Andrew Blake

Virginia man sees Donald Trump in bathroom floor tile

Donald Trump has been asked to take a detour from the campaign trail Friday to view a bathroom tile that a supporter believes bears a striking resemblance to the presumptive GOP presidential nominee.

June 9, 2016

Larry Flynt upholds promise, sends ‘Hustler’ issues to Utah Legislature

Members of the Utah State Legislature began receiving the latest issue of Hustler magazine in the mail this week after founder Larry Flynt promised to provide a free copy to lawmakers in response to a recent resolution that decried pornography as a "public health hazard."

June 8, 2016

Yuri Chaika, Russian attorney general, drafting law to block protest-planning websites

President Vladimir Putin's top attorney said Wednesday that new legislation is in the works to give Russian authorities the power to unilaterally block access to websites containing information about unsanctioned political protests and demonstrations.

June 8, 2016

Ted Cruz proposes bill to keep U.S. from giving up internet governance role

Internet legislation proposed Wednesday in the Senate by Texas Republican Ted Cruz would prohibit the U.S. government from relinquishing its role with respect to overseeing the web's domain name system, or DNS, unless explicitly authorized by Congress.

June 8, 2016

University of Calgary pays hackers more than $15,000 to recover from ransomware infection

The University of Calgary admitted Tuesday to paying hackers more than $15,000 in order to rebound from a ransomware infection that had crippled computer systems across the Canadian college for over a week.

June 8, 2016

Monkey blamed for nationwide blackout in Kenya

Kenya's largest electric company has blamed a stray monkey for causing a nationwide blackout that left the country without power for more than four hours on Tuesday.

June 8, 2016

Filemon Vela to Trump: ‘You can take your border wall and shove it up your —-‘

Rep. Filemon Vela, Texas Democrat, lashed out Monday at Donald Trump after the presumptive Republican nominee for president ignited a firestorm over his remarks regarding District Judge Gonzalo Curiel.

June 7, 2016

Russia censors Vice.com over shoplifting article

Russia's internet watchdog took action against Vice.com on Tuesday after determining that an article on the publication's website ran afoul of government restrictions by encouraging shoplifting.

June 7, 2016

Smartphone app ‘Calculator’ blamed for aiding South Asian terror group

A smartphone app that allows users to communicate with each other over apparently impenetrable peer-to-peer networks is causing a headache for counterterrorism officials in India, New Delhi Television Limited (NDTV) reported Sunday.

June 7, 2016

New England dominates ‘Safest States’ list: Report

Low crime figures and few active fault lines helped New England secure the top spots in a list of the country's safest states released Tuesday.

June 7, 2016

Navy bans alcohol consumption, non-essential travel in Japan after drunken driving incident

The U.S. Navy instituted an indefinite ban on alcohol consumption and non-essential travel for sailors stationed in Japan on Monday after a petty officer was arrested in Okinawa over the weekend on suspicion of drunken driving.

June 7, 2016

Moviegoer busted for bootlegging Indian film by anti-piracy team more than 8,000 miles away

A college student was caught bootlegging a movie from India inside of a Chicago-area cinema Wednesday after an anti-piracy team on the other side of the world learned the moviegoer was streaming the film live on Facebook.

June 3, 2016

Pakistani hackers masquerade as media in anti-India cyber campaign: Report

Pakistani hackers posed as members of the press in an effort to compromise the computers of government officials in India, an American cybersecurity firm said Friday.

June 3, 2016

Secret Service swarms Bernie Sanders twice in one week due to animal rights activists

Sen. Bernard Sanders' campaign event on Thursday was disrupted by Direct Action Everywhere, an animal rights group, prompting Secret Service agents to intervene for the second time this week.

June 3, 2016

Trump staffers accused of ejecting journalist for reporting ‘without the campaign’s permission’

Politico newshound Ben Schreckinger was removed Thursday evening from a Donald Trump rally in San Jose "for practicing journalism without the campaign's permission," according to the reporter.

June 3, 2016

The Koala, satirical campus paper, sues UC San Diego for free speech violations

A First Amendment lawsuit filed in federal court Tuesday accuses the University of California, San Diego, of unconstitutionally defunding campus publications last year in order to silence a satirical student newspaper that school officials had labeled "profoundly repugnant."

June 2, 2016

Vladimir Putin, Sergey Lavrov parody accounts unfrozen after sudden Twitter suspension

A Twitter parody account poking fun at Russian President Vladimir Putin was reinstated Wednesday after being briefly suspended from the social networking service this week without explanation.

June 2, 2016

Long-term marijuana smoking linked to gum disease, but no other major conditions: study

Scientists who studied the effects of marijuana use among the same group of people over the course of 20 years have determined that long-term weed smoking may be linked to gum disease and little else, a new study suggests.

June 2, 2016

Record number of guns detected by TSA officials last week, agency says

The Transportation Security Administration found a record number of firearms last week inside the carry-on bags of airline passengers, the TSA said Friday.

June 2, 2016

Yahoo publishes previously secret National Security Letters after FBI lifts gag orders

Yahoo's publication Wednesday of National Security Letters it received from the FBI marked the first time ever details have been disclosed concerning the highly secretive surveillance orders in accordance with the USA Freedom Act, the company said.

June 1, 2016