Cheryl K. Chumley

Sarah Palin: Yes, I’m mulling a Senate run

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said on a Tuesday night's Fox News broadcast that she has considered a run for the Senate — and still is.

July 10, 2013

Dozens buried by mudslides in China as rescue workers comb for survivors

Flooding has triggered mudslides in a western region of China, and emergency responders estimate about 40 have been buried.

July 10, 2013

Elisabeth Hasselbeck of ‘The View’ moving to ‘Fox & Friends’

Goodbye Gretchen Carlson. Hello Elisabeth Hasselbeck. Ms. Carlson announced on "Fox & Friends" Wednesday morning that she's leaving the infamous curvy couch in September to head up her own talk show. And filling her slot — the lone conservative voice from "The View," Ms. Hasselbeck.

July 10, 2013

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev heads to arraignment in Boston bombing case

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the 19-year-old suspect in the Boston bombing case, is due for arraignment Wednesday to face 30 charges related to the death of four people and the wounding of 260.

July 10, 2013

NAACP to Lee County, Fla.: Tear down this Gen. Robert E. Lee portrait

The president of an NAACP branch in Florida has petitioned members of the Lee County Commission to take down a painting of Gen. Robert E. Lee, calling the former Confederate leader a historic symbol of racism.

July 9, 2013

Human skull found near ninth hole of Florida golf course

Law enforcement personnel are scratching for clues in a recent discovery near the ninth hole at Oriole Executive Golf Course in South Florida — a human skull.

July 9, 2013

Saudi Arabia to foreigners: Abide Muslim Ramadan rules, or face punishment

Saudi Arabia has issued a warning to all foreigners and tourists who are in the country during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan: Abide all fasting rules, or else face punishment. The dictate applies to even those of different faiths.

July 9, 2013

New York school drops Michelle Obama lunch standards: Kids too hungry

New York's Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake school district has become the latest casualty in first lady Michelle Obama's preferred lunch plan, dropping the menu after too many students complained of hunger.

July 9, 2013

Gunmen open fire at Christian church in Egypt

Masked gunmen opened fire into a Christian place of worship, the Mar Mina Church in Port Said in northeast Egypt on Tuesday.

July 9, 2013

Pennsylvania lesbians file suit to overturn state marriage ban

A lesbian couple in Pennsylvania filed a suit on Tuesday to overturn the state's ban on same-sex marriage.

July 9, 2013

Scores sign fake petition to repeal Bill of Rights

A video released Monday shows an author and activist asking people on the street to sign a petition to repeal the Bill of Rights — and they do.

July 9, 2013

Edward Snowden accepts asylum offer from Venezuela: report

NSA information leaker Edward Snowden has accepted an asylum offer from Venezuela, the Associated Press reports.

July 9, 2013

New U.S. economy: Part-time and temp job markets explode

The new economic reality in the United States is this: The workforce has shifted from full-timers to part-timers.

July 9, 2013

Fox’s Bob Beckel declares: George Zimmerman a racist ‘wannabe cop’

Bob Beckel, the liberal voice of Fox News' hourlong news discussion show, "The Five," said it's obvious that George Zimmerman — the Florida man on trial for second-degree murder for the February 2012 shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin — is racist.

July 9, 2013

N.Y. hospital fined after ‘dead’ woman prepped for organ removal opens eyes

A hospital in upstate New York was fined and forced to undergo an independent quality assurance analysis after a media outlet's Freedom of Information Act request revealed egregious acts of medical malpractice on the part of staff and doctors.

July 9, 2013

Teen arrested over tweet that played on the song ‘Timebomb’

A 16-year-old boy who attended a Pink concert in Australia and live-tweeted a play on words with the singer's song "Timebomb" found himself in hot water with law enforcement.

July 9, 2013

Sarah Palin slams John Kerry yacht brouhaha: Government again ‘lied to us’

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin issued a scathing Facebook denouncement of how the State Department handled the fact that Secretary John Kerry was aboard his yacht at the very time Egypt was ousting President Mohammed Morsi — first by denying, then by admitting. She characterized it as a worrisome deception.

July 9, 2013

Florida law enforcement agencies prepare for verdict from George Zimmerman trial

Law enforcement agencies in several Florida counties have joined forces to plot a course of action in case George Zimmerman's murder trial wraps with a not-guilty verdict and outraged members of the public become violent.

July 9, 2013

TSA taps decorated, disabled Marine for extra scrutiny

A retired, disabled U.S. Marine in full dress and donned with numerous medals was flagged by federal security agents at a California airport for wearing "too much metal," and pulled to the side for additional scrutiny — even asked to lift his arms, despite an injury that made doing so impossible.

July 9, 2013

Nidal Hasan’s Fort Hood shooting trial enters jury selection

Jury selection for the Fort Hood shooting massacre starts Tuesday, bringing victims and witnesses in the 2009 incident one step closer to an uncomfortable twist: Suspect Maj. Nidal Hasan, acting as his own defense attorney, will get to pose questions to those who take the stand.

July 9, 2013