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Major League Soccer wants to be taken more seriously. Yet MLS still lags behind the top European leagues. Bringing Lionel Messi to play in America could change that.

In the interest of science, we offer some ideas for people who are hoarding Twinkies now that Hostess has announced it is going out of business. And none of them involve eating.

A new Johnny Cash album, American Recordings VI: Ain't No Grave was released this week to coincide with what would have been Cash's 78th birthday. We remember the singer, songwriter and guitarist, who wrote more than 1,500 songs — and performed from the 1950s until just before his death in 2003.

The proceeds from corruption, and legal and ethical gray areas, are a daily fact of life in China. The practice of gray income, which shows no sign of abating, may make political reforms more difficult.

The company is on track to pull off the largest IPO in history — making CEO Elon Musk even wealthier.

The number of cases has prompted a ban on public gatherings — and concern from the World Health Organization. The disease is spreading in cities and has claimed 30 lives so far.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Douglas Holtz-Eakin, former director of the Congressional Budget Office, about the CBO report on the cost of the latest health care bill and the group's overall reliability in predicting the cost of such legislation.

Every December, tens of thousands of visitors descend on Miami. But they aren't there for the beaches; they're there for Art Basel, a giant art fair that private collectors helped lure to the city.

A preview of what observers are expecting — potential firsts, records and oddities — at the 95th Academy Awards on Sunday.

A federal judge refused to set aside a ruling that invalidated the state's ban on gay marriage.