Cheryl K. Chumley

U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice ‘far and away’ Obama’s choice for security adviser

Susan E. Rice, the current U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, is President Obama's top choice for national security adviser, political insiders say.

March 11, 2013

Saudi swordsmen struggle to keep pace with beheading demand

Saudi Arabian swordsmen are working double time to keep pace with the country's justice demands for beheadings.

March 11, 2013

Speed cited in Ohio crash that killed 6 teens

Police say speed, not alcohol or drugs, was a key factor in a crash that killed six of eight teenagers in an SUV headed down an Ohio roadway on Sunday.

March 11, 2013

Bionic suit to help paraplegics walk could be ‘Obamacare’ casualty

It's the stuff of science-fiction books — or, at least, of television "bionic man" fare. But researchers say they now have the technology to let paraplegics walk. The only problem is, they're not sure how market-friendly they can make it because of "Obamacare" mandates.

March 11, 2013

Stonehenge solved? It’s a community graveyard, researchers say

Researchers in Britain think they've stumbled on a solution to a decades-long mystery: What is Stonehenge?

March 11, 2013

Top U.S. admiral cites climate change, not China, as biggest Pacific security threat

Navy Admiral Samuel Locklear III is in charge of keeping an eye on North Korea, on the progression of tensions between China and Japan, and on cybersecurity threats from China. But he still thinks the biggest security threat in the Pacific is climate change.

March 11, 2013

Rep. Jan Schakowsky: More crackdowns coming, as ‘I’m against handguns’

Rep. Jan Schakowsky said at a women's rights rally that a Democratic-backed push to ban so-called assault weapons and to mandate background checks for private gun sales were just the beginning of a larger agenda to clamp down on Second Amendment rights.

March 11, 2013

Sarah Palin to Christians: Cling to God, guns

Former Alaska Gov. and 2008 vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin didn't mince words to students at a Christian university in Lakeland, Fla.

March 11, 2013

Israel preps for Obama’s first visit with operation ‘Unbreakable Alliance’

Israel is preparing to go down into near-lockdown mode, with a security mission dubbed "Unbreakable Alliance" for President Obama's upcoming visit.

March 11, 2013

Paul Ryan calls White House run in 2016 ‘realistic’

Rep. Paul Ryan says he won't run for House speaker, but he could very well run for president in 2016.

March 11, 2013

U.N. conservationist body adds sharks to species protection list

Delegates at a U.N. conservationist gathering in Bangkok have voted to clamp down on the shark trade, and they've added two new species to a threatened list.

March 11, 2013

American troops killed during insider attack in Afghanistan

An unspecified number of American and Afghan troops were killed by an Afghani in uniform who opened fire on Monday in the eastern province of Wardak.

March 11, 2013

EU ministers gather to ‘stop the killing’ in Syria

Foreign ministers with the European Union are meeting to find consensus on how the global community might stop the violence in Syria.

March 11, 2013

England’s top doctor sees growing resistance to antibiotics as ‘ticking time bomb’

Medical experts in England say the growing resistance to antibiotics is a "ticking time bomb" that rivals terrorism as a threat to the human population.

March 11, 2013

Turkey, Germany arrest Iranians in nuclear smuggling scheme

Germany and Turkish security officials have caught smugglers suspected of transporting nuclear materials from India to the Iranian city of Arak, overseas media reports.

March 11, 2013

Chuck Hagel-Hamid Karzai talks marred by accusations of U.S.-Taliban collusion

Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel's first meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai was a bumpy ride that included public criticism of America's military role followed by an abrupt cancellation of a planned press conference.

March 11, 2013

Hugo Chavez’s successor? Opposition leader Henrique Capriles to challenge Nicolas Maduro

Henrique Capriles, the opposition leader in Venezuela, will face off against Hugo Chavez's hand-picked successor, interim President Nicolas Maduro.

March 11, 2013

S. Dakota signs law letting teachers carry guns in classrooms

outh Dakota teachers are now allowed by law to carry guns in the classroom, a new law says.

March 8, 2013

Lion attack: One swipe, and it was over for Calif. intern in latest wild animal aggression

It took one quick swipe, and the neck of 24-year-old Dianna Hanson was broken. Her death by lion was likely immediate, said Fresno, Calif., coroner David Hadden.

March 8, 2013

Berkeley, Calif. politicos: Tax email to save Postal Service

Berkeley, Calif., city council members think they've found the solution to the U.S. Postal Service's financial woes: Impose a new tax on emails.

March 8, 2013