A woman from China has pleaded guilty to attempting to smuggle 29 eastern box turtles, a protected species, across a Vermont lake into Canada by kayak.

CANAAN, Haiti – Just before 5 p.m., Marie-Mislen Thomas’ house fell on top of her three children. Then the Thomases and hundreds of thousands more Haitian earthquake survivors were left on their own. On the tenth anniversary of the Haitian quake, Canaan has become the largest slum in the Caribbean. A restaurant wedged between two collapsed buildings shows signs of having survived the powerful earthquake that devastated much of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Since her crutches are too small, the girl moves from room to room on her knees.