Cheryl K. Chumley

Black Caucus member: America treats blacks inferior to whites

A member of the Congressional Black Caucus, Rep. Yvette Clarke, said Monday evening that the George Zimmerman acquittal proves one thing: America puts less value on black lives than on white lives.

July 23, 2013

Pope Francis’ security team blamed for chaos by Brazilian officials

Let the finger-pointing begin. Security teams for Pope Francis were in turmoil on Tuesday, blaming each other for the lapses that led to a wrong turn down Rio de Janeiro streets, a rush at the pontiff's car and a halt to the procession — safety compromises that don't bear well for the city that's supposed to host the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics.

July 23, 2013

Michelle Obama takes up anti-gun mantra to youth

First lady Michelle Obama — leader of the federal government's healthy eating initiatives — has found a new cause: Next up, gun safety and gun control messages to youth.

July 23, 2013

Cop who leaked Dzhokhar Tsarnaev photos placed on restricted duty

The Massachusetts State Police photographer who released photographs of Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's capture was placed on desk duty Tuesday while internal affairs investigates his action to see what rules, if any, he broke.

July 23, 2013

New York LaGuardia Airport back in business, after landing snafu

New York City's LaGuardia Airport was up and running, fully operational Tuesday after a plane skidded off the runway amid a landing gear snafu.

July 23, 2013

Texas police arrest 2 illegal immigrants in gang-rape of girl, 13

Police in Austin, Texas, arrested two Mexicans and held them on immigration detainers, after a 13-year-old girl came forward last week and claimed she was gang-raped by up to 13 men.

July 23, 2013

Federal appeals court bars Texas city law limiting housing rentals to illegals

A federal appeals court issued a ruling Monday that in effect opens the door wider for illegal immigrants to lawfully rent housing in at least one Texas suburb.

July 23, 2013

Dream Defenders, angry at Florida Gov. Rick Scott, to hold own legislative session

Protesters angry over a jury's acquittal of George Zimmerman and upset that Florida Gov. Rick Scott won't order the state Legislature into special session to scale back 'stand your ground laws' are convening their own — a mock legislative hearing to analyze Trayvon Martin's killing.

July 23, 2013

U.S.-funded U.N. camps teach Palestinian kids: Jews are ‘wolves’

A video has revealed that youth camps run by a United Nations body and funded in part by the United States teaches Palestinian children to hate Jewish people.

July 23, 2013

Cory Booker’s boast: My fame will make me a good senator

Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker said he won't be a wallflower if elected senator. Rather, he vows, he will use his New Jersey fame as a catapult for passing legislation that's favorable to state residents and true to his progressive-minded ideology, the Asbury Park (N.J.) Press reported.

July 23, 2013

Lifeline company on PR drive to counter anti-Obamaphone views

One of the companies tasked with providing free phones under the federal Lifeline program has taken to the Internet for a public relations push to counteract negative Obamaphone perceptions.

July 23, 2013

MSNBC’s Ed Schultz: Teach race relations in every school

MSNBC television host Ed Schultz posed this question at the end of a recent broadcast: Should race relations be a required course in every public school? And his answer: "Now I'm going to vote yes on this," he said.

July 23, 2013

Ex-Justice Department official: Agency tainted by ‘racial favoritism’

A former director of a unit within the U.S. Department of Justice — the Community Relations Service — said he regularly issued warnings to employees who favored advocacy over law or used their positions to push personal agendas based on perceived biases.

July 23, 2013

Trayvon Martin’s mom and Eric Holder to speak at National Urban League

Trayvon Martin's mother, Sybrina Fulton, and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder are scheduled to speak at a key civil rights conference organized by the National Urban League each year.

July 23, 2013

Beauty finalists in Malaysia forced to drop out due to Muslim fatwa

Four Muslim beauty queens were forced to drop out from the finalist round of Miss Malaysia World 2013 pageant because of a fatwa that deems such events a sin.

July 23, 2013

3 Americans killed in IED attack in Afghanistan

Three American military members were killed Tuesday in an improvised explosive device attack in eastern Afghanistan, local authorities reported.

July 23, 2013

Southwest plane’s ‘bang and a bounce’ landing injures 10 at New York’s LaGuardia Airport

The number of injured in the plane-skidding incident at New York's LaGuardia Airport rose from four to 10 on Tuesday as investigators with two federal agencies flocked to the scene.

July 23, 2013

Pope Francis’ car forced to a halt as security struggles to beats back Brazilian crowd

Thousands of Catholics, curious pilgrims and Brazilian residents swarmed Pope Francis on Monday, his first overseas trip as pontiff aimed at marking the biennial World Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro.

July 23, 2013

Gen. Martin Dempsey: U.S. in Syria would cost $1B a month

Taxpayers would pay about $1 billion a month to send in the military to Syria's ongoing civil conflict, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey told congressional members in a letter released Monday.

July 23, 2013

6 dead in Cairo sit-in as Mohammed Morsi’s family accuses military of ‘abduction’

Six people attending an hours-long sit-in for the ousted President Mohammed Morsi in Cairo were killed in clashes with security forces early Tuesday.

July 23, 2013