Cheryl K. Chumley

Cleveland’s Ariel Castro faces 329 counts for kidnappings

Prosecutors are trying to decide whether to seek the death penalty for Ariel Castro, the Cleveland man who faces 329 separate counts in the kidnapping of three Ohio women.

June 10, 2013

Scotland Yard arrests 4 teens in Islamic school arson in London suburb

Scotland Yard authorities have taken four teens into custody in connection with a suspicious fire at an Islamic boarding school in the London suburb of Chislehurst that forced the evacuation of 128 students and staffers.

June 10, 2013

Glenn Beck, Michael Moore call NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden a hero

Conservative radio commentator Glenn Beck and liberal Hollywood movie-maker Michael Moore have found common ground on the National Security Agency whistleblower, Edward Snowden: He's a hero.

June 10, 2013

Thousands evacuated as river dam bursts in eastern Germany

Thousands in eastern Germany have been evacuated from their homes as a dam broke, sending Elbe River waters gushing.

June 10, 2013

Caught on film: JFK Airport guards sleeping on the job

Security guards who work at a key wish-list target for the world's terrorists, JFK Airport, have been caught sleeping at key posts, damaging photographs prove.

June 10, 2013

Doctor: Nelson Mandela’s ‘condition is unchanged’

Former South African President Nelson Mandela is still recovering in the hospital from his latest medical bout with a lung infection and is considered in serious but stable condition, doctors said Monday.

June 10, 2013

George Zimmerman heads to court for jury selection

Jury selection for the trial of George Zimmerman, who is charged with the second-degree murder of a Florida teenager, kicks off on Monday.

June 10, 2013

Actor John Malkovich saves bleeding man in Toronto

A doorman at a Toronto building suggested that if it weren't for Hollywood actor John Malkovich, a 77-year-old man who accidentally cut his throat on scaffolding may not have recovered so quickly.

June 10, 2013

Back-to-back bombings kill 14 in busy market in Iraq

Car bombs that exploded one after the other on Monday rocked a busy market in Iraq, leaving at least 14 dead.

June 10, 2013

Kabul airport in chaos as Taliban militants launch deadly attack

Seven Taliban militants launched a suicide bomb and gun attack on Afghanistan's main airport in Kabul early Monday, taking on security forces in a violent battle that lasted almost four hours.

June 10, 2013

GOP’s Peter King: NSA leaker Edward Snowden must be extradited, prosecuted

Leading Republicans in the House have called for the extradition of the man at the heart of the National Security Agency information scandal, Edward Snowden, who is in Hong Kong.

June 10, 2013

Chocolate wars: Mars, Nestle, Hershey accused of price-fixing

Nestle, Mars and Hershey operations in Canada have been charged with conspiracy in a chocolate price-fixing investigation — which could mean significant fines and jail time for those charged, investigators said.

June 7, 2013

IRS bill drives man to attempt suicide on street near ‘Today’ show

A man who tried to commit suicide outside the NBC "Today" studios at Rockefeller Center during the show's Thursday broadcast was distraught over a $1.3 million bill from the Internal Revenue Service, authorities said.

June 7, 2013

Judge orders second sick child onto adult organ transplant list

The family of an 11-year-old boy awaiting a new lung has won a federal judge's support, and now his name could be permanently added to an adult transplant list.

June 7, 2013

Palin: America ‘so screwed’ by Obama’s Rice, Power picks

Sarah Palin said the United States is "so screwed" by President Obama's picks of Susan Rice to head national security and Samantha Power as ambassador to the United Nations.

June 7, 2013

Cheating concerns lead China to ban metal bra clasps for test-takers

More than 9 million students are taking university entrance exams in China on Friday, and test overseers are so worried about the chance for cheating that they've announced some bizarre policies: Women, don't wear bras with metal clasps.

June 7, 2013

Atheists set to unveil first public monument at Florida courthouse

Come June 29, a county courthouse in Northern Florida will have the dubious distinction of becoming the first public property in America to display a monument touting atheism.

June 7, 2013

Liberal Bob Beckel blasts White House: NSA nearing ‘fascism’

Bob Beckel, the liberal voice on Fox News' daily political commentary show, "The Five," issued a scathing criticism Thursday evening of the White House and the National Security Agency's secret grab of Americans' phone records.

June 7, 2013

Chris Matthews: I voted for Michael Steele because he’s black

"Hardball" host Chris Matthews, who lives in Maryland, said in a televised appearance this week that he voted for Republican Senate candidate Michael Steele in 2006 in part because he's black.

June 7, 2013

Tens of thousands rally in Tel Aviv for gay pride

Friday dawned in Israel with the gathering of tens of thousands for a massive gay pride through Tel Aviv.

June 7, 2013