Cheryl K. Chumley

Feds tout nearly 200 arrests, $625K in seized cash in Texas border crackdown

The Department of Homeland Security said agents have arrested nearly 200 and seized roughly $625,000 in cash from a month-long investigation of human smuggling into Texas — an operation that feds say only proves that they mean business with border security.

July 23, 2014

Joy Behar: Sarah Palin should be ‘turning letters over on some game show’

Joy Behar, co-host of "The View," took a potshot at Sarah Palin, disdaining the idea of the former Alaska governor serving as the newest member of the mid-morning show panel as ridiculous.

July 23, 2014

John Kerry defies FAA and flies to Israel to talk peace

Secretary of State John Kerry touched down at Israel's main airport on Wednesday, a trip made in defiance of Federal Aviation Administration bans on travel to the Jewish state.

July 23, 2014

Rhino poacher in South Africa sentenced to 77 years in jail

A rhino poacher in South Africa was handed the stiff penalty of 77 years behind bars — a sentence aimed at deterring others from killing and selling the beasts' precious horns.

July 23, 2014

Drought-plagued Californians turn to paint to keep lawns green

Californians pressed by politicians to turn off the water and keep from spraying down their lawns have found a new way to keep their grass green: paint.

July 22, 2014

Dancing Kim Jong-un video sparks North Korea fury

A video that puts the head of Kim Jong-un on various dancing bodies and sticks him in various scenarios — skipping hand in hand with Osama bin Laden, riding atop a pig across a farmland — has sparked the fury of the North Korean government.

July 22, 2014

Obama family set to buy $4.25M desert home in California: report

The Obamas are reportedly poised to purchase a custom-built high-class home in the Rancho Mirage section of California for $4.25 million.

July 22, 2014

Tenn. man, 76, arrested for telling board members to speak up — we can’t hear you

A 76-year-old military veteran who was attending a county board meeting in Greeneville, Tennessee, was taken from the room in handcuffs after interrupting proceedings to tell county government officials to speak up — the audience can't hear you.

July 22, 2014

GLAAD condemns Hollywood’s depiction of LGBT crowd

One of the nation's largest gay rights groups has stepped up its criticism of Hollywood, saying the movie-making crowd isn't giving due nods to those of lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender persuasion.

July 22, 2014

‘Slender Man’ stabbing victim receives Purple Heart from anonymous veteran

The 12-year-old girl who was stabbed repeatedly and allegedly by two friends who were carrying out a crime in the name of the fictional "Slender Man" Internet meme was awarded a Purple Heart medal by a veteran who wished to remain anonymous.

July 22, 2014

Israel hits five mosques, sports complex in overnight Gaza strikes

Israel on Tuesday continued to fire back at Hamas terrorists in Gaza, striking overnight five mosques and a sports complex while bringing the death toll to more than 500.

July 22, 2014

Kentucky city called socialist for buying gas station, undercutting competitor fuel prices

The community of Somerset, Kentucky, has come under fire for buying up a fuel storage facility and converting it into a no-frills station that sells gas a few cents lower than competitors — a move termed outright socialism by one convenience store owner.

July 22, 2014

Hillary Clinton dogged for refusing reporters’ questions on book tour

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is facing new fire from the press over observations that she steadfastly refuses to take any questions from the media while touring for her new book, "Hard Choices."

July 22, 2014

EPA tweet baffles: ‘I’m now a C-List celebrity in Kim Kardashian: Hollywood’ iPhone game

The Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Water sent out a baffling tweet that invited social media readers to join in an iPhone game about reality star Kim Kardashian, leading even one member of Congress to scratch his head and ask, "You OK, @EPAwaster?"

July 22, 2014

Rep. Luis Gutierrez tells Hispanics to vote and ‘punish those’ who oppose amnesty

Rep. Luis Gutierrez issued some tough talk to La Raza event-goers in Los Angeles, telling them bluntly that they should use their voices and their votes to "punish" those who fail to support amnesty-type legislation for the illegal minor-age border crossers.

July 22, 2014

Australian P.M. Abbott: MH17 evidence tampered with on ‘industrial scale’

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott complained on Tuesday that the evidence he's seen regarding the MH17 plane crash has been obviously tampered with by somebody who wanted to purposely conceal something.

July 22, 2014

HIV-killing condom to soon hit shelves in Australia

A condom that can kill the HIV virus and designed by a bio-tech firm in Australia is set to hit stores within the next few months.

July 21, 2014

CHUMLEY: Border stage set for civil rights-type uprisings

With Attorney General Eric Holder at the legal helm, and a pro-amnesty chief executive in the White House, it's hard to know how this whole border fiasco is going to end -- and specifically, whether peace will prevail. Mr. Holder's already defined the issue of immigration in terms of civil rights -- and tame-sounding term to the contrary, civil rights movements generally come with an offshoot attachment of chaotic and even violent resistance.

July 21, 2014

Obama sides with Biden for 2016: He ‘would be a superb president’

President Obama said he couldn't really understand why Vice President Joseph R. Biden — or former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, for that matter — would want to undertake the "undignifying process" of running for president in 2016.

July 21, 2014

‘Straight White Guy Festival’ supposedly set for Ohio park

An Ohio park that often hosts gay pride events is deviating from that vein with a festival set for September that celebrates heterosexuality — from the viewpoint of white males.

July 21, 2014