[{"title":"Former PM Rutte: Netherlands narrowly avoided “code black” during COVID-19 pandemic","description":"Former Prime Minister Mark Rutte told the parliamentary inquiry committee on COVID-19 that the Netherlands narrowly avoided a collapse of hospital care during the pandemic."},{"title":"Several arrests made in connection with Amsterdam explosion; Ties to ATM burglary crew","description":"Police in Amsterdam confirmed that several people were arrested on Friday afternoon in connection with a "},{"title":"Netherlands moves to near-total ban on online gambling ads amid loophole crackdown","description":"The Dutch government is introducing much stricter rules on online gambling, including a near-total ban on gambling ads and bonuses."},{"title":"Audi seen speeding away from explosion that destroyed Amsterdam gym, injuring at least 7","description":"Two witnesses saw young people flee the scene and an Audi speed away shortly after an explosion destroyed a gym in Amsterdam Nieuw-West overnight, the Telegraaf "},{"title":"Over 400,000 children don’t play outdoors; Screen time, helicopter parents to blame","description":"Hundreds of thousands of children, roughly equivalent to a fourth of all primary school children in the Netherlands, rarely play outdoors, if at all."},{"title":"Dutch central bank cuts growth forecast to 0.8% amid global trade disruption","description":"The Dutch economy is set to grow more slowly than previously anticipated, with De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) lowering its forecast from 1.2 percent to 0.8 percent."},{"title":"Apartment block structurally sound after Amsterdam blast; housing association \"shocked\"","description":"The apartment block next to the building in Amsterdam Nieuw-West, where an explosi"},{"title":"Locals heard argument before Amsterdam blast that hurt 7; Police still focused on rescue","description":"An argument may have preceded a massive explosion at an apartment buildi"},{"title":"Amsterdam mayor visits site of apartment building explosion; Search for victims ongoing","description":"Mayor Femke Halsema of Amsterdam visited an apartment building on Osdorper Ban on Friday morning, where an "},{"title":"Majority set to pass more use of ankle bracelets instead of short prison sentences","description":"A parliamentary majority is ready to support a bill by the D66 and CDA to allow judges to sentence people to house arrest with an ankle monitor for minor offenses."}]