Cheryl K. Chumley

Wisconsin train derailment injures 2, evacuates 100

Two were injured and more than 100 evacuated from the site of a Wisconsin train derailment that spilled diesel fuel, authorities said.

July 21, 2014

Sean Hannity jabs Obama’s MIA: What’s next — golf flags ‘at half-mast?’

Fox News host Sean Hannity took a swipe at President Obama's perceived missing-in-action response to the Malaysia Airlines crash, and the Israeli ground invasion into Gaza, asking in a joking tone: Is his only reaction to put the golf flags at half-mast?

July 18, 2014

Edward Snowden says NSA treats nude file photos as ‘fringe benefit’

Edward Snowden's latest revelation about the National Security Agency's surveillance activities is to say that agents who stumble across photographs of naked individuals in their files don't exactly treat them as sensitive documents. Rather, they pass them around to their office pals, he said.

July 18, 2014

CNN reporter tweets Israelis as ‘scum,’ then hurries to delete post

A correspondent with CNN reporting from Gaza gave a rundown of the latest in rocket fire being traded between Israel and Hamas, then took to Twitter to give her opinion of Israelis who cheered about bomb hits: They're "scum," she wrote.

July 18, 2014

Benjamin Netanyahu preps ground troops: ‘Significant expansion’ coming

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his Israeli ground troops on Friday to get ready for more missions into Gaza -- that a "significant expansion" of force is on the way.

July 18, 2014

Malaysia MH17 blame game: Haunting audio shows separatists shocked they shot down civilians

Audio intercepted by Ukrainian authorities in the hours after the downed Malaysian airplane indicates that Russian separatists at first cheered what they believed was the take-down of a transport plane -- and then expressed shock and anger, when they realized the craft contained civilians.

July 18, 2014

John McCain calls Obama’s White House ‘cowardly’ and ‘AWOL’

Sen. John McCain denounced the White House as "cowardly," characterizing President Obama as failing the nation by fundraising while the world stage erupts in violence and chaos.

July 18, 2014

Malaysia Flight MH17: Dozens of AIDS researchers among the dead

Investigators say that 100 or so AIDS researchers traveling to the 20th International AIDS Conference in Melbourne may be among the dead in the aircraft that was shot down over Ukraine.

July 18, 2014

FedEx faces fines of $1.6B for shipping illegally sold drugs

The Department of Justice has launched an investigation into Federal Express, claiming the worldwide shipper is guilty of transporting prescription drugs that were illegally sold.

July 18, 2014

Chance to lunch with Bill, Hillary Clinton sells at auction for $500K

A Chinese business mogul shelled out $500,000 at auction for the privilege of eating lunch with President Bill Clinton and his wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton — but when he asked for permission to bring along his kids, his reported answer was a bit shocking: Yes, if you round it up to a cool $1 million.

July 18, 2014

Hobby Lobby owners to build Bible museum near National Mall

Hobby Lobby — the company that just beat back Obamacare's mandate to provide all types of contraceptive coverage to employees, even those believed by Christians to be abortifacients — has a new venture: Owners are building a Bible museum in downtown Washington, D.C.

July 18, 2014

John McCain: There’ll be ‘hell to pay’ if Malaysia plane was shot down by separatists

Sen. John McCain said Thursday afternoon that he wasn't ready to conclude that the Malaysia Airlines crash came as a result of an attack — but he did make clear that trouble was on the way for Russian separatists if suggestions of a purposeful shoot-down proved true.

July 17, 2014

Missy Robertson of ‘Duck Dynasty’ says ‘spiritual warfare’ to blame for attacks

Missy Robertson, the wife of "Duck Dynasty" star Jase Robertson, said she has an idea why some in the nation take such umbrage with the show and especially with its religious slant: It's the battle of principalities.

July 17, 2014

Hillary Clinton hired to replace George Bush for Boston speech

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton nabbed the speaking role for an American Financial conference in Boston next week once former President George W. Bush had to bow out after knee surgery.

July 17, 2014

Jay Carney joins private speaking circuit at $100K a pop

Former White House spokesman Jay Carney has a new gig as the latest face and voice of the Washington Speakers Bureau — and it's worth up to $100,000 a pop.

July 17, 2014

Obama pleads for patience on his foreign policy: ‘We live in a complex world’

President Obama stressed patience Wednesday with his administration's foreign policy, saying that it's alive and well but will take some time to unfold.

July 17, 2014

Jill Abramson: Obama most secretive president

Jill Abramson, the fired executive editor for the New York Times, told Fox News fame that the current administration is one of the most secretive in White House history.

July 17, 2014

Immigration tensions hike as AR-15-wielding Michigan residents rally

At least 50 people carting weapons, flags and posters expressing anger with the porous border took to Vassar, Mich., streets to rally against a plan to ship some of the illegal minor-aged immigrants to their community.

July 17, 2014

KKK ramping recruitment with candy bag giveaways and ‘save our land’ fliers

Ku Klux Klan members in South Carolina have been distributing fliers and goody bags filled with candies to multiple homes in recent days, hoping to bolster recruitment by capitalizing on growing anger over the porous U.S. border.

July 17, 2014

Manuel Noriega sues ‘Call of Duty’ makers for mocking portrayal in game

Former Panama dictator Manuel Noriega — in jail for drug smuggling, money laundering and murder — said he has his rights and the makers of "Call of Duty: Black Ops II" have violated them by portraying him in a bad light in a video game.

July 17, 2014