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VOL. CLXVII . . . No. 57,948 © 2018 The New York Times Company NEW YORK, MONDAY, APRIL 30, 2018
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Wildfires burned Oklahoma grazingland, leaving ranchers struggling. Thentruckloads of hay showed up. PAGE A10
NATIONAL A10-14
Bales of Help From Strangers
Ballarat, once the center of Australia’sgold rush, is learning to talk about agrim past: decades of sexual abuse ofchildren by Catholic priests. PAGE A4
INTERNATIONAL A4-9
Confronting Clerical Sins
LeBron James finally got help from histeammates as Cleveland beat Indianato advance, Marc Stein writes. PAGE D2
SPORTSMONDAY D1-7
Cavaliers Prevail in Game 7
Amazon is asking about housing andtransit in cities vying for the company’ssecond headquarters. PAGE B1
Amazon’s Lessons in SeattleDavid Leonhardt PAGE A21
EDITORIAL, OP-ED A20-21
SEOUL, South Korea — Keep-ing diplomatic developmentscoming at a head-snapping pace,the South Korean governmentsaid on Sunday that North Korea’sleader, Kim Jong-un, had toldPresident Moon Jae-in that hewould abandon his nuclear weap-ons if the United States agreed toformally end the Korean War andpromise not to invade his country.
In a confidence-building ges-ture ahead of a proposed summitmeeting with President Trump, asuddenly loquacious and concilia-tory Mr. Kim also said he would in-vite experts and journalists fromSouth Korea and the United Statesto watch the shutdown nextmonth of his country’s only knownunderground nuclear test site.
In Washington, Trump officialsspoke cautiously about thechances of reaching a deal andlaid out a plan for the dismantlingof the North’s nuclear program,perhaps over a two-year period.
That would be accompanied bya “full, complete, total disclosureof everything related to their nu-clear program with a full interna-tional verification,” said John R.Bolton, Mr. Trump’s new nationalsecurity adviser.
The apparent concessions fromthe youthful leader were widelywelcomed as promising signs ofending the standoff on the KoreanPeninsula, frozen in place sincefighting in the Korean War ended65 years ago.
But skeptics warned that NorthKorea previously made similarpledges of denuclearization on nu-merous occasions, with little or nointention of abiding by them. Mr.Kim’s friendly gestures, they said,could turn out to be nothing morethan empty promises aimed at lift-ing sanctions on his isolated coun-try.
A South Korean governmentspokesman, Yoon Young-chan,provided remarkable details of asummit meeting the two Koreanheads of state held on Friday,when Mr. Kim made history by be-coming the first North Koreanleader to set foot in the South.
“I know the Americans are in-herently disposed against us, butwhen they talk with us, they willsee that I am not the kind of per-son who would shoot nuclearweapons to the south, over the Pa-cific or at the United States,” Mr.Kim told Mr. Moon, according to
KIM SAYS HE’D ENDNUCLEAR PURSUITFOR A U.S. TRUCE
WANTS NO-INVASION VOW
Concessions Welcomed,but Skeptics Warn of
Empty Promises
By CHOE SANG-HUN
Continued on Page A6
Sprint and T-Mobile announcedon Sunday that they had reached adeal to merge, moving to create anew telecommunications giant —and betting that regulators will fi-nally allow the American wirelessmarket to shrink to just three na-tional players.
A combined company, they said,would have more than 100 millionsubscribers — and the resourcesto build out a next-generationwireless network and challengethe longtime market leaders, Veri-zon and AT&T.
Sprint and T-Mobile also saidthe merged company — whichwould keep the T-Mobile nameand be run by T-Mobile’s chief ex-ecutive, John Legere — would cre-ate thousands of jobs by buildingout that next-generation networkand opening hundreds of newstores in rural areas.
But for consumer advocatesand regulators, the big questionsare these: Will there be enoughcompetition with one fewer na-tional wireless carrier? And willprices go up?
Sprint and T-Mobile have triedunsuccessfully to merge before.They were effectively blockedfour years ago by regulators in theObama administration who wor-ried that shrinking the market forwireless providers would giveconsumers fewer choices and leadto higher prices.
