Andrew Blake

Phil Scott, Vermont governor, creates commission to study legal marijuana

Vermont Gov. Phil Scott has signed an executive order creating a commission tasked with exploring the state's options for legalizing marijuana months after vetoing a bill aiming to do the same.

September 8, 2017

University of Florida braces for white nationalist Richard Spencer in spite of safety concerns

The University of Florida is preparing to let white nationalist Richard Spencer speak on campus next month after pulling the plug on a previously scheduled appearance over safety concerns voiced in the wake of last month's deadly far-right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.

September 7, 2017

Dennis Rodman, basketball star, wants to ‘straighten things out’ with his friend Kim Jong Un

The nuclear impasse between North Korea and the Western world may have found a possible negotiator in retired basketball star Dennis Rodman.

September 7, 2017

Recreational marijuana coming to Henderson, Nevada’s second largest city

Lawmakers in Henderson, Nevada -- the state's second largest city -- have done away with a moratorium preventing local marijuana dispensaries from selling recreational weed.

September 7, 2017

Roger Stone shunned by marijuana advocates; speaking engagements nixed

Longtime Republican consultant and former Trump presidential campaign adviser Roger Stone will no longer be speaking at either of two major cannabis industry conferences after marijuana advocates threatened to boycott the events over his involvement.

September 7, 2017

Kid Rock talks Black Lives Matter, KKK and Colin Kaepernick during Michigan concert

Kid Rock waxed political on stage Wednesday evening at a concert in his home state of Michigan as the musician continues to tease a bid in next year's U.S. Senate race.

September 7, 2017

Johnny Cash attorneys issue cease-and-desist to Stormfront Radio, white nationalist internet program

"I Won't Back Down" by Johnny Cash won't be played anytime soon on Stormfront Radio, former Ku Klux Klan leader Don Black's racist white supremacist internet program.

September 6, 2017

Hacker group Dragonfly 2.0 has breached dozens of power companies, Symantec says

A sophisticated hacker group has successfully penetrated dozens of utility companies responsible for supplying power in countries including the U.S., Turkey and Switzerland, a renowned cybersecurity firm warns in a new report.

September 6, 2017

Jimmy Kimmel on Trump’s DACA reversal: ‘I hope he doesn’t bring bin Laden back to life’

President Trump is on course to revive the corpse of Osama bin Laden if he continues to rescind his predecessor's achievements, late night host Jimmy Kimmel quipped Tuesday.

September 6, 2017

Deng Jiewei, Chinese software vendor, sentenced for helping circumvent online censorship: Report

A Chinese man has received a nine-month prison term for selling virtual private network (VPN) software designed to evade the government's repressive internet restrictions.

September 5, 2017

Jeanne Shaheen seeks to cut ties with Kaspersky Labs, Russian cyber firm

New Hampshire's senior U.S. senator has doubled down against Kaspersky Labs, a Moscow-based cybersecurity firm accused of maintaining suspiciously close ties with the Russian government.

September 5, 2017

Regnery, conservative publisher, parts ways with New York Times over alleged ‘best-sellers’ bias

A publishing house specializing in books written by conservative authors said it has severed ties with The New York Times and will no longer cite the newspaper's widely regarded best-sellers list because of its alleged liberal bias.

September 5, 2017

Instagram spars with cybercriminals selling stolen user data

Cybercriminals selling access to a hacked Instagram database containing the contact information of the app's biggest users claim to have already made more than $4,000 in spite of efforts to keep them offline.

September 5, 2017

Nintendo: Mario, video game character, is no longer a plumber

Mario, the mustachioed plumber who helped make Nintendo a household name in the 1980s, has put down the plunger and retired from his profession, according to the video game company.

September 5, 2017

Tests confirm grave site of H.H. Holmes, infamous serial killer

Forensics tests have resolved a debate surrounding the final resting place of H.H. Holmes, a Chicago doctor and mass murderer widely regarded as America's first serial killer.

September 2, 2017

DOJ unaware of evidence to support Trump Tower wiretapping claim

The Department of Justice said it has no evidence to support President Trump's assertion he was wiretapped by his predecessor during the 2016 White House race.

September 2, 2017

Petition asking White House to declare George Soros a terrorist garners enough signatures for reply

A petition asking the White House to declare liberal bankroller George Soros a domestic terrorist has garnered over 100,000 signatures, or more than enough to necessitate a response from the Trump administration.

September 2, 2017

Smoke and fire reported at Russian compounds ahead of retaliatory shuttering

Fire or smoke was reported at either of Russia's compounds in Washington and San Francisco on their eve of their shuttering Saturday as tensions worsen between the White House and Kremlin.

September 2, 2017

John Kelly blocking Breitbart, Daily Caller articles from reaching Donald Trump: Report

President Trump's chief of staff, John Kelly, has curtailed the flow of conservative-media reports reaching his boss amid a bid to block his access to unvetted articles, according to The New York Times.

September 2, 2017

Kid Rock comes under fire from watchdog over rumored Senate bid

A row has erupted between a nonpartisan watchdog group and Robert Ritchie, the potential Senate candidate and musician better known by his stage name, Kid Rock.

September 2, 2017