Cheryl K. Chumley

China orders bulldozing of Christian church in remote village

Chinese authorities called in the military to tear down a towering church located near a Christian community by the city of Wenzhou.

April 30, 2014

Illinois Democrat, a former state representative, charged with child porn possession

An Illinois Democrat who resigned a month ago as a state representative — and who once co-sponsored two bills to crack down on child pornography offenders — has now himself been charged with possession of child porn.

April 30, 2014

Oprah weighs in on Donald Sterling race flap: ‘Plantation days are over’

Oprah Winfrey gave some glib comments on the Donald Sterling fiasco, saying the now-banned Los Angeles Clippers owner ought to know better that times have changed.

April 30, 2014

Ga. FedEx shooting suspect ID’d: Geddy Kramer, 19, dressed ‘like Rambo’

Police and witnesses say the man who is accused of shooting and injuring six at the FedEx facility in Kennesaw, Ga., on Tuesday was a 19-year-old man named Geddy Kramer, who strode into the building as if he were a character from an action movie — armed with an assault rifle, knife and belt of bullets that was strapped across his chest.

April 30, 2014

New York City, Chicago ban e-cigarettes from public places

New York City and Chicago government heads have outright banned restaurant and bar patrons from "lighting up" their electronic cigarettes inside the establishments.

April 30, 2014

China boots another Communist Party chief over graft

The Communist Party in China has kicked off a criminal investigation into a senior government official, Li Chuncheng, accusing him of everything from taking bribes to taking part in acts of depravity.

April 30, 2014

German priest who fathered girl petitions pope to waive celibacy vow

A German Catholic priest who fathered a daughter eight years after he vowed celibacy has nonetheless pressed forward with a petition to Pope Francis: Please waive my oath.

April 30, 2014

Librarians pressed to ban Dr. Seuss ‘Hop on Pop’ for violent undertones

Dr. Seuss is safe at the Toronto Public Library — at least for the time being. But one of his books was targeted for banning. A letter of complaint filed in March with the facility petitioned for the removal of all copies of the 1963 book penned by Dr. Seuss, "Hop on Pop."

April 30, 2014

Joe Biden invokes ‘Deliverance’ movie in point about rape

Vice President Joseph R. Biden joined in the ongoing White House reach-out to rape victims and executive push to put a halt to acts of sexual violence on college campus — by invoking a graphic scene of the "Deliverance" movie.

April 30, 2014

Colorado symphony to play ‘cannabis-friendly’ concerts to draw in marijuana money

The Colorado Symphony Orchestra announced it's kicking off a series of "cannabis-friendly" concerts to take advantage of the state's blooming marijuana market and help raise money for its musical endeavors.

April 30, 2014

White supremacist who admits to felony terrorizing of town gets probation

An admitted white supremacist who faced various charges related to his terrorizing of the small North Dakota community of Leith was sentenced to four years of probation, but no jail time.

April 30, 2014

Domino’s pizza chief fields fire for lavish, multimillion dollar pay

The head of Domino's Pizza, CEO J. Patrick Doyle, is facing criticism from company shareholders for a generous pay package he's collected over the past three years that comes in at $43 million.

April 30, 2014

Bundy aftermath: Utah lawmaker moves to disarm BLM, IRS, says ‘They’re not paramilitary units’

Rep. Chris Stewart of Utah, concerned about the armed agents that surrounded Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy's property, is mulling a measure to cut funding for any "paramilitary units" that work for the Bureau of Land Management, the Internal Revenue Service and other federal regulatory agencies.

April 30, 2014

Judicial Watch: Email ensuring ‘Obama looked good’ was post-Benghazi priority

Key communication chiefs at the White House waged an all-out strategy to rally behind President Obama and help him push the mantra that the Sept. 11, 2012, terrorist attacks on the U.S. facility in Benghazi were due to an Internet video — and not policy failure, a watchdog revealed.

April 29, 2014

Corporate world flees Clippers in face of alleged Donald Sterling remarks

A handful of corporations have taken their sponsorships and left the company of the Los Angeles Clippers, over perceived racist remarks attributed to owner Donald Sterling.

April 29, 2014

Georgia FedEx facility shooting: 6 wounded; suspect commits suicide

The suspect in Tuesday's FedEx facility shooting in Kennesaw, Ga., has been found dead at the scene — an apparent suicide, police said.

April 29, 2014

Benghazi barracks hit by car bomb, killing 2, wounding 2

Two soldiers were killed and two others injured when a car bomb exploded near the gates of a military facility that's located by an airport in Benghazi, authorities said Tuesday.

April 29, 2014

Gay man, 19, complains that Boy Scouts won’t give him job

A gay 19-year-old who worked a summer position at a Boy Scouts of America camp but was then outed as gay on his Facebook page by friends is now complaining that the organization won't hire him back.

April 29, 2014

Oklahoma Little Leaguers raffle off AR-15 for baseball money

A Little League team in Oklahoma in need of travel and equipment money found their solution in a raffle — of an AR-15.

April 29, 2014

Juan Williams, anti-gun crusader, admits his robbed wife wished for a gun

Juan Williams — the Fox News commentator who recently made media waves for calling on America to disarm — admitted the first thing his wife wished for when she was recently robbed: A gun.

April 29, 2014