Andrew Blake

Google, Facebook take aim at fake news websites by stripping access to ad platforms

Google and Facebook each announced efforts Monday intended to diminish the influence of fake news websites by restricting their access to advertising services on either platform.

November 15, 2016

NFL players and doctors push to end league’s prohibition on pot

The National Football League needs to tackle the topic of marijuana and remove it from its list of banned substances, a group of doctors backed by former and current NFL players wrote in an open letter to the league Friday.

November 12, 2016

Wesleyan students desecrate ‘AmeriKKKa’ flag at anti-Trump rally

College protesters desecrated an American flag during an anti-Donald Trump rally Friday at Wesleyan University following on the heels of similar demonstrations on campuses elsewhere this week in the wake of the Republican candidate's presidential election.

November 12, 2016

Opponents push for recount over outcome of Maine’s recreational marijuana vote

Legal marijuana opponents in Maine have mounted a challenge against the outcome of a referendum that likely saw the state narrowly approve recreational weed this week.

November 12, 2016

SMU cancels tribute to fallen police officers ‘in light of recent events,’ apologizes

Southern Methodist University says a communication breakdown caused the school's volleyball team to pull the plug on a tribute planned this week for one of five police officers killed during a July 7 rampage in downtown Dallas.

November 12, 2016

Trump camp, N.C. GOP condemn KKK’s plan to hold victory parade for president-elect

A victory parade being planned in North Carolina by members of a Ku Klux Klan chapter in reaction to Donald Trump's election is drawing criticism from local Republicans as well as the president-elect's spokeswoman.

November 12, 2016

Suicide bomber kills four Americans at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan: Pentagon

Four Americans were killed in Afghanistan early Saturday when a man wearing a suicide vest detonated himself inside Bagram Airfield north of Kabul, the Pentagon said.

November 12, 2016

Eric Trump and wife heckled outside Manhattan restaurant: Report

President-elect Donald Trump's family wound up on the receiving end of an expletive-laced exchange while exiting a Manhattan steakhouse this week, the New York Post reported Saturday.

November 12, 2016

Portland anti-Trump demonstration ends in gunfire following fourth night of protests

Gunfire broke out during an anti-Donald Trump protest in Portland, Oregon early Saturday and resulted in a man being hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, according to law enforcement.

November 12, 2016

Trump urged to pardon WikiLeaks’ Assange upon taking office

President-elect Donald Trump is being urged to give a pass to WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange after his antisecrecy website revealed the inner workings of Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton and undoubtedly influenced the result's of this year's White House race.

November 11, 2016

Edward Snowden unconcerned with possibility of being extradited under President Donald Trump

President-elect Donald Trump called for Edward Snowden's extradition and execution prior to winning the race to the White House, but the NSA leaker says he isn't particularly fearful of what his future might hold under the nation's next commander in chief.

November 11, 2016

Putin spokesman sees ‘incredible,’ ‘phenomenal’ similarities between Donald Trump, Russian president

President-elect Donald Trump's foreign policy plans share "incredible" similarities with those of Russian President Vladimir Putin, a Kremlin spokesman said Thursday.

November 11, 2016

Megyn Kelly: Trump threatened to ‘unleash’ Twitter account on me prior to GOP debate

Donald Trump threatened to "unleash" his Twitter account and his millions of devoted social media followers against Megyn Kelly days before she co-moderated a Republican presidential debate last year, the Fox News anchor writes in her upcoming memoir.

November 11, 2016

KKK group plans Donald Trump ‘victory’ parade in North Carolina

The Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan group plans to hold a "victory" parade for President-elect Donald Trump in North Carolina next month, according to its official website.

November 11, 2016

House subcommittees to examine cyberattacks behind recent widespread internet disruptions

The cyberattacks that caused widespread internet disruptions in North America and Europe last month will be the subject of a congressional hearing next week, lawmakers said Wednesday.

November 10, 2016

Ecuador still hasn’t restored Julian Assange’s internet access, WikiLeaks claims

Ecuador hasn't restored internet access for WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange at its London embassy more than three weeks after Quito imposed "temporary restrictions" following his release of emails stolen from the chairman of Hillary Clinton's failed Democratic presidential campaign, WikiLeaks said Thursday.

November 10, 2016

Krispy Kreme sued for fraud in federal court over doughnut ingredients

Krispy Kreme is facing a class-action lawsuit filed in Los Angeles federal court Wednesday by a former customer who says the doughnut chain is guilty of false advertising and fraud because some of its supposed fruit-filled and maple-glazed products are made with "nutritionally inferior ingredients."

November 10, 2016

LinkedIn banned in Russia for storing user data abroad

A Russian court on Thursday agreed to ban access to the website LinkedIn over its failure to comply with a 2015 law requiring internet companies to store the data of Russian users on servers physically located within the country.

November 10, 2016

Yahoo knew of ‘state-sponsored’ attack in 2014, didn’t disclose until 2016

Yahoo indicated Wednesday at least some of its employees knew in 2014 about a state-sponsored intrusion that compromised more than 500 million accounts despite the incident not being publicly disclosed until roughly two years later.

November 10, 2016

Aussie faces $9k fine for viral sausage delivery-by-drone video: Reports

An Australian man who used his drone to have a sausage delivered to his Sunbury, Victoria, home is now facing hefty fines from federal regulators.

November 9, 2016