Cheryl K. Chumley

Gregory Holt, Muslim prisoner, wins Supreme Court OK to wear beard behind bars

Gregory Holt, a Muslim prisoner in Arkansas, won the Supreme Court's stamp of approval to grow and maintain a beard behind bars, in accordance with his religious beliefs.

January 20, 2015

Northern Virginia on edge as mystery poisonings send dogs to hospital

A neighborhood in Northern Virginia is a bit on edge after two dogs were mysteriously poisoned within 24 hours of each other.

January 20, 2015

China dad hires virtual ‘hitman’ to take out unemployed, video-gaming son

A Chinese father fed up with his son's unemployed ways — which he blamed on his daily feed of video games — hired a virtual "hit man" to knock off the 23-year-old and hopefully give him the motivation to get off the couch and seek a job.

January 20, 2015

Sarah Palin: Hollywood leftists ‘not fit to shine Chris Kyle’s combat boots’

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin issued a scathing statement to critics of U.S. sniper Chris Kyle and the movie made about him, calling them disrespectful to all the "freedom fighters" who've protected this nation.

January 20, 2015

John McCain calls for ‘boots on the ground’ to fight Islamic State

Sen. John McCain called for more ground troops to battle Islamic State terrorists, saying the bombing campaign hasn't worked.

January 20, 2015

Joe Biden on police relations: ‘Black male on the corner’ could be ‘a great artist one day’

Vice President Joseph R. Biden said the "breach" that exists between police and minority communities could be resolved, if all Americans agreed that "all life matters" equally and if law enforcement realized the "black male on the corner" might be the next Vincent van Gogh.

January 20, 2015

Pope Francis says good Catholics don’t have to breed ‘like rabbits’

Pope Francis had a message to followers of the faith, as passed along to reporters aboard his flight back from the Philippines: You don't have to breed "like rabbits" in order to be good Catholics, he said.

January 20, 2015

Al Sharpton, at National Action Network, insists: ‘We are not anti-police’

The Rev. Al Sharpton insisted during a Martin Luther King Jr. commemoration that neither he nor his organization, the National Action Network, were "anti-police" but rather they were simply watchdogs for the community.

January 20, 2015

Michael Moore backtracks on sniper diss: ‘I never tweeted 1word bout’ Chris Kyle

Left-leaning Hollywood moviemaker Michael Moore backed off critical comments he tweeted shortly after "American Sniper" hit the theaters, saying that his snipe about snipers being "cowards" was not aimed at Chris Kyle — and that, in fact, he never mentioned the U.S. shooter by name.

January 20, 2015

MI5 refuses agents with tattoos: ‘Make you unsuitable for this role’

Britain's counter-terrorism and domestic intelligence agency, MI5, has banned new recruits from having tattoos.

January 20, 2015

Jon Stewart mocks John Kerry’s France trip: ‘Are you trying to get us in a war?’

Jon Stewart sent a mocking message John Kerry's way, poking fun at the secretary of state's recent trip to France and bemoaning the Kumbaya atmosphere he created with crooner James Taylor.

January 20, 2015

Harry Reid labeled ‘most vulnerable Democrat incumbent’ in upcoming Senate race

The tallies are in, and Sen. Harry Reid has pulled the short end of the stick: He's been rated the "most vulnerable" of all Democrats by Larry Sabato, the political scientist who oversees the University of Virginia's Crystal Ball polling site.

January 20, 2015

Obama mocked for MLK photo that features him: ‘It’s always about the Big O!’

The White House is facing backlash for a photo it sent out in remembrance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day that featured President Obama in a more prominent pose than critics thought proper.

January 20, 2015

Hillary Clinton document dump: More than 150K of her policy papers to be released

A huge collection of Hillary Clinton policy papers are set to be released this spring, just as campaign season dawns and the former secretary of state is predicted to hit the White House hopeful trail.

January 20, 2015

Billy Crystal on gay TV characters: ‘It’s just pushing it a little too far’

Hollywood's Billy Crystal — who crossed cultural divides by playing an openly gay man on the long-running series "Soap" — said that television storylines were perhaps pushing it a little too far when it comes to portraying the homosexual side of life in shows.

January 20, 2015

Paris accountability: Four to face judge for France attacks that killed 17

Four men between the ages of 22 and 28 are due to stand before a judge in Paris on Tuesday for charges of supporting one of the gunmen, Amedy Coulibaly, in the terror attacks that left 17 dead.

January 20, 2015

Islamic State to Shinzo Abe: Pay us $200M, or 2 Japanese hostages will die

The Islamic State released a video on Tuesday vowing to kill two Japanese hostages unless they're paid $200 million within 72 hours — and the Japanese prime minister vowed to do what he could to save them.

January 20, 2015

Islamic State terrorists kill 13 teen boys for watching soccer

Terrorists with the Islamic State put to death 13 teenage boys in Mosul for watching a soccer match between Iraq and Jordan on television.

January 20, 2015

Julie Bishop, Australia’s foreign minister, tweets for help: Find my earring, please

Julie Bishop, the foreign minister from Australia, turned to Twitter for some help finding her missing jewelry after she went on Sky News with a noticeably absent earring.

January 19, 2015

Alfonse D’Amato slams Obama: Quit showcasing your ‘manhood by threatening vetoes’

Alfonse D'Amato, a former U.S. senator, issued a sharp rebuke to President Obama over his ongoing threats to veto Republican-sponsored legislation, saying the White House chief was throwing his "manhood" around and should stop.

January 19, 2015