Cheryl K. Chumley

Man arrested for breaking and entering at the Kennedy Compound

Barnstable Police arrested a man late Tuesday evening who was suspected of breaking into the famed Kennedy Compound in Hyannis Port.

July 16, 2014

ISIL ratchets siege of Christians by starving those in Mosul

Terrorists with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant — renamed by radical members as the Islamic State — have been withholding basic necessities such as food to Christians and Shiites in the town of Mosul, trying to starve them into conversion or death.

July 16, 2014

Dick Cheney: ‘Carter might have been a better president’ than Obama

Former Vice President Dick Cheney said he's shocked to say it, but he's got to admit — former President Carter is no longer the worst president in his eyes.

July 16, 2014

Gov. Terry Branstad calls on Iowans to pray, repent and follow God’s will

Gov. Terry Branstad acted on a proclamation he signed previously and kicked off a Christian event at the Capitol building, calling on fellow Iowans to pray and fast, much in the spirit of Founding Fathers.

July 16, 2014

Syria’s Bashar Assad set for swearing-in ceremony for third term

Syrian President Bashar Assad is set to be sworn in for his third seven-year term in office, local media reported.

July 16, 2014

Benjamin Netanyahu on Hamas: ‘Our answer is fire’

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sounded a loud alarm on the dashing of a partial peace solution with Hamas after the militant group shot off rockets, in violation of a cease-fire: "Our answer is fire," he said.

July 16, 2014

Thor, ‘god of thunder,’ to turn into woman in next Marvel comic book plot

Thor, the hammer-wielding god of thunder depicted in the Marvel comics universe, will soon be a woman.

July 15, 2014

‘Bucket list’ created for dog dying of cancer

Five-year-old Marsha is dying from skin cancer, but her new owners say they're going to spend her last days making her happy: moving her through a sort of doggy bucket list.

July 15, 2014

Oscar Pistorius in barroom altercation in Johannesburg

Oscar Pistorius, currently on trial for murdering his model girlfriend, was involved in an altercation at a club in Johannesburg over the weekend.

July 15, 2014

Drunk man arrested for jumping in shark tank at Boston aquarium

A 51-year-old man was arrested for trespassing and disorderly conduct after he jumped in a fish tank that contains sharks at the New England Aquarium in Boston.

July 15, 2014

Benghazi terror attack suspect found dead in Libya

Faraj al-Shibli, one of the men suspected in the 2012 terrorist attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, has been found dead.

July 15, 2014

Vermont woman offers tips to fight terrorists: ‘Let’s work together’

A liberal-minded Vermont woman had some curious words of wisdom for waging the war on terrorism and fighting those who would seek to do harm against America: Let's befriend them.

July 15, 2014

Bill Clinton crack on Jews to Jewish-GOPers haunts in new book

An overlooked joke that Bill Clinton told to a crowd of Jewish Republicans about Jews — one that fell flat — has now resurfaced in a new book, biting at the former president as his wife Hillary mulls a run for the White House.

July 15, 2014

California mulls $500-a-day fines for washing cars, watering yards

Sprinkling yards and washing cars may get a whole lot pricier in California, where regulators are mulling measures to preserve water supplies that includes hefty fines — up to $500 per day — for those who use too much.

July 15, 2014

Massachusetts city ends contract with Christian college over gay rights

Salem, Massachusetts, put an end to a long-time contract with the Christian-based Gordon College after administrators refused to cave to the gay-rights movement and remove a ban on "homosexual behavior" among students and staff.

July 15, 2014

Arizona next Murrieta? Protesters prep for bused illegals, as warned by whistleblower

Move over Murrieta. Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu said a whistleblower at the Department of Homeland Security has alerted that 40 to 60 illegal minor-aged immigrants were due to be dropped at a remote boys camp in the Arizona mountains on Tuesday — and protesters have rallied accordingly.

July 15, 2014

Missouri governor vetoes bill to arm teachers in schools

Missouri Democrat Gov. Jay Nixon turned aside a legislative attempt to arm select teachers in schools, vetoing a bill that would have put guns in schools and saying he couldn't support such a notion.

July 15, 2014

Feds tout deportation of 40 as proof of Obama’s border protection

Homeland Security authorities gave a pat on the back to themselves for sending home 40 adults and children who were in the country illegally, claiming the deportations prove that the White House means business — that illegals will in fact be shipped to their countries of origin.

July 15, 2014

Iraqi gunmen slaughter 25 prostitutes as religious punishment

Gunmen wearing Iraqi security uniforms stormed into two separate brothels in Baghdad, firing off rounds and killing 25 prostitutes — the women's apparent punishment for violating Islam's religious laws.

July 15, 2014

Obama slammed by black Chicago residents: ‘Worst president ever’

Black residents of Chicago's South Side, who recently rallied to decry a spate of violence in the city, ripped President Obama for ignoring their plight while pushing for funding for illegal immigrants at their expense.

July 14, 2014