Cheryl K. Chumley

Living the White House life: First family takes in golf, college basketball

The president and first family stepped away from the mounting pressures from the Obamacare fiasco on Sunday, heading out for a full day of sporting events that began with golf and finished with basketball.

November 18, 2013

Washington tops as ‘gayest place’ in the nation

For gays seeking friendly faces, the place to be seems to be the nation’s capital.

November 18, 2013

Iran unveils drone it claims can hover over Israel

Iran unveiled a new drone on Monday that is being touted as its biggest and most technologically advanced yet, capable of flying for 30 hours nonstop – long enough to hang above Israel, the defense minister claimed.

November 18, 2013

Lawmaker uneasy over Russian push to build GPS on U.S. soil

Russia is pushing for permission to construct a network of GPS stations on American soil — a prospect that has at least one Alabama lawmaker a bit uneasy.

November 18, 2013

New York police, banned from stop-and-frisk, warn of 12 percent drop in gun seizures

In the three months that the New York Police Department has been prevented by court order from pursuing stop-and-frisk operations, the city has seen a 12 percent drop in gun confiscations.

November 18, 2013

Georgia restaurant fined for flying flags in honor of military

Two co-owners of a hot dog eatery in Georgia have been fined by an zealous code enforcer who considered their patriotic flags, mounted on their restaurant's roof to honor the military, a violation of McDonough city law.

November 18, 2013

Bill Clinton coy on Hillary’s run but hopes for female president ‘in my lifetime’

In case Hillary Rodham Clinton was waiting on her husband's approval and support to announce a run for the White House — she just got it. Former Presidnet Bill Clinton said on Monday at a conference in China that he most certainly would like to see a woman as president and that he felt his wife would make a capable leader.

November 18, 2013

Rep. Nancy Pelosi: Democrats ‘stand tall’ with Obamacare

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi insists that Democrats are not fleeing Obamacare, despite the rollout's subpar showing and regardless of the 39 lawmakers who crossed party lines last week to vote with Republicans to overturn a key complaint about the new law — that it shuttered existing policies.

November 18, 2013

Church Sunday school children exposed to ‘extremely high’ carbon monoxide leak

About 20 Massachusetts children attending a Sunday church school session were sent to the hospital after authorities discovered a gas leak at St. Mary's Religious Education Center had sent carbon monoxide levels soaring.

November 18, 2013

D.C. health commissioner fired after criticizing Obamacare

There's a lesson to learn from Washington, D.C., health insurance commissioner William P. White and his recent public criticism of Obamacare's rollout: Don't.

November 18, 2013

Syrian rebel group loses leader to government shelling

A spokesman for the Tawhid Brigade, a leading rebel force fighting against Syrian President Bashar's military, said on Monday the group's lost their leader.

November 18, 2013

Paris gunman opens fire in left-wing newspaper office

A gunman entered the offices of a Paris newspaper, known for its left-wing bent, and opened fire, hitting and seriously injuring a photographer's assistant.

November 18, 2013

Colorado mining accident leaves 2 dead, 20 injured

Investigators said they believe carbon monoxide poisoning is to blame for a mining accident in the southwestern region of Colorado that left two dead.

November 18, 2013

Cheney sisters trade barbs in public gay marriage spat

The daughters of former Vice President Dick Cheney escalated a public feud about gay marriage over the weekend, after Mary Cheney and her female partner fought back on Facebook against a perceived slight issued by Liz Cheney in an television broadcast interview.

November 18, 2013

Ex-Secret Service agent loses insurance under Obamacare: ‘This is a betrayal’

Count a former Secret Service agent among the millions of Americans who say they've been booted from their insurance plans due to Obamacare mandates.

November 18, 2013

6 dead as powerful tornadoes sweep Midwest

At least six have been confirmed dead in the set of powerful tornadoes and thunderstorms that pummeled across the Midwest on Sunday, hitting Illinois particularly hard.

November 18, 2013

Two U.S. sailors hurt when drone crashes into ship

Two U.S. sailors have been treated for minor burns after the ship they were on was hit by a malfunctioning drone off the coast of Southern California.

November 18, 2013

Texas company makes metal gun from 3-D printer

The whole 3-D printer debate has just been taken to an entirely new level, as a company in Texas announced Friday it has made a metal gun from the equipment, a first for the technology.

November 8, 2013

Pentagon reports 46 percent rise in military sexual assaults

The number of sexual assaults reported in the military saw a double-digit surge over the last year — but that doesn’t necessarily mean that members are suffering more attacks, the Pentagon said, in its latest report.

November 8, 2013

Red Sox slugger David Ortiz Ortiz finishes third in Boston mayoral race

Boston may have chosen Mayor-elect Martin Walsh — who narrowly defeated John Connolly — in Tuesday's race. But the third-place finisher was a more familiar name, though he's known more for power-hitting the Red Sox through the World Series than for political aspirations.

November 8, 2013