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50 Years Ago, Black Sabbath Found Its Sound And Took Metal Worldwide

Recorded in a few days and released just months after the band's self-titled debut, Paranoid delivered bleak but unforgettable songs about war, corruption and trauma.

A sign promoting the 2020 census stands in a planter in Roswell, N.M., in August. A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to continue holding off on wrapping up the census for now. Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call via Getty Images hide caption

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Court Order Keeps Census In Limbo As Counting End Date Looms

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Andrea Lerner (left), and her husband, Ira Lerner, sift through the mail-in applications at the Voter Registration office in the Lehigh County Government Center in Allentown, Pa. Hannah Yoon for NPR hide caption

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'We're Rolling With It': Election Workers Scramble To Adjust To Changing Voting Rules

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Rhea Seehorn as Kim Wexler, Bob Odenkirk as Jimmy McGill in Better Call Saul, an Emmy snub but a Deggy winner. Greg Lewis/AMC/Sony Pictures Television hide caption

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Sunday The Emmys, But First The Deggys

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50 Years Ago, Black Sabbath Found Its Sound And Took Metal Worldwide

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During a remote StoryCorps conversation, Erin Haggerty, left, told her father, George Barlow, how his words saw her through the tough times she faced as one of the only Black kids in her Iowa City community. Courtesy of Erin Haggerty hide caption

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'We Do Belong Here': Father Teaches Daughter To Have Black Pride

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Tamika Palmer spoke at the March on Washington last month at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. At left is Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, and at right is the Rev. Al Sharpton. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption

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Breonna Taylor's Mother: 'I Won't Go Away. I'll Still Fight'

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