Jay Cannon

3 days ago | usatoday.com | Jay Cannon

Mourners began flocking to Vatican City to pay respects to Pope Francis, who died early Monday, April 21 at 88. By midday local time, hundreds of visitors could be seen in St. Peter's Square, a large plaza in the heart of Vatican City where Francis made an appearance and gave a blessing on Easter Sunday after mass. Francis died at 7:35 a.m. local time (1:35 a.m. ET). His death comes weeks after he was hospitalized for bilateral pneumonia and other health issues.

6 days ago | usatoday.com | Jay Cannon

The Nebraska Lottery offers several draw games for those aiming to win big. Lottery players in Nebraska can choose from popular national games like the Powerball and Mega Millions, which are available in the vast majority of states. Other games include Lotto America, Lucky For Life, Pick 3, Pick 5, MyDaY and 2 by 2. Big lottery wins around the U.S. include a lucky lottery ticketholder in California who won a $1.27 billion Mega Millions jackpot in December 2024. See more big winners here.

1 week ago | houmatoday.com | Jay Cannon |Mary Walrath-Holdridge

Music streaming platform Spotify said it has resolved an outage affecting a large number of users on April 16. "Spotify experienced an outage today beginning around 6:20 am EDT. As of 11:45 am EDT, Spotify is back up and functioning normally. You can check @SpotifyStatus X channel for any additional updates," a Spotify spokesperson told USA TODAY in a statement. More than 48,000 users had reported issues accessing Spotify by 9:45 a.m. ET, according to outage tracking platform Downdetector.

1 week ago | lancastereaglegazette.com | Jay Cannon |Mary Walrath-Holdridge

Music streaming platform Spotify said it was working to resolve an outage affecting a mass amount of users on April 16. More than 48,000 users had reported issues accessing Spotify by 9:45 a.m. ET, according to outage tracking platform Downdetector. When accessing the Spotify website Wednesday morning, a banner reading, "Hey! We're aware of issues loading the Spotify app and website," stretched across the top, directing users to a community thread.

1 week ago | usatoday.com | Jay Cannon

Music streaming platform Spotify said it was working to resolve an outage affecting mass amounts of users on April 16. More than 48,000 users had reported issues accessing Spotify by 9:44 a.m. ET, according to outage tracking platform Downdetector. "We are aware of the outage and working to resolve it as soon as possible. The reports of this being a security hack are false," Spotify said in a post on X at 10:39 a.m. ET. This is a developing story.