Tag: Thomas Markle

Congressional lawmakers almost got a pay bump this year. Then it crashed and burned

Congressional freshmen of the 119th Congress pose on the steps of the House of Representatives of the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 15, 2024, in Washington, D.C. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images Lawmakers on Capitol Hill got close to getting their first salary bump...

Rescue team ends search for a man overboard from Norwegian Cruise Line ship

The Norwegian Epic cruise ship in Miami in 2010. Lynne Sladky/AP Rescue teams ended a search on Friday for a 51-year-old man who fell overboard from the Norwegian Epic cruise ship en route to the Bahamas, less than 24 hours after...

Claim of dementia could derail former Abercrombie CEO’s sex trafficking case

Michael Jeffries (right), former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch, exits the federal courthouse after his arraignment on sex trafficking and interstate prostitution charges Oct. 25 in Central Islip, N.Y. Heather Khalifa/AP A letter from former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries'...

Syria’s U.S.-backed Kurdish coalition faces an uncertain future after Assad’s ouster

U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters stand guard at Al Naeem Square in Raqqa, Syria, in February 2022. Baderkhan Ahmad/AP ISTANBUL – In the aftermath of Bashar al-Assad's ouster, Syria remains territorially fractured as the rebels who defeated Assad work to...

Delta apologizes – again – after another stowaway boards a flight without ticket

FILE - A Delta Air Lines plane leaves the gate July 12, 2021, at Logan International Airport in Boston. A Delta flight from Seattle to Honolulu was delayed on Tuesday afternoon after an unticketed passenger was discovered onboard the...