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BYNICOLEFRIEDMAN
(cid:2)Thepostmastergeneral
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FranciscoBayArea.Oneofthenearly12,000firefightersdeployedacrossthestatedousedflamesinBoulderCreek.A3 latespring.Withtheeffectsof
(cid:2)Nearly12,000firefighters
coronavirusshowinglittlesigns
acrossCaliforniawerebat-
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economistssay.
(cid:2)Libya’stworivalgov- Buyers are ready to move
ernmentsdeclareda Managers’ Pandemic Pay Cuts farther from cities, now that
cease-fireinthecountry’s manyworkersaren’tcommut-
civilwaronFriday,easing ing every day. The pandemic
monthsoftensions.A9 has spurred some households
to live closer to family, or
(cid:2)ActressLoriLoughlin
somewhere that offers more
andherhusband,fashion- BYPATRICKTHOMAS Inthefirstweeksofthepan- cordingtoananalysisbycon- and remote learning—can’t spacewithsomuchtimespent
designerMossimoGiannulli, ANDCHIPCUTTER demic, companies contending sultingfirmCompensationAd- workfull-timeforpartialpay. athome,accordingtopeoplein
weresentencedtoprisonfor
withgovernment-orderedlock- visoryPartners. Theyalsoindicateanecon- theindustry.
theirrolesinthecollege-ad-
Somecompaniesarebegin- downs,plummetingordersand Now, a number of compa- omycleavingtotwotracks:one “Peoplethatwereincondo-
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ningtorestorecutstheymade closedstoresreasonedthatcut- nies,includingWaltDisneyCo., wherethelivelihoodsofwhite- miniumsarelookingfortown-
to managers’ salaries and bo- tingpaycouldstaveoffgreater General Motors Co. and Yelp collar professionals in certain homes, and people in town-
Business&Finance
nusesintheearly,bewildering job losses. Many targeted Inc., are restoring executive industries have remained homes are looking for single-
days of the pandemic shut- higher-level executives’ com- andsomewhite-collarworker largelyintact,andanotherfor families,” said Bob Chew, a
downs,asignthatsomeindus- pensationasasignofsolidarity salaries to previous levels, lower-incomeworkers,manyof PleaseturntopageA2
(cid:2)Homesalessurgedin tries—and their white-collar withfurloughedworkersearn- whileothersareparingearlier whom work service jobs in
July,signalinghowmuch workers—are benefiting from ing much less. By mid-July, pay cuts. At many firms, the hard-hit industries such as (cid:2)U.S.recoverygainssteam
thepandemicisreshaping glimmers of a recovery while roughlyaquarterofmajorpub- moves reflect an acknowledg- hospitality, travel and retail. whileotherssputter..............A2
whereandhowAmericans millions of others continue to liccompaniesreducedpayfor ment that stressed-out work- Millionsofthemhavelostjobs, (cid:2)Stock-marketgainsaregoing
wanttoliveduringape- endurejobandincomelosses. CEOsandotherexecutives,ac- ers—many juggling child care PleaseturntopageA8 tofewerpeople.........................B1
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tively,whiletheDowin- Lonely virtual races replace in-person
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events; no crowds or porta-potties BYSCOTTPATTERSON efforts.Thefundsforvarious
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BYJENNIFERLEVITZ neighborhood5Kstothepresti- Billionsofdollarsinfederal gram and Health Care En-
TheDemocrats
gious Boston Marathon, and fundsearmarkedforboosting hancementAct.
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everyweekendthissummerin when and where they want Congress made the money to testing Americans for
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BusinessNews......B3 Travel...........................D4 Canada. Absent cally track their DepartmentofHealthandHu- andhelpingstatesprocurethe
Food.........................D6-7 U.S.News....A2-3,5-7 are the usual own times, then manServices. swabsandreagentstheyneed
HeardonStreet...B12 Weather...................A14
cheeringspecta- send race orga- InApril,Congressallocated tofacilitatetesting.Thestrat-
Obituaries...............A10 WkndInvestor.......B5
Opinion...............A11-13 WorldNews.......A8-9 tors, the water nizers the infor- roughly$25billionforfederal egy,federalofficialssay,helps
stations—even mation.Inreturn, agenciesandstatestoexpand states identify and cater to
the other run- they get medals testing,developcontact-trac- theirspecificneeds.
> ners. in the mail that ing initiatives and broaden Of the $25 billion, some
Thecoronavi- they celebrate ROLLCALL diseasesurveillance. $10.25 billion was sent to
rus and restric- with other run- Whytherestillaren’t According to HHS data, states and U.S. territories in
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THE NUMBERS | ByJoCravenMcGinty
Government Data Collection Takes a Hit
Numerous arejustasampleofthoseaf- ascreditcardsandcompany Percentageofsurvey “Wehadtoshifteverybody Themajorityofcensusof-
setsofgovern- fectedbythenewcoronavi- websites. conductedinperson toremotework,”saidNicholas ficesbeganfollow-upworkon
mentdata rus—providecriticalinforma- “Thishasinawayliber- Johnson,asupervisoryecono- Aug.9,andtomakeupforlost
usedbypri- tionabouttheeconomy,and, atedsomeofthecreative ProducerPriceIndex mistintheoffice.“Wehad time,plannedtostayinthe
vatebusi- insomecases,informother mindsintheCensusBureau, 90% neverdonethatbefore.” fieldthroughOctoberwhile
nesses,public governmentprograms. theBureauofLaborStatistics Workersweresenthome askingforafour-monthexten-
InternationalPriceProgram*
agenciesandpolicymakers TheCPI,forexample,helps andtheBureauofEconomic andissuedlaptopsandcell- siontoprovideapportionment
arecollectedinperson. establishtaxbrackets,Social Analysistofindnewwaysof 69 phonestouseremotely. andredistrictingdata.
Sowhathappenswhena Securitypayments,poverty eitherkeepingtheircustom- CommoditiesandServicesSurvey “Theplanistoreturnto Instead,theagencywas
pandemichits,andgovern- thresholdsandeligibilityre- aryseriesgoingdespitenew normaloperationatthedata- toldtofinishdatacollection
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mentworkerscannolonger quirementsforfoodstamps challengesorcomingupwith collectioncenters,butwe’ve bySept.30andmeetitsnor-
visithomesandbusinessesto andschoollunchprograms. newproductsthataredi- OccupationalRequirementsSurvey madeapermanentdecisionto maldeadlines,submittingap-
retrievetheinformation? “It’sfairtosaytheCPI rectedatidentifyingwhat’s keepallstafftelework-ready portionmentnumbersbythe
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BeforeCovid-19shutdown touchesthefabricofnearly goingonintheeconomyin movingforward,”Mr.John- endofDecemberandredis-
theeconomy,65%oftheCom- everysocialprogramthathas theseextraordinarytimes,” HousingSurvey sonsaid. trictingfiguresbytheendof
moditiesandServicesSurvey beeninstitutedbythefederal saidKenSimonson,chief 50 B March2021.Atthispoint,the
and50%oftheHousingSur- government,”saidMichael economistatAssociatedGen- utperhapsthemost self-responserateisat
NationalCompensationSurvey*
veyweredoneinperson,ac- Horrigan,presidentofthe eralContractorsofAmerica significantdisruption around64%,althoughresi-
cordingtoJayMousa,associ- W.E.UpjohnInstituteforEm- andpreviouslyamemberof 35 hasbeentothedecen- dentscanstillrespondby
atecommissionerforfield ploymentResearchanda30- theBLSDataUsersandCen- nialcensus,whichaimsto phone,mail,oronline.
*Initiationphaseonly
operationsattheBureauof yearveteranoftheBLSwho susBureauScientificadvisory Source:BureauofLaborStatistics counteverypersonlivingin “They’realreadyupagainst
LaborStatistics.Botharecom- previouslyrantheagency’s committees. theU.S. it,”saidJohnThompson,a
ponentsoftheConsumerPrice priceandunemploymentpro- Thisisn’tthefirsttimegov- fortwoyearsandthensays Amongotherthings,the formerdirectoroftheCensus
Index,themostimportant grams. ernmentagencieshavebeen youcan’tcomein,whatdo numbersareusedtodivvyup Bureau.“Ifwestopthere,the
measureofinflation. T facedwithroadblockstodata youdo?” seatsintheU.S.House,re- undercountwillbeenormous.”
About90%oftheProducer okeepthedatacurrent collection,butthedifference Insomeinstances,apro- drawvotingdistrictsandallo- Withoutafullandaccurate
PriceIndex,69%oftheinitial whilecopingwithtem- duringthepandemichasbeen gram’smethodofdatacollec- cate$1.5trillionoffederal count,theprecisionofgov-
enrollmentoftheInterna- porarybusinessclo- thelengthandscopeofthein- tiondidn’tchange,butits moneyannually. ernmentsurveyswhosesam-
tionalPriceProgram,51%of suresandstay-at-homeor- terruption. baseofoperationsdid. Afteraninitialperiodof pleframeworks,population
theOccupationalRequire- ders,theBLSandother “Hurricanescomeupthe TheOfficeofEmployment self-reporting,theCensusBu- controlsandstatistical
mentsSurveyand35%ofthe agenciesadjustedtheway EastCoastandknockouta andUnemploymentStatistics reauexpectedtocompletethe weightingarebasedonthe
initialenrollmentoftheNa- theycollectinformation,in bunchofestablishmentsfora collectsaboutaquarterofthe headcountwithenumerators censuswillbediminished.
tionalCompensationSurvey somecasesshiftingin-person weekortwo,”Mr.Horrigan monthlyjobs-reportdataby goingdoortodoorfromMay Andthatwouldbeablow
arealsotypicallyconducted visitstotelephonecallsorfor said.“TheCovid-19pandemic phone,with350employees throughJuly.Butthepan- tomanyofthedata-collection
inperson. thefirsttimecullingmaterial isobviouslymorewidespread. placingcallsfromfourre- demicdelayedtheoperation programsthathaveotherwise
TheBLSdatasets—which fromalternativesourcessuch Ifastoreownerletsyouin gionaldata-collectioncenters. forthreemonths. ralliedduringthepandemic.
