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Antonio Brown Suspended 8 Games, Could Face More N.F.L. Penalties - The New York Times

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The N.F.L. on Friday suspended wide receiver Antonio Brown for eight regular-season games for his role in a January dispute with a moving company employee, for which he pleaded no contest to burglary and battery charges and received two years probation. Brown was also penalized for sending threatening texts to a woman who accused him of sexual misconduct. The suspension was first reported by The Washington Post and was confirmed in a statement by the league.

Brown still faces an investigation into accusations that he sexually assaulted his former trainer in 2017 and 2018. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in South Florida, where Brown has a home, remains open and the receiver could still face additional penalties pending its outcome. He has denied the accusations of sexual assault.

Under the terms of the N.F.L.’s suspension, Brown will also have to participate in a counseling and treatment program. Any additional violations of the N.F.L.’s personal conduct policy “will likely result in more significant discipline.”

Brown will not appeal his suspension, according to his agent, Ed Wasielewski.

A seven-time Pro Bowl selection while with the Pittsburgh Steelers, Brown, 32, is an unrestricted free agent and can sign with any team. If he is signed before the start of the regular season, he could take part in his club’s preseason activities, would start his suspension on Sept. 5. and could return after the team’s eighth game. If he is unsigned, he would be eligible to play after the eighth week of the season.

Brown was once considered one of the league’s most prolific and popular players — known for his penalty-inducing touchdown celebrations and a season on the reality TV competition “Dancing With the Stars” — but his career has been in a tailspin since he walked out on the Steelers in 2018.

Pittsburgh traded him to the Raiders for two draft picks in March 2019, but Oakland released him that September, after a tumultuous training camp. The New England Patriots picked him up, but after Brown lashed out against another woman who, in a Sports Illustrated story, accused him of a separate incident of sexual misconduct, the Patriots let him go. Brown competed in one game with the Patriots, scoring a touchdown.

The suspension, which was announced by the N.F.L.’s special counsel for conduct, Todd Jones, comes as the league remains under scrutiny for how it has handled cases involving domestic abuse, sexual assault and harassment.

Brown’s case is unusual partly because he has tried to defend himself on social media. Since being released in 2019, he has said at least twice that he plans to retire from football. He has also picked fights with his employers, most notably the Raiders, who released him after a series of incidents during the off-season and training camp last year, including a dispute over the type of helmet he could wear.

In December 2019 and January 2020, Brown used social media to document domestic disputes with the mother of his children, during which police were called to his house. Brown was arrested and charged with burglary, battery and criminal mischief in late January after a dispute with a moving company employee over pay. He pleaded no contest and received two years probation, with no travel restrictions.

Despite his troubles off the field, other prominent players have embraced him. Brown worked out with Washington quarterback Dwayne Haskins and Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson in separate practices, and with Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady, who played with Brown in 2019.

Brown also worked out with Lamar Jackson, the star quarterback of the Baltimore Ravens, who this week publicly lobbied for the team to sign the receiver. Brown’s cousin, Marquise Brown, was a standout rookie receiver for the team in the 2019 season.

Since 2014, when the N.F.L. was heavily criticized for the uneven way it had handled domestic violence accusations against its players, the league has sought to strengthen its investigation department, adding former prosecutors and specialists in sexual abuse. The league no longer relies exclusively on the findings of law enforcement to determine whether to suspend a player.

The league has suspended players after they have been on paid leave. For example, Kareem Hunt, who was caught on video striking a woman in February 2018, was suspended for eight games. Josh Brown, who admitted to the police that he had abused his wife, was initially suspended for one game in 2016. After additional evidence was revealed, he was suspended with pay in 2017 while the league investigated the accusations against him.

In other cases, the league suspended players after they were charged with domestic abuse, sexual assault and other violent crimes.

In Antonio Brown’s case, N.F.L. investigators have examined accusations made in a civil suit by his former trainer. In the suit, the trainer accused Brown of sexually assaulting her twice during training sessions in June 2017. She ended her working relationship with Brown, the lawsuit says, but several months later, when he contacted her to apologize, she relented. She was, according to the lawsuit, “swayed by his assurance that he would cease any sexual advances.”

Credit...Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun-Sentinel, via Associated Press

Then, the lawsuit says, on May 20, 2018, Brown forced her onto a bed, pushed her face into the mattress and “forcibly” raped her.

A statement from Brown’s lawyer characterized the lawsuit as motivated by money. The statement also mentioned at least one instance when the two had consensual sex, adding that “any sexual interaction with Mr. Brown was entirely consensual.”

Brown was not charged criminally, and both Brown and his accuser, through their lawyers, said they would cooperate with the league’s investigation, which began after the suit was filed on Sept. 11 last year. N.F.L. representatives spoke with the woman in a meeting five days later that reportedly lasted 10 hours. The league’s investigation remains open in part because the case is still in court.

The Patriots, who said in a statement that they strongly condemned domestic violence, owed Brown a $9 million signing bonus that was reportedly reduced to $5 million after a settlement.

