Cheryl K. Chumley

Yemen’s Houthi rebels seize U.S. Marines’ weapons at airport

Yemen's Houthi rebels seized weapons from U.S. Marines as well as several vehicles used by Americans stationed at the now-closed U.S. Embassy in Sana'a.

February 11, 2015

David Moore, Montana lawmaker, seeks ban on yoga pants in public

A Montana lawmaker, Republican David Moore, says tight-fitting clothing like yoga pants and Speedos press right up against indecency laws and ought to be banned.

February 11, 2015

U.S. mass exodus: Record number of Americans renounced citizenship in 2014

A record-setting number of Americans renounced their citizenship in 2014, up from 2,999 in 2013 to 3,415, Treasury Department statistics showed.

February 11, 2015

Dominique Persoone, Belgian chocolatier: Snort cocoa — it’s like a legal high

A Belgian chocolatier named Dominique Persoone who invented the chocolate sniffing device, the Chocolate Shooter, says that all cocoa lovers should consider snorting the powdery confection — that it's like getting a legal high.

February 11, 2015

Navy admirals censured for bribery, corruption from 2006 deployment

The U.S. Navy has censured three of its admirals as punishment in what's been dubbed the Glenn Defense Marine Asia bribery and corruption scandal.

February 11, 2015

Jackie Robinson West Little Leaguers see champion title stripped for hedging rules

The Chicago Little League team that won the 2014 national championship — a much-celebrated, all-black team — has now seen its title stripped, the result of an investigation into the team for rules violations.

February 11, 2015

Australia thwarts terror plot tied to Islamic State; two arrested

Australia authorities said they're thwarted a terror plot and arrested two men in Sydney, seizing a machete, a knife, a video and an Islamic State flag.

February 11, 2015

Harry Reid: ‘I’m running’ for re-election — ‘I’m going to run’

Sen. Harry Reid has laid to rest any rumors that he's retiring from Congress, announcing to dozens of staffers in the Mansfield Room in the Senate that yes — he is seeking re-election in 2016, Politico reported.

February 11, 2015

Craig Stephen Hicks, 46, arrested in shooting death of 3 Muslim students

Police arrested Craig Stephen Hicks, 46, and charged him with the murder of three Muslim students at an apartment near the Chapel Hill campus at the University of North Carolina.

February 11, 2015

Dennis Schnurr, archbishop of Cincinnati: ‘Fifty Shades’ is a ‘direct contrast’ of Christianity

Dennis Schnurr, the archbishop of Cincinnati, is warning Christians that the upcoming "Fifty Shades of Grey" movie is presented as a "romance" — but that is sheep's clothing.

February 11, 2015

William Schaffner, infectious diseases doctor: Measles spread by wealthy — not illegals

A medical professional who works as a professor of preventive medicine and infectious diseases at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine said in a recent interview that it's not illegals who are to blame for the recent spread of measles in the country — it's wealthy and "misguided" parents.

February 11, 2015

South Korea roadway in chaos as 100-car pileup leaves 2 dead, 68 hurt

A massive pileup on a well-traveled road near South Korea's Incheon International Airport that involved an estimated 100 vehicles has left at least two dead and 68 injured.

February 11, 2015

Obama slams Staples, corporations for Obamacare-tied cuts: ‘Shame on them’

President Obama didn't take kindly to Staples executives who slashed worker hours due to what they said was the need to curtail expense related to Obamacare, saying such corporations can "well afford" to pay.

February 11, 2015

Anthony Noto, Twitter CFO, gets first-hand feel of hacking as account breached

Anthony Noto, Twitter's chief financial officer, got a first-hand feel for the pain a hacker inflicts after discovering someone was tweeting out spam from his account.

February 11, 2015

Britain, France join U.S. in closing embassies in Yemen

Britain shut down its embassy in Sana'a Wednesday, while French authorities advised citizens at the embassy in Yemen to leave as quickly as possible — the latest in the response to growing violence in the region.

February 11, 2015

Obama denies misleading voters on gay marriage, says David Axelrod is confused

President Obama said in an interview published Wednesday that he never intentionally deceived voters on his stance on gay marriage — that his former adviser, David Axelrod, was confusing his personal views with his policy platforms.

February 11, 2015

U.K. cringes at David Cameron’s slang — first ‘chillax,’ now ‘chatarama’

British Prime Minister David Cameron's slang has been taking the United Kingdom by storm — a mocking, smirking, cringing storm.

February 10, 2015

Piers Morgan: Brian Williams ‘now the news anchor I would trust most’

The rest of the world may be looking at NBC news anchor Brian Williams with skeptical eyes — but not Piers Morgan.

February 10, 2015

Boston digs out from record-snowfall dump: ‘It’s unimaginable’

Boston-area residents weary of the record snowfall say the piles are so deep, they don't even recognize their neighborhoods.

February 10, 2015

Tom Cotton: U.S. ought to be ‘proud’ of treatment of ‘savages’ at Guantanamo Bay

America ought to be "proud" of its record of prisoner treatment at Guantanamo Bay, particularly since the facility houses primarily "savages," said Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas.

February 10, 2015