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The legendary jazz saxophonist, who revolutionized the art of improvisation, died Monday at his home in Woodstock, N.Y.

Also: The U.S. carries out missile strikes in Yemen; parts of North Carolina are still threatened by flooding; and the United Nations is poised to elect its next Secretary General.

Phil Brown, King's publicist, says the soul singer died of natural causes. King began his career with The Drifters, but it was "Stand by Me," released in 1961, that sealed his worldwide fame.

Also: Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy is denied bail; U.S. military jets fly over South Korea in a warning to North Korea; and a tech at a Colorado hospital is accused of tampering with surgical drugs.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro plays the puzzle with Ben Blackman from San Francisco and puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

Bruce McEldowney plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.

Listener Victor Urrea plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.

WNYC listener Julia Frey of Brooklyn, N.Y., plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.

Secretary of State Colin Powell presents U.S. intelligence to the U.N. Security Council, in hopes of persuading members that Iraq is in defiance of U.N. weapons resolutions. NPR's Bob Edwards talks to NPR's Michele Kelemen.

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says he is anguished by recurrent allegations of sexual abuse by peacekeepers. The head of the Central African Republic U.N. mission was ousted Wednesday.