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The Justice Department is expected to unseal charges today against former Cuban President Raul Castro.

They're tied to the 1996 shootdown of two civilian planes flown by a Miami-based exile group.

Ahead of the expected announcement, Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a message marking Cuban Independence Day.

NPR's Ada Peralta reports from Miami.

President Trump is delivering the commencement address at the U.S.

Coast Guard Academy in Connecticut today.

During his speech, Trump again pointed to the war in Iran.

Trump says Tehran is now facing a choice between reaching an agreement with the U.S.

or risking further action.

Two police officers who helped defend the U.S.

Capitol during the January 6th insurrection are suing over a new $1.7 billion settlement fund.

The officers want to block anyone involved in the riot from receiving money through the program, which compensates people claiming they were politically targeted by prosecutors.

The NAACP is calling on black athletes to withhold support from public universities and states that are rolling back voting rights.

NPR's Kristen Wright reports the request comes after a U.S.

Supreme Court decision that weakened the Voting Rights Act.

The World Health Organization says the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and neighboring Uganda is spreading rapidly.

Nearly 600 suspected cases have been reported and at least 139 deaths are under investigation.