Cheryl K. Chumley

Dream Defenders, angry at Florida Gov. Rick Scott, to hold own legislative session

Protesters angry over a jury's acquittal of George Zimmerman and upset that Florida Gov. Rick Scott won't order the state Legislature into special session to scale back 'stand your ground laws' are convening their own — a mock legislative hearing to analyze Trayvon Martin's killing.

July 23, 2013

U.S.-funded U.N. camps teach Palestinian kids: Jews are ‘wolves’

A video has revealed that youth camps run by a United Nations body and funded in part by the United States teaches Palestinian children to hate Jewish people.

July 23, 2013

Cory Booker’s boast: My fame will make me a good senator

Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker said he won't be a wallflower if elected senator. Rather, he vows, he will use his New Jersey fame as a catapult for passing legislation that's favorable to state residents and true to his progressive-minded ideology, the Asbury Park (N.J.) Press reported.

July 23, 2013

Lifeline company on PR drive to counter anti-Obamaphone views

One of the companies tasked with providing free phones under the federal Lifeline program has taken to the Internet for a public relations push to counteract negative Obamaphone perceptions.

July 23, 2013

MSNBC’s Ed Schultz: Teach race relations in every school

MSNBC television host Ed Schultz posed this question at the end of a recent broadcast: Should race relations be a required course in every public school? And his answer: "Now I'm going to vote yes on this," he said.

July 23, 2013

Ex-Justice Department official: Agency tainted by ‘racial favoritism’

A former director of a unit within the U.S. Department of Justice — the Community Relations Service — said he regularly issued warnings to employees who favored advocacy over law or used their positions to push personal agendas based on perceived biases.

July 23, 2013

Trayvon Martin’s mom and Eric Holder to speak at National Urban League

Trayvon Martin's mother, Sybrina Fulton, and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder are scheduled to speak at a key civil rights conference organized by the National Urban League each year.

July 23, 2013

Beauty finalists in Malaysia forced to drop out due to Muslim fatwa

Four Muslim beauty queens were forced to drop out from the finalist round of Miss Malaysia World 2013 pageant because of a fatwa that deems such events a sin.

July 23, 2013

3 Americans killed in IED attack in Afghanistan

Three American military members were killed Tuesday in an improvised explosive device attack in eastern Afghanistan, local authorities reported.

July 23, 2013

Southwest plane’s ‘bang and a bounce’ landing injures 10 at New York’s LaGuardia Airport

The number of injured in the plane-skidding incident at New York's LaGuardia Airport rose from four to 10 on Tuesday as investigators with two federal agencies flocked to the scene.

July 23, 2013

Pope Francis’ car forced to a halt as security struggles to beats back Brazilian crowd

Thousands of Catholics, curious pilgrims and Brazilian residents swarmed Pope Francis on Monday, his first overseas trip as pontiff aimed at marking the biennial World Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro.

July 23, 2013

Gen. Martin Dempsey: U.S. in Syria would cost $1B a month

Taxpayers would pay about $1 billion a month to send in the military to Syria's ongoing civil conflict, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey told congressional members in a letter released Monday.

July 23, 2013

6 dead in Cairo sit-in as Mohammed Morsi’s family accuses military of ‘abduction’

Six people attending an hours-long sit-in for the ousted President Mohammed Morsi in Cairo were killed in clashes with security forces early Tuesday.

July 23, 2013

Iran decries EU blacklist of Hezbollah: ‘Strange’

Iran authorities denounced on Tuesday the European Union's vote to list the military unit of Hezbollah as a terrorist group.

July 23, 2013

Al Qaeda among hundreds freed in Iraq’s Abu Ghraib jailbreak

Leading members of al Qaeda were among the hundreds of inmates who fled Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison in a daring jailbreak orchestrated by suicide bombers, authorities said Monday.

July 23, 2013

Arizona nursing student suspended as ‘bigot’ for requesting class in English

A nursing student attending Pima Community College in Arizona was suspended from class and subjected to accusations of bigotry when she asked that the course she paid for be conducted in English.

July 22, 2013

Federal judge blocks North Dakota’s abortion law from taking effect

A U.S. District Court judge issued a temporary block on Monday to North Dakota's new ban on abortions in cases where a heartbeat is detected in the fetus.

July 22, 2013

Detroit lawsuits in limbo, as judge agrees to hear city’s side

The judge in charge of Detroit's bankruptcy case said on Monday he will consider a plea from the city to freeze any lawsuits until the bankruptcy case winds through court.

July 22, 2013

Sen. Rand Paul’s aide resigns over pro-Confederacy comments

Jack Hunter, an aide to Sen. Rand Paul, resigned his post to avoid an emerging flap over previously speaking of the Confederacy in favorable terms, media reported on Monday.

July 22, 2013

Actor James Woods takes to Twitter to trash Obama’s pro-Trayvon Martin rant

James Woods, one of Hollywood's best-known actors, took to Twitter over the weekend to decry President Obama's impromptu defense of Trayvon Martin, the 17-year-old killed by George Zimmerman in self-defense in Florida, and suggested that race was not an issue in the acquittal.

July 22, 2013