Cheryl K. Chumley

Salman Rushdie: Don’t blame Charlie Hebdo — free speech ‘indivisible’ or not at all

Salman Rushdie, the author of "The Satanic Verses" who lived for years in hiding due to a death threat from radical Islamists, said it's an outrage to blame Charlie Hebdo for the terrorist attacks on its Paris offices — that freedom and the right to speak freely is either "indivisible" or not at all.

January 15, 2015

Tanzania bans witchdoctors in desperate try to halt murders of albinos

Tanzania authorities have issued a ban on witchdoctors as a means of stemming the surge of murders against albinos, whose body parts are sold for witching ceremonies.

January 14, 2015

Mississippi lawmakers push to make Bible the official state book

A handful of lawmakers in Mississippi say the Bible ought to be the state's official book because it gives good guidance on how to treat people.

January 14, 2015

IRS warns that budget cuts could shut down operations, delay refunds

The Internal Revenue Service's commissioner, John Koskinen, warned that too many budget cuts could lead the agency to shut doors for a couple of days, leading to unpaid furloughs for employees and cuts in services to taxpayers.

January 14, 2015

Raymond Leo Burke, Catholic cardinal: Yes, church is suffering from ‘man-crisis’

Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke, the former Archbishop of St. Louis, said the Catholic Church is heading into dangerous times — that a "man-crisis" is indeed toppling its mission and radicalized feminism is destroying the rightful roles of the family unit.

January 14, 2015

Liberty Ammunition wins $15.6M in patent theft case against Defense Department

Liberty Ammunition, a Florida-based maker of bullets, won a $15.6 million judgment against the Department of Defense after a federal court found the feds did in fact infringe upon one of the company's patents.

January 14, 2015

Robert Ellis, Heritage Foundation speaker: ‘Romney is a nerd … nerds don’t win elections’

Robert Ellis, an entrepreneur who spoke at a recent Heritage Foundation conference titled "Opportunity for All, Favoritism for None," gave a pretty clear reason why former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney doesn't stand a chance of winning the 2016 presidential nomination: He's a "nerd," he said.

January 14, 2015

Charlie Hebdo sells out, as customers line streets, looking for spares

Newsstands in and around Paris sold out of the much-talked-about latest issue of Charlie Hebdo — with one vendor reporting that customers scooped all his copies within five minutes of his opening for business.

January 14, 2015

Gary Sinise quits speech for Catholic-tied group that views gays as ‘disorder’

Actor Gary Sinise pulled out of a planned speech for the Catholic-tied Legatus after realizing the organization pushes to cure homosexuality and labels same-sex attractions a "disorder" that can be fixed.

January 14, 2015

Dominican Republic court orders 3 prosecutors, 21 police arrested after ton of cocaine goes missing

Three prosecutors and 21 police officers were ordered arrested by a Dominican Republic court, after officials noticed that more than a ton of cocaine has gone missing in recent months.

January 14, 2015

Elizabeth Warren’s ‘no’ to presidency takes on more weight with latest denial

Sen. Elizabeth Warren's latest "no" to the question of her 2016 president campaign has taken on a new meaning -- one that could really, truly mean "no" -- because of a simple change in verb tense.

January 13, 2015

‘Homeland’ mulls plot switch that takes focus off Middle East and Muslim terrorism

"Homeland," the much-acclaimed television series about American intelligence agents who root out terror threats, is mulling a departure from its ordinary plot, which focuses on Middle Eastern Muslims, and considering — post Charlie Hebdo attacks — a new storyline that does not involve the radical Islamic element.

January 13, 2015

CNN gets federal OK to test-fly drones for news gathering

CNN announced its executives have struck a deal with federal regulators to put drones in the sky for news-gathering purposes — for now on a test basis.

January 13, 2015

Bob Newhart lookalike Greg Burks referee Ohio State-Oregon championship game

Twitter users after the Ohio State trouncing of Oregon weren't talking so much about the score -- which was 42-20 -- as they were about the striking similarities between lead referee Greg Burks to comedian Bob Newhart.

January 13, 2015

NRA slams Missouri gun-tax plan to pay for police body cameras: This is ‘unmerited’

The National Rifle Association and other gun rights groups have hit back hard at one Missouri lawmaker's plan to add a tax on guns sold in the state to pay for cameras for police officers.

January 13, 2015

Randy Weber tweets Hitler reference to slam Obama’s no-show at Paris march

Rep. Randy Weber, Texas conservative, tweeted out a Hitler reference to President Obama as a means of slamming the White House on its failure to send any high-ranking head to Paris for the solidarity march against terrorism.

January 13, 2015

Helric Fredou, French police chief, kills himself amid pressure of Paris terror

Helric Fredou, a 45-year-old French police commissioner, shot and killed himself in his office, just after meeting with the family of one of the Paris terrorist victims.

January 13, 2015

Al Qaeda-North Africa to France: ‘Undermine our prophet’ and you’ll get ‘the worst and more’

The al Qaeda branch in North Africa, the Islamic Maghreb, took to its jihadist websites to issue France a new warning that basically vowed more violence and attacks were coming.

January 13, 2015

Ted Cruz faults Obama: He ‘encourages radical Islamic terrorists’

Sen. Ted Cruz didn't pull punches at a recent speech before the Heritage Foundation, telling conference listeners that President Obama's foreign policy failures had a lot to do with the fueling of radical Islamism and that his leadership skills were actually proving dangerous.

January 13, 2015

Charlie Hebdo showcases latest cover with Muhammad and message: ‘All is forgiven’

The new cover of Charlie Hebdo was just published by French media and, as promised, it's neither cave nor cower to terrorists. Rather, the prophet Muhammad is featured prominently, holding a sign: "Je Suis Charlie," or "I am Charlie."

January 13, 2015