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What's on the business calendar for Aug. 3-8? - Chattanooga Times Free Press

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* NEWtrepreneur Bookkeeping from noon to 1 p.m. Monday. This information-packed class covers 10 of the most common bookkeeping mistakes and solutions to overcome them for entrepreneurs. Topics include how to classify workers, receipt requirements, meal expenses, personal vehicle expenses and more. This class is hosted by Tennessee Small Business Development Center (TSDC) and HR Business Solutions. No cost but registration required.

* Ask a QuickBooks ProAdvisor from 2 to 3 p.m. Monday. This course is a great choice for startups and small businesses who need to improve their bookkeeping tools. This class is hosted by TSBDC and HR Business Solutions.. No cost, but registration required.

* North Chattanooga Council Meeting from 11:30 a.m. to noon on Tuesday. Hamilton County school board member Steve Highlander will speak. Check the Chamber events calendar for Zoom details. No cost.

* Experience Talks: Texting At Work from noon to 1 Wednesday. Kenneth Burke, director of marketing at Text Request, hosts an exploratory talk on the innovative work Text Request is doing to change the standards of communications with businesses. Registration required and in lieu of ticket sales, you are asked to purchase a gift card from a local small business.

* Pick the Brain of an Attorney from 11 a.m. to noon Wednesday. In this one-hour Q&A session, persons may ask business-related legal questions This class is hosted by TSBDC. No cost, but registration required.

* Tech Empowers the Power Company: How EPB Uses Tech in Emergency Response from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday. Hear about how a combination of technology, a skilled dispatch center and field crew kept Chattanooga's lights—and internet—working during recent storms. Presented by ChaTech, The Chattanooga Technology Council. Register for this Zoom presentation. No cost.

Council Networking from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. Thursday. Join us for great networking opportunities and to meet new business connections. Provided by the Downtown Council and the East Ridge Council. Check the events calendar for Zoom details. No cost.

Ooltewah/Collegedale Council Coffee from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Thursday Monthly networking event in Ooltewah to catch up with business connections. Check the events calendar for Zoom details. No cost.

* Small Business Orientation from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Thursday. This class will cover business entity options, how to get your business licenses, tax registration, planning and financing options. After attending this class, you will also have access to TSBDC counselors and other resources, including a Startup Checklist that will help ensure you are on the right track. No cost but registration required.

* CO.STARTERS Get Started Workshop from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. This workshop is designed to equip you with the insights, relationships and tools needed to turn your idea into a business. April Corbett of Upstate Mississippi will speak. No cost, but registration required.

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1 Marine Dead, 8 Missing After California Amphibious Vehicle Accident - The New York Times

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One Marine died, two service members were injured and eight others were missing after an accident involving an amphibious vehicle off the coast of Southern California on Thursday, the authorities said.

Search and rescue efforts were continuing early on Friday, the First Marine Expeditionary Force said in a statement on Twitter. The service members were assigned to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit at Camp Pendleton, in the San Diego area.

The Marine, whose name was not released, was pronounced dead at the Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, a news release from the Marine unit said. One of the injured Marines was in critical condition and the other was in stable condition, it said.

There had been 15 Marines and one sailor inside the vehicle, the force said. Officials did not provide details about what happened in the accident, except that it involved an amphibious assault vehicle.

The Navy and the Coast Guard were assisting in the search, the force said.

“We are deeply saddened by this tragic incident,” Col. Christopher Bronzi, a commanding officer, said in a statement. “I ask that you keep our Marines, sailors and their families in your prayers as we continue our search.”

Camp Pendleton hosts the largest Marine base on the West Coast, and Marines often practice beach assaults there using the amphibious troop transport vehicles.

Marines have used the vehicles to move troops from the sea and land since the 1970s. In 2017, 15 Marines were wounded when an amphibious vehicle they were training in caught fire at Camp Pendleton.

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One Marine dead, 8 missing after training 'mishap' off California coast - NBC News

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One U.S. Marine has died, another is in critical condition and a rescue operation is underway for eight more after a training exercise "mishap" with an amphibious assault vehicle off the coast of Southern California on Thursday.

The deceased Marine, whose name is being withheld for 24 hours so that the family can be informed, was pronounced dead at a hospital in San Diego on Thursday, according to a press release early Friday by the I Marine Expeditionary Force.

The Marine in critical condition and another injured Marine in stable condition were taken to hospitals for treatment.

Fifteen Marines and one sailor were inside the vehicle for the training exercise near San Clemente Island on Thursday, when they reported taking on water at about 5:45 p.m., the release said.

Search-and-rescue efforts were ongoing early Friday to find the eight service members who were missing. The Navy and Coast Guard were assisting in the search.

“We are deeply saddened by this tragic incident. I ask that you keep our Marines, Sailors, and their families in your prayers as we continue our search,” said Col. Christopher Bronzi, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit Commanding Officer, on Twitter.

