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Rotaract Club Aruba Wednesday January 16, 2019 T: 582-7800 | F: 582-7044 www.arubatoday.com Page 13 AArruubbaa’’ss OONNLLYY EEnngglliisshh nneewwssppaappeerr This March 22, 2013 file photo, shows the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington. Associated Press Page 3 A2 UP FRONT Wednesday 16 January 2019 8PM Super Bowl planners: Shutdown brings 'uncharted territory' By JEFF MARTIN But the government shut- Monday. Associated Press down is a wild card that The TSA had a national ab- ATLANTA (AP) — A day af- arose relatively late in that sence rate of nearly 7 per- ter travelers waited nearly planning process. cent Monday, compared 90 minutes in snail-speed "Certainly there are fac- to 2.5 percent on a com- security lines at the world's tors that we don't control parable day a year ago, busiest airport, Atlanta's such as what's happening the agency reported Tues- mayor is concerned about with our federal govern- day after getting complete the waits that could result ment shutdown and with numbers on the absences. when the city hosts the the long TSA lines," Bottoms A chaotic scene unfolded 2019 Super Bowl. said. "We are continuing to at Atlanta's airport on Mon- The ongoing partial govern- encourage people to get day, the first business day In this Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019, file photo, workers hang ban- ners on Mercedes-Benz Stadium in preparation for the NFL Super ment shutdown is "unchart- to the airport very early." after screeners did not re- Bowl football game, in Atlanta. Atlanta leaders, police and fed- ed territory" amid planning The expected crush of trav- ceive a paycheck for the eral officials plan to discuss public safety plans ahead of Super for one of the world's big- elers is significantly more first time. Bowl 53. gest sporting events, Mayor than normal. Mondays are typically busy Associated Press Keisha Lance Bottoms said On a typical day, 60,000 for the airport as Atlanta Tuesday. to 80,000 passengers are business travelers depart "Obviously, we are in un- screened at Atlanta's air- for the work week, and charted territory with the port before departing, air- some security lanes went shutdown that's gone on port statistics show. unstaffed as lines backed this long, and we are pre- On Feb. 4, the day Bottoms up. paring as best we can from calls "Mass Exodus Mon- Atlanta passengers led the our vantage point," Bot- day," about 110,000 pas- nation Monday in terms of toms said. sengers are expected to longest screening delays: The mayor and others at a be departing from Atlan- The "maximum standard Tuesday news conference ta's airport one day after wait time" was 88 minutes, said two years of planning the Super Bowl. the TSA reported. Passen- have them well-prepared The partial government gers who went through TSA to protect the public. shutdown has meant PreCheck — an expedited "Our goal is for our officers missed paychecks for screening program which is to be visible, for the public Transportation Security Ad- typically faster than regular to feel safe, be safe, and ministration screeners at lines — waited 55 minutes, be able to position our- airports nationwide. statistics showed. selves so that we can react TSA workers have been Friday could be the next immediately to whatever calling in sick at a rate big test for the nation's air- scenario we are confront- that's been more than dou- ports, as holiday travelers ed with," Atlanta Police ble what it normally is, the get away for the upcom- Chief Erika Shields said. "I agency has said. That's led ing long holiday weekend. think that with anything to a shortage of screeners Martin Luther King Jr. Day is you can go in with a spirit at some airports across the Monday. Friday is also typi- of confidence if you have country. cally a busy day for airports prepared, and we have No-shows among screeners as business travelers head prepared well." jumped Sunday and again home for the weekend.q U.S. NEWS A3 Wednesday 16 January 2019 The IRS is recalling 46,000 workers to handle tax returns By MARCY GORDON their biggest cash infusion AP Business Writer of the year. Overall, refunds WASHINGTON (AP) — The average $2,800. Internal Revenue Service The issue is politically sensi- is recalling about 46,000 of tive. The massive tax law its employees furloughed enacted by Republicans by the government shut- in Congress in late 2017, down — nearly 60 per- which is President Donald cent of its workforce — to Trump's signature legislative handle tax returns and pay achievement, gave gener- out refunds. The employees ous tax cuts to corporations won't be paid during the and the wealthiest Ameri- shutdown. cans and more modest With the official start of the reductions to middle- and tax filing season coming low-income households. Jan. 28, the Trump admin- The law is expected to bring istration has promised that lower taxes for 2018 for the taxpayers owed refunds great majority of Ameri- will be paid on time, de- cans, and the refunds are spite the disruption in gov- a big tangible part of that. IRS worker Angela Gran, center, and others participate in a federal workers protest rally outside ernment services caused Trump told supporters on a the Federal Building, Thursday, Jan., 10, 2019, in Ogden, Utah. by the partial shutdown conference call Tuesday Associated Press now in its fourth week. that his administration has There had been growing been working to minimize not to pay refunds during a reviewed the issue at the the IRS counsel's position concern that the shutdown the painful impacts of the shutdown. But the IRS said Treasury's Department's re- that refunds can legally be would delay refunds worth shutdown. "People are ac- last week that OMB had quest and now agrees with paid.q hundreds of billions of dol- tually amazed that, with lars because the money this many people, that gov- wouldn't be available for ernment is really working so them from Congress. But well. So we're very proud of last week, the administra- that," he said. tion said customary shut- Angered over employees down policies will be re- having to work without versed to make the money pay, the union represent- available to pay refunds on ing IRS staff sued in federal time. court last week to chal- An IRS document detail- lenge any such agency ing its new shutdown plan action on constitutional shows that 46,052 agency grounds. The Constitution employees will be called doesn't allow the govern- back to work, of the total ment to obligate funds that workforce of 80,265. It says haven't been provided by the plan will take effect as Congress, and the execu- soon as the Treasury De- tive branch "can't continue partment issues an official to force more and more notice. employees to show up in Only about 10,000 employ- exchange only for an IOU," ees are deemed essential the National Treasury Em- and have been working. ployees Union said. Some 800,000 federal On Tuesday, a federal employees have been judge rejected the union's furloughed or are work- challenge, declining to ing without pay. Presi- force the government to dent Donald Trump didn't pay the recalled employ- budge Tuesday from his ees. demand to have Congress Some experts question provide $5.7 billion to build whether the administration his promised border wall has the legal authority to with Mexico. Democrats reverse earlier policies to say they will discuss border allow the government to security once the govern- issue tax refunds during a ment has reopened, but shutdown. House Speaker Nancy Pe- In 2011, the chief coun- losi is refusing money for the sel at the IRS concluded wall Democrats view as in- that such payments were effective and immoral. legally allowed during a About three-quarters of U.S. shutdown. At the time, taxpayers receive annual the White House Office of refunds, giving them an in- Management and Budget, centive to file their returns under President Barack early. Many lower-income Obama, rejected that po- people count on refunds as sition and directed the IRS A4 U.S. NEWS Wednesday 16 January 2019 Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand jumps into 2020 presidential race By JUANA SUMMERS She joins what is expected said Gillibrand, a mother of Associated Press to be a crowded primary two sons, ages 10 and 15. NEW YORK (AP) — Sen. field for the Democratic As she works to distinguish Kirsten Gillibrand entered nomination that could fea- herself from likely rivals, Gil- the growing field of 2020 ture more than a dozen librand will be able to draw Democratic presidential candidates. Already, Mas- from the more than $10.5 contenders Tuesday, telling sachusetts Sen. Elizabeth million left over from her television host Stephen Col- Warren has announced 2018 re-election campaign bert that she's launching an her own exploratory efforts, that she can use toward a exploratory committee. and decisions by a num- presidential run. "It's an important first step, ber of other senators are Gillibrand pledged during and it's one I am taking be- expected in the coming her Senate campaign that cause I am going to run," weeks. she would serve out her six- the New York senator said Gillibrand, who was ap- year term if re-elected. on "The Late Show with Ste- pointed to the Senate in She will use Troy, New York, phen Colbert." She listed a 2009 to fill the seat vacated where she lives, as a home series of issues she'd tackle by Hillary Clinton, has been base for her presidential ef- as president, including bet- among the Senate's most forts. Near the end of their ter health care for families, vocal members on issues interview, Colbert present- stronger public schools and like sexual harassment, mili- ed Gillibrand with a basket more accessible job train- tary sexual assault, equal of campaign gifts, includ- ing. pay for women and family ing an ear of yellow corn Gillibrand, 52, has already leave, issues that could be to wave in Iowa, a piece of made plans to campaign central to her presidential granite for New Hampshire in Iowa over the weekend, In this Oct. 25, 2018 file photo, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., campaign. and a one-of-a-kind button more than a year before speaks during the New York Senate debate hosted by WABC- "I'm going to fight for other that reads "I announced TV, in New York. the leadoff caucus state people's kids as hard as I on the Late Show with Ste- Associated Press votes. would fight for my own," phen Colbert."q Senators ask FDA to update rules on certain pot products ized the production and state lines. including relieving pain sale of industrial hemp and "Farmers in Oregon and and anxiety. hemp derivatives, includ- nationwide are poised to Scientists note there have ing cannabidiols, known as make real economic gains been few comprehensive CBD. Wyden and Merkley for their communities once clinical studies on how had been behind a hemp these regulations are up- CBD affects humans. Har- provision that Congress dated," they wrote. They vard Medical School said passed and was included said it was Congress' intent the strongest scientific evi- in the 2018 Farm Bill. in the bill to ensure produc- dence is for its effective- But after President Donald ers and consumers have ness in treating childhood Trump signed the bill in De- access to hemp-derived epilepsy syndromes which cember, FDA Commission- products, including CBDs. typically don't respond to er Scott Gottlieb restated The Oregon Democrats anti-seizure medications. his agency's stance that asked the agency to clarify The FDA recently approved CBD is a drug ingredient to the public several issues, the first ever cannabis-de- and therefore illegal to add including its authority in the rived medicine for these In this April 24, 2018, file photo, the first rendering from hemp to food or health products production and marketing conditions which contains plants extracted from a super critical CO2 extraction device on without his agency's ap- of hemp and its derivatives, CBD. Studies suggest CBD its' way to becoming fully refined CBD oil spurts into a large bea- proval. The FDA has sent and whether the FDA will may also help those with ker at New Earth Biosciences in Salem, Ore. Associated Press warning letters to some consider issuing a regula- insomnia to fall asleep and companies making health tion to allow hemp deriva- stay asleep. By ANDREW SELSKY state commerce of food claims for CBD. tives in food, beverages or Hemp looks like marijua- SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Ore- products containing a key In a letter to Gottlieb, the dietary supplements that na but contains less than gon's two senators on Tues- non-psychoactive ingredi- senators asked the FDA to cross state lines. 