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The seal of the Department of Defense at the Pentagon.

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  • USPS

Military bases in New Jersey, Indiana, to be expanded to detain immigrants

NPR has learned that the Pentagon has also approved the expansion of the U.S. Naval Base on Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for the same purpose.

July 21, 2025
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo and
  • Tom Bowman
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. sits speaks on the telephone after encountering a white mob protesting against the Freedom Riders in Montgomery, Alabama, May 26, 1961. On Monday, the Trump administration released a trove of records about King's assassination.

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  • Politics

Trump administration releases trove of files on Martin Luther King Jr. assassination

The release came in response to an executive order issued by President Trump. King's family warned they would object to any use of the records "to spread falsehoods" about King's life and legacy.

July 21, 2025
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By:
  • Elena Moore
Students walk through Harvard Yard.

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  • Education

Lawyers for Harvard and Trump square off in court in Boston

With more than $2 billion in federal research grants at stake, the two sides argued before a federal judge about the legality of the White House's cancellation of those funds to Harvard.

July 21, 2025
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By:
  • Emily Piper-Vallillo and
  • Elissa Nadworny
Alek Hermon as a baby with his father, Michael, in 1992.

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  • National

After his father died in the hospital, a nurse held him in his arms

Alek Hermon didn't think much of his father's overnight nurse until his father died.

July 21, 2025
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By:
  • Ryan Katz and
  • Laura Kwerel
A Google Maps image shows Minot International Airport's close proximity to the North Dakota fairground. An airliner that was approaching the airport from the southeast deviated course into an abrupt go-around on Friday — at around the same time a bomber performed a flyover at the fair.

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  • National

Airline pilot was about to land in N.D. when he saw a B-52 'coming at us'

A Delta Connection flight from Minneapolis was preparing to land in Minot, N.D., when crew members spotted a large military aircraft flying toward them.

July 21, 2025
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
President Trump, accompanied by Tulsi Gabbard, speaks after Gabbard is sworn in as director of national intelligence on February 12.

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  • Politics

Trump's spy chief claims the Obama administration 'manufactured' intel on Russia

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has published the latest in a series of reports that scrutinize years-old intel community conclusions about Russian interference in the 2016 election.

July 21, 2025
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By:
  • Jenna McLaughlin
Malcolm-Jamal Warner at the 65th GRAMMY Awards in Los Angeles, California.

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  • Obituaries

Actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner, 'Cosby Show' star, has died at the age of 54

The actor and Grammy Award winner died in a drowning accident Sunday while on vacation in Costa Rica.

July 21, 2025
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By:
  • Anastasia Tsioulcas

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  • News

Georgia Today: Three people drown at Macon river park; Tariff on tomatoes from Mexico; Heat safety

On the July 21 edition: A petition calls for shutting off river access at a Macon park after recent drownings; Georgia growers react to the announcement of a 17% tariff on tomatoes from Mexico; preparing for Georgia heat. 

July 21, 2025
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By:
  • Orlando Montoya and
  • Jake Cook
As efforts to reform the cash bail system increase, the backlash against them does too. On Monday, President Trump disparaged bail reform on social media, calling it a "complete disaster."<br><br>

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  • National

Community bail funds face backlash from GOP lawmakers after a 2020 surge in popularity

Bail Funds — where community members donate money to help others post bail — exploded in popularity after the 2020 protests against police brutality. Since then, they've faced political blowback, and a wave of legislation working to restrict them.

July 21, 2025
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By:
  • Meg Anderson
The new book <em>Nothing More of This Land </em>traces indigenous communities on Martha's Vineyard. Above, beachgoers on Moshup Beach in July 2010.

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  • Author Interviews

Beyond polo shirts and presidents, Martha's Vineyard has an indigenous past and present

In Nothing More of This Land, Aquinnah Wampanoag writer Joseph Lee takes readers past the celebrity summer scene and into the heart of Noepe, the name his people have called the island for centuries.

July 21, 2025
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By:
  • Tonya Mosley
<a href="https://mottpoll.org/reports/teens-and-protein"target="_blank"   >A poll of parents</a> last fall found 40% of teens consumed some type of protein supplement in the past year. Boys took it to bulk up; girls took it to replace meals.

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  • Health

Teens are trying to bulk up on protein supplements. What should parents watch for?

Teenage boys, especially, are getting lots of messages — from peers and from social media — about the power of protein supplements. Doctors caution there can be too much of a good thing.

July 21, 2025
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By:
  • Yuki Noguchi
People cool off on a sunny day as temperatures climb in New York City, with forecasts calling for highs to reach the upper 90s°F this Sunday and potentially touching the low 100s°F in many areas across the Midwest and East on June 21, 2025. Photo by Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images

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  • News

GPB evening headlines for July 21, 2025

Excessive heat index values are prompting the National Weather Service to issue advisories for east and central Georgia today.

Last week the Trump administration announced a 17% tariff on tomatoes imported from Mexico.  Georgia growers hope for a boost.

Calls for safety changes are growing after three people drowned in the Ocmulgee River at Amerson River Park in Macon last week.

July 21, 2025
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  • GPB News Radio
Firefighters work at the site of a Bangladesh Air Force training aircraft that crashed into a school campus shortly after takeoff in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday.

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  • Asia

A Bangladesh Air Force training jet crashes into a school in Dhaka and kills at least 20

The Chinese-made F-7 BGI training jet experienced a "technical malfunction" moments after takeoff before it crashed into a school, according to Bangladesh's military.

July 21, 2025
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By:
  • The Associated Press

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  • Science

COMIC: Exploring the ocean's wonderous, mysterious depths

Did you know that we know less about the sea than we do about space? With this comic, we explore some of what scientists do know about Earth's ocean.

July 21, 2025
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By:
  • Berly McCoy,
  • Angela Hsieh,
  • and 2 more
Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-N.M., speaks in favor of reauthorizing the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act in 2024. The legislation, which will benefit people sickened by radiation exposure in uranium mining and nuclear weapons testing, was included in the budget bill President Trump signed on July 4, 2025.

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  • Health

A creek with atomic waste from WWII is linked to increased cancer risk

A new study in JAMA shows how proximity to Coldwater Creek, where nuclear waste from the Manhattan Project was improperly stored, affected cancer rates over the decades.

July 21, 2025
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By:
  • Ronnie Cohen
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