Cheryl K. Chumley

‘Everytown for Gun Safety’ pushes to curb gun sales on Internet

The gun-control group, "Everytown for Gun Safety," is pushing for limits on firearm sales on the Internet, saying criminals and domestic abuse suspects can sometimes skirt background checks to purchase weapons online.

January 22, 2015

Hillary Clinton mocks Vladimir Putin with voice impersonation: ‘Excellent, excellent idea’

Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton offered her best impression of Vladimir Putin during a stage talk in Canada, adopting her take of the Russian leader's accent and demeanors in a fantasy scenario: What would he say to claiming the presidency again?

January 22, 2015

Al Sharpton sends sympathy Ted Cruz’s way for speech slip: ‘Trust me, it happens’

The Rev. Al Sharpton — not normally known for his support of conservatives and their causes — made an exception for Ted Cruz and his well-reported State of the Union speech slip-up, telling the Texas senator not to worry, that "it happens," he said.

January 22, 2015

Mitt Romney: Climate change is real, human-induced, and we must tackle it

Former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney, who's contemplating another White House run, said climate change was real, that humans helped it along and that it was the responsibility of the world to turn back the environmental tide.

January 22, 2015

Bryant Gumbel slams NRA: ‘They’re pigs … a curse upon the American landscape’

Bryant Gumbel, HBO host, had this to say about the National Rifle Association: Members are "pigs," a "curse" on America and about the most uncaring organization in history.

January 22, 2015

Domino’s Pizza on Obamacare calorie counts: It’s an impossible ‘disaster’

Lynn Liddle, the executive vice president of Domino's Pizza, said the Obamacare mandate to count and post calories of served and sold food is impossible.

January 22, 2015

Remington gun manufacturer wins OK to move Sandy Hook wrongful death suit to favorable fed court

Remington gun manufacturer just won its push to move a wrongful death suit brought by 10 families of Sandy Hook shooting victims to federal court — and at least one legal insider says that's a significant boon for the company.

January 22, 2015

Drone bogged by methamphetamine crashes in Mexico-California border town

A drone overloaded with methamphetamine crashed at a supermarket parking lot near the San Ysidro crossing, a border site that separates Mexico and California.

January 22, 2015

Hannah Winterbourne comes out as highest-ranking British military transgender

Hannah Winterbourne — who was born a boy but said she realized at the age of 23 she was a woman trapped in a man's body — just came out as Britain's highest-ranking transgender soldier, with a captain's command of 100.

January 22, 2015

John Sawers, ex-MI6 chief, warns West needs ‘some restraint’ on dissing Muslims

John Sawers, the former chief of British intelligence agency MI6, said the West could exercise some restraint when it comes to dealing with Muslims and the Islam faith, and that might help ease tensions.

January 22, 2015

John Sterling, Yankees announcer, among hundreds homeless in huge New Jersey fire

Hundreds of people were left without homes after a huge fire destroyed a luxury apartment community in New Jersey.

January 22, 2015

Violetta Degtiareva, the ‘next Anna Kournikova,’ drops dead at tennis practice

Violetta Degtiareva, one of Russia's highest paid and highly popular tennis stars — and billed as the "next Anna Kournikova" — dropped dead during practice at the age of 23.

January 22, 2015

Mark Levin: Republicans won’t stop amnesty, Obamacare

Mark Levin, conservative talk show host, said during a televised interview that Republicans won't stop amnesty or do away with Obamaacare, no matter how much they promise.

January 22, 2015

Bob Menendez: Obama’s points on Iran come ‘straight out of Tehran’

Sen. Bob Menendez, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, condemned President Obama's State of the Union talking points on Iran, characterizing them as coming "straight out of Tehran."

January 21, 2015

Republicans slammed as ‘wimpy’ on immigration: ‘Horror of a bill’

Democrats anxious to see the White House's vision for immigration put into full play — especially President Obama's executive action to grant amnesty to tens of thousands — are calling out a Republican-led border security bill as a "wimpy" attempt to deal with a massive issue.

January 21, 2015

John Boehner’s facial expressions make YouTube splash on SOTU video

Speaker John Boehner's facial expressions, as seen over President Obama's left shoulder during the State of the Union speech, took front and center in a video that's made a splash on YouTube.

January 21, 2015

‘Clinton the Musical’ hits off-Broadway, just in time for campaign season

"Clinton the Musical" is hitting the off-Broadway circuit this spring, just in time for what's predicted by many political insiders to be former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's announced intent to run for president.

January 21, 2015

Joe Biden on presidency: I’m confident I could ‘do a good job’

Vice President Joseph R. Biden said he's not lacking in confidence on his ability to perform well as the top White House dog — that he knows he could do a "good job" but that he's not really focused on the notion right now.

January 21, 2015

Big Brother grows: 50 police agencies use military radar that lets them peer into homes

Radar intended for the military has seeped into the civilian sector and at least 50 different law enforcement agencies — including the FBI and the U.S. Marshall's Service — are now using technology that lets them peer into people's homes via radio waves.

January 21, 2015

Facebook cited in a third of all divorce cases: ‘It’s like having a massive public noticeboard’

Facebook is now cited in about a third of all divorce cases, researchers said.

January 21, 2015