Cheryl K. Chumley

Poultry plant fire in China kills more than 100 people

A huge fire that swept through a poultry plant in China on Monday killed more than 100 people, and the death count continues to rise as rescue workers discover more bodies in the debris.

June 3, 2013

Anthony Weiner jeered, booed in Israel Day Parade in NYC

New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner couldn't shake his political past during Sunday's Israel Day Parade through the city streets, as tough critics converged along Fifth Avenue to remind why they don't appreciated his rebound from private life.

June 3, 2013

New book: Bill Clinton forges secret deal with ‘incompetent’ Obama

Noted political writer Edward Klein claims in his latest book that former President Bill Clinton dismissed President Obama as inept and incapable of performing the duties of the White House — but that he formed a secret deal to give him an endorsement for office anyway.

June 3, 2013

Pfc. Bradley Manning heads to court-martial trial on WikiLeaks case

Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, 25, heads to trial on Monday on charges related to the biggest classified information leak in U.S. history, The Associated Press reported.

June 3, 2013

Sparks fly in Karl Rove-David Plouffe face-off on IRS

It was a fireworks show on Sunday, as former White House senior adviser David Plouffe tried to deny to former George W. Bush deputy chief of staff Karl Rove that the ongoing IRS scandal has anything to do with politics.

June 3, 2013

Park rangers scour for teen swept into Yosemite waterfall

Rescue crews on Monday are still searching for a 19-year-old who was swept into a waterfall at Yosemite National Park while swimming in the Merced River.

June 3, 2013

Anti-Mitch McConnell activist admits secretly taping senator

A spokesman for a super PAC that targeted Sen. Mitch McConnell for ouster admitted on Friday that he secretly tape-recorded a political strategy meeting between the senator and his staffers.

May 31, 2013

School interrogation over toy gun leaves boy, 5, with wet pants, suspension

A Maryland family is appealing their 5-year-old son's school suspension over a toy cap gun, characterizing the boy's two-hour interrogation and subsequent 10-day boot from class a bit over the top.

May 31, 2013

Convicted killer Joran Van der Sloot to marry from jail

Joran Van der Sloot, the convicted killer and Dutch citizen who lived in Aruba at the time vacationing American Natalee Holloway went missing, is getting married.

May 31, 2013

Fast fitness: Researchers say only 12 minutes of exercise needed per week

Toss the gym membership and burn the running shoes. A new report from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology finds that all that's needed to stay fit and healthy is 12 minutes of exercise — per week.

May 31, 2013

Eric Holder pledges: No more AP-type record seizures

The Justice Department won't do to other media outlets what it did to The Associated Press or to Fox News correspondent James Rosen, Attorney General Eric Holder said on Thursday.

May 31, 2013

Rep. Bill Keating: Russia insists U.S. could have averted Boston bombings

Russian intelligence gave enough advance information about Tamerlan Tsarnaev in 2011 that the Boston Marathon bombings could have been averted, one Massachusetts lawmaker suggested on Thursday.

May 31, 2013

Turkish police oust anti-government protesters from park with tear gas

Police in Turkey on Friday fired tear gas and shot water cannons at demonstrators who took over a park in Istanbul to decry the construction of a shopping mall.

May 31, 2013

Middle East virus, MERS, called ‘threat to the entire world’

A respiratory illness that is sweeping the Middle East, infecting dozens and killing at least 30, is a global threat that must be contained, medical experts said.

May 31, 2013

Chechen dad: FBI killed my son during Tsarnaev interview to ‘shut him up’

A Chechen father whose son was recently shot and killed during FBI questioning in Florida is demanding retribution, accusing federal agents of murder to keep him quiet.

May 31, 2013

3 Naval Academy football players investigated for sexual assault

The Naval Academy has launched an investigation into three football players over accusations that they sexually assaulted a female student, a school spokesman said Friday.

May 31, 2013

Recall against Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio fails, but group vows ‘fight is not over’

A recall effort against Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio went down in flames Thursday. Leaders of the group, Respect Arizona and Citizens for a Better Arizona did not collect the necessary number of signatures to force a recall election, the Los Angeles Times reported.

May 31, 2013

Nigerian police foil Hezbollah attack plot on Israel

Nigerian police said they've arrested three Hezbollah members from Lebanon who were about to launch an attack on Israeli facilities.

May 31, 2013

More taxpayer waste: Congressional staffers offered class on forgiveness

Learning how to forgive — it's just one of a handful of classes congressional staffers are entitled to take during Capitol Hill work hours, and that has at least one senator steaming.

May 31, 2013

Zumba fitness instructor in Kennebunk, Maine, to be sentenced for prostitution

The fitness instructor for a small-town health club in Kennebunk, Maine, is heading to court Friday to receive her sentence for 20 counts related to prostitution.

May 31, 2013