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Nigerian authorities say at least 50 people died in three suicide bombings against churches and subsequent reprisal killings on Sunday and Monday. The violent Islamist militant group, Boko Haram, claimed responsibility for the bombings and vowed more attacks.

The prosecution rested its case yesterday in the trial of former Penn State University assistant football coach, Jerry Sandusky. He is charged with more than 50 counts of child sexual abuse. Host Michel Martin discusses the trial and what it reveals about the school's football culture with David Epstein of Sports Illustrated.

Hans-Jurgen Kuhl started painting at 10, and in his 20s experimented with clothing design. Later in life he discovered his greatest art form — counterfeiting money. In a piece for Wired, contributing editor David Wolman tells the story of Kuhl, who viewed his work fabricating $100 bills as art.

The 4-year-old made the rest of the field in England's Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot look like they didn't belong to be on the same track with him. His brother, Bullet Train, looked like a steam engine in comparison.

This morning theTimes talks about the freshman NPR programs. If you're just tuning in, catch up with the most popular episode from each of the news shows and listen on your local station.

The death toll keeps rising in Syria. But after a decade of fighting in the broader region, the U.S. and other Western countries have shown no interest in military action this time.

For that one moment all the meaning and concern I schlep from one day to the next just evaporated before my small place in this very big galaxy.

The senators said permitting a live broadcast would bolster public confidence in the judiciary. The Supreme Court has never allowed live broadcasting of its proceedings.

The former Egyptian president has been moved from prison to a military hospital.

The young ensemble associated with the famed Cleveland Orchestra makes its first trip abroad.