Cheryl K. Chumley

FAA furloughs 3,000 air safety inspectors as shutdown kicks in

The Federal Aviation Administration has announced the furloughing of almost 3,000 air safety inspectors as part of the government shutdown.

October 1, 2013

Justice Antonin Scalia: Judges are not ‘moral philosophers’

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said judges are much too activist, are deviating from their rightful roles and are spending too much time arbitrating moral issues — such as gay marriage.

October 1, 2013

Colorado rock slide kills 5, injures 1

Emergency responders on Tuesday returned to the site of a devastating rock slide on a popular Colorado mountain to recover the bodies of five hikers who were killed. A sixth hiker, a girl aged 13, was pulled from the rubble hours earlier, transported for treatment of various injuries.

October 1, 2013

Ron Binz, Obama’s energy nominee, withdraws under pressure

President Obama's nomination to lead the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission announced he was stepping aside on Tuesday, on the heels of concerted pressure from the coal industry and a widespread reluctance in the Senate to take on the confirmation battle.

October 1, 2013

Obama now says Obamacare will bring months of ‘glitches’

President Obama said in comments broadcast Tuesday, on the cusp of enrollment in Obamacare's exchanges, that of course there will be "glitches" in the implementation of the health reform — months of glitches, he added.

October 1, 2013

Fast and Furious lawsuit can proceed, judge tells Obama administration

A federal judge ruled Monday evening that the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee could indeed proceed with a lawsuit against the Justice Department to access certain Fast and Furious documents.

October 1, 2013

Japan’s budget-conscious send dead into space, as funeral costs hits $27K

Talk about a send-off. With burial costs averaging almost $30,000, Japan’s budget-conscious and cash-strapped are turning to space as a funeral option for their loved ones.

October 1, 2013

Angry Nigerian students trash embassy in Russia; 16 arrested

Sixteen Nigerian students have been arrested by police in Moscow, accused of trashing the inside of their country's embassy and smashing furniture when they realized that Russia wasn't paying their grants.

October 1, 2013

Berkeley University evacuated as explosion injures several people

Investigators on Tuesday were still trying to pinpoint the exact cause of an explosion at University of California at Berkeley that injured several and sent the campus into evacuation mode.

October 1, 2013

Mount Rushmore to stay open despite government shutdown, S.D. governor says

Mount Rushmore will remain open to tourists and visitors, despite the U.S. government shutdown, the governor of South Dakota promised.

October 1, 2013

China ‘shocked’ as embassy in Syria hit by mortar; 1 hurt

Chinese authorities reported Tuesday that a mortar shell landed inside its embassy in Damascus, leaving one person with injuries and causing slight damage to the building.

October 1, 2013

Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro expels U.S. diplomats: ‘Yankees go home’

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, in a fiery and dramatic television speech broadcast Monday, accused U.S. diplomats of "acts of sabotage" and ordered them to leave the country.

October 1, 2013

Kenya slams U.S. for ‘unfriendly’ travel advisory after mall terror

Kenya’s interior minister responded to a U.S. warning against travel to the country with shock and anger, suggesting that just because one of its top tourist mall destinations was targeted for terrorist attack doesn’t mean the West has to go on red alert and switch their vacation plans.

September 30, 2013

Man upset at divorce injects son, 4, with heroin, police say

A Washington man upset at his looming divorce is accused of shooting up his 4-year-old son with heroin and other drugs and then doing the same to himself in what police are characterizing as an attempted murder-suicide.

September 30, 2013

Bill Clinton: GOP is ‘begging for America to fail’ regarding health care

Former President Bill Clinton said during a recent televised news interview that he was shocked by the message Republicans were sending in their fight against President Obama’s signature health care reform: We hope it fails. That means the GOP is “begging for America to fail,” he said.

September 30, 2013

Saudi doctor: Driving doesn’t hurt women’s ovaries

A Saudi doctor took to televised airwaves on Monday to debunk and dismiss a recent clerical claim that women drivers face the risk of damaged ovaries.

September 30, 2013

iPhone fever: Single men say they would ditch girlfriend for phone

An online survey conducted by a website company aimed at identifying product discounts for customers found that while most single men said they were happy with their girlfriends, a handful of them would ditch their current love interests if they got an iPhone 5 in exchange.

September 30, 2013

Hillary Clinton film is scrubbed as sources go mum

You can scrap the CNN documentary on Hillary Rodham Clinton: Nobody — absolutely nobody — would agree to speak on record about the former secretary of state and potential 2016 White House candidate, the film director said.

September 30, 2013

Obama shifts $45 million for armed cops in schools — a la NRA

It's almost like a page right out of the National Rifle Association playbook: The Obama administration has announced millions of dollars in funding to put armed officers in the nation's schools.

September 30, 2013

School’s pro-Obama video angers parents: It’s ‘1940s Germany’

A middle school in Hudson, Wis., set off a firestorm among parents after showing a 2009 pro-President Obama video that included celebrities pledging service to the Democratic leader.

September 30, 2013