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.

A 26-year-old man is in custody after shooting his mother and sister in the southwest valley Sunday, police said.

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.

A person was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries after a southwest valley crash Monday morning.

LAS VEGAS ( FOX5) — Las Vegas police are investigating a serious crash in the southwest valley Monday morning. The crash happened near the intersection of Durango Drive and Peace Way just after 7:40 a.m. Few details have been released at this time, but police said one person was transported to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.

Police say a woman found dead in a southwest Oklahoma City house fire last week had injuries consistent with homicide.