Cheryl K. Chumley

Tsarnaevs’ mosque to men: Beat your wives if necessary

The mosque attended by the two brothers suspected of bombing the Boston Marathon recommended at one time that men with disobedient wives beat them if necessary.

May 13, 2013

U.N. advises eating insects to curb world hunger

The United Nations thinks it has found the solution to world hunger: Breed bugs for humans to eat.

May 13, 2013

Cost for U.S. to exit Afghanistan: $7 billion

It's going to cost the United States about $7 billion to withdraw from Afghanistan, defense experts estimate.

May 13, 2013

Bangladesh lets in union in wake of factory disasters

Bangladesh — facing widespread public backlash in the wake of a two fatal incidents that struck the garment industry — agreed to let the union in and represent workers.

May 13, 2013

China investigates high-ranking economic leader for graft

China has kicked off an investigation into a senior level economic policymaker, accusing him of committing "serious disciplinary violations."

May 13, 2013

James Holmes, ‘Batman’ shooting suspect, to plead insanity

James Holmes, the Colorado suspect charged with multiple counts of murder, is expected to change his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity on Monday.

May 13, 2013

Barbara Walters to retire in 2014

It's official. Longtime news woman Barbara Walters, 83, is retiring from her public faces on television in 2014. Specifically, she's quitting her host role at The View and her on-air journalism duties at ABC.

May 13, 2013

IRS scandal grows to include debt critics

Congressional members have given the IRS until Wednesday to provide copies of all agency communications that include the words "tea party," "patriot," and "conservative."

May 13, 2013

Pediatricians hit Capitol Hill to push gun control

The American Academy of Pediatrics has been on a quiet march to Congress to lobby members to pass gun control legislation and tighten carry laws.

May 13, 2013

19 shot at Mother’s Day parade in New Orleans

New Orleans police on Monday vowed a quick capture of the gunmen who injured 19 during a Mother's Day parade shooting.

May 13, 2013

North Korea faults Obama for peninsula tension

A North Korean foreign ministry spokesman said President Obama is to blame for all the rising tensions in the peninsula.

May 10, 2013

17 pregnant teens rescued from Nigerian baby factory

Seventeen pregnant teenage girls and 11 babies were rescued Friday from a Nigerian home that's a suspected baby factory, police in the southeastern Imo province said.

May 10, 2013

Dennis Rodman heads to North Korea to plead for American’s freedom

NBA legend Dennis Rodman said he's headed back to North Korea for another up-front-and-close meeting with dictator Kim Jong-un to talk about freeing a jailed American.

May 10, 2013

Russian military official: Paratroopers to get drones in 5 years

Russia's paratrooper unit should have full drone capability within five years, the nation's air force commander said Friday.

May 10, 2013

Grandson of Malcolm X killed in Mexico City

The grandson of 1960s civil rights leader Malcolm X was killed in Mexico on Thursday, U.S. officials said.

May 10, 2013

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev buried at Muslim cemetery in Doswell, Va.

The body of Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev was reportedly buried in a Muslim cemetery in a small town in central Virginia, about 15 miles away from Richmond.

May 10, 2013

Letters to Jesse Jackson Jr. judge: Please see that he ‘pays dearly’

Give him the max — that's the call from plenty of Jesse Jackson Jr.'s former constituents, who would like the judge to sentence him to the full four years of jail time for his admitted campaign spending improprieties while he was a congressman.

May 10, 2013

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel stresses ‘political, not military’ solutions for Mideast

Put down the arms. The Middle East peace process demands talk, diplomacy and politics, not military involvement, said U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel.

May 10, 2013

WTC spire in NYC installed: ‘We’re better than ever’

New York City now touts the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere.

May 10, 2013

South Korean president fires press secretary for groping D.C. embassy worker

South Korea President Park Geun-hye gave the boot to her press secretary during her much-publicized trip to the United States, after hearing he sexually assaulted a female worker at the nation's embassy in downtown Washington, D.C.

May 10, 2013