RobSands said in the statement.

Corona brewer extends potbet with $3.8B investmentBy Eric Pfanner,Kristine Owram andJen SkerrittBloomberg News

The parent company of Corona beer is expanding its

partnership with a Canadian pot producer.

CAROLYN KASTER/AP

WASHINGTON —Americans shopped at ahealthy pace in July, buyingmore cars, clothes and ap-pliances, evidence that con-sumers are helping driverobust economic growth.

Retail sales rose at a 0.5percent annual rate in July,after a 0.2 percent increasethe previous month, theCommerce Departmentsaid Wednesday. June’s in-crease, though, was revisedlower from a previous esti-mate of a 0.5 percent annu-al rate.

Consumers appear to befeeling upbeat and are inoverall solid financialshape. The unemploymentrate is near an 18-year low.And economic growth,along with hiring, has ac-celerated. On average,Americans are saving more,which may encourage fu-ture spending.

Sales last month rose atauto dealers and grocerystores and jumped at cloth-ing shops. Americansboosted their spending atrestaurants and bars at a 1.3

percent rate in July fromJune. Gas station sales in-creased at a 0.8 percentannual rate from a monthearlier.

Spending at restaurantsand bars has jumped nearly10 percent from a yearearlier. That’s a bigger in-crease than for onlineshopping, which rose 8.7percent from a year ago.

It also bolsters the no-tion that many Americansfeel they have enough mon-ey to spend on non-neces-sities.

“Restaurants are a highlydiscretionary category, andcontinued strength sug-gests that households arenot too worried abouthigher gas prices and thattax cuts are providing acushion against higher ex-penses at the pump,” EllenZentner, an economist atMorgan Stanley, said in aresearch note.

Department stores,which have suffered fallingsales and bankruptcies formuch of the past two years,reported a sales gain of 1.2percent. Macy’s saidWednesday that sales atstores that have been openfor at least a year rose

unexpectedly in the quar-ter that ended Aug. 4, itsthird straight quarterlygain.

The solid spending fig-ures coincide with otherdata suggesting that Ameri-can households are in de-cent financial shape. Thegovernment last month re-vised the savings ratesharply higher, to 7.2 per-cent in the first quarterfrom 3.3 percent. Andfewer people are fallingbehind on their loans.

“It gives us comfort thatconsumers are nowherenear to being as over-stretched as they were inthe years heading into theGreat Recession,” MichaelFeroli, an economist at JP-Morgan Chase, wrote in aresearch note.

The savings rate is thedifference between allAmericans’ income andspending and is skewedhigher by greater savingamong higher-incomehouseholds.

Still, U.S. households arefacing some headwinds.Higher gas and housingcosts lifted inflation to anannual rate of 2.9 percent inJuly, highest in six years.

Americans spent more on cars, clothes and appliances in July, boosting the economy.

MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ/AP

Shoppers drove up retailsales 0.5 percent in JulyBy ChristopherRugaberAssociated Press

3Chicago Tribune | Business | Section 2 | Thursday, August 16, 2018

all, other than our legisla-ture has provided accoun-tants with a privilege that’svery broad, and we’re as-serting it.”

Robert Hannigan, man-aging partner of Bansleyand Kiener, did not respondWednesday to a request forcomment.

A Chicago attorney rep-resenting the FDIC did notrespond to a request forcomment.

The collapse of Washing-ton Federal, a family-runinstitution in the city’sBridgeport neighborhoodthroughout its 104-year his-tory, remains a mystery. InJune 2017, the bank re-ported negligible losses andreceived a “clean opinion”on its financial statements,according to the FDIC law-suit. Six months later,Washington Federal wroteoff $61.5 million in loans —almost half its loan balance— leaving the bank “criti-cally undercapitalized,” thelawsuit says.

Washington Federal had

$166.3 million in assets atthe time of its closing, andthe FDIC was appointed asreceiver on Dec. 15. RoyalSavings Bank bought theinsured deposits and $23.7million of the assets, and ittook over Washington’s twolocations — on South Ar-cher Avenue and West Tay-lor Street — under the newowner’s name.

Adding to the mystery,John Gembara, 56, CEOand president of Washing-ton Federal, whose grand-father launched the bank in1913, took his own life inPark Ridge less than twoweeks before the bank’sclosure, according to amedical examiner’s report.

A Park Ridge police re-port, obtained by the Trib-une in December through aFreedom of InformationAct request, revealed littleabout the circumstances ofGembara’s death, withnearly every page com-pletely redacted. What isknown is that Gembara, aPalos Hills resident, died inthe Park Ridge residence ofRenata Matczuk, who was

the last person to see himalive, according to the re-port.

In January, the FDICdetermined that lookinginto “possible wrongdoing”by various professionalswho provided services tothe bank was warranted,and it issued the subpoenato Bansley and Kiener thefollowing month.

The FDIC is investigat-ing what caused the losses,why they were not discov-ered earlier, and whetherthe accountants are respon-sible for the bank’s losses,according to the lawsuit.

The subpoena requestedall documents, records, filesand data related to the bankaudit from the accounting

firm, including quarterlyreviews, drafts, corre-spondence, emails and in-voices.

In its initial March re-sponse, Bansley and Kienersaid the subpoena requestwas overly broad and un-duly burdensome, calling ita “fishing expedition.” Thecore of its objection, and itsrefusal to comply, was theassertion of confidentialityprotection afforded by theIllinois Public AccountingAct.

The FDIC lawsuit claimsstate privileges do not applyto federal investigations.

[email protected] @RobertChannick

Chicago accountingfirm sued by FDICAccounting, from Page 1

The former Washington Federal Bank for Savings bears

the name of its new owner, Royal Savings Bank.

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delete their histories at anytime.”

Google’s explanationdid not convince severallawmakers.

Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., told the AP it is “frus-tratingly common” fortechnology companies “tohave corporate practicesthat diverge wildly fromthe totally reasonable ex-pectations of their users,”and urged policies thatwould give users morecontrol of their data.

Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., called for “compre-hensive consumer privacyand data security legisla-tion” in the wake of the APreport.

To stop Google fromsaving these locationmarkers, the companysays, users can turn offanother setting, one thatdoes not specifically refer-ence location information.Called “Web and App Ac-tivity” and enabled by de-fault, that setting stores avariety of informationfrom Google apps andwebsites to your Googleaccount.

When paused, it willprevent activity on anydevice from being saved toyour account. But leaving“Web & App Activity” onand turning “Location His-tory” off only preventsGoogle from adding yourmovements to the “time-line,” its visualization ofyour daily travels. It doesnot stop Google’s collec-tion of other locationmarkers.

You can delete theselocation markers by hand,but it’s a painstaking proc-ess since you have to selectthem individually, unlessyou want to delete all of

your stored activity.You can see the stored

location markers on a pagein your Google account atmyactivity.google.com, al-though they’re typicallyscattered under severaldifferent headers, many ofwhich are unrelated tolocation.

Critics say Google’s in-sistence on tracking itsusers’ locations stems fromits drive to boost advertis-ing revenue.

“They build advertisinginformation out of data,”said Peter Lenz, the seniorgeospatial analyst atDstillery, a rival advertis-ing technology company.“More data for them pre-sumably means more prof-it.”

The AP learned of theissue from K. Shankari, agraduate researcher at theUniversity of California atBerkeley who studies thecommuting patterns ofvolunteers in order to helpurban planners. She no-ticed that her Androidphone prompted her torate a shopping trip toKohl’s, even though shehad turned Location His-tory off.

“So how did GoogleMaps know where I was?”she asked in a blog post .

The AP wasn’t able torecreate Shankari’s experi-ence exactly. But its at-tempts to do so revealedGoogle’s tracking.

Since 2014, Google haslet advertisers track theeffectiveness of online adsat driving foot traffic, afeature that Google hassaid relies on user locationhistories. The company ispushing further into suchlocation-aware tracking todrive ad revenue, whichrose 20 percent last year to$95.4 billion.

Google apps trackyour movementsGoogle, from Page 1

BEIJING — China saysit is challenging a U.S. tariffhike on solar panels beforethe World Trade Organiza-tion, adding to its sprawl-ing conflicts with PresidentDonald Trump over tradeand technology.

The 30 percent tariffsannounced in January im-properly help U.S. produc-ers in violation of WTOrules, the Commerce Min-istry said. It said a formalcomplaint was filed Tues-day with the WTO inGeneva.

The solar duties areseparate from tariff hikesimposed by the Trumpadministration starting inJuly on Chinese imports inresponse to complaintsBeijing steals or pressurescompanies to hand overtechnology.

The duties also apply toimports of solar cells andmodules from Europe,Canada, Mexico and SouthKorea. That strained rela-tions with U.S. allies.

The Trump administra-

tion has defended the solartariffs as necessary to pro-tect American producers,saying import prices wereunfairly low due to subsi-dies and other impropersupport.

Washington took actionunder a 1974 U.S. law in-stead of through the WTO.That led to complaints itwas undermining the glob-al trade body. U.S. officialssay such action is necessarybecause the WTO lacks theability to address Chinesetrade tactics.

China has tried to por-tray itself as a defender ofthe WTO-based tradingsystem. It has attempted torecruit European and othergovernments as alliesagainst Washington, butthey echo U.S. complaintsabout Chinese market bar-riers and industrial policy.

The European Unionfiled its own WTO com-plaint in June against Chi-nese technology policies.

Another round of U.S.tariff hikes on $16 billion ofChinese goods is due totake effect Aug. 23. Beijingsays it will retaliate.

China challenges U.S.tariffs on solar panelsBy Joe McDonaldAssociated Press

ANKARA, Turkey — Tur-key said Wednesday that itis increasing tariffs on someU.S. products, such as cars,alcohol and coal, a movethat is unlikely to havemuch economic impact buthighlights the deterioratingrelations with the U.S. in afeud that has already helpedtrigger a currency crisis.

The Turkish governmentsaid tariffs on U.S. cars willbe doubled to 120 percentwhile those on alcoholicdrinks will be hiked by thesame rate to 140 percent.Overall, the duties willamount to $533 million, arelatively small sum meantas retaliation for PresidentDonald Trump’s recent de-cision to double tariffs onTurkish steel and alumi-num.

The tariffs also come aday after President RecepTayyip Erdogan said Turkeywould boycott U.S. elec-tronic goods, singling outiPhones. Though it wasunclear how the boycottwould be enforced or en-couraged.

Beyond the bluster of thetwo world leaders, the spat

between the NATO allieshas exacerbated a financialstorm in Turkey. Interna-tional investors have beenput off by the country’s highlevels of foreign debt andErdogan’s refusal to allowthe central bank to raiseinterest rates to support thecurrency, as experts say itshould.

The currency drop isparticularly painful for Tur-key because it has accumu-lated a high debt in foreigncurrencies.

The Turkish lira hasdropped to a series ofrecord lows in recentweeks, having fallen 37 per-cent this year.

On Wednesday, Turkishofficials said Qatar hadpledged $15 billion of directinvestments for Turkey, in abid to help Turkey’s econo-my. The officials saidQatar’s Sheikh Tamin binHamad Al Thani pledged to“quickly implement” the in-vestment package during ameeting with Erdogan inAnkara.

Presidential spokesmanIbrahim Kalin confirmedthe pledge on Twitter, say-ing: “Turkish-Qatari rela-tions are based on solidfoundations of true friend-ship and solidarity.”

Also helping the Turkishcurrency were moves byTurkey to gain favor withEuropean countries.

It decided to release twoGreek soldiers from prisonTuesday. On Wednesday,Turkey then freed AmnestyInternational’s honorarychairman for Turkey, TanerKilic, from prison pendingthe outcome of his trial onterror charges. And Erdo-gan held a phone call withGerman Chancellor AngelaMerkel and planned tospeak this week also withFrance’s Emmanuel Mac-ron.

Investors seemed to fo-cus on this and underlyingeconomic problems overthe exchange of tariffs withthe U.S., which analysts saidwas unlikely to cause seri-ous pain.

Ozgur Unluhisarcikli, di-rector of the German Mar-shall Fund’s Ankara office,noted that Turkey buys 0.5percent of all U.S. exportsand most of that is civilianaircraft and weapons.

“This is just a symbolicgesture,” said Unluhisar-cikli.

He added “So anything

other than weapons pur-chases would not hurt theUnited States.”

Apple has 22 percent ofthe smartphone market inTurkey.

Washington has imposedfinancial sanctions on twoTurkish ministers anddoubled steel and alumi-num tariffs on Turkey, asTrump tries to secure therelease of Andrew Brunson,a 50-year-old Americanpastor being tried in Turkeyon espionage and terror-ism-related charges.

On Wednesday, a courtrejected an appeal for Brun-son’s release from detentionand for a travel ban againsthim to be lifted, the state-run Anadolu Agency re-ported.

A higher court however,was scheduled to review theappeal.

Although he was re-leased to home detention,Brunson faces a prison sen-tence of up to 35 years if heis convicted on both countsat the end of his trial.

Turkey slaps tariffs on some U.S. goods$533 million moveescalates feud amidcurrency crisis By Suzan FraserAssociated Press

Pedestrians in Instabul pass a billboard advertising an

iPhone, which President Recep Tayyip Erdogan singled out.

CHRIS MCGRATH/GETTY

Your home equity couldkeep you afloat in retire-ment or bail you out in anemergency — but not if youspend it first.

U.S. homeowners are sit-ting on nearly $6 trillion ofhome value they could tapas of May 2018, accordingto data provider BlackKnight. Lenders are eagerto help many do just thatthrough home equity loans,home equity lines of creditand cash-out refinancing.

The rates are often lowerthan other kinds of borrow-ing, and the interest maystill be deductible, despitelast year’s tax reformchanges. But you can loseyour home to foreclosure ifyou can’t pay back the loan,which is why financialplanners generally frownon using equity for luxuri-es, investing or consoli-dating credit card debt.

Many planners point tothe foreclosure crisis thatstarted a decade ago as anexample of what can gowrong when people bingeon home equity debt.

“Having equity in yourhome is a huge financialadvantage that can providefor significant flexibility,security and peace ofmind,” says Howard Press-man, a certified financialplanner in in Vienna, Va. “Itis not an ATM that can beused to supplement yourlifestyle.”

Retirement experts pre-dict many Americans willneed to use home equity tosupport them when theystop working. They may dothat by selling their homesand downsizing or by usinga reverse mortgage, whichdoesn’t require payments.Reverse mortgages givepeople 62 and older accessto their equity throughlump sums, lines of creditor a series of monthly

checks, and the borrowedmoney doesn’t have to bepaid back until the ownersells, dies or moves out.

Home equity also can beused to supplement emer-gency funds, planners say.Pressman recommendshome equity lines of creditto his clients who don’thave debt problems andwho are disciplined andwon’t spend the moneyfrivolously.

Before the Great Reces-sion, several lenders al-lowed people to borrowover 100 percent of theirhome’s value. These days,the maximum is typically80 percent. (Black Knightused this 80 percent loan-to-value standard to calcu-late how much tappableequity people have, basedon current home valuesand existing home loans.The answer: $5.8 trillion.)

Homeowners would besmart, though, to set theirown limits lower to ensurethey still have access toequity in an emergency andare able to pay off all of

their mortgage debt beforeretirement.

Financial planners gen-erally frown on using equi-ty for luxuries such asvacations, high-risk ven-tures such as investing inthe stock market or startinga business, or for debts thatshould be paid off morequickly. The typical mort-gage lasts 30 years, whilehome equity loans and linesof credit can stretch for 20or more years.

“If the money is beingused to pay down creditcards or buy a car, thenthink twice about doing itat all,” says Monica Dwyer,a certified financial plannerin West Chester, Ohio.“Those kinds of debtsshould be paid off in theshort term, not with long-term borrowing.”

Many people use homeequity to pay college billsfor their kids, but plannersurge caution since it’s easyto overspend on highereducation. In general, par-ents shouldn’t borrowmore for college than they

can pay off before retire-ment, and the debtshouldn’t prevent themfrom saving enough for thatretirement. Federal educa-tion loans may be a betteroption, since they havefixed rates and consumerprotections such as for-bearance and deferral.

Investing in home im-provements can be a gooduse of home equity, finan-cial planners say, as long asthe projects add value tothe home.

The IRS has said thatinterest on home equityborrowing may still be de-ductible if the taxpayeritemizes deductions andthe money is used to “buy,build or substantially im-prove the taxpayer’s homethat secures the loan.”

Even then, Kristin Sulli-van, a certified financialplanner in Denver, likes herclients to have a plan to payoff the loan within fiveyears. That’s “a reasonabletime period to pay offsomething you don’t reallyneed,” she says.

Your house isn’t a piggy bankBy Liz WestonAssociated Press

U.S. homeowners are sitting on nearly $6 trillion of home value they could tap as of May.

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CORN (CBOT) 5,000 bu minimum- cents per bushel Sep 18 362.25 363.50 359 361.50 -.75

Dec 18 376.50 377.75 373.25 376 -.50

SOYBEANS (CBOT) 5,000 bu minimum- cents per bushel Sep 18 867.75 872.50 856.50 857.50 -10.75

Nov 18 879 884 867.50 869 -10.75

SOYBEAN OIL (CBOT) 60,000 lbs- cents per lb Sep 18 28.26 28.29 27.74 27.88 -.40

Oct 18 28.41 28.42 27.86 28.00 -.41

SOYBEAN MEAL (CBOT) 100 tons- dollars per ton Sep 18 335.80 337.10 329.40 329.50 -6.30

Oct 18 336.70 338.00 330.00 330.10 -6.50

LIGHT SWEET CRUDE (NYMX) 1,000 bbl.- dollars per bbl. Sep 18 66.62 66.90 64.51 65.01 -2.03

Oct 18 65.92 66.22 63.93 64.46 -1.87

NATURAL GAS (NYMX) 10,000 mm btu’s, $ per mm btu Sep 18 2.952 2.963 2.930 2.940 -.019

Oct 18 2.960 2.969 2.940 2.948 -.018

NY HARBOR GAS BLEND (NYMX)42,000 gallons- dollars per gallon Sep 18 2.0259 2.0426 1.9856 1.9974 -.0367

Oct 18 1.9166 1.9301 1.8778 1.8897 -.0352

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STOCK XCHG. CLOSE CHG. STOCK XCHG. CLOSE CHG. STOCK XCHG. CLOSE CHG.

Abbott Labs N 63.47 -.16AbbVie Inc N 97.45 +1.53Allstate Corp N 98.84 +.46Aptargroup Inc N 101.34 -.64Arch Dan Mid N 49.44 -.50Baxter Intl N 71.25 +.54Boeing Co N 331.76 -7.38Brunswick Corp N 63.02 -.83CBOE Global Markets O 94.65 +1.19CDK Global Inc O 60.86 -.92CDW Corp O 85.23 -.63CF Industries N 47.09 -.91CME Group O 167.67 +1.36CNA Financial N 45.14 +.40Caterpillar Inc N 132.02 -2.90ConAgra Brands Inc N 37.06 +.19Deere Co N 135.70 -2.95Discover Fin Svcs N 75.40 -.31Dover Corp N 82.35 +.57Equity Commonwlth N 31.94 +.29

Equity Lifesty Prop N 93.98 +1.42Equity Residential N 67.16 +.56Exelon Corp N 43.63 +.28First Indl RT N 32.77 +.31Fortune Brds Hm&SecN 54.24 +.07Gallagher AJ N 71.12 +.46Grainger WW N 357.89 -3.51GrubHub Inc N 127.37 -1.64Hill-Rom Hldgs N 93.11 -1.60IDEX Corp N 151.58 -.53ITW N 138.59 +1.29Ingredion Inc N 97.35 +.13John Bean Technol N 108.75 +1.60Jones Lang LaSalle N 150.46 -1.51Kemper Corp N 77.60 -.05Kraft Heinz Co O 59.09 -.43LKQ Corporation O 33.17 -.27Littelfuse Inc O 219.13 -3.08MB Financial O 47.77 -.88McDonalds Corp N 159.88 -.72

Middleby Corp O 115.51 +.38Mondelez Intl O 41.81 -.06Morningstar Inc O 133.38 -.96Motorola Solutions N 120.28 -.72Navistar Intl N 41.00 -.10NiSource Inc N 27.19 +.23Nthn Trust Cp O 107.06 -1.66Old Republic N 21.51 +.07Packaging Corp Am N 108.48 -2.94Paylocity Hldg O 66.13 -.87RLI Corp N 76.90 +.09Stericycle Inc O 60.93 +.47TransUnion N 74.18 -.48USG Corp N 43.12 -.03Ulta Salon Cosmetics O 231.98 -4.04United Contl Hldgs N 81.87 +.43Ventas Inc N 58.74 +1.27Walgreen Boots Alli O 68.73 +.07Wintrust Financial O 88.89 -1.29Zebra Tech O 162.46 -1.54

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Gen Electric 12.22 -.13Bank of America 30.36 -.43Macy’s Inc 35.15 -6.67Ambev S.A. 4.98 -.03Alibaba Group Hldg 169.83 -2.70Chesapk Engy 4.40 -.11Ford Motor 9.45 -.05Freeport McMoRan 13.66 -1.14AT&T Inc 32.47 +.23Penney JC Co Inc 2.41 -.23Transocean Ltd 10.70 -.86Vale SA 12.94 -.70Twitter Inc 32.38 -.81Sthwstn Energy 5.09 -.35Barrick Gold 9.98 -.43Weatherford Intl Ltd 2.70 -.12Rite Aid Corp 1.35 +.01Pfizer Inc 41.16 +.45Petrobras 11.06 -.49Cleveland-Cliffs Inc 9.85 -.07ENSCO PLC 6.16 -.54Citigroup 68.65 -1.36Vipshop Hldgs Ltd 7.09 -.46Yamana Gold Inc 2.70 -.14

Helios and Matheson .05 -.00Adv Micro Dev 19.70 -.32Micron Tech 47.49 -3.13JD.com Inc 32.36 -1.51Facebook Inc 179.53 -1.58Microsoft Corp 107.66 -1.48Apple Inc 210.24 +.49Cisco Syst 43.86 -.14Intel Corp 47.46 -.66ReShape Lifesciences .08 -.04Pain Therapeutics 1.97 +.86IQIYI Inc 26.13 -.76Caesars Entertain 9.30 -.30Comcast Corp A 34.97 -.42NXP Semiconductors 89.76 -1.43Nvidia Corporation 259.08 -2.35Qualcomm Inc 65.68 +.25Carrizo Oil & Gas 22.63 -1.69eBay Inc 33.86 -.54Sirius XM Hldgs Inc 6.90 -.06Gilead Sciences 74.84 -2.47Netflix Inc 326.40 -11.09Pinduoduo Inc ADS 17.70 -1.30Diamondback Energy117.70 -16.05

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Shanghai 2723.26 -57.7/-2.1Stoxx600 379.70 -5.2/-1.4Nikkei 22204.22 -151.9/-.7MSCI-EAFE /...Bovespa 77078.00 -1524.1/-1.9FTSE 100 7497.87 -113.8/-1.5CAC-40 5305.22 -98.2/-1.8

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Alibaba Group Hldg 169.83 -2.70Alphabet Inc C 1214.38 -27.72

Alphabet Inc A 1232.22 -25.92Amazon.com Inc 1882.62 -37.03

Apple Inc 210.24 +.49Bank of America 30.36 -.43

Berkshire Hath B 204.50 -1.33

Exxon Mobil Corp 76.94 -1.37Facebook Inc 179.53 -1.58

JPMorgan Chase 113.70 -.95Johnson & Johnson 130.43 +.93

Microsoft Corp 107.66 -1.48

Pfizer Inc 41.16 +.45Royal Dutch Shell B 64.27 -1.27

Royal Dutch Shell A 62.23 -1.46Unitedhealth Group 260.61 -2.87

Visa Inc 139.92 -.84

WalMart Strs 90.22 -.63Wells Fargo & Co 57.99 -.08

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3-month disc 2.03 2.036-month disc 2.17 2.182-year 2.59 2.6210-year 2.85 2.8930-year 3.02 3.06

Gold $1177.50 $1193.00Silver $14.421 $15.025Platinum $771.90 $801.70

Argentina (Peso) 29.8717Australia (Dollar) 1.3818Brazil (Real) 3.8993Britain (Pound) .7878Canada (Dollar) 1.3139China (Yuan) 6.9326Euro .8814India (Rupee) 70.319Israel (Shekel) 3.6888Japan (Yen) 110.57Mexico (Peso) 19.1865Poland (Zloty) 3.82So. Korea (Won) 1135.04Taiwan (Dollar) 30.86Thailand (Baht) 33.34

Prime Rate 5.00Discount Rate Primary 2.50Fed Funds Target 1.75-2.00Money Mkt Overnight Avg. 0.42

High: 25,235.37 Low: 24,965.77 Previous: 25,299.92

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3. Three among the top100

Three Illinois compa-nies made it into the top100 of the Inc. 5000. Be-sides Home Chef (No. 3),those were staffing com-pany GForce Life Sciences(No. 8) and freight brokerEdge Logistics (No. 46). Allthree are based in Chicago.

Last year, however, sevenIllinois companies gracedthe top 100. The highest-ranked Illinois companylast year, Strike Social (thenNo. 17), which developsartificial intelligence for so-cial media advertising,dropped to No. 165 thisyear.

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The advertising andmarketing industry in Illi-nois had the most compa-nies make the list with 27,though that is down from28 last year. The softwareindustry is close behind,with 23 companies on thisyear’s list compared with 17last year.

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California ruled therankings, with 743 compa-nies making the list, upfrom 670 last year. With its240 ranked companies, Illi-nois had the sixth mostbusinesses on the list, fall-ing into the same spot aslast year. In fact, the eightstates with the highestcompany counts stayed thesame from 2017. They were:California, Texas, Florida,New York, Virginia, Illinois,Georgia and Pennsylvania.

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OBITUARIES

In 1777 American troops ledby Gen. John Stark defeateda Hessian force underBritish command near Ben-nington, Vt., in the Revolu-tionary War.

In 1812 Detroit fell toBritish and Indian forces inthe War of 1812.

In 1829 the original “Sia-mese twins,” Chang andEng Bunker, arrived in Bos-ton to be exhibited to theWestern world.

In 1858 a telegraphed mes-sage from Britain’s QueenVictoria to President JamesBuchanan was transmittedover the newly laid trans-Atlantic cable.

In 1861 President AbrahamLincoln prohibited thestates of the Union fromtrading with the secedingstates of the Confederacy.

In 1948 baseball great BabeRuth died in New York; hewas 53.

In 1956 Adlai E. StevensonII was nominated for presi-dent at the Democratic con-vention in Chicago.

In 1960 Britain grantedindependence to Cyprus.

In 1977 Elvis Presley died atGraceland Mansion inMemphis; he was 42.

In 1978 James Earl Ray,convicted assassin of MartinLuther King Jr., told a Capi-

tol Hill hearing that he didnot commit the crime, say-ing he had been set up by amysterious man called“Raoul.”

In 1987 a Northwest Air-lines jet crashed on takeofffrom Detroit MetropolitanAirport, killing 156 people.The sole survivor was a4-year-old girl. Also in

1987 thousands of peopleworldwide began a two-daycelebration of the “har-monic convergence,” whichbelievers called the start of anew, purer age of human-kind.

In 1988 Republican presi-dential candidate GeorgeH.W. Bush named IndianaSen. Dan Quayle to be hisrunning mate.

In 1989 a rare “prime time’’lunar eclipse occurred overmost of the United States,although clouds spoiled theview for many.

In 1990 Iraqi PresidentSaddam Hussein issued astatement in which he re-peatedly called PresidentGeorge H.W. Bush a “liar’’and said the outbreak of warcould result in “thousandsof Americans wrapped insad coffins.’’

In 1992, on the eve of theRepublican national con-vention in Houston, Presi-dent Bush and party offi-cials denied a New YorkTimes report that a con-frontation with Iraqi Presi-dent Saddam Hussein wasmotivated partly by political

concerns.

In 1993 President Bill Clin-ton opened his campaign forhealth care reform with aspeech to the nation’s gover-nors in Tulsa. Also in 1993

New York police rescuedbusiness executive HarveyWeinstein from a covered14-foot-deep pit, where hehad been held nearly twoweeks for ransom.

In 1995 the federal govern-ment more than doubled itsestimate of rapes or at-tempted rapes in the UnitedStates each year to 310,000,a finding praised by leadersof women’s groups.

In 1997 two cosmonautsjust returned from Mir,Vasily Tsibliyev and Alexan-der Lazutkin, held a newsconference in which theyrejected criticism that theywere to blame for troublesaboard the aging, problem-plagued space station.

In 1999, four months aftertwo gunmen sent them flee-ing in horror, students re-turned to Columbine HighSchool in Colorado for thestart of the school year.

In 2000 delegates to theDemocratic National Con-vention in Los Angeles for-mally nominated Al Gorefor president.

In 2002 Major LeagueBaseball players set a strikedeadline of Aug. 30; the twosides finally reached anagreement with just sixhours to spare.

Chicago Daily TribuneON AUGUST 16 ...

James Koch, a co-found-er of the Chicago law firm ofGardiner, Koch, Weisberg &Wrona, focused on securi-ties, commodities and crim-inal law, twice taking casesto the nation’s highest court.

“He was a remarkablelawyer and had the distinc-tion of arguing two casesbefore the Supreme Court,”said longtime partner andfirm co-founder Tom Gar-diner.

One of those cases, Illi-nois v. Wardlow in 2000,regarded Fourth Amend-ment search and seizureissues and received nationalattention, Gardiner said.

Koch also taught highschool, university and lawschool courses and servedfor eight years as a memberof the New Trier TownshipHigh School District 203board, including threeterms as board president.

Koch, 66, died of pancre-atic cancer Aug. 4 in hisWilmette home, accordingto his wife, Dr. Susan Koch.

He grew up in Wilmetteand graduated from NewTrier. Koch went to Mon-mouth College in Mon-mouth, Ill., for a year beforetransferring to Loyola Uni-versity Chicago, where hiswife said he got an under-graduate degree in politicalscience in 1976. He got hislaw degree from Chicago-Kent College of Law in 1979.

Koch worked with an-other lawyer and then witha large Chicago law firmbefore joining the CookCounty state’s attorney’s of-fice, then headed by Rich-ard M. Daley. With Gardi-ner he worked in the office’spublic integrity unit. He

then worked as counselwith the National FuturesAssociation before co-foun-ding the Gardiner firm in1992.

Gardiner said theycouldn’t have started thefirm without the strongclient base brought in byKoch.

“He was the most impor-tant person in the law firm,”Gardiner said. “He set theculture for the firm (and) hehired virtually every personworking in it.”

Koch’s quick mind andsharp wit made him anextraordinary cross exam-iner, Gardiner said. In theWardlow case, Koch arguedthat running from policewas not reasonable groundsfor police to stop and searchsomeone. When Justice An-tonin Scalia said it would beconsidered suspicious ifsomeone were to run frompolice in his neighborhood,Koch pointed out that, interms of policing, not everyneighborhood was likeScalia’s.

In 2003, Koch joined theNew Trier school board andwas board president for

three terms, 2005-06; 2008-09 and 2009-10. He left theboard in 2011.

He was also a member ofthe Northern SuburbanSpecial Education Districtfrom 2003 to 2011, chairingthe board in the 2005-06school year.

“He was a really perfectboard member,” said retiredNew Trier SuperintendentLinda Yonke, who was hiredin 2005. “He loved NewTrier and was totally com-mitted to keeping it thegreat school district that itis.”

Yonke said that, as part ofthe negotiating team, Kochwas a tough negotiator butone who tried to be fair toteachers. He was convincedthe school year should belonger and in one contractYonke said some days wereadded to the year.

“He was teacher-cen-tered, student-centered,committed to the commu-nity,” she said.

Koch went back to schoolat Northwestern to get amaster’s degree in educa-tion and social policy in2001. He taught a course ineconomics at the LatinSchool of Chicago andtaught graduate and lawcourses at Northwestern.

Before that, he had sup-ported his wife’s return toschool to pursue her dreamof a second career as adoctor, she said.

He is also survived by twosons, Andrew and David,and two grandchildren.

A memorial service willbe at 10 a.m. Aug. 25 in theFoundation Hall of Baha’iTemple, 100 Linden Ave.,Wilmette.

Graydon Megan is a free-lance reporter.

JAMES KOCH 1952-2018

Co-founder of law firmtried high court cases

James Koch, 66, died of

pancreatic cancer Aug. 4

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Julia Dargan (nee Turner), age 82, August 11th inFt. Lauderdale, FL. Beloved wife of 60 years toWilliam Dargan, Sr. Loving mother of Colleen (Greg)Miller, William, Jr. (Lisa), Timothy (Brenda), thelate Margaret, Paul (Carla), Martin (Tammy), John(Megan) Dargan and Elizabeth (Steve) Gardner.Cherished Grandma of Kathryn and Erin Miller,Noreen (Brian) Tunney, Jennifer (Eric) Ostmann,Sarah and Patrick Dargan, Renata (Patrick) Vonesh,Daniel, Matthew, Anna, Christopher, Conner andColin Dargan, Will, Clare and Libby Gardner. GreatGrandma to Frances Vonesh and John Ostmann.Daughter of the late Gard Turner and Anna Turner(the late Lloyd) Cook. Sister of the late Ray andRoger Turner, the late Barbara Rabig and the late TimCook. Fond sister-in-law of Thomas (Jackie) Feeley,Mary (the late Mike) Cummings, Anna Turner andDonald Rabig. Aunt to many nieces and nephews.Julie, a retired nurse, spent many years taking careof newborn babies in the nursery at Christ Hospitaland volunteered many hours at St. Barnabas Parish.Funeral Saturday 9:30 a.m. from Donnellan Funeral

Home 10525 S.Western Ave. to St. Barnabas Church10134 S. Longwood Dr. Chicago, for Mass 10:30 a.m.Int. Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. Visitation Friday 3-9p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations to St. BarnabasEndowment Foundation or Mercy Home for Boysand Girls 1140West Jackson Blvd. Chicago, IL. 60607would be appreciated. Info 773-238-0075 or signguestbook at www.donnellanfuneralhome.com.


Dargan, Julia

Wanda Cygan, 96, lifetime resident of Chicago, passed away August 14th, 2018. Loving daughter of the late Stanley and Maria Cygan; preceded in death by dearest sister, Irene Cygan, and brother, HenryCygan; cherished aunt of Mary, Anne, Margaret and Michael Cygan; beloved grand aunt of Timothy Holtz, Patricia Holtz Schumpp, Olivia Cygan, and Nora andNicholas Misis; treasured great aunt of Vivianna and Isabella Holtz, and Maeve, Corah, and Lochlan Schumpp. A bookkeeper at Atlas-Prager Brewery, Mercury Records, and Harold Stein Fuel Company, Wanda Cygan loved dogs, crossword puzzles and the energy of the Chicago Loop, commuting there daily by CTA into her 80s. In lieu of flowers, donations to Su Casa Catholic Worker House of Hospitality, https://new.sucasacw.org/donate/ , 5045 SouthLaflin Street, Chicago 60609 or IHM Sisters, https://ihmsisters.org/ , 610 West Elm Avenue, Monroe, MI 48162 would be deeply appreciated.


Cygan, Wanda

(nee Downes). Born September 24, 1935 in Dublin, Ireland. Beloved wife for 60 years to Christopher;loving mother to Phillippa, Jack (Stacey) and Jim;proud grandmother of Hayley, Rory, Angelina and Liam; dear sister of Sean (Jean), Philippa Duffy (Patrick), Jim (Anna), Sheila Johnson, the late Dolores Downes and the late Patricia Downes; much loved aunt of many nieces and nephews. Visitation will be held Friday from 12:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m., with a ser-vice at 4:00 p.m. at Cooney Funeral Home located at 625 Busse Hwy in Park Ridge. In lieu of flowers,memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society. For information please call 847-685-1002 or visit www.cooneyfuneralhome.com


Cannon, Rosemarie

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Rita Mae Glass, 74, of Sarasota, FL, formerly of Chicago, IL, passed away peacefully on August 7, 2018 after a long battle with multiple myeloma. Rita Glass was the daughter of Francis and Albert Denk,and the loving wife of Dr. Richard McLean Glass for over 51 years. She is survived by her husband,her children, Dr. Katie Singer (Charles) and Brendan Glass, her grandson Marc Singer, her sister Carol Zahradnik (Steve), and Carol’s children Tom, John and Kristin. Rita graduated from Lourdes High School,got her undergraduate degree at Northern Illinois,and then her doctorate in education at Loyola. Rita worked most recently as a real estate broker with Keller Williams, and has also worked as an artist,a teacher and in assistive technology for disabledpersons as a Vice President for the National Easter Seal Society. She was very involved as a leader for Landmark Education, and through that platform was dedicated to coaching people to change their lives in powerful ways. She will be deeply missed by her family and friends, and so many other people whose lives she has impacted. Visitation Friday, August 17, 2018 11:00 a.m. until time of service at 1:00 p.m. at Andrew J. McGann and Sons Funeral Home, 10727 S. Pulaski Rd Chicago, IL. Interment Mt. Hope Cemetery, 11500 S. Fairfield Chicago. In lieu of flowers please consider a donation to The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation in Rita’s name. For more information 773-783-7700.


