Chris Christie's niece bit and kicked deputies trying to escort her off a Spirit Airlines flight after she asked passengers who she thought were Latino if they were 'smuggling cocaine,' report says
Shannon Epstein reportedly yelled that the deputies who arrested her would get in trouble because of her uncle's connection to former President Donald Trump.
news.yahoo.comFrontier Airlines says it lacks the votes for Spirit merger
Frontier Airlines, facing likely defeat in its bid to merge with Spirit Airlines, is asking for another delay in a shareholder vote on the deal. Frontier CEO Barry Biffle said in a letter made public Monday that his airline is โvery farโ from winning approval by Spirit shareholders, who are weighing a higher-priced buyout offer from JetBlue Airways. A shareholder vote at Spirit, already postponed three times, is scheduled for Friday.
news.yahoo.comR. Kelly accuser reacts to the singerโs 30-year sentence for sex trafficking, racketeering
After singer and producer R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison for federal sex trafficking and racketeering, one of his victims, Lizzette Martinez, spoke to reporters and said, โI never thought that I would be here to see him be held accountable for the atrocious things that he did to children.โ
news.yahoo.comJetBlue ups offer for Spirit Airlines as shareholder vote on Frontier bid approaches
LaGuardia International Airport Terminal A for JetBlue and Spirit Airlines in New York. JetBlue Airways again increased its offer for Spirit Airlines as a shareholder vote for the discounter's deal to merge with Frontier Airlines is just days away. Frontier sweetened its offer on Friday and Spirit's CEO told CNBC then that Spirit's board still found that to be a superior bid. Spirit shares were up 5% in afterhours trading on the news, while JetBlue's were up less than 1% and Frontier's were up 1%. Spirit and Frontier shares fell sharply in regular trading.
cnbc.comAirline merger: Frontier sweetens offer for Spirit Airlines
Frontier Airlines on Friday added more cash and a larger breakup fee to its offer to buy Spirit Airlines, and the Spirit board repeated its preference for Frontier over a rival bid by JetBlue Airways. The Denver-based airline also raised the amount it would pay Miramar, Florida-based Spirit if antitrust regulators stop the deal โ from $250 million to $350 million โ matching JetBlue's proposed breakup fee. Spirit said that, given the sweetened terms, its board reiterated its unanimous recommendation that shareholders approve the Frontier offer at a special meeting next Thursday.
news.yahoo.comOklahoma lawmakers pass new anti-abortion law ahead of potential SCOTUS ruling
Oklahoma's state legislature has passed an anti-abortion law that would be the most restrictive law in the nation. The legislation prohibits abortion at any point in pregnancy, except to save a woman's life or in cases of rape or incest reported to police. CBS News chief legal correspondent Jan Crawford reports.
news.yahoo.comSpirit warns of layoffs; aid for contractors being examined
Separately, key members of Congress said they are investigating aviation contractors that took federal payroll aid and then laid off thousands of workers. Airlines and airline contractors who received cash from a $32 billion pool of federal payroll aid agreed not to lay off workers until Oct. 1. Airline labor unions are lobbying Congress for six more months of federal aid. Some contractors who received money laid off workers anyway, according to three Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives. At Spirit, the pilots union said it was notified Wednesday that 806 pilots could be furloughed, or terminated with rehiring rights.