Ka, a New York rapper celebrated as a legendary wordsmith, is dead at 52
A statement on his Instagram account, verified by NBC News, said the artist died "unexpectedly."
Obituaries
Lilly Ledbetter, equal pay and women's rights activist, dies at 86
The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act became the first bill Barack Obama signed into law as president in 2009.
Ethel Kennedy, matriarch of the famous political family, dies at 96
The widow of Robert F. Kennedy had suffered a stroke last week and was receiving treatment when she died, said former Rep. Joe Kennedy III, her grandson.
