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Mike McCloskey, his cousin Manuel Perez (left), and one of their co-workers on a beach at the edge of their new farm in Puerto Rico. McCloskey and Perez played on this beach as children.

Chasing A Dream Built On Dairy, This Master Of Milk Came Home

3:47pm February 04, 2017

by Dan Charles

For one of the biggest and most successful dairymen in America, success was based in part on crossing cultural boundaries. Now, he has returned home to continue building his empire of milk.

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An employee delivers new passports at the main Baghdad Passport office in the Iraqi capital in 2015.

Trump Backers Want Ideology Test For Extreme Vetting

9:48am February 04, 2017

What could "extreme vetting" mean in practice? For some who've helped form President Trump's refugee policies, it's not about stricter security screening. It's about something else.

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Kenyans Of Indian Descent Seek Greater Recognition

7:57am February 04, 2017

by Eyder Peralta

In Kenya, citizens of Indian descent have often been seen as foreigners. Now there is a movement to change that. Asians, as they are called in Kenya, want to be recognized as the country's 44th tribe.

Former Ambassador Discusses Trump's Emerging Foreign Policy

7:57am February 04, 2017

President Trump had several phone calls with foreign leaders this week. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with former Ambassador Thomas Pickering about how those calls are affecting U.S. foreign policy.

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Eike Batista Memes Fuel Humor In Brazil After Billionaire's Imprisonment

6:34pm February 03, 2017

by Philip Reeves

The imprisonment of former billionaire Eike Batista on corruption charges is fueling much schadenfreude in Brazil. Social media memes proliferate imagining life behind bars for the famously flamboyant and extravagant entrepreneur.

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Listeners Sold Us On What's Special To Them ... And They Sure Got Specific

4:03pm February 03, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

When we asked listeners to write ads of their own for their favorite things in life, we weren't surprised by some of the answers. But some — like burned toast and moss — were literally one of a kind.

Hou Yifan of China stands beside a scoreboard following her win in a "blinfold" chess tournament at the Beijing 2012 World Mind Games in Beijing.

In Just 5 Moves, Grandmaster Loses And Leaves Chess World Aghast

3:31pm February 03, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

The "Queen of Chess" gave away her final match at a major festival to make a point. And it left befuddled chess watchers wondering — in the words of one announcer — "What. Is. Going. On??"

Khalif Abdi Nur and his family sold their home and shop to buy suitcases for their move to the U.S.

'Only God And Trump Knows' Our Fate: A Dispatch From World's Largest Refugee Camp

3:02pm February 03, 2017

by Eyder Peralta

With the stroke of a pen, the new U.S. president threw thousands of lives into disarray. At the Dadaab camp in Kenya, people who have been in the resettlement process for years were at a loss.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Tuesday that Iran's missile program is purely defensive. The U.S. announced new sanctions on individuals and companies it says support Iran's ballistic missile program.

U.S. Treasury Department Announces New Sanctions On Iran

1:59pm February 03, 2017

by Rebecca Hersher

Less than a week after Iran tested a ballistic missile, the U.S. government expanded economic sanctions against the country. Iran insists its missile program is purely defensive.

Facebook has become so powerful that, for some people, having a Facebook account is more important than a driver's license. But when you lose that account, there's no recourse.

Building, And Losing, A Career On Facebook

12:54pm February 03, 2017

by Aarti Shahani

What a meme-maker and an investigative journalist teach us about the power of the Facebook empire, and how its opaque decisions harm real people.