Cheryl K. Chumley

Mideast hostilities ratchet as rockets from Lebanon strike Israel

Israel fielded more rocket fire on Friday — but this time, from Lebanon, driving fears that a new set of militants may have jumped aboard the Hamas bandwagon to assault the Jewish nation.

July 11, 2014

Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl captured in photo smiling with Taliban jihadist

A photo of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who spent five years imprisoned by Taliban captors, smiling broadly while standing next to a jihadist is making the rounds on social media.

July 10, 2014

John Wayne’s heirs sue Duke University for ‘Duke’ bourbon rights

A long-running dispute between the family members of John Wayne — a.k.a. Duke — and Duke University over the rights to the deceased star's nickname has hit the federal court circuit, with heirs claiming the school has no right to keep them from marketing and selling a bourbon product named after the actor.

July 10, 2014

San Francisco Giants mull dress code for fans after headdress fiasco

Office personnel for the San Francisco Giants are mulling a dress code policy for fans that would ban them from wearing certain items deemed offensive, such as fake Indian headdresses and other culturally-tied apparel.

July 10, 2014

Chelsea Clinton nabs $75K in speaking fees — same as Dick Cheney

Chelsea Clinton may be a lot younger, inexperienced and less politically proven than former Vice President Dick Cheney — but when it comes to speaking fees, she commands the same $75,000 he does.

July 10, 2014

House side of Capitol temporarily closes for asbestos incident

The House side of the Capitol Building went on lockdown status for several hours Thursday morning after an asbestos-related situation sent Hazmat authorities rushing to respond.

July 10, 2014

Alec Baldwin in talks to play Rob Ford-like mayor in new NBC drama

Alec Baldwin is in talks to play a new leading man character in a drama series with NBC Productions — a Rob Ford-like mayor who fights personal demons and addictions while serving as the lead executive of New York City.

July 10, 2014

Journalists’ group to Obama: “Stop the spin and let the sunshine in’

Thirty-eight journalist groups under the umbrella of the Society of Professional Journalists have blasted the White House, claiming the tone set by President Obama has been less than forthcoming when it comes to providing information.

July 10, 2014

League City, Texas, votes 6-2 to ban processing of illegal kids

League City, Texas, voted 6-2 to ban within its borders the operation of any detention facility that processes the illegal immigrant children who are pouring across the border.

July 10, 2014

Iraq tells U.N. that ‘terrorist groups’ have seized nuclear materials

Iraq authorities have alerted the United Nations in a letter that terrorists have seized almost 88 pounds of nuclear materials stored at Mosul University.

July 10, 2014

Houston dad suspected of shooting his 4 kids surrenders to police

A Houston father accused of killing four of his children and two adults finally surrendered to police, following a tense armed standoff that lasted for hours.

July 10, 2014

Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi denied freedom by Mexican judge

The Mexican judge who heard Marine Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi's case denied him freedom and ordered him back to jail, in a ruling that was handed down in the early Thursday morning hours.

July 10, 2014

Mafia reacts to Church boot by bowing Virgin Mary before mob boss’s home

Mafia members, apparently upset at Pope Francis' recent announcement to excommunicate members of organized crime, halted the progression of a religious parade past the Italy home of a local mob boss to make the statue of the Virgin Mary take a quick bow.

July 8, 2014

Federal judge angered by Hobby Lobby decision tells Supreme Court to ‘stfu’

Judge Richard Kopf may sit in a federal court in Nebraska, but his message to the Supreme Court still rang loud and clear in Washington, D.C., telling justices who ruled in favor of Hobby Lobby to simply "stfu."

July 8, 2014

Mass. company developing remote control contraceptive chip

A Massachusetts company, MicroCHIPS, thinks it's found the answer to birth control pills and unwanted pregnancies -- a hormonal contraceptive that could be implanted beneath the skin and activated by a wireless remote.

July 8, 2014

Baggy clothing ban at bar sparks ire: ‘Might as well just say, no black folks’

A dress code at a Minneapolis bar has sparked outrage among members of the community who say the bans on certain clothing items seem to be targeted directly at African-Americans.

July 8, 2014

Obama takes up pen, paper to fight for Israeli-Palestinian peace

President Obama — who famously and recently vowed to take up his pen to run executive orders around a slow-moving Congress — has now turned to his writing tablet for another political cause: The surging Israeli-Palestinian violence.

July 8, 2014

Dinesh D’Souza book yanked from Costco shelves

Costco has suddenly — and according to author Dinesh D'Souza, inexplicably — booted his book from stores nationwide, ordering chain operators to clear their shelves of "America: Imagine a World Without Her" by July 15.

July 8, 2014

Six Flags roller coaster mishap injures four, as riders stranded for hours

Almost two dozen riders were stranded and four hurt when a roller coaster at the Six Flags Magic Mountain in California hit an overhanging tree branch and sent the front car off track.

July 8, 2014

Israel kicks off massive assault on Hamas: ‘We’re taking this to the next step’

Tensions and violence between Israel and Hamas escalated Tuesday, as the Jewish nation kicked into high gear on rocket launches at the same time telling more ground troops: You're up.

July 8, 2014