U.S. Recovery Gains Steam While Others Sputter
BYDAVIDHARRISON Compositeoutputindexes,whichreflectactivityacrossthe pandemic,andhospitalizations
ANDPAULHANNON EuropeRollsBack twodecades. manufacturingandservicesectors,showedmixedfortunes have been much lower. Ac-
TariffsonLobsters TheEUwilldroptariffson acrossmajoreconomiesinAugust. cording to economists, that
TheU.S.economypickedup U.S.liveandfrozenlobsters.The makes it less likely that gov-
momentum this month as Americanlobsterindustryhas Compositepurchasingmanagersoutputindexes ernmentswillreverttowide-
companies shook off the ef- founditselfstrugglingbecause spread lockdowns, which
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fectsofthepandemic-induced TheTrumpadministration theEUreachedafree-trade wouldlikelysendtheeurozone
downturn, though recoveries andEuropeanUnionagreed agreementwithCanadathatre- U.K. economy back into contrac-
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in other parts of the world Fridaytoalimitedtariffroll- ducedlobstertariffs.Withno U.S. tion.
slowed,accordingtonewsur- back,providingrelieftoAmeri- comparableagreementwiththe 40 Eurozone In contrast with the ser-
veysofpurchasingmanagers. canlobsterexportsandtoa U.S.,EuropeanimportsofCana- vicessector,someofEurope’s
Japan
The data released Friday rangeofEuropeanitems. dianlobstersweresoaring. factories reported strong
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suggest U.S. firms are seeing Thereductionswerean- “TheeliminationoftheEU growth in August, with Ger-
demandreturnastheyreopen nouncedinajointstatement tariffonU.S.lobsterproducts 20 manbusinessescitingapickup
from the lockdowns imposed fromU.S.TradeRepresentative isasignificantachievement,” in orders from China. How-
in the spring and early sum- RobertLighthizerandEUTrade saidAnnieTselikis,theexecu- 10 ever, their French counter-
mer. They also indicate the CommissionerPhilHogan.They tivedirectoroftheMaineLob- parts saw growth slow
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economy has so far managed wouldbethefirstnegotiated sterDealer’sAssociation. sharply.
toweatherJuly’ssharprisein tariffreductionsinmorethan —JoshZumbrun Note:Readingsbelow50indicatecontraction,above,expansion. The eurozone’s economy
new infections and business Sources:IHSMarkit(Eurozone,U.S.);IHSMarkit/CIPS(U.K.);auJibunBank(Japan) contractedmoresharplythan
closures that threatened to theU.S.inthesecondquarter,
knocktherecoveryoffcourse. lostmomentumorgoneintoa Commerce Department said. reservationsareabout50%of chain had been recovering, reflecting that the European
Data firm IHS Markit said bitofareversebuttheydon’t Economists surveyed by The where they were a year ago, driven largely by cooped-up lockdownsweremorerestric-
itscompositepurchasing-man- seem to have materialized. WallStreetJournalearlierthis according to OpenTable, an leisure travelers eager to get tiveandlonger-lasting.
agers index, a measure of The economy seems to be month expected an 18.3% an- improvement from April and out of the house. “I am no Eurozonepolicymakershad
manufacturing and services poweringahead.” nualized pace of increase in May, when they had almost moreoptimisticaboutthevi- hopedthatbygettingafirmer
activity,roseto54.7from50.3 Economistswarnedthatthe thethirdquarter. completelyfrozenup. rus than I was a month ago,” griponthevirus,thecurrency
inJuly,an18-monthhigh,with unusual economic environ- Other indicators suggest Ariseindemanddrovethe hetoldanalystslastweek. area’s economy would see a
both sectors seeing a big in- ment—asharpanddeepcon- theU.S.economyremainsvul- Augustexpansion,IHSMarkit In Europe, IHS Markit’s stronger rebound during the
crease.Areadingabove50isa traction in the spring caused nerable.Newapplicationsfor said,thankstoreturningcus- composite PMI for the euro- remainderoftheyearandinto
sign of expansion while a byaglobalpandemic—makes joblessbenefitsroselastweek, tomers, new marketing cam- zone fell to 51.6 in August 2021.Ifthesurveysarebacked
reading below 50 is a sign of it harder to interpret recent the Labor Department re- paignsandtheeasingoflock- from 54.9 in July, indicating upbyotherdatainrecording
contraction. data.Forinstance,Mr.Pearce portedThursday.Payrollgains downsoverseas,whichhelped itsexpansionslowed. aslower-than-expectedexpan-
Theindexofmanufacturing said,becausethePMInumbers slowed in July from June. boostexports.Surveyrespon- Thiscomesasinfectionsare sion, the European Central
output was up to 53.6 from measureonlymonth-to-month Morepaincouldbeontheway dentssaidtheyremainedopti- again surging in Europe, hit- Bankismorelikelytoprovide
50.9inJuly.Theservicesactiv- change, they don’t show how as several companies, includ- mistic about the next 12 tingtheservicessectorpartic- additional stimulus in the
ityindexroseto54.8from50. much ground the U.S. still ing Boeing Co., have an- months although they ex- ularlyhard,includingthetour- comingmonths.
“It’s solid,” said Michael needstomakeup. nouncedjobcuts. pressed concerns about the ismindustryatwhatisusually TheIHSMarkitsurveyindi-
Pearce,seniorU.S.economist U.S.outputfellatanannu- The Federal Reserve said pandemic. itsbusiesttimeoftheyear. cated that Japan’s economy
at Capital Economics. “We’ve alizedrateof32.9%inthesec- lastweekthatindustrialpro- ArneSorenson,chiefexecu- Those affected have been contracted again this month,
had a few reasons to worry ond quarter, the worst con- duction was still 8.2% below tiveofMarriottInternational muchyoungeronaveragethan with the composite PMI un-
that the recovery might have traction on record, the itslevelayearago.Restaurant Inc.,saidbusinessatthehotel during the first wave of the changedat44.9inAugust.
Housing break,pent-updemandispush- Brittani Baynard and Sam Comparedwiththelasttime
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Market tract a month or two before ATE weddingtobuyafour-bedroom andthesupplyofhomesforsale
closing,soJulyfigureslargely SSOCI homeinMadison,Wis.,inJune. ismuchlower,Mr.Yunsaid.
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areathome,andthemoretime homeflexibility.” PE wantusalltobecomfortable.” with demand. There were 1.5
they spend in the home, they First-timebuyersaccounted AJ. InBillings,Mont.,buyersare million homes for sale at the
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TheJulysalesnumberswere manymillennialbuyers. Salesofpreviouslyownedhomesjumped24.7%fromamonth buying houses without seeing Rachel Crawford and her
amongthestrongestthehous- Thisgroup,whorangefrom earlierlastmonth.ApendinghomesaleinBexley,Ohio,inJune. them in person, said Deb husbandhadalreadyplannedto
ingmarkethaseverseen.Sales theirmid-20stotheirlate30s, Parker,presidentoftheBillings movetoadifferentstatetobe
of previously owned homes areagrowingpresenceinthe which make up about 10% of justed for inflation, NAR said. AssociationofRealtors. closer to family. After they
jumped 24.7% from a month housingmarket.Oldermillenni- the market, have also roared Someeconomistswarnthat “Itmakesforaverycompet- listed their house in Fall City,
earliertoaseasonallyadjusted alswhodelayedgettingmarried backthissummer. the recession and high unem- itive market, that’s for sure,” Wash.,inJuly,itreceivedmul-
annualrateof5.86million,the and having children are now Homesalescanhavepositive ployment could damp home- shesaid.“Iftheycansellsome- tiple offers and sold within a
National Association of Real- reaching those milestones, knock-on effects for the econ- buyinginterestlateron. place where the values are month.Theythenhadtomake
torssaidFriday.Thatwasthe which increases homeowner- omy,asconsumersspendmore Still,buyingsurveyssuggest muchhigher,theycancomein offers on multiple homes in
strongestmonthlygaineverre- shipdemand.Youngermillenni- ongoodsandrenovations. demand looks strong in the and pay cash for a house in Parker, Colo., before they had
corded, going back to 1968. It alsenteringtheir30sarestart- The strong demand and a nearterm.About40%ofhome Montana.” oneaccepted.
wasalsothehighestsalespace ingtobuyhomesmoreactively. shortageofsupplypushedthe buyerspolledbyRealtor.comin
sinceDecember2006. The housing market offers median home price to new June said they are looking to
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Golden Firefighters Attack California Blazes
State Killer
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mento County judge for kill- morethan500structuresand
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Rapist, the Original Night $9.6billion,wereatriskofde- tained,CalFireofficialssaid. sofarremainslessdestructive helicopterpilotdiedinacrash But more concerning in the
Stalker and the Visalia Ran- structionacrossnorthernCali- Thelargest,theLNULight- thanthedeadlyCampFireof whilebattlingafireinFresno forecastwasthepotentialfor
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thatDNAtestingledofficials field metro area being the acres as of Friday, making it and18,804structures,leveling officials said they expected ning storms that ignited the
torealizetherapesinNorth- mostaffected,accordingtoan oneofthebiggestwildfiresin thetownofParadiseintheSi- significant growth of the fire fires last weekend, predicted
ern California were commit- analysis by Realtor.com pub- Californiahistory.Theuncon- erraNevadafoothills.TheOc- to continue as it moves into forSunday,MondayandTues-
ted by the same man who lishedFriday.NewsCorp,par- trolledinfernowasburningin tober 2017 Tubbs fire, which largeareasofdrytimber. day.
killedpeopleinSouthernCali- entofTheWallStreetJournal, partsoffivecounties,includ- also devastated Napa and Weather conditions could Overnightevacuationswere
fornia,andhewasdubbedthe operatesRealtor.com. ing the Napa-Sonoma wine Sonomacounties,burned5,636 help firefighters gain more expandedtoincludethecam-
GoldenStateKiller. Threemajorfireconglomer- country. buildingsandkilled22people. controlovertheblaze,officials pus of the University of Cali-
Mr. DeAngelo, a 74-year- atescontinuedtothreatenthe TheLNULightningComplex On Thursday, three people said, as forecasts called for fornia, Santa Cruz, which is
oldformerpoliceofficer,was SanFranciscoBayArea.They stood at 7% containment Fri- wereconfirmeddeadinNapa calmer winds and lower tem- surrounded by woods, and
arrestedin2018,afterpolice hadbecomeclosetocovering day as more than 1,000 fire- Countyandafourthinneigh- peratures than earlier in the firefighters again said they
used a DNA registry to tie 500,000acresFriday,withless fighters battled it from the boringSolanoCounty,saidCal weekwhenthisandotherCali- were overwhelmed by the
him to the crimes. Last year, than10%ofthoseblazescon- ground and air. The Complex FirespokesmanScottRoss.A fornia fires exploded in size. blazes.