The I Marine Expeditionary Force said it would investigate the incident.

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Billie Eilish’s Isolation Awakening, and 8 More New Songs - The New York Times

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Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on the week’s most notable new songs and videos. Just want the music? Listen to the Playlist on Spotify here (or find our profile: nytimes). Like what you hear? Let us know at theplaylist@nytimes.com and sign up for our Louder newsletter, a once-a-week blast of our pop music coverage.

“I’m in love but not with anybody else/Just want to get to know myself,” Billie Eilish sings on “My Future,” her first self-isolation-era single — everyone’s quarantine awakening should be so wise. Eilish’s ode to loving oneself is both textured and uncomplicated. For a full minute and a half, she leans into her crooner side, singing deep exhales with heavy flutter. The ambience echoes the astral, roomy R&B of the Internet and Steve Lacy, and even when the song kicks into something slightly more zippy, Eilish’s ease is the dominant mode — worrying about yourself first makes for no worry at all. JON CARAMANICA

British dance music producers working with a British singer, an American sing-rapper and a Nigerian Afrobeats star — in theory, collaborations like these are a streaming-era blessing. Music like this accelerates cross-genre, cross-border conversations, and helps export local sounds globally. In reality, though, what begin as regional particularities — unique sonic identifiers and sales pitches — end up smeared together so intensely here that the implicit argument ends up being that these styles were all the same to begin with. CARAMANICA

Rachel Chinouriri’s voice goes slinking through a jazzy minefield in “River Bend,” a 2019 song from the British producer Subculture about urban paranoia that was just rereleased with a video. The bass line repeats and then multiplies, leaping around the low register as other instruments and sounds materialize and vanish with equal suddenness: cowbell, slide guitar, wordless voices, trumpet. She’s surrounded by phantom threats, with nothing to count on. JON PARELES

“Burn Too Bright” is an up-tempo elegy for Richard Swift, a prolific Pacific Northwest songwriter, producer and backup musician who was 41 when he died of hepatitis in 2018 after a long alcohol addiction. “Who were you running from?/It was yourself all right,” Veirs sings amid crosscurrents of strings, electric guitars and a teakettle-whistle synthesizer, sympathetic but also curious about how well-loved musicianship was not enough. PARELES

Sufjan Stevens wrote, produced, arranged and sang wispy backup vocals for “Give a Little Love” by Mina Tindle, a.k.a. the Parisian singer and songwriter Pauline De Lassus, who has also sung backup for the National. It’s from the watercolor zone of Stevens’s catalog, made even more diaphanous by De Lassus’s guileless voice. In the first half of the song, she realizes “I’m all alone” in music with a subliminally unstable seven-beat meter. In the second, she quietly calls for what she needs — “Give a little bit of your heart” — as the music settles into 4/4 and she and Stevens overdub themselves into a supportive choir. PARELES

Randy Travis was always a master of stoic, moral songs, even the ones about misbehavior. So it is with “Fool’s Love Affair,” his first new song in years. Based on a demo Travis recorded in the early 1980s — way before his 2013 stroke, which has left him with aphasia — it’s a reassuringly sturdy jolt of traditionalism. His grip on regret is firm, so tight he makes it sound like decency. CARAMANICA

The guitarist Bill Frisell tends to build his improvisations around warm harmonic intervals and circular gestures — not exactly the jagged dissonances and sharp jabs of Thelonious Monk. But Monk’s influence is subtly written into a lot of Frisell’s music, and it comes to the surface on “Valentine,” a 12-bar blues the guitarist wrote with a Monkish, asymmetrical wobble. In Monk’s band, the other musicians usually held fast to a swinging foundation while he dashed off idiosyncrasies. But the members of Frisell’s trio, the drummer Rudy Royston and the bassist Thomas Morgan, take a loosened approach, scattering and scrambling around the melody. “Valentine” is the title track from this trio’s first album together, due out on Blue Note on Aug. 14. GIOVANNI RUSSONELLO

A.G. Cook, the metapop-loving, ultra-shiny electronics auteur who founded PC Music, plans to release a seven-disc, 49-track collection in August with each disc devoted to an instrument or concept — i.e., drums, piano, “extreme vocals” — called “7G.” This is a seven-minute preview with snippets of a track from each disc — mostly brittle and artificial, occasionally abrasive or perky. For some people, it’ll be a promising teaser; for others, it might be all they need. PARELES

The trumpeter Charles Tolliver’s compositions tend to balance syncopated elements as if they were structural beams. The drums, the piano and bass, the horns: Each scribbles out its own pattern, contrasting with the others and occasionally uniting. “Connect,” Tolliver’s first album in over a decade, stands out in large part based on the quality of his compositions. The caliber of his company helps too: Across the LP’s four long tracks, Tolliver is joined by the immortal Buster Williams on bass and Lenny White on drums, among others. Soloing on “Emperor March,” Tolliver, 78, steers neatly through the song’s multipart form, starting out sounding pebbly and piecemeal, ending up spinning triumphant blues variations. RUSSONELLO

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9 Candidates, 8 Questions: Explore VTDigger’s video voter guide - vtdigger.org

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This year’s statewide primary elections feature a challenge to popular incumbent Gov. Phil Scott, a competitive race for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, and a lieutenant governor’s race that may be the most contentious of the season.

