Cheryl K. Chumley
Columns by Cheryl K. Chumley
50 found alive in Bangladesh factory rubble
An estimated 50 survivors were discovered Friday with the piles of rubble that once served as a garment factory Bangladesh. Published April 26, 2013
Exploding bus that killed dozens in Afghanistan blamed on Taliban
A bus exploded in flames after colliding with an abandoned oil tanker that had been attacked by Taliban militants on Friday, southern Afghanistan police said. Published April 26, 2013
Indian man caught selling newborn grandson on Facebook for drug money
Investigators have charged a 47-year-old man and two hospital workers in India with trying to sell the man's newborn grandson on Facebook for drug money. Published April 26, 2013
500 Marines head to Spain to start new security unit
Five hundred Marines are en route to Spain to establish a new security force tasked with rapid response protection duties for U.S. citizens, government workers and facilities in Africa. Published April 26, 2013
British PM David Cameron: No troops to Syria
British Prime Minister David Cameron said Friday that his nation would not be sending military troops to Syria, despite the surfacing of evidence that shows President Bashar Assad has used chemical weapons against rebel fighters. Published April 26, 2013
Hyundai forced to retreat from ad making light of suicide
Hyundai executives issued a hasty apology Thursday after widespread outrage over one of its advertisements that relied on a suicide message to tout the vehicle's clean emissions. Published April 26, 2013
Ron Paul endorses Mark Sanford for Congress
Ron Paul, the former representative for Texas, endorsed former S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford for his congressional race. Published April 26, 2013
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s press conference breaks record: 4 hours, 47 minutes long
Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a question-answer press conference that covered everything from pork imports and liquor consumption to gas prices and playground equipment, broke records for length: His presser spanned a historic high of 4 hours and 47 minutes. Published April 26, 2013
Feds shut down clinical trials for HIV vaccine, citing safety
Federal authorities have shut down a clinical trial for an HIV vaccine after finding that test subjects were at risk for contracting the virus. Published April 26, 2013
Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev moved to federal Bureau of Prisons’ hospital
The 19-year-old surviving suspect in the Boston bombings has been transferred from the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center to a facility on Fort Devens in Massachusetts. Published April 26, 2013
North Korea rejects South Korea’s demand for factory talks
North Korea has rebuffed South Korea's demand for negotiations to reopen a jointly owned factory park, escalating tensions in an already volatile situation. Published April 26, 2013
Raul Castro’s daughter denied entry to U.S. from Cuba for gay activism ceremony
The United States has turned down a request from the daughter of Cuba President Raul Castro to visit Philadelphia for a gay rights ceremony. Published April 26, 2013
Dozens killed as fire guts mental hospital in Russia
Nearly 40 are believed dead in a Friday fire that blazed through a psychiatric hospital in Russia, killing some patients as they slept and others as they tried desperately to push past the bars on the windows. Published April 26, 2013
Israel shoots down drone threatening P.M. Benjamin Netanyahu’s chopper
A helicopter transporting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a quick emergency landing Thursday after military officials spotted — then shot down — an unmanned drone that was entering Israeli airspace. Published April 25, 2013
San Francisco firefighter rakes in $221K in overtime
San Francisco firefighters are raking in enough overtime pay to become millionaires in a few short years. For example, one lieutenant just collected $221,000 in overtime last year — bringing his total yearly salary to $363,000, The Associated Press reported. Published April 25, 2013
‘Prophet Muhammed’ threatens Catholic school with terror in online forum
An anonymous online poster with the handled "Prophet Muhammad" is under investigation for a sending a threat to a Catholic high school in Virginia, vowing the facility would be the next site of a Boston-style massacre. Published April 25, 2013
Defense Department blocks Baptist website, calls content ‘hostile’
Chaplains with the Southern Baptist Convention said the U.S. military has blocked access to its website on bases around the nation, calling the content "hostile" and inappropriate. Published April 25, 2013
Congress in quiet talks to free selves, staff from ‘Obamacare’
High-level, closed-door talks among top politicos from both parties could lead to a deal that exempts lawmakers and their staffers from mandated coverage under President Obama's health care law, sources told one news outlet. Published April 25, 2013
Sheer madness: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s mother insists paint, not blood covered Boston street after blast
The mother of the two Boston bombing suspects said the blood on Boylston Street wasn’t really blood. It was paint. Published April 25, 2013
U.N. to test Syrian soil samples for sarin
Investigators with the United Nations have agreed to test soil samples from Syria to help determine whether President Bashar Assad has unleashed sarin gas against rebel fighters. Published April 25, 2013