Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
1. U.S. ‘UNAWARE’ OF SOUTH AFRICAN HOSTAGE TALKS
Ambassador Patrick Gaspard says the U.S. did not know about talks on the reported imminent release of aid worker Pierre Korkie, who died with American hostage Luke Somers in a U.S. raid on al-Qaida militants in Yemen.
2. BERKELEY’S STREETS HIT BY SECOND NIGHT OF VIOLENCE
Protests against police killings in Missouri and New York turn violent again in Northern California as some demonstrators hit officers with objects, assault each other and shut down a freeway.