Delta Steps in to Fly 41 Stranded Students to Field Trip After American Airlines Cancels Flight

Photo: Delta Delta Air Lines took their customer service to sky-high heights last week when they chartered a special plane for 41 fifth-graders left stranded in an Oklahoma airport. The group of fifth-graders and chaperones from James L. Dennis Elementary School in Oklahoma City were headed to Washington, D.C. for a field trip last week when American Airlines canceled their flight. With no way to get to the east coast, the group was stuck at Will Rogers World Airport — until Delta ground agents reached out with a solution.

Delta to Reward Employees with 2 Months of Pay as a Bonus After Airline Has a Very Profitable Year

Delta Air Lines.Photo: Nik Oik/Getty Images What would you do with two months’ extra pay? That massive figure breaks down to eligible employees receiving 16.6 percent of their annual salary, or around two months pay, the outlet reported. Employees will receive their checks on Valentine’s Day, theOC Registerreported. The move marks the sixth consecutive year that Delta has paid out more than $1 billion to its employees, a Delta spokesperson told KTLA.

Delta Variant Is Now the Most Common COVID Strain in the U.S., CDC Says

Travelers head to the airport wearing masks.Photo: Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via GettyTheDelta variantis now the most common form of theCOVID-19 viruscirculating in the United States,according to new datafrom the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The CDC reports thatthe highly contagious strain, also known as B.1.617.2, makes up for 51.7% of COVID cases in the U.S. as of Saturday, up from 30.4% two weeks prior.Previously, the Alpha variant made up the majority of U.

Delta Variant Now in All 50 States as L.A. Tells Vaccinated People to Continue Wearing Masks

Travelers head to the airport wearing masks.Photo: Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via GettyThehighly contagious Delta variant of COVID-19is now spreading in all 50 states and Washington, D.C., according to the Centers for Disease Control.South Dakota was the last state in the nation to report a case with the variant, finding its first on Tuesday. Nationwide, around 26% of all COVID-19 cases are from the Delta variant.Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious diseases expert, said Tuesday that he’s “very concerned” about the Delta variant spreading in undervaccinated areas where people are at high risk, and said it could split the country into “two Americas”: one in which the virus is circulating widely and the other with low rates because most residents are vaccinated.

Dem Franchize Boyz Rapper Gerald "Buddie" Tiller Dies of Cancer

Photo: Ray Tamarra/GettyGerald “Buddie” Tiller, a member of the rap group Dem Franchize Boyz, has died.The group — which also included Parlae (Maurice Gleaton), Jizzal Man (Bernard Leverette), and Pumpin’ (Jamal Willingham) — revealed that they lost one of their own in anInstagram poston Sunday.“R.I.P Buddie you will be missed #demfranchizeboyz,” the post read, with photos of the four men together from their time as a group. They formed in 2002, and went on a permanent hiatus in 2008.