Andrew Blake

Alex Jones, Infowars publisher, claims he’s advising Donald Trump on internet censorship

Recently banned by Apple, Facebook and Google's YouTube, right-wing media personality Alex Jones claimed to be personally advising President Trump on internet censorship Tuesday in light of the president accusing tech companies of suppressing conservative content.

August 29, 2018

Donald Trump unblocks more Twitter users following federal court ruling

Twitter users previously blocked by President Trump reported being able to interact with his account on Tuesday on the heels of a federal court judge recently ruling in favor of seven similarly situated social media users who sued the president for violating their constitutionally protected freedom of speech.

August 29, 2018

‘Weird Al’ Yankovic awarded star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, warns end of civilization is imminent

"Weird Al" Yankovic was awarded a star Monday on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, literally cementing the musician's legacy nearly 40 years since launching a career that culminated in becoming the country's foremost song parodist.

August 28, 2018

Marijuana use more prevalent in legal weed states; 14 percent of U.S. adults used pot in 2017: Study

About 14 percent of adults in the United States used marijuana in 2017, according to a study published Tuesday in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

August 28, 2018

Roger Stone preemptively denies alerting Donald Trump in advance of imminent WikiLeaks disclosures

President Trump's former campaign adviser Roger Stone pushed back Monday against a yet-to-be-published report, preemptively denying allegations that he alerted then-candidate Trump in advance of WikiLeaks releasing emails stolen from the chairman of Democratic rival Hillary Clinton's campaign.

August 28, 2018

Hacker pleads guilty to stealing, selling mayor’s emails

A college student from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court Friday to hacking the city's mayor and selling his stolen emails.

August 25, 2018

Jack Dorsey, Twitter CEO, to testify before House panel on algorithms, content monitoring: GOP chair

Twitter co-founder and chief executive Jack Dorsey will testify on Capitol Hill next month concerning the company's use of automated algorithms and its policies for monitoring user content, the chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee said Friday.

August 25, 2018

Elon Musk says Tesla will remain public after considering taking electric car-maker private

Elon Musk said Friday that Tesla will remain a publicly-traded company in light of outcry from shareholders opposed to taking his electric-car maker private.

August 25, 2018

Conor Daly, NASCAR driver, loses Lilly Diabetes sponsorship over dad’s use of N-word decades earlier

Racecar driver Conor Daly lost his sponsorship deal with Lilly Diabetes on the eve of his NASCAR debut Saturday after his father recently admitted using a racial slur in an interview over 30 years earlier.

August 25, 2018

Prince’s estate files wrongful death lawsuit against doctor who treated singer before fatal overdose

Lawyers representing the estate of Prince Rogers Nelson, the late musician better known as Prince, filed a wrongful death lawsuit Friday against a doctor who treated him twice in the days before the "Purple Rain" singer's fatal fentanyl overdose in April 2016.

August 25, 2018

Christina Carlin-Kraft, ex-Playboy model, found strangled to death in Pennsylvania apartment: Police

Homicide detectives are investigating the death of Christina Carlin-Kraft, a former Playboy model discovered strangled in the bedroom of her apartment in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, police said Thursday.

August 25, 2018

Iranian hackers behind credential-stealing campaign targeting dozens of universities: Report

Hackers associated with the Iranian government have set their sights on universities in the United States and abroad in spite of previously drawing ire from the Trump administration in response to similar cyberattacks, security researchers warned Friday.

August 24, 2018

Maria Butina asks to be released pending trial in government’s case against accused Russian agent

Lawyers for accused Russian operative Maria Butina asked a federal judge Friday to release her from jail while she awaits trial for allegedly acting as an unregistered foreign agent, slamming elements of the government's case against her as "pure fiction."

August 24, 2018

Michael Hayden, former CIA boss, warns against impeaching Donald Trump

Michael V. Hayden, the former director of both the CIA and National Security Agency, cautioned against removing President Trump from office in an interview that aired Friday.

August 24, 2018

Donald Trump compares Hillary Clinton to Reality Winner, NSA leaker sentenced to 63 months

President Trump reacted Friday morning to the sentencing of Reality Winner, a former National Security Agency contractor punished for leaking a top-secret NSA report involving Russian election interference, by publicly criticizing Attorney General Jeff Sessions for not similarly prosecuting Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.

August 24, 2018

Drug bust leads to discovery of transnational tunnel connecting abandoned KFC to Mexico

Federal authorities on Wednesday announced the discovery of an underground tunnel linking Mexico and an abandoned Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in San Luis, Arizona.

August 23, 2018

Marijuana convictions expected to be expunged under bill passed in California legislature

Past marijuana convictions will be reviewed and either expunged or reduced under a bill passed Wednesday by the California Senate.

August 23, 2018

Facebook’s former security chief says it’s ‘too late’ to safeguard 2018 midterms

The opportunity has passed for protecting the November midterm elections against the type of meddling witnessed in 2016, Facebook's former chief security officer warned.

August 23, 2018

Reality Winner, former NSA contractor, sentenced to 63 months in classified leak case

Reality Winner, a former Air Force linguist and National Security Agency contractor, was sentenced Thursday morning in connection with leaking classified material to the media involving Russian interference in the 2016 election.

August 23, 2018

Election security bill stalls as Senate panel abruptly postpones markup hearing

The Senate Rules and Administration Committee abruptly deferred a bipartisan election cybersecurity bill slated to be discussed Wednesday, postponing a previously scheduled markup hearing over lack of Republican support.

August 22, 2018