Andrew Blake

Catholic school apologizes over viral video of students mocking Native American elder in D.C.

A private school in Kentucky apologized Saturday after its students were filmed mocking a Native American elder near the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.

January 19, 2019

Daily Stormer publisher ordered to disclose details sought by lawyers in ‘troll storm’ lawsuit

A federal court on Friday ordered Andrew Anglin, an elusive website publisher accused of leading an anti-Semitic "troll storm" against a Jewish real estate agent, Tanya Gersh, to disclose his net worth and other details sought by lawyers seeking damages.

January 19, 2019

Nearly half polled predict Donald Trump will be remembered as unsuccessful president

Fewer than one-third of Americans believe President Trump will be remembered as a successful leader, a Pew Research Center poll revealed Friday.

January 19, 2019

Sony splits with R. Kelly after TV series spurs protests

Sony Music has cut ties with R. Kelly amid facing pressure to punt the embattled Grammy Award-winning singer over allegations of sexual abuse, multiple outlets reported Friday.

January 19, 2019

Ben Shapiro, conservative podcast host, loses advertisers over latest ‘baby Hitler’ remarks

Corporate sponsors of Ben Shapiro's podcast withdrew support over the conservative commentator's comments about Adolf Hitler at a pro-life rally Friday in Washington, D.C.

January 19, 2019

Sales of cassette albums up 23 percent in 2018: Report

Vinyl is hardly the only medium making a resurgence among music listeners. Cassette tape album sales increased 23 percent in the U.S. during 2018, Billboard reported Thursday.

January 18, 2019

Florida governor backs snuffing ban on smoking medical marijuana

Florida is weeding out a law preventing medical marijuana patients from legally smoking the plant, the state's newly-sworn Republican governor announced Thursday.

January 18, 2019

Ecuadorian diplomats grilled by U.S. over reported ties between Manafort, Assange: Reports

Ecuadorian diplomats were slated to be interviewed in the country's capital Friday by U.S. authorities investigating whether President Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort visited WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange at the nation's embassy in London, regional media reported.

January 18, 2019

DNC says Russian hacking campaign targeted Democrats after 2018 midterms

The Democratic National Committee was targeted by a hacking campaign conducted days after the 2018 midterm elections concluded, lawyers for the DNC said in a federal court filing late Thursday.

January 18, 2019

Medical marijuana would be allowed in Washington state schools under Democratic proposal

Students would be allowed to use medical marijuana at schools in Washington state under a proposal reintroduced by state Rep. Brian Blake, Aberdeen Democrat.

January 17, 2019

FBI records exposed in breach of Oklahoma state agency

A leak of FBI records, including letters from subjects and witnesses involved in criminal law enforcement investigations, resulted from an Oklahoma state agency leaving millions of documents on a publicly accessible internet server, cybersecurity researchers revealed Wednesday.

January 17, 2019

Russia, U.S. fail to find common ground during talks over INF, faltering Cold War-era missile pact

President Trump's senior arms control adviser said Wednesday that Russian officials have refused to destroy a new missile system allegedly in violation of a landmark bilateral weapons agreement, putting the U.S. on course to withdraw from the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty starting Feb. 2.

January 17, 2019

Treasury official urges Congress to resolve banking issues posed by federal marijuana prohibition

A top Treasury Department official called Wednesday for Congress to resolve banking issues caused by conflicting state and federal marijuana laws.

January 16, 2019

James Baker, former FBI general counsel, subject of criminal leak probe: House Republicans

James Baker, the FBI's top lawyer during the 2016 U.S. presidential race, is the subject of a criminal investigation for allegedly leaking to the media, House Republicans revealed.

January 16, 2019

Roku removes Alex Jones videos from streaming service amid uproar

Roku reversed course Tuesday and pulled videos of Infowars publisher Alex Jones from the company's popular digital streaming service, heeding complaints from critics opposed to providing a platform for the controversial right-wing media personality.

January 16, 2019

Putin: Russia has no interest in arms race with U.S., but says grave consequences if Trump ends INF

Russia "has no interest in a new arms race," President Vladimir Putin said in an interview published Wednesday, albeit while warning the Trump administration against withdrawing the U.S. from a landmark weapons agreement.

January 16, 2019

Marijuana proposal pitched in New York would generate $300M in annual tax revenue: Cuomo

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo released details Tuesday of his plan to legalize recreational marijuana in the state, including a proposed taxing scheme he expects to generate roughly $300 million in annual revenue.

January 15, 2019

Putin spox rips latest reports about Trump and Russia as ‘conspiracy’ with ‘no relation to reality’

The Kremlin on Tuesday rejected recent news reports about President Trump's relationship with Russia as an unrealistic "conspiracy."

January 15, 2019

J.B. Pritzker, Illinois governor, vows to work toward marijuana legalization in inaugural address

J.B. Pritzker, the new governor of Illinois, said during his inaugural address Monday that he plans to work with lawmakers to legalize recreational marijuana sales within the state.

January 15, 2019

WikiLeaks takes on The Guardian for alleging ties to Paul Manafort: ‘Legal action will now commence’

Bolstered by online donors fronting some $50,000 in legal costs, WikiLeaks on Monday announced its plans to pursue a lawsuit against The Guardian newspaper over an article that alleged the antisecrecy group had ties to President Trump's former election campaign manager, Paul Manafort.

January 15, 2019