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The cause of the Atlanta rapper's death has yet to be released. His brother, Lil Gotit, posted about Lil Keed's death over Instagram early Saturday .

Rosa Lee Parks became a symbol of the civil rights movement when she was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white man. Her arrest in 1955 triggered a long bus boycott and ultimately challenged the Jim Crow laws of the South. She was 92.

A proposal to build a casino among the aging blast furnaces of a former Bethlehem Steel plant is dividing the community of Bethlehem, Pa. Opponents say the development will spoil the character of the place; supporters say it will bring much-needed jobs.

Israeli and U.S. citizen Robert J. Aumann and American Thomas C. Schelling win the 2005 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for their work on game theories that help explain economic conflicts, including trade and price wars.

At least 20,000 people were killed by a 7.6-magnitude earthquake along the Pakistan-Indian border on Saturday. Pakistani Kashmir was hardest hit. Robert Siegel talks with NPR's Philip Reeves about the latest developments.

Tuesday is the first day of the Eid al-Adha, or "feast of the sacrifice." It's a major date on the Islamic calendar when sheep are slaughtered and gifts exchanged. The holiday seems to have ushered in a lull in insurgent attacks.

If the current bird-flu outbreak becomes a pandemic, fear could turn to panic. Experts say whether that happens will probably depend on how honest governments are with the public.

In an Instagram post, Britney Spears and fiancé Sam Asghari told fans that she had a miscarriage.

Thousands of reproductive rights supporters are gathering Saturday at rallies across the country in protest of the Supreme Court draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade.

Throw Down Your Arms, Sinead O'Connor's new album, is quite a departure from her past efforts. The Irish songstress takes a tour of Jamaican music that grooves along as it scores political points.