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WHAT’S ON TODAY

Today’s sports broadcast highlights Thursday’s Television • Rugby: NRL: North Queensland at Canberra, 4:30 a.m., FS2 (Comcast 740) • Tennis: ATP Monte Carlo Masters, 5 a.m., Tennis (277) • Tennis: ATP Monte Carlo Masters, 6 a.m., Bally Sports KC (48) • College gymnastics: NCAA Championships (afternoon session), noon, ESPN2 (29) • Horse racing: America’s Day at the Races, noon, FS2 (740) • Golf: PGA RBC Heritage, 2 p.m., GOLF (27) • College gymnastics: NCAA Championships (evening session), 5 p.m., ESPN2 (29) • College softball: Mississippi State at Alabama, 5 p.m., SECN (284) • College lacrosse: Virginia at Duke, 5 p.m., ACCN (961) • Golf: LPGA LOTTE Championship, 6 p.m., GOLF (27) • MLB: Toronto at New York Yankees, 6 p.m., MLBN • MLB: Toronto at New York Yankees, 6 p.m., MLBN (272) • NHL: Minnesota at Dallas, 7 p.m., ESPN (13) • College softball: Oregon at Arizona, 7 p.m., ESPN2 (29) • MLB: Detroit at Royals, 7 p.m., Bally Sports KC (48) • NBA G-League Playoffs: Championship (Game 2): Rio Grande Valley at Delaware, 7 p.m., ESPN News (102) • College baseball: Kentucky at Missouri, 7 p.m., ESPNU (269) • Volleyball: Athletes Unlimited: Team Valentin-Anderson vs. Team Drews, 7 p.m., CBSSN (274) • College baseball: Auburn at Mississippi State, 7 p.m., SECN (284) • Women’s college lacrosse: North Carolina at Virginia, 7 p.m., ACCN (961) • Volleyball: Athletes Unlimited: Team De La Cruz vs.

Terrorism charge filed in subway attack

NEW YORK (AP) — The man arrested Wednesday in the shooting of 10 people on a Brooklyn subway was charged with a federal terrorism offense, a day after the attack on a crowded rush-hour train. The U.S.

Trucker blockade snarls US-Mexico border

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — One of the busiest trade ports on the U.S.-Mexico border remained effectively closed Wednesday as frustration and traffic snarls mounted over orders by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott requiring extra inspections of commercial trucks as part of the Republican’s sprawling border security operation.

Voters must do more for better gun laws

President Joe Biden on Monday finally carried through on a promise to rein in “ghost guns” — guns assembled from kits that are sold without serial numbers, allowing anyone to own an untraceable weapon. Biden announced new federal requirements including that such kits have serial numbers and that background checks be conducted on those who buy them.

Looking back while looking ahead

It’s been a few years and memories fuzz and fade, but I recall a history professor who seemed to think part of his calling was to get his students to prepare for “the cosmic cocktail party.” That’s not a euphemism for drugs or a four-figure weekend retreat of enlightenment at the spa. What he meant was, what if you found yourself at the ultimate cocktail party, surrounded by the smartest and most creative and successful people you could think of? Could you hold your own? This is not the time to drop the pig-with-the-wooden-leg joke.

John William Tann

John William Tann, 76, of Independence, Missouri passed away unexpectedly on Monday, April 11, 2022. John was born to William “Bill” and Lucille Tann on January 2, 1946, in Independence, Missouri.