Cheryl K. Chumley

Special ops vets call for congressional probe of Benghazi

Hundreds of members of a special operations veterans group are calling for House members to create a committee to investigate the fatal September terrorist attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya.

April 8, 2013

Hamas to long-haired men: Cut it, or face beatings

Hamas militants in Gaza have set their sights on young men donning inappropriate hair styles and have begun rounding them up, ordering cuts — even beating them for violations of religious codes.

April 8, 2013

50 groups in 37 states vie for federal drone test site tag

The competition for government recognition as a federal-approved test site for drone technology has heated in recent weeks, and now 50 groups from 37 different states are vying for the title.

April 8, 2013

Westboro Baptists target film critic Roger Ebert’s funeral

Westboro Baptist Church members announced Monday their newest target: movie critic Roger Ebert's funeral.

April 8, 2013

Vatican adviser says gay-marriage supporters should skip Communion

Gay-marriage-rights Catholics should not partake of Holy Communion, said one Detroit professor who also serves as a legal adviser to the Vatican.

April 8, 2013

John McCain’s wife, Cindy, to appear in play about Calif.’s Proposition 8 same-sex case

Cindy McCain, the wife of Sen. John McCain, is hitting the stage with a role in next month's Herberger Theater Center production of a play about Proposition 8, the California same-sex-marriage case that's woven its way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

April 8, 2013

NYC bicyclist hit by police car — then charged for dents to vehicle

Talk about adding insult to injury. A New York City bicyclist who was injured by a police officer who nearly ran him over with his car now has been handed a bill — to repair the dents in the cop car.

April 8, 2013

Wall of dirt at construction site fatally collapses on 2 N.C. children

Two young children were killed at a construction site in North Carolina on Sunday evening when a wall of dirt collapsed on top of them.

April 8, 2013

Three priests removed from Catholic ministry in Philadelphia for abuse

The Archdiocese of Philadelphia has removed three priests from the ministry who have been charged and convicted of child endangerment and abuse.

April 8, 2013

Leeland Eisenberg caught: Police grab N.H. man who held Hillary Clinton staffers hostage in 2007

Police said they captured Leeland Eisenberg, the man who had held several of Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign workers hostage in 2007 but who had disappeared from his halfway house in New Hampshire on Sunday.

April 8, 2013

Gov. Dannel Malloy on guns: NRA’s Wayne LaPierre like ‘clowns at the circus’

Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy had harsh words of criticism for National Rifle Association head Wayne LaPierre during a Sunday appearance on CNN.

April 8, 2013

Syria takes ‘very significant’ action and pulls troops from Golan

Syria President Bashar Assad has pulled thousands of soldiers from the Golan Heights and relocated them to Damascus, at the forefront of battle lines, leaving Israel's border open to rebel forces. In addition, a Syrian government official says a car bomb in central Damascus has killed 10 people, The Associated Press reported.

April 8, 2013

South Korea backtracks on missile statements, as North pulls workers

A leading South Korean official backtracked Monday from claims he made about North Korea prepping for an underground nuclear missile test.

April 8, 2013

NFL linebacker Ayanbadejo: Four gay players plan to come out

Word is four National Football League players are on their way out — of the closet, that is.

April 5, 2013

Japan announces new U.S. plan for Okinawa withdrawal

Japan may soon get back control of land the U.S. military currently occupies at its base in Okinawa.

April 5, 2013

ATF yanks firearms license of shop that sold guns used in Newtown shooting

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has yanked the licenses of the gun store that sold the weapons that were used in the Newtown shootings.

April 5, 2013

Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters, who is pro-Palestinian, abruptly cancels Jewish stop

Roger Waters — the founder of Pink Floyd and a vocal Palestinian movement supporter — abruptly canceled a scheduled speaking event before a Jewish audience in New York City.

April 5, 2013

Alaskan town looks to ban walking while drunk in public

Bethel, Alaska, government leaders are fed up with drunks who behave poorly in public, and they have moved to pass an ordinance banning walking under the influence.

April 5, 2013

Don Imus: ‘Jesus may have been gay’

Syndicated radio talk show host Don Imus has come under fire for comments he made during a recent broadcast in which he suggested that Jesus was a homosexual.

April 5, 2013

Indiana University awarded $423K stimulus to explore ‘condom use problems’

Trustees at Indiana University reported this week that a study on how to properly use condoms had been completed — and that funding for the research had come from federal stimulus dollars, to the tune of $423,500.

April 5, 2013