Southwest hikes bag fees as airlines grapple with soaring Iran war costs ... and more news

Southwest Airlines is joining the rush of airlines raising checked bag fees, as companies scramble to offset surging fuel prices by passing the costs down to flyers. In other news, the state’s highest criminal court declined to intervene in James Broadnax’s death penalty case, arguing it is not enough for another man to take responsibility for the shooting when Broadnax never recanted his own confessions; a judge on Wednesday ordered the Memphis rapper Pooh Shiesty to remain in custody pending …