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attorney, called him “the A federal judge sentenced publicly about her role in a PRE chargesagainst55people,in- involvedtheirdaughtersinthe
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people.” scheme,totwomonthsincar- awaytears. sentenceanda$150,000fine. prisonfortermsrangingfrom howtohidetheschemefroma
On Friday, Mr. DeAngelo ceration after imposing five She said her “awful deci- twoweekstoninemonths. guidancecounseloratthepri-
sat with little expression as monthsinprisononMr.Gian- sion” gave her daughters an powertoredeemmyself.” Ms.LoughlinandMr.Gian- vate Marymount High School
the judge read the long list nulliinaseparatehearingear- unfair advantage and exacer- The judge ordered both to nulli,whoisknownforhisfor- inLosAngeles.
of charges against him. Be- lierFriday. bated inequalities in educa- reporttoprisoninNovember mer Target fashion line, AssistantU.S.AttorneyJus-
forethesentencewasissued, Duringthesentencing,U.S. tion.“Thatrealizationweighs andorderedfinesof$150,000 pleadedguiltyinMayafter14 tin O’Connell portrayed the
heapologizedtohisvictims: DistrictJudgeNathanielGor- heavily on me,” Ms. Loughlin forher,and$250,000forher monthsofdenial.UntilFriday couple as “not content with
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I hurt.” dumbfounded at the crime, would “do everything in my Prosecutors said Mr. Gian- theygotinvolvedwithWilliam alreadyhad.”
Some Neighborhoods Push Back on Moves to Defund Police
BYJULIEWERNAU Others said they need to
ANDERINAILWORTH SeattleMayor keepmoneyinthecommunity.
ChericePrice,43,ownsanin-
VetoesCutbacks
CHICAGO—Threedaysafter surance company near 63rd
his 29-year-old son was shot and Ashland and this week
andkilled,KeithHarrisjoined wore a T-shirt that read,
a group of residents who SeattleMayorJennyDur- “BlackDollarsMatter.”
clashedwithprotestersduring kanvetoedacitybudgetpro- Some residents said pro-
a demonstration outside the posalthatwouldhavemade testers would do more good
Chicago Police Department’s significantcutstothepolice workingintheneighborhood.
SeventhDistrictstationinthe department. They pointed to community
Englewoodneighborhood. Theproposedbudget groups that give away food
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dents who say they want the ALL cializeddepartments. neighborhood wish list in-
department to better serve W Italsoincludeda$20,000 cludes a youth center and
them.“Idon’tseehowdefund- THE paycutforPoliceChiefCar- mental-health workers, resi-
ingthepoliceisgoingtohelp OR menBest,thecity’sfirst dents said, as well as police
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anythinginEnglewood,”said OCK Blackpolicechief,whoan- officerswhoareonthescene
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A day later, Mr. Harris GL afterthecitycouncilap- JosephWilliams,a31-year-
made funeral arrangements OR provedthebudgetproposal. old married father of five in
for his son, Keith Richmond. AYL —AliciaA.Caldwell Englewood,saidhewouldlike
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“I’m the last person who ChericePriceownsaninsurancecompanyinEnglewoodneighborhoodonChicago’sSouthSide. to see police better engage
wouldbeapolicecheerleader, with residents to build trust
becauseI’vehadmyownrun- Blackleadersinothercities areaffectedbyneighborhood Butler,founderoftheResident thereisaninjustice.” ratherthandisband.He’stry-
ins with them,” he said. But, havepushedbackagainstac- violence.Apersonlivingina AssociationofGreaterEngle- Oneoftheprotesters,Cas- ing to coordinate a dialogue
headded,“Whatareyougoing tivist demands to shrink or safer part of Englewood may wood.Shepostedherquestion sandra Greer-Lee, 43, gradu- with the protest organizers:
to do when they’re not there abolishpolicedepartments.In liketheideaofcuttingpolice onthegroup’sInstagrampage ated from high school in En- “If there’s no police at all,
toprotectyou?” New York and New Jersey, budgets,whileneighborsona last week, after protesters glewood,andhermotherstill what’sthebackup?”
The Englewood neighbor- some Black and Latino law- moredangerousblockproba- cametoEnglewoodandloot- owns a business there. Ms. ForMr.Harris,thebusiness
hoodonChicago’sSouthSide makers recently urged their blyworryaboutwhatwillhap- ers descended on other city Greer-Lee said some of the ofpolicingispersonal.Hisson
isthekindofcommunitythat colleaguestoholdoffonpro- penwithfewerpolice. neighborhoods, including the money spent on police could waskilledwhenacaraccident
activistssaytheyarefighting posalstoslashpolicebudgets. The intersection at 63rd downtown retail strip known beusedtoopenajobtraining on Aug. 8 escalated into a
to help—a poverty-stricken, Nearly nine in 10 Black StreetandAshlandAvenue,in as the Magnificent Mile. En- center in Englewood or on guns-drawn altercation. The
mostly Black area with en- Americanssaidmajorchanges the heart of Englewood, is glewoodwasjustgettingback othercommunityprojects. shooting was among 31 re-
demiccrime.Therehavebeen wereneededtooverhaulpolic- marked by a train line and a to normal before last week’s Somebusinessownerssaid ported in Chicago that week-
200shootingsthisyearinEn- ingintheU.S.,accordingtoa few small businesses, includ- trouble,Ms.Butlersaid. they needed more support end,threeofthemfatal.
glewood,an80%increaseover recent poll from the Gallup ing ones boarded up against The appearance of angry frompolicethanfromprotest- Mr. Harris said he under-
theperiodin2019. Center on Black Voices. Yet looting.Inthedaysfollowing residentssurprisedprotesters, ers. Humberto Leon owns a standsthatchangetakestime,
Yet an increasingly vocal only22%ofBlackrespondents the May 25 killing of George several of whom were from popular T-shirt shop in the and that the way forward
number of business owners, supportedtheideaofabolish- Floyd in Minneapolis, looters Englewood. neighborhood, where tables needstoincludebuildingbet-
community leaders and resi- ingthepolice,thepollfound, inEnglewoodattackedablock “Wearenottheagitators,” arepiledhighwithteesselling ter relationships with police.
dents say they are tiring of comparedwith20%ofLatinos ofbusinessesintheneighbor- said Frank Chapman, part of foraslittleas$1.50.“Theonly “If the police are wrong, we
callstodefundpolicedepart- and12%ofwhiterespondents. hood,andsomearefearfulof the Chicago Alliance Against problemwiththepoliceisthat hold them accountable,” he
ments, viewing protesters LanceWilliams,aprofessor furtherlooting. Racist and Political Repres- theydon’tshowup,”hesaid. said.“Ifthey’reright,wework
largelyasoutsidersunwilling ofurbancommunitystudiesat “Are we mad enough to sion. “We reject this whole TheChicagoPoliceDepart- withthem.”
todothehands-onworkthey Northeastern Illinois Univer- supportBlackbusinessesand thing about, ‘You can’t come ment said it always works to Fornow,hesaid,hewants
say is required to improve sity, said opinions likely de- investbackintoourowncom- intothiscommunityandpro- protectresidentsandbusiness policetodotheirjobandfind
Blackcommunities. pend on how closely people munities yet?” said Asiaha test.’Wecanprotestanyplace owners. justiceforhisson.
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part of the plan would cost $10,000ayearforgivenforfive andhigh-incomehouseholdsto ers, said Mr. Biden’s policies going to create this massive “Characterisontheballot.
$370 billion, more than what years, on top of an existing payforavarietyofprograms. wouldmakewholemanybor- moral hazard,” Mr. Cooper Compassionisontheballot.”
thegovernmentspentonstim- Public Service Loan Forgive- MarkKantrowitz,publisher rowerswhoweredefraudedby said. Thatapproachalsore-
ulus checks as part of the nessprogram.Anditwouldbe ofsavingforcollege.com,which colleges or who never landed The Biden campaign says flectsanimportantpieceof
CaresAct. easierforallborrowerstocan- advises families on financial the well-paying job they had otherpoliciesliketuition-free Democrats’general-election
“If you’ve decided you’re cel student loans in bank- aid,saysMr.Biden’sproposed expected. public college would reduce calculus.“Thevoteforpresi-
willing to spend $370 billion, ruptcy. debtforgivenesscouldcostas Federallawentitlesborrow- Americans’relianceonstudent dentisthemostpersonal
why have we decided people PresidentTrump’scampaign muchas$1trillion. ers who can prove they were debt.Mr.Bidenwouldincrease votepeoplecast,andthis
with student debt deserve it declinedtocommentontheBi- Underthemeasuretocancel defrauded to have their loans Pell Grants, which help mod- conventiondeliveredthe
more than other people,” in- denproposals. $10,000 across the board, canceled, and the Biden cam- est-incomehouseholdspayfor messagethatJoeBidenisa
cluding people in low-paying Mr. Trump, a Republican, roughly 15 million borrowers paign says he would aggres- tuition. goodperson,”saysDemo-
jobswhoneverwenttocollege, hasn’tendorsedwide-scalestu- would have their entire bal- sivelyusethatlaw. Mr.Bidenstopsshortofthe craticpollsterPeterHart,
Mr.Coopersaid. dent-debtforgiveness.Hisad- ancesforgiven,EducationDe- Mr. Cooper of the Founda- plantocancelallstudentdebt whohelpsconducttheWall
UnderMr.Biden’splan,bor- ministration has previously partmentdatashow. tionforResearchonEconomic putforthbySen.BernieSand- StreetJournal/NBCNews
rowers earning less than urged Congress to allow all Defaults typically happen Opportunity said Mr. Biden’s ersofVermont,hisformerri- poll.
$125,000wouldhaveanydebt borrowers to make monthly amongborrowerswhooweless plans would help some high valfortheDemocraticnomina- Onewordthatwasun-
forgiven that covered under- payments equivalent to 12.5% than$10,000,thedepartment’s earners who least need the tion—anideathatwasopposed mentionedbyMr.Bidenor
graduatetuitionatpubliccol- of their income, for up to 15 datashow,includingmanywho help. Most student debt is by57%ofAmericansinaSep- othertopspeakers:impeach-
leges and minority-serving years for undergraduate debt dropped out of college or at- owed by people with college tember2019WallStreetJour- ment,atopicDemocratsap-
nonprofitcolleges. and 30 years for graduate- tendedtradeschools.Borrow- degrees, and roughly 40% is nal/NBCNewspoll. peareagertoleavebehind.
