Cheryl K. Chumley

Recep Tayyip Erdogan scolds Obama on Muslim shootings: Silence will get you the same

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sent a scolding message President Obama's way, telling him that if he failed to show proper interest in the execution-style shootings of three Muslim college students, he risked alienating the world.

February 13, 2015

UAE to West allies: We need more weapons for Islamic State fight

Lt. Col Hassan Ali Alanazi of the UAE Air Force said that his country is ready to ratchet up military operations against rebels and terrorists in Libya, Yemen, Somalia, Afghanistan and Syria, but wants more weapons from allied nations — including the United States.

February 13, 2015

Madeleine Albright to Benjamin Netanyahu: Quit ‘interfering’ in U.S. affairs

Madeleine Albright, the former secretary of state under the Clinton administration, slammed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for what she termed as "interfering" with America's internal policies and affairs.

February 13, 2015

John Cornyn: My bill treats gun carry permits like driver’s licenses — nationwide OK

Sen. John Cornyn's just-introduced Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act would give legal concealed carry gun owners the right to travel with their weapons from state to state without having to worry whether they're breaking law — like licensed drivers do.

February 13, 2015

U.S. Consulate in Shanghai in panic after car slams into front gate; 1 arrested

The U.S. Consulate in Shanghai suffered a brief state of panic after a car driven by a Chinese man slammed into the front gate, injuring a security officer.

February 13, 2015

Chelsea Manning, born Bradley Manning, gets U.S. Army OK for hormone therapy

Chelsea Manning — the Army private who was born Bradley Edward Manning and was convicted during his service of leaking national security secrets — has been given the thumbs-up from military officials to undergo hormone therapy and become a woman.

February 13, 2015

Rand Paul: IRS ‘too big, too powerful,’ and we should ‘scrap the code’

Sen. Rand Paul said the best way to fix problems with the Internal Revenue Service is to simply scrap the tax code and start from the beginning.

February 13, 2015

Jesse Jackson slams strip of Chicago-area Little Leaguers’ title as racist

The Rev. Jesse Jackson weighed in on the stripping of the Chicago-area Jackie Robinson West's Little League championship title, suggesting that the charges of cheating that ultimately doomed the team may have been based more on race than reality.

February 13, 2015

22 Marines at Twentynine Palms, California, injured from equipment malfunction

Twenty-two Marines training at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center at Twentynine Palms, California, were injured during an exercise — though all have now been reported in stable condition.

February 13, 2015

Ruth Bader Ginsburg: I wasn’t ‘100 percent sober’ at State of the Union

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said she saw the January State of the Union speech through somewhat fuzzy eyes — due to the alcohol she downed just minutes before the event.

February 13, 2015

Boko Haram terrorists attack Chad, kill several, burn village

Boko Haram terrorists crossed a lake by motorboat and touched down in Chad, attacking a village overnight and killing several.

February 13, 2015

Chris Cuomo, CNN host, to Roy Moore: ‘Our rights do not come from God’

CNN host Chris Cuomo engaged in a somewhat fiery debate with Alabama Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore over gay marriage, ultimately telling the top legal mind that God has little to do with making laws for humans and that rights come from a "compromise" of the collective.

February 12, 2015

Americans don’t buy claim of improved economy; still in recession, 65% say

By and large, Americans believe the nation is still struggling economically, though the White House and federal statistics say otherwise.

February 12, 2015

George W. Bush: Islamic State shows ‘evil is real’

Former President George W. Bush called it clearly when asked about Islamic State terrorists and his views of their murderous actions, saying simply: "Evil is real," he said, a local television station reported.

February 12, 2015

Ruth Bader Ginsburg: America is ready for gay marriage

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said America has come a long way in recent years on the issue of gay rights and is now ready to accept same-sex marriage as national law.

February 12, 2015

Mohammad Abu-Salha, dad of dead Muslim girl: Craig Stephen Hicks did ‘hate crime’

Mohammad Abu-Salha, the father of one of the Muslim women who were shot and killed near a North Carolina campus, said the suspect Craig Stephen Hicks was filled with hate, and had previously menaced his daughter.

February 12, 2015

Ted Cruz, Jeff Sessions stormed by illegal immigrant activists in Capitol Hill takeover

The "Aloha DREAM Team," a Hawaii-based group dedicated to furthering the rights of immigrants in the United States, stormed the Capitol Hill offices of Sens. Ted Cruz and Jeff Sessions, sitting in the middle of the floors and disrupting business and demanding support for President Obama's executive immigration actions.

February 12, 2015

Mike Coffman blasts ‘arrogant’ Team Obama as ‘seemingly incapable of feeling shame’

Rep. Mike Coffman may not have had the words to respond to Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald's sarcastic slam at a congressional hearing right away — but he found them later on Facebook.

February 12, 2015

Florida student sparks fireworks with ‘God bless America’ intercom sign-off

A Florida high school student who dared to deviate from the approved morning announcement script and sign off with a quick "God bless America" has sparked an outcry that started with two atheists and led to legal threats from the American Humanist Association.

February 12, 2015

West Coast commerce quiets as labor union fight shuts down ports

West Coast port areas are unusually quiet as a labor union dispute has pretty much shut down commercial activities that involve loading and unloading ships.

February 12, 2015