This time, the two companieshave a very specific message forthe Trump administration. A com-bination, they argue, would allowthem to create a better so-called5G network than either companycould alone, at a time when theWhite House views a 5G wirelessnetwork as crucial for the coun-try’s economic and national secu-rity.
The two companies also con-tend that the wireless business ischanging, with new competitorslike Comcast finding ways to enterthe mobile sector. And thanks tothe recent tax cuts, the companiessaid, they would have the financialmeans to keep prices low for theirconsumers.
“All the stars have aligned,”Marcelo Claure, Sprint’s chief ex-ecutive, said in an interview. Headded that the deal “allows thiscompany to offer the best productat better prices, lower prices.”
The heads of the two companiesacknowledged that winning overregulators was a top priority. In aninterview, Mr. Legere said that heand Mr. Claure planned to head toWashington this week. Mr. Legereadded that they did not try to “pre-sell” the transaction, althoughthey said they had called officials
Telecom GiantsTo Try MergingA Second Time
Sprint and T-Mobile toPlay Up Jobs and 5G
By MICHAEL J. de la MERCEDand CECILIA KANG
Continued on Page A14
TIJUANA, Mexico — A long,grueling journey gave way towhat could be a long, uncertainasylum process Sunday as a cara-van of immigrants finally reachedthe border between the UnitedStates and Mexico, setting up adramatic moment and a test ofPresident Trump’s anti-immi-grant politics.
More than 150 migrants, part ofa caravan that once numberedabout 1,200 and headed north inMarch from Mexico’s border withGuatemala, were prepared toseek asylum from United Statesimmigration officials.
But in what was likely to be oneof many curves on the road, themigrants were told Sunday after-noon that the immigration offi-cials could not process theirclaims, and they would have tospend the night on the Mexicanside of the border.
It was only the latest twist in animmigration drama that hasplayed out in relative obscurity inrecent years. Usually during theEaster season, immigrants haveheaded north together as a form ofprotection against the kidnap-pers, muggers and rapists whostalk the migrant trail, and todraw attention to their plight. Butthis year it has become a volatileflash point in the immigration de-bate ignited by Mr. Trump.
For the migrants, the moment
150 MigrantsReach Border,Testing Trump
By KIRK SEMPLEand MIRIAM JORDAN
The caravan, which once numbered about 1,200, began heading to the U.S. in March, from Mexico’s border with Guatemala.MEGHAN DHALIWAL FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
Continued on Page A5
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. — JerikaWhitefield’s memories of the in-fection that almost killed her aremuddled, except for a few. Heryoung children peering at her inthe hospital bed. Her stepfatherwrapping her limp arms aroundthe baby. Her whispered appeal toa skeptical nurse: “Please don’tlet me die. I promise, I won’t everdo it again.”
Ms. Whitefield, 28, had devel-oped endocarditis, an infection ofthe heart valves caused by bacte-ria that entered her blood when
she injected methamphetamineone morning in 2016. Doctorssaved her life with open-heartsurgery, but before operating,they gave her a jolting warning: Ifshe continued shooting up and gotreinfected, they would not operateagain.
With meth resurgent and theopioid crisis showing no sign ofabating, a growing number of peo-ple are getting endocarditis frominjecting the drugs — sometimes
repeatedly if they continue shoot-ing up. Many are uninsured, andthe care they need is expensive,intensive and often lasts months.All of this has doctors grapplingwith an ethically fraught ques-tion: Is a heart ever not worth fix-ing?
“We’ve literally had some con-tinue using drugs while in the hos-pital,” said Dr. Thomas Pollard, aveteran cardiothoracic surgeon inKnoxville, Tenn. “That’s like try-ing to do a liver transplant onsomeone who’s drinking a fifth ofvodka on the stretcher.”
Doctors Ask When a Heart Is Not Worth FixingBy ABBY GOODNOUGH
Jerika Whitefield needed open-heart surgery after developing an infection from injecting meth.JOE BUGLEWICZ FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
THE TREATMENT GAP
Turning Away Addicts
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GAZA CITY — No one wouldever pick out Saber al-Gerim fromthe crowds of Palestinians demon-strating against Israel along theheavily guarded fence that hashelped turn the Gaza Strip into anopen-air prison.