0.3 percent of THC, the day urged the head of the ent of cannabis. update "outdated regu- CBD oils are increasingly compound that gives pot U.S. Food and Drug Admin- The appeal by Sens. Ron lations" that prohibit food popular in lotions, tinctures its high. Both hemp and istration to update federal Wyden and Jeff Merkley products containing CBD and foods. Proponents say marijuana are species of regulations to permit inter- came after Congress legal- from being sold across CBD offers health benefits, cannabis.q U.S. NEWS A5 Wednesday 16 January 2019 Filing: OxyContin maker forecast 'blizzard of prescriptions' By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER ments at the heart of the A memo among family and GEOFF MULVIHILL Massachusetts allegations members in 2008 warned Associated Press are also part of the evi- of a "dangerous concen- BOSTON (AP) — A mem- dence exchanged in those tration of risk" for the family, ber of the family that owns cases. While the Massachu- the complaint says. Years OxyContin maker Purdue setts filing describes their earlier, Richard Sackler Pharma told people at the contents, the documents wrote in an email that the prescription opioid pain- themselves have not been company would have to killer's launch party in the made public, at the com- "hammer on the abusers 1990s that it would be "fol- pany's request. in every way possible," de- lowed by a blizzard of pre- According to the filing, scribing them as "the cul- scriptions that will bury the Richard Sackler, then se- prits and the problem." competition," according to nior vice president respon- Joanne Peterson, who runs court documents filed Tues- sible for sales, told the audi- a Massachusetts-based day. ence at the launch party to support network for the The details were made imagine a series of natural family members of people public in a case brought disasters: an earthquake, addicted to drugs, said In this Aug. 17, 2018 file photo, family and friends who have lost by Massachusetts Attorney volcanic eruption, hurri- Sackler's comments show loved ones to OxyContin and opioid overdoses protest outside General Maura Healey that cane and blizzard. a "blatant disregard for hu- Purdue Pharma headquarters in Stamford, Conn. accuses Purdue Pharma, "The launch of OxyContin man life." Associated Press its executives and mem- Tablets will be followed by "He certainly hammered bers of the Sackler family a blizzard of prescriptions them six feet under," Peter- The company also stresses trying to solve a complex of deceiving patients and that will bury the competi- son said. "I've been to more that its drug is approved public health crisis, the doctors about the risks of tion. The prescription bliz- funerals than I can count in by federal regulators and complaint distorts critical opioids and pushing pre- zard will be so deep, dense, the last 15 years." prescribed by doctors; that facts and cynically con- scribers to keep patients on and white," he said, ac- Purdue Pharma accused it accounts for a small por- flates prescription opioid the drug longer. The docu- cording to the documents. the attorney general's of- tion of opioids sold in the medications with illegal ments provide information "Over the next twenty fice of cherry-picking from U.S.; and that illicit drugs heroin and fentanyl," Pur- about former Purdue Phar- years, the Sacklers made millions of emails and doc- including heroin and street due Pharma said. ma President Richard Sack- Richard's boast come true," uments to create "biased fentanyl are causing most Messages seeking com- ler's role in overseeing sales lawyers in the attorney gen- and inaccurate charac- overdose deaths. ment were left with a of OxyContin that hasn't eral's office wrote. "They terizations" of the compa- "In a rush to vilify a single spokeswoman for the Sack- been public before. created a manmade di- ny and its executives. The manufacturer whose medi- ler family. The drug and the closely saster. Their blizzard of dan- company said in a state- cines represent less than Massachusetts is the first held Connecticut com- gerous prescriptions buried ment said it will "aggres- two percent of opioid pain state to personally name pany that sells it are at the children and parents and sively defend against these prescriptions rather than the company's executives center of a lawsuit in Mas- grandparents across Mas- misleading allegations." doing the hard work of in a complaint.q sachusetts and hundreds sachusetts, and the burials of others across the coun- continue," they wrote. try in which government The complaint says the entities are trying to find Sackler family, which in- the drug industry respon- cludes major donors to sible for an opioid crisis that museums including the killed 72,000 Americans in Smithsonian Institution, New 2017. The Massachusetts York's Metropolitan Mu- litigation is separate from seum of Art and the Tate some 1,500 federal lawsuits Modern in London, was filed by governments be- long aware its drug was ing overseen by a judge in dangerous and addictive Cleveland. but pushed more sales any- But the company docu- way. A6 U.S. NEWS Wednesday 16 January 2019 Judge bars citizenship question from 2020 census By LARRY NEUMEISTER, As- notice of plans to add a too, he said. sociated Press citizenship question to the Connecticut, Delaware, NEW YORK (AP) — A fed- census. Iowa, Rhode Island and eral judge blocked the “We are disappointed and Minnesota would also suf- Trump administration Tues- are still reviewing the rul- fer, Furman added. day from asking about citi- ing,” Justice Department A trial on a separate suit zenship status on the 2020 spokeswoman Kelly Laco on the same issue, filed by census, the first major ruling said in a statement. Ross the state of California, is un- in cases contending offi- has said the move was not der way in San Francisco. cials ramrodded the ques- politically motivated. The U.S. Supreme Court is tion through for Republican The ruling came in cases poised to hear evidentia- political purposes to inten- in which 18 states, the Dis- ry-related legal issues sur- tionally undercount immi- trict of Columbia, 15 big rounding the New York grants. cities or counties, and im- case on Feb. 19. In a 277-page decision that migrants’ rights groups ar- In the New York case, the In this April 29, 2010 file photo, census employees, including won’t be the final word on gued that the Commerce plaintiffs accused the ad- Joseph Mintz, seated, and Lesley Rubinger, far right, assemble the issue, Judge Jesse M. Department, which designs ministration of President after a training course in New York. Furman ruled that while the census, failed to prop- Donald Trump of adding Associated Press such a question would be erly analyze the effect that the question to intention- constitutional, Commerce the question would have ally discourage immigrants a 1965 law meant to pro- he hadn’t spoken to any- Secretary Wilbur Ross act- on households with immi- from participating, poten- tect political representa- one in the White House on ed in an “arbitrary and ca- grants. tially leading to a popula- tion of minority groups. the subject. pricious” manner and vio- Furman, citing Census Bu- tion undercount — and Furman, appointed to the Later, however, Justice lated the law. reau estimates, concluded possibly fewer seats in Con- bench by former President Department lawyers sub- “He failed to consider sev- the citizenship question gress — in places that tend Barack Obama, said Ross’ mitted papers saying Ross eral important aspects of would depress responses in to vote Democratic. rationale concealed his remembered speaking in the problem; alternately households with noncitizens Even people in the U.S. true reason, which remains spring 2017 about it with ignored, cherry-picked, or by at least 5.8 percent and legally, they said, might unknown. former senior White House badly misconstrued the evi- likely more. dodge the census ques- New York Attorney General adviser Steve Bannon and dence in the record before Thus, he said, several states tionnaire out of fears they Letitia James, whose office then-Attorney General Jeff him; acted irrationally both would lose at least one could be targeted by the was among those litigating Sessions. in light of that evidence congressional seat based administration. the lawsuits, called the de- The Supreme Court blocked and his own stated deci- on 2020 census data. Fur- The Justice Department ar- cision a win for “Americans Ross from being deposed, sional criteria; and failed man said Texas, Arizona, gued Ross had no such mo- who believe in a fair and but let a trial proceed over to justify significant depar- Florida and plaintiffs New tive. accurate count of the resi- the objections of Justices tures from past policies and York and Illinois face a sub- Ross’ decision to reinstate dents of our nation.” Samuel Alito, Clarence practices,” Furman wrote stantial risk of a seat loss. a citizenship question for In Massachusetts, Secretary Thomas and Neil Gorsuch. in a decision that squarely He said Colorado will suffer the first time since 1950 of the Commonwealth Wil- The constitutionally man- laid the blame on Ross. a census undercount of at was reasonable because liam Galvin, a Democrat, dated census is supposed Ross’ explanations for his least 0.7 percent. the government has asked said “attempting to fright- to count all people living in decision were “unsupport- Adding the question would a citizenship question for en immigrant communities the U.S., including nonciti- ed by, or even counter to, cause New York, New Jer- most of the past 200 years, into not responding was zens and immigrants living the evidence before the sey, California, Texas, Flori- Laco said. a clear and deliberate ef- in the country illegally. agency,” the judge said. da, Nevada, Hawaii, Illinois, When Ross announced the fort to depress the count in The administration faces Among other things, the Massachusetts, Maryland, plan in March, he said the states like Massachusetts.” an early summer dead- judge said, Ross didn’t fol- Washington, Oregon, New question was necessary to Ross said politics played no line for finalizing questions low a law requiring Con- Mexico and the District of help the government en- role in the decision, initially so questionnaires can be gress be given three years’ Columbia to lose funding force the Voting Rights Act, testifying under oath that printed.q Filing: OxyContin maker forecast 'blizzard of prescriptions' By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER bers of the Sackler family the drug industry respon- Richard Sackler, then se- eral's office wrote. "They and GEOFF MULVIHILL of deceiving patients and sible for an opioid crisis that nior vice president respon- created a manmade di- BOSTON (AP) — A mem- doctors about the risks of killed 72,000 Americans in sible for sales, told the audi- saster. Their blizzard of dan- ber of the family that owns opioids and pushing pre- 2017. The Massachusetts ence at the launch party to gerous prescriptions buried OxyContin maker Purdue scribers to keep patients on litigation is separate from imagine a series of natural children and parents and Pharma told people at the the drug longer. The docu- some 1,500 federal lawsuits disasters: an earthquake, grandparents across Mas- prescription opioid pain- ments provide information filed by governments be- volcanic eruption, hurri- sachusetts, and the burials killer's launch party in the about former Purdue Phar- ing overseen by a judge in cane and blizzard. continue," they wrote. 