By RIO YAMAT, Associated Press

Spirit Airlines plans to furlough 1,800 flight attendants before the end of the year, the cash-strapped budget carrier said Monday.

The company said it made the “difficult decision” to put cabin crew members on temporary leave to match staffing needs with expected flight demand during Spirit’s second bankruptcy in a year.

“We recognize the impact of this decision on affected team members, and we are committed to treating them with care and respect during this process,” the airline said in a statement.

Spirit filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last month and subsequently announced that it planned to suspend operations in about a dozen U.S. cities beginning in October.

The union that represents the airline’s flight attendants said Monday that Spirit would seek candidates willing to take six month or one year voluntary furloughs starting Nov. 1 before moving forward with involuntary furloughs based on seniority effective Dec. 1.

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The Association of Flight Attendants said it was working to secure “preferential interviews” with other airlines for furloughed flight attendants.

In a letter sent Monday to its members, the union said that while it initially succeeded in staving off furloughs as Spirit tries to slash costs, “the problem is that the significant reduction of aircraft and flight hours requires a much higher reduction in force.”

Spirit, which is based in Florida, says it is ending services in Albuquerque, New Mexico; Birmingham, Alabama; Boise, Idaho; Chattanooga, Tennessee; Columbia, South Carolina; Portland; and Salt Lake City. It is also suspending operations in the California cities of Sacramento, Oakland, San Diego and San Jose.

Known for its bright yellow planes and no-frills service, Spirit has had a rough ride since the COVID-19 pandemic, struggling to rebound amid rising operation costs and its mounting debt. By the time of its first Chapter 11 filing last November, Spirit had lost more than $2.5 billion since the start of 2020.

The airline also instituted furloughs and job cuts before filing for bankruptcy last year.

The company’s cost-cutting efforts continued after it emerged from bankruptcy protection in March, including plans to furlough about 270 pilots and downgrade some 140 captains to first officers in the coming months.

Those changes, which are set to take effect on Oct. 1 and Nov. 1, were also tied to expected flight demand in 2026, the company has said.

Spirit has said it was considering selling off certain aircraft and real estate. Its fleet is relatively young, making the airline an attractive target. But buyout attempts from budget rivals like JetBlue and Frontier were unsuccessful both before and during Spirt’s first bankruptcy process.

When it comes to the Gophers’ fiercest rivals, Wisconsin and Iowa are in a league of their own. But recent matchups suggest Rutgers — of all Big Ten programs — can stake a current claim in that otherwise Midwestern club.

The two program have only played four total times, all since 2016, yet Rutgers and Minnesota have a juicy narrative from an intertwined cast of characters.

Fifth-year senior quarterback Athan Kaliakmanis, who transferred from the U to Rutgers after the 2023 season, threw three touchdown passes in a 26-19 win over the Gophers in Piscataway, N.J. last November. And Kaliakmanis did it under former Gophers’ and current Rutgers’ offensive coordinator Kirk Ciarrocca.

Now, Rutgers comes to Huntington Bank Stadium for the Gophers’ Big Ten opener Saturday morning, and the upshot is how the Scarlet Knights have returned to defensive coordinator, Robb Smith, whom P.J. Fleck fired from that role at the U midway through the 2018 season.

On Monday morning, the first question the Gophers head coach faced in his weekly news conference centered on Kaliakmanis’ return.

“Listen, this is Rutgers and Minnesota,” Fleck said. “Got a lot of respect for what they do and how they do it. He’s playing really well. This is, I think, his fifth year in that type of same system. You’d expect to see that type of growth that he has shown. … (He’s) playing at a high level.”

Fleck’s comment appeared to be a rather innocuous deflection containing a compliment. But Kaliakmanis’ father was clearly watching Fleck’s presser and decided to interject before noon.

“Correction,” Alex Kaliakmanis wrote on X, tagging Fleck’s account. “Going on 3 years in System, not 5.”

Alex Kaliakmanis then ticked through how his son played at Minnesota as a true freshman under then-offensive coordinator Mike Sanford in 2021, followed by Ciarrocca in 2022 and Greg Harbaugh in 2023 before transfering to Rutgers and reuniting with Ciarrocca the past two years.

Alex Kaliakmanis also clapped back in Nov. 2023 after it became known Fleck was going to bring in a transfer quarterback to compete in the 2024 season. That, of course, became Max Brosmer from New Hampshire (who incidentally made his NFL debut Sunday in the Vikings’ 48-10 victory over Cincinnati).

“Trying very hard not to comment on a program that our family decided to cut ties with,” Alex then wrote on X. “But want to set the record straight and will start with this. Competition with a mythical inbound QB was absolutely not a factor in entering the transfer portal.”

After Rutgers’ win over Brosmer and the Gophers last year, Kaliakmanis said he just wanted a “fresh start.”

And once the final whistle sounded, Fleck and a long stream of Gophers players greeted Kaliakmanis on the field.

“(Fleck) told me he was happy for me,” Kaliakmanis told the Pioneer Press at the time. “… I’m really happy for him, too. I had a great relationship with him for three years.”

Against the Gophers last November, Kaliakmanis started hot, with two touchdown passes and 216 yards (along with an interception) as Rutgers took a halftime lead. But Minnesota brought more blitzes in the second half, and Kaliakmanis managed only 24 passing yards after halftime.

Yet after a brutal Gophers fumble in the shadow of their own goalposts, Kaliakmanis threw his third touchdown pass of the game — the eventual game-winner.

Fleck is right; Kaliakmanis is playing his best football right now. The redshirt senior is 10th in the nation with 1,150 passing yards and his passer rating of 162.9 is 26th in the country.

