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Crews are battling multiple wildfires in Southern California, including the Sandy Fire in Simi Valley, northwest of Los Angeles.

Thousands remain under evacuation orders.

A Tennessee man jailed over a social media post about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk has won an $835,000 settlement.

Retired police officer Larry Bouchard spent 37 days in jail last year.

Before authorities dropped the felony charge against him, Bouchard says he was exercising his free speech rights.

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The Cuban government is dismissing the U.S.

government's indictment of former President Raul Castro on murder and other charges as a farce.

The announcement came Wednesday in Miami.

NPR's Ada Peralta is there.

Raul Castro is now 94 years old.

The Justice Department's indictment charges him for his alleged role in the 1996 shoot down of two civilian planes operated by a Miami based exile group.

Four people were killed, including three Americans.

Justice Department has also indicted a former federal prosecutor for sending a copy of special counsel Jack Smith's report on the investigation into President Trump's classified documents case.

And Pierce Jacqueline Diaz has more.

SpaceX has filed paperwork for what could be the biggest initial public offering in history.

Here's NPR's Jeff Brumfield.

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Two police officers who defended the Capitol during the January 6 Capitol riot are suing to stop the Trump administration from paying rioters from a new anti-weaponization fund.