Cheryl K. Chumley

Donna Brazile on national TV: What’s a caliphate, anyway?

Donna Brazile, the former campaign manager for Al Gore and a current key Democratic Party strategist, admitted on national television that she didn't know what a caliphate was.

September 8, 2014

Former New Orleans Mayor C. Ray Nagin heads off to prison for corruption

The former mayor of New Orleans, Ray Nagin, shuffled off Monday to serve a 10-year federal prison term on corruption convictions stemming from the city's years-long recovery of Hurricane Katrina devastations.

September 8, 2014

Mike Ditka backs Ill. GOP governor hopeful: ‘Bam! Hit ‘em right in the mouth!’

Famed former Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka has taken his gruff style of speaking from the football field to the political world, cutting a campaign ad for Republican Illinois gubernatorial hopeful Bruce Rauner.

September 8, 2014

Larry Gatlin to Obama: ‘Mr. President, World War III is here’

Country singing-songwriting legend Larry Gatlin recently penned an open letter to the president, calling on the commander-in-chief to act now on the Islamic State, before it's too late, and bluntly telling him: Mr. Obama, the third World War has arrived.

September 8, 2014

Boy, 6, in fair condition after mountain lion drags him from dad

A California boy who was attacked and dragged away from his father by a mountain lion in an open preserve is recovering at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, and listed in fair condition.

September 8, 2014

Sen. Dianne Feinstein: U.S. must ‘confront and eliminate’ Islamic State

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, said in an op-ed on USA Today's website that the United States has a duty to lead the world into confronting — and obliterating — Islamic State terrorists.

September 8, 2014

Obama admits golf after Foley beheading was bad idea, wants vacation from media

President Obama seemed to take one step forward and two steps back in the admission of wrong-doing department, saying that perhaps his golf game in the near-immediate wake of speaking about beheaded American journalist James Foley wasn't the smartest idea -- but then blaming the press.

September 8, 2014

Dozens airlifted to safety as Yosemite wildfires suddenly spread

Nearly 100 Yosemite National Park tourists and hikers had to be evacuated by helicopter after a wildfire that had been burning for weeks suddenly blew out of control and raged toward campgrounds and trails.

September 8, 2014

Chick-fil-A founder S. Truett Cathy dies, age 93

S. Truett Cathy, the founder of the Chick-fil-A restaurant chain, died early Monday at the age of 93.

September 8, 2014

Fidel Castro accuses John McCain, Israel of creating Islamic State

Former Cuban President Fidel Castro wrote a column for his state-run newspaper attacking Sen. John McCain for conspiring with Israel to create the Islamic State terrorist group.

September 5, 2014

Goodbye Levi’s, hello yoga pants: Sales of jeans plummet 6 percent

The jean business is far from dead -- but it is facing some stiff opposition from an even more casual closet addition, the yoga pant.

September 5, 2014

Joan Rivers’ New York clinic under investigation

The New York clinic where Joan Rivers went into cardiac arrest -- the event that precipitated her emergency transfer to a nearby hospital and subsequent coma and death -- is now under investigation, the State Health Department said.

September 5, 2014

Bush daughters decline Republican label: ‘We’re both very independent’

Neither Jenna nor Barbara Bush -- the famous daughters of former President George W. Bush -- have followed in their father's footsteps when it comes to claiming affiliation with the Republican Party.

September 5, 2014

Obama’s approval falls to 38 percent

Call it the unlucky seven -- that's how many times President Obama's approval rating has now sunk to his administration low of 38 percent, Gallup reported.

September 5, 2014

Police under fire for anti-Obama post: Your ‘racism is an embarrassment’

A Seattle police officer is under fire for taking to social media to defend what he described as the so-called militarization of police, and then posting an unflattering rebuke of President Obama as an outright racist.

September 5, 2014

Mayor sounds alarm as lava flows toward Hawaii community

Rural Koache Homesteads residents beware: Lava from the nearby Kilauea volcano is less than a mile away, and inching closer day by day, geologists warned.

September 5, 2014

Lebanese teens start campaign: ‘#BurnISISFlagCHallenge’

Teens in Lebanon have reportedly kicked off a new campaign aimed at countering the Islamic State -- with the Burn ISIS Flag Challenge.

September 5, 2014

Woman found beheaded at London home: ‘It is not terrorist-related’

A woman was reportedly beheaded and found in the garden area of a London home Thursday, police said.

September 4, 2014

Democratic governor tweets pic of girl in bondage gear

Delaware Gov. Jack Markell was trying to tweet about his visit to an elementary school to announce a new program for disadvantaged children — but an attached photo said otherwise.

September 4, 2014

Hillary Clinton’s energy speech seen as possible run-up to White House bid

Hillary Rodham Clinton's planned Thursday speech at a clean-energy summit in Las Vegas — a high-profile appearance before a crowd of influential environmentalists and powerful Sen. Harry Reid — is being seen by political watchers as a possible run-up to a White House bid.

September 4, 2014