Cheryl K. Chumley

Ted Cruz vows to take on Obama if GOP wins Senate

Sen. Ted Cruz — never one to stand shyly in the political corner in the first place — has vowed to don boxing gloves, rally his GOP colleagues and take on President Obama and his progressive politics directly if the Senate goes Republican this Tuesday.

November 3, 2014

Episcopal Church in Michigan votes to crack down on gun rights

The Episcopal Church in Michigan — which includes the areas of Lansing and Jackson — voted to crack down on Second Amendment rights via a resolution at the 180th convention of the Episcopal Diocese.

November 3, 2014

DNC’s Debbie Wasserman Schultz: ‘We’re going to hold the Senate’

Democratic National Committee chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz took the lone wolf approach to speaking about Election Day during a televised interview, telling the nation-at-large that despite what polls, Republican pundits and even liberal leaders say, the Senate will keep its political status quo.

November 3, 2014

World Trade Center reopens for business, 13 years after 9-11

It's been 13 years since the Sept. 11 attacks on U.S. soil, but the World Trade Center is up and running again, poised to reopen for business under its new name.

November 3, 2014

Feds buy $17K of ‘fat vests’ for student ‘sensitivity training’

The latest U.S. Department of Agriculture expenditure is to dole out $17,500 in grant dollars to give students at New Mexico State University an idea of what it's like to be overweight, using so-called fat vests.

October 31, 2014

Obama set to make 64-year history in worst midterm loss category

Chalk up another title to President Obama's legacy — the White House executive who's about to oversee the worst successive midterm elections losses in 64 years.

October 31, 2014

N.Y. Democrats bully reluctant voters: We’ll be ‘reviewing voting records’

The New York State Democratic Committee issued a thinly veiled warning to fellow party members, saying bluntly that those who don't vote in Tuesday's elections will be outed.

October 31, 2014

Bill O’Reilly: White Republicans are ‘afraid of black Americans’

Fox News host Bill O'Reilly said in a back-and-forth televised discussion with fellow talk show host Tavis Smiley that Republicans by and large are afraid to reach out to the black community because they don't want to be labeled racist.

October 31, 2014

Ben Affleck, Hollywood A-listers dig deep for Democrats

Polls may paint Democrats as on-the-out with voters this November, but Hollywood stars aren't tossing in the towel yet, and are instead digging deep in their pockets for some last-minute campaign cash.

October 31, 2014

Sioux Falls stands strong in face of atheist group who decries ‘Jesus’ snowplows

Atheists may complain, but Sioux Falls, S.D., officials say they're not going to remove Jesus messages painted on the front of city-owned plows. Instead, they're going to add on a disclaimer to make clear the Christian lines aren't officially endorsed by the government.

October 31, 2014

Mike Tyson: I was ‘sexually abused and stuff’ as a child

Former heavyweight hitter Mike Tyson told an Opie Radio interviewer that he was sexually abused by a mystery man on the street when he was 7 years old.

October 31, 2014

Hillary Clinton, Michelle Obama hit by hecklers at separate speeches

First Hillary Clinton, then Michelle Obama. Both of the Democratic Party's leading ladies were heckled while giving speeches at separate campaign events this week — not a good sign in the lead-up to an Election Day that's already expected to go Republican.

October 31, 2014

Ex-SEAL under investigation for Osama bin Laden disclosures

Matt Bissonnette, a former Navy SEAL who penned a best-selling book about the Osama bin Laden raid, now faces a criminal investigation from the feds for possibly disclosing information that was deemed classified, his lawyer said.

October 31, 2014

North Carolina girl, 8, chides Senate candidates: Play nice

A North Carolina girl, 8, obviously fed up with hate-based politics and negative campaigning took to pen and paper to vent her frustrations and fired off a letter to her state's two Senate candidates telling them, basically, to play nice.

October 31, 2014

Michelle Obama lends voice for robo-calls for California candidate

First lady Michelle Obama has loaned out her voice to the Democratic Party in the state of California, cutting an audio to send out last-minute recorded calls to drum up votes for Rep. Mike Honda's re-election.

October 31, 2014

Oklahoma Christian man arrested in near-beheading of warlock

A self-proclaimed Christian man was arrested and charged with first-degree murder for the near-beheading of a 19-year-old acquaintance with whom he had previously argued -- over witchcraft.

October 31, 2014

Charlie Rangel on GOP: They ‘believe slavery isn’t over’

Rep. Charlie Rangel tossed out the race card and said publicly this week that many Republicans are haters who think slavery is still alive and well.

October 31, 2014

SUV strikes train in Illinois, killing 3 family members

Three family members were killed when the SUV they were riding in slammed into a freight train at a railroad crossing in Illinois.

October 31, 2014

Boys, 13 and 11, sue Malaysia Airlines over death of parents in Flight 370

Two Malaysian boys, ages 13 and 11, have launched a lawsuit against Malaysia Airlines and the government over the death of their parents in the horrific March 8 plane crash of Flight 370.

October 31, 2014

Michael Jordan opines on Obama’s golf game: ‘He’s a hack’

Basketball legend Michael Jordan was asked in an interview with Ahmad Rashad to name his dream team golfing foursome — and President Obama definitely didn't make the cut.

October 30, 2014