Andrew Blake

Dave Grohl says he avoids listening to Nirvana, calls songs too ‘personal’

Dave Grohl has a difficult time listening to the songs he recorded with Nirvana nearly 25 years after lead singer Kurt Cobain committed suicide, he said in an interview published Wednesday.

May 23, 2018

Twitter unveils ‘election labels’ to designate campaign accounts of midterm candidates

Twitter will designate the official campaign accounts of candidates running for office in the 2018 midterm elections with a special label, the social media platform announced Wednesday.

May 23, 2018

FBI says number of encrypted phones incapable of being unlocked is far less than previously stated

The number of encrypted mobile devices federal investigators have lawfully seized but been unable to access data from is "substantially lower" than previously stated, the FBI conceded Tuesday.

May 23, 2018

Dana Rohrabacher, GOP congressman, defends ‘honorable’ WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange

WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange received praise Wednesday from Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, California Republican, during an interview in which the congressman recalled their meeting last summer inside the Ecuadorean Embassy in London.

May 23, 2018

Steve Bannon on Donald Trump: ‘Martin Luther King would be proud of him’

Martin Luther King Jr. would be proud of President Trump if the slain civil rights leader was still alive, former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon said in an interview airing Wednesday.

May 23, 2018

DHS secretary ‘not aware’ Putin tried to help Trump campaign

President Trump's homeland security secretary said Tuesday that she was unaware that the intelligence community concluded Russian leader Vladimir Putin interfered in the 2016 U.S. presidential race to help elect Mr. Trump over Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.

May 22, 2018

WikiLeaks suspect Joshua Schulte accused of leaking to reporters from behind bars: Reports

A former CIA employee suspected of leaking classified documents to WikiLeaks was accused Monday of sharing secrets with reporters involving the government's case against him.

May 22, 2018

Senators seek answers from FCC over bogus net neutrality comments

The Federal Communications Commission is facing bipartisan pressure to investigate how potentially millions of bogus comments were filed for and against the agency's repeal of neutrality protections.

May 22, 2018

Third person convicted in group assault of black man beaten during Charlottesville far-right rally

A third individual was convicted Monday in connection with brutally beating a counterprotester inside a parking garage during last summer's deadly "Unite the Right" demonstration in Charlottesville, Virginia.

May 22, 2018

Marijuana policy change in New York City criticized by head of NYPD’s sergeants union: Report

The president of the New York Police Department's sergeants union spoke out Monday after Mayor Bill de Blasio said he wants authorities to stop arresting people caught smoking marijuana in public.

May 22, 2018

After Texas shooting, Ted Nugent wants armed security ‘at every entrance of every school in America’

National Rifle Association board member Ted Nugent endorsed stationing armed security at "every entrance of every school in America" after 10 people were shot dead Friday at Santa Fe High School near Houston, Texas.

May 19, 2018

Cal Ripken Jr. sells mansion at auction to Orioles slugger Adam Jones: Reports

A mansion custom-built in rural Maryland for baseball legend Cal Ripken Jr. has found a buyer in Baltimore Orioles center fielder Adam Jones.

May 19, 2018

Russia will ‘fight’ for German pipeline project despite U.S. opposition: Putin

President Vladimir Putin on Friday vowed to oppose any actions from the Trump administration targeting Nord Stream 2, a pipeline project expected to significantly increase Russia's natural gas exports to Europe.

May 19, 2018

Meek Mill, rapper, details withdrawal from Donald Trump’s prison reform panel

Meek Mill, a previously incarcerated rapper scheduled to participate in President Trump's prison reform panel Friday, said he abruptly withdrew from the event rather than risk distracting from the discussion.

May 19, 2018

Cambridge Analytica files for bankruptcy following Facebook data scandal

Cambridge Analytica LLC, the American branch of the embattled British-based data broker and political consultancy firm hired by President Trump's 2016 election campaign, has filed for bankruptcy in the United States after coming under fire for collecting the personal information of millions of Facebook users without their knowledge.

May 19, 2018

Ecuador pulls extra security from London embassy after spending millions shielding Julian Assange

Ecuador will scale back security at its London embassy after news reports placed a $5 million price tag on operations protecting its most famous resident, WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange, its government announced.

May 18, 2018

David Duke, ex-Klan leader, ordered to turn over records related to deadly Charlottesville rally

Former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke was ordered by a federal magistrate Thursday to turn over data related to last summer's deadly "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.

May 18, 2018

Syrians indicted by DOJ over participation in pro-Assad hacking group

The Justice Department indicted two suspected members of the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA), a pro-Assad hacking group accused of breaching U.S. targets including the Obama administration and multiple national news outlets.

May 18, 2018

Russia initiates terrorism investigation into Washington Examiner journalists over Crimea article

Russian authorities have initiated criminal proceedings after The Washington Examiner, a D.C.-based magazine and website, published an article urging Ukraine to bomb Russia's newly opened bridge to Crimea.

May 18, 2018

House Democrats urge Trump to reinstate cyber policy coordinator job

House Democrats on Thursday released a letter urging President Trump to reinstate the role of White House cybersecurity coordinator, a top policy adviser position eliminated by his administration earlier this week.

May 17, 2018