5 things you need to know Friday
Want to see Prince's mansion? Time to get a ticket
Tickets go on sale Friday for tours of Prince’s creative oasis, Paisley Park. His incredible compound outside Minneapolis is being turned into a museum that will open in October for tours. Visitors will be able to see the main floor of the 65,000-square-foot mansion, including the studios where Prince recorded, produced and mixed most of his biggest hits. The artist died in April of an accidental overdose of the painkiller fentanyl. His sister, Tyka Nelson, said opening it up to the public was always Prince's goal. Buy tickets starting at 2 p.m. CT at OfficialPaisleyPark.com.
Federal Reserve chair delivers speech ahead of September meeting
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen’s address Friday in Jackson Hole, Wyo., is being billed by Wall Street as must-see TV, and market pros will be focusing on any indication of the Fed’s near-term plan for interest rates. While Yellen is unlikely to shock markets by signaling an interest rate hike is coming next month, she is expected to start preparing the market and complacent investors for an eventual hike perhaps as early as December. Yellen’s address Friday will be her last before the Fed’s September policy meeting, where it will officially decide whether or not to hike rates.
College football is finally here (kind of)
College football season officially kicks off Friday at 10 p.m. ET, when California takes on Hawaii in Sydney, Australia. The game takes place midday Sydney time, which is prime time in the U.S. All eyes will be on former Texas Tech quarterback Davis Webb, who is replacing No. 1 overall NFL draft pick Jared Goff at Cal. (Cal is favored to win.) As college football season gets into full swing (more-so next week), Paste BN Sports unveils the preseason All-America team and looks at who's under- and over-rated in the polls. These are the 10 college football players predicted to break out this season, and here's a preview of every conference going into the season.
Controversial 'end of life' law in California gets court hearing
California is one of four states where doctors can prescribe "end of life" drugs to the terminally ill. The laws, also in place in Vermont, Oregon and Washington, aren't without controversy. Opponents, including some physicians, get their day in court Friday to argue against California's law, which went into effect in June. Critics say the laws amount to state-sanctioned suicide. Proponents say it eases suffering. Meanwhile, efforts are underway to bring the similar (and still controversial) laws to other states, including New Jersey, Utah, Colorado and Washington, D.C.
Farewell, ISS: Cargo ship undocks, travels back, set to splashdown in the Pacific
Back in July, the SpaceX Dragon cargo ship brought nearly 5,000 pounds of food, equipment and science experiments to the International Space Station. It also brought a crucial docking ring, which is needed to resume astronaut launches from U.S. soil. (Those ended in 2011, when NASA retired its shuttle fleet.) Friday morning, the unmanned capsule detached, fired its boosters and began its return to Earth. A parachute-assisted splashdown is expected at 11:47 a.m. ET, about 326 miles west of Baja California, according to NASA.
Bonus: It's National Dog Day! Here some photos of Paste BN readers' cute pups.
And the essentials:
Weather: Severe storms will fire up in the Plains on Friday while both coasts see mostly dry conditions.
Stocks: Asian stock markets were mixed Friday, with investors preferring to sit on the sidelines ahead of Yellen’s speech.
TV Tonight: Wondering what to watch this weekend? TV critic Robert Bianco looks at HBO's The Night of and MTV's Video Music Awards.
Be inspired: 4 dogs who have redefined the meaning of "man's best friend."
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