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New York CNN  —  Southwest Airlines has put a price tag on checking bags, a coveted free perk that is about to disappear as part of substantial changes the carrier is making to its service. For flights booked on May 28 and after, checking the first bag will cost $35 and $45 for the second piece of luggage. If the ticket was bought prior to Wednesday, the customer will still receive two free checked bags, the company announced. There are some exceptions, however: Members in the A-List tier of its Rapid Rewards loyalty program, holders of its branded credit card…

Newcastle are parting ways with sporting director Paul Mitchell after less than a year in the job.The 43-year-old will exit the club at the end of the month by mutual consent and leave manager Eddie Howe in charge of recruitment until a successor is found. Mitchell only joined the club last July as a replacement to Dan Ashworth, who moved on to Manchester United.His spell has been difficult with Newcastle hamstrung by PSR issues, although they did manage to secure Champions League football for next season on the Premier League’s final day.He was forced to oversee the last-minute sales of Elliot Anderson and…

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A large elephant seal took a wrong turn and was seen lumbering along a street in a coastal town in South Africa early Tuesday, surprising residents and inspiring a rescue effort to get him back to sea.The two-ton seal, which an animal welfare group said was a young male, was making his way through a suburb of Gordon’s Bay near Cape Town.Locals came out of houses and recorded videos.“This is unreal. Hi, bro, how did you get here?” one woman asked. Staff members of the Marine Unit with Shark Spotters facilitate the transportation of…

Graham HunterMay 27, 2025, 09:13 AM ETCloseGraham Hunter is a Barcelona-based freelance writer for ESPN.com who specializes in La Liga and the Spanish national team.The Spanish sun has set on another season in LaLiga. The 2024-25 campaign kicked off with headline after headline about Kylian Mbappé’s long-awaited move to Real Madrid, but it will be remembered by the tantalizing title triumph of Barcelona.With the season now consigned to the history books, it’s time to look back and dole out some silverware of our own. ESPN’s Graham Hunter anoints the player of the season, the manager of the season, the signing…

Ian DarkeMay 27, 2025, 09:12 AM ETCloseDarke, who called games for the network during the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, is ESPN lead soccer voice in the United States. He has covered the Barclays Premier League and the Champions League since 1982, and has one of the world’s most recognizable soccer voices.Arne Slot achieved an impressive debut season by winning the Premier League with Liverpool, spearheaded by a talented Mohamed Salah, who undoubtedly became the best player in the league.The Reds finished with high marks, but what about the other 19 teams this season? Well, it’s report card…

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas this year has been the center of the nation’s largest measles outbreak in more than two decades, as a mostly eradicated disease has sickened more than 700 in the state, sent dozens to hospitals and led to the death of two children who were unvaccinated.But even as the outbreak slows, a bill approved by state lawmakers and sent to Republican Gov. Greg Abbott would make it significantly easier for parents to enroll their children in school without standard vaccinations for diseases such as measles, whooping cough, polio and hepatitis A and B.Supporters say the bill…

May 27, 2025, 09:06 AM ETPope Leo XIV welcomed Italy’s newly crowned Serie A champions Napoli to the Vatican on Tuesday, joking about his own football allegiances.Napoli won their fourth “Scudetto” on Friday with a 2-0 home victory over Cagliari, edging out Inter Milan by one point in a nail-biting end to the season.The team, captained by Italy international Giovanni Di Lorenzo, arrived for their papal audience a day after a triumphant open-top bus parade through central Naples.”The press says I am an AS Roma fan, but you are welcome! This is what the press says. Not everything you read…

Dr. Priti Patel, CMIO at John Muir Health, uses Ambience before starting a patient encounter.Courtesy of Ambience HealthcareArtificial intelligence startup Ambience Healthcare on Tuesday announced a new medical coding model that outperforms doctors by 27%.Ambience uses AI to draft clinical notes in real-time as doctors consensually record their visits with patients. The company used tools from OpenAI to build the new model.The startup is part of a fiercely competitive market that has taken off as health-care executives search for solutions to help reduce staff burnout and daunting administrative workloads. The company’s new model can listen to patient encounters and identify ICD-10…

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Only two of the 10 New Orleans jail escapees remain on the run Tuesday after police captured two men Monday following a high-speed pursuit in Texas and another man they found sitting on a bench in Louisiana thanks to an anonymous tip.Police dashboard and body camera footage, obtained by The Associated Press, appears to show two escapees — Leo Tate, 31, and Jermaine Donald, 42 — fleeing from police, reaching speeds up to 80 mph (129 kph), in a white SUV in Walker County, Texas.The vehicle zoomed past police cars, made a U-turn and headed…

A living space in the new J.P. Morgan financial center branch format in Palm Beach.Courtesy: JP MorganJPMorgan Chase thinks it has cracked the code on managing more money for America’s millionaires.It’s not a new financial product, a novel software program or an enticing sign-up bonus. Instead, it’s a refurbished take on an old concept — the brick-and-mortar bank branch — along with new standards for service that are at the heart of its aspirations.The bank is unveiling 14 of these new format branches — each acquired when JPMorgan took over First Republic in 2023 — in tony ZIP codes in…