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The dollar has slumped more than 10% against other major currencies, marking its worst first-half a year since 1973.

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Why some see the dollar's drop as a sign America is losing its financial might

The dollar has just posted its worst first-half of a year since 1973. And now investors wonder — is it a sign that America is losing its financial standing?

July 07, 2025
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  • Rafael Nam
The MingKwai typewriter's keys enable the typist to find and retrieve Chinese characters.

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  • Asia

How this long-lost Chinese typewriter from the 1940s changed modern computing

The concepts in the MingKwai typewriter underlie how Chinese, Japanese and Korean are typed today. The typewriter, patented in 1946, was found last year in an upstate New York basement.

July 07, 2025
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  • Emily Feng
sign reads" justice 4 Cornelius" at Atlanta City Hall

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'We have nothing.' Residents, advocates speak out ahead of Atlanta homeless encampment sweep

Advocates and residents of the Old Wheat Street encampment are demanding Atlanta provide supportive housing ahead of a sweep of the homeless camp.

July 07, 2025
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  • Amanda Andrews
A Subprime Education: asset-mezzanine-16x9

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Georgia Today: Federal funding freeze for education; Women's sports bar; New Alzheimer's medication

On the July 7 edition: A federal freeze of education funding impacts schools across Georgia; Georgia's first-ever women's sports bar opens its doors; and an Atlanta man is one of the first to be treated with a new medication for Alzheimer's disease. 

July 07, 2025
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  • Peter Biello and
  • Jake Cook
A Texas Department of Public Safety official inspects debris on the waterfront at Camp Mystic along the banks of the Guadalupe River after a flash flood swept through the area Sunday, July 6, in Hunt, Texas.

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  • National

Texas lawmaker wants investigation into weather alert system and storm preparedness

Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, says affected Texans are owed an investigation into what went wrong with evacuating flooded areas and how it can be prevented from happening again.

July 07, 2025
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  • Leila Fadel and
  • Destinee Adams
A search and recover unit paddles along the Guadalupe River on Monday in Hunt, Texas. Heavy rainfall caused severe flash flooding along the Guadalupe River in central Texas.

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  • National

4 things to know about the deadly Texas floods and ongoing search efforts

Search efforts continue for people still missing after Friday's floods, as questions swirl over what went wrong. Here's what we know so far.

July 07, 2025
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  • Rachel Treisman and
  • Jaclyn Diaz
Demonstrators march in Washington, D.C. to demand Temporary Protected Status for Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador on May 1, 2023.

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DHS ends Temporary Protected Status for thousands from Nicaragua and Honduras

Some 76,000 people from Nicaragua and Honduras were covered by TPS, which provides protection from deportation and grants work permits to people from certain nations affected by war or natural disasters.

July 07, 2025
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  • Juliana Kim
Georgia Superintendent of Schools Richard Woods speaks to reporters, Jan. 5, 2024, in Atlanta. Woods, an elected Republican, is refusing to provide state funding for the new Advanced Placement course in African American Studies.

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GPB evening headlines for July 7, 2025

Georgia Department of Education calls for promised federal funds for schools; South Korean battery recycler cancels plans in Georgia as the federal government pulls back on clean energy; Atlanta homeless camp residents face a coming sweep.

July 07, 2025
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Bryan County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Campbell Grieninger performs pre-flight checks on a drone owned by the Sheriff’s department in Pembroke on June 19, 2025.

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  • News

Surveillance concerns rise over Bryan County’s new use of drones during traffic stops

The state solicitor has cleared drone usage for traffic violations on Georgia public roads — and across the nation, drone use by law enforcement agencies is on the rise.

July 07, 2025
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  • Tyler Davis and
  • The Current
Unidentified people carrying binders bearing the seal of the US Justice Department reading "The Epstein Files: Phase 1" walk out of the West Wing of the White House in February. The Trump administration had promised it would release documents on late tycoon and convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein who was found dead in his prison cell in 2019.

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DOJ says no evidence Jeffrey Epstein had a 'client list' or blackmailed associates

The two-page memo outlines the "exhaustive review" the department conducted of the Epstein files in its possession, and also reiterates that Epstein died by suicide, contrary to some conspiracy theories.

July 07, 2025
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  • Ryan Lucas
Seth Silverstein and Robert Turybury pose next to a goliath grouper that Turybury caught along the beach of St. Simons Island on June 7.

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Georgia angler catches 400-pound goliath grouper off St. Simons Island

The federally protected goliath grouper is the largest grouper species in the Atlantic Ocean.

July 07, 2025
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  • Benjamin Payne
A selfie of George King and his wife on a balcony

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  • Health

New Alzheimer's disease medication is helping this Georgia man's quality of life

An Atlanta man is among the first being treated with a new medication designed to slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease.

July 07, 2025
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  • Ellen Eldridge
Ben and Sarah Brewington, both 35, thought they would have children after getting married and buying a home in Los Angeles. By choosing not to have children, they are part of an unprecedented and accelerating global trend.

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  • National

As women have far fewer babies, the U.S. and the world face unprecedented challenges

Far more families are choosing to have fewer — or no — children. Many countries, including the U.S., now face a rapidly aging population that could begin to shrink.

July 07, 2025
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  • Brian Mann and
  • Sarah McCammon

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  • Games & Humor

Sunday Puzzle: Anagrams for Kitchen Items

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with Houston Public Media listener Ed Menger and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

July 07, 2025
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  • Will Shortz
A splitscreen image of Reverend Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff.

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  • Politics

Taxpayer dollars at work: Big Beautiful Bill, Veterans Affairs staffing, legal permanent residency

Georgia's U.S. senators worked on asking Veteran Affairs Secretary Doug Collins about a staffing shortage in Georgia, introducing legislation for a pathway for those seeking legal permanent status, and more.

July 07, 2025
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  • Ambria Burton
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