Facebook Went Down, FIVE People Called 911

The major averages ended in the red Wednesday after the Federal Reserve said the economy was expanding at a "solid pace," suggesting it's prepared to raise interest rates. The S&P 500 fell 1.3%, the Dow Jones industrial average lost 1.1% and the Nasdaq 

Several users worldwide are experiencing issues connecting to Facebook and Instagram, both on the Web and via mobile apps.

SEOUL, South Korea — No storm selfies, hookups, status updates. With Facebook and Instagram down for nearly an hour overnight, what were legions of users to do?Turn to Twitter, of course. To talk about Facebook.

Facebook and Instagram were down temporarily late Monday, suggesting that common infrastructure used by these services was hit. Facebook later said the problems were its fault. We're aware of an outage affecting 

The Facebook outage caused members of the Denver press and the world media to express their distress on Twitter. Read about it at Westword.com.