Cheryl K. Chumley

Openly gay Christine Quinn launches bid for NYC mayor

New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who is openly gay, has officially thrown her hat in the ring to become the next mayor.

March 11, 2013

EU bans all sales of cosmetics tested on animals

It was years in the making, but European Union leaders finally banned the sale of all cosmetics that rely on animal testing during development. The ban is total: No cosmetic products from any market in the world can enter the EU for sale if they violate the new rules.

March 11, 2013

Homemade alcohol in Libya kills dozens, sickens hundreds

Since Saturday, 38 have died and hundreds more are ill from drinking homemade alcohol in Tripoli, the nation's health minister said.

March 11, 2013

NYC soda inspectors get 17-ounce cups to ensure size compliance

New York City restaurant inspectors have a new piece of equipment — special cups that can hold up to 17 ounces — in order to ensure compliance with the mayor's ban on supersize drinks.

March 11, 2013

Ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick convicted of corruption

Jurors convicted former Democratic Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick on a range of corruption charges Monday, practically guaranteeing a prison sentence that surpasses 20 years.

March 11, 2013

Pro-2nd Amendment demonstrators bring their guns to Wash. state Capitol

Nearly 200 protesters — many of whom carried and brandished guns — turned out for a rally on the grounds of the Washington state Capitol in support of Second Amendment rights.

March 11, 2013

U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice ‘far and away’ Obama’s choice for security adviser

Susan E. Rice, the current U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, is President Obama's top choice for national security adviser, political insiders say.

March 11, 2013

Saudi swordsmen struggle to keep pace with beheading demand

Saudi Arabian swordsmen are working double time to keep pace with the country's justice demands for beheadings.

March 11, 2013

Speed cited in Ohio crash that killed 6 teens

Police say speed, not alcohol or drugs, was a key factor in a crash that killed six of eight teenagers in an SUV headed down an Ohio roadway on Sunday.

March 11, 2013

Bionic suit to help paraplegics walk could be ‘Obamacare’ casualty

It's the stuff of science-fiction books — or, at least, of television "bionic man" fare. But researchers say they now have the technology to let paraplegics walk. The only problem is, they're not sure how market-friendly they can make it because of "Obamacare" mandates.

March 11, 2013

Stonehenge solved? It’s a community graveyard, researchers say

Researchers in Britain think they've stumbled on a solution to a decades-long mystery: What is Stonehenge?

March 11, 2013

Top U.S. admiral cites climate change, not China, as biggest Pacific security threat

Navy Admiral Samuel Locklear III is in charge of keeping an eye on North Korea, on the progression of tensions between China and Japan, and on cybersecurity threats from China. But he still thinks the biggest security threat in the Pacific is climate change.

March 11, 2013

Rep. Jan Schakowsky: More crackdowns coming, as ‘I’m against handguns’

Rep. Jan Schakowsky said at a women's rights rally that a Democratic-backed push to ban so-called assault weapons and to mandate background checks for private gun sales were just the beginning of a larger agenda to clamp down on Second Amendment rights.

March 11, 2013

Sarah Palin to Christians: Cling to God, guns

Former Alaska Gov. and 2008 vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin didn't mince words to students at a Christian university in Lakeland, Fla.

March 11, 2013

Israel preps for Obama’s first visit with operation ‘Unbreakable Alliance’

Israel is preparing to go down into near-lockdown mode, with a security mission dubbed "Unbreakable Alliance" for President Obama's upcoming visit.

March 11, 2013

Paul Ryan calls White House run in 2016 ‘realistic’

Rep. Paul Ryan says he won't run for House speaker, but he could very well run for president in 2016.

March 11, 2013

U.N. conservationist body adds sharks to species protection list

Delegates at a U.N. conservationist gathering in Bangkok have voted to clamp down on the shark trade, and they've added two new species to a threatened list.

March 11, 2013

American troops killed during insider attack in Afghanistan

An unspecified number of American and Afghan troops were killed by an Afghani in uniform who opened fire on Monday in the eastern province of Wardak.

March 11, 2013

EU ministers gather to ‘stop the killing’ in Syria

Foreign ministers with the European Union are meeting to find consensus on how the global community might stop the violence in Syria.

March 11, 2013

England’s top doctor sees growing resistance to antibiotics as ‘ticking time bomb’

Medical experts in England say the growing resistance to antibiotics is a "ticking time bomb" that rivals terrorism as a threat to the human population.

March 11, 2013