Andrew Blake

Chris Cornell statue slated for late Soundgarden singer’s hometown of Seattle: Report

The family of rock musician Chris Cornell has commissioned an sculptor to memorialize the late Soundgarden and Audioslave frontman with a statue to be displayed in his hometown of Seattle.

August 10, 2017

State Department ordered to search Clinton aides’ emails for Benghazi messages

A federal judge has ordered the State Department to search its email systems for any messages sent to and from Hillary Clinton's top aides during her stint as secretary for any correspondence concerning the September 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya.

August 10, 2017

ACLU lawyer opposes group’s representation of Milo Yiannopoulos in D.C. transit ad suit

An American Civil Liberties Union attorney who represented WikiLeaks source Chelsea Manning has taken aim at his own organization's decision to represent far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos in a free speech suit filed Wednesday in Washington, D.C.

August 10, 2017

Walmart apologizes for back-to-school gun display after image goes viral

The nation's largest retailer has apologized after a photograph of a Walmart store seemingly advertising firearms as part of a back-to-school sale went viral this week.

August 10, 2017

Oregon governor signs bill hiking legal smoking age to 21

Oregon is now on pace to become the fourth state to ban tobacco and cigarettes sales to anyone under 21 after Gov. Kate Brown signed a bill Wednesday hiking the legal smoking age up from 18.

August 10, 2017

Fox plotting potential ‘King of the Hill’ reboot ‘given what’s going on in the country’: TV exec

"King of the Hill," one of Fox's longest running animated comedies, could soon be making a comeback.

August 9, 2017

Kevin Campbell, Silk Road heroin dealer tied to Microsoft engineer’s overdose, gets 6-year sentence

A Chicago man who sold hardcore drugs on the now-defunct Silk Road website, including the heroin that killed a budding Microsoft engineer in 2013, has been sentenced to six years in prison.

August 9, 2017

Dan Rather: Source of leaked climate change report committed ‘public service’

Whoever leaked a dire climate change report published by the New York Times this week committed a "pubic service" by releasing information the White House may have suppressed, former CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather said Tuesday.

August 9, 2017

Twitter users blocked by Donald Trump ask federal judge to intervene

A federal judge should force President Trump to unblock seven people currently barred from interacting with his Twitter account, attorneys for the social media users wrote in a court filing Tuesday.

August 9, 2017

Trump campaign turns over 20K pages of documents to Senate investigators: Report

President Trump's 2016 campaign has turned over about 20,000 pages of documents so far to a Senate panel investigating Russia's role in last year's election, a committee spokesperson said Tuesday.

August 9, 2017

Buster Hernandez, 26, identified in federal sextortion case, thanks to booby-trapped video file

The FBI identified and nabbed a suspected cybercriminal who maintained anonymity for more than a year and a half by sending him a booby-trapped video file, federal prosecutors explained in newly unsealed court filings.

August 8, 2017

Mansion from ‘The Beverly Hillbillies’ listed as most expensive home in the country: Report

The sprawling southern California mansion featured as the Clampett family's home on the 1960s sitcom "The Beverly Hillbillies" is up for sale and is currently the most expensive property available in the country.

August 8, 2017

Polling reveals heavy distrust of Trump, White House

Fewer people believe all or most of what they hear from the Trump administration than trust "nothing at all" uttered by the White House, pollsters said.

August 8, 2017

Pentagon issues classified rules for destroying drones over domestic U.S. military bases

The Pentagon has authorized secret rules of engagement for dealing with private and commercial drones found flying over or around any of 133 domestic military bases.

August 8, 2017

White House renovations begin as Trump starts 17-day working vacation at Bedminster

White House renovators didn't waste any time overhauling the West Wing once President Trump left for a 17-day working vacation Friday.

August 5, 2017

Chinese tourists arrested in Germany for doing Nazi salute outside parliament: Report

Police in the Berlin arrested two Chinese tourists Saturday morning for allegedly making Nazi salutes while posing for cellphone pictures in front of the the Reichstag building housing German parliament.

August 5, 2017

University professor and college employee arrested in fatal stabbing of Chicago hairstylist

Police have arrested a Northwestern University professor and a University of Oxford employee both in connection with the fatal stabbing last month of Trenton Cornell-Duranleau, a 26-year-old Chicago hairstylist.

August 5, 2017

Chicago preps lawsuit against Trump administration over sanctuary cities threat

Chicago's mayor said the Windy City will sue the Trump administration next week over its policy of withholding funds from so-called sanctuary cities shielding illegal immigrants from federal authorities.

August 5, 2017

Bill Maher to Al Gore on climate change: ‘Who would know better about losing Florida?’

Late night host Bill Maher ribbed former vice president Al Gore over his 2000 White House loss Friday when a discussion involving climate change presented the opportunity for a good-natured jab.

August 5, 2017

Fox News’s Eric Bolling suspended after allegations of sending lewd image to female coworkers emerge

Fox News host Eric Bolling has been suspended while the network investigates claims he sent an unsolicited photo of male genitalia to three female colleagues.

August 5, 2017