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Postmaster General Trump Team’s Hopes Rest on
Defends Changes
White Working-Class Turnout
Before Senate Panel
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make the Postal Service run ourfinancialcondition.” in unusually large numbers to
more efficiently and said the “Legislative actions have help the GOP win the White
mail agency could handle an beendiscussedanddebatedfor House. But that year wasn’t
expected surge in mailed bal- years, but no action has been 2016.Itwas2004,andthepres-
lots this fall amid concerns, taken,” he said, referring to identtheyturnedouttore-elect
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“IthinktheAmericanpublic expectedtohithistorichighs leastonpaper,issubstantial. Estimated2020non-voters Decreaseinturnout personal history of Joe Biden,
should be able to vote by becauseofthepandemic. White voters without four- byselectedattributes amongwhite, the Democratic nominee, who
mail,”Mr.DeJoysaid.“Wewill Democrats said Mr. DeJoy year college degrees make up noncollegevoters, has long sought to play up a
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deploy processes and proce- had been slow to respond to thelargestshareofnonvotersin inpercentagepoints, blue-collar appeal. The Biden
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dures that advance any elec- inquiries about the delays, manybattlegroundstates,and 2004to2016 campaigndidn’trespondtore-
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Mr.DeJoytestifiedthathe licanslargelydefendedMr.De- cantlyamongthatgroup. 68.2% 11.6 20.3 Wisconsin –7.0% turnoutamongwhitenoncollege
hadneverspokentoPresident Joy’s actions as financially Assumingthesameturnout voterstoMr.Bush’shighlevels
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vice, other than in receiving addressconcernsaboutdelays Michigan’snonvotersthisyear, 62.1 12.6 25.2 Michigan –5.7 showsthattheelectoratewould
hiscongratulationsonbecom- andmakeothercommitments or1.6millionpeople,wouldbe growbysome222,000votersin
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Nursing Homes Need More Help, Panel Says
BYANNAWILDEMATHEWS shouldensurethatallnursing among their broader popula- WeeklyCovid-19casesinU.S. spokesmanforCMSsaid. by Mitre Corp., an outside
homesgetthreemonths’worth tions.Nationally,thenumberof nursinghomes Healsosaidthatwhilethe contractor that works fre-
Thenation’snursinghomes of protective gear, and that it new cases in the week ended agency has “received some quently with the federal gov-
15thousand
need an aggressive and com- create a national strategy to June 28 was 7,569, rising to preliminaryinformationfrom ernment.Itsmembership,an-
prehensivefederalapproachto guarantee access to rapid-re- 11,478intheweekendedJuly thecommission,”CMSAdmin- nounced in June, includes
the Covid-19 crisis, including sults testing for all nursing 26,andfallingto9,728inthe 12 istratorSeemaVermahas“not nursing-home industry offi-
supplying facilities with per- homes,thepeoplewithknowl- most recent week available, seen or been briefed on any cials, academic researchers
sonalprotectivegear,assisting edgeofthemattersaid. ended Aug. 9, according to a recommendationsatthistime andconsumeradvocates,who
withstaffingshortagesandof- Thecommissionisalsorec- WallStreetJournalanalysisof 9 because the commission’s wereaskedtosignnondisclo-
feringcoronavirustestingwith ommending that the federal CMS’smostrecentweeklydata. workisstillinprogress.” sure agreements about the
rapidresults,accordingtorec- government help nursing The Journal’s analysis of 6 Thedraftrecommendations group’sworkings.Itsmeetings
ommendations from a com- homesaddressstaffingissues, thefederaldataincludedonly echomonthsofcallsfromnurs- weren’topentothepublic.
mission convened by the withoneoptionincludingpro- nursing homes that reported ing-homeindustryofficialsand Mitre referred questions
Trumpadministration. viding funds for hazard pay, datathatconsistentlycleared 3 outsideresearchersforthefed- about “public release of the
The commission is due to thepeoplesaid. thegovernment’sdata-quality eralgovernmenttotakemore recommendations”toCMS.
deliveritsfinalreportSept.1, Thecoronavirusiscuttinga checksandexcludedsomead- actiontohelpstemtheeffects The Trump administration
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but it has already provided deadly swath through senior- ditional nursing homes that ofCovid-19innursinghomes. previously promised two
slides with a draft list of rec- carefacilities,withmorethan reportedmoreCovid-19-linked J J A “The federal government weeks’ worth of protective
ommendations to the Centers 70,000deathssofar,according deaths than total deaths in needsamorecoordinatedre- gear to nursing homes, but
Note:Analysisexcludesnursinghomesthat
forMedicareandMedicaidSer- to a Wall Street Journal tally anyweek.CMSsometimesret- failedfederaldata-qualitychecksinoneor sponse to the outbreak in somefacilitiessaidthemate-
vices, the agency that spear- of state and federal data. roactively updates prior data moreweeksorthatreportedCovid-related nursing homes,” said Hye- rial they received was unus-
headed the panel’s formation, Deathsinlong-term-carefacili- initsnewreleases. deathsthatexceededtotaldeaths. YoungJung,assistantprofes- able. The administration has
Source:CentersforMedicare&Medicaid
according to people with tiesaccountforatleast40%of The Trump administration Services sor of health-care policy and said it is focused closely on
knowledge of the matter. The allU.S.deathstiedtothevirus. launchedthecommission,for- researchatWeillCornellMed- nursing homes, and officials
recommendationscouldchange AfterCovid-19casesinnurs- mally called the Coronavirus thepandemicandofferaction- ical College, who isn’t on the announcedinJulythatthefa-
beforethefinalreportemerges, ing homes appeared to dip in Commission on Safety and able recommendations to in- commission.“It’smoretesting, cilitieswouldgetanadditional
accordingtothepeople. June,therewasaresurgence, QualityinNursingHomes,“to form future responses to in- more [personal protective $5billioninfundingfromthe
Thecommissionissuggest- particularly in some states independentlyandcomprehen- fectious disease outbreaks equipment],moreresources.” previouslypassedcoronavirus
ingthatthefederalgovernment where infections are rising sively assess the response to within nursing homes,” a Thecommissionisoverseen stimuluspackage.
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“There are public-health inthelobby,above.Left,thecoupleontheirweddingday.
consequencesofloneliness,iso-
lationandlossofconnectionto startedanothercongregation. reportsoffamiliescutofffrom
abelovedpersonthatmaybe By2015,thefamilycouldsee their loved ones in the Kirk-
equally devastating” as signsthatGerry’smemorywas land,Wash.,nursinghomethat
Covid-19,saidLisaGwyther,an fading. She groped for words. has been tied to dozens of
associateprofessorattheDuke She burned tea kettles. Her Coviddeaths,shespoketoher
UniversitySchoolofMedicine. fluidpianoplaying,whichhad father.Jackdidn’tbelieveGerry
Forthosewithdementia,“the longbeenatthecenteroffam- couldreturntothehouse,and
greatest fear is the fear of ily gatherings, became more when Roberta asked if he
abandonment in a world that halting. would move into Hillcrest, he
doesn’tmakesense.” That March, she lost her agreeditwasthebestoption.
Jackandtherestofhisfam- newglasses.“JesusIloveyou,” Hillcrestgavehimaroomand
ily say they believed Gerry shewroteinherjournal,injag- chargedaspecialratebecause
wouldfailtoeatwithoutoneof gedfragmentsunlikeherusual hedoesn’tgetstaffcare.
themnearby.Jackalsofeared perfect cursive. “Please help TheEccleschildrensaythey
hewouldneverseeheragain. me.PleasehelpJack.Heisre- were scared for both parents.
Though their children were allyupset.” Jack says he wasn’t afraid of
nervous about the risk, they In October 2015, doctors catchingthevirus.“Icouldkick
agreedwiththeirfather’sdeci- confirmed a diagnosis of Alz- the bucket any time. I don’t
sion,onenursinghomeshardly heimer’s. During the exam, thinkaboutit,”hesays.
everencounter. Gerrycouldn’tnameallofher Jacksaysheneverexpected
“They were never apart,” childrenorrecallherbirthday, his stay at Hillcrest to be so
saysGeneceMcChesney,oneof but was able to write a sen- long, because he thought the
theirninechildren. tence: “The person I love the virus threat would subside.
Threetimesaday,Jackar- gled to be patient as he ac- The following April, Jack Athome,whileJackstudied mostisafewjumpsaway.”Her “You really miss being out-
rivesatGerry’sroom,whichis cepted what he believes is gaveherthediamondengage- and wrote, Gerry ran the family was sure she meant doors,” he says. But he won’t
shared with a roommate and God’splan.Acoupleoftimes, ment ring once worn by his household. She tucked in the Jack. leave. He has been studying
decoratedwithpicturesoftheir helaydownonthefloorduring mother, and on July 16, 1950, childrenatnightanddelivered For the first time in their Germanandworkedonaser-
family. She sometimes resists ameal,sofrustratedhehadto they were married at Gerry’s homeremedieslikebakingsoda marriedlife,Jackcooked—sim- monhehaspostedonYouTube.
eating or dozes off between take a break. After the meals, familychurch. for stomachaches. She hand- plethingsliketoastandboiled OnJuly16,eightofthenine
bites.Wearingamaskandgog- hetypicallyneedsanap.“Ijust Aftercollege,Jackwenttoa squeezedthelemonjuiceJack eggsforbreakfast. Ecclessiblingsandsomeofthe
gles, Jack spoons cereal and havetoflop.I’mexhausted,it’s Baptist seminary. Gerry soon liked to drink and ironed his On Feb. 3, 2017, just a few couple’s20grandchildrenand
puréefromatinyplasticspoon, anemotionalthing.” became pregnant with their shirts. daysbeforehis90thbirthday, 24 great-grandchildren gath-
meticulouslycheckingthatshe first child, a daughter named Theirchildrensaytheydon’t Jackbrokehispelvis.Afterthe eredinaZoomsessiontocele-
getstherequired40ouncesof Susan. She was followed by recall any arguments. But “if hospital,heneededtogotore- brate Jack and Gerry’s 70th
A smile
liquid a day. He positions her eightothers,atotalofsixgirls shedidn’tlikesomething,she hab. The couple’s youngest wedding anniversary. Roberta
head and neck carefully to be JohnR.Ecclesfirstspotted andthreeboys. said[so]verygently,andItook daughter,RobertaDrewry,had andherhusbandsetupaniPad
sureshedoesn’tchoke. GeraldineKnobelin1949,out- Thefamilymovedeveryfew thehint,”Jacksays. offeredtohavethemlivewith outsidethelobbywindowsand
Months ago, Gerry stopped side the dining hall at Whit- years, as Jack went from Jackdidn’twatchthebirth her in North Carolina. Jack heldupanintercomdevicenext
saying“Iloveyou”toJack,or worth College in Spokane, churchtochurcharoundWash- ofanyofthechildren.Whenhe didn’twanttoleaveCalifornia, to the screen so the family
any other words, and she no Wash., where they were stu- ington and California, some- tried once, he says, he nearly buthefinallyagreed. could talk to Jack and Gerry.
longersmilesinrecognitionof dents. “She smiled, and that passedoutbeforeheevengot Each family member spoke
him,hesays.But“there’ssome wasallittook,”hesays. to the birthing room. “It was briefly.
