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This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. San Francisco — San Francisco Opera’s hit new opera, Huang Ruo’s “The Monkey King,” which had its final ...

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Nov. 19 (UPI) --The Philadelphia Zoo announced the birth of a pair of pied tamarin monkey twins -- the second such set of twins to be born at the facility this year. The zoo announced on social media ...

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