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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX has come calling at the International Space Station. The Dragon cargo ship is carrying 7,000 pounds of freight including a high-priority delivery: the world's first inflatable room for astronauts. Station astronauts used a big robot arm to capture the Dragon, orbiting 260 miles above the Pacific. The pioneering pod — packed tightly for launch — should swell to the size of a small bedroom once filled with air. It will be attached to the space station next weekend. But it won't be inflated until the end of May.
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Television footage showed people praying in public following a powerful earthquake that rattled Pakistan's capital and other cities across the country today. Terrified residents fled their homes and offices as buildings swayed but there are no immediate reports of casualties or major damage. The quake was felt as far away as India's capital, New Delhi. Pakistan says the quake measured a magnitude 7.1 while German experts called it a magnitude at 6.5.
RIO VISTA, Calif. (AP) — Five people, including three women and two toddlers, have been killed in a head-on collision in Northern California that police say happened while a car tried to pass on a two-lane highway. Police say the driver of the car lost control trying to get back in line and hit a pickup truck. The occupants of the pickup were not seriously injured. The toddlers were a boy and a girl.
NEW YORK (AP) — Sen. Charles Schumer says the anti-terrorism slogan "see something, say something" should also include the words "get something." Schumer says he is introducing legislation requiring a $25,000 reward for information generated through social media that helps thwart a terror attack. Schumer says current law does not specifically cover tips generated through social media.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The possibility of a contested Republican convention is looming larger after Ted Cruz rolled up delegates in Colorado. It means front-runner Donald Trump has little room for error in his effort to clinch the GOP nomination by the end of the primaries on June 7. He'll need to win nearly 60 percent of all the remaining delegates. Hillary Clinton says she needs to "win big" in New York's primary to become the Democratic presidential nominee and "go after Republicans full-time." Bernie Sanders won Wyoming but still split the delegates with Clinton.
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