Cheryl K. Chumley

White House tells Hamid Karzai: Take deal, or U.S. troops are leaving Afghanistan

The White House issued President Hamid Karzai an ultimatum Monday night, telling him that all U.S. troops will exit Afghanistan in 2014 if he doesn’t sign on to the newly drawn security pact.

November 26, 2013

Mystery of beer that bubbles and foams: Solved

In case you were wondering why tapping on the side of a freshly opened beer bottle often sends the contents frothing like a volcano onto the floor — wonder no more. Science has found the answer.

November 25, 2013

Yale University lockdown lifted after suspected gunman hoax

Police are investigating a possible hoax after reports were made of a gunman on the loose at Yale University.

November 25, 2013

Obamacare crackdown on smokers backfires as users flee

Obamacare’s stringent regulatory approach to weaning smokers off tobacco – via much higher priced premiums than non-smokers – may actually be backfiring, driving potential Healthcare.gov participants to opt out and pay the fine for remaining insurance-less.

November 25, 2013

AMA winner Macklemore uses thank-you speech to rail on Trayvon Martin racism

Rapper Macklemore took the opportunity during an acceptance speech Sunday night at the American Music Award ceremony to talk a bit of politics, slamming what he characterized as the nation’s racist response to the shooting death of Florida teen, Trayvon Martin.

November 25, 2013

Police scoop up surplus Army anti-bomb trucks — to serve warrants

Law enforcement departments around the nation have been scooping up military castoffs, bolstering their crime-fighting units with "intimidating" surplus supplies — such as 18-ton, armor-protecting fighting vehicles.

November 25, 2013

House Speaker John Boehner shocked as family health deductible triples

Add to the list of the millions of Americans who are expected to receive a massive price increase from Obamacare: House Speaker John A. Boehner.

November 25, 2013

Snowstorm wallops West; 400 flights canceled

Thousands of travelers have been stranded by a deadly snowstorm plowing across the West, with even more flight disruptions expected as the storm moves East ahead of Thanksgiving.

November 25, 2013

Sarah Palin slams MSNBC’s ‘hypocrisy’ for ignoring Martin Bashir’s attack

When Alec Baldwin threw a gay slur a paparazzo's way, he was suspended for two weeks from his MSNBC show. When Martin Bashir suggested on MSNBC air that someone should defecate in former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's mouth — nothing happened.

November 25, 2013

NYC police charge ‘Knockout Game’ suspect with hate crime

Police in New York City arrested and charged a 28-year-old Brooklyn man with a hate crime, after he allegedly targeted and attacked an Orthodox Jewish man for a “Knockout Game" win.

November 25, 2013

John Bolton: Iran deal an ‘abject surrender’ for America

John R. Bolton, ambassador to the United Nations in President George W. Bush's administration, isn't pulling punches about the United States' forged agreement with Iran: It's a poor deal.

November 25, 2013

Utah mom faults flu shot for killing son, 19

Doctors won't confirm it, but a Utah mother is certain her son, 19, died from complications from a flu shot.

November 25, 2013

Obama: ‘I’m not a particularly ideological’ guy

President Obama, described by some as carting most liberal-progressive vision for the nation since the days of Jimmy Carter, nonetheless claimed in a weekend address that he’s hardly an ideologue.

November 25, 2013

China demands U.S. butt out of island dispute with Japan

China said the United States has no business butting into a territorial dispute it’s having with Japan, and that America better back off making “inappropriate remarks,” Chinese authorities warned.

November 25, 2013

Annie Oakley’s antique shotgun sells for near $300K at auction

Annie Oakley’s shotgun, used more than 100 years ago by the famous female sharpshooting westerner, drew in $293,000 at an auction over the weekend in Dallas.

November 25, 2013

Sandy Hook investigators under fire for keeping some findings secret

Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting investigators are poised to release the much-anticipated report of their findings Monday — but they've already warned that some information is going to be withheld.

November 25, 2013

Obama’s star falls: 56 percent of Americans don’t admire him now

President Obama’s downfall continues, with Monday poll numbers showing Americans don’t trust his statements, don’t believe in his ability to lead and don’t even find his personality anything to brag about any longer.

November 25, 2013

Amtrak derails in S.C., sending several to hospital

A passenger train that left New Orleans early Monday morning for New York jumped the tracks in a rural region outside Spartanburg, S.C., delaying travel for an estimated 200 riders.

November 25, 2013

N.Y. gives cops massive SUVs to peer through motorists’ windows

It’s not exactly high-tech, but New York troopers are getting a new crime-fighting tool to root out texting drivers: Tall, unmarked SUVs that seat high enough so that police can peer into other motorists’ windows and see what they’re doing.

November 25, 2013

Israel pushes forward with disputed settlements

Israel said Monday it’s going forward with plans to build 800 new homes in disputed West Bank territories, over the objections of Palestinians who claim the land as their own.

November 25, 2013