Cheryl K. Chumley

U.S. ambassador summoned by Russian ministry over spy scandal

Michael McFaul, the U.S. ambassador to Russia, was summoned Wednesday by the nation's foreign ministry for questioning about a spy debacle that heated this week.

May 15, 2013

Former NAACP chairman Julian Bond: It’s OK for IRS to target ‘racist’ tea party

Julian Bond, former chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, said during a Tuesday interview on MSNBC that it's only right and just that the federal government and the IRS target tea party groups.

May 14, 2013

New York man arrested for carting 2 extra bullets

A New York man has the dubious honor of being the first reported arrest for carrying two bullets too many in his otherwise legally authorized ammunition magazine — in violation of the state's new gun control laws.

May 14, 2013

Taliban release 4 Turkish hostages in ‘goodwill’ nod to Muslims

Taliban members released their last four Turkish hostages on Tuesday afternoon as a means of promoting good relations with other Muslims.

May 14, 2013

Czech President Milos Zeman is mocked, but leader says he was sick, not drunk

The new Czech president said he was sick, not drunk — even as video captured him struggling to negotiate stairs and propping himself against a wall for support during a national ceremony that's supposed to be marked by gravitas

May 14, 2013

Feds mull dropping DUI level from .08 to .05

Federal authorities are mulling recommendations that states drop the threshold that determines drunken driving from .08 to .05.

May 14, 2013

Sen. Rand Paul: Obama ‘drunk on power’

President Obama seems to have departed from his duly elected duties, Sen. Rand Paul said Monday, referring to the growing scandal on the IRS targeting of conservative nonprofits.

May 14, 2013

Sarah Palin on TV host offer: ‘Never say never’

Location, location, location — and money. Those are the main sticking points for former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who reportedly was asked by reality-show producer Mark Burnett to host her own television talk show.

May 14, 2013

3 U.S. soldiers killed by roadside bomb in Afghanistan

Three American soldiers were killed Tuesday when a roadside bomb exploded in the Kandahar province of Afghanistan.

May 14, 2013

John Boehner’s daughter weds Jamaican once busted for marijuana possession

House Speaker John Boehner's new son-in-law is a Jamaican-born, dreadlock-sporting 38-year-old who was once busted for possessing marijuana.

May 14, 2013

Out on a limb: Firefighters rescue N.Y. cop who climbed tree to save cat

It started out as a good deed. A New York Police Department officer responding to frantic 911 telephone calls about a stray cat stuck in a tree actually agreed to the climb-and-rescue mission.

May 14, 2013

Sen. Max Baucus, who’s heading IRS hearings, once urged agency to target conservative groups

Sen. Max Baucus, Montana Democrat, may be leading the current investigation against the Internal Revenue Service, heading hearings about the agency's admitted targeting of certain conservative-minded nonprofits.

May 14, 2013

New Orleans police IDs suspect in mass Mother’s Day parade shooting

Police in New Orleans working with federal investigators identified one of the suspects believed to have opened fire at a Mother's Day parade through town, injuring 19.

May 14, 2013

Feds arrest Saudi who flew with pressure cooker, altered passport

Federal agents arrested and charged a Saudi Arabian who flew into Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport from Amsterdam with a pressure cooker and an altered passport.

May 14, 2013

U.S. sailor killed while rescuing woman from mugger in the Bahamas

An American sailor was killed while trying to save a woman who was being mugged in the Bahamas.

May 14, 2013

A month after U.S.-Russia flap over Boston Marathon bombing, American ‘spy’ detained in Moscow

An American was detained by Russian authorities late Monday, amid accusations he was trying to spy for the CIA. He's been subsequently turned over to American authorities.

May 14, 2013

Boats of Muslims fleeing cyclone capsize off Myanmar; dozens killed

Dozens of Rohingya Muslims attempting to flee a cyclone were killed when the boats in which they were sailing capsized off western Myanmar.

May 14, 2013

Locusts swarm Israel’s desert in worst infestation in decades

Huge swarms of newly hatched locusts have started their march across the sands of Negev Desert in Israel, eating much of the nation's technologically produced farmland, and teams of exterminators have been working nonstop to fight off the threat, NBC reported.

May 14, 2013

Japanese mayor: Sex slaves were necessary to ‘maintain discipline’

The conservative mayor of Osaka, Japan, said Monday that forcing Asian women to prostitute themselves to Japanese soldiers during World War II was a necessity to "maintain discipline" among the ranks.

May 14, 2013

Joyce Brothers: Mother of media psychology dies at 85

Joyce Brothers, the mother of television psychology, died at the age of 85, her daughter said on Monday.

May 14, 2013