Cheryl K. Chumley

Trayvon Martin supporters stage ‘National Hoodie March’

Protesters have scheduled a "National Hoodie March" for Monday in support of Florida shooting victim Trayvon Martin, killed in February 2012 by neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman.

June 10, 2013

Taliban accused of beheading boys, 10 and 16, for spying

Taliban militants beheaded two boys — including one who was only age 10 — for spying in the southern Afghanistan district of Kandahar, law enforcement reported Monday.

June 10, 2013

Syrian Islamists kill boy, 15, in front of parents for disrespecting prophet

Members of an al Qaeda-linked group in Syria executed a 15-year-old boy in front of his parents after kidnapping and torturing him for making disrespectful statements about Islam's Prophet Muhammad, a human rights group in the region claimed.

June 10, 2013

Sex scandals, covered-up crimes hit at State Department: memo

The State Department has been tainted by an internal memo that revealed security personnel and even diplomats may have committed inappropriate, illegal behavior during overseas trips.

June 10, 2013

Researchers claim ‘fantastic’ find in cancer treatment

Researchers say they've discovered a "fantastic potential" in atomic medicine to fight off and treat cancer, an executive with a French nuclear facility said.

June 10, 2013

Cleveland’s Ariel Castro faces 329 counts for kidnappings

Prosecutors are trying to decide whether to seek the death penalty for Ariel Castro, the Cleveland man who faces 329 separate counts in the kidnapping of three Ohio women.

June 10, 2013

Scotland Yard arrests 4 teens in Islamic school arson in London suburb

Scotland Yard authorities have taken four teens into custody in connection with a suspicious fire at an Islamic boarding school in the London suburb of Chislehurst that forced the evacuation of 128 students and staffers.

June 10, 2013

Glenn Beck, Michael Moore call NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden a hero

Conservative radio commentator Glenn Beck and liberal Hollywood movie-maker Michael Moore have found common ground on the National Security Agency whistleblower, Edward Snowden: He's a hero.

June 10, 2013

Thousands evacuated as river dam bursts in eastern Germany

Thousands in eastern Germany have been evacuated from their homes as a dam broke, sending Elbe River waters gushing.

June 10, 2013

Caught on film: JFK Airport guards sleeping on the job

Security guards who work at a key wish-list target for the world's terrorists, JFK Airport, have been caught sleeping at key posts, damaging photographs prove.

June 10, 2013

Doctor: Nelson Mandela’s ‘condition is unchanged’

Former South African President Nelson Mandela is still recovering in the hospital from his latest medical bout with a lung infection and is considered in serious but stable condition, doctors said Monday.

June 10, 2013

George Zimmerman heads to court for jury selection

Jury selection for the trial of George Zimmerman, who is charged with the second-degree murder of a Florida teenager, kicks off on Monday.

June 10, 2013

Actor John Malkovich saves bleeding man in Toronto

A doorman at a Toronto building suggested that if it weren't for Hollywood actor John Malkovich, a 77-year-old man who accidentally cut his throat on scaffolding may not have recovered so quickly.

June 10, 2013

Back-to-back bombings kill 14 in busy market in Iraq

Car bombs that exploded one after the other on Monday rocked a busy market in Iraq, leaving at least 14 dead.

June 10, 2013

Kabul airport in chaos as Taliban militants launch deadly attack

Seven Taliban militants launched a suicide bomb and gun attack on Afghanistan's main airport in Kabul early Monday, taking on security forces in a violent battle that lasted almost four hours.

June 10, 2013

GOP’s Peter King: NSA leaker Edward Snowden must be extradited, prosecuted

Leading Republicans in the House have called for the extradition of the man at the heart of the National Security Agency information scandal, Edward Snowden, who is in Hong Kong.

June 10, 2013

Chocolate wars: Mars, Nestle, Hershey accused of price-fixing

Nestle, Mars and Hershey operations in Canada have been charged with conspiracy in a chocolate price-fixing investigation — which could mean significant fines and jail time for those charged, investigators said.

June 7, 2013

IRS bill drives man to attempt suicide on street near ‘Today’ show

A man who tried to commit suicide outside the NBC "Today" studios at Rockefeller Center during the show's Thursday broadcast was distraught over a $1.3 million bill from the Internal Revenue Service, authorities said.

June 7, 2013

Judge orders second sick child onto adult organ transplant list

The family of an 11-year-old boy awaiting a new lung has won a federal judge's support, and now his name could be permanently added to an adult transplant list.

June 7, 2013

Palin: America ‘so screwed’ by Obama’s Rice, Power picks

Sarah Palin said the United States is "so screwed" by President Obama's picks of Susan Rice to head national security and Samantha Power as ambassador to the United Nations.

June 7, 2013