Fleck also complimented how “efficient” Ciarrocca and Kaliakmanis have been while conducting the Knights’ offense. That includes Ciarrocca’s bread-and-butter RPO (run/pass option) scheme, which led to Kaliakmanis scoring two rushing touchdowns in a 38-28 home loss to Iowa on Friday.

Kaliakmanis was on fire early against the Hawkeyes but cooled off in the second half as Iowa ratcheted up the pressure. In the fourth quarter, the Hawkeyes brought five pass rushers and hit Kaliakmanis when he threw a fourth-quarter interception — his first of the season. Iowa then scored the game-sealing touchdown six plays later.

Last year, Rutgers and head coach Greg Schiano, a Fleck mentor, had a bye going into the Minnesota game. This year, the Gophers have the extra week to prepare. Making Kaliakmanis uncomfortable figures to be a big part of the game plan.

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Según datos del Latino Data Hub, el 29 por ciento de las personas latinas trabaja en trabajos que podrían ser automatizados, siendo el grupo con mayor representación en estos empleos de alto riesgo de automatización.

La gobernadora de Nueva York, Kathy Hochul, al anunciar una inversión en “fabricación de alta tecnología” en 2024. (Darren McGee/ Oficina de la gobernadora Kathy Hochul)

En agosto, el Latino Data Hub, un proyecto del Latino Policy and Politics Institute de la Universidad de California, expandió sus datos sobre temas que impactan a los latinos en el país.

Los nuevos cambios incorporan los últimos datos de la Encuesta sobre la Comunidad Estadounidense (ACS por sus siglas en inglés) hasta 2023. 

Entre las adiciones más notables se encuentra la introducción de una nueva área temática sobre discapacidad, que por primera vez proporciona datos desglosados sobre seis tipos de discapacidad: dificultades auditivas, visuales, cognitivas, de movilidad, de autocuidado y de vida independiente.

Según los datos del Latino Data Hub, 13 por ciento de la población latina en el país tiene una discapacidad.

Los datos en educación ahora incluyen métricas detalladas sobre los estudiantes que reciben clases de inglés en primaria y secundaria, y las tasas de graduación de la escuela secundaria.

Otro indicador nuevo es sobre el riesgo de la automatización en distintos sectores de la economía, lo que permite estimar los trabajos de los latinos que podrían verse más afectados.

Según los datos, el 29 por ciento de las personas latinas trabaja en empleos que podrían ser automatizados, siendo el grupo con mayor representación en estos empleos de alto riesgo de automatización.  

Los trabajadores negros e indígenas americanos son el segundo grupo más grande, con un 25 por ciento .

Así que para hablar de las actualizaciones y los nuevos indicadores sobre los latinos en el país, invitamos a Rodrigo Domínguez-Villegas, director de investigación del Latino Policy and Politics Institute.

Más detalles en nuestra conversación a continuación.

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NEW YORK — ABC will reinstate Jimmy Kimmel’s late night show in the wake of criticism over his comments about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, officials with the network said Monday.

“We have spent the last days having thoughtful conversations with Jimmy, and after those conversations, we reached the decision to return the show on Tuesday,” said a statement from the network.

ABC suspended Kimmel indefinitely after comments he made about Kirk, who was killed Sept. 10, in a monologue. Kimmel said “many in MAGA land are working very hard to capitalize on the murder of Charlie Kirk” and that “the MAGA gang” was “desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them.”

Kimmel has hosted “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on ABC since 2003 and has been a fixture in television and comedy for even longer. He is also well known as a presenter, having hosted the Academy Awards four times.

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Backlash to Kimmel’s comments about Kirk was swift. Nexstar and Sinclair, two of ABC’s largest affiliate owners, said they would be pulling “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” from their stations. Others, including several fellow comedians, came to his defense.

President Donald Trump, one of Kimmel’s frequent targets, posted on social media that Kimmel’s suspension was “great news for America.” He also called for other late night hosts to be fired.

Kimmel was asked in an interview with Variety this past summer if he was worried that the administration would come after comedians. He expressed concern that a crackdown could be on the way.

“Well, you’d have to be naive not to worry a little bit,” he said. “But that can’t change what you’re doing.”

Kimmel’s suspension arrived in a time when Trump and his administration have pursued threats, lawsuits and federal government pressure to try to exert more control over the media industry. Trump has reached settlements with ABC and CBS over their coverage.

Trump has also filed defamation lawsuits against The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. Republicans in Congress stripped federal funding from NPR and PBS.

Brendan Carr, the head of the Federal Communications Commission, issued a warning prior to Kimmel’s suspension that criticized Kimmel’s remarks about the Kirk assassination.

“We can do this the easy way or the hard way,” Carr said. “These companies can find ways to change conduct, to take action, frankly, on Kimmel, or there is going to be additional work for the FCC ahead.”

Oscar Villanueva holds a sign outside El Capitan Entertainment Centre, where the late-night show “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” is staged, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

The suspension also happened at a time when the late night landscape is shifting. CBS announced the cancellation of Stephen Colbert’s show over the summer

Kimmel’s contract with The Walt Disney Co.-owned network had been set to expire in May 2026.

Word of the reinstatement came as hundreds of Hollywood and Broadway stars — including Robert De Niro, Ben Affleck, Jennifer Aniston, Selena Gomez, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep — urged Americans “fight to defend and preserve our constitutionally protected rights” in the wake of Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension.

More than 430 movie, TV and stage stars as well as comedians, directors and writers added their names to an open letter Monday from the American Civil Liberties Union that argues it is “a dark moment for freedom of speech in our nation.”

Also Monday, ABC’s “The View” weighed in on the controversy after not raising it for two episodes after Kimmel was suspended. Co-host Whoopi Goldberg opened the show saying: “No one silences us” and she and her fellow hosts condemned Disney’s decision.