Cheryl K. Chumley

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s defense lawyers plead for more time to fight death penalty

Attorneys for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev appealed to a judge on Monday to grant them more time to mount a defense against the death penalty.

September 23, 2013

Edward Snowden, in fear, forced to wear disguises

Edward Snowden, who fled the United States after releasing intelligence secrets to the British press, is now living in fear in Russia, dressing in disguise whenever he leaves his house, his attorney said.

September 23, 2013

Rep. Paul Ryan spurs talk of White House run with book deal

Rep. Paul Ryan — former vice presidential candidate, current Wisconsin congressman and rumored White House candidate for 2016 — has scored a deal for a book, due out in August, commenting on the state of conservatism and the way of the Republican Party's future.

September 23, 2013

Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran agree to ‘axis of resistance’

Senior members of Hezbollah and Hamas announced on Monday in Lebanese press that they’ve formed a stronger pact with Iran’s government to watch out for each other’s interests in the Middle East.

September 23, 2013

Syria’s Bashar Assad warns that weapons inspectors might face rebel attack

Syrian President Bashar Assad said in an interview with state-run Chinese media that other nations may incite rebel forces into attacking U.N. inspectors who are headed into the country to secure chemical weapons.

September 23, 2013

Egypt court bans Muslim Brotherhood, orders assets seized

An Egypt court on Monday ordered the Muslim Brotherhood to cease and desist all activities in the nation, and told authorities to seize the group’s funds.

September 23, 2013

Sarah Palin to GOP: ‘Woman up’ and fight Obamacare

Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor and a tea party darling, sent a strong message to Republicans who are waffling on the defunding of Obamacare: “Woman up.”

September 23, 2013

North Korea accused of testing engine for long-range rocket

New satellite pictures indicate North Korea most likely has tested one of its long-range-rocket engines — just a few months after Pyongyang defied international pressures and launched a rocket into space.

September 23, 2013

Huma Abedin given ultimatum: Anthony Weiner or Hillary Clinton

Huma Abedin, a top staffer for Hillary Clinton and the wife of beleaguered and scandalized Anthony Weiner, was told to give her husband the boot — or leave the Clinton camp.

September 23, 2013

Sen. Rand Paul pushes bill to put Chief Justice John Roberts on Obamacare

Sen. Rand Paul said federal workers shouldn't get a pass from joining Obamacare — and that means Justice John G. Roberts Jr., too.

September 23, 2013

3 Kenya mall gunmen are from America: report

Several media outlets have reported that three of the gunmen who are terrorizing a Kenya mall are American.

September 23, 2013

Banned Book Week opens with ‘Captain Underpants’ under fire

Banned Book Week has arrived — and librarians around the nation are asking readers to consult the list and make a selection.

September 23, 2013

Angry Pakistani Christians protest church bombing: ‘They don’t want peace’

Scores of angry Pakistani Christians took to the streets on Monday, protesting this weekend’s deadly church bombings and calling on the government to do more.

September 23, 2013

Ariel Castro’s son: I’m ‘shell-shocked,’ but perhaps good will prevail

Ariel Anthony Castro, the son of the now-deceased Cleveland area kidnapper who killed himself in jail after holding three Ohio women hostage for almost a decade, said in an essay he penned for a local newspaper that he still can’t believe his father’s crimes – but that perhaps good can come of all, regardless.

September 23, 2013

Bill Clinton on budget impasse: GOP waging a good war

You’ve got to give the Republicans credit, said former President Bill Clinton, making the talk show circuit on Sunday. The GOP is waging a decent battle with the Democrats on Obamacare and the budget.

September 23, 2013

3 children, 2 adults found dead in ‘horrible’ Texas home scene

Texas authorities say they've found five members from one family — three children and two adults — dead inside their home.

September 23, 2013

3 recovered in Navy helicopter crash; 2 still missing

Search and rescue teams found three of the U.S. Navy helicopter crew members who had crashed in the Red Sea late Sunday, safe and in stable condition.

September 23, 2013

Tennessee tragedy: 3 teens, 22-year-old driver found shot dead in car

Police on Friday identified a "person of interest" in the apparent shooting of three teenagers and their 22-year-old driver, their bodies abandoned in their car at a rural spot in Tennessee.

September 13, 2013

Teens charged with murdering WWII veteran Delbert Belton plead not guilty

The two teenage boys, 16, charged with beating to death Delbert “Shorty” Belton, 88, as he crossed a parking lot at a Washington club entered not guilty pleas on Friday.

September 13, 2013

Underground, illegal dinner clubs make waves among NYC elite

A new eating experience is sweeping the underbelly of New York City, sucking in the well-dressed wealthy and adventure-seeking tourists who are tired of the blasé world of Health Department dining.

September 13, 2013