Cheryl K. Chumley

Michelle Obama pushed president to ‘side with blacks,’ new book says

First lady Michelle Obama frequently pressed her presidential husband to take up the African-American cause and publicly side with blacks on certain high-profile matters, a new book about Secret Service secrets claimed.

August 4, 2014

30 dead in Gaza, as Palestinians head back to peace table

Israel reported at least 30 more killed in Gaza, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered shelling against Hamas to resume and doubled down on claims that the Jewish nation would not stop defending itself against terror group Hamas, no matter the pressures of the international community.

August 4, 2014

Hillary Clinton waives $200K speaking fee for hometown event

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton may normally charge about $200,000 per speech — but not in Chappaqua, N.Y., her adopted hometown.

August 4, 2014

Obama jabs at Putin: Russia ‘doesn’t make anything’

President Obama — apparently stinging at recent media buzz that he's seemed weak on the international stage on the Ukraine matter — took a stab at President Putin, saying the Russian leader isn't really that big a player in the world anyway.

August 4, 2014

Prince Charles ‘furious’ at tell-all book of Diana marriage

Prince Charles is reportedly "furious" about a tell-all book about his marriage to the now-deceased Princess Diana is about to hit the store shelves — especially since it's penned by one of his trusted advisers, former Buckingham Palace press officer Dickie Arbiter.

August 4, 2014

Bangladesh ferry carrying hundreds capsizes; death toll on rise

A ferry carrying hundreds of passengers capsized Monday, killing an untold number.

August 4, 2014

Hamas head likens fight with Israel to American Revolution

Hamas head Khaled Meshaal in a televised interview on CNN compared his terror group's fight with Israel to the colonists' struggle with the British.

August 4, 2014

Sammy Davis Jr.’s little black book hits the auction block

For sale: Sammy Davis Jr.'s little black address book, to the highest bidder.

August 1, 2014

Mark Levin: Topple GOP leadership or country will ‘unravel’

Conservative radio host Mark Levin said those who care about the fate of America's freedoms need to take a dramatic and quick step and outright oust the leadership of the Republican Party at the ballot box.

August 1, 2014

Massachusetts to let police chief deny gun buys to those deemed unfit

Massachusetts lawmakers sent a bill to Gov. Deval Patrick's desk for passage that puts police chiefs in charge of deciding whether or not a person is fit enough to own a gun — and gives them the power to deny purchases in certain cases.

August 1, 2014

Geraldo slammed as ‘dummy’ for backing Clinton’s bin Laden claim

The "Fox & Friends" Friday morning broadcast set turned into a verbal battleground over differing opinions — and whether opinions were being spun as facts — about Bill Clinton and his recently revealed audio claim that he almost killed Osama bin Laden.

August 1, 2014

Ruth Bader Ginsburg slams male justices as blind to women’s issues

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg gave a scathing assessment of her five male court colleagues, referencing the Hobby Lobby case, and told Yahoo's Katie Couric that they couldn't possibly understand the legal needs of women.

August 1, 2014

Feds raid N.C. home to seize Land Rover in EPA emission-control crackdown

When it comes to environmental regulation compliance, the Department of Homeland Security isn't playing — as evidenced by a recent federal raid of a North Carolinian's home to confiscate a Land Rover that violated EPA emission rules.

August 1, 2014

Russia snickers as Obama holds poodle — Putin holds leopard

A photograph of President Obama holding a small, white poodle with only three legs has unleashed a score of snickering from Russia, with top Kremlin aides allegedly pointing out the contrast with President Putin's own recently snapped photo — of him stroking a snow leopard.

August 1, 2014

Al Sharpton to NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio: ‘I’ll be your worst enemy’

A political feud involving the Rev. Al Sharpton, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police Commissioner William Bratton went from polite conversation to dire warning mode during a recent City Hall roundtable discussion, with Mr. Sharpton cutting through the bureaucracy to vow: "I'll be your worst enemy."

August 1, 2014

South Africa to prosecute after giraffe killed during truck transport

Truck drivers who didn't take care while transporting two giraffes — and who allowed the beasts' heads to slam into a cement highway overpass they were driving under — will face prosecution, animal welfare officers said.

August 1, 2014

London mayor flies Palestinian flag at town hall to support Gaza

The mayor of the Tower Hamlets, a borough on the east side of London, hung a Palestinian flag over town hall as a means of showing solidarity with Gaza.

August 1, 2014

U.N. condemns Israel, U.S. for not sharing Iron Dome with Hamas

The United Nations slammed Israel for possibly committing war crimes in its fight against Hamas — and then backed that accusation by suggesting the Jewish nation ought to be sharing its Iron Dome defensive technology with the very terror group it's fighting.

August 1, 2014

Ted Nugent slams ‘lying freaks’ at liberal media: I’m ‘doing God’s work’

Conservative firebrand Ted Nugent hit back at his detractors in the media who've characterized him as racist — and even pressed a couple of venues to cancel his concerts for alleged racist remarks he made — and he called them hateful destroyers of the truth.

August 1, 2014

Joe Biden’s secret love: Skinny-dipping, Secret Service agents say

Vice President Joseph R. Biden has a secret love — skinny-dipping. A new tell-all book about Secret Service agents and the presidents they protect describes just how much they dread protecting the vice president, in part because of his penchant for going naked.

August 1, 2014