Paul Manafort, the man who helped guide Donald Trump to the presidency, was sentenced to a total of more than seven years in federal prison on Wednesday after a federal judge added 43 months to the punishment he received in another case last week. (USAToday)

Actress Lori Loughlin was set to be released on $1 million bond Wednesday after appearing in federal court in Los Angeles in connection with her alleged role with the college scandal.(NBCNews)

The last time Facebook had a disruption of this magnitude was in 2008, when the site had 150m users – compared to around 2.3bn monthly users today. Facebook’s main product, its two messaging apps and image-sharing site Instagram were all affected. The cause of the interruption has not yet been made public. “We’re aware that some people are currently having trouble accessing the Facebook family of apps,” Facebook said in a statement.(BBCNews)