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Family means a lot on Cayo Santiago, an island and monkey research colony off the coast of Puerto Rico. The colony of rhesus macaques living on the island since the 1930s has allowed scientists to trace kinship ties and effects across an extended communit

Puerto Rico's Monkey Island Lures Scientists For Generations

8:37am July 16, 2015

by Anders Kelto

The isle of Cayo Santiago has been home to at least nine generations of rhesus monkeys since the colony's founding in 1938. Primatologists here seek clues to primate kinship, cognition and ecology.

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Florida Sea Turtles Stage Amazing Comeback

11:21pm July 15, 2015

by Amy Green

When scientists first started counting the nests of green sea turtles in one area in the 1980s, they found fewer than 40 nests. In their last check, they counted almost 12,000.

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Sen. Lindsey Graham: Nuclear Deal With Iran 'Has To Include Their Behavior'

11:01pm July 15, 2015

NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham about the Iran nuclear agreement. He says a deal should have been contingent on Iran changing its behavior toward its neighbors.

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Undercover Video Targets Planned Parenthood

9:04pm July 15, 2015

by Jennifer Ludden

Activists say the video of a Planned Parenthood official is evidence the group is selling parts from aborted fetuses, which is illegal. Planned Parenthood says tissue is donated for medical research.

A wildfire raced through the neighborhood of Broadview in Wenatchee, Wash., destroying numerous homes and apple-processing facilities. Fire managers are worried that parts of Washington state are years behind other places in the West when it comes to fire

Wildfire Worries Rage In Typically 'Wet' Washington State

8:01pm July 15, 2015

by Kirk Siegler

Exceptionally dry conditions are fueling major blazes across the Pacific Northwest. A drought and rapid development in Washington mean the state may not be prepared to deal with a long, hot summer.

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Lebanon Residents Divided Over Iran Nuclear Deal

8:01pm July 15, 2015

by Alice Fordham

Lebanon serves as a good reflection of the Middle East, and it's buzzing with the news of the Iran nuclear deal.

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Obama Says Deal Is 'Best Means' For Preventing Iranian Nuclear Weapons

8:01pm July 15, 2015

by Scott Horsley

President Obama made his case for the Iran nuclear deal at a press conference Wednesday. He said the agreement achieves its primary goal, which is to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon.

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Nuclear Deal Includes Surveillance Of Iran's Nuclear Facilities

8:01pm July 15, 2015

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with veteran former International Atomic Energy Agency inspector Thomas Shea about the Iran nuclear deal and how the process of inspections may change.

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New York City Reaches $5.9 Million Settlement With Eric Garner Family

6:59pm July 15, 2015

by Joel Rose

New York City has reached a $5.9 million settlement with the family of Eric Garner, the unarmed black man who died after police placed him in a chokehold last year. Garner's family held a press conference on Tuesday with the Rev. Al Sharpton in Harlem to talk about the settlement.

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Ritchy Issac (left) and Myles Linton (right) consider themselves part of sneaker culture, the subject of an exhibit now on display at the Brooklyn Museum.

New Exhibit Laces Together Sneakers And History

6:59pm July 15, 2015

by Ilya Marritz

From high-heeled kicks to Air Jordans, a traveling exhibit from the Brooklyn Museum encourages us to look at everyday footwear as exquisite objects of desire, and see "sneakerheads" as the historians.

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