To help voters stay informed, VTDigger asked the major candidates for statewide office eight questions — about Covid-19, broadband access, affordability and more. Each candidate was asked the same questions, all of which came from a survey of VTDigger readers about their most pressing concerns. (Scott completed a VTDigger candidate survey but was unable to arrange a video interview.)

Candidates were asked to keep responses to roughly one minute. Some responses have been edited for length and clarity.

To use this guide, select a candidate using the shortcuts below. Then use the hyperlinks below each video player to jump to the question you want to hear that candidate answer.

Candidates for governor:
David Zuckerman | John Klar | Rebecca Holcombe

Candidates for lieutenant governor:
Brenda Siegel | Debbie Ingram | Tim Ashe | Molly Gray | Meg Hansen | Scott Milne

[Related—Dividing lines: Where candidates for the top two offices stand on the issues]


David Zuckerman

1. What steps should the state take to prevent further Covid-19 outbreaks?
2. What would you propose to improve the state’s economic recovery during the pandemic?
3. How would you ensure Vermonters have access to food during the pandemic?
4. Is climate change a major concern for Vermont? If so, what should policymakers do to respond?
5. Do you believe systemic racism is a problem the state needs to address? If so, how?
6. Do you believe Vermont’s criminal justice system should be reformed? If so, how?
7. How would you propose to expand broadband access in rural Vermont?
8. How would you make Vermont a more attractive and affordable place to live?


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John Klar

1. What steps should the state take to prevent further Covid-19 outbreaks?
2. What would you propose to improve the state’s economic recovery during the pandemic?
3. How would you ensure Vermonters have access to food during the pandemic?
4. Is climate change a major concern for Vermont? If so, what should policymakers do to respond?
5. Do you believe systemic racism is a problem the state needs to address? If so, how?
6. Do you believe Vermont’s criminal justice system should be reformed? If so, how?
7. How would you propose to expand broadband access in rural Vermont?
8. How would you make Vermont a more attractive and affordable place to live?


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Rebecca Holcombe

1. What steps should the state take to prevent further Covid-19 outbreaks?
2. What would you propose to improve the state’s economic recovery during the pandemic?
3. How would you ensure Vermonters have access to food during the pandemic?
4. Is climate change a major concern for Vermont? If so, what should policymakers do to respond?
5. Do you believe systemic racism is a problem the state needs to address? If so, how?
6. Do you believe Vermont’s criminal justice system should be reformed? If so, how?
7. How would you propose to expand broadband access in rural Vermont?
8. How would you make Vermont a more attractive and affordable place to live?


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Brenda Siegel

1. What steps should the state take to prevent further Covid-19 outbreaks?
2. What would you propose to improve the state’s economic recovery during the pandemic?
3. How would you ensure Vermonters have access to food during the pandemic?
4. Is climate change a major concern for Vermont? If so, what should policymakers do to respond?
5. Do you believe systemic racism is a problem the state needs to address? If so, how?
6. Do you believe Vermont’s criminal justice system should be reformed? If so, how?
7. How would you propose to expand broadband access in rural Vermont?
8. How would you make Vermont a more attractive and affordable place to live?


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Debbie Ingram

1. What steps should the state take to prevent further Covid-19 outbreaks?
2. What would you propose to improve the state’s economic recovery during the pandemic?
3. How would you ensure Vermonters have access to food during the pandemic?
4. Is climate change a major concern for Vermont? If so, what should policymakers do to respond?
5. Do you believe systemic racism is a problem the state needs to address? If so, how?
6. Do you believe Vermont’s criminal justice system should be reformed? If so, how?
7. How would you propose to expand broadband access in rural Vermont?
8. How would you make Vermont a more attractive and affordable place to live?


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Tim Ashe

1. What steps should the state take to prevent further Covid-19 outbreaks?
2. What would you propose to improve the state’s economic recovery during the pandemic?
3. How would you ensure Vermonters have access to food during the pandemic?
4. Is climate change a major concern for Vermont? If so, what should policymakers do to respond?
5. Do you believe systemic racism is a problem the state needs to address? If so, how?
6. Do you believe Vermont’s criminal justice system should be reformed? If so, how?
7. How would you propose to expand broadband access in rural Vermont?
8. How would you make Vermont a more attractive and affordable place to live?


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Molly Gray

1. What steps should the state take to prevent further Covid-19 outbreaks?
2. What would you propose to improve the state’s economic recovery during the pandemic?
3. How would you ensure Vermonters have access to food during the pandemic?
4. Is climate change a major concern for Vermont? If so, what should policymakers do to respond?
5. Do you believe systemic racism is a problem the state needs to address? If so, how?
6. Do you believe Vermont’s criminal justice system should be reformed? If so, how?
7. How would you propose to expand broadband access in rural Vermont?
8. How would you make Vermont a more attractive and affordable place to live?


