Rising oil prices bring down the ultra-low-cost carrier Laid-off Spirit Airlines flight attendant Freddie Peterson talks about the airline’s shutdown on Saturday, May 2, 2026 at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy) (AP) — Spirit Airlines, an impish upstart that shook the industry with its irreverent ads and deep discount fares, announced Saturday that it has gone out of business after 34 years. The ultralow cost airline that once op

Protecting and advancing civil rights progress Three Black Ministers Alliances will sponsor a Black Summit to organize, mobilize, plan, and strategize a proactive response to the challenges to eliminate the gains achieved in the Civil- Rights and Post Civil Rights movement under the leadership and vision of the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. Communities across our city, our state, and our nation stand at a crossroads as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. eloquently described

DHS funding dispute in Congress continues A TSA agent assists travelers at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) (AP) President Donald Trump on Friday signed a promised executive action to pay Transportation Security Administration employees after a bid to end the shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security abruptly fell apart in Congress. Trump signed the action with an eye toward easing long security lines at ma

Stolen items recovered during enforcement mission The Portland Police Bureau is continuing its efforts to address retail theft by conducting another retail theft mission, this time in the Jantzen Beach Shopping Center. (Photo courtesy of Portland Police Bureau) On Wednesday, March 18, 2026, officers from North Precinct Neighborhood Response Team conducted a retail theft mission at Jantzen Beach Shopping Center. During this daytime operation, law enforcement contacted individ

Organizers rename, delay or cancel observances Pedestrians walk below an image of César Chavez on mural in San Francisco, Wednesday, March 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) (AP) - Many of the upcoming celebrations and holidays honoring the late farmworker labor leader César Chavez are being renamed, postponed or completely canceled in the wake of allegations that he sexually abused women and girls while at the helm of the United Farm Workers Union. Labor rights activist Dolores