Cheryl K. Chumley

John Kerry on climate change: ‘Science is screaming’ for new energy controls

U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry vowed during Earth Day remarks to deal with climate change, one of the world's foremost "clear and present danger[s]."

April 23, 2013

Army orders troops to scratch off Bible inscription on scopes

The U.S. Army has ordered soldiers to scratch off a Bible verse that was inscribed by the vendor in the middle of serial numbers on weapon scopes.

April 23, 2013

Syrian bishops who warned of religious intolerance kidnapped

Two well-known bishops in Syria who had issued repeated warnings to church and political officials about the nation's religious intolerance were kidnapped Monday by armed rebel fighters in Aleppo.

April 23, 2013

George W. Bush gains poll favor as presidential library sets to open

Former President George W. Bush is finally finding the love. Recent poll numbers put the previously unpopular president — his second term poll numbers were the lowest for any second term president since World War II, ABC reported — back in the golden graces of the public. And the good news comes at a good time: Mr. Bush is about to open his presidential library for public viewing.

April 23, 2013

Supreme Court watchers keeping an eye on Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s possible retirement

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has said repeatedly she isn't going to retire her seat — this year. But court watchers and legal experts see a caveat in that affirmation and say that may be her way of keeping open the door to a 2015 retirement, while President Obama is still in office.

April 23, 2013

Dutch diplomat gets 12 years for spying for Russia

A Dutch diplomat was sentenced Tuesday to 12 years in prison for spying for Russia and handing over sensitive and confidential NATO and European Union documents.

April 23, 2013

Spain arrests 2 suspected al Qaeda members with profiles similar to Boston brothers

Spanish authorities arrested two suspected al Qaeda members who have profiles that are similar to Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the nation's Interior Ministry said.

April 23, 2013

French Embassy in Libya hit by car bomb

Two guards were injured in a Tuesday car bombing of the French Embassy located in Tripoli, Libya.

April 23, 2013

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev: Tamerlan was the mastermind in Boston bombing

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving suspect in the Boston bombings, told investigators that it was his brother, Tamerlan, and not internationalist terror cell members, who plotted the April 15 marathon attacks.

April 23, 2013

German Chancellor Angela Merkel to eurozone: Cede sovereignty to Europe

The 17 nations that make up the eurozone need to accept that Europe is in charge, and they need to toe that line when it comes to forging spending and debt deals, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said.

April 22, 2013

Carjacking victim: Tsarnaev brothers let me go because I wasn’t American

The only reason the carjacking victim in the hunt for Boston Marathon bombing suspects Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev wasn't killed was that he wasn't an American, several media outlets have reported

April 22, 2013

Pakistan’s Pervez Musharraf escapes treason charges — for now

Pakistan's caretaker government has dropped its pursuit of treason against former President Pervez Musharraf.

April 22, 2013

Westboro Baptist’s protest of marathon victim’s funeral stymied by Teamsters

Roughly 200 local Teamsters gathered Monday at a Boston-area church to block picketers from Westboro Baptist Church from disrupting the funeral of Boston bombing victim Krystle Campbell.

April 22, 2013

China warns of fourth North Korean nuclear test

Top Chinese military officials are taking seriously the possibility for North Korea to conduct a fourth nuclear test.

April 22, 2013

Facebook shuts down site of gun shop giving away AR-15

The Facebook fan page for Pittsburgh Tactical Firearm, the owner of which has been running a giveaway contest for an AR-15, has been inexplicably closed — along with a second page that the owner started as a replacement for the first.

April 22, 2013

Mississippi River near Vicksburg closed after barges hit bridge

Portions of the Mississippi River have been closed to allow investigators to determine if a barge that collide with a bridge and sank now presents a safety hazard for other ships navigating the waters.

April 22, 2013

3 Saudis sentenced to 6 years for plot to kill Americans

An anti-terror court in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, sentenced three Saudis to six years in jail over a plot to kill seven Americans who were in the kingdom between 2003 and 2006.

April 22, 2013

2 Taliban members mistakenly blow themselves up while making bomb

Two members of the Taliban were killed in Afghanistan's Baghlan province, just north of Kabul, when the bombs they were making exploded prematurely.

April 22, 2013

Egyptian prosecutor suspended for flogging drunken man, cited Koran in order

An Egyptian prosecutor has been suspended after he ordered that a man who was drunk in public be flogged 80 times, in accordance with the principles of the Koran.

April 22, 2013

5 dead, 13 hurt in border chase in Arizona

A sport utility vehicle carrying at least 18 people crashed and killed five after the driver tried to flee from Border Patrol agents in Arizona on Monday.

April 22, 2013