Glass, Rita Mae

Loving husband of the late Rose Marie nee Gualtier; cherished son of the late Michael and Angeline and son in law of the late Michelina Gualtier; beloved father of Michael (Suzanne); dear grand-father of Michael (Mariah), Joseph and Margaret (Brad) Witmer and great grandfather of Bennett Michael; fond brother of the late Jack and the late Rose (Michael) Torresso and brother in law ofAdeline; caring uncle of many nieces and nephews. Visitation Thursday 3:00 – 8:00pm at THE ORIGINAL RAGO BROTHERS FUNERAL HOME, 7751 W. Irving Park Rd., Chicago. Funeral Friday 9:15am for Massat 10:00am at Mother Theodore Guerin Church. Int: Mt. Carmel Cemetery. For info: 773-276-7800 or www.ragobrothersfuneralhome.com


Gasso, Nicholas

Daniel “Danny” A. Foley, 67; beloved son of the late Thomas A.(CFD) and Bernice A. Foley-King nee Moriarty; fond stepson of the late Thomas J. King (CFD); dear brother of James (Theodore Johnson), Kathleen “Sissy” (the late James, CFD) Lynam, John(Diane and the late Patsy), Michael (Dorian), Patrick (Leana), Timothy (Rita), Mary (Duane Hickling), and Anna Foley (Liam, CFD) Henry and the late Tommy; fond uncle of 20, nephew and great uncle to many; friend to all who knew him; Memorial Mass Saturday11 AM at St. Pascal Church, 3935 N. Melvina Ave. Arrangements entrusted to Gibbons Family

Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers make donations to JourneyCare Hospice, Attn: Foundation, 2050 ClaireCt., Glenview, IL 60025, (312) 942-4516. Intermentprivate. For info 773-777-3944 or www.gffh.com


Foley, Daniel A.

Helen M. Fila, nee Zaleski, age 101. Beloved wifeof the late Leonard Fila;loving mother of Carlotta(Robert) Lawton, Richard(Sherry), Marlene and thelate Thomas Fila. Sisterof Evelyn Sutherland andthe late Charlotte Froncek.Proud grandmother of eightand great-grandmother of 10.Loving aunt of many niecesand nephews. Visitation at

Steuerle Funeral Home, 350 South Ardmore Ave.,Villa Park on Friday, August 17th, from 3 to 8 p.m.Funeral Saturday, August 18th, 9:15 a.m. fromthe funeral home to Sacred Heart Church, 114 S.Elizabeth St., Lombard. Mass 10 a.m. followed byInterment at Resurrection Cemetery, Justice. In lieuof flowers, Masses for her intention or memorialsmay be made in her memory to Mercy Home, 1-877-637-2955, MercyHome.org For info 630-832-4161

Fila, Helen M.


Ruth Fain, nee Spiegelglass, age 93, of Glenview,former owner of Betty’s of Winnetka; be-loved wife for 65 years of the late DavidFain; loving mother of Robert (BerdineWeiner) Fain; dear sister-in-law of thelate Barbara (late Harry) Grabow; cher-

ished aunt of Ellen Grabow and Andrew (HermineHarman) Grabow; dear cousin of James (Heidi)Kargman; treasured great aunt, great great aunt,cousin and friend to many. Graveside service Friday,3:00 p.m. at Westlawn Cemetery, 7801 W. Montrose,Norridge. In lieu of flowers, contributions to TheVasculitis Foundation, www.vasculitisfoundation.org. Info: The Goldman Funeral Group, www.goldma-nfuneralgroup.com (847) 478-1600.

Fain, Ruth


Robert A. Eichler, August 13, 2018, age 95. Late ofSmith Crossing, Orland Park, formerlyof Homewood. Beloved husband ofthe late Mary Louise Eichler nee Todd.Dear father of Robert Todd (DianeRackow) Eichler and Nancy Louise

(Daniel) O’Connell. Cherished grandfather of Kelly(Jon) Rodgers and Kirby (Joshua) Longbrake. Greatgrandfather of 4. Loving brother of the late Ruth(the late Martin) Carter. Resting at the Tews-Ryan

Funeral Home, 18230 Dixie Hwy., Homewood, Friday,Aug. 17th from 2:00 to 9:00 p.m. and Saturday,Aug. 18th from 9:30 a.m. until the time of servicesat 10:30 a.m. Interment Chapel Hill Garden South.Memorials in Robert’s memory may be made toSt. Paul Community Church, 18200 Dixie Hwy.,Homewood, IL 60430. www.tews-ryanfh.com or708 798-5300

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Bernice M. Kotowski nee Lang age 91 of Mt. Prospect. Beloved wife of 63 years to the late George Del Kotowski; loving mother of Sharon (Gene) Mrowczynski, Del (Debbie), Darlene (the late Paul) Snyder, Gail (Tom) Dolan and Dave (Cindy); cherished grandmother of Kristin (Tom) Hamann, Dr. Laura Snyder (Dr. Robert Fintelmann), Megan (Matthew) Gidcumb, Jeanne (A.J.) Brasel, Tyler Kotowski and the late Robert Mrowczynski; great grandmother of Jameson, Anna, Audrey, Lydia, Adelaide and Noah. Bernice and her late husband George were one of the founding families of St. Raymond de Penafort Church, Mt. Prospect. Bernice sang with the St. Raymond Choir for approximately 30 years. She was a long time member of the Catholic Womens Club. She enjoyed participating inthe St. Raymond Shows, playing the piano, traveling and reading. Visitation Friday August 17, 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Friedrichs Funeral Home, 320 W. Central Rd., (at Northwest Highway) Mt. Prospect, IL 60056. Visitation Saturday August 18, 10:00 a.m. un-til time of Funeral Mass 11:00 a.m. at St. Raymondde Penafort Church, Elmhurst Rd., (Rt. 83) & Lincoln St., Mt. Prospect, IL 60056. Entombment All SaintsMausoleum. In lieu of flowers Masses appreciated or memorials to Misericordia, 6300 N. Ridge Ave., Chicago, IL 60660. Funeral information (847) 255-7800 or www.friedrichsfh.com.


Kotowski, Bernice M.

Robert Jerome Jablon 77 of Highland Park, IL passedaway August 14, 2018 peacefully, surrounded by hisfamily. Beloved wife of Priscilla and proud fatherof Jennifer Schlebecker, Janine (Charles) Goodsite,Matt (Cheryl) Jablon, Rebecca (Mark) Maresco,and Alissa (Francis) Walker. Loving grandfather of11. Visitation will be at Kelley & Spalding Funeral

Home, 1787 Deerfield Rd, Highland Park, IL onFriday, August 17 from 4PM - 8PM. Funeral Massat Immaculate Conception Church, 770 DeerfieldRd, Highland Park, IL, 10AM on Saturday, August18. Interment at All Saints Cemetery. Donations canbe made to American Cancer Society. For info ordirections please contact Kelley & Spalding Funeral

Home at 847-831-4260 or www.kelleyspaldingfuner-alhome.com


Jablon, Robert J.

74, of Blue Island, IL. Passed away on August 10th, 2018, surrounded by his loving family. Son of the late William C. & the late Anna Gricus. Survived by his loving sister Laverne (the late John) Fleming,proceeded in death by his brother Donald (the latePolly). Former husband of Bonnie (Granville) Gricus. Cherished father of Jim (Bridget) , Donna (Richard) Murphy, Michael (Rosie Le), Tom (Danielle), Laura (John) Neubauer, Aimee (William) Reese. Adored Grandfather of 14 grandchildren and 1 Great-grandchild. Fond Uncle of many nieces and neph-ews. Beloved friend of Rose Flynn. Jim will be greatly missed by his extended family and friends. Memorial Mass will be at All Saints Lutheran Church, 13350 S. LaGrange Road Orland Park, Illinois on Friday August 17, 2018 at 11:00 am. Memorial donations in the memory of Jim may be made to All Saints Lutheran Church, 13350 S. LaGrange Road Orland Park, Illinois 60462


Gricus, William James ‘Jim’

John Isaac Schlossman, age 86, of Glencoe, respect-ed architect, Principal withLoebl Schlossman & Hackl, inChicago until his retirementin 1998; beloved husbandfor 59 years of Shirley, neeRhodes; loving father of Marc(Nicola Johnson) Schlossman,Gail (Donald) Mewhort andPeter (Sara Zimmerman)Schlossman; adored Grandpaand Papa of Ben, Theo, Sara,

Jack, Jane, Noah and Ava; devoted sonof the late Norman and the late CarolSchlossman; dear brother-in-law of thelate Alan (Nancy) Rhodes; treasured

uncle and friend to many. Private family service onFriday. A memorial service in John’s memory will bescheduled for a future date. In lieu of flowers, con-tributions to Merit School of Music, 38 S. Peoria St.,Chicago, IL 60607, www.meritmusic.org or ChicagoBotanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Rd., Glencoe, IL60022, www.chicagobotanic.org. Info: The Goldman

Funeral Group, www.goldmanfuneralgroup.com(847) 478-1600.

Schlossman, John Isaac


Age 59 of Nashville, TN. formerly of LaGrange, IL.Lost his battle with cancer July 29th. Loving Father of James (Meta) Reedy, Jonathon Reedy and PatriciaReedy. Survived by sister, Jennifer Hatcher and brother Thomas D. Reedy. Memorial Service St. Anne’s Catholic Church, Medical Lake, WA. In Lieu of flowers the family would like donations made to Gilda’s Club of Middle TN or Operation Stand Down.


Reedy, James Robert ‘Rob’

Pranczke, Mark J. Age 71. Loving husband of Carol (Nee Repple); Beloved father of Alanna (John) Vicario and the late Mark; Devoted Grandfather of Gianna and Matthew; Dear brother of Dennis, Noreen (Marc) Kwasman and the late

Joette; Fond uncle to many Nieces and Nephews; Visitation Saturday. August 18th, 3-9pm at the Pietryka Funeral Home 5734 W. Diversey. Chicago, 60639. Internment private. Info 773-889-0115

Pranczke, Mark J.


Robert W. Patterson 95 of Park Ridge. Veteran ofWW II, Recipient of The Purple Heart. Atrest Sunday, August 12, 2018. Belovedhusband of Rae nee Spahr. Loving fatherof Carol (Jim) Gonzalez and John (Nikki).Beloved son of the late James Blaine and

Benice. Fond grandfather of Thomas (Rachael), John,Grace (Joe), Mary Clare, Molly, George and Jack.Dear brother the late John and Marjorie. MemorialVisitation Saturday August 18th from 1:00 P.M. untiltime of Service 3:45 P.M. at Cumberland Chapels(FRIEL FUNERAL DIRECTORS) 8300 W. Lawrence Ave.,Norridge . Interment with Military Honors will takeplace separately at the Town of Maine Cemetery.In Lieu of flowers , memorials to The Union LeagueBoys & Girls Club 65 W. Jackson Blvd. Chicago,Illinois 60604 appreciated. www.cumberlandcha-pels.com or 708/456-8300

Patterson, Robert W.


Esther M. Mosak nee Korengold, 80, beloved wifeand best friend of Joel z”l for 54 years;loving and devoted mother of Diane(Howard) Ganden and Bryan (Barbara)Mosak; cherished Bubbe of Sam, Matt &Madison, Michael and Aden; adored sis-

ter of Howard (Harriet z”l) Korengold, sister-in-law ofEunice (Irving z”l) Gelman; treasured aunt of David(Carol) Korengold and Richard (Leslie) Korengold,Great Aunt to Jon, Jeff, Veronica, and Lucas, cousinand friend and Bubbe to many... Chapel ServiceFriday, 10:00 AM at Shalom Memorial Funeral Home,1700 W. Rand Road, Arlington Heights. IntermentShalom Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, dona-tions may be made to Congregation Beth Judea,5304 RFD, Long Grove, IL 60047. For Information orcondolences (847) 255-3520 or www.shalom2.com.

Mosak, Esther M.


Stephen J Molaro, 84, passed away peacefully on August 13, 2018, with his loving family surround-ing him. He was born on Taylor Street in Chicago’sLittle Italy. He is survived by his loving wife, Nancy Molaro of 30 years; his seven children John Molaro, Mark (Kathy) Molaro, Stephen Jr Molaro, Christina Molaro, Carrie Davis (Dave Wollenweber), Sam (Sarah) Molaro, and Joseph Molaro; his adored grandchildren Alyssa Molaro, Jenna Molaro, Jaclyn Molaro, Faith Davis, Abigail Molaro, Antonio Molaro, Leonardo Molaro, and Lucille Wollenweber; his sib-lings Peter (Lydia) Molaro, John (Rose) Molaro, and adoring sister Patricia (Louis) Vine; and many cous-ins, nieces, and nephews. He is preceded in death by his parents John and Susan (Seno) Molaro, brother Sam Molaro, and beloved grandson Blaine Molaro. He was a Chicago High School Teacher for 30 years.It was often said that there wasn’t a stranger that didn’t know him. A memorial luncheon will be held on Friday, August 24 at 1 p.m. at Via Bella, 5412 S La Grange Rd, Countryside, IL 60525.


Molaro, Stephen J ‘Steve’

Grady E. Lake of Elmhurst, longtime resident of ParkRidge, passed away suddenlyon August 13 at age 63. Adevoted father, brother, andfriend, he brought out thebest in others. Fondly re-membered as a fisherman,traveler, gardener, hockeyplayer, and chef. He wasthe fiancé of Sandra Heinz,brother of Diane Lake andBeth (John) Shepard, father

of Kelley and Mathew (Ryan Sedgwick), step-fatherof Brian (Rachael) Heinz, Brad (Amy) Heinz, andMicky Heinz, and Grandpa Grady to Hannah andHenry Heinz. Visitation Saturday, August 18, 2018from 11:30 AM until the time of service 1:30 PM atNelson Funeral Home, 820 W. Talcott Rd., Park Ridge.In lieu of flowers or arrangements of garden veg-etables, memorials in his name may be made to Giftof Hope, http://www.giftofhope.org. For info www.nelsonfunerals.com or (847) 823-5122.

Lake, Grady E.


ROSE E. YAUK age 95, a longtime Westmont, IL resident. Beloved wife of the late John Z. Tomes and the late Emery A. Yauk, loving mother of Keith John (Lou) Tomes and the late Kathy Joy (Alan) Spencer,cherished grandmother of 4 and great-grandmother of 4, also many nieces and nephews. Preceded also by her parents Emma and Alois Nemecek; 3 broth-ers, Louis, Joe and John; 2 sisters Emily Nemecek and Helen Pastor. Rose was a member of Westmont Methodist Church, Delta Kappa Gamma, Westmont American Legion Post 338 where she was the first Woman Commander 1996-1997, the Queen of Westmont for the town’s 75th Birthday Celebration in 1996, an Army Nurse WWII, a nurse for Westmont School District 201 for 20 years and a graduate ofPresbyterian School of Nursing 1944. Visitation will be August 17th 2018 from 4-8 pm at Toon Funeral Home 109 N. Cass Avenue, Westmont, IL 60559. Funeral Services Saturday 9:30 A.M. Interment Memory Gardens, Arlington Heights, IL. For informa-tion www.toonfuneralhome.com OR 630-968-0408


Yauk, Rose E.

Memorial Visitation for Faith G. Vickerman, 75, of Mt. Prospect, will be on Sunday, August 19, 2018 from 10:00 AM until time of the Memorial Service at Noon at Ahlgrim Family Funeral Home, 201 N. Northwest Hwy., Palatine. Faith was born on January 14, 1943 in Minneapolis, MN to Floyd and Myrtle Vickerman. She passed away on Tuesday, August 14, 2018. She was a loving mother and grandmother. Faith was a devoted teacher at Niles West High School for over30 years. She enjoyed art, literature, and spoiling her grandchildren. Faith is survived by her son, Merrick (Kathryn) Shapiro; granddaughters, Olivia and Kylie Shapiro; brother, Buzz (Karen) Vickerman; and niece, Amanda Vickerman. For funeral info, 847-358-7411 or AhlgrimFFS.com


Vickerman, Faith G.

Anthony “Tony” “Red” Tamburrino; Beloved husbandof the late Lucille “Lou”, nee Petosa; Loving dadof Tina (Stacey) Tamburrino-Gordon and James(Debra); Cherished grandpa of Diana, Carla, Jennaand Juliana; Dearest brother of Michael “Mickey”(Patricia); Fond uncle of many nieces and nephews;Visitation Friday 3-9 p.m. at Belmont Funeral Home,7120 W. Belmont Ave. Funeral prayers Saturday9:15 a.m. from funeral home to St. William Churchfor 10 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial. EntombmentSt. Joseph Cemetery; Info. 773-286-2500 or www.belmontfuneralhome.com


Tamburrino, Anthony

Isabell Smith, formerly of Wilmette and Park Ridge,92, died Sunday, July 29, 2018,in her Vernon Hills home aftera lengthy illness. Isabell wasborn in Chicago on Aug. 16,1925, to German Bavarianimmigrant parents, Charlesand Isabelle (Bock) Yoerger.She attended AudubonSchool but had to repeat herfirst year because she spokevery little English in the heav-

ily populated German neighborhood. Isabell tookdance lessons when she was young, performing inbeautiful costumes her mother created. She neverstopped dancing. Artistic, musical and a math wiz,Isabell caught up and graduated from AmundsenHigh School in 1943. Always wearing the height offashion, she worked a variety of secretarial jobs,eventually crossing the typist picket line to workat the Chicago Herald American newspaper. Thereshe earned the nickname “Tippy Toes” because shealways wore high heel shoes to boost her slight 5’1”build. At the daily newspaper, she won the heart ofa young rewrite man, the late Robert J. Smith, whofound the courage to talk with her by asking her ifshe wanted “to see a picture of my baby,” and thenshowed her a photo of his boat. Once she becamehis “Honey Bunny Boo,” the couple married on Sept.30, 1950, and settled in Edison Park in the city. Aftermarriage, Isabell worked in wholesale with SellrightGiftwares Corp. when they came to Chicago, sellingto museum gift shop buyers. The couple raised twochildren while living in Park Ridge and thenWilmette.While in Park Ridge, Isabell led The Merry Marrieds,an area dance club for couples that hosted a varietyof themed-dances throughout the years. For herchildren, Isabell was a Den Mother, school roommother, and made it a point for the family to sharea homemade dinner together almost every night.While in Wilmette, Isabell was hired as a hosieryfit model, modeling petite-sized nylons for buyers.She enjoyed the job but quit when they asked theproper skirts- and dresses-only lady to model bluejeans. She never wore blue jeans. The couple movedto Vernon Hills after Bob’s retirement as AssociateMetropolitan Editor of the Chicago Tribune. Isabell,an only child, valued and loved family and be-friended family in West Germany and those whosettled throughout the United States. Isabell andBob were accomplished world travelers. Isabell wasfun-loving, devoted to her family, generous, strong-willed and loved to dance. Isabell is survived byher beloved son, Glenn (Marianne) Smith of VernonHills, and daughter, Robin Smith (Michael) Kollmanof Libertyville; her cherished grandchildren Jen(Marc) Zider of Lindenhurst, Kate (George) Zasadil ofAntioch, Kristen (Chris Stegen) Kollman of Kenosha,Wis., and Max Kollman of Minneapolis.; and fourgreat-grandchildren who she adored Jake, Josh andJonah Zider, and Kara Zasadil. A memorial service tocelebrate her life will be held at 2 p.m. on Aug. 19 atChrist Church Lake Forest. In lieu of flowers, dona-tions can be made in memory of Isabell Smith to theSalvation Army or The Dementia Society of America.

Smith, Isabell


Lucille Seriano, nee Ragosta. Beloved wife of thelate Joseph C. Seriano; loving mother of the lateJoseph J. Seriano and the late Mary Janice (Greg)Stevens; beloved daughter of the late Vincenzo andthe late Jennie (nee Scudiero) Ragosta; Cherishedgrandmother of Nicole Stevens; dear sister of thelate Mary Ragosta and the late Frank Ragosta; fondaunt of several nieces and nephews. VisitationFriday August 17, 2018 from 3:00 until 8:00 p.m.at Cumberland Chapels 8300 W. Lawrence Ave.Norridge. Funeral Saturday, beginning at the funeralhome at 9:00 a.m. and then proceeding to St. Paulof the Cross Church, Park Ridge, for 10:00 a.m.Mass. Entombment will follow at Queen of HeavenCemetery in Hillside, Il. info. www.cumberlandcha-pels.com or 708-456-8300.


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Zeman, Edward G. Edward G. Zeman, age 82, at rest Au-gust 13, 2018. U.S. Army Veteran, 82nd Airborne Division and Retired Chicago Fire Department Lieutenant, Engine 35. Beloved husband of Mary Alice Zeman (nee: Lucas). Loving father of Laura (Michael) Huffman, Sharon Zeman and

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS JUVENILE JUSTICE ANDCHILD PROTECTION DEPARTMENT CHILD

PROTECTION DIVISION

IN THE INTEREST OFDarriana Davenport

MINOR(S) CHILD(REN) OF Jamine Dominique Alexander (Mother)

JUVENILE NO.: 15JA00830

NOTICE OF PUBLICATION

NOTICE IS GIVEN YOU, Trevoye Marcus (Father), respondents, and to All Whom It May Concern, that on March 12, 2018, a petition was filed under the Juvenile Court Act by KIM FOXX in this court and that in the courtroom of Judge Robert Balanoff in the Cook County Juvenile Court Building, 1100 So. Hamilton Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, ON 09/06/2018, at 10:30 AM in CALENDAR 12 COURTROOM L, or as soon thereafter as this case may be heard, a hearing will be held upon the petition to terminate your parental rights and appoint a guardian with power to consent to adoption.

THE COURT HAS AUTHORITY IN THIS CASE TO TAKE FROM YOU THE CUSTODY AND GUARDIANSHIP OF THE MINOR, TO TERMINATE YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS AND TO APPOINT A GUARDIAN WITH POWER TO CONSENT TO ADOPTION. YOU MAY LOSE ALL PARENTAL RIGHTS TO YOUR CHILD. IF THE PETITION REQUESTS THE TERMINATION OF YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS AND APPOINTMENT OF A GUARDIAN WITH POWER TO CONSENT TO ADOPTION, YOU MAY LOSE ALL PARENTAL RIGHTS TO THE CHILD.

UNLESS YOU appear, you will not be entitled to further written notices or publication notices of the proceedings in this case, including the filing of an amended petition or a motion to terminate parental rights.

UNLESS YOU appear at the hearing and show cause against the petition, the allegations of the petition may stand admitted as against you and each of you, and an order or judgment entered.

DOROTHY BROWN, CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOISAugust 16, 2018


PROTECTION DIVISION

IN THE INTEREST OFDarriana Davenport

MINOR(S) CHILD(REN) OF Jamine Dominique Alexander (Mother)



NOTICE IS GIVEN YOU, Jamine Dominique Alexander (Mother), respondents, and to All Whom It May Concern, that on March 12, 2018, a petition was filed under the Juvenile Court Act by KIM FOXX in this court and that in the courtroom of Judge Robert Balanoff in the Cook County Juvenile Court Building, 1100 So. Hamilton Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, ON 09/06/2018, at 10:30 AM in CALENDAR 12 COURTROOM L, or as soon thereafter as this case may be heard, a hearing will be held upon the petition to terminate your parental rights and appoint a guardian with power to consent to adoption.





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NOTICE IS GIVEN YOU, Jessica Ovalle (Mother), respondents, and to All Whom It May Concern, that on May 10, 2018, a petition was filed under the Juvenile Court Act by KIM FOXX in this court and that in the courtroom of Judge Peter Vilkelis in the Cook County Juvenile Court Building, 1100 So. Hamilton Avenue, Chicago, Illinois,ON 09/06/2018,at 9:30 AM in CALENDAR 13 COURTROOM M, or as soon thereafter as this case may be heard, an adjudicatory hearing will be held upon the petition to have the minor declared to be a ward of the court and for other relief under the Act.






PROTECTION DIVISION

IN THE INTEREST OFMiracle Pearce

MINOR(S) CHILD(REN) OF Cardelia Pearce (Mother)



NOTICE IS GIVEN YOU, Brent Kidd (Father), AKA Brett Kidd , respondents, and to All Whom It May Concern, that on March 6, 2018, a petition was filed under the Juvenile Court Act by KIM FOXX in this court and that in the courtroom of Judge Bernard Sarley in the Cook County Juvenile Court Building, 1100 So. Hamilton Avenue, Chicago, Illinois,ON 09/06/2018,at 1:30 PM in CALENDAR 9COURTROOM I, or as soon thereafter as this case may be heard, an adjudicatory hearing will be held upon the petition to have the minor declared to be a ward of the court and for other relief under the Act.






PROTECTION DIVISION

IN THE INTEREST OFIsmael Montoya-Carrillo Jr. AKA Ismael Hemphill-Montoya

MINOR(S) CHILD(REN) OF Tabitha Hemphill (Mother)



NOTICE IS GIVEN YOU, Tabitha Hemphill (Mother) and Ismael Montoya (Father), respondents, and to All Whom It May Concern, that on April 16, 2018, a petition was filed under the Juvenile Court Act by KIM FOXX in this court and that in the courtroom of Judge Bernard Sarley in the Cook County Juvenile Court Building, 1100 So. Hamilton Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, ON 09/06/2018, at 11:30 AM in CALENDAR 9COURTROOM I, or as soon thereafter as this case may be heard, a hearing will be held upon the petition to terminate your parental rights and appoint a guardian with power to consent to adoption.





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After an 8-4 win over thesecond-place Brewers onWednesday at Wrigley Field,the Cubs maintained the three-game lead they held at the startof the two-game series. Sincetaking over first place July 14,the Cubs have not won morethan two consecutive games astheir division lead has hoveredbetween one-half and threegames.

In that span, their startershave struggled to string togethergood outings, and the offensehas alternated between out-standing and ineffective efforts.


ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — If there werean artificial deadline for the Bears to signRoquan Smith so he could have a chanceto be ready to play in the Sept. 9 seasonopener at Lambeau Field, Tuesdayafternoon was pretty darn close.

For Smith to have a chance of playingagainst the Packers, he pretty much neededto be on one of the buses headed from Halas

Hall to O’Hare, where the Bears flew toDenver for joint practices with the Broncos.Those sessions began Wednesdaymorning on a perfect summer day withplenty of sunshine but not too much heat.

Smith, the inside linebacker the Bearsdrafted eighth overall, was able to work upa sweat rotating in with the second teamdefense. It was his first time in full pads

since Georgia’s overtime loss to Alabama inthe national championship game on Jan. 8.

“I felt great,” Smith said. “That’s theway football is played. That’s why I’vemade my plays in pads. It was great justbeing back out and getting after it anddoing a little poppin’.”

Fired-up, fresh Smith ‘felt great’ in his 1st practice in full pads

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If the Cubsare going tomake anextendedpostseasonrun, the key isgetting thebullpen insync the restof the way.

They’ve beendoing the job for the most partin Brandon Morrow’s absence,looking a little more comfortablewith each passing week.

“To be honest, we feel morecomfortable when Morrow isback there,” Pedro Strop saidWednesday after the Cubs’ 8-4win over the Brewers. “You’remissing one of your best pitchers.But we’re truly comfortable,too, knowing we can get the job done until he gets back. Ifit’s not me, it’s going to be C.J. (Carl Edwards Jr.), it’s gonna be (Steve) Cishek, it’s gonna be(Justin) Wilson, it’s gonna be(Brandon) Kintzler.

Getting it all in syncStarting pitching,offense finally clickat the same time

By Mark GonzalesChicago Tribune

Turn to Cubs, Page 3

When mix is right,Cubs bullpen canmatch any rival

PaulSullivanOn the Cubs

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again, when you’re a franchise that wouldbring in accused domestic abuser RayMcDonald and talk to McDonald and hisparents but not the woman who made thecharge, then I guess you have to negotiatecontracts to save yourself from your potentialbad evaluations and other sloppiness.

Maybe it’s me, but I’d try to avoidmaking such a big and seemingly needlessdeal out of voiding money if I’m the foolwho guaranteed Mike Glennon $18 million.

The reporting of this saga noted that theBears apparently didn’t want to set aprecedent for now and later. Guess what? Afranchise known for finishing last and achampionship drought that’s showingmiddle-aged paunch could use someprecedent for smart management andsmart football. For winning. For a change.

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Roquan Smith’s holdout seemed like afight over nonsense or at least like anonsensical hill for the once-proud franchiseformerly known as the Bears to die on.

In a protracted negotiation over money,language and a bunch of what-ifs thatalways seemed unlikely to happen, it looksto me as if the Bears chose money overgetting better. I wasn’t in the room, so I’llallow for not knowing every detail andpossibility, but based on what’s out therethis looks like a multibillion-dollarcompany making a short-armed grab formoney it could afford to shrug off andshould have if winning the Super Bowl asquickly as possible is the only thing thatmatters.

This is not about characterizing theBears as cheap. This is about a virulentstrain of bad decisions that seems to infectHalas Hall.

Smith’s agents reportedly made a bigdeal of protecting the No. 8 draft pick’smoney based on the NFL’s expectedclown-college interpretation of the newtackling rules. That seemed to start theholdout. The Bears gave in.

Smith agents reportedly made a big dealof protecting the Georgia linebacker’smoney if he’s suspended for on-fieldactions outside of a play that results in asuspension, particularly one of at leastthree games. That extended the holdout.The Bears gave in again, although theagents gave in a little too.

Deal. Twenty-nine days after trainingcamp started.

Seriously? How was this worth denyingimportant practice snaps for a first-rounddraft choice expected to start in the middleof the defense and make all the calls?

The emphasis should have been on arookie playing football, not abottom-feeding team playing what-if.

The central hypothetical seemed to beallowing the Bears to void Smith’sguaranteed money if he goes nuts on anofficial, an opponent or who knows what.The sides settled on allowing the Bears tovoid Smith’s guarantees if he is suspendedfor three games or more for on-fieldactions separate from a play.

You know the only player who fits thoseterms?

Serial menace Vontaze Burfict, that’s who.But here’s the thing: Burfict’s college

record at Arizona State showed a capacity

for on-field stupidity that would hurt histeam as much as the opponent. Burfict’scoach benched him for personal fouls, oneof which was an unsportsmanlike-conductcall that set up an opposing team for thewinning score.

In the NFL, Burfict continues to be awing nut. Here’s a tip, Bears: Don’t draftwing nuts.

In Smith’s case, there is no indicationhe’s anything close to that. After draftingSmith, in fact, the Bears made it sound as ifhe were a Boy Scout and solid citizen. Theytalked up his leadership traits as much ashis ability to go sideline to sideline andtackle like a stud.

OK. Fine. Great. Then why should theBears be worried?

Maybe I’m missing something, but itlooks as if the Bears’ actions betray theiralleged confidence in their scoutingevaluations and personnel profiles. Then

Bad form: Bears wrong againSteve Rosenbloom

Bears rookie linebacker Roquan Smith’s 29-day holdout easily could have been avoided.

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Ben Zobrist mighthave made historyTuesday when he wasejected for the firsttime in a 13-year careerspanning 1,563 games.

Can someone reallyget ejected for lobbying

for technology to replace umpires?After plate umpire Phil Cuzzi tossed

him in the eighth inning of the Cubs’ 7-0 loss to the Brewers, Zobrist insistedhe was kicked out for saying just that.

“I just basically said, ‘That’s why wewant an electronic strike zone,’ ” hesaid. “And that’s what got me tossed.”

Cuzzi begged to differ, saying beforeWednesday’s game that Zobrist “justdecided he wanted to get himself run.”

Arguing balls and strikes has led to anautomatic ejection for well over acentury. But was Zobrist the first to beejected for coming out in favor of theelectronic strike zone? When asked if hekicked Zobrist out before or after thecomment, Cuzzi skirted the question.

“The conversation started cordial,and then he just started to say thingsthat I thought it was best that theconversation ended,” Cuzzi said.“Whichever came (first), I don’t reallyremember.”

Cuzzi stood by the called strike,which the Statcast box TV viewers seeshowed was outside the zone.

“The box that (players) see is not thebox we’re graded on,” Cuzzi said. “Itwas graded an acceptable pitch. We getgraded every day. And they may not care(or) believe that, but that’s the reality.”

Zobrist has a well-earned reputationfor being a gentleman. But manager JoeMaddon said he encourages his playersto say what they think and was proud ofZobrist for standing his ground.

“There are guys (who) fly off the handleall the time and guys (who) don’t,” Cuzzisaid. “I guess even mild-mannered guyscan say the wrong thing.”

So was Cuzzi angered by Zobrist’ssuggestion that technology shouldreplace humans umpiring games?

“I was surprised, I guess, to hear himsay it,” Cuzzi said. “But it was just aculmination of things.”

— Paul Sullivan

CUBS

Ump says tossingZobrist was right

“All those boys in there can do it. I feelreally good about it.”

The Cubs bullpen ranked 21st in baseballin August with a 4.73 ERA going intoWednesday’s games, so the numberssuggest there is still work to do.

But with the exception of the Cardinals,nearly every team battling for a postseasonspot in the National League has beenexperiencing some bullpen problems in thesecond half, whether it’s due to injuries,ineffectiveness or inexperience.

The Dodgers placed closer KenleyJansen on the disabled list after heexperienced an irregular heartbeat andinserted Kenta Maeda and Scott Alexanderinto the late-inning spots. They had lostfive straight games going into Wednesdayand were tied with the Rockies with fiveblown saves in August.

Brewers closer Cory Knebel lost his roleto a committee and may not get it back.

Nationals closer Sean Doolittle andsecond option Kelvin Herrera are on thedisabled list, leaving Ryan Madson to serveup David Bote’s walk-off grand slamSunday at Wrigley Field. Koda Glover gaveup a walk-off shot to the Cardinals’ PaulDeJong the next night, and Madsonfollowed Doolittle and Herrera to the DL.

Diamondbacks closer Brad Boxberger,who last month gave up a game-tyingninth-inning home run to Bote followed bya walk-off home run to Anthony Rizzo, hada 4.76 ERA in his last 18 appearances as ofWednesday.

Braves closer Arodys Vizcaino also is onthe DL, leaving the job to untested left-hander A.J. Minter.

Seranthony Dominguez, a 23-year-old-rookie closer with the Phillies, had a 6.14 ERA and two blown saves in his lasteight appearances.

Even former Cubs closer Wade Davishas been struggling after signing athree-year, $52 million deal with theRockies, posting a 7.77 ERA since June 14.

That means bullpen depth is going to betested everywhere during the stretch run.

Of course, it’s still important to getquality starts, but getting through the finalthree or four innings is the true test of anyteam.

“The game is becoming more of abullpen game,” Strop said. “It wasn’t likethat before. The starters used to go sevenor eight, and now managers are usingclosers more than one inning. … Goodbullpens, they all can close. Look howmany the Brewers have, and the Yankees.”

The Cubs have a handful of relieverswith closing experience, and the game hasevolved to where middle relievers are often

as valuable as closers, albeit not as well-paid.Manager Joe Maddon calls them

“middle-closers,” a hybrid of set-up menand stoppers. With Edwards not on hisgame Wednesday, Wilson was called uponto quell a rally in the seventh and retiredTravis Shaw on a pop-up to first. Cishekretired the next four batters on ninepitches, and Strop got in some work with ascoreless ninth.

“It’s good to get them all involved inthose micro-moments like that,” Maddonsaid. “It really builds confidence. Get ’emin, get ’em out.”

No one knows when Morrow is going toreturn, but the Cubs are confident theyhave enough depth to cover things whilehe’s out. So far, it’s working well.

“Closer goes down, and we’ve been ableto more than stay afloat out of the pen,”Cubs President Theo Epstein said. “That’ssomething that can destabilize a club andpotentially ruin a season. I think the depthwe have is not always sexy, but it helps toget to those (90-plus) wins you need.”

Epstein recently added Jesse Chavez,Jorge De La Rosa and Kintzler, all of whomhave experience and fit right in with theCubs’ low-maintenance clubhouse.

No Cubs reliever is egotistical enough toget upset pitching in the sixth instead ofthe ninth, or even being used in mop-upduty to give other relievers a break.

Things like that matter more than youmight realize.

All the big money goes to the closers, sodoing the dirty work for less isn’t alwaysappreciated by some relievers.

“Versatility among relief pitchers isattractive, guys who know to be ready(during) any part of the game and not be sospecialized toward the end,” Maddon said.

