Cheryl K. Chumley

Pennsylvania cities rush to repeal gun crackdowns as NRA-backed lawsuits loom

A new law in Pennsylvania that makes it easier for gun groups like the National Rifle Association to sue cities for burdensome Second Amendment regulations has municipalities on the defense, and almost two dozen have already backed off some of their most stringent firearms rules.

January 12, 2015

Pope Francis to moms at Sistine Chapel: Go ahead — breastfeed your babies

Pope Francis told mothers during a baptismal ceremony of 33 babies at the Sistine Chapel that if their young ones cried out in hunger, to go ahead — breastfeed them, The Associated Press reported.

January 12, 2015

John Kerry on U.S. absence from Paris: ‘This is sort of quibbling a little bit’

Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday that he will go to Paris to represent the United States in the world's solidarity with France against terror — but then shrugged that the criticisms of America's high-ranking absence from the massive rally in that city's streets was little more than "quibbling," he said.

January 12, 2015

New York City police, post-Paris terror, told to watch people closely: ‘Look for their hands’

New York City police are on high alert following the terror attacks in Paris, and a leaked memo indicates that officers have been told to stay in their patrol cars when possible and watch passersby closely for signs of aggression.

January 12, 2015

Nike goes ‘Back to the Future’ to develop Marty McFly-like, self-tying shoelaces

Nike is in the research and development stages for a new type of shoelace that ties itself — just the style worn by Michael J. Fox's Marty McFly character in "Back to the Future Part II" in 1989.

January 9, 2015

Cassandra C., teen forced to take chemotherapy: ‘I am a human — I should be able to decide’

The 17-year-old Connecticut girl who lost her state Supreme Court battle to make her own medical decisions about her cancer -- and now must take chemotherapy treatments -- penned an opinion piece for her local newspaper expressing outrage at the legal order.

January 9, 2015

Cherif and Said Kouachi, Charlie Hebdo suspects, killed; hostages freed at 2 terror sites

Cherif and Said Kouachi — the two brothers sought by Paris authorities for the Charlie Hebdo attack that killed 12 — have been killed Friday after taking a hostage at a printing complex in Dammartin-en-Goele, authorities said.

January 9, 2015

New York City bans plastic foam containers to ‘make us more resilient’

Come July 1, New York City will go styrofoam container-free under a plan announced by Mayor Bill de Blasio to help save the environment from materials that can't easily be recycled.

January 9, 2015

Hillary Clinton ‘furious’ with husband Bill’s ties to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is incensed that her husband, former President Bill Clinton, has been tied to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who's also at the heart of an investigation into Prince Andrew's alleged sexual dalliances with a minor, the New York Post reported.

January 9, 2015

Paris terror spreads: Armed man takes hostages at kosher deli

An armed man exchanging in gunfire with police has taken five hostages at a kosher deli in the Porte de Vincennes area of Paris, various media reported Friday morning.

January 9, 2015

Anjem Choudary, Muslim cleric, on Paris terror: ‘It was provoked [by] French regime’

Anjem Choudary, a radical Muslim British cleric, exchanged in a fiery back-and-forth with Newmax TV's Steve Malzberg, asking first if the host was Jewish and then claiming that the terrorist attacks in Paris were provoked by the government of France.

January 9, 2015

@ScottBrownCA: Parody Twitter handle says ex-senator seeks Barbara Boxer’s seat

The Twitter handler @ScottBrownCA would have followers believe the former Massachusetts senator, Scott Brown — who later made a failed bid for another seat for New Hampshire — is now seeking retiring Sen. Barbara Boxer's spot. But it's a parody.

January 9, 2015

Abu Saad al-Ansari, Islamic State, brags: We did Paris — ‘tomorrow will be in Britain, America’

The Islamic State has taken responsibility for the terror attacks in Paris and vowed, watch out Britain and America — you're next.

January 9, 2015

Huffington Post website visitors: Warning, you might have a virus

Huffington Post website visitors beware: A virus may now have infected your computer. Over the past week, that site — as well as several other major websites — displayed advertisements that were infected with malware.

January 9, 2015

Andrew Parker, MI5 chief: Al Qaeda plotting ‘mass casualty attacks against the West’

The head of Britain's MI5 intel agency said al Qaeda terrorists working out of Syria are planning a massive attack on spots in the West and are looking particularly long at transportation systems or "iconic targets" to cause large-scale damage.

January 9, 2015

Paris terror suspects, holed up in complex, take hostage: We want to ‘die as martyrs’

The two Charlie Hebdo terror suspects are surrounded by Paris-area SWAT members at a massive printing company complex in the town of Dammartin-en-goele, and a hostage rescue situation is reportedly underway.

January 9, 2015

Matthew Christian Cash of Pennsylvania crashes into police car, yells: ‘I want to kill cops!’

Matthew Christian Cash, a Pennsylvania man with an lengthy rap sheet that includes assault and reckless endangerment, was arrested and taken to Bellevue Hospital after allegedly crashing his Audi into a police patrol car — and almost hitting two Port Authority officers — while screaming, "I want to kill cops," witnesses told the New York Post.

January 8, 2015

Bill de Blasio banned from holding groundhog after dropping Charlotte — and it died

Stay away from the groundhog. That's the message Staten Island Zoo Groundhog Day officials are sending to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, after he let Charlotte slip from his hands last year — and she died from internal injuries a week later.

January 8, 2015

HHS, Treasury kick off website of ‘helpful tools’ for Obamacare tax filing

The tax man cometh — and Team Obama is taking a step to stave off any Obamacare filing issues for confused Americans, launching a website that promises to provide a veritable feast of "helpful tools" and legal guidance.

January 8, 2015

Bashar Assad’s forces boosted with special suicide bomber team

Syrian President Bashar Assad reportedly has a new weapon at his disposal: a platoon of loyal soldiers with the special mission of suicide bombing.

January 8, 2015