Andrew Blake

Crayola to retire mystery color from iconic 24-count crayon box

Crayola said it plans to retire a color from the company's iconic 24-count crayon box on Friday for the first time in 100-plus year history.

March 28, 2017

Dick Cheney calls Russian election meddling ‘an act of war’

Russia may have committed an "act of war" by interfering in last year's White House race, former Vice President Dick Cheney said Monday.

March 28, 2017

WikiLeaks denies ties to Roger Stone, ex-Trump adviser

WikiLeaks rebuffed President Trump's former campaign adviser Roger Stone this week as he comes under fire for allegations made prior to last year's election involving his purported ties to the antisecrecy organization and its editor, Julian Assange.

March 28, 2017

Graham Spanier, former Penn State University president, found guilty of child endangerment

One of Pennsylvania State University's former presidents was convicted Friday on one count of misdemeanor child endangerment in connection with the wide-ranging pedophilia scandal centered around Jerry Sandusky, the school's former assistant football coach.

March 25, 2017

Alex Jones, conspiracy theorist, apologizes to Comet Ping Pong for peddling Pizzagate claims

Media personality and noted conspiracy theorist Alex Jones apologized Friday to the owner of Comet Ping Pong, a now-infamous eatery in the nation's capital, for peddling unfounded claims last year that helped put the restaurant unwillingly at the center of the so-called "Pizzagate" scandal.

March 25, 2017

Javier Ortiz, cyber-bullying president of Miami police union, reassigned over restraining order

The head of the Miami police officer's union was stripped of his gun and reassigned to desk duty this week after a months-long internal probe yielded new allegations against the embattled cop.

March 25, 2017

Russia’s Sputnik seeks White House press credentials: Report

Sputnik, a Russian state-owned website accused of being an arm of Moscow's international propaganda apparatus, is petitioning the White House for press accreditation.

March 25, 2017

Donald Trump adviser Michael Flynn discussed sending Erdogan foe back to Turkey: Reports

Michael Flynn, President Trump's former national security adviser, met with top Turkish officials last year and allegedly discussed ways to hand over Fethullah Gulen, a self-exiled Muslim cleric accused of orchestrating the unsuccessful coup that nearly toppled President Recep Tayyip Erdogan months earlier, former CIA Director James Woolsey said Friday.

March 25, 2017

Tyrone James, Boston man, sentenced for selling weapons stolen from Mass. armory in 2015

A Boston man was sentenced to nearly five years behind bars Friday in connection with selling firearms stolen from a Massachusetts armory.

March 25, 2017

Millions of job seekers likely compromised by massive employment services breach

Name, birthdates and Social Security numbers of millions of job seekers from 10 states recently became compromised as the result of a newly disclosed data breach revealed Wednesday.

March 24, 2017

Isidore Heath Campbell, ‘Nazi dad,’ may change name to Hitler: Judge

Isidore Heath Campbell, a notorious Pennsylvania resident known for his fixation with Nazis, can legally change his last name to Hitler, a judge ruled Friday.

March 24, 2017

Tom Ridge, former DHS secretary: ‘Putin is winning’

Bipartisan bickering surrounding the Kremlin's involvement in last year's White House race is playing right into the hands of Russian President Vladimir Putin, former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said Thursday.

March 24, 2017

FBI posed as documentary filmmakers to conduct interviews with Bundy Ranch supporters

Undercover FBI agents disguised as documentary filmmakers were deployed to the Nevada desert in 2014 to speak with supporters of rancher Cliven Bundy amid an armed standoff with the federal government, an agent testified this week.

March 24, 2017

Utah governor signs bill lowering blood alcohol limit to .05

Utah's governor signed legislation Thursday lowering the blood alcohol limit for motorists from .08 to .05, putting the predominately Mormon state on path to instil the nation's strictest drinking and driving law.

March 24, 2017

Illinois looks toward legal marijuana with bills in House and Senate

Illinois, one of the nation's most populous states, could soon join the ranks of the limited few with recreational marijuana following the filing Wednesday of proposed pro-pot legislation in the state House and Senate.

March 23, 2017

Kremlin says new report linking Trump team to Moscow ‘defies reason’

President Vladimir Putin's spokesman dismissed new claims concerning Russia's ties to the Trump presidential campaign Thursday, rejecting allegations that recently emerged about potential connections between senior campaign officials and Moscow.

March 23, 2017

Roger Stone, former Trump adviser, accuses House Democrats of fear-mongering after Russia hearing

Roger Stone, President Trump's former adviser, accused Democrats of fear-mongering and "red-baiting" this week after minority members of the House Intelligence Committee narrowed their sights on White House insiders while looking for evidence of collusion between Russia and the president's 2016 campaign.

March 23, 2017

Prosecutors extracting data from cellphones of dozens of Inauguration Day arrestees: Court filing

Cellphones seized from more than 100 individuals arrested during President Trump's inauguration are being scoured for criminal evidence, prosecutors said Wednesday.

March 23, 2017

Donncha O’Cearbhaill, former LulzSec hacker, sentenced over Rupert Murdoch obituary prank

A judge in Dublin ruled against prison time Monday for Donncha O'Cearbhaill, a security researcher and former "LulzSec" hacker convicted of publishing a bogus obituary for Rupert Murdoch on one of the media mogul's own websites in 2011.

March 23, 2017

John Rivello, Twitter troll, faces new aggravated assault charge in Texas

A Maryland man blamed with sending a seizure-inducing tweet to an epileptic reporter faces further legal woes upon being indicted in Texas on Monday with aggravated assault using a deadly weapon.

March 22, 2017