Decline
radianceabouther….Thatper- Gerry,aserious-minded19- Monthsago,Gerry morethanIcouldhandle.” Jack sat next to Gerry, be-
sonalitystillcomesthrough.” year-old, wasn’t immediately He still feels guilty about Jack couldn’t seem to get hind the glass of the Hillcrest
stoppedsaying‘I
Whensherefusestoeat,he smitten with the 21-year-old that—andotherthings,hesays. started packing up his thou- front lobby, waving and smil-
oftensingssongslike“Chatta- Merchant Marine veteran. loveyou’toJack,or “TherearemanytimesIdidn’t sands of books, mostly reli- ing,theirweddingphotobeside
noogaChooChoo,”pausingto Whenheinvitedhertoabas- payattentionenoughtoGerry,” gious texts, according to his them.Gerrywasquiet,impas-
anyotherwords.
exhort,“Chew,Gerry!”Ameal ketball game, she replied that including her birthdays. “We daughter Kathy. His son-in- sive, her hands mostly in her
oftentakesabout90minutes. she went home on weekends. didn’tdoanythingspecial.Now law,SteveMartin,sayshetold lap.Jackfedherbitesofgold-
Hillcreststafferssayhisef- “For a less persistent person, I can’t talk to her, and I him,“Jack,you’vegotadiffer- accentedcake.Heprayed,and
fortshavemadeahugediffer- thatwouldhavebeentheend, thought,‘Man,I’vebeenmiss- ent job. Your job is to take led the family in “Amazing
ence in his wife’s health. but not Jack,” she wrote in a timesworkingatradiostations ingthisallmylife.’” careofGerry.” Grace,”conductingandsinging
“That’ssomethingwecan’tdo. weddingalbum. or teaching for extra income. Gerryalsohandledthefam- Soon after he arrived in throughtheintercom.
We haven’t been with her for He won her over with ges- He got two different doctoral ily’sfinances,whichwereoften NorthCarolina,Jacksenthis At one point he told them,
70years,”saidOliviaJacobs,a turesincludingthegiftofacar- degreesfromtheologicalinsti- tight. She darned socks and résumé to local churches. He “Mommiesaidsomething.I’m
Hillcrestdietitian.Sheandoth- tonofvanillaicecreamwitha tutions, and Gerry painstak- made rag rugs. In 1971, when began teaching a Bible class. sureitwas,‘Iloveyouguys.’”
ersworkingatthefacilitysay heart-shaped strawberry core inglytypedhisdissertations. JackleftachurchinSpokane, Gerry continued her decline, After about an hour, nurs-
Jackisunfailinglygentle:“He’s down the middle. Both were She drove church vans, led Gerry took a job selling prod- and in 2018, she moved into ing-home workers packed up
alwayshavingagoodday,he’s fromsmallWashingtontowns women’sgroups,playedthepi- ucts door-to-door. Later that Hillcrest. Roberta and Jack the rest of the cake. Jack put
alwayshappytoseeher.…He’s andcommittedtotheirChris- ano at services and accompa- year,Jackgotanewpositionat came every day to feed her on Gerry’s mask and his own.
withhislove,andthat’swhere tianfaith.Thatspring,whenhe niedchurchmembersonaccor- a California church, and the meals. In the evening, Jack He told his family he loved
hewantstobe.” said he wanted to marry her, dionwhentheywentChristmas familymovedagain. and Gerry would watch old them, waved good night, and
Jack,whousesawalkerand shewassurprised.“ItoldhimI caroling.Thechurchwas“what Intheearly1980s,Jackwent episodes of “M*A*S*H” and slowly wheeled away Gerry’s
hasahistoryofhearttrouble, didn’tfeelthatwayabouthim, their lives rotated around,” toachurchinSanJose,where “The Andy Griffith Show” in chair.
says the sessions aren’t easy, buttowaitawhile,”shewrote saysKathyMartin,oneoftheir he stayed for more than two thelobby. —JonKampcontributedto
and he has sometimes strug- inthealbum. daughters. decades. Later, the couple InMarch,afterRobertasaw thisarticle.
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Highs in July
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continuedtodriftdownfrom orwhoarehighrisk.
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The seven-day average of 1,000 deaths reported and in
tests across the U.S. fell to Junetherewerethree. hasn’t dropped below 1,000 from47,228aweekearlier,ac- Of Thursday’s new cases, the first time since the pan-
709,796from736,273overthe Nearlyhalfofthedeathsre- since July 26, according to a cordingtotheCovidTracking roughly a third were concen- demic began. Illinois, Mis-
sameperiod.Thatmetrichad corded Thursday came from WallStreetJournalanalysisof Project. The number has trated in three states that souri,OhioandTennesseealso
climbedashighas822,583in four states that emerged as datafromJohnsHopkins.That largely been falling since were hot spots throughout all added more than 1,000
lateJuly. major hot spots last month: metricwascloserto500atthe aroundtheendofJuly. July.Texasaddedover5,000, cases, with Alabama nearly
Experts have said robust Texas, California, Florida and beginningofJuly.Expertssay Thecountry’spercentageof Californiaaddednearly5,000 addingthatmanyaswell.
testingandcontacttracingare Arizona. Reporting standards deaths lag new cases, as the positive tests has also de- andFloridaaddedmorethan The seven-day average of
criticaltoolstomanagingthe vary state to state, so deaths diseaseoftenprogressesover clined, another positive sign. 4,000. Nearby, Georgia re- newcasesinCalifornia,Flor-
virus’ spread. Overwhelming reportedonacertaindaymay thecourseofseveralweeks. Theseven-dayaveragepositiv- ported more than 2,000 and ida,Georgia,Ohio,Tennessee
demandfordiagnostictestsin nothavehappenedonthatday. A change could be on the ityratefortheU.S.was6.48% NorthCarolinaadded1,979,its andAlabamaislowerthanthe
July strained supply chains However, the persistently horizon, as hospitalizations forAug.20,downfrom7.5%a highest tally in the past two two-week average, according
and led to lab backlogs and elevateddeathtollisreflected appear to be declining. For week ago and 8.48% a month weeks. toaWallStreetJournalanaly-
delayedresults,impedingcon- in the seven-day average of Aug.20,41,988peopleinthe before,accordingtodatafrom Iowa reported more than sis of Johns Hopkins data,
tainmentefforts.Amidthede- deaths across the U.S., which U.S. were hospitalized, down theCovidTrackingProject. 1,000 new cases in a day for suggestingcasesaredeclining.
Colleges Warn Students to Stop Partying to Halt Virus
BYDOUGLASBELKIN on-campus instruction and eringonthequad. beexpellediftheydidn’tobey the school caught wind of a thestudentsandtheirparents
punishsomerulebreakers. PennsylvaniaStateUniver- therules. pollonsocialmediabyafirst- dressingthemdown.
Leadersofcollegesanduni- The directives are being sitysuspendedthePhiKappa North Carolina State Uni- yearstudentaskinghisclass- AttheUniversityofKansas,
versities are issuing increas- broadcasttoallstudents,but PsifraternityonThursdayaf- versity said Thursday it has mates whether they planned an outbreak of cases among
ingly desperate demands to specificallyaimedathotspots ter videos surfaced on social canceledallin-personclasses to attend parties when they fraternity and sorority mem-
students to help curtail the whichincludefraternities,so- media showing an indoor followingaseriesofoff-cam- gottoschool.Despiterestric- bers prompted Chancellor
spread of the coronavirus on rorities and upperclassmen gathering on Wednesday of pus parties. More than 500 tions by the university, 115 Douglas A. Girod to remind
campus:Wearmasks,andrein throwingoff-campusparties. more than 15 people who students are now in quaran- said yes and 640 said no, ac- theschooltoadheretohealth
in your back-to-school party- In two of the harshest re- weren’t wearing masks or tineorisolation,accordingto cording to Renata Nyul, a andsafetyguidelines.
ingorgohome. bukes so far, Purdue Univer- staying6feetapart. alettertotheschoolbyChan- schoolspokeswoman. At the University of Notre
Themessagingaccompanies sity on Thursday suspended PresidentEricBarronwrote cellorRandyWoodson. Whenthepollsterwascon- Dame,wherein-personclasses
new outbreaks at schools 36 students who attended an a note to students chastising NortheasternUniversityin tactedbytheschoolheturned were canceled this week be-
around the country as stu- off-campuspartyandSyracuse them for ignoring the guide- Bostonistryingtostayahead overallthenamesofthestu- causeofanincreaseincases,
dentsreturntocampus,lead- University suspended 23 in lines the school had laid out of the curve. Students will dentswhosaidyes.OnFriday, the number continued to
ing several this week to halt connectionwithalargegath- andtowarnthemtheywould startmovinginnextweek,but Northeasternsentanemailto rise—thoughataslowerpace.
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pay for services rendered. tributedyet,Ms.Hecksaid. safelyreopeningtheeconomy.
Also, states aren’t spending “HHScontinuestomonitor Aftersurgingthroughmost
moneyonsometestingmate- the situation and support re- ofJuly,U.S.testingrateshave
rialssuchasreagentsthatthe sponseandrecoveryactivities slowedsomewhatinAugust.
federal government helps supported with additional The seven-day average of
them source, HHS spokes- emergency supplemental re- newtestsrunwas709,347on
womanMiaHecksaid. sources,”shesaid. Thursday, according to the
HHS won’t know how the Sens. Chuck Schumer (D., CovidTrackingProject,down
fundswereuseduntilthefiscal N.Y.) and Patty Murray (D., from781,156amonthearlier.
yearendsSept.30,shesaid. Wash.)inJunesentaletterto Therewereweeklydeclinesin
HHSisfocusedonexpand- HHSSecretaryAlexAzarcall- testing in 21 states as of
ing testing and sending the ingontheTrumpadministra- Thursday,accordingtoJohns
righttypesofteststotheright tiontodisbursethe$8billion HopkinsUniversity.
types of settings, Adm. Brett immediately,withanemphasis Some of those declines
Giroir,assistantsecretaryfor onaddressingcontact-tracing weretheresultoftestingsite
healthattheagency,saidona effortsandcollectingdataon closures during a hurricane
callwithreportersWednesday. earlier this month and labs
“There are plenty of tests clearing backlogs from July,
and that’s growing substan- HHSwon’tknow Adm.Giroirsaid.Somestates
tially,” said Adm. Giroir, who havealsorevisedtestingcrite-
howthefundswere
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and Western regions of the receivetwonegativetests.
countryledtolabbacklogsand Of the $25 billion in PPP
weekslong delays for results racialandethnicdisparitiesin funds for testing, $5.7 billion
and hindered contact tracing coronaviruscases. wastobesenttovariousgov-
andcontainmentefforts. Testing for coronavirus is ernmentagenciesinvolvedin
There were about 25 mil- seen as a key part of the na- testing, such as the Centers
lion tests done in July and tion’s campaign to beat back for Disease Control and Pre-
Adm.GiroirestimatedtheU.S. thedisease,allowingofficialsto vention and the Food and
will have 90 million tests tracknewoutbreaksandquar- Drug Administration. As of
availableinSeptember. antinepeoplewhotestpositive. this week, $1.62 billion of
“No health department or Whiletestingcapacityhasex- those funds had been obli-
statecancrypoorduringthis panded rapidly, some experts gated or committed to the
healthcrisis,”saidWillHum- say it isn’t enough to capture agencies,accordingtoHHS.
