5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (566+ words) Sept. 8 (UPI) -- Lonnie G. Bunch III, the leader of the Smithsonian Institution, announced Tuesday that he plans to step down at the end of the year, a move that comes in the midst of escalating criticism and attacks on the institution…...

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1+ week, 2+ day ago   (339+ words) Sept. 4 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump said Friday his special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are traveling to Russia and Ukraine this weekend with a proposal to end the war. This would be the diplomatic pair's first visit to Kyiv....

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (228+ words) Sept. 4 (UPI) -- New York police shot and killed a man on the Brooklyn Bridge Friday morning after he threatened police with a knife. Police responded to a call made at 3:28 a.m. EDT reporting that a man was walking on the beams…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (171+ words) Sept. 3 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday issued an Emergency Use Authorization for two drugs to prevent and treat New World screwworm, or NWS, in dogs and cats. According to the agency, Capstar tablets and their generic version,…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (199+ words) Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Get your dancing shoes on to relive your childhood pretending you were grooving through the Soul Train line with the Soul Train Awards. The awards show, which has been on hiatus for three years, is returning to BET…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (130+ words) Sept. 3 (UPI) -- A newborn kitten was rescued from inside the engine compartment of a vehicle after stowing away for a nearly 80-mile ride. The City of Kerrville said on social media that an employee at Peterson Health arrived for work…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (259+ words) SEOUL, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- South Korea's OCI Holdings said Thursday that its U.S. subsidiary, OCI Energy, has teamed up with Israeli renewable energy developer Arava Power to build a 260-megawatt solar power project in Texas. OCI Energy began construction Wednesday on the…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1168+ words) Sept. 3 (UPI) -- South Korean shipbuilders are pouring investment, technology and expertise into a U.S. maritime industry struggling with shrinking capacity, worker shortages and competition from China, offering Washington a potential path to rebuild American shipyards without sending ship construction overseas. The…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (66+ words) upi.com This week in Washington (15 images) President of the New York Stock Exchange Lynn Martin attends a hearing on the economy. Everton Blair is sworn in, the House passes a short-term funding bill and President Donald Trump makes an…...