Cheryl K. Chumley

Robert Redford: I felt ‘empathetic’ for violent ‘60s radicals

Robert Redford's latest film, "The Company You Keep," in which he plays a former radicalized activist, may represent a full circle walk for the aging actor.

April 3, 2013

Rep. Jason Chaffetz at border: No fence, just ‘walkway and stairs’

Utah Republican Rep. Jason Chaffetz sent out a series of tweets on Tuesday during his visit to the U.S.-Mexico border by Yuma, Ariz. As the saying goes, a picture says a thousand words.

April 3, 2013

Unhappy J.C. Penney board slashes chief’s pay nearly 97 percent

Talk about a pay cut. J. C. Penney's chief executive officer, Ron Johnson, saw his 2012 salary cut by nearly 97 percent, to $1.9 million.

April 3, 2013

Boston cabbies forced to pay bribes to drive

An investigation initiated by a Boston newspaper finds that cab drivers are forced to pay bribes and fees to fleet owners just for the right to drive and then, at the end of their shift, are forced to fill their taxis with gas purchased from the company's overpriced tanks.

April 3, 2013

Conspiracy poll: 3 in 10 believe ‘secretive power elite’ runs government

Thirty percent of surveyed Americans think a behind-scenes force — a "secretive power elite," as the poll authors put it — is running the world's government. And what's more, one-fifth of Republicans believe President Obama just may be the anti-Christ, the poll says.

April 3, 2013

Turkey: John Kerry to talk about Syria with PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Secretary of State John F. Kerry will head to Turkey before the end of this week to discuss the continuing Syrian conflict, which has just entered its second year.

April 3, 2013

Dr. Ben Carson: White liberals ‘the most racist’

The conservative rising star Dr. Ben Carson said on a Tuesday talk show that critics won't shut him up and that among the most vicious of his attackers were white liberals.

April 3, 2013

Israel, Gaza militants trade fire as cease-fire crumbles

Israel launched its first airstrike into the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip in nearly four months, and Gaza militants responded in kind, signaling the end of a cease-fire the two sides called in November.

April 3, 2013

Alabama lawmakers tighten restrictions on abortion clinics

Alabama lawmakers passed a measure that tightens restrictions on abortion clinics and gives patients more information about their medications.

April 3, 2013

Afghanistan’s Hamid Karzai gives go-ahead for Taliban leader to seek presidency

Afghanistan's president, Hamid Karzai, has given his stamp of approval for Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar to seek the presidency in next year's elections.

April 3, 2013

Islamic cleric decrees it OK for Syrian rebels to rape women

An Islamic cleric has cleared the path for rebels in Syria, who are trying to oust President Bashar Assad, to rape women, so long as they're non-Sunni.

April 3, 2013

Hillary Clinton returns to stage: White House run in works?

Political watchers see Hillary Rodham Clinton's return to the public arena Tuesday evening — and to a very large Kennedy Center stage, at that — as a strategic stepping stone to the White House in 2016.

April 3, 2013

Dozens injured as brawl breaks out at Los Angeles jail

A racially charged brawl broke out at a Los Angeles jail, sending guards for their pepper spray and a handful of inmates to the hospital.

April 3, 2013

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel volunteers to give back part of his pay

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says he's sending a message of solidarity to his furloughed workers and giving back part of his salary.

April 3, 2013

China spokesman meets with U.S., Koreas to express ‘serious concerns’

A spokesman from China met Wednesday with ambassadors from the United States and North and South Koreas to express "serious concern" over the escalating tensions.

April 3, 2013

Magic Johnson responds to photo of gay son: ‘Very proud’ of him

Basketball legend Magic Johnson said a recent photograph of his son walking the Sunset Strip, dressed in fur coat and swinging a handbag — and holding hands with his boyfriend — doesn't bother him.

April 2, 2013

Georgia city approves law requiring gun ownership

A small north Georgia town with a population of about 1,300 has passed a law that requires homeowners to own guns.

April 2, 2013

Fire kills 13 children in Burma orphanage

Thirteen children were killed during a fire at a mosque in Yangon, Burma that serves as an orphanage.

April 2, 2013

Amsterdam taxed, fined Holocaust Jews in hiding — and in Nazi camps

Apparently, in Amsterdam, fleeing Nazi persecution and hiding from German troops to avoid forced placement in a concentration camp is no excuse not to pay taxes.

April 2, 2013

Columbia U. hires ex-Weather Underground member convicted in armed robbery

Kathy Boudin, an ex-Weather Underground radical who spent time in prison for a dramatic armed-car robbery that left two police officers and security guard dead, has a new gig: adjunct professor at Columbia University.

April 2, 2013