1990s that it would be "fol- ma President Richard Sack- Cleveland. But the compa- "The launch of OxyContin The complaint says the lowed by a blizzard of pre- ler's role in overseeing sales ny documents at the heart Tablets will be followed by Sackler family, which in- scriptions that will bury the of OxyContin that hasn't of the Massachusetts alle- a blizzard of prescriptions cludes major donors to competition," according to been public before. gations are also part of the that will bury the competi- museums including the court documents filed Tues- The drug and the closely evidence exchanged in tion. The prescription bliz- Smithsonian Institution, New day. held Connecticut com- those cases. While the Mas- zard will be so deep, dense, York's Metropolitan Mu- The details were made pany that sells it are at the sachusetts filing describes and white," he said, ac- seum of Art and the Tate public in a case brought center of a lawsuit in Mas- their contents, the docu- cording to the documents. Modern in London, was by Massachusetts Attorney sachusetts and hundreds ments themselves have not "Over the next twenty long aware its drug was General Maura Healey that of others across the coun- been made public, at the years, the Sacklers made dangerous and addictive accuses Purdue Pharma, try in which government company's request. Richard's boast come true," but pushed more sales its executives and mem- entities are trying to find According to the filing, lawyers in the attorney gen- anyway.q U.S. NEWS A7 Wednesday 16 January 2019 Hospital: Doc gave near-death patients excessive pain meds By KANTELE FRANKO from happening," Mount Associated Press Carmel President and CEO COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ed Lamb said in a video An intensive care doctor statement . "We're doing ordered "significantly ex- everything to understand cessive and potentially fa- how this happened and tal" doses of pain medicine what we need to do to en- for at least 27 near-death sure that it never happens patients in the past few again." years after families asked The attorney who brought that lifesaving measures be the lawsuit said, in that stopped, an Ohio hospital case, either layers of safe- system announced after guards repeatedly failed being sued by a family al- to flag a "grossly exces- leging an improper dose of sive" dosage of fentanyl, fentanyl actively hastened or the medical profession- the death of one of those als intended to accelerate patients. the death of the patient, The Columbus-area Mount 79-year-old Janet Kavana- Carmel Health System ac- ugh. knowledged the doses "On balance, it's hard to were larger than needed to believe the former oc- provide comfort for dying curred rather than the lat- The main entrance to Mount Carmel West Hospital is shown Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019. patients. That raises ques- ter. ... This is not just a simple Associated Press tions about whether there situation of an error," lawyer was intentional or possibly Gerry Leeseberg said Tues- tisan National Conference Franklin County Prosecutor Husel was a supervised illegal use of the drugs to day. of State Legislatures. In Ron O'Brien confirmed that resident at the Cleveland accelerate deaths. The lawsuit was filed Mon- Ohio, the practice remains his office has met with doc- Clinic from 2008 to 2013, The system said it has fired day in Franklin County illegal. A bill that would tors, hospital executives according to a statement the doctor, reported find- against the health system, have allowed terminally ill, and attorneys and that an from the medical center. ings of an internal investi- a pharmacist, a nurse and mentally competent pa- investigation is underway, It's now conducting an in- gation to authorities and the doctor, whom it identi- tients to self-administer a but he wouldn't discuss vestigation of his work. removed 20 employees fies as William Husel. prescription to end their details. He said they've re- Carrese, from the bioeth- from patient care pend- Case records listed no at- lives failed to gain traction ceived cooperation from ics institute, commended ing further investigation, in- torney yet to comment on in the last legislative session. Mount Carmel, which oper- Mount Carmel for encour- cluding nurses who admin- Husel's behalf. There is no But Joe Carrese, a faculty ates four hospitals around aging a culture in which istered the medication as public personal phone list- member at the Johns Hop- Columbus, and from parent medical staff and other well as pharmacists. ing for him, and other num- kins Berman Institute of Bio- organization Trinity Health, employees can come for- Mount Carmel said the bers linked to him weren't ethics, said that such laws one of the country's larg- ward without fear, but he situation came to light be- accepting calls Tuesday. are carefully crafted. He est Roman Catholic health said the extent of the alle- cause an employee re- Husel's case emerges amid said that if Husel adminis- care systems. gations is concerning. ported a safety concern. a national debate over tered lethal quantities of Records show the State "The fact that there may be The health system shared physician-assisted death. drugs to unwitting patients Medical Board in Ohio has other patients, up to 26 oth- no information about what In such cases, physicians in order to end their lives, his never taken disciplinary er patients, really calls into might have prompted em- prescribe medications in acts didn't meet the defini- action against Husel. It's un- question whether the cul- ployees to approve and life-ending amounts to ter- tion of physician-assisted clear whether that board ture of safety and reporting administer the excessive minally ill patients. death. ever received a complaint that they're shooting for, dosages. Six states — California, Ore- "In this case, if that was the or conducted an investi- whether there's more work "Regardless of the reason gon, Vermont, Washington, intent, this was essentially gation about him, as such that needs to be done," he the actions were taken, we Colorado and Montana — euthanasia, which is not le- records are confidential said. take responsibility for the allow the practice, and 20 gal anywhere in the United under Ohio law, and out- The allegations carry fact that the processes in have considered but not States and not at all the comes are made public echoes of prior Ohio cas- place were not sufficient passed legislation to do so, same as physician-assisted only if the board takes for- es in which patients were to prevent these actions according to the nonpar- death," he said. mal action. killed.q A8 WORLD NEWS Wednesday 16 January 2019 UK's May faces no-confidence vote after Brexit plan crushed By JILL LAWLESS drums and music from rival GREGORY KATZ bands of pro-EU and pro- RAF CASERT Brexit protesters outside. Associated Press One group waved blue- LONDON (AP) — British law- and-yellow EU flags, the makers overwhelmingly re- other brandished "Leave jected Prime Minister The- Means Leave" placards. resa May's divorce deal Inside, the government with the European Union on and opposition parties or- Tuesday, plunging the Brex- dered lawmakers to can- it process into chaos and cel all other plans to be on triggering a no-confidence hand for the crucial vote. vote that could topple her Labour legislator Tulip Sid- government. diq delayed the scheduled The defeat was widely ex- cesarean birth of her son so pected, but the scale of she could attend, arriving the House of Commons' in a wheelchair vote — 432 votes against Some Conservatives want the government and 202 in May to seek further talks support — was devastating with EU leaders on changes for May's fragile leadership. before bringing a tweaked It followed more than two version of the bill back to An activist from Avaaz wears a mask of Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May as Pro-European dem- years of political upheaval onstrators protest opposite the Houses of Parliament in London, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019. Parliament, even though in which May has staked Associated Press EU officials insist the 585- her political reputation on page withdrawal agree- getting a Brexit deal and vative party rebel. North- that lawmakers by major- both sides of the divide ment cannot be renegoti- was the biggest defeat for ern Ireland's Democratic ity vote can specify a new over U.K.'s place in the ated. a government in the House Unionist Party, which props plan for Britain's EU exit. bloc. Pro-Brexit lawmakers Tim Bale, professor of poli- of Commons in modern his- up May's government, said But with no clear majority say the deal will leave Brit- tics at Queen Mary Universi- tory. it would support her. in Parliament for any single ain bound indefinitely to ty of London, said May was Moments after the result "The House has spoken and alternate course, there is a EU rules, while pro-EU politi- unlikely to get changes to was announced — with the government will listen," growing chance that Brit- cians favor an even closer her deal from that could Speaker John Bercow bel- May said after the vote, ain may seek to postpone economic relationship with "placate her Brexiteers." lowing "the noes have it" which leaves her Brexit plan its departure date while Europe. "Or, she reaches out to La- to a packed Commons on life support just 10 weeks politicians work on a new The most contentious sec- bour and goes for a softer chamber — May said it was before the country is due to plan — or even hand the tion of the deal was an in- Brexit than most Brexiteers only right to test whether leave the EU on March 29. decision back to voters in surance policy known as would contemplate" — but the government still had May promised to con- a new referendum on EU the "backstop" designed which the EU might ac- lawmakers' support to carry sult lawmakers on future membership. to prevent the reintroduc- cept, Bale said. on. Opposition leader Jere- moves, but gave little indi- "If you can't resolve the im- tion of border controls be- Frustrated EU leaders called my Corbyn quickly obliged, cation of what she plans passe here in Westminster, tween the U.K.'s Northern on May to make her inten- saying May's government to do next. Parliament has than you have to refer it Ireland and EU member tions clear on the future of had lost the confidence of given the government until back to the people," said Ireland Assurances from EU Brexit. Parliament. Monday to come up with a Labour Party lawmaker leaders that the backstop "Now, it is time for the U.K. Lawmakers will vote new proposal. Chuka Umunna, who sup- is intended as a temporary to tell us the next steps," Wednesday on his motion She faces a stark choice: ports a second referen- measure of last resort com- said Michel Barnier, the of no-confidence. If the Steer the country toward dum. pletely failed to win over bloc's chief negotiator. government loses, it will an abrupt "no-deal" break May, who had postponed many British skeptics, European Commission pres- have 14 days to overturn with the EU or try to nudge a vote on the deal in De- Two and a half years after ident Jean-Claude Juncker the result or face a national it toward a softer depar- cember to avoid certain the referendum, Britain re- — who returned to Brussels election. ture. Meanwhile, lawmak- defeat, had implored law- mains divided over how, late Tuesday to deal with Although May lacks an ers from both government makers to back her deal and whether, to leave the fallout from the vote — said overall majority in Parlia- and opposition parties are and deliver on voters' deci- EU. the rejection of May's deal ment, she looks likely to trying to wrest control of sion in 2016 to leave the EU. As lawmakers debated in had increased "the risk of a survive the vote unless law- the Brexit process from a But the deal was doomed the chamber, there was disorderly withdrawal of the makers from her Conser- paralyzed government, so by deep opposition from a cacophony of chants, United Kingdom."q WORLD NEWS A9 Wednesday 16 January 2019 Taliban suicide bomber kills 4, wounds over 100 in Kabul By RAHIM FAIEZ cluding the suicide bomb- area, Sardar Mohammad, Associated Press er. The four other attackers 55, said this was the most KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — engaged Afghan forces in powerful explosion of all A Taliban suicide bomber a clash, he said, without that he had witnessed. killed at least four people elaborating on what hap- Three of his children were and wounded scores when pened to them. wounded, he said, add- he detonated an explo- One of the victims, 35-year- ing that the government sive-laden vehicle late in old pharmacists Emal Fayzi, should move all military tar- the evening in the Afghan said he was wounded by gets out of residential areas capital, officials said Tues- shrapnel in the chest as he to protect civilian lives. day. was walking home in the Patrick Andrew, a NATO of- It was the latest in a relent- evening. The blast was so ficial in Afghanistan, said less wave of near daily at- strong, he couldn't see any- the alliance condemns the tacks by the Taliban, who thing for a while. Later, he "despicable attack on in- now hold sway over about realized he was inside an nocent people" near Ka- Afghan security forces gather at the site a day after an attack in half of the country and ambulance. bul's Green Village. Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019. regularly target Afghan Associated Press "No one is safe in this coun- "The Taliban must stop forces. The violence comes try, innocent and poor peo- continuing to use violence despite stepped-up efforts in Kabul announced that The area has been the fre- ple are the victims of these against their own people by the United States to find special envoy to Afghani- quent target of attacks in attacks," Fayzi said from his and come to the negotiat- a negotiated end to the stan Zalmay Khalilzad ar- the past. Many foreign- hospital bed. ing table," he added. country's 17-year war. rived in Kabul to meet with ers live in the compound, Another victim, 13-year-old The Taliban have so far re- Health Ministry spokesman President Ashraf Ghani, which is heavily guarded boy Esmatullah, said his two fused direct talks with Kabul Wahidullah Mayar said Chief Executive Abdullah by Afghan forces and also sisters were wounded inside despite pressure by Saudi as many as 113 wounded Abdullah and other politi- private security guards. their home, which had all Arabia, the United Arab were taken to different cal leaders to discuss next Roads to the area re- its windows shattered in the Emirates and even Paki- hospitals in Kabul after the steps in U.S. efforts to facili- mained blocked by secu- blast. stan, where Washington Monday evening explo- tate an Afghan-led peace rity forces through the night Interior Ministry spokesman says the Taliban leadership sion near the Green Village process. and into Tuesday morning. Najib Danish said three is headquartered. compound, home to sev- Germany's Foreign Ministry Taliban spokesman Zabi- military personnel and a In a separate attack Tues- eral international organiza- condemned the bomb- hullah Mujahid claimed civilian were killed while day morning in Kabul, a tions and guesthouses. ing, in which it said a Ger- the attack in a statement 12 women and 23 children civilian was killed when a The attack came just hours man police officer was also to the media, saying it in- were among the wounded. sticky bomb blew up his ve- before the U.S. Embassy lightly wounded. volved five attackers, in- Another resident in the hicle, Danish said.q New Israeli military chief pledges to lead 'innovative' army By ARON HELLER rael's army chiefs usually will continue our aggressive Associated Press serve up to four years. policy there as we have JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's "I pledge to dedicate all promised and we are do- new military chief took of- my energy to a demanding ing, relentlessly and without fice Tuesday, pledging and critical approach to fear." to lead a "lethal, efficient strengthening our defenses Kochavi and Eisenkot will and innovative army" into and adjusting it to the chal- compete their handover the future as it faces grave lenges of the present and with a visit to Jerusalem's challenges along its bor- future by focusing on in- Western Wall, a lunch with ders. creasing our striking abilities the president and a joint Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi's inau- against our enemies and meeting of the general guration comes shortly af- putting forth a lethal, effi- staff. ter the military's announce- cient and innovative army The 54-year-old Kochavi ment that it has successfully that maintains its purpose previously served as com- New Israeli Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi, center, reviews completed its operation to and uniqueness," he said. an honor guard in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019. mander of military intel- destroy a network of cross- In his final week on the Associated Press ligence, chief of northern border tunnels dug by the job, Eisenkot oversaw the command and most re- militant group Hezbollah, discovery of what the mili- and is believed to possess tary foothold in post-civil cently as Eisenkot's deputy stretching from Lebanon tary says was the sixth and an arsenal of some 150,000 war Syria, on Israel's door- chief of staff. He also com- into Israel, and as it appears final Hezbollah tunnel to rockets that can reach step. manded the Gaza division to be dropping its ambigu- penetrate Israel. He also nearly all of Israel. In recent "In front of us stands one during Israel's 2005 with- ity over hundreds of strikes it divulged that Israel had years, Hezbollah has been major element — Iran drawal from the Gaza Strip. had carried out against Ira- struck thousands of Iranian bogged down in fighting and its terror proxies. We As a commander of the nian forces in Syria in recent targets as part of a policy in Syria on behalf of Syrian have acted responsibil- paratroopers' brigade in years. shift of engaging Iran di- President Bashar Assad's ity and sensibly to thwart the early 2000s, he was Kochavi was promoted rectly, instead of just its government. But with that the strengthening of those credited with developing from major-general at lesser proxies of Hezbollah war winding down, Israeli who seek to harm us," he a tactic of using hammers Tuesday's ceremony at the in Lebanon and Hamas in security officials fear Hez- said. "I heard yesterday the to break down walls be- military headquarters in Tel Gaza. bollah is refocusing its at- spokesman of the Iranian tween homes in Palestin- Aviv, becoming the coun- Israel has long called for tention on Israel. foreign ministry saying: 'Iran ian refugee camps in the try's 22nd military chief. a crackdown on the Iran- At the Tel Aviv ceremony, has no military presence West Bank, to rob snipers of He replaces Lt. Gen. Gadi backed Hezbollah — a Prime Minister Benjamin Ne- in Syria, we only advising.' vantage points from where Eisenkot, who is retiring af- heavily armed militia that tanyahu vowed to prevent Well, I advise them to get they could shoot at Israeli ter 40 years of service. Is- functions as a mini-army Iran from establishing a mili- out of there fast since we troops on the streets.q A10 WORLD NEWS Wednesday 16 January 2019 Extremists attack hotel in Nairobi; al-Shabab claims role scores of people. Gunfire could be heard for hours after Tuesday's at- tack began. Several vehi- cles burned, sending black smoke rising over the com- plex. Some people ducked behind cars, screaming, while others took cover be- hind fountains and other features at the lush com- plex. Ambulances, security forc- es and firefighters con- verged along with a bomb disposal unit, and vehicles were cordoned off for fear they contained explosives. Police said they blew up a car that had explosives in- side. An unexploded gre- nade was also seen in a hallway at the complex. Security forces hurried out a large group of women, one of them still in curlers. Doz- ens of others were rushed to safety as plainclothes of- ficers went shop to shop in Security forces help civilians flee the scene as cars burn behind, at a hotel complex in Nairobi, Kenya Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019. Associated Press the complex. Some people held up their hands to show By JOSEPH MWIHIA on tables, bleeding. "there was no time to count a day after a magistrate they were unarmed. Associated Press "We were changing our the dead." ruled that three men must A Kenyan intelligence of- NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ex- shifts, and that is when I Also, a witness who gave stand trial in connection ficial said the country had tremists launched a deadly heard a loud blast and peo- his name only as Ken said with the Westgate Mall been on high alert since attack on a luxury hotel in ple were screaming," said he saw five bodies at the siege. A fourth suspect was November, with informa- Kenya's capital Tuesday, Enoch Kibet, who works as entrance. He said that oth- freed for lack of evidence. tion about potential at- sending people fleeing in a cleaner at the cafe and er people were shouting for Al-Shabab has vowed ret- tacks on high-profile tar- panic as explosions and managed to crawl out of help and "when we rushed ribution against Kenya for gets in Nairobi. The official heavy gunfire reverber- a gate in the basement. "I back to try to rescue them, sending troops to Somalia was not authorized to talk ated through the complex. couldn't believe I was alive. gunshots started coming since 2011. The al-Qaida- to the media and spoke on A witness said he saw five The blast was so loud and from upstairs, and we had linked group has killed hun- condition of anonymity. bodies at the hotel en- shook the whole complex." to duck because they were dreds of people in Kenya, A Somali diplomat who like- trance alone. Authorities sent special targeting us and we could which has been targeted wise spoke on condition of Al-Shabab — the Somalia- forces into the hotel to see two guys shooting." more than any other of anonymity said Somali of- based Islamic extremist flush out the gunmen be- Kenyan hospitals appealed the six countries providing ficials were in the hotel for group that carried out the lieved holed up inside. Well for blood donations even troops to an African Union meetings at the time of the 2013 Westgate Mall at- after nightfall, more than as the number of wounded force in Somalia. attack and several were tack in Nairobi that left 67 five hours after the attack remained unclear. Tuesday's carnage demon- feared to still be inside. people dead — claimed began, Boinnet said the Associated Press vid- strated al-Shabbab's con- Despite the years of blood- responsibility. counter-operation was still eo from inside the hotel tinued ability to carry out shed, the Kenya-Somalia "It is terrible. What I have going on. showed Kenyan security spectacular acts of blood- border remains porous, seen is terrible," said Charles It was not clear how many officers anxiously searching shed despite a dramatic with al-Shabab extremists Njenga, who ran from a attackers laid siege to the the building and scared increase in U.S. airstrikes able to easily bribe their scene of blood, broken complex, which includes workers emerging from hid- against it under President way across, according to a glass, burning vehicles and the DusitD2 hotel, along ing while gunfire could still Donald Trump. U.N. panel of experts. black smoke. with bars, restaurants, be heard. Some women In the Westgate Mall mas- The hotel complex in Nai- The coordinated assault banks and offices and is climbed out of windows. sacre, al-Shabab extrem- robi's Westlands neighbor- began with an explosion in a well-to-do neighbor- One man got up from the ists burst into the luxury hood is about a mile (2 ki- that targeted three ve- hood with large numbers of floor where he appeared shopping center, hurling lometers) from Westgate hicles outside a bank, and American, European and to be trying to hide under grenades and starting a Mall on a relatively quiet, a suicide bombing in the Indian expatriates. a piece of wood paneling, dayslong siege. In 2015, tree-lined road in what is hotel lobby that severely Boinnet did not disclose the then showed his ID badge. al-Shabab claimed re- considered one of the most wounded a number of number of dead. As officers searched luxury sponsibility for an attack secure parts of the city. The guests, said Kenya's na- However, a Kenyan police fashion displays, wounded on Kenya's Garissa Univer- hotel's website says it is tional police chief, Joseph officer who spoke on con- people were carried away sity that killed 147 people, "cocooned away from the Boinnet. dition of anonymity be- on stretchers. mostly students. Tuesday's hustle and bustle in a se- Survivors reported hearing cause he was not autho- Like al-Shabab's Westgate violence also came three cure and peaceful haven." a shattering blast and saw rized to talk to the media Mall attack, this one ap- years to the day after On Monday, the hotel pro- people mowed down by said that bodies were seen peared aimed at wealthy al-Shabab extremists at- moted its spa by tweeting: gunmen as they sat at a in restaurants downstairs Kenyans and foreigners liv- tacked a Kenyan military "Is your new year off to a cafe. Victims were left lying and in offices upstairs, but ing in the country. 