Cheryl K. Chumley

Florida fire department tells man reporting burning home: Call 911

A Florida man trying to stop his home from burning to the ground ran bare-footed down the road to the fire department that was located four houses away — only to be turned away by an emergency medical technician who told him to go call 911.

November 24, 2014

Texas turmoil: Fort Sam Houston lockdown lifted as driver taken into custody

The lockdown at Fort Sam Houston has been lifted and one man arrested, after authorities said he drove through the entrance gate without stopping — sending bomb teams into alert mode.

November 24, 2014

Israel mulls preemptive attack on Iran as nuclear talks falter

The deadline for the P5+1 powers and Iran to reach a deal on nuclear power is Monday, but Israel — hardly confident — is starting to talk about a preemptive strike as the only logical solution.

November 24, 2014

Lindsey Graham slams own GOP on immigration: ‘Shame on us’

Sen. Lindsey Graham turned on his own party during a television interview on CNN's "State of the Union," chiding Republicans for failing to pass immigration reform before President Obama issued an executive action granting amnesty to about 5 million illegals.

November 24, 2014

Rudy Giuliani: Blacks kill blacks — that’s ‘the reason for the heavy police presence’

New York City's Rudy Giuliani and MSNBC contributor Michael Eric Dyson traded hot barbs during a televised interview about the roots of crime in black communities, with the former mayor ultimately blasting that if blacks didn't commit so many crimes, the police presence in their communities wouldn't be so heavy.

November 24, 2014

Obama: ‘I’ve actually been very restrained’ on executive actions

President Obama said on a nationally televised interview that he's tried to accommodate Republicans in Congress and wait patiently for them to make the move on immigration — and that historians will say that he's been "very restrained" with his executive actions.

November 24, 2014

Ferguson braces for eruption in wake of grand jury decision

Business owners have largely locked up shop, while area police have erected concrete barriers around the government buildings, all in anticipation of violence that could come from the grand jury decision in the Aug. 9 slaying of unarmed black teen Michael Brown.

November 24, 2014

#ThanksMichelleObama: Teens share revolting lunch photos on Twitter: ‘Mystery mush’

Students fed up with first lady Michelle Obama's cafeteria lunch menus have taken photos of their school fare and sent the results out on Twitter — and the accompanying comments aren't complimentary.

November 21, 2014

Obamacare’s Jonathan Gruber fired by second state — North Carolina

Jonathan Gruber, a leading voice in the development of Obamacare who later credited the "stupidity of the American voter" with its passage, has now lost his second contracting gig — this time with North Carolina.

November 21, 2014

Obama slammed for citing Bible to push amnesty for illegal immigrants

President Obama's biblical references to justify his executive action on immigration didn't sit so well with some in the conservative camp, with one notable pundit — commentator and columnist Charles Krauthammer — characterizing the spiritual reference as both "remarkable" and audacious.

November 21, 2014

Maryland county to churches: Preach environmentalism or pay tax

A Maryland county is offering churches a way out of a state tax that charges them for paved surfaces on their properties: preach on environmentalism instead.

November 21, 2014

Robert O’Neill, ex-SEAL, on Osama bin Laden: ‘I shot him in the face three times’

Former Navy SEAL Robert O'Neill said he was the first American to come across Osama bin Laden at his Pakistan hideaway compound — and seconds later, shot him three times and killed him.

November 21, 2014

Anonymous hackers to Ferguson police: ‘We are the law now’

Hackers with the group, Anonymous, sent a stark message to police in Ferguson, as well as to Ku Klux Klan members assembled at the scene, to be on guard — that any injuries to protesters will be duly noted.

November 21, 2014

Ben Carson: Obama ‘is very much like Putin’

Ben Carson, the pediatric neurosurgeon turned conservative star, said President Obama is acting less like a duly elected White House executive and more like Russia's aggressive leader, President Vladimir Putin.

November 21, 2014

Jordan arrests Muslim Brotherhood official for criticizing UAE

Jordan authorities have arrested a senior-level member of the Muslim Brotherhood — Deputy Secretary-general Zake Bani Irsheid — because he wrote an op-ed piece that criticized the United Arab Emirates.

November 21, 2014

Mitch McConnell to Senate: No more Fridays off

Incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has put out the word to his fellow senators: Be prepared, come Jan. 6, Fridays will be work days.

November 21, 2014

Winnie the Pooh banned by Polish playground for ‘dubious sexuality’

Winnie the Pooh — the decades-old childhood character made famous by books, cartoon animation specials and spin-off toys and teddies — has been banned from a Polish playground because of confusion about his sexuality and consternation at his attire.

November 21, 2014

Bill O’Reilly to amnesty activist Jose Antonio Vargas: ‘You don’t have an entitlement to be here’

Fox News host Bill O'Reilly told Jose Antonio Vargas — an illegal immigrant who boldly went public with his status a few years ago and turned to activism to achieve amnesty for others — that he didn't have "an entitlement" to be in the United States.

November 21, 2014

Myron May, FSU shooter, sent 8 packages to 8 friends — who await mail on edge

Myron May, the Florida State University gunman who shot and injured three before police turned their weapons on him and killed him, sent packages to eight of his acquaintances in the lead-up to Thursday's shooting — and now authorities are saying to take care.

November 21, 2014

Greg Abbott, Texas governor-elect, on immigration: I’m suing

Texas Gov.-elect Greg Abbott didn't mince words while reacting to President Obama's executive action that grants amnesty to roughly 5 million illegals, saying simply in a tweeted message: I'm going to sue.

November 21, 2014