Cheryl K. Chumley

GOP warns Obama plan could give China or Russia control of Internet

Republicans are blasting the Obama administration's plan to relinquish U.S. control of the back end of the Internet, saying the move could lead to a dramatic loss of free speech and the likes of China or Russia overseeing web content.

March 17, 2014

Gun control groups turn to private sector to push crackdowns

Gun control groups have a new tack they're taking to get their message and agenda out — targeting private companies and pressuring them to put in place Second Amendment crackdowns that the government can't pass.

March 17, 2014

Guinness quits New York’s St. Patrick’s Day parade over gay march prohibition

Guinness, the maker of the popular Irish beer, will nonetheless be missing from one of New York City's biggest Irish-based draws — this Monday's St. Patrick's Day parade, due to the march's prohibition on open displays of gay rights.

March 17, 2014

Saudi Arabia bans 50 ‘blasphemous’ baby names — like Benjamin

Saudi Arabia religious authorities have banned 50 names for babies born in the kingdom, calling them blasphemous, inappropriate and a contradiction to the culture.

March 17, 2014

Jack Daniel’s up in arms at Tenn. push to ‘weaken’ whiskey label

Jack Daniel's says lawmakers are crossing a red line with a proposal to scale back state rules that dictate what constitutes Tennessee whiskey and what doesn't.

March 17, 2014

Paris bans cars, trucks from city to stave off smog

Paris has taken dramatic steps to combat its growing smog problem, banning about half of the cars and trucks from driving its roads — and sending out police patrol vehicles en masse to enforce the rule.

March 17, 2014

Obama makes play for Obamacare in March Madness-themed ad

The latest push on Obamacare to the American people is a video spot from the White House released Monday that takes advantage of the March Madness basketball season and cites the "16 Sweetest Reasons to Get Covered."

March 17, 2014

Six Flags denies ride, then refund, to prosthetic-wearing veteran

A U.S. veteran whose legs were blown off during a mission in Afghanistan and who now wears two prosthetics said he was shocked and outraged when the Texas Six Flags he took his daughter to denied him entry on rides — and then refused to refund his ticket costs.

March 17, 2014

Russia TV warns U.S.: We can bomb you to ‘radioactive ash’

A journalist who works on Russia's government-run television station sent a harsh statement to the United States during a recent on-air rant, warning that his nation's military had the capacity to obliterate America.

March 17, 2014

Delta’s Boeing 757 airplane loses wing panel during flight

A Delta Air Lines plane flying from Orlando to Atlanta lost one of its wing panels while in midair. Nobody was injured, and the craft landed safely, CNN reported.

March 17, 2014

Kermit Gosnell clinic aide who heard aborted baby scream gets 5 to 10 years in prison

An aide to abortion provider Kermit Gosnell — the one who testified last year that she heard one of her partially aborted babies cry during a botched procedure — was sentenced to five to 10 years behind bars.

March 14, 2014

Iraq mulls law to let men marry 8-year-old girls

Iraqi lawmakers are mulling a new measure that would open the doors for girls as young as 8 years old to be given in marriage — and that also mandates wives must give their husbands sex on demand.

March 14, 2014

Obama goes on defense: ‘I look very sharp in jeans’

President Obama took to "On Air with Ryan Seacrest" on Friday morning to fend off criticism about an obvious sore spot — his "mom" jeans.

March 14, 2014

Sam Adams beer brewer nixes St. Patrick’s parade that won’t allow gays

Boston Beer Co., the maker of the Samuel Adams brew -- and the same company that omitted mentioning God in its Declaration of Independence-based ad -- now faces a new flap: It's pulled its sponsorship from the local St. Paddy's Day parade after learning gay veterans can't participate in it.

March 14, 2014

Houston dad kills boy, 17, in daughter’s room in mistaken ID tragedy

A father in the Houston area shot and killed a teenage boy, 17, after he found him in his daughter's bedroom in the middle of the night and she denied knowing who he was.

March 14, 2014

GM at fault for 303 airbag-related deaths: safety group

General Motors' woes have gotten a bit worse. A safety report shows that airbag deployment issues in 1.6 million recently recalled vehicles possibly contributed to the deaths of 303 people — far greater than GM's reported toll of 12 deaths related to the vehicles.

March 14, 2014

Boycott Israel movement gets boost with new app

A smartphone app in the works aims to make boycotting Israel easier by helping users quickly determine if a company is tied to the Jewish nation.

March 14, 2014

Joe Biden: I can’t be president — my golf would suffer

Vice President Joseph R. Biden said during a Thursday evening exchange with Ireland's Taoiseach Enda Kenny: I can't run for the presidency. My golf game might suffer.

March 14, 2014

German authorities grab suspected hardline Islamist

German authorities say they've caught a male citizen who spent time in Syria last year fighting for hardline Islamists.

March 14, 2014

Rare lesbian HIV transmission case turns up in Texas

The Centers for Disease Control say that although it's rare, a lesbian in Texas has infected her female partner with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.

March 14, 2014