Cheryl K. Chumley

Satanic ‘black mass’ in Oklahoma draws hundreds of protesters

Dozens turned out for a weekend satanic 'black mass' in Oklahoma City — but hundreds more turned up to protest the event.

September 22, 2014

Ray Rice’s defense: The video footage of my punch was wrongly edited

Former Baltimore Raven star Ray Rice has a plan for winning his appeal to overturn his indefinite suspension from the NFL — prove that the much-watched video of his punch-out of then-fiance Janay Palmer was actually unfairly edited to paint him a poor light.

September 22, 2014

Former IRS official Lois Lerner breaks silence: I’m ‘not sorry for anything I did’

Lois Lerner, the former IRS director accused of using her position to delay nonprofit applications to scores of conservative and tea party groups, has broken her wall of silence in a sit-down interview with Politico to say: "I didn't do anything wrong."

September 22, 2014

Pistol-packing pastor puts stop to package-stealing granny

A pistol-packing Texas pastor on a mission to discover who has been stealing packages from front porches of homes in his town finally found his suspect — a middle-age grandmother, 52.

September 22, 2014

400K rally for climate change in New York City streets

More than 400,000 reportedly showed up for a rally in New York City aimed at showing the world that the United States not only cares about climate change, but will take the lead on proposals to curb carbon — a "People's Climate March" that comes just days before an important U.N. climate conference.

September 22, 2014

New York City policeman killed, 8 officers hurt in van crash in the Bronx

A police officer with the New York City force was killed and eight of his fellow officers injured when the van they were all riding in smashed into a concrete barrier in the Bronx.

September 22, 2014

Delaware bus disaster leaves 2 dead, 47 injured

Two women were killed and 47 others injured when the tour bus they were riding in capsized on a Delaware road while returning from a sightseeing trip to the nation's capital.

September 22, 2014

Tony Blair: Airstrikes absent ground troops won’t beat Islamic State

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair says U.S. airstrikes won't work — they won't serve as a standalone measure to beat Islamic State terrorists.

September 22, 2014

Secret Service agents consider larger buffer zone around White House

Secret Service agents are mulling an expansion to the buffer zone around the White House that sets off limits to drivers and pedestrians some adjacent streets.

September 22, 2014

Thousands of Hong Kong students boycott class to demand democracy

Thousands of students swarmed through streets of Hong Kong on Monday, boycotting school classes to challenge and demand the Chinese Communist Party open the doors to greater democracy.

September 22, 2014

Eric Holder kicks off 3-year, anti-bias review of nation’s police

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced a new campaign Thursday that puts the federal government in control of checking for bias within law enforcement agencies around the nation.

September 18, 2014

3rd British hostage urges Britain to ‘negotiate’ with Islamic State in new video

A third British hostage reportedly in the hands of the Islamic State group pleaded with his government to "negotiate" in a video released Thursday by the terrorist organization.

September 18, 2014

Newt Gingrich, Tom DeLay lukewarm on arming Syrians, dubious Obama is up to the task

Former Majority Leader Tom DeLay and former Speaker Newt Gingrich, leaders of the 1994 Republican-led revolution that swept through Congress, agreed in a recent interview that America needs to fight radical Islamism -- but neither were enthusiastic about the idea of President Obama leading that charge.

September 18, 2014

Miley Cyrus under fire for onstage stunt with Mexican flag

Mexican authorities launched an investigation of Miley Cyrus after her performance Tuesday in Monterrey included dancers pretending to whip her posterior with tiny Mexican flags.

September 18, 2014

Hillary Clinton blasted by the left in secret emails

Emails making the rounds among leftist voices show former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton might not be the shoe-in Democratic presidential pick after all -- that many consider her way too hawkish and far too buddy-buddy with Wall Street.

September 18, 2014

Pentagon poised to curb Hollywood from tapping soldiers for films

The Pentagon is mulling new measures that would prevent Hollywood from tapping into the active military force to provide assistance — including on-screen acting — for new movies without written Department of Defense permission.

September 18, 2014

Marine Corps vets walk 300 miles to tell Obama: Free Tahmooressi

Two former Marines -- Lance Cpl. Terry Sharpe and fellow Marine Allen Brown -- have taken their plea to free Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi to the streets, walking nearly 300 miles to Washington to petition President Obama in person.

September 18, 2014

Tennessee man buys billboard ad: Homosexuality is ‘abomination’

A Tennessee man has sparked some nationwide debate over a billboard advertisement he and his friends paid for that quotes a Bible passage that condemns homosexuality.

September 18, 2014

Dick Morris: ‘Benghazi problem’ due to hit Hillary Clinton hard

Dick Morris, former White House strategist during the heyday of Bill Clinton, said Wednesday's Capitol Hill hearings on Benghazi are only the tip of the iceberg — the issue is about to get really heated for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

September 18, 2014

Sharon Osbourne slams U2 for giveaway: No one wants ‘your mediocre music’

Sharon Osbourne, the wife of famous rocker Ozzy Osbourne -- and a co-host of "The Talk" -- slammed music band U2 for its members' decisions to give away its newly released album on iTunes.

September 18, 2014