Andrew Blake

Penn State paid $93 million in 2016 to 33 victims of former coach Jerry Sandusky: Report

Pennsylvania State University paid more than $93 million last year to a total of 33 people who said they were sexually assaulted by the school's disgraced former assistant football coach, Jerry Sandusky, new documents reveal.

November 9, 2016

Death at Russian consulate in NYC under investigation

Russia is investigating the death of an employee of its New York consulate in Manhattan's Upper East Side.

November 9, 2016

Michael Stipe, former R.E.M. singer, blames Alec Baldwin, ‘SNL’ for Donald Trump’s rise

Alec Baldwin's portrayal of Donald Trump on "Saturday Night Live" helped make the "monster" that beat Hillary Clinton in their race to the White House, former R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe told the actor Tuesday.

November 9, 2016

Trump win means no two-state solution in Middle East, Israeli official says

Donald Trump's Election Day win means "the era of a Palestinian state is over," a top Israeli official said Wednesday.

November 9, 2016

Russian hackers could interfere in next year’s German election, Angela Merkel warns

Russian hackers may attempt to interfere in Germany's 2017 general election as they allegedly did with the U.S. presidential race, Chancellor Angela Merkel warned Tuesday.

November 8, 2016

Orlando to buy Pulse nightclub for $2.25 million, announces plans for memorial

Orlando's Pulse nightclub will be purchased by the city and turned into a memorial for the victims of the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history, its longtime co-owner said Tuesday.

November 8, 2016

U.S. officials barred from monitoring Russian elections

A reluctance to let Russian diplomats monitor Tuesday's U.S. presidential election has prompted Moscow to respond in kind, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Tuesday.

November 8, 2016

WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange to be questioned next week over 2010 rape allegations

A meeting six years in the making between WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange and Swedish authorities will commence next week in London, officials in Stockholm said Monday.

November 8, 2016

Trump and Clinton websites subjected to unsuccessful cyberattacks on eve of election: Report

Donald Trump's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign websites each sustained cyberattacks on the eve of Election Day, waged with the same malware responsible for recent internet disruptions around the world, researchers said Monday.

November 8, 2016

Squirrel injures three at Florida senior center

Three people were injured inside a Florida senior center by a squirrel running amok his week.

November 5, 2016

Social media apps shut down in Turkey as government conducts late night raids

Facebook, Twitter and other popular websites were reportedly blocked in Turkey on Friday amid widespread service interruptions that sidelined some social media and messaging applications for the first time ever.

November 5, 2016

‘Real Time’ host Bill Maher predicts ‘President Trump for life’; urges viewers to vote Hillary

Donald Trump may end up being president "for life" if he beats Hillary Clinton in their race for the White House, Bill Maher said during Friday's episode of "Real Time" on HBO.

November 5, 2016

Matthew Luckhurst, San Antonio cop, indefinitely suspended for giving feces sandwich to homeless man

The San Antonio Police Department has essentially fired a five-year veteran of the force after determining he tried to feed a dog feces sandwich to a homeless man.

November 5, 2016

WikiLeaks source Chelsea Manning says she tried to kill herself while in solitary confinement

Incarcerated WikiLeaks source Chelsea Manning tried to kill herself last month while in solitary confinement at a military prison for a previous suicide attempt, her lawyers said Friday.

November 5, 2016

French teen convicted under anti-terror law for naming Wi-Fi network after Islamic State: Reports

A French teenager has been punished under a federal anti-terrorism law after he named his wireless internet network after the Islamic State.

November 5, 2016

National Enquirer is sitting on story of alleged affair between Trump and Playboy model: Report

The National Enquirer's parent company paid a former Playboy centerfold $150,000 for the rights to an alleged affair she had with Donald Trump but never published her account, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday.

November 5, 2016

Liberal director Rob Reiner restates his anti-Trump stance after his Twitter account was hacked

Rob Reiner set the record straight this week after the actor's Twitter account posted a tweet in support of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.

November 5, 2016

Feds charge Arizona man with using password scheme to hack 1,050 college students

An Arizona man used his work computer to hack into the personal internet accounts of more than 1,000 students at various colleges across the country, federal prosecutors said this week.

November 4, 2016

Syria war protest in London spurs row with Russia

Hundreds of fake arms and legs were dumped outside the Russian Embassy in London this week by protesters opposed to Moscow's military involvement in Syria, giving way to a row that quickly resulted in a heated back-and-forth between the U.K. and Russia.

November 4, 2016

Bryce Mezney, Navy sailor, sentenced for secretly recording female shipmates

Petty Officer 2nd Class Bryce Mezney was sentenced Thursday after admitting he used his cellphone to secretly videotape his female shipmates during a 2015 deployment aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier.

November 4, 2016