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Spirit Airlines said Monday that it has filed for bankruptcy protection and will attempt to reboot as it struggles to recover from the pandemic-caused swoon in travel and a failed attempt to sell the airline to JetBlue. Spirit, the biggest US budget airline, has lost more than $2.5 billion since the start of 2020 and faces looming debt payments totaling …

A Florida man was arrested last week after state police said he pretended to be an undercover officer in order to avoid a background check. William Dennis Milstead, 64, was charged with falsely impersonating a police officer, making a false statement to obtain property and using a two-way communication device to commit a felony, according to the Florida Department of Law …

President-elect Donald Trump has picked senior GOP Federal Communications Commissioner Brendan Carr to lead the agency, he announced Sunday night. Calling him a “warrior for Free Speech,” Trump enthusiastically praised Carr, 45, who he first nominated to serve as an FCC commissioner in 2017 during his first term in the White House. “His current term runs through 2029 and, because of his great …

An MTA worker stationed on Staten Island was in disbelief when a New Jersey lottery app informed her she had just won $1 million after playing Powerball last week. Stacey Fiore, of Barnegat Township, clinched the life-changing prize when she stopped by a Quick Stop in the Garden State town on Nov. 15 and pulled a quick pick for her …

Desperate family and friends of a pregnant mother of four who disappeared in Indiana last month are hoping to rally support to bring her — and her possibly newborn child — home. Emma Baum, 25, was last seen at her boyfriend’s house in Gary, Ind. on Oct. 10, her family said. She was heavily pregnant at the time and likely …

Donald Trump Jr. claimed Sunday that the United States’ recent aid to Ukraine is a bid by the Biden Administration to start “World War 3” before his father Donald Trump takes office in January. President Joe Biden, 81, authorized the Ukrainian military to use American-supplied long-range missiles to strike targets inside of Russia on Monday, a stark departure from his …

President-elect Donald Trump slammed retiring election pollster J. Ann Selzer and called for an investigation after her last pre-Election Day survey showed Vice President Kamala Harris topping the Republican in Iowa – a state he ultimately won. Trump slammed Selzer and the now-ridiculed Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa poll hours after she announced she was calling it quits from election polling. Her …

Forget the cheese — these rats have a need for speed. Scientists teaching rats to drive have discovered that not only are the rodents capable of operating their tiny cars, but they actually enjoy it and even get a kick out of revving their engines. University of Richmond professor and neuroscientist Kelly Lambert has been leading the research since 2019, …

A man was arrested after police said he stole a delivery truck on Friday in Oregon while an employee was still inside the truck’s cargo area. Just before 4:30 a.m. on November 15, Milwaukie Police were called to a report of a work cargo truck that had just been stolen from the warehouse parking lot. The business, Elephants Delicatessen, reported a delivery truck was …

President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming “border czar” declared the Biden administration “has blood on their hands” for the murder of Georgia college student Laken Riley who was allegedly killed by an illegal migrant earlier this year. Former acting immigration and customs enforcement director Tom Homan slammed the outgoing Democratic president as the trial of Riley’s murder suspect Jose Ibarra resumes in …