News in :90 – Nov. 18, 2024

Typhoon Man-yi left at least seven people dead in a landslide, destroyed houses and displaced large numbers of villagers before blowing away from the northern Philippines, worsening the crisis wreaked by multiple back-to-back storms, officials said Monday. 

Spirit Airlines files for bankruptcy as financial losses pile up and debt payments loom.

Spirit, the biggest U.S. budget airline, has lost more than $2.5 billion since the start of 2020 and faces looming debt payments totaling more than $1 billion over the next year. All tickets, credits and loyalty points remain valid, the airline said, as are affiliated credit cards and other membership perks.

The youthful Buddhist lama, Jalue Dorje, sat on a throne near an altar decorated with flowers, fruits and golden statues of the Buddha, watching the celebrations of his 18th birthday. 

It was an enthronement ceremony for an aspiring spiritual leader who from an early age was recognized by the Dalai Lama and other Tibetan Buddhist leaders as a reincarnated lama.

After graduation in 2025, he’ll head to northern India to join the Mindrolling Monastery, more than 7,200 miles (11,500 kilometers) from his home in Columbia Heights.

Elizabeth Dickey can be reached at ehdickey@stthomas.edu.