Budget carrier Spirit Airlines filed for bankruptcy this week, stoking concern about how the financial peril of a low-fare option could impact prices across the industry. “Guests can continue to book and fly without interruption and can use all tickets, credits and loyalty points,” Spirit Airlines said in a statement on Monday. MORE: Spirit Airlines files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protectionSome experts downplayed the effect on prices, saying Spirit Airlines holds a relatively small market share and alternative low-cost carriers would jump into a void left in the event of downsizing or merger. The financial travails faced by Spirit Airlines are part of a wider trend that has thinned out low-cost offerings, placing increased importance on the fate of Spirit Airlines for the competitiveness of the marketplace, Larounis added. What does the Spirit Airlines bankruptcy mean for airfares?

The steam rises from two pools at the recently reborn Jacumba Hot Springs Hotel. Now, a few more surprises: The town of Jacumba Hot Springs has been down on its luck for decades. Strekel, Winters and Osborne say occupancy at the Jacumba Hot Springs Hotel is now running above 90%. “And a certain amount of gentrification is good for us around here.”What to do, see and eat in and near JacumbaJacumba Hot Springs Hotel, 44500 Old Highway 80, Jacumba Hot Springs; (760) 766-4333. DeAnza Springs Resort, 1951 Carrizo Gorge Road, Jacumba Hot Springs; (619) 766-4301.

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez at a Met Gala after-party in New York on May 6. There’s huge concern that Bezos is going to pull the plug.”That doesn’t seem likely, at least in the near term. Instead, owner Jeff Bezos — and his already controversial publisher pick, Will Lewis — seems determined to fix the paper, whether the current staff likes it or not. Patty Stonesifer, a longtime Bezos confidante who served as interim Post CEO before Lewis came aboard, is involved in the process, I’m told, along with Lewis and Bezos. Gold is a champion of what the Post has been — she has been there for over a decade — and Lewis et al.

Donald Trump is going back to the White House and is already busy stocking his future Cabinet. Shane Harris sat down with two of The Washington Post’s best political reporters to talk about Trump’s victory, some of his initial choices for top national security positions--which are drawing extraordinary controversy--and what we might expect in Trump’s second term. Ashley Parker and Josh Dawsey covered Trump’s first term in office as White House correspondents. They also covered his latest campaign and are reporting now on what is shaping up to be another chaotic presidential transition. Read some of their latest reporting here:

And so far, these decades-later legacy sequels — or “lega-sequels” — have helped boost a box office still recovering from the pandemic and fewer big titles due to last year’s dual Hollywood strikes. The movie hits theaters Nov. 22, alongside the highly anticipated “Wicked.”If its lega-sequel predecessors are any indication, “Gladiator II” could be bound for box-office success. In the fall, Tim Burton’s “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” burst from its grave, grossing almost $451 million worldwide, and ranking fourth in this year’s domestic box office. For “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” it was the practical effects, which made extensive use of prosthetics, puppets and some stop-motion animation. “Blade Runner 2049” brought back Harrison Ford in his replicant-hunting role after 35 years but flopped at the box office.

PoliticsStephen Miller, in his own words, on immigrationPresident-elect Donald Trump’s White House deputy chief of staff for policy nominee Stephen Miller has a history of incendiary comments on immigration.

.”-Leonard Cohen, lyric from “You Want It DarkerThere is a kind of psychotherapy called paradoxical psychotherapy. Paradoxical therapy does have many drawbacks, though, which might suggest why it has had limited popularity. Yet, whether intentional or not, many of the recommended nominations, if paradoxical, could backfire. Since we in psychiatry have some expertise in paradoxical therapy, we should also consider doing what is not expected, which might be to monitor how these nominations are doing and, if approved, producing. A prolific writer and speaker, he has done a weekday column titled “Psychiatric Views on the Daily News” and a weekly video, “Psychiatry & Society,” since the COVID-19 pandemic emerged.

The New York Times Op-Docs, the award-winning distributor behind 2022 Oscar winner “The Queen of Basketball” and 2024 Oscar nominee “Island in Between,” has debuted the short documentary “Instruments of a Beating Heart” from director Ema Ryan Yamazaki on The New York Times. The film is a contender for the 2025 Academy Awards in the best documentary short category. “Instruments of a Beating Heart” was produced by Eric Nyari of Cineric Creative and co-produced by NHK, Japan’s public media organization. In “Instruments of a Beating Heart,” first graders in a Tokyo public elementary school are presented with a challenge for the final semester: to form an orchestra and perform “Ode to Joy” at a school ceremony. Op-Docs, The New York Times’s award-winning short documentary film series, is part of The Times’s Opinion video department.

As justifiably alarmed as Democrats are by President-elect Donald Trump’s radical agenda and his nominations of unqualified candidates for Cabinet positions, these actions may be even more terrifying for Republican senators up for reelection in 2026. Susan Collins of Maine and Thom Tillis of North Carolina will be two of the most hotly contested races. Meanwhile, Daines, Rounds and other Republican senators from farming states will have to decide whether to remain mute when across-the-board tariffs drive up farm bankruptcies and destroy the rural economy. If they choose the latter, they certainly face the potential for a primary challenge from a MAGA Republican. Sometimes, Democrats may block the most harmful legislation; more often, the goal will be to make vulnerable senators pay a significant political price for complying with dangerous MAGA policies.

Germany, Finland warn of 'hybrid warfare' as Baltic undersea cables are damaged Two submarine Baltic Sea cables were damaged within 24 hours of each other.

Transgender bathroom ban aimed at McBride: Mace Rep. Nancy Mace said the bill she introduced to ban transgender women from using women's restrooms at the U.S. Capitol was "absolutely" in response to Rep.-elect Sarah McBride's entering Congress.

Despite the disadvantages, Ukraine’s allies assessed that the advantages of the F-16 for Ukraine merit forming the F-16 coalition and donating F-16 aircrafts (Dutch Government 2023). If the expected empirical manifestations show, this will upgrade my confidence in my thesis that the F-16 coalition for Ukraine was partly formed for status-seeking reasons. The analysis covers the stages in Table 1: the presumed prestige-seeking process in forming the F-16 coalition for Ukraine. Regarding the F-16 coalition, Ukraine voiced the desire to receive modern Western fighter jets. In other words, there was governmental and parliamentary support for the idea of the F-16 coalition for Ukraine.

Mike McCarthy seems to be fighting for his coaching job with the Dallas Cowboys. However, McCarthy served up a defiant take after the disastrous 3-7 start to the season. “At 3-7, will #Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy potentially sit veterans to get a look at young players? We got to fight, scratch, claw.”Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy trying to find answersThe Cowboys lost 34-10 to the Texans on Monday night, yet another embarrassing blowout in the friendly confines of Jerry’s World. “It's very frustrating,” McCarthy said.

At the age of 58, 31 years his opponent’s senior and nearly two decades on from his last professional bout, Tyson was clearly a shadow of the heavyweight champion he used to be. “Jake had an ayahuasca session and envisioned this fight (against Tyson) happening,” he told CNN Sport after the fight. Everyone became intimately familiar with the Netflix loading screen after the massive viewership to watch the streaming platform’s first-ever live boxing bout crashed the server. Paul (left) and Tyson fight at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. He first met Paul through a mutual friend in October 2019 and would go on to advance the former YouTuber’s boxing career.

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