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It's the last big speech many Americans will watch President Obama deliver, and he wants to leave a good impression.

The singer — whose career spanned decades and included collaborations with John Lennon, Mick Jagger and Stevie Ray Vaughn — released his latest album, Blackstar, on Friday. He died Sunday of cancer.

On a morning radio program, the head of Mexico's extradition office also warned that possible legal challenges could delay the entire extradition process to the U.S. for four to six years.

The U.S. is the only advanced economy not offering paid maternity leave on a federal level. We're only beginning to understand what this means for babies and young children, says Tania Lombrozo.

Once used by '50s hipsters to connote a no-strings-attached job, "gig" has been co-opted by venture capitalists hyping the new economic order. Linguist Geoff Nunberg reflects on the word's resurgence.

A panel of judges extended the ruling issued last month that allows the daily fantasy sports betting sites to continue operations in the state while they appeal a lower court's order that they stop.

The Crimson Tide and the Clemson Tigers, both better known for their defense, played a high-scoring game Monday night, with Alabama using long passes and an onside kick to get a 45-40 win.

It causes melioidosis, whose yearly death toll of 90,000 is about the same as for measles. But the disease hasn't been on the global health radar — until now.

Speaking with NPR, Matthias Mueller blamed the problem on a misunderstanding of U.S. law and said the company doesn't have an ethics problem. Less than a day later, he asked to clarify those remarks.

For decades, David Bowie helped young music fans realize that identity could shift, that you could love both reading and rock 'n' roll, that pop could hold lessons about love and integrity and grace.