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Making an impact in middle school

By VICKIE MOSS The Iola Register

Jason Coke, Iola Middle School’s new assistant principal and athletic director, worked at an afterschool program for Crawford County Mental Health while in college.

It turned out to be a life-changing experience.

It’s not only where he met his wife, Tracy, but also where he decided to become a teacher. She teaches in Chanute.

Until then, Coke had convinced himself he never wanted to teach. His family was full of teachers. Instead, Coke, who grew up in a small town in Oklahoma, decided to pursue wildlife management.

But, “working with kids makes me happy,” he explained of the change in direction. “And the most important thing in life is to be happy.”

Because he’d already studied so much science as part of the wildlife degree, it made sense to become a science teacher and so he taught seventh and eighth grade science

COVID cases continue to climb locally

By VICKIE MOSS The Iola Register

Jason Coke is the new assistant principal and athletic director at Iola Middle School. He’s originally from Afton, Okla., and taught science to seventh and eighth grade students at Royster Middle School in Chanute. REGISTER/VICKIE MOSS at Royster Middle School in Chanute.

Along the way, Principal Don Epps became a mentor, teaching Coke how to moti-

vate students by having a positive attitude.

“He showed me you could have fun while being an administrator,” Coke said.

Coke believes he can have a positive impact at IMS. “Middle school is an interesting time in someone’s life.

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New round PSU: Stop off-campus socializing of stimulus checks stuck in limbo

Allen County saw three more COVID-19 cases this past week, increasing the total to 33.

None of the infected are hospitalized, according to the weekly update from the Southeast Kansas Multi-County Health Department.

Bourbon County continues to see the most positive cases in the four counties served by the SEK health departments. Bourbon saw another 11 positive cases, bringing its total to 96. Two people have died in the county from the coronaviSee UPDATE | Page A3

Chiefs owner stresses leadership

By ANDRA STEFANONI Pittsburg State University

By BAILEY ALDRIDGE The News & Observer

RALEIGH, N.C. — A second round of coronavirus stimulus checks remains in limbo as August draws to a close without an agreement among lawmakers on a relief package.

Talks about the relief package, which is expected to include stimulus checks, resumed last week, Nexstar/the Associated Press reported Sunday. But Democrats and Republicans remain locked in a stalemate and unable to reach a compromise on spending.

In mid-May the House of Representatives passed the Democrats’ $3 trillion coronavirus aid bill, the Heroes Act, that was never voted on in the Senate.

Senate Republicans introduced their own $1 trillion package, the Health, Economic Assistance, Liability Protection and Schools, or HEALS, Act in late July, McClatchy News reported.

Both plans include another round of the $1,200 relief payments that were sent to individuals under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security, or CARES, Act earlier this year. The HEALS Act includes another $500 for dependents, as the CARES Act did, and the Heroes Act includes $1,200 for depenSee RELIEF | Page A3

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Off-campus gatherings of young adults appear to have contributed to an increase in positive cases of COVID-19, officials with Pittsburg State University and the Crawford County Health Department announced at a news briefing on Wednesday.

Since the start of classes in mid-August, 15 students have tested positive for the virus. That’s in addition to 34 COVID-positive students who are in isolation, and an additional 70 in quarantine as identified close contacts of those infected.

In the past week, infection rates have escalated quickly among the 18-25 age group in Crawford County. Crawford County has recorded 599 positive COVID-19 cases.

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Pittsburg State University President Steve Scott speaks at a press conference last week. PSU “Logically, we expected to have infections, though we had hoped the preparation and communication with students would have prevented this kind of spike,” said PSU President Steve Scott. “It’s now clear we must do things differently if we hope to stay open this semester.”

On Aug. 25, Dr. Timothy Stebbins, the Crawford County public health officer, contacted Scott to discuss the situation and options.

“Our goal is to keep the university open, and that requires swift and effective action,” said Dr. Stebbins. “Numbers See PSU | Page A6

Obesity increases risks with COVID-19 PAGE A3

Prepare a disaster plan today PAGE A5

Presidential race plunges into debate over safety PITTSBURGH (AP) — The battle over who can keep Americans safe after recent deadly protests has emerged as the sharpest dividing line for the presidential campaign’s final weeks, with Joe Biden on Monday condemning the violence and President Donald Trump defending a supporter accused of fatally shooting two men.

While the president blamed Biden, his Democratic foe, for siding with “anarchists,” Biden, in his most direct attacks yet, accused Trump of causing the divisions that have ignited the violence. He delivered an uncharacteristically blistering speech and distanced himself from radi-

cal forces involved in altercations.

Biden said of Trump: “He doesn’t want to shed light, he wants to generate heat, and he’s stoking violence in our cities. He can’t stop the violence because for years he’s fomented it.”

Trump blames radical troublemakers whom he says are stirred up and backed by Biden. But when he was asked about one of his own supporters who was charged with killing two men during the mayhem in Kenosha, Wisconsin, he declined to denounce the killings and suggested that 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse was acting in self-defense.

After a confrontation in

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event Monday in Pittsburgh, Pa. (Alex Wong/Getty Images/TNS) which he fatally shot one man, police say, Rittenhouse fell while being chased by people trying to disarm him.

“That was an interesting

situation,” said Trump. “He was trying to get away from them, I guess, it looks like, See SAFETY | Page A6

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Services for William LaPorte, who died July 24, will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Feuerborn Family Funeral Service in Iola. Inurnment will follow at Fairview Cemetery in Mildred.

Schlitterbahn water park in Kansas City, Kan.

$330M development planned on site of Schlitterbahn park City, The Kansas City Star reported.

The developers are seeking $130 million in Kansas STAR bonds — originally designed to fund attractions that bring in tourists — to boost the project. STAR bonds are among the most powerful incentives available to developers.

The new complex would include indoor and outdoor amenities, retail, office and entertainment space with soccer, football, baseball and lacrosse fields, as well as water sports such as paddleboarding, dragon boat racing and kayaking.

Tom Burroughs, who chairs the Economic Development and Finance Standing Committee, indicated that he thought it was a suitable redevelopment plan.

“Having that sports mecca there, it just plays right in with the development we have in western Wyandotte County,” Burroughs said. “I like to call it leisure-tainment.”

Bad boy! Dog costs Mississippi officials more than $7,000 LIBERTY, Miss. (AP) — A curious dog got hold of a fiber optic cable that ran between county buildings in Mississippi, chewing it to pieces and costing county officials thousands of dollars in an attempt to get it fixed.

The cable connected a courthouse and a nearby Justice Court building in Amite County, Tim Wroten, the county’s sheriff, told the Enterprise-Journal Wednesday. The wire was mostly elevated but dipped to the ground

by the front door of the Justice Court building, where the dog chewed it.

The culprit was not caught in the act, but officials saw “his running mate” through the security camera, Wroten said.

The sheriff has a suspect in mind but lacks evidence to hold up his charge. If officials knew who the troublemaker was, the county could seek damages, which amounts to more than $7,000, from the owner, according to Wroten.

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KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Two former soccer club executives are hoping to help fund a planned $330 million redevelopment of the shuttered Schlitterbahn water park in Kansas City, Kansas, with sales tax funds.

Robb Heineman, Sporting KC’s former CEO, and Greg Cotton, its former chief operating officer and chief counsel, have proposed building a multisport complex on the site, which was sold in June last year.

Unified Government of Wyandotte County-Kansas City officials say the redevelopment would “remove (the) blight and political stigma” that has tainted the park since 2016 when a 10-year-old boy was decapitated while on a ride billed as the world’s tallest waterslide.

Heineman and Cotton were pitching their plans Monday to the economic development committee of the Unified Government of Wyandotte County-Kansas

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By JIM McLEAN Kansas News Service

TOPEKA, Kansas — As many as 40 million Americans — including 357,000 Kansans — face the risk of eviction in the next several months.

An enhanced federal unemployment benefit of $600 a week that expired at the end of July helped people who lost jobs because of the COVID-19 pandemic cover basic living expenses, like rent and mortgage payments.

But a recent report from the Aspen Institute says that because Congress hasn’t extended those larger jobless checks, the country could soon see an unprecedented wave of evictions and foreclosures.

“America is facing an urgent and unprecedented eviction crisis,” the Aspen Institute researchers concluded.

Hundreds of thousands of Kansans could be at risk, said Donna Ginther, an economist with the Institute for Policy and Social Research at the University of Kansas.

“We need to understand that this (the pandemic) is a natural disaster,” Ginther said.

In a recent report, Ginther said the lapse of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Assistance — or CARES Act — is “compounding a crisis that is already terrible.”

“The federal government is playing with fire right now,” she said.

“If those benefits aren’t restored, you’re going to see a lot of hardship and deprivation.”

Sheena Mooney, of Topeka, has already experienced it. She lost her janitorial job in March, fell behind on her rent and last week was evicted from her house.

“It’s my home,” Mooney said as friends helped her pack up her belongings. “It’s so hard, you have no idea.”

Mooney applied for unemployment but was told she didn’t qualify.

