Jessica Chasmar

Woman’s catfishing scheme uncovers niece’s sinister murder plot

An Alabama woman trying to teach her 19-year-old niece a lesson about inviting online strangers over to her home ended up uncovering the girl's sinister plot to hire a hit man for her murder.

June 11, 2014

La. mother mistaken for felon forced to spend weeks in Fla. jail

In a case of mistaken identity, a 28-year-old single mother was wrongly arrested twice by a northern Florida sheriff's office and forced to spend weeks in jail.

June 11, 2014

Seattle business charges ‘living wage’ tax in response to $15 wage hike

A Seattle-area parking business is tacking a "living wage surcharge" onto its customers' bills in response to the new $15 minimum wage requirement that went into effect this year.

June 11, 2014

GOP Rep. Peter King: We can’t let ‘Ted Cruz types’ take over the party

Republican Rep. Peter King said Wednesday that the GOP must work to prevent "the Ted Cruzes and the Rand Pauls" from taking over the party.

June 11, 2014

Clinton: Taliban Five ‘are not a threat to the United States’

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday that the five Taliban prisoners who were released in exchange for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl "are not a threat to the United States," despite a statement from President Obama last week that suggested otherwise.

June 11, 2014

Senate Democrats want to ban e-cigarettes on planes

A group of Democratic senators sent a letter Tuesday calling on the Department of Transportation to pick up the pace in implementing a ban on electronic cigarettes on planes.

June 10, 2014

St. Louis archbishop ‘not sure’ he knew child sex abuse was a crime

The head of the Archdiocese of St. Louis said several times under oath that he couldn't remember how he dealt with child sex abuse allegations against a Minnesota priest years ago, and that he's "not sure" he even believed child sex abuse was a crime back then.

June 10, 2014

Danny Glover to lead rally for Hollywood tax breaks

Actor Danny Glover is leading a rally in San Francisco on Saturday to support bigger tax breaks for California's film and television industry.

June 10, 2014

Boy, 2, crushed to death by dolphin statue at Fisherman’s Wharf

A 2-year-old boy died Friday after a dolphin statue outside a museum in San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf fell on him.

June 10, 2014

Indiana sheriff on MRAP purchase: ‘America has become a war zone’

The sheriff of Pulaski County, Indiana, said his department's mine-resistant, ambush-protected (MRAP) vehicle is necessary, because "the United States of America has become a war zone."

June 10, 2014

Bullet-resistant blanket could protect students during shootings, tornadoes

An Oklahoma company has designed a bullet-resistant blanket meant to protect students and teachers during the event of a tornado or shooting attack.

June 10, 2014

Rep. Charlie Rangel uses iPad during live debate

New York Rep. Charlie Rangel was seen tinkering away on his iPad during a live congressional debate against his challengers over the weekend.

June 9, 2014

Wendy Davis: Republicans dislike ‘people who don’t look like them’

Texas State Sen. Wendy Davis suggested that the Republican stance on immigration is a racist one, and that conservatives simply don't like "people who don't look like them."

June 9, 2014

Miss USA contestant asked about Bergdahl swap: ‘I don’t feel it’s right’

Miss Louisiana Brittany Guidry said during Sunday night's Miss USA pageant that she didn't fully agree with the Obama administration's decision to trade five terrorist prisoners for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl.

June 9, 2014

Canadian manhunt underway for 3 who escaped jail in helicopter

A massive manhunt is underway after three men escaped from a Canadian jail in a helicopter, police said.

June 9, 2014

13-year-old Ohio girl stabs mother in 2nd ‘Slenderman’ attack

An Ohio teen attacked her mother with a knife in the second stabbing linked to the fictional horror character "Slenderman."

June 9, 2014

California Chrome co-owner apologizes for rant against Belmont winner

California Chrome's co-owner Steve Coburn gave an emotional apology Monday after his two-day rant against the Belmont Stakes winner, Tonalist.

June 9, 2014

Taliban commander: Bergdahl swap ‘has encouraged our people’

The Taliban is newly invigorated by President Obama's swap of five high-level terror suspects for U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, a commander for the group told Time magazine Thursday.

June 5, 2014

Boko Haram ‘fake preachers’ slaughter 45 worshippers

Suspected Boko Haram Islamists pretended to be preachers and corralled at least 45 worshippers before slaughtering them near their church in northeast Nigeria, Agence France-Presse reported Thursday.

June 5, 2014