Cheryl K. Chumley

Hillary Clinton document dump: More than 150K of her policy papers to be released

A huge collection of Hillary Clinton policy papers are set to be released this spring, just as campaign season dawns and the former secretary of state is predicted to hit the White House hopeful trail.

January 20, 2015

Billy Crystal on gay TV characters: ‘It’s just pushing it a little too far’

Hollywood's Billy Crystal — who crossed cultural divides by playing an openly gay man on the long-running series "Soap" — said that television storylines were perhaps pushing it a little too far when it comes to portraying the homosexual side of life in shows.

January 20, 2015

Paris accountability: Four to face judge for France attacks that killed 17

Four men between the ages of 22 and 28 are due to stand before a judge in Paris on Tuesday for charges of supporting one of the gunmen, Amedy Coulibaly, in the terror attacks that left 17 dead.

January 20, 2015

Islamic State to Shinzo Abe: Pay us $200M, or 2 Japanese hostages will die

The Islamic State released a video on Tuesday vowing to kill two Japanese hostages unless they're paid $200 million within 72 hours — and the Japanese prime minister vowed to do what he could to save them.

January 20, 2015

Islamic State terrorists kill 13 teen boys for watching soccer

Terrorists with the Islamic State put to death 13 teenage boys in Mosul for watching a soccer match between Iraq and Jordan on television.

January 20, 2015

Julie Bishop, Australia’s foreign minister, tweets for help: Find my earring, please

Julie Bishop, the foreign minister from Australia, turned to Twitter for some help finding her missing jewelry after she went on Sky News with a noticeably absent earring.

January 19, 2015

Alfonse D’Amato slams Obama: Quit showcasing your ‘manhood by threatening vetoes’

Alfonse D'Amato, a former U.S. senator, issued a sharp rebuke to President Obama over his ongoing threats to veto Republican-sponsored legislation, saying the White House chief was throwing his "manhood" around and should stop.

January 19, 2015

Saly Griege, Miss Lebanon, and Doron Matalon, Miss Israel, spar over beauty selfie shot

Saly Griege, Miss Lebanon, took to Facebook to say that she didn't mean to be photographed alongside beauty queen contestant Doron Matalon, Miss Israel — that her contender jumped into the shot at the last minute.

January 19, 2015

Ben Carson jabs ‘political class,’ calls for candidates with ‘faith in God’

Retired neurosurgeon and possible 2016 presidential candidate Ben Carson didn't name names, but took a shot at the cadre of political elites who form the Republican Party's "political class" and said what America really needs are leaders who believe in God.

January 19, 2015

New York City may yank terror report to appease Muslims, settle suits: report

New York City may take down a terror report from its website that alerts law enforcement and citizens alike to the characteristics of would-be terrorists because critics say it discriminates against Muslims and is deeply flawed.

January 19, 2015

Leon Panetta, ex-CIA head, on terror attack on America: ‘It’s a matter of time’

Former Defense Secretary and CIA Director Leon Panetta told a television audience that it's only a matter of time before terrorists strike America again.

January 19, 2015

Steven Bonano, 9/11 police chief, dies at 53 from suspected Ground Zero-tied blood cancer

Steven Bonano, 53, a New York Police Department chief who headed up the agency's elite Emergency Service Unit — and who was among the first on the scene at the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks on the Twin Towers — died from a blood cancer that was believed tied to his service at Ground Zero.

January 19, 2015

EU to appeal the court’s removal of Hamas from terror list

The foreign policy chief for the European Union said the bloc is kicking off an appeal against a court ruling that ordered Hamas off the terror list -- for a technicality.

January 19, 2015

Greg Plitt, Army veteran and reality TV star, killed by train during filming

Greg Plitt, a reality television show star and fitness model — and a veteran of the U.S. Army — was hit and killed by a train during filming in Southern California.

January 19, 2015

Michael Moore, post-‘American Sniper’ release: ‘Snipers aren’t heroes,’ they’re ‘cowards’

Hollywood leftist filmmaker Michael Moore took to Twitter to air his views on snipers — whom he referred to as "cowards," not heroes — in seeming reference to the blockbuster release of "American Sniper," the movie about Navy SEAL Chris Kyle.

January 19, 2015

Iran shuts down newspaper for quoting George Clooney, ‘I am Charlie’

Iran's government shut down the Mardom-e Emrooz newspaper after editors published a quote from Hollywood's George Clooney saying, "I am Charlie," a reference to the terrorist attacks in Paris on the satirical newspaper.

January 19, 2015

Phil Robertson, ‘Duck Dynasty’ star: World’s problems rooted in one reason — ‘No Jesus’

"Duck Dynasty" patriarch Phil Robertson told a national Fox News audience that the main reason for the world's turmoil was simple: "No Jesus," he said.

January 16, 2015

Dalton Hayes, 18, Cheyenne Phillips, 13, sought by police — tagged as modern day Bonnie and Clyde

Police are searching for Dalton Hayes, an 18-year-old Kentucky man, and Cheyenne Phillips, his 13-year-old girlfriend, on suspicions they've committed a couple of crimes through several states — the start of what some worry may lead them to become a sort of Bonnie and Clyde duo.

January 16, 2015

Arizona’s new law: High-schoolers must pass the same civics test that immigrants take

Arizona has become the first state in the nation to OK a law requiring high school students to pass the same civics exam that immigrants have to take to win their citizenship.

January 16, 2015

Dalai Lama slams capitalism for world’s ills: ‘I am Marxist’

The Dalai Lama identified himself as a Marxist during a speech in India about the need for world peace.

January 16, 2015