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Tornadoes rip through Kansas, Oklahoma

By Jeff Black and Hasani Gittens, NBC News People in two states were taking shelter amid wailing warning sirens Sunday as tornadoes were confirmed to have touched down in Kansas and Oklahoma as part of an extreme weather system plowing through the nation's midsection. The system …

Ice from Canada's Dauphin Lake comes ashore, destroys houses

A pile of ice and debris nearly covers homes in Ochre Beach, in Canada's Manitoba province, May 11. Strong winds on Friday evening pushed the ice on Dauphin Lake ashore onto Ochre Beach, a summer community about 125 miles northwest of Winnipeg. Read more from CBC News. Edi …

Morehouse graduates, alumni brave driving rain to hear Obama's commencement address

Chelsea Flower Show prepares to celebrate 100th birthday

A gardener hangs flowers at the Chelsea Flower Show in London on May 19. The Chelsea Flower Show run by the Royal Horticultural Society celebrates its 100th birthday this year. The show runs from May 21 - 25. Read more about the RHS Chelsea Flower Show

Spanish celebrate the Virgin del Rocio with pilgrimage

Every spring, hundreds of thousands of devotees converge at a shrine to pay homage to the Virgin del Rocio during an annual pilgrimage that combines religious fervor and festive color.

Microscopic crystal 'flowers' build themselves in a Harvard lab

Imagine peering into a microscope and finding yourself in a garden. That's the case at Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, where researchers have found a way to shape microscopic crystals into complex and often beautiful structures. Inspired by coral reefs, sea …

Australia's V8 Supercars fly down the track in Austin, Texas

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Gothic fans gather in Leipzig

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Kentucky Derby winner Orb preps for the Preakness

By James Scully, NBC Sports - (Baltimore) Orb drew the least favorable starting position in the Preakness, post No. 1, but he can overcome it, especially given the complexion of the nine-horse field. Five contestants – Goldencents, Govenor Charlie, Itsmylu …

Change looms for ancient Ethiopian salt trade

From Reuters: HAMAD-ILE, Ethiopia - Abdu Ibrahim Mohammed was 15 years old when he began trekking with caravans of camels to collect salt in a sun-blasted desert basin of north Ethiopia that is one of the hottest places on earth. Now 51 and retired, he has passed his …

NYC artist's photos of unknowing subjects raise privacy concerns

To the well-known photographer who shot them with a telephoto lens, the pictures of people going about their daily lives in the building across the street constitute art. To the residents of a Manhattan apartment complex who now find those personal images of themselves on display …

Lava fountain, ash cloud erupt from Alaska volcano

A remote Alaska volcano continues to erupt, spewing lava and ash clouds. The Alaska Volcano Observatory said Thursday a continuous cloud of ash, steam and gas from Pavlof Volcano has been seen 20,000 feet above sea level. John Power, the U.S. Geological Survey scientist in char …

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"Life in plastic is not fantastic": Germans protest Barbie Dreamhouse

By Andy Eckardt, Producer, NBC News BERLIN – It is possibly the German capital’s most visible new tourist attraction, but the opening of the bright pink Barbie Dreamhouse Experience was picketed Thursday by women’s groups protesting the “cliché of …

Homemade robot looks ready for world domination

Chinese inventor Tao Xiangli modifies the circuits of his self-made robot at his house in Beijing on May 15. Tao, 37, spent about 150,000 yuan ($24,000) and more than 11 months to build the robot out of recycled scrap metal and electric wires that he bought from a second-hand mar …

12 killed, vehicles torn apart in Kabul suicide attack

By Atia Abawi and Fazal Ahad, NBC News KABUL, Afghanistan -- Six Americans were killed when a suicide bomber targeted a convoy carrying foreign troops in Kabul on Thursday, according to a NATO source. The victims included two soldiers and four civilian contractors, the sou …

Celebration and devastation as Chelsea defeats Benfica in the Europa League final

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Border security improvements create new deadly route for illegal immigrants

By Eric Thayer, ReutersI’m running through the desert outside a tiny town called Encino with a Texas Department of Public Safety helicopter flying above me. As I move through trees and bushes, the sand is soft and every step is an effort. It feels like I am running on the s …

Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli police on Nakba Day

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Wisconsin wildfire burns through nearly 50 structures

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