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North Korea’s release of three U.S. citizens may have helped pave the way for talks next month between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un, but questions remain as to whether those negotiations will succeed.

Silicon Valley – with its close proximity to top schools like Stanford and California Polytechnic Institute – may be the technology Mecca of the U.S. But let Carolyn Presutti take you to Indianapolis, where Kenzie Academy is training new software developers and other high tech workers in the hopes they’ll give the Midwest some of the intellectual advantage enjoyed by the West Coast.

U.S.-trained Afghan UH-60 Black Hawk pilots are ready to start flying missions as of May 8. In addition to training, the United States is equipping Afghan forces with modern weaponry. The Afghan Air Force has obtained 13 Black Hawk helicopters, and expects that number to grow to 159.

PEOPLE IN AMERICA: Anyone who used an early iPhone knows Susan Bennett’s voice. As the original voice behind Siri, she tells you what the weather is going to be, where to find a good slice of pizza, whose birthday it is today, and the answer to nearly every absurd questions you can throw at her.

Virginia Wallen is a wife, a mother of three, and a woodworker. She achieved what she has never imagined she would — turning her carpentry hobby into a business. And as VOA’s Faiza Elmasry tells us, the entrepreneur isn’t just succeeding in her new career, she’s tearing down stereotypes and building a new role model.

A new survey found Americans lack knowledge about the Holocaust. VOA’s Anush Avetisyana takes us to a Washington museum that tries to keep the tragedy in our consciousness, and tours a new exhibit on how the U.S. reacted to the genocide.