Andrew Blake

Judge Reinhold, ‘80s film star, arrested during security screening at Dallas airport

Actor Judge Reinhold was released from a Dallas jail Friday morning after the "Beverly Hills Cop" star spent several hours in police custody as a result of being arrested at a local airport for disorderly conduct.

December 9, 2016

Zachary Sizemore, airman charged with selling stolen military gear, weighing guilty plea: Court docs

An active-duty airman accused of stealing dozens of sensitive military gear and selling the items on eBay made his initial appearance in Brooklyn federal court Wednesday and was released on $50,000 bond, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York said in a statement.

December 8, 2016

Nazareth College says DHS, state police were alerted after Muslim students visited local church

The president of a small New York state college on Wednesday said he was greatly disturbed after two Muslim students spurred a police investigation upon attending a local evangelical church over the weekend.

December 8, 2016

Nikita Whitlock, NFL player, says burglars left hateful graffiti while robbing N.J. apartment

A swastika, the letters "KKK" and the phrase "Go back to Africa" were discovered scrawled across the walls of New York Giants fullback Nikita Whitlock's apartment in Moonachie, New Jersey, Tuesday evening after his residence was ransacked by burglars, the football player said Wednesday.

December 8, 2016

Michael Hayden, former CIA director, ‘very concerned’ by Trump’s cybersecurity stance

Donald Trump has failed so far to demonstrate an understanding of cybersecurity, said the former head of the CIA and National Security Agency, voicing his concerns as the president-elect prepares to enter the White House.

December 8, 2016

Klan leaders arrested after KKK meeting ends in stabbing prior to pro-Trump rally

Two Ku Klux Klan leaders were arrested over the weekend in connection with stabbing a fellow Klansman hours before the hate group rallied in North Carolina on Saturday in celebration of Donald Trump being elected president.

December 7, 2016

Alonzo Knowles, Bahamian computer hacker, sentenced for trying to sell stolen movie scripts, videos

A Bahamian computer hacker who targeted Hollywood celebrities and then bragged about his exploits while awaiting sentencing was ordered this week to spend five years in U.S. federal prison.

December 7, 2016

Donald Trump likely won’t push Congress toward regulating encryption, Adam Schiff predicts

The House Intelligence Committee's ranking Democrat on Tuesday said President-elect Donald Trump can expect an uphill battle if he asks lawmakers to legislate digital encryption upon taking office.

December 7, 2016

Julian Assange, WikiLeaks founder, opens up about Swedish rape claim, investigation

Julian Assange provided Wednesday his first-ever public accounting of the 2010 trip to Sweden that put the WikiLeaks founder at the center of lengthy rape probe and a multinational dispute that remain active more than six years later.

December 7, 2016

Chelsea Manning asks to be listed as female in Pentagon database; doctor denies request

A military doctor recently denied Army Pvt. Chelsea Manning's request to have her gender listed as "female" in a Pentagon database, a new court filing reveals, further frustrating the former intelligence analyst's attempt to be recognized as a woman as she serves a lengthy prison sentence for stealing classified documents and giving them to WikiLeaks.

December 7, 2016

Jenna Jameson, newly Jewish, triggers David Duke by revealing ‘massive crush’ on Benjamin Netanyahu

Former porn star Jenna Jameson became an Orthodox Jew less than a month ago and says she's already experienced antisemitism firsthand from an "evil" and "loathsome monster" - former Ku Klux Klan leader and recent U.S. Senate candidate, David Duke.

December 6, 2016

Trump camp confirms Michael Flynn Jr. off transition team as questions mount after Pizzagate tweets

The son of incoming National Security Adviser Michael Flynn is no longer involved in President-elect Donald Trump's transition team, representatives confirmed Tuesday, as concerns swell over his use of social media to propagate an unfounded conspiracy theory surrounding a Washington, D.C. pizzeria.

December 6, 2016

Pulse owner decides against selling Orlando nightclub to city, plans to build ‘sanctuary of hope’

The owner of Pulse, the Orlando nightclub that witnessed the deadliest mass-shooting in modern U.S. history, has decided against selling the club to the city, she said Monday.

December 6, 2016

Bowe Bergdahl’s pardon bid earns rebuke from Vern Buchanan, Matt Vierkant

Calls have emerged for President Barack Obama to reject Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl's petition for a pardon after recent news reports suggested the soldier is attempting to avoid being tried for desertion under the looming Donald Trump administration.

December 6, 2016

Chelsea Manning, transgender WikiLeaks source, gets pre-Trump clemency push from LGBT groups, ACLU

The American Civil Liberties Union and more than a dozen rights groups urged President Obama on Monday to grant clemency to Army Pvt. Chelsea Manning, a transgender soldier currently serving a decades-long sentence in an all-male prison for providing government and military documents to the website WikiLeaks.

December 6, 2016

James Matthews, former Navy SEAL, pleads for legalization at sentencing for marijuana arrest

A former Navy SEAL who admitted transporting hundreds of pounds of pot from California to New Jersey praised the plant's "miracle-like" properties and called for its legalization Friday before being sentenced to prison.

December 3, 2016

Art Bell and Michael Savage, radio hosts, at opposite ends of federal defamation suit

Legendary radio host Art Bell sued conservative commentator Michael Savage in federal court this week over remarks said during a recent broadcast of his syndicated talk show, "Savage Nation."

December 3, 2016

Michelle Herren, anesthesiologist, loses job after offensive Facebook post about Michelle Obama

An anesthesiologist who suggested Michele Obama resembles a monkey lost her positions at the University of Colorado's School of Medicine and a Denver hospital this week after her comment caused a commotion within the local medical community.

December 3, 2016

Marsha Blackburn, Trump transition vice-chair, says ISPs have obligation to keep ‘fake news’ offline

Internet providers should be obligated to prevent bogus news article from spreading online, the vice chair of President-elect Donald Trump's transition team said Friday.

December 3, 2016

Chicago pledges $1M to protect ‘anxious and uncertain’ immigrants from deportations under Trump

Chicago will use $1 million leftover from a tax rebate program to defend immigrants there from any deportation efforts undertaken by President-elect Donald Trump, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's office said Friday.

December 3, 2016