Cheryl K. Chumley

Senate Democrats call on Kroger to ban firearms from groceries

Democratic Sens. Chris Murphy, Dianne Feinstein and Richard Blumenthal are leading a charge to press Kroger grocery to ban all open carry of firearms in their stores.

October 2, 2014

Search continues for Marine who bailed into sea during Osprey mishap

U.S. Navy and Marine Corps members are still searching for a missing crew member who fell into the water after the tilt-rotor MV-22 Osprey he was aboard briefly lost power.

October 2, 2014

North Dakota school forces girls to watch ‘Pretty Woman’ as part of dress code lesson

North Dakota school officials are under fire for requiring 220 high school girls to stay after and watch video clips of "Pretty Woman" to make a point about dress code violations — a move at least one student said was akin to them being called "prostitutes."

October 2, 2014

North Korea shows signs of launching another rocket in 2014

North Korea has finished upgrades to its main satellite launching station, fueling concerns that Pyongyang might be in the works of sending another rocket into space.

October 2, 2014

Piers Morgan slams Obama for ‘shameless, reprehensible display of buck-passing’

Piers Morgan, the CNN host turned Daily Mail editor-at-large, took a somewhat shocking jab — shocking given his left-leaning politics — at President Obama, calling the commander-in-chief's choice of pronoun during a recent "60 Minutes" explanation of what went wrong with the Islamic State pure "buck-passing."

October 2, 2014

Voter registration surges in Ferguson, post-Michael Brown shooting

Voter registration has surged in Ferguson, Missouri, in the weeks since Officer Darren Wilson shot and killed 18-year-old Michael Brown, inciting riots, protests and calls for reform in community-police relations.

October 2, 2014

California community stunned as mayor shot dead by wife

Daniel Crespo, the mayor of Bell Gardens — a small suburb of Los Angeles — was shot and killed by his wife after he got into a physical tussle with their 19-year-old son, police said.

October 2, 2014

Danish lawmakers vote to send jet fighters against Islamic State

Danish lawmakers voted to send jet fighters to join the international coalition that's battling Islamic State terrorists.

October 2, 2014

Sierra Club launches $1M push against Joni Ernst in Iowa Senate race

The political action committee of the Sierra Club environmental group kicked in $1 million for a last-minute ad campaign to defeat Republican Joni Ernst in the Iowa Senate race.

September 30, 2014

Brian Terry’s sister: Eric Holder’s resignation no coincidence

Attorney General Eric Holder's announced resignation comes right after a judge ruled that the Department of Justice can't delay the release of certain "Fast and Furious" documents — and that's no coincidence, said the sister of killed border agent Brian Terry.

September 30, 2014

Rosie, Whoopi trade angry fire on set of ‘The View’

In front of a shocked and silent studio audience, Rosie O'Donnell and Whoopi Goldberg traded angry barbs during a commercial break on the set of "The View."

September 30, 2014

Bill Gates admits: I wear a $10 wrist watch

Bill Gates, the wealthiest man in the United States and one of the richest around the world, admits his watch is bottom dollar.

September 30, 2014

Husain Abdullah draws penalty for muslim prayer in endzone

The NFL — already under fire for domestic violence issues related to players — may now face a First Amendment brouhaha after referees in the Kansas City-New England Monday night matchup flagged the Chief's Husain Abdullah for his celebratory endzone behavior.

September 30, 2014

Judge rules Argentina in contempt of court order

A judge has ruled that Argentina failed to pay U.S. bondholders their just due, cheating them out of about $1.5 billion in the last year or so.

September 30, 2014

U.S., Afghanistan sign security deal for troops to stay

American and Afghanistan authorities have reached a deal and to allow U.S. troops to remain in the country beyond the end of the year.

September 30, 2014

Hong Kong protesters go Ferguson style: ‘Hands up, don’t shoot’

The thousands who've amassed in the streets of Hong Kong to rally for democracy have taken up the chant of Ferguson, Missouri, residents, calling out to responding police, "Hands up, don't shoot," various media reported.

September 30, 2014

New York’s paunchiest: Police chief tasks ‘pathetically fat’ to work out

Call them New York's paunchiest. Apparently, some police at the Community Affairs Division in the New York Police Department are tipping scales at near-300 pounds — and Inspector Ellen Chang is strongly suggesting they hit up the gym equipment.

September 30, 2014

Alleged diaper smugglers busted in Sweden with 25,175 disposables

Police in Sweden say they've busted a couple of men from Lithuania who were trying to sneak more than 25,000 diapers from Norway to eastern Europe to sell on the black market.

September 30, 2014

Eric Holder is third most hated in Cabinet, with 26 percent favor: YouGov

As much as Attorney General Eric Holder is despised by critics, he's only third on the list of Most Hated Cabinet Member who's resigned from the Obama administration.

September 30, 2014

Beverly Carter, missing Arkansas real estate mom, found dead

Beverly Carter, the 50-year-old real estate agent and mother of two who went missing while showing a house to a prospective client, was found dead in Cabot, Arkansas.

September 30, 2014