Negotiations between the Nigerian president's administration and Islamist militants free 21 of the 270 schoolgirls kidnapped in 2014 by Boko Haram in Chibok, Nigeria (leaving 218 victims still unaccounted for). (BBC)
The death toll in North Carolina rises to 22 as flood waters continue to rise. GovernorPat McCrory says places that had a foot of water in the morning, were under 12 feet of water. (Reuters)