Cheryl K. Chumley

U.S. airdrops 27 bundles of weapons on Syrian town

U.S. planes dropped bundles upon bundles of weapons on the besieged town of Kobani in Syria Sunday to help Kurds fight off Islamic State terrorists, Central Command officials said from Tampa.

October 20, 2014

Tanzanians hack suspected mom-daughter ‘witches’ to death

Tanzanians trying to root out the evil behind a man's impotence said an elderly woman and her 45-year-old daughter were witches who had cast spells on them.

October 17, 2014

Florida rules police can’t track cellphones without warrant

Florida's Supreme Court has barred police from track suspects via cellphone signals without a warrant.

October 17, 2014

Greil Marcus: Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown shooters were really ‘killing Barack Obama’

A music and cultural critic said the shootings of black teens Trayvon Martin in Florida and Michael Brown in Missouri were really proxy killings of the president.

October 17, 2014

U2’s Bono reveals mystery of ever-present sunglasses: glaucoma

Bono's cool factor with fans has likely taken a hit. Turns out, the U2 singer's always-present sunglasses aren't a fashion statement so much as a medical need — to help him deal with his decades-old glaucoma.

October 17, 2014

Rand Paul to Michelle Obama: Look at me — I’m at Dunkin’ Donuts

Sen. Rand Paul took a playful jab at Michelle Obama and her healthy eating initiatives that condemn all types of junk food, tweeting to her handle to let her know the location of his first New Hampshire stop — Dunkin' Donuts.

October 17, 2014

Michigan funeral home offers clients drive-through viewing option

A funeral home in Saginaw, Mich., has a new service for clients who can't seem to get out of their cars to view and pay their last respects to the dead — a drive-through window option.

October 17, 2014

GOP types accused of ‘thinly-veiled racism’ for criticizing Ebola response

Those who dare to criticize President Obama and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for the U.S. response to Ebola are guilty of racism, pure and simple, MSNBC talking heads said.

October 17, 2014

Caribbean cruise ship placed on watch for signs of Ebola

The latest in the Ebola scare is that a Caribbean cruise ship has been placed on a watch list over concerns that a female health care worker who handled a lab-specimen from an infected Liberian — who died of the disease — traveled aboard the vessel.

October 17, 2014

Iraq imposes curfew as Islamic State marches on Ramadi

Iraq's government has clamped down on Ramadi residents, imposing a curfew out of fear that Islamic State terrorists are very near to marching on the provincial capital.

October 17, 2014

Republican rebellion: Family group puts pro-gay GOPers on election notice

Republicans and traditional family activists upset by the ongoing push of party leaders to embrace the gay-rights crowd and support same-sex marriage are rising up and vowing an election year fight.

October 16, 2014

John Pistole, head of TSA, to retire at end of year

John Pistole, the head of the Transportation Security Administration, is going to retire by the end of the year, the agency said in a statement on Thursday.

October 16, 2014

John Grisham, international author, calls for leniency for child-porn possessors

John Grisham, one of the world's best-selling crime-fiction writers, sparked some fan backlash by saying in a recent interview that U.S. prisons are "filled with guys my age" who were convicted of child sex crimes but who are basically innocent.

October 16, 2014

Seattle City Council socialist blasts colleagues for ‘corporate favoritism’

Seattle City Council's socialist member, Kshama Sawant, slammed her fellow board members for planning to attend a retreat with corporate executives at a luxury resort site in Cle Elem, Washington.

October 16, 2014

‘Bring Your Bible to School Day’ kicks off across America

Focus on the Family, a Christian-based group, has launched a nationwide campaign for students across the nation to carry their Bibles to school on Thursday — an endeavor aimed at pressing the point that religious freedom is alive and well.

October 16, 2014

Connecticut hotel visitor arrested for ‘aggressive mopping’

Police in Connecticut have arrested and charged a man with second-degree breach of peace after he allegedly grabbed a mop from the hands of a hotel worker and went on an overly "aggressive mopping" spree.

October 16, 2014

Ebola puzzler: Plainclothes man among hazmat responders sends shockwaves

A man responding to the emergency transport of an Ebola patient in Dallas is sending shockwaves after a news crew captured him on video helping hazmat-outfitted responders with the procedure — wearing nothing but pants, a buttoned-down shirt and sunglasses.

October 16, 2014

EPA sued by environmentalists to save butterfly from new pesticide

Lawyers with the powerful Natural Resources Defense Council have kicked off a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency, calling the feds' approval of a new pesticide a danger to monarch butterflies.

October 16, 2014

Family of killed Marine sues Corps over alleged death coverup

Family members of a Marine who was killed by an Afghan rebel on a U.S. military base back in 2012 has kicked off a lawsuit against the Corps, accusing top officials of concealing details regarding the attack.

October 16, 2014

Two Ohio schools close over Ebola scare from staffer

Two schools in Ohio shut down on Thursday because of fears of Ebola, after administrators realized a staffer may have been aboard the same plane as a nurse from Dallas who contracted the disease.

October 16, 2014