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A new musical with a score by Sparks and starring Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard opened the Cannes Film Festival. The distinctive rock-opera with a mind and a sound of its own is opening in the U.S.

Federal investigators have named the 20-year-old sailor who they believe is responsible for destroying a multi-billion dollar Naval ship by arson.

Florida's governor has threatened to withhold funding from school districts that adopt a mask requirement. With COVID-19 spreading unchecked, some districts are considering requiring masks anyway.

PATRICK DOYLE: We begin a new series looking at and listening to the five Oscar nominees for best dramatic film score. Today, NPR's Andy Trudeau speaks with Liane about Patrick Doyle, nominated this year for his score to Kenneth Brannagh's "Hamlet" (Sony Classical SK 62857). Composer/actor/vocalist Patrick Doyle has worked often with Brannagh, and was also nominated last year for his score to "Sense and Senisbility."

bye Dolly - The sheep cloning project in Scotland that has gained international attention this past week has had its funding slashed. Professor Grahame Bulfield, Director of the Roslin Institute tells Korva Coleman, however, he believes it has nothing to do with the nature of the research.

between President Clinton and Palestine Leader Yasser Arafat.

that today the Supreme Court will hear a motion to reverse a decision concerning the separation of church and state. A 1985 ruling barred public school teachers from giving remedial math and reading lessons in religious schools. Since then, schools across the country have used loopholes to work around the decision... and five current Supreme Court justices have cast doubt on the ruling in recent opinions.

Besides being the day tax returns are due, today is the deadline for Congress to pass a budget plan for next year. As usual, the deadline won't be met. Negotiators for the House, Senate and White House have been meeting for weeks now and are far from an agreement on how to balance the budget by the year 2002. Differences between the parties on tax cuts and cuts in Medicare and Medicaid spending are broad. However, some progress has been made on potential cuts in several smaller programs such as student loans. NPR's Brian Naylor reports.

NPR's Richard Gonzales reports on a major new campaign by the United Farmworkers Union. The union seemed to lose its way after the death of charismatic founder Cesar Chavez, but now it's back with a big effort to organize California's strawberry workers.