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Demonstrators return Pro-democracy rallies

in Hong Kong were violently dispersed by

police using tear gas and a water cannon. A

Another game, another loss The Redskins’

record fell to 1-6 as the San Francisco 49ers

won 9-0 on a rain-soaked FedEx Field. D

STYLE

Great expectation

On the 500th

anniversary of Leonardo

da Vinci’s death, the

Louvre manages to

capture the excitement

of his mind. C

The illuminators

Robert Pattinson and

Willem Dafoe discuss

their comedic thriller on

lighthouse keepers. C

In the News

THE NATION

A bulletproof marker

in memory of Emmett

Till was rededicated at

the site of the Mississip-

pi lynching that helped

spark the civil rights

movement. A

An accident during a

training exercise at a

U.S. Army base in Geor-

gia led to the deaths of

three soldiers. A

THE WORLD

After Parliament

voted to withhold sup-

port for a Brexit deal,

Prime Minister Boris

Johnson was forced to

seek an extension. A

India and Pakistan ex-

changed fire across the

line dividing the disput-

ed Himalayan region of

Kashmir, killing nine

civilians and soldiers,

authorities say. A

THE REGION

The District’s opioid

program has connected

only a small number of

patients with treatment,

according to records

and interviews with

District officials and

outreach workers. B

More Maryland resi-

dents favor than oppose

statehood for the Dis-

trict, says a Washington

Post-University of

Maryland poll. B

THE WEEK AHEAD

MONDAY

Vice President Pence

discusses the U.S.-Mex-

ico-Canada trade agree-

ment at a Pennsylvania

glass manufacturer.

TUESDAY

Japanese Emperor

Naruhito is enthroned

in Tokyo.

Turkish President Re-

cep Tayyip Erdogan vis-

its Russia’s Black Sea

resort city Sochi.

WEDNESDAY

Facebook CEO Mark

Zuckerberg testifies be-

fore the House Finan-

cial Services Committee.

Russian President

Vladimir Putin co-

chairs a Russia-Africa

summit with Egyptian

President Abdel Fatah

al-Sissi in Sochi.

THURSDAY

Durable-goods orders

for September are seen

falling 0.7 percent.

Jobless claims for the

week ended Oct. 19 are

estimated at 214,000.

AFL-CIO President

Richard Trumka speaks

at UDC’s law school on

trade and labor rights.

FRIDAY

The Washington Na-

tionals host the Hous-

ton Astros in Game 3 of

the World Series.

The funeral for the late

congressman Elijah E.

Cummings (D-Md.) is

held in Baltimore.

Inside

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OBITUARIES ................................ B

TELEVISION ................................. C

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CONTENT © 2019

The Washington Post / Year 142, No. 320

BY ROBERT SAMUELS

IN SYRACUSE, N.Y.

When Ryedell Davis heard the 1.5-mile stretch of
elevated highway slicing through this city might be
torn down, he had a vision about what could emerge
from its dust.
He could open a restaurant, near the one his
grandparents had before it was bulldozed to make
space for Interstate 81. Surrounding it could be
other black-owned businesses, largely absent from
the city’s south side because banks historically
refused to give loans there. Maybe, he thought, the
state would give them all tax credits or offer
financial assistance to address the past injustice.
“We could have a little Africa,” said Davis, a
34-year-old liquor store owner who lives a few feet
from the highway. “A black liquor store, a black
grocery store, a black shopping center — places that
SEE SYRACUSE ON A

A crumbling highway sparks a new challenge

In Syracuse, African Americans want officials to atone for the damage inflicted on their community

JAHI CHIKWENDIU/THE WASHINGTON POST

BY DEBBIE CENZIPER, EMILY CORIO, KELLY HOOPER AND DOUGLAS SOULE

PHOTOS BY SALWAN GEORGES IN CHARLESTON, W.VA.

T

he ward of the state was barely 16 inches

long. He slept in a bassinet with a monitor

that tracked his heart rate and a heat

lamp that warmed his limbs. The isola-

tion room was hushed. The doc-

tors wanted it that way because the three-

pound patient in the bright blue T-shirt

fussed at even the dullest sounds.

“I’m a boy,” read a note posted in June at the

baby’s side in the neonatal intensive care unit in

Charleston. He was comforted by a nurse who

learned long ago to recognize the high-pitched cries

of newborns suffering from opioid withdrawal.

The 2-week-old was among thousands of children

separated from their parents and forced into state

care by an opioid epidemic that fractured families in

every corner of West Virginia, claiming 5,200 lives

over two decades.

Time and again, state officials vowed to

seek justice for the devastation and despair.

In 2001, at the dawn of the crisis, West

Virginia became the first state to take OxyContin

manufacturer Purdue Pharma to court. Officials

would go on to file three more high-profile lawsuits

against opioid distributors, demanding the compa-

SEE OPIOIDS ON A

THE OPIOID

FILES

‘An easy target’

After being ravaged by the opioid epidemic, West Virginia learns

that fighting drug companies doesn’t always balance the scales.