So, her eviction wasn’t triggered by the loss of federal benefits.

It was approved by

the Shawnee County District Court between the May 26 expiration of Gov. Laura Kelly’s initial order barring evictions and mortgage foreclosures and Aug. 17, when her new order took effect.

With Congress stalled on a new coronavirus relief package, Kelly announced last week that the state would apply to participate in a stop-gap Trump administration program to boost unemployment benefits by $400 a week.

In a statement, Kelly said using federal disaster relief funds to temporarily increase benefits to jobless Kansas is “far from a perfect solution.” But she said the program “is the only available option for additional federal assistance at this time.”

In recent testimony to a legislative committee monitoring the economic impact of the pandemic, Kansas Secretary of Labor Ryan Wright said he was reluctant to participate in the program because it would take “several weeks” to reprogram the agency’s decades-old-computer system to process the payments. Plus, he said, the $44 billion earmarked for the program isn’t expected to last long.

“What we’ve been told … is that we should only plan on three weeks of dedicated funding,” Wright said.

More than 415,000 Kansans have filed for unemployment since mid-March.

New claims, said Ginther, the KU economist, “remain stubbornly high,” particularly among low- to moderate-income Kansans making under $20 per hour.

The number of Kansans filing initial claims is on the rise, going from 11,092 on Aug. 1, to 21,175 on Aug. 22, the end of the last reporting period. Initial and continued claims combined total 87,546.

Social service agencies are bracing for a surge in demand if more relief isn’t available soon, said Tawny Stottlemire, director of

Sheena Mooney, who lost her job at the start of the coronavirus pandemic in March, reacts to being evicted from her Topeka rental home. Jim McLean/ KCUR

Community Action Topeka, an anti-poverty organization that helps low-income Kansans with child care and basic living expenses.

“We’re going to see it just get worse and worse unless Congress acts,” Stottlemire said.

“We’re going to see more homelessness.”

Teresa Baker helps people avoid financial calamities like foreclosure, eviction and bankruptcy as a counselor at Topeka’s Housing and Credit Counseling, Inc. She’s been anticipating a sharp increase in people seeking assistance since pandemic-related business closures threw tens of thousands of Kansans out of work in mid-March.

It hasn’t happened yet, she said, because the enhanced unemployment benefits have allowed people to scrape by. But she said a housing crisis looks inevitable if Washington doesn’t extend the benefits.

“It’s going to happen,” Baker said.

People fearing eviction, Baker said, should contact their landlord and attempt to work out a partial payment plan.

If that’s not possible, agree to vacate their home or apartment before they’re evicted.

“We don’t want to see people legally evicted,” Baker said, because that puts a negative mark on their credit record “that’s going to make it harder for them to rent in the future.”

Kelly’s moratorium on evictions and foreclosures remains in effect until Sept. 15.

She can’t extend it beyond that date unless the Kansas Legislature renews her emergency powers.

“No Kansan should

be kicked out of their home during the pandemic,” Kelly said when announcing the order.

“That’s just wrong.”

Vince Munoz, an organizer for the Rent Zero Kansas coalition, argues in an opinion piece in The Kansas Reflector that state or federal lawmakers need to cancel rent and mortgage payments all together until a vaccine capable of ending the pandemic is widely available.

To protect landlords and lenders, Munoz wrote, taxpayers could “offset real losses associated with cancelling and suspending payments.”

Steve Vogel, the head of the Shawnee County Landlords Association, said the governor’s temporary moratorium is warranted. But he said cancelling or suspending rent payments for the duration of the pandemic would financially cripple scores of small businesses across the state.

“Most of the landlords that I know of, especially if they have very many properties, have acquired those properties with borrowed money,” Vogel said. “They have mortgages to pay.”

Vogel owns 13 rental properties in the Topeka area. He says landlords are generally willing to work with tenants to avoid evictions, which he says are “a last resort.”

“No landlord that I know or have ever met wants to do an eviction,” he said. “It’s heartbreaking to go through that.”

Kelly has said her administration is also looking for ways to help landlords.

Appeals court keeps Michael Flynn case alive

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court in Washington declined Monday to order the dismissal of the Michael Flynn prosecution, permitting a judge to scrutinize the Justice Department’s request to dismiss its case against President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser.

The decision keeps the case at least temporarily alive and re-

buffs efforts by both Flynn’s lawyers and the Justice Department to force the prosecution to be dropped without further inquiry from the judge, who has for months declined to dismiss it. The ruling is the latest development in a criminal case that has taken unusual twists and turns over the last year and prompted a separation of powers tussle involving a veteran federal judge and the Trump administration.

In a separate ruling Monday, a three-judge

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panel of the same appeals court again threw out a lawsuit by House Democrats to compel former White House counsel Don McGahn to appear before a congressional committee.

The Flynn conflict arose in May when the Justice Department moved to dismiss the prosecution despite Flynn’s own guilty plea to lying to the FBI about his contacts with the

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But U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan, who had upbraided Flynn for his behavior at a 2018 court appearance, signaled his skepticism at the government’s unusual motion. He refused to dismiss the case and instead scheduled a hearing and appointed a retired federal judge.

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Obesity increase risk of severe COVID-19 illness

By MARTHE FOURCADE Bloomberg News

PARIS — Obese and overweight people are at high risk of suffering severe cases of COVID-19, according to a French study that sheds light on the pandemic’s burden.

The research, presented at a conference this week, shows how carrying extra pounds puts patients at risk of more serious disease and death. Only one in every 10 people who end up in intensive care with COVID-19 were in a range of healthy weight, the study found.

Researchers found

A study finds obesity increases the risk of severe COVID-19 illness. that about half of the 124 intensive-care patients with COVID-19 in a sample they studied were obese and most of the remaining ones were overweight.

By contrast, only a quarter suffered from

obesity and another quarter were overweight in a control group of several hundred patients admitted to intensive care for reasons unrelated to the pandemic.

People with a body mass index of 30 or more were considered obese, matching international thresholds from the World Health Organization and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

“The increased risk posed by this virus to people living with obesity could not be clearer,” Pattou said. “Our data show that the chances

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of increasing to more severe disease increases with BMI, to the point where almost all intensive care COVID-19 patients with severe obesity will end up on a ventilator.”

As many as 87% of patients who were severely obese required a ventilator to continue breathing, Pattou and colleagues found.

Just under 40% of Americans are considered obese, according to the Centers for Disease and Control. More than 70% of Americans, including those who are obese, are considered overweight.

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Relief: Debate continues over funding Continued from A1

dents.

The White House on Friday offered a $1.3 trillion relief bill. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., turned it down, saying it wouldn’t provide enough funding to help Americans need during the COVID-19 crisis, The Hill reported.

On Sunday, White House chief of staff Mark Meadows criticized Pelosi’s rejection of the offer during an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” blaming her for stalled negotiations.

“Here’s the problem: She puts forth a number, suggests that she came down and yet she’s willing to turn down $1.3 trillion of help that goes to the American people because she would rather them have nothing than to give way on what her fantasy might be,” he said during the inter-

view.

But Pelosi has said Democrats are willing to meet the White House and Senate Republicans at $2.2 trillion in funding and that, once they are willing to meet in the middle, “we can sit down and talk.”

“They have to move.

They have to move,” she told reporters during a news conference last week. “Why should there be a bill that has far less what the public needs?

We have that responsibility. They’re just going to have to come up with more money.”

The CARES Act, which was signed into law in March, was a $2.2 trillion bill.

Meadows told “Meet the Press” on Sunday the White House won’t go up from $1.3 trillion.

“Listen, we’re not going to negotiate here because the speaker’s been

very clear,” he said.

Democrats and Republicans have been in disagreement over the package for weeks. After Congress failed to reach an agreement on the weekly $600 federal boost to unemployment, which expired at the end of July, President Donald Trump issued executive orders in early August, including one to provide funding for temporary additions of between $300 and $400 to Americans receiving unemployment benefits.

But his orders still left out much of what congressional Democrats have pushed to be included.

A second round of stimulus checks, however, has support from both sides, The Hill reports.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has said he

IMS: Building relationships Continued from A1

It kind of shapes you into the person you will become,” he said.

“Kids this age are open to new experiences. It’s energizing to be around them. I can be goofy and have fun, and they accept that.”

But middle school can also be a time of challenge and change, as students start to leave childhood behind and transition into their teenage years and beyond.

“I’m big into treating each other with respect and holding myself and everyone else accountable for our actions,” he said. “It’s important we do our best to make middle school a safe learning environment.”

That’s why it’s important to develop positive relationships with the students, Coke said.

When students struggle, they need to know they can trust him with their problems.

“They’re trying to figure out their path and they stumble sometimes,” he said. “This is the place to get that

Middle school is an interesting time in someone’s life. It kind of shapes you into the person you will become.

— Jason Coke, Iola Middle School assistant principal and athletic director

fixed and learn the lessons that will help them the rest of their lives.

I think a lot of people can look back on middle school and think, ‘I should have done that a little bit different.’”

