Cheryl K. Chumley

Cargo plane crashes at Afghan air base, possibly killing crew

A cargo plane crashed during takeoff at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan on Monday, a U.S. military spokesman said.

April 29, 2013

Westboro Baptists to picket ‘pervert-run’ Kansas colleges

Westboro Baptist Church members are picking up their picket signs and heading to four Kansas college graduation ceremonies.

April 29, 2013

Missouri lawmaker tries to ban seersucker suits

A Missouri state senator tried tacking on an amendment to an education bill that would have prohibited residents who are older than 8 from wearing suits made of seersucker.

April 29, 2013

Georgia county hosts first racially integrated prom in school history

Students at a Wilcox County, Ga., high school had their first integrated prom in history, after years of parent-sponsored dances that allowed for legally separate dances for blacks and whites.

April 29, 2013

Report: Obama spent more hours golfing, vacationing than in economic meetings

President Obama logged more hours on the golf course and on vacation than he did in meetings on the economy, a new report from the nonpartisan Government Accountability Institute found.

April 29, 2013

Fired Olympic head who fled from Vladimir Putin says he’s been poisoned

The Olympic head in charge of prepping Russia for 2014 games but then fired and condemned by President Vladimir Putin's for cost overruns now says he's been poisoned.

April 29, 2013

Boy, 10, on school camping trip, suspended for carrying Swiss Army knife

A 10-year-old boy in California was suspended for carrying along his Swiss Army knife — a tool that's designed for camping and outdoor use — on a school camping trip.

April 29, 2013

CIA slipped millions to Hamid Karzai’s offices to buy influence: Report

The CIA delivered over the course of a decade tens of millions of dollars of U.S. cash to Afghan President Hamid Karzai's offices via suitcases, backpacks and plastic bags, a media outlet reported.

April 29, 2013

Spain arrests suspect in massive cyberattack

Police in Spain say they've caught the suspect responsible for the biggest cyberattack in the nation's history, a 35-year-old Dutch man who traveled in a van that was equipped as a mobile office.

April 29, 2013

Michael Jackson’s mom heads to court against promoter AEG

Four years later, Michael Jackson fans may receive a more complete accounting of what led to his death. That's because lawyers in Los Angeles representing Jackson's mother are poised to argue that the pop singer's death came by way of the company promoting his comeback tour — and that means plenty of juicy behind-the-scenes details are on their way to tabloid tables.

April 29, 2013

Car bombs in Iraq kill 26, injure dozens

Five car bombs exploded in Iraqi areas dominated by Shiites on Monday, killing 26 civilians and injuring dozens more.

April 29, 2013

Man rushes choir during Sunday service in New Mexico, stabs 4

A 24-year-old man rushed the choir at the tail end an Albuquerque, N.M., church service on Sunday, brandishing a knife and ultimately stabbing four.

April 29, 2013

Abortion counselor explains how fetus pieces are put in jar: Undercover video

An undercover video taken and distributed by a pro-life group suggests that the gruesome details described at Dr. Kermit Gosnell's abortion trial may actually repeat at other clinics in other states.

April 29, 2013

Rescue operations halted in Bangladesh factory collapse

The death count on Monday stands at 380, as emergency responders to a Bangladesh factory collapse shifted operations from rescue to recovery and rubble removal.

April 29, 2013

Several injured, trapped as blast rocks building in Prague

Authorities said a huge explosion on Monday rocked a building in Prague, collapsing portions and trapping an unknown number of victims in the rubble.

April 29, 2013

Syria’s prime minister escapes assassination attempt; bomber targeted convoy

Syria's prime minister escaped a daring assassination attempt on Monday when an attacker targeted his convoy in downtown Damascus and detonated a bomb.

April 29, 2013

Virginia’s Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli targets women with new campaign ad

Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli is reaching out to women voters with his first television campaign ad for governor, starring his wife, Teiro.

April 26, 2013

N.J. senator pushes to tax electric cars by mile

A senator in New Jersey wants to recoup revenues lost from gas taxes on electric car drivers with a new fee that would charge them by the mile for their travels.

April 26, 2013

50 found alive in Bangladesh factory rubble

An estimated 50 survivors were discovered Friday with the piles of rubble that once served as a garment factory Bangladesh.

April 26, 2013

Exploding bus that killed dozens in Afghanistan blamed on Taliban

A bus exploded in flames after colliding with an abandoned oil tanker that had been attacked by Taliban militants on Friday, southern Afghanistan police said.

April 26, 2013