Cheryl K. Chumley

Sen. John Cornyn: Obama & Co. has ‘taken lying to a new level’

President Obama and his administrative heads have been covering up details about the attacks that took place on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, leaving four Americans dead, one key senator said this week.

December 3, 2013

Train operator said he jolted awake right before NYC derailment: report

New information released Tuesday about the deadly Metro-North Railroad derailment in the New York borough of the Bronx shows the motorman operating the control booth may have been dozing in the seconds before the crash.

December 3, 2013

Amazon’s drone delivery idea sets lawmakers on edge over privacy rights

Lawmakers who were not quite as enthusiastic as Amazon over expectations that door-to-door deliveries by drones will become a reality by 2015 have brought forth a bill that would ban the practice, at least for the time being.

December 3, 2013

Kim Jong-un’s uncle goes missing in North Korea as reports surface of his firing

Lawmakers in South Korea say recent intelligence shows that not only were two colleagues of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's uncle recently executed, but around the same time, the powerful family figure — considered a key influence on the freshman dictator — disappeared from public view.

December 3, 2013

Portland law logic: Girl, 11, told to beg instead of selling mistletoe

A Portland, Ore., girl, 11, who was trying to sell mistletoe to raise money to buy braces was told by a security guard she couldn't legally hawk — and that she should instead beg for handouts.

December 3, 2013

ACLU files suit against Catholics for no-abortion hospital policy

Lawyers with the American Civil Liberties Union filed a suit in federal court against the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, arguing that the group’s aversion to abortion caused medical staff at one Roman Catholic hospital to provide a pregnant woman who went into early labor subpar care.

December 3, 2013

Pope Francis’s colorful past: God’s nightclub bouncer

Pope Francis is generally known as the religious head of the Catholic Church, keeper of the Vatican key. But even he has a past. He was a bar bouncer.

December 3, 2013

Iran to Afghanistan: Don’t sign the security deal with the U.S.

Iran's foreign ministry told Afghanistan on Tuesday to refrain from signing any security pact with the United States that would allow for American forces to stay in the country for the next 10 years.

December 3, 2013

Seattle football fans spark earthquake with stadium cheers

Seattle football fans cheered so loud at CenturyLink Field during Monday Night Football they sparked a shake that registered as an earthquake at a recording station just down the road.

December 3, 2013

Rush Limbaugh decries Pope Francis’ ‘pure Marxism’ teachings

Conservative radio talk show icon Rush Limbaugh said Pope Francis has issued a 50,000-word statement, "The Joy of the Gospel," that contains notable suggestions for Catholic Church reform — but of dismay is the pontiff's economic principles and denouncement of capitalism.

December 3, 2013

Rights for Tommy the chimp: Group petitions court for legal person label for ape

The Nonhuman Rights Project has filed a petition with a New York court, asking that a chimp named Tommy — currently caged — be declared a legal person and given his accompanying rights, including freedom.

December 3, 2013

‘12 Days of Christmas’ gifts rise to $114K

Those seeking to buy all of the gifts popularized by the holiday carol "The Twelve Days of Christmas" should take note: This year's purchase price has risen by almost 7 percent, from $107,300 in 2012 to $114,651.

December 2, 2013

Minnesota man cited for raining down cash at Mall of America

A Minnesota man desiring simply to “spread the love” and give some needy holiday shoppers some extra bucks now finds himself facing the ire of police who say his dump of $1,000 in bills over the second-floor railing at the Mall of America was foolish, short-sighted and downright dangerous.

December 2, 2013

Pope Francis rattles Catholic Church with ‘feistier’ political side

Pope Francis had a closed-door meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, the latest example of the pontiff’s deeper wade into politics than his Catholic Church predecessors.

December 2, 2013

Supreme Court rejects LIberty University’s Obamacare appeal

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an Obamacare-related appeal from Liberty University, effectively ending a case that many saw as a last-ditch attempt to overturn the 2010 law.

December 2, 2013

U.S. sends submarine-hunting jets to E. China Sea post

U.S. military authorities dispatched the first of six top-tech submarine-hunting jets to its Okinawa post near the disputed East China Sea, a move sure to ratchet up tensions among China and the United States.

December 2, 2013

Rob Ford, embattled Toronto mayor, finds time for football

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford may be readying for the fight of his political life in next year's re-election bid after an admission of crack cocaine use, but he found time for football Sunday.

December 2, 2013

Allen West warns Obama’s ‘backdoor gun control is moving forward’

Come 2014, all ammunition sold to civilian gun-owners in America will have to be imported, a result of President Obama’s crackdown on sulfur dioxide and lead emissions and accompanying harsh Environmental Protection Agency regulations, said former Florida congressman, Lt. Col. Allen West.

December 2, 2013

Pilot decries autopilot: ‘We’re a piece of luggage’

The National Transportation Safety Board is poised to hold an investigative hearing on pilots’ use of autopilot – a commonplace occurrence that now leave the drivers of craft feeling more like baggage than highly trained operators.

December 2, 2013

GOP strategist: ‘Reagan is dead. Accept it.’

Lovers of Ronald Reagan: Avert your eyes. A leading Republican strategist said the beloved leader is dead and that the GOP of the future needs to move on and quit looking to the past.

December 2, 2013