May 24 -- Temperatures approaching the century mark amid the hottest weather yet this year will challenge records this weekend in many places, which date back to the late 1800s and early 1900s.

May 24 (UPI) -- Retailer Sears took its first steps Friday in relaunching as a smaller, boutique-type chain by opening its first scaled-down store locations in the United States.

May 24 (UPI) -- A Massachusetts man said he arrived at his family's home to find someone had broken in and given the residence a deep cleaning without stealing anything.

May 24 (UPI) -- Police in Britain wrangled an escaped sheep found running loose on city streets, and a witness captured video of the animal head-butting an officer.

May 24 (UPI) -- Hundreds of same-sex couples got married in Taiwan on Friday, the first day it was legal.

May 24 (UPI) -- Just weeks after he was assigned to lead NASA's renewed efforts to explore the moon, special assistant Mark Sirangelo has left the space agency, officials said.

May 24 (UPI) -- Two more people have died climbing Mount Everest, raising the death toll this year to six, authorities said.

May 24 (UPI) -- The head of the Federal Aviation Administration says there's no timetable to get Boeing's 737 Max fleet back into U.S. skies -- even if it takes a year.

May 24 (UPI) -- Disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has reached an agreement worth $44 million to settle legal claims from women who've accused him of sexual misconduct, reports said Friday.

SEOUL, May 24 (UPI) -- South Korea will launch a new civilian-military exercise next week, its defense ministry announced on Friday, an alternative to a joint exercise with the United States that was canceled last year.