Louvre museum director resigns in wake of audacious jewel heist

By Billy Stockwell and Pierre Bairin, CNN (CNN) — The director of the renowned Louvre museum in Paris resigned Tuesday following last year’s “heist of the century” theft of €88m ($100m) worth of crown jewels. French President Emmanuel Macron said he accepted Laurence des Cars resignation, and praised her decision to stepdown as “an act