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Kyle Rivas/Getty ImagesAfter Warner Bros. reportedly shelved its live-action/animated cartoon Coyote Vs. Acme, another one of its stars is sounding off.On X, formerly Twitter, Will Forte wrote to the movies cast and crew, "I know that a lot of you havent gotten a chance to see our movie. And sadly, it’s a looking like you never will."He added that when he heard the studio "deleted" the movie, "I was thinking what everyone else must have been thinking: this thing must b...

Luis Diaz Devesa/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- More than four months since Hamas terrorists invaded Israel on Oct. 7, the Israeli military continues its bombardment of the neighboring Gaza Strip.The conflict, now the deadliest between the warring sides since Israels founding in 1948, shows no signs of letting up soon and the brief cease-fire that allowed for over 100 hostages to be freed from Gaza remains a distant memory.Heres how the news is developing. All times Eastern:Feb 29, 3:20 PMCivilian de...

Andi Rice/Bloomberg via Getty Images(MONTGOMERY, Ala.) -- The Alabama House of Representatives has passed legislation to restore access to in vitro fertilization after a controversial state Supreme Court ruling that embryos are children raised questions about the treatment in Alabama.Thursdays vote, which was 94-6 with three abstentions, completes another step in a process that is ultimately expected to finish up late next week with Gov. Kay Ivey signing the bill into law.Within days of the stat...

Westend61/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Bitcoin is on a tear.The largest cryptocurrency has soared more than 20% over the last four days, approaching an all-time high. By contrast, the S&P 500 has dropped slightly over that period.On Wednesday, the price of bitcoin surpassed $64,000 for the first time since November 2021.The upsurge stems primarily from an explosion of investment in bitcoin ETFs, a novel investment vehicle approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission last month, analysts t...

Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A company and six of its executives were charged Wednesday in New York with allegedly operating a sham safety school that said it certified thousands of construction workers as properly trained when, in fact, it had not, prosecutors say.Prosecutors said the alleged fraud cost at least one worker, Ivan Frias, his life in 2022 in a fall from the 15th floor of a job site on the Upper West Side.According to the indictment, Valor Security and Investigatio...

ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared open to upholding a Trump-era ban on bump stocks as devices that turn weapons into rapid-fire illegal "machine guns," however it was not clear that a majority of justices would ultimately back such a ruling or agree on the rationale.During oral arguments in the case Garland v. Cargill, both liberal and conservative justices suggested the devices – which allow a shooter to fire a semi-automatic rifle more rapidly and accu...

Prime Video/Laura RadfordA little more than a month after Road House remake director Doug Liman said he "signed up to make a theatrical motion picture for MGM" only to have it instead head exclusively to streaming on Prime Video, the movies star, Jake Gyllenhaal, is weighing in.Liman stated in an editorial to Deadline he was protesting the movies theatrical bow at SXSW over the move away from theaters.But Road Houses star now tells Total Film, "I adore Dougs tenacity, and I think ...

The Firehouse Arts Center will welcome the ABBA tribute band, ABBAFab, for two shows in March, the first of four spring concerts at the Firehouse Theater, 4444 Railroad Ave., Pleasanton.

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Swiss companies with operations in other countries continue to engage in corruption, a new study finds – this despite laws that have made bribery outside Switzerland's borders illegal.