Kidnapped US Journalist Freed: Report

American journalist Peter Theo Curtis, who was kidnapped in Turkey the month before James Foley went missing in 2012, has been released and is currently in the custody of United Nations representatives. Curtis, a Boston native abducted as he prepared to cross the border into Syria, was set free today and al-Jazeera credits Qatari mediation for his release. He had previously appeared in a video released June 30 in which he claimed he was being well cared for and that "everything has been perfect, food, clothing, even friends now." It's not clear who Curtis' captors were, and Jazeera is the only media outlet currently to have confirmed his release. (More Islamic State stories.)