Chase and Southwest Airlines have refreshed personal and business Rapid Rewards cards, raising annual fees while adding bag, seating and boarding perks. These changes are tied to Southwest's move to assigned seating and paid bags and are accompanied by a limited-time 100,000-point sign-up bonus for personal Rapid Rewards cards.

“Southwest open seating is the ultimate expression of its founding ethos: to make air travel affordable and accessible for everyone.”—Official Southwest Airlines statement, as part of the airline’s 50th anniversary commemoration.

Alarms sounded in the cockpit of a Southwest Airlines jet shortly after taking off from Hollywood Burbank airport near Los Angeles on Friday, prompting evasive maneuvers, the airline said in a statement.

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A passenger who was on board the Southwest Airlines flight that was forced to make a mid-air maneuver to avoid a collision with another plane spoke to NBC News on Saturday, saying that the “entire plane was screaming” when it suddenly descended after takeoff.

Southwest passengers will be assigned seats, ending the chaotic scramble of its current open seating plan. The ability to choose your seat opens July 29, 2025, for flights departing in 2026 and beyond.

All of the games for the Southwest Region tournament will be held at the George W. Bush Little League Leadership Training Center in Waco.

At Site Santa Fe, 71 artists were inspired by Southwestern figures, from healers and novelists to Navajo code talkers. Here’s a guide to the highlights.

In a sometimes lively block of South Woodyear Street, in the long-overlooked Mount Clare neighborhood of Southwest Baltimore, a quiet revolution is unfolding. The boarded windows and blighted facades that once defined the area are starting to give way — not to condos or chain stores, but to canvases, color and community.