Cheryl K. Chumley

Former male nurse who encouraged suicide wins free speech case

The Minnesota Supreme Court overturned the conviction of a former nurse, William Melchert-Dinkel, 51, who had been found guilty of encouraging two people to commit suicide.

March 20, 2014

Alec Baldwin wraps whine to leave New York by buying Hampton home

Hollywood hefty Alec Baldwin may talk a big game when it comes to criticizing New York City for its prevalence of celebrity-hungry paparazzi, and when it comes to vowing to move. But when it comes down to actually walking the talk, he's fallen a bit flat.

March 20, 2014

Sen. Rand Paul: U.S. intel agencies ‘drunk with power’

Sen. Rand Paul hit one of the most liberal colleges in America — Berkeley, Calif., which has earned the mocking monicker as a "People's Republic" of higher eduction — to issue a scathing assessment of the state of constitutional freedoms to a crowd of about 400: Our intel agencies are out of control.

March 20, 2014

Spain Air Force kicks off search for 4 in helicopter crash

A search-and-rescue mission kicked off Thursday morning at first light for the four members of a Spain Air Force helicopter crew who went missing after a crash into the sea off the Canary Islands.

March 20, 2014

Muslims sue after guards interrupt prayers at Empire State Building

A Muslim family has launched a lawsuit claiming security guards wrongfully booted them from the Empire State Building after catching them on the observation deck at a late hour and in an isolated spot, bent over and reciting prayers.

March 20, 2014

Taliban storm police station in east Afghanistan, killing 10

Taliban militants staged a bold attack on a police station in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing 10.

March 20, 2014

Rush Limbaugh laments world is ‘openly mocking’ Obama

Conservative radio giant Rush Limbaugh lamented that President Obama has been coming through loud and clear on the Crimea front in recent days — with an unfortunate message of a weak America.

March 19, 2014

Wayward snow plow driver in Virginia causes wreck, confounds community

An Arlington County snow plow driver captured on video driving the wrong way down a local Virginia road was then involved in a multi-car wreck that he started by running right through a stop sign, police said.

March 19, 2014

Florida lawmaker moves to ban under-16 crowd from marrying

A Florida lawmaker said she'd like to put a stop to all marriages in the state from going forward if the partners aren't at least 16 years old.

March 19, 2014

Home Depot co-founder says sorry — U.S. is not like Nazi Germany

Ken Langone, the co-founder of Home Depot who has a reported net worth of billions, said he didn't mean any harm when he likened the treatment of the wealthy in America to the tone of Adolf Hitler's rhetoric during Nazi Germany.

March 19, 2014

Satanists say they’ll turn Westboro Church founder Fred Phelps gay when he dies

Satanic Temple leader Lucien Greaves says he's happy that Westboro Baptist Church founder Fred Phelps Sr. is near death, and that he can't wait to perform a Pink Mass ceremony at the man's gravesite — a bizarre cult-like rite aimed at turning a soul gay.

March 19, 2014

Gun tattoo on man’s stomach sends Maine police into tizzy

Police carting assault rifles and responding to what they thought was a complaint of a homeowner wielding a handgun were shocked to learn that the man was actually touting something far less threatening: a tattoo.

March 19, 2014

Another outlandish Bidenism: I led Senate push for NATO to add Poland

Vice president Joseph R. Biden uncorked his latest head-scratcher while visiting Warsaw — claiming he used his chairman post on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to lead Poland to join NATO.

March 19, 2014

Netanyahu hits back at Syria: We’ll hit ‘those who attack us’

Tough-talking Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that the early morning air attacks on strategic military Syrian sites in the Golan Heights were not only justified, but that they would continue if necessary.

March 19, 2014

Franklin Graham: Putin gets a thumbs-up on gay issues, Obama not so much

When it comes to deciding what to do with gays, Russia's President Vladimir Putin has the lead on President Obama, in the eyes of world-renowned evangelist Franklin Graham.

March 19, 2014

Obamacare glitch leaves heart attack victim with $400K bill

A man in Las Vegas who thought he was covered under his state's Obamacare exchange just learned — after having a heart attack — he wasn't, and he's now been stuck with the $400,000-plus medical bill.

March 19, 2014

American beliefs: CIA infects blacks with HIV; feds hide cancer cure

About half of Americans think that the federal government is purposely keeping the world in the dark about the link between cancer and cell phones — and that the Central Intelligence Agency purposely infected blacks with the HIV virus, a new survey showed.

March 19, 2014

Downtown Disney disaster: Fish tank explodes at dinosaur-themed cafe

No fish were injured in the making of this video: That's the message one patron at a Downtown Disney cafe in Florida wanted to convey, after she caught on tape the quick-thinking actions of workers who responded to a sudden fish tank explosion.

March 19, 2014

N.J. ‘Duck Dynasty’ fan drives 20 hours for Phil Robertson baptism

A New Jersey man enamored with Phil Robertson's Christian messages hopped in his car and drove about 20 hours to the "Duck Dynasty" star's Church of Christ in Louisiana, just so he could be baptized by the family patriarch.

March 19, 2014

White House pastry chef quits: ‘I don’t want to demonize cream, butter, sugar and eggs’

Michelle Obama may have pushed the White House pastry chef a bit too far with her constant requests to replace fatty foods like cream and butter with lower-calorie options: He's quit, calling the decision "bittersweet," various media reported.

March 19, 2014