“The mindset matters a lot. When guysaren’t accepting of that and all of a suddenyou throw them in that moment, it canbackfire.”

It hasn’t backfired yet.Now it’s up to Maddon to put them in the

right roles at the right time and convincethem to be selfless for the sake of the team.

Easier said than done, but that’s whatmakes good teams great.

[email protected] @PWSullivan

Cubs mixing,matching foreffective penSullivan, from Page 1

It’s high-five time for Pedro Strop, left, and

Willson Contreras after Wednesday’s

victory over the Brewers at Wrigley Field.

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If Cubs have a ‘target’,Hendricks wears it well

The Cubs’ 2016 slogan of “Embrace theTarget” still exists in pitcher Kyle Hendricks’mind.

The right-hander relishes the opportunity topitch in meaningful games, such as Wednes-day’s series finale against the Brewers atWrigley Field.

And Hendricks delivered, tossing six solidinnings before fading in an 8-4 victory thathelped the Cubs regain their three-game lead inthe National League Central.

“Every team that comes in, especially toWrigley, they’re bringing their best game forsure,” said Hendricks, who limited the Brewersto six hits before allowing the first two runnersto reach in the seventh.

“They get up for it. But that’s the nature of usplaying well over the past few years. We have alittle bit of a target. We expect that when peoplecome in here.

“We go on the road and take that samemindset of just winning games. We’ve just beensteady, and I don’t think there’s pressure on theside but heightened awareness.”

Hendricks tied a season high with eightstrikeouts and improved to 4-1 with a 3.78 ERAover his last eight starts.

He struck out five in the first three inningswith an effective changeup. His streak of notwalking a batter ended at 232⁄3 innings when hedid so to Manny Pina in the fourth.

Dates for Darvish: Yu Darvish, who hasn’tpitched in a game since May 20 because of righttriceps tendinitis, could make three minor-league rehabilitation starts Sunday, Aug. 24 andAug. 29.

“If good, those are potential dates,” managerJoe Maddon said Wednesday, one day afterDarvish threw 55 pitches in a simulated game.

Those dates were first disclosed by pitchingcoach Jim Hickey on his weekly radio show onWSCR-AM 670.

Meanwhile, closer Brandon Morrow hopesto throw off a mound Saturday for the first timein four weeks. He has been out since July 15with right biceps inflammation.

Speedy acquisition: The Cubs acquiredoutfielder Terrance Gore from the Royals for aplayer to be named or cash. Gore, 27, wasassigned to the minors but is expected to beamong the Sept. 1 promotions. Gore has stolen21 bases in 25 attempts over four seasons andswiped four during the 2014 and ’15 playoffs.

CUBS 8, BREWERS 4

CUBS NOTES

By Mark Gonzales | Chicago Tribune

Kyle Hendricks, top and left, walks off withWillson Contreras after the top of the sixth.

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THE BOX SCORE

MILWAUKEE AB R H BI SO AVG

Yelich rf-lf 5 0 1 0 2 .309Cain cf 3 0 0 0 1 .301Moustakas 3b 5 0 3 1 1 .257Braun lf 2 0 0 0 0 .253a-Perez ph-rf 3 0 1 1 1 .267Shaw 2b 4 1 1 0 1 .249Schoop ss 4 1 1 1 0 .234Thames 1b 3 0 1 1 2 .230Burnes p 0 0 0 0 0 —b-Broxton ph 1 0 0 0 0 .182Jeffress p 0 0 0 0 0 —Pina c 2 1 1 0 1 .241Kratz c 1 0 0 0 0 .250Guerra p 2 0 0 0 0 .065Jennings p 0 0 0 0 0 .667Williams p 0 0 0 0 0 .250Aguilar 1b 1 1 0 0 1 .280TOTALS 36 4 9 4 10

CUBS AB R H BI SO AVG

Baez 2b 5 1 2 0 1 .293Heyward rf 5 1 3 2 0 .281Bote 3b 5 2 2 0 2 .333Rizzo 1b 4 1 2 3 0 .265Almora cf 3 1 1 1 0 .297Schwarber lf 4 0 1 0 0 .243Happ lf 0 0 0 0 0 .242Contreras c 3 1 1 0 0 .271Hendricks p 2 0 0 0 2 .063Edwards Jr. p 0 0 0 0 0 —Wilson p 0 0 0 0 0 .000Cishek p 1 0 0 0 1 .167Strop p 0 0 0 0 0 .000Russell ss 4 1 1 1 1 .265TOTALS 36 8 13 7 7

Milwaukee 000 200 200 — 4 9 1CUBS 202 300 10x — 8 13 1

a-grounded out for Braun in the 5th. b-flied out forBurnes in the 8th. E: Thames (4), Rizzo (6). LOB: Mil-waukee 9, Cubs 9. 2B: Shaw (20), Schoop (20), Hey-ward 2 (20). 3B: Baez (8). HR: Rizzo (18), off Guerra;Almora (5), off Burnes. RBIs: Moustakas (72), Schoop(43), Thames (37), Perez (28), Heyward 2 (50), Rizzo 3(78), Almora (32), Russell (37). SB: Rizzo 2 (6). S: Hen-dricks. Runners left in scoring position: Milwaukee 3(Schoop 2, Guerra); Cubs 8 (Rizzo, Almora 2, Schwar-ber 4, Russell). RISP: Milwaukee 4 for 9; Chicago 4 for14. Runners moved up: Heyward. GIDP: Perez, Contr-eras. DP: Milwaukee 2 (Moustakas, Shaw, Thames),(Aguilar, Schoop); Cubs 1 (Hendricks, Baez, Rizzo). MILWAUKEE IP H R ER BB SO ERA

Guerra, L, 6-8 32⁄3 9 7 6 1 2 3.73Jennings 1⁄3 1 0 0 1 0 3.16Williams 12⁄3 1 0 0 0 2 4.06Burnes 11⁄3 1 1 1 1 2 4.11Jeffress 1 1 0 0 1 1 1.27

CUBS IP H R ER BB SO ERA

Hendricks, W, 9-9 6 7 4 4 2 8 4.11Edwards Jr. 1⁄3 2 0 0 1 0 2.56Wilson, H, 11 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 3.20Cishek, H, 17 11⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 1.82Strop 1 0 0 0 0 1 2.62

Hendricks pitched to 2 batters in the 7th. Inheritedrunners-scored: Jennings 2-1, Burnes 1-0, Edwards Jr.2-2, Wilson 3-0, Cishek 3-0. HBP: Strop (Cain). WP:Guerra 3, Jeffress. Umpires: H, Tom Hallion; 1B, RyanBlakney; 2B, Dan Bellino; 3B, Phil Cuzzi. Time: 3:12. A:39,619 (41,649).

HOW THEY SCORED

CUBS FIRST: Baez popped out. Heyward groundedout. Bote singled. Rizzo homered, scoring Bote.Almora Jr. grounded out. Two runs. Cubs 2-0.CUBS THIRD: Russell grounded out. Baez tripled. Hey-ward doubled, scoring Baez. Bote reached on fielder’schoice, Heyward out at third. Rizzo reached onThames’ error, Bote to second. Bote to third, Rizzo tosecond on Guerra’s wild pitch. Almora Jr. walked. Botescored, Rizzo to third, Almora Jr. to second on Guer-ra’s wild pitch. Schwarber grounded out. Two runs.Cubs 4-0.BREWERS FOURTH: Moustakas struck out. Braungrounded out. Shaw doubled. Schoop doubled, scor-ing Shaw. Thames singled, scoring Schoop. Pinawalked, Thames to second. Guerra reached on field-er’s choice, Pina out at second. Two runs. Cubs 4-0.CUBS FOURTH: Contreras singled. Hendricks sacri-ficed, Contreras to second. Russell singled, scoringContreras. Russell to second on Guerra’s wild pitch.Baez struck out. Heyward singled, scoring Russell.Bote singled, Heyward to third. Jennings pitching.Rizzo singled, scoring Heyward, Bote to third. Rizzostole second. Almora Jr. walked. Schwarber reachedon fielder’s choice, Almora Jr. out at second. Threeruns. Cubs 7-2.BREWERS SEVENTH: Pina singled. Aguilar walked,Pina to second. Yelich lined out. Cain walked, Pina tothird, Aguilar to second. Moustakas singled, socringPina, Aguilar to third, Cain to second. Perez singled,scoring Aguilar, Cain to third, Moustakas to second.Wilson pitching. Shaw popped out. Cishek pitching.Schoop flied out. Two runs. Cubs 7-4.CUBS SEVENTH: Almora Jr. homered. Schwarbergrounded out. Contreras walked. Cishek struck out.Russell struck out. One run. Cubs 8-4.

THE BOX SCORE

WHITE SOX AB R H BI SO AVG

Delmonico 1b 5 1 1 0 1 .221Sanchez ss 5 1 3 1 0 .247Abreu dh 5 1 3 3 0 .268Palka lf 5 0 1 0 1 .2381-LaMarre pr-lf 0 0 0 0 0 .264Garcia rf 5 0 0 0 2 .239Narvaez c 3 1 1 0 0 .282Moncada 2b 4 0 0 0 3 .219Davidson 3b 4 2 3 2 1 .227Engel cf 4 0 0 0 0 .221TOTALS 40 6 12 6 8

DETROIT AB R H BI SO AVG

Candelario 3b 3 1 0 0 0 .229Iglesias ss 4 0 1 1 0 .264Castellanos rf 3 1 2 2 0 .290Goodrum 2b 4 1 1 0 1 .231McCann dh 4 0 0 0 2 .223Rodriguez 1b 3 0 1 0 0 .191a-Martinez ph 1 0 1 0 0 .2442-Gerber pr 0 0 0 0 0 .133Mahtook lf 3 1 0 1 1 .188Greiner c 4 1 2 1 1 .255Reyes cf 4 0 0 0 2 .220TOTALS 33 5 8 5 7

WHITE SOX 002 220 000 — 6 12 1Detroit 003 000 002 — 5 8 1

a-singled for Rodriguez in the 9th. 1-ran for Palka in the 9th. 2-ranfor Martinez in the 9th. E: Davidson (2), Rodriguez (4). LOB: WhiteSox 8, Detroit 4. 2B: Delmonico (9), Sanchez (24), Greiner (4). HR:Davidson (17), off Zimmermann; Abreu (21), off Zimmermann. RBIs:Sanchez (45), Abreu 3 (73), Davidson 2 (44), Iglesias (48), Castel-lanos 2 (66), Mahtook (6), Greiner (6). Left in scoring position:White Sox 4 (Sanchez, Garcia 3); Detroit 1 (Reyes). RISP: White Sox3 for 8; Detroit 4 for 9. GIDP: Castellanos, Goodrum 2. DP: White Sox3 (Davidson, Moncada, Delmonico), (Sanchez, Moncada, Delmonico),(Davidson, Moncada, Delmonico); Detroit 1 (Rodriguez, Iglesias). WHITE SOX IP H R ER BB SO ERA

Rodon, W, 4-3 8 5 3 3 1 6 2.69Gomez, H, 5 1⁄3 1 2 2 1 1 6.75Avilan, S, 2-4 2⁄3 2 0 0 0 0 3.47

DETROIT IP H R ER BB SO ERA

Zimmermann, L, 5-5 5 9 6 6 0 4 4.36VerHagen 2 1 0 0 0 2 5.80Coleman 1 0 0 0 1 2 3.50Reininger 1 2 0 0 0 0 9.00

Inherited runners-scored: Avilan 2-2. HBP: Rodon (Candelario).WP: Reininger. Home plate umpire: Jansen Visconti. Time: 2:54. A:23,784 (41,297).

HOW THEY SCORED

WHITE SOX THIRD: Davidson singled. Engel flied out. Delmonicodoubled, Davidson to third. Sanchez singled, scoring Davidson,Delmonico to third. Abreu singled, scoring Delmoico, Sanchez tosecond. Palka reached on fielder’s choice, Abreu out at second,Sanchez to third. A. Garcia struck out. Two runs. Sox 2-0.TIGERS THIRD: Mahtook walked. Greiner doubled, Mahtook tothird. Reyes struck out. Candelario hit by pitch. Iglesias singled,scoring Mahtook, Greiner to third, Candelario to second. Castel-lanos singled, scoring Greiner and Candelario, Iglesias to second-.Goodrum grounded into double play, Castellanos out at second.Three runs. Tigers 3-2.WHITE SOX FOURTH: Narvaez singled. Moncada struck out. David-son homered, scoring Narvaez. Engel flied out. Delmonico flied out.Two runs. Sox 4-3.WHITE SOX FIFTH: Sanchez doubled. Abreu homered, scoringSanchez. Palka grounded out. A. Garcia struck out. Narvaez fliedout. Two runs. Sox 6-3.TIGERS NINTH: Castellanos walked. Niko Goodrum singled, Castel-lanos to second. McCann struck out. Avilan pitching. Martinez, sin-gled, Castellanos to third, Goodrum to second. Mahtook reachedon fielder’s choice, scoring Castellanos, Goodrum to third, Gerber,running for Martinez, out at second. Greiner singled, scoringGoodrum, Mahtook to second. Reyes flied out. Two runs. Sox 6-5.

DETROIT — During the third inningof Wednesday’s 6-5 win over the Tigers,White Sox pitcher Carlos Rodon facedhis first real adversity of the afternoon.

He started the inning with a walk toMikie Mahtook, then allowed a doubleto Grayson Greiner that put runners atsecond and third. After a strikeout,Rodon loaded the bases by hittingJeimer Candelario in the foot — onepitch after what appeared to be a thirdstrike was called a ball by home-plateumpire Jansen Visconti.

For what it’s worth, MLB.com’sGamecast pitch tracker placed the third-pitch “ball” well inside its strike-zonebox.

Rodon bore down and kept thedamage minimal. Two singles led tothree runs before an inning-endingdouble play. Rodon’s streak of scorelessinnings ended at 161⁄3, but the Sox werestill in the game.

Rodon could have had a meltdown —and by his own admission he probablywould have in his younger days. Instead,he pitched eight innings for the secondconsecutive game and recorded hisseventh straight quality start.

“I tried to not let it get to me,” Rodonsaid. “I gave up three runs but ended upgoing deep in the game. When I wasyounger, I’d throw a fit and be out ofthere.”

Rodon (4-3, 2.69 ERA) answered therocky third with five scoreless innings.He struck out six while allowing five hitsand a walk.

“I think he’s matured a lot,” Soxmanager Rick Renteria said. “It stilldoesn’t take away the sting of whenyou’ve made a pitch to get an out, but youhave to regroup. He obviously did.”

As Rodon has gotten stronger sinceoffseason shoulder surgery, Renteria hasnoticed the left-hander’s skill evolve.

“You see the velocity go up, you seethe intensity and focus of making a pitchstart to shine a little bit more,” Renteriasaid.

After Rodon departed with a 6-3 leadbuilt on two-run homers from MattDavidson and Jose Abreu, it got scary forthe Sox in the ninth.

The first two Tigers reached on a walkand infield single against JeanmarGomez. After a strikeout, Renteria calledon Luis Avilan to face Victor Martinez,who singled to load the bases. Mahtook’sforceout scored Nicholas Castellanos,then Greiner slapped a single to left toscore Niko Goodrum.

But with the tying run on second baseand the winning run on first, Avilanearned his second save by getting VictorReyes to pop out.

Coming back soon: The Sox optionedRyan LaMarre to Triple-A Charlotte,most likely to open a roster spot forLeury Garcia to return from his strainedleft hamstring for Friday’s opener of athree-game series against the Royals atGuaranteed Rate Field.

Garcia has been running, shagging flyballs and taking batting practice and saidhe feels good enough that he won’t needa minor-league rehab stint. He has beenon the disabled list since Aug. 6.

“I’m pretty close,” Garcia said. “I don’tthink I need to go down there (toCharlotte) and take at-bats. I’ll be OK.”

[email protected] @_phil_thompson

SOX 6, TIGERS 5

Rodon notdone in byrough 3rdGets past bad inning, posts7th straight quality start

By Phil Thompson | Chicago Tribune

Both phases were solid Wednesday. KyleHendricks provided six workmanlike inningsbefore struggling in the seventh, and the offenseresurrected its ability to hit to the opposite field— a trait that helped them climb into first place.

“For us to get really on that roll, you’ve got tosee them simultaneously,” manager Joe Mad-don said.

The importance of winning enough to holdoff division foes will be essential this weekend,when the Cubs open a four-game series againstthe pesky fourth-place Pirates while theBrewers visit the resurgent third-place Cardi-nals for three games.

“There are a lot of folks who would have beenrunning for the hills had we lost,” Maddon saidone day after the Cubs were humbled 7-0. “Thefact you win the game settled down thatmethod. There’s still a long way to go.

“If you want to ride that emotional rollercoaster, it will wipe you out.”

For the Cubs, the whatever-it-takes methodfully applies to the offense. Anthony Rizzobatted cleanup for the first time since July 11and responded in the first inning with atwo-run opposite-field home run.

Rizzo, who added a soft RBI single in thefourth, had only five at-bats with runners inscoring position from the leadoff spot, where hehad spent his last 27 starts..

“It was nice coming to the plate with a runneron in the first,” Rizzo said. “Other than that, youhit when you hit. And it worked out.”

Addison Russell’s single to right field sparkeda three-run fourth and accounted for his firstRBI since Aug. 4, a nine-game span.

“That’s who we need to be,” Maddon said ofhitting to the opposite field. “We need to betougher in two-strike counts and not pull offpitches or expand and give the other team someescape hatches.”

With the exception of an error by Rizzo, thedefense provided no easy paths for the Brewers.Third baseman David Bote made a barehandedplay to retire Jonathan Schoop in the second,and Jason Heyward made two exceptionalrunning catches in the eighth and ninth.

The decision to insert Ian Happ in left field inthe ninth paid off handsomely when he made arunning catch before crashing into the brickwall to rob Christian Yelich of extra bases tostart the inning.

Rizzo was careful not to place extra emphasison Wednesday’s result after Tuesday’s shutoutloss.

“I think early on we knew it was going tocome down to the wire,” Rizzo said. “I don’t seeus or any team pulling away. But winning gamesagainst your division is always big.”

[email protected] @mdgonzales

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CUBS AT PIRATESAll games on WSCR-AM 670.

Thursday: 6:05 p.m. NBCSCH. LH Jon Lester (12-5, 3.89) vs. RH Ivan Nova (7-6, 4.42).Friday: 6:05 p.m., NBCSCH. LH Cole Hamels (7-9, 4.72) vs. RH Trevor Williams (10-8, 3.66).Saturday: 6:05 p.m., WGN-9.LH Mike Montgomery (4-4, 3.62)vs. RH Joe Musgrove (4-7, 3.49).Sunday: 12:35 p.m., ABC-7.LH Jose Quintana (10-9, 4.46) vs. RH Jameson Taillon (9-9, 3.66).

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BASEBALL

RAYS 6, YANKEES 1

TAMPA BAY AB R H BI SO AVG

Smith rf 5 2 3 2 0 .297Duffy 3b 3 1 1 0 2 .297Bauers 1b 4 0 0 0 2 .220Wendle 2b 5 0 0 0 2 .289Choi dh 5 1 2 1 0 .237Kiermaier cf 5 1 2 1 0 .180Adames ss 2 0 0 0 2 .250Lowe lf 4 0 2 2 1 .087Perez c 4 1 1 0 0 .333TOTALS 37 6 11 6 9

NEW YORK AB R H BI SO AVG

Gardner lf 4 0 1 0 1 .246Stanton dh 5 0 1 0 3 .279Hicks cf 4 0 1 0 0 .254Gregorius ss 2 0 0 0 0 .268Andujar 3b 4 1 2 1 0 .296Bird 1b 3 0 0 0 1 .215Walker rf 2 0 0 0 0 .220Romine c 4 0 0 0 1 .263Torreyes 2b 4 0 0 0 0 .304TOTALS 32 1 5 1 6

Tampa Bay 012 210 000 — 6 11 0New York 010 000 000 — 1 5 0

LOB: Tampa Bay 9, New York 10. 2B:Smith (20), Choi (6), Kiermaier (6), Stan-ton (24), Andujar (34). HR: Smith (2), offCessa; Andujar (19), off Faria. RBIs:Smith 2 (29), Choi (15), Kiermaier (18),Lowe 2 (2), Andujar (59). CS: Smith (9).Runners left in scoring position: TampaBay 4 (Bauers, Adames, Lowe, Perez);New York 6 (Stanton 2, Gregorius,Romine, Torreyes 2). RISP: Tampa Bay 3for 11; New York 0 for 9. Runners movedup: Kiermaier, Hicks, Romine. DP: NewYork 1 (Gregorius, Torreyes). TAMPA BAY IP H R ER BB SO ERA

Faria 31⁄3 3 1 1 2 2 4.84Roe 2⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 3.53Yrbrgh, W, 11-5 4 2 0 0 0 3 4.01Castillo 1 0 0 0 2 0 3.74

NEW YORK IP H R ER BB SO ERA

Cessa, L, 1-3 31⁄3 7 5 5 2 4 5.60Holder 2⁄3 0 0 0 0 2 3.31Gray 31⁄3 4 1 1 3 2 5.43Green 12⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 2.84

Inherited runners-scored: Roe 2-1, Green2-0. HBP: Roe (Walker), Yarbrough (Grego-rius). WP: Cessa, Castillo. Umpires: H, Jordan Baker; 1B, JerryLayne; 2B, Greg Gibson; 3B, Nic Lentz. Time: 3:17. A: 42,716 (47,309).

MARINERS 2, ATHLETICS 0 (12)

SEATTLE AB R H BI SO AVG

Haniger rf 6 0 1 0 0 .277Cano 2b-1b 5 0 2 0 0 .2891-Romine pr-1b 1 0 0 0 0 .206Segura ss 5 0 4 0 0 .314Cruz dh 4 0 0 0 1 .266Seager 3b 5 0 1 0 1 .227Healy 1b 3 0 0 0 0 .235a-Span ph-lf 2 0 0 0 1 .278Zunino c 4 1 0 0 1 .199Gordon cf-2b 5 1 1 2 2 .277Heredia lf-cf 5 0 1 0 0 .219TOTALS 45 2 10 2 6

OAKLAND AB R H BI SO AVG

Martini lf 5 0 3 0 0 .302Chapman 3b 4 0 1 0 1 .279Lowrie 2b 4 0 0 0 1 .271Davis dh 5 0 0 0 2 .254Olson 1b 5 0 2 0 1 .238Piscotty rf 5 0 0 0 2 .250Semien ss 4 0 0 0 3 .263Canha cf 3 0 0 0 0 .253Laureano cf 1 0 0 0 1 .250b-Pinder ph 1 0 0 0 1 .248Lucroy c 4 0 0 0 0 .237TOTALS 41 0 6 0 12

Seattle 000 000 000 002 — 2 10 0Oakland 000 000 000 000 — 0 6 1

a-struck out for Healy in the 9th. b-struck out for Laureano in the 12th. 1-ranfor Cano in the 11th. E: Chapman (14).LOB: Seattle 9, Oakland 8. 2B: Haniger(27), Seager (28), Chapman (28), Olson(24). 3B: Martini (2). HR: Gordon (2), offPetit. RBIs: Gordon 2 (24). Runners left inscoring position: Seattle 5 (Seager 2,Healy, Span, Romine); Oakland 4(Lowrie, Davis, Olson, Laureano). RISP:Seattle 0 for 9; Oakland 0 for 7. Runnersmoved up: Seager. DP: Seattle 1 (Segura,Gordon, Cano); Oakland 1 (Chapman, Ol-son). SEATTLE IP H R ER BB SO ERA

Leake 8 2 0 0 1 6 3.90Colome 11⁄3 1 0 0 0 0 3.04Duke 0 1 0 0 0 0 4.65Vincent 11⁄3 1 0 0 1 2 4.28Pazos, W, 3-1 1⁄3 0 0 0 1 1 2.75Diaz, S, 47-50 1 1 0 0 0 3 1.95

OAKLAND IP H R ER BB SO ERA

Anderson 72⁄3 5 0 0 0 2 3.90Trivino 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 1.55Rodney 1 1 0 0 0 1 2.83Familia 2 2 0 0 0 3 3.02Petit, L, 5-3 1 2 2 2 1 0 3.39Duke pitched to 1 batter in the 10th. HBP:Rodney (Cruz). Time: 3:13. A: 17,078(46,765).

PHILLIES 7, RED SOX 4

BOSTON AB R H BI SO AVG

Benintendi lf 4 1 1 0 1 .298Holt 2b 3 1 2 0 1 .268Nunez ph-2b 2 0 0 0 0 .260Moreland 1b 5 0 1 3 2 .254Martinez rf 3 1 1 0 0 .333Bogaerts ss 3 0 1 0 0 .275Bradley Jr. cf 4 0 1 0 0 .218Devers 3b 4 0 1 0 1 .242Leon c 4 0 1 0 0 .212Eovaldi p 1 1 0 0 1 .125Pearce ph 1 0 0 0 0 .300Betts ph 1 0 1 1 0 .352TOTALS 35 4 10 4 6

PHILADELPHIA AB R H BI SO AVG

Hernandez 2b 5 0 0 0 1 .258Bour 1b 5 1 2 0 1 .232Cabrera ss 4 1 1 0 2 .270Hoskins lf 4 1 1 0 0 .253Williams rf 4 1 2 0 2 .263Ramos c 4 3 3 3 1 .303Herrera cf 4 0 1 1 1 .270Franco 3b 3 0 1 1 0 .277Velasquez p 0 0 0 0 0 .200Neris p 0 0 0 0 0 .000Quinn ph 1 0 0 0 0 .241Davis p 0 0 0 0 0 .000Santana ph 1 0 1 1 0 .215Hunter p 0 0 0 0 0 .000Kingery ph 0 0 0 1 0 .223Pivetta ph 1 0 0 0 0 .121Dominguez p 0 0 0 0 0 .000TOTALS 36 7 12 7 8

Boston 003 000 010 — 4 10 1Philadelphia 000 301 30x — 7 12 2

E: Devers (21), Bour (4), Ramos (5). 2B:Moreland (18), Ramos 2 (16). 3B: Ramos (1).RBIs: Moreland 3 (61), Betts (64), Ramos 3(56), Herrera (62), Franco (59), Santana (67),Kingery (31).BOSTON IP H R ER BB SO ERA

Eovaldi 5 7 3 1 0 5 3.62Kelly, L, 4-1 1 1 1 1 1 2 4.29Pomeranz 1 4 3 3 1 1 6.34Velazquez 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.77

PHILADELPHIA IP H R ER BB SO ERA

Velasquez 21⁄3 4 3 3 4 2 4.12Neris 2⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 6.75Davis 1 0 0 0 0 1 4.12Morgan 12⁄3 2 0 0 0 2 4.33Hunter, W, 4-2 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 3.97Loup, H, 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.78Neshek 2⁄3 3 1 0 0 0 0.64Dmngz, S, 13-16 11⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 2.32

Inherited runners-scored: Neris 3-0, Hunter2-1, Dominguez 3-0. HBP: Velasquez (Be-nintendi).Time: 3:27. A: 35,266 (43,647).

METS 16, ORIOLES 5

NEW YORK AB R H BI SO AVG

Nimmo rf 5 3 5 3 0 .263McNeil 2b 5 2 1 0 0 .262Flores 1b 5 1 2 3 0 .272Conforto lf 5 1 1 0 3 .235Frazier dh 6 2 3 4 0 .231Jackson cf 4 2 2 0 1 .281Bautista 3b 3 0 1 1 1 .195Reinheimerpr-3b

2 1 1 0 0 .500

Plawecki c 4 2 1 4 1 .218Reyes ss 5 2 2 0 0 .199TOTALS 44 16 19 15 6

BALTIMORE AB R H BI SO AVG

Villar 2b 4 2 2 2 0 .265Nunez 3b 4 0 0 0 2 .250Jones rf 2 0 1 1 0 .285J.Peterson ph-rf 2 0 1 0 0 .199Trumbo dh 5 0 1 1 1 .263Mancini lf-1b 5 0 2 0 1 .237Davis 1b 3 0 1 0 2 .163Rickard lf 2 0 0 0 0 .228Beckham ss 3 0 0 0 1 .227Mullins cf 4 1 2 0 0 .400Wynns c 4 2 2 1 0 .296TOTALS 38 5 12 5 7

New York 200 219 002 — 16 19 0Baltimore 100 000 130 — 5 12 0

LOB: New York 9, Baltimore 10. 2B:Nimmo 2 (21), Frazier (10), Reyes (8),Mullins (4), Wynns (2). 3B: Nimmo (8),Jackson (1), Reyes (1). HR: Frazier (12),off Bundy; Plawecki (4), off Phillips; Flo-res (11), off Wright Jr.; Villar (8), offT.Peterson. RBIs: Nimmo 3 (39), Flores 3(42), Frazier 4 (41), Bautista (33),Plawecki 4 (20), Villar 2 (28), Jones (49),Trumbo (44), Wynns (8). SB: Frazier (7).SF: Flores. Runners left in scoring posi-tion: New York 5; Baltimore 3. NEW YORK IP H R ER BB SO ERA

Wheeler, W, 8-6 5 5 1 1 2 3 3.75Blevins 1 1 0 0 0 2 3.77T.Peterson 2 5 4 4 1 1 7.54Smith 1 1 0 0 0 1 2.00

BALTIMORE IP H R ER BB SO ERA

Bundy, L, 7-11 51⁄3 11 7 7 0 5 4.99Scott 1⁄3 1 3 3 2 0 6.57Phillips 0 2 4 4 2 0 13.03Gilmartin 11⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 2.45Carroll 1 1 0 0 1 1 5.79Wright Jr. 1 4 2 2 0 0 5.17Phillips pitched to 4 batters in the 6th.HBP: Wheeler (Villar), Bundy(Plawecki), Gilmartin (Nimmo). WP:Scott. Time: 3:27. A: 25,045 (45,971).

BRAVES 5, MARLINS 2

MIAMI AB R H BI SO AVG

Ortega rf 3 1 1 0 0 .286Realmuto c 4 0 0 0 1 .293Anderson 3b 4 0 1 1 1 .278Castro 2b 4 1 1 1 0 .281Dietrich 1b 4 0 1 0 2 .269Dean lf 3 0 0 0 0 .000Riddle ss 2 0 0 0 0 .211Sierra cf 3 0 0 0 1 .179Graves p 0 0 0 0 0 .000Urena p 0 0 0 0 0 .059Hernandez p 1 0 0 0 0 .000Garcia p 0 0 0 0 0 .000Rojas ph 1 0 0 0 0 .255Rucinski p 0 0 0 0 0 .000Galloway cf 1 0 0 0 0 .250TOTALS 30 2 4 2 5

ATLANTA AB R H BI SO AVG

Acuna lf 0 0 0 0 0 .288Duvall lf 3 0 0 0 1 .199Albies 2b 4 0 0 0 0 .279Freeman 1b 3 0 2 0 0 .323Markakis rf 4 0 0 0 0 .321Culberson 3b 4 2 3 0 1 .296Inciarte cf 4 1 1 2 0 .252Flowers c 3 1 0 0 2 .235Swanson ss 3 1 1 3 1 .238Gausman p 2 0 1 0 0 .111Flaherty ph 1 0 0 0 0 .225TOTALS 31 5 8 5 5

Miami 100 100 000 — 2 4 1Atlanta 000 302 00x — 5 8 0

E: Sierra (3). LOB: Miami 3, Atlanta 6. 2B:Culberson 2 (18). HR: Castro (10), offGausman; Swanson (10), off Garcia.RBIs: Anderson (54), Castro (44), Incia-rte 2 (49), Swanson 3 (46). SB: Ortega (4),Culberson (4), Inciarte (24). SF: Swan-son. Runners left in scoring position: Mi-ami 1 (Hernandez); Atlanta 1 (Culber-son). RISP: Miami 1 for 4; Atlanta 1 for 5.Runners moved up: Inciarte. DP: Atlanta1.MIAMI IP H R ER BB SO ERA

Urena 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.74Hernandez 3 2 0 0 0 2 5.08Garcia, L, 1-2 1 2 3 3 1 0 4.76Guerra 1 0 0 0 0 1 5.68Rucinski 1 2 2 1 0 1 3.80Graves 2 2 0 0 0 1 6.61

ATLANTA IP H R ER BB SO ERA

Gausman, W, 7-9 6 4 2 2 2 2 4.22Venters, H, 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 2.57Brach, H, 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.11Minter, S, 11-12 1 0 0 0 0 2 2.74Urena pitched to 1 batter in the 1st. HBP:Urena (Acuna), Guerra (Freeman). Time:2:50. A: 19,045 (41,149).

ASTROS 12, ROCKIES 1

COLORADO AB R H BI SO AVG

Blackmon cf 3 0 0 0 3 .273Hampson cf 1 0 0 0 0 .286LeMahieu 2b 4 0 1 0 1 .273C.Gonzalez rf 3 1 1 0 2 .289Wolters lf 1 0 0 0 0 .157Arenado dh 3 0 2 0 1 .308Story ss 3 0 1 1 1 .291Valaika ss 1 0 0 0 1 .150Dahl lf-rf 3 0 0 0 3 .265Desmond 1b 3 0 0 0 2 .232McMahon 3b 3 0 0 0 3 .230Iannetta c 3 0 0 0 0 .219TOTALS 31 1 5 1 17

HOUSTON AB R H BI SO AVG

Bregman 3b 4 1 1 1 0 .278M.Gonzalez lf 3 1 0 0 1 .241Fisher cf 1 0 0 0 1 .165Gurriel 2b 3 3 2 2 0 .284Correa ss 3 1 1 3 1 .258White 1b 4 2 2 4 1 .286Reddick rf 3 0 0 0 0 .248Tucker rf 1 0 1 0 0 .157Gattis dh 4 2 3 2 0 .240Stassi c 3 1 0 0 1 .240Kemp cf-lf 4 1 1 0 2 .281TOTALS 33 12 11 12 7

Colorado 000 100 000 — 1 5 0Houston 331 030 20x — 12 11 0

LOB: Colorado 4, Houston 2. 2B: Bregman(38), Gurriel (26), Correa (17), Kemp (12).HR: Gurriel (7), off Anderson; Gattis (22),off Anderson; White (6), off Anderson;Gattis (23), off Musgrave; White (7), offMusgrave. RBIs: Story (83), Bregman(74), Gurriel 2 (58), Correa 3 (53), White 4(15), Gattis 2 (70). SB: Story (16). SF:Bregman. Runners left in scoring posi-tion: Colorado 2 (Dahl 2); Houston 1 (Gat-tis). RISP: Colorado 1 for 2; Houston 3 for9. Runners moved up: White, Correa.GIDP: Story, Stassi. DP: Colorado 1(Valaika, LeMahieu, Desmond); Houston1 (Correa, Gurriel, White). COLORADO IP H R ER BB SO ERA

Anderson, L, 6-5 41⁄3 7 9 9 3 4 4.39Musgrave 2 4 3 3 1 1 5.08Rusin 12⁄3 0 0 0 0 2 6.53

HOUSTON IP H R ER BB SO ERA

Cole, W, 11-5 6 5 1 1 0 12 2.71Pressly 1 0 0 0 0 3 3.33Harris 1 0 0 0 0 1 4.47Perez 1 0 0 0 1 1 3.86

Inherited runners-scored: Rusin 2-0.Umpires: H, Chris Conroy; 1B, Vic Cara-pazza; 2B, CB Bucknor; 3B, Fieldin Cul-breth. Time: 2:43. A: 29,967 (41,168).

