Cheryl K. Chumley

Islamic State terrorists burn to death 45 people in Iraqi town

Terrorists with the Islamic State have burned to death 45 people from the town of al-Baghdadi in the western portion of Iraq, a local police official said Tuesday.

February 17, 2015

Chris Matthews: U.S. is being ‘morally humiliated’ by Islamic State

Chris Matthews, host of "Hardball" on MSNBC, said the recent Islamic State beheadings of 21 Coptic Christians from Egypt is the latest in a line of terrorist assaults that have left America in a state of humiliation.

February 17, 2015

Apple gives green light to marijuana app, Massroots

Apple has reversed course and decided to allow a marijuana app to be included among its store offerings.

February 17, 2015

Glenn Beck: World War III coming — ‘we must humble ourselves’ to God

Glenn Beck, a favorite of the tea party movement, warned fans and followers that the beheading of the 21 Coptic Christians by Islamic State terrorists was just the biblical "beginnings of sorrows" and that the solution to the coming troubles was to adopt a "humble" attitude and turn back to God.

February 17, 2015

Michael Bloomberg: More police patrol minority areas? Yes, ‘that’s where the real crime is’

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg was captured on audio admitting that police by and large focus their patrols on minority neighborhoods because "that's where all the crime is," he said during a recent address at the Aspen Institute.

February 17, 2015

Philadelphia fights fire, ice as Boston battles snow: ‘This is historic’

Snowy conditions and sub-zero wind chill factors hit spots north hard in the last 24 hours, leaving firefighters in Philadelphia battling a three-story blaze on a building that houses the Locust Medical Center — that was then encased in ice — while residents in Boston dug out from yet another double-digit-inch dump of snow.

February 17, 2015

Tony Perkins, Family Research Council: Let’s give targeted Christians a ‘safe haven’

Tony Perkins, the president of the Family Research Council, said the United States ought to give refugee status to the thousands of Christians who are being targeted by Islamic State terrorists.

February 17, 2015

Marie Harf, State Department, on Islamic State: ‘Can’t win by killing them’

Marie Harf, a spokeswoman for the U.S. State Department, said America can't win against the Islamic State "by killing them" and ought instead to focus on addressing what she claimed was the root problem — their poor economy — and help them get jobs.

February 17, 2015

Copenhagen police evacuate cafe over suspicious envelope

Police in Copenhagen on Tuesday ordered citizens in and near a downtown cafe to leave the area after finding a suspicious envelope.

February 17, 2015

Ben Carson: ‘No such thing as a politically correct war’

Former neurosurgeon and noted conservative activist Ben Carson took to Fox News airwaves to suggest that President Obama ought to take stronger reins in the war against terrorism and particularly, in the battle against the Islamic State.

February 16, 2015

Saudi Arabia condemns kills of Chapel Hill Muslims as ‘heinous terrorist’ act

Saudi Arabia's government-run press issued a scathing statement about the three Muslims who were killed, execution style, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, saying the act was tantamount to terrorism and that violence against those of the Islam faith needed to come to an immediate halt.

February 16, 2015

Obama not the ‘Antichrist,’ North Carolina newspaper notes in correction

A newspaper in North Carolina issued what's being described as the "nuttiest" correction of the year — a clarification for a headline that mistakenly summarized a letter-writer's characterization of President Obama as "the Antichrist."

February 16, 2015

Colt Canada unveils futuristic ‘Halo’-style smart rifle for armed forces

Colt Canada has unveiled a futuristic rifle for the country's soldiers that's being touted as a smart system that can automatically engage targets.

February 16, 2015

Hacking ring steals $1B from banks worldwide, including in U.S.

A ring of hackers are believed to have stolen up to $1 billion from banks around the world, including within the United States.

February 16, 2015

HHS, feds push Obamacare in churches: ‘The Body is a Temple and It Must Be Insured’

Health and Human Services and federal officials are leaving no stone unturned to get Americans onto Obamacare, taking their enrollment messages to church and even, in one case, invoking scripture to remind of a moral imperative to get the health plan.

February 16, 2015

Sarah Palin, Taylor Swift seat buddies at ‘SNL’ event: ‘Most unusual pair ever?’

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and singing sensation Taylor Swift were seated right next to each other during the Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Celebration in New York City — and social media was quick to point to the odd matchup.

February 16, 2015

Thomas Croci, New York senator, proposes ‘state terrorist registry’ to ‘discourage’ terrorists

Newly elected New York state Sen. Thomas Croci said what's needed to help fight the war on terrorism is a "New York State Terrorist Registry" that would require those with suspect pasts to list themselves on a database that would be searchable by neighbors.

February 16, 2015

Madonna banned by British radio for being old: ‘It’s all about relevance’

The Material Girl may have seen her last groove. Radio 1 in Britain has decided the pop star, 56, is too old for its target listeners and has banned Madonna songs from its playlist.

February 16, 2015

Conan O’Brien makes history with filmed segment from Cuba

Late-night talk-show host Conan O'Brien just returned from Cuba where he filmed a segment for his March 4 show from Havana — the first time an American show has been allowed to visit the country since 1959.

February 16, 2015

Washington Monument gets new height: 554 feet, 7 and 11/32 inches

Washington Monument has a new height — down from the recorded 555 feet, 5 1/8 inches listed at its completion in 1884.

February 16, 2015