Duke’s dad always said his first stop in the States would be to pick up Duke, and it was,” a Virginia shelter said.

The Lynchburg Humane Society in Virginia said a dog separated from his military family for months finally was reunited with his owners.

Some slave traders bought and sold people in response to ... though the sweetness of reunion proved to be tinged with bitter loss. The Lyles family, meanwhile, remained scattered, rendered flotsam ...