Andrew Blake

Lindsey Graham says Russians hacked his campaign email account

As President-elect Donald Trump continues to dismiss claims concerning Russia's purported meddling in last month's White House race, South Carolina senator and former Republican presidential hopeful Lindsey Graham said Wednesday that the Kremlin had compromised his own political campaign.

December 15, 2016

Massachusetts legalizes recreational marijuana after pro-pot measure’s Election Day win

Marijuana became legal to possess, harvest and use in Massachusetts on Thursday after officials formally certified the results of a ballot measure allowing for recreational weed from Provincetown to Pittsfield.

December 15, 2016

Joshua Aaron case: Final suspect in JPMorgan Chase hack, considered largest ever, arrested

Federal authorities have arrested a Maryland man who is accused of participating in a yearslong cybercrime operation described by prosecutors as "securities fraud on cyber steroids."

December 15, 2016

San Francisco moves ahead with memorial for Alex Nieto, police shooting victim

San Francisco city officials on Tuesday approved plans to erect a memorial for a man who was fatally shot by law enforcement in spite of objections raised by local police.

December 14, 2016

Ashley Madison, hacked adultery site, reaches $1.6 million settlement over data breach

The owners of Ashley Madison, the infamously hacked extramarital dating site, have agreed to pay $1.6 million to resolve federal and state probes spurred by last year's massive breach, authorities said Wednesday.

December 14, 2016

Hillary Clinton tech staffer: Typo precipitated John Podesta email hack

A misspelling in an email sent earlier this year between members of Hillary Clinton's failed presidential campaign may have resulted in the breach widely blamed with sidelining her recent White House bid, according to a new report.

December 14, 2016

Canadian task force lays out plans for legal marijuana program

Canada should allow adults over the age of 18 to buy, grow and possess limited amounts of marijuana, a federal task force told lawmakers in Ottawa on Tuesday.

December 14, 2016

Slate takes on fake news with browser plugin for Facebook users

A new effort launched this week by staffers at Slate, the predominately left-leaning online magazine, intends to stop the spread of so-called "fake news" stories across the web's largest social network.

December 13, 2016

Lawsuit aims to expedite release of FBI documents involving presidential race

The FBI was sued in federal court Tuesday in a bid to bring to light the bureau's handling of various matters related to the 2016 presidential race, including topics ranging from its probe of the Clinton Foundation to the rise of the so-called alt-right.

December 13, 2016

Quest Diagnostics says 34,000 medical lab results compromised in cyber breach

One of the nation's largest clinical laboratory testing companies this week said a recent security breach exposed the protected health information of thousands of patients.

December 13, 2016

Colorado marijuana sales exceed $1 billion, breaking record

Legal marijuana sales in Colorado surpassed $1 billion during the first 10 months of 2016, according to newly released figures from the state's Department of Revenue, signaling the best year yet since dispensaries began selling recreational weed in 2014.

December 13, 2016

KKK member says drunken argument over Klan leadership preceded stabbing

A drunken argument involving Ku Klux Klan leadership last weekend precipitated a brawl that ended with criminal charges for two Klansmen and a trip to the hospital for another, according to one of the participants.

December 10, 2016

White House won’t comment on Chelsea Manning’s clemency bid: Report

The White House this week refused to discuss whether President Obama will pardon Army Pvt. Chelsea Manning as supporters of the convicted WikiLeaks source ramp-up their campaign for clemency in the face of Donald Trump's imminent administration.

December 10, 2016

Michael Moore, filmmaker, vows to protest Donald Trump’s inauguration

Rabble-rousing filmmaker Michael Moore on Friday promised to protest Donald Trump's inauguration next month - assuming the president-elect is sworn in as expected.

December 10, 2016

Liquor board chair arrested for DUI outside casino’s grand opening

The chairman of the Prince George's County liquor board was arrested for drunk driving Thursday night after becoming involved in a fender bender outside the new MGM National Harbor Casino on its opening night.

December 10, 2016

Jason Buttrill of The Blaze recalled from Iraq after shooting at Islamic State terrorists

The Blaze, Glenn Beck's news network, suspended an employee on Friday for shooting a rifle at Islamic State terrorists while on assignment in Iraq.

December 10, 2016

Hot air balloon pilot was on prohibited drugs during crash that killed 16: NTSB

Alfred "Skip" Nichols, the pilot of the deadliest hot air balloon crash in U.S. history, had multiple prohibited drugs in his system when his aircraft crashed and burned near Lockhart, Texas earlier this year killing all 16 people onboard, according to documents released by federal investigators Friday.

December 10, 2016

Georgia election officials accuses DHS of hacking state computer system

Georgia's top election official this week accused the U.S. Department of Homeland Security of trying to hack a computer network containing the state's voter registration database.

December 9, 2016

Alex Jones, Infowars founder, appeals to Trump for aid over fears of ‘fake news’ crackdown

A conspiracy theorist blamed with propagating the so-called Pizzagate scandal and countless other baseless rumors urged supporters to petition President-elect Donald Trump this week in order to prevent being silenced by a supposedly imminent "government-led shut down" against online purveyors of fake news.

December 9, 2016

Legal weed advocates sneak marijuana into Jeff Sessions’ Senate office

Marijuana legalization activists on Thursday successfully brought weed into the Capitol Hill office of Senator Jeff Sessions, Alabama Republican, in an attempt to have the nation's next attorney general abandon his anti-pot stance.

December 9, 2016