Andrew Blake

Millions of Yahoo customers affected by massive data breach: Report

Yahoo is expected to announce that hackers have compromised the personal accounts of hundreds of millions of its users, tech website Recode reported Thursday.

September 22, 2016

Defense Distributed, designer of 3-D printable guns, loses appeal against State Dept.

National security concerns raised by the U.S. State Department trump the constitutional rights of a company prohibited from publishing the digital blueprints for three-dimensional printed guns, a federal appeals court ruled this week.

September 22, 2016

House investigating Reddit post tied to IT expert who deleted Hillary Clinton’s emails

The House Oversight Committee is investigating whether one of Hillary Clinton's tech experts appealed to Reddit for help with altering a cache of "VERY VIP" emails in 2014, one of the panel's members said Monday.

September 20, 2016

Terry McAuliffe poses for Farm Aid picture with Willie Nelson — and the singer’s marijuana

A snapshot showing Gov. Terry McAuliffe, Willie Nelson and a can of the legendary country singer's own brand of marijuana caused the Virginia Democrat's office on Monday to quell any concerns about what unfolded when the two got together Saturday during a music festival in Bristow.

September 20, 2016

Texas funeral director accused of taking selfies with caskets and hearses

A Texas funeral director may be sanctioned for taking dozens of selfies in front of caskets and hearses after he was reportedly caught in the act over the weekend.

September 20, 2016

Chelsea Manning says Pentagon has approved Army leaker’s request for gender surgery

The Pentagon has approved Army Private Chelsea Manning's request to move forward with gender transition surgery while she serves times for convictions related to sharing hundreds of thousands of sensitive military and diplomatic documents with WikiLeaks, the soldier said Tuesday.

September 20, 2016

Steven Seagal: Russian citizenship ‘somewhere on the horizon’

Steven Seagal suggested Wednesday one of his next roles may involve playing a Russian citizen, but not necessarily for any movie. The Michigan-born martial artist best known for his action films told reporters in Russia's far east that he's considering applying for citizenship.

September 14, 2016

Democrats blame Russia after ‘Guccifer 2.0’ hacker leaks newest cache of DNC documents

The acting chair of the Democratic National Committee denounced the release Tuesday of a new cache of internal party documents as an attempt by Russian hackers to sway the presidential election towards Republican candidate Donald Trump.

September 14, 2016

Pope Francis sets the stage for canonizing Rev. Jacques Hamel, French priest killed in terror attack

Pope Francis on Wednesday put the late Rev. Jacques Hamel on the path toward sainthood by calling the recent murder of the French priest an act of "martyrdom."

September 14, 2016

Michael Steven Sandford, would-be Trump assassin, enters guilty plea

A British man who tried to steal a police officer's gun so that he could shoot Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at a June 18 campaign event in Las Vegas pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court to two felony counts connected to the incident.

September 14, 2016

Colorado sets new record for marijuana sales after generating $122.7 million in July

Colorado's legal marijuana shops set a monthly sales record in July by moving roughly $122.7 million in medical and recreational cannabis products, according to revenue data released by the state on Monday.

September 14, 2016

John McCain says he’ll block attempts to split up chief NSA and Cyber Command roles

The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday vowed to block any attempt by the Obama administration at placing the National Security Administration and U.S. Cyber Command into the hands of two separate directors.

September 13, 2016

Russian hackers breached WADA database: World Anti-Doping Agency

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on Tuesday said a Russian espionage group was behind a cybersecurity breach that resulted in the private health records of U.S. Olympic athletes being leaked online this week.

September 13, 2016

Russia to boycott salt from the U.S. after EU extends sanctions against Moscow

Russia on Tuesday said it's officially banning imports of salt from the United States and its allies, adding it to its list of embargoed food products.

September 13, 2016

Navy sailor gives birth on board aircraft carrier deployed to fight ISIS

A U.S. Navy sailor unexpectedly gave birth to a baby girl Sunday morning on board an aircraft carrier stationed in the Persian Gulf.

September 13, 2016

Edward Snowden says he deserves presidential pardon over NSA leaks

Edward Snowden on Monday said he should be pardoned, not prosecuted, for leaking government secrets, and he described his decision to disclose national security documents as being "necessary" to affect change to the country's surveillance programs.

September 13, 2016

Canada to urge U.S. for changes to border law that bans marijuana smokers from entry

Canada will urge the United States to reconsider a border policy that has resulted in travel bans for Canadians who admit to having used marijuana, the nation's public safety minister said this week.

September 10, 2016

Six Flags America evacuated Saturday afternoon over bomb threat

The Six Flags America theme park near Washington, D.C. was evacuated Saturday afternoon after receiving a bomb threat, police said.

September 10, 2016

Greta Zimmer Friedman, ‘nurse’ in iconic Times Square kiss photo, dead at 92

The woman who was iconically photographed being kissed by a sailor in Times Square near the end of World War II died this week in Virginia, her family confirmed. Greta Zimmer Friedman passed away Thursday following a long illness, her son told reporters. She was 92.

September 10, 2016

Edward Snowden blasts Russia over human rights violations: ‘unnecessary, costly and corrosive’

Three years after his NSA revelations spurred a sea change in the United States with respect to surveillance, former contractor Edward Snowden admitted in a recent interview that conditions in other nations -- and particularly his current home, Russia -- have only worsened.

September 10, 2016