Cheryl K. Chumley

Anthony Weiner’s pre-election hurrah leads to shout-fest on MSNBC

New York City mayoral hopeful Anthony Weiner's last-ditch television attempt to scrounge up support for his flagging bid fell flat Monday evening — and that's probably an understatement. The interview with MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell progressed into a shouting match that lasted for minutes, sparked in part by the host's blunt opening question: "What is wrong with you?"

September 10, 2013

Michigan state trooper shot at traffic stop dies during surgery

Michigan is in mourning as a state trooper who was shot in the head during a routine traffic stop Monday died during surgery.

September 10, 2013

Sarah Palin sends call-to-arms tweet: ‘Bomb Obamacare’

Sarah Palin sent a brief yet scathing message to Twitter followers in the final hours before President Obama was due to address the nation about military strikes in Syria: Rather than bomb the Middle East country, "bomb Obamacare," she said.

September 10, 2013

Blue-collar laborers rebel at AFL-CIO’s embrace of progressives

The AFL-CIO needs to stick with representing workers and stop trying to taken on social causes for the far left, said the union head for the International Association of Fire Fighters.

September 10, 2013

Syria says yes to Russia-inspired chemical weapons deal

Syria on Tuesday said the government would take the deal proposed by Russia to turn over its chemical weapons cache to international control, the nation's foreign minister said.

September 10, 2013

Michigan panel votes to remove scandal-plagued judge from bench

The Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission voted on Monday to remove the Wayne County Circuit judge from his bench, citing his repeated pattern of lying under oath and his affair with a witness as cause.

September 10, 2013

Christian city in lockdown, as Philippine forces pursue Muslim rebels

Security forces in Zamboanga City, a large predominantly Christian port city in the Philippines, kept the community in lockdown mode on Tuesday while they pursued a Muslim rebel group accused of launching an air-and-sea strike against the region the previous day.

September 10, 2013

San Francisco Bay Area fire builds; 100 homes evacuated

California firefighters on Tuesday were trying to contain a wildfire that had grown to about three times in size in the last couple days, threatening about 100 homes in a San Francisco Bay Area.

September 10, 2013

Obama too weak to sell America on Syria: poll

If President Obama can’t sell a skeptical America on using military force in Syria, it’s his own fault, a new poll from CNN/ORC released Tuesday suggested.

September 10, 2013

Michelle knows best what Americans should be drinking

First healthy eating, now healthy drinking. First lady Michelle Obama has teamed up with Hollywood star — and potato-chip promoter — Eva Longoria to push Americans to drink more water.

September 10, 2013

Princeton earns top college spot in annual ranking

Princeton University took the top place honors in U.S. News & World Report’s latest ranking of top 100 institutes of higher learning around the nation.

September 10, 2013

Iran’s President Hasan Rouhani: U.N. summit perfect time to talk about nuclear program

Iran’s new president, Hasan Rouhani, said on Tuesday that this month’s meeting of the General Assembly in New York may prove the perfect setting to reignite talks about the nation’s nuclear program.

September 10, 2013

China backs Russia’s call for Syria to give up chemical weapons

China on Tuesday said it was backing a Russian call for Syria to turn over chemical weapons, the latest in international debate on military action in the war-torn country.

September 10, 2013

Russia reprimands U.S., Israel over missile test launch

Russia's Defense Ministry issued a sharp rebuke to diplomats from the United States and Israel for a joint naval exercise that included the test-firing of several ballistic missiles.

September 9, 2013

Matthew Cordle, who confessed via YouTube video, indicted in drunken-driving crash

A 22-year-old man who made a video to admit he killed someone during a drunken-driving accident — a video that has since gone viral with more than a million viewers — was indicted Monday for aggravated vehicular homicide.

September 9, 2013

‘Compassionate immigration’ is focus of liberal prayer-fasting fest

If prayer can move mountains, it can move lawmakers to pass immigration reform — that's the theme of a largely liberal faith-based campaign on Capitol Hill to enact immigration reform via prayer and fasting.

September 9, 2013

Colorado voters come out in droves to recall anti-gun senators

Officially, Colorado residents won’t be voting in the recall of two state senators who supported tighter gun control laws until Tuesday. But if early voting is an indication of how the recall will turn out, then Senate President John Morse and Sen. Angela Giron may need new jobs.

September 9, 2013

Craig James fired by Fox Sports for saying homosexuality is a ‘choice’ to be judged by God

A Fox Sports college football analyst was fired after just one week once video footage surfaced of him in 2012 speaking of gays having to face God for their sexual choices.

September 9, 2013

Justice Antonin Scalia: ‘I hate the Redskins’

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia may spend the majority of his workday hours in the nation's capital city, but that doesn't mean he's a fan of the local sports teams.

September 9, 2013

U.S. taxpayers on hook for $1B to Syria — and most intercepted by Assad

While debate swirls among national and international political leaders about the best course of action to take in Syria, the fact is American taxpayers are already on the hook for more than $1 billion in aid for the conflict. Moreover, most of that aid doesn't even reach the intended recipients — the civilians hit hardest by the two-plus years of conflict.

September 9, 2013