Cheryl K. Chumley

Pulitzer winner Seymour Hersh: Bin Laden raid ‘one big lie’

Seymour Hersh, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, said all the details surrounding the U.S. raid on Osama bin Laden's compound that resulted in the terrorist leader's death are completely false.

September 30, 2013

‘Saturday Night Live’ takes on Obamacare with 7-minute skit

President Obama's signature health care reform, Obamacare, took center stage on "Saturday Night Live" this past weekend with a seven-minute skit that mocked the law as a complicated free-for-all.

September 30, 2013

Peaceful Iraq province shattered by bombing; 6 dead

Six years of peace was shattered on Monday, as bombings rocked a normally quiet province in Iraq, killing six security officers.

September 30, 2013

Airlines’ newest fees pay for legroom, better food

Want more legroom? Better flight food? Thanks to new airline policies going into effect this week, even coach fliers can now obtain these first-class luxuries — for a price.

September 30, 2013

Amanda Knox’s second murder trial kicks off in Italy — without her

Amanda Knox is in Washington state, but an appeals court in Italy kicked off its second appeals trial in her absence, accusing her once again of assisting in the murder of her British roommate when she attended school in the university town of Perugia.

September 30, 2013

GOP, not Obama, gets the blame for shutdown: poll

Republicans, not President Obama, will be blamed if the government shuts down early Tuesday, new poll numbers suggest.

September 30, 2013

Popes head to sainthood, with 2014 joint canonization date

Pope Francis announced the date on Monday for Pope John Paul II and Pope John XXIII to receive their official declaration of sainthood: April 27, 2014.

September 30, 2013

Justice Dept. to sue North Carolina over GOP-backed voting rules

Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. announced Monday the Justice Department is suing North Carolina over its new voting law, the latest effort by the Obama administration to intervene on behalf of minority voters after the Supreme Court struck down part of the Voting Rights Act.

September 30, 2013

California airport in fiery chaos after private jet crash

Emergency workers on Monday were still trying to gain access to the wreckage of a private jet crash at Santa Monica Airport in California that sparked a massive ground fire.

September 30, 2013

KKK gets permit for Gettysburg National Park rally

Ku Klux Klan members have been given the thumbs-up to a planned rally at Gettysburg National Military Park, with a special use permit approval for next Saturday.

September 27, 2013

United Airlines pilot dies after in-flight heart attack

A United Airlines pilot who suffered a heart attack in mid-flight, and was forced to make an emergency landing in Boise, died on Friday.

September 27, 2013

New York DMV workers charged in cheating scandal

Eleven workers in several New York Department of Motor Vehicles’ branches were charged with helping commercial driver license applicants cheat on their tests.

September 27, 2013

White House to colleges: Forget Supreme Court — use race

The Obama administration pretty much told colleges and universities around the nation on Friday to ignore the Supreme Court – that affirmative action should be used whenever and wherever possible to determine which applicants are accepted for enrollment.

September 27, 2013

5 injured as cargo ship, freighter collide off Japan

Rescuers on Friday were combing the ocean for a man who went missing after a cargo ship collided with a freighter near Tokyo.

September 27, 2013

Deadly hornets plague China; 28 killed, hundreds injured

A recent rash of deadly hornet attacks in China has left at least 28 dead and hundreds critically injured, as authorities warn citizens to stay away from woods and fields.

September 27, 2013

Customs agents seize 16K fake Hermes purses at California border

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents in California seized more than 16,000 counterfeit designer Hermes purses — a significant find, given the same number of genuine handbags sold legitimately in stores would have gone for a collective $210 million.

September 27, 2013

Detroit worker grouses on tax-paid grant: ‘Bailout would have been better’

The Obama administration on Friday stepped forward and announced millions in grant dollars to give to financially failing Detroit — but even that taxpayer dole-out may not prove acceptable to some of the city's workers, who instead wanted a full-scale bailout.

September 27, 2013

Mumbai rescue operation ‘in full force’ as building collapse kills 4

Hundreds of emergency responders rushed to the scene of a five-story building collapse in Mumbai on Friday, frantically searching the rubble for survivors and hoping the death toll of four wouldn’t rise.

September 27, 2013

United Airlines pilot suffers heart attack mid-flight, forced to land in Boise

A United Airlines pilot heading toward Seattle with 164 other passengers and crew members was forced to make an emergency landing in Boise, after suffering a heart attack hundreds of feet in the air. His condition was not known on Friday.

September 27, 2013

Atari makes a comeback as casinos gamble on skill-based games

Atari, the stuff of 1981 video game legends, is making a comeback of sorts — in the casino gambling industry.

September 27, 2013