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Meg Hansen

1. What steps should the state take to prevent further Covid-19 outbreaks?
2. What would you propose to improve the state’s economic recovery during the pandemic?
3. How would you ensure Vermonters have access to food during the pandemic?
4. Is climate change a major concern for Vermont? If so, what should policymakers do to respond?
5. Do you believe systemic racism is a problem the state needs to address? If so, how?
6. Do you believe Vermont’s criminal justice system should be reformed? If so, how?
7. How would you propose to expand broadband access in rural Vermont?
8. How would you make Vermont a more attractive and affordable place to live?


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Scott Milne

1. What steps should the state take to prevent further Covid-19 outbreaks?
2. What would you propose to improve the state’s economic recovery during the pandemic?
3. How would you ensure Vermonters have access to food during the pandemic?
4. Is climate change a major concern for Vermont? If so, what should policymakers do to respond?
5. Do you believe systemic racism is a problem the state needs to address? If so, how?
6. Do you believe Vermont’s criminal justice system should be reformed? If so, how?
7. How would you propose to expand broadband access in rural Vermont?
8. How would you make Vermont a more attractive and affordable place to live?


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Asian Americans face dual challenges: surging unemployment and racism - NBC News

Alvin Shao's family had run China King Buffet in Woodbridge, Virginia, for almost two decades before it was forced to shut its doors last month. Shao said loyal customers who had eaten there every week and were friendly with his family abruptly stopped coming.

He said he believes that anti-Asian, pandemic-related racism and "fear-mongering" prompted many to abandon his family's establishment.

"It seemed like nobody wanted anything to do with us. Some of them were really close with my dad, always asked about my dad, knew my dad by his name, shook his hand every single time," Shao said in an interview. "Those people were the last people I would ever think would stop coming and just believe whatever was going on in the news, and stop coming because they have a fear or whatever it may be."

Alvin Shao's family's northern Virginia restaurant closed down amid the pandemic.Courtesy Alvin Shao

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The restaurant closed at a time when two new reports show that both anti-Asian bias and unemployment among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, or AAPI people, are surging.

A new study from UCLA reports that since the start of the pandemic, 83 percent of the Asian American labor force with high school degrees or lower has filed unemployment insurance claims in California — the state with the highest population of Asian Americans — compared to 37 percent of the rest of the state's labor force with the same level of education.

At the same time, new research shows that discrimination against Asian Americans is surging. More than 2,300 Asian Americans had reported bias incidents as of July 15, according to the Asian Pacific Policy and Planning Council, or A3PCON, which hosts the self-reporting tool Stop AAPI Hate.

For some, like Shao's family, the two issues might be related.

An intersection of race and economics

The UCLA report, published last week, examined the impacts of the coronavirus on the Asian American labor force in California. It revealed that disadvantaged Asians working in service industries have been "severely impacted."

Researcher Paul Ong, who worked on the report, said that beyond pervasive service industry struggles, he believes people are abandoning Asian establishments because of biases.

"This is why racializing COVID-19 as 'the China virus' has profound societal repercussions. We have seen this in the increase in verbal and physical attacks on Asians and in material ways in terms of joblessness and business failures," he said in an interview.

Donald Mar, another researcher on the UCLA report, said many Asian Americans work in sectors that have been heavily affected by the pandemic. Almost 1 in 4 employed Asian Americans work in hospitality and leisure, retail and other services, including repair shops, hair-cutting and laundries, according to the report. Ong said the disadvantaged groups that are affected are mostly immigrants, many of whom worked in establishments that began to struggle before shelter-in-place orders were enacted, so they have experienced a longer period of losses.

"These are predominantly immigrants, who even before the crisis faced economic hardship because of low wages and long hours," he said. "They are the reason why Asian restaurants are cheap, Vietnamese nail salons low-price and Cambodian doughnut shops have to rely on family help."

Discrimination continuing to surge

Lisa Lee was at a grocery store in Philadelphia near the end of March when, she said, an older white man saw her and started shouting, "Go back to China!" When she told him that she wasn't from China, the man responded, "Then go back to the Philippines or wherever you came from."

Lee, a Philadelphia-based artist, said she now leaves the house only if she has a white male friend to accompany her. "After the pandemic, I felt like can I really survive here? Can I really work here?" said Lee, who is originally from South Korea.

While hate against Asian Americans first spiked at the outset of the pandemic, it's continuing to rise. That includes more than 500 new reports of microaggressions, bullying, harassment, hate speech and violence from mid-June to mid-July.

Russell Jeung, a professor of Asian American studies at San Francisco State University who has been tracking the data for Stop Hate, said the group hit its peak in reported incidents the week President Donald Trump first used the term "Chinese virus."