Learnmoreabouttheimpactyour
ble,executivedirectorforthe thefullextentofthepandemic. Agencies including the Na-
ArizonaPublicHealthAssocia- Federalofficialshaveadvo- tionalInstitutesofHealthwere journalismcareercanhaveontheworld.
tion.“It’snotamatterofmore catedfortestingofthosewith tousethosefundstobuydiag-
WallStreetJournalreporterErinAilworth
money. It’s a matter of using symptomsandknowncontact nostic and serological tests,
the money that has already with infected individuals, source lab supplies and de- andotherssharecareeradviceat
been given to counties and ratherthanwidespread,regular velopnewtestingtechnologies.
stateseffectively,”hesaid. testing as part of return-to- Federalreliefpackagesalso dowjonesnewsfund.org/careers.
Morethan$8billionofthe work and school plans. Some included$2billiontopayfor
$25 billion is to be spent at public-health officials argue testinguninsuredindividuals.
thediscretionofHHS.Muchof that broad, regular, widely Of that, $235.5 million has
that money hasn’t been dis- available testing is critical to beenspent.
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Sickened Kremlin Critic Departs Russia
PlanecarryingNavalny enedbyprotestsinBelarus,a affair, as with the demonstra-
formerSovietrepublic,where tionsintheFarEast,mightbe
leavesforGermany
President Alexander Lukash- lesspredictable.
afterallegedpoisoning; enkoclaimed80%ofthevote Mr. Navalny, 44 years old,
in a presidential election made his name leading street
falloutunclearforPutin
widelyderidedasasham. protests against the Kremlin,
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ANDANNM.SIMMONS from Moscow, much closer opposition politicians only
thanKhabarovsk—havegrown dreamedof.Oftenheuseditto
MOSCOW—Aplanecarrying to200,000ormoreasBelaru- investigate the excesses of
opposition politician Alexei sians press their demand for Kremlin-connected business-
Navalny,whowasinacomain Mr.Lukashenkotostepdown men and politicians, delving
aSiberianhospitalaftersud- forriggingthevote.TheEuro- into their personal lives to
denly falling ill, departed for peanUnionhassaiditdoesn’t stokerageamongordinaryRus-
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support. The struggle for XIM support of opposition leader Mr. Navalny was in Siberia
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beginning,andthereisstillalot AdoctorattheOmskhospitalwhereAlexeiNavalnywastreatedaddressedthemediaFriday. hersupporters. politicianswhowereplanning
togothrough,butnowatleast EUleadersarewaryofare- to compete in local election
thefirststephasbeentaken.” ble to move. Mr. Navalny was upheavalonthecountry’swest- ing to the streets in Khaba- peat of what happened in racesthere,hiscolleaguessaid.
Mr. Navalny, a vocal critic cleared to fly Friday after his ern border, where mass pro- rovsk and the surrounding Ukrainein2014,whentheylent Mr.Navalny’sexposés,based
ofRussianPresidentVladimir wife published a letter asking testsinBelarusarethreatening areatocomplainaboutthear- theirsupporttoapopularup- onforensicanalysisoflandreg-
Putin, fell ill on a flight from Mr.Putinforhelp. tochaseoneofhisclosestal- rest of a popular local gover- rising that swept away a pro- istries and filings of offshore
Siberia to Moscow on Thurs- Mr.Navalny’ssudden,unex- liesfrompower. nor who defeated a pro-gov- Russian president, providing companies as well as drone
dayafterdrinkingacupoftea plained illness comes in the “Ican’tsaythatthisopposi- ernment candidate in an Mr.Putinwithapretextforan- footage,haveinfuriatedabroad
at the airport that his sup- midstofwhathasbeenadiffi- tion will disappear,” said An- electiontwoyearsago,inwhat nexingCrimeaandsupporting spectrum of businessmen
porters say they believe was cultyearforMr.Putin. drei Kolesnikov, chair of the someseeasasymptomofMr. pro-Russian separatists in the aligned with the Kremlin. He
lacedwithpoison. Political analysts said it is RussianDomesticPoliticsand Putin’sheavy-handedrule.Ser- eastofthecountryinaconflict hadenemies,raisingtheques-
Doctors treating him in unclear what role if any the Political Institutions Program geiFurgalwasaccusedofbe- thatisstillrumblingontoday. tion of who might have taken
Omsk,thecitywheretheplane KremlinmighthavehadinMr. attheCarnegieMoscowCenter. inginvolvedinorganizingtwo Belarus is also more tightly actiontosilencehim.Therehas
made an emergency landing, Navalny’s illness. But in the “Butatthesametime,wemust murdersandanattemptedho- boundtoRussiathanUkraine, beenaspateofpoliticalkillings
saidtheyhadn’tfoundanytox- shorttermitcouldhaveachill- admitthatwedescribethepo- micide 15 years ago, and de- by trade pacts and a similar inrecentyears,includingthose
insinhissystemandatfirstre- ing effect among Mr. Putin’s liticallandscapeofRussiaasa niesanywrongdoing. languageandculture.Moscow, of journalist Anna Politkovs-
fused to hand him over to a opponents at a time when he permanentadverserelationship SomeofthepeopleinKha- itsmaintradingpartner,exerts kaya, who was killed in 2006,
Germanteamwaitingtotrans- hasbeenfacingnewchallenges betweenNavalnyandPutin.” barovsk, 4,000 miles and considerable economic influ- and politician Boris Nemtsov,
fer him to Germany for treat- tohisauthority,fromawaveof Formorethanamonthnow, seven time zones away from ence. who was shot dead in 2015
ment,sayinghewastoounsta- protestsinRussia’sFarEastto demonstratorshavebeentak- Moscow, have been embold- ThefalloutfromtheNavalny neartheKremlin.
Beirut Citizens,
After Blast, Fill
Government Void
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residents’homesandcars,and
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BeirutonAug.4,hundredsof age,amongotherefforts.His
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Lebanesecapital. leftthecapitalcitydrowning from Beirut residents and ment from the commission Governmenthospitalshave try before the country’s eco-
In the week following the in trash for weeks and trig- businesses. The United Na- wentunanswered.Thespokes- alsotreatedthewounded,but nomic crisis left her unem-
explosion at least 27 donor geredpoliticalprotests. tionshumanitarianaidagency man for the caretaker cabinet quicklybecameoverwhelmed ployedthisyear,joinedothers
countriespledged$297.8mil- Lebanon’s government, is helping match foreign do- saidthecommissionwasoffer- with thousands of bloodied sheknewfromantigovernment
lion to help rebuild Beirut— which included most of the norswithreliefprojects. ingcompensationforrepairs. Beirut residents stumbling protestsattheirbasecampin
butsaidtheaidwouldbede- country’s political forces and “As more money floods in The Lebanese military set throughtheirdoors. anoldtrainstationintheMar
livereddirectlytothepeople, religious sects under a broad and the work becomes more upareliefcommitteeandor- When Lebanese political Mikhaelneighborhood.
bypassingthecountry’spoliti- power-sharing arrangement, complex, the whole response ganizedsearch-and-rescueef- leadersandofficialshaveap- Onarecentday,themake-
calleadership. resignedunderpressurefrom willgetincreasinglychaotic,” forts in and around the port, peared in public they have shiftcampbustledwithvolun-
“Thegovernmenthasbeen protesters in the wake of the saidAlexSimon,co-founderof where the blast hit, and re- facedfuryfromoutragedresi- teers arranging food deliver-
completely absent since the blast.Butfornowthesameof- Synaps, a Beirut-based re- ceived deliveries of aid from dents.Protesterspunchedand ies, dispatching teams to
blast,”saidMouniaElKik,an ficialscontinuegoverningthe searchorganization. foreigngovernments.Butthe kicked the convoy of former examine buildings, handing
activistwhohashelpedsetup nationinacaretakercapacity. Lebanon’sHighReliefCom- search efforts focused on the Prime Minister Saad Hariri out tools and construction
abasecampintheblastzone These politicians are in- mission,agovernmentagency port itself and not on the whenherolledthroughcentral supplies, and scrutinizing
that is a headquarters of the creasinglycomingunderpres- thatshouldhavebeenleading neighborhoods around it, Beirut days after the explo- mapsofneighborhoodsinthe
volunteereffort.“Alotofpeo- sure—domestic and interna- the relief effort, has been whereresidentssaytheyhave sion. Party officials who pathoftheblast.
ple are saying, ‘We are in a tionaltouprootcorruption. mostlyuninvolved,exceptfor receivedlittletonohelpfrom showed up to a vigil for fire- “We’re in no way profes-
statelesscountry.’” Intheweekssincetheblast sending a few trucks to re- anygovernmentbody. fighterswhodiedwerethrown sionals who can do this. This
AspokesmanforLebanon’s mostgroupshavereliedona moverubble,accordingtovol- Lebanon’s military didn’t outbythelocalorganizers. isn’tourjob,”Ms.ElKiksaid.
government said authorities mix of online crowdfunding unteersontheground. respond to a request to com- Ms. El Kik, who used to —NazihOsseiran
are offering shelter for dis- and donations of supplies Callsandrequestsforcom- ment. workinLebanon’swineindus- contributedtothisarticle.
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Companies
pandemicwouldabatebysum- Others said the decision to were able to restore pay and $1.33millionin2019,according veyfromWillisTowersWatson,
mer.Mostexecutivesmakethe reinstatefullcompensationre- we will repay people faster to the company’s latest proxy an advisory firm. Companies
Reverse bulk of their compensation in flects an improved outlook. thanplanned,”hesaid. filing. The company also re- gave employees pay increases
stock-based awards or other Yelp,whichlaidoff1,000work- OilproducerOccidentalPe- stored lower-level employee between 2.5% and 2.7% this
long-termincentives,somany ersandfurloughedmorethan troleumCorp.inlateJulysaid salaries on July 1, a spokes- yearandareprojectingaverage
Pay Cuts observers consider the initial 1,100othersinthespring,said itwouldrestorethesalariesof womansaid. salary increases of 2.8% in
salarycutslargelysymbolic. in July it is bringing back someexecutives.Thecompany Virginia hospital operator 2021, according to the firm.