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Rotaract Club Aruba Wednesday January 16, 2019 T: 582-7800 | F: 582-7044 www.arubatoday.com Page 13 AArruubbaa’’ss OONNLLYY EEnngglliisshh nneewwssppaappeerr This March 22, 2013 file photo, shows the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington. Associated Press Page 3 A2 UP FRONT Wednesday 16 January 2019 8PM Super Bowl planners: Shutdown brings 'uncharted territory' By JEFF MARTIN But the government shut- Monday. Associated Press down is a wild card that The TSA had a national ab- ATLANTA (AP) — A day af- arose relatively late in that sence rate of nearly 7 per- ter travelers waited nearly planning process. cent Monday, compared 90 minutes in snail-speed "Certainly there are fac- to 2.5 percent on a com- security lines at the world's tors that we don't control parable day a year ago, busiest airport, Atlanta's such as what's happening the agency reported Tues- mayor is concerned about with our federal govern- day after getting complete the waits that could result ment shutdown and with numbers on the absences. when the city hosts the the long TSA lines," Bottoms A chaotic scene unfolded 2019 Super Bowl. said. "We are continuing to at Atlanta's airport on Mon- The ongoing partial govern- encourage people to get day, the first business day In this Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019, file photo, workers hang ban- ners on Mercedes-Benz Stadium in preparation for the NFL Super ment shutdown is "unchart- to the airport very early." after screeners did not re- Bowl football game, in Atlanta. Atlanta leaders, police and fed- ed territory" amid planning The expected crush of trav- ceive a paycheck for the eral officials plan to discuss public safety plans ahead of Super for one of the world's big- elers is significantly more first time. Bowl 53. gest sporting events, Mayor than normal. Mondays are typically busy Associated Press Keisha Lance Bottoms said On a typical day, 60,000 for the airport as Atlanta Tuesday. to 80,000 passengers are business travelers depart "Obviously, we are in un- screened at Atlanta's air- for the work week, and charted territory with the port before departing, air- some security lanes went shutdown that's gone on port statistics show. unstaffed as lines backed this long, and we are pre- On Feb. 4, the day Bottoms up. paring as best we can from calls "Mass Exodus Mon- Atlanta passengers led the our vantage point," Bot- day," about 110,000 pas- nation Monday in terms of toms said. sengers are expected to longest screening delays: The mayor and others at a be departing from Atlan- The "maximum standard Tuesday news conference ta's airport one day after wait time" was 88 minutes, said two years of planning the Super Bowl. the TSA reported. Passen- have them well-prepared The partial government gers who went through TSA to protect the public. shutdown has meant PreCheck — an expedited "Our goal is for our officers missed paychecks for screening program which is to be visible, for the public Transportation Security Ad- typically faster than regular to feel safe, be safe, and ministration screeners at lines — waited 55 minutes, be able to position our- airports nationwide. statistics showed. selves so that we can react TSA workers have been Friday could be the next immediately to whatever calling in sick at a rate big test for the nation's air- scenario we are confront- that's been more than dou- ports, as holiday travelers ed with," Atlanta Police ble what it normally is, the get away for the upcom- Chief Erika Shields said. "I agency has said. That's led ing long holiday weekend. think that with anything to a shortage of screeners Martin Luther King Jr. Day is you can go in with a spirit at some airports across the Monday. Friday is also typi- of confidence if you have country. cally a busy day for airports prepared, and we have No-shows among screeners as business travelers head prepared well." jumped Sunday and again home for the weekend.q U.S. NEWS A3 Wednesday 16 January 2019 The IRS is recalling 46,000 workers to handle tax returns By MARCY GORDON their biggest cash infusion AP Business Writer of the year. Overall, refunds WASHINGTON (AP) — The average $2,800. Internal Revenue Service The issue is politically sensi- is recalling about 46,000 of tive. The massive tax law its employees furloughed enacted by Republicans by the government shut- in Congress in late 2017, down — nearly 60 per- which is President Donald cent of its workforce — to Trump's signature legislative handle tax returns and pay achievement, gave gener- out refunds. The employees ous tax cuts to corporations won't be paid during the and the wealthiest Ameri- shutdown. cans and more modest With the official start of the reductions to middle- and tax filing season coming low-income households. Jan. 28, the Trump admin- The law is expected to bring istration has promised that lower taxes for 2018 for the taxpayers owed refunds great majority of Ameri- will be paid on time, de- cans, and the refunds are spite the disruption in gov- a big tangible part of that. IRS worker Angela Gran, center, and others participate in a federal workers protest rally outside ernment services caused Trump told supporters on a the Federal Building, Thursday, Jan., 10, 2019, in Ogden, Utah. by the partial shutdown conference call Tuesday Associated Press now in its fourth week. that his administration has There had been growing been working to minimize not to pay refunds during a reviewed the issue at the the IRS counsel's position concern that the shutdown the painful impacts of the shutdown. But the IRS said Treasury's Department's re- that refunds can legally be would delay refunds worth shutdown. "People are ac- last week that OMB had quest and now agrees with paid.q hundreds of billions of dol- tually amazed that, with lars because the money this many people, that gov- wouldn't be available for ernment is really working so them from Congress. But well. So we're very proud of last week, the administra- that," he said. tion said customary shut- Angered over employees down policies will be re- having to work without versed to make the money pay, the union represent- available to pay refunds on ing IRS staff sued in federal time. court last week to chal- An IRS document detail- lenge any such agency ing its new shutdown plan action on constitutional shows that 46,052 agency grounds. The Constitution employees will be called doesn't allow the govern- back to work, of the total ment to obligate funds that workforce of 80,265. It says haven't been provided by the plan will take effect as Congress, and the execu- soon as the Treasury De- tive branch "can't continue partment issues an official to force more and more notice. employees to show up in Only about 10,000 employ- exchange only for an IOU," ees are deemed essential the National Treasury Em- and have been working. ployees Union said. Some 800,000 federal On Tuesday, a federal employees have been judge rejected the union's furloughed or are work- challenge, declining to ing without pay. Presi- force the government to dent Donald Trump didn't pay the recalled employ- budge Tuesday from his ees. demand to have Congress Some experts question provide $5.7 billion to build whether the administration his promised border wall has the legal authority to with Mexico. Democrats reverse earlier policies to say they will discuss border allow the government to security once the govern- issue tax refunds during a ment has reopened, but shutdown. House Speaker Nancy Pe- In 2011, the chief coun- losi is refusing money for the sel at the IRS concluded wall Democrats view as in- that such payments were effective and immoral. legally allowed during a About three-quarters of U.S. shutdown. At the time, taxpayers receive annual the White House Office of refunds, giving them an in- Management and Budget, centive to file their returns under President Barack early. Many lower-income Obama, rejected that po- people count on refunds as sition and directed the IRS A4 U.S. NEWS Wednesday 16 January 2019 Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand jumps into 2020 presidential race By JUANA SUMMERS She joins what is expected said Gillibrand, a mother of Associated Press to be a crowded primary two sons, ages 10 and 15. NEW YORK (AP) — Sen. field for the Democratic As she works to distinguish Kirsten Gillibrand entered nomination that could fea- herself from likely rivals, Gil- the growing field of 2020 ture more than a dozen librand will be able to draw Democratic presidential candidates. Already, Mas- from the more than $10.5 contenders Tuesday, telling sachusetts Sen. Elizabeth million left over from her television host Stephen Col- Warren has announced 2018 re-election campaign bert that she's launching an her own exploratory efforts, that she can use toward a exploratory committee. and decisions by a num- presidential run. "It's an important first step, ber of other senators are Gillibrand pledged during and it's one I am taking be- expected in the coming her Senate campaign that cause I am going to run," weeks. she would serve out her six- the New York senator said Gillibrand, who was ap- year term if re-elected. on "The Late Show with Ste- pointed to the Senate in She will use Troy, New York, phen Colbert." She listed a 2009 to fill the seat vacated where she lives, as a home series of issues she'd tackle by Hillary Clinton, has been base for her presidential ef- as president, including bet- among the Senate's most forts. Near the end of their ter health care for families, vocal members on issues interview, Colbert present- stronger public schools and like sexual harassment, mili- ed Gillibrand with a basket more accessible job train- tary sexual assault, equal of campaign gifts, includ- ing. pay for women and family ing an ear of yellow corn Gillibrand, 52, has already leave, issues that could be to wave in Iowa, a piece of made plans to campaign central to her presidential granite for New Hampshire in Iowa over the weekend, In this Oct. 25, 2018 file photo, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., campaign. and a one-of-a-kind button more than a year before speaks during the New York Senate debate hosted by WABC- "I'm going to fight for other that reads "I announced TV, in New York. the leadoff caucus state people's kids as hard as I on the Late Show with Ste- Associated Press votes. would fight for my own," phen Colbert."q Senators ask FDA to update rules on certain pot products ized the production and state lines. including relieving pain sale of industrial hemp and "Farmers in Oregon and and anxiety. hemp derivatives, includ- nationwide are poised to Scientists note there have ing cannabidiols, known as make real economic gains been few comprehensive CBD. Wyden and Merkley for their communities once clinical studies on how had been behind a hemp these regulations are up- CBD affects humans. Har- provision that Congress dated," they wrote. They vard Medical School said passed and was included said it was Congress' intent the strongest scientific evi- in the 2018 Farm Bill. in the bill to ensure produc- dence is for its effective- But after President Donald ers and consumers have ness in treating childhood Trump signed the bill in De- access to hemp-derived epilepsy syndromes which cember, FDA Commission- products, including CBDs. typically don't respond to er Scott Gottlieb restated The Oregon Democrats anti-seizure medications. his agency's stance that asked the agency to clarify The FDA recently approved CBD is a drug ingredient to the public several issues, the first ever cannabis-de- and therefore illegal to add including its authority in the rived medicine for these In this April 24, 2018, file photo, the first rendering from hemp to food or health products production and marketing conditions which contains plants extracted from a super critical CO2 extraction device on without his agency's ap- of hemp and its derivatives, CBD. Studies suggest CBD its' way to becoming fully refined CBD oil spurts into a large bea- proval. The FDA has sent and whether the FDA will may also help those with ker at New Earth Biosciences in Salem, Ore. Associated Press warning letters to some consider issuing a regula- insomnia to fall asleep and companies making health tion to allow hemp deriva- stay asleep. By ANDREW SELSKY state commerce of food claims for CBD. tives in food, beverages or Hemp looks like marijua- SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Ore- products containing a key In a letter to Gottlieb, the dietary supplements that na but contains less than gon's two senators on Tues- non-psychoactive ingredi- senators asked the FDA to cross state lines. 