By YOUKYUNG LEE SEOUL, South Korea — Facebook said the outage that made its social media sites inaccessible worldwide for about an hour Tuesday was self-inflicted. …

By RONNIE GREENE and JONATHAN PAYE-LAYLEHBUCHANAN, Liberia — The auburn-red soil and lush green vegetation lured the foreign investors to Liberia’s third-largest city with visions of environmental gold. …

By MICHELLE R. SMITH FALL RIVER, Mass. — A full jury was seated Monday for the murder trial of former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez, …

By DANICA KIRKA LONDON — The male monopoly in the leadership of the Church of England ended Monday, as the 500-year-old institution consecrated its first female …

By ZEINA KARAM BEIRUT — Kurdish fighters backed by intense U.S.-led airstrikes pushed the Islamic State group almost entirely out of the Syrian town of Kobani …

By SARAH EL DEEB CAIRO — An Egyptian appeals court on Monday convicted a doctor of manslaughter and performing female genital mutilation that led to the …

By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEINHAVANA (AP) — Cut off from the Internet, young Cubans have quietly linked thousands of computers into a hidden network that stretches miles across …

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer The Oscar nominations added intrigue if not diversity to an Academy Awards race by favoring one late-season release (American …

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON — How a person’s immune system does its job seems to depend more on environment and the germs …

By DAVID McFADDEN PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haiti has a new prime minister as it enters a phase of political uncertainty, with its parliament dissolved, opposition …