BLUE JAYS 6, ROYALS 5

TORONTO AB R H BI SO AVG

Granderson dh 4 1 2 4 0 .235a-Morales ph-dh 1 0 0 0 0 .238Grichuk rf 5 0 1 0 1 .227Smoak 1b 4 0 0 0 0 .257Hernandez lf 5 2 2 0 3 .243Martin 3b 3 1 1 0 0 .202Pillar cf 3 1 2 2 1 .250Diaz ss 4 1 1 0 0 .257Maile c 4 0 0 0 1 .230Urena 2b 3 0 1 0 0 .269TOTALS 36 6 10 6 6

KANSAS CITY AB R H BI SO AVG

Merrifield dh 3 1 1 0 1 .299Gordon lf 3 0 0 0 1 .240Perez c 4 2 3 3 0 .237Duda 1b 4 0 0 0 2 .238Herrera 2b 4 0 0 0 0 .243Bonifacio rf 3 0 0 0 0 .202b-O’Hearn ph 1 1 1 1 0 .192Phillips cf 4 1 1 0 0 .229Escobar 3b 4 0 1 1 1 .204Mondesi ss 3 0 0 0 0 .273TOTALS 33 5 7 5 5

Toronto 010 500 000 — 6 10 0Kansas City 200 100 101 — 5 7 0

a-grounded out for Granderson in the8th. b-homered for Bonifacio in the 9th.LOB: Toronto 8, Kansas City 3. 2B: Her-nandez (26), Urena (1). 3B: Phillips (3).HR: Granderson (11), off Lopez; Perez(20), off Estrada; Perez (21), off Estrada;O’Hearn (3), off Giles. RBIs: Granderson4 (35), Pillar 2 (46), Perez 3 (59), Escobar(25), O’Hearn (7). Runners left in scoringposition: Toronto 4 (Smoak, Hernandez2, Diaz). RISP: Toronto 5 for 13; KansasCity 1 for 2. Runners moved up: Grichuk.GIDP: Duda. DP: Toronto 1 (Diaz, Smoak). TORONTO IP H R ER BB SO ERA

Estrada, W, 6-962⁄3 6 4 4 1 3 4.87Tepera, H, 11 11⁄3 0 0 0 1 1 3.98Giles, S, 15-15 1 1 1 1 0 1 6.03

KANSAS CITY IP H R ER BB SO ERA

Lopez, L, 0-2 42⁄3 8 6 6 2 3 4.44Smith 21⁄3 2 0 0 2 2 6.71Hill 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.89Hammel 1 0 0 0 0 1 6.10

Inherited runners-scored: Tepera 1-0,Smith 2-0. HBP: Lopez (Martin). WP:Lopez. Umpires: H, Chris Segal; 1B, BruceDreckman; 2B, Mike Estabrook; 3B, Mar-vin Hudson. Time: 2:39. A: 14,391(37,903).

CARDINALS 4, NATIONALS 2

WASHINGTON AB R H BI SO AVG

Turner ss 5 0 1 0 1 .268Soto lf 3 0 0 0 0 .298Rendon 3b 2 0 1 0 0 .293Harper rf 4 0 2 0 0 .239Zimmerman 1b 4 0 1 0 1 .263Murphy 2b 3 1 1 1 1 .310Taylor cf 4 1 1 0 2 .238Kieboom c 3 0 0 0 0 .190Adams ph 1 0 0 0 0 .261Hellickson p 2 0 0 0 1 .067Suero p 0 0 0 0 0 .000Collins p 0 0 0 0 0 —Eaton ph 1 0 0 0 1 .287Grace p 0 0 0 0 0 .000Wieters ph 0 0 0 1 0 .224TOTALS 32 2 7 2 7

ST. LOUIS AB R H BI SO AVG

Carpenter 1b 2 1 0 0 0 .276Wisdom pr-1b 0 0 0 0 0 .500Molina c 3 0 1 1 1 .288Martinez rf 4 0 1 0 0 .305O’Neill rf 0 0 0 0 0 .309Ozuna lf 4 1 1 1 1 .273DeJong ss 3 0 0 0 0 .241Gyorko 3b 3 0 0 0 0 .254Wong 2b 4 1 1 0 1 .237Bader cf 4 1 3 1 1 .280Gomber p 1 0 0 0 0 .143Garcia ph 1 0 0 0 1 .236Poncedeleon p 1 0 0 0 0 .000Norris p 0 0 0 0 0 —TOTALS 30 4 7 3 5

Washington 000 000 002 — 2 7 1St. Louis 010 021 00x — 4 7 0

E: Kieboom (3). LOB: Was 8, St 8. 2B:Harper (21), Taylor (21), Bader (11). 3B:Turner (5). HR: Murphy (6), off Pon-cedeleon; Ozuna (14), off Hellickson.RBIs: Murphy (29), Wieters (15), Molina(54), Ozuna (64), Bader (22). SB: Wong(4). SF: Wieters. S: Gomber. Runners leftin scoring position: Was 4 (Rendon, Tay-lor 3); StL 4 (Ozuna, Wong 2, Pon-cedeleon). RISP: Was 0 for 7; StL2 for 8. WASHINGTON IP H R ER BB SO ERA

Hellcksn, L, 5-341⁄3 3 3 2 2 2 3.57Suero 11⁄3 3 1 1 0 1 3.48Collins 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 2.51Grace 2 1 0 0 1 1 2.62

ST. LOUIS IP H R ER BB SO ERA

Gomber, W, 3-0 6 3 0 0 4 6 2.89Poncedeleon 2 4 2 2 0 1 2.16Norris, S, 23-27 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.14Poncedeleon pitched to 2 batters in the9th. HBP: Hellickson (Gyorko), Grace(Carpenter). WP: Hellickson, Norris.

ANGELS 3, PADRES 2

LOS ANGELES AB R H BI SO AVG

Calhoun rf 4 1 1 0 0 .221Fletcher 2b 4 1 2 0 1 .260Upton lf 4 0 0 0 1 .264Pujols 1b 3 0 1 1 0 .251Simmons ss 4 0 2 1 0 .302Rivera c 4 1 2 1 1 .276Ward 3b 4 0 1 0 1 .429Cowart 3b 0 0 0 0 0 .156Young Jr. cf 4 0 1 0 0 .227Pena p 2 0 0 0 0 .000Marte ph 1 0 0 0 1 .200Bedrosian p 0 0 0 0 0 —Alvarez p 0 0 0 0 0 —Ohtani ph 1 0 0 0 1 .269Parker p 0 0 0 0 0 —TOTALS 35 3 10 3 6

SAN DIEGO AB R H BI SO AVG

Jankowski cf-rf 4 1 1 0 0 .260Myers 3b 3 0 1 0 2 .264Hosmer 1b 4 0 1 0 2 .255Renfroe lf 3 0 0 1 2 .243Hedges c 4 0 0 0 2 .251Galvis ss 3 0 0 0 3 .238Reyes rf 3 0 0 0 0 .235Margot cf 1 0 0 0 0 .247Spangenberg 2b 1 1 1 1 0 .251Erlin p 1 0 0 0 0 .250Castillo p 0 0 0 0 0 .000Pirela ph 1 0 0 0 0 .253Stammen p 0 0 0 0 0 —Yates p 0 0 0 0 0 .000TOTALS 28 2 4 2 11

Los Angeles 100 001 001 — 3 10 0San Diego 100 000 100 — 2 4 0

LOB: Los Angeles 6, San Diego 5. 2B:Young Jr. (4), Jankowski (9), Hosmer(25). HR: Rivera (4), off Yates; Spangen-berg (7), off Bedrosian. RBIs: Pujols (58),Simmons (54), Rivera (11), Renfroe (40),Spangenberg (22). SB: Myers 2 (7). SF:Pujols, Renfroe. S: Erlin. Runners left inscoring position: Los Angeles 3 (Ward 2,Ohtani); San Diego 4 (Myers, Renfroe 2,Hedges). RISP: Los Angeles 1 for 6; SanDiego 0 for 6. LOS ANGELES IP H R ER BB SO ERA

Pena 6 2 1 0 4 7 4.35Bedrosn, BS, 6-7 1 1 1 1 0 1 3.38Alvarez, W, 5-3 1 1 0 0 0 2 2.68Parker, S, 12-15 1 0 0 0 0 1 3.27

SAN DIEGO IP H R ER BB SO ERA

Erlin 6 8 2 2 0 2 3.33Castillo 1 0 0 0 0 1 3.32Stammen 1 0 0 0 0 1 2.85Yates, L, 4-1 1 2 1 1 0 2 1.71PB: Rivera (3). Time: 2:43. A: 22,851(42,445).

GIANTS 2, DODGERS 1LATE TUESDAYSAN FRANCISCO AB R H BI SO AVG

McCutchen rf 4 0 0 0 1 .253d’Arnaud 2b 4 0 1 0 1 .258Posey 1b-c 4 0 0 0 2 .294Longoria 3b 2 1 1 0 0 .254Hundley c 2 0 1 0 1 .256Belt 1b 1 1 1 0 0 .280Slater lf 4 0 0 0 1 .275Duggar cf 4 0 0 0 2 .262Hanson ss 4 0 2 2 1 .284Suarez p 2 0 1 0 0 .086Watson p 0 0 0 0 0 —G.Hernandez ph 1 0 0 0 0 .257Dyson p 0 0 0 0 0 —Smith p 0 0 0 0 0 —TOTALS 32 2 7 2 9

LOS ANGELES AB R H BI SO AVG

Dozier 2b 4 0 0 0 0 .230Turner 3b 4 1 3 0 1 .293Machado ss 3 0 1 1 0 .303K.Hernandez cf 3 0 0 0 1 .217Kemp lf-rf 3 0 0 0 0 .280Bellinger 1b 4 0 1 0 1 .254Grandal c 4 0 0 0 1 .247Puig rf 3 0 0 0 2 .268Barnes rf 0 0 0 0 0 .200Floro p 0 0 0 0 0 .000Maeda p 0 0 0 0 0 .097Muncy ph 1 0 0 0 1 .254Wood p 1 0 0 0 0 .051Taylor ph 1 0 0 0 1 .248Chargois p 0 0 0 0 0 .000Ferguson p 0 0 0 0 0 .200Pederson lf 1 0 0 0 0 .251TOTALS 32 1 5 1 8

San Francisco 010 000 001 — 2 7 0Los Angeles 000 000 010 — 1 5 0

LOB: San Francisco 6, Los Angeles 7. 2B:d’Arnaud (3), Turner 3 (14). RBIs: Hanson2 (34), Machado (71). SB: Machado (12),Bellinger (10). CS: Hundley (1). Runnersleft in scoring position: San Francisco 3(d’Arnaud, Posey, Suarez); Los Angeles 5(K.Hernandez 2, Bellinger 2, Muncy). SAN FRAN. IP H R ER BB SO ERA

Suarez 6 2 0 0 3 4 4.40Watson, H, 26 1 0 0 0 0 1 2.24Dyson, W, 3-2 1 2 1 1 0 1 2.89Smith, S, 10-12 1 1 0 0 0 2 2.01

LOS ANGELES IP H R ER BB SO ERA

Wood 5 3 1 1 1 6 3.51Chargois 11⁄3 0 0 0 1 1 3.56Ferguson 2⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 3.09Floro 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.60Maeda, L, 7-8 1 3 1 1 0 1 3.85HBP: Wood (Longoria). Time: 3:09. A:46,734 (56,000).

WHITE SOX SEASON STATISTICSBATTERS AVG OBA AB R H

Smith .283 .328 113 13 32Narvaez .282 .369 195 21 55LaMarre .273 .273 22 2 6Abreu .268 .327 459 64 123Sanchez .247 .301 449 43 111Anderson .242 .287 426 60 103A.Garcia .239 .269 230 29 55Palka .238 .280 290 38 69Davidson .227 .330 299 39 68Delmonico .221 .316 181 19 40Engel .221 .268 307 37 68Moncada .219 .301 434 56 95TOTALS .241 .300 4083 488 984BATTERS 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO

Smith 3 0 0 12 4 11Narvaez 12 1 5 21 26 39LaMarre 1 0 1 2 0 7Abreu 34 1 21 73 34 99Sanchez 24 9 7 45 31 103Anderson 19 2 15 48 24 111A.Garcia 8 2 13 27 8 62Palka 11 3 18 49 17 104Davidson 17 0 17 44 43 121Delmonico 9 3 3 11 20 46Engel 14 3 4 24 14 88Moncada 21 5 15 46 51 172TOTALS 193 34 136 477 309 1163

PITCHERS W L ERA IP H

Rodon 4 3 2.69 80.1 53Cedeno 2 0 3.20 19.2 16Avilan 2 1 3.47 36.1 38Fry 1 2 4.34 37.1 23Lopez 4 9 4.40 141.0 131Shields 4 14 4.41 157.0 142Minaya 1 2 4.50 26.0 23Santiago 4 3 5.01 82.2 85Covey 4 9 6.06 81.2 95Giolito 8 9 6.15 131.2 126Gomez 0 1 6.75 9.1 10Danish 1 0 7.10 6.1 8Vieira 0 0 7.50 6.0 4TOTALS 44 76 4.96 1063.1 1042PITCHERS R ER HR BB SO

Rodon 27 24 8 29 64Cedeno 8 7 1 12 24Avilan 17 14 2 12 42Fry 19 18 2 14 52Lopez 75 69 20 60 98Shields 89 77 23 60 122Minaya 15 13 1 24 34Santiago 48 46 15 46 78Covey 65 55 9 36 59Giolito 92 90 21 72 91Gomez 7 7 2 5 5Danish 5 5 2 4 5Vieira 5 5 2 3 5TOTALS 646 586 143 496 912

through Wednesday

CUBS SEASON STATISTICSBATTERS AVG OBA AB R H

Bote .333 .417 81 14 27Zobrist .309 .393 311 54 96Almora .297 .339 343 54 102Baez .293 .325 437 74 128Heyward .281 .346 363 60 102La Stella .275 .349 131 17 36Contreras .271 .360 365 40 99Rizzo .265 .363 412 49 109Russell .265 .333 370 51 98Caratini .252 .315 115 15 29Schwarber .243 .359 342 52 83Happ .242 .366 297 47 72TOTALS .264 .343 4129 584 1091BATTERS 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO

Bote 5 1 3 18 11 22Zobrist 20 2 8 46 45 46Almora 22 1 5 32 21 63Baez 32 8 25 89 18 112Heyward 20 3 7 50 36 47La Stella 5 0 0 17 14 18Contreras 21 5 9 41 41 93Rizzo 18 1 18 78 50 59Russell 20 1 5 37 37 84Caratini 6 0 0 10 9 25Schwarber 12 1 20 48 62 109Happ 14 1 12 33 57 127TOTALS 219 27 124 557 450 993

PITCHERS W L ERA IP H

Hamels 2 0 1.00 18.0 11Cishek 3 1 1.82 54.1 34Chavez 0 1 1.84 14.2 10Edwards Jr. 3 2 2.56 38.2 28Strop 4 1 2.62 48.0 33De La Rosa 0 0 2.70 3.1 4Wilson 4 3 3.20 45.0 32Montgomery 4 4 3.62 99.1 101Lester 12 5 3.89 134.1 128Hendricks 9 9 4.11 144.2 141Quintana 10 9 4.46 125.0 117Kintzler 0 0 4.50 4.0 4Chatwood 4 5 5.06 99.2 89TOTALS 69 50 3.85 1079.2 964PITCHERS R ER HR BB SO

Hamels 3 2 0 4 20Cishek 13 11 2 20 61Chavez 3 3 2 1 18Edwards Jr. 12 11 2 17 56Strop 14 14 3 17 48De La Rosa 1 1 0 1 7Wilson 17 16 4 30 58Montgomery 42 40 7 32 61Lester 65 58 22 52 105Hendricks 69 66 20 36 123Quintana 65 62 20 55 110Kintzler 2 2 0 5 1Chatwood 57 56 9 90 85TOTALS 494462 126 488 979

through Wednesday

ATHLETICS 3, MARINERS 2LATE TUESDAYSEATTLE AB R H BI SO AVG

Haniger rf 4 1 1 0 2 .279Cano 1b 4 0 1 0 0 .286Segura ss 4 0 0 0 2 .309Cruz dh 4 0 1 1 1 .268Span lf 4 0 2 0 0 .280Seager 3b 4 0 1 0 0 .227Zunino c 4 0 1 0 1 .201Maybin cf 3 1 1 1 1 .253Gordon 2b 3 0 1 0 0 .278TOTALS 34 2 9 2 7

OAKLAND AB R H BI SO AVG

Semien ss 4 1 2 1 0 .265Chapman 3b 3 1 1 0 1 .280Lowrie 2b 4 1 2 2 0 .273Davis dh 3 0 0 0 1 .257Canha 1b 0 0 0 0 0 .256a-Olson ph-1b 3 0 1 0 0 .236Pinder lf 4 0 0 0 1 .249Piscotty rf 3 0 1 0 0 .253Lucroy c 3 0 0 0 0 .240Laureano cf 3 0 1 0 2 .261TOTALS 30 3 8 3 5

Seattle 100 010 000 — 2 9 0Oakland 102 000 00x — 3 8 0

a-grounded out for Canha in the 1st. LOB:Seattle 5, Oakland 6. 2B: Haniger (26),Span (17), Zunino (10), Chapman (27),Piscotty (30), Olson (23). HR: Maybin (4),off Fiers; Semien (10), off Paxton; Lowrie(19), off Hernandez. RBIs: Cruz (77),Maybin (23), Semien (45), Lowrie 2 (76).CS: Gordon (9). Runners left in scoringposition: Seattle 3 (Zunino 2, Gordon);Oakland 4 (Lowrie, Pinder, Piscotty, Lu-croy). RISP: Seattle 1 for 8; Oakland 0 for9. Runners moved up: Cano, Seager,Chapman, Lowrie. GIDP: Segura, Chap-man, Olson. DP: Seattle 2 (Gordon, Se-gura, Cano), (Seager, Gordon, Cano);Oakland 1 (Chapman, Lowrie, Olson). SEATTLE IP H R ER BB SO ERA

Paxton 1⁄3 2 1 1 0 1 3.68Hrnndz, L, 8-11 52⁄3 5 2 2 2 2 5.62Vincent 1 0 0 0 0 1 4.42Warren 1 1 0 0 1 1 2.78

OAKLAND IP H R ER BB SO ERA

Fiers, W, 8-6 6 6 2 2 0 5 3.38Buchter, H, 11 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 3.46Petit, H, 12 2⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 3.19Rodney, H, 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 2.89Treinen, S, 32-36 1 2 0 0 0 1 0.89

Inherited runners-scored: Hernandez1-0. Umpires: H, James Hoye; 1B, QuinnWolcott; 2B, Sean Barber; 3B, Gary Ced-erstrom. Time: 2:28. A: 17,419 (46,765).

NATIONAL LEAGUE

EAST W L PCT GB L10 STR HOME AWAY

Atlanta 68 51 .571 — 8-2 W-5 34-24 34-27

Philadelphia 66 53 .555 2 5-5 W-1 39-19 27-34

Washington 60 61 .496 9 3-7 L-4 30-28 30-33

New York 51 67 .432 161⁄2 6-4 W-1 24-37 27-30

Miami 48 75 .390 22 2-8 L-5 28-35 20-40

CENTRAL W L PCT GB L10 STR HOME AWAY

Chicago 69 50 .580 — 6-4 W-1 38-23 31-27

Milwaukee 68 55 .553 3 4-6 L-1 36-24 32-31

St. Louis 66 55 .545 4 9-1 W-8 32-26 34-29

Pittsburgh 61 60 .504 9 4-6 L-3 33-29 28-31

Cincinnati 52 69 .430 18 3-7 L-4 28-35 24-34

WEST W L PCT GB L10 STR HOME AWAY

Arizona 66 55 .545 — 5-5 W-1 32-29 34-26

Colorado 64 56 .533 11⁄2 6-4 L-1 31-27 33-29

Los Angeles* 64 57 .529 2 3-7 L-5 31-30 33-27

San Francisco* 61 60 .504 5 5-5 W-3 34-26 27-34

San Diego 48 75 .390 19 5-5 L-3 22-40 26-35

*-late game not included

WEDNESDAY’S RESULTSWhite Sox 6, DETROIT 5CUBS 8, Milwaukee 4MINNESOTA 6, Pittsburgh 4Seattle 2, OAKLAND 0 (12)ATLANTA 5, Miami 2Tampa Bay 6, N.Y. YANKEES 1N.Y. Mets 16, BALTIMORE 5Cleveland 4, CINCINNATI 3PHILADELPHIA 7, Boston 4HOUSTON 12, Colorado 1Toronto 6, KANSAS CITY 5ST. LOUIS 4, Washington 2L.A. Angels 3, SAN DIEGO 2San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers, late

FRIDAY’S SCHEDULECubs at Pittsburgh, 6:05Kansas City at White Sox, 7:10N.Y. Mets at Philadelphia, 5:05Tampa Bay at Boston, 6:05Toronto at N.Y. Yankees, 6:05Miami at Washington, 6:05Baltimore at Cleveland, 6:10San Francisco at Cincinnati, 6:10Colorado at Atlanta, 6:35L.A. Angels at Texas, 7:05Detroit at Minnesota, 7:10Milwaukee at St. Louis, 7:15Houston at Oakland, 9:05L.A. Dodgers at Seattle, 9;10Arizona at San Diego, 9:10

SATURDAY’S SCHEDULECubs at Pittsburgh, 6:05Kansas City at White Sox, 6:10Toronto at N.Y. Yankees, noonBaltimore at Cleveland, 3:05Houston at Oakland, 3:05N.Y. Mets at Philadelphia, 3:05Miami at Washington, 6:05Tampa Bay at Boston, 6:10Detroit at Minnesota, 6:10Colorado at Atlanta, 6:10San Francisco at Cincinnati, 6:10Milwaukee at St. Louis, 6:15L.A. Angels at Texas, 7:05Arizona at San Diego, 7:40L.A. Dodgers at Seattle, 9:10

TUESDAY’S RESULTSWhite Sox 6, DETROIT 3Milwaukee 7, CUBS 0BALTIMORE 6, N.Y. Mets 3Boston 2, PHILADELPHIA 1Cleveland 8, CINCINNATI 1N.Y. YANKEES 4, Tampa Bay 1ATLANTA 10, Miami 6MINNESOTA 5, Pittsburgh 2Arizona 6, TEXAS 4Colorado 5, HOUSTON 1ST. LOUIS 6, Washington 4Toronto 6, KANSAS CITY 5OAKLAND 3, Seattle 2San Francisco 2, L.A. DODGERS 1L.A. Angels 7, SAN DIEGO 3

home team in CAPS

RESULTS, SCHEDULE

PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPSNATIONAL LEAGUE 2018 TEAM LAST 3 STARTSTEAM PITCHER TIME W-L ERA REC W-L IP ERA

Cubs Lester (L) 12-5 3.89 17-7 0-2 13.2 11.20Pit Nova (R) 6:05p 7-6 4.42 13-9 1-0 15.0 5.40

NYM Oswalt (R) GM1 1-2 5.03 2-5 1-0 17.0 4.24Phi Nola (R) 3:05p 13-3 2.28 17-7 1-0 20.0 1.35

NYM Matz (L) GM 5-9 4.35 10-11 1-2 11.2 12.34Phi Eflin (R) 6:00p 8-4 3.57 9-7 1-2 19.1 4.19

Was Roark (R) 7-12 4.12 9-14 3-0 21.2 1.66StL Weaver (R) 6:15p 6-10 4.66 11-12 1-1 14.2 3.68

Col Gray (R) 9-7 4.81 13-9 1-0 21.0 3.00Atl Teheran (R) 6:35p 8-7 4.33 13-10 1-0 16.2 3.78

Ari Buchholz (R) 5-2 2.67 6-5 2-1 18.2 3.38SD Nix (R) 9:10p 1-0 0.00 1-0 1-0 6.0 0.00

AMERICAN LEAGUE 2018 TEAM LAST 3 STARTSTEAM PITCHER TIME W-L ERA REC W-L IP ERA

TB Snell (L) 13-5 2.18 13-9 1-1 12.0 3.00NYY Tanaka (R) 12:05p 9-3 4.08 13-6 1-1 15.2 4.02

LAA TBD — — — — — —Tex Jurado (R) 7:05p 2-2 5.66 2-2 2-1 16.0 5.06

Det Liriano (L) 3-7 4.42 6-12 0-2 14.2 3.68Min Santana (R) 7:10p 0-1 6.53 3-1 0-1 15.2 6.89

Tor Gaviglio (R) 2-5 4.86 6-10 0-2 13.2 5.93KC Sparkman (R) 7:15p 0-1 5.06 0-0 0-0 0.0 0.00

Team rec: Team’s record in games started by today’s pitcher. Vs. Opp: Pitcher’s record versus this opponent, 2018 statistics.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

EAST W L PCT GB L10 STR HOME AWAY

Boston 86 36 .705 — 8-2 L-1 42-15 44-21

New York 75 45 .625 10 7-3 L-1 42-19 33-26

Tampa Bay 61 59 .508 24 5-5 W-1 34-24 27-35

Toronto 55 65 .458 30 4-6 W-2 29-32 26-33

Baltimore 36 85 .298 491⁄2 3-7 L-1 21-40 15-45

CENTRAL W L PCT GB L10 STR HOME AWAY

Cleveland 69 51 .575 — 8-2 W-5 37-23 32-28

Minnesota 56 63 .471 121⁄2 5-5 W-2 35-24 21-39

Detroit 50 71 .413 191⁄2 3-7 L-2 32-30 18-41

Chicago 44 76 .367 25 4-6 W-2 22-38 22-38

Kansas City 36 84 .300 33 2-8 L-2 17-44 19-40

WEST W L PCT GB L10 STR HOME AWAY

Houston 74 47 .612 — 4-6 W-1 33-29 41-18

Oakland 72 49 .595 2 7-3 L-1 35-24 37-25

Seattle 70 52 .574 41⁄2 6-4 W-1 36-24 34-28

Los Angeles 62 60 .508 121⁄2 7-3 W-3 33-30 29-30

Texas 53 69 .434 211⁄2 4-6 L-1 26-37 27-32

through Wednesday

HOME RUNSCarpenter, STL 33Arenado, COL 30Harper, WAS 30Aguilar, MIL 29Gldschmdt, ARI 27Muncy, LA 26Suarez, CIN 26RUNSBlackmon, COL 86Albies, ATL 84Yelich, MIL 82Carpenter, STL 81RBIBaez, CHI 89Suarez, CIN 88Aguilar, MIL 87Arenado, COL 84Story, COL 82Markakis, ATL 76HITSMarkakis, ATL 150Freeman, ATL 147Albies, ATL 135Gennett, CIN 133Peraza, CIN 132DOUBLESMarkakis, ATL 37Albies, ATL 33Carpenter, STL 33

Freeman, ATL 33Story, COL 33TRIPLESKMarte, ARI 10CTaylor, LA 8Baez, CHI 7Nimmo, NY 7STOLEN BASESTurner, WAS 32Hamilton, CIN 29SMarte, PIT 28PITCHINGNola, PHI 13-3Schrzr, WAS 15-5Chacin, MIL 12-4Godley, ARI 13-6ERAdeGrom, NY 1.81Scherzer, WAS 2.19Nola, PHI 2.28Mikolas, STL 2.86Foltynewicz, ATL 2.86STRIKEOUTSScherzer, WAS 227deGrom, NY 195Corbin, ARI 190Greinke, ARI 158Pivetta, PHI 153Foltynewicz, ATL 152

through Tuesday

AL LEADERS

BATTING G AB R H BA

Betts, BOS 102 398 99 140 .352JMartinez, BOS 115 442 88 147 .333Altuve, HOU 104 407 64 134 .329MMachado, BAL 96 365 48 115 .315Segura, SEA 114 471 78 148 .314Trout, LA 109 372 82 115 .309JoRamirez, CLE 118 437 84 132 .302Simmons, LA 109 411 56 124 .302Brantley, CLE 108 433 70 130 .300Merrifield, KC 116 455 56 136 .299

TWINS 6, PIRATES 4

PITTSBURGH AB R H BI SO AVG

Dickerson lf 5 0 2 0 0 .303Frazier cf 4 0 0 0 1 .279G.Polanco rf 5 0 2 2 0 .242Bell 1b 4 0 0 0 1 .266Cervelli c 4 1 1 0 2 .255Diaz dh 3 1 2 1 1 .299Harrison 2b 5 1 3 0 0 .260Moran 3b 3 1 2 0 1 .269a-Freese ph-3b 1 0 0 0 0 .298Hechavarria ss 4 0 0 0 2 .258TOTALS 38 4 12 3 8

MINNESOTA AB R H BI SO AVG

Mauer dh 4 0 0 0 1 .269Rosario rf 4 1 1 0 1 .295J.Polanco ss 4 1 1 1 0 .285Sano 3b 4 1 1 0 3 .221Kepler cf 4 1 1 0 1 .234Forsythe 2b 3 1 2 3 1 .241Cave lf 4 0 1 0 1 .273Adrianza 1b 3 0 0 0 2 .243Wilson c 3 1 2 2 1 .177TOTALS 33 6 9 6 11

Pittsburgh 010 300 000 — 4 12 1Minnesota 020 003 10x — 6 9 2

a-flied out for Moran in the 7th. E: Frazier(5), Rosario (8), J.Polanco (5). LOB: Pitts-burgh 12, Minnesota 4. 2B: Dickerson(25), Sano (14), Kepler (25). HR: Diaz (9),off Berrios; Wilson (2), off Kela. RBIs:G.Polanco 2 (67), Diaz (29), J.Polanco(16), Forsythe 3 (19), Wilson 2 (16). Run-ners left in scoring position: Pittsburgh 7(Bell 3, Cervelli, Hechavarria 3); Minne-sota 1 (Mauer). RISP: Pittsburgh 2 for 15;Minnesota 4 for 7. Runners moved up:Frazier, Hechavarria, G.Polanco, Kepler.GIDP: Harrison. DP: Minnesota 1(J.Polanco, Forsythe, Adrianza). PITTSBURGH IP H R ER BB SO ERA

Archer 5 6 4 4 0 7 4.49Santana, L, 2-2 1 2 1 1 0 1 2.82Kela 1 1 1 1 0 0 3.16Crick 1 0 0 0 1 3 2.36

MINNESOTA IP H R ER BB SO ERA

Berrios 32⁄3 7 4 3 2 4 3.75Drake 11⁄3 1 0 0 1 2 6.54Moya, W, 3-0 11⁄3 3 0 0 0 0 4.34Duffey, H, 2 2⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 5.52Rogers, H, 10 1 1 0 0 0 1 3.58Hildnbrgr, S, 3-5 1 0 0 0 1 1 4.58

Archer pitched to 2 batters in the 6th. In-herited runners-scored: Santana 1-1,Drake 2-0, Duffey 2-0. HBP: Berrios(Cervelli). Umpires: H, Doug Eddings; 1B,Marty Foster; 2B, Mark Ripperger; 3B,Joe West. Time: 3:18. A: 26,191 (38,649).

NL LEADERS

BATTING G AB R H BA

Markakis, ATL 118 463 69 150 .324FFreeman, ATL 118 459 75 147 .320Yelich, MIL 106 419 82 130 .310Arenado, COL 113 422 78 129 .306Martinez, STL 113 390 41 119 .305Gennett, CIN 116 438 68 133 .304Cain, MIL 103 392 62 119 .304Dickerson, PIT 101 381 52 115 .302Suarez, CIN 103 387 63 116 .300DPeralta, ARI 109 431 59 129 .299

HOME RUNSMartinez, BOS 37Ramirez, CLE 36Davis, OAK 34Gallo, TEX 31Cruz, SEA 30Stanton, NY 30Trout, LA 30RUNSLindor, CLE 102Betts, BOS 99Martinez, BOS 88Benintendi, BOS 85Ramirez, CLE 84RBIMartinez, BOS 104Davis, OAK 93Ramirez, CLE 89Encarnacion, CLE 81Haniger, SEA 78Cruz, SEA 77HITSSegura, SEA 148Martinez, BOS 147Lindor, CLE 142Betts, BOS 140Rosario, MIN 140DOUBLESLindor, CLE 39Bregman, HOU 38Escobar, ARI 37

Betts, BOS 35Abreu, CHI 34Andujar, NY 34TRIPLESSmith, TB 9Sanchez, CHI 9STOLEN BASESGordon, SEA 27Ramirez, CLE 27Merrifield, KC 26PITCHINGPorcello, BOS 15-5Kluber, CLE 15-6Severino, NY 15-6Carrasco, CLE 14-6Snell, TB 13-5Happ, NY 13-6ERASale, BOS 1.97Snell, TB 2.18Bauer, CLE 2.22Verlander, HOU 2.52Kluber, CLE 2.68STRIKEOUTSCole, HOU 219Sale, BOS 219Verlander, HOU 217Bauer, CLE 214Paxton, SEA 176Severino, NY 173through Wednesday

LOS ANGELES — Aaron Cox,brother-in-law of Angels starMike Trout and until recently apitching prospect in the team’sminor-league system, diedWednesday. He was 24.

No cause of death was listed.Cox was the younger brother

of Trout’s wife, Jessica Tara Cox.Trout, who is on the disabled

list because of a right wrist injury,left the team earlier this week tobe with his family in Millville,N.J.

Like Trout, Cox starred atMillville High. A 19th-round pickout of Division II Gannon (Pa.)

tion are subject to a suspension.Cox returned this season and

spent the first two months atInland Empire, compiling a 4.11ERA in 11 relief appearances. Buthe had not pitched since May 29,and last week he was placed onthe voluntarily retired list.

Asked if he could discuss thecause of death, Tim Mead, theAngels’ vice president of commu-nications, said:

“That is not important rightnow.

“What is important is thatevery member of Aaron’s familyand every one of his friends taketime to digest this loss and grievein their own way.”

University in 2015, Cox went 7-3with a 3.64 ERA in 68 games overthree seasons for rookie-leagueOrem and Class A Burlington andInland Empire.

But he did not pitch at all in2017. The right-hander sufferedan orbital fracture when he washit in the eye by a line drive inspring training and was sus-pended for 50 games that Julyafter testing positive for thebanned stimulant methylphen-idate, more commonly known asRitalin.

The drug is used to treatADHD and narcolepsy. Playerswho test positive without apply-ing for a therapeutic use exemp-

ANGELS

Trout’s brother-in-law dead at 24Los Angeles Times

1920: Shortstop Ray Chapman of the In-dians was hit in the head with a pitch inthe fifth inning by the Yankees’ CarlMays. Chapman suffered a fracturedskull and died the next day. It is the onlyfield fatality in major league history. 1927: Babe Ruth became the first playerto clear the roof at Comiskey Park in Chi-cago. Ruth’s home run came off WhiteSox pitcher Tommy Thomas in the Yan-kees’8-1 win. 1996: With 23,699 fans at the 25,644-seatEstadio Monterrey, the Padres defeatedthe Mets 15-10 in the first major leagueregular-season game played outside theUnited States or Canada.

ON THIS DATE

INDIANS 4, REDS 3

CLEVELAND AB R H BI SO AVG

Lindor ss 3 0 0 1 0 .291Brantley lf 3 0 1 0 0 .300Ramirez 3b 4 0 0 0 0 .302Alonso 1b 3 1 1 0 1 .249Cabrera rf 4 1 1 2 1 .265Guyer rf 0 0 0 0 0 .199Kipnis 2b 2 1 0 0 0 .225G.Allen cf 4 1 2 1 0 .240R.Perez c 4 0 0 0 2 .156Bieber p 1 0 0 0 0 .250Olson p 0 0 0 0 0 —Davis ph 1 0 0 0 1 .246C.Allen p 0 0 0 0 0 —Diaz ph 1 0 0 0 1 .524Hand p 0 0 0 0 0 .000TOTALS 30 4 5 4 6

CINCINNATI AB R H BI SO AVG

Peraza ss 5 1 3 0 0 .286Votto 1b 4 0 0 0 1 .284Lorenzen pr 0 0 0 0 0 .263Suarez 3b 5 0 0 0 5 .296Gennett 2b 4 1 2 1 1 .305Tucker lf 2 1 1 2 0 .254Hughes p 0 0 0 0 0 —Herrera ph 1 0 0 0 1 .167Hernandez p 0 0 0 0 0 .000Iglesias p 0 0 0 0 0 .000Casali ph 1 0 0 0 0 .300Barnhart c 3 0 2 0 0 .247Ervin rf-lf 4 0 0 0 1 .283Stephenson p 0 0 0 0 0 .000Reed p 2 0 0 0 2 .000Williams rf 0 0 0 0 0 .281Dixon ph-rf 2 0 0 0 1 .176Hamilton cf 4 0 2 0 1 .236TOTALS 37 3 10 3 13

Cleveland 020 002 000 — 4 5 1Cincinnati 300 000 000 — 3 10 0

E: Ramirez (6). LOB: Cle 5, Cin 11. 2B:Peraza 3 (25), Barnhart (17), Hamilton(9). HR: Cabrera (3), off Reed; Tucker (5),off Bieber. CLEVELAND IP H R ER BB SO ERA

Bieber 41⁄3 7 3 3 2 5 4.37O.Perez 1⁄3 0 0 0 1 0 1.35Otero, W, 2-1 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 5.56Olson, H, 5 1 1 0 0 0 3 6.75C.Allen, H, 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 4.06Hand, S, 28-33 1 2 0 0 1 1 2.68

CINCINNATI IP H R ER BB SO ERA

Stephenson 12⁄3 2 2 2 4 2 7.94Reed, L, 0-1 32⁄3 3 2 2 1 1 4.66Hughes 12⁄3 0 0 0 0 2 1.31Hernandez 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.93Iglesias 1 0 0 0 0 1 2.38HBP: Iglesias (Kipnis). WP: Stephenson,Bieber. Time: 3:25. A: 17,275 (42,319).

