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7 charged with smuggling fish bladders to China

By Elliot Spagat, Associated Press SAN DIEGO -- Seven people have been charged with smuggling bladders from an endangered fish in what authorities said Wednesday may be a growing international practice in which the bladders are sold for more than $10,000 each to be used in a …

Inflatable poo? Don't step in it, bounce on it!

Inflatable installations, one of which you can bounce on, are on display in Hong Kong at the site of the future museum of visual arts, known as M+. The exhibit is the largest contemporary art exhibition ever to be mounted in Hong Kong. More about the exhibit.

Desperate attempts to rescue garment workers after building collapses in Bangladesh

By John Chalmers, Reuters DHAKA, Bangladesh -- An eight-story block housing factories and a shopping center collapsed on the outskirts of the Bangladeshi capital on Wednesday, killing almost 100 people and injuring hundreds, officials said. Firefighters and army personnel worked …

Legalization of same-sex marriage in France met with celebrations, protests

Sea claims graves on a sinking island

By Steve Szkotak, The Associated Press TANGIER ISLAND, Va. -- One day after Hurricane Sandy lashed this speck of land in the Chesapeake Bay last fall, islander Carol Moore hopped in her skiff and headed to a stretch of beach along The Uppards, one of the islands that …

Workers clean the Louvre

A window cleaner works on the glass pyramid of the Louvre museum in Paris, on Tuesday.

Nearly 100 years after they were killed in battle, British soldiers are laid to rest

Almost 100 years after they were killed in action, Lieutenant John Harold Pritchard and Private Christopher Douglas Elphick were re-interred with full military honors in a private ceremony. Lieutenant Pritchard was killed in action on May 15, 1917 during an enemy attack near …

Second arrest made after India child rape but anger at police rises

By Frank Jack Daniel, Reuters Indian police arrested a second man on Monday in connection with the rape and torture of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, but that was not enough to halt protests at perceived police incompetence and corruption. Neighbors say the child was abduc …

Auburn fans' beloved oak trees cut down after poisoning

Auburn University removed the dying oaks at Toomer's Corner Tuesday morning, after they were poisoned by a rival fan shortly following the 2010 Iron Bowl. Harvey Updyke Jr. is serving a jail term after pleading guilty to spiking the oaks with a powerful herbicide, and experts sa …

Under darkness, earthquake victims seek food, shelter and power

Related: PHOTOS: Earthquake in China Frustration rises from rubble following China's deadly quake Residents and rescuers find nourishment after powerful earthquake in China

Feds release Boston Marathon crime scene to city

BOSTON (AP) -- Federal investigators have formally released the Boston Marathon finish line bombing crime scene to the city. A brief ceremony at 5 p.m. Monday on Boylston Street was attended by state and federal officials. It included presentation of the U.S. flag that …

Deadly flooding swamps Midwestern states

By Matthew DeLuca and Daniel Arkin, NBC News Heavy river flooding in six Midwestern states — which has forced evacuations, shut down bridges, swamped homes, and caused as many as four deaths — was at or near crest levels in some areas Monday. Downpours h …

Police nab suspected hit man in Guatemala City

Police officers capture a suspected hit man after the murder of a bus driver in Zona 6 in Guatemala City, on Monday. A bus driver was shot to death in Zona 6 in Guatemala City for not paying extortion fees to a criminal gang, according to the police at the scene.

Mourners pause for moment of silence one week after Boston attack

By Matthew DeLuca, Staff Writer, NBC News Boston observed a moment of silence at 2:50 p.m. Monday – exactly one week after an annual springtime rite in the city was shattered by a pair of explosions that killed three people and injured more than 200, including some who …

Residents and rescuers find nourishment after powerful earthquake in China

By John Ruwitch, Reuters Hundreds of survivors of a 6.6-magnitude earthquake that hit southwest China, killing nearly 200 people, pushed into traffic along a main road on Monday, waving protest signs, demanding help and shouting at police. "We are in the open air here. No pl …

A 'sign' of the Greek economy

By European PressPhoto Agency -- Just as ancient temples remind humanity of the once great Greek Empire, empty billboards represent Greece’s current situation. They can now be easily found in Greece’s capital, Athens. They are ragged and empty, or else carryin …

#ShareandTell: Share your Earth Day photos with us

Monday, April 22, is Earth Day, a time to step back and appreciate our beautiful blue planet and the two-way relationship we have with it. All week long, we at NBCNews.com are collecting images to highlight how people are making a difference by helping the environment. To partic …

Fish swims by window in Grand Rapids, Mich., floodwaters

Lynn Clay grabbed her camera to snap a frame of the floodwaters outside one of the windows in her office building at the Riverfront Plaza in Grand Rapids, Mich., and captured a little fish swimming by. She didn't even realize the fish was in the frame until she looked at it late …

London marathon kicks off with a moment of silence

Undaunted by the Boston Marathon bombings, big crowds lined the route of the London Marathon on Sunday to cheer on some 36,000 runners who paid their respects to the Boston victims by wearing black ribbons and holding a 30-second silence before the start. London's is the first m …

Satellite images show West, Texas before and after fertilizer plant explosion

The satellite images above provided by DigitalGlobe show the destructive force of the fertilizer plant explosion that rocked the small town of West, Texas, with the force of a magnitude-2.1 earthquake last Wednesday evening. The pictures show the debris field that surrounds West …