Cheryl K. Chumley

‘No American is proud’ of certain CIA tactics: State Department

The State Department said it's true — a Senate report on CIA interrogation tactics used after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks on U.S. soil don't represent America's proudest moments.

July 31, 2014

Drug-filled drone crash outside S.C. prison sends police on alert

Authorities have arrested one — and still seek another — in connection with an investigation into a drone that was filled with phones, marijuana and tobacco that crashed outside a South Carolina maximum-security prison.

July 31, 2014

GOP to Obama: Take your ‘golf cap off’ and get down to coal country

Republicans hit hard at President Obama's regulatory crackdown on carbon emissions from coal-fired plants, quipping that he ought to get off the golf course and head to coal country to see for himself how electricity is generated.

July 31, 2014

Hamas cleric tells Jews: ‘We will exterminate you’

A video released by the Middle East Media Research Institute cuts right to the politically incorrect core of the Hamas-Israel ongoing conflict to reveal the terror group's true intents — to "exterminate" the Jewish people.

July 31, 2014

George W. Bush penning biography of father

George W. Bush, president No. 43, is in process of penning a biography about his equally famous father, George H.W. Bush, president No. 41, with a publication date set for November.

July 31, 2014

San Diego Costco, Target shoppers shocked by plane crash in parking lot

A plane crashed in a San Diego parking lot for Costco and Target, killing the passenger, 80, and seriously hurting the pilot, 52.

July 31, 2014

Spain evacuates staff from embassy in Libya

Spain's Foreign Ministry temporarily shuttered its embassy in Libya, ordering its staff to leave and evacuating its ambassador.

July 31, 2014

Hamas calls on Hezbollah to join in fight against Israel

Hamas has reached out to Hezbollah, petitioning the Lebanese-based terror group to help fight Israel and win full Palestinian independence in Gaza.

July 30, 2014

Obamacare shoots premiums up by 88 percent in California

Thanks to Obamacare, residents in California will be paying between 22 percent and 88 percent more for their health care premiums, the state insurance commissioner reported.

July 30, 2014

Feds spend $200K to uncover why Wikipedia seems to be sexist

The National Science Foundation is on a mission to find out why posts at Wikipedia seem so sexist in content and tone — and they're willing to spend up to $200,000 in tax dollars to uncover the mystery.

July 30, 2014

Driverless cars to hit the British streets by 2015

British authorities say cars without drivers will be hitting the streets in the next few months, in as many as three cities by January.

July 30, 2014

GOP presses to scrap IRS commissioner position — but put in panel

Republicans in the House say the Internal Revenue Service has overstepped its bounds one too many times — most recently, by putting conservative and tea party nonprofit applications in its crosshairs — and it's high time to get rid of the commissioner's position.

July 30, 2014

Catholic League slams Obama: ‘Do Christian lives mean so little to you?’

The head of the Catholic League issued a scathing criticism at President Obama, posting on his group's website an essay that pointed to all the Christians being beheaded by Muslim terrorists and asking: Doesn't that matter to you?

July 30, 2014

Houston mayor: Sorry that police put man’s blind dog on road to die

Houston Mayor Annise Parker said the city is sorry that a police officer put a family's near-blind dog on the streets to ultimately die after arresting its owner during a traffic stop.

July 30, 2014

Woman vows 10K-mile stationary bike ride for Obama: ‘Just asking for a wave’

An Australian woman with a real fondness for President Obama has vowed to tether herself to her stationary bike and peddle away until she rides the distance from Melbourne to Washington, D.C. — all in an attempt at grabbing his attention and getting a "wave," she said.

July 30, 2014

‘Queen of Mean’ Leona Helmsley’s former home hits market for $65M

A sprawling Connecticut estate owned once owned by real estate baroness Leona Helmsley, dubbed the "Queen of Mean" for her frequent tyrannical outbursts, has hit the market for $65 million.

July 30, 2014

Florida beach-goers told to beware flesh-eating bacteria in water

At least 11 Florida beach-goers were killed in 2013 by a deadly flesh-eating bacteria that naturally occurs in warm, salty waters — and authorities say this summer season isn't shaping to be any better for the southern swimmers.

July 30, 2014

Orlando Bloom’s punch at Justin Bieber brings on the crowd cheers

An angry Orlando Bloom threw a quick punch Justin Bieber's way, after the pop star reportedly made an unfavorable remark about the actor's ex-wife — and the reaction from the crowd at Cipriani in Ibiza, Spain, was simply to cheer.

July 30, 2014

Benjamin Netanyahu’s favorability hits 82 percent, Obama’s at 40 percent

Israelites of all political walks have rallied behind Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in recent weeks, boosting the Jewish nation leader to an 82 percent popularity rate -- twice that of what U.S. President Obama touts.

July 30, 2014

Al Qaeda nets $125M from ransom payoffs from Europe since 2008

The terror group al Qaeda has found a cash cow in ransom payoffs from European nations, netting a minimum of $125 million over the past six years from the kidnapping trade, The New York Times reported.

July 30, 2014