■ Extra innings: Mallex Smith hit a two-run homer to pace the Rays past the Yankees 6-1. ... Curtis Granderson’s grand slam helped the Blue Jays edge the Royals 6-5. ... Kevin Plawecki hithis first career grand slam, Brandon Nimmo went 5-for-5 and the Mets breezed past the Orioles 16-5. ... RHP Jimmy Nelson (shoulder) is unlikely to return this season, Brewers managerCraig Counsell said before an 8-4 loss to the Cubs. ... Umpire Joe West worked his 5,164th game, passing Bruce Froemming for second all time. Bill Klem worked 5,375.

■ Braves: Rookie Ronald AcunaJr. was hit by a pitch leading off,but Dansby Swanson hit a two-run homer to key a 5-2 win overthe Marlins. Acuna, who had ledoff the last three games withhomers, was hit on the left elbowby Jose Urena’s fastball on hisfirst pitch. Benches emptied, butno punches were thrown. Urenaand Braves manager BrianSnitker were ejected. Acuna leftthe game, and because the hit bypitch was his only plate appear-ance, his streak of leadoff homersremains intact. ■ Mariners: Dee Gordon hom-ered in the 12th to break ascoreless tie and provide a 2-0victory over the A’s, avoiding athree-game sweep. Jean Segura

■ Astros: Evan Gattis and TylerWhite each homered twice as theAstros ended a five-game skid bypounding the Rockies 12-1. YuliGurriel also went deep. GerritCole struck out 12 in six innings.■ Cardinals: Marcell Ozunahomered in a 4-2 victory over theNationals, their season-higheighth straight. INF Matt Car-penter extended his on-basestreak to 33 games with a walkbut left in the seventh when hewas hit on the hand by a pitch.X-rays were negative.■ Indians: Melky Cabrera hit ago-ahead two-run homer in thesixth to propel the Indians pastthe Reds 4-3 for their fifthstraight victory. The Reds havedropped 11 of their last 15.

had four hits to help the Marinersclose within 21⁄2 games of the A’sfor the second AL wild-card spot.Mike Leake pitched eight inningsof two-hit ball. ... LHP JamesPaxton went on the DL with abruised forearm a day after hewas struck by a liner. Recentlydemoted Felix Hernandez willtake Paxton’s turn in the rotation.■ Phillies: Wilson Ramos hadthree extra-base hits and threeRBIs, helping the Phillies beatthe Red Sox 7-4 in his first gamewith his new team. After missinga month because of a strainedhamstring, the trade-deadline ac-quisition hit his second careertriple and doubled twice. Sevenrelievers combined to allow oneunearned run in 62⁄3 innings.

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SCOREBOARD

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALLNATIONAL LEAGUE FRIDAYat Cubs -147 Washington +137New York -115 at Miami +105Arizona -119 at Cincinnati +109at Atlanta -105 Milwaukee -105Los Angeles -107 at Colorado -103Phili. -128 at San Diego +118at San Fran. -125 Pittsburgh +115AMERICAN LEAGUE FRIDAYCleveland -137 at White Sox +127at New York -200 Texas +180Boston -178 at Baltimore +166Tampa Bay -125 at Toronto +115Minnesota -116 at Detroit +106at Houston -216 Seattle +196at Los Angeles off Oakland offINTERLEAGUE FRIDAYSt. Louis -151 at Kansas City +141

NFLFRIDAY

at NY Jets 31⁄2 Atlantaat Oakland 3 Detroit

SATURDAY at Denver Pk Minnesotaat Arizona 21⁄2 L.A. Chargers

LATEST LINE

EASTERN W L PCT GB

x-Atlanta 22 10 .688 —x-Washington 21 11 .656 1x-Connecticut 19 13 .594 3SKY 12 20 .375 10New York 7 25 .219 15Indiana 5 27 .156 17WESTERN W L PCT GB

x-Seattle 24 8 .750 —x-Los Angeles 19 13 .594 5x-Phoenix 18 14 .563 6x-Minnesota 17 15 .531 7Dallas 14 18 .438 10Las Vegas 14 18 .438 10

x-clinched playoffsWEDNESDAY’S RESULTSWashington 76, Indiana 62Las Vegas 85, New York 72THURSDAY: No games scheduled.FRIDAY’S SCHEDULEMinnesota at Connecticut, 6Los Angeles at Washington, 6Las Vegas at Dallas, 7Atlanta at Phoenix, 9New York at Seattle, 9

WNBA

MLB

Noon Rays at Yankees MLBN

3 p.m. Mets at Phillies MLBN

6 p.m. Nationals at Cardinals MLBN

6:05 p.m. Cubs at Pirates NBCSCH, WSCR-AM 670

9 p.m. Angels at Rangers or D’backs at Padres MLBN

LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES POOL PLAY

Noon Puerto Rico vs. South Korea ESPN

2 p.m. Staten Island (N.Y) vs. Des Moines (Iowa) ESPN

4 p.m. Mexico vs. Australia ESPN

6 p.m. Coventry (R.I.) vs. Peachtree City (Ga.) ESPN2

NFL EXHIBITION

7 p.m. Jets at Redskins ESPN

GOLF

8 a.m. Nordea Masters Golf Channel (more, 4 a.m. Fri.)

11 a.m. LPGA Indy Championship Golf Channel

2 p.m. PGA Wyndham Championship Golf Channel

5 p.m. Web.com Portland Open Golf Channel

6 p.m. U.S. Amateur round of 16 FS1

GYMNASTICS

7 p.m. U.S. Championships, men’s events NBCSN

HORSE RACING

3 p.m. Union Avenue Stakes FS2

MARTIAL ARTS

9 p.m. Professional Fighters League NBCSN

MOTORSPORTS

3 p.m. NASCAR Trucks qualifying FS1

7:30 p.m. NASCAR Trucks UNOH 200 FOX-32

SOCCER: U20 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP QUARTERFINALS

8:50 a.m. Spain vs. Nigeria FS2

12:20 p.m.France vs. North Korea FS2

TENNIS

10 a.m. ATP/WTA Western & Southern Open Tennis (more,6 p.m.)

Noon ATP/WTA Western & Southern Open ESPN2 (more,8 p.m.)

THURSDAY ON TV/RADIO

WORLD SERIES

at South Williamsport, Pa.UU.S. PARTICIPANTSNEW ENGLAND, Coventry (R.I.); MID-ATLANTIC, Staten Island (N.Y.)SOUTHEAST, Peachtree City, Ga.GREAT LAKES, Grosse Pointe Woods(Mich.)MIDWEST, Des Moines (Iowa)SOUTHWEST, HoustonNORTHWEST, Coeur d'Alene (Idaho)WEST, Honolulu

INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPANTSASIA/PACIFIC, Seoul (South Korea)AUSTRALIA, Gold CoastCANADA, Surrey (British Columbia)CARIBBEAN, Guayama (Puerto Rico)EUROPE/AFRICA, Barcelona (Spain)JAPAN, KawaguchiLATIN AMERICA, Arraijan (Panama)MEXICO, Matamoros

Double EliminationTHURSDAY’S SCHEDULEG1: Guayama (Puerto Rico) vs. Seoul (South Korea), noon

G2: Staten Island (N.Y.) vs. Des Moines (Iowa), 2

G3: Matamoros (Mexico) vs. Gold Coast (Australia), 4

G4: Coventry (R.I.) vs. Houston, 6

FRIDAY’S SCHEDULEG5: Barcelona vs. Kawaguchi (Japan), 1G6: Grosse Pointe Woods (Mich.) vs.

Coeur d'Alene (Idaho), 3G7: Arraijan (Panama) vs. Surrey (British Columbia), 5

G8: Peachtree City (Ga.) vs. Honolulu, 7

SATURDAY’S SCHEDULEG9: G1 loser vs. G3 loser, noonG10: G2 loser vs. G4 loser, 2G11: G5 loser vs. G7 loser, 5G12: G6 loser vs. G8 loser, 7

LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL

BASEBALL

AMERICAN LEAGUENew York: Recalled RHP Luis Cessa fromScranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). DesignatedRHP George Kontos for assignment.Seattle: Placed LHP James Paxton on the10-day DL. Recalled RHP ChristianBergman from Tacoma (PCL).MIDWEST LEAGUEQuad Cities: Announced INF Alfredo An-garita was transferred to the team fromFresno (PCL). Placed C Ruben Castro onthe 7-day DL.AMERICAN ASSOCIATIONCleburne: Traded RHP Jared Mortenson toKansas City to complete an earlier trade.

FOOTBALL

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUEArizona: Re-signed S Harlan Miller.Waived-injured CB Lou Young III.Buffalo: Claimed DL Albert Havili offwaivers. Signed FB Sam Rogers. Desig-nated DT Marquavius Lewis and Fb ZachOlstad on waived/injured list.Cleveland: Signed DL Blaine Woodson.Denver: Claimed WR DeAndrew Whiteoff waivers from Houston. Signed DL De-Quinton Osborne. Waived-injured WRCorey Brown and DL Paul Boyette.N.Y.Jets: Placed OT Ben Ijalana on injuredreserve. Signed OL Gino Gradkowski.Oakland: Claimed DT Gabe Wright off

waivers from Miami.

SOCCER

MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCERLos Angeles FC: Loaned D Tristan Black-mon to Phoenix (USL).

COLLEGE

Centenary: Announced the resignationof women’s basketball coach David Fo-ley to become the women’s basketballcoach at Saint Mary’s (Minn.).Chowan: Named Luke Staatsas men’sassistant soccer coach.LSU: Announced graduate QB Justin Mc-Millan and junior QB Lowell Narcisse areleaving the football program.

TRANSACTIONS

WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN

A U.S. Open Series event; R2 at The Lind-ner Family Tennis Center; Mason, Ohio;hard-outdoorMenRobin Haase d.#3 Alexander Zverev, 5-7, 6-4, 7-5

#5 Grigor Dimitrov d.Mischa Zverev, 7-6 (5), 7-5

#6 Kevin Anderson d.Jeremy Chardy, 7-6 (6), 6-2

#7 Marin Cilic d.Marius Copil, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-4

#10 Novak Djokovic d.Adrian Mannarino, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1

#11 David Goffin d.Benoit Paire, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2

#13 Pablo Carreno Busta d.Bradley Klahn, 6-4, 6-4

#15 Nick Kyrgios d.Borna Coric, 7-6 (1), 0-6, 6-3

Milos Raonic d. Malek Jaziri, 6-3, 7-5Karen Khachanov d. S. Querrey, 7-5, 6-4S. Wawrinka d. K Nishikori, 6-4, 6-4

Marton Fucsovics d. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-4

Women#1 Simona Halep vs. Ajla Tomljanovic, 4-6, 6-3, 4-3, susp.

Kiki Bertens d.#2 Caroline Wozniacki, 6-4, ret.

#3 Sloane Stephens d.Tatjana Maria, 6-3, 6-2

#4 Angelique Kerber d.Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, 4-6, 7-5, 6-4

Lesia Tsurenko d.#7 Garbine Muguruza, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4

Aryna Sabalenka d.#9 Karolina Pliskova, 2-6, 6-3, 7-5

#13 Madison Keys d.Camila Giorgi, 6-2, 6-2

#15 Elise Mertens d.Rebecca Peterson, 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (1)

#16 Ashleigh Barty d.Kaia Kanepi, 7-5, 6-3

Ekaterina Makarova d.Alize Cornet, 6-2, 6-0

Anett Kontaveit d. Maria Sakkari, 6-1, 6-3A. Anisimova vs. P. Partic, 5-4, susp.

TENNIS

MIDWEST LEAGUE EASTERN W L PCT. GB

Bowling Green 31 21 .596 —Lansing 29 23 .558 2West Michigan 25 26 .490 51⁄2Fort Wayne 24 26 .480 6Great Lakes 24 28 .462 7South Bend 22 29 .431 81⁄2Lake County 21 30 .412 91⁄2Dayton 21 31 .404 10

WESTERN

Peoria 30 19 .612 —Cedar Rapids 31 20 .608 —Quad Cities 29 22 .569 2Beloit 28 22 .560 21⁄2Kane County 26 24 .520 41⁄2Wisconsin 27 25 .519 41⁄2Clinton 24 27 .471 7Burlington 15 34 .306 15

WEDENSDAY’S RESULTSDayton 7, Lake County 0Bowling Green 6, Great Lakes 0West Michigan 7, Lansing 6Burlington 7, Wisconsin 1Beloit 9, Clinton 1Kane County 2, Quad Cities 1Peoria at Cedar Rapids, susp.South Bend at Fort Wayne, ppd.THURSDAY’S SCHEDULELake County at Dayton, 6Bowling Green at Great Lakes, 6Lansing at West Michigan, 6South Bend at Fort Wayne, 6Beloit at Clinton, 6:30Wisconsin at Burlington, 6:30Kane County at Quad Cities, 6:35Peoria at Cedar Rapids, 6:35

FRONTIER LEAGUE EAST W L PCT. GB

Joliet 45 34 .570 —Washington 44 35 .557 1Lake Erie 42 38 .525 31⁄2Schaumburg 39 40 .494 6Traverse City 35 43 .449 91⁄2Windy City 34 47 .420 12

WEST

Normal 42 34 .553 —Southern Illinois 40 38 .513 3River City 41 40 .506 31⁄2Florence 40 39 .506 31⁄2Evansville 39 40 .494 41⁄2Gateway 34 47 .420 101⁄2

WEDNESDAY’S RESULTSTraverse City 2, Washington 1Joliet 12, Lake Erie 5Washington 11, Traverse City 1Southern Illinois 9, River City 3Gateway 3, Florence 2Windy City at Schaumburg, ppd.Normal at Evansville, ppd.THURSDAY’S SCHEDULEWindy City at Schaumburg, 12:30Southern Illinois at River City, 6:35Normal at Evansville, 6:35Florence at Gateway, 7Joliet at Lake Erie, 7Washington at Traverse City, 7

AMERICAN ASSOCIATIONNORTH W L PCT. GB

Gary SouthShore 46 35 .568 —Fargo-Moorhead 45 36 .556 1St. Paul 47 37 .560 1⁄2Winnipeg 36 46 .439 101⁄2Sioux Falls 34 48 .415 121⁄2Chicago 33 47 .413 121⁄2SOUTH W L PCT. GB

Sioux City 60 21 .741 —Kansas City 50 31 .617 10Wichita 50 32 .610 101⁄2Lincoln 40 41 .494 20Cleburne 27 54 .333 33Texas 20 60 .250 391⁄2

WEDNESDAY’S RESULTSSt. Paul 11, Sioux Falls 8Lincoln 5, Wichita 2Fargo-Moorhead 5, Kansas City 4Lincoln 7, Wichita 1Sioux City 3, Chicago 2Gary 6, Winnipeg 4Cleburne 13, Texas 5Fargo-Moorhead 3, Kansas City 0THURSDAY’S SCHEDULESioux Falls at St. Paul, 6Cleburne at Texas, 6Chicago at Sioux City, 6Fargo-Moorhead at Kansas City,6Lincoln at Wichita, 6

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

PGA TOUR -WYNDHAM CHAMPIONSHIP

Site: Greensboro, N.C.Course: Sedgefield CC. Yardage: 7,127.Par: 70. Purse: $6 million. Winner:$1,080,000. TV: Thursday-Friday, 2-5p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday,noon-1:45 p.m. (Golf Channel), 2-5 p.m.CBS Sports. Defending champion: Hen-rik Stenson. Last week: Brooks Koepka won the PGAChampionship. Next week: The North-ern Trust. Online: www.pgatour.com

UNITED STATES GOLF ASSOCIATION - U.S. AMATEUR

Site: Pebble Beach, Calif.Course: Pebble Beach GL. Yardage:7,075. Par: 71. TV: Wednesday, 4-7 p.m.(FS1); Thursday-Friday, 6-9 p.m. (FS1);Saturday, noon-3 p.m. (FOX); Sunday,3:30-6:30 p.m. (FOX). Defending cham-pion: Doc Redman. Next year: PinehurstNo. 2. Online: www.usamateur.com

LPGA TOUR - INDY WOMEN INTECH CHAMPIONSHIP

Site: Indianapolis.Course: Brickyard Cross GC. Yardage:6,456. Par: 72. Purse: $2 million. Winner:$300,000. TV: Thursday-Friday, 11a.m.-1:30 p.m. (Golf Channel); Sat-urday-Sunday, 4-6 p.m. (Golf Channel).Defending champion: Lexi Thompson.

Race to CME Globe leader: Ariya Ju-tanugarn. Last tournament: GeorgiaHall won the Women’s British Open.Next week: CP Women’s CanadianOpen. Online: www.lpga.com

EUROPEAN TOUR -NORDEA MASTERS

Site: Gothenburg, Sweden.Course: Hills GC. Yardage: 7,169. Par: 71.Purse: 1.5 million euros. Winner:250,000 euros. TV: Thursday-Friday, 4-6a.m., 8-11 a.m. (Golf Channel); Sat-urday-Sunday, 6-10:30 a.m. (Golf Chan-nel).Defending champion: Renato Paratore.Race to Dubai leader: Francesco Moli-nari. Last week: Brooks Koepka won thePGA Championship. Next week: D+DReal Czech Masters.Online: www.europeantour.com

PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS - DICK’S SPORTING GOODS OPEN

Site: Endicott, N.Y.Course: En-Joie GC. Yardage: 6,974. Par:72. Purse: $2,050,000. Winner: $307,500.TV: Friday-Sunday, 4-6 p.m. (Golf Chan-nel). Defending champion: Scott Mc-Carron. Charles Schwab Cup leader:Jerry Kelly. Last tournament: KennyPerry won the 3M Championship.Next week: Boeing Classic.Online: www.pgatour.com/champions

GOLF

NFC NORTH W L T PCT PF PA

Green Bay 1 0 0 1.000 31 17Minnesota 1 0 0 1.000 42 28Detroit 0 1 0 .000 10 16BEARS 0 2 0 .000 43 47

NFC EAST W L T PCT PF PA

Dallas 0 1 0 .000 21 24N.Y. Giants 0 1 0 .000 10 20Washington 0 1 0 .000 17 26Philadelphia 0 1 0 .000 14 31

NFC SOUTH W L T PCT PF PA

Carolina 1 0 0 1.000 28 23New Orleans 1 0 0 1.000 24 20Tampa Bay 1 0 0 1.000 26 24Atlanta 0 1 0 .000 0 17

NFC WEST W L T PCT PF PA

San Francisco 1 0 0 1.000 24 21Arizona 1 0 0 1.000 24 17Seattle 0 1 0 .000 17 19L.A. Rams 0 1 0 .000 7 33

AFC NORTH W L T PCT PF PA

Pittsburgh 1 0 0 1.000 31 14Baltimore 2 0 0 1.000 50 23Cleveland 1 0 0 1.000 20 10Cincinnati 1 0 0 1.000 30 27

AFC EAST W L T PCT PF PA

New England 1 0 0 1.000 26 17N.Y. Jets 1 0 0 1.000 17 0Miami 0 1 0 .000 24 26Buffalo 0 1 0 .000 23 28

AFC SOUTH W L T PCT PF PA

Houston 1 0 0 1.000 17 10Indianapolis 1 0 0 1.000 19 17Jacksonville 0 1 0 .000 20 24Tennessee 0 1 0 .000 17 31

AFC WEST W L T PCT PF PA

Oakland 1 0 0 1.000 16 10Denver 0 1 0 .000 28 42Kansas City 0 1 0 .000 10 17L.A. Chargers 0 1 0 .000 17 24

THURSDAY’S SCHEDULE Philadelphia at New England, 6:30N.Y. Jets at Washington, 7Pittsburgh at Green Bay, 7

FRIDAY’S SCHEDULE N.Y. Giants at Detroit, 6Kansas City at Atlanta, 6Miami at Carolina, 6:30Buffalo at Cleveland, 6:30Arizona at New Orleans, 7

SATURDAY’S SCHEDULEBears at Denver, 8:05 (FOX-32)Jacksonville at Minnesota, noonOakland at L.A. Rams, 3Cincinnati at Dallas, 6Tampa Bay at Tennessee, 7San Francisco at Houston, 7Seattle at L.A. Chargers, 9

MONDAY’S SCHEDULEBaltimore at Indianapolis, 7

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we’ll take the defensive coaches andhear where they thought he’s at.”

Defensive coordinator Vic Fangio hasproven to be creative with not just hisschemes but his personnel groupings.He has a tendency to keep two insidelinebackers on the field in the nickelpackage, replacing a defensive linemanwith a slot cornerback. So it’s conceivablethat Smith could debut in that role withKwiatkoski playing in the base schemefor a little while. It’s fun, speculativematerial for the next 31⁄2 weeks whilelast year’s Butkus Award winner worksovertime playing catch-up.

“It’s just going to take time,” Nagysaid. “When we get to the beginning ofthe season, we’re going to have todecide, No. 1, did he earn it? And No. 2,can he do it? And No. 3, is it the bestthing for us?

“Every rookie is a little bit different.Just knowing who Roquan is and theway he handles his business — you guysall know — you know who he is and howhe works. And so he knows it’s going tobe a challenge. We’re right at that line, inmy opinion. So we’ll test it out, and we’llsee here in the next couple days, weekswhere he’s at.”

If Smith isn’t at least in theconversation for defensive rookie of theyear — Browns cornerback Denzel Wardand Broncos defensive end BradleyChubb were the only defensive playersdrafted ahead of him — it will have beena disappointing season. With thoseexpectations, it’s a good thing the Bearsmet the deadline — real or imaginary.

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Smith’s range was evident, as it was inthe spring before his contract stalematekept him away. He called plays in thehuddle, which seems like a logical task.The more he’s asked to do, the quickerhe is likely to pick things up.

Smith should be prepared to callplays on a regular basis. Insidelinebacker Danny Trevathan, whom theBroncos allowed to leave via free agencyafter their Super Bowl 50 win in partbecause of his knee issues, has missed 11games in his two seasons with the Bears.

Smith flew to Chicago late Mondayand signed his contract Tuesday morning.If negotiations between the Bears andSmith had dragged on any longer, hewould have missed this week and notarrived until next week at the earliest.That would have made getting himready for the Packers rather difficult.

It remains to be seen if Smith will seeaction Saturday night at BroncosStadium at Mile High. Smith deferred tothe Bears coaches, and coach Matt Nagysaid Wednesday a decision had not beenmade. Whether Smith gets any snaps inDenver really doesn’t matter in the bigpicture. He’s likely to get ample timeagainst the Chiefs on Aug. 25 at SoldierField before Nagy and general managerRyan Pace hide nearly every player whois expected to contribute this season forthe Aug. 30 exhibition finale against theBills, also at Soldier Field.

So we’re looking at the possibility ofseeing two quarters of Smith doing whathe does best — tackling — against theChiefs as a warmup for the start of theseason. That’s not a large sample, but it’sthe Bears’ reality.

This isn’t a Smith versus NickKwiatkoski competition for the jobalongside Trevathan. Kwiatkoski has puttogether a nice summer but, at most,that’s a tiny part of the equation. It’sSmith versus Smith for playing timeagainst the Packers and the followingweeks. His playing time will be a directreflection of his readiness andcomprehension.

“We’ll watch the tape and see how hedid (Wednesday),” Nagy said. “No. 1,mentally, did he do the right stuff? Andthen we’ll talk to him, ‘How did youfeel?’ And we’ll see if we can sprinkle inpossibly the same, maybe a little bitmore (Thursday). But he needs to behonest with us on how he was, and then

Rookie Smith‘felt great’ infirst practicein full padsBiggs, from Page 1

Bears’ first-round draft pick Roquan Smith fit right in when he participated in

practice at the Walter Payton Center after signing his contract earlier in the day.

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In the first workout since Maryland publiclyaccepted responsibility for mistakes that contrib-uted to the death of offensive lineman JordanMcNair, two tents were in place Wednesday atthe practice field to provide shade. Underneaththe awnings are several fans, along with liquidsand ice. Practices have been shortened to lessthan two hours, with time for breaks.

GOLF: Jesus Montenegro of Argentina, the998th-ranked amateur in the world, toppledtop-ranked Braden Thornberry of Olive Branch,Miss., 2 and 1 in the U.S. Amateur at Pebble Beachas the world’s top three amateurs lost in theround of 64. Jason Suh of San Jose, the No.2-ranked amateur and an All-American this yearas a junior at USC, fell 1 up to Harrison Ott ofBrookfield, Wis., a sophomore at Vanderbilt.John Augenstein of Owensboro, Ky., also asophomore at Vanderbilt, beat No. 3-rankedCollin Morikawa of La Canada-Flintridge, Calif.,a senior at Cal, in 19 holes.

NFL: Seahawks first-round pick Rashaad Pennyhad surgery to repair a broken finger. Penny isn’texpected to miss more than a couple of weeks.The running back out of San Diego State wasinjured during pass-blocking drills Monday. ... Falcons K Matt Bryant, who missed last week’sexhibition opener with an undisclosed injury,may return this week. Bryant, 43, kicked about15 times but was limited in Wednesday’s practice.... The Jets placed backup T Ben Ijalana oninjured reserve and signed OL Gino Gradkowski.

TENNIS: Novak Djokovic overcame an upsetstomach and a sluggish first set to defeat AdrianMannarino 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 before heavy rain haltedafternoon matches at the Western & SouthernOpen in Mason, Ohio. In the women’s bracket,defending U.S. Open champion Sloane Stephensovercame a thumb injury during a 6-3, 6-2 victoryover qualifier Tatjana Maria. Defending tourna-ment champion Garbine Muguruza lost to LesiaTsurenko 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 after a critical double fault.

ALSO: The Ducks re-signed RW Ondrej Kase toa three-year, $7.8 million contract. Kase, 22,scored 20 goals last season and had 18 assists withfive game-winning goals. ... Atletico Madridscored twice in extra time to defeat Real Madrid4-2 in the UEFA Super Cup final in Tallinn,Estonia, in its rival’s first game without CristianoRonaldo. ... Johnny Manziel was placed under theCanadian Football League’s concussion protocol.The Montreal Alouettes QB missed practicesTuesday and Wednesday after he took a hard hitSaturday against Ottawa. ... Police said anincoming freshman scheduled to compete intrack and field for Penn State was found shot todeath at his north Philadelphia home. Police saidKristian Marche, 18, was found with a gunshotwound to the head Monday night and diedTuesday.

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MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER

EASTERN W L T PT GF GA

Atlanta 14 4 6 48 50 28N.Y. Red Bulls 15 6 2 47 45 23N.Y. City FC 14 5 5 47 48 31Columbus 11 7 6 39 31 29Philadelphia 9 11 3 30 32 39Montreal 9 13 3 30 31 41New England 7 8 8 29 38 38D.C. United 7 9 6 27 42 40Orlando City 7 14 2 23 35 54Toronto FC 6 12 5 26 39 44Chicago 6 14 5 23 35 49

WESTERN W L T PT GF GA

FC Dallas 12 4 6 42 36 28Kansas City 11 6 6 39 42 30LA Galaxy 10 8 7 37 48 42Portland 10 6 7 37 36 35Los Angeles FC 10 7 6 36 45 39Real Salt Lake 10 9 5 35 34 41Vancouver 9 9 6 33 38 47Minnesota 9 13 2 29 38 48Seattle 8 9 5 29 24 25Houston 7 10 6 27 39 34Colorado 6 12 6 23 29 38San Jose 3 13 7 17 35 45Three points for win, one point for tie.WEDNESDAY’S RESULTSToronto FC 5, Vancouver 2 (Canada Final)D.C. United 4, Portland 1Real Salt Lake at Los Angeles FC, lateSATURDAY’S SCHEDULEFire at Montreal, 6:30LA Galaxy at Seattle, 3N.Y. Red Bulls at Vancouver, 6N.Y. City FC at Philadelphia, 6Minnesota at FC Dallas, 7Portland at Kansas City, 7:30Real Salt Lake at Houston, 8Toronto FC at San Jose, 9

NATIONAL WOMEN’S SOCCER

CLUB W L T PT GF GA

North Carolina 15 1 5 50 44 16Seattle 10 4 6 37 23 15Portland 9 6 5 32 32 24Orlando 8 7 6 30 29 30RED STARS 7 4 8 30 27 23Utah 7 7 7 28 17 20Houston 7 8 5 26 25 31Washington 2 14 4 10 11 28Sky Blue FC 0 14 4 4 15 36

WEDNESDAY’S RESULTRed Stars 0, Seattle 0

ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE

SATURDAY’S SCHEDULECardiff vs. Newcastle, 6:30 a.m.Tottenham vs. Fulham, 9 a.m.West Ham vs. Bournemouth, 9 a.m.Everton vs. Southampton, 9 a.m.Leicester vs. Wolverhampton, 9 a.m.Chelsea vs. Arsenal, 11:30 a.m.

SOCCER

SEASON LEADERSSCORING G FG FT PTS AVG

Cambage, DAL 30 259 155 683 22.8Stewart, SEA 32 258 136 705 22.0Delle Donne, WAS 26 197 109 547 21.0Taurasi, PHO 31 191 159 639 20.6Griner, PHO 32 248 158 655 20.5Wilson, LVA 30 214 180 608 20.3Charles, NYL 31 251 90 623 20.1McBride, LVA 28 183 116 524 18.7Moore, MIN 32 211 99 584 18.2Diggins-Smith, DAL 30 176 145 545 18.2Parker, LAS 29 186 112 522 18.0Hayes, ATL 29 166 129 502 17.3Fowles, MIN 32 215 121 551 17.2Bonner, PHO 32 194 105 544 17.0McCoughtry, ATL 29 170 117 478 16.5Loyd, SEA 32 177 96 513 16.0Quigley, CHI 30 176 54 476 15.9Ogwumike, LAS 26 165 69 408 15.7Gray, LAS 32 185 78 483 15.1Ogwumike, CON 31 176 94 447 14.4Toliver, WAS 30 132 82 411 13.7DeShields, CHI 32 145 111 438 13.7Dupree, IND 29 172 51 395 13.6Howard, SEA 32 170 75 432 13.5Mitchell, IND 31 132 73 403 13.0Williams, CON 28 160 15 353 12.6Thomas, CON 32 149 61 401 12.5Vandersloot, CHI 28 126 51 346 12.4Atkins, WAS 28 117 42 320 11.4Jones, CON 32 134 47 358 11.2Augustus, MIN 31 146 22 335 10.8Sanders, WAS 25 108 45 261 10.4Montgomery, ATL 32 99 56 325 10.2Bird, SEA 30 110 24 301 10.0Young, LVA 30 116 64 299 10.0Dolson, CHI 25 100 28 245 9.8Achonwa, IND 31 121 61 303 9.8

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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. – The Bears’ practice with theBroncos on Wednesday was a refreshing change foreveryone, especially coach Matt Nagy. After watchingquarterback Mitch Trubisky practice against Vic Fangio’sdefense for the last month, Nagy was keen on measuring hisoffense against a Broncos defense that ranked third in theNFL in total yards last season.

“You just go through, day by day, a lot of the samecoverages with our defense,” Nagy explained. “Now you getsomething totally different on how maybe they play aspecific formation.”

That curiosity compelled Nagy to spend most of practiceoverseeing the offense. Meanwhile, the defense matched upagainst Broncos quarterback Case Keenum on the adjacentfield. The sessions occurred simultaneously, which made foran efficient morning but was difficult for media to fully absorb.

Here are three observations from the padded practice.Keep in mind these are snapshots of a training session inwhich players are testing new techniques and approaches.They deserve analytical leeway in thepursuit of improvement.

1. Roquan Smith ran fine in his first padded practiceas an NFL player. He sprinkled in with the reserves duringteam drills and usually called the play in the huddle. Therewere a couple of plays on which Smith ranged from themiddle to near the sideline, something we got accustomedto seeing in spring practices.

Beyond that, it’s impossible for us to know for surewhether Smith was sound in his assignments. He was askedafter practice how often he found himself in the right spotand wrong spot.

“I remember a lot of the defense,” he said. “I had mytablet when I was back in Georgia, so I was watching a lot offilm and stuff like that. It’s not like it’s my first time seeingsome of the defensive calls.”

OK, so that didn’t exactly answer the question. On oneplay in team drills, Smith and safety Deon Bush ran to theflat to cover the same tight end..

On several plays in team drills and seven-on-seven,Smith’s ability to change directions was challenged bymultiple crossing routes in front of him. For example, a tightend would cross his face going one way, then a running backwould cross his face the other way. Smith was agile enough,and he’ll play faster and recognize things better as he buildsexperience. He’s behind in that regard.

After one stint on the field, Smith returned to the sidelineand sought out inside linebackers coach Glenn Pires. Theychatted for a couple of minutes, then Smith talked withveteran Jonathan Anderson.

Said Smith: “You can ask them: ‘This play, did you seeanything?’ Different things like that because we always arelooking at each other and seeing what we can do to helpeach other.”

We’ll have to follow up with Nagy on Thursday for hisassessment of Smith’s first practice. Because he was lockedin on the offense for most of the morning, he didn’t get agood look at Smith.

“We’ll go back tonight, we’ll watch the tape and see howhe did … mentally,” Nagy said. “Did he do the right stuff?And then we’ll talk to him — ‘How did you feel?’ — and seehow that went.

“And then we’ll see if we can maybe sprinkle in possiblythe same, maybe a little bit more (Thursday). But he needsto be honest with us on how he was, and then we’ll take thedefensive coaches and hear where they thought he’s at, allthings considered.”

Tackling is Smith’s specialty. Until he’s in a live-tacklingsituation, it won’t be easy to fully gauge his readiness. If he’stackling the ball carrier within 2 yards of the line ofscrimmage, it’s a good indication he’s reading his keys well,his instincts are clicking and he has the closing burst he wasknown for at Georgia.

2. Mitch Trubisky’s accuracy and timing fluctuated,as they have throughout the preseason. In the positivecolumn was a short completion to tight end Trey Burton onwhich Trubisky was in rhythm. He hit the top of his drop,planted his back foot and got the ball out as precisely as theWest Coast offense requires.

In that same series, center Cody Whitehair’s shotgunsnap was high and to Trubisky’s right. But Trubiskyreached up with his right hand, caught it one-handed, thenreset to throw to his left. He completed the short throw toAllen Robinson.

Later in team drills, Trubisky hit Burton at the rightsideline for about 15 yards. The throw required greataccuracy at the boundary, and Trubisky put it on Burtonperfectly in stride.

There were instances, though, in which the ball got awayfrom Trubisky. For example, a short out route to AnthonyMiller that Trubisky threw low and away.

He tried to hit Kevin White from one hashmark to theother side of the field on a comeback route, but the throwwas well beyond White’s reach. One throw toward thesideline ended up well out of bounds.

Nagy said Trubisky “had a good day.” He especially likedTrubisky’s performance in seven-on-seven drills (nooffensive line traffic) and sensed more room for improve-ment in 11-on-11.

“The anticipation part is where, in his stage with wherehe’s at right now, being able to do what we call ‘card throws’— throw the ball on time, throw it early and trust it — we’retrying to practice that right now,” Nagy said.

3. Jonathan Bullard is holding on to his first-stringright defensive end spot. Smith’s debut drew my eyes tothe defense’s field more than the offense’s, and Bullardflashed.

The third-year pro batted down a pass at the line ofscrimmage in team drills. In one-on-one pass-rush drills,Bullard got off the ball before Broncos first-string guardRon Leary could set, and he got both hands into Leary’schest for a successful bull rush. Leary had no answer. Onanother rep against Leary, Bullard won a hand fight and goton the edge of the block.

Because Akiem Hicks and Eddie Goldman are the twointerior linemen in the Bears’ nickel group, Bullard has tomaximize the chances he gets to rush the passer. He had asack against the Ravens in the Hall of Fame Game on whichhe slapped past their second-string right guard and thenbeat the running back who tried to chip him.

“He’s taken his little quick twitch, his get-off, and appliedit to his game,” defensive line coach Jay Rodgers saidrecently. “He’s one of the smartest guys in the room.”

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Tests forSmith,TrubiskyBy Rich Campbell | Chicago Tribune

Bears first-round draft pick, linebacker Roquan

Smith took part in his first padded practice as an

NFL player Wednesday.

DAVID ZALUBOWSKI/AP PHOTOS

Bears quarterback Mitch Trubisky showed flashes

during Wednesday’s practice but also struggled at

times with accuracy and timing.

Bears third-year defensive end Jonathan Bullard

opened some eyes during Wednesday’s joint

practice with the Broncos.


SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Tony Jones Jr. took a pitch fromquarterback Brandon Wimbush during a drill Saturday atNotre Dame Stadium.

“Looks good, Tony,” coach Brian Kelly said as Jones ranpast him. “Looks good.”

Notre Dame entered camp with questions at runningback. Jones is looking to be the answer.

“I’m really excited to show the world what I should haveshowed them parts of last year,” said Jones, a redshirtsophomore who dealt with a high anklesprain throughout last season.

