Cheryl K. Chumley
Columns by Cheryl K. Chumley
FBI seizes artifacts from Indiana collector, age 91, who says they’re legal
The FBI has swooped into an elderly man's Indiana home and seized thousands of artifacts he collected — he says legally — during his decades of travel to hundreds of destinations, including Haiti, Australia, New Guinea and Peru. Published April 3, 2014
Bob Costas challenges pro-gun crowd: Find me ‘good and constructive’ stories
Sportscaster Bob Costas — who's waded into the political realm on several occasions in recent years — has now issued the Second Amendment rights crowd a bold challenge: Find me evidence of athletes doing good things with guns. Published April 3, 2014
Russia demands that NATO explain military buildup in Eastern Europe
Moscow's highest-ranking officials are demanding that NATO explain its recently announced plans to bolster military presence in Eastern Europe. Published April 3, 2014
Teen boy, 16, who sneaked up 1 WTC ordered to youth offenders program
The 16-year-old teenager who sneaked past guards to the top of 1 World Trade Center -- leading to an embarrassing situation for security -- was sent for an assessment into a youth offenders program by Midtown Court Judge Felician Mennin. Published April 3, 2014
Shark kills woman swimming at annual event off Australia coast
A 63-year-old woman was killed off the coast of Australia by a shark, as she swam with a group during the annual Tathra Wharf to Waves event that spans 1,970 feet of ocean waters. Published April 3, 2014
Kent State University shooter taken into custody
A man accused of firing off a gun at Kent State University in Ohio has been taken into custody at a nearby hospital, just a few hours after witnesses reported seeing him shoot into the ground. Published April 3, 2014
Bill Clinton on aliens: ‘I wouldn’t be surprised’
Former President Bill Clinton said during a recent broadcast interview with Jimmy Kimmel that if alien life forms came to planet Earth, he probably wouldn't even blink an eye. Published April 3, 2014
Russia prepped to invade Ukraine within 12 hours, NATO warns
NATO's top military leader warned Wednesday that Russia was ready enough to move on Ukraine that troops could be across the border within 12 hours of receiving the order to attack. Published April 2, 2014
New Saudi law likens atheism to terrorism, says human rights group
Anti-terrorism regulations brought forth by the interior ministry in Saudi Arabia over the past few weeks would result in atheism being tantamount to terrorism, according to an international human rights advocacy organization. Published April 2, 2014
U.S. backs off peace talks as impatience mounts with Israelis, Palestinians
Secretary of State John Kerry's canceling of a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is sign of the Obama administration's growing impatience with its inability to forge a peace plan between Israel and the Palestinians, a senior U.S. aide said. Published April 2, 2014
Coptic Christian woman with cross dangling in her car brutally killed by Islamist mob
A Coptic Christian woman, 25, was pulled from her car and brutally beaten and stabbed to death by a mob of Egyptian Islamists who reportedly saw a cross hanging from her rear-view mirror. Published April 2, 2014
‘Noah’ director defends Green angle: Noah ‘not out saving innocent babies’
Darren Aronofsky, the director of "Noah," took to CNN to defend the pro-environmental view he presented in his movie, saying that the leading character did, after all, save the animals, not the babies. Published April 2, 2014
Houston Rockets sued over alleged gay slur taunts
The Houston Rockets have been sued by a former gay food server who works at the Barclays Center and says the players chased him from the locker room, shouting slurs and thwarting his attempts to set up a pregame buffet. Published April 2, 2014
U.S. Catholics take to border to pray Obama lets illegals stay
Catholics led by Cardinal Sean O'Malley of Boston took their recent Mass to the Arizona-Mexico border to stage a transnational prayer event aimed at pressing President Obama to hold back on deportations and save lives. Published April 2, 2014
U.S. flag found in Washington mudslide debris ‘keeping hopes high’
Call it a sign of hope among a sea of despair, but a National Guardsman in Washington found and pulled out an American flag in the midst of all the mudslide debris. Published April 2, 2014
Harry Reid shrugs at cancer patient concerns on Obamacare: ‘Getting into the weeds’
Sen. Harry Reid gave a somewhat bland response to fellow Sen. Tom Coburn, a cancer patient who expressed concern with the lack of options that Obamacare provides for the cancer-ridden: Big deal. Published April 2, 2014
Florida kindergartner says teacher told her: ‘You’re not allowed to pray’
A 5-year-old kindergartner in Oviedo, Fla., went home from school and told her family that her "lunch teacher" wouldn't let her bow her head and pray in the cafeteria. Published April 2, 2014
Bill Clinton parodies wife’s photo in April Fool’s tweet
Former President Bill Clinton put his humor on display on April Fool's Day, sending into Twitter-land a parody picture of his wife's epic photograph that was taken aboard a military airplane. Published April 2, 2014
Missouri school bus flips, injuring 23 students aboard
Almost two dozen students were hurt when the school bus they were riding flipped and overturned on a country road in the northeast region of Missouri. Published April 2, 2014
Deaf California residents seeking Obamacare rates are connected to sex chat line
California residents who are deaf but were trying to call the insurance provider, Covered California, to compare Obamacare rates in complete enrollment before the deadline were in some cases mistakenly connected to a sex chat line. Published April 1, 2014
