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A combustible Cannes is set to unfurl with 'Furiosa,' 'Megalopolis' and a #MeToo reckoning 05/13/2024 08:27pm • The Cannes Film Festival rarely passes without cacophony but this year���s edition may be more raucous and uneasy than any edition in recent memory. When the red carpet is rolled out from the Palais des Festivals on Tuesday, the 77th Cannes will unfurl against a backdrop of war, protest, potential s Memorial Day weekend 2024 could be busiest for travel in nearly 20 years 05/13/2024 07:51pm • ▶ Watch Video: Record travel expected as millions make plans for Memorial Day This year is expected to be one of the busiest travel years in nearly two decades, with about 43.8 million people expected to travel at least 50 miles, according to AAA. Joy Noelle Balanag booked her vacat Biden blocks Chinese-backed crypto mining firm from land ownership near Wyoming missile base 05/13/2024 06:48pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Joe Biden on Monday issued an order blocking a Chinese-backed cryptocurrency mining firm from owning land near a Wyoming nuclear missile base, calling its proximity to the base a ���national security risk.��� The order forces the divestment of property operated as a cry A town in western Canada prepares for a possible 'last stand' as wildfires rage in British Columbia 05/13/2024 06:47pm • FORT NELSON, British Columbia (AP) ��� An intense wildfire could reach a town in western Canada this week, fire experts and officials warned, based on forecasts of winds that have fueled the out-of-control blaze, which has forced the evacuation of thousands of people. The British Columbia Wildfire S Derby winner Mystik Dan draws No. 5 post for Preakness. Bob Baffert's Muth opens as the favorite 05/13/2024 06:35pm • BALTIMORE (AP) ��� Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan drew the No. 5 post position in the Preakness on Monday looking to sweep the first two legs of horse racing���s Triple Crown, though he's not favored to do so. Bob Baffert-trained Muth, just inside Mystik Dan in the No. 4 post, opened as the 8-5 Iowa county jail's fees helped fund cotton candy and laser tag for department, lawsuit says 05/13/2024 06:19pm • WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) ��� Civil rights groups filed a class action lawsuit on Monday accusing an Iowa sheriff���s department of mishandling the collection of jail fees, some of which helped fund recreational expenses like laser tag and a cotton candy machine at a shooting range. The lawsuit in federal Russian assault opens new front, diverting Ukraine forces as Western aid trickles in 05/13/2024 05:48pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) ��� Russian troops were locked in intense battles with Ukrainian soldiers around the embattled town of Vovchansk in northeast Ukraine on Monday, pushing ahead with a ground offensive that opened a new front and put more pressure on overstretched Ukrainian forces. Moscow's renewed New Mexico to stand in for California as McConaughey stars in film about a 2018 deadly wildfire 05/13/2024 04:55pm • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) ��� New Mexico is standing in for California in a new film as Jamie Lee Curtis��� production company and others tell the story of a bus driver and a school teacher who rescued students during the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California���s history. The 2018 blaz Canadian wildfire smoke chokes Upper Midwest for second straight year 05/13/2024 04:29pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) ��� Smoke from Canadian wildfires has prompted health warnings across the Upper Midwest and Montana for the second year in a row. Fires raging in British Columbia and Alberta have filled the skies with haze over parts of Montana, the Dakotas, Minnesota and Wisconsin on Sunday, lin Small, well-built Chinese EV called the Seagull poses a big threat to the US auto industry 05/13/2024 04:23pm • LIVONIA, Mich. (AP) ��� A tiny, low-priced electric car called the Seagull has American automakers and politicians trembling. The car, launched last year by Chinese automaker BYD, sells for around $12,000 in China, but drives well and is put together with craftsmanship that rivals U.S. electric vehi Small, well-built Chinese EV called the Seagull poses a big threat to the US auto industry 05/13/2024 04:20pm • LIVONIA, Mich. (AP) ��� A tiny, low-priced electric car called the Seagull has American automakers and politicians trembling. The car, launched last year by Chinese automaker BYD, sells for around $12,000 in China, but drives well and is put together with craftsmanship that rivals U.S.-made electric Alabama deputies ask for witnesses' help after shooting at May Day party left 3 dead, 18 hurt 05/13/2024 04:10pm • STOCKTON, Ala. (AP) ��� Authorities in south Alabama urged witnesses to come forward with videos that might show who was responsible for a shooting at an outdoor party that left three dead and 18 wounded over the weekend. Officials have released few details about the shooting Saturday night at a May Truck driver accused of intentionally killing Utah officer had been holding a woman against her will 05/13/2024 03:55pm • A truck driver accused of intentionally killing a police officer during a traffic stop on a Utah highway had been holding a woman against her will inside the cab of his truck, new court documents reveal. Michael Aaron Jayne, 42, is accused of driving his rig into Santaquin Police Sgt. Bill Hooser, w Amazon's self-driving robotaxi unit Zoox under investigation by US after 2 rear-end crashes 05/13/2024 03:22pm • DETROIT (AP) ��� Amazon���s self-driving robotaxi unit is being investigated by the U.S. government's highway safety agency after two of its vehicles braked suddenly and were rear-ended by motorcyclists. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in documents posted on its website Monda GM's Cruise to start testing robotaxis in Phoenix area with human safety drivers on board 05/13/2024 03:02pm • DETROIT (AP) ��� General Motors' troubled Cruise autonomous vehicle unit said Monday it will start testing robotaxis in Arizona this week with human safety drivers on board. Cruise said that during the testing, it will check the vehicles' performance against the company's ���rigorous��� safety and a