Running back was a team strength in2017, but leading rusher Josh Adams(1,430 yards, nine touchdowns) decidedto turn pro after his junior season, andthe school confirmed in January thatDeon McIntosh (368 yards, five touch-downs) and C.J. Holmes (32 yards) wereno longer members of the team.

Despite the losses, offensive coor-dinator Chip Long said the Irish havemore depth at the position this season.

“It’s still a work in progress, still trying to figure out whatthey can do and do well and how we’re going to utilize all ofthem,” Long said Wednesday.

The 5-foot-11, 220-pound Jones, who rushed for 232 yards and three touchdowns, is among the moreexperienced backs.

“We want a solid guy to go to and that we can count on inall situations,” Kelly said. “Pressure situations, shortyardage, catching the ball out of the backfield — we need aguy that we can really hang our hat on in tough times, andhe’s going to be that guy.

“And then he gets supported with a number of other skillplayers like (Jafar) Armstrong and Avery (Davis). Obviously,Dexter (Williams) will continue to work and see how thatplays out.”

Reports surfaced before camp that Williams (360 yards,four touchdowns) could miss some games for disciplinaryreasons. When asked at the start of camp about the senior’sstatus for the opener, Kelly said, “We’ll see who ends upplaying against Michigan, but he’s on our football team andI’m really proud of what he’s accomplished this summer.”

The 6-1, 218-pound Armstrong has been a breakout playerin camp. The redshirt freshman is a converted wide receiver.

“Jafar is the closest thing that I’ve had to Theo Riddicksince I’ve been here,” Kelly said. “Tenacious. Can go all day.Runs physical inside and has the skills to catch the ballcoming out of the backfield. I’m not ready to put him in that(Riddick) category, but I’m just comparing him (to) the kindof player that he is.

“We haven’t had that guy that can bang it up inside withthat physicality. C.J. (Prosise) was nice, but he’s not Jafar.C.J. had great speed. This kid is going to be really good.”

Davis, a converted quarterback, has also had highlights.“For him, the transition was easier because most of it is,

you have to want to,” running backs coach Autry Densonsaid. “That kid wants to play football and wants to be atNotre Dame. When we asked him to look at some otherthings, he embraced it.”

Freshmen Jahmir Smith and C’Bo Flemister could alsobe factors. Denson is excited to see how things develop.

“Going into it, the strategy will be the same: We want toget a lot of guys going,” Denson said. “And over the course ofthe season, the guys dictate how much or when we putthem in or pull them back.”

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RB group deep,inexperiencedRedshirt sophomore Jones hoping tostep in for Adams, who left for NFL

By LaMond Pope | Chicago Tribune

Jones

With the new NCAA redshirt rule allowing players tocompete in up to four games without losing a season ofeligibility, more first-year players than ever will be seeingthe field in 2018.

Redshirting was likely never in the cards, however, forthis quintet of potential early difference makers, all ofwhom were five-star prospects and top-25 national recruits.

JT Daniels, USC QB, and Amon-Ra St. Brown, USC WRWhile the other two consensus five-star quarterbacks inthe Class of 2018 — Clemson’s Trevor Lawrence andGeorgia’s Justin Fields — are stuck behind returningstarters, at least to begin the season, Daniels has no suchhindrance. The two players he’s competing with to succeedSam Darnold have thrown a total of nine college passes, andDaniels reportedly was sensational in the Trojans’ firstscrimmage Saturday. Three of his four touchdown passeswent to St. Brown, who happens to be Daniels’ former highschool teammate at Orange County powerhouse Mater Dei.Powerfully built at 6-foot-1, 195 pounds, St. Brown is theyounger brother of former Notre Dame wideoutEquanimeous St. Brown.

Lorenzo Lingard, Miami RBThe Hurricanes return junior Travis Homer, a second-teamAll-ACC selection after gaining 1,185 yards from scrimmagelast season, but a steady buzz has surrounded Lingard sincehe enrolled early and went through spring practice.Described by offensive coordinator Thomas Brown as “aslasher, a one-cut downhill-type guy who can make youmiss without a lot of wiggling,” the 6-foot, 202-poundLingard was also a Florida state champion in the 110-meterhurdles.

Micah Parsons, Penn State LBAnother early enrollee, Parsons played defensive end inhigh school, began spring practice at middle linebacker andhas been working mostly at outside linebacker in fall camp.Wherever he is on the field, defenses will have to accountfor the athletic 6-3, 237-pounder, who racked up more than40 sacks in high school while also starring at running back.

Patrick Surtain Jr., Alabama CBThe son of three-time Dolphins Pro Bowl cornerbackPatrick Surtain spurned LSU on signing day for the rivalCrimson Tide, and his timing couldn’t be better. Alabamalost its entire starting secondary from last season’s nationalchamps, and while there’s no shortage of blue-chip talent tocompete with in Tuscaloosa, it will be hard to keep Surtainoff the field. At 6-2, 202 pounds, he has the size andversatility to play corner, nickel or safety, much likedeparted Thorpe Award winner Minkah Fitzpatrick.

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HOUSTON — The mostterrifying pitcher ever tohave called the Astrodomehome slowly pushes him-self up from a couch andlumbers, at 68 years old,into a small room over-crowded with 100 of Hous-ton’s homeless and needi-est people.

The Houston Chroniclereports they have come offthe searing-hot pavementto Lord of the Streets, anEpiscopal Church andclinic on Fannin Street, forthe free lunch, but firstthey must fill rows offoldout chairs and listen touplifting testimonials fromothers like them. Many inthe audience do not knowthere is a guest speakeruntil 6-foot-8 J.R. Richardwades through the aisletoward the pulpit.

“I don’t have no psychol-ogy degree,” he says duringa private aside, “but some-times it don’t take that.”

Career cut shortThirty-eight summers

ago, after the burly right-hander had spent a decadewith the Astros striking out1,493 batters and dominat-ing baseball with an effec-tively wild 100 mph fast-ball, Richard collapsedfrom an on-field stroke. Itended his career and de-railed his life.

His millions of dollarsearned dwindled by 1994.He was dispossessed andoccasionally resigned tosleeping under the High-way 59 overpass on Beech-nut Street.

Richard recoveredthanks to friends shelteringhim, a Major League Base-ball pension of $100,000that kicked in at 45, astretch doing ministry anda third marriage.

Usually, his hours read-ing Scripture at his homenear Hobby Airport or daysfishing Galveston Bay makefor a content retirement.But with a presence thatstill commands attention inHouston, Richard is inter-ested in establishing a newplatform to share his wis-dom.

On a recent Tuesday,Lord of the Streets provideshim a fruitful opportunity.An ex-convict namedTeddy introduces Richard.

“I was homeless,” Rich-ard says into a microphone.

A native of rural centralLouisiana, he projects ascratchy jazz singer’s voice.The mic looks like a tiny icecream cone in his giantright hand, which couldhold eight baseballs at oncein his heyday.

Richard’s eyes, whichused to stare so threat-eningly at batters theypractically guaranteed astrikeout before any pitchwas thrown, are warm andinviting between crow’sfeet and behind oval lenses.

A long skid of failedinvestments, jobs and re-lationships had drainedRichard of his baseball for-tune. Reckless dietary hab-its and depression had ex-acerbated his destitution.

He has seen the worldthe same way his audiencehas — full of backstabbersand stingy on secondchances — only to discoverthe consequences of self-pity.

“At a certain point, I hadto stop blaming other peo-ple,” he says. “If you want tosit there and lie in yourfeces, God will sit with hishands crossed.”

Common groundRichard connects with

the room quickly. He se-cures eye contact with theback row and incites laugh-ter from wall to wall.

“A bunch of winos can siton the street and drinkwine together,” he says,“and ain’t nobody mad atnobody. You know whatI’m saying?”

He elicits mumbled affir-mations of “mhmm,”“amen,” “yessuh” and “youright” that grow louder andclearer as his testimonialglides into the rhythm of asermon.

“I want you to love oneanother,” he says. “Love iscontagious.”

People who often arereluctant to trust, to listen,to heed advice becausethey have failed while soci-ety has moved on withoutthem now are nodding,parroting and yearning formore from Richard. Theirperipatetic instincts pause.

Lunchboxes idle in thekitchen. The sheltercrowd-turned-congrega-tion is feeding off thelessons being presentedfrom a refreshing voice.

“What I’m telling youright now is something thatI had to learn,” Richardsays.

The temperature in theroom rises as the crowd ofpeople stands for a finalprayer.

Moments after Richard’stalk commences, a teenagevolunteer, wearing sanitarygloves and an apron, faintsfrom the heat and blocksthe exit. Half the room doesnot notice the young manlying on the ground whilehis pupils dilate and hisface turns ashen. There isno exodus for lunch be-cause a cluster is waitingfor hugs and photos withRichard.

The volunteer recovers,and staff clear the way intime for Richard to lumber

a bit more quickly, this timetoward the door to a backparking lot. He says he hasto rush to a meeting.

Less than 30 minuteshave passed since Richardtook over from Teddy, andthe show is over.

“To know that he almostdied from that stroke andsee him here telling hisstory, that’s encouraging,”says Samuel Williams, ahomeless Army veteranwith a big smile who wasthe loudest supporter inthe back row.

Resonatingmessage

Williams, 62, watchedRichard in his prime on TV.

“When he threw thatball, the sound it wouldmake when it hit thatcatcher’s glove,” Williamssays, balling a fist andpatting it into his otherpalm. “Like a gunshot.”

Williams says he servedin Germany, that he is

disabled and he startedsleeping on the streets afterhis wife died in 2015. Hestruggles with staying fo-cused.

“That’s why I miss mywife,” he says. “She was onme.”

Richard’s message reso-nates with him.

“We’re good at com-plaining and blaming otherpeople,” Williams says. “Iknow ain’t nobody got mein the situation but me.Ain’t nobody going to getme out of this situation butme and God. I needed tohear that.”

Like Williams, peopletend to react glowinglywhen they see Richard. Hischarm, humor, spiritualityand lovable vibe turnstrangers into fans and fansinto kids at the ballpark.

It is more difficult togauge how long Richard’senergy lingers when he isgone.

The Rev. Steve Capper,executive director for Lord

of the Streets, expectedRichard to be a hit. He hadwatched Richard inspire aluncheon at the JuniorLeague of Houston, wherea woman Richard had notmet before approachedhim, clutched his forearmsand, through tears and red-dened cheeks, poured outher problems.

Leaning in a doorwayseparating the line of hun-gry people from the smalldining room, Cappermakes a confession.

“We would like to workwith (Richard) more,” hesays with a shrug.

Difficult to workwith

Richard has a wobblyhistory with collaborations.

It is outlined in newsreports dating back dec-ades and in “Still ThrowingHeat,” Richard’s 2015memoir that he wrote to-

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After abrupt end to baseball life,heartache kept finding Richard By Hunter AtkinsHouston Chronicle

J.R. Richard struck out nearly 1,500 batters while pitching for the Astros during the 1970s and was arguably the majors’ most feared pitcher at that time.

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“At a certain point, I had to stopblaming other people.”— J.R. Richard


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gether with Lew Freed-man.

There were the jobs hecould not keep after base-ball (selling mobile homes,dealing used cars, being onthe board of a tire com-pany), the ruinous busi-nesses that Richard saidtook advantage of him (amismanaged barbecuerestaurant, $300,000 lost ina bogus California oil ven-ture), the payments heowed but could not cover (aBraeswood home, a pickuptruck, 1997 taxes) and thenonprofits he neglected (hemissed three appointmentsin less than a week of workwith an anti-drug cam-paign, and he discovered akids foundation made in hisname was a scam).

In 1987, Richard told theLos Angeles Times he was“getting my retirement to-gether” in order to “live to bea nice, comfortable old man.”

Richard divulges in hisbook that around that sametime he “bought a numberof Arabian stallions, 10 or 12of them, and they were keptin Arizona. When I went tocheck on them, I couldn’tfind them.”

He fractured relation-ships with former mem-bers of his inner circle. Hesaid a $669,000 divorcesettlement with his secondwife was the tipping pointof his financial downfall.

After benefiting from hislongtime agent Tom Reich(also the lawyer who nego-tiated Richard’s out-of-court settlement for, ac-cording to Richard, $1.5million in a malpracticelawsuit against the Astrosover the pitcher’s stroke)and early 2000s repre-sentative Graden E. Taylor(who drove Richardaround and handled hispayments), the parties cutties because the agents con-sidered their client unreli-able and Richard de-nounced them for turningtheir backs on him.

Since 1995, Doyle Jen-nings, who owned an as-phalt company, has re-ceived credit publicly forgiving Richard his first job

after he was homeless.Richard recently upendedthat narrative when he saidJennings “shafted” him bynot paying him a 10 percentcut for bringing in newclients.

Richard’s malpracticelawsuit for how the Astrosmishandled him after hisstroke kept up a divide withthe organization until themid-1990s. Richard’s for-mer teammates Bob Wat-son and Jimmy Wynnworked for the club andintervened in Richard’shomelessness, but theycould not secure him cozyopportunities as an ambas-sador for the franchise afterRichard did not show upfor appointments.

Strengtheningbonds

Richard repaired hisbond with the Astrosthrough FanFest 2004 andsince strengthened it as aregular at alumni and auto-graph appearances. Richardhas the privilege of attend-ing whichever games hewants and watching fromthe members-only, pre-mium-seating InsperityClub. Both he and theAstros described their rela-tionship as good.

But even a healthy ar-rangement does not deterRichard from being real.Candor is another part ofhis undeniable appeal.

“It’s never been a badfeeling on my part about theAstros,” Richard says, daysafter the Lord of the Streetsevent. “I forgave them along time ago.”

With his wife, Lula, 65,sitting beside him in thelobby of a hotel near HobbyAirport, Richard goes overthe complex dynamics ofhis past and lays out hishopes for the future.

“God said love everybody,which is not easy becausesome people are tough,” hesays with a hearty chuckle.“I forgive, but I haven’tforgotten.”

Casting shadeDespite preaching about

the futility of blaming oth-

ers, Richard still castsshade over team ownershipfrom 1980, Reich and Tay-lor, Jennings, Watson andWynn, and the currentAstros.

Frequently he says, “Butlife goes on,” to concludehis criticism.

He is a bit bitter, but he isnot resentful. He wishes hehad been more on top of hisbusiness dealings, but hewould be grateful if moreorganizations involvedhim.

Richard says he asked acurrent Astros executive ifthere is a job that could usehim for more than hisautograph. He wants towork with players or lever-age the team brand to docommunity outreach.

“And he said they’re ‘nothiring right now,’ so I justlet that go,” Richard says.

Retiring No. 50But Richard has not giv-

en up making the case thatthe Astros should retire hisNo. 50.

His key statistics arecomparable to or betterthan those of the five pitch-ers with their Astros uni-forms retired. He wonmore games for Houstonthan Nolan Ryan andposted a lower ERA thanMike Scott. And Richardhas the cachet of a promis-ing career cut short.

Under Jim Crane’s own-ership, the Astros have notretired a number and, ac-cording to Anita Sehgal, thesenior vice president ofmarketing and communi-cations, they are not cur-rently considering any.

The club inducted Rich-ard into the Walk of Fameon Texas Avenue as part ofa 50th-anniversary cele-bration in 2012, but hewants his presence insideMinute Maid Park to re-flect his stature outside it.

He felt more recognizedin the vacated Astrodome.For the fun of it, he joinedabout 25,000 fans there inApril for the “Domecom-ing” party. Wearing a mod-ern Astros hat and anAstrodome shirt, he sa-vored what might be hislast look around the place.

Richard does not citestatistics or the malpracticewhen he explains why re-tiring his No. 50 is impor-tant to him.

“If you love somebody,your actions should showthat,” he says.

His large fingers anx-iously fiddle with the topbutton of his white short-sleeved collared shirt.

“Even though we givepeople our number, theyjust happen not to call,”Richard says.

He includes Lord of theStreets in that category.

“It’s good,” Richard says,“but it’s just beginning.”

This is a theme in hispursuits. Both sides want towork together, but neithercarries out a long-termplan. Richard usually getshurt or drifts away, embit-tered just enough to keepfrom feeling numb to an-other squandered opportu-nity.

Good healthRichard says that aside

from monitoring his weightand high blood pressure, heis in good health. Damagefrom the stroke perma-nently weakened his leftside, sapped his staminaand occasionally slurredhis speech, but the mostlasting harm might havebeen to his handle on life.

He was the most power-ful thrower on Earth. Hehad not planned to thriveany other way. He wasunprepared for failure.

“I did not become home-less because I had a stroke,”

Richard wrote in his book,“but everything that fol-lowed from it led me tobeing homeless.”

He rarely embraced thehelp he needed out ofstubbornness, sadness and,in some cases, the sensethat he was not wanted. Healso felt betrayed.

“I know people that said,‘Whenever you get throughplaying ball, call me. I’ll findsomething for you to do,’ ”Richard says. “You callthem, and they went out tolunch. And they stay out tolunch. They’re still out tolunch. They ain’t nevercome back.

“Even though you treateverybody nice or you sayyou got a friend, that don’tmean you’re their bestfriend. People will screwyou, man, and walk awayproudly, like everything isOK. I guess it is, so long asthey’re doing the screwing.But life goes on.”

Lula nods. The MLBpension may have savedRichard, but Lula has kepthim moving.

They met throughchurch, went out on a dateafter Richard wrote hisphone number in her Bibleand have been marriedsince 2010.

Lula retired last yearafter two careers, one spentat a bank and the otherrunning a school bus serv-ice. Only after getting toknow Richard did she re-member seeing him on asmall TV at the bank whenhe started the 1980 All-StarGame for the NationalLeague.

She acts as Richard’sassistant. She takes hiscalls, maintains his sched-ule. She is what Richardneeds to keep focused andwhat Williams lost to windup homeless.

“She helped with a lot ofstability, in every way,”Richard says. “Trust was abig deal for me because Ihad been hurt a wholebunch of times.”

AspirationThere is more aspiration

than certainty surroundingRichard.

The only obligation on hisschedule, according to Lula,is a speaking engagement inthe fall. Even Lula discussesThe Diamond League, afaith-based baseball pro-gram that lists her as thedirector and that Richardenvisioned, but does nothave a plan for development.

Just when Richard seemsincomplete, in search of apurpose or a validation or areminder of what it felt liketo be the most feared andcheered man all at once,there is a sign that the worldneeds more of him.

“I’m sorry to interrupt,”says a stranger, who cannotwait any longer to introducehimself.

“I grew up watching you. Iwas in Astros Buddies.”

Richard invites PhilipTopek, 56, a civil engineerwaiting in the lobby for abusiness meeting that he isglad is running late, to sitdown.

“Growing up,” Topek says,“it was like, ‘He had a stroke?What?’ ”

“I couldn’t believe it ei-ther,” Richard quips.

Richard says very littleelse, and Topek starts open-ing up: He used to sneakinto the Astrodome towatch Richard’s high heatleave razor burn under-neath the chins of batters;he tried pitching like Rich-ard as a walk-on reliever atthe University of Texas; hethrew away college baseballfor marijuana and coeds; henever made his fatherproud of anything he everdid; he got a divorce, has ahome in League City and istired of housing his adultdaughter.

Topek, in full transitionfrom stranger to fan to kid,stands up. He imitates Rich-ard’s intimidating stance onthe mound, with his shoul-ders back, chest out andhands together in the mitt.

“It’s like you were saying,‘Who’s next?’ ” Topek says.

“Let me ask you a ques-tion,” Richard interjects.“Are you a fisherman?”

Topek is red-faced andgrinning at the comfortableold man.

“When you want to go?”Topek says.

Richard, from Previous Page

Astros pitcher J.R. Richard receives congratulations from pitching coach Mel Wright during a ceremony in 1980. Richard’s career ended abruptly that season after he suffered a stroke.

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“God said love everybody, which is noteasy because some people are tough. I forgive, but I haven’t forgotten.”

— J.R. Richard

The British spy in question was notChristopher Steele, creator of the infa-mous Trump-Russia dossier. Rather, itwas James Bond, a fictional charactercreated during the 1950s by English nov-elist and former spy Ian Fleming.

According to the Star, film directorAntoine Fuqua was told by Bond producerBarbara Broccoli that “it is time” for ablack actor to star as 007, and that she iscertain “it will happen eventually.”

Thus, cue the excitement, the outrage,the arguments and the 280-charactertweetstorms about whether a black actorcan, or should, play Bond.

Even actor Idris Elba, the candidatemost often mentioned for the role,weighed in with a teasing tweet saying,“My name’s Elba, Idris Elba,” and thenwalked it back a bit with a follow-up:“Don’t believe the hype.”

As someone who was lucky enough towork on the 007 franchise, I can tell youthat none of this is new. As far back as

1994, according to Bond film historianJohn Cork, Entertainment Weekly pro-posed that the producers cast Eddie Mur-phy as Bond, to bring in new audiencesand revitalize the franchise. (And on thequestion of a female Bond — which seemsto be floated anew every year or so — thefirst time I heard it proposed was in 1986,from Kathleen Turner, who wanted toplay “Jane Bond.”)

That said, is it time for a black JamesBond?

Speaking for myself, and not the fran-chise, I say: Of course. Why not?

Is it really a stretch of anyone’s imagi-nation to think that, right now, in real life,there’s a handsome, suave and altogetherlethal black Brit walking around London,or some exotic den of international in-trigue, who’s carrying a Walther PPK andworks for MI6?

Wouldn’t it be more surprising — andperhaps worrisome — if there weren’t?

Arguing against this, traditionalists

counter that from the very first Bondnovel, “Casino Royale” in 1953, Flemingdescribed 007 as a white Englishman,with a Scottish father and a Swiss mother,who went to the ultra-tony Fettes board-ing school after having been kicked out ofthe even tonier Eton. To which I’d re-spond: Perhaps you guys haven’t noticed,

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In a development online that will surprise absolutely no one, an article in the

British tabloid the Daily Star last week about a British spy — based on a snippet

of repeated conversation, where no one seems to have contacted the primary

source for confirmation — has set off an international firestorm.

Judi Dench, seen here in 2012’s “Skyfall,”

started playing the head of MI6 in the

1995 release of “GoldenEye.”

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IT’S TIMEFOR A BLACKJAMES BOND

COMMENTARY

Idris Elba, the actor most often rumored for the role of James Bond, advises fans not to believe the hype.

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Country singer Chris Young came upthe modern way: He won Season Fourof the now-defunct TV singing competi-tion “Nashville Star,” and, after a haltingstart, has gone on to have 10 No. 1 hits inhis own right, including the title trackfrom his latest album, “Losing Sleep.”

Kelsea Ballerini got a record dealwhen she was a teenager, and the hits(“Peter Pan,” “Yeah Boy”) came rightaway. In a genre starved for femaleartists, she is one of the most reliablefemale hit-makers since Carrie Under-wood.

Both artists play in town this week-end (Young headlines RiverEdge Park inAurora on Friday, and Ballerini opensfor Keith Urban at the Hollywood Ca-sino Amphitheatre on Saturday), andboth are riding out a good year: Ballerinireleased her sophomore effort, “Un-apologetically,” in November, and shemarried fellow country singer MorganEvans in December, and Young is head-lining his first arena tour.

In separate phone interviews, Bal-

Kelsea Ballerini is a young star and reli-

able hit-maker on the Nashville charts.

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Rising starsof country-pop holdon to rootsBallerini, Young sharepleasures, lessons of fame

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These are the dog days of summer,but in Hollywood, the current infatua-tion with canine fare has made “petprojects” a year-round pursuit.

There have been a dozen canine-centric feature films released since thestart of last year, the most recent being“Dog Days,” an ensemble romanceabout Californians who bond over theirpooches that hit theaters last week. Itwill be followed on Friday by “Alpha,” aprehistoric adventure that depicts theorigins of the man-canine friendshipand does so with big-dog ambitions —the Ice Age epic will also be released inthe IMAX format.

Those join a pack of pooch moviesthat also includes “Show Dogs,” “Isle ofDogs,” “Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero,”“Patrick,” “Benji,” “A Dog’s Purpose,”“Megan Leavey,” “Santa Stole Our Dog,”“Life in the Doghouse” and “The Stray.”

It’s a wildly diverse group, from thecampy talking-pooch crime comedy of“Show Dogs” (with voice actorsShaquille O’Neal as Karma the toy span-iel and RuPaul as a Mexican hairlessnamed Persephone) to the harrowing,true-life battlefield drama of “Megan

Wes Anderson’s “Isle of Dogs” show-

cases canine-human friendship.

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Dear Amy: I recentlylearned that my teenagechild has befriended a teenwhose father is a convictedcriminal. The father islisted on the sex offenderdatabase for child pornog-raphy and offenses againstminors. He also servedtime for burglary.

I discovered this back-ground when my childreceived a package in themail with an out-of-statereturn address that I didn’trecognize and I searchedthe address.

Apparently, the friend isvisiting the father anddecided to mail my child asmall gift. The friend liveswith their mother locally. Ihave not met the friend orthe mother.

I have mixed feelingsabout this relationship.

Certainly, the actions ofthe father are not the faultof the child. I do not be-lieve my child is in imme-diate danger, because thefather lives in a differentstate. However, any con-nection to this familymakes me uncomfortable.

I was direct and truthfulwith my child about this. Iadvised caution, but as youknow, teenagers are notalways sensible. How doyou recommend I handlethis situation?

— Mama Bear

Dear Mama Bear: Youshould make every effort tomeet this friend and thefriend’s mother. I wonderabout the wisdom of send-ing a child to stay with aparent who has this sort ofcriminal record, so youshould try to determine ifwhat you have uncoveredis true. The teen might noteven be aware of some ofthe things you have uncov-ered about the father, sospeak with the mother.

Once you determine thefacts, be frank with yourteen, and especially frankabout any contact betweenyour teen and this father,online or otherwise. Ex-press an open attitudetoward the friendshipbetween the teens, becauseyou are right — none of thisis the child’s fault. Do notpush so hard that your teenis tempted to hide anythingor becomes defensiveabout the friendship.

Dear Amy: As part of achallenging career change,I’ve been volunteeringwith a tiny nonprofit thathas a great mission but,I’ve come to learn, is alsodysfunctional. It is now onlife support. I’ve stuckaround mostly because I’mlearning useful skills that Ican put on my resume or atleast deploy in ways thatmight benefit me.

I ultimately gave thisorganization severalmonths’ notice, with apromise to tackle whateverit needed me to, withinreason. Recently, I agreedto do one last project overthe last few months of mytenure — a project de-signed to take stock ofwhere we are and possiblysave us from having todisband. This is also aproject I could grow in.

I’ve been venting to mymother about my misad-ventures with the organi-zation (especially thefounder, who I’m con-vinced is its main prob-lem), and she thinks thegroup is so obviously donefor that I’m not doinganyone any favors by par-ticipating in the project,which of course is a sub-stantial time commitmentfor me. Mom thinks Ishould say to the founder,“This is over. All the evi-

dence says it’s over. I wantto follow through on mycommitment, but I thinkwe’re delaying the inevi-table. Do you want to justcall this whole thing off?”

Aside from job-searchand resume strategy, whatdo you think is the mostethical way forward?

— Diligent but Frustrated

Dear Diligent: If the pur-pose of your final project isto take stock and see if theorganization can be saved,then you should fulfill yourcommitment and honestlypresent your findings tothe founder (and theboard, if there is one).

It sounds as if yourmother is urging you topull the plug early to saveyou from the time commit-ment and frustration ofsinking with the ship, orfrom seeing your recom-mendations disregarded.

If you believe yourmother’s take is correct —that the ship will sink,regardless — then youshould be honest with yourassessment sooner ratherthan later. This would givethe organization an oppor-tunity to try to change andpossibly survive.

Dear Amy: Responding tothe question from “Con-cerned,” whose new ladylove had an erotic thing forriding tandem on motor-cycles — may I suggest heget a back massager forher? Might do the trick.

— Faithful Reader

Dear Faithful: Maybe heshould be the back mas-sager.

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but the films are not lockedin the amber of 1953.They’ve changed andadapted to reflect the times— Daniel Craig’s 007would be lost without hiscellphone.

For all the cultural criti-cism of Bond movies —they’re sexist, colonialist,imperialist, etc. — the filmshave also had their share ofprogressive moments,including the casting in1973 (“controversial” at thetime) of the black actressGloria Hendry as RogerMoore’s love interest in“Live and Let Die,” andintroducing Judi Dench —a woman! — as the head ofMI6 in the 1995 release of“GoldenEye.”

I realize that I haveopened the door here toinevitable questions in theage of vengeful social me-dia: Well, what about a gayBond? What about a trans-gender Bond? Can a

straight actor play a gayBond? Should a writer whois cisgender, straight andwhite be writing about anyof this? These cross-exami-nations have started to feellike reeducation-campinterrogations, wherein nomatter what you say, nomatter what you agree to,it’s never enough. Sorry,

but I decline to play.Would Elba make a

great Bond? Absolutely.He’s a terrific, charismaticactor. For that matter, whatabout Fuqua, an African-American, as the director?If the Bond producerswanted to break with thetradition of hiring onlyBritish passport holdersfor the position, the guybehind “Training Day”would be a great choice.

In the meantime, last Ichecked, Craig’s 007 is stillon the case, doing an excel-lent job of fending off theforces of evil hellbent onworld domination, andwon’t be retiring to open abed-and-breakfast anytime before late 2019.

Until then — dare I say it— there’s nothing to get allshaken and stirred upabout.

Feirstein, a screenwriterand journalist, has writtenthree James Bond films andfive 007 video games.

Why not shake (and stir) it up?Bond, from Page 1

As far back as 1994, Enter-

tainment Weekly proposed

that the producers cast

Eddie Murphy as Bond.

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Actor Liev Schreiber on Tuesday denied allegationsthat he attacked a local photographer while he was insuburban New York filming the popular Showtimeseries “Ray Donovan.”

The 50-year-old was hit with a harassment viola-tion after photographer Sherwood Martinelli claimedSchreiber damaged his camera when he tried to pho-tograph him June 7.

Schreiber appeared in a Nyack courthouse on Tues-day with his lawyer to ask a judge to dismiss thecharges.

The judge has set a Sept. 20 court date to decide onthe dismissal motion.

“I never touched him. I never touched his bodywith my body,” Schreiber told The Journal News as hewas walking toward his car outside the courthouse.He admitted being annoyed but wouldn’t elaborate. “Ihave nothing else to say,” he said.

Schreiber’s lawyer, Jonathan Ripps, said Schreiberis accused of pushing the camera away after its flashwent off. Ripps said the allegation “doesn’t rise to thelevel of any law being broken.”

Martinelli, who was at the hearing snapping pho-tos, shouted “liar” as the actor got into his car anddrove away.

— Associated Press

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Aerosmith’s Vegas resi-dency: Aerosmith is thelatest act to head to LasVegas to launch a resi-dency. The rock bandannounced Wednesdaythat “Aerosmith: Deucesare Wild” would kick offApril 6 at the Park Theater.Aerosmith announced 18shows for April, June andJuly. Tickets, priced from$75 to $750, go on sale Aug.24.

Pratt discusses Gunnfiring: Chris Pratt says“it’s not an easy time” as heand the rest of the “Guard-ians of the Galaxy” castlook to the future of the hitsuperhero franchise afterDisney fired writer-direc-tor James Gunn. “We alllove James and he’s a goodfriend of ours, but we alsoreally love playing theGuardians of the Galaxy,”Pratt told the AP. Gunnwas fired last month be-cause of old tweets thatrecently emerged where hejoked about subjects suchas pedophilia and rape. Hehas apologized for thetweets.

Boyz joining Bruno:Cardi B may have backedout of the Bruno Mars tour,but he’s found four otheracts to hit the road withhim. Mars announcedTuesday that Boyz II Men,Charlie Wilson, Ciara andElla Mai will performduring his upcoming fallconcerts on his 24K MagicWorld Tour. Boyz II Men,who released their debutalbum in 1991 and launchedmultiple R&B and pop hits,will help Mars kick off thenew shows Sept. 7 in Den-ver.

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“The Coming Storm” byMichael Lewis, narratedby Lewis, Audible, 2:27

The title of MichaelLewis’ latest work, “TheComing Storm,” a storyabout bureaucracy in thehands of the Trump admin-istration, is a metaphor forwhat may result from thispresidency’s control of theU.S. Department of Com-merce. Lewis, an engagingreader as well as writer,shows what’s at stake whenthe department is led byindifferent or self-inter-ested managers. Commercehas much more to do withdata gathering than busi-ness, and much of the datainvolves weather. “Withoutthat data, and the WeatherService that made sense ofit,” Lewis writes, “no planewould fly, no bridge wouldbe built, and no war wouldbe fought, at least not well.”

The story here followsthe pattern of Lewis’ re-porting in Vanity Fair aboutthe Trump administration’sbumbling takeovers of theU.S. Department of Energyand the U.S. Department ofAgriculture. Although theCommerce Departmentlacks the explosive poten-tial of the DOE, the predic-tion business and the de-structive force of storms,particularly tornadoes,means that bad decisionshere have lethal long-rangeconsequences. Secretary ofCommerce Wilbur Rosscomes across as unin-formed and uninterested —and a little dishonest. An-other proposed Trumpappointee, Barry Myers,CEO of Accuweather,seems motivated only bynaked self-interest at theexpense of taxpayers. Alto-gether, there’s a lot of detailto absorb here.

“There There” by TommyOrange, narrated byDarrell Dennis, ShaunTaylor-Corbett, AlmaCuervo and Kyla Garcia,Random House, 8 hours

Tommy Orange’s debutnovel, “There There,” pro-vides a glimpse into a worldthat rarely gets attention:urban Native Americans. Itdeserves an excellent groupof actors and experiencednarrators to render its story— and it gets one in thisproduction. “We know thesound of the freeway betterthan we do rivers, the howlof distant trains better thanwolf howls, we know thesmell of gas and freshly wetconcrete and burned rub-ber better than we do thesmell of cedar or sage,”Orange writes.

The setting is Oakland,Calif., and Orange spins thestories of a dozen peopleheading to a powwow. OrvilRed Feather (Shaun Taylor-Corbett) has to learn nativedancing in secret usingYouTube because the auntwho cares for him has kepthim and his two brothers“from doing anything Indi-an. … ‘Too many risks,’ she’dsaid.” His mother, JacquieRed Feather (AlmaCuervo), who’s only justquit drinking, is making herway back to the sons sheabandoned years earlier.Dene Oxendene (DarrellDennis) is filming Indiansin Oakland telling theirstories. Daniel Gonzales(Taylor-Corbett) figuresout how to use a printer tomake guns. In setting upthis tale, Orange deals withthe cliches about Indians,the ugly history, and theubiquity of Indian images.Fittingly, most of the narra-tors, like the author, areNative American.

“The Ruin” by DervlaMcTiernan, narrated byAoife McMahon, Black-stone, 10:25

If a single-voice narra-tion is going to go wrong, itwill be in a scene featuringseveral speakers. Somenarrators avoid any prob-lem by creating distinctvoices — think of it astoned-down Mel Blanc.Others rely on voices thatdiffer slightly in pitch ortone. The result is oftencharacters who are diffi-cult to distinguish fromone another. So it’s notablethat Aoife McMahon,who’s taken the subtlerroad, manages multiplecharacters easily in DervlaMcTiernan’s debut policeprocedural, “The Ruin.”

Detective Cormac Reillyhas returned to Galway,Ireland, from more presti-gious detective work inDublin. His new colleaguestreat him with ample re-sentment, and he’s as-signed to cases so cold,everyone in the file is dead.Then he’s asked to investi-gate an old overdose case.Twenty years earlier, hewas the rookie who han-dled the call. Wet behindthe ears, Reilly was told hewas responding to a do-mestic. Instead he found adilapidated manor and twoskinny children, Jack andhis sister, Maude. Upstairswas the corpse of theirmother. The cause of deathseemed obvious: A syringewith traces of heroin laybeside the body. Twentyyears later, the boy fromthat case has committedsuicide, and the sister isinsisting that the policehave made a mistake.

Jenni Laidman is a free-lancer.

Audiobook roundup By Jenni LaidmanChicago Tribune

How do you fit a zombienovel inside an immigrantstory inside a coming-of-age tale? Ling Ma, an as-sistant professor of arts atthe University of Chicago,accomplished this feat inher gripping and originalturducken of a novel, “Sev-erance,” which follows ayoung Chinese-Americanas she tries to survive inthe wake of a pandemicthat kills or “zombifies”most of the U.S. popula-tion.

The book is set in thenear-present post-apoca-lypse and, through flash-backs, the near-past. Themain character is CandaceChen, a millennial Chineseimmigrant. Before theapocalypse, Chen was aworker bee at a New YorkCity book productioncompany manufacturingBibles. Post-apocalypse,she’s pulled into a cultmade up of survivors head-ing to the Chicago suburbs.The story alternates be-tween Candace’s life be-fore and after the apoca-lypse, working toward anending that is genuinelysurprising.

