Hartwig Fischer, the director of the British Museum, said Friday that he's stepping down from his position a week after the announcement that multiple treasures in the institution's collection were missing. The family of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders are marking the 60th anniversary of the historic March on Washington on Saturday with an event starting from the Lincoln Memorial. United Launch Alliance rolled out an Atlas V rocket Friday in preparation for next week's planned launch of a classified space surveillance mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Evacuations were underway Friday within 2 miles of a naphtha chemical leak and fire at a Garyville, La., Marathon petroleum refinery in St. John The Baptist Parish 40 miles west of New Orleans. Instacart announced Friday that it has initiated the process of making an Initial Public Offering for its common stock. The grocery delivery service said it has filed an S-1 Form with the SEC. NASA and the Japanese Space Agency's X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission, which has also received support from the European Space Agency, is scheduled to launch Sunday. A pilot came to the rescue of an American Girl doll accidentally left behind at a Tokyo airport by a 9-year-old Texas girl. Two high-ranking Ukrainian officials have been embroiled in a corruption scandal as the government of President Volodymyr Zelensky continues its anti-corruption push. A Washington postal worker's efforts to rescue a trapped kitten led to his winning a $717,500 lottery prize. The F/A-18 fighter pilot who ejected during a training flight near San Diego Thursday night has died, according to ABC News, citing an unnamed U.S. military official. Paper straws, meant to be an eco-friendly alternative to plastic, may not be better for the environment, a new study concludes, warning that they also contain "forever chemicals" that can harm human health. Houston will host the 2028 GOP national convention, according to Politico, citing a decision made Friday in a private meeting of Republican officials. FX released a new teaser for "American Horror Story: Delicate" on Friday. The teaser features Emma Roberts running down a hallway with a pregnant belly. Thousands of Emperor Penguin chicks may have died due to record low ice levels in 2022, according to new research from the British Antarctic Survey, published in the scientific journal, Communications Earth and Environme A Wisconsin man who lost his wedding ring in a lake near his home had it returned to him 14 years later. Police in British Columbia responded to a home to eject an unusual "masked bandit" -- a raccoon that followed a dog into the house. K-pop group Blackpink released a single and music video for "The Girls," a song for its mobile game. U.S. consumer sentiment in August was relatively unchanged, though optimism remains resilient despite lingering inflationary pressures, the University of Michigan reported Friday. "Selling the OC," a spinoff of reality series "Selling Sunset," will return for a second season on Netflix. Greek officials said on Thursday that they made 79 arrests connected with alleged arson claims in many of the wildfires that have ravaged the country this summer. This brave eagle swooped down at the perfect time to steal a hard-earned meal from two storks that were catching food. A crocodile fights an elephant only to realize it may have bitten off more than it can chew. It then gets swung around by the elephant until it lets go. "Moving," a superhero series based on the Kang Full webtoon, is the most-watched Korean original on Disney+ and Hulu. Inflation in the U.S. economy remains too high and lending rates may need to move higher, U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said in a highly anticipated speech on Friday. Former Justice Department attorney and Trump loyalist Jeffrey Clark led a parade of five co-defenders who surrendered themselves to Fulton County authorities after the former president was booked into the Georgia jail. |
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