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In the past three months, 50 people have been indicted in Bakersfield, Calif., for allegedly siphoning hundreds of thousands from a Red Cross program.

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 .

At 31, playwright Sarah Ruhl has already been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize with The Clean House. Ruhl's epic trilogy Passion Play takes her further into the public spotlight.

Daniel Bernard Roumain doesn't fit the image of a classical musician. The Haitian-American violinist and composer, who sports a silver nose ring and dreadlocks, was inspired by jazz, rock and hip-hop. He dubs his style "dred violin."

In Southern Africa, the government of Botswana is moving some of the last San Bushmen out of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. Botswana officials call it progress, but Bushmen argue that the move threatens their culture. Alex Chadwick interviewed some of the San Bushmen about their plight last year, and NPR foreign correspondent Jason Beaubien has an update from Botswana.

Former vice-chairman of the Sept. 11 commission, Lee Hamilton, discusses progress on intelligence reform.

Hurricane Wilma creates severe flooding and a great deal of damage in the Yucatan Peninsula, where the huge storm lingered for more than 24 hours. Wilma battered the region's strip of beachfront resorts.

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.

Hurricane Wilma passes over the east coast of Florida as a Category 2 storm and surprises residents with its power. Far from diminishing as it moved over land, the storm's wind stayed strong, tossing trees and ripping roofs.

Farai Chideya talks with Reverend Run aka Rev Run, formerly of the rap trio Run-D.M.C. He's back with his first solo CD, Distortion, and his own reality show on MTV, Run's House.