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Luggage is prepared for an American Airlines flight at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images News | Getty Images American Airlines joined other airlines in raising its bag fees Thursday, but the luggage will be even more expensive for customers who buy basic economy tickets. United Airlines, JetBlue Airways, Delta […]
The story most people tell about tribal casinos is neat and convenient. That it is a modern industry, seized as an economic opportunity. Robert J. Madden’s research points somewhere much older. “We’re talking about a very deep cultural tradition,” he tells me, “probably one of the oldest continuous cultural practices in North America.” Not decades […]
A seatback on an American Airlines Boeing 737. Leslie Josephs/CNBC American Airlines is “seriously considering” bringing back seat-back screens to its narrow-body planes and a decision could be made as early as next month, according to a person familiar with the matter. It would be part of a major revamp of American’s in-flight entertainment and […]
A new report in the Chronicle of Higher Education shows how Black Studies departments around the country have been kneecapped by a multi-pronged conservative strategy to halt the study of race at American schools. Those who have been paying attention to the administration’s ongoing campaign against “DEI” will not be shocked to find that gambling’s been going on here. But […]
The original six American Girl historical characters — Kirsten Larson, Samantha Parkington, Molly McIntire, Felicity Merriman, Addy Walker and Josefina Montoya — are displayed at the brand’s flagship store, Luke Fountain The flagship American Girl Place at Rockefeller Center in New York City feels frozen in time. The air smells faintly of vanilla. Young girls […]
American Airlines flight attendants’ union held a picket outside the company’s headquarters on Thursday pushing for new leadership at the carrier, which has lagged rivals Delta Air Lines and United Airlines in profitability and punctuality. Ahead of the picket on Wednesday night, American CEO Robert Isom sought to calm frustrated employees and listed improvements the […]
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of its beloved American Girl Doll empire, Mattel is launching a bevy of new products. Some of them ultra-fresh, like the ladies of the K-Pop Demon Hunter collection. But some of them, very old-school. The nostalgists are getting a new Samantha novel. But the twist? This one’s not for kids. […]
A snow removal machine is seen working while a Boeing 737 American Airlines passenger aircraft is parked at gate on the tarmac of LaGuardia airport in New York on January 25, 2026. Charly Triballeau | Afp | Getty Images American Airlines‘ promised turnaround is off to a rocky start this year. Pilot and flight attendant […]
Joe Raedle | Getty Images News | Getty Images American Airlines said Wednesday that it will keep the spending requirements to earn elite frequent flyer status in 2027 steady for a third consecutive year as the carrier courts higher-spending travelers and tries to catch up to industry profit leaders Delta Air Lines and United Airlines. […]
Alissa Quart on the Lessons From Mamdani’s Campaign “We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism,” the newly elected Mayor of New York Zohran Mamdani said, in his invigorating inauguration speech yesterday, that praised ordinary New Yorkers. Mamdani’s speech, like his wildly successful campaign, recognized both New York’s working class […]
