Cheryl K. Chumley

Secret Service agents consider larger buffer zone around White House

Secret Service agents are mulling an expansion to the buffer zone around the White House that sets off limits to drivers and pedestrians some adjacent streets.

September 22, 2014

Thousands of Hong Kong students boycott class to demand democracy

Thousands of students swarmed through streets of Hong Kong on Monday, boycotting school classes to challenge and demand the Chinese Communist Party open the doors to greater democracy.

September 22, 2014

Eric Holder kicks off 3-year, anti-bias review of nation’s police

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced a new campaign Thursday that puts the federal government in control of checking for bias within law enforcement agencies around the nation.

September 18, 2014

3rd British hostage urges Britain to ‘negotiate’ with Islamic State in new video

A third British hostage reportedly in the hands of the Islamic State group pleaded with his government to "negotiate" in a video released Thursday by the terrorist organization.

September 18, 2014

Newt Gingrich, Tom DeLay lukewarm on arming Syrians, dubious Obama is up to the task

Former Majority Leader Tom DeLay and former Speaker Newt Gingrich, leaders of the 1994 Republican-led revolution that swept through Congress, agreed in a recent interview that America needs to fight radical Islamism -- but neither were enthusiastic about the idea of President Obama leading that charge.

September 18, 2014

Miley Cyrus under fire for onstage stunt with Mexican flag

Mexican authorities launched an investigation of Miley Cyrus after her performance Tuesday in Monterrey included dancers pretending to whip her posterior with tiny Mexican flags.

September 18, 2014

Hillary Clinton blasted by the left in secret emails

Emails making the rounds among leftist voices show former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton might not be the shoe-in Democratic presidential pick after all -- that many consider her way too hawkish and far too buddy-buddy with Wall Street.

September 18, 2014

Pentagon poised to curb Hollywood from tapping soldiers for films

The Pentagon is mulling new measures that would prevent Hollywood from tapping into the active military force to provide assistance — including on-screen acting — for new movies without written Department of Defense permission.

September 18, 2014

Marine Corps vets walk 300 miles to tell Obama: Free Tahmooressi

Two former Marines -- Lance Cpl. Terry Sharpe and fellow Marine Allen Brown -- have taken their plea to free Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi to the streets, walking nearly 300 miles to Washington to petition President Obama in person.

September 18, 2014

Tennessee man buys billboard ad: Homosexuality is ‘abomination’

A Tennessee man has sparked some nationwide debate over a billboard advertisement he and his friends paid for that quotes a Bible passage that condemns homosexuality.

September 18, 2014

Dick Morris: ‘Benghazi problem’ due to hit Hillary Clinton hard

Dick Morris, former White House strategist during the heyday of Bill Clinton, said Wednesday's Capitol Hill hearings on Benghazi are only the tip of the iceberg — the issue is about to get really heated for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

September 18, 2014

Sharon Osbourne slams U2 for giveaway: No one wants ‘your mediocre music’

Sharon Osbourne, the wife of famous rocker Ozzy Osbourne -- and a co-host of "The Talk" -- slammed music band U2 for its members' decisions to give away its newly released album on iTunes.

September 18, 2014

New York police helicopter, drone nearly crash over city streets

A New York Police Department helicopter searching the 800-foot skies above the city for a missing teenage girl nearly collided with a drone -- and shortly after, the operator was arrested.

September 18, 2014

Syrians strike Islamic State stronghold, killing scores

Syria's government sent in helicopter gunships against a town held by Islamic State terrorists on Thursday, killing at least 15.

September 18, 2014

St. Louis County police shoot, kill armed man who opened fire

St. Louis County police say they were responding to a report of gunshots, when a man with a rifle drove into a police vehicle and then tried to flee officers, opening fire at the same time.

September 18, 2014

Australian police thwart Islamic State beheadings plot, conduct massive raid

Police in Australia say they've uncovered and halted a plot by Islamic State terrorists to carry out untold numbers of beheadings in and around Sydney on Thursday.

September 18, 2014

Bill Maher takes potshots at Christianity with self-mocking satire

It's Bill Maher at his most mocking. In a new video for the award-winning "Funny or Die" website, the HBO comedy host poses as an undercover Christian trying to explain his faked atheist schtick to a stunned colleague — all the while managing to convey his absolute disdain for the faith.

September 17, 2014

Al Qaeda says ‘lions of Allah’ hijacked ship to fire at U.S. vessels

A fledgling sect of al Qaeda in South Asia has taken responsibility for the hijacking of a Pakistani naval ship, claiming it intended to fire at and destroy U.S. vessels in the Arabian Sea.

September 17, 2014

Islamic State terrorist: ‘We are a people who love drinking blood’

A shocking new video of an Islamic State terrorist claiming his group loves to drink blood — vampire style — is making the rounds on YouTube.

September 17, 2014

Hillary Clinton fundraising speech marred by amnesty hecklers

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's fundraising speech to a New York crowd was interrupted by a group of hecklers who broke through at the tail end of her remarks to demand why she supported deporting their illegal family members.

September 17, 2014