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Spirit Airlines’ parent company Tuesday announced a series of deals with top creditors that would funnel up to $475 million in critical cash to the troubled discount carrier as it reorganizes for a second time under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. The company said the “debtor-in-possession” financing is coming from existing bondholders. As part of a motion filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York, “the Company obtained immediate interim access to $120 million,” the... Read More

By BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI Federal officials have sued pro-Palestinian demonstrators involved in a heated protest outside a New Jersey synagogue last year, citing a law created to protect abortion clinics from obstruction and threats. Harmeet Dhillon, who heads the U.S. Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, said the civil lawsuit filed Monday against two pro-Palestinian groups and some demonstrators appears to be the first time the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act has been used... Read More

NEW YORK (AP) — OpenAI is turning ChatGPT into a virtual merchant that can help sell goods for Etsy and Shopify as the artificial intelligence company looks for new revenue in online commerce. ChatGPT users can now buy directly from Etsy sellers while interacting with the chatbot and will soon be able to do the same with Shopify sellers. Competing with the likes of Amazon and Google for purchase fees from digital shopping could be a new source of money for OpenAI. The company hasn’t made... Read More

Sept. 28 was a bittersweet day for Melissa Saavedra. Nearly two years after debuting Steamy Lit, her romance-only bookstore in Deerfield Beach, she closed its doors. The shelves stood empty of the titillating titles so desired by passionate readers of the genre: Dark, Latinx, sports, historical, cowboys, aliens, queer, romantasy, paranormal, morally gray, enemies to lovers. And the cozy Chesterfield-style sofa, bookish-themed T-shirts and hats, and the wall filled with inspirational... Read More

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SUNRISE — Right now, this sprawling parcel home to the future $2 billion project known as Metropica might not look like much. But in time, this patch of earth in western Sunrise will be teeming with people who live in one of 3,300 homes. People who work in one of four office towers. People who book a room in one of two hotels and flock to the high-end restaurants, shops and entertainment spots. “We are trying to create a special lifestyle where people can walk to the coffee shops and the... Read More

Florida Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia is planning a news conference Tuesday afternoon to discuss the state’s analysis of spending by Broward County government — a review that was a tentpole of the governor’s justification to create a statewide Department of Governmental Efficiency. A news release from his office said the conference in Broward would be about “government accountability and wasteful spending.” Just two weeks ago, Ingoglia was giving the DOGE effort credit... Read More

South Florida is ready for it: Taylor Swift will release her 12th studio album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” at the stroke of midnight on Friday, with festivities beginning on Thursday at movie theaters, bars, bake shops, restaurants, record stores and house parties across the region. All of these events have one thing in common — fans’ desire to immerse themselves in her empowering lyrics and sisterhood with other Swifties. Here’s a look at some of the places that Swift fans will... Read More

By CHARLOTTE KRAMON, Associated Press/Report for America Lt. Col. George Hardy, the youngest fighter pilot of the Tuskegee Airmen, the nation’s first Black military pilots, has died. He was 100. Hardy was the last surviving combat pilot of the Tuskegee Airmen who went overseas. He died last week, according to Tuskegee Airmen Inc. “His legacy is one of courage, resilience, tremendous skill and dogged perseverance against racism, prejudice and other evils,” Tuskegee Airmen Inc. said in a... Read More

In his “State of the City” speech Monday night, Mayor Dean Trantalis acknowledged one of Fort Lauderdale’s biggest challenges — a homeless crisis that continues to challenge the city despite an ongoing renaissance inspired by a booming downtown and reimagined beachfront. The mayor’s annual speech, which typically draws a crowd of both fans and critics, was delivered at The Parker. “We are in the midst of a great renaissance — one of the most remarkable transformations to occur... Read More