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James Pepper Henry, vice chairman of the Kaw Nation. He's standing in a quasi-traditional Kaw dugout in the Flint Hills on their property.

The Kaw people are choosing a site for a sacred boulder returned to the tribe

White residents took the boulder to Lawrenceville, Kansas, nearly 100 years ago. The Kaw say it is a reminder of everything that has been taken from them and what some see as invasion and genocide.

Oleg Repnoy stands in front of his Evacuation 200 vehicle. "My job is to accompany these heroes on their last trip home," he says.

These Ukrainian volunteers recover soldiers' bodies to return them to their families

Evacuation 200 is a special volunteer unit that scours the country for the bodies of soldiers left on battlefields. "My job is to accompany these heroes on their last trip home," one volunteer says.

President Trump's amplification of a false "birther" conspiracy against Sen. Kamala Harris has been criticized.

Trump's Racist 'Birther' Attacks On Harris Are A Return To Familiar Territory

The president's amplification of a false conspiracy theory against Joe Biden's running mate is part of a pattern of attacks directed at rivals from President Barack Obama to Sen. Ted Cruz.

Marc Polymeropoulos, a senior CIA official, photographed in Moscow's Red Square in 2017. He fell ill on that trip and has since suffered debilitating migraine headaches that led him to resign from the agency. U.S. diplomats in Cuba and China have suffered similar symptoms in recent years, but the cause has not been identified.

A CIA Officer Visits Moscow, Returns With Mysterious, Crippling Headaches

Dozens of U.S. diplomats in Cuba and China have complained of chronic, unexplained ailments. Now an ex-CIA official says he had to retire after a trip to Russia led to debilitating migraines.

Syrian children wait as a checkpoint that once separated their Damascus suburb from government-held areas is bulldozed. Rebels left the town in a truce negotiated with the help of local activists and notables.

In A Syrian Suburb Cleared Of Rebels, A Gradual Return To Everyday Life

In some areas of Syria, local truces have averted deadly military takeovers. But in a suburb north of Damascus, rebel fighters say their departure resulted more from coercion than negotiation.

Workers prepare takeout orders in Houston on May 1. For more than two out of three unemployed workers, jobless benefits exceed their old pay, researchers say. That can raise awkward questions for workers, bosses and policymakers.

For Many, $600 Jobless Benefit Makes It Hard To Return To Work

For more than two out of three unemployed workers, jobless benefits exceed their old pay, researchers say. That can raise awkward questions for workers, bosses and policymakers.

Seasonal agricultural workers plant peanuts next to wheat fields in China's Henan province. With tens of millions of urban and factory jobs lost, many of the newly unemployed have returned to their rural villages.

With China's Economy Battered By Pandemic, Millions Return To The Land For Work

Measures to mitigate the coronavirus pandemic have devastated China's economy, shutting factories and urban jobs that millions of migrant workers depend upon. Many now seek jobs in their villages.

Ice worm researchers Scott Hotaling and Peter Wimberger led a research trip to study life on the glaciers of Mt. Rainier in June. For a long time, Hotaling says, high-altitude glaciers like these were written off by biologists as basically sterile, lifeless places. No longer.

It's Summer, And That Means The Mysterious Return Of Glacier Ice Worms

On mountaintop glaciers of Alaska, Washington and Oregon, billions of tiny black worms are tunneling upward to the barren, icy surface. What lures them, and how do they survive the frozen depths?

ID lost to Hurricane Katrina is returned 20 years later

Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina crashed into Louisiana and Mississippi, surprises continue to surface. A washed-up ID and how a park ranger found its owner is a moment of joy in the tragedy.

Dr. Abraham Nussbaum argues for medicine to reconnect with its past: Caring for patients should be a calling, not a job, he says.

Doctor Yearns For Return To Time When Physicians Were 'Artisans'

Dr. Abraham Nussbaum, author of a book examining the drive toward standardized quality measures and checklists, says he fears medicine is becoming just another job and not the calling it should be.

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