Cheryl K. Chumley

Former Miss America may take on Mitch McConnell for Senate

Sen. Mitch McConnell's "maybe" challengers for his Senate seat has moved from Ashley Judd — who decided against a run weeks ago — to Heather French Henry, Miss America for 2000.

May 22, 2013

Sinai militants release 7 abducted Egyptians

Seven Egyptian security guards taken hostage while traveling through the Sinai peninsula were freed Wednesday.

May 22, 2013

Massive tornadoes that hit Oklahoma, Texas blamed on stubborn jet stream

The same weather phenomenon that brought unusually cold temperatures to the East Coast this spring is being blamed for the massive and devastating tornadoes that tore through Oklahoma this week: A jet stream that refused to leave.

May 22, 2013

FBI agent kills suspect tied to Boston bombing’s Tamerlan Tsarnaev

An FBI agent shot and killed an Orlando, Fla., man with possible ties to the April 15 Boston bombing.

May 22, 2013

6 elementary kids injured in knife attack in China

A mentally ill, knife-wielding man went on a rampage at an elementary school in southern China, stabbing six children and one adult.

May 22, 2013

Iran moves forward with nuclear development

Iran is moving forward with a contested uranium-enrichment program, a slap in the face to the West which has charged the nation with unlawful pursuit of nuclear weaponry.

May 22, 2013

Mayor Bloomberg to cabbie: ‘I’ll destroy your [expletive] industry’

Mayor Michael Bloomberg cursed out the chief executive officer of a taxi company who won a court case against the city and pledged a post-mayoral revenge against the entire industry, the CEO and one witness said.

May 22, 2013

Anthony Weiner’s NYC mayoral bid is official: ‘I hope I get a second chance’

Embattled, scandal-ridden Anthony Weiner has thrown his hat in the ring for mayor of New York City.

May 22, 2013

North Korea dispatches top military chief to China

North Korea has sent a top military officer to China to act as a "special envoy," diplomats said.

May 22, 2013

Israel warns Syria: More strikes loom

Israeli's military warned on Tuesday that more strikes on Syria could be coming if the nation doesn't stand down its missile attacks.

May 21, 2013

Beleaguered bus company drops tours to see Bronx ‘ghetto’

The company Real Bronx Tours has dropped its billed trips to see a real, live New York City "ghetto," after local politicians railed and termed the tourist draw — which grabbed at the European and Australian market — a despicable example of capitalism run amok.

May 21, 2013

Cuba lifts import ban on air conditioners, appliances

Cuba has lifted an import ban on air conditioners and other energy-sucking appliances, and now residents can bring up to two appliances per person into the country.

May 21, 2013

Unfathomable anguish: Parents converge on Oklahoma churches to hear roll-call updates on children

In the wake of devastating tornadoes that touched down across the Midwest and particularly hard in Oklahoma, parents across the region are assembling to hear roll-call updates on their missing children at perhaps the most appropriate of settings — churches.

May 21, 2013

Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris is evacuated after suicide

Police in Paris have evacuated Notre Dame Cathedral after a man reportedly committed suicide on Tuesday.

May 21, 2013

Navy-trained dolphins find torpedo off California coast

During a recent training session in Pacific waters, Navy-trained dolphins were able to root out a rare, 19th-century torpedo that was buried in the ocean sand.

May 21, 2013

Pope Francis ‘did not intend to perform any exorcism,’ Vatican says

The Vatican on Tuesday rushed to deny the contents of a television broadcast that appeared to show Pope Francis performing an exorcism on a wheelchair-bound boy.

May 21, 2013

European Union poised to add Hezbollah to terror list

The European Union, under pressure from the international community and on the heels of a formal request from Britain, is poised to add Hezbollah to its list of terror groups.

May 21, 2013

Dodgers’ Matt Kemp vows $1K per home run to Okla. victims

Los Angeles Dodgers star and Oklahoma native Matt Kemp pledged to give $1,000 for every home run he hits to victims of the deadly tornadoes that swept through his home state.

May 21, 2013

Fort Hood shooting suspect draws $278K in jail while soldier victims struggle for pay

Just because Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the Fort Hood shooting suspect, is behind bars awaiting trial for the November 2009 shooting deaths of 13 doesn't mean he isn't making money.

May 21, 2013

Gay marriage in Britain tears apart conservatives

British Prime Minister David Cameron may rue the day he supported gay marriage.

May 21, 2013