Cheryl K. Chumley
Columns by Cheryl K. Chumley
Oklahoma town warned off tap water after blood worms discovered
Colcord, Okla., residents were warned earlier this week to keep away from their tap water after health and safety authorities discovered blood worms in the water supply. Published August 29, 2013
Taliban militants ambush, kill 15 Afghan police along highway
Taliban fighters ambushed a group of Afghan police officers riding in a convoy on a main highway, killing 15 and injuring another 10, a province spokesman said on Thursday. Published August 29, 2013
U.S., Russia both beef up Persian Gulf presence
The United States announced this week it's sending in an extra aircraft carrier to the Persian Gulf area — at the same time Russian authorities say they've dispatched some more military craft to the same region. Published August 29, 2013
Yosemite firefighters bring in the drone to help battle blaze
Firefighters in Yosemite National Park have turned to drone technology to give them aerial views of the massive blaze in order to better plot and plan for new flare-ups. Published August 29, 2013
U.S. Park Service worker assaulted, left unconscious in Arizona site
FBI agents joined an investigation Wednesday into the assault of a National Park Service worker who was left unconscious, laying on the ground near a restroom in the Chiricahua Mountains in Arizona. Published August 29, 2013
David Cameron to release British intelligence on Syrian chemical attack
British Prime Minister David Cameron said his country on Thursday will release intelligence it has gathered on the reported chemical weapon assault in Syria. Published August 29, 2013
MLK family members in bus crash while leaving ‘Dream’ rally
Members of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s family who attended the Wednesday event in Washington, D.C., to mark the 50th anniversary of the famous activist's "I Have a Dream Speech" were involved in a bus crash as they were headed home. Published August 29, 2013
U.S. to shoot top-secret spy satellite into orbit
The United States on Wednesday afternoon is set to launch a top-secret surveillance satellite into orbit via the nation’s biggest rocket, shooting out of Vandenberg Air Force Base near Los Angeles. Published August 28, 2013
U.N. nuclear agency: Iran poised to test new enrichment centrifuges at Natanz
Iran's new president has dashed Western hopes for a more amicable relationship as the International Atomic Energy Agency reported the recently seated leader has ratcheted up uranium enrichment at the underground Natanz plant. Published August 28, 2013
Chinese boy, 6, abducted, eyes gouged out
A six-year-old Chinese boy was abducted, drugged and left in a field down the road from his house with his eyes removed, authorities said. Published August 28, 2013
Atheists threaten suit over 9/11 memorial with Christian cross
Atheists are threatening to sue over a Princeton, N.J., planned memorial to mark the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on American soil because a metal beam that’s part of the display has a small cut-out of a Christian cross. Published August 28, 2013
Kentucky kids to first lady Michelle Obama: Your food ‘tastes like vomit’
First lady Michelle Obama’s healthy eating initiative has hit a roadblock, as students and parents in one rural Kentucky school are lashing back at the mandated menu plans. Published August 28, 2013
Bradley Manning gender fight escalates as Fox plays ‘Dude (Looks Like a Lady)’
The case of Army Pvt. Bradley Edward Manning, who insists his name is now Chelsea Elizabeth Manning because he wants to spend his 35 years behind bars as a woman, just won’t go quietly into the Fort Leavenworth prison night. Published August 28, 2013
North Carolina bans judges from turning to Shariah law to decide cases
North Carolina's newest law, enacted without the signature of the governor, outright bans judges in certain cases from turning to Islamic law to determine rulings. Published August 28, 2013
Obama on ‘The Butler’: ‘My girl,’ Oprah, ‘she can act’
President Obama, speaking on Tuesday about the fictionalized movie version of a black man who worked for decades in the White House titled "The Butler," had only words of praise for "my girl" Oprah Winfrey, who played a leading role. Published August 28, 2013
Jimmy Carter’s U.N. ambassador: ‘Trayvon is a martyr’ for civil rights
The man who served as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations under former President Jimmy Carter had a somewhat surprising assessment of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin's future relevance: He's a martyr to the civil rights cause. Published August 28, 2013
Delbert Belton’s accused killer claims WWII veteran, 88, stiffed him on crack deal
One of the teenagers arrested in the brutal beating death of 88-year-old Delbert “Shorty” Belton says he initially approached the World War II veteran to buy crack, then the exchange turned violent. Published August 28, 2013
Alec Baldwin, poised for MSNBC gig, slams paparazzo into car
Hollywood hothead Alec Baldwin lost his temper yet again this week, slamming and pinning a photographer onto the hood of his car and chastising the paparazzo for trying to take a picture of his wife, Hilaria Baldwin, who just gave birth. Published August 28, 2013
Hollywood losing luster as high costs drive out movie business
Los Angeles is losing big on the movie business, and the mayor says his recently appointed movie czar better help producers cut through red tape and bypass bureaucratic business walls or else Tinseltown will forever lose its luster. Published August 28, 2013
Stop-and-frisk casualty: N.Y. judges toss gun conviction, citing no cause to search
The recent overturning of New York City's stop-and-frisk police power has already seen its first casualty, as the state's Appellate Division on Tuesday tossed a conviction on the grounds that authorities didn't actually have proper cause to search the suspect. Published August 28, 2013
