Cheryl K. Chumley

Beneful dog food, by Nestle Purina PetCare, sued over deaths of thousands of dogs

A lawsuit has been launched against Beneful dry dog food, produced by Nestle Purina PetCare, over allegations the company knew its product was harming the health of "thousands of dogs," the plaintiff said in court documents.

February 25, 2015

Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin, Robert Redford to Obama: Reject Keystone

Some of Hollywood's biggest elites -- including Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin and Robert Redford -- are getting in on the Keystone Pipeline XL political action, telling President Obama in no uncertain terms: Veto the bill and put an end to the project.

February 24, 2015

Charlie Hebdo mocks pope, jihadists, conservatives in new issue: ‘We’re back!’

It's been more than a month since Charlie Hebdo was attacked by terrorists, but the satirical magazine is back in business with a new issue due out Wednesday mocking the pope, former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, jihadists and Marine Le Pen, a far-right conservative politico.

February 24, 2015

Apple debuts new skin color shades for emoji menu

Apple has given the OK to new beta updates to its operating system that will provide a new menu of emoji skin shades.

February 24, 2015

Leonard Nimoy, ‘Star Trek’s‘ Spock, hospitalized with chest pains

Leonard Nimoy, the actor who played "Star Trek's" Spock, was rushed to the hospital with severe chest pains.

February 24, 2015

Maya Angelou to get own U.S. Postal Service ‘forever stamp’

Maya Angelou, an American poet and writer who died in May 2014, will now be honored with her own "forever stamp" from the U.S. Postal Service.

February 24, 2015

Rajendra Pachauri, IPCC chief, resigns amid sexual harassment claim

Rajendra Pachauri, the head of the United Nations' body that's tasked with studying climate change and its supposed effects, resigned from his post Tuesday amid charges that he sexually harassed one of his employees.

February 24, 2015

University of Michigan course teaches need to boot ‘morally perverse’ capitalism

A class at the University of Michigan titled "Organizational Studies 203: Activism" presses the message: The "morally perverse" capitalistic system in play in America today needs to be overthrown.

February 24, 2015

Hillary Clinton dinged for ‘All Madam President’s Men,’ her near all-male staff

Former Secretary of State and presumptive Democratic Party presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has an image problem with women — and it's due to what one writer dubs her "All Madam President's Men" staff reality: Nearly all men; few women.

February 24, 2015

Justice Department goes after 10 banks for price-rigging precious metals

The Justice Department has launched an investigation into at least 10 big banks to see if officials rigged prices of precious metals — though European regulators looking into the same thing had to conclude: There was no wrongdoing.

February 24, 2015

Ben Woolf, ‘American Horror Story’ actor, dies from freak head injury

Ben Woolf, the 34-year-old actor who played the character of Meep on the hit "American Horror Story" television show, died Monday from a head injury suffered when he was hit by a side mirror from a passing car.

February 24, 2015

Rush Limbaugh: Hollywood hypocrites need to ‘fix … own house’ on income equality

Rush Limbaugh, conservative radio rock star, referenced actress Patricia Arquette's politicized acceptance speech on income equality at the Oscars, and said her public scolding was little more than a show of hypocrisy.

February 24, 2015

Israel rips U.S. deal that rewards Iran for good behavior as ‘great danger’

Israel is ripping a deal that's emerging between the United States and Iran, saying that the agreement seems to reward Tehran for good behavior by backing off restrictions in a 10-year timeframe — and opening the door for the regime to make nuclear weapons.

February 24, 2015

Erica Snipes, Eric Garner’s daughter, slams Al Sharpton as ‘all about’ the money

Erica Snipes, the daughter of Eric Garner — the New Yorker who was placed in a chokehold by police and died hours later at the hospital — has issued a scathing assessment of Al Sharpton, reportedly saying the reverend only cares about money, not principle.

February 24, 2015

Islamic State abducts 70-plus Assyrian Christians

Islamic State terrorists stormed a number of small villages in northeast Syria and took captive at least 70 Assyrian Christians, two activist groups reported Tuesday.

February 24, 2015

Rob Richards, Marine who peed on Taliban, buried with honors at Arlington

Rob Richards, the Marine who exited from military service in 2013 — and after a widely circulated video of him urinating on a dead Taliban member painted him in a poor light — was buried on Feb. 13 with military honors at Arlington National Cemetery.

February 23, 2015

Nigerian girl, not quite 10 years old, blows herself up with suicide bomb

A young suicide bomber who looked younger than 10 years old blew herself up at a busy market in Potiskum, a northeastern town in Nigeria.

February 23, 2015

Wesleyan students in ‘serious/critical’ shape after apparent overdose on Molly

Eleven Wesleyan University students were sent to the hospital for treatment of suspected drug overdoses, and authorities say they're pretty sure "Molly," or MDMA, was to blame.

February 23, 2015

Debbie Wasserman Schultz, circa 2013, was set to paint Obama as ‘anti-woman, anti-Semitic’

Democratic National Committee chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz had a backup plan of revenge in 2013, in case President Obama did move to replace her from her party position — and that was to paint him as "anti-woman" and "anti-Semitic," various media outlets reported.

February 23, 2015

Tony Abbott, Australia chief, tightens immigration laws, clamps down ‘hate preachers’

Australia Prime Minister Tony Abbott heralded in new, tighter immigration and counterterrorism laws on Monday, saying that the measures are needed in the face of rising Islamic State violence.

February 23, 2015