Cheryl K. Chumley

Student killed at Oregon school; shooter also dead

Oregon police say a gunman shot and killed a student at Reynolds High School in Troutdale, just outside Portland, early Tuesday morning.

June 10, 2014

Twitter roasts N.Y. skywriter for ragged Rangers message

A New York Rangers fan tried to showcase their skywriting skills above Manhattan over the weekend, but apparently could've used more practice — or a spell check.

June 10, 2014

Boko Haram gunmen blamed for kidnapping 20 more females in Nigeria

Suspected Boko Haram terrorists are believed to have kidnapped another 20 females from a village in northeast Nigeria, right next to where Islamic radicals stole away more than 300 schoolgirls in mid-April.

June 10, 2014

Colorado sees tax collections boom from marijuana trade — near $18M

Just-released tax figures show the marijuana trade in Colorado — where recreational use of the drug is now legal — is booming, with sales up by 17 percent in the one-month transition from March to April.

June 10, 2014

Hillary Clinton’s ‘Hard Choices’ book title shares unfortunate tie to porn

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's much-ballyhooed book, titled "Hard Choices," has an unfortunate tie-in with the porn industry: It's the same name as a 1987 skin flick.

June 10, 2014

Rush Limbaugh on swap for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl: Obama’s ‘replenishing the enemy’

Conservative talk show icon Rush Limbaugh summed up President Obama's swap of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl for five Taliban prisoners at Guantanamo Bay as little more than helping the enemy.

June 10, 2014

Hillary Clinton clarifies poverty quip: ‘Everything in life has to be put into context’

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton took some time Tuesday to explain what she meant when she complained of her family's financial struggles after leaving the White House, saying that with a little context, her claim holds water.

June 10, 2014

Christian radio host slams Muslim prayers at Vatican as outreach to ‘demon god’

A Christian radio host, Bryan Fischer, said Pope Francis shouldn't have allowed Muslim prayers to come from the Vatican because it was akin to sacrilege — they were praying to a "demon god," he said.

June 10, 2014

Utah ‘mountain man’ on the lam for years sentenced to decade behind bars

Troy James Knapp, a survivalist who roamed the wilds of Utah for six years, evading law enforcement until he was trapped at a cabin and engaged in a shoot-out with police in 2013, has been sentenced to a decade in prison.

June 10, 2014

Border agents warn of ‘chicken pox, MRSA staph’ from illegal child crossings

Border patrol agents who have already experienced scabies infestations from illegal border crossers now fear the thousands of children who are sweeping into the United States are bringing a host of new diseases and ailments — of even more serious nature.

June 10, 2014

John Kerry on chances of freed Taliban attacking Americans: ‘Baloney’

Secretary of State John Kerry puts the odds of the five Taliban members who were freed from Guantanamo Bay now turning around and attacking Americans at a blunt slim-to-none, calling the scenario "baloney."

June 10, 2014

6-time Olympic gold medal-winning swimmer suffers severed spine in ATV crash

Amy Van Dyken-Rouen, a six-time Olympic gold medalist in swimming, told emergency medical personnel she couldn't feel her legs or toes after she crashed in an all-terrain vehicle incident in Arizona.

June 10, 2014

Pakistan airport attacked by motorbike-riding insurgents

Militants riding motorbikes tried to storm into an airport training facility in Karachi early Tuesday, just two days after members of the Taliban launched an attack on the international airport in the same city.

June 10, 2014

Vatican makes history: Pope allows Islamic prayers, Koran readings

For the first time in Vatican history, the pope allowed for the reading of Islamic prayers and Koran readings from the Catholic facility.

June 9, 2014

Scientists puzzled by ‘mystery sea monster’ that ate 9-foot great white shark

Scientists who had affixed a tracking device to a 9-foot-long great white shark are now scratching their heads, wondering what kind of "mystery sea monster" could have possibly eaten their shark.

June 9, 2014

U.S. taxpayers out $139M as China buys failed Fisker electric car company

It's official: Taxpayers aren't going to recoup the $139 paid into the failed Fisker Automotive company that went bankrupt because it was just bought up by a Chinese parts dealer, the Wanxiang Group.

June 9, 2014

India teen girls hanged from mango trees are honor killings, police say

Two teenage girls who were reportedly raped and abused before they were strung up and hung from a mango tree may have been victimized by family members who were carrying out honor killings, police said.

June 9, 2014

Hillary Clinton: ‘Dead broke’ poverty drove Bill and her to lucrative speaking circuit

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton claimed poverty drove her to the public speaking circuit and said after her husband's White House stints, the family was "dead broke," in debt up to their ears.

June 9, 2014

Gitmo inmate with hope for ‘milk and honey farm’ makes release list

A handful of Guantanamo Bay inmates with shady terrorist-tied pasts — and who were labeled 'forever prisoners' because of their threat levels — have now been placed on release lists, claiming yoga and aspirations to operate a "milk and honey farm" have turned them into peaceful, productive citizens.

June 9, 2014

California teacher pulls knife, demands kids drive to fast-food restaurant, police say

A California high school teacher believed to have been drunk was nevertheless arrested and charged with kidnapping after he allegedly pulled a knife on some of his students and demanded a ride to a local Jack in the Box fast-food restaurant, police said.

June 9, 2014