But building relationships with his students is easier said than done during the coronavirus pandemic. A mask mandate means students and staff must keep half of their faces covered. It’s not easy to learn names and faces that way, Coke said. He feels bad repeatedly asking a student’s name.

He wanted to organize a big “back to school” party to introduce himself to students, but couldn’t.

He also likes to shake hands and give highfives, which he can’t do.

But the most difficult part of the pandemic is the emotional toll it’s taking on students. Coke is sad to see students miss out on activities, or become stressed because of all the changes.

“It’s tough to know what are the best decisions,” he said of the pandemic. “But I think as bad as it is, it’s going to help me in the long run to become a better administrator.

There have been a lot of learning experiences.”

Outside of the classroom, Coke enjoys hunting, fishing, archery and golf.

He and Tracy have a 3-year-old daughter, Addison.

“I’m very happy to be here,” he said. “I feel that I’m in the right place.”

is hopeful for a deal despite the stalemate, and House lawmakers also seemed hopeful about negotiations last week, Nexstar reported.

But Congress is in recess until after Labor Day, and Nexstar/AP reports lawmakers likely won’t be called back to Washington, D.C., unless there’s a deal ready to be voted on. Additionally, the two sides are “nowhere near resolution” and talks are “broadening to include Postal Service funds before the November election.”

Controversy has surrounded the U.S. Postal Service and mail-in voting as the upcoming election nears. Democrats have pushed for more funding for the agency while Trump has refused support. While Democrats have urged increased access to mailin voting during the pandemic, Trump and others in the White House have, without evidence, said doing so will lead to increased fraud and hurt his chances of reelection.

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Anderson County saw another six cases, bringing its total to 37, with one hospitalization.

Woodson County also has one person hospitalized but had no new positive cases this past week. Its total is 12 since the coronavirus pandemic began.

Statewide, cases jumped to 42,612 on Monday, an increase of about 3.7% over Friday’s total of 41,048.

Three more people have died in the state since Friday, for a total of 446.

The state also reported 370,637 negative tests, which means about 10.3% of all tests are positive.

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Letters to the editor Dear editor,

This is to encourage the leaders of Black Lives Matter protest marches to work with their local police department to identify and prosecute any protesters who choose to engage in violent actions I suggest that six of the leaders meet with the police before the street march, and outline how to handle any violent actions.

Have police cars stationed at strategic locations just off the route, and call them the moment you see any violent activity occurring. Then have those marching move to the sides of the street to allow the police fast entry.

Take videos of those engaging in violence, to share with the police and point out their location when the police arrive.

As soon as the police apprehend and remove the perpetrator, and leave the area, marchers move back onto the street to complete their pro-

Dear editor,

I was pleased, but not surprised, to read of the awards given to the Iola Register and staff by the Kansas Press Association. This marks the second year in a row that the Register has received both the news and advertising awards.

Although I am a recent subscriber to the Register, I also read several local papers as well as the Kansas City Star.

The Register is well-deserving of these awards in my opinion.

However, one area not measured by these awards is, in my experience, only seen in the Register, and that is the personal touch. When I subscribed to the Register, I re-

Correction:

Jeanie Weide pointed out that the two people shot and killed by 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse during protests in Kenosha, Wis., last week were not Black

test march.

Let these actions send this message: We will help you take care of the few violent bad apples in our group, and we are asking you take care of the few bad apples in the police department.

Stopping the violence could stop Trump from sending federal troops in to incite further violence.

Before the march starts, instruct those in the crowd what you intend to do, and what they need to do to help out.

If violence starts, you will speak on a bullhorn to move to the sides of the street. Take videos of those engaging in destructive activities, and help point them out when the police arrive. Share your videos, for the police to use as evidence. Crowd around a perpetrator to help pen him in so the police can get to him. Then thank the police for their help.

Sincerely, Joe Hess, Iola, Kan.

ceived a personal thank you note from Susan Lynn. This may not mean much to most people, but to me it shows that they care about their patrons.

This was reinforced when I had a problem getting into my online subscription, and when I called the office, the boss made sure I understood how to get into my subscription, and took the time to walk me through downloading it so I could scroll through it easily.

We have a great newspaper in Allen County. The awards tell us that the rest of the state knows it, too.

Sincerely, Peggy Carlson, Savonburg, Kan.

men, as I had referred to in Monday’s editorial.

Rittenhouse also shot a third person, who has survived.

I regret the error.

— Susan Lynn

Russia has us right where it wants us After the intelligence community briefed members of Congress in late July about threats to the upcoming election, Democrats expressed alarm about what they had learned — and about the fact that the information had not been shared with the American public. “The warning lights are flashing red. America’s elections are under attack,” wrote Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) in a Post oped, without disclosing any specifics.

The Democrats’ pressure resulted in the issuance of a carefully worded Aug. 7 statement by William Evanina, the director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, saying that Russia was once again seeking to interfere in a presidential election, using “a range of measures” to “undermine former Vice President Biden’s candidacy and the Democratic Party.”

Mr. Blumenthal said that statement “only hints at the threats,” which, he added, “are chilling.” He and other Democrats called for the Office of the Director

of National Intelligence to declassify what is known about Russia’s activities so voters can be aware of them.

Instead, over the weekend the blind loyalist whom Mr. Trump installed this year as director of national intelligence, former Republican congressman John Ratcliffe, dispatched a letter to Congress announcing his intention to curtail briefings between now and the election.

Mr. Ratcliffe said that “to ensure clarity and consistency,” ODNI would meet its legal obligation to report to Congress “through written finished intelligence products” rather than live briefings, which allow legislators to ask follow-up questions.

While he later told Fox News that congressional intelligence committees would still be briefed, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Adam B. Schiff said the ODNI had canceled live briefings it had planned for mid-September.

Mr. Ratcliffe and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows said the change in

Law and order only work if applied equally

By HEIDI STEVENS The Chicago Tribune

It’s not law and order to shoot a man seven times in the back.

It’s not law and order when a 17-year-old boy grabs an assault rifle and crosses state lines.

It’s not law and order when that 17-year-old boy shoots three people and two of them die.

It wasn’t law and order when George Floyd’s last breath was pushed out of his body on a street in Minneapolis.

It wasn’t law and order for vigilantes to chase Ahmaud Arbery through their Georgia neighborhood, corner him and gun him down.

It wasn’t law and order for police officers to shoot Breonna Taylor eight times while attempting to serve a noknock warrant on her Kentucky apartment.

It wasn’t law and order when officers shot Botham Jean in his own home and Atatiana Jefferson in her own home.

It wasn’t law and order when police threw Eastern Illinois University student Jaylan Butler to the ground and threatened to blow off his young, perfect head when his swim team bus was stopped at a rest stop.

In each of those tragedies, order was disrupted. Public

trust was disrupted. Humanity was disrupted.

In each of those tragedies, the legal specifics vary. The officer who shot Jefferson was indicted for murder. The officer who shot Jean was convicted of murder. The officers involved in Taylor’s shooting have not been arrested. The public still awaits more details surrounding police officer Rusten Sheskey shooting Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin; officers on that scene weren’t wearing body cameras.

But we know that in the United States, no person should be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law. It’s in our Constitution. Twice. In the Fifth Amendment, as it applies to the federal government and in the 14th Amendment as it applies to states.

No person.

So when Fox News host Tucker Carlson said Kyle Rittenhouse — now charged with first-degree intentional homicide, first-degree reckless homicide, two counts of first-degree recklessly endangering safety, attempted first-degree intentional homicide and possession of a dangerous weapon by a person under 18 — “decided to maintain order when no one else would,” we have to ask ourselves how “order” is being defined for us.

Carlson has the highest-rated program in cable

A call for maintaining law and order, without the acknowledgment that neither is applied fairly and equally in this country, is little more than a call for maintaining the status quo. And the status quo has left far too many people out of America’s promise of equal protection, equal rights, equal opportunity.

news. That’s an enormous platform from which to explain away alleged homicide as maintaining order.

When President Donald Trump accepts the GOP nomination at the Republican National Convention — from the South Lawn of the White House, which itself violates the law — and says, “We must always have law and order,” we have to ask ourselves which laws he wants upheld, and what order looks like to him.

When Vice President Mike Pence’s chief of staff Marc Short called NBA teams “absurd” and “silly” for refusing to participate in playoff games this week, when he told CNN, “If they want to protest, I don’t think we care,” we have to ask why.

Why not care? Why not take an honest, expansive, open-minded view at the protests swirling around us — many peaceful, some not — and the events that lead up to them? Why not examine

the pain and the death and the grieving and the injustice that send your fellow Americans, the ones you’re elected to serve, into the streets to call for concrete, widespread change?

A call for maintaining law and order, without the acknowledgment that neither is applied fairly and equally in this country, is little more than a call for maintaining the status quo. And the status quo has left far too many people out of America’s promise of equal protection, equal rights, equal opportunity.

Correcting that won’t be easy or fast or orderly. But it’s necessary. And overdue.

