Cheryl K. Chumley

Doug Schoen, pollster: Hillary Clinton is a long shot for president

Doug Schoen, who served as a pollster for former President Bill Clinton, said the election of Hillary Clinton to the White House in 2016 is hardly a given — a long shot, really.

December 1, 2014

Rams’ Ferguson protest: St. Louis police slam sideline show as ‘offensive and inflammatory’

The St. Louis Police Officers Association sent out a scathing response to the Rams' sideline show in support of Ferguson protesters, saying in a written statement that the "Hands Up, Don't Shoot" pose adopted by some players only fanned the flames.

December 1, 2014

George Clooney blasted by Christian Bale: ‘Stop whining’

George Clooney's complaints about paparazzi didn't go over well with his Hollywood compadre Christian Bale, who told a nationally read magazine that the newlywed ought to quit the crying — that it was "boring" and obnoxious.

December 1, 2014

Al Sharpton on Ferguson: ‘We lost the round, but the fight ain’t over’

The Rev. Al Sharpton said the resignation of Darren Wilson — the police officer who fatally shot teen Michael Brown on Aug. 9 — hardly constitutes justice, and in an address to a St. Louis church, implored the congregants to stay the course and continue the protests.

December 1, 2014

Islamic State-tied group in Egypt claims it killed U.S. worker

A group with ties to the Islamic State came forward and claimed responsibility for an earlier carjacking in Egypt that left an American oil worker dead.

December 1, 2014

Oregon police dog ‘Cash’ fired for poor performance

A Belgian Malinois trained to be the ninth member of a Cannon Beach, Oregon, police force has been given the boot, evidently unfit for the field of law enforcement.

November 28, 2014

Ted Nugent posts pics of massive buck kill: ‘Glory Hallelujah!’

Iconic rocker-turned-conservative pundit Ted Nugent took to Facebook to share his version of a perfect Thanksgiving: a photo of a massive buck he brought down with a bow and arrow.

November 28, 2014

Beijing store bans Chinese shoppers: ‘Too annoying’

A Beijing clothing store has reportedly drawn the ire of locals with a sign posted on its front door that reads, "Chinese not admitted, except for staff."

November 28, 2014

Nepal holds mass animal sacrifice to appease goddess

Nepal streets ran red with blood Friday, the beginning of a two-day festival aimed at enticing a Hindu goddess to bestow good luck on residents via massive and widespread animal slaughter.

November 28, 2014

New Black Panthers accused of plot to kill Bob McCulloch, Tom Jackson

St. Louis-area media outlets are reporting that two New Black Panther Party men were plotting to use the Ferguson chaos that was projected post-grand jury ruling as a shield to kill Police Chief Tom Jackson and prosecutor Bob McCulloch.

November 28, 2014

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s president: Americans ‘like seeing our children die’

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in a widely publicized address in Istanbul that the West, including America, enjoys watching Muslim children die.

November 28, 2014

Darren Wilson to resign police badge ‘in an amicable fashion’

Officer Darren Wilson, the policeman at the heart of the Ferguson furor, is currently discussing how best to resign his post from the department, his attorney told CNN.

November 28, 2014

IRS accused of sharing 2,500 private taxpayer documents with White House

The Internal Revenue Service may have given thousands of confidential filings from private taxpayers to the White House to review, a lawsuit against the Treasury Department just revealed.

November 28, 2014

New York boys, 9 and 11, rescued from snow plow disaster

Two New York boys — ages 9 and 11 — who went out to play in the snow were buried for hours when a plow inadvertently dumped mounds on top of them.

November 28, 2014

Scientology v. HBO: Cable firm lawyers up for bombshell film, ‘Going Clear’

HBO has decided to go forth with a documentary that takes a critical look at the development of Scientology — and hired about 160 lawyers to prepare for what company executives believe will be the inevitable lawsuit.

November 28, 2014

Obama dumped by working-class whites: Just 27 percent say he’s OK

President Obama's overall poll numbers with average Americans may have dumped in recent months to all-time lows — but the news gets even worse with working-class whites, who see him as a near-insufferable failure.

November 28, 2014

Black Friday hits Britain hard as police tweet: ‘Keep calm, people!’

Britain's shopping districts hit chaos mode, as police were called to assist with several out-of-control Black Friday shoppers who came to fisticuffs with each other over bottom-basement priced products.

November 28, 2014

Juan Williams to Hilary Shelton of NAACP: Why aren’t you in Ferguson?

Juan Williams, a frequent Fox News contributor who just served as a fill-in host on "The O'Reilly Factor," asked his guest Hilary Shelton, an NAACP official, to explain his group's seeming avoidance of all things Ferguson.

November 28, 2014

Austin gunman who fired at government buildings is killed, as bomb squad responds

The lone gunman who fired up Austin police headquarters and several adjacent buildings has been shot and killed by police, authorities said Friday morning. But bomb squad technicians are on the scene, scouring the suspect's car for makeshift explosives.

November 28, 2014

Darren Wilson’s published address in New York Times foments anger

The New York Times sparked widespread anger for a published report on the marriage of Officer Darren Wilson to fellow Ferguson Police officer Barbara Spradling that included the couple's new address and a picture of their new house.

November 26, 2014