By DYLAN LOVAN

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — UPS announced Tuesday that it has retired its fleet of McDonnell Douglas MD-11 cargo planes just months after one crashed during takeoff, causing 15 deaths in Louisville.

CEO Carol Tome said during a fourth-quarter earnings call that UPS decided to “accelerate our plans and retire all MD-11 aircraft in our fleet.”

The Nov. 4 Louisville crash killed the plane’s three-person crew and 12 others on the ground just outside the Muhammad Ali International Airport. The plane’s left engine had fallen off the wing, and the plane was able to climb only about 30 feet before crashing.

The Federal Aviation Administration grounded all MD-11s after the crash. An agency statement Tuesday said the FAA continues to review “all the facts and circumstances” in deciding whether MD-11s would be allowed to fly again.

FedEx and Florida-based Western Global Airlines also had their fleets of MD-11s grounded by the FAA in November. FedEx has said it is working with federal officials to address any repairs “that may be needed to return our MD-11 aircraft safely to service.”

FedEx did not respond Tuesday afternoon to an email to its press office. A call left to Western Global’s headquarters was not returned on Tuesday.

MD-11s made up about 9% of the UPS fleet, and the company incurred an after-tax charge of $137 million in writing them off, Tome said Tuesday.

Tome said the company would be receiving 18 new Boeing 767s in the next 15 months to rebuild. She said during the peak holiday season, UPS had to bring in aircraft from other parts of the world, increase ground transportation volume and lease additional planes.

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“I am incredibly proud of our team at Worldport and how they responded to this accident,” Tome said. “And I would like to thank the Louisville community as well as our business and industry partners for their outpouring of support.”

The National Transportation Safety Board said investigators found cracks in some of the parts that held the engine to the wing of the UPS plane. Those cracks hadn’t been caught in regular maintenance. The last inspection on those key engine mount parts was 2021.

The crash had a devastating impact in Louisville, striking and causing smaller explosions at a nearby Kentucky Petroleum Recycling plant and hitting an auto salvage yard, Grade A Auto Parts, where many of the victims were visiting or working.

By BARBARA ORTUTAY, AP Technology Writer

Censorship claims, technical problems and a report of a surge in app deletions are just some of the challenges TikTok is facing as it adjusts to a new ownership structure in the United States that was finalized last week.

The company said Monday it was experiencing a “major infrastructure issue triggered by a power outage” at one of its U.S. data center partner sites. The outage led to bugs such as creators temporarily seeing zero views on their videos even if people had looked at them, as well as slow load times and timeout requests when posting videos.

On Tuesday, TikTok said it had made significant progress restoring services though users could still see glitches while using the popular video sharing app.

At the same time, users were raising concerns that the company is “censoring” videos, including ones critical of President Donald Trump, ICE or mentions of Jeffrey Epstein. The complaints were enough for California Gov. Gavin Newsom to announce on X Monday that he is launching a review into whether TikTok is violating state law by censoring Trump-critical content.

Jamie Favazza, a spokesperson for TikTok’s new U.S. joint venture, said it is inaccurate to say that the problems users have been encountering are “anything but the technical issues we’ve transparently confirmed.”

Still, the technical problems combined with the ties that some of the new owners have to Trump bristled some U.S. users just enough to delete the app. Market intelligence firm Sensor Tower said Tuesday that daily average app uninstalls grew 130% from Jan. 22 to Jan. 26 compared with the previous 30 days. However, daily average users still increased by 2% in the same period, which Sensor Tower says suggests the uninstalls had little effect on overall usage. And while TikTok lagged YouTube and Instagram in U.S. user growth, people spent more time on the platform than its rivals.

Minda Smiley, a social media analyst at research firm Emarketer, noted that ownership change did just happen and that TikTok is going through a lot of infrastructure-related shifts, which can lead to technical issues. But if there are still problems with certain videos not uploading, or the censorship claims persist, TikTok could see bigger issues down the line.

“Optics and perceptions are really important in situations like this, so I would stay like regardless of what’s actually happening, if people do feel as if content is being suppressed or content is difficult to upload or is being moderated or whatever it might be, that’s enough reason for a lot of users to flee or to stop using TikTok or to say they’re going to stop using TikTok,” she said.

That being said, “what users say and do is often different,” she added. After all, it was only a year ago that TikTok users were flocking to RedNote, a Chinese social media app, to protest a potential TikTok ban. The protest didn’t last and RedNote doesn’t see much discussion in the U.S. these days.

“Still, I think my point still stands that if this continues and people do feel as if the algorithm is changing, the content is changing, it certainly presents a challenge for TikTok,” Smiley added.

Cade Tyson’s ankle injury will likely keep him out when the Gophers play Wisconsin on Wednesday at Kohl Center in Madison, Wis.

“He’s probably doubtful,” head coach Niko Medved told the Pioneer Press on Tuesday. “I don’t think that is probably going to happen. Hopefully, it’s nothing long-term, but we will keep evaluating and we will take it day by day.”

Tyson, who is third in the Big Ten at 20.1 points per game, injured his ankle in the second half of the 76-57 loss to then-No. 7 Nebraska at Williams Arena on Saturday. He went to the locker room for treatment and returned to the bench but didn’t re-enter the game. The Cornhuskers took further control when the key U player went down.

The Gophers (10-10, 3-6 Big Ten) have lost five straight and already have four scholarship players out, including two starters in point guard Chansey Willis Jr. and center Robert Vaihola.

Minnesota has been using a seven-man rotation and it will go down to six players without Tyson, who has started all 20 games. The transfer from North Carolina averages a team-high 35.9 minutes per game, while adding 5.5 rebounds per contest.

Reserves Grayson Grove and Kai Shinholster are candidates to move into the starting lineup. Both of those freshman will likely have to play many more minutes.

“We are running on fumes,” Medved said. “We will have to look at some different lineups and things like that. … Could we get some minutes potentially out of Max Gizzi and Nehemiah (Turner)? Some of those could be on the table, depending on matchups and where we are at in the game.”

The Badgers (14-6, 6-3) beat Minnesota on a buzzer-beating 3-pointer from John Blackwell in a 78-75 win at The Barn on Jan. 13.

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By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and VALERIE GONZALEZ

A federal judge has issued a temporary order prohibiting removal of a 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy and his father whose arrest last week in Minnesota quickly become another lightning rod for America’s divisions on immigration under the Trump administration.

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U.S. Judge Fred Biery ruled Monday that any removal or transfer of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias, is on hold while a court case proceeds.

The father and son are now at family detention facility in Dilley, Texas, near San Antonio.

They were taken into custody last week outside their home in Minnesota. Neighbors and school officials say that federal immigration officers used the preschooler as “bait” by telling him to knock on the door to his house so that his mother would answer.

The Department of Homeland Security has called that description of events an “abject lie.” It said the father fled on foot and left the boy in a running vehicle in their driveway.

Ramos’ attorney, Jennifer Scarborough, didn’t immediately respond to phone or email messages from The Associated Press seeking comment. The Department of Homeland Security sent a response only reiterating their version of events, insisting they did not arrest or target the child. Their statement did not address the judge’s court order.

Federal officials have said the father was in the U.S. illegally, without offering details. Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff, said the man entered the country in December 2024.

The family’s attorney said he had a pending asylum claim allowing him to stay in the country.