Author: Grace Thompson

Spirit Airlines said Monday it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after having struggled with losses, growing debt and afailed mergerduring the post-pandemic travel lull. The company said in a stock market statement that it had secured a prearranged deal with bondholders that includes $300 million in financing to keep it afloat, with the business planning to end its bankruptcy in the first quarter of 2025. Ticket sales and all other operations will continue as normal, the company said in the statement just 10 days beforerecord numbers of travelers are expectedto take to the skies over Thanksgiving. I am pleased we have reached an agreement with a supermajority of both our loyalty and convertible bondholders on a comprehensive recapitalization of the Company, which is a strong v...

Roblox, the digital games platform popular with children and tweens, has introduced what it called "significant updates" to parental controls and will stop children younger than 13 from directly messaging other gamers. In a raft of security and safety measuresannounced Monday, parents will now be able to access controls, set spend limits and monitor their child's activity remotely without needing access to the child's account or device. Some of the changes will happen Monday, while others are expected next year. According to its 2023 annual report, the company had 68.4 million average daily users, 14.5 million of whom made some form of payment, and it made $2.8 billion in revenue last year. Parents will be able to see exactly how much time is spent on Roblox games, as well as their child's...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has pledged totransform America s food system, vowing to crack down on foods and ingredients he blames for many of the nation s ills, including ultra-processed foods and food additives. President-elect Donald Trump haspicked Kennedy to be his nominee for secretary of health and human services; if he is confirmed, he would manage a sprawling department that includes 13 agencies that play major roles in Americans' health. Among those agencies isthe Food and Drug Administration. Kennedy holds a number ofcontroversial viewswhen it comes to public health, includinganti-vaccine activism. However, experts generally agree that his stances on food and nutrition are commendable. Still, he s likely to face a major hurdle: money. The FDA s food division, poised to play a signific...

Can you sing along to Wicked show tunes in a movie theater? Depends on who you ask. The cinematic retelling of the famed Broadway musical has sparked a debate online among die-hard fans about whether it s appropriate to belt along with the on-screen cast while at the movies. Moviegoers who spoke to NBC News said they expect excited theater kids to know the etiquette of not singing over the actors during the show. Many said they plan to lip sync, but that they would save the actual singing along for another time. You would never sing in a Broadway theater, said Alex Lewis, a longtime member of the off-Broadway community who was among the many people who posted his take on the debateon TikTok. He and his band, Lewberger, posted a short song joking about the discourse last month. I want ...

LONDON Burglars broke into the grounds ofBritain's royal Windsor Castlein October and stole two vehicles, it has emerged. The estate is the primary residence of Prince William, Princess Kate and their family. In a statement to NBC News on Monday, Thames Valley Police said it received a report of a burglary "at a property on Crown Estate land" at around 11.45pm on Sunday 13 October. The offenders entered a farm building and "made off with a black Isuzu pickup and a red quad bike" before heading toward a nearby town, police said. No arrests have been made at this stage and an investigation is ongoing, the statement added. The Sun newspaper first reported the news of the burglary on Sunday. William, Kate and their three children live at nearby Adelaide Cottage in Windsor, a few miles from ...

Dental care supplierHenry Scheinadvanced in Monday trading as investors bet that Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump s pick for Health and Human Services secretary, could recommend removing fluoride from the U.S. water system, a move that would lead to a boom in dental visits. Shares of Henry Schein shares jumped nearly 5%, on track for its best day since July. Fellow dental product makersDentsply SironaandEnvistaalso edged higher in the session. Monday s moves come as investors ready for public health changes under a second Trump administration. Kennedyposted on Xbefore the presidential election this month that a Trump White House will advise all U.S. water systems to remove fluoride from public water. Fluoride has long been shown as an effective method for fighting cavit...

WASHINGTON An ex-soldier who was previously court-martialed for shooting a handcuffed Iraqi civilian was sentenced to over four years in federal prison Monday for assaulting officers during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Edward Richmond Jr.assaulted officers with a baton inside the lower west tunnel leading into the Capitol, where some of the worst violence on Jan. 6, 2021, took place, yelling, "We ll break you motherf---er!"accordingto video evidence cited by prosecutors. Richmond was sentenced to 51 months in federal prison after he pleaded guilty this year to a felony count of assaulting, resisting or impeding an officer with a deadly weapon. The FBI arrested Richmondin January after online sleuths identified him as the man whom they nicknamed Buff Lightyear featured as ...

The Library of Congress said hackers broke into its communications systems and were able to read its email correspondence with congressional offices for most of this year. In a private notification sent Friday to some congressional offices, obtained by NBC News, the Library of Congress said that hackers accessed email communications between congressional offices and some Library staff, including the Congressional Research Service. The hackers had access from January until September, the notification said. The Library of Congress, the world s largest library, offers adedicated research stafffor Congress. Last year, it gave congressional staffers more than 76,000 custom responses to inquiries,according toits most recent annual report. Bill Ryan, director of communications at the Library of...

What beganas violent clashesbetween locals and Israeli soccer fans has spiraled into a clash of identities in the Netherlands, leaving many feeling their place in society is precarious, their belonging conditional, and their voices drowned out in a tide of blame. The resignation of a Moroccan-born minister has added yet more fuel to a fire that has exposeddeep racial and religious dividesfrom the streets to the Cabinet office, bringing the government to the brink of crisis. Deputy finance minister Nora Achahbar quit the Cabinet on Friday in protest after hearing alleged racist remarks during a closed-door Dutch Cabinet meeting. Amsterdam was gripped by violence this monthsurrounding a match between Dutch team Ajax and the Israeli team Maccabi Tel Aviv. According to officials, the violence ...

TEL AVIV At least five people were wounded by falling shrapnel Monday after a missile fired from Lebanon was intercepted by the Israeli military over a street in the city of Ramat Gan, officials said. A 54-year-old woman in serious condition was being treated by emergency medical technicians, Israel s Magen David Adom ambulance service said in apost on X. Another patient listed in moderate condition and three mildly injured were taken to the Rabin Medical Center, the service said. Israel s police service said it was working to secure the impact sites and assist in evacuating the injured in the city, which is within the Tel Aviv district. The Israeli military said in a statement that the country s air force had intercepted one projectile that was identified crossing from Lebanon into...