Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
1. TOUGH ISSUES REMAIN FOLLOWING GAZA TRUCE DEAL
Israel and Hamas agree to an open-ended cease-fire after seven weeks of fighting, but barriers to lasting peace persist – such as Palestinian appeals for the end of a Gaza blockade.
2. FREED AMERICAN JOURNALIST BACK HOME
Peter Theo Curtis who was held by a Syrian extremist group of nearly two years is reunited with his family in Boston.