Cheryl K. Chumley

Lightning strikes, sending 23 Boy Scouts to New Hampshire hospital

Nearly two dozen Boy Scouts were sent to the hospital on the heels of a lightning strike in New Hampshire on Monday evening.

June 25, 2013

Police detain 6 near Paris on suspected terror plot

Police detained six people near Paris who are suspected of plotting terrorist attacks in France, and prosecutors say they are members of a militant Islamic cell.

June 25, 2013

Taliban attack Afghanistan presidential palace

Taliban militants staged an attack on the presidential palace in Afghanistan on Tuesday, but were killed in the process.

June 25, 2013

NYPD defends reprimand of cop who spoke Spanish on the job

A New York police officer was reprimanded for speaking Spanish on the job — and supervisors aren't apologizing, saying the cop was clearly in violation of departmental policy.

June 24, 2013

Store locks in shopper who refuses to provide ZIP code

A woman who was trying to return an item at a beauty care store in California was prevented from leaving — by lock and key — after she refused to provide the cashier with her ZIP code.

June 24, 2013

Facebook data glitch exposes 6 million users

A glitch in Facebook’s data operations has exposed some private information of about six million users.

June 24, 2013

3 Taliban militants mistakenly blow themselves up in Afghanistan

Three Taliban militants blew themselves up while trying to place an IED along a road in Afghanistan on Monday.

June 24, 2013

Jim Carrey confounds: He stars in violent film but now decries its violence

Hollywood actor Jim Carrey may play a bad guy with a baseball bat and attack dog in his newest movie, "Kick-Ass 2" — but he doesn't like it.

June 24, 2013

Egyptian court: Hamas, Hezbollah, Brotherhood did partner for jail break

An Egyptian court ruled over the weekend that members of Hamas, Hezbollah and the Muslim Brotherhood did in fact team together and launch a prison break in 2011 of 34 leaders on the Brotherhood movement — including the country's president-to-be, Mohammed Morsi.

June 24, 2013

Madonna shocker: ‘Guns don’t kill people; people kill people’

Pop icon Madonna isn't known for her conservative ideology, but when it comes to guns, she has taken a decided right turn.

June 24, 2013

Texas moves forward with ban on abortion after 20 weeks

The Republican-dominated Texas Legislature cut off debate and passed tough abortion restrictions early Monday over the objections of nearly 800 demonstrators who packed halls of the Capitol.

June 24, 2013

Idaho company aims at Islamic terrorists with pork-filled bullets

An Idaho company has developed a new type of bullet that's intended to take out Islamic terrorists and prevent their entrance to heaven — pork-laced.

June 24, 2013

Twinkies to return: Snack back on July 15

After a contentious union battle that left the company bankrupt, Hostess is putting its Twinkies snack cake back on store shelves.

June 24, 2013

Journalist Michael Hastings’ last email: The FBI’s investigating me

Michael Hastings, the journalist best known for the article that led to Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal's resignation, sent, in the hours before his fiery car crash, a panicky email that the FBI was investigating him.

June 24, 2013

Bashar Assad in puppet form: ‘Diaries of a Little Dictator’ makes waves in Mideast

A Syrian artistic group has been making waves across the Mideast with an Internet puppet show poking fun at both sides of the country's conflict.

June 24, 2013

George Zimmerman’s trial set to start; opening statements expected

It's been months, but the trial of George Zimmerman — the Florida neighborhood watcher facing second-degree murder charges for the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin — is set to kick off Monday.

June 24, 2013

Police take down Taliban flag and flagpole as peace talks with U.S. hover

Police in Qatar have taken down a Taliban flag and flagpole as a means of resurrecting peace talks that were supposed to go forth with U.S. heads last week.

June 24, 2013

Transgender boy, 6, wins right to use girls’ bathroom

A 6-year-old transgender boy in Colorado just won a legal right to use the girls' bathroom in school.

June 24, 2013

Pakistan’s P.M. Nawaz Sharif: Pervez Musharraf should face treason charge

Pakistan's newest prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, said former dictator Pervez Musharraf should face treason charges in court for violating the country's constitution twice.

June 24, 2013

Illinois mayor leaves Bloomberg’s anti-gun group, citing agenda

An Illinois mayor said he's dropped his membership with Mayors Against Illegal Guns, the group started by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, because its title doesn't match its agenda. It's too anti-Second Amendment, he said.

June 24, 2013