Cheryl K. Chumley

New York police helicopter, drone nearly crash over city streets

A New York Police Department helicopter searching the 800-foot skies above the city for a missing teenage girl nearly collided with a drone -- and shortly after, the operator was arrested.

September 18, 2014

Syrians strike Islamic State stronghold, killing scores

Syria's government sent in helicopter gunships against a town held by Islamic State terrorists on Thursday, killing at least 15.

September 18, 2014

St. Louis County police shoot, kill armed man who opened fire

St. Louis County police say they were responding to a report of gunshots, when a man with a rifle drove into a police vehicle and then tried to flee officers, opening fire at the same time.

September 18, 2014

Australian police thwart Islamic State beheadings plot, conduct massive raid

Police in Australia say they've uncovered and halted a plot by Islamic State terrorists to carry out untold numbers of beheadings in and around Sydney on Thursday.

September 18, 2014

Bill Maher takes potshots at Christianity with self-mocking satire

It's Bill Maher at his most mocking. In a new video for the award-winning "Funny or Die" website, the HBO comedy host poses as an undercover Christian trying to explain his faked atheist schtick to a stunned colleague — all the while managing to convey his absolute disdain for the faith.

September 17, 2014

Al Qaeda says ‘lions of Allah’ hijacked ship to fire at U.S. vessels

A fledgling sect of al Qaeda in South Asia has taken responsibility for the hijacking of a Pakistani naval ship, claiming it intended to fire at and destroy U.S. vessels in the Arabian Sea.

September 17, 2014

Islamic State terrorist: ‘We are a people who love drinking blood’

A shocking new video of an Islamic State terrorist claiming his group loves to drink blood — vampire style — is making the rounds on YouTube.

September 17, 2014

Hillary Clinton fundraising speech marred by amnesty hecklers

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's fundraising speech to a New York crowd was interrupted by a group of hecklers who broke through at the tail end of her remarks to demand why she supported deporting their illegal family members.

September 17, 2014

Steven Sotloff spokesman: Team Obama ‘bullied and hectored’ family

A spokesman for the family of the second beheaded American journalist, Steven Sotloff, said they wanted to rescue him from the grips of the Islamic State, but officials working for President Obama "bullied" them into softening their approach.

September 17, 2014

LAPD acquires drones, but outcry forces them under lock and key

Los Angeles police have acquired two mini-helicopter drones that were barred by voter backlash from staying with Seattle's cops -- but now they're facing the same outcries, and an independent police watchdog has stepped in and taken possession.

September 17, 2014

Joan Rivers’ doctor accused of snapping selfie in lead-up to cardiac arrest

Joan Rivers' personal doctor reportedly performed a biopsy on his famous client without her prior consent — and then snapped a selfie of himself next to her while she was under anesthesia — just moments before she went into cardiac arrest, a new statement to investigators revealed.

September 17, 2014

Luis Gutierrez: Securing border ‘sounds good,’ but ‘not effective’ solution

Rep. Luis Gutierrez traded fiery jabs with television's Sean Hannity in a recent broadcast, telling the Fox News host that cracking down on the border as a first priority counter-terrorism measure is futile.

September 17, 2014

John Boehner jabs GOPers who buck party line as ‘knuckleheads’

Speaker John Boehner said that he's got a "few knuckleheads" to deal with, and that's largely why the Republican majority in the House looks good on paper but doesn't always pan out with votes.

September 17, 2014

Bill Clinton tries to save the queen, begs Scotland to stay

Former President Bill Clinton made a last-minute appeal to Scotland to keep the status quo and stand tall with the European Union.

September 17, 2014

Scotland minus EU equals higher whiskey prices: bank report

A Dutch bank is warning that if Scotland does secede from the European Union that the price of scotch whiskey could skyrocket.

September 17, 2014

New York man charged in plot to kill U.S. troops for Islamic State

The FBI charged an upstate New York man, Mufid Elfgeeh, on terror-related counts after they unearthed his alleged plot to buy guns to carry out an Islamic State attack on U.S. troops.

September 17, 2014

Ferguson government meeting marked by angry protests — again

Angry protesters disrupted a local government gathering of Ferguson authorities, shouting for justice for fatally shot 18-year-old Michael Brown — the second time St. Louis residents have staged such an outburst at an official meeting in a week's time.

September 17, 2014

Virginia college student, 18, disappears on walk home from party

Police are searching for Hannah Elizabeth Graham, a University of Virginia student who disappeared while walking home from an off-campus party.

September 17, 2014

U.S. man caught swimming to North Korea ‘trying to meet’ Kim Jong-un

A U.S. man of Arabic descent was captured while trying to swim across the Han River to North Korean lands — a desperate attempt to "meet with supreme leader Kim Jong-un," he said during his post-arrest interrogation.

September 17, 2014

Islamic State warns Obama: ‘Fighting has just begun’

Islamic State terrorists sent out a threatening video to hit back at President Obama's vow to destroy their operations: More fighting is "coming soon," they warned.

September 17, 2014