Cheryl K. Chumley

U.N.’s latest campaign: Bringing toilets to the world

Move over peacekeeping. The United Nations has a new campaign: Turning the world into an "open defecation-free zone."

March 22, 2013

Mystery of dead pigs in Shanghai grows to 16,000

More than 16,000 dead pigs have been pulled from Shanghai rivers in the past couple weeks. The rivers feed into the city's drinking water supply, The Associated Press reports.

March 22, 2013

Three Marines dead in shooting at Quantico base

Three Marines — a male and female victim and the suspected male shooter — are dead following a Thursday evening shooting at the base in Quantico, Va.

March 22, 2013

Body language experts: Obama likes Peres better than Netanyahu

Tensions between President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have smoothed and warmed, if body language experts watching the two leaders interact this week are to be believed.

March 21, 2013

Iran threatens to ‘raze Tel Aviv’

Iran's leading cleric vowed to take out Tel Aviv and Haifa if Israel ever dared launch at attack on the Islamic republic.

March 21, 2013

New York City Council asks state for speed cameras

New York City Council members pushed a speed-camera program forward on Wednesday with a vote to petition state lawmakers to approve a pilot program.

March 21, 2013

Utah sheriff proposes fitting Alzheimer’s patients with criminal tracking anklets

A sheriff's office in northern Utah has a novel idea to keep track of Alzheimer's patients: Put them in ankle monitors that trace their every move.

March 21, 2013

Chicago politico proposes tearing down Wrigley Field scoreboard

A Chicago politician wants to demolish Wrigley Field's iconic scoreboard to clear the sky view for nearby residents.

March 21, 2013

Two helicopters collide in Berlin, leaving 1 dead and several injured

Two helicopters crashed near an Olympic stadium in Berlin, and initial reports indicate that at least one is dead and several more are injured.

March 21, 2013

YouTube hits landmark 1 billion users per month

YouTube, launched in 2005, has hit a landmark — its monthly user rate has hit 1 billion each month.

March 21, 2013

Kurdish chief to call for cease-fire of 30-year conflict in Turkey

One of the bloodiest conflicts in the world could come to a halt Thursday, as Kurdish chief Abdullah Ocalan is expected to call his rebel fighters to cease fire in Turkey.

March 21, 2013

Gay marriage is ‘in the child’s best interests,’ American Academy of Pediatrics says

The American Academy of Pediatrics, which represents 60,000-plus physicians, says it's in the best interests of children if gays are allowed to legally marry.

March 21, 2013

Greenpeace activists arrested at Jerusalem bridge

Eight Greenpeace activists who chained themselves to a Jerusalem bridge to demand that President Obama stop the drilling in the Arctic were arrested Thursday.

March 21, 2013

Mississippi passes anti-Bloomberg bill banning bans on soda sales

Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant signed into law this week an "anti-Bloomberg" measure that prohibits local governments from banning supersize sugary drinks.

March 21, 2013

Twitter turns 7 years old: Site touts more than 200M users

Twitter, touting more than 200 million active users, turns 7 years old today.

March 21, 2013

Judge denies Fort Hood shooting suspect’s attempt to plead guilty

The Fort Hood soldier charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder in the 2009 military post rampage cannot plead guilty, a judge ruled Wednesday.

March 21, 2013

Obama heads into talks with Palestinian President Abbas

President Obama arrived in Ramallah on Thursday morning for a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. The meeting comes at a time when Palestinians are pushing Mr. Obama to ratchet up his involvement with peace talks.

March 21, 2013

$3 bowl bought at yard sale yields $2.2M at auction

A bowl bought at a New York yard sale for $3 in 2007 was sold at a Sotheby's auction on Tuesday, after owners discovered the 5-inch ceramic piece actually hailed from China 1,000 years ago.

March 20, 2013

Egypt warns Hamas stealing fabric to copycat military uniforms

Egyptian military officials suspect members of the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas may be involved in a rash of fabric thefts that could be used for subterfuge, to copy uniforms.

March 20, 2013

Israeli rabbi says Obama is a ‘king of our time,’ worthy of special blessings

Those of Jewish faith and heritage have a religious duty to personally visit with President Obama during his trip to Israel, says one notable rabbi. He is, after all, a "kind of king in our time," Rabbi Ovadia Yosef says, in statements translated and reported by the Blaze.

March 20, 2013