0.3 percent of THC, the day urged the head of the ent of cannabis. update "outdated regu- CBD oils are increasingly compound that gives pot U.S. Food and Drug Admin- The appeal by Sens. Ron lations" that prohibit food popular in lotions, tinctures its high. Both hemp and istration to update federal Wyden and Jeff Merkley products containing CBD and foods. Proponents say marijuana are species of regulations to permit inter- came after Congress legal- from being sold across CBD offers health benefits, cannabis.q U.S. NEWS A5 Wednesday 16 January 2019 Filing: OxyContin maker forecast 'blizzard of prescriptions' By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER ments at the heart of the A memo among family and GEOFF MULVIHILL Massachusetts allegations members in 2008 warned Associated Press are also part of the evi- of a "dangerous concen- BOSTON (AP) — A mem- dence exchanged in those tration of risk" for the family, ber of the family that owns cases. While the Massachu- the complaint says. Years OxyContin maker Purdue setts filing describes their earlier, Richard Sackler Pharma told people at the contents, the documents wrote in an email that the prescription opioid pain- themselves have not been company would have to killer's launch party in the made public, at the com- "hammer on the abusers 1990s that it would be "fol- pany's request. in every way possible," de- lowed by a blizzard of pre- According to the filing, scribing them as "the cul- scriptions that will bury the Richard Sackler, then se- prits and the problem." competition," according to nior vice president respon- Joanne Peterson, who runs court documents filed Tues- sible for sales, told the audi- a Massachusetts-based day. ence at the launch party to support network for the The details were made imagine a series of natural family members of people public in a case brought disasters: an earthquake, addicted to drugs, said In this Aug. 17, 2018 file photo, family and friends who have lost by Massachusetts Attorney volcanic eruption, hurri- Sackler's comments show loved ones to OxyContin and opioid overdoses protest outside General Maura Healey that cane and blizzard. a "blatant disregard for hu- Purdue Pharma headquarters in Stamford, Conn. accuses Purdue Pharma, "The launch of OxyContin man life." Associated Press its executives and mem- Tablets will be followed by "He certainly hammered bers of the Sackler family a blizzard of prescriptions them six feet under," Peter- The company also stresses trying to solve a complex of deceiving patients and that will bury the competi- son said. "I've been to more that its drug is approved public health crisis, the doctors about the risks of tion. The prescription bliz- funerals than I can count in by federal regulators and complaint distorts critical opioids and pushing pre- zard will be so deep, dense, the last 15 years." prescribed by doctors; that facts and cynically con- scribers to keep patients on and white," he said, ac- Purdue Pharma accused it accounts for a small por- flates prescription opioid the drug longer. The docu- cording to the documents. the attorney general's of- tion of opioids sold in the medications with illegal ments provide information "Over the next twenty fice of cherry-picking from U.S.; and that illicit drugs heroin and fentanyl," Pur- about former Purdue Phar- years, the Sacklers made millions of emails and doc- including heroin and street due Pharma said. ma President Richard Sack- Richard's boast come true," uments to create "biased fentanyl are causing most Messages seeking com- ler's role in overseeing sales lawyers in the attorney gen- and inaccurate charac- overdose deaths. ment were left with a of OxyContin that hasn't eral's office wrote. "They terizations" of the compa- "In a rush to vilify a single spokeswoman for the Sack- been public before. created a manmade di- ny and its executives. The manufacturer whose medi- ler family. The drug and the closely saster. Their blizzard of dan- company said in a state- cines represent less than Massachusetts is the first held Connecticut com- gerous prescriptions buried ment said it will "aggres- two percent of opioid pain state to personally name pany that sells it are at the children and parents and sively defend against these prescriptions rather than the company's executives center of a lawsuit in Mas- grandparents across Mas- misleading allegations." doing the hard work of in a complaint.q sachusetts and hundreds sachusetts, and the burials of others across the coun- continue," they wrote. try in which government The complaint says the entities are trying to find Sackler family, which in- the drug industry respon- cludes major donors to sible for an opioid crisis that museums including the killed 72,000 Americans in Smithsonian Institution, New 2017. The Massachusetts York's Metropolitan Mu- litigation is separate from seum of Art and the Tate some 1,500 federal lawsuits Modern in London, was filed by governments be- long aware its drug was ing overseen by a judge in dangerous and addictive Cleveland. but pushed more sales any- But the company docu- way. A6 U.S. NEWS Wednesday 16 January 2019 Judge bars citizenship question from 2020 census By LARRY NEUMEISTER, As- notice of plans to add a too, he said. sociated Press citizenship question to the Connecticut, Delaware, NEW YORK (AP) — A fed- census. Iowa, Rhode Island and eral judge blocked the “We are disappointed and Minnesota would also suf- Trump administration Tues- are still reviewing the rul- fer, Furman added. day from asking about citi- ing,” Justice Department A trial on a separate suit zenship status on the 2020 spokeswoman Kelly Laco on the same issue, filed by census, the first major ruling said in a statement. Ross the state of California, is un- in cases contending offi- has said the move was not der way in San Francisco. cials ramrodded the ques- politically motivated. The U.S. Supreme Court is tion through for Republican The ruling came in cases poised to hear evidentia- political purposes to inten- in which 18 states, the Dis- ry-related legal issues sur- tionally undercount immi- trict of Columbia, 15 big rounding the New York grants. cities or counties, and im- case on Feb. 19. In a 277-page decision that migrants’ rights groups ar- In the New York case, the In this April 29, 2010 file photo, census employees, including won’t be the final word on gued that the Commerce plaintiffs accused the ad- Joseph Mintz, seated, and Lesley Rubinger, far right, assemble the issue, Judge Jesse M. Department, which designs ministration of President after a training course in New York. Furman ruled that while the census, failed to prop- Donald Trump of adding Associated Press such a question would be erly analyze the effect that the question to intention- constitutional, Commerce the question would have ally discourage immigrants a 1965 law meant to pro- he hadn’t spoken to any- Secretary Wilbur Ross act- on households with immi- from participating, poten- tect political representa- one in the White House on ed in an “arbitrary and ca- grants. tially leading to a popula- tion of minority groups. the subject. pricious” manner and vio- Furman, citing Census Bu- tion undercount — and Furman, appointed to the Later, however, Justice lated the law. reau estimates, concluded possibly fewer seats in Con- bench by former President Department lawyers sub- “He failed to consider sev- the citizenship question gress — in places that tend Barack Obama, said Ross’ mitted papers saying Ross eral important aspects of would depress responses in to vote Democratic. rationale concealed his remembered speaking in the problem; alternately households with noncitizens Even people in the U.S. true reason, which remains spring 2017 about it with ignored, cherry-picked, or by at least 5.8 percent and legally, they said, might unknown. former senior White House badly misconstrued the evi- likely more. dodge the census ques- New York Attorney General adviser Steve Bannon and dence in the record before Thus, he said, several states tionnaire out of fears they Letitia James, whose office then-Attorney General Jeff him; acted irrationally both would lose at least one could be targeted by the was among those litigating Sessions. in light of that evidence congressional seat based administration. the lawsuits, called the de- The Supreme Court blocked and his own stated deci- on 2020 census data. Fur- The Justice Department ar- cision a win for “Americans Ross from being deposed, sional criteria; and failed man said Texas, Arizona, gued Ross had no such mo- who believe in a fair and but let a trial proceed over to justify significant depar- Florida and plaintiffs New tive. accurate count of the resi- the objections of Justices tures from past policies and York and Illinois face a sub- Ross’ decision to reinstate dents of our nation.” Samuel Alito, Clarence practices,” Furman wrote stantial risk of a seat loss. a citizenship question for In Massachusetts, Secretary Thomas and Neil Gorsuch. in a decision that squarely He said Colorado will suffer the first time since 1950 of the Commonwealth Wil- The constitutionally man- laid the blame on Ross. a census undercount of at was reasonable because liam Galvin, a Democrat, dated census is supposed Ross’ explanations for his least 0.7 percent. the government has asked said “attempting to fright- to count all people living in decision were “unsupport- Adding the question would a citizenship question for en immigrant communities the U.S., including nonciti- ed by, or even counter to, cause New York, New Jer- most of the past 200 years, into not responding was zens and immigrants living the evidence before the sey, California, Texas, Flori- Laco said. a clear and deliberate ef- in the country illegally. agency,” the judge said. da, Nevada, Hawaii, Illinois, When Ross announced the fort to depress the count in The administration faces Among other things, the Massachusetts, Maryland, plan in March, he said the states like Massachusetts.” an early summer dead- judge said, Ross didn’t fol- Washington, Oregon, New question was necessary to Ross said politics played no line for finalizing questions low a law requiring Con- Mexico and the District of help the government en- role in the decision, initially so questionnaires can be gress be given three years’ Columbia to lose funding force the Voting Rights Act, testifying under oath that printed.q Filing: OxyContin maker forecast 'blizzard of prescriptions' By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER bers of the Sackler family the drug industry respon- Richard Sackler, then se- eral's office wrote. "They and GEOFF MULVIHILL of deceiving patients and sible for an opioid crisis that nior vice president respon- created a manmade di- BOSTON (AP) — A mem- doctors about the risks of killed 72,000 Americans in sible for sales, told the audi- saster. Their blizzard of dan- ber of the family that owns opioids and pushing pre- 2017. The Massachusetts ence at the launch party to gerous prescriptions buried OxyContin maker Purdue scribers to keep patients on litigation is separate from imagine a series of natural children and parents and Pharma told people at the the drug longer. The docu- some 1,500 federal lawsuits disasters: an earthquake, grandparents across Mas- prescription opioid pain- ments provide information filed by governments be- volcanic eruption, hurri- sachusetts, and the burials killer's launch party in the about former Purdue Phar- ing overseen by a judge in cane and blizzard. continue," they wrote. 