"When Trump began to insist on the term 'Chinese virus,' we saw a spike in the number of anti-Asian hate incidents," he said. "When he uses those terms, people began to see the virus as Chinese and Chinese as having the virus. So his words have shaped the racial consciousness of Americans. Even non-Trump supporters are buying into that."

He said Stop Hate can't state that there was a direct causation based on its data, but "this keeps on going up."

"It's not surprising, because the president is still using terms that dehumanize Asians in America," he said.

Trump began using the term "Chinese virus" in March, and he has also repeatedly referred to COVID-19 as "kung flu," including at a rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on June 20. In last week's White House coronavirus briefing, he said the "China plague [was] coming in, floating in, coming into our country."

In addition to A3PCON's data, other surveys have also captured the surge in anti-Asian racism. Nearly one-third of Asian Americans report having been the target of slurs or jokes because of their race or ethnicity since the pandemic began, according to the Pew Research Center, while one-third of all people — including 60 percent of Asians — have witnessed someone blaming Asians for the pandemic, according to a Center for Public Integrity/Ipsos poll. Meanwhile, more than half of Republicans and more than a quarter of Democrats have said they're not at all or not very concerned about the discrimination.

While experts point to Trump's rhetoric as one of the main drivers of bias against Asian Americans, they also point to other factors. The soaring COVID-19 death toll — which topped 145,000 this week — and the emergence of U.S.-China relations as a central presidential campaign issue are also factors, and the reopening of states has provided more opportunity for hate incidents. Experts and community leaders fear a spike in anti-Asian bullying as schools reopen.

Manjusha Kulkarni, executive director of A3PCON, said she expects hate incidents to climb, comparing it to the racism Muslims, Arabs and South Asians faced after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

"If 9/11 provides any lesson, this is going to continue for a very long time," she said.

Bipartisan calls for federal officials to issue guidelines unmet

But as the number anti-Asian bias incidents rises, so, too, do calls for action.

Last week, a bipartisan group of about 150 members of Congress, led by Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Calif., called on the Justice Department to condemn the racism and provide regular updates on what it is doing to combat hate incidents. Previously, more than a dozen Senate Democrats, led by Mazie Hirono of Hawaii and Cory Booker of New Jersey, sent letters demanding that the Justice Department and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention come up with a plan to address acts of racism against Asian Americans.

And while Eric Dreiband, the assistant attorney general for civil rights, committed to "prosecute hate crimes and violations of anti-discrimination laws against Asian Americans, Asians, and others to the fullest extent of the law" in an opinion piece for The Washington Examiner in April, advocates say that doesn't go far enough, and they have questioned why the Justice Department and the CDC haven't set guidelines on racism and xenophobia they way they did after 9/11 and the 2003 outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome.

Stewart Kwoh, founder of Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Los Angeles, said he wants federal, state and local agencies to do more to track racist incidents directed at Asian Americans — including developing new techniques to track online incidents — because having more data would help combat hate.

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"It's very important, because we need to figure out where the hate is happening," he said. "Is it concentrated in a certain spot? Is it spread all around? What kinds of incidents are there? Are there actual threats to the verbal altercations? We have to figure it out, because we don't want this to escalate. If there's a hot spot in some area, we need to figure out if the authorities need to look at it more closely or be vigilant about possible hate crimes."

But Kwoh said it's going to take a broader approach to quell the hate. He and Advancing Justice are working on several strategies, he said, including bystander training, coalitions with a variety of non-Asian American groups that are standing up to racism, use of public service announcements to elevate the stories of AAPIs fighting the coronavirus and development of a curriculum about Asian Americans that can be used in schools nationwide.

"All of them need to be employed, because who knows what can happen next?" he said.

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Ong said the findings pull back the curtain on the model minority myth, exposing how Asian Americans are not only disproportionately hurt in crisis but are also weathering the added layer of pandemic-related racism.

"Xenophobic and racist behavior is not just limited to harassments and physical attacks but also spills into the economic sphere," Ong said. "Unfounded fears and prejudices have hurt Asian American businesses and workers. What is surprising is the substantial magnitude of this phenomenon."

Mar said research from previous pandemics has pointed to a greater degree of struggle during and after the health crisis among minorities, households with lower incomes and other disadvantaged groups. But the report also reflects existing disparities and diversity among Asian Americans. Janelle Wong, a professor of American studies at the University of Maryland who has researched the working lives of AAPI people in California, echoed Mar's thoughts. She said the overall financial stability of the Asian American population has obscured specific economic struggles among subgroups, even before COVID-19.

Research released in November, before the pandemic, found that roughly a quarter of AAPI people in California were working and struggling with poverty. The groups with the highest proportions of poverty were the Hmong community, at 44 percent, and the Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander community, at 36 percent.

"The UCLA report makes clear that the stark inequalities that existed before the pandemic have only deepened and widened," she said. "Policies must recognize the ways in which racial discrimination and economic vulnerabilities are intertwined and address both."

