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The release of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl in exchange for five senior members of the Taliban has been cheered as well as criticized. A look at why the move has been so polarizing.

A jury gave Courtney Lockhart life in prison in 2010, but a judge sentenced him to death instead. Lockhart has appealed to the state Supreme Court, hoping it will reconsider judicial override rules.

Disability and illness caused by opioids, amphetamines, cocaine and cannabis increased by more than 50 percent over the two decades prior to 2010. Opioid dependence in particular has become much more common.

If the U.S. and its allies decide to launch an attack on Syria, the speech could, ultimately, prove a pivotal moment.

"Across the board, we have a responsibility to not just build tools, but to make sure those tools are used for good," the founder and CEO of Facebook will say in his prepared remarks to the House.

Police have identified 38-year-old Jarrod W. Ramos as the man they say gunned down five people at the offices of the Capital Gazette newsroom in Annapolis, Md., on Thursday.

The entertainer's wife had been largely absent during his sexual assault trial. She has now released a three-page blistering defense.

Medical fundraisers account for 1 in 3 of the website's campaigns and bring in more money than any other GoFundMe category. Americans' confidence they can afford health care is slipping, some say.

Facebook, Google and other tech giants have been hit with problems they didn't anticipate their software creating. An MIT professor is teaching students that ethics is essential to their future work.

Two differing accounts have raised questions about an attack on a house in Balad, Iraq, last Wednesday. An Iraqi police report says U.S. forces executed 11 family members. The U.S. military says that is highly unlikely. Matthew Schofield, of Knight Ridder's European Bureau, talks with Melissa Block about the report.