Egypt frees journalist detained while covering Luxor unrest

CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities have released a local journalist detained over the weekend in the southern city of Luxor where she was covering the alleged killing of a man during a police raid, her lawyer said Wednesday. Basma Mostafa walked free late Tuesday from a police station in Cairo, a day after prosecutors ordered her release pending an investigation into accusations that she disseminated false news through social media, said rights…