Cheryl K. Chumley

Dozens of residents flee Puget Sound landslide

Dozens of residents in a peaceful Puget Sound setting were forced to evacuate Wednesday after a huge landslide knocked one house over and threatened 33 others.

March 28, 2013

4-year-old found next to dead mom resorted to sugar bag for food

A 4-year-old boy found in an apartment outside New York City eating out of a bag of sugar nearby the body of his deceased and decomposing mother was grossly underweight and possibly neglected, investigators say.

March 28, 2013

Gabby Giffords’ gunman had history of drug use, court docs show

The man who went on a shooting spree in 2011 in Arizona, killing 6 and wounding several — including then-Rep. Gabrielle Giffords — was a past drug user who was polite and cooperative after his arrest, newly released court documents show.

March 27, 2013

Indian tribes seek federal bailout money for casinos

A native-American tribe struggling to keep its Foxwoods Resort Casino in the red is now turning to the U.S. government for a helping hand.

March 27, 2013

Hunters begin boycott of Colorado over new gun laws

All across the country, hunters have joined in a call to boycott Colorado over that state's recent laws to curb gun freedoms.

March 27, 2013

Drone-kill map aims to ‘shock people’ on U.S. policy

A technology worker with Pitch Interactive is using his computer skills to make a political point, with the creation of an interactive graph that shows the kills in Pakistan due to U.S. drones.

March 27, 2013

NBC anchor Jenna Wolfe: I’m gay, I’m pregnant and I’m marrying my partner

It's been a busy week for NBC's Jenna Wolfe.

March 27, 2013

Debbie Wasserman Schultz tweets: Texas to soon turn blue

Texas recently elected tea party favorite Ted Cruz to Senate, but don't count on such results from the traditionally conservative state for much longer, predicts Democratic Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz.

March 27, 2013

Michael Moore on guns: ‘What are these white people so afraid of?’

Michael Moore said "fear and racism" fuels Americans' insistence that the government uphold their Second Amendment rights to own firearms.

March 27, 2013

John Kerry heads home; secretary of state claims successful talks with Afghanistan’s Karzai

Secretary of State John Kerry is headed home following a busy week of mostly clandestine travels that saw him issuing blunt warnings to Iraqi leaders, trying to bridge disputes with Afghanistan’s president, dining with Pakistani military chiefs and heading a soccer ball.

March 27, 2013

Sinkhole fears in Florida: Residents flee, as walls crack

Florida homeowners who live just three miles from where a sinkhole swallowed a sleeping man a month ago have now been evacuated, after the walls of their duplex began to crack and the floor buckled.

March 27, 2013

Harry Potter-esque invisibility cloak moves closer to reality

How very Harry Potter. Researchers say they've taken a step closer toward the invention of a full-body invisibility device that would allow the wearer to move about absent detection, much like the teen wizard did when he donned his magical cloak in the film.

March 27, 2013

Kardashian ad creators fired after Ford public-relations scandal

Employees responsible for a series of ads showing the Kardashian sisters bound and gagged in the trunk space of a Ford vehicle have been fired.

March 27, 2013

Homeland Security seeks ‘hackers for good’ to help with cybersecurity

Help wanted: Hackers. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says the department is seeking skilled computer hackers — primarily college-age students — to help with the "new and rapidly growing threats" to America's cybersecurity systems, the Christian Science Monitor reports.

March 27, 2013

Patrick Leahy warns Jeff Sessions: Don’t mess with immigration talks

Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and a leading voice in the immigration reform debate, sent a strong word of caution Sen. Jeff Sessions' way: Don't "discredit the process" of scheduled Senate talks.

March 27, 2013

Michigan seeks criminal charges against Mass. company for meningitis mistake

The attorney general in Michigan is seeking criminal charges against a now-bankrupt Massachusetts medical company that has been linked to hundreds of meningitis cases around the nation.

March 27, 2013

Ashley Judd confounds with Kentucky campaign, Tennessee residency

Hollywood actress Ashley Judd is quietly campaigning for a Senate seat for Kentucky, but has not yet moved from her home in Tennessee. Confused? So are political insiders.

March 27, 2013

Obama heads to Spanish TV to sell immigration, will go to billionaires’ homes to raise money

On President Obama's list of things to do in the coming days: First, sit for interviews on Spanish-language news stations Telemundo and Univision. Then off to California for four major Democratic Party fundraisers at billionaires' mansions.

March 27, 2013

Federal government spends $8 billion — on empty buildings

The federal government's collection of unused and vacant properties is killing taxpayers. Watchdog groups say maintenance and bureaucratic red tape related to the U.S. government's 55,000-to-77,000 vacant properties has cost taxpayers up to $8 billion so far.

March 27, 2013

Janet Napolitano: Immigrants will change Arizona from red to blue

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says the influx of immigrants into Arizona will put this conservative stronghold into the hands of the Democratic Party.

March 27, 2013