Midday Roundup: Missing Chibok girl found in Nigeria

Finally free. Nigerian soldiers fighting with Boko Haram in the Sambisa Forest have rescued at least one of the more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped from Chibok more than two years ago, local residents said. Soldiers found 19-year-old Amina Ali Nkeki wandering in the forest and brought her to Chibok on Tuesday night to verify her identity and reunite her with her mother. Nkeki is pregnant but otherwise healthy, her uncle, Yakubu Nkeki, said. Her father died while she was held captive. Other missing girls may also have been rescued, Chibok community leader Pogu Bitrus said. He said he is working with officials to establish their identities.

Wage wars. The Department of Labor announced today it is doubling the salary threshold for overtime pay, making millions more people eligible for time-and-a-half. Under the new rules, salaried workers who earn less than $47,476 a year must receive overtime when they work more than 40 hours a week. The change will affect many low- and mid-level managers who currently work long hours without overtime. The Obama administration estimated 4.2 million workers could become eligible for the backdoor pay raise. The move is a way for President Barack Obama to raise wage for workers without approval from Congress, which has blocked White House attempts to increase the federal minimum wage.

Selective storytelling. A key witness didn’t show up to a contentious hearing Tuesday on Capitol Hill over how the White House portrayed the Iran nuclear deal to the American people. The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform called Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes to testify. Rhodes recently bragged to The New York Times that the White House manipulated the media on the Iran deal. Rhodes wasn’t talking, and instead claimed executive privilege. Chairman Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, accused Rhodes of making himself available only to select media, “those in his echo chamber.” Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., leveled his own accusations at Republicans, saying former Vice President Dick Cheney and his national security adviser John Hannah, who testified at the hearing, wrote the “how-to manual” on giving false narratives to the media.

Double trouble. Pennsylvania authorities have arrested twin brothers who terrorized two counties with homemade bombs during their winter break from college. Daniel and Caleb Tate, 22, are accused of making improvised explosive devices from metal pipes, propane canisters, and other household items and blowing up sheds and other property between Dec. 20 and 31 of last year. No one was injured. Daniel Tate attends Pepperdine University in California, and Caleb Tate goes to Belmont University in Tennessee, ABC News reported.

WORLD Radio’s Jim Henry and The Associated Press contributed to this report.