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At least two others were injured in the accident, which occurred Thursday, according to a tweet from the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force.
Search and rescue efforts are still underway Friday morning with support from the Navy and Coast Guard.
All of the service members in the incident are assigned to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, based out of Camp Pendleton.
"We are deeply saddened by this tragic incident," said Col. Christopher Bronzi, the commanding officer of the 15th MEU. "I ask that you keep our Marines, Sailors, and their families in your prayers as we continue our search."
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Asian shares fall as data, earnings show pandemic fallout - The Associated Press

TOKYO (AP) — Shares were mostly lower in Asia on Friday as data and corporate earnings capture dismal portrayals of the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on world economies.

Market players are monitoring financial reports to see how businesses have managed the fallout from the continued outbreaks of COVID-19. Some technology companies have bucked the trend and are showing positive results. But many companies are hurting.

Investors also are looking ahead to central bank meetings in Britain, Australia, India, Russia and Thailand next week. On Wall Street, the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average fell, but the Nasdaq composite gained.

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Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 dropped 2.8% to 21,710.00, while South Korea’s Kospi slipped 0.6% to 2,253.95. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 sank 2.0% to 5,927.80. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng dipped less than 0.1% to 24,698.39, while the Shanghai Composite recouped earlier losses to gain nearly 0.6%, at 3,306.23.

August tends to be a lousy month for stocks, noted Stephen Innes of AxiTrader Corp.

“Stock markets are looking extraordinarily corrective to the extent that we could be entering a pullback phase as we head into August, most commonly referred to as the summer swoon,” Innes said in a commentary.

In one positive signal, China reported its manufacturing activity edged up in July and export orders strengthened despite weak U.S. and European demand. The monthly survey released Friday was another sign the world’s second-largest economy is gradually recovering from the coronavirus pandemic.

France reported that its economy contracted 13.8% in the April-June quarter, a bit better than expected.

Central bank meetings for various countries are on the agenda for the coming week.

“Second quarter GDP for Indonesia and the Philippines will also draw scrutiny, highlighting the impact of the pandemic,” said Bernard Aw, principal economist for IHS Markit in Singapore.

The Japanese government said late Thursday the nation’s economy was likely to sink 4.5% for the fiscal year ending in March 2021. It forecasts a return to growth in the following fiscal year.

Also worrying for the world’s third largest economy is how coronavirus cases have been steadily climbing, especially in Tokyo, where daily reported cases have been setting records.

Among the Japanese companies reporting earnings next week are Sony Corp., Honda Motor Co., Toyota Motor Corp. and Nintendo Co.

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Some companies are holding up better than others.

Japanese media reports said Toyota was on course to become the No. 1 automaker in the world again, overtaking Volkswagen, now the top manufacturer in global vehicle sales. Toyota’s sales were already recovering in markets like China, which is recovering from its early outbreaks of COVID-19, according to the company.

Overnight, the U.S. reported the economy contracted at a record-shattering 32.9% annual rate in April-June as pandemic shutdowns expanded.

News of the deep, steep collapse came as a resurgence of outbreaks has pushed businesses in many areas to close for a second time. The government’s estimate of the second-quarter fall in the gross domestic product has no comparison since records began in 1947. The previous worst quarterly contraction — at 10%, less than a third of what was reported Thursday — occurred in 1958 during the Eisenhower administration.

The bad news was no big surprise, and on Wall Street, the S&P 500 dropped 0.4% to 3,246.22. Nearly three out of four stocks in the index declined.

Stronger-than-expected profits reported by UPS and other companies helped the market trim its losses. So did steadying prices for Amazon and other big tech-oriented stocks, which reported their own results after the day’s trading ended.

Overall, big companies in the S&P 500 are on track to report a nearly 38% drop for the second quarter from a year earlier, according to FactSet.

Benchmark U.S. crude gained 36 cents to $40.28 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude, the international standard, rose 16 cents to $43.10 a barrel.

The dollar slipped to 104.36 Japanese yen from 104.73 yen. The euro cost $1.1896, up from $1.1846.

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ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Jose Marmolejos and Shed Long Jr. homered, Marco Gonzales pitched into the seventh inning and the Seattle Mariners beat the Los Angeles Angels 8-5 on Thursday night.

Marmolejos' first big league homer was a three-run shot in the first inning. J.P. Crawford led off the game with a single, Kyle Seager drew a two-out walk and Marmolejos, a rookie first baseman, sent a fastball from Dylan Bundy (1-1) into the elevated stands in right field.


"I wanted to be aggressive with the runner in scoring position," said Marmolejos, who came into the game with only two hits in his first 18 at-bats. "I was looking a little more middle and away, but I wanted to get a swing there."

Long Jr. had two hits. The Mariners led 3-2 when he opened a five-run ninth by hitting Hansel Robles' fastball over the wall in right. Crawford and Kyle Lewis each had two-run singles in the frame.

