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Carnal urges drive the characters in the films of the French director Alain Guiraudie toward absurd and sometimes dangerous mishaps. In his sexually audacious narratives, which usually play out in the countryside, the temptation of the flesh is a potent catalyst.“I don’t know if you can say that desire is what drives all of cinema, but it’s certainly what drives my cinema,” Guiraudie said via an interpreter during a recent video interview from his home in Paris.That artistic mandate guides his latest picture, “Misericordia,” which opens in U.S. theaters on Friday. When it came out in France, it received eight…

Bone-dry winds tore across parts of Texas and New Mexico, kicking up dust storms and causing dangerous driving conditions, as forecasters said the risk of fires breaking out in the parched region would persist into Wednesday.Blowing dust reduced visibility to near zero around Lubbock, Tex., as it moved into southwest Oklahoma on Tuesday night, the National Weather Service said. Parts of the Texas Panhandle and Oklahoma were under blowing dust warnings until early Wednesday.The authorities in New Mexico urged people to avoid driving through the severe dust storms that hit the state on Tuesday. Poor visibility because of the dust…

Scholars and historians are likely to spend months sifting through records for answers about former US president’s killing.United States President Donald Trump’s administration has released thousands of pages of government files about the assassination of John F Kennedy (JFK), setting historians and internet sleuths on a mad dash to uncover new information about one of the most seismic moments in US history. The National Archives said on Tuesday that “all records previously withheld for classification” had been released and were available to access either online or in person. The archives uploaded about 63,000 pages of documents on its website in…

Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday labeled a recent spate of attacks on Tesla dealerships across the country as acts of “domestic terrorism” directed at Elon Musk, as Trump allies have pressured the Justice Department to take aggressive action.In recent weeks, vandals in apparent protest of Mr. Musk’s polarizing efforts to drastically shrink the federal government and fire government workers have defaced or destroyed Tesla vehicles and damaged buildings in several cities. No serious injuries have been reported.Five more vehicles at a Tesla facility in Las Vegas were damaged on Tuesday in what the local authorities said was a targeted…

St. Paul preps for St. Patrick’s Day, and more headlines St. Paul preps for St. Patrick’s Day, and more headlines 05:19 A federal judge dismissed the charges Monday against a Minnesota man accused of hiding a stolen pair of ruby slippers that Judy Garland wore in the 1939 musical “The Wizard of Oz” after prosecutors informed the court that he died on Sunday.Jerry Hal Saliterman, 77, of Crystal, who had been in poor health with lung disease and other ailments, had been scheduled to change his plea to guilty in January but that hearing was postponed indefinitely after he was…

The Wiz logo on a smartphone arranged in New York, US, on Tuesday, July 16, 2024.Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesSeven months ago, Alphabet lost a marquee case against the Biden administration’s Justice Department, which accused the company of maintaining an illegal monopoly in search. Weeks earlier, Google’s pursuit of cybersecurity vendor Wiz, in what would have been its largest deal ever, fizzled in part because of antitrust concerns.With Donald Trump’s return to the White House, Alphabet is back on the offensive.Alphabet on Tuesday agreed to buy Wiz for $32 billion in cash, almost $10 billion more than the…

A former judge engaged in serious corrupt conduct during an inquiry into one of the most high-profile prosecutions in Australia’s history, leaking its report to media before its public release.An investigation into Walter Sofronoff KC as chair of a board of inquiry into the ACT’s criminal justice system found he had engaged in the corrupt conduct.”Mr Sofronoff’s corrupt conduct has significantly undermined the integrity of the board’s processes and the fairness and probity of its proceedings,” the report from the ACT Integrity Commission concluded.Mr Sofronoff’s report of the inquiry delivered damning findings of unethical conduct against the territory’s top prosecutor…

Former NHL defenseman Tomas Kloucek has died following a skiing accident in Czechia. Kloucek was 45. Kloucek’s wife, Barbara Klouckova confirmed her husband’s death on Instagram Monday.  New York Rangers defenseman Tomas Kloucek (22) in action against St. Louis Blues right wing Scott Young (48) at Madison Square Garden.  (Lou Capozzola-USA TODAY NETWORK)”Yesterday, after a grievous accident, my husband, my universe, my love, dad of our children and your friend Tomas Kloucek abandoned us forever,” Klouckova wrote. “All of you who were around him deserve to know. Please respect our privacy and grief we are grappling with right now.”The NHL Alumni Association…

A South Dakota active-duty airman was arrested on federal charges after authorities say he allegedly murdered a missing Native American woman on a military base.Quinterius Chappelle, 24, an Airman Basic stationed at Ellsworth Air Force Base, is charged with second-degree murder in the death of 21-year-old Sahela Toka Win Sangrait.Chappelle appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Daneta L. Wollmann on Monday and pleaded not guilty to a federal criminal complaint. Sahela Toka Win Sangrait was found dead after being reported missing by family in 2024. (Facebook / Bernice White Swan)CHILLING GOOGLE SEARCHES LEAD POLICE TO ARREST ACTIVE-DUTY MARINE IN ALLEGED MURDER…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Tesla has been removed from the upcoming Vancouver International Auto Show, the executive director confirmed on Tuesday. Eric Nicholl said in a statement that the automaker was provided multiple opportunities to voluntarily withdraw.“The Vancouver Auto Show’s primary concern is the safety of attendees, exhibitors, and staff,” Nicholl said.“This decision will ensure all attendees can be solely focused on enjoying the many positive elements of the event.”The show is held at Vancouver’s Convention Centre West from March 19 to 23 and attracts thousands of car enthusiasts. 3:14 Tesla fires: FBI says Las Vegas…