Cheryl K. Chumley

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

Charles Manson halts wedding after realizing bride only wanted his body for money

Serial killer Charles Manson, 80, won't be marrying his 27-year-old girlfriend Afton Elaine Burton after all.

February 10, 2015

Ferguson protesters dump coffin on Francis Slay’s doorstep: You’re ‘on notice’

Protesters in Ferguson carried tombstones with the names of victims of police shootings around town in a mock funeral display that culminated with the dumping of a coffin on the doorstep of Mayor Francis Slay's home.

February 10, 2015

Bruce Jenner confirms he’s taking hormones to look more like a woman: source

Bruce Jenner, a former Olympic great who turned into a reality show star, reportedly confirmed to hospital workers helping after his weekend car crash that he was indeed taking hormones to enlarge his breasts and look more like a woman.

February 10, 2015

Nevada city’s new worker policy: You need our OK to talk to press, or face firing

Employees with the Nevada city of Henderson have a new policy that states that those who speak to members of the media without first clearing it with their communications office could face retribution, including firing.

February 10, 2015

Obama set to name Chicago site — birthplace of black union — as a national monument

President Obama is set to visit Chicago in the coming days and formally designate the Pullman district on the Far South Side — the site of the nation's first black labor union — as a national monument.

February 10, 2015

Obama outrages by calling 4 Jewish victims of Paris terror ‘a bunch of folks’ shot randomly

President Obama has sparked some widespread fury over his recent comments to Vox about the Jewish individuals who were brutally killed by terrorists in Paris — specifically, he labeled them "a bunch of folks" who were randomly shot.

February 10, 2015

Ron Wagner, Florida dad, furious at Islam school lesson: ‘Muhammad is the messenger of God’

Ron Wagner, a Florida father, said his son's world history book has gone too far with a lesson that teaches Muhammad is the messenger of God.

February 10, 2015

Bashar Assad claims Syria is in the loop on U.S.-led strikes on Islamic State

Syria President Bashar Assad told a BBC broadcast audience that his government is kept in the loop about U.S.-led airstrikes on Islamic State terrorists.

February 10, 2015

British Muslims flood streets to protest Charlie Hebdo and prophet pictures

Thousands of Muslims protesting the portrayal of the prophet Mohammed in cartoons took to the streets of Britain, swarming around a statue of Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery and carrying signs like, "Insult My Mum And I Will Punch You."

February 9, 2015

Debbie Wasserman Schultz mocked at Grammys: ‘Fighting for the Middle Class’

Democratic National Committee chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz and fellow party lawmaker, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, were mocked by Twitter for taking time out of their political schedules to hit the Grammy Awards ceremony, with one snarking about their show-ups: "Fighting for the Middle Class."

February 9, 2015

Jordan launches 56 ‘revenge’ airstrikes on Islamic State

Jordan has launched 56 airstrikes against Islamic State terrorists in revenge for burning pilot Moaz al Kasasbeh to death, and vows that much more of the same is on the way.

February 9, 2015

Al Sharpton touts message from Obama: ‘To Rev. Sharpton. A fellow warrior for justice!’

The Rev. Al Sharpton couldn't attend Nelson Mandela's funeral in 2013, so President Obama instead brought him a piece of memorabilia to hang in his office — a copy of the program with a personally inscribed message.

February 9, 2015

Grammys go political as ‘hands up, don’t shoot’ moves take center stage

Pharrell Williams and Beyonce both used their Grammy awards performances to press the "hands up, don't shoot" narrative, the not-so-subtle dig at police and how they handle acts of violence in the community.

February 9, 2015

Kanye West storms Grammys — again: Beyonce, not Beck, should’ve won

Rapping artist Kanye West stormed the Grammy award stage at the Staples Center just as Beck was accepting the album of the year honor — an apparent near-reprisal of his 2009 stage-storm of Taylor Swift, who won in the best female video category over Beyonce.

February 9, 2015

Jeh Johnson: Terror cells now in America with ‘desire to conduct an attack’

Jeh Johnson, head of Homeland Security, confirmed that terrorists are currently in the United States, in contact with the Islamic State to plot how best to attack the nation.

February 9, 2015

Jim Clifton, Gallup CEO, backtracks on calling job stats a lie so ‘I don’t suddenly disappear’

Jim Clifton, the CEO of Gallup, has backtracked on claims he publicly made about the job numbers under President Obama being a "big lie," saying he was concerned that his statement might cause him to "suddenly disappear" due to foul play.

February 9, 2015