Cheryl K. Chumley
Columns by Cheryl K. Chumley
Al Qaeda magazine features U.S. airport: ‘Assemble your bomb’
The al Qaeda-tied magazine “Inspire” is featuring in its spring issue a photograph of a shuttle train at San Francisco International Airport with the accompanying caption: “Assemble your bomb.” Published April 10, 2014
House panel OKs renaming part of Las Vegas mountain as ‘Mount Reagan’
Congressional lawmakers have moved Ronald Reagan's name a step closer to becoming the new dub for a section of Frenchman Mountain, located outside of Las Vegas. Published April 10, 2014
Sen. Rand Paul on former IRS official Lois Lerner: Choose — testify or jail
Sen. Rand Paul said it's not complicated: Former IRS official Lois Lerner has a quick and clear decision to make — either testify, or go to jail. Published April 10, 2014
Fireworks mishap sets U.S. flag on fire at Atlanta Braves’ home opener
The U.S. flag that flies at Turner Field caught fire after a fireworks mishap at the Atlanta Braves' home opener this week. Published April 10, 2014
Sen. Angus King: I’m an ‘I’ who votes ‘D’ but may switch to ‘R’
Sen. Angus King, an Independent from Maine who more often than not votes Democrat and caucuses with the Democratic Party, said he's now mulling a move to the right. Published April 10, 2014
Man-eating, one-ton crocodile caught in Uganda
A man-eating crocodile weighing more than a ton was caught in Kakira, Uganda, to the relief of area villagers who said they've been terrorized for months. Published April 10, 2014
Republican billionaires press House GOP on LGBT rights
A couple of Republican-leaning billionaires have kicked off a $2.2 million campaign aimed at pressuring the GOP-led House to pass protections for the LGBT community in the workplace. Published April 10, 2014
Nancy Pelosi: I’d fall on my speakership sword to get immigration amnesty passed
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said she's so intent on passing an amnesty package to help illegal immigrants that she'd even take the sacrificial dive and give up her chance to resume leadership duties in Congress. Published April 10, 2014
Sarah Palin to Eric Holder on gun ID: ‘You don’t want to go there, buddy’
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin turned Attorney General Eric Holder's veiled threat to a congressman back on himself Wednesday, saying his idea about an identification bracelet for gun owners was a notion better left untouched. Published April 10, 2014
Arkansas school boots Confederate flag from student vehicles
Administrators with a small-town school in Arkansas say students are starting trouble by flying Confederate flags from their trucks, and they need to take them down or face suspension. Published April 10, 2014
Arrest warrant issued in day care car crash that killed girl, hurt 14
Law enforcement authorities in Florida issued an arrest warrant on Thursday for a man in his mid-20s who they believe is to blame for the tragic car crash that led to the death of one girl at a day care facility and the injuring of 14 other children. Published April 10, 2014
Armed police yank Ohio museum-goers from car: ‘Is Grandma going to get shot?’
Zealous military police acting on a tip that a family of U.S. Air Force museum-goers — complete with a grandmother and a 5-year-old girl — were in the throes of burglarizing cars, pointed guns first and asked questions second. Published April 10, 2014
Russia accused of holding back on key Boston bombing intel, new IG report shows
Russia has been faulted in a just-released inspector general's report of holding back on crucial intelligence information about one of the Boston Marathon bombers — information that may have actually raised enough FBI red flags that agents could have stopped the terrorist attack. Published April 10, 2014
Actor Rob Lowe disses big government: ‘Individuals usually do a better job’
Hollywood's Rob Lowe said in an interview Wednesday night that big government was hardly that answer — that really, individuals do it best. Published April 10, 2014
Ready for Hillary group raises $1.7M to entice Clinton to run in 2016
Ready for Hillary, the independent group with a mission to entice former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to run for the White House in 2016, said it's raised more than $1.7 million in the three-month time period that wrapped on March 31. Published April 10, 2014
Russia tells NATO chief to quit the ‘Cold War-era rhetoric’
Russia — under fire from the West for ratcheting up what some say is a Cold War-type mentality — has now turned the tables, accusing NATO of the same and saying bluntly: Stop it. Published April 10, 2014
Stabbing suspect charged as adult; parents puzzled at son’s behavior
The 16-year-old boy accused of stabbing 22 of his Pennsylvania school mates will be charged as an adult, law enforcement authorities said Thursday. Published April 10, 2014
Navy to test ‘Star Wars’-type weapon that fires 7 times the speed of sound
The U.S. Navy is planning to test out a new weapon on the sea that's equipped with "Star Wars"-type technology and that fires at seven times the speed of sound, researchers said. Published April 9, 2014
U.N. climate alarmism on food supply all bunk, other scientific group says
Scientists who serve on a panel that's sort of the antithesis to the U.N.-tied International Panel on Climate Change — the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change — said the scare-mongering that's been making media rounds about dwindling food supplies due to atmospheric fluctuations is just that, nothing but bunk. Published April 9, 2014
Obamas’ 2013 Ireland jaunt cost taxpayers $7.9M: watchdog
A government watchdog group said recently obtained records show that the entourage that accompanied President Obama and his wife to Ireland in June cost taxpayers a total of $7.9 million. Published April 9, 2014
