The Washington Post - 14.11.2019

A2 EZ SU THE WASHINGTON POST.THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14 , 2019

HAPPENING TODAY

For the latest updates all day, visit washingtonpost.com.

All day | Vice President Pence visits NASA’s Ames Research Center in
Mountain View, Calif. For developments, visit washingtonpost.com/
politics.

8:30 a.m. | The Labor Department issues jobless claims for the week
ended Nov. 9, which are expected to come in at 215,000, up from
211,000 the previous week. Visit washingtonpost.com/business for
details.

10 a.m. | Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell testifies on the
economic outlook at a House Budget Committee hearing. For
developments, visit washingtonpost.com/business.

7 p.m. | President Trump travels to Bossier City, La., for a campaign
rally. Visit washingtonpost.com/politics for details.

CORRECTIONS

The headline on a Nov. 12 A-section article about the death in Istanbul of James Le Mesurier, a former British army officer who supported efforts to rescue civilians in Syria’s civil war, incorrectly said that he founded a Syrian rescue group. Le Mesurier did not found the White Helmets but rather Mayday Rescue, which trained the White Helmets.

A Nov. 9 A-section article about the whereabouts of four pieces of the Berlin Wall that have traveled outside Germany incorrectly said that Winston Churchill was Britain’s prime minister when he delivered his 1946 “iron curtain” speech in Fulton, Mo. He was the former prime minister.

A World Series Notes item in the Oct. 24 Sports section, about the Game 2 watch party at Nationals Park, misstated the location of Section 134 of the stadium. It is in right field, not left.

John Feinstein’s Sept. 26 Sports column, about the Appalachian State University football program, misstated the last name of Appalachian State’s football coach in some references. He is Eliah Drinkwitz, not Drinkwater.

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CALIFORNIA

SoCal Edison settles lawsuit over wildfires

Southern California Edison has agreed to pay $360 million to local governments to settle lawsuits over deadly wildfires sparked by its equipment in the past two years, including one blamed for a mudslide that killed more than 20 people, the utility and attorneys announced Wednesday. The sum will reimburse counties, cities and other public agencies for firefighting costs and repairing damage from two of the region’s worst blazes. The figure will not fully repay taxpayer costs, but it will help pay the bills to rebuild roads, other infrastructure and clean up debris, among other things, said attorney John Fiske, who represents local governments. The group of nearly two dozen public entities that includes small fire, water and park agencies had sued Southern California Edison for negligence and improper operation of power lines and equipment, failure to clear vegetation around electric lines and for not shutting down circuits when high winds created fire danger. SoCal Edison said it admitted no wrongdoing or liability. The Thomas Fire that broke out in dry brush in Ventura County was sparked when the utility’s power lines slapped together in high winds on Dec. 4, 2017, investigators said. Two people were killed and 440 square miles were burned. The burn zone included a mountainside above the seaside city of Montecito, where a deluge a month later in fire-scarred terrain triggered a mudslide that killed at least 21 people. Two others were never found. The settlement is dwarfed by the $1 billion settlement Pacific Gas & Electric reached with local governments in Northern

California for fires its equipment caused in recent years. — Associated Press

OHIO

Daniels fights Trump bid for settlement cash

Attorneys for porn actress Stormy Daniels are challenging a request by President Trump’s lawyers to stake claim to a settlement between Daniels and Ohio’s capital city. A federal judge said last year that Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, must pay Trump nearly $293,000 for his attorneys’ fees and an additional $1,000 in sanctions after her defamation suit against him was dismissed. Earlier this year, the city of Columbus reached a $450, settlement with Daniels over the her arrest at a strip club in 2018.

Trump’s lawyers noted in a filing to the court involved in the Columbus judgment last week that Daniels owes him $293,052. Daniels’s attorneys said in a Wednesday filing that she has an active appeal in her defamation suit and that Trump’s request should be deemed “null and void.” — Associated Press

Navy to name warship after Lugar: The Navy will name a warship in honor of the late former senator Richard G. Lugar (R-Ind.). Sen. Todd C. Young (R- Ind.) announced Wednesday that Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer and members of the Lugar family will attend a private naming ceremony for the USS Richard G. Lugar at the Indiana War Memorial in Indianapolis on Monday. Lugar, who died in April at age 87, volunteered for the Navy and served as an officer from 1957 to 1960.

Cows survive after being washed away by hurricane: Three castaway cows have been discovered on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, where they apparently washed up after swimming for miles to escape Hurricane Dorian’s storm surge. Cape Lookout National Seashore officials believe the cows swam up to five miles during the September storm before being found near Cape Lookout this month. The cows belong to a herd that roams freely on Cedar Island, across the sound. Dorian generated an eight-foot “mini tsunami,” washing them and dozens of other animals away, including 28 wild horses that died. A seashore spokesman told McClatchy news group that the cows are grazing peacefully after a harrowing feat of survival but need to go home. — Associated Press

DIGEST

MATT ROURKE/ASSOCIATED PRESS Philadelphia Fire Department cadets from Class 196 arrive for their graduation Wednesday. A $16.6 million grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency allowed the department to bring in the recruits, who will help staff seven companies that were forced to close during the Great Recession.

BY NICK ANDERSON

A former California real estate executive was sentenced to six months in prison for funding a scheme to get his children into the University of Southern California as fake soccer and basketball recruits, prosecutors announced Wednesday. Toby Macfarlane, 56, had pleaded guilty in June to fraud conspiracy after admitting he paid $450,000 so his son and daughter could gain admission to USC through what a corrupt consultant called a “side door.” He became the 13th parent sentenced in the college admissions bribery scandal that came to light

in March. At a hearing in Boston, U.S. District Judge Nathaniel M. Gor- ton sentenced Macfarlane to six months behind bars — the longest term any parent caught in the Varsity Blues investigation has yet received — and two years of su- pervised release, according to the U.S. attorney’s office. The judge also imposed a $150,000 fine and ordered Macfarlane to perform 200 hours of community service. In 2014, Macfarlane’s daughter was admitted to USC with an application that included fabri- cated claims about her soccer prowess. Court records show she had played on her high school team but not at a level to qualify for intercollegiate competition. In 2017, Macfarlane’s son se- cured admission to USC with help from a falsified basketball résu- mé. Prosecutors say consultant William “Rick” Singer oversaw the scam and used some of Mac- farlane’s money to bribe USC

coaches. Singer has pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy and other crimes. Macfarlane’s son and daughter have not been charged. Prosecutors emphasized in a sentencing memorandum that Macfarlane executed the scheme

twice. “Ultimately, he chose to commit a crime,” they wrote. “He did so knowingly and after con- sideration. And then he did it again.” They recommended a one- year prison term. Macfarlane, of Del Mar, Calif., is a graduate of USC. He expressed remorse and said he agreed to the scheme at a time of “personal crisis” as his marriage was foundering. “I knew it was wrong,” he wrote in a letter to the judge, “but at the time I was feeling complete- ly overwrought and all I could think of was not having to worry about my kids getting into college. Foolishly and selfishly, I took the easy way out.” Macfarlane wrote that he want- ed to apologize “first and fore- most” to his children and also “to USC, to other people’s families who were applying to USC, to the prosecutor, the Court and every- one else who has been hurt by my actions.” [email protected]

Father gets six months in college admissions case

Sentence is longest yet in scandal; California man cheated for two children

MICHAEL DWYER/ASSOCIATED PRESS Toby Macfarlane, shown in April, said he acted “selfishly” as his marriage was foundering.

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