Cheryl K. Chumley

Tea Party News Network staffers quit, cite ‘despicable practices’

Several Tea Party News Network staffers resigned at once in protest of what they described as the company's "despicable practices," aimed at what they perceived as more for making money that advancing the principles of freedom.

February 20, 2015

Atheists rile with threat to sue over beloved teacher’s angel memorial

A school in West Virginia that put up a memorial for a much-loved teacher who died in a car wreck in 2004 told atheists OK, the Christian crosses can go — but the angel statue is staying, despite your threat to sue.

February 20, 2015

Turkey’s Parliamentarians break into brawl; five sent for medical treatment

Chairs were waved, gavels were flung, and at least five lawmakers were sent for medical treatment for injuries sustained during a recent brawl in Turkey's Parliament.

February 20, 2015

Texas issues gay marriage license to Sarah Goodfriend, Suzanne Bryant

A county in Texas issued the state's first marriage license to a gay couple since voters approved a referendum that defined marriage as a union of only man and woman.

February 20, 2015

Javad Zarif, Iran’s foreign minister, ordered to stop screaming at John Kerry

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told his top foreign minister, Javad Zarif: Stop yelling at U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.

February 20, 2015

Rudy Giuliani doubles down: I’m not racist — but Obama doesn’t ‘love America’

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani doubled down on his view that President Obama does not "love America" and said that while some people thought his remark was racist, it was not.

February 20, 2015

Jerusalem boxed in as heavy snow closes all entrance and exit roads

A massive snowstorm coursing through Jerusalem has boxed in the ancient city, leaving vehicles unable to enter or exit because all of the roads are closed.

February 20, 2015

Labor Department cafeteria shut down due to rodent feces, flies

Michelle Obama would not be happy. The Labor Department was just forced to shut down its internal cafeteria due to unhealthy standards — specifically, the rodent feces that was found along the floor in one storage room.

February 19, 2015

Mike Honda: I’m the ‘proud grandpa’ of a transgender granddaughter

Rep. Mike Honda took to Twitter to express the pride he feels for his granddaughter, a transgender whom he hopes can attend school without fear of bullies.

February 19, 2015

Tony Avella, New York senator: We need to ban the sales of machetes

A New York senator alarmed by recent blade attacks in the city says the way to combat this form of violence is to ban machetes, and he's introduced a bill to do just that.

February 19, 2015

Guantanamo Bay detainees sent to Uruguay turn down job offers

Six men detained for more than 12 years at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba and then sent to Montevideo have upset Uruguay's government after officials offered them jobs — and they said no.

February 19, 2015

Duncan Hunter: Obama better suited for role of mayor than president

Rep. Duncan Hunter told a Fox News television audience that President Obama — with his reluctance to name radical Islam as the root of recent acts of terror and his warning against profiling of American Muslims — sounds more like he's leading a local law enforcement department than the U.S. military and populace.

February 19, 2015

NRA, gun groups tout federal concealed carry bill: ‘This would enhance’ 2nd Amendment

The National Rifle Association and other gun rights groups are rallying behind a bill currently in both sides of Congress, the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, saying the measure — if passed into law — would only bolster Second Amendment rights.

February 19, 2015

British RAF scrambles warplanes to intercept Russian bombers

The British Royal Air Force scrambled warplanes to intercept two Russian bombers flying off the coast of Cornwall in the southwest portion of England.

February 19, 2015

Donald Trump claims ‘more than five’ on scale of 1-to-10 for White House bid

NBC "Apprentice" host Donald Trump insists he's seriously mulling a run for the White House in 2016, claiming that on a scale of 1-to-10, with 1 being a "no" and 10 a "yes," he's sitting near the middle — but more toward the 10.

February 19, 2015

Kelvin Cochran, Atlanta fire chief fired for Christian writings, files federal suit

Kelvin Cochran, the Atlanta fire chief who was fired after publishing a religious book tied to his Christian faith that included biblical views of homosexuality, filed a suit against the city and Mayor Kasim Reed in federal court.

February 19, 2015

Rudy Giuliani on Obama: I don’t believe he ‘loves America’

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani said he was reluctant to say this — but he didn't think President Obama "loves America" one bit.

February 19, 2015

De’Von ‘DayDay’ Pickett, Nicki Minaj’s roadie, stabbed to death

De'Von Pickett, a stage hand for rap artist Nicki Minaj and who goes by the name DayDay, was stabbed to death during an altercation in Philadelphia.

February 19, 2015

Ted Cruz: Obama’s ‘bizarre’ speech makes him sound like ‘apologist’ for terrorists

Sen. Ted Cruz slammed President Obama's recent speech, in which he claimed outright that America wasn't at war with Islamic terrorists, and said the commander-in-chief sounded less like the leader of the free world and more like an "apologist" for terror groups.

February 19, 2015

U.S. embassy evacuation from Yemen left sensitive information exposed: emails

Emails from the State Department reveal that Americans scrambling to exit the U.S. Embassy in Yemen were so pressed for time that they bypassed certain procedures set up to safeguard sensitive information — and in so doing, left a communications system up and running that detailed day-to-day operations.

February 19, 2015