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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. The Justice Department is expected to unseal charges today against former Cuban President Raul Castro. They're tied to the 1996 shoot down 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. And NPR's Ada Peralta reports from Miami.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio says Cuba is suffering not because of a US Blockade, but because their government has placed the good of a few insiders ahead of the good of the Cuban people. Rubio said the only thing in the way of a better future for Cuba is the people who control their country. If owning your own business and having the right to vote is possible outside Cuba, he said, why is it not possible for you inside Cuba? Rubio spoke as the Justice Department prepared to announce an indictment indictment against former Cuban President Raul Castro. Cuba has said the US Is simply trying to justify an illegal and inhumane military intervention against Cuba. Ada Peralta, NPR News, Miami.
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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.
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Everything's gone. Their Navy's gone, their Air Force is gone, just about everything. The only question is, do we go and finish it up or are they going to be signing a document? Let's see what happens.
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Trump says Tehran is now facing a choice between reaching an agreement with the US or risking further action. Two police officers who helped defend the US 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 with 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.
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The NAACP is urging black athletes who are being recruited by public universities in states, weakening the power of black voters to not commit to going to those schools until those state governments restore store fair congressional maps. The civil rights group is targeting eight states in the south where major college football and basketball programs made up of mostly black players rake in big money. The NAACP is also asking college athletes to elevate the issue and call on leaders to speak out against racial redistricting. It's also urging alumni, donors and fans to withhold financial support. Several Republican led states are racing to redraw congressional districts in an effort to flip seats, effectively diluting black voting power. Kristen Wright, NPR News.
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This is npr. 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. One American aid worker who was treating patients in Congo has tested positive and was evacuated for treatment in Germany. The National Trust for Historic Places has just released its annual list of the most endangered sites in the United States. NPR's Neta Ulaby reports.
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The list of 11 places has a theme honoring the idea that all people are created equal. It includes the oldest Quaker meeting house in Massachusetts and a few sites that have been affected by President Trump's administration, including the president's house in Philadelphia, where the National Park Service removed some information about enslaved people there. National Trust President Carol Quillen calls that historical erasure that's a threat to preservation
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that we're also interested in protesting.
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The National Trust is currently suing the Trump administration over its construction of a ballroom on White House grounds. Nada. Ulupi, NPR News.
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A fast moving wildfire near Simi Valley, California, has forced thousands of people to evacuate their homes. The fire started Monday in Venturi county and has burned more than 1600 acres. Authorities say at least one home has been destroyed and several neighborhoods remain under evacuation orders. On Wall street, the dow is up 490 points. I'm Windsor Johnston, NPR News, in Washington.
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