When former President Barack Obama gave his eulogy at civil rights leader John Lewis’ funeral, he closed with this: “God bless you all. God bless America. God bless this gentle soul who pulled it closer to its promise.”

That work isn’t done. That work is all of ours.

policy was a reaction to leaks by members of Congress.

But the only “leak” was the simple fact that the administration was withholding critical information about Russia’s interference — which, of course, is intended to help President Trump win reelection.

IN EFFECT, Mr. Ratcliffe is providing cover for Vladimir Putin’s influence operation. If Americans are not aware of precisely what Moscow is doing to sow misinformation, they are more likely to be swayed by it. Congress could subpoena Mr. Ratcliffe to publicly testify about the ongoing operation, and it should. But the Trump administration demonstrated during the impeachment proceedings that it will defy subpoenas. Mr. Trump, who has spoken to Mr. Putin frequently by phone this year — including at least three times since May — showed in 2016 that he will do whatever he can to facilitate and exploit Russia’s interference. Some might call that collusion.

— The Washington Post

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School opens and the new schools at McKinley and St. John’s are ready for classes. ***** Milne, Mann and Thomasson have announced the opening of a new and enlarged recapping establishment in the 200 block on North First Street which they say is probably the most modern and efficient in the entire state. It features five recapping molds with 15 sets of matrixes attached to a high pressure steam line along the west wall. The molds handle all sizes of passenger and truck tires and require up to two-and-a-half hours to cure a retread, depending on the size of the tire. Four men are employed on 24-hour, two-shift basis. One contract alone calls for all the recapping for a Kansas City transport company with a fleet of 100 trucks. ***** A birthday cake, embellished with 94 candles, was presented to Paul Klein, Iola lumberman, by the Iola Rotarians at their meeting at the Kelley Hotel. Klein is one of two charter members now living in Iola. The other is Thomas H. Bowlus. Klein came to Iola in 1903 from western Kansas to go into the lumber business. After blowing out the candles, he said he had no intention of retiring.

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(AP) — The Trump administration on Monday finalized its weakening of an Obama-era rule aimed at reducing polluted wastewater from coal-burning power plants that has contaminated streams, lakes and underground aquifers The change will allow utilities to use cheaper technologies and take longer to comply with pollution reduction guidelines that are less stringent than what the agency originally adopted in 2015.

It’s the latest in a string of regulatory rollbacks for coal power under Trump — actions that have failed to turn around the industry’s decline amid competition from cheap natural gas and renewable energy.

The latest rule change covers requirements for cleaning coal ash and toxic heavy metals such as mercury, arsenic and selenium from plant wastewater before it is dumped into waterways.

Utilities are expected to save $140 million annually under the changes, which Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler said in a statement would protect industry jobs in part by using a phased-in approach to reducing pollution.

The new rule largely exempts coal plants that will retire or

switch to burning natural gas by 2028.

Coal plants are responsible for as much as 30% of all toxic water pollution from all industries in the U.S. In the Southeast, that number is even higher.

“This rule is going to continue to let these coal-fired power plants pour these toxics into the nation’s rivers and streams, contaminating drinking water and fisheries for 2.7 million people,” said Betsy Southerland, who was the science director in the EPA’s water office before retiring in 2017.

The estimate of people impacted is from the analysis that was done for the Obamaera rule, she said.

The revised rule is expected to affect 75 out of 914 coal power plants nationwide, compared to more than 100 plants affected by the 2015 rule. That’s in part because coal power usage has dropped dramatically over the past decade and many plants have been shuttered.

The rules also carve out an exception for a plant operated by the nation’s largest public utility, the Tennessee Valley Authority. The plant in Cumberland City, Tennessee, near the Kentucky border, accounts for up to one-sixth of the wastewater released in the country from cleaning out coal plant flues, millions of gallons per day more than any other plant.

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(AP) — Zoom’s videoconferencing service is deepening its integral role in life during the pandemic as tens of thousands more businesses and other users pay for subscriptions to get more control over their virtual meetings.

The surge in paying customers enabled Zoom to hail another quarter of explosive growth. The company on Monday reported that its revenue for the May-July period more than quadrupled from the same time last year to $663.5 million, boosted by a steadily rising number of users converting from the free to paid version of Zoom’s service.

Zoom finished its fiscal second quarter with 370,200 customers with at least 10 employees, a gain of about 105,000 customers from the end of April. Just a year ago, Zoom only had 66,300 customers with at least 10 employees paying for subscriptions.

All that money pouring in helped Zoom earn nearly $186 million, or 66 cents per share, during its latest quarter, up from just $5.5 million at the same time last year.

“Organizations are shifting from addressing their immediate business continuity needs to supporting a future of working anywhere, learning anywhere, and connecting anywhere on Zoom’s video-first platform,” Zoom CEO Eric Yuan said.

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ing already increased by fivefold so far this year, Zoom’s stock price is poised to to climb to even loftier heights. The exuberant response to its quarterly report lifted the company’s shares by nearly 23% in Monday’s extended trading.

If the stock follows a similar arc during Tuesday’s regular trading session, Zoom for the first time will boast a market value of more than $100 billion — exceeding the combined value of two storied automakers, General Motors and Ford, and two major airlines, American and United.

Back in early June, Zoom warned that it might suffer a wave of subscriber cancellations during the second half of the year if efforts to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus allowed more workers to return to offices. But the ongoing outbreak has prompted many major employers to keep their offices closed through rest of the year and possibility into next summer, a development that could propel Zoom to even greater heights.

In a show of confidence, Zoom raised its revenue projection for its fiscal year ending in January to nearly $2.4 billion, up from roughly $1.8 billion that the San Jose, California, company predicted in early June. The forecast is now more than double the $910 million revenue that Zoom had anticipated as it began its fiscal year.

Zoom has been thriving largely because the worst pandemic in a century shut down large parts of the economy in March, with employers shuttering their offices and schools closing their campuses. That forced millions of workers and students to hop on to Zoom and other videoconferencing services to get their jobs and schoolwork done.

Zoom quickly emerged as the most accessible videoconferencing service, cementing itself as the pandemic’s most popular place to connect remotely for everything from virtual cocktail parties to com-

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and he fell. And then they very violently attacked him. ... He was in very big trouble. He would have been — you probably would’ve been killed.”

Trump’s refusal to condemn the shootings could add to tensions in Kenosha when he visits Tuesday. He’s going despite pleas from Wisconsin’s Democratic governor to stay away for fears of sparking further tumult.

In Kenosha, the National Guard has been deployed to quell demonstrations in response to the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man.

Trump said his appearance could “increase enthusiasm” in Wisconsin, which is a hotly contested battleground state in the presidential race.

Biden saw Trump’s impact far differently, accusing the president of “poisoning” the nation’s values.

In a statement after Trump’s news conference comments, he said: “Today, I traveled to Pittsburgh to explain how the president was making America less safe — on COVID, on the economy, on crime, on racism, on violence — and reiterated my clear message that violence is not the answer to any of these problems. ...

“Tonight, the president declined to rebuke violence. He wouldn’t even repudiate one of his supporters who is charged with murder because of his attacks on others. He is too weak, too scared of the hatred he has stirred to put an end to it.”

In Pittsburgh, the former vice president also tried to refocus the race on what has been its defining theme — Trump’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic that has left more than 180,000 Americans dead — after a multi-day onslaught by the president’s team to make the campaign about the violence rattling American cities.

Biden himself has largely remained near his home in Delaware to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, but he stepped out in a new phase of his campaign on Monday, making a speech in Pittsburgh and a brief stop at a local firehouse.

Trump and his campaign team believe that the more the national discourse is about anything other than the virus, the better it is for the president. They have seized upon the recent unrest in Portland, Oregon — where a Trump supporter was shot and killed — and Kenosha, leaning hard into a defense of law and order while suggesting that

Dr. Timothy Stebbins, Crawford County public health officer. PSU

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Demonstrators march through the streets of Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Aug. 26, days after the killing of Jacob Blake. (Christopher Dilts/Sipa USA/TNS) Biden is powerless to stop extremists.

Biden rejected the charge, firmly decrying the clashes.

Set aside Monday were his lofty appeals about the “soul of the nation,” a staple of his usual stump speech, replaced by an urgent call for action and and his fierce accusation that Trump was a “toxic presence in this nation for four years” who was “poisoning the values this nation has always held dear, poisoning our very democracy.”

The president and his team continued to hammer away on what they believe is a powerful electoral argument, contending that Biden is in thrall to leftist forces and emphasizing chaotic protest images they believe could send worried suburban and senior voters back to Trump’s column.

“Just watched what Biden had to say,” Trump tweeted soon after the former vice president concluded his remarks in Pittsburgh. “To me, he’s blaming the Police far more than he’s blaming the Rioters, Anarchists, Agitators, and Looters, which he could never blame or he would lose the Radical Left Bernie supports!”

