Cheryl K. Chumley

‘CyberCaliphate,’ pro-Islamic State hacker, takes over U.S. news, Twitter sites

A group of pro-Islamic State hackers calling itself the "CyberCaliphate" took control of the Twitter feeds of two U.S. news outlets, as well as the website of a television news outlet based in Maryland.

January 7, 2015

Charlie Rangel: I never cared about dead during Korean War until bodies ‘looked like me’

Rep. Charlie Rangel was trying to make a point on "The Ed Show" on MSNBC about the need for black police officers to speak out against police violence, but instead came off a bit cold-hearted, saying that he only started caring about the dead during the Korean War when the bodies looked like him.

January 6, 2015

McDonald’s 100-plus Venezuelan franchises run dry of french fries

The more than 100 McDonald's fast-food franchises that operate in socialist Venezuela have run out of potatoes — meaning, no more french fry sides — and are instead offering customers the option to buy a deep-fried arepa flatbread, or a yuca, a starchy national staple.

January 6, 2015

Colin Chisholm, Minnesota millionaire, gets 21 months prison time for bilking $167K in welfare

A Minnesota man who took more than $167,000 in state welfare benefits at the same time he had more than $3 million stashed in his personal bank account was sentenced to 21 months in prison.

January 6, 2015

Bill Clinton’s name found 21 times in sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s directory

Lawyers sifting through documents related to the case of Jeffrey Epstein, the wealthy sex offender accused of pimping out an underage girl to Britain's Prince Andrew, stumbled across an interesting finding among the filings: 21 email and telephone contacts for former President Bill Clinton and his personal aide, Doug Band.

January 6, 2015

Islamic State ‘emir’ known for beheadings found dead, decapitated

A leading Islamic State authority who served as the head of the terror group's so-called police force — and who counted among his duties the oversight of beheadings — has now himself been found beheaded, with a cigarette stuffed in his mouth.

January 6, 2015

Hamas denies leader, Khaled Meshaal, was booted from Qatar

Izzat Risheq, a senior Hamas official, denied reports that his organization's chief, Khaled Meshaal, has been booted from Qatar.

January 6, 2015

Harvard faculty, previously pro-Obamacare, up in arms over health cost hikes

Some of the same faculty members at Harvard who supported Obamacare are now up in arms over their new higher-priced health care plans that take effect in 2015, and they're decrying the added costs and saying the new charges will be too burdensome to pay.

January 6, 2015

Chris Christie criticized on ethics as New Jersey constituents wonder: Where’s our governor?

Gov. Chris Christie is taking a public relations hit from his New Jersey constituents, with recent polling showing that many in the state are negatively perceiving his eyes are on national office and not local affairs — and many more are wondering why he has to take so many political trips.

January 6, 2015

Neo-Nazis in Germany go hip to recruit — launch ‘Vegan Cooking Channel’

Skinheads in Germany are trying a new tactic to bring in the recruits, shying from their combat boots and adopting a calmer, quieter tone — even launching a "Vegan Cooking Channel" on YouTube.

January 6, 2015

Elizabeth Crawford, West Virginian, sues House for $200K over bite by staffer’s dog

A West Virginian woman who visited the U.S. Capitol two years ago to meet with a representative — and who was bitten by a staffer's dog, named Who Dey, while waiting — has now launched a lawsuit against the House of Representatives for the pain and suffering she's since experienced.

January 6, 2015

Obama poised to free two more Gitmo inmates

President Obama is due to release two more Guantanamo Bay inmates in the coming days, Fox News reported early Tuesday.

January 6, 2015

Rand Paul promises GOP-led Senate will ‘vote, vote, vote’

Sen. Rand Paul is vowing that the Senate under Republican control won't be anything like the one run by Democrat Harry Reid — specifically, because more measures will be brought to the floor for a full vote.

January 6, 2015

South Korea warns North has missiles ‘that could threaten the U.S. mainland’

South Korea said in a recent white paper that not only has the North made dramatic progress in the development of its nuclear program, but that it has also more than likely developed missiles that are capable of reaching — and striking — the United States.

January 6, 2015

Cairo-area Coptic Christian church left vulnerable as guards gunned down

Two police officers standing guard at a Coptic Christian church just south of Cairo were gunned down early Tuesday morning, just as those of the faith were preparing to celebrate their Orthodox Christmas Eve.

January 6, 2015

Police union presses feds for hate crime protection against attacks

The national president of the Fraternal Order of Police said attacking a police officer should be considered a hate crime and the federal government needs to list the act as part of its statute.

January 6, 2015

Ferguson juror sues to lift gag order on Michael Brown-Darren Wilson case

A juror who served on the panel that decided against charging Missouri then Police Officer Darren Wilson for shooting and killing Ferguson teen Michael Brown is now suing for the right to speak about the case in public.

January 5, 2015

Dario Raschio, World War II hero, pleads with ‘hands up, don’t shoot’ protesters: ‘Give me a chance’

Protesters reciting a "hands up, don't shoot" mantra crashed a World War II veteran's award ceremony, disrupting proceedings to the point the former U.S. Navy sailor, age 100, was forced to plead for them to stop.

January 5, 2015

Beatles fans trolled on Twitter by Kanye West-Paul McCartney jokes

Fans of The Beatles and Kanye West were fooled by Twitter jokesters who reacted to the rapper's surprise collaboration with Paul McCartney by back-patting his so-called discovery of the British megastar.

January 5, 2015

Laura Ingraham warns GOP: Don’t be duped by Obama’s rising poll numbers

Conservative talk show host Laura Ingraham sent a stark warning to GOP operatives not to be fooled by President Obama's rising poll numbers and make any more concessions to Democrats — gridlock would actually help the country.

January 5, 2015