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Leo Varadkar, Ireland's prime minister, or <em>taoiseach,</em> leaves a Dublin polling station after casting his vote in Friday's referendum. Varadkar has campaigned aggressively for repealing Ireland's abortion ban.

Exit Polls: Ireland's Voters Want To Repeal Abortion Ban

Surveys by Irish broadcaster RTE and The Irish Times indicate that nearly 70 percent of voters want to do away with a constitutional amendment that recognizes the "right to life of the unborn."

Italian cycling great Gino Bartali in 1953. During the German occupation of Italy, the champion cyclist aided the Jewish-Christian rescue network in his hometown of Florence and the surrounding area by shuffling forged documents and papers hidden in the tubes and seat of his bike. Bartali, who died in 2000, rarely spoke about it for the rest of his life, but his son Andrea Bartali led an effort to gain recognition for what his father did. (AP Photo)

How An Italian Cycling Legend Helped Save Jewish Lives During World War II

Gino Bartali won Italy's prestigious Giro d'Italia three times between 1936 and 1946, and the Tour de France twice. But he also had a secret.

Some personal injury law firms now automatically target online ads at anyone who enters a nearby hospital's emergency room and has a cellphone. The ads may show up on multiple devices for more than a month.

Digital Ambulance Chasers? Law Firms Send Ads To Patients' Phones Inside ERs

Personal injury law firms are using location-based mobile ads to target people as they enter emergency rooms. The trend is raising concerns among patients and health privacy experts.

Composer Thea Musgrave, at 90, is still composing music.

Thea Musgrave, The 90-Year-Old Composer With 80 Players In The Bullpen

The Scottish-born musician, still busy writing music, celebrates her 90th birthday on May 27.

A view of the Federal Reserve is seen on May 2, 2018 in Washington, D.C. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)

Central Banks Have Become Too Powerful, Former Banker Says

The former deputy governor for the Bank of England says central banks like the Federal Reserve have held too much sway since the 2008 financial crisis.

<em>Picnic at Hanging Rock</em> was written by Joan Lindsay in 1967 and made into a very moody and memorable movie by director Peter Weir in 1975. Now, a new TV miniseries picks up the story of an ill-fated picnic in rural, turn-of-the-century Australia.

Venture Into The Australian Wilderness For A Chilling 'Picnic At Hanging Rock'

As the story goes, on Valentine's Day 1900, several students and their teacher slipped away from a holiday picnic and never returned. Amazon's new six-part TV miniseries explores the legend.

Swedish parliament passed a law on Wednesday ruling sex without consent is rape.

Swedish Law Declares Sex Without Consent Is Rape

The bill makes Sweden the 10th European country to redefine rape, making it illegal to engage in a sexual encounter without the verbal or physical consent of all participants.

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos answers questions by Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va., (on video screen) during a House Education and the Workforce Committee hearing on Capitol Hill.

Teachers Win At The Polls; DeVos Fields Questions On The Hill

Democrats weren't satisfied with DeVos' answers at a congressional hearing. That and more, in our weekly roundup of education news.

Shannon Shaw's "Broke My Own" is featured on this month's <em>Heavy Rotation</em> playlist.

Heavy Rotation: 10 Songs Public Radio Can't Stop Playing

This month's playlist includes the eclectic meditations of Shannon Shaw and the nostalgic melodies of Coach Phillips.

A Pakistani health worker administers the oral polio vaccine to a child during a campaign in Karachi on May 7. Because of past attacks on vaccinators, security personnel are often assigned to accompany them.

Why It's So Hard To Wipe Out Polio In Pakistan

A report from the front lines. Obstacles range from violence aimed at vaccinators to social media campaigns against vaccines. Not to mention classism.

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