Cheryl K. Chumley

FOIA fiasco: Osama bin Laden files secretly moved from Defense Dept. to CIA

Suddenly, obtaining information on the Navy SEAL raid on Osama bin Laden's hideaway home got a bit tougher.

July 8, 2013

San Francisco pilot was still in training at time of fatal crash

The pilot in the crash at San Francisco International Airport that killed two and injured more than 100 was still in training and had never before landed that type of craft at that port, airline spokespeople said Monday.

July 8, 2013

Plane crash at Alaska airport leaves 10 dead

Ten were killed in a fiery plane crash at a municipal airport in Alaska's Kenai Peninsula on Sunday, just 25 hours after the fatal airplane landing at San Francisco's port.

July 8, 2013

Dozens killed in Egypt as Mohammed Morsi supporters stage sit-in

At least 40 supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi were killed Monday morning during a sit-in near the Republican Guard building where the former Egyptian leader is believed to be under house arrest.

July 8, 2013

Teresa Heinz Kerry may have had a seizure, family source says

A source close to Teresa Heinz Kerry's family said Monday the ailing billionaire may have suffered a seizure and that's what led to her emergency admittance to a Massachusetts hospital.

July 8, 2013

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon vetoes bill to moot federal gun laws

Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon vetoed a bill on Friday that would have criminalized the enforcement of some federal gun laws in the state.

July 5, 2013

China supplies most fireworks used in U.S.

Nearly every firework display that's blown up in the United States has the "Made in China" stamp, a new study found.

July 5, 2013

Mandela not ‘vegetative,’ South African authorities say

South African authorities have gone on the defensive about the health of Nelson Mandela, disputing a court filing that labeled the former president as completely vegetative.

July 5, 2013

Privacy group to petition Supreme Court to kill NSA spy program

The Electronic Privacy Information Center said Thursday it will petition the U.S. Supreme Court to abolish the law that lets the National Security Agency collect data on Americans' telephone calls.

July 5, 2013

Israel, U.S., Egypt huddle for quiet talks on strategy

Israel is in quiet, behind-the-scenes talks with top-level officials in the United States and in Egypt, aimed at coordinating strategies in case of spillover violence from the ousting of President Mohammed Morsi.

July 5, 2013

Egyptian troops open fire on Morsi supporters: Report

Egypt's military opened fire Friday on scores of Mohammed Morsi supporters who had gathered near the Republican Guard headquarters to protest the president's ouster.

July 5, 2013

Female Afghani cop, hailed as women’s rights hero, shot dead

A leading female police officer in Afghanistan, hailed as a hero in a strict religious atmosphere that discourages women from appearing on the streets without a burqa, was fatally shot Thursday morning.

July 5, 2013

Trayvon Martin’s mother confident screams on 911 call is her son

Trayvon Martin's mother testified Friday that she is positive the voice heard screaming for help on a recorded emergency call is her son's.

July 5, 2013

State Department reversal: John Kerry was on yacht during Morsi ouster

The State Department said Secretary of State John Kerry briefly boarded his private yacht at the same time of the Egypt's military ouster of President Mohammed Morsi — a drastic switch from denials earlier this week that Mr. Kerry was ever aboard the boat.

July 5, 2013

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg denies eye on retirement

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said she's not stepping away from her Supreme Court seat, no matter what liberal commentators say.

July 5, 2013

Boston Bruins trade Tyler Seguin, Rich Peverley

The Boston Bruins wrapped a Fourth of July trade by shipping out center Tyler Seguin as part of a swap for Dallas Stars forward Loui Eriksson.

July 5, 2013

Founding Fathers would be ashamed of America, 71 percent say in Gallup poll

Fully 71 percent of Americans say the Founding Fathers would be ashamed of the direction the country has taken in recent years, a new survey from Gallup indicated.

July 5, 2013

Philippines on track to cut poverty in half by 2015, economists say

Leading financial figures in the Philippines promised on Friday that the government was on track to growing its economy to the point of halving the nation's poverty, by 2015.

July 5, 2013

Twitter to use cookies, other spy technology to target ads

Twitter users beware: The company reports its site will now use browser cookies, technology that tracks and records all the websites that visitors look at.

July 5, 2013

Piers Morgan’s Fourth of July pine: Wish King George III had won

Happy Birthday, America. Too bad King George III didn't win. That's pretty much how CNN host Piers Morgan rang in Fourth of July celebrations, with this tweet: "To Life, Liberty & Happiness — and deep abiding regret that George III couldn't keep his [expletive] together."

July 5, 2013