Biden has been pushed by worried Democrats — including some voices inside his own campaign — to deal with the violence head-on and at greater length, though he had previously condemned it. With Trump pounding the issue in his convention speech, which was then followed by more bloodshed over the weekend, many in Biden’s party, still shell-shocked by 2016, urged the former vice president to get ahead of the rare issue that has broken through the national focus on the pandemic.

But Biden didn’t just play defense, he went on the attack.

Following up his Democratic convention address, in which he didn’t mention Trump’s name, Biden on Monday in-

voked Trump’s name 32 times, directly assailing the president in remarks that seemed intended to silence worries in his party and the Beltway’s chattering class. He pulled no punches about the violence.

“It’s lawlessness, plain and simple. And those who do it should be prosecuted,” Biden said. And he leaned on his own 47-

Though a law and order push backfired when the president cleared Lafayette Square, near the White House, of peaceful protesters in early June, the Trump campaign has seized on the violence as a means to drive up Biden’s negatives and bring home disenchanted suburban voters.

The former vice president’s speech Monday

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“You know me. You know my heart. You know my story, my family’s story. Ask yourself: Do I look like a radical socialist with a soft spot for rioters? Really?”

He declared that even as Trump is “trying to scare America,” what’s really causing the nation’s fear is Trump’s own failures.

“You want to talk about fear?

They’re afraid they’re going to get COVID, they’re afraid they’re going to get sick and die,” Biden said.

For months, Trump has tried to distract from the pandemic, and at times he seemed to receive slight positive bumps in support when touting the possible economic recovery. But other attempts to change the narrative with cultural wedge issues fell flat, including a defense of Confederate monuments, and polling suggested that Trump was far out of step with the Black Lives Matter movement, which enjoyed wide public support.

appeared to jump-start the general election campaign a week ahead of its normal Labor Day kickoff, as both Biden and his running mate, Kamala Harris, will begin venturing out despite the pandemic. Biden, who may make his own visit to Wisconsin this week, has missed the glad-handing of a traditional campaign and managed to have a brief moment of retail politics when he delivered pizzas to Pittsburgh firefighters.

The setting for Biden’s speech was no accident: Pennsylvania, his native state, is a vital battleground with both candidates competing for its working-class voters.

Trump, whose campaign is focusing on the state’s rural counties, eked out a 44,000-vote win in 2016 but Biden, who is running strong in the Pittsburgh and Philadelphia suburbs, also made certain Monday to make a pitch on an issue of local interest.

“I am not banning fracking, no matter how many times Donald Trump lies about me,” he said.

are rising quickly, and we are trying to stay on top of it, but we need students to help.”

According to Dr. Stebbins, the problem lies in off-campus gatherings of young adults, so he and Deputy Public Health Officer Dr. Linda Bean are working with the Crawford County Commission to address challenges to the extent of their authority. In addition, the university took immediate action to curtail any face-to-face activities outside of classes.

Starting Friday, Aug. 28, intercollegiate athletics activities are suspended, potentially until Sept. 14. Ongoing evaluation could mean some activities are reintroduced before that date. Extracurricular activities organized by the Campus Activities Center also are suspended starting on Friday, stricter occupancy limits will be implemented at the Student Recreation Center, and rigid social distancing and disinfecting practices will remain in place for on-campus dining.

In addition to potential repercussions for violating county or city public health guidelines, students found to be putting themselves or others in danger are subject

to discipline outlined in the university’s Code of Student Rights and Responsibilities, even if the activity happens off-campus.

“We sincerely hope it does not come to that,” said Scott. “We have faith that our students will heed this wake-up call and take the necessary steps to prevent further spread that risks a shift to all-online instruction.

We’ll also continue impressing upon them the importance of following all guidelines to protect themselves and others, as their actions have serious consequences for our community.”

Dr. Stebbins concurred.

“Young, otherwise healthy adults, which describes most college students, are at lower risk for serious health implications,” he said.

“However, they are very mobile and can easily carry this virus to at-risk members of our community — their own parents, grandparents, and friends.”

Dr. Stebbins had further direction for students.

“Stop all parties.

Stop gathering. Stop going to bars,” he said.

“Please stop all activity where the virus spreads easily so we can get this under control and move on.”

COVID-19 hits fraternities, sororities hard in Kansas LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — The coronavirus is hitting fraternities and sororities in Kansas particularly hard, with 10% testing positive at the University of Kansas and outbreaks linked to four sororities at Kansas State University.

The University of Kansas said Friday in a news release that it has conducted 21,719 tests and 474 have been positive, for a positive rate of 2.18%. But among sororities and fraternities, there have been 270 positives among 2,698 members tested.

The university began testing every stu-

dent, faculty and staff member for COVID-19 as they returned to campus this month.

At Kansas State, health officials announced six cases at Alpha Delta Pi, six at Alpha Xi Delta, five at Chi Omega and five at Kappa Delta, The Kansas City Star reports.

The cases have resulted in quarantines.

“The leaders of local fraternities and sororities are cooperating with health department staff, but we have concerns that the safety messages are not reaching all of the members,” local health officer Julie Gibbs said.

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Chiefs’ Hunt: Now is ‘time to understand’

By SAM MCDOWELL The Kansas City Star

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In less than two weeks, the Chiefs will play a real football game for the first time in seven months. The first since their Super Bowl victory. The first since a pandemic cast doubt on when we’d see football again.

But also the first NFL game since social injustice conversations have moved to the forefront of the sports world. The police shootings of Black men and women have led to player protests, kneeling during the national anthem and even boycotting in American sports.

On Saturday, Chiefs chair-

man and CEO Clark Hunt said he has had “a lot of conversations with the leadership group on the team related to social justice issues.”

But they have not discussed any action the players might take, he said. The players, however, have hinted they will do something.

It wouldn’t be the first time. In 2017, Chiefs All-Pro cornerback Marcus Peters sat during the anthem, and at that time, Hunt said the organization had communicated with players “that we prefer for them to stand, but at the end of the day, it’s their decision.”

Asked Saturday by The Star if he still preferred Chiefs players stand for the

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anthem, Hunt was noncommittal, though he did say he sees a difference between the climate now and three years ago.

“I would say that we’re in a very different place as a country,” Hunt said. “These issues are important to our players. They’re important to our coaching staff, our entire organization. This is the time to be sensitive. It’s a time to listen. It’s a time to understand. I recognize that around the league, there may be some kneeling that goes on with the national anthem, and I just think the country is in a really different place at this point.”

Chiefs players and coaches have been vocal on the coun-

try’s racial inequality this offseason, their voices initially ignited by the killing of George Floyd and further fueled recently by the shooting of Jacob Blake.

Quarterback Patrick Mahomes and safety Tyrann Mathieu have transformed words to action with voter registration efforts in Kansas City. That comes with the assistance of management, they emphasized, through talking with team president Mark Donovan as well as Hunt.

“It’s not something that’s new to the Kansas City Chiefs. Really going back to the 1960s and 1970s, my dad See HUNT | Page B2

WASHINGTON (AP) — John Thompson, the imposing Hall of Famer who turned Georgetown into a “Hoya Paranoia” powerhouse and became the first Black coach to lead a team to the NCAA men’s basketball championship, has died. He was 78.

His death was announced in a family statement released by Georgetown on Monday. No details were disclosed.

“Our father was an inspiration to many and devoted his life to developing young people not simply on but, most importantly, off the basketball court. He is revered as a historic shepherd of the sport, dedicated to the welfare of his community above all else,” the statement said.

“However, for us, his greatest legacy remains as a father, grandfather, uncle, and friend. More than a coach, he was our foundation. More than a legend, he was the voice in our ear everyday.”

One of the most celebrated and polarizing figures in his sport, Thompson took over a moribund Georgetown program in the 1970s and molded it in his unique style into a perennial contender, culminating with a national championship team anchored by center Patrick Ewing in 1984.

Georgetown reached two other title games with Thompson in charge and Ewing patrolling the paint, losing to Michael Jordan’s North Carolina team in 1982 and to Villanova in 1985.

At 6-foot-10, with an ever-present white towel slung over his shoulder, Thompson See LEGACY | Page B6

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Starling, Franco key Royals rally

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‘Bubble talk’ fills the air as U.S. Open gets underway NEW YORK (AP) — For all of the obvious concessions to the coronavirus at the nofans-allowed U.S. Open — near-empty arenas; silence pierced by the occasional clap, sneaker squeak or roaring jet; a lack of line judges — the aftereffects of one player’s positive test caused the biggest stir on Day 1.

Yes, plenty of matches were played amid a pandemic at the first Grand Slam tournament in nearly seven full months.

And, yes, first-round

matches were lost — by 16-year-old Coco Gauff among the women, and No. 9 seed Diego Schwartzman among the men. And won —

by No. 1 seed Karolina Pliskova, 2018 champion Naomi Osaka and 2016 champion Angelique Kerber among the women, and No. 1 Novak Djokovic, No. 4 Stefanos Tsitsipas and No. 5 Alexander Zverev among the men.

But Monday was significant for introducing terms See BUBBLE | Page B2

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Maikel Franco and Bubba Starling had RBI singles in the eighth inning as the Kansas City Royals rallied to beat the Cleveland Indians 2-1 on Monday night in the first game of a three-game series.

