Cheryl K. Chumley

Obama bemoans ‘my afro was never that good’ at DNC event for NYC’s de Blasio

President Obama had some words of praise for New York City mayoral hopeful Bill de Blasio's son at a recent Democratic National Committee fundraiser: Your hair is great.

September 26, 2013

O.J. Simpson caught stealing cookies in prison cafeteria

O.J. Simpson, the former NFL great who fell from national grace when he was accused of murder and ultimately sent to jail for armed robbery, now faces a new disgrace: Stealing cookies from his Nevada prison cafeteria.

September 26, 2013

George H.W. Bush serves as witness at same-sex ceremony

Former President George H.W. Bush served as a witness for a same-sex marriage ceremony that saw the union of two of his longtime friends, one of his spokesman said on Wednesday.

September 26, 2013

University of Maryland Honors College director on Trayvon Martin trial: ‘It is legal to hunt’ kids

The director of the Honors College at the University of Maryland in College Park, Md., sent an email to students about the Travyon Martin-George Zimmerman trial, saying the message from the verdict is that it's OK to kill kids.

September 26, 2013

Montana rapist completes 31-day jail sentence, sent home

A Montana man whose rape conviction generated national attention because it only brought a 31-day jail sentence — and because the judge seemed to cast blame on the 14-year-old victim — has been released.

September 26, 2013

What a Twit: Cory Booker captured in Twitter flirt with stripper

Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker, a Democratic Party candidate for senator, has been trading Twitter barbs with an East Coast stripper who posts half-nude photos online — and he's completely unapologetic.

September 26, 2013

Bill Clinton on Vladimir Putin: He can be trusted

Former President Bill Clinton said during a gathering at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York on Wednesday that President Vladimir Putin is trustworthy — that he's never gone back on a promise.

September 26, 2013

Iran seeks ‘phased actions’ for nuclear talks

The foreign minister in Iran wants to take a more phased-in approach to discussing the nation's nuclear development program and reaching compromise with the international community.

September 26, 2013

Flashback: NYC mayoral hopeful Bill de Blasio honored despot Mugabe

Thirty-six of 51 New York City Council members shunned a 2002 event honoring Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, expressing concern with the leader's despotic ways and worrying their attendance might be spun as an endorsement of his torturing of political rivals. But not Democrat Bill de Blasio.

September 25, 2013

Swiss science says too much caffeine kills kids’ brain power

Teens who drink too much caffeine could ultimately undermine their brains’ abilities to develop, Swiss researchers found.

September 25, 2013

Piers Morgan goes pro-gun? CNN host defends boys booted for toy guns

Internationally known anti-gun CNN television host Piers Morgan actually came out in strong defense of two Virginia teenage boys who were booted from school Tuesday for playing with toy guns in their front yard while waiting for the morning school bus.

September 25, 2013

Nancy Pelosi confuses Constitution, Declaration of Independence

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi stumbled during recent remarks over a reference to the Founding Fathers' principles: Was it the Constitution? Or was it the Declaration of Independence?

September 25, 2013

Kurt Cobain’s childhood home gets ‘for sale’ sign

Kurt Cobain's childhood home and its furnishings — including the very mattress the now-deceased Nirvana frontman slept on — have been put up for sale, an action timed to take advantage of the 20th anniversary of the band's final studio album, "In Utero."

September 25, 2013

British lawmaker under fire for ‘slut’ slur quits party

A British lawmaker was pressured to resign from his political party on Tuesday after making a joke about his female political colleagues being “sluts.”

September 25, 2013

Tennessee dad decries school’s ‘preferential’ push to Islam

A Tennessee father forced a school to cancel field trips to area religious houses of worship after he pushed administrators to explain why it seemed they were focusing on Islam over Christianity and other religions.

September 25, 2013

Mexican Mafia gang broken, as California police arrest 129

Police in California say they’ve pretty much busted up one Orange County gang’s operations, with the Tuesday arrest and indictment of nearly 130 alleged members of the violent Mexican Mafia.

September 25, 2013

India floods force more than 15,000 to flee

Fifteen thousand people who live in the western region of India have been forced to flee massive floods on Wednesday that have closed off roads and railways and swept away untold numbers of structures.

September 25, 2013

China mystery: Legal activist questioned by police disappears at airport

A noted legal rights activist in China has gone missing, and her colleagues and supporters say it's no coincidence her disappearance follows a recent interrogation session with police.

September 25, 2013

Flagstaff, Ariz., overturns ban on begging in city streets

Facing constitutional challenge, Flagstaff, Ariz., City Council members late Tuesday moved to stop enforcing a ban on begging that's been rule-of-law at the state level for about a century.

September 25, 2013

Mitt Romney heads to Virginia for private fundraiser for Ken Cuccinelli

Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli’s Virginia gubernatorial campaign will see some star power on Wednesday, as former Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney is set to come out of the shadows and headline a private fundraising event for the candidate.

September 25, 2013