Cheryl K. Chumley

GM accused of delaying recall on cars that killed 6

General Motors is accused by a Georgia attorney of knowingly delaying a recall of two model vehicles that had defects which ultimately led to the deaths of at least six people.

February 21, 2014

NYC mayor touts traffic safety — as his own drivers blow past stop signs

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, who just touted a new safe-driving initiative to lower the city's speed limits by 5 mile per hour, has now been caught in an embarrassing situation: His SUV was seen blowing through a pair of stop signs in Queens.

February 21, 2014

NBC tags Olympian David Wise’s ‘alternative lifestyle’ of God, wife, child

David Wise, 23, who just won the Olympic gold for freestyle skiing, has now made headlines for a different reason: He's married to a woman, has a 2-year-old and one day wants to be a pastor — and that's an usual path, NBC deems.

February 21, 2014

Rand Paul calls on Ted Nugent to apologize for Obama jab

Sen. Rand Paul said in a Twitter message that rocker-turned-activist Ted Nugent ought to apologize for making "offensive" remarks about President Obama.

February 21, 2014

Michelle Obama pushes ‘Let’s Move’ on late night with Jimmy Fallon

First lady Michelle Obama appeared on the "Tonight Show" with Jimmy Fallon for a quick comedy sketch with Will Ferrell, to dish on her near-driving age daughter -- and to solicit success stories for her signature "Let's Move" exercise and nutrition campaign.

February 21, 2014

265 Anne Frank books vandalized in Toyko libraries

Two-hundred and sixty-five copies of the "Diary of a Young Girl," written by Anne Frank during her hideaway Holocaust years, have been vandalized in Tokyo libraries in the last few weeks.

February 21, 2014

Google debuts phone with real-time, 3-D mapping ability

Google's newest invention is an Android phone that provides users with real-time, on-demand, 3-D maps of their surroundings.

February 21, 2014

China warns Obama: Don’t meet with the Dalai Lama

China has sent out a stark message to President Obama, calling on him to cancel a planned meeting with the Dalai Lama — or face diplomatic consequences.

February 21, 2014

Calif. Girl Scout takes cookie stand to marijuana shop — and sales explode

A California Girl Scout smartly set up her cookie sale stand right outside a San Francisco marijuana dispensary — and compared to her earlier efforts at a grocery, business boomed.

February 21, 2014

Kentucky man to walk barefoot for a year to raise money for African children

A Kentucky man has decided that he'll go a year without wearing any socks or shoes to raise money for children in Africa who don't have anything to put on their feet.

February 21, 2014

Arizona lawmakers OK religious exemption for businesses to deny gays

Arizona lawmakers voted in favor of a measure that gives business owners, churches and individuals in the state the legal right to deny service to gays for religious reasons.

February 21, 2014

Steve Jobs, Jimi Hendrix to debut on postage stamps

Steve Jobs, of Apple fame, and Jimi Hendrix, of rock-star legends, are among the personalities slated to make an appearance on future U.S. Postal Service stamps.

February 21, 2014

Suicide attack kills, wounds several at Afghan police complex

Suicide attackers in Kabul hit a police compound with bombs and guns early Friday, killing one and wounding four, Afghan security forces said.

February 21, 2014

George W. Bush waxes on vets: Most want ‘their service understood’

Former President George W. Bush took to the Texas stage to speak about the true 1 percent crowd in America that deserves the respect and admiration of all — the veterans.

February 20, 2014

Air Force agency to launch 3 new GPS satellites

The Air Force Global Positioning Program is set to launch three new satellites from Cape Canaveral, beginning with a planning liftoff Thursday night.

February 20, 2014

Oliver North: Obama is ‘Jimmy Carter on steroids’

Oliver North said on a Wednesday national broadcast that if anyone was happy that President Obama won a second term, it's former President Jimmy Carter — and maybe Russian President Vladimir Putin.

February 20, 2014

Portland teens accused of carving swastika on classmate’s head

Three teenagers in Portland, Ore., have been charged as adults in a shocking crime that rocked the community and left a 16-year-old with a swastika carved into his forehead.

February 20, 2014

Dalai Lama to plug free enterprise in video message

The Dalai Lama has partnered with the American Enterprise Institute to stream a video message that touts the benefits of free market systems.

February 20, 2014

Waiter tosses $7K ‘Tips for Jesus’ tip: I thought diner was drunk

A waiter in West Hollywood, Calif., said he didn't realize the tip for $7,000 attributed to "Tips for Jesus" was real when he tossed it -- and now he's praying for a miracle to resurrect the money.

February 20, 2014

Actress Robin Wright: ‘D.C. more corrupt than Hollywood’

Robin Wright, the actress who plays Claire Underwood on "House of Cards," was in Washington, D.C., to research her role as a powerful politician's wife and found: This place is seedier than Hollywood.

February 20, 2014