It was the Royals’ first win this season when trailing after seven innings.

“They just keep playing,” Kansas City manager Mike Matheny said. “That’s the message before the game.

We’re going to be sticklers on the little things.

“They just continued, even when we were down. I still felt like we were about to do something.”

Scott Barlow (2-1) picked up the win in relief for Kansas City. He pitched one inning, allowing two hits and no runs. Greg Holland recorded his second save.

James Karinchak (0-2) took the loss. He walked the first two batters he faced, and they scored on the hits

by Franco and Starling.

“It was tough; I haven’t had an at-bat in a week,” Starling said. “I’ve been going in on defense and running the bases. But I contin-

Bubba Starling TNS FILE PHOTO ued to stay locked in. Going into that at-bat against a sinker-slider guy, I just tried to stay to the middle, to the big part of the field.”

Shane Bieber continued his stellar start to the 2020 season. He threw six scoreless innings, striking out nine and allowing just one hit. He also lowered his major league-leading ERA to 1.20, and increased his major league lead to 84 strikeouts.

Bieber was not satisfied with his night.

“It was a tough one,” he said. “I never fell into a rhythm. I’m a guy that kind of depends on getting into a

rhythm early. That’s generally when I have my best outings. I kind of struggled to find that rhythm.

“It was apparent from early on that their approach was to make me throw pitches, not to chase anything out of the zone. They weren’t swinging at breaking balls underneath the zone or good chase pitches and they were taking fastballs in the zone.

“I felt like we were able to counter that pretty well.

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Butler scores 40 as Heat take Game 1 LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Jimmy Butler scored a playoff career-high 40 points, Goran Dragic added 27 and the Miami Heat clamped down defensively in the final three quarters to beat the Milwaukee Bucks 115104 in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series on Monday night.

Bam Adebayo had 12 points, 17 rebounds and six assists for the fifth-seeded Heat, who are 3-1 overall against the top-seeded Bucks this season. Tyler Herro added 11 points for Miami, which improved to 5-0 in the postseason.

Khris Middleton scored 28 points for Milwaukee, which also dropped Game 1 of its first-round series against Orlando. Brook Lopez had 24 points on 8 for 10 shooting, and

Khris Middleton (22) of the Milwaukee Bucks guards Jimmy Butler (22) of Miami Heat Monday in their NBA playoff game. GETTY IMAGES/MIKE EHRMNN/ TNS

Giannis Antetokounmpo had 18 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists for the Bucks.

But Antetokounmpo’s night will likely be best remembered by what he did at the foul line: The reigning MVP went 4 for 12 from the stripe, the worst performance by anyone with at least 12 free-throw attempts in a playoff game since Andre

Roberson went 2 for 12 for Oklahoma City on April 23, 2017 against Houston.

Kyle Korver added 11 for the Bucks, who scored 40 points in the first quarter and managed 64 the rest of the way.

Miami led 92-86 after three quarters, after trailing for most of the game to that point — then managed only three

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points in the first 6:30 of the fourth quarter.

The Bucks didn’t exactly exploit that slump.

Marvin Williams’ three-point play with 7:40 left got Milwaukee within 95-93, and it stayed a one-possession game for nearly five minutes. Antetokounmpo scored for a 96-95 lead midway through the fourth, before Butler drove and got a baseline floater to fall on the next Miami possession to put Miami back on top.

Butler’s 3-pointer with 3:03 left pushed the lead to 102-96, and Herro — after Adebayo extended a possession with an offensive rebound — connected on a 3 with 1:34 left to make it 109-101.

Middleton had 21 at halftime, while Lopez added 19 by then for the Bucks.

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really encouraged the players to get out there and use their platform to make a difference in the community,” Hunt said. “A lot of those efforts over the decades have been focused on things that benefit the minority communities.

We’re certainly more focused on that than ever.

“What I’ve really appreciated the last couple of years is how engaged the leaders on our team are. I’ll take Patrick and Tyrann as examples. They’re very engaged. They want to make a difference. The want to do things that are going to make our country better, things that are going to help us get along as a country.”

It’s led to potentially fruitful efforts. The Chiefs are attempting to transform Arrowhead Stadium into a voting location this November, though any finalization of such a plan has work left to accomplish.

“That’s one of their big issues — voter registration and getting people out to vote,” Hunt said. “And so we’ve worked with them, and we’re working with some organizations here locally to try to encourage people to get out to vote. We’ve made an effort to get all of our players registered to vote here. And the icing on the cake would be if we could have Arrowhead as a polling station. We don’t know if that’s go-

ing to work out. But we’ve had some really good dialogue at some of the highest levels with the state, and we hope it does.”

Hunt credited his father, Lamar, the founder of the Chiefs, with providing a lesson on treating all people with respect and apprecia-

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tion, regardless of race and background. That’s the message players and coaches have tried to stress this offseason.

“I think Andy (Reid) said it as well as anyone — we just need to love our neighbor,” Hunt said. “If we’ll do that, this world’s going to be a whole lot better place.”

to the tennis lexicon such as “bubble in the bubble” and “fake bubble.” That’s because seven players were allowed to stay in the tournament while placed under additional restrictions on their movement and subjected to daily COVID-19 testing after coming in contact with Benoit Paire, the Frenchman dropped from the U.S. Open after testing positive for the coronavirus, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press.

The players were not identified to the AP by the person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the U.S. Tennis Association did not announce the names of anyone involved.

But three players from France acknowledged their involvement: Kristina Mladenovic, who is seeded 30th in women’s singles; Adrian Mannarino, seeded 32nd in men’s singles; and Edouard Roger-Vasselin, who is entered in men’s doubles.

Mladenovic and Mannarino spoke about the situation after wins Monday, saying they were part of a group that played cards with Paire. Both said it was tough to focus on court.

“I’m kind of exhausted mentally, but

I’m still really happy to be able to play,” said Mannarino, who will face Jack Sock of the United States in the second round. “I need to enjoy it as much as I can.”

Mladenovic said she practiced with Paire for about an hour and spent 30-40 minutes at a card game in the lobby of a hotel being used by the USTA for what it has called a “controlled environment” — staying away from the word “bubble” used by sports such as the NBA that more closely limit access to athletes.

“I am basically in a new ‘bubble in the bubble,’ so there’s not very much I’m allowed to do, which makes it tough for me to compete and mentally be kind of fresh and ready,” said Mladenovic, who doubled over and let out a loud yell after beating Hailey Baptiste of the United States 7-5, 6-2.

Baptiste said she was unaware that her opponent was one of the players who had been in contact with Paire. According to Baptiste, she rode in an elevator with Paire.

Asked to describe what she can and cannot do, Mladenovic chuckled.

“Let’s make it simple: I’m allowed to play my match,” she said. “Literally, not allowed to do anything else.”

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trating outing, but all in all we ended up making it work.”

Brad Keller allowed just one run in 6 1/3 innings on three hits.

He walked just one and struck out four.

“I felt like racked up my pitch count in the first inning,” Keller said. “I felt like I finally got into a groove, but not until the fourth, fifth or sixth inning. I was finally able to put the fastball where I wanted to.”

The pitcher’s duel came as no surprise, with Bieber and Keller on the mound. Bieber came in leading the MLB with a 1.35 ERA in seven starts. Keller did not allow a run in his first three starts after beginning the season on the injured list recovering from COVID-19. He allowed

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five runs on six hits in four innings in his last start, and had a 2.08 ERA. The starters lived up to the hype. Through six innings, Bieber and Keller had allowed one hit each. Keller retired 11 straight at one point.

The Indians finally got to Keller in the seventh. After retiring Francisco Lindor leading off, he gave up a single to Carlos Santana, and then an RBI double to Franmil Reyes. Keller left after allowing one run on three hits. It was one too many against Bieber.

Once Bieber left the game, the Royals got two runners on in the seventh. But Nick Wittgren made an overthe-shoulder catch on a Whit Merrifield line drive to end the threat.

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Perez remains on the 10-day injured list, but is building up his workload, according to manager Mike Matheny. No date was given for his return.

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Cleveland traded RHP Mike Clevinger, OF Greg Allen and a player to be named later to San Diego in exchange for a group of Padres prospects, all from the 60man roster. The Indians received INF Gabriel Arias, LHP Joey Cantillo, C Austin Hedges, INF Owen Miller, 1B/ OF Josh Naylor and RHP Cal Quantrill. Naylor, Hedges, and Quantrill will join the major league roster once they report. To make room on the 40-man roster, OF Domingo Santana has been designated for assignment.

The Royals placed RHP Ian Kennedy on

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The Royals will start Matt Harvey (0-1, 11.12 ERA). Harvey, who will be making his third start of the season, hasn’t been able to make it past the third inning so far. He hasn’t allowed a run in the first two innings of either start, but he’s allowed seven runs in 1 2/3 innings in the third innings.