Ma manages to makeboth periods — pre- andpost-apocalypse — fasci-nating and distinct fromone another. The sectionsabout Chen’s past in NewYork City are lyrical, viv-idly detailed and fresh. Shebreathes new life into thecrowded Manhattan-bildungsroman genre byfocusing heavily on theBible manufacturing in-dustry, which takes the20-something Chen toHong Kong and the nearbyChinese factory city ofShenzhen and back.

Here’s Chen, in a pas-sage about business deci-sions made for one Bible:

The Daily Grace Biblewas an everyday Bible forcasual use, but Three

Crosses Publishing alsowanted to imbue the prod-uct with a high-value feel ofan heirloom. In order to hitthe publisher’s target cost,substitutions had beenmade. The cover was madeof leather-like polyurethaneinstead of leather. The bookblock edges boasted copper-hued spray edge dullercompared to the more ex-pensive gold gilding. Theribbon markers were madeof sateen instead of silk. ...The Daily Grace Bible soldvery well. I’d always feltfond of it, maybe because itwas the least ostentatiousBible I’d produced.

Post-disaster, Ma injectsmenace and violence intoChen’s story, as she headsto Chicago with survivorsled by a cult figure namedBob. The changes in moodbetween the lyrical pastand the horrific presentlend the novel texture anda sense of propulsion andsuspense. People die. Ev-eryone in the band lives ina state of paranoia and fearof Bob, who carries gunsand lectures on the mean-ing of life.

Underneath this sus-penseful zombie story is adeeper one about the im-migrant experience and

growing up. In “Sever-ance,” Ma seems to belinking the process ofbecoming an Americanand the process of becom-ing an adult, and likeningboth to a violent severingfrom the past. Throughoutthe novel, Chen, who cameto America from China as a6-year-old, looks back ather childhood with deepnostalgia. She dreamsabout China, and her worktrips to China make herfeel both Chinese and notChinese at all. She fanta-sizes about returning toher birthplace in Fuzhou.

Ma sees this nostalgia asdestructive, even deadly.The virus — Shen Fever, itis called in the book —zombifies its victims bydestroying their brainswith obsessive nostalgiafor the past. “Fevered”victims re-enact the samescenes and actions in theirhomes, madly, until theydie or are put out of theirmisery by Bob and hisgang. At one point, one ofBob’s band becomes af-flicted with Shen Feverafter she returns to herchildhood home and be-gins trying on dresses. “Ilooked at her eyes, upsidedown. They were open butunfocused. They didn’tregister me. The pupilsdidn’t move,” Chen says,describing her friend.

Chen’s challenge is tobreak free of that nostalgicpull and become an adultwho makes her own deci-sions. Post-apocalypse, sheneeds to break free of Bob,in particular. She cannotrely on him for her safety,or to tell her what lifemeans. Adulthood, Maappears to be saying, isabout seeing these author-ity figures for what theyare and striking out onyour own, even if thatmeans facing the apoca-lypse alone.

Trine Tsouderos is a free-lancer.

BOOK REVIEW

Cogent coming-of-age tale in midst of an apocalypseBy Trine TsouderosChicago Tribune

‘Severance’By Ling Ma, Farrar, Straus

and Giroux, 304 pages, $26

One of the most justly famouspassages in literature is the finalparagraph of “The Dead” byJames Joyce. It’s late on a winterevening in Dublin. Gabriel Con-roy is by the window, his wifeasleep nearby.

He watched sleepily the flakes,silver and dark, falling obliquelyagainst the lamplight. The timehad come for him to set out on hisjourney westward. Yes, the news-papers were right: snow was gen-eral all over Ireland. It was fallingon every part of the dark centralplain, on the treeless hills, on theBog of Allen and, farther west-ward, softly falling into the darkmutinous Shannon waves. It wasfalling, too, upon every part of thelonely churchyard on the hill whereMichael Furey lay buried. It laythickly drifted on the crookedcrosses and headstones, on thespears of the little gate, on thebarren thorns. His soul swoonedslowly as he heard the snow fallingfaintly through the universe andfaintly falling, like the descent oftheir last end, upon all the livingand the dead.

After I finished “Reservoir 13,”the strange and stirring novel thatthe English writer Jon McGregorpublished last year, I thought ofthis passage more than once. Thebook centers on the disappear-ance of a girl named RebeccaShaw from a northern town, but itmoves on immediately to first themonths and then the years thatfollow, the case lingering un-solved.

In his narrative, McGregordevotes almost equal amounts oftime to describing the village’speople (a teacher is caught inpossession of child pornography;Becky’s father lurches down aravine) and the seasonal progressof its natural world (“In the beechwood the foxes gave birth,earthed down in the dark and wet

with pain, the blind cubs pressingagainst their mothers for warmth.The dog foxes went out fetchingfood. The primroses yellowed upin the woods.”)

The effect of McGregor’s dis-passionate descriptive method isfirst disconcerting, then uncannyand finally magnificent. His slow,even chapters, often pointedlyunhuman — a reservoir sits ex-actly at the juncture betweenmankind and nature — come toseem like the snow falling acrossJoyce’s Dublin: a reminder thatevery moment, no matter howshocking, recesses with equalspeed into the indifferent past.

Now, barely a yearly later,McGregor has published “TheReservoir Tapes.” Though it con-cerns the same events, it is a radi-cally different book. The text of“Reservoir 13” was like a cliff face,unbroken, difficult, sometimestediously impressive, with seamsof dialogue incorporated into itslong pages like stripes of shale in

granite.Its sequel is more like a play —

one of Harold Pinter’s memoryplays, maybe. Told from 15 per-spectives, it consists of quick,often tender fragments. One sideof a police officer’s interview; apaperboy’s frightening encounterwith a man who fixes his bike(Could he be a murderer? Couldthe briefly imprisoned pedo-phile?); even a scene that provesBecky, sanctified in our mindsbecause she’s gone, to be a bully.

As different as the two worksare, they share a purpose. This isMcGregor’s sixth book, and hehas shown himself to be engagedmost finally and seriously withthe idea of community. His firstnovel, “If Nobody Speaks of Re-markable Things,” floats around asingle street like a benevolentdrone, and his best one, “Even theDogs,” is an account of a group ofdrug addicts. In comparison to

that dark tale, “Reservoir 13”might as well be “Akenfield.” Butthe two have in common a fasci-nation with what exactly a smallcommunity becomes togetherover time, its spider web intricacyand delicacy.

This is part of the offhand skillof “The Reservoir Tapes.” We’reused to stories in which a singlefatal moment radiates outward,but McGregor is interested,rather, in the inverse, inspectinghow incidental a tragedy canbecome to the life of a village afterits first moments of gossipy ten-sion and excitement. Each of his15 stories echoes back to BeckyShaw, but often only from a greatdistance.

After he wrote “Dubliners,”which concludes with “TheDead,” Joyce slowly abandonedthe immense lyric gift that hedisplayed in it, in favor of theantic, polyphonic style that even-

tually led him to write “Ulysses.”Hard to question that. But for

those readers — I’m one — wholike Joyce’s early stories best,McGregor may offer the closestcontemporary approximation wehave to them. Both writers have agift for the feel of adolescence.Both stand, one from Ireland, theother from northern England, inantipodal unease to London andits monstrous confidence. Andboth can summon a language thatpierces our deepest habituations.Even leaving aside this lofty com-parison, though, it’s clear thatMcGregor, working from subtlematerials, has become a majorwriter. “The Reservoir Tapes” isfurther confirmation of it. Nowwe wait.

Charles Finch, a frequent Tribunecontributor, is the author of theforthcoming novel “The VanishingMan.”

BOOK REVIEW

‘Reservoir Tapes’explores anglesin mystery returnMcGregor a master at widening scope By Charles FinchChicago Tribune

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‘The Reservoir Tapes’By Jon McGregor, Catapult, 176

pages, $22


Plain White T’s frontman TomHiggenson wrote “Hey ThereDelilah” after meeting his dreamgirl in Chicago, and he told theTribune it would be “super cool”to film a TV project inspired bythe song here.

“I was talking to a buddy ofmine just a couple weeks ago. Youknow, summer in Chicago is justthe best. You can’t really beat itanywhere else, and we weretalking about all those JohnHughes movies, like from the’80s, and they’re all Chicago,” saidHiggenson, who grew up in theLombard area and now lives inElmhurst.

“ ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,’‘Sixteen Candles,’ it’s like all thesemovies are set in the suburbs ofChicago. And it’s just, there’ssomething magical about thatarea, so I think it would be reallyfun to at least be able to set a goodchunk of this in Chicago. That’dbe cool, pay a little homage to thatJohn Hughes era of movies.”

The news broke last week thatHiggenson and his collaboratorsare shopping a concept for TVthat would capture the vibe andsentiment of “Delilah.” The

Grammy-nominated hit droppedin 2006, and Higgenson said itwas a long road to last week’sannouncement.

The 39-year-old has alwayswanted to write a movie or amusical, and he was tapped topen the “BFF” song for the“SpongeBob SquarePants” musi-cal. During that experience,Higgenson connected with LivelyMcCabe Entertainment Co-President Michael Barra, whobrainstormed ideas for the “Deli-lah” adaptation. Jeremy Desmon(“Pump Up the Volume”) is atta-ched to write.

The project is in the “superearly” stages, Higgenson said, but“we’ve got all of the ingredientsthere.” He said the network oroutlet that picks up the pitch willget to determine its format — TVmovie, miniseries, etc.

He said the lyrics will helpform the narrative, which is beingdescribed as a “contemporaryfairy tale expanding on the storywithin the song.” Higgensondescribes how he longs for Chi-cago-area native DelilahDiCrescenzo while she is in NewYork City, but the lyrics don’trecount their life-changing early2000s encounter.

Higgenson met his muse while

she was on break from ColumbiaUniversity. A mutual friend askedHiggenson if he wouldn’t mind ifDiCrescenzo tagged along withthem to a Lucky Boys Confusionshow at the House of Blues.

“We go pick up Delilah, andshe walks out of her house intothe car, and I’m just kind of like,‘Ohmigod’ — one of those like the‘world stops’ moments. You know,cue the love song playing as she’swalking in slow motion,” Higgen-son said. He said he lightly flirtedwith DiCrescenzo the rest of thenight and told her he had a songabout her. Eventually, he did.

Higgenson said he was intouch with DiCrescenzo — aprofessional-runner-turned-marketing-specialist who at-tended high school in suburbanBurbank — last summer, whenthey exchanged nostalgic textmessages around the 10th anni-versary of “Delilah” reachingNo. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

“It’s funny because nothingever really happened between herand I. I ended up taking her to theGrammys as my date, and it wassuper cool. It was fun, but I don’tknow how compatible we actu-ally would have been in real life,outside of the fantasy, the fairytale of the song,” said Higgenson,

who is a single dad to an 8-year-old son. DiCrescenzo did notreturn a Tribune request forcomment.

“I think if she would want to bea part of (the TV project) some-how, that would be cool and thatwould be fun, but she’s not reallya creative type, so I don’t know ifshe would even care to havemuch input,” Higgenson said.

The TV pitch comes asHiggenson’s band prepares todrop its new album, “ParallelUniverse” — which Higgenson

describes as “like Plain White T’swith a little bit of a face lift” — onAug. 24. The T’s will perform atReckless Records in Wicker Parkthat day as part of a cross-countrytour.

Higgenson also recentlystarted his own record label,Humans Were Here. He signedthe acoustic pop band Fairviewfrom the Addison area, “so, keep-ing it west suburbs.”

[email protected] @tracyswartz

Plain White T’s frontmanmulls Chicago for projectBy Tracy SwartzChicago Tribune

Plain White T’s frontman Tom Higgenson wrote “Hey There Delilah”after meeting his dream girl in Chicago, and he told the Tribune it wouldbe “super cool” to film a TV project inspired by the song here.

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lerini and Young talkedabout their early days, theirenvelope-pushing foraysinto country-pop, and thepleasures and weirdness offame. The following areexcerpts from those con-versations:

On whether they getnervous still doing liveTV

Kelsea Ballerini: I do.There’s something differ-ent about TV, it’s morepressure than a live con-cert. It lives on forever. It’salso a new audience.Tonight we’re doing “SethMeyers.” A lot of peopleprobably aren’t familiarwith me, so it’s an intro-duction.

Chris Young: I’m like,what’s the worst thing Ican do? I’ve been singingon a major label almost 13years, everyone knows Ican sing. At this point, if Imess up my own song, theymight be more impressedthan if I do it right. …(“Nashville Star”) put me ina position where I wasn’tafraid to go out and be onanything that was TV-based for a long time.

On their early daysYoung: My first album, I

didn’t have any radio hits atall. Both the singles off thefirst record — I don’t wantto say tanked, but they didnot do very well. … Thefirst single off the secondrecord (underperformed).We put out the secondsingle, and it ended upbeing my first No. 1, but we(first) got an email saying,“Hey, if this song goesnegative again next week,it’ll wind up falling off thecharts.” I looked at one ofmy reps, and I go, “If thisdoesn’t work, I’m probablydone, aren’t I?” And hegoes, “Probably.” I’d madethe record I wanted tomake, and it was eithergoing to work or it wasn’t.Everything ended up work-ing out.

Ballerini: I was 19 whenI wrote my first record. Itwas literally the story ofwhat I was going throughin my young 20s. I realizethat I am who I am now

because of the experiencesthat made me write thosesongs, so I still have a biglove for my first record,and all those songs. Itbrings me back to whereeverything started. I’llalways sing those songswith a lot of appreciation.

On their cautiousembrace of pop music

Ballerini: My first singlewas as pop-country as itgets, “Love Me Like YouMean It,” and it worked,and people embraced it.For me as a songwriter, Iowe it to my craft to neverproduce a song a certainway that doesn’t fit thesong. I’m really open aboutloving pop and beingrooted in country. Luckily,country music has reallyembraced that. I alwayssee myself staying in thatlane.

Young: I would say“Losing Sleep” is probablythe most pop-leaning(song I’ve ever done), butthat’s only from a produc-tion standpoint. My vocalis always going to be supercountry, and that’s prob-ably why I could get awaywith pushing the envelopea little on that song.There’s also stuff on thatrecord that leans more onthe traditional side. I’m notdoing it intentionally, it’sjust a song that I wrote.

Ballerini: As long as thelyric is telling a story, andas long as the lyric isstrong, I don’t care ifthere’s a banjo or a beatdrop. It doesn’t matter tome.

On what they’ve learnedfrom the superstarsthey’ve opened for

Young: When I wastouring with Brad Paisley,he was talking about a partof one of his songs wherehe got the crowd to dosomething. I was saying, “I

wouldn’t have everthought to do that,” and hegoes, “That’s what theywere already starting to doanyways. I just keyed in onit.” He goes, “You can nevermake a crowd do some-thing they don’t want todo, but if they want to dosomething, and you givethem the opportunity, thatis such a huge key to mak-ing a crowd moment.”

Ballerini: Keith’s nevercomfortable. Every singleday he’s on stage practicingfor an hour or two beforethe doors open. He’ll bringhis family on the road, andif they’re not on the road,he flies to them. … Findingthat (work-life) balance issomething that changes asyour life changes. Me andMorgan have a two-weekrule: We don’t go longerthan two weeks withoutseeing each other.

On life near the top ofthe heap

Young: There’s beenstuff on this tour that’sbigger than any rooms I’vedone before. We made aconscious decision, “Allright, we’re going to go intosome really big arenas, andwe’re either gonna half-assthem and they are whatthey are, or everythinggoes just right and we sell awhole bunch of tickets.”There’s been several showsthat have been over 10,000tickets sold, and that’s justa whole different level thanI’ve done in the past.

Ballerini: I feel like it’sall so new to me. I’m opento all of it. I still get excitedwhen people come up tome and say hi. That willnever be annoying to me, Idon’t think.

Allison Stewart is a freelance writer.

[email protected] @chitribent

Chris Young headlines Friday at RiverEdge Park in Aurora.

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Leavey” (which stars KateMara as a Marine corporaldeployed in Iraq with herK-9 partner, Rex).

The common link, ofcourse, is the tail-waggingscene-stealers getting allthe close-ups.

“I think on some level,we all are suckers forwatching dogs do tricks orlooking cute — be it on theinternet or up on a moviescreen,” said Ken Marino,director of “Dog Days,”which stars Eva Longoria,Vanessa Hudgens, NinaDobrev and Finn Wolfhardof “Stranger Things.”

Marino said “Dog Days”explores how caninesreveal the hidden human-ity their owners might missin a place as dauntinglydisconnected as Los Ange-les.

“The theme of our mov-ie is the way that dogs canconnect people to eachother. If you put two peoplein a room alone, they mighthave trouble breaking theice. Put a dog in the sameroom and those people findthings in common and, justmaybe, they find love orfriendship.”

If there’s a tail end toHollywood’s dog show, it’snowhere in sight. That’sboth timely and appropri-ate in 2018 — the Year ofthe Dog, according to theChinese zodiac. Upcomingreleases include “A Dog’sWay Home” in January (adog treks 400 miles to findits owner, with AshleyJudd starring), “A Dog’sJourney” in May (a rein-carnated dog gets a newleash on life) and “TheSecret Lives of Pets 2” nextJune (Patton Oswalt re-places Louis C.K. as thevoice of Max in the sequelto the 2016 summer hit).

The sky’s the limit forHollywood’s dog ambi-tions, it seems: WarnerBros. last week confirmedthat it’s ramping up “SuperPets,” an animated featurefilm chronicling the adven-tures of Superman’s capedcanine (Krypto the Super-dog), Batman’s crime-solving companion (Acethe Bat-Hound), Supergirl’sorange tabby (Streaky theSupercat) and other heroicanimal companions fromthe pages of DC Comics.The family-friendly scriptis being written by JaredStern, whose credits in-clude “The Lego BatmanMovie.”

Disney, meanwhile,expects filming to beginlater this year on a remakeof its 1955 classic “Ladyand the Tramp,” which willbe a hybrid of live actionwith computer-generatedvisual effects (in the vein ofthe 2016 hit “The JungleBook”). That movie istaking a modern path tothe marketplace — insteadof opening at theaters, itwill be offered exclusivelyon Disney’s streamingservice, a high-priorityinitiative the company willlaunch late next year.

It sounds like Holly-

wood is becoming a kennelwith cameras, but there’s along cinematic heritage ofcanine stars jumpingthrough hoops for film-makers. Rin Tin Tin, aGerman shepherd rescuedfrom the battlefields ofWorld War I by an Ameri-can soldier, became aninternational star in thesilent era and made morethan two dozen pictures.The 1943 movie “LassieCome Home” introducedthe collie character to themovies. There were morethan a half dozen sequelsand follow-up films, as wellas hit shows on televisionand radio. Disney’s heart-tugging 1957 hit “OldYeller” has been seen bygenerations — althoughthe film’s 1963 sequel,“Savage Sam,” was a com-mercial runt (and dis-missed by the WashingtonPost reviewer as a “dogged,listless effort.”

“Dog movies seem tocome and go in cycles, likeso many things in Holly-wood,” says Mark Forbes, adog trainer who hasworked on dozens of films,including “Alpha,” “WeBought a Zoo” and thelive-action “101 Dalma-tians” in 1996. “Right now,there’s definitely a wave ofthem and a lot of interest inthem.”

That flurry may repre-sent more than the usualcycle of Tinseltown tastes.Pet obsession is running atan all-time in high in theUnited States, and accord-ing to the American PetProducts Assn., Americansspent a record $69.5 billionon their pets in 2017, a totalthat’s skyrocketed since2008, when $43.2 billionwas spent.

To Jennifer Nosek,editor of Modern Dogmagazine, the statisticsshow robust growth in thenumber of first-time petowners, but the moremeaningful measure is thedepth of passion shown bythose owners, many ofwhom view themselves asadoptive parents.

“It’s not just the numberof pet lovers, it’s the degreeto which pets are increas-ingly now adored anddoted on as family mem-

bers,” Nosek said. “Thatrepresents the real seachange.”

To “Dog Days” directorMarino (the owner of tworescue pooches himself ),the numbers are inter-esting but not especiallysurprising.

“I’m not sure if there’sjust more dog owners thanever or if they have justdecided to own their ob-session in a big way,” hesays. “You can’t reallythrow a dog biscuit in LosAngeles — or anywhere inthe country as a whole —without hitting a doglover.”

Marino said the chal-lenge of filming “DogDays” was capturing themagic moments of petconnection as well as theexpected vagaries of work-ing with animals. “Nomatter how trained a dogis,” he said, “they don’tunderstand that they’remaking a movie.”

That challenge was evengreater on the set of “Al-pha,” a tale of survival for ahunter named Keda (KodiSmit-McPhee) who be-friends a wounded wolf,marking the first rapportbetween man and canine.The film is directed byAlbert Hughes (“MenaceII Society,” “From Hell”),who also conceived itsstory.

For Forbes, the veterananimal trainer, reading thescript “was somethingspecial. It still gives megoosebumps.” The same,he added, applied to theexperience of workingwith Chuck, a wolf-dogwhose lineage tracks backto the 1950s, when theCzech military bred Ger-man shepherds withwolves.

“He’s got some dog inhim, but he is very wolf-like in his look and aloof ina way that dogs aren’t,”Forbes said. “The experi-ence was unique, and thestory of the movie is too. Ispend a lot of time thinkingabout dogs and their psy-chology, so the idea ofgoing back to the place thefriendship started? It wasmoving for me, and it mademe appreciate dogs evenmore.”

Hollywood goes to the dogs Dogs, from Page 1

Tone Bell, left, and Nina Dobrev in “Dog Days.”

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Ruby Rose said she’s taking a break from Twitter after

some backlash about her playing Batwoman.

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Some corners of Twitterand Instagram are criticiz-ing actors who have beencast to play gay characterson screen — leading one ofthem to abandon a plat-form.

Over the weekend, Aus-tralian actress Ruby Rosequit Twitter and shut downpublic commenting on herInstagram account afterreceiving backlash over herbeing cast as Batwoman forGreg Berlanti’s series ofArrowverse shows on theCW. Part of the furor cen-tered on representation ofthe DC superhero, who is alesbian.

Before abandoningTwitter, Rose got in a fewfinal tweets about thenegative reaction to hercasting.

“Where on Earth did‘Ruby is not a lesbiantherefore she can’t beBatwoman’ come from —has to be the funniest mostridiculous thing I’ve everread,” tweeted the actress,whose casting was an-nounced last week. “I came

out at 12? And have for thepast 5 years had to dealwith ‘she’s too gay’ how doy’all flip it like that?

“I didn’t change. I wishwe would all support eachother and our journeys,”added Rose, who re-counted last year to NBC’s“Today” her experience ofcoming out as gay at 12 andhaving identified as gen-der-fluid.

Arrowverse colleagueStephen Amell, who starson the CW’s “Arrow,” wasamong those who tweetedhis support of the former“Orange Is the New Black”actress.

Other online com-menters addressed thecriticisms that Rose was“not gay enough” becauseshe has identified as gen-der-fluid, as well as the factthat Rose is not Jewish. In2006, DC Comics canon-ically reintroduced Bat-woman (aka Kate Kane) toits modern universe as acharacter who is lesbianand of Jewish descent.

Much of the backlashhuddled around the hash-tag #RecastBatwoman,with some commenters

wanting to see “Big Leg-end” actress Ashley Platzget the role.

Rose will debut as Bat-woman during the Arrow-verse’s crossover event —including “Arrow,” “TheFlash,” “Legends of To-morrow” and “Supergirl”— that’s set to begin inDecember. She will thenassume the Bat-mantle asthe first LGBT superheroto lead a live-action TVshow.

Last week, Rose wroteon Instagram to her nearly13 million followers: “Thisis a childhood dream. Thisis something I would havedied to have seen on TVwhen I was a young mem-ber of the LGBT communi-ty who never felt repre-sented on TV and feltalone and different.” Thepost has received morethan 400,000 likes.

Rose also tweeted thatshe taking a “break fromTwitter to focus all myenergy on my next 2 proj-ects.” Over the weekend,Rose was widely seen inanother Warner Bros.property, “The Meg,”which topped the box

office with a $44 milliondomestic debut.

“If you need me,” Rosetweeted, “I’ll be on my BatPhone.”

Rose is just the latestcelebrity in a geek-worldproject to quit a social-media platform. “Rick andMorty” creator Dan Har-mon recently quit Twitterafter a controversy overpast content. “Star Wars”actresses Kelly Marie Tranand Daisy Ridley quit Insta-gram after receiving onlinebacklash.

Rose’s controversy wasfollowed by the news thatDisney has cast a straightactor, British comedianJack Whitehall, to play itsfirst major openly gay live-action character, as theTimes reported.

Whitehall will star oppo-site Dwayne Johnson andEmily Blunt in “JungleCruise.”

British actor Ethan Har-vey reflected the sentimentof some critics when hecriticized the casting onTwitter: “If only there weregay actors who could play‘camp’ as well as JackWhitehall.”

Ruby Rose leaves Twitter after ‘Batwoman’ criticismBy Michael CavnaThe Washington Post


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WATCHTHIS: THURSDAY“Take Two” (9 p.m., ABC):A case immediately becomesmore complicated for Eddieand Sam (Eddie Cibrian,Rachel Bilson) in the new ep-isode “Shadows of the Past,”as their latest client —whohired them to find his missingwife — becomes a serial kill-er’s latest victim.While inves-tigating both situations, Eddiegets unhappy reminders ofthe reason he left the LosAngeles Police Department.Aliyah O’Brien and Alice Leealso star.

“The Gong Show” (7 p.m., ABC): Rob Riggle, EdHelms and ReginaHall form thecelebrity judging panel in this new episode, as more off-kilter acts take the stagein pursuit of the top prize —which definitely doesn’t match the amounts of thetop prizes onmost other game shows. Presumably, though, there also are certainbragging rights involved in saying youwon on “The Gong Show.” (Presumably.)“TommyMaitland,” aliasMikeMyers, is the host.

“Supernatural” (7 p.m., CW): Here’s something you don’t see very often: Thisshow’s main characters teamwith a certain cartoon group in“Scoobynatural,” andthe title should indicate that the animated gang in question is that from “Scoo-by-Doo.” Sam, Dean and Castiel (Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles,Misha Collins)also take cartoon form to join Scooby, Shaggy and the others to probe amysterythat naturally — or supernaturally — involves ghosts.

“Trial & Error” (8 p.m., NBC): Though it appears that Lavinia (Kristin Che-noweth) is in the clear, themurder case isn’t over yet in the new episode “A FamilyAffair.” Strong suspicion falls elsewhere, and Josh (Nicholas D’Agosto) and histeam seek information to continue their efforts —with Lavinia still serving as aneeded resource. JaymaMays, Sherri Shepherd and Steven Boyer also star.

“Black Lightning” (8 p.m., CW): This addition to The CW’s dynasty of DCCom-ics-inspired superhero shows concluded its first seasonwith “Shadow of Death:The Book ofWar” — and that title alone indicates that more torment, mental aswell as physical, is likely to be in store for the series’ central hero (played by CressWilliams).

“Alone” (9:03 p.m., History): In the season finale, “ColdWar,” thementally andphysically exhausted survivalists still in the competition are forced to stand up tothe unsparing onslaught of winter inMongolia.With their hunger pains gnawingrelentlessly and temperatures plummeting to savage new lows, only one contendereventually will hang tough enough to claim the $500,000 prize.

TALK SHOWS

“Conan” (10 p.m. 11:30 p.m., TBS): Conan visits various sites throughout the coun-try and brings along fan favorite show staffer Jordan Schlansky.*“The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” (10:34 p.m., NBC): Singer-song-writer Ariana Grande; actor Nick Kroll; Aerosmith performs.*“The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” (10:35 p.m., CBS): Podcast hosts Tom-my Vietor, Jon Favreau and Jon Lovett; ConstanceWu; Jay Rock performs.*“Jimmy Kimmel Live” (10:35 p.m., ABC): Actor Don Cheadle; actress Zoë Kravitz;Blood Orange and A$APRocky perform.*

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Rachel Bilson and Eddie Cibrian

Warning: Spoilers aheadAndersonville contestant

Emily Hallock continued toimpress the “MasterChef”judges on Wednesday’sepisode as she and fellowChicago-area cooks FarhanMomin and Julia Dannoadvanced to the top 10 ofthe Fox network competi-tion.

The episode began withthe 12 home cooks eachbreaking down a halibutand showing their fishportions to the judges. Mostof the contestants struggledduring the 20-minute skillschallenge. “Farhan, this is adisaster,” judge Joe Bas-tianich told Momin, a Mid-

western University dentalstudent who lives in Dow-ners Grove.

“Julia, look how muchfish is left on the carcassthere. It’s shocking,” judgeGordon Ramsay told Danno,who lives in the South Loop.

Hallock and Texasteacher Cesar Cano werethe only contenders to shinein the challenge, and theydidn’t have to cook in theelimination round. “You’venailed it young lady. Greatjob,” Ramsay said. Bas-tianich said Hallock, a foodservice research analyst, canadd fishmonger to her re-sume.

The remaining 10 con-testants — including Dannoand Momin — had 45 min-utes to create a dish high-

lighting halibut. Mominstruggled to find the rightbalance of spice.

“This sauce — all I tasteis heat,” Bastianich toldMomin after he tried hisfish stock. “Season it rightnow properly.”

Momin took Bastianich’sadvice and got rave reviewswhen he served oven-roasted halibut with herbmarinade and cauliflowercouscous.

“It’s the kind of saucethat is so provocative toyour palate because it firesevery aspect of your tastebuds — sweet, sour, salty,savory,” Bastianich said.“The cook on the fish is atriumph. It’s flaky, it’s light.That is on another level.You are taking your ability

and sensibility with spiceand beginning to under-stand basic fundamentals ofcooking, and that is a one-two punch that will knockout a lot of contenders inthis kitchen.”

The judges later said that

Momin’s dish “really blewus away.” Danno’s dish andcritique were not shown.Texas sales specialistChelsea Sargent and LasVegas college student S.J.Yun were sent home forlackluster halibut dishes.

Ten cooks remain onSeason 9 of “MasterChef,”which airs at 7 p.m.Wednesdays. The winner isslated to receive $250,000.

[email protected] @tracyswartz

Chicago-area contestants Farhan Momin, from left, Emily Hallock and Julia Danno

compete on Wednesday’s episode of “MasterChef.”

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3 Chicago-area home cooksadvance to ‘MasterChef’ top 10By Tracy SwartzChicago Tribune


Today’s birthday (Aug. 16): Family andhome fill your heart this year. Professionalsurprises could get profitable. Dedicatedattention to health and fitness pays outsizeddividends, especially thiswinter. Envisionperfection this summer before you and your

partner surmount obstacles for a personal accomplishment.Water your gardenwith love.Aries (March 21-April 19): Today is a 7. Focus on finances to-day and tomorrow.Hold your temper. Impulsive actions canbackfire. Ignore rumors and gossip. Plot to realize a dream.Taurus (April 20-May 20): 7. Keep extra patiencewith a part-ner. Listen to intuitionwith unexpected plot twists.Wait toseewhat develops. Clarifymiscommunications immediately.Gemini (May 21-June 20): 7. Schedule carefully, as demandfor your energy rises. Slow to clarifymiscommunications oradapt to surprising news. Anticipate resistance.Cancer (June 21-July 22): 8. Love blossoms as you avoid ir-ritations and silly arguments. Adapt to surprises. Silence canspeak volumes. Relax and keep your sense of humor.Leo (July 23-Aug. 22): 6. Prioritizeworking outmisunder-standings at home. Resolve a conflict before it happens.Household projects take unplanned detours. Expect changesand chaoticmoments. Take a gentle approach.Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): 8. You’re especially brilliant overthe next fewdays. Passionsmay be in high gear, but look be-fore leaping. Avoid controversy and stomping on someone’ssensitivities.Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): 8. Keep generatingmoney throughtomorrow. Resist the temptation to overspend. Getwhat youneed and nomore. Financial arguments sprout easily.Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): 9. Pamper yourself. Try a new lookor style. Avoid procrastination, and dive into a personal proj-ect. Edit yourwords carefully. You’re creating a buzz.Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): 6. Enjoy peace for thinking andplanning.Words can get twisted; privatemeditation leads touseful solutions. Stay sensitive towhat otherswant andneed.Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): 7. Keep your cool andword tomanage your part of a team effort. Communication break-downs could cause delays. Patience and diplomacy gets thejob done.Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): 7. Adjust to professional changes.Stay respectful, evenwhen others don’t. A challenge leads tohigher levels. Ignore gossip. Avoid risky propositions.Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20): 6. Find a nice spot to rest andenjoy the scenery. Expect delays or surpriseswith traffic andtransportation. Get lost in your studies.

—NancyBlack, TribuneContent Agency

Dilbert By Scott Adams

Baby Blues By Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott

Zits By Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman

Mr. Boffo By Joe Martin

Frazz By Jef Mallett

Horoscopes

The Argyle Sweater By Scott Hilburn

Bridge

Bliss By Harry Bliss Classic Peanuts By Charles Schulz

Pickles By Brian Crane

Dick Tracy By Joe Staton and Mike Curtis

Animal Crackers By Mike Osbun

Prickly City By Scott Stantis

North-South vulnerable, North deals

North♠ Q 9♥ J 9 6 5♦ J 9 8♣ J 8 7 2

West East♠ 5 4 ♠ J 10 8 7 3 2♥ A Q 3 2 ♥ 8 7♦ 3 2 ♦ A 6 5 4♣Q 10 9 6 3 ♣K

South♠ A K 6♥ K 10 4♦ K Q 10 7♣A 5 4

The usual suspectswere slugging it out at the club’sweekly duplicatewhenHardLuckLouie found himself atthe helm in this three no trump contract. Louie capturedEast’s king of clubswith his ace at trick one and had todecidewhich red suit to go after.He decided to play ondiamonds and led a lowdiamond to dummy’s eight. East

wonwith the aceand shifted to thejack of spades.Dummy’s queenwon this trick andLouie realized thathewas going to

need at least one heart trick tomake his contract so he led aheart to his 10.West grabbed his queen, cashed the queen ofclubs, and led the 10 of clubs to set up his clubswhile he stillhad the ace of hearts. Good defense and the contractwasdefeated.

LuckyLarry also declared three no trumpwith the sameopening lead.He alsowasn’t surewhich red suit to attackand he decided to postpone his decision.He played low attrick one and allowedEast to hold the trick. Larrywon thespade shift in dummy and led a heart to his 10.Westwonwith the queen but couldn’t safely lead another club, so heled his last spade. Larry had time to knock out both red acesand easily came to nine tricks.Well done!

—Bob [email protected]

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The bidding:

North East South West

Pass 2♠ 3NT All pass

Opening lead: Six of♣


JumbleUnscramble the four Jumbles, one letter per square, toform fourwords. Then arrange the circled letters to formthe surprise answer, as suggested by this cartoon.

By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek. © 2018 Tribune Content Agency, LLC.All rights reserved.

Sudoku

By The Mepham Group© 2018. Distributed byTribune Content Agency,LLC. All rights reserved.

8/16

Answerhere

Wednesday’s answers

Complete the gridso each row, columnand 3-by-3 box inbold borders containsevery digit 1 to 9.

Wednesday’ssolutions

Crossword 8/16

Across1 Set of options5Dodge10 “Sing it, Sam” speaker14Gospel singer Andrews15Annual Big Apple

parade sponsor16Darned17NewZealand bird18 __Wars: Rome vs.

