RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Moroccan authorities said Wednesday that a Dutch ship promoting legal abortions set to dock in Morocco is operating outside the law and could possibly be stopped before arriving...

BEIRUT (AP) — Turkish artillery fired on Syrian targets Wednesday after shelling from Syria struck a border village in Turkey, killing five civilians, sharply escalating tensions between the two...

GRETNA (AP) — A Gretna couple has been arrested and booked with pandering for allegedly turning their home into a brothel. The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office says 39-year-old Bethin Benites-Miranda,...

MONROE (AP) — A former teacher at a private school suspected of calling in bomb threats to three Ouachita Parish schools — including the one he worked at — faces a second bond hearing...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A former Penn State graduate assistant who complained he saw former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky showering with a young boy on campus in 2001 and testified at his...

TOOELE, Utah (AP) — A Utah public high school principal has apologized to dozens of teens who were turned away from their homecoming dance because their dresses were deemed too short, in what parents...

ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Mentally ill patients suffer from severe abuse at psychiatric hospitals and so-called healing centers in Ghana, with many chained to trees and even denied water, a human rights...

TAUNTON, Mass. (AP) — Authorities say a dog survived an 11-mile ride from Massachusetts to Rhode Island at speeds as high as 50 mph after it was hit by a sedan and became wedged into the grille. ...

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — In some countries political campaigns give out bumper stickers and yard signs. In others, they offer free lunches and supermarket debit cards. In Honduras, one of Latin...

PAGO PAGO, American Samoa (AP) — Two corrections officers at American Samoa’s only jail are suspected of letting inmates leave to go on beer and food runs. Officers Fiti Aina and Rocky Tua...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Family Guy” creator Seth MacFarlane says being invited to host the 2013 Academy Awards “was the greatest call that I could have gotten in show business.” ...

ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) — A regional state public health official tells the Alexandria City Council that mosquito season and new West Nile virus cases are beginning to wind down. The Town Talk (http://townta.lk/PE5bz9)...