WASHINGTON (AP) — Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl can expect a buoyant homecoming after five years in Taliban hands, but those in the government who worked for his release face mounting questions over the prisoner swap that won his freedom.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Five years a captive from the Afghanistan war, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is back in American hands, freed for five Guantanamo terrorism detainees in a swap stirring a sharp debate in Washington over whether the U.S. should have negotiated with the Taliban over a prisoner exchange.

SLOVYANSK, Ukraine (AP) — A leader for pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine said Saturday that a group of foreign military observers who have been detained as suspected “NATO spies” could be released in exchange for jailed pro-Russian activists.

Staff from Sainsbury's convenience stores across Teesside swapped their uniforms for their gym kits to raise funds for Sport Relief 2014. At least 50 colleagues from 18 stores were geared up for a intense two-hour “Armageddon” style boot camp at Acklam …

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Rangers and Tampa Bay Lightning pulled off the biggest deal on NHL trade deadline day Wednesday, swapping captains Ryan Callahan and Martin St. Louis in a blockbuster.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Washington has held indirect talks with the Taliban over the possible transfer of five senior Taliban prisoners from Guantanamo Bay in exchange for a U.S. soldier captured nearly five years ago, a senior Taliban official told The Associated Press.

Since 2009 an American soldier captured by the Afghan Taliban has been held in Afghanistan possibly wondering if the nation and more importantly his Commander-in-Chief abandoned him. Now after five years, according to Fox News Sgt. Bowe…

We can spot the next ghostly trend a mile away and here’s proof-this haunted home was exorcised to rid it of unruly spirits much like the now infamous Gary, Indiana “portal to hell house” and is now making headlines. Except these ghostly residents are a tad less threatening, choosing only to appear as disembodied legs […]

Her family stumbled upon the discovery while using widely available DNA tests to trace their family roots online. The results showed Annie Branum's DNA didn't match her father's. The website led them to a second cousin who had also used the DNA testing.

BEIRUT (AP) — Syria's top diplomat said Friday his country is prepared to implement a cease-fire in the shattered city of Aleppo and exchange detainees with opposition forces as a confidence-building measure before a peace conference opens next week in Switzerland.