BENGHAZI, Libya – Libyan officials say the planned peace talks next week between Libyan factions will take place in Geneva, instead of Morocco. Libya is bitterly divided between rival governments in its east and west, after descending into chaos following the 2011 end of Moammar Gadhafi’s rule. Tawfik al-Shaheibi, a …

Over the last four years, I have lived with the constant threat from a stalker – a stalker who is now in jail for the third time for violating a restraining order. Every day I live with these questions: What if today is the day that my stalker posts bail? …

SKOPJE, Macedonia – The mystery of a baby baboon abducted from Skopje’s zoo had a bittersweet resolution: A mother says she stole it as a gift for her deaf son. The 26-year-old woman told Dnevnik newspaper took that she lifted Luka, an 18-month-old crowd favorite, as a belated birthday present …

THONOTOSASSA, Fla. – A manhunt was underway near Tampa after a sheriff’s deputy was shot in the thigh early Thursday while responding to a 911 call about shots being fired in the neighborhood. Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Col. Donna Lusczynski told local television stations shots were fired in the direction of …

PHOENIX – Former NFL lineman and Hall of Famer Warren Sapp was arrested Monday on suspicion of soliciting a prostitute and allegedly assaulting two women, Phoenix police said. Sapp was taken into custody at a downtown Phoenix hotel and booked into jail, police said. It wasn’t immediately clear if he …

BEIRUT – A U.S.-backed rebel group says al-Qaida’s affiliate in Syria has released seven of its members abducted last month. The Division 30 rebel group says it hopes the Nusra Front will release the group’s commander who has been held since July 30. Days after the abduction, the Nusra Front …

WICHITA, Kan. – Police say a man is in custody after he brought a small improvised explosive device into a women’s health care clinic that provides abortions in south-central Kansas. Wichita Police Department spokesman Doug Nolte says officers responded to the South Wind Women’s Center around 3:30 p.m. Monday. He …

CANBERRA, Australia – Seven young Australians were recently prevented from leaving the country for fear that they intended to join terrorists in the Middle East, the prime minister said Thursday. Prime Minister Tony Abbott refused to give details, including who the seven were, their ages, gender or where and when …

JERUSALEM – Israel’s former defense minister, Ehud Barak, says three separate plans on Israel striking Iranian nuclear facilities were blocked in recent years, first by Israel’s military chief and later by two ministers. Israel’s Channel 2 TV aired a recording of Barak’s remarks on Friday. The TV says the former …

There was no halftime show under the Friday night lights at Mississippi’s Brandon High School — the marching band had been benched. The band was ordered off the field because the Christian hymn “How Great Thou Art” was a part of their halftime show — in violation of a federal …