Cheryl K. Chumley

Okla. governor condemns wrong group for satanic ‘Black Mass’

Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin issued a statement earlier this week to satanists, condemning a scheduled "Black Mass" in Oklahoma City in September.

August 14, 2014

Rick Perry tells National Guard: Keep immigrant drug dealers from ‘spreading their tentacles’

Gov. Rick Perry told a gathering of 90 or so National Guard members at Camp Swift that their mission on the border was to keep drug dealers from "spreading their tentacles" into Texas and throughout the heartland of America.

August 14, 2014

Journalists slammed, arrested at St. Louis protests decry ‘paramilitary police’

Two journalists arrested amid the clashes of police and protesters in the streets of St. Louis, Missouri, called their treatment "shameful" and outrageous, unjustified and even illegal, and said the militarization of civilian law enforcement is starting to clamp press freedoms.

August 14, 2014

No grapes of wrath at Martha’s Vineyard as Obama, Hillary Clinton meet

All was calm at Martha's Vineyard as President Obama and Hillary Clinton rubbed elbows at a Wednesday evening party — the first get-together of the two since the former Secretary of State made unflattering comments about White House foreign affairs policy.

August 14, 2014

Calif. school sex-ed book given boot over graphic content

Fremont, California, educators have decided that parents are right: A sexual education textbook used for ninth-graders is just too graphic, and it shouldn't be used any longer.

August 14, 2014

Rush Limbaugh: ‘Low-rent’ media skewed my Robin Williams remarks

Rush Limbaugh took to the airwaves to condemn what he called the "low-rent" media that took his comments about Robin Williams' death and ran with them in an out-of-context manner.

August 14, 2014

St. Louis protesters dig in: ‘I’m sick of this police brutality’

Protesters in Ferguson who've been in the streets for more than four days say they're not going anywhere — that they're sick and tired of racism and police brutality, and they're staying until killed teen Michael Brown gets some justice.

August 14, 2014

U.N. declares ‘Level 3 Emergency’ in Iraq to free up aid

The United Nations has raised the red flag of its highest emergency threat level for Iraq, citing the dire needs of 1.2 million refugees due to Islamic State terrorism.

August 14, 2014

Al Franken’s re-election run gets star power from Hollywood pals

Sen. Al Franken's re-election bid has received a major boost from his Hollywood bigwig friends, as recent figures reveal the Minnesota Democrat's campaign coffers topping $19 million — compared to Republican challenger Mike McFadden's $3 million.

August 13, 2014

Pizza man faces deportation over false dough-toss claims

A Massachusetts man who's worked at a pizzeria for more than 20 years could be deported to Greece because of exaggerated claims made on his visa application about his skills to toss dough.

August 13, 2014

Second shooting rocks St. Louis as soldier-like police swarm streets

A St. Louis County man was shot by police early Wednesday morning near the site where protesters and law enforcement have been engaged in clashes over a teen's killing a few days ago.

August 13, 2014

Ben Carson: Many Republicans ‘are just like the Democrats’

Author and famed neurosurgeon Ben Carson told a national television audience that it's getting tough to tell the difference between Republicans and Democrats — and that many GOPers are sadly acting like their liberal counterparts.

August 13, 2014

Navy under fire for removing Bibles from guest rooms

An advocacy group for chaplains is demanding the Navy reverse decision and let Bibles back into guest rooms that are run by the military branch.

August 13, 2014

Hillary Clinton backtracks on slam of Obama’s foreign policy

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton dialed back her critical comments on President Obama's foreign policy, reaching out to the White House by phone to clarify that she didn't mean to offend.

August 13, 2014

Oklahoman charged with vowing to make Harry Reid a ‘dead man’

An Oklahoma man who used the monicker "Thomas Payne" was charged with sending death threats to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and his family, just-unsealed court documents showed.

August 13, 2014

‘Glowing disk’ by International Space Station sends UFO watchers into tizzy

Mysterious objects noticed not once, not twice, but three times in the last week near the International Space Station have sent Unidentified Flying Object watchers and extraterrestrial enthusiasts on high alert.

August 13, 2014

Helicopters scour Alpine mountain for 6 missing climbers

Rescue workers with the Mont Blanc service say they've now tasked helicopters to fly over the Alpine mountain, the tallest in Europe, to help find six climbers who went missing on Wednesday.

August 13, 2014

Fish and Wildlife Service backs off claim that climate change threatening wolverines

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service turned back from listing the wolverine as a threatened species, saying its previous research — where it had concluded climate change was wrecking the animal's living space — was a bit premature.

August 13, 2014

Obama soldier David Axelrod blasts Hillary Clinton on Twitter

David Axelrod, a former adviser to President Obama with a reputation for Chicago-style politics and a win-at-all-costs attitude, took a jab at former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on social media, tweeting a sharp response to her public criticism of White House foreign affairs.

August 13, 2014

Michael Bloomberg’s anti-gun money up in smoke as pro-gun sheriff wins in Wisconsin

A pro-gun incumbent sheriff in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, beat back the anti-gun money of former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to win his primary contest for re-election by a handy margin, 52-48 percent.

August 13, 2014