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“It is a place we can go to see not just fine art, but to present the complexities of life and allow us to be more reflective and to grow,” said Ruth Mayer, a Miami Beach resident, who came to the meeting with her Israeli-born husband, Akiva Gross. “It doesn’t mean you have to walk out and agree, but hopefully we can walk out and be reflective.”Mr. Gross said the film “has to be shown — this is democracy.”Two mayors of neighboring cities — Esteban L. Bovo Jr., of Hialeah, and Francis Suarez, of Miami — called into the meeting…

Conan O’Brien is returning to the Oscars stage in 2026. The late-night host and comedian will preside over the 98th Academy Awards, set for March 15, the film academy’s leadership said Monday.”The only reason I’m hosting the Oscars next year is that I want to hear Adrien Brody finish his speech,” O’Brien said in a statement.This year was O’Brien’s first time leading the show, which attracted its biggest broadcast audience in five years despite the winning movie, “Anora,” being relatively small. An estimated 19.7 million viewers watched the 97th Academy Awards ceremony earlier this month, according to broadcaster ABC, with…

A visual representation of the digital cryptocurrency XRP.S3studio | Getty ImagesXRP surged after Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is no longer pursuing its appeal in the case against the payments company.The price of XRP was last higher by nearly 14% at $2.57.”It’s been almost four years and about three months since the SEC originally sued us, certainly a painful journey in lots of ways,” Garlinghouse said at the Digital Assets Summit in New York on Wednesday morning. “I really deeply believed that we were going to be on the right side of the law…

Boeing workers are pictured exiting a gate below an image of a Boeing 737-800 aircraft as Boeing’s 737 factory teams hold the first day of a “Quality Stand Down” for the 737 program in Renton, Washington on January 25, 2024. Jason Redmond | AFP | Getty ImagesBoeing’s cash burn is easing this quarter and its factories are improving to deliver more planes this year, the aerospace giant’s finance chief said Wednesday, as the company works to turn a corner on several manufacturing and safety crises.Boeing shares were up more than 6% in afternoon trading after CFO Brian West’s upbeat comments, leading…

Freestyle skier Matt Graham’s courageous quest to win another world championship moguls medal has fallen short in Switzerland, as the evergreen Australian star had to settle for fifth place.Hardly in his finest shape after a crash in Livigno, Italy, a week-and-a-half ago resulted in the 30-year-old suffering bruised lungs, four-time medallist Graham showed real heart in his determination to compete in the St Moritz showpiece.But after a superb effort in Tuesday’s qualifying and Wednesday’s final, Gosford’s Graham, who had been left vomiting blood in his painful build-up to St Moritz following the crash, could only finish fifth as Japan’s Ikuma…

The embattled lead investigator into suspected Boston cop killer Karen Read has been fired by Massachusetts State police.Michael Proctor, a 12-year veteran of the force who led the probe into the death of Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe, has been terminated in a move that his wife and sister say “unfairly exploits and scapegoats” him and the work of his detectives. Read, 45, is a former finance professional accused of ramming O’Keefe, her boyfriend, in a hit-and-run, then leaving him to die in the street during a January 2022 snowstorm. Read’s murder trial ended with a hung jury on July 1, 2024.…

The Trump administration paused $175 million in federal funding to the University of Pennsylvania over its inclusion of transgender athletes in women’s sports, FOX Business exclusively reported on Wednesday morning. The Ivy League university now stands to risk losing all of its federal funding amid an investigation into potential Title IX violations.  Riley Gaines, now a spokeswoman for the Independent Women’s Forum, famously tied Lia Thomas, left, for fifth place in the 200 Freestyle finals at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships. (Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports)A senior administration official told FOX Business that the administration has paused $175 million in federal funding. This…

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) said it is set to release its preliminary report on Thursday into the Delta plane crash from last month. The TSB said on social media platform X that the update on the crash at Toronto Pearson Airport on Feb. 17 will come at some point on Thursday.Delta Air Lines flight 4819 from Minneapolis to Toronto, operated by subsidiary Endeavor Air, crash landed on Toronto Pearson Airport runway on the afternoon of Feb. 17.The CRJ-900 aircraft, manufactured by Bombardier, was carrying a total of 80 people on board — 76 passengers and four crew members.Several…

President Trump was speaking with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine on Wednesday to discuss next steps after the American leader’s discussion with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.The phone call began at 10 a.m. and was still underway nearly an hour later, according to a social media post by Dan Scavino, a senior White House aide to Mr. Trump.Mr. Zelensky had said he expected Mr. Trump to brief him on the American president’s conversation a day earlier with Mr. Putin, in which the Russian leader agreed to a limited cease-fire. That proposal, which would halt attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure,…

New parents in New Jersey are receiving shocking documents from a health network — and it’s not the hospital bill. A form from Inspira Health went viral as it asks parents about their newborn’s sexual orientation and gender identity. Now, New Jersey State Sen. Holly Schepisi (R-District 39), is introducing legislation to exempt minors from these types of questions.Schepisi — also a mother of two — told Fox News Digital that when she first saw the form being circulated on social media, she was “skeptical” because of the “outrageous” and “nonsensical” nature of the forms. However, her staff were able to…