Cheryl K. Chumley

Al Jazeera launches documentary unit to explore immigration, justice

Al Jazeera America — due to formally launch on Aug. 20 — is starting up a documentary department with plans to focus on issues related to immigration, poverty, education, health care and the justice system.

August 6, 2013

Detroit for sale: Christie’s appraising everything from museum items to garages

Financially embattled Detroit has called in the Christie dogs, and asked the world famous auction house to appraise several city-owned properties — including parking meters, properties and even Institute of Arts museum artifacts.

August 6, 2013

Anthony Weiner told: ‘Go back to your little Hamptons house’

A fired-up woman attending a campaign event for New York City's Anthony Weiner told the mayoral candidate Monday night exactly what she thought of him — in an expletive-filled rant delivered in front of dozens at the Elmhurst Senior Center.

August 6, 2013

Justice, Texas style: Man pulls concealed gun to shoot kidnappers, kills 1

A couple of Texas criminals had the tables turned on them when a Texas man — taken as a hostage along with his wife and forced to rob a bank — decided he'd had enough and pulled a gun out of his glove box and shot them, killing one.

August 6, 2013

Al Roker oversleeps for first time in 39 years

After nearly four decades of on-time performance at work, "Today" host Al Roker slipped: He hit his snooze button on his alarm clock one too many times Tuesday and missed his morning weather show.

August 6, 2013

Ben Carson: Obamacare has ‘taken the joy’ from doctors

President Obama's signature legislation, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, has stolen the joy from being a physician or hospital administrator, Dr. Ben Carson said.

August 6, 2013

Sex scandal rocks Israeli embassy in South America

What started as an investigation into a sexual harassment complaint at an Israeli embassy in South America morphed into a Pandora's box of alleged offenses, mostly related to claims of sexual debauchery within the walls of the diplomatic post.

August 6, 2013

George W. Bush in ‘high spirits’ after successful heart surgery

Former President George W. Bush was recovering Tuesday from heart surgery after doctors found a blockage in his artery, a spokesman for the family said.

August 6, 2013

Ibragim Todashev’s father to sue FBI; Tsarnaev’s friend was shot in Florida

The father of the Chechen man who was killed by an FBI agent during questioning about his relationship with Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev said he is suing the agency.

August 6, 2013

AC-DC ABC: Male news editor switches to female, then switches back to male

At first ABC News editor Don Ennis was a man. But then he decided he was a woman. But now he thinks he's a man again.

August 6, 2013

Forget Hillary, Chelsea Clinton is angling for public office

Chelsea Clinton said she is considering political office, and toward that end, is purposely living a public life. She says working with the Clinton Foundation is her best move.

August 6, 2013

Eric Holder used $4M in taxpayer cash for travel over 4 years

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder billed the taxpayers more than $4 million in travel costs for trips during President Obama's first term in office, documents obtained via a Freedom of Information Act revealed.

August 6, 2013

Matt Damon: Hollywood actor says Obama is being bullied, needs leeway

Hollywood actor Matt Damon said President Obama is being bullied, and the American public should give him a little leeway — he's only trying to bolster his manhood.

August 6, 2013

Snake shock: Canadian boys, 5 and 7, strangled by python during sleepover

Two boys sleeping over a friend's house in the Canadian town of Campbellton, New Brunswick, were strangled to death by a python that escaped its cage, police said late Monday.

August 6, 2013

James ‘Whitey’ Bulger’s fate now in the hands of jurors

It's been a month of dramatic testimony that included public spats complete with expletive filled barbs, but reputed mobster James "Whitey" Bulger's trial finally headed to the jury on Tuesday.

August 6, 2013

Nidal Hasan’s Fort Hood trial starts; ‘workplace violence’ classification denies Purple Hearts

Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's trial opened Tuesday, and the former Muslim military psychiatrist who admitted killing 13 at Fort Hood in 2009 as a defense of Islam will be acting as his own attorney.

August 6, 2013

Suspected U.S. drone kills four in Yemen with ties to al Qaeda

A U.S. drone was believed to have killed four members of al Qaeda in Yemen on Tuesday, the fourth such strike in less than two weeks.

August 6, 2013

Computer glitches ground hundreds of flights

A computer problem forced several airlines to ground and reschedule hundreds of flights overnight, and technology experts said on Tuesday that that glitch has been traced to the company that provides numerous flight companies their online booking and reservation services.

August 6, 2013

3 killed in Pennsylvania shooting over property dispute with town officials

A man in rural Pennsylvania who is accused of hailing gunfire at a local town council meeting, killing three, had a years-long dispute over property rights with the government board, police said on Tuesday.

August 6, 2013

U.S. State Department tells embassy workers in Yemen: Go home

The U.S. State Department ordered on Tuesday the U.S. Embassy in Yemen to be evacuated, the latest in a series of threats received by members of al Qaeda that has led to the temporary shuttering of 19 American posts in Africa and in the Middle East.

August 6, 2013