Cheryl K. Chumley

Taliban fire mortar shell on Afghan home, killing child

An Afghan province spokesman said members of the Taliban fired a mortar shell at a home in the eastern region, killing a child who was inside at the time.

June 20, 2014

Colorado rap concert turns violent as 3 shot in parking lot

Police in Colorado went car-by-car, searching for the suspects who were responsible for gunning down three at a rap concert in the parking lot of Red Rocks Amphitheater in the wee hours of Friday morning.

June 20, 2014

Jailed Christian rock frontman: Me and most of my band were atheists

Tim Lambesis, the former frontman of a Christian heavy metal band who was just sentenced to six years in jail for hiring a hit man to kill his wife, dropped another shocker for fans of the group: he and most of his bandmates were atheists.

June 19, 2014

Bus driver who said Bible saved him from bullets outed as fake, police say

A bus driver in Ohio who claimed his pocket Bible saved him from the bullets of three gun-toting aggressors is now facing quizzing from police who say his story — while inspirational and stunning — doesn't match what they're finding as fact.

June 19, 2014

Pepper-spraying, crowd-controlling drones called ‘deeply disturbing’ by union

Members of an international trade union say they're shocked and disturbed by a mining company's order for 25 drones capable of shooting pepper spray to control crowds.

June 19, 2014

New York lawmakers ban tattoos, piercings on pets

New York lawmakers have passed a bill that bans pet owners from giving their animals tattoos or body piercings.

June 19, 2014

Rush Limbaugh blasts feds’ ‘tyranny’ over Redskins trademark spike

Conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh didn't mince words in his assessment of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's severing of the Redskins name over perceptions its was "disparaging," calling the move akin to tyranny -- a pure power play on the part of the president.

June 19, 2014

School blocks NRA, GOP, Christian websites — but not Dem, Islam sites

A senior at one Connecticut high school has asked administrators to explain why he can access websites like Islam-guide.com, the State Democrat site and Planned Parenthood on the school's computers -- but not sites for the NRA, the State GOP or Christianity.com.

June 19, 2014

Joe Biden vows U.S. will ‘impose further costs’ on Russia for Crimea

Vice President Joseph R. Biden promised Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in a private conversation that the United State would not abandon its cause to clamp down on Russia for its recent aggressions into the region, leading to the annexation of Crimea.

June 19, 2014

China city kicks off summer solstice with dog-eating celebration

Summer solstice is gearing up in China — and for residents in one southern city, that means time to eat the dogs.

June 19, 2014

Condoleeza Rice’s $52,450 portrait unveiled at State Department

Former Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice's portrait — a $52,450 tax-paid picture — was unveiled at the State Department in front of a nonpartisan crowd on Wednesday.

June 19, 2014

Facebook goes down, shutting out millions of users

Facebook malfunctioned for a short time early Thursday morning, shutting out millions of users from Israel to the United Kingdom to India.

June 19, 2014

Iraq terror supporters mock Michelle Obama: ‘#BringBackOurHumvee’

Supporters of the ISIL uprising against Iraq's government have taken to Twitter to send out a mocking message aimed at U.S. first lady Michelle Obama, posting a doctored photograph of the White House figure holding a sign: "#BRINGBACK OUR HUMVEE."

June 19, 2014

Black ISIL flag flies over Iraq’s largest oil refinery, witnesses say

Witnesses say that the black flags of ISIL were flying Thursday over the site of Iraq's largest oil refinery, despite the claims of government officials who insist they're still in control of the facility.

June 19, 2014

Taliban destroy dozens of NATO supply trucks in Afghanistan

Four Taliban terrorists attacked and exploded 37 trucks that were part of a NATO supply chain in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar on Thursday.

June 19, 2014

Former Marine in Texas fights to convince VA: I’m not dead

A Houston, Texas, former Marine has found himself in the fight for his life with the Veterans Affairs Department — trying to prove he is not, in fact, dead.

June 18, 2014

Obama on LGBT rights: ‘Who you love shouldn’t be a fireable offense’

President Obama told a New York City crowd of LGBT supporters that even though he's taking executive action to ensure federal contractors can't fire anyone for their sexual orientation, gay-rights activists still need to press Congress for similar protections.

June 18, 2014

Walmart sued over ‘SWAT-like’ treatment of mentally disabled woman

A couple in Michigan has launched a lawsuit against Walmart, claiming their 25-year-old mentally disabled daughter was shocked and terrorized by "SWAT-like" tactics of security officers and police who accused her -- wrongfully, it turns out -- of shoplifting.

June 18, 2014

Obama hit with hypocrisy tag for attending ‘Super PAC’ fundraiser party

Republicans charged President Obama with hypocrisy, after he attended a Super PAC fundraising party -- the same type of gathering he once disdained and slammed as a threat to open governance and a transparent political process.

June 18, 2014

60 foreign construction workers abducted by terrorists in Iraq: report

Turkey's Foreign Ministry has asked its embassy to investigate reports that 60 construction workers from five nations were abducted by Islamic terrorists from a building site by the city of Kirkuk.

June 18, 2014