Cheryl K. Chumley

Democrats’ push to create military chaplains for atheists falls flat

Lawmakers on Wednesday defeated a Democratic-sponsored amendment that would have created chaplains for atheists who are serving in the nation's military.

June 6, 2013

Eric Holder: I have ‘no intention’ of resigning now

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder made clear in a Wednesday evening television interview that he's not resigning from office any time soon.

June 6, 2013

Judge orders Kathleen Sebelius to add 10-year-old to adult lung transplant list

A federal judge told Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to reverse course — a 10-year-old girl dying from cystic fibrosis should be added to the adult lung transplant list.

June 6, 2013

U.S. Army sergeant charged in 16 Afghan killings pleads guilty

The U.S. soldier who was charged with going on a shooting spree and killing 16 Afghan civilians pleaded guilty Wednesday.

June 5, 2013

DNA share: 60 clinics worldwide align to trade patient info

Medical facilities around the world have partnered for a massive research project that starts by sharing thousands of patients' genetic and health information.

June 5, 2013

IRS can’t find $4M in conference receipts: Report

The Internal Revenue Service can't find the receipts from a $4 million agency conference in 2010 — meaning, it can't provide the same documentation for business-related travel it requires Americans to include on tax filings.

June 5, 2013

Upscale N.Y. mother of 2 busted for $3M pot business with 3,000 plants

A suburban New York City mother of two who's active in the equestrian community was arrested and charged with cultivating an estimated 3,000 marijuana plants valued at about $3 million — a near-real-life tale of Showtime's dark comedy-drama "Weeds."

June 5, 2013

Truck carting 6,000 gallons of Scotch overturns, catches fire

A truck carrying 6,000 gallons of Scotch flipped over and caught on fire while navigating a New Jersey roadway on Tuesday.

June 5, 2013

Jay Leno scores big with joke: Forget Gitmo — close the IRS

The audience at a taping of NBC's "The Tonight Show" erupted in cheers and applause earlier this week when host Jay Leno joked about the need to close the Internal Revenue Service.

June 5, 2013

Jordan: U.S. to deploy F-16s, anti-missile batteries to protect against Syria

Jordan security heads said on Wednesday that the United States is going to deploy anti-missile batteries and F-16 fighter jets to the nation as a precautionary measure against a Syrian attack.

June 5, 2013

Emerson Knives designs memorial blade to auction for family of slain SEAL

Just days before famed Navy SEAL Team 3 sniper Chris Kyle was killed at an attack on a shooting range, he had met with Ernest Emerson, of nationally known Emerson Knives Inc., to discuss the creation of a specially designed blade.

June 5, 2013

Israel takes international security force off peace-talks table

Israel shot down any notion of putting an international security force in the region as a condition of forging and maintaining peace with the Palestinians, saying history proves such security measures don't work.

June 5, 2013

National parks’ new menu: Less ice cream, more lentil soup

The National Park Service is trading ice cream for lentil soup as well as hot dogs for local farm produce as it pushes a new Healthy and Sustainable Food Program at all its properties this summer.

June 5, 2013

Hamas’ ban on male-female mixing could close Catholic, Christian schools

Two Catholic and three Christian schools in Gaza could face closure if Hamas really cracks down on an order that bans male-female co-educational program, the head of Latin Patriarchate Schools said.

June 5, 2013

Muslim students make video: U.K. soldier Lee Rigby’s killing a hoax

The grisly street killing of British soldier Lee Rigby that was captured on video — and contained graphic images of one knife-wielding suspect with bloodied hands — was a hoax perpetrated by the government, a Muslim student group said.

June 5, 2013

FBI agents raid offices of California Democrat, Latino caucus

Federal Bureau of Investigation agents raided the offices of California state Sen. Ron Calderon and the Latino legislative caucus on Tuesday, but the specifics of their search is not yet known.

June 5, 2013

Sen. Saxby Chambliss: ‘Gee whiz,’ male hormones drive sex assaults in military

Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss is facing heat from both sides of the political aisle for comments he made about sexual crimes in the military that seemed to attribute the problem to natural hormone levels in males.

June 5, 2013

U.S. Postal worker busted on TV game show for disability pay scam

A North Carolina woman who had to quit her U.S. Postal Service job and go on disability because she couldn't life mail bags was outed on national television as a fraudster, after pulling hard on The Price is Right wheel — twice — without any difficulty.

June 5, 2013

Alabama University basketball star arrested on kidnapping charges

A rising junior basketball player at the University of Alabama was arrested on Tuesday on charges tied to an April kidnapping of a 6-year-old girl from Mississippi.

June 5, 2013

Fort Hood shooting suspect Maj. Nidal Hasan: I was protecting the Taliban

The Army psychiatrist on trial for killing 13 people in a mass shooting on Fort Hood in 2009 said during testimony Tuesday that he thought he was protecting Taliban leadership in Afghanistan from the U.S. military.

June 5, 2013