Cheryl K. Chumley

Out on a limb: Firefighters rescue N.Y. cop who climbed tree to save cat

It started out as a good deed. A New York Police Department officer responding to frantic 911 telephone calls about a stray cat stuck in a tree actually agreed to the climb-and-rescue mission.

Sen. Max Baucus, who’s heading IRS hearings, once urged agency to target conservative groups

Sen. Max Baucus, Montana Democrat, may be leading the current investigation against the Internal Revenue Service, heading hearings about the agency's admitted targeting of certain conservative-minded nonprofits.

New Orleans police IDs suspect in mass Mother’s Day parade shooting

Police in New Orleans working with federal investigators identified one of the suspects believed to have opened fire at a Mother's Day parade through town, injuring 19.

Feds arrest Saudi who flew with pressure cooker, altered passport

Federal agents arrested and charged a Saudi Arabian who flew into Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport from Amsterdam with a pressure cooker and an altered passport.

U.S. sailor killed while rescuing woman from mugger in the Bahamas

An American sailor was killed while trying to save a woman who was being mugged in the Bahamas.

A month after U.S.-Russia flap over Boston Marathon bombing, American ‘spy’ detained in Moscow

An American was detained by Russian authorities late Monday, amid accusations he was trying to spy for the CIA. He's been subsequently turned over to American authorities.

Boats of Muslims fleeing cyclone capsize off Myanmar; dozens killed

Dozens of Rohingya Muslims attempting to flee a cyclone were killed when the boats in which they were sailing capsized off western Myanmar.

Locusts swarm Israel’s desert in worst infestation in decades

Huge swarms of newly hatched locusts have started their march across the sands of Negev Desert in Israel, eating much of the nation's technologically produced farmland, and teams of exterminators have been working nonstop to fight off the threat, NBC reported.

Japanese mayor: Sex slaves were necessary to ‘maintain discipline’

The conservative mayor of Osaka, Japan, said Monday that forcing Asian women to prostitute themselves to Japanese soldiers during World War II was a necessity to "maintain discipline" among the ranks.

Joyce Brothers: Mother of media psychology dies at 85

Joyce Brothers, the mother of television psychology, died at the age of 85, her daughter said on Monday.

Mystery substance sent to U.S. Consulate in China

U.S. workers at the Consulate General in China opened an envelope containing a mystery substance on Monday.

Health premiums could hike 400 percent under Obamacare

Prepare your wallet. Health premiums are set to rise by as much as 400 percent under Obamacare. That's according to a new report from the House Energy and Commerce Committee released this week that uses information from the nation's largest health insurance companies to estimate the emerging costs of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Minnesota moves toward gay marriage law

Minnesota senators will likely give the final stamp of legislative approval on Monday to a same-sex marriage bill, the twelfth state in the nation to pass the law.

Daily Mail pulls story accusing scientologists of doctoring event photo

40 mental patients overthrow guards, bolt hospital in Kenya

Authorities set off a search on Monday for 40 mental-hospital patients who overpowered guards and escaped their facility in Kenya.

Reporters sneak plastic 3-D printed gun aboard British train

Two Britain reporters were able to sneak a plastic gun made with a 3-D printer past security checkpoints onto a crowded Eurostar train leaving London for Paris, a security test subsequently described by their newspaper as an abject failure.

Car bomb near Benghazi hospital kills 9

A car bomb exploded outside a hospital in Benghazi, Libya, on Monday, killing nine people, including three children, said a security official.

3 Red Cross workers kidnapped in Yemen

The International Committee of the Red Cross said three of its workers were kidnapped Monday in Yemen.

Motor City out of gas: Detroit fiscal manager blames city’s ‘indifference or corruption’ for woes

Detroit is rapidly approaching a point of no return with its finances, said the city's appointed emergency manager, in a report released Sunday.

Smoking lots of marijuana lowers risk for bladder cancer, doctor says

A new study that spanned 11 years found that smoking marijuana may lower the chances of getting bladder cancer.