Cheryl K. Chumley

Jordan OKs prisoner swap with Islamic State: Convicted terrorist for air force pilot

Jordan's governing authorities agreed Wednesday to release a convicted terrorist in exchange for the Islamic State's freeing of an air force pilot who has been held captive in Syria for a month.

January 28, 2015

Howard Dean says sorry to veterans, not ‘right-wing nut jobs,’ for ‘American Sniper’ jab

Howard Dean, former Vermont governor and Democratic National Committee head, issued an apology to military veterans who may have taken offense at his negative characterization of "American Sniper" movie fans — but qualified that mea culpa as not applying to those he called right-wingers.

January 28, 2015

Obama-tied operatives hit anti-Netanyahu campaign trail in Israel: report

A group of political operatives who've worked for President Obama have touched down in Israel, poised to campaign against the re-election of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, an Israeli newspaper reported.

January 28, 2015

Ted Nugent on Bryant Gumbel: He can ‘wallow in his ignorance,’ and ‘lies’ on NRA

Conservative rock star Ted Nugent slammed back hard at Bryant Gumbel over comments the HBO "Real Sports" host made about the National Rifle Association, characterizing him as a liar and a hater and saying that if he wanted to know the real truth about the gun group's membership, he should do some actual research.

January 28, 2015

Jeanette Dousdebes, Marco Rubio’s wife, smashes family Ford into Porsche

Jeanette Dousdebes, the wife of Sen. Marco Rubio, crashed her family's pickup truck into a parked Porsche at the Delano hotel in South Beach.

January 28, 2015

Mormon Church says it will support laws protecting LGBTs

The Mormon Church announced Tuesday that it would support laws that protect gays from discrimination.

January 27, 2015

Baton Rouge revival: Hundreds of pastors head south for how-to on politicking

Hundreds of pastors met up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to discuss how best to turn back the moral degradation of America — by electing their own to political office.

January 27, 2015

Andre Carson, 1st Muslim on House Intelligence panel: ‘I love keeping people safe’

Rep. Andre Carson, the first self-declared Muslim to be appointed to the House Intelligence Committee, said he's aware of some of the suspicious eyes cast his way, but that he doesn't let it interfere with his work — that he "loves helping people," he said.

January 27, 2015

John Elder, Minnesota city councilman, pulls gun on armed attacker at meeting: ‘Get down!’

John Elder, a Minnesota city councilman who also works as a public information officer at the local police department, is being hailed as a hero for having the wherewithal to pull his gun on an armed attacker who had stormed the government meeting and opened fire on two officers.

January 27, 2015

Mitt Romney, Nancy Pelosi’s pick for GOP: ‘I hope he’s their nominee’

Mitt Romney has found a new fan in House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi who put forth in a recent — somewhat snarky — remark that there is nobody she would like to see the Republican Party run for president than the former Massachusetts governor.

January 27, 2015

Winter Storm Juno woes pass New York as travel bans lifted, transportation resumes

Gov. Andrew Cuomo lifted the travel ban on New Yorkers during a Tuesday morning press conference, but warned that while Winter Storm Juno seemed to have rolled past the state to more northern points, residents should still exercise caution and restraint before taking to the roads.

January 27, 2015

Gary Sinise to Howard Dean on ‘American Sniper’ diss: ‘What the hell are you talking about?’

Actor Gary Sinise — who's known just as much for his heartfelt activism for the military — struck back hard at Democratic political operative Howard Dean for his public diss of "American Sniper" and the caliber of the movie's audience.

January 27, 2015

David Clarke, Wisconsin sheriff, slams NAACP as ‘political propaganda entity for the left’

Sheriff David Clarke, Milwaukee County's tough-talking, outspoken law enforcement official, called the NAACP an irrelevant "propaganda" tool for the political left and said it was frequently the "behavior of black men," not racial injustice, that was the cause of much police-community consternation nowadays.

January 27, 2015

Lance Armstrong on doping: ‘Take me back to 1995 … I’d probably do it again’

Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong, who was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles for doping, said that if he could go back in time to his 1995 heyday of racing, he'd "probably do it again," he said.

January 27, 2015

JetBlue halts flight over tweet: ‘Guys, flight 321 and 334 have explosives’

JetBlue pulled one of its flights after discovering a tweeted message that bluntly warned: "Guys, flight 321 and 334 have explosives on board," USA Today reported.

January 27, 2015

Facebook goes dark for an hour as executives blame internal glitch

Facebook suffered a worldwide outage that lasted about an hour early Tuesday, but executives said the problem wasn't external — from hackers — and rather internal, due to a system glitch.

January 27, 2015

Andrew Cuomo bans travel in snowy New York: In your car? You’re ‘committing a crime’

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued a travel ban on residents in the face of Winter Storm Juno, which threatens to dump up to 3 feet in areas of the state.

January 27, 2015

Libyan luxury hotel stormed by terrorists; hostages cower as several are killed

A luxury Libyan hotel known for serving foreign tourists was stormed by five armed men on Tuesday, who shot and killed at least three guards as they occupied the building and grabbed hostages.

January 27, 2015

Philip Perea, ex-Fox employee, kills self outside Manhattan headquarters

A former employee at a Fox affiliate in Austin, Texas, shot and killed himself Monday outside the company headquarters in downtown Manhattan, authorities said.

January 26, 2015

Arab group ADC to Clint Eastwood: ‘American Sniper’ ratchets ‘Islamophobic tensions’

Members of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee have turned to Clint Eastwood, director of "American Sniper," and actor Bradley Cooper, who played the lead role of Chris Kyle in the mega-buster movie, to denounce anti-Muslim rhetoric that's been seeping around social media -- and to accept responsibility for driving some of the ethnic and religious hatred.

January 26, 2015