Cheryl K. Chumley

Fire kills 8 in second Bangladesh factory disaster

For the second time in just a couple weeks, Bangladesh's garment industry has been hit by disaster — this time, from a fire that swept an 11-story clothing manufacturing facility, killing eight on Thursday.

May 9, 2013

Afghan President Hamid Karzai wangles for more money for U.S. presence

Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai said Thursday that yes, the United States may indeed install military bases in his country — if America first coughs up enough cash.

May 9, 2013

Cleveland kidnapping suspect Ariel Castro wrote: I’m a sexual predator who ‘needs help’

Police combing Cleveland kidnap suspect Ariel Castro's home stumbled upon a letter he supposedly wrote in which he admitted to being a sexual predator who "needs help."

May 9, 2013

American stabbed outside U.S. Embassy in Cairo

An American has been rushed to the hospital after being stabbed Thursday on a street outside the U.S. Embassy in Cairo.

May 9, 2013

Sen. Tom Coburn blasts Sen. Harry Reid: He’s ‘dishonest,’ ‘not truthful’

Sen. Tom Coburn ripped Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Thursday morning, calling him untruthful, unsuccessful and double-crossing.

May 9, 2013

Michael Jackson: ‘God keeps talking to me,’ singer said days before death

The "king of pop" told his tour director in the days leading up to his death that he had heard God's voice, court testimony revealed.

May 9, 2013

Tamerlan Tsarnaev buried at undisclosed location outside of Worcester, Mass.

The body of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev has been buried at an undisclosed location outside Worcester, Mass., a Boston newspaper reported Thursday.

May 9, 2013

Pope Emeritus Benedict shrinking away: He’s ‘halved in size’

Pope Emeritus Benedict has lost so much weight in the weeks since he left the papal that one archbishop commented he seems to have actually shrunk in size.

May 9, 2013

Couple on Carnival cruise disappear into ocean

Two Carnival Spirit cruise passengers disappeared off the coast of Australia, and rescue workers were combing the water for sign of their bodies, dead or alive, on Thursday.

May 9, 2013

Marine Corps message: Wanted, a few good Asian-Americans

Wanted: Asian-Americans. That's the new mantra of the Marine Corps as recruiters kicked off a campaign Wednesday to encourage more Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders to join.

May 9, 2013

Cleveland kidnapping suspect Ariel Castro’s bail set at $8 million

A scruffy, unshaven Ariel Castro, accused of kidnapping three Cleveland women and holding them captive for nearly 10 years, stood with head down before the judge on Thursday morning, and received his bail: A total of $8 million.

May 9, 2013

Britain’s Prince Charles condemns ‘corporate lobbyists’ for killing planet

The Prince of Wales issued a scathing denouncement of corporations and of climate-change skeptics for failing to take environmental actions to save the "dying patient," planet Earth.

May 9, 2013

The dead got $108M in Social Security benefits in 2012, feds estimate

Government records are so messed up that it's likely dead people are collecting Social Security benefits, the Government Accountability Office found in a study.

May 9, 2013

Ex-Westboro Baptist member shows remorse for pain caused

A former Westboro Baptist Church member shed tears over the pain she caused at funeral protests during an emotional appearance on a television show earlier this week.

May 9, 2013

Michael Moore on Bloomberg’s gun control: ‘It’s wonderful!’

Hollywood's Michael Moore couldn't gush enough about New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's nationwide push for gun control.

May 9, 2013

Gunmen kidnap the son of Pakistan’s former prime minister during rally

The son of a former Pakistani prime minister — who is himself now running for political office — was kidnapped by gunmen on Thursday during a dramatic snatch that played on the streets outside the central city of Multan.

May 9, 2013

Chinese filmmaker facing investigation for fathering 7 children

Chinese authorities are investigating one of the nation's leading film directors accused of fathering seven children, a violation of strict laws that allow for one child per family.

May 9, 2013

Texas cheerleaders win legal right to wave banners with biblical quotes

A judge ruled on Wednesday that high school cheerleaders in Texas do have the legal right to wave banners quoting biblical verses during football games.

May 9, 2013

23 police en route to arrest cult members in Nigeria killed by militia

At least 23 police officers en route to arrest members of a religious cult were ambushed and killed by a militia group in the central Nigerian region of Nasarawa.

May 9, 2013

Voice of Charlie Brown sentenced for threatening ex-girlfriend

What a blockhead. The man behind the voice of Charlie Brown in the special, "A Charlie Brown Christmas," was sentenced Wednesday in a San Diego courtroom on charges of stalking and threatening his ex-girlfriend and her plastic surgeon.

May 9, 2013