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Journalist Jacob Silverman writes that companies from Google to SpaceX have embraced war and lined up for lucrative contracts amidst the US-Israeli assault on Iran.

The war in Iran has slowed down international shipping, much of which contains medical and humanitarian goods destined for Asia and Africa.

. Various estimates say unemployment is somewhere from 40 to 70 percent. Many Palestinians blame new Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and the closing of the borders between Israel, the West Bank and Gaza for the economic problems.

Late last year, the beloved Oakland queer bar Friends and Family announced the news that it was closing. Their community was so upset, devoted customers even threw the bar a funeral. Their closure left many wondering why it seems so hard for the few bars that serve lesbian and queer people in the Bay Area to survive. It turns out, according to one queer sociologist, that there's actually a magic formula that queer bars need to succeed.

In Norway, Easter is celebrated by reading crime fiction. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe investigates this holiday tradition with author and former homicide detective Jorn Lier Horst.

The Bollywood legend was one of the world's most recorded artists — who, by her own reckoning, made more than 12,000 songs.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., about President Trump's threats to target all Iran's power plants if a deal isn't reached — and whether such threats constitute illegal orders.

A paper in JAMA Internal Medicine adds to the growing scientific evidence that medication abortion pills would be safe to sell over-the-counter at the pharmacy. But political opposition means that possibility may not happen anytime soon.

. At least fifty-five people have died in the clashes between Palestinian police and Israeli troops sparked by the opening of a tunnel near a Muslim holy site.

Food fights aren’t new. But in every city, there’s a different battleground. In San Francisco, tensions run high about… Boba. For almost 20 years the feud between two bubble tea shops has torn one SF neighborhood apart. But there are signs that this long held heated rivalry… maybe starting to cool.

Iran and the U.S. and Israel said they would suspend strikes but countries in the region continued to report attacks and Israel said it would not stop its assault in Lebanon.

Independent venue closures, social media algorithms and the rise of generative AI are all part of an ecosystem that artists say is becoming increasingly difficult for working musicians to weather.