Cheryl K. Chumley

Louisiana lawmakers poised to pass bilingual road sign bill

Lawmakers in Louisiana are pushing a bill that would let local governments erect signs in two languages — English and what they're dubbing "Louisiana French."

May 22, 2014

U.S. Embassy in Madrid flies rainbow-colored flag in honor of LGBT day

Spanish newspapers reported that the U.S. Embassy in Madrid flew a rainbow flag — the universally recognized symbol of the gay rights movement — at least one day last week, and that the openly gay U.S. Ambassador to Spain, James Costos, did the same at his official residence.

May 22, 2014

Sen. Rockefeller: Sen. Johnson hates Obamacare because Obama is ‘wrong color’

Democratic Sen. Jay Rockefeller suggested during a Senate hearing that his Republican colleague, Sen. Ron Johnson, opposed Obamacare primarily because President Obama was black.

May 22, 2014

Epileptic kids under age 18 could get OK to smoke marijuana in Illinois

Illinois lawmakers pushed forward with a bill to let minor-aged children who suffer from epilepsy smoke marijuana to ease their symptoms.

May 22, 2014

Going batty: Miami roofers discover hundreds of winged secrets beneath shingles (VIDEO)

A handful of workers in Miami trying to replace a roof thought they had matters under control when they peeled back sections of tile, one at a time, and small groups of bats flew into the air.

May 22, 2014

101 arrested as protesters storm McDonald’s HQ demanding $15/hr. pay

More than 100 protesters were arrested on McDonald's headquarters property in Illinois during a rally call for more money for fast-food workers — but labor rights activists are hardly throwing in the towel.

May 22, 2014

Israeli ex-spy chief warns China’s taking over food production

Efraim Halevy, the former head of Mossad — Israel's Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations — warned that China's recent buy-out of a large food production company in Israel could mean big security threats for the Jewish nation.

May 22, 2014

Fox News anchor Gregg Jarrett arrested at Minneapolis airport

Gregg Jarrett, a weekend co-anchor on the FOX News Channel, was arrested and briefly jailed for a bar-related incident at Minneapolis-St.Paul Airport.

May 22, 2014

Sarah Palin slams Obama as too ‘lazy’ to deal with VA scandal

President Obama could deal with the Veterans Affairs Department patient care crisis that's rocked national headlines in recent days, but he won't because he's "lazy" and lacks will, said Sarah Palin during a recent interview on Fox News.

May 22, 2014

Defrocked priest arrested on sexual abuse charges of child, then 10 years old

A defrocked Catholic priest who admitted in 2007 to abusing five children has now been arrested and charged with aggravated criminal sexual abuse, Chicago law enforcement confirmed.

May 22, 2014

Muslim terrorists blamed for market bombings in China that kill 31

At least 31 were killed and more than 90 injured in bomb blasts that rocked a market area in the northwestern region of Xinjiang in China early Thursday.

May 22, 2014

McDonald’s ‘Happy’ mascot misses the mark: ‘He will eat you alive. Run!’

McDonald's may have fallen a bit short of its public relations mark with its newest Happy Meal toy mascot offering -- a toothy, big-mouthed, bulging-eyed boxed figure that may be named Happy, but appears more like it's growling, "Come here."

May 21, 2014

CNN concedes: Nobody’s watching our climate change reports

CNN head honcho Jeff Zucker admitted the network's viewers aren't really interested in their reports on climate change — but said that only means CNN has to try harder.

May 21, 2014

Parents hire coaches to teach bike-riding to children

Eight-year-old Max Goldberg of New York couldn't quite get the hang of riding his bike, so after two years of training-wheeled trying, his mother stumbled on a new adolescent offering: Hire a coach.

May 21, 2014

Ben Carson rocks liberal set of ‘The View’ with welfare critique

Ben Carson took to "The View" stage this week to explain to his mostly liberal hosts and largely liberal audience just why the liberal-driven welfare system stinks — and he emerged not only unscathed, but a big winner.

May 21, 2014

Gay marriage support swells to 55 percent of Americans

Support for gay marriage is hitting record-level highs, with fully 55 percent of Americans saying it's quite OK for homosexuals to trade government-sanctioned wedding vows.

May 21, 2014

26 women petition pope to let priestly boyfriends break celibacy vows

Pope Francis is fielding a formal request from 26 women to let their boyfriends — who serve as priests — be freed from their vows of celibacy.

May 21, 2014

Minor leaguer’s ear bitten during on-field fight: ‘It’s something we don’t condone’

Two minor-leaguers with the Los Angeles Dodgers organization traded fists during an on-field fight this week – a Mike Tyson-esque affair that reportedly ended when one player, Miguel Olivo, bit the ear of his teammate, Alex Guerrero.

May 21, 2014

Marine who fell from Osprey during N.C. flight training found dead

A Marine who mysteriously fell from the cargo door of an Osprey till-rote craft during a training mission was found dead, military authorities said on Wednesday.

May 21, 2014

NBA accuses Donald Sterling of telling female friend to lie to cover up tape

The NBA has come out with a new accusation against the Los Angeles Clippers' Donald Sterling, saying the under-fire basketball team owner asked his female friend, V. Stiviano, to lie and help cover up the racial comments he was captured saying about blacks on audio tape.

May 21, 2014