Cheryl K. Chumley

Alabama University basketball star arrested on kidnapping charges

A rising junior basketball player at the University of Alabama was arrested on Tuesday on charges tied to an April kidnapping of a 6-year-old girl from Mississippi.

June 5, 2013

Fort Hood shooting suspect Maj. Nidal Hasan: I was protecting the Taliban

The Army psychiatrist on trial for killing 13 people in a mass shooting on Fort Hood in 2009 said during testimony Tuesday that he thought he was protecting Taliban leadership in Afghanistan from the U.S. military.

June 5, 2013

Prius problems: Toyota recalls 250K hybrids for braking problems

Toyota is recalling a quarter of a million of its vehicles due to braking problems, company executives said on Wednesday.

June 5, 2013

Newly elected Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif puts U.S. drones in crosshairs

Pakistan's newly elected prime minister said one of his first goals would be to put an end to U.S. drone strikes in the country.

June 5, 2013

Tests confirm use of sarin gas in Syria, France says

Soil samples collected from Syria and sent to France for testing confirm that sarin gas was used on multiple occasions, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Tuesday.

June 4, 2013

Ex-Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood’s son sentenced to 5 years in Egyptian jail

He's long since left the country, but if former Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood's son Sam ever heads back to Egypt, he might need a get-out-of-jail card. An Egyptian court on Tuesday sentenced him — along with 15 other Americans — to prison time for using foreign funds to stir up unrest in the nation.

June 4, 2013

Benjamin Netanyahu touts new border fence: Only 2 illegal crossings

Israel's newest border fence with Egypt has dropped the number of illegal crossers from 2,000 per month to two, said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

June 4, 2013

Vladimir Putin endorses ban on gay adoptions

Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, said on Tuesday that he would support a legislative ban on homosexual foreign couples adopting Russian children.

June 4, 2013

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev: Supporters have sent me thousands of dollars

Accused terrorist bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev says supporters have sent in thousands of dollars to help with his defense and miscellaneous expenses.

June 4, 2013

India’s anti-rape plan: Ban mannequins wearing lingerie

One municipality in India thinks it may have the solution to rising rape statistics in the nation: Don't let the mannequins wear lingerie. And the proposal comes just as another woman — a 30-year-old American tourist — was gang-raped in a resort town Tuesday.

June 4, 2013

Russian politico: U.S. ignored Tsarnaev intelligence at its own peril

A leading Russian politician said Tuesday that the United States could have averted the Boston bombing attacks by listening to warnings about Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

June 4, 2013

240,000 trade union members jump into anti-government protests in Turkey

Nearly a quarter of a million trade union members have jumped into the anti-government protests in Turkey, calling for two-day work strikes to send a message to the "fascism" of the leading political party.

June 4, 2013

Terror suspect in Canada pushes for trial by Koran law

A man charged with plotting an attack on a train line in Canada is trying to find an attorney who can successfully convince the judge to try his case based on the Koran, not secular court law.

June 4, 2013

Feds step into sexual-harassment case against Arab-American civil rights head

Controversy continues to swirl around the head of a Michigan Arab-American civil rights group who faces a multitude of sexual-harassment charges, and the U.S. Department of Justice now taking an interest in the case.

June 4, 2013

‘Warrior Princess’: Transgender Navy SEAL chronicles change to a woman in book

A former member of the Navy's elite SEAL unit who served 20 years on the same team that took out Osama bin Laden has written a book detailing his progression from Chris the warrior to Kristin the warrior princess — a story of a stifled transgendered commando who found the road to inner peace.

June 4, 2013

International gun grab: U.S. to sign U.N. arms treaty

Secretary of State John F. Kerry said Monday the United States will sign on to a U.N. treaty on arms control, over the objections of many in Congress who say the global document would clamp down on America's Second Amendment.

June 4, 2013

FBI turns to public to recover Marine reservist kidnapped in Mexico

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is seeking tips from the public to aid in the investigation of a U.S. Marine reservist who was kidnapped in Mexico.

June 4, 2013

Petraeus scandal: Socialite Jill Kelley sues FBI, Pentagon for ‘hurtful’ leaks

The Florida socialite at the heart of the adultery scandal that tainted retired Army Gen. David H. Petraeus and his biographer, Paula Broadwell, has filed a lawsuit against the government, claiming she was libeled.

June 4, 2013

Sen. Ted Cruz blasts Supreme Court’s DNA ruling: It’s ‘Big Brother’

Sen. Ted Cruz issued scathing words of criticism for Supreme Court justices who ruled Monday in favor of letting police collect DNA samples from those arrested but not convicted, absent warrants.

June 4, 2013

Last Boston bombing victim, a Md. teacher, leaves hospital

Erika Brannock, a 29-year-old teacher who lost her left leg in the April 15 Boston bombing terrorist attack, is heading home to Maryland.

June 4, 2013