Spirit Airlines’ abrupt shutdown this month was too abrupt under the law, a group of terminated employees allege in a proposed class-action lawsuit.

Their complaint, filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, asserts that management misled its workforce about its prospects for staying in business and still owes ...Read more

The University of California is bracing for a massive strike Thursday that would disrupt services at all campuses, hospitals and medical centers as more than 40,000 workers — patient transport staff, nursing aides, custodians, campus dining hall employees — are prepared to walk out if an agreement is not reached.

The threatened strike ...Read more

There’s a new name in Chicago sports stadiums.

Fast-food giant McDonald’s has inked a long-term deal with the Chicago Fire to add its name — and a massive flagship restaurant — to the team’s new $750 million stadium going up at The 78 in the South Loop.

McDonald’s Park, as the new soccer venue will be branded, represents the first ...Read more

Workers at one of the West Coast’s most prominent museums are unionizing.

On Wednesday, more than 100 Seattle Art Museum employees working across more than 20 front- and back-end departments announced their intent to unionize, the latest effort in a growing movement of labor organizing at museums and fine art institutions around the country ...Read more

A regional Coca-Cola manufacturer will shut down a plant in Ventura, California, after over 100 years in production.

Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling will close the plant on July 10, the company announced in a recent state filing.

"We regularly assess our locations, products and services to ensure we can continue driving sustainable growth and ...Read more

When Steven Thomson visited his local Lincoln showroom, he noticed something peculiar: The Nautilus SUV's vehicle identification number began with the number 5.

That was odd, because Thomson — a retired parts and service manager and a car guy — always heard that VINs beginning with a 1, 4 or 5 were made in the United States. But the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan duo of Michigan lawmakers is backing a push to ban Chinese vehicles from the United States, adding yet more force behind a widespread effort to keep President Donald Trump from opening the American marketplace to a major competitive threat.

Republican U.S. Rep. John Moolenaar of Caledonia and Democratic Rep. Debbie ...Read more

A federal judge cited “red flags” about a proposed $1.5 million deal between Elon Musk and the Securities and Exchange Commission to end the agency’s lawsuit alleging the world’s richest person waited too long in 2022 to reveal his growing stake in Twitter Inc.

“I am not going to rubber stamp this settlement and I cannot rubber stamp...Read more

Microsoft Corp. has spent more than $100 billion on its partnership with OpenAI, a sum that underscores the significance of the software maker’s role in the AI company’s growth.

That figure includes Microsoft’s original investments in OpenAI, as well as the costs of building infrastructure and hosting OpenAI’s computing, Microsoft deals...Read more

REI’s unionized workers are calling for a boycott of the retailer’s biggest sale of the year after contract negotiations faltered — a move their employer said will distract from bargaining efforts.

The workers recently approved a decision to call for a boycott of the retailer’s anniversary sale, which will run from May 15 to May 25. ...Read more

In 1926, director Cecil B. DeMille hired hundreds of workers to build a set of Jerusalem inside the DeMille Studios in Culver City for the classic silent film "The King of Kings."

A century later, Jon Erwin filmed his biblical epic 'The Old Stories: Moses,' starring Ben Kingsley, on the same studio lot now owned by Amazon MGM Studios.

Except ...Read more

In 2020 San Jose financial technology giant PayPal proudly announced it would spend a half a billion dollars to support Black and minority businesses and communities because, in the words of then-CEO Dan Schulman, “Black lives matter.”

On Tuesday, the company agreed to a $30 million settlement with the federal government to resolve claims ...Read more

Washington Court of Appeals this month revived a legal fight against health insurers' blanket refusals to cover weight loss medications like Ozempic and Wegovy.

In a decision published May 4, the court ruled that insurance plans that prohibit certain types of obesity treatment could potentially violate state antidiscrimination law.

Over the ...Read more

The day before Valentine’s Day, rumors surfaced about a San Diego company’s plans to raise a billion dollars.

Executives at the company didn’t respond to requests for comment. Industry insiders wouldn’t speak on record about the raise — but they didn’t display doubt about the deal either.

The billion-dollar buzz came to fruition a ...Read more

The birth of a new General Motors Co. car still begins with a sketch. But after that, the Detroit automaker is leaning into artificial intelligence to supercharge development.

What once took months of work to turn a concept vehicle sketch into a realistic animation now takes days, and checking aerodynamics no longer requires sculpting clay ...Read more

We are in the midst of graduation season, and I’ve been testing some gadgets that would make for great graduation gifts.

Cash is a traditional gift for graduates, but I know a lot of people who like their gift to be a bit more personal.

Fender Elie 6 Portable Bluetooth Speaker ($299.00, fender.com)

Fender is well-known for their guitars and...Read more

GRANT COUNTY, Washington — On a warm Tuesday evening last week, Felicitas Quintero made dinner on the grill while her husband played soccer with their kids. Every day after work, the family gathers on the front lawn — their watering hole.

Now, she’s fighting to keep it.

“It’s the place we find peace,” Quintero said. “Why do we ...Read more

OpenAI’s Sam Altman testified that he was “extremely uncomfortable” with Elon Musk’s insistence that he have complete control over a proposed for-profit subsidiary of the startup back in 2017.

Altman told jurors Tuesday that Musk said he only wanted control of the entity in its early days, but that the billionaire was unwilling to sign ...Read more

A federal appeals court has temporarily paused a ruling that declared President Donald Trump’s latest global tariffs unlawful, as the judges weigh the administration’s request to allow officials to keep collecting the levies while the legal fight continues.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a brief order on Tuesday ...Read more

The worst U.S. inflation in years is once again eating away at Americans’ paychecks, as rising gasoline and grocery prices threaten to undermine household spending.

Fresh government data out Tuesday underscored how the Iran war is reigniting inflation, straining consumers who were already frustrated by the high cost of living. After ...Read more