Father arrested after baby left in car

1: Autopsy planned in shooting of patient

CHICKAMAUGA, Ga. — An autopsy has been scheduled for this weekend for a 72-year-old Alzheimer’s patient who was shot after authorities say he wandered into a darkened yard in Georgia, officials in the rural area reported Friday.

Ronald Westbrook had walked about three miles in subfreezing temperatures, then knocked on 34year-old Joe Hendrix’s door just before 4 a.m. Wednesday, authorities said.

Hendrix then went into the backyard of the home he rented in the Chickamauga area, confronted Westbrook and fired his handgun four times at the man, sheriff’s officials said. No charges have been filed.

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ORLANDO, Fla. — A father was arrested on Thanksgiving Day on a felony child neglect charge after police say he left his 2-month-old son alone in a car outside a store.

Haider Hassan Khudhair Darwash, 34, was booked into the Orange County Jail after the arrest Thursday evening. An attorney was not listed on jail records, and there was no phone number listed for Darwash in Orlando.

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, Trooper Edy Rivera was working an off-duty detail at a Best Buy in the Waterford Lakes shopping center for Black Friday when a man approached him and told him there was a baby alone in a car.

3: Negotiator: Peace deal still possible

JERUSALEM — The chief Palestinian negotiator in peace talks with Israel says the world needs to get tough with Israel over its continued settlement building to ensure the remaining five months of talks won’t be wasted.

Saeb Erekat spoke Friday in Jerusalem to diplomats from more than three dozen countries.

U.S.-mediated talks on the terms of a Palestinian state began in late July and are to last until April. Since the start of talks, Israel has announced plans for thousands of settlement apartments on lands sought for that state.

4: Egypt Islamists rally to defy protest law

CAIRO — Egyptian security forces firing tear gas and water cannons on Friday broke up anti-government demonstrations by Islamists defying a new law restricting protests.

Authorities are seeking to put down unrest by both Islamists and secular activists as a government-appointed assembly tries to finish a final draft on an amended constitution by early next week. The draft has raised criticism from democracy advocates for increasing powers of the military and president.

Since a popularly backed military coup ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in July, his supporters have been staging near-daily protests calling for his reinstatement.