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Comedian John Oliver upped the stakes in a tongue-in-cheek spat with a Connecticut city, offering to donate $55,000 to charity if officials follow through on a joke to name its sewage treatment plant after him.

Mayor Mark Boughton said last week that Danbury was going to rename the facility the John Oliver Memorial Sewer Plant, in response to Oliver’s expletivefilled rant against the city on a recent episode of HBO’s “Last Week

Tonight with John Oliver.� “Why? Because it’s full of crap just like you, John,� Boughton said in a video posted on his Facebook page.

Oliver’s Danbury diatribe came on his Aug. 16 show, in which he explored racial disparities in the jury selection process, citing problems three decades ago in Hartford and New Britain in Connecticut. He then seemingly randomly went off on Danbury.

On Sunday’s show, Oliver said he was surprised and delighted by the city’s response.

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another rant after playing a video of Boughton saying it was just a joke. “Wait, so you’re not doing it? Aw (expletive) you, Danbury,� Oliver said. “You had the first good idea in your city’s history and you chickened out on the follow through. What a classic Danbury move. Listen, I didn’t know that I wanted my name on your (expletive) factory but now that you floated it as an option, it is all that I want.�

Oliver offered to donate $55,000 to Danbury-area charities, including $25,000 to the Connecticut Food Bank,

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Boughton said Monday that city officials were considering Oliver’s offer and planned to release a response by the end of the week. He said the City Council would have to approve any renaming of the sewage plant. “I think it’s very generous and we appreciate that,� the mayor said. “It’s just a great distraction for people to get laughs.�

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Divorcee wants to keep sister-time sacred Dear Carolyn: My sister and I are both divorced. For several years we’ve been getting together about once a week to drink wine and kvetch about work, kids, current events. Now she has a boyfriend. We have both dated fairly consistently, but this is the first guy who’s gotten a title and a spare key, from either of us.

Now they are a package deal. We are in our 50s; I thought the days of joined-at-the-hip couples were behind us. I like this man just fine, but he changes the whole tone and tenor of our hangouts.

I have asked her to leave him behind, which she now does about half the time. Our weekly get-togethers were sacred to me, and I’m not sure whether it’s time to just grieve for them.

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Tell Me About It Carolyn Hax The Tagalong: Please just say what you want. “Our weekly gettogethers were sacred to me. Any chance we can keep them going, and make other plans that include Boyfriend?”

As long as you’re making an effort to be inclusive and welcoming of her new love, I don’t see anything wrong with asking her explicitly for the one-onones to remain so.

Yes, you did bring it up already, but asking her “to leave him behind” with no mention of a plan to include him in other ways was perhaps not as attentive to her needs as you were being to your own. That, too, is something you can say outright — that you’re sorry you put it

the way you did, assuming your representation here is accurate, and you’re all in on getting to know her guy better and sharing in her happiness. You’d just like this one weekly lifeline preserved.

Re: The Tagalong: Also be prepared for a new normal. Maybe having him there half the time is the best compromise you’ll be able to get from your sister. Her life has changed in a big way, and there’s no getting around that. I hope she will be up for seeing you solo once a week. If not, when you explain how important it is to you that you and she get solo time together, then make sure you’re willing to be flexible.

— New Normal Re: The Tagalong: I misunderstood Tagalong as the Girl Scout cookie and kept wondering what cookies had to

do with the question.

— I Must Be Hungry for Lunch I Must Be Hungry for Lunch: Everything.

They had everything to do with it.

Re: The Tagalong: Are there other friendships you could cultivate and make a bit more room for, that you haven’t because you have been so used to being fulfilled by the weekly get-together with your sister? Could deepening one or more of those replace some of what you feel you’re losing with your sister in terms of general support, etc.?

— Anonymous Anonymous: Good point, thanks. It generally comes back to bite us when we let ourselves think there’s only one way to meet a need.

Especially one we can’t control.

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By MATT KEMPNER The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

ATLANTA — Atlanta-based Coca-Cola Company announced Friday a major global reorganization of its workforce that will include job cuts, both voluntary and involuntary, for thousands of employees in the U.S. and elsewhere.

The beverage giant said “to minimize the impact from these structural changes” it will offer voluntary separation packages to 4,000 employees in the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico hired on or before Sept. 1, 2017. That covers nearly 40% of the company’s 10,800 employees in the U.S. and Canada.

Similar packages are being offered to employees in other parts of the world, the company said in a press release.

Coca-Cola has 86,000 employees globally.

“The voluntary program is expected to reduce the number of involuntary separations,” the company said.

The announcement is more troubling news for metro Atlanta, where a once booming economy has been curbed as the pandemic raged and unemployment soared, though jobless rates are declining.

Coca-Cola Company announced Friday a major global reorganization of its workforce that will include job cuts, both voluntary and involuntary.

Coke said the global severance programs are likely to lead to expenses of $350 million to $550 million.

A spokesman declined to comment on the total number of job cuts ultimately anticipated.

Coke suffered through one of the worst quarters in its 134-year history this spring as the coronavirus pandemic took hold.

Second-quarter revenue fell 28% to $7.2 billion and net income dropped 32% to $1.8 billion from a year earlier.

Coke gets about half its sales from restaurants, movie theaters, sporting events and other large public gatherings.

According to the release, a global reorganization of the company’s structure “will result in the reallocation of some people and resources.”

“The company is working on this next stage of design and will share more information in the future,” it said.

Coke has thousands of employees assigned to its headquarters in Atlanta. Many of them continue to work remotely during the pandemic.

Beverage Digest publisher and editor Duane Stanford said, “Specific roles haven’t been announced, but they are likely to be meaningful within corporate and Coca-Cola North America, so there will be an impact in Atlanta.”

Coca-Cola Chairman and CEO James Quincey said in the press release that “We have been on a multi-year journey to transform our organization. The changes in our operating model will shift our marketing to drive more

Hurricane Laura caused a Texas river to flow backward for hours

By AMANDA O’DONNELL Austin American-Stateman

AUSTIN, Texas — Shortly after the powerful winds of Hurricane Laura made landfall on the Texas Coast last week, the flow of the Neches River slowed and slowed and then reversed entirely.

Although it might sound slightly mythical, last week wasn’t the first time a river’s been known to reverse course. It wasn’t even the first time the Neches River specifically has been recorded doing so.

The river, which flows more than 400 miles south through Texas before emptying into the Gulf of Mexico, flowed backward in what the U.S. Geological Survey called a “far more dramatic” fashion during Hurricane Ike in 2008.

Last week, right before Category 4 storm Hurricane Laura touched down, the Neches River was flowing at a rate of 15,000 cubic feet per second, the USGS reported. Under normal conditions its flow measures around 2,000-3,000 cubic feet per second.

For comparison, the river could fill an Olympic-size swimming pool in 30 seconds normally and fill the same pool in six seconds right before Hurricane Laura hit, USGS reports.

The water and 150 mph winds brought by the storm pushed ahead of the Neches River, causing its flow to slow and then reverse, moving the opposite direction at more than 7,500 cubic square feet per second. The river flowed this direction

A car submerged in a flood after Hurricane Laura hit the area overnight on Thursday. After Hurricane Laura made landfall on the Texas Coast last week, the flow of the Neches River slowed and then reversed entirely. (Lola Gomez/Austin American-Statemen/TNS) for 12 hours and then resumed its normal direction.

This sort of reversal has been known to occur both temporarily and permanently due to weather events, like hurricanes, or more lasting geological or climate changes.

Hurricane Laura reportedly had a similar, although less dramatic, effect on the Mississippi River. The top layer of surface water was seen flowing in the opposite direction, but USGS river gauges still showed the river following its regular course.

growth and put execution closer to customers and consumers while prioritizing a portfolio of strong brands and a disciplined innovation framework. As we implement these changes, we’re continuing to evolve our organization, which will include significant changes in the structure of our workforce.”

The company is creating nine new operating units that will replace current business units and groups. The new units “will be highly interconnected, with more consistency in structure and a focus on eliminating duplication of resources and scaling new products more quickly.”

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Four others were arrested and charged in the last two weeks with the same counts in the case. They include Leon Lindsay, 34, and Joseph Warden, 25, both of El Dorado; Noah Farr, 30, of Dighton; and a 17-year-old.

Greenwood County deputies found Shue’s body on Aug. 19 during a welfare check at his home. The KBI has not released details about Shue’s death.

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Facebook CEO says it failed to remove militia group’s page

By KURT WAGNER Bloomberg News

Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg said the company was too slow to remove a page that violated its policy on dangerous organizations in the hours leading up to a deadly shooting in Kenosha, Wisconsin, this week.

The social-media company eventually took down the page, titled “Kenosha Guard,” for violating Facebook policies around militia organizations, according to a spokeswoman.

The page’s owners created an event promoting a “call to arms” and encouraging users to “Protect our Lives and

Property,” the Verge reported. Multiple users reported the group to Facebook but it was not removed until after a shooting on Tuesday in which two people died.

“The Page violated our policies,” Zuckerberg said Friday in a video post, adding that Facebook reviewers didn’t identify it as a violation in part because the rules against militia groups are new. “It was largely an operational mistake,” the CEO said.

