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Refugees and migrants wait to be transferred by buses Tuesday during the evacuation of the camp near the Greek village of Idomeni. At its height, there were more than 12,000 people crammed into the makeshift camp, which exploded in size when Balkan states began closing their borders in mid-February.

PHOTOS: Greece Begins Evacuating Thousands Of Asylum-Seekers From Camp

Migrants and refugees have waited for months at the makeshift camp near Idomeni. They hoped to cross into Macedonia, but the border has been shut. Now they're being transferred to camps farther south.

Men, African-Americans, Hispanics and less educated young people are particularly likely to live with their parents. But across all demographics, more and more people are living with Mom and Dad, Pew found.

For First Time In 130 Years, More Young Adults Live With Parents Than With Partners

Living with Mom and/or Dad is more popular than any other form of living arrangement among Americans ages 18-34, the Pew Research Center says.

Students from the Sekenani Girls Secondary School gather outside their dormitory after lunch. The new school is the first high school for girls in the Maasai region.

These High School Girls Have Something To Cheer About

Many girls in Maasai culture drop out at 12 and end up caring for cattle or cooking at home. Many are subjected to female genital mutilation. The new Sekenani Girls School is a game changer.

Panama's economy, expected to grow by 6 percent this year, is a bright spot in Latin America. Many Panamanians believe their country has been unfairly tarnished by the Panama Papers revelations.

Panama Papers Fallout Hurts A Reputation Panama Thought It Had Fixed

Panama has improved transparency in its banking and legal sectors, and its economy is a bright spot in Latin America. But the Panama Papers have hurt the country's reputation.

Three Republican candidates; a wide range of political beliefs. Could that be a problem come November?

Trump Says He Can Unify The GOP, But Polls Suggest Otherwise

New data from the Pew Research Center suggest that the Republican candidate who is doing the best is also the one who would send the most voters running.

<strong></strong>Carla Bley with her trio, bassist Steve Swallow and saxophonist Andy Sheppard.

At 80, Carla Bley Keeps Looking Toward The Next Composition

The pianist and composer, a force on the jazz scene for 50 years, celebrated her 80th birthday with a gala concert and new album — and she has another album on the way.

The London Vegetable Orchestra strikes up a tune at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

Check Out These Musicians Who Literally Play With Their Food

It turns out beans aren't the only musical fruit. The London Vegetable Orchestra is one of many musical acts that uses all sorts of fruit and veg to produce sweet (and savory) sounds.

Born in December, Valentina Vitoria has microcephaly, the birth defect that causes an abnormally small head and can cause brain damage as well. Her mother is 32-year-old Fabiane Lopes.

Moms And Infants Are Abandoned In Brazil Amid Surge In Microcephaly

There have been several cases of abandoned babies already — at least three in Rio. And a psychologist believes that some men will walk out on their partner if a newborn has the birth defect.

Misty Copeland Achieves #SquadGoals In The Documentary 'A Ballerina's Tale'

Misty Copeland talks body image, ballet and blackness in the new PBS documentary A Ballerina's Tale.

When the Flint Farmers' Market moved downtown, closer to public transportation, more low-income customers started shopping there for all their grocery needs, a new study finds.

In Flint, Mich., Moving The Farmers Market Drew More Poor Shoppers

Flint's water woes are in the news, but the city is also a food desert. When its farmers market moved closer to public transportation, it made healthy foods more accessible to low-income shoppers.

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