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The Obama administration has pledged to support the Nigerian government in its effort to recover more than 250 schoolgirls kidnapped by the group Boko Haram. Sarah Sewall of the U.S. State Department just returned from high level meetings in Nigeria and speaks about the trip.

One increasingly popular water sport — wake surfing — is causing some to question its safety and its environmental impact on lakes.

The decision reverses the use of consent decrees to ensure accountability of law enforcement agencies. It comes days before the anniversary of George Floyd's murder by a police officer.

With Turkey's currency volatile and an ongoing battle between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and President Trump, Turks are tense about their economic future, but not in a panic.

Romance is one of the few profitable genres in the self-publishing industry. How romance writers turned e-books into a publishing juggernaut.

For NPR's Word of the Week: Things are getting spicy. We explain how a word referring to cinnamon and pepper turned less literal by the 19th century.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with guest puzzler Greg Pliska and listener Thom Gillis of Livonia, Michigan. Also, some listener well wishes for NPR Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

After a day of royal pomp, President Trump's visit to the United Kingdom closes with a business reception and a meeting with Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

NPR's A Martinez talks to Paul Butler — law professor at Georgetown University, and author of the book Chokehold: Policing Black Men — about the culture and tactics of special police units.

The Australian actress known in the U.S. for her role on HBO's Six Feet Under returns to her roots as a stage actress in Other Desert Cities. "Theater was where I began," she says.