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Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp back up after massive outage

Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp were temporarily down early Sunday. All three social media platforms, including Facebook Messenger, were affected by the outage. Downdetector.com, a site that monitors...

Apr 16, 2019

Nations express solidarity with France after Notre Dame fire

PARIS - Nations expressed solidarity with France after the fire at the Notre Dame Cathedral and offered their support for the recovery. Monday's fire collapsed the spire and burned through the roof of...

Apr 16, 2019

Foxconn head stepping back, mulling presidential run

TAIPEI, Taiwan - The head of Foxconn Technology Group is planning to step away from day-to-day operations at the world's largest electronics provider and said Tuesday that he is mulling a run for pres...

Apr 16, 2019

Seychelles president's underwater speech: Protect our oceans

DESROCHES ISLAND, Seychelles - In a striking speech delivered from deep below the ocean's surface, the Seychelles president on Sunday made a global plea for stronger protection of the "beating blue he...

Apr 16, 2019

Indigenous leaders want less drilling near sacred sites

SANTA FE, N.M. - Leaders of the Navajo Nation and Pueblo tribes expressed frustration Monday with federal oversight of oil and gas leases on public holdings near ancient Native American cultural sites...

Apr 15, 2019

Massive fire engulfs beloved Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris

PARIS - A catastrophic fire engulfed the upper reaches of Paris' soaring Notre Dame Cathedral as it was undergoing renovations Monday, threatening one of the greatest architectural treasures of the We...

Apr 15, 2019

Complaint: Man went to Mall of America intending to kill

MINNEAPOLIS - The man charged with throwing a 5-year-old boy off a third-floor balcony at the Mall of America told police he was angry at being rejected by women at the Minnesota mall and was "looking...

Apr 15, 2019

Capital Gazette's Pulitzer citation: 'rollercoaster moments'

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - The editor of the Capital Gazette of Maryland said Monday that his staff experienced some "rollercoaster moments" as it won a special Pulitzer Prize citation for its coverage and cour...

Apr 15, 2019

Russian company to invest in Kentucky aluminum mill

FRANKFORT, Ky. - An aluminum company planning to build a $1.7 billion plant in Appalachia said Monday it's forging a partnership with a Russian company that until recently faced U.S. sanctions. Russia...

Apr 15, 2019

AP journalists win Pulitzer for coverage of Yemen civil war

NEW YORK - A team of three Associated Press journalists won a Pulitzer Prize in international reporting Monday for their work documenting torture, graft and starvation in Yemen's brutal civil war. Rep...

Apr 15, 2019