Cheryl K. Chumley

Ruth Bader Ginsburg: I wasn’t ‘100 percent sober’ at State of the Union

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said she saw the January State of the Union speech through somewhat fuzzy eyes — due to the alcohol she downed just minutes before the event.

February 13, 2015

Boko Haram terrorists attack Chad, kill several, burn village

Boko Haram terrorists crossed a lake by motorboat and touched down in Chad, attacking a village overnight and killing several.

February 13, 2015

Chris Cuomo, CNN host, to Roy Moore: ‘Our rights do not come from God’

CNN host Chris Cuomo engaged in a somewhat fiery debate with Alabama Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore over gay marriage, ultimately telling the top legal mind that God has little to do with making laws for humans and that rights come from a "compromise" of the collective.

February 12, 2015

Americans don’t buy claim of improved economy; still in recession, 65% say

By and large, Americans believe the nation is still struggling economically, though the White House and federal statistics say otherwise.

February 12, 2015

George W. Bush: Islamic State shows ‘evil is real’

Former President George W. Bush called it clearly when asked about Islamic State terrorists and his views of their murderous actions, saying simply: "Evil is real," he said, a local television station reported.

February 12, 2015

Ruth Bader Ginsburg: America is ready for gay marriage

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said America has come a long way in recent years on the issue of gay rights and is now ready to accept same-sex marriage as national law.

February 12, 2015

Mohammad Abu-Salha, dad of dead Muslim girl: Craig Stephen Hicks did ‘hate crime’

Mohammad Abu-Salha, the father of one of the Muslim women who were shot and killed near a North Carolina campus, said the suspect Craig Stephen Hicks was filled with hate, and had previously menaced his daughter.

February 12, 2015

Ted Cruz, Jeff Sessions stormed by illegal immigrant activists in Capitol Hill takeover

The "Aloha DREAM Team," a Hawaii-based group dedicated to furthering the rights of immigrants in the United States, stormed the Capitol Hill offices of Sens. Ted Cruz and Jeff Sessions, sitting in the middle of the floors and disrupting business and demanding support for President Obama's executive immigration actions.

February 12, 2015

Mike Coffman blasts ‘arrogant’ Team Obama as ‘seemingly incapable of feeling shame’

Rep. Mike Coffman may not have had the words to respond to Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald's sarcastic slam at a congressional hearing right away — but he found them later on Facebook.

February 12, 2015

Florida student sparks fireworks with ‘God bless America’ intercom sign-off

A Florida high school student who dared to deviate from the approved morning announcement script and sign off with a quick "God bless America" has sparked an outcry that started with two atheists and led to legal threats from the American Humanist Association.

February 12, 2015

West Coast commerce quiets as labor union fight shuts down ports

West Coast port areas are unusually quiet as a labor union dispute has pretty much shut down commercial activities that involve loading and unloading ships.

February 12, 2015

Yemen’s Houthi rebels seize U.S. Marines’ weapons at airport

Yemen's Houthi rebels seized weapons from U.S. Marines as well as several vehicles used by Americans stationed at the now-closed U.S. Embassy in Sana'a.

February 11, 2015

David Moore, Montana lawmaker, seeks ban on yoga pants in public

A Montana lawmaker, Republican David Moore, says tight-fitting clothing like yoga pants and Speedos press right up against indecency laws and ought to be banned.

February 11, 2015

U.S. mass exodus: Record number of Americans renounced citizenship in 2014

A record-setting number of Americans renounced their citizenship in 2014, up from 2,999 in 2013 to 3,415, Treasury Department statistics showed.

February 11, 2015

Dominique Persoone, Belgian chocolatier: Snort cocoa — it’s like a legal high

A Belgian chocolatier named Dominique Persoone who invented the chocolate sniffing device, the Chocolate Shooter, says that all cocoa lovers should consider snorting the powdery confection — that it's like getting a legal high.

February 11, 2015

Navy admirals censured for bribery, corruption from 2006 deployment

The U.S. Navy has censured three of its admirals as punishment in what's been dubbed the Glenn Defense Marine Asia bribery and corruption scandal.

February 11, 2015

Jackie Robinson West Little Leaguers see champion title stripped for hedging rules

The Chicago Little League team that won the 2014 national championship — a much-celebrated, all-black team — has now seen its title stripped, the result of an investigation into the team for rules violations.

February 11, 2015

Australia thwarts terror plot tied to Islamic State; two arrested

Australia authorities said they're thwarted a terror plot and arrested two men in Sydney, seizing a machete, a knife, a video and an Islamic State flag.

February 11, 2015

Harry Reid: ‘I’m running’ for re-election — ‘I’m going to run’

Sen. Harry Reid has laid to rest any rumors that he's retiring from Congress, announcing to dozens of staffers in the Mansfield Room in the Senate that yes — he is seeking re-election in 2016, Politico reported.

February 11, 2015

Craig Stephen Hicks, 46, arrested in shooting death of 3 Muslim students

Police arrested Craig Stephen Hicks, 46, and charged him with the murder of three Muslim students at an apartment near the Chapel Hill campus at the University of North Carolina.

February 11, 2015