1990s that it would be "fol- ma President Richard Sack- Cleveland. But the compa- "The launch of OxyContin The complaint says the lowed by a blizzard of pre- ler's role in overseeing sales ny documents at the heart Tablets will be followed by Sackler family, which in- scriptions that will bury the of OxyContin that hasn't of the Massachusetts alle- a blizzard of prescriptions cludes major donors to competition," according to been public before. gations are also part of the that will bury the competi- museums including the court documents filed Tues- The drug and the closely evidence exchanged in tion. The prescription bliz- Smithsonian Institution, New day. held Connecticut com- those cases. While the Mas- zard will be so deep, dense, York's Metropolitan Mu- The details were made pany that sells it are at the sachusetts filing describes and white," he said, ac- seum of Art and the Tate public in a case brought center of a lawsuit in Mas- their contents, the docu- cording to the documents. Modern in London, was by Massachusetts Attorney sachusetts and hundreds ments themselves have not "Over the next twenty long aware its drug was General Maura Healey that of others across the coun- been made public, at the years, the Sacklers made dangerous and addictive accuses Purdue Pharma, try in which government company's request. Richard's boast come true," but pushed more sales its executives and mem- entities are trying to find According to the filing, lawyers in the attorney gen- anyway.q U.S. NEWS A7 Wednesday 16 January 2019 Hospital: Doc gave near-death patients excessive pain meds By KANTELE FRANKO from happening," Mount Associated Press Carmel President and CEO COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ed Lamb said in a video An intensive care doctor statement . "We're doing ordered "significantly ex- everything to understand cessive and potentially fa- how this happened and tal" doses of pain medicine what we need to do to en- for at least 27 near-death sure that it never happens patients in the past few again." years after families asked The attorney who brought that lifesaving measures be the lawsuit said, in that stopped, an Ohio hospital case, either layers of safe- system announced after guards repeatedly failed being sued by a family al- to flag a "grossly exces- leging an improper dose of sive" dosage of fentanyl, fentanyl actively hastened or the medical profession- the death of one of those als intended to accelerate patients. the death of the patient, The Columbus-area Mount 79-year-old Janet Kavana- Carmel Health System ac- ugh. knowledged the doses "On balance, it's hard to were larger than needed to believe the former oc- provide comfort for dying curred rather than the lat- The main entrance to Mount Carmel West Hospital is shown Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019. patients. That raises ques- ter. ... This is not just a simple Associated Press tions about whether there situation of an error," lawyer was intentional or possibly Gerry Leeseberg said Tues- tisan National Conference Franklin County Prosecutor Husel was a supervised illegal use of the drugs to day. of State Legislatures. In Ron O'Brien confirmed that resident at the Cleveland accelerate deaths. The lawsuit was filed Mon- Ohio, the practice remains his office has met with doc- Clinic from 2008 to 2013, The system said it has fired day in Franklin County illegal. A bill that would tors, hospital executives according to a statement the doctor, reported find- against the health system, have allowed terminally ill, and attorneys and that an from the medical center. ings of an internal investi- a pharmacist, a nurse and mentally competent pa- investigation is underway, It's now conducting an in- gation to authorities and the doctor, whom it identi- tients to self-administer a but he wouldn't discuss vestigation of his work. removed 20 employees fies as William Husel. prescription to end their details. He said they've re- Carrese, from the bioeth- from patient care pend- Case records listed no at- lives failed to gain traction ceived cooperation from ics institute, commended ing further investigation, in- torney yet to comment on in the last legislative session. Mount Carmel, which oper- Mount Carmel for encour- cluding nurses who admin- Husel's behalf. There is no But Joe Carrese, a faculty ates four hospitals around aging a culture in which istered the medication as public personal phone list- member at the Johns Hop- Columbus, and from parent medical staff and other well as pharmacists. ing for him, and other num- kins Berman Institute of Bio- organization Trinity Health, employees can come for- Mount Carmel said the bers linked to him weren't ethics, said that such laws one of the country's larg- ward without fear, but he situation came to light be- accepting calls Tuesday. are carefully crafted. He est Roman Catholic health said the extent of the alle- cause an employee re- Husel's case emerges amid said that if Husel adminis- care systems. gations is concerning. ported a safety concern. a national debate over tered lethal quantities of Records show the State "The fact that there may be The health system shared physician-assisted death. drugs to unwitting patients Medical Board in Ohio has other patients, up to 26 oth- no information about what In such cases, physicians in order to end their lives, his never taken disciplinary er patients, really calls into might have prompted em- prescribe medications in acts didn't meet the defini- action against Husel. It's un- question whether the cul- ployees to approve and life-ending amounts to ter- tion of physician-assisted clear whether that board ture of safety and reporting administer the excessive minally ill patients. death. ever received a complaint that they're shooting for, dosages. Six states — California, Ore- "In this case, if that was the or conducted an investi- whether there's more work "Regardless of the reason gon, Vermont, Washington, intent, this was essentially gation about him, as such that needs to be done," he the actions were taken, we Colorado and Montana — euthanasia, which is not le- records are confidential said. take responsibility for the allow the practice, and 20 gal anywhere in the United under Ohio law, and out- The allegations carry fact that the processes in have considered but not States and not at all the comes are made public echoes of prior Ohio cas- place were not sufficient passed legislation to do so, same as physician-assisted only if the board takes for- es in which patients were to prevent these actions according to the nonpar- death," he said. mal action. killed.q A8 WORLD NEWS Wednesday 16 January 2019 UK's May faces no-confidence vote after Brexit plan crushed By JILL LAWLESS drums and music from rival GREGORY KATZ bands of pro-EU and pro- RAF CASERT Brexit protesters outside. Associated Press One group waved blue- LONDON (AP) — British law- and-yellow EU flags, the makers overwhelmingly re- other brandished "Leave jected Prime Minister The- Means Leave" placards. resa May's divorce deal Inside, the government with the European Union on and opposition parties or- Tuesday, plunging the Brex- dered lawmakers to can- it process into chaos and cel all other plans to be on triggering a no-confidence hand for the crucial vote. vote that could topple her Labour legislator Tulip Sid- government. diq delayed the scheduled The defeat was widely ex- cesarean birth of her son so pected, but the scale of she could attend, arriving the House of Commons' in a wheelchair vote — 432 votes against Some Conservatives want the government and 202 in May to seek further talks support — was devastating with EU leaders on changes for May's fragile leadership. before bringing a tweaked It followed more than two version of the bill back to An activist from Avaaz wears a mask of Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May as Pro-European dem- years of political upheaval onstrators protest opposite the Houses of Parliament in London, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019. Parliament, even though in which May has staked Associated Press EU officials insist the 585- her political reputation on page withdrawal agree- getting a Brexit deal and vative party rebel. North- that lawmakers by major- both sides of the divide ment cannot be renegoti- was the biggest defeat for ern Ireland's Democratic ity vote can specify a new over U.K.'s place in the ated. a government in the House Unionist Party, which props plan for Britain's EU exit. bloc. Pro-Brexit lawmakers Tim Bale, professor of poli- of Commons in modern his- up May's government, said But with no clear majority say the deal will leave Brit- tics at Queen Mary Universi- tory. it would support her. in Parliament for any single ain bound indefinitely to ty of London, said May was Moments after the result "The House has spoken and alternate course, there is a EU rules, while pro-EU politi- unlikely to get changes to was announced — with the government will listen," growing chance that Brit- cians favor an even closer her deal from that could Speaker John Bercow bel- May said after the vote, ain may seek to postpone economic relationship with "placate her Brexiteers." lowing "the noes have it" which leaves her Brexit plan its departure date while Europe. "Or, she reaches out to La- to a packed Commons on life support just 10 weeks politicians work on a new The most contentious sec- bour and goes for a softer chamber — May said it was before the country is due to plan — or even hand the tion of the deal was an in- Brexit than most Brexiteers only right to test whether leave the EU on March 29. decision back to voters in surance policy known as would contemplate" — but the government still had May promised to con- a new referendum on EU the "backstop" designed which the EU might ac- lawmakers' support to carry sult lawmakers on future membership. to prevent the reintroduc- cept, Bale said. on. Opposition leader Jere- moves, but gave little indi- "If you can't resolve the im- tion of border controls be- Frustrated EU leaders called my Corbyn quickly obliged, cation of what she plans passe here in Westminster, tween the U.K.'s Northern on May to make her inten- saying May's government to do next. Parliament has than you have to refer it Ireland and EU member tions clear on the future of had lost the confidence of given the government until back to the people," said Ireland Assurances from EU Brexit. Parliament. Monday to come up with a Labour Party lawmaker leaders that the backstop "Now, it is time for the U.K. Lawmakers will vote new proposal. Chuka Umunna, who sup- is intended as a temporary to tell us the next steps," Wednesday on his motion She faces a stark choice: ports a second referen- measure of last resort com- said Michel Barnier, the of no-confidence. If the Steer the country toward dum. pletely failed to win over bloc's chief negotiator. government loses, it will an abrupt "no-deal" break May, who had postponed many British skeptics, European Commission pres- have 14 days to overturn with the EU or try to nudge a vote on the deal in De- Two and a half years after ident Jean-Claude Juncker the result or face a national it toward a softer depar- cember to avoid certain the referendum, Britain re- — who returned to Brussels election. ture. Meanwhile, lawmak- defeat, had implored law- mains divided over how, late Tuesday to deal with Although May lacks an ers from both government makers to back her deal and whether, to leave the fallout from the vote — said overall majority in Parlia- and opposition parties are and deliver on voters' deci- EU. the rejection of May's deal ment, she looks likely to trying to wrest control of sion in 2016 to leave the EU. As lawmakers debated in had increased "the risk of a survive the vote unless law- the Brexit process from a But the deal was doomed the chamber, there was disorderly withdrawal of the makers from her Conser- paralyzed government, so by deep opposition from a cacophony of chants, United Kingdom."q WORLD NEWS A9 Wednesday 16 January 2019 Taliban suicide bomber kills 4, wounds over 100 in Kabul By RAHIM FAIEZ cluding the suicide bomb- area, Sardar Mohammad, Associated Press er. The four other attackers 55, said this was the most KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — engaged Afghan forces in powerful explosion of all A Taliban suicide bomber a clash, he said, without that he had witnessed. killed at least four people elaborating on what hap- Three of his children were and wounded scores when pened to them. wounded, he said, add- he detonated an explo- One of the victims, 35-year- ing that the government sive-laden vehicle late in old pharmacists Emal Fayzi, should move all military tar- the evening in the Afghan said he was wounded by gets out of residential areas capital, officials said Tues- shrapnel in the chest as he to protect civilian lives. day. was walking home in the Patrick Andrew, a NATO of- It was the latest in a relent- evening. The blast was so ficial in Afghanistan, said less wave of near daily at- strong, he couldn't see any- the alliance condemns the tacks by the Taliban, who thing for a while. Later, he "despicable attack on in- now hold sway over about realized he was inside an nocent people" near Ka- Afghan security forces gather at the site a day after an attack in half of the country and ambulance. bul's Green Village. Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019. regularly target Afghan Associated Press "No one is safe in this coun- "The Taliban must stop forces. The violence comes try, innocent and poor peo- continuing to use violence despite stepped-up efforts in Kabul announced that The area has been the fre- ple are the victims of these against their own people by the United States to find special envoy to Afghani- quent target of attacks in attacks," Fayzi said from his and come to the negotiat- a negotiated end to the stan Zalmay Khalilzad ar- the past. Many foreign- hospital bed. ing table," he added. country's 17-year war. rived in Kabul to meet with ers live in the compound, Another victim, 13-year-old The Taliban have so far re- Health Ministry spokesman President Ashraf Ghani, which is heavily guarded boy Esmatullah, said his two fused direct talks with Kabul Wahidullah Mayar said Chief Executive Abdullah by Afghan forces and also sisters were wounded inside despite pressure by Saudi as many as 113 wounded Abdullah and other politi- private security guards. their home, which had all Arabia, the United Arab were taken to different cal leaders to discuss next Roads to the area re- its windows shattered in the Emirates and even Paki- hospitals in Kabul after the steps in U.S. efforts to facili- mained blocked by secu- blast. stan, where Washington Monday evening explo- tate an Afghan-led peace rity forces through the night Interior Ministry spokesman says the Taliban leadership sion near the Green Village process. and into Tuesday morning. Najib Danish said three is headquartered. compound, home to sev- Germany's Foreign Ministry Taliban spokesman Zabi- military personnel and a In a separate attack Tues- eral international organiza- condemned the bomb- hullah Mujahid claimed civilian were killed while day morning in Kabul, a tions and guesthouses. ing, in which it said a Ger- the attack in a statement 12 women and 23 children civilian was killed when a The attack came just hours man police officer was also to the media, saying it in- were among the wounded. sticky bomb blew up his ve- before the U.S. Embassy lightly wounded. volved five attackers, in- Another resident in the hicle, Danish said.q New Israeli military chief pledges to lead 'innovative' army By ARON HELLER rael's army chiefs usually will continue our aggressive Associated Press serve up to four years. policy there as we have JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's "I pledge to dedicate all promised and we are do- new military chief took of- my energy to a demanding ing, relentlessly and without fice Tuesday, pledging and critical approach to fear." to lead a "lethal, efficient strengthening our defenses Kochavi and Eisenkot will and innovative army" into and adjusting it to the chal- compete their handover the future as it faces grave lenges of the present and with a visit to Jerusalem's challenges along its bor- future by focusing on in- Western Wall, a lunch with ders. creasing our striking abilities the president and a joint Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi's inau- against our enemies and meeting of the general guration comes shortly af- putting forth a lethal, effi- staff. ter the military's announce- cient and innovative army The 54-year-old Kochavi ment that it has successfully that maintains its purpose previously served as com- New Israeli Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi, center, reviews completed its operation to and uniqueness," he said. an honor guard in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019. mander of military intel- destroy a network of cross- In his final week on the Associated Press ligence, chief of northern border tunnels dug by the job, Eisenkot oversaw the command and most re- militant group Hezbollah, discovery of what the mili- and is believed to possess tary foothold in post-civil cently as Eisenkot's deputy stretching from Lebanon tary says was the sixth and an arsenal of some 150,000 war Syria, on Israel's door- chief of staff. He also com- into Israel, and as it appears final Hezbollah tunnel to rockets that can reach step. manded the Gaza division to be dropping its ambigu- penetrate Israel. He also nearly all of Israel. In recent "In front of us stands one during Israel's 2005 with- ity over hundreds of strikes it divulged that Israel had years, Hezbollah has been major element — Iran drawal from the Gaza Strip. had carried out against Ira- struck thousands of Iranian bogged down in fighting and its terror proxies. We As a commander of the nian forces in Syria in recent targets as part of a policy in Syria on behalf of Syrian have acted responsibil- paratroopers' brigade in years. shift of engaging Iran di- President Bashar Assad's ity and sensibly to thwart the early 2000s, he was Kochavi was promoted rectly, instead of just its government. But with that the strengthening of those credited with developing from major-general at lesser proxies of Hezbollah war winding down, Israeli who seek to harm us," he a tactic of using hammers Tuesday's ceremony at the in Lebanon and Hamas in security officials fear Hez- said. "I heard yesterday the to break down walls be- military headquarters in Tel Gaza. bollah is refocusing its at- spokesman of the Iranian tween homes in Palestin- Aviv, becoming the coun- Israel has long called for tention on Israel. foreign ministry saying: 'Iran ian refugee camps in the try's 22nd military chief. a crackdown on the Iran- At the Tel Aviv ceremony, has no military presence West Bank, to rob snipers of He replaces Lt. Gen. Gadi backed Hezbollah — a Prime Minister Benjamin Ne- in Syria, we only advising.' vantage points from where Eisenkot, who is retiring af- heavily armed militia that tanyahu vowed to prevent Well, I advise them to get they could shoot at Israeli ter 40 years of service. Is- functions as a mini-army Iran from establishing a mili- out of there fast since we troops on the streets.q A10 WORLD NEWS Wednesday 16 January 2019 Extremists attack hotel in Nairobi; al-Shabab claims role scores of people. Gunfire could be heard for hours after Tuesday's at- tack began. Several vehi- cles burned, sending black smoke rising over the com- plex. Some people ducked behind cars, screaming, while others took cover be- hind fountains and other features at the lush com- plex. Ambulances, security forc- es and firefighters con- verged along with a bomb disposal unit, and vehicles were cordoned off for fear they contained explosives. Police said they blew up a car that had explosives in- side. An unexploded gre- nade was also seen in a hallway at the complex. Security forces hurried out a large group of women, one of them still in curlers. Doz- ens of others were rushed to safety as plainclothes of- ficers went shop to shop in Security forces help civilians flee the scene as cars burn behind, at a hotel complex in Nairobi, Kenya Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019. Associated Press the complex. Some people held up their hands to show By JOSEPH MWIHIA on tables, bleeding. "there was no time to count a day after a magistrate they were unarmed. Associated Press "We were changing our the dead." ruled that three men must A Kenyan intelligence of- NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ex- shifts, and that is when I Also, a witness who gave stand trial in connection ficial said the country had tremists launched a deadly heard a loud blast and peo- his name only as Ken said with the Westgate Mall been on high alert since attack on a luxury hotel in ple were screaming," said he saw five bodies at the siege. A fourth suspect was November, with informa- Kenya's capital Tuesday, Enoch Kibet, who works as entrance. He said that oth- freed for lack of evidence. tion about potential at- sending people fleeing in a cleaner at the cafe and er people were shouting for Al-Shabab has vowed ret- tacks on high-profile tar- panic as explosions and managed to crawl out of help and "when we rushed ribution against Kenya for gets in Nairobi. The official heavy gunfire reverber- a gate in the basement. "I back to try to rescue them, sending troops to Somalia was not authorized to talk ated through the complex. couldn't believe I was alive. gunshots started coming since 2011. The al-Qaida- to the media and spoke on A witness said he saw five The blast was so loud and from upstairs, and we had linked group has killed hun- condition of anonymity. bodies at the hotel en- shook the whole complex." to duck because they were dreds of people in Kenya, A Somali diplomat who like- trance alone. Authorities sent special targeting us and we could which has been targeted wise spoke on condition of Al-Shabab — the Somalia- forces into the hotel to see two guys shooting." more than any other of anonymity said Somali of- based Islamic extremist flush out the gunmen be- Kenyan hospitals appealed the six countries providing ficials were in the hotel for group that carried out the lieved holed up inside. Well for blood donations even troops to an African Union meetings at the time of the 2013 Westgate Mall at- after nightfall, more than as the number of wounded force in Somalia. attack and several were tack in Nairobi that left 67 five hours after the attack remained unclear. Tuesday's carnage demon- feared to still be inside. people dead — claimed began, Boinnet said the Associated Press vid- strated al-Shabbab's con- Despite the years of blood- responsibility. counter-operation was still eo from inside the hotel tinued ability to carry out shed, the Kenya-Somalia "It is terrible. What I have going on. showed Kenyan security spectacular acts of blood- border remains porous, seen is terrible," said Charles It was not clear how many officers anxiously searching shed despite a dramatic with al-Shabab extremists Njenga, who ran from a attackers laid siege to the the building and scared increase in U.S. airstrikes able to easily bribe their scene of blood, broken complex, which includes workers emerging from hid- against it under President way across, according to a glass, burning vehicles and the DusitD2 hotel, along ing while gunfire could still Donald Trump. U.N. panel of experts. black smoke. with bars, restaurants, be heard. Some women In the Westgate Mall mas- The hotel complex in Nai- The coordinated assault banks and offices and is climbed out of windows. sacre, al-Shabab extrem- robi's Westlands neighbor- began with an explosion in a well-to-do neighbor- One man got up from the ists burst into the luxury hood is about a mile (2 ki- that targeted three ve- hood with large numbers of floor where he appeared shopping center, hurling lometers) from Westgate hicles outside a bank, and American, European and to be trying to hide under grenades and starting a Mall on a relatively quiet, a suicide bombing in the Indian expatriates. a piece of wood paneling, dayslong siege. In 2015, tree-lined road in what is hotel lobby that severely Boinnet did not disclose the then showed his ID badge. al-Shabab claimed re- considered one of the most wounded a number of number of dead. As officers searched luxury sponsibility for an attack secure parts of the city. The guests, said Kenya's na- However, a Kenyan police fashion displays, wounded on Kenya's Garissa Univer- hotel's website says it is tional police chief, Joseph officer who spoke on con- people were carried away sity that killed 147 people, "cocooned away from the Boinnet. dition of anonymity be- on stretchers. mostly students. Tuesday's hustle and bustle in a se- Survivors reported hearing cause he was not autho- Like al-Shabab's Westgate violence also came three cure and peaceful haven." a shattering blast and saw rized to talk to the media Mall attack, this one ap- years to the day after On Monday, the hotel pro- people mowed down by said that bodies were seen peared aimed at wealthy al-Shabab extremists at- moted its spa by tweeting: gunmen as they sat at a in restaurants downstairs Kenyans and foreigners liv- tacked a Kenyan military "Is your new year off to a cafe. Victims were left lying and in offices upstairs, but ing in the country. It came base in Somalia, killing rough start?"q

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