Notallcompaniesrestoring nearly all of its furloughed hadcappedthebasesalariesof SentaraHealthcaresaiditplans Salaryincreaseshavehovered
pay have bounced back, and staffers,andwouldfullyrestore executiveofficersto$250,000 inOctobertostopthe20%pay around3%forthepastdecade.
many,suchasDisney,havefur- employee pay and hours. The cutsitsseniorexecutivestook Only7%ofcompaniesaren’t
ContinuedfromPageOne loughed workers and are re- companyinAprilannounceda andthe10%reductionitsphy- planning pay increases next
beenfurloughedorseentheir portingbiglosses.Newapplica- 20% to 30% cut in executive Disneywillliftsome sicians received. Sentara also year,downfrom14%thisyear
hourscut. tions for unemployment pay.InaJulynotetoemploy- reinstateditspreviouslysched- andlessthan1%in2019,asign
salaryreductions
“Whenwefirststartedout, benefitsroselastweekaftera ees, Yelp Chief Executive Jer- uled salary raises earlier this thatmanycompanieshavecau-
itwaslike,‘Yeah,everybody’s series of declines, the Labor emyStoppelmansaid“thehard despitea$5billion month that had been post- tious optimism for 2021, said
inthistogether,thisisatough Departmentsaid—anindication stepswetookearlyonhaveput poned and resumed contribu- Catherine Hartmann, North
quarterlyloss.
time,we’veallgottotakesac- freshlayoffsareoccurringeven usinastrongerposition.” tions to employee retirement America Rewards practice
rificesandpulltogether,’”said as the economy broadly is InApril,GeneralMotorsan- plans, said Becky Sawyer, se- leaderatWillisTowersWatson.
SusanSchroeder,ofCompensa- showingsignsofrecovering. nounced it would temporarily nior vice president and chief Shesaidthatwhilecompanies
tion Advisory Partners, who Disney will lift, as of Aug. trim 69,000 workers’ salaries human resources officer. Sen- are going to remain wary
noted large companies have 23,somesalaryreductionsfor by20%,thenrepaythemoney inearlyApril,butinJulysaidit tara said the temporary cuts through the next year, many
beenmorelikelytorestoreex- executives, despite posting a with interest in March 2021. woulddoublethatto$500,000, were meant to avoid layoffs are still planning to reward
ecutive pay. “Now that it has nearly $5 billion loss in the Those salary deferrals for its which the company described andthatitsbusinessbounced theirbest-performers.
draggedon,Ithinkthingshave quarterthatendedJune27.A white-collarworkersendedon inasecuritiesfilingasa“par- back after it was able to re- “We are right now in a
changedalittlebit.” numberofexecutivestookpay Aug. 1, sooner than expected, tialrestoration”inpay.Thean- sume elective surgeries and phaseofrestabilization,people
Someboardsandexecutives, cuts beginning in April. Bob and the company plans to re- nualized base salary of the non-urgentprocedures. arelookingbackatthechoices
she said, may be pushing for Iger, Disney’s executive chair- paythelostwageswithinter- company’schiefexecutiveoffi- ManylargerU.S.companies they made in the first three
compensation changes since man, will forgo nearly his en- estinthefourthquarterofthis cer, Vicki Hollub, will be ap- arealsostillplanningongiving months and saying which of
many pay cuts were initially tiresalarythroughthelastpay year,GMspokesmanJimCain proximately 53% lower than theiremployeespayraisesand thesewereappropriateandre-
billed as short-term, set at a periodinthecompany’sfiscal said.“Thebusinessisrecover- lastyear,thecompanysaid.Ms. annual bonuses over the next thinking what they were do-
timewhenmanyexpectedthe year,whichendsinSeptember. ingfasterthanexpected,sowe Hollubearnedabasesalaryof year,accordingtoarecentsur- ing,”shesaid.
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Seoul Tries Israel-U.A.E. Ties Open Avenues for Trade
To Control
Investors in Israel and the the Gulf Arab states is only
New Covid United Arab Emirates are about$1billion.
moving to strike deals in a Investorsinbothcountries
business environment trans- hope the rapprochement will
Outbreak formedbyadiplomaticbreak- spawn more opportunities
through between the two than the cold peace with
countries. neighboringEgyptandJordan.
Treaties forged with these
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est one-day rise since March andtheArabworldandbene- WorldBankdatashowed.
8.Dailyinfectionshavehittri- fitarangeofbusinesssectors, theothermarket. cess websites blocked by the whichhasn’tbeennamed,will OneupsidefortheU.A.E.:It
ple digits for more than a from aviation and finance to HeisworkingwithEmirati governments.Andsomeused beBo&Bo’sexclusiveGulfdis- doesn’tshareEgypt’sandJor-
weekstraight. healthandtourism. partnerstoestablishakindof foreignpassportstotravelbe- tributorforaround$1million dan’s history of conflict with
“It’sthebiggestcrisissince EmiratibillionaireKhalafAl chamberofcommerceorpro- tweenthetwocountries. a year that the distributor Israel.
coronavirus came into our Habtoor,whoownsoneofthe fessional organization to for- Gadi Nir’s small Israel- paystheIsraelicompany. But most Arab states have
country,”SouthKoreanPresi- U.A.E.’slargestconglomerates, malizebilateralbusinessties, based company Bo&Bo Ltd., “ForasmallbusinessinIs- resisted rapprochement with
dentMoonJae-insaidFriday. AlHabtoorGroup,saidhehas Mr.Eyalsaid. which sells physical-therapy rael,thisamountisamazing,” Israeluntilthereisadurable
Oneofthefirstcountriesto launchedtalkswithIsrairAir- Beforethemovetoformal- machines, can now move saidMr.Nir. peace deal with the Palestin-
be stricken by the virus out- lines Ltd., a domestic Israeli izerelations,conductingbusi- aheadwithdirectsalestothe Because trade between Is- ians.DirectflightsbetweenIs-
sideChina,SouthKoreagrap- carrier, to open direct com- ness between the two coun- U.A.E.—a less expensive op- rael and the U.A.E. has been raelandtheU.A.E.willrequire
pledwithaFebruaryoutbreak mercialflights. triesrequiredsomedegreeof tionthanshiftingsomeopera- largely routed through third permissiontoflyoveratleast
at a mysterious church that Avi Eyal, the managing stealth. Deals were struck tions to China, which would countries, official figures one neighbor, Saudi Arabia,
failedtodivulgeitsfullmem- partner of Israel-based ven- through subsidiaries in third haveallowedhimtoenterthe aren’t available. The Tony thatstilldoesn’trecognizeIs-
bership.Somefollowerswent ture-capitalfirmEntreeCapi- countries, such as Singapore market before the two coun- Blair Institute for Global rael.
intohiding,astheiraffiliation tal,sayshehasreceiveddoz- or Cyprus. Direct calls be- tries moved to establish for- Change, a U.K. nonprofit or- IsraeliPrimeMinisterBen-
withtheShincheonjiChurchof ensofLinkedInmessagesand tween parties required over- malties. ganization that does govern- jaminNetanyahuhassaidheis
Jesus, called a “Korean cult” phone calls from Israelis and seasnumbers.Virtualprivate Under a deal announced mentadvisorywork,estimated trying to secure that permis-
by lawmakers, had been so Emiratisinterestedinentering networks were needed to ac- Tuesday, an Emirati firm, that total Israeli trade with sion.
closely guarded that many
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followers the Moon adminis- ingmonthsoftensionsthat
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Earlier this week, Mr. Jun regionalpowersintoawider
tested positive for the virus conflict.
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withhundredsoffollowersstill separatelybyleadersfromboth
unaccounted for, health offi- governments,comesafterweeks
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NewdailyCovid-19casesin oftheworstfightinginLibya Bamako.Thejuntathatconductedthemilitarycouphaspromisedtoeventuallyhandpowertoaciviliantransitionalgovernment.
SouthKorea since2019,whenmilitialeader
KhalifaHaftarlauncheda14- TURKEY 100thanniversaryoftheTurkish Turkeyisstrainingtocope Theinternationalcommunity
800 monthassaultonthecapital Republic. withadropintourismandex- continuedtoexpressalarm
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Tripoliwiththehelpofmilitary “Wearedeterminedtofunda- portrevenuecausedbythepan- aboutthecoupthatdeposed
supportfromtheUnitedArab Natural-Gas Find mentallyresolvetheenergyis- demic,aswellaswitharapid Mali’sdemocraticallyelected
EmiratesandRussianmilitary sue,”Mr.Erdogansaidinatele- erosionofitscurrency. leaderthisweek.Therearecon-
600 contractors. Turkeyhasidentifiedavast visedspeechfromIstanbul,asa —DavidGauthier-Villars cernsthatthepoliticalupheaval
TheLibyanfactionsfacea natural-gasfieldintheBlack giantscreennexttohimbroad- willdivertattentionawayfrom
difficultroadaheadtoresolve Sea,PresidentRecepTayyipEr- castlivefootageofthestate- MALI themorethanseven-yearinter-
7-daymovingaverage thedeeperissuesdrivingthe dogansaid,adiscoverythat ownedFatihdrillingship.“The nationalfightagainstIslamicex-
Opposition Leaders
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mainshutdownduetoablock- relianceonenergyimports. countdeficitisenergy….Wecan’t Support Junta’s Plan ouspowervacuumsinMalito
adebyMr.Haftarandhisallies. Thereservoir,appraisedbya stopuntilwebecomeanetex- expandtheirterrain.
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banwouldbelifted. volumeequivalenttoroughly anyinformationonthecommer- dentIbrahimBoubacarKeita,as popularitywanedamidjihadist
Bothsidescitedthecoronavi- seventimeswhatTurkeyim- cialviabilityoftheBlackSea theWestAfricannation’spoliti- attacks.Afterdozensoflegisla-
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virtual. Its website touted the holes:Runnersoftentracktheir race virtually, sometime be-
newformat:“Feelfreetoover- own times with GPS watches tween Sept. 7 and 14, and
Compete sleep on race day,” and “No that can’t tell who is actually nearly 18,000 are expected to
lines at the porta-potties. In doingtherunning. showup—somewhere,anyway.
fact,noporta-pottiesatall.” “They could put it on their Therewillbenoofficialwin-
Lynn Barnes, an avid road- dog, their bike or their car,” nerandnoprizes.Participants
racer,wasleerywhena5Kshe saysVictoriaJones,thedirec- willgetampleswag,including
ContinuedfromPageOne hadsignedupforinBridgewa- tor of “Run the Peninsula,” a arunnersappwithaudioofa
“Family Ice Cream Run” 10K, ter,N.J.,announceditwouldbe Washington state race series cheeringcrowd,andiftheyfin-
Mr.Flett,whois60andretired, a“virtualraceonly!” thatisnearlyallvirtual. ish,aunicornmedal.That’sthe
ran back and forth at a near- She did her race as a 3.1- One recent event called traditionalracesymbol.
