Cheryl K. Chumley
Columns by Cheryl K. Chumley
Pope Francis goes pop culture and hits cover of Rolling Stone
Pope Francis has just boosted his image as the pontiff of the people a smidgen higher. The Catholic Church head has gone pop culture, and it’s his smiling face that appears on the most recent cover of the Rolling Stone. Published January 29, 2014
Gabby Giffords makes high-profile gun control appeal in Washington: ‘Fight!’
Gabrielle Giffords, the former Arizona congresswoman who’s made a second career out of turning her high-profile gun injury into a campaign for more Second Amendment crackdowns, spoke briefly but bluntly to Washington lawmakers who were mulling dueling gun bills: “Fight! Fight! Fight!” Published January 29, 2014
Stradivarius worth millions stolen from Milwaukee violinist by robber with stun gun
A concert violinist was leaving his suburban Milwaukee performance when a couple of thieves bearing a stun gun approached, shocked him and made off with the 300-year-old Stradivarius he carried that's worth millions of dollars, Milwaukee police reported. Published January 29, 2014
Missouri death row inmate gets 12th hour stay from Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court ordered a last-minute stay for a Missouri death row inmate who was scheduled to die one minute after midnight Wednesday morning. Published January 29, 2014
Southern snow dust leaves thousands sleeping in cars, in Home Depot aisles
Motorists across several Southern states tried to rush home at the first sign of snow, creating a traffic nightmare that left thousands sleeping overnight in their cars on highways, on the floors in schools and in the aisles of 26 Home Depot stores that opened their doors for a makeshift shelter. Published January 29, 2014
Rep. Michael Grimm threatens reporter: ‘I’ll break you in half’
An obviously angry Rep. Michael G. Grimm told a reporter who was interviewing him in the Capitol that if he continued to stray off topic, he’d thrown him over the railing. Published January 29, 2014
Predator drone evidence helps convict N. Dakota farmer in cow theft case
For the first time in American history, a U.S. citizen – a North Dakota farmer – has been sentenced to prison with the aid and assistance of a Predator drone. Published January 28, 2014
Eliot Ness name mulled as new ATF building moniker
Crime fighter Eliot Ness may have died six decades ago, but two Illinois senators want to honor his memory with the naming of a federal building in D.C. in his honor. Published January 28, 2014
Queen Elizabeth’s staff fritters away palace savings
Queen Elizabeth’s staffers have been spending up a storm, frittering away money that’s supposed to be used for palace upkeep, a British committee found. Published January 28, 2014
U.S. restarts aid to Syria, hoping al Qaeda won’t seize it again
The United States has picked up where it left off more than a month ago, and started shipping nonlethal aid to Syria in hopes that al Qaeda won’t seize it and keep it from reaching its intended rebel fighting recipients. Published January 28, 2014
New ‘R.I.P.’ bullet hailed as ‘one-shot man-stopper’
A newly developed bullet from G2 Research is being billed as the last round a gun owner will ever need: a smashing hunk of copper with full metal jacket power to shred through solid objects and stop attackers in their tracks. Published January 28, 2014
Rand Paul’s odds of running: 50-50, he says
Sen. Rand Paul told a fourth-grader who was interviewing him that his odds for running for the White House in 2016 stood right at 50-50. Published January 28, 2014
Afghanistan’s Hamid Karzai says U.S., not Taliban, secretly conducted fatal attacks
Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has placed the blame on America, not the Taliban, for a spate of recent attacks that have left more than 20 dead, accusing the United States of secretly staging insurgent strikes as a coy means of destabilizing the government. Published January 28, 2014
Jury seated for former pediatrician accused of waterboarding girl, 11
The trial of a former Delaware pediatrician accused of waterboarding an 11-year-old girl moved forward this week as prosecutors and defense attorneys settled on a jury of eight women and four men. Published January 28, 2014
Utah lawmaker pushes for relaxed liquor laws
A lawmaker in Utah is pushing to tear down a massive wall that's stood between consumers and their liquor — a strictly enforced law that requires drinkers to order food with their alcoholic beverages. Published January 28, 2014
Mission stall as China’s moon rover hits critical impasse
China's much-ballyhooed moon rover made it through about half of its three-month mission — and then suffered a massive breakdown that potentially compromised its ability to continue. Published January 28, 2014
U.S. poised to sell 24 Apaches to Iraq to battle rebel forces
The U.S. is poised to sell 24 Apache attack helicopters to Iraq to help the government battle its rebel faction, Pentagon officials told Congress on Monday. Published January 28, 2014
Mohammed Morsi encased in glass cage for start of trial
Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi on Tuesday was flown by helicopter from prison to court, placed in a glass-encased metal cage and forced to stand on trial for charges of toppling the country's government and destroying its structure. Published January 28, 2014
Hillary Clinton calls Benghazi her ‘biggest regret’
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called the Sept. 11, 2012, attacks on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya, that left four Americans dead the “biggest regret” of her diplomatic career. Published January 28, 2014
‘Theraflu’ heroin causes 17 deaths in one week in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh's medical community has issued a warning about a highly potent form of heroin blamed for 17 deaths in just one week, including three Sunday morning in Allegheny County. Published January 27, 2014
