Laborers from across the country have returned to their native Sichuan Province, where many elderly Chinese have refused to leave devastated - and still at risk - villages.
AP - A construction crane collapsed Friday on New York's Upper East Side, smashing into a 23-story apartment building before crashing onto the street below and killing one person.
AP - A top Democrat says that party leaders intend to push for a quick end to the grueling presidential nomination battle, as supporters of Hillary Rodham Clinton planned a rally in Washington in a last-minute effort to save her faltering candidacy.
AP - Consumer spending barely budged in April and growth in personal income slowed sharply, even though the government started sending out billions of dollars in economic stimulus payments.
Charles Nelson paid about $30,000 in rent since he moved into a four-bedroom home last August. But his landlord did not pay the mortgage and the bank is demanding the house back. Nelson fears what's next: "Is somebody going to knock at the door and throw me out?"
Residents southeast of Reykjavik, Iceland, were told to go home and check on relatives and possessions after a magnitude-6.1 earthquake Thursday that may have damaged roads and homes, a Reykjavik journalist said.