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cheeringmeon.” 49-year-old Avon saleswoman LynnBarneshasrunatleast19virtualraces. data revealed the problem: towardtheGrandCanyon.
Before March, virtual run- entered one virtual race after Some participants were run- Ms.Whitmansaystheywill
ning was a footnote to lively another,andconnectedonso- see. theyweretrulytrottingacross ningentirelydownhill. builda“superfun”finishline
competitive road racing. The cialmediawithrunnersdoing The pandemic nixed her thestate. “Peoplewerebombingdown by stringing finishing tape
main events were in-person the same. She’s done 19 since planstodoin-personhalfmar- OnaFacebookpage,runners mountains, running absurd acrossthestreetandhanginga
bobbing rivers of sweaty hu- thepandemicbegan. athons. So Ms. Jetmore, 43 post comments cheering one times,”saysDavidAlfano,aco- balloon arch, in Boston Mara-
mans. Now RunSignup, a race One race sent an “amazing yearsoldandabookkeeper,en- another on as they virtually organizer and New York City thon blue and gold colors. A
platform, listed 7,704 virtual goodie box,” Ms. Barnes tered the Great Virtual Race traverse Chattanooga and physical therapist. They in- homemadesignwilltemporar-
runningeventsbetweenMarch gushed,includingmedalsthat Across Tennessee, a draw for Knoxville. Ms. Jetmore barely structedrunnerstosticktoflat ily rename the street “Boyl-
1throughJuly,comparedwith magnetize together to form a runnersinallstates.Thousands leftherneighborhood. surfacesinasubsequentevent. ston,” like the final stretch of
846inthesametimelastyear. miniaturemountainrange. of participants are running “It’sprettyboringattimes,” StaciWhitmanissettorun therealBostonMarathon.
The annual “Sound to Nar- InRichmond,Ind.,Amanda roughly630milesbetweenMay she says. “You see who’s the2020BostonMarathon—in “We’regonnatrytomakeit
rows” race in Tacoma, Wash., Jetmorespentthesummerpre- 1 and Aug. 31. A digital map mowed their yard that week, Flagstaff, Ariz. The in-person as Boston as possible,” she
in June, for instance, usually tendingtorunacrossTennes- showswheretheywouldbeif who needs to weed their gar- race, normally held in April, says.
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OBITUARIES
MARCEL ADAMS NINA MCCLELLAND
1920 — 2020 1929 — 2020
Tanner’s Son Built Chemist Worked for
Cleaner Drinking Water
Real-Estate Empire
S
udsyfoamspewingoutofa SheadvisedtheWorldBankon
wastewatertreatmentplant water-treatmentprogramsand
sparkedNinaMcClelland’s spokeontheimportanceofclean
BYJAMESR.HAGERTY cattle-raisingoperation.Duringthe careerinenvironmentalprotection. waterattheUnitedNations.
T warof1948,hewasdraftedinto WorkingattheToledo,Ohio, In2003,whenMs.McClelland
houghhewashardworking theIsraeliDefenseForcesand plantinthe1950s,Ms.McClel- wasinher70s,shereturnedto
andgoodwithnumbers, helpedtransportsoldiersand landwashorrifiedbythewhite theUniversityofToledo,where
MarcelAdamshadtrouble weapons. bubblesthatwouldcoverthewa- shehadearnedbachelor’sand
settlingintoacareer.History Whileonafurlough,hediscov- teraftercityresidentswashed master’sdegrees,asanadjunct
seemedstackedagainsthim. eredthathiscattlehadbeenrequi- theirclothesanddishes. professor.Sheretiredeightyears
ThesonofatannerinRomania, sitionedtofeedthetroopsandno Soshegotinvolvedinworkto laterasdeanoftheCollegeof
heandotherJewishmenwere compensationwouldbeoffered.“I makecompoundsinhousehold ArtsandSciencesandadvisedthe
forcedintolaborbytheNazi- begantoquestiontheethicsand detergentsmorebiodegradable. universityontheestablishment
alignedRomanianregimeduring judgmentofthoseinpower,”he AfterearningaPh.D.inenviron- oftheDr.NinaMcClellandLabo-
WorldWarII.WithZionistfriends, wrote. mentalchemistryattheUniver- ratoryforWaterChemistryand
Mr.AdamsfledtoPalestinein Dischargedfromthemilitaryin sityofMichigan,shespentnearly EnvironmentalAnalysis.
1944,triedraisingcattlethereand June1949,hegotajobatan halfacenturydraftingindustry Ms.McClelland,whodiedAug.
servedintheIsraeliarmyduring agencyinFrancetrainingJews standardsandpublicpoliciesto 16attheageof90,wasalsoan
theArab-Israeliwarof1948. fromMoroccoandelsewherefor safeguardcleanwater. avidathleteandoutdoorswoman,
HegrewdisillusionedwithIs- lifeinIsrael.Heandsomeofhis “It’sscarceandit’sgoingto whospentsummerdaysonIndi-
raelwhenhiscattlewereconfis- friendsdebatedwheretheycould getscarcer,”sheoftentold ana’sLakeGeorge.
catedwithoutcompensation.His findthebestopportunities.Aus- friendsandcolleagues. —PatrickMcGroarty
bestentrepreneurialchances,he traliaseemedtoofaraway.The
decided,wereelsewhere. U.S.hadracialclashes.Canada
AfteremigratingtoQuebecCity wasadealerinanimalskinsand lookedlikehisbestbet.
CESARE ROMITI
inCanadain1951,hefoundajob hides,abusinessthatallowedthe HesailedtoCanadainNovem-
atasmallfirmdealinginanimal familytoaffordrunningwaterat ber1951andwasseasickformost 1923 — 2020
hides. home,arareluxury. ofthevoyage.Withinaweek,he
“Ihadaburningdesiretodo Inthe1930s,aspersecutionof foundworkatafirmdealingin
biggerthings,”hewroteinanun- JewsincreasedinRomania,he hidesandskinsinQuebecCity. Fiat Chief Took On
publishedmemoir.Inthe joinedZionistgroups.“We In1955,heboughtnineapart-
mid-1950s,hemovedontodevel- dreamedandsangofresettlingin mentbuildingswith72unitsin
Unions and Won
opingrealestate,firstapartment Palestine,”hewrotelater. QuebecCity.Aftersellingthose
andofficebuildingsandlater A buildings,heboughtlandandbuilt
shoppingcentersandmallsinCan- fterRomaniajoinedtheAxis anapartmentbuildingandlater
ada. powers,Mr.Adamswasput convertedanoldapartmenthouse R
WhenhereturnedtovisitIs- intoalaborbattalionand intooffices. OME—InOctober1980,Ce- unionsbroughttoacloseade-
rael,itwasasabenefactor.Gifts periodicallyforcedintolabor,in- Inthelate1950s,heswitchedhis sareRomiti,longtimechief cadeoflengthystrikesandsome-
fromhisfamilysupportabrainre- cludingdiggingbombsheltersand focustoshoppingcenters.Hisfirst, executiveofcarmakerFiat, times-violentconflictbetweenla-
searchcenteratTelAvivUniver- clearingawayrubbleafteran inQuebecCity,openedin1960.He wonabattlethatmarkedaturn- borandcapitalinItaly.“Itwas
sityandgraduatestudentsinsci- earthquake. laterdevelopedshoppingcenters ingpointforItaly’seconomy. theendofaneraintermsofin-
enceatvariousIsraeliuniversities. InApril1944,heobtaineda andmallselsewhereinQuebecand Duringastrikebylaborunions dustrialrelations,”saidGiuseppe
Ninedaysafterhis100thbirth- placeonaleakyboatthatcarried OntarioandofficebuildingsinAl- thatcrippledproductionatFiat Berta,ahistorianatMilan’sBoc-
day,hediedAug.11athishomein himandotheremigrantsfromthe berta.In1990,heboughtGreen- foroveramonth,heorchestrated coniUniversity.
Montreal.Mr.Adamsissurvived RomanianportofConstantaacross wichStudioCity,wherethe“Flip- acounterprotestbysome40,000 Mr.Romiti,whodiedAug.18
byfourchildren,11grandchildren theBlackSeatoIstanbul.Uponar- per”and“MiamiVice”TVseries Fiatemployees.White-collarand attheageof97,becameanem-
andthreegreat-grandchildren.His rival,Mr.Adamswrote,“webroke werefilmed,inMiami. someblue-collarstaffmarched blemofcorporateItaly’squestto
wife,Annie,diedofmultiplescle- intoshoutsofjoy.” Mr.Adamsturnedoverthereins withmanagersthroughthe modernizeandescapefromthe
rosisin1997. Hetraveledbytrainandtruck tooneofhissons,SylvanAdams, streetsofTurin,Fiat’shomecity, socialconflictsandeconomiccri-
HewasbornasMeirAbramov- throughTurkey,SyriaandLebanon in1997butcontinuedshowingup demandingtherighttowork. sesthathadshakenthecountry,
icionAug.2,1920,inPiatra toreachPalestine,thenunderBrit- attheofficeintohis90s.Inhis Thenextday,laborunions likemanyothersintheWest,in
Neamt,intheCarpathianmoun- ishadministration.Forthefirst pocket,hecarriedpaperwith agreedtoendthestrike,which the1970s.
tains.Hechangedhisnameto timehetastedabanana.Hepre- handwrittenphonenumbersand hadbeentriggeredbyMr.Ro- Asthebrusqueright-handman
MarcelAdamsafteremigratingto paredtoliveonakibbutzbutsoon to-dolists.“Mylaptop,”hecalled miti’splantoshrinkthework- ofFiatChairmanGianniAgnelli,
Canada,partlybecausehisfirst tiredofcommunallivingandend- it. force.Morethan20,000workers Mr.RomitiforcedFiat’sunionsto
bosstherethoughtAbramovici lessdebates. werefurloughedandeventually becomemorepragmaticandac-
wastooconfusingforcustomers. Workingatahospital,hesaved (cid:2)Readin-depthprofilesat leftthecompany. cepttheneedforleanerfactories.
Hisfatherownedatanneryand moneyandinvesteditinasmall WSJ.com/news/types/obituaries TheFiatCEO’svictoryoverthe —GiovanniLegorano
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