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WHAT’S ON TODAY

Today’s sports broadcast highlights Thursday’s Television • Tennis: ATP Barcelona/ATP Belgrade/WTA Stuttgart/WTA Istanbul, 5 a.m., Tennis (Comcast 277) • Golf: DP World Tour ISPS Handa Championship, 7 a.m., GOLF (27) • Basketball: Africa League: FAP vs. Cobra Sport (taped), 8 a.m., NBATV (273) • MLB: New York Yankees at Detroit, noon, MLBN (272) • Horse racing: America’s Day at the Races, noon, FS2 (740) • MLB: Minnesota at Royals, 1 p.m., Bally Sports KC (48) • Soccer: EPL: Southampton at Burnley, 1:45 p.m., USA (52) • Golf: PGA Zurich Classic of New Orleans, 2:30 p.m., GOLF (27) • College lacrosse: North Carolina at Notre Dame, 5 p.m., ACCN (961) • Golf: LPGA LA Open, 5:30 p.m., GOLF (27) • MLB: St.

Masks reduce the spread of disease, so choose wisely

Americans could scarcely be blamed for feeling confused about whether or not to wear a mask right now. A week ago, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention extended into May a nationwide mask mandate for travel on airplanes, trains, buses and other forms of public transportation. Then on Monday, a federal judge in Florida struck it down.

We yearn for that we cannot have

I think I’ve finally figured it out. Superman stands for truth, justice and the American way, all of which are lovely, but what are We the People really looking for? We’re on a journey and not, we tell ourselves, to the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.