Cheryl K. Chumley

Soda kills: Sugary drinks blamed for 180K deaths a year, researchers say

Step away from the soda. Researchers say sugary drinks are to blame for the deaths of 180,000 around the world — each year.

March 20, 2013

Pope Francis pushed civil unions for gays in 2010 as cardinal

Gay rights supporters may have found a friend in Pope Francis.

March 20, 2013

Palestinians push for Obama to get into the peacemaking game

Palestinians say President Obama ought to get off the sidelines and push hard for a peace deal while visiting Israel this week.

March 20, 2013

Malala Yousafzai returns to school as she recovers from Taliban shooting

The teenage Pakistani girl who was shot in the head by a Taliban member for advocating education for females is now back in school.

March 20, 2013

North Dakota legislators mull ban on all abortions

Lawmakers in North Dakota — where abortion laws are already among the most restrictive in the nation — are now considering a personhood bill that would outright ban the procedure.

March 20, 2013

Arizona advances bill to arm teachers with guns in schools

Arizona has moved forward with legislation giving teachers the ability to carry guns in school.

March 20, 2013

Obama touts common security bond with Israel

President Obama in Israel is touting America's shared alliances, telling that nation's key political leaders he is visiting to show his friendship and doubled-down commitment to security.

March 20, 2013

Democrats look past Ashley Judd, want Ky. secretary of state to topple Mitch McConnell

Hollywood actress Ashley Judd may be taking step forward for a Senate run against Kentucky's five-term Mitch McConnell, but key Democrats may have found a new and less controversial candidate: Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes.

March 20, 2013

Hundreds turn out to mourn 7 killed Marines

Hundreds of Hawthorne-area rural residents turned out for the Tuesday evening memorial for seven Marines killed during training, laying wreaths and calling for prayers.

March 20, 2013

Talk show host Mark Levin blasts Sen. Harry Reid: ‘Vicious stupid man’

Conservative talk show host Mark Levin blasted Sen. Harry Reid, after the senator suggested the death of seven Marines on a training exercise was due in part to the sequester.

March 20, 2013

South Korea military on alert after ‘massive’ computer hack

South Korea's military is on high alert, as authorities investigate a possible cybersecurity breach that disabled computer systems at two main banks and at three television broadcast stations on Wednesday.

March 20, 2013

Gitmo hunger strike expands to 21 inmates

The number of Guantanamo Bay prisoners who have launched hunger strikes has hit 21, military officials say.

March 19, 2013

Israelis see Obama as pro-Palestine, not pro-Israel: poll

President Obama may capture the ears of Israelis when he makes his first trip to the nation, beginning Wednesday. But he sure has a long way to go to capture their hearts.

March 19, 2013

Maryland school bans homemade snacks, hugs

Don't hug. Don't hand out birthday party invitations. And definitely don't bring in any homemade snacks.

March 19, 2013

Saudi Arabia reconsiders ban on female drivers

Saudi Arabia's sole formal advisory body, the Shura Council, is mulling whether to overturn a decades-old ban and allow women to drive.

March 19, 2013

The Washington Examiner to drop daily print newspaper

The Washington Examiner will no longer publish its daily print newspaper, beginning in June.

March 19, 2013

Democrats say GOP’s Perez stance hurts Hispanic outreach

High-ranking Democratic Party officials say Republicans will undo any good will they build up with Hispanics on immigration if they try to block Thomas E. Perez, an Hispanic lawyer whom President Obama nominated this week to run the Labor Department.

March 19, 2013

Lululemon recalls see-through yoga pants

Lululemon Athletica, an exercise clothing manufacturer, was on target for an 11 percent sales growth this year. And then the bottom fell out — figuratively speaking.

March 19, 2013

Al Qaeda terror suspect dodges deportation from Britain by citing Human Rights Act

British authorities can't deport an Iraqi who has suspected terror ties to al Qaeda because he cited the nation's Human Rights Act and claimed he would be tortured if forced back to his home nation.

March 19, 2013

Syrian government, rebels accuse each other of chemical warfare

Syria's state-run news agency said 25 people have been killed in an alleged rebel chemical attack in northern Syria, while the rebels blamed the government for the attack.

March 19, 2013