Cheryl K. Chumley

Virginia flier sporting 4th Amendment on his chest settles airport security suit

A Virginian man who stripped off his shirt and pants during a Transportation Security Administration scan at an airport in late 2010 to reveal the text of the Fourth Amendment on his chest won a little respect this week.

August 29, 2013

Video game challenges players to find path to abortion in Texas

A new video game that's in the development stages challenges players to overcome Texas law and jump through bureaucratic hoops and — winningly — find the path that leads to abortion.

August 29, 2013

Choice: Texas video game challenges players to find path to abortion

A new video game that's in the development stages challenges players to overcome Texas law and jump through bureaucratic hoops and — winningly — find the path that leads to abortion.

August 29, 2013

Britain deploys fighter jets to Cyprus as precaution for Syria

Britain’s military on Thursday sent in fighter jets to Cyprus in what political heads have called a precautionary measure, in case of international intervention in Syria and subsequent retaliation from President Bashar Assad.

August 29, 2013

Fast-food workers around the nation unite for pay strike

Fast-food workers around the nation have called for a massive strike on Thursday, billing it as the largest industry-wide job walk-off in the past year’s push for better pay.

August 29, 2013

FBI Hostage Rescue Team moves from Hannah Anderson, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to Iraq missions

The FBI has been busy lately. The same civilian special unit that captured Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in April also rescued 16-year-old Hannah Anderson from her California abductor in August — and also rescued 5-year-old Ethan from his Alabama school bus kidnapping and subsequent bunker ordeal in May.

August 29, 2013

Oklahoma town warned off tap water after blood worms discovered

Colcord, Okla., residents were warned earlier this week to keep away from their tap water after health and safety authorities discovered blood worms in the water supply.

August 29, 2013

Taliban militants ambush, kill 15 Afghan police along highway

Taliban fighters ambushed a group of Afghan police officers riding in a convoy on a main highway, killing 15 and injuring another 10, a province spokesman said on Thursday.

August 29, 2013

U.S., Russia both beef up Persian Gulf presence

The United States announced this week it's sending in an extra aircraft carrier to the Persian Gulf area — at the same time Russian authorities say they've dispatched some more military craft to the same region.

August 29, 2013

Yosemite firefighters bring in the drone to help battle blaze

Firefighters in Yosemite National Park have turned to drone technology to give them aerial views of the massive blaze in order to better plot and plan for new flare-ups.

August 29, 2013

U.S. Park Service worker assaulted, left unconscious in Arizona site

FBI agents joined an investigation Wednesday into the assault of a National Park Service worker who was left unconscious, laying on the ground near a restroom in the Chiricahua Mountains in Arizona.

August 29, 2013

David Cameron to release British intelligence on Syrian chemical attack

British Prime Minister David Cameron said his country on Thursday will release intelligence it has gathered on the reported chemical weapon assault in Syria.

August 29, 2013

MLK family members in bus crash while leaving ‘Dream’ rally

Members of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s family who attended the Wednesday event in Washington, D.C., to mark the 50th anniversary of the famous activist's "I Have a Dream Speech" were involved in a bus crash as they were headed home.

August 29, 2013

U.S. to shoot top-secret spy satellite into orbit

The United States on Wednesday afternoon is set to launch a top-secret surveillance satellite into orbit via the nation’s biggest rocket, shooting out of Vandenberg Air Force Base near Los Angeles.

August 28, 2013

U.N. nuclear agency: Iran poised to test new enrichment centrifuges at Natanz

Iran's new president has dashed Western hopes for a more amicable relationship as the International Atomic Energy Agency reported the recently seated leader has ratcheted up uranium enrichment at the underground Natanz plant.

August 28, 2013

Chinese boy, 6, abducted, eyes gouged out

A six-year-old Chinese boy was abducted, drugged and left in a field down the road from his house with his eyes removed, authorities said.

August 28, 2013

Atheists threaten suit over 9/11 memorial with Christian cross

Atheists are threatening to sue over a Princeton, N.J., planned memorial to mark the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on American soil because a metal beam that’s part of the display has a small cut-out of a Christian cross.

August 28, 2013

Kentucky kids to first lady Michelle Obama: Your food ‘tastes like vomit’

First lady Michelle Obama’s healthy eating initiative has hit a roadblock, as students and parents in one rural Kentucky school are lashing back at the mandated menu plans.

August 28, 2013

Bradley Manning gender fight escalates as Fox plays ‘Dude (Looks Like a Lady)’

The case of Army Pvt. Bradley Edward Manning, who insists his name is now Chelsea Elizabeth Manning because he wants to spend his 35 years behind bars as a woman, just won’t go quietly into the Fort Leavenworth prison night.

August 28, 2013

North Carolina bans judges from turning to Shariah law to decide cases

North Carolina's newest law, enacted without the signature of the governor, outright bans judges in certain cases from turning to Islamic law to determine rulings.

August 28, 2013