A 2-week-old boy addicted to opioids is monitored at a hospital in Charleston, W.Va.

Lawsuits have recovered “a drop in the bucket” of the money needed to cope with the damage.

BY ERIN CUNNINGHAM

AND STEVE HENDRIX

istanbul — Kurdish fighters in
northeastern Syria withdrew
from a flash-point city as part of a
cease-fire agreement with Turkey,
a spokesman said Sunday, a move
that could ease tensions amid
U.S.-led efforts to quell a spiraling
conflict.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi,
meanwhile, led a surprise con-
gressional visit to neighboring
Jordan over the weekend, high-
lighting her sharp disagreement
with President Trump’s decision
to remove U.S. troops from north-
ern Syria and Turkey’s subsequent
attacks on Kurdish enclaves.
U.S. Defense Secretary Mark T.
Esper, in Kabul on Sunday, said
the cease-fire in northeastern Syr-
ia “generally seems to be holding,”
despite reports of “intermittent
fire.” He said the U.S. withdrawal
was proceeding as planned.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip
Erdogan had threatened to re-
sume a military offensive in north-
eastern Syria if Kurdish fighters
didn’t retreat from designated
border areas by Tuesday evening,
the deadline in the cease-fire pact.
A spokesman for the Kurdish-
led Syrian Democratic Forces said
they were keeping their end of the
deal.
“As part of the agreement to
pause military operations with
Turkey... today, we have evacu-
ated the city of Ras al-Ayn,”
spokesman Kino Gabriel said. “We
don’t have any more fighters in the
city.”
Turkey’s offensive this month to
rout Kurdish militants from the
Syrian frontier has drawn interna-
tional condemnation and set off a
scramble for territory.
Vice President Pence traveled
to Turkey last week to negotiate a
SEE SYRIA ON A

BY TOLUSE OLORUNNIPA,

JOSH DAWSEY

AND DAVID A. FAHRENTHOLD

President Trump was forced to

abandon his decision to host next

year’s Group of Seven summit at

his private golf club after it be-

came clear the move had alienat-

ed Republicans and swiftly be-

come part of the impeachment

inquiry that threatens his presi-

dency.

In a round of phone calls with

conservative allies this weekend,

Trump was told Republicans are

struggling to defend him on so

many fronts, according to an ad-

ministration official who spoke

on the condition of anonymity to

discuss internal matters.

Democrats, meanwhile, con-

tinued to blast Trump for award-

ing the massive government con-

tract to his own company and said

they might add the alleged “emol-

uments” violation to the articles

of impeachment they are prepar-

ing.

The White House has been

struggling to explain Trump’s G-

decision since it was announced

Thursday. The president’s oppo-

nents quickly seized on it as an-

other example of Trump abusing

his office for personal gain. Even

many Republicans seemed reluc-

tant to offer political cover.

Acting White House chief of

staff Mick Mulvaney tried to de-

fend the decision during a news

conference but caused a new con-

troversy when he was asked about

SEE TRUMP ON A

BY GREGORY S. SCHNEIDER

suffolk, va. — The path for

Democrats to take control of the

Virginia legislature runs through

the Food Lion parking lot here

and directly into Bennett’s Creek

Pharmacy.

Republican Chris Jones has

owned the shop since he was a

boy-wonder vice mayor who

wore sneakers at Suffolk City

Council meetings, rising to may-

or and then state delegate. Today,

at 61, he’s one of the most power-

ful lawmakers in Virginia.

But his political fortunes

changed overnight when federal

judges approved a new Virginia

electoral map earlier this year,

saying the old one was racially

gerrymandered. His district went

from a 12 percent edge for Repub-

licans to a 15 percent edge for

Democrats. It looks like an easy

flip from red to blue.

Yet the way the race is playing

out shows a difficult path ahead

for Democrats, who need to turn

two GOP seats in both the House

of Delegates and the state Senate

to take full control of the legisla-

ture. All 140 seats in the House

and Senate are on the Nov. 5

ballot.

The party almost failed to

secure an opponent to run

SEE VIRGINIA ON A

Va. Democrats fear key

race will defy the odds

Trump

bowed

to GOP

on Doral

ALLIES’ ALARM LED

HIM TO DROP G-7 PLAN

Many struggled to rebut

allegations of self-dealing

Shatiek Lawrence, left, and Carlito Aldamuy hit
the court on a summer day at Wilson Park, near
Interstate 81 on the south side of Syracuse, N.Y.

With balance of power at

stake, GOP delegate has

a hold on his blue district

Kurdish

forces quit

key city

in Syria

Pelosi leads delegation

to Jordan, highlighting

rift over U.S. withdrawal

Advisers defend president

Mulvaney continues to back away

from quid pro quo, as Pompeo calls

Giuliani’s role “appropriate.” A