Not for his youthful appear-ance. At 22, he wears ripped jeansand white sneakers, has a modishhaircut and carries a few extrapounds from too many monthswithout work.
Not for his anger. Screaming“Allahu akbar!” and hurlingstones with a sling, or straining topull a cable hooked onto Israel’s
barbed-wire barrier in hopes oftearing it apart, he is just one in afevered multitude, a protagonistin nobody’s drama but his own.
Not even for his willingness torisk death, or his dream of goinghome to a patch of land he hasnever seen and cannot really visu-alize.
But zoom in on this man: A beg-gar’s son, just a few yards from Is-rael, and squarely in the line offire. Soldiers, the only Israelis Mr.Gerim has ever seen this close,can be spotted through the smokeof burning tires, moving about intheir foxholes atop tall sandberms, occasionally launchingtear-gas barrages, sometimes us-
For Young Gazan at the Fence, Living or Dying Is the ‘Same Thing’By IYAD ABUHEWEILA
and DAVID M. HALBFINGER
Saber al-Gerim on Friday loading the slingshot he uses to hurlstones at Israeli soldiers along the fence between Gaza and Israel.
WISSAM NASSAR FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
Continued on Page A9
AKRON, Ohio — Richard Cor-dray speaks softly and carries abig stack: lime-green index cards,pressed into his shirt pocket, nearenough for any sudden onset ofnote-taking.
A former director of the Con-sumer Financial Protection Bu-reau, he has been endorsed in hisbid for Ohio governor by SenatorElizabeth Warren, who has toldhim he needs to learn how to bragmore. “I am pretty good at gettingback people’s money,” Mr. Cor-dray managed before an outdoor
crowd of dozens here recently. Po-lite applause followed. He is try-ing.
Dennis Kucinich speaks untilsomeone interrupts him — andeven this is often insufficient —and carries a bag of vegan grocer-ies heavy enough to sink his rightarm like a weight-bearing scale ofjustice.
A former congressman andpresidential candidate also run-ning for governor, he has been en-dorsed in the May 8 Democratic
True-Blue Liberals Turn RaceIn Ohio Into 2020 Proxy Test
By MATT FLEGENHEIMER
Continued on Page A11
Filipinos, known for their strong Catho-lic beliefs, are considering legal protec-tions for gay and transgender people,reflecting broad acceptance. PAGE A8
Solidifying Transgender Rights
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo wentto Israel in the midst of escalatingprotests in Gaza, but he did not meetwith Palestinian leaders. PAGE A9
Pompeo Visits Mideast
A lynching memorial in Montgomeryhas led a local paper to reflect on itscoverage: “We were wrong.” PAGE A14
Alabama Paper Faces Its Past
Days before tariffs on steel and alu-minum take effect, countries worryabout their place in the sun. PAGE B1
BUSINESS DAY B1-8
Allies Brace for Trade War
After snow-fueled chaos at KennedyInternational Airport, officials wantinternational flights to secure an arrivalgate before coming in. PAGE A15
NEW YORK A15-17
Reservations Needed at J.F.K.
A Los Angeles street known for speedingcars and gang activity was transformedinto a “playground in a box.” PAGE C1
Making Streets Play
A prosecutor talks about her closingargument against Bill Cosby, and whenshe saw the entertainer smiling. PAGE C1
ARTS C1-8
Staring Down Cosby
The N.B.A.’s influx of foreign players hasled to swearing that the referees, to theirdismay, often can’t understand. PAGE D1
Potty Mouths of Many Tongues
BOLD LEADER Masayoshi Son ofSoftBank has made his biggestwager on Sprint. PAGE B2
LESSONS For the U.S., Libya is ablueprint, but for Kim it’s a warn-ing. News Analysis. PAGE A7
Late EditionToday, cloudy, breezy, cool, high 55.Tonight, mainly clear, low 50. To-morrow, mostly sunny, pleasant andwarmer in the afternoon, high 76.Weather map appears on Page D8.
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