Cheryl K. Chumley
Columns by Cheryl K. Chumley
One dead as tornadoes continue to tear through Midwest
A rash of tornadoes sweeping through Oklahoma and the Midwest has left one dead, several in hospitals with injuries and hundreds of homes and buildings in shreds. Published May 20, 2013
Powerful earthquake hits Chile’s coast
A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 rocked off the coast of Chile on Monday. Published May 20, 2013
NYC bus company’s ‘ghetto’ tours angers locals
A bus company that bills one of its tours as a real-life ride through an actual inner-city ghetto has been packing the seats, as tourists from Europe and Australia have flocked for the up-close-and-personal glimpse into one of America's crime-ridden areas. Published May 20, 2013
Syria’s Bashar Assad: I’m not stepping down
Syria's President Bashar Assad emerged from the shadows to announce in a publicly televised interview that he's not stepping down, and he's not caving to "terrorists" who were tearing apart his country. Published May 20, 2013
Dalai Lama to Louisville crowd: Forgive the Boston bombing suspects
The Dalai Lama advised an audience in Louisville over the weekend to forgive the April 15 Boston Marathon bombing suspects. Published May 20, 2013
Youth gangs riot in Stockholm over police shooting of old man
Youth gangs in one Stockholm suburb were rioting on Monday, hurling rocks and setting buildings and cars on fire, in protest of police who fatally shot an elderly man. Published May 20, 2013
Yahoo offers to buy Tumblr for $1.1B cash
Yahoo's board of directors approved an offer to buy the ailing Tumblr company for $1.1 billion in cash. Published May 20, 2013
2 FBI agents killed in Virginia training exercise
Two FBI agents were killed while taking part in a training exercise near Virginia Beach, the bureau said in a statement. Published May 20, 2013
South Korea: North Korea fires 5th projectile in 3 days into nearby waters
South Korea has accused its northern neighbor of firing a short-range projectile into its nearby waters for the fifth time in the past three days. Published May 20, 2013
Iran claims new air defense missile system
Iran says it has new air defense missile technology that can take on low-flying craft, and it's in process of mass producing the system. Published May 20, 2013
Feds fine Yale $165K for unreported sex crimes
The federal Clery Act requires colleges to report campus crime statistics in a timely manner, and accompany those statistics with pertinent safety advisements — but apparently Yale didn't get the memo. The Ivy League school's been fined $165,000 for failing to report its local crime numbers. Published May 17, 2013
Pro-Assad Syrian hackers attack Financial Times website
The pro-Syria regime group, Syrian Electronic Army, hacked into the news site and Twitter feed of the Financial Times on Friday. Published May 17, 2013
Bernie Madoff, from jail: I’m racked by remorse and ‘can’t sleep’
Bernard Madoff, the former millionaire Ponzi schemer who traded his finance firm title for one in Butner Federal Correction Complex — as Inmate No. 61727-054 — now says he's racked with guilt and can't sleep most nights. Published May 17, 2013
Saudi cleric: Prohibit women from using air conditioning
A man who claimed to be a Salafist-Wahhibist cleric put the word out on Twitter that women should not flip on air conditioners at home because it sends the signal they're home and that could lead to moral depravities Published May 17, 2013
IRS sued for seizing 60 million medical records
A healthcare provider has sued the Internal Revenue Service and 15 of its agents, charging they wrongfully seized 60 million medical records from 10 million Americans. Published May 17, 2013
Liberal talk show host Bill Press: ‘Holder should be fired’
Bill Press, a former California Democratic Party chairman and current liberal talk show radio host, said U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder ought to be fired over The Associated Press phone record scandal. Published May 17, 2013
Witches can’t fly brooms above 150 meters in Swaziland
Witches in Swaziland — where witchcraft is serious business — aren't cleared to fly their broomsticks higher than 150 meters and violators may be arrested and fined. Published May 17, 2013
CDC finds 20 percent of nation’s kids may be mentally ill
Up to 20 percent of America's youth are mentally ill, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds in a new report that looked at the health of adolescents. Published May 17, 2013
Ex-Bloomberg guard admits gunshot cover-up
A former security guard for New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg — one of the most vociferous voice in America for gun control — admitted Thursday that he shot at his then-girlfriend's ex-boyfriend and then covered it up, concerned about the national attention it would bring his unit. Published May 17, 2013
Chicago man facing eviction finds lottery ticket — worth $4.85M
A Chicago man with a stack of unpaid bills and a looming eviction notice experienced a dramatic reversal of fortune this week, after he found a lottery ticket that turned out to be worth millions in his cookie jar. Published May 17, 2013