Facebook has removed the alleged shooter’s Facebook and Instagram accounts, but says it has not found any direct link between this person and the page or the event created by the page’s owners.

Marijuana, discrimination on House’s agenda

By KEATHERINE TULLY-MCMANUS CQ-Roll Call

WASHINGTON — House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer laid out the chamber’s agenda for September, including marijuana legislation and anti-discrimination bills, but in a letter to colleagues Monday he acknowledged that there is no appropriations deal in sight as the end of the fiscal year approaches.

Committees will take the lead the week of Sept. 8, with floor action expected to resume the following week.

The House will vote on three bills focused on discrimination protections in workplaces and education, including a bill that would outline workplace protections and accommodations for workers

Teen arrested in killing of 78-year-old Eureka man EUREKA, Kan. (AP) — A 15-year-old boy is the fifth suspect to be arrested in the killing of a 78-year-old man at his home in the southeast Kansas town of Eureka, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation said.

The teen was arrested Monday afternoon on suspicion of felony murder, aggravated burglary, felony theft and conspiracy to commit felony theft in the killing of Danny Shue,

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whose ability to perform a job is limited by pregnancy, childbirth or a related medical condition. It cleared the Education and Labor Committee with bipartisan, but not unanimous support. The other measures are focused on diversity and equity in schools.

The House will also vote on a resolution from New York Democrat Grace Meng that would condemn anti-Asian bias and bigotry related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The following week, the House will vote on a bill that would decriminalize marijuana and expunge nonviolent federal cannabis convictions.

The measure would remove marijuana from the list of Schedule 1 controlled substances in all instances where it is referenced in cur-

rent law, and apply this change retroactively.

Schedule 1 controlled substances, which also include methamphetamine and heroin, are considered by the Drug Enforcement Administration to have a high potential for abuse and no currently accepted medical use.

The bill would also expunge federal offenses related to marijuana and require resentencing for those currently under any form of supervision.

To address communities affected by the set of policies known as the “War on Drugs,” it would establish a 5% tax on all cannabis products to be deposited into a trust fund to pay for job training, literacy and legal aid programs for affected communities, which are disproportionally minority.

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literally and figuratively towered over the Hoyas for decades, becoming a patriarch of sorts after he quit coaching in 1999.

One of his sons, John Thompson III, was hired as Georgetown’s coach in 2004. When the son was fired in 2017, the elder Thompson — known affectionately as “Big John” or “Pops” to many — was at the news conference announcing Ewing as the successor.

Along the way, Thompson said what he thought, shielded his players from the media and took positions that weren’t always popular.

He never shied away from sensitive topics — particularly the role of race in both sports and society — and he once famously walked off the court before a game to protest an NCAA rule because he felt it hurt minority athletes.

“I’ll probably be remembered for all the things that kept me out of the Hall of Fame, ironically, more than for the things that got me into it,” Thompson said on the day he was elected to the Hall in 1999.

Thompson became coach of the Hoyas in 1972 and began remaking a team that was 3-23 the previous season.

Over the next 27 years, he led Georgetown to 14 straight NCAA tournaments (1979-92), 24 consecutive postseason appearances (20 NCAA, 4 NIT), three Final Fours (1982, 1984, 1985) and won six Big East tournament championships.

“He was one of a kind,” Syracuse coach

Former Coach John Thompson of the Georgetown Hoyas saves to the crowd during a basketball game in 1999. GETTY IMAGES/EZRA SHAW/TNS Jim Boeheim, a fierce rival for many years in the Big East Conference, said Monday.

“There aren’t that many.

He brought a presence to the game that nobody does, has. He was a great coach, but he was also a role model for a lot of coaches — white coaches and Black coaches.”

Employing a physical, defense-focused approach that frequently relied on a dominant center — Alonzo Mourning and Dikembe Mutombo were among his other pupils — Thompson compiled a 596-239 record (.715 winning percentage). He had 26 players drafted by the NBA. One of his honors — his selection as coach of the U.S. team for the 1988 Olympics — had a sour ending when the Americans had to settle for the bronze medal. It was a result so disappointing that Thompson put himself on a sort of self-imposed leave at

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Georgetown for a while, coaching practices and games but leaving many other duties to his assistants.

Off the court, Thompson was both a role model and a lightning rod. A stickler for academics, he kept a deflated basketball on his desk, a reminder to his players that a degree was a necessity because a career in basketball relied on a tenuous “nine pounds of air.”

The school boasted that 76 of 78 players who played four seasons under Thompson received their degrees.

He was a Black coach who recruited mostly Black players to a predominantly white Jesuit university in Washington, and Thompson never hesitated to speak out on behalf of his players.

One of the most dramatic moments in Georgetown history came on Jan. 14, 1989, when he walked off the court to a standing ovation before the tipoff of a home game against Boston College, demonstrating in a most public way his displeasure against NCAA Proposition 42.

The rule denied athletic scholarships to freshmen who didn’t meet certain requirements, and Thompson said it was biased against underprivileged students.

Opposition from Thompson, and others, led the NCAA to modify the rule.

Thompson’s most daring move came that same year, when he summoned notorious drug kingpin Rayful Edmond III for a meeting in the coach’s office. Thompson warned Edmond to stop associating with Hoyas players and to leave them alone, using his respect in the Black community to become one of the few people to stare down Edmond and not face a reprisal.

Though aware of his influence, Thompson did not take pride in becoming the first Black coach to take a team to the Final Four, and he let a room full of reporters know it when asked his feelings on the subject at a news conference in 1982.

“I resent the hell out of that question if it implies I am the first Black coach competent enough to take a team to the Final Four,” Thompson said. “Other Blacks have been denied the right in this country; coaches who have the ability. I don’t take any pride in being the first Black coach in the Final Four. I find the question extremely offensive.”

Born Sept. 2, 1941, John R. Thompson Jr. grew up in Washington, D.C. His father was always working — on a farm in Maryland and later as a laborer in the city — and could neither read nor write.

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Success allowed Thompson to rake in money through endorsements, but he ran afoul of his Georgetown bosses when he applied for a gambling license for a business venture in Nevada in 1995. Thompson, who liked playing the slot machines in Las Vegas, reluctantly dropped the application after the university president objected.

Centers Ewing, Mourning and Mutombo turned Georgetown into “Big Man U” under Thompson, although his last superstar was guard Allen Iverson, who in 1996 also became the first player under Thompson to leave school early for the NBA draft.

“Thanks for Saving My Life Coach,” Iverson wrote at the start of an Instagram post Monday with photos of the pair.

The Hoyas teams in the 1990s never came close to matching the achievements of the 1980s, and Thompson’s era came to a surprising and sudden end when he resigned in the middle of the 1998-99 season, citing distractions from a pending divorce.

Thompson didn’t fade from the limelight. He became a sports radio talk show host and a TV and radio game analyst, joining the very profession he had frustrated so often as a coach. He loosened up, allowing the public to see his lighter side, but he remained pointed and combative when a topic mattered to him.

A torch was passed in 2004, when John Thompson III became Georgetown’s coach.

The younger Thompson, with “Pops” often watching from the stands or sitting in the back of the room for news conferences, returned the Hoyas to the Final Four in 2007.

Another son, Ronny Thompson, was head coach for one season at Ball State and is now a TV analyst.

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The Associated Press in 2007. “Never. He’d come home and scrub his hands with this ugly brown soap that looked like tar. I thought that was the color of his hands. When I was still coaching, kids would show up late for practice and I’d (say) ... ‘My father got up every morning of his life at 5 a.m. to go to work. Without an alarm.‘” Thompson’s parents emphasized education, but he struggled in part of because of poor eyesight and labored in Catholic grammar school. He was moved to a segregated public school, had a growth spurt and became good enough at basketball to get into John Carroll, a Catholic high school, where he led the team to 55 consecutive victories and two city titles.

He went to Providence College as one of the most touted basketball prospects in the country and led the Friars to the first NCAA bid in school history. He graduated in 1964 and played two seasons with Red Auerbach’s Boston Celtics, earning a pair of championship rings as a sparingly used backup to Bill Russell.

Thompson returned to Washington, got his master’s degree in guidance and counseling from the University of the District of Columbia and went 122-28 over six seasons at St. Anthony’s before accepting the job at Georgetown, an elite school that had relatively few Black students.

Faculty and students rallied around him after a bedsheet with racist words was hung inside the school’s gym before a game during the 197475 season.

Thompson sheltered his players with closed practices, tightly controlled media access and a prohibition on interviews with freshmen in their first semester — a restriction that still stands for Georgetown’s basketball team. Combined with Thompson’s flashes of emotion and his players’ rough-andtumble style of play, it wasn’t long before the words “Hoya Paranoia” came to epitomize the new era of basketball on the Hilltop campus.

Georgetown lost the 1982 NCAA championship game when Fred Brown mistakenly passed the ball to North Carolina’s James Worthy in the game’s final seconds. Two years later,

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