Cheryl K. Chumley

John McCain’s wife, Cindy, to appear in play about Calif.’s Proposition 8 same-sex case

Cindy McCain, the wife of Sen. John McCain, is hitting the stage with a role in next month's Herberger Theater Center production of a play about Proposition 8, the California same-sex-marriage case that's woven its way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

April 8, 2013

NYC bicyclist hit by police car — then charged for dents to vehicle

Talk about adding insult to injury. A New York City bicyclist who was injured by a police officer who nearly ran him over with his car now has been handed a bill — to repair the dents in the cop car.

April 8, 2013

Wall of dirt at construction site fatally collapses on 2 N.C. children

Two young children were killed at a construction site in North Carolina on Sunday evening when a wall of dirt collapsed on top of them.

April 8, 2013

Three priests removed from Catholic ministry in Philadelphia for abuse

The Archdiocese of Philadelphia has removed three priests from the ministry who have been charged and convicted of child endangerment and abuse.

April 8, 2013

Leeland Eisenberg caught: Police grab N.H. man who held Hillary Clinton staffers hostage in 2007

Police said they captured Leeland Eisenberg, the man who had held several of Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign workers hostage in 2007 but who had disappeared from his halfway house in New Hampshire on Sunday.

April 8, 2013

Gov. Dannel Malloy on guns: NRA’s Wayne LaPierre like ‘clowns at the circus’

Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy had harsh words of criticism for National Rifle Association head Wayne LaPierre during a Sunday appearance on CNN.

April 8, 2013

Syria takes ‘very significant’ action and pulls troops from Golan

Syria President Bashar Assad has pulled thousands of soldiers from the Golan Heights and relocated them to Damascus, at the forefront of battle lines, leaving Israel's border open to rebel forces. In addition, a Syrian government official says a car bomb in central Damascus has killed 10 people, The Associated Press reported.

April 8, 2013

South Korea backtracks on missile statements, as North pulls workers

A leading South Korean official backtracked Monday from claims he made about North Korea prepping for an underground nuclear missile test.

April 8, 2013

NFL linebacker Ayanbadejo: Four gay players plan to come out

Word is four National Football League players are on their way out — of the closet, that is.

April 5, 2013

Japan announces new U.S. plan for Okinawa withdrawal

Japan may soon get back control of land the U.S. military currently occupies at its base in Okinawa.

April 5, 2013

ATF yanks firearms license of shop that sold guns used in Newtown shooting

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has yanked the licenses of the gun store that sold the weapons that were used in the Newtown shootings.

April 5, 2013

Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters, who is pro-Palestinian, abruptly cancels Jewish stop

Roger Waters — the founder of Pink Floyd and a vocal Palestinian movement supporter — abruptly canceled a scheduled speaking event before a Jewish audience in New York City.

April 5, 2013

Alaskan town looks to ban walking while drunk in public

Bethel, Alaska, government leaders are fed up with drunks who behave poorly in public, and they have moved to pass an ordinance banning walking under the influence.

April 5, 2013

Don Imus: ‘Jesus may have been gay’

Syndicated radio talk show host Don Imus has come under fire for comments he made during a recent broadcast in which he suggested that Jesus was a homosexual.

April 5, 2013

Indiana University awarded $423K stimulus to explore ‘condom use problems’

Trustees at Indiana University reported this week that a study on how to properly use condoms had been completed — and that funding for the research had come from federal stimulus dollars, to the tune of $423,500.

April 5, 2013

White supremacist arrested on ties to prison head Tom Clements’ murder

Police in Texas arrested a white supremacist group member to question him in the murder of Colorado's correction chief, Tom Clements.

April 5, 2013

Pope vows to act ‘with determination’ against abusers

Pope Francis said Friday that the Catholic Church was going to take decisive action against members of the clergy found guilty of sex abuse.

April 5, 2013

Judge tells FDA to provide morning-after pill for all ages

A federal judge has ruled that the Food and Drug Administration must allow females of all ages over-the-counter access to the morning-after pill.

April 5, 2013

Teen takes Maryland, and nation, by storm with pro-gun arguments

A video of a 15-year-old Maryland girl who effectively argued for the Second Amendment and against gun control to state lawmakers in three succinct minutes — and who holds political aspirations — has gone viral.

April 5, 2013

Hamas cuts ties with Assad and sends military to train rebels

The military wing of Hamas has upped its support for Syrian rebels fighting to topple President Bashar Assad and is now providing training.

April 5, 2013