Baby on board: Paramedics deliver baby just before Delta flight lands

A passenger on a Delta Air Lines flight from Atlanta gave birth to a healthy 5-1/2 pound (2.5-kilogram) girl just before the Boeing 737 landed at Portland International Airport in Oregon on Friday night. Two paramedics who happened to be on the flight assisted, borrowing blankets from other passengers and using a shoelace to tie off the umbilical cord.

Sinking AI stocks and rising oil prices weigh on Wall Street

NEW YORK (AP) - Sinking AI stocks and another climb in oil prices helped to halt Wall Street's record-setting rally. The S&P 500 fell 0.5% Tuesday from its latest all-time high. The Dow Jones slipped 0.1%, while the Nasdaq composite fell 0.9% from its own record. Oil prices meanwhile rose by more than 2.5%.

Judge questions Trump's plan to close the Kennedy Center for 2 years

WASHINGTON (AP) – A federal judge overseeing a lawsuit that could decide whether Washington’s Kennedy Center closes in July for renovations questioned the Trump administration’s plans for the storied performing arts venue, asking Tuesday why the center needed to be closed entirely and whether the administration had done the research to back that decision.

Comey appears in court in Trump threat case that's likely to pose a challenge

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) – Former FBI Director James Comey made his first court appearance Wednesday in a criminal case against him that legal experts say presents significant hurdles for the prosecution and will likely be a challenge for the Justice Department to win.

Amazon touts a 'major expansion' with OpenAI as Microsoft ties loosen

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Amazon announced what it called a “major expansion” of its partnership with ChatGPT maker OpenAI on Tuesday, a day after the artificial intelligence company said it was loosening its ties to longtime backer Microsoft.

Billionaire Tom Steyer wants to take on the rich in run for California governor

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Billionaire climate activist Tom Steyer is selling himself as a class traitor in his bid for California governor. The Democrat with a personal fortune estimated at $2.4 billion wants wealthy people and corporations to pay higher taxes.

Today in History: April 28, Abu Ghraib torture images made public

Today is Tuesday, April 28, the 118th day of 2026. There are 247 days left in the year. Today in history: On April 28, 2004, the world first viewed images of prisoner abuse and torture by U.S. troops at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, via a report broadcast on the CBS television news program “60 Minutes II.”

Editorials from The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post and others

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Southern Poverty Law Center says its informant program was not kept secret

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Southern Poverty Law Center told a federal court on Tuesday that law enforcement agencies have long known that the nonprofit paid informants to report on the movements of hate groups, rejecting assertions by the Trump administration that the nonprofit steered money to the Ku Klux Klan.