Cheryl K. Chumley

Obama’s tax-paid total for Labor Day flights? $1.5M-plus

A government watchdog found that President Obama spent plenty during his fundraising and personal jaunts over Labor Day weekend — more than $1.5 million of taxpayer dollars in flight costs alone.

November 19, 2014

John Boehner hires TV’s legal star Jonathan Turley to sue Obama

House Speaker John Boehner said he thinks he's found — finally — the attorney who can compel the courts to rein in President Obama on executive action and overreach. He's hired Jonathan Turley, a George Washington professor with an expert understanding of the Constitution.

November 19, 2014

China school bus crash kills 11 kindergartners

State-run media in China reported that 11 kindergartner-age children were killed Wednesday when the minibus they were riding crashed into a truck.

November 19, 2014

Jay Nixon swears in Ferguson Commission ahead of jury verdict

Tensions remained high Tuesday in Missouri as police, protesters and policymakers prepared for unrest in anticipation of the grand jury's verdict in the August shooting death of teenager Michael Brown by a Ferguson police officer.

November 18, 2014

Ferguson protesters target Boeing, Anheuser Busch

Ferguson protesters have released a list of target rally sites and intended hits, and among them: Boeing and Anheuser Busch, companies that have little to do with Officer Darren Wilson's August shooting of teen Michael Brown.

November 18, 2014

Rush Limbaugh slams Obama as ‘sociopathic’ liar

Conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh slammed President Obama as a liar for claiming he didn't mislead America on Obamacare.

November 18, 2014

Whoopi Goldberg defends Bill Cosby: ‘We all have friends who have gone through this’

Whoopi Goldberg said during Monday's episode of "The View" that she's skeptical of Barbara Bowman's claims that Bill Cosby raped her in 1985 at the age of 17 during her quest for modeling and acting jobs.

November 18, 2014

Obama: I’ll send U.S. troops if Islamic State gets nuclear weapons

President Obama drew a red line on military ground engagement against the Islamic State, saying he would indeed send in U.S. troops to fight if the terror group were to obtain nuclear weapons.

November 18, 2014

Dallas school: Students can’t read ‘Huckleberry Finn’ without parents’ OK

A school in the Dallas area sent home permission slips for parents to sign off reading assignments for their children — for books that are deemed classics, like "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" and "A Farewell to Arms."

November 18, 2014

Female police recruits forced into ‘virginity tests’ in Indonesia

Indonesia authorities deny it, but Human Rights Watch says it's true — that female police recruits in the nation are forced to endure painful tests to make sure they're virgins.

November 18, 2014

New Mexico teacher to talkative student: ‘I’ll pull a machete on you’

A teacher in New Mexico is facing criminal charges over allegations he threatened a student with a knife for talking during a surprise quiz.

November 18, 2014

Jose Canseco turns to eBay to sell shot-off finger

Baseball's Jose Canseco may have accidentally shot his finger off while cleaning his gun — but he's not letting the limb go to waste. Rather, he's turning to eBay with an offer that he's hoping Yankee fans can't refuse.

November 18, 2014

Republicans say OK to $120M tax hike on duck hunters

House Republicans said yes in a voice vote to a measure that will, in the end, hike permit costs on duck hunters by $120 million — a substantial amount that at least one conservative group is decrying as actually a tax increase.

November 18, 2014

Virginia woman arrested, accused of promoting Islamic State on Facebook

A Virginia woman was taken into custody and charged with making false statements to law enforcement agents about allegations she took to Facebook to promote and aid Islamic State terrorists.

November 18, 2014

Ferguson-area police blog warns: ‘I’m serious, get a gun’

A social media forum for police — the "St. Louis Coptalk" site — that's frequented by law enforcement agents from Ferguson and surrounding areas includes this dire warning to residents: Go get a gun.

November 18, 2014

Nancy Pelosi zings John Boehner in birthday tweet: Time for Medicare

Happy 65th, Mr. Speaker — now go sign up for Social Security. That was the gist of a tweet House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi sent to Speaker John Boehner on Monday, his 65th birthday.

November 17, 2014

‘Chocolate deficits’ mount in face of dry weather, Ebola outbreaks

The world's supplies of chocolate are reaching dangerously low levels, as demand outpaces supply and cocoa producers warn the situation may get even worse.

November 17, 2014

National Cathedral’s Muslim prayer protester: God prompted me

A protester at the first-ever Muslim prayer service at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., said she was prompted by God to interrupt the proceedings.

November 17, 2014

Bill de Blasio will win 2016 Democratic nomination: N.Y. GOP head

The head of New York's Republican Party predicted the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee will be Mayor Bill de Blasio — not former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.

November 17, 2014

Marijuana cures cancer? London researchers say cannabis is key

Researchers with the University of London at St. George's said they've discovered cannabis extracts containing the key chemical in marijuana — tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC — actually help with brain cancer when combined with another chemical and radio therapy.

November 17, 2014