Andrew Blake

Pink Floyd’s ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ recording console going up for auction

Money, it's a gas -- and it'll likely take a lot of it to purchase a piece of pop culture history slated to soon hit the auction block.

March 4, 2017

FBI investigating reported data breach affecting Georgia election system

Election systems used by Georgia's Secretary of State may have been recently hacked, Kennesaw State University announced Friday.

March 4, 2017

Cyberattack sidelines Pennsylvania Democrats and prompts FBI probe

Democrats in the Pennsylvania state Senate were locked out of the party's computer system Friday after it was sidelined by a cyberattack.

March 4, 2017

KKK plans rally to protest sentencing of Georgia couple who terrorized black family

Ku Klux Klan members are expected to rally outside a Georgia courthouse on Sunday to protest the recent sentencing of a couple convicted of terrorizing an African-American family during a 2015 birthday party.

March 4, 2017

Vladimir Kara-Murza, Putin critic, accuses Russia of second failed assassination attempt

A Russian opposition figure who recently emerged from a coma after experiencing sudden organ failure for the second time in two years believes President Vladimir Putin's regime responsible for both near-death experience.

March 3, 2017

Rod Stewart apologizes for desert beheading video after ISIS comparisons

Rod Stewart apologized Friday after a video surfaced in which the singer appeared to stage an Islamic State-inspired execution.

March 3, 2017

Legal marijuana likely coming to Canada in a matter of months: PM Justin Trudeau

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday said a plan to legalize and regulate marijuana within Canada could come to fruition as early as this summer, putting the Liberal leader on path to accomplishing one of his most ambitious campaign promises.

March 3, 2017

Facebook fends off privacy lawsuit after changing business practices

A settlement has been reached in a class-action lawsuit brought against Facebook in 2013 after years of litigation surrounding the social network's former practice of scanning its users' private messages for advertising purposes.

March 3, 2017

Lee Robert Moore, former Secret Service agent, pleads guilty to underage sexting charges

A former Secret Service officer sent sexually explicit messages to underage girls while guarding the White House during the Obama administration, he told prosecutors Wednesday.

March 3, 2017

Devin Nunes, Adam Schiff narrow probe of Russian hacking by House Intelligence committee

The House Intelligence Committee unveiled preliminary details concerning its probe into Russia's purported election meddling Wednesday, albeit moments before new developments emerged concerning President Trump's administration and its ties to Moscow.

March 2, 2017

Amazon unaffected by massive internet disruption caused by Amazon: Report

The wide-scale Amazon Web Services outage that made navigating the internet a mess Tuesday reportedly affected more than 150,000 websites, but Amazon wasn't one of them.

March 2, 2017

Texas Senate votes in favor of convening constitutional convention to limit federal authority

The Republican-led Texas Senate voted Tuesday in favor of convening a constitutional convention as Lone Star State lawmakers look to rein in Washington and limit the federal government from "stiff-arming the states."

March 2, 2017

Colorado marijuana clubs pass first test before legislature

Colorado lawmakers moved forward on a bill Wednesday that paves the way for private marijuana clubs to open shop, as politicians from both sides of the aisle look to broaden the state's billion-dollar cannabis industry.

March 2, 2017

Paul Skinner, aerial photographer, lands 30-day prison sentence for Seattle drone crash

A professional photographer who knocked a woman unconscious with his camera-equipped drone while covering Seattle's 2015 pride parade has been sentenced to 30 days in prison and ordered to pay a $500 fine.

March 1, 2017

CloudPets, kids toy, target of major data breach; millions of audio messages compromised: Report

Millions of personalized audio messages meant only to be heard by parents and their children were publicly exposed on the internet, hacked and held for ransom, a prominent security researcher reported this week.

March 1, 2017

Facebook implements artificial intelligence to identify suicidal users

Facebook will begin using artificial intelligence and pattern recognition technology in an effort to automatically identify users likely to commit suicide, the company said Wednesday.

March 1, 2017

Frank Ancona family members plead not guilty in killing of KKK leader

The widow and stepson of recently slain Ku Klux Klan leader Frank Ancona pleaded not guilty Tuesday to first-degree murder and other charges related to his death.

February 22, 2017

Philadelphia soda tax fizzles in first month, layoffs likely: Reports

A newly imposed tax on sugary drinks sold within Philadelphia likely earned a fraction of the revenue its advocates had expected, city officials said Tuesday.

February 22, 2017

Teacher, library assistant placed on administrative leave for immigration comments on Facebook

Two employees of the Prosser School District in Washington state have been placed on paid administrative leave in the wake of recent Facebook posts concerning last week's "Day Without Immigrants" boycott.

February 22, 2017

Two-thirds of Americans worried Donald Trump will lead nation into major war: Poll

A majority of Americans are worried President Trump with lead the United States into a major war within the next four years, according to the results of an NBC News/Survey Monkey poll published Wednesday.

February 22, 2017