Cheryl K. Chumley

Sarah Palin smacks Mitt Romney on immigration: He’s in ‘never never land’

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin issued a sharp rebuke to former presidential contender Mitt Romney for his comments suggesting the Republican Party would take amnesty-like action on immigration if they took over the Senate.

November 3, 2014

Al Sharpton hits 129 pounds: ‘Never going to be fat — never again’

The Rev. Al Sharpton -- fueled by a hurtful comment from his daughter and aided by a diet that's fit for the birds -- has dropped from 305 pounds to 129 pounds.

November 3, 2014

Obama delivers campaign speech to mostly empty venue

President Obama's Pennsylvania stop for gubernatorial hopeful Tom Wolf was a subpar affair in terms of turnout, with only about a quarter of the seats at the venue taken -- a sharp contrast to the commander-in-chief's earlier politicking days of packed stadiums.

November 3, 2014

Alabama drug suspect busted by own dog, Bo

An Alabama man who fled police during a raid on his home for suspected drug offense was ultimately caught by his own dog, Bo.

November 3, 2014

L.A. police arrest several in fatal Halloween hit-and-run

Police in Los Angeles said they've arrested several in connection with the Halloween evening hit-and-run killings of three 13-year-old, trick-or-treating girls, but they've yet to release their names or identifying pieces of information about the suspects.

November 3, 2014

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