Carthage19Tizzy20VogueVIPs21 __wrench22With 22-Down,

“People’s Court” rival23KOA campground

area25 Bondfilm?27Ally of “WarGames”29 “Westworld,” e.g.33 “It’s aWonderful Life”

director34 Juicy fruit35Up to, briefly36Revlon rival

37With 40-Across, partysupplies found in thispuzzle’s four corners

38 Beige shade39Hard to find40 See 37-Across41 Fail tomention42Hill builder43Cantina toast44 __ donna45 Fundamental

measurement47 __ exercise: upper arm

strengthener48The “G” ofGTO49Apple __50 Start of a French oath53Norwegian

contemporary ofTchaikovsky

55Bullfight “Bravo!”58One-fifth of a limerick59Guadalajara gal pal60Target Field player61 Is indebted to62 Lacked63Make (one’sway)64 Skin pics65 “My take is ... ”66Circle parts

Down1 Karaoke need2Novelist Bagnold3 Bulletins, e.g.4 “Argo”weapon5Use6Event forwhichKerriStrug is famous

7Unpopular spots8 Endangered species

9 PCbailout key10 Library, cardwise11 Give for awhile12 Belt13Deal preceder21 “Bridge of Spies” actor22 See 22-Across24 Fogg’s creator26 Some aristocrats27 Egyptian beetle28MorroCastle city29Threaded fastener30Electricity producer,

perhaps31Dr. Evil’s cohort32 Pub handle34 Seeing red37African title of respect38 Foe of “moose and

squirrel”43 “You bet”44 Fussy sort46Means of escape47 International

agreement49 Insurance giant50 Part of a piggy bank51 Bygone audio brand52 Site for techies54Empties (of )56 “TheMod Squad” cop57Circle’s lack59Tuna at a luau60Airline once owned by

HowardHughes

By Bruce Haight. Edited by RichNorris and Joyce Nichols Lewis.© 2018 Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

Wednesday’s solution

Want more PUZZLES?Go to chicagotribune

.com/games

Dustin By Steve Kelley and Jeff Parker

For Better or for Worse By Lynn Johnston

Blondie By Dean Young and John Marshall

Hägar the Horrible By Chris Browne

Mutts By Patrick McDonnell

WuMo By Mikael Wulff and Anders Morgenthaler

Sherman’s Lagoon By Jim Toomey

Brewster Rockit: Space Guy! By Tim Rickard

Broom-Hilda By Russell Myers

JumbleCrosswordTriviaBits

By David L. Hoyt.

WhatwasBabeRuth’s realfirst name?A)AlbertB) EdwardC)GeorgeD)WilliamWednesday’sanswer: In the17th century,Europeans usedlogwood fromBelize tomakered and purplefabric dye.

© 2018 Leslie Elman.Contact her [email protected]. Distributed byCreators.com


Steady orrising at night

HIGH LOW

81 69

LOCAL FORECAST

■ As the broad center of low pressure passes overhead and then moves east of our area, extensive cloudiness and scattered showers/a few embedded t-storms will be in the forecast during the day and Thurs. night.

■ Because showers/ storms will be moving so

slowly, locally heavy rains will be possible where

stronger storms track.

■ Humid with high

temperatures around 80

degrees and dew-points in the lower70s.

■ Patchy dense fog at

night. North-northeast

winds.

Detroit77/71

Des Moines82/66

Buffalo85/71Detroit

77/71

Des Moines82/66

Buffalo85/71

(Precipitation at 7 a.m. CDT)

RAINSNOW

60s

NATIONAL FORECAST

70s

70s

80s

80s

80s

80s

30s0s-0s-10s 10s 20s 40s 60s50s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s90s 100s 110s

100s

90s

90s90s

90s82/66

DeteteeetetDe

Spokane95/64

Seattle80/57

San Diego80/72

Phoenix98/83

Portland85/57

Billings92/63

Omaha84/66

Dallas97/79

Houston96/78

NewOrleans

88/77

Indianapolis80/71

Chicago81/69

Atlanta89/71

St. Louis88/72

Washington93/76

Miami88/81

Jackson94/74El Paso

95/74

Albany89/70

Concord85/59

Cleveland77/72

Minneapolis86/66

Boston87/71

New York93/76

Los Angeles85/69 Nashville

89/73Albuquerque

91/67

Oklahoma City91/73

Green Bay82/64

International Falls86/56

Salt Lake City93/70

Denver89/63Las Vegas

99/81

Pittsburgh85/71

SanFrancisco

63/53

Boise98/68

Bismarck90/58

Rapid City82/58

Cheyenne83/54Reno

95/62

Wichita90/69

Kansas City91/71

Little Rock93/74

Charlotte95/73

Louisville83/74

Birmingham93/73

Orlando93/77

Wednesday’s highest: 117°at Death Valley, Calif.

Wednesday’s lowest: 23° atW. Yellowstone Gate, Mont.

rising at night

Steady or

rising at night

Steady or

rising at night

Steady or

rising at night

Steady or

rising at night

Steady or

rising at night

HIGH LOW

84 68

HIGH LOW

85 67

HIGH LOW

77 61

HIGH LOW

85 67

HIGH LOW

80 65

HIGH LOW

78 62

FRIDAY, AUG. 17 SATURDAY, AUG. 18 SUNDAY, AUG. 19 MONDAY, AUG. 20 TUESDAY, AUG. 21 WEDNESDAY, AUG. 22

A mix of clouds and sun with a slight chance of showers or thunderstorms. Rather humid with high temperatures in the middle 80s – cooler at the lakefront. Partly cloudy

Sunny with a high in the middle 80s – closer to 80 degrees at the lakefront. Fair skies overnight. Light easterly winds.

Some scattered fair-weather cumulus clouds, but other-wise mostly sunny. Highs again reach into the middle 80s – around 80 degrees at the lakefront. Clouds thicken from the west overnight.

Cloudy with showers and thunderstorm downpours likely. Highs 80 to 85. Good chance of showers overnight. Southerly winds gradually shift to the northwest overnight.

Clouds and scattered showers early in the morning, becoming partly sunny. Highs in the 70s. Cooler at night. Northwest winds.

Mostly sunny and mild. Afternoon highs in the upper 70s. Clear skies overnight. Light winds.

ChicagoChicagoChicago Chicago

ChicagoChicago

Chicago

Moisture levels remain high; more scattered t-storms likely

O’HARE AIRPORT

0.06”

TraceMIDWAY AIRPORT

St. Charles

Schaumburg

River Forest

West Chicago

Aurora

1.44”

0.92”

0.91”

0.84”

0.80”

0.79”

0.71”

0.68”

0.60”

0.40”

Elburn

Forest Park

Geneva

Chi-Lincoln Park

Maywood

AMOUNT OFEVAPORATEDWATER IN ACOLUMN OFAIR OVERCHICAGO

Chicago

20%

70%

60%

50%

40% 80%

THURSDAY/THUR. NIGHTPrecipitation probability

SUMMER RAINFALLS VARY WIDELYWednesday’s Chicago area rainfall

Totals through 8 p.m.

A BRIEF TASTE OF AUTUMN EARLY/MID NEXT WEEKWarm weekend ahead—then a brief cool down

Chicago forecast temperature departures from normal

FORECAST

16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29

TH FR SA

FORECAST WEEK #1 FORECAST WEEK #2

SU MO

TU WE

TH FR SA SU MO TU WE

+2° +2°+3°

+5° +5°

+1°

-3° -3°

+1°0°

+4° +4° +4° +4°BRIEF COOL AIR

INCURSION

UPPER-STEERING

WINDS SHIFT

“NORTHWESTERLY”

Heat builds northearly/mid next week

DOME OF

HEAT

PROJECTED TUESDAY (AUG. 21)UPPER AIR PATTERNJet stream buckles northward

SOURCES: Frank Wachowski, National Weather Service archives TOM SKILLING, BILL SNYDER, THOMAS VALLE / WGN-TV

■ Longest

string of 80s

since 2013

19

CHICAGOTEMPS

Longeststring of80s in5 years

CONSECUTIVE80°+ HIGHS!

WEDNESDAY’SHIGH TEMP: 85°

TEMPORARY COOL-DOWNREACHES CHICAGOBY NEXT TUESDAY

Tracking the cool air

7 A.M.

SUNDAY

7 P.M.

MONDAY

7 P.M.

TUESDAY

Chicago

Chicago

A moistatmospherecontinuest-stormthreat

THURSDAY& FRIDAY

1.90”

LOCATION HI LO

CHICAGO DIGEST

LOCATION HI LO

PLANET RISE SET

BEST VIEWING TIME DIRECTION

POLLEN LEVEL

SOURCE: Dan Joyce, Triton College

CHICAGO AIR QUALITY

SOURCE: The Gottlieb Memorial HospitalAllergy Count, Dr. Joseph Leija

LAKE MICHIGAN CONDITIONS

CHICAGO PRECIPITATION

PERIOD NORMAL

SOURCE: Dr. Bryan Schultz *Peak intensity

TIME OF EXPOSURE BEFORE SUNBURN BEGINS

WEDNESDAY TEMPERATURES

THURSDAY RISE/SET TIMES

Aurora 88 68

Gary 82 70

Kankakee 83 68

Lakefront 83 74

Lansing 84 69

THURSDAY PLANET WATCH

Midway 87 75

O’Hare 83 69

Romeoville 86 70

Valparaiso 86 67

Waukegan 83 69

Tree 0

Grass 0

Mold High

Ragweed Moderate

Weed High

2018

Wed. (through 6 p.m.) 0.00" 0.18"

August to date 3.13" 2.47"

Year to date 30.75" 22.70"

THURSDAY FRIDAY

Wind NE 3-9 kts. N 5-16 kts.

Waves 1 foot 1-2 feet

Wed. shore/crib water temps na/na

WEDNESDAY PEAK POLLEN LEVEL

Wednesday's reading Moderate

Thursday's forecast Moderate

Critical pollutant Particulates

Sun 6:00 a.m. 7:49 p.m.

Moon 11:56 a.m. 11:11 p.m.

Aug. 18 Aug. 26 Sept. 2 Sept. 9

THURSDAY SUNBURN FORECAST

7 a.m. 3 hours, 28 minutes

1 p.m.* 34 minutes

4 p.m. Burn unlikely

Mercury 5:11 a.m. 6:58 p.m.

Venus 9:59 a.m. 9:27 p.m.

Mars 7:04 p.m. 3:72 a.m.

Jupiter 12:57 p.m. 11:07 a.m.

Saturn 4:46 p.m. 2:00 a.m.

Mercury Not visible

Venus 8:30 p.m. 11° WSW

Mars 11:30 p.m. 21.5° S

Jupiter 8:30 p.m. 24° SW

Saturn 9:30 p.m. 25.5° S

WORLD CITIESOTHER U.S. CITIES

FC HI LO FC HI LO FC HI LO FC HI LO FC HI LO FC HI LO FC HI LO FC HI LO FC HI LO FC HI LO

MIDWEST CITIES

FORECAST (FC) ABBREVIATIONS: su-sunny pc-partly cloudy cl-cloudy rn-rain ts-thunderstorm sn-snow fl -flurries fr-freezing rain sl-sleet sh-showers rs-rain/snow ss-snow showers w-windy na-unavailable

Acapulco pc 88 77Algiers pc 91 67Amsterdam pc 76 60Ankara su 93 64Athens pc 91 72Auckland ts 60 50Baghdad su 113 80Bangkok ts 89 79Barbados sh 87 79Barcelona pc 84 71Beijing pc 87 72Beirut su 87 77Berlin pc 86 64Bermuda ts 85 79Bogota pc 68 47Brussels pc 82 58Bucharest pc 92 69Budapest pc 84 61Buenos Aires pc 64 50Cairo su 98 76Cancun ts 86 78Caracas pc 74 59Casablanca pc 77 64Copenhagen pc 75 64Dublin pc 65 54Edmonton pc 80 57Frankfurt pc 85 61Geneva su 88 61Guadalajara ts 81 59Havana ts 91 73Helsinki pc 70 60Hong Kong ts 86 81Istanbul su 87 74Jerusalem su 87 64Johannesburg pc 79 56Kabul su 93 65Kiev pc 83 64

Kingston pc 91 81Lima pc 65 61Lisbon su 83 64London rn 67 53Madrid pc 92 65Manila ts 85 78Mexico City ts 75 54Monterrey pc 97 71Montreal su 79 62Moscow sh 73 54Munich su 83 58Nairobi sh 74 54Nassau pc 88 79New Delhi ts 91 82Oslo sh 65 54Ottawa su 81 63Panama City ts 88 75Paris pc 88 60Prague pc 83 59Rio de Janeiro sh 73 65Riyadh su 109 80Rome ts 88 69Santiago su 73 46Seoul pc 91 69Singapore ts 88 79Sofia pc 83 61Stockholm pc 77 61Sydney su 65 48Taipei ts 95 82Tehran su 98 77Tokyo pc 84 67Toronto ts 82 71Trinidad pc 89 75Vancouver su 75 59Vienna su 85 60Warsaw pc 79 57Winnipeg pc 87 60

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Dear Tom,What is the most trou-

blesome kind of pollutionthat the world faces now?

— Jimmy Callo,Bensenville

Dear Jimmy,Of the many kinds of

pollution that are occur-ring, the worst is plasticpollution.

Pollution of the atmos-phere and the world’s landand water is a huge prob-lem, and some of the pol-lution is being reducedand even eliminated.

Discarded plastic, how-ever, presents a situationwith no solutions.

It is accumulating inlandfills, discarded on landand especially in theoceans.

Plastic came into wide-spread use in the 1950s,and the rate of productionhas been increasing drasti-cally, and continues toaccelerate.

In addition, “microplas-tic,” plastic that has bro-ken down into tiny piecesas small as a millimeter insize, has become pervasivein the world’s oceans.

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As the broad center oflow pressure slowly ap-proaches, passes over andeventually moves east,Thursday will have cloudyand humid conditions withscattered showers and afew embedded thunder-storms. Because of the lightwinds aloft, slow-movingstrong showers could de-posit some pretty heftyrainfall totals of an inch ormore in some spots.

Friday we could have afew more showers, as webegin the transition intohigh pressure over theweekend. This sets thestage for a rain-free Air andWater Show. Under mostlysunny skies, afternoontemperatures Saturday andSunday project to reach themiddle 80s well inland,peaking more in the lower80s along the lakefront.Showers and thunder-storms will re-enter thepicture Monday and Tues-day, with a cool-down intothe 70s midweek.

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Lush fabrics, mixed patterns and textures, soothing hues among fall trends PAGE 4

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Reusable alternatives to plastic can reduce kitchen waste PAGE 2

Landscape fabric not always best solution for weeds PAGE 5

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Disposables have become amainstay of many Americankitchens — plastic baggies, plasticwrap, paper towels, aluminumfoil, plastic straws and more.Reducing or even eliminatingthem can save you money in addi-tion to cutting down on trash thatends up in landfills.

“It’s easy to be overwhelmed byit all, but little differences reallydo add up,” says Lauryn Tyrell,food editor at Martha StewartLiving magazine.

“I spend about 75 percent ofmy time in the test kitchen and soI’m an excellent candidate forcreating a ton of kitchen waste.But we’ve learned some tricks toreduce the amount of trash weproduce,” she says.

(Remember that in addition toreducing and reusing, recycling isan easy option for many items,including glass, plastic containers,bottles, cans, clean aluminum foiland batteries.)

Find a few kitchen tips fromthe pros below.

Paper towels“Keeping paper towel use to a

minimum is one of the thingsMartha Stewart is really seriousabout,” Tyrell says. Eachworkspace in the magazine’s testkitchen features cloth tea towels,bar towels (similar to rags) and aroll of select-a-size paper towels,she says. The latter is used spar-ingly.

Tea towels are great for drying

hands or dishes, or folding up touse as a hot mitt. Bar towels canbe used for most messes. Papertowels are reserved for messes likejuice from meat or raw egg.

“It helps to have all your toweloptions in one place, so I’d recom-mend keeping rags or bar towelsnear where you keep the papertowels,” Tyrell says. If cloth towelsaren’t handy, you probably won’tuse them, she advises.

And if you can’t wean yourselfoff paper towels, there are nowseveral types of reusable onesmade of bamboo and other sus-tainable materials that can beused numerous times before toss-ing them out, says Brandi Brox-son, articles editor at Real Simplemagazine.

Cleaner paper towels can berecycled.

Plastic shopping bagsCarry your own canvas or

string tote bags for groceries andother purchases. The key, as withbar towels, is to keep themhandy.

“There are so many types ofreusable bags out there thatthere’s really no excuse for bring-ing home single-use plastic shop-ping bags anymore,” Tyrell says.

Americans throw away around100 billion plastic bags a year, shesays.

Plastic produce bagsAvoid plastic produce bags by

taking along a few lightweightmesh bags — often sold as “mul-tiuse straining bags” — when youhead to the grocery store, Tyrellsays.

“They’re also great for makingnut milks or straining yogurt,”she adds.

To avoid plastic wrapping onmeat or fish, try asking thebutcher at the grocery store to

wrap it instead in paper, which isbiodegradable. Or bring a reusablecontainer to put it in.

Plastic wrapBoth Broxson and Tyrell rec-

ommend Bee’s Wrap as an alter-native to typical plastic cling wrap.It’s made of fabric coated in amixture of wax, oil and tree resin,and it sticks to the top of bowlsand jars. Like plastic wrap, it con-forms to all sorts of shapes. Unlikeplastic wrap, it can be washed andreused, and remains sticky formonths, Bronson says.

Aluminum foil“Luckily, unbleached parch-

ment paper works great for bak-ing and roasting, and also forwrapping sandwiches andsnacks,” and is biodegradable,Broxson says.

“If you must use aluminum foil,you can wad it up into a ball andreuse it as a scouring sponge forbaking dishes to get one more useout of it before throwing it away,”she suggests. Clean aluminum foilcan be recycled if it’s free fromfood residue. And many storesnow sell recycled aluminum foil.

Plastic straws and utensilsThe test kitchens at Martha

Stewart Living have switchedfrom plastic to stainless steelstraws, Tyrell says.

“I carry my own titanium forkand spoon, with a nylon connectorso they can even be used as tongs.They’re super-lightweight, andkind of cool,” she says. “Way nicerthan plastic.”

How to reduce kitchen wasteBy Katherine RothAssociated Press

Bees Wrap is an alternative to typical plastic cling wrap.

BEES WRAP

A water bottle is certainlynothing new, nor is a Blue-tooth speaker. But combinethe two, just as iHome parentcompany SDI Technologiesdid with the new Aquio, andyou have one innovativeproduct.

The device is well made onboth ends. The 16-ouncewater bottle is double-walledstainless-steel, designed tokeep your beverage hot for 14hours or cold for 24 hours.

The 5-watt speaker on the

bottom is covered by a blackgrill with premium wovenfabric. Inside is a USB re-chargeable battery, good forabout six hours of playtime.

The speaker screws offeasily so you can hand-washthe bottle. It is cup-holder-friendly and has a carry loopon the airtight cap for attach-

ing it to a backpack or wher-ever you want.

And if you feel like talkingto your bottle, go right ahead.It has digital echo cancella-tion to use it as a speaker-phone for hands-free callsalong with audio caller ID.This ensures you’ll knowwhom you’re talking to on

the other end of your bottleconversation.

The Aquio is iP67 rated,which makes it water- andsand-proof.

In a recent news release,Aquio said it’s the first timeever a premium-qualityBPA-free water bottle hasbeen designed with a remov-able high-quality iHomemusic system.

www.aquiobottles.com,$69.99, available in colorchoice of seafoam, merlot,midnight and blush

A water bottle with a bonus Bluetooth trickBy Gregg EllmanTribune News Service

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If you feel like talking to your bottle,go right ahead. Use it as a speaker-phone for hands-free calls.

Tip of the day

Install storm windows:Storm windows are exteri-or covers that reduce ener-gy leakage and preventbreaks during high winds.Storm windows come in avariety of options, rangingfrom single-ply plastic totriple-pane glass. You canalso choose between fixedand operable models. In-stalling storm windows issimple. Place the windowinside your exterior frameand screw it into place. Runa bead of latex caulkaround the inside of thewindow to create an air-tight seal. Avoid caulkingover the weep holes locatedat the base of the window.Covering these can trapmoisture and rot your sill.

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Unfettered from datedconventions that urged usto pick a decor style andstick to it, more and moredesigners and retailers thisfall are blending decorativeelements and playing moreloosely with the colorwheel.

In some cases, the resultis a polished, edited spacethat still has compellingaspects — unexpectedmaterial, furniture or colorchoices.

In others, the finishedroom is a study in eclecticexuberance, with singularand often witty hues andstyle components.

And there’s one piece inthis design puzzle that fitsno matter what the style.

“This fall, we’re seeing ashift toward comfort andfunctionality,” says designerCharlotte Dunagan of CoralGables, Fla. “Clients arelooking for beautiful spacesthat are also livable andinviting — not only aes-thetically captivating, butalso extremely comfort-able.”

John Cialone of Chi-cago’s Tom Stringer DesignPartners says clients aresavvy to big-picture con-cerns like energy efficiencyand sustainability, but alsowant designs to addresssimple things like getting abetter night’s sleep or im-proving air circulationthrough good furnitureplacement.

“Lush fabrics like velvetand mohair, luxuriousarmchairs covered in shear-ling and boucle, and fauxfur or cashmere area rugsare some of the trendspopping up in design show-rooms worldwide,” saysDunagan.

“The aim is to create acurated space with pur-

pose. Interiors are shiftingaway from stark white,museumlike spaces andincorporating a cozy, sexyfeeling. Think herringboneand patchwork, earthyshades and organic shapes.”

Art deco has gainedground over the past coupleof seasons, and we’re seeingpieces across more afford-able price ranges. There’schannel upholstery,Chanel-style quilting, curvyprofiles, polished metalsand color combinations likeglossy black with white,rich red or soft makeup-yhues.

New pieces for PB Teeninclude a channel tufteddaybed and a glam ceilingfixture swathed in finechain. At CB2, find Cham-pagne-hued velvetbarstools, a shapely velvetsofa and faux-shagreencasegoods. West Elm’s gotRosanna Ceravolo’s linear,carved media console, in acrisp citron hue.

There’s a popular transi-tional look that never getstoo far away; call it ManorHouse, or, as Pottery Barn isterming it this fall,

“Chateau.” The retailer’slaunching a collectioninfluenced by Europeanarchitecture and materials.Wrought-iron and woodfurniture in tones of char-coal or dove are paired witheasy, weathered-look tex-tiles like Jacquard pillowsand linen upholstery.

And while the mid-century modern wave

continues its strong churn,some designers are seeingslight shifts in the current.

“There seems to be atrend away from slavishmidcentury moderntoward a softer, plusher,more hand-wrought mod-ernist aesthetic,” observesRaun Thorp of Tichenor &Thorp Architects in LosAngeles. It’s a blending of

the romantic and the mach-ined that she terms “craftedmodern.”

For decor with an indus-trial yet refined look, seethe finely knurled hard-ware collections from Bust-er & Punch or JonathanBrowning’s lighting forRestoration Hardware, andIan K. Fowler’s Utilitairelighting, also for RH.

The newest minimalistlooks with a Japanese orScandinavian vibe featurelots of texture and pattern.Crate & Barrel’s Naganoand Kiyomi bedding collec-tions incorporate over-stitching or waffle weaving.Ikat textiles inspired a lineof organic quilted cottonblankets and pillows atWest Elm. And there arenew handcrafted ceramicsat these stores, too.

Wallpaper and tile are aquick, impactful way tobring these patterns home.Consider Colli’s kicky,masculine Mike tile collec-tion. New Ravenna hasCean Imminger’s playfulnew Subway pattern, withstylized subway cars ren-dered in ceramic.

Abstracts and geomet-rics, often with a nod to the1970s, ’80s or ’90s, bringmodernity and energy intoa space. There’s contempo-rary art galore now to gracewalls, very affordably. Butpractice restraint: Trendwatchers say the ubiqui-tous gallery wall may havereached its peak, and sim-pler displays — open shelv-ing, for example — arepoised to trend up.

When it comes to color,yellows both mellow (likemustard) and bright (likecitron) are cropping up allover the fall collections.

Recent design shows inNew York also featured alot of green.

“I find myself buildingrooms with hunter green asmy foundation layer, andworking chartreuse, moss,olive and even Kelly greeninto the mix,” says Cali-fornia designer AlisonPickart. “Green can be afoundational neutral. Pair itwith anything, you’ll see itworks.”

PPG Paints pickedNightwatch, a deep luxuri-ous green, as its 2019 Colorof the Year.

At CB2, there’s the newHoxton leather sofa in olivegreen and, in collaborationwith Brooklyn mensweardesign shop Hill-Side, a rugwith a deconstructed floralpattern in a forest-y palette.

Nicole Alexander ofChicago-based Siren BettyDesign is working withdark blues.

“These deep, soothingtones invoke a calm feeling,while still maintaining apresence,” she says. Lookfor more of those mineralblues, blue-blacks and navy.

Alexander is also intoanother trending, ’70s-erahue: “organic and warm”terracotta.

For complementarypalettes, check out Dunn-Edwards’ Sojourn collec-tion of dense, spicy hues,and Sherwin-Williams’Distance, Moth Wing andDark Clove.

Stylish, functional, comfortableInterior design istrending towardcozy this seasonBy Kim CookAssociated Press

FALL DECOR FORECAST

Designer Rosanna Ceravalo’s carved console for West Elm comes in a sophisticated

yet playful yellow hue, a color cropping up in many collections this fall.

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Crate & Barrel’s Nagano collection features lightweight

cotton and linen voile bedding in a navy and white stitched

pattern.

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chandelier for PBteen brings

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Keeping things cool —your water, your food,yourself — is one of themost energy-intensivetasks in your house. Manyof your home’s systems areworking in complete over-drive to provide comfortthroughout the hottestmonths of summer.

If you follow the adviceof the experts, you prob-ably had a professionaltake a look at things andperform tuneups a fewmonths ago. (And if you letthat slip your mind in thehubbub of spring, it wouldbe a good idea to havesomeone check them outnow.) But even with twice-yearly checkups to keepyour systems humming,things can go wrong asthey work nearly con-stantly throughout thesummer. Keep an eye onthese maintenance tasks toensure a comfortable,stress-free summer experi-ence.

Check your plumbing:

People generally associatemajor plumbing problemswith cold weather andbroken pipes, but summerprovides its own chal-lenges to a plumbing sys-tem. Plumbing gets a lot ofstress during summer,thanks to more peopleusually being in the home.Outdoor sprinklers, top-ping off the pool, kids athome using the toilet moreoften and multiple showerson sweaty days all taketheir toll.

In particular, hoses andconnections tend to be thebiggest problem areas.Inspect your hoses andvalves to ensure a tight fitand to make sure valves areworking. Washing mach-ine hoses are one of theweakest links in theplumbing system. Theycan contribute to summerinterior flooding, so pay

particular attention tothem.

Summer is also anexcellent time to drainand inspect your waterheater, precisely becauseit’s not being used asmuch. Have a professionalcheck the anode rods andheating elements and takea look at the gas burner.

When you go on vaca-tion, consider turningyour system off entirelywith your master watershut-off switch. (And ifyou don’t know wherethat is, ask your plumberto show you. That’s a vitalpiece of homeownerknowledge!) Plumbingsystems aren’t designed tohandle pressure for ex-tended periods of time,and when toilets aren’tflushed and faucets aren’tturned, that builds uppressure.

By the way, don’t forgetto keep your trash cansnear the toilets regularlyemptied and easily acces-sible. Kids and homevisitors have a habit oftossing stuff theyshouldn’t into the toiletwhen they don’t have anobvious place to get rid of

it, and anything besidestoilet paper and bodilywaste can block up thesystem in a hurry.

Listen to your applianc-

es: Check your air filters inaccordance with manufac-turer recommendations,and replace them asneeded. Many HVACfilters fill up faster in sum-mer than any other time, soconsider checking themmore often — as much asonce or twice a month. Avisual inspection takesonly a moment and couldsave you several weeks ofyour system working over-time.

As with your car, don’tignore strange noises orevidence of problems; theynever go away on theirown. Contact a profes-sional to investigate unusu-al sounds or warning signs.

You may give littlethought to your refrigera-tor coils, but they play avital role in keeping yourfridge running and yourfood cool. Check and cleanyour coils using a vacuumand a rag. Just getting ridof that grime buildup canwork wonders.

HOME REMEDIES

Maintenance tips to keepyour summer stress-freeBy Paul F. P. PogueAngie’s List

Remember to inspect your washing machine hose to

ensure a tight fit and prevent summer interior flooding.

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I have some large beds oftrees and shrubs in mygarden, and the weeds havebeen very difficult to keepup with this year. Will in-stalling a weed barrierfabric be worthwhile?

— Sam Goldberg, Wood-stock

Weeds have been aparticularly big challengefor gardeners to keep upwith this year. The rainyspring really got themgoing, and they still are inmany gardens. Gardenerswho were not routinelypulling weeds often foundtheir beds overrun withthem.

Landscape fabrics aremarketed as an easy solu-tion for weeds in gardenbeds but, in my opinion,the fabrics are not worthusing for this purpose.They are sold in rolls ofdifferent widths andlengths and are designed tobe installed over the sur-face of the soil and thencovered with mulch orgravel. The landscapefabric needs to be perme-able to water and air forproper plant growth in thebed. Solid plastic coversshould never be usedwhere desirable plants are

growing, as they preventwater and air from pen-etrating the soil, and plantsroots need air and water.

In order to use a weedfabric in your beds, youwill first need to remove allthe large weeds that wouldprevent the fabric fromlying flat on the ground.Ensure that the ground isrelatively smooth, as anyclods of soil will createlumps in the fabric and beharder to cover withmulch. You will need to cutthe landscape fabric to fitaround the existing shrubsand then cut slits in thefabric to accommodate anyfuture plantings. In somesituations, you may want touse landscape staples topin the fabric down to helpkeep it from folding up andpoking through the toplayer of mulch.

In the short term, byusing the fabric, youshould get some weedsuppression in your beds.Weeds will poke throughany openings you left orcreated in the fabric,though. Organic matterwill build up over timeabove the landscape fabricand weeds will start togrow above the fabric.These weeds will be easyto pull, but you still willneed to weed the bed. Thefabric will become visible

and unsightly if the mulchdecomposes and is notreplenished.

The Chicago BotanicGarden uses weed controlfabrics in the productionnursery to cover gravelareas and suppress weedsin areas used for containergrowing. The regular wa-tering that container plantsneed creates great weedgrowing conditions, andcombined with the diffi-culty in pulling weedsbetween the pots, weedcontrol fabrics save a lot ofwork. They are taken up atthe end of the season whenthe containers are put intowinter storage.

I think it is best to con-tinue with hand weedingyour bed and skip a land-scape fabric. There arepre-emergent herbicidesthat could be applied toyour shrub beds that workby preventing the germina-tion of weed seeds but willnot control perennialweeds. These productsalso need to be used verycarefully to avoid damag-ing desirable plants, thus, Ido not use them in myhome garden.

Tim Johnson is director ofhorticulture for the ChicagoBotanic Garden in Glencoe.

[email protected]

Landscape fabrics are marketed as an easy solution for weeds in garden beds but ulti-

mately may not be worth it. Weeds have been a big challenge for gardeners this year.

CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDEN

Landscape fabrics may notbe best tool to fight weedsBy Tim JohnsonChicago Tribune

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Q: Oh, do I need yourhelp, Tim. I purchased aprehung interior doorand now need to install it.I thought it would be easyto do, but I’ve discoveredit does seem to take someskill and magic. What canyou share with me to getme out of this pickle?

A: Admit it. How manytimes have you jumped intoa job and started to floun-der? It happened to mecountless times early in mybuilding career, but I en-joyed challenging myself.You may only have theweekend to get somethingdone, though, and chal-lenges can quickly trans-form into disasters.

There are lots of steps toinstalling a prehung door.It’s important to realize therough opening needs to beabout 1⁄2 inch to 1 inchwider than the outer widthof the door frame. You needthis wiggle room to installwedge-shaped shims.

The goal is to have aconsistent gap between thedoor and the door frame.This gap is usually one-eighth of an inch. Thehardest part for most rook-ies is getting the gap alongthe top of the door to be thesame. One or both of theside jambs usually need tobe cut off to get the top gapperfect.

Be sure to install theshims behind the doorhinges. The most importantstep after the door is in-

stalled is to install a 2.5-inch, or 3-inch, screw inone of the screw holes ofthe top hinge. This screwneeds to penetrate throughthe door jamb and embeditself into the rough lumberof the wall. This screwensures the door will notdroop over time, causing itto rub against the jamb.

I have great detailedstep-by-step tips and videosfor installing a prehungdoor at go.askthebuilder.com/installprehungdoor.

Q: What can you shareabout installing fenceposts? My online re-search has me more con-fused than ever. Quite afew websites talk aboutputting concrete aroundeach fence post. Is this agood idea? Are thereother options? How deepshould fence posts be? Idon’t want to waste timeor money.

A: Have you run into lotsof conflicting informationat various websites? I knowI have. The reason thishappens, I feel, is becausethe barrier to publishingyour opinion is now lowerthan a limbo stick for ants.

Before the internet, bookand magazine publisherswould do a good vettingprocess to see if the authorwas an authority. Now thatvetting job is on your shoul-ders, and most are notwilling to see if the onlinematerial has been createdby someone who has donethe job for years in a profes-sional capacity.

In my opinion, the adviceoffered by those promotingconcrete is ill-advised. Iprefer to look at the wayranchers and farmers installfence posts as my north star.If they do use concrete, it’soften only at corner postsand around gate posts in afence line.

If you have strong soil,the compacted soil will do aremarkable job of support-ing a fence post. As youinstall the soil around thepost, just add 4 inches ofsoil at a time and compact itusing a two-by-four as atamping tool.

You can use crushedgravel around fence poststoo. It’s important to realizethe gravel should have anassortment of sizes, includ-ing fines. Fines are sand-sized crushed rock and theresulting dust from thecrushing process. This finematerial helps interlock thelarger pieces of angulargravel with one another.

Crushed gravel, once it’scompacted and damp, isnearly as strong as concrete.The advantage over con-crete is that if you have toremove the fence post, youcan remove the gravel withfar less effort than if youhad to break apart the con-crete around a fence post.

The depth of fence postsis important. Shallow fenceposts create a fence that tipsover with ease. If you live ina windy area, your fencecould blow over.

I’ve had the best luckinstalling fence posts about2 feet deep. This works well

for a standard 4- to 6-foottall fence. If you plan tohave a tall fence over 6 feet,then you might want tohave your post extend 30inches below the surface.

Be sure to call 811 if you

intend to dig fence postholes. There might be allsorts of underground util-ities in your yard, and thelast thing you want to do iscut a power or communica-tions cable. Puncturing a

gas or water line might alsoruin your day.

I have all sorts of extrafence post tips and videosat my website waiting foryou. Just go to go.askthebuilder.com/fencepost.

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Home prices have shotup in some areas of the U.S.to the point where buyersneed jumbo loans to fi-nance them. In mortgagespeak, jumbo refers toloans that exceed the limitsset by the government-sponsored enterprises thatbuy most home loans andpackage them for investors.

Jumbo mortgages, orjumbo loans, are those thatexceed the dollar amountloan-servicing limits put inplace by Freddie Mac andFannie Mae. This makesthem nonconformingloans.

As of 2018, these limitsare $453,100 in all areasexcept for Alaska, Guam,Hawaii and the U.S. VirginIslands, where the limit is$679,650. The conforminglimit is higher in countieswith higher home prices,so be sure to check yourarea’s loan limits.

The maximum loanamount varies by lender.Borrowers can get fixed- oradjustable-rate jumbomortgages with variousterm options. The mort-gages can be used for pri-mary homes, as well as forinvestment properties andvacation homes.

Jumbo lenders usuallyhave stricter underwritingguidelines. The main rea-son for this is that they’renot backed by Fannie orFreddie, so they’re riskierloans. On the flip side,lenders have more to gainsince the dollar value ishigher and they can offeradditional services to thesewealthier customers.

The three commonhurdles borrowers mustclear to get jumbo-loanapproval are larger income,higher credit scores andgreater reserves, saysRobert Cohan, president ofCarlyle Financial based inSan Francisco.

“To consider a jumboloan the FICO scores haveto be higher. The average isaround 740, although Ihave seen some as low as660,” Cohan says.

Borrowers whose scoresfall beneath the normalrequirements usually haveto offset it with a low debt-to-income ratio.

“If you’re high-lever-aged and you have a lowcredit score it’s going to behard to get a jumbo loan,”Cohan says.

Borrowers should beprepared to show enoughreserves, or assets, to coverbetween six and 12months’ worth of mortgage

payments. The down pay-ment on jumbo loans are,on average, between 10 and20 percent.

“Anything lower than a10 percent down paymentand you’re probably goingto pay for it in higherrates,” Cohan says.

The main benefit forborrowers is that a jumbomortgage allows them togo outside of Fannie andFreddie limitations. Youcan still get a competitiveinterest rate and financethe home of your choicewithout being restricted bythe dollar limit on con-forming mortgages.

The rates on jumbomortgages fluctuate andmay be higher or lowerthan the conforming mort-gage rate. Recently, a 30-year jumbo rate was 4.62percent, 8 basis pointslower than a conventional30-year fixed rate of 4.71percent.

Jumbo loans are a con-venient way to financeproperty. Instead of gettingtwo conforming loans tofinance a home, the jumbooption eliminates thatneed. Some borrowersprefer to finance more ofthe home’s cost rather thantying up cash, making thejumbo mortgages a poten-tially helpful financial tool.

Jumbo mortgages exceed the loan dollar amount limits put in place by Freddie Mac and

Fannie Mae. Jumbo lenders usually have stricter underwriting guidelines.

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What is a jumbo mortgage,and when do you need one?By Natalie CampisiBankrate.com

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