Cheryl K. Chumley

Valerie Jarrett’s framed desk photo has figurines that bow to her

An NBC peek into the inner world of Valerie Jarrett, a senior adviser to President Obama, turned up an interesting finding that suggests the political power player may have a somewhat god-like view of herself.

July 1, 2014

George Zimmerman’s defamation suit against NBC tossed from court

A Florida judge has tossed George Zimmerman's defamation suit against NBC, saying the broadcast network did not act with malice when it selectively edited a 911 call the former homeowners' association patrolman made about the 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.

July 1, 2014

World Cup 2014: Waffle House declares war on Belgian waffles ahead of U.S. game

A Waffle House in Norcross, Ga., has jumped aboard the World Cup bandwagon, telling diners in a Twitter post that they ought to boycott Belgian waffles — a directive aimed at supporting America's soccer team as it takes on Belgium on Tuesday.

July 1, 2014

Homeland Security deploys 150 agents to Texas border

The Department of Homeland Security is deploying 150 agents to a site in South Texas to help detect those who are crossing into America illegally, Secretary Jeh Johnson said.

July 1, 2014

Gun makers flee Northeast for ‘true blood Second Amendment’ states

Gun manufacturers are leaving the Northeast in droves, seeking out new production homes in the comparatively low-tax, Second Amendment-friendly South — and at a time when firearms sales have skyrocketed, industry data showed.

July 1, 2014

Three babies given vaccine hours after birth considered HIV-free

Researchers says that three babies born in Canada to AIDS-infected mothers were declared HIV-free after receiving a new vaccine within hours of entering the world.

July 1, 2014

Hillary Clinton bemoans Supreme Court’s birth control ruling: It’s ‘deeply disturbing’

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said "there should be a real outcry" against the Supreme Court's much-anticipated Hobby Lobby ruling, which now gives closely held companies run by owners with religious convictions the ability to opt out of a handful of Obamacare birth control mandates.

July 1, 2014

Social media in uproar over teen hunter’s photos of killed animals

Social media users are in an uproar after a teenage hunter from Texas posted photographs of herself with her kills — a range of African animals, including a lion, rhino, antelope, elephant, hippopotamus, zebra and leopard.

July 1, 2014

Iraq convenes lawmakers to forge unity government to fight caliphate

Iraq's parliament convened on Tuesday to establish a new unity government with enough power and authority to fight off the "caliphate" that Sunni terrorists have declared for Muslims around the world.

July 1, 2014

U.S. ship hits Italian waters to destroy stock of Syrian chemical weapons

The U.S. ship MV Cape Ray entered Italian waters and docked at the Calabrian port Tuesday to pick up an estimated 1,300 tons of chemical weapons from Syria, with plans to destroy them.

July 1, 2014

Android phone banking app leaves 86 percent of users open to hack: report

Android users who run some of Google's older versions of software are vulnerable to hack attacks — particularly when it comes to banking and financial information.

June 30, 2014

NASA preps to launch $465M satellite to track carbon dioxide

NASA is poised to launch a satellite that will monitor greenhouse gas levels from space — a first-of-its-kind technological project that costs millions of dollars.

June 30, 2014

Karl Rove: Obama’s like ‘some monarch,’ akin to King George the Third

Karl Rove, the former aide to President George W. Bush, said President Obama has gone far and beyond what any previous White House head has done as far as issuing executive mandates — to the point of taking on king-like qualities.

June 30, 2014

Florida sheriff’s MRAP purchase angers, upsets local residents

A Florida sheriff has angered local citizens by buying a mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicle at a delivery cost of $2,500.

June 30, 2014

Sarah Palin: Nancy Pelosi cares more for illegals than unborn Americans

Former Alaska Gov. and vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin blasted Nancy Pelosi, saying in a scathing Facebook post that the California Democrat cares more for the illegal children pouring across the border than she does for the unborn in America.

June 30, 2014

Two Americans detained in North Korea will face trial for ‘hostile acts’

Two American tourists who have been detained in North Korea will face a trial for "perpetrating hostile acts," the nation's government-run news agency reported.

June 30, 2014

Louisiana sheriff says ACLU won’t stop public prayer event

A sheriff in Louisiana said he couldn't care less what the American Civil Liberties Union says about his planned public prayer event — it's going forward, lawsuit or no lawsuit.

June 30, 2014

For sale, by owner: Town of Swett, S.D., for $400K

The owner of Swett, S.D., has announced plans to sell his unincorporated hamlet in Bennett County for $400,000 to free up time to focus on his personal business.

June 30, 2014

Pakistan army launches ground attack on Taliban in North Waziristan

Pakistani military forces have kicked off a ground offensive against Taliban militants who are holed up in a tribal border town with Afghanistan called North Waziristan.

June 30, 2014

Facebook outed for conducting creepy mood experiment on users

Privacy advocates are seeing red after finding out that Facebook researchers conducted a secret experiment that tested site users' reactions and responses to purposely planted and manipulated news content.

June 30, 2014