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An NPR journalist in Gaza describes his experience seeking food from a site run by private American contractors, facing Israeli military fire, crowds fighting for rations, and masked thieves.

Thrash legends roared through six-song set of covers and originals. Continue reading…

Guns N' Roses dug deep into the Sabbath catalog for their 'Back to the Beginning' set. Continue reading…

The concepts in the MingKwai typewriter underlie how Chinese, Japanese and Korean are typed today. The typewriter, patented in 1946, was found last year in an upstate New York basement.(Image credit: Elisabeth von Boch)

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he wants the luxury resort on the eastern seacoast to become a "world destination," but the country has been reluctant to allow in foreign tourists.(Image credit: Korean Central News Agency)

Hard rock and metal's biggest stars are performing Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne covers all day and all night. Continue reading…

Rob Reiner says there's no way Sabbath inspired one of the movie's funniest scenes. Continue reading…

Ukraine is facing a summer of escalating Russian airstrikes on its cities. The Ukrainian President has called on the U.S. to provide more air defense systems.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Richard Nephew, a senior research scholar at Columbia University, about the prospect of a new nuclear deal between Iran and the U.S.