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The Roots bandleader and Renaissance man has a new book called Creative Quest, in which he advises readers on how to consider creativity, how to pursue it and how to channel it.

Two years after missing the Olympics for testing positive for marijuana, the American sprinter became the fastest woman in the world.

Australian writer Colleen McCullough has died at 77; she was best known for her doomed Outback romance saga The Thorn Birds, famously adapted for TV with Richard Chamberlain as a passionate priest.

Norma Hunt was the only woman who has attended every Super Bowl, including the Chiefs' February win, the third in franchise history.

A high-level federal office that serves as a health insurance watchdog is being folded into the rest of the Medicare program. One insider sees it as a defensive move to protect funding that could be threatened by the newly Republican House.

Colson Whitehead's novel Zone One is a post-apocalyptic tale of a Manhattan crippled by a plague and overrun with zombies. He explains that he created the novel, in part, to pay homage to the grimy 1970s New York of his childhood.

The Chicano singer brings a grounded sense of reflection to the Tiny Desk.

Every year, the comedian's three young grandchildren visit him for Christmas. Problem is, "they're annoying," he says. So Cosby came up with a plan to calm the squabbling children and restore Christmas cheer to his household.

The Voice of America has begun a daily radio show in Rohingya, the language spoken by Muslim refugees who have been forced to flee Myanmar. The program is called "Lifeline."

Fighting continues in eastern Ukraine, but a new cease-fire agreement is set to go into effect on Sunday. Two women in Ukraine say they don't expect the truce to last long.