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World The deadly risk of trying to reach food in Gaza 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. Anas Baba
Books First time novelist writes about life in semi-dystopian reality TV show First time novelist, Aisling Rawle, has just published "The Compound" - a book set in a semi-dystopian reality TV show. Avery Keatley
National "Catastrophic" flooding brings devastation along Guadalupe River areas The number of people dead rose Saturday after the "catastrophic" flooding from Friday Morning along the Guadalupe River in central Texas. Houston Public Radio's Dominic Anthony Walsh reports from the area. Pien Huang
National Photos: Texas reels from deadly flooding Gov. Greg Abbott says the state will work day and night to find people who may be stranded and unable to call for help. NPR Staff
Technology How this long-lost Chinese typewriter from the 1940s changed modern computing 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. Emily Feng
World North Korea has a new luxury beach resort. But the country isn't open to most tourists 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. Se Eun Gong
Calvin Duncan discusses his memoir 'The Jailhouse Lawyer' NPR's Scott Simon speaks with "The Jailhouse Lawyer" authors Calvin Duncan and Sophie Cull. It's a memoir about Duncan's life as a wrongly incarcerated inmate and his efforts to exonerate himself. Scott Simon
Arts & Life From caterpillar to butterfly, 'Papilio' grows up in a new picture book Papilio is a picture book told in three parts about three stages of a butterfly's life (there are really four stages but egg time is pretty boring). It's also written and illustrated by three friends. Samantha Balaban
National Floods sweep central Texas, killing at least 24 people NPR's Scott Simon speaks with meteorologist Sarah Spivey from KSAT News in San Antonio about the deadly floods in Texas. Scott Simon
National At least 24 dead in Texas floods, rescue efforts still underway At least 24 people are dead after flash flooding on the Guadalupe River in Texas. Rescue efforts are underway to find 20 people who are still missing. Sergio Martínez-Beltrán