Shohei Ohtani hit a three-run homer off Dan Altavilla in the Angels' ninth. Ohtani's 42nd home run in the majors tied him with Kosuke Fukudome for fifth-most by a Japanese-born player.

Gonzales (1-1) provided a lift for a Mariners' pitching staff that had allowed seven runs or more in their first six games. The left-hander allowed only two unearned runs in 6 1/3 innings on six hits with six strikeouts and a walk.

His only mistake came in the fifth inning, when he hung a curveball that Matt Stassi hit off the right-field foul pole for a two-run homer.

"I was confident he would go deep into the game," Seattle manager Scott Servais said. "He was laser focused on attacking the strike zone and got ahead in a lot of the counts."

Gonzales also continued his mastery of the the Angels in their home ballpark. He is 4-0 with a 2.63 ERA in seven starts at Angel Stadium.

The Mariners dropped four of their first five to start the season but have won two straight.

Brian Goodwin added two hits for Los Angeles, which has lost four of its last five after splitting its first two games. The Angels have allowed 18 runs the past two games, with 13 being surrendered by the bullpen.


"We played relatively well enough to be in good position record wise. You really can't anywhere without a substantial bullpen," manager Joe Maddon said.

TROUT OUT OF LINEUP

Angels star outfielder Mike Trout was placed on the paternity list before the game. The reigning AL Most Valuable Player and his wife, Jessica, are expecting their first child.

Maddon said after the game he didn't know if the baby was born yet. "The manager is always the last to know," he said.

BUNDY'S NIGHT

Bundy settled down after Marmolejos' homer and allowed only two hits the rest of his night. He retired nine straight at one point.

"It wasn't actually a bad one. You hit your spot and the guy guessed right," said Bundy of the home run he allowed. "He was able to get to the heater and put three runs on the board pretty quickly and it was a battle from there."

The right-hander -- who was acquired from Baltimore during the offseason -- went six innings and allowed three runs on four hits with eight strikeouts. He is the first Angels' pitcher since Jered Weaver in 2012 to go at least six innings and have seven or more strikeouts in his first two season starts.

STILL STREAKING


Lewis extended his hitting streak to seven games to begin the season and has five straight multihit contests. He is batting .448 this year, including 11 for 22 with five RBI in the last five games.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Mariners: C Austin Nola (knee soreness) went through some pregame workouts and could return to the lineup on Friday.

Angels: SS Andrelton Simmons said he feels as if his sprained left ankle isn't as bad as last year's injury, which kept him out for five weeks. Simmons is on the injured list after he rolled the ankle off the back of the first-base bag during Monday's game at Oakland when he was trying to beat out a groundball.

UP NEXT

Mariners: Begin a 10-game homestand with Friday's night home opener against Oakland. Taijuan Walker (0-1, 13,50) makes his second start of the year.

Angels: Open a three-game series against Houston on Friday. Right-hander Matt Andriese (0-0), who tossed 5 2/3 innings of shutout ball in relief at Oakland last Sunday, gets the start.

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US Leaders Should Combat Anti-Asian Racism, Xenophobia - Human Rights Watch

People of Asian descent in the United States have faced two pandemics in 2020: Covid-19 and its resulting racism and xenophobia.

The reporting center, STOP AAPI HATE, received more than 2,373 self-reported incidents of racism, hate speech, discrimination, and physical attacks against Asians and Asian Americans from March to July 2020. In California, women reported almost twice as many cases as men, and 11.2 percent of the incidents were against older people. Incidents have included a family being yelled at with obscenities while trying to enjoy dinner, an 89-year-old woman being slapped and set on fire on a public street, and an attempted murder of two children, ages 2 and 6, and their father while grocery shopping. Even as over two million Asian American and Pacific Islander healthcare workers risk their lives on the medical front lines, they are being told, “Go back to China!” or “You’re a disgusting, filthy bat-eater!” Asians and Asian Americans not only face verbal or physical attacks, but are also riddled with anxiety from “stereotype threat,” fearing that even clearing their throats or coughing may confirm negative stereotypes linking them to Covid-19.

By deliberately referring to Covid-19 as the “Chinese virus” or “kung flu,” President Donald Trump is endangering people of Asian descent by fueling anti-Asian racism and xenophobia. This flies in the face of best practice guidelines issued by the World Health Organization to discourage unintended stigmatization when naming infectious diseases. Trump should stop using language that could be encouraging harassment, discrimination, and violence.

The federal government needs to take action. Unlike following the 9/11 attacks on the US and the SARS outbreak, neither the US Department of Justice nor the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has acted, respectively, to prevent anti-Asian racism and xenophobia. A July 20 letter from a bipartisan group of 150 members of Congress, led by Representative Ted Lieu, has called on the Justice Department to condemn and combat anti-Asian discrimination.

Amid the current reckoning of racial injustice sweeping the US, it is imperative for the federal government to combat all forms of racism and xenophobia. It is not too late to act.

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