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JetBlue Airways planes are seen near Spirit Airlines planes at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on May 16, 2022.Joe Raedle | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesShares of Spirit Airlines fell about 23% Wednesday, its second day of double-digit losses, after a judge blocked its proposed merger with JetBlue Airways.Spirit is down roughly 60% since the decision blocking its $3.8 billion acquisition by JetBlue was handed down Tuesday, citing reduced competition. The combination…

Updated Jan. 16, 2024 5:13 pm ETA federal judge on Tuesday blocked JetBlue Airways’ $3.8 billion deal to buy Spirit Airlines, rejecting a merger that he said would hamper competition and lead to higher fares.The ruling thwarts what would have been the biggest U.S. airline merger in over a decade. It marks a victory for the U.S. Department of Justice, which sued last year to prevent JetBlue and Spirit from going ahead with their tie-up.Copyright ©2024Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.…

The former president was ordered to reimburse The New York Times and three Pulitzer-winning journalists $392,638.69 in legal fees A New York judge has ordered Donald Trump to reimburse The New York Times and three journalists $392,638.69 in legal fees related to a frivolous lawsuit the former president leveled against the newspaper.  On Friday, New York Supreme Court Justice Robert R. Reed ruled that pursuant to a May decision dismissing the former president’s lawsuit against the Times,…

A bomb threat was made against the home of Arthur Engoron just hours before the New York judge is scheduled to hear closing arguments in the state’s civil fraud trial against Donald Trump.  According to The Daily Beast, which first broke the story, a source with close knowledge of the situation indicated that early Thursday morning about half a dozen police vehicles and a bomb squad were dispatched to Engoron’s home in Long Island.  Nassau County Police confirmed to Rolling Stone that the department is…

A legal battle over how death row prisoners in Alabama can be killed has reached a critical point. On Wednesday, a federal judge ruled that the state can proceed with its planned execution of inmate Kenneth Eugene Smith using nitrogen gas. The execution is scheduled for later this month and would be the first ever to implement the colorless and odorless gas. But Smith’s lawyers have condemned the method as untested and potentially cruel and will likely appeal the decision.Are You Rich Enough to Buy This Folding TV?The…

The former president reportedly wanted to defend himself as his New York fraud trial wraps up this week It looks like Donald Trump won’t deliver the closing argument in his New York fraud trial, after all. Judge Arthur Engoron on Wednesday rescinded his decision to let the former president defend himself as the trial begins to wrap up on Thursday. The reversal came Trump’s lawyers wouldn’t agree to restrict their client’s defense to “relevant” and “material” matters. ABC News was the first to…

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan was the victim of an apparent “swatting” at her home in Washington, D.C.  D.C. Metropolitan Police confirmed to Rolling Stone that on Sunday night law enforcement responded to a “report of a shooting” to which officers responded and “found nothing.” A source confirmed to NBC News that the address in Northwest D.C. was Chutkan’s residence and that she was home when the police arrived. The individual who answered the door said she “was not injured and that there was no one in her…

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A lawsuit blaming Snapchat for a series of drug overdoses among young people can proceed, a Los Angeles judge ruled this week. A group of family members related to children and teens who overdosed on fentanyl sued Snapchat maker Snap last year, accusing the social media company of facilitating illicit drug deals involving fentanyl, a synthetic opioid many times deadlier than heroin. Fentanyl, which is cheap to produce and often sold disguised as other substances, can prove lethal in quantities as small as a 2…

Mike Judge and Zach Woods take on the well-intentioned, if not slightly delusional, airwaves of public radio in the new trailer for the upcoming semi-animated series, In the Know. The show centers around Lauren Caspian (voiced by Woods), public radio’s third most popular host, whose self-absorption and haughtiness are matched only by the dulcet tenor of his voice. Each episode centers around Lauren’s in-depth interview program, which will feature real-life celebrity guests.…