Cheryl K. Chumley
Columns by Cheryl K. Chumley
Utah ‘mountain man’ on the lam for years sentenced to decade behind bars
Troy James Knapp, a survivalist who roamed the wilds of Utah for six years, evading law enforcement until he was trapped at a cabin and engaged in a shoot-out with police in 2013, has been sentenced to a decade in prison. Published June 10, 2014
Border agents warn of ‘chicken pox, MRSA staph’ from illegal child crossings
Border patrol agents who have already experienced scabies infestations from illegal border crossers now fear the thousands of children who are sweeping into the United States are bringing a host of new diseases and ailments — of even more serious nature. Published June 10, 2014
John Kerry on chances of freed Taliban attacking Americans: ‘Baloney’
Secretary of State John Kerry puts the odds of the five Taliban members who were freed from Guantanamo Bay now turning around and attacking Americans at a blunt slim-to-none, calling the scenario "baloney." Published June 10, 2014
6-time Olympic gold medal-winning swimmer suffers severed spine in ATV crash
Amy Van Dyken-Rouen, a six-time Olympic gold medalist in swimming, told emergency medical personnel she couldn't feel her legs or toes after she crashed in an all-terrain vehicle incident in Arizona. Published June 10, 2014
Pakistan airport attacked by motorbike-riding insurgents
Militants riding motorbikes tried to storm into an airport training facility in Karachi early Tuesday, just two days after members of the Taliban launched an attack on the international airport in the same city. Published June 10, 2014
Vatican makes history: Pope allows Islamic prayers, Koran readings
For the first time in Vatican history, the pope allowed for the reading of Islamic prayers and Koran readings from the Catholic facility. Published June 9, 2014
Scientists puzzled by ‘mystery sea monster’ that ate 9-foot great white shark
Scientists who had affixed a tracking device to a 9-foot-long great white shark are now scratching their heads, wondering what kind of "mystery sea monster" could have possibly eaten their shark. Published June 9, 2014
U.S. taxpayers out $139M as China buys failed Fisker electric car company
It's official: Taxpayers aren't going to recoup the $139 paid into the failed Fisker Automotive company that went bankrupt because it was just bought up by a Chinese parts dealer, the Wanxiang Group. Published June 9, 2014
India teen girls hanged from mango trees are honor killings, police say
Two teenage girls who were reportedly raped and abused before they were strung up and hung from a mango tree may have been victimized by family members who were carrying out honor killings, police said. Published June 9, 2014
Hillary Clinton: ‘Dead broke’ poverty drove Bill and her to lucrative speaking circuit
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton claimed poverty drove her to the public speaking circuit and said after her husband's White House stints, the family was "dead broke," in debt up to their ears. Published June 9, 2014
Gitmo inmate with hope for ‘milk and honey farm’ makes release list
A handful of Guantanamo Bay inmates with shady terrorist-tied pasts — and who were labeled 'forever prisoners' because of their threat levels — have now been placed on release lists, claiming yoga and aspirations to operate a "milk and honey farm" have turned them into peaceful, productive citizens. Published June 9, 2014
California teacher pulls knife, demands kids drive to fast-food restaurant, police say
A California high school teacher believed to have been drunk was nevertheless arrested and charged with kidnapping after he allegedly pulled a knife on some of his students and demanded a ride to a local Jack in the Box fast-food restaurant, police said. Published June 9, 2014
Australians pull human remains from belly of 15-foot-long crocodile
Australian authorities searching for a 62-year-old man who disappeared from his boat have shot dead two crocodiles and opened their bellies, pulling human remains from inside the one that spanned more than 15 feet in length. Published June 9, 2014
‘Golf addict’ arrested over theft of 50 clubs, sports gear
Police say they've arrested a Washington man on charges of stealing $9,200 worth of clubs and other sports-related gear — and they're considering him an addict with a serious golfing problem. Published June 9, 2014
World’s oldest man, 111, dies peacefully in New York apartment
The world's oldest man has died at the age of 111. Alexander Imich passed away Sunday peacefully in his Upper West Side apartment, the New York Post reported. Published June 9, 2014
Las Vegas shooting suspects: Married, meth-using conspiracy theorists, police say
The two shooters in the Las Vegas rampage that claimed the lives of two cops and a civilian in a Walmart have been identified as Jerad and Amanda Miller, a husband-wife team reported to be white supremacists obsessed with conspiracy theories. Published June 9, 2014
4 dead, as dozens of students swept away by river in India
Twenty-five India students on a field trip to Hyderabad were snapping photographs at the banks of the Beas River when a rush of water from the nearby hydropower station smashed into them suddenly and swept them downstream. Published June 9, 2014
Gun control group petitions Target to ban firearms
A gun control group has launched a petition to pressure Target Corp. into banning open carry of firearms inside any of its retail stores — and so far, more than 10,000 have signed on. Published June 5, 2014
Fed ‘bureaucrat’ warns Georgia not to drug test food stamp recipients
An administrator for the Department of Agriculture sent a letter to Georgia's attorney general, warning him that federal law doesn't allow for the state to require food stamp recipients to subject themselves to drug tests. Published June 5, 2014
Remembering Ronald Reagan: ‘The Great Communicator’ died 10 years ago today
America's beloved 40th president, Ronald Reagan, may have passed ten years ago today. But the legacy of his White House service, between 1981 and 1989, is still the stuff of political adoration. Published June 5, 2014
