Jessica Chasmar

Judge grants long-term hold for Amanda Bynes with treatment costing $3,500 per day

Amanda Bynes is camped out at the UCLA Medical Center for at least 60 days after a judge granted experts a long-term hold for the troubled actress.

September 3, 2013

Texan who killed man raping his daughter will not face murder charge

A Texas father will not face murder charges for killing a man with his own bare hands after he discovered the suspect raping his 5-year-old daughter in a remote barn.

September 3, 2013

Nigerian Islamists gun down 5 Christians after they declare their faith

Islamists gunned down five people in a roadside ambush near Nigeria's central city of Jos, only killing them after they declared their Christian faith, church representatives said Monday.

September 3, 2013

2 Palestinians arrested after truck breaks through gate at Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport

Two Palestinians were arrested in Israel early Tuesday morning after their truck broke through the security barrier at Ben Gurion Airport outside Tel Aviv, the Jerusalem Post reported.

September 3, 2013

Wasserman Schultz justifies Syria attack: ‘As a Jew … never again has to mean something’

Appearing on CNN Monday night, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz justified an attack on Syria as moral, because "as a Jew ... the concept of never again has to mean something."

September 3, 2013

6 people, including 2 children, dead in head-on crash in Pennsylvania

Six people, including two children, were killed Saturday night in a head-on collision in McKean County, Pa., local media reported.

September 1, 2013

PBS host Tavis Smiley: Obama ‘dishonoring’ MLK’s legacy with Syria plans

PBS host Tavis Smiley appeared on "This Week With George Stephanopoulos" Sunday morning, arguing that President Obama is "dishonoring" Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy of nonviolence with his proposed military actions against Syria.

September 1, 2013

Charles Krauthammer slams Obama’s decision to delay Syria strike: ‘Amateur hour’

Charles Krauthammer took to Fox News following President Obama's statements from the Rose Garden on Saturday to slam the administration for engaging in "amateur hour" for failing to show a sense of urgency in the Syrian conflict.

September 1, 2013

NYC cancels final day of Electric Zoo music festival after second drug overdose

New York City officials canceled the last day of the Electric Zoo music festival on Randall's Island after two spectators died in apparent drug overdoses.

September 1, 2013

Ohio man pummels clerk with Bible during robbery attempt

A man tried to rob a gas station in Toledo, Ohio, last week after pummeling a store clerk in the head with a Bible, police said.

September 1, 2013

4 children killed in Elmira, N.Y., house fire: report

A fire tore through a two-story home in Elmira, N.Y., on Friday night and killed four children, neighbors said.

September 1, 2013

Sen. John McCain: U.K. is ‘no longer a world power’

Senator John McCain appeared on NBC's "Tonight Show with Jay Leno" Friday, where he attacked the U.K. for deciding against a coordinated attack on Syria.

September 1, 2013

Dennis Kucinich: Obama risks impeachment if he acts alone on Syria

Former Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich was asked on Friday on Fox News to defend a tweet in which he suggested President Obama faces impeachment if he were to act unilaterally against Syria.

September 1, 2013

Sarah Palin: ‘We’re bombing Syria … and I’m the idiot?’

In a Facebook post titled "Let Allah Sort It Out," former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin condemned President Obama's decision to get further involved with the ongoing civil war in Syria.

September 1, 2013

Retail group slams worker protests as ‘orchestrated theater’

The retail lobby is fighting back against nationwide worker strikes for better pay, calling it "orchestrated theater" by labor unions, the Hill reported.

August 29, 2013

CVS to take action after comically long receipts go viral

CVS announced on its Facebook page Friday that it will shorten the ExtraCare portion of its receipts by roughly 25 percent after an Internet meme mocking the pharmacy chain went viral.

August 29, 2013

George Zimmerman’s wife speaks out on marriage woes: report

Just after being sentenced to a year's probation for a misdemeanor perjury charge, the wife of George Zimmerman sat down with reporter Christi O'Connor to talk about her marriage to the acquitted killer.

August 29, 2013

Al Sharpton: Obama ‘is the new Kennedy because of Dr. King’

The Rev. Al Sharpton praised President Obama on MSNBC on Wednesday, saying that he is the John F. Kennedy "of today" and that he was elected to office all because of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

August 29, 2013

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s ex-lover executed by firing squad: report

Kim Jong-un's ex-girlfriend, a singer, was among a dozen well-known performers who were executed by firing squad nine days ago, South Korean media reported.

August 29, 2013

CNN guest: Sen. Tim Scott had no reason to be at MLK event

Thousands of people gathered to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech in Washington on Wednesday, but the historic event was missing the country's only black senator.

August 29, 2013