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The Netherlands' Prime Minister Mark Rutte celebrates a big win by his VVD party in The Hague. Wednesday's vote will force far-right politician Geert Wilders into second place along with two other parties, the Christian Democratic Appeal and the Democracy party D66, exit polls predict.

Geert Wilders, 'Dutch Donald Trump,' Takes Second Place In Closely Watched Election

Prime Minister Mark Rutte's center-right party is celebrating a resounding win over populist Wilders' Party for Freedom, in a result that's being welcomed by centrists and progressives.

Louisville School Integration Efforts Safe For Now

Nearly every year a decades-old school busing program is threatened by the Kentucky legislature in one of the state's largest — and most segregated — cities.

Opana ER was reformulated to make it harder to crush and snort, but people abusing the drug turned to injecting it instead. And that fueled an HIV outbreak in Indiana.

Dangers Of Opana Opioid Painkiller Outweigh Benefits, FDA Panel Says

Opana ER has been linked to an HIV outbreak in rural Indiana among people who abuse the opioid painkiller. An advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration says the drug is too risky.

French police officers secure the scene near the Paris offices of the International Monetary Fund on Thursday, following reports that a letter bomb had exploded at the premises.

Booby-Trapped Letter Injures IMF Employee In Paris

An executive assistant suffered minor burns after a letter exploded at the International Monetary Fund's office in Paris on Thursday.

Ada Colau, center, celebrates after her election as Barcelona's mayor in 2015.

For Barcelona Activist Turned Mayor, The Anti-Corruption Goals Stay The Same

Ada Colau is a former Occupy activist, once arrested for blocking home evictions during Spain's economic crisis. Now she's Barcelona's mayor, a job in which, she says, "you're closest to the people."

A screen projection shows U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos addressing the crowd at the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, in National Harbor, Md.

Transgender Students, For-Profit Colleges And Changes To The SAT

Our weekly recap of the latest national education news. Highlights: Betsy DeVos spoke to a major conservative gathering, and the College Board took steps to fight cheating.

In the United States, black Muslims have to balance multiple identities.

Black Muslims Face Double Jeopardy, Anxiety In The Heartland

The intersection of these two identities has become more acute thanks to Black Lives Matter and protests against the Trump administration's executive order on immigration.

Today Dr. Kaw Bing Chua is a scientist at Temasek Life Sciences in Singapore. When he discovered the Nipah virus, he was a graduate student at the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

A Taste For Pork Helped A Deadly Virus Jump To Humans

People were dropping dead in Malaysia, and no one could figure out why their brains were swelling. A young scientist solved the mystery. Then he had to get people to believe him.

In this 2015 photograph, Lucille Horn stands on the boardwalk outside her home in Long Beach, N.Y.

Lucille Horn, Who Was Nursed To Health In A Coney Island Sideshow, Dies At 96

At a time when incubators were rejected by most doctors, Martin Couney treated Horn with one at a sideshow of premature infants. She died earlier this month, 96 years after most experts expected.

Only we can prevent wildfires

This is Paul Janensch with a Treasure Coast Essay about wildfires. For this time of year, there have been more of them than usual in Martin and St. Lucie…

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