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Scientists Push To House More Lab Monkeys In Pairs

Macaques are social animals, whether in a group enclosure like this one at the Gelsenkircen zoo in western Germany, or in the wild. But many research monkeys are still housed in separate cages. Patrik Stollarz/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Scientists Push To House More Lab Monkeys In Pairs

Enhancing a research monkey's life by housing it with a pal often doesn't hurt the study, says a researcher who's done it. In her own experience, she says, "it actually helped to improve the science."

Middle East

U.S.-Backed Forces On The Verge Of Pushing ISIS Out Of Raqqa

by Ruth Sherlock

U.S.-Backed Forces On The Verge Of Pushing ISIS Out Of Raqqa

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Middle East

No Clear End Game For U.S. Military In Iraq And Syria

by Tom Bowman

No Clear End Game For U.S. Military In Iraq And Syria

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Politics

Bipartisan Health Care Bill Aims To Stabilize Individual Market And Keep Premiums Down

by Susan Davis

Bipartisan Health Care Bill Aims To Stabilize Individual Market And Keep Premiums Down

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Crooked Railroad New West Guitar Group

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Pasture Elephant Revival

National

How Fire Suppression Techniques Can Change As Wildfires Get Bigger

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National

FEMA Looks To Hire 2,000 More People As It Responds To Long List Of Disasters

by Brian Naylor

FEMA Looks To Hire 2,000 More People As It Responds To Long List Of Disasters

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Kerala Bonobo

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Attraction Bibi Tanga & the Selenites

Politics

Trump Defends False Claim That His Predecessors Didn't Call Families Of Fallen Soldiers

by Geoff Bennett

Trump Defends False Claim That His Predecessors Didn't Call Families Of Fallen Soldiers

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U.S. Military Still Investigating What Happened To 4 Service Members Killed In Niger

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Business

Boeing Competitors Teaming Up To Find A Way Around U.S. Tariffs

by Brian Mann

Boeing Competitors Teaming Up To Find A Way Around U.S. Tariffs

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Deia - Electromana

Asia

What To Expect As China's Ruling Communist Party Prepares For 19th National Congress

by Anthony Kuhn

What To Expect As China's Ruling Communist Party Prepares For 19th National Congress

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Loco's Lament Tommy Guerrero

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Action In Memphis

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Scientists Push To House More Lab Monkeys In Pairs

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

Scientists Push To House More Lab Monkeys In Pairs

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Drum Drum The Redneck Manifesto

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Guayaquil City Mano Negra

Politics

Trump Still Hasn't Fulfilled Promise To Declare Opioid Epidemic As A National Emergency

by Tamara Keith

Trump Still Hasn't Fulfilled Promise To Declare Opioid Epidemic As A National Emergency

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National

After Taking On Big Tobacco 20 Years Ago, Former Mississippi AG Is Trying Again With Opioids

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Business

Dow Jones Industrial Average Briefly Climbs Over 23,000 Points

by Alina Selyukh

Dow Jones Industrial Average Briefly Climbs Over 23,000 Points

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Paola Ease My Mind

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Vibe Bignic

Sports

NFL Players And Owners Have Not Resolved Controversy Over Anthem Protests

by Tom Goldman

NFL Players And Owners Have Not Resolved Controversy Over Anthem Protests

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Ex-Green Beret And NFL Player On His Role In, Reaction To Anthem Protests

Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick (middle) knelt on the sidelines during the national anthem to protest what he saw as the oppression of African-Americans in the United States. Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images hide caption

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National

Ex-Green Beret And NFL Player On His Role In, Reaction To Anthem Protests

by Kelly McEvers

Ex-Green Beret And NFL Player On His Role In, Reaction To Anthem Protests

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Wash The Dusk With Silver Tom Caufield

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Alta Farra [Instrumental] DJ Juan Data

Middle East

Liberation Of Raqqa Will Be A Powerful Blow To ISIS

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The Court Challenge Begins: Is Trump Taking Unconstitutional Emoluments?

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington filed a suit just three days after President Trump took office. The suit alleges he is violating the Constitution's ban on accepting foreign payments, or emoluments. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption

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Law

The Court Challenge Begins: Is Trump Taking Unconstitutional Emoluments?

by Peter Overby

The Court Challenge Begins: Is Trump Taking Unconstitutional Emoluments?

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Sweat Moss of Aura

Patients, Health Insurers Challenge Iowa's Effort To Privatize Medicaid

Neal Siegel, who lives with his girlfriend, Beth Wargo, is one of six disabled Iowans suing the state over its privatized Medicaid program. Clay Masters/IPR hide caption

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Patients, Health Insurers Challenge Iowa's Effort To Privatize Medicaid

by Clay Masters

Patients, Health Insurers Challenge Iowa's Effort To Privatize Medicaid

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Pappy Van Winkle Miller

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Million and One Things to Do [Instrumental] Time Machine

World

Russian Cyber Trolls Watched 'House Of Cards' To Understand U.S. Politics

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The Folk Music Festival That Started With A Spider Bite

Italian descendants perform the Tarantella, a dance that originates from a spider bite, in Curitiba, Brazil. Orlando Kissner/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Music News

The Folk Music Festival That Started With A Spider Bite

by Sylvia Poggioli

The Folk Music Festival That Started With A Spider Bite

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An Evening I will Not Forget Dermot Kennedy

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Macha Medeski, Martin & Wood

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