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Hundreds of displaced or adopted Native Americans are looking to find their way back to family and tribe. Adoption files were usually physically sealed, making it impossible for adoptees to find lost family. Some states have made it easier to access information. Others won’t release it without a court order.

VIDEO: A new exhibit takes a look at the evolving roles women are playing in the toughest branch of the United States military, the U.S. Marine Corps. There have been female Marines since 1918, but women were first allowed in combat roles starting in 2016.

Could AIDS make a comeback? Thirty-six million people currently live with AIDS, a disease that claimed the lives of nearly 1 million people last year. Experts predict that by 2030, 100 million people will have been infected with the HIV virus, but research funding is drying up.

VIDEO: Tensions are high in Uganda after days of bloodshed, arrests and protests over treason charges brought against opposition lawmakers — including on Thursday against musician Robert Kyagulanyi, known as Bobi Wine. Authorities say the lawmakers and rowdy youth threatened President Yoweri Museveni’s life by throwing stones at his car. However, analysts say the clashes show any real opposition to the 32-year rule of Museveni will be met with force.

As South Korea extends its engagement with North Korea, there appears to be a widening rift between Washington and Seoul over how to achieve North Korea’s denuclearization.