Andrew Blake

Omar Al Nasser, University of Houston professor, arrested in synthetic drug sting

A college professor at the University of Houston was among the more than a dozen individuals arrested Tuesday in connection with an international synthetic marijuana ring.

May 18, 2016

Alanis Morissette sues former manager after millions go missing

Pop singer Alanis Morissette sued her former business manager for fraud after she discovered nearly $5 million had disappeared from her bank account during the past several years.

May 18, 2016

Washington, D.C., named fittest city in the U.S. for third year in a row: report

The Washington, D.C., region was named the fittest of the country's 50 largest metropolitan areas Wednesday for the third consecutive year -- a feat the authors of the ninth annual American Fitness Index (AFI) attribute largely to a drop in smoking among residents of the nation's capital.

May 18, 2016

Meteor shower caught on police dashcam in Portland Maine

A fireball spotted up and down the East Coast and across Canada early Tuesday was spectacularly caught on film by a dashboard camera mounted to a police cruiser in Portland, Maine.

May 17, 2016

Navy seeks ‘ethical hacker’ certification for sailors

The Pentagon is preparing to send a group of sailors to cyber school in hopes of turning certain members of the U.S. Navy into "certified ethical hackers."

May 17, 2016

House committee crushes effort requiring women to register for the draft

The Republican-led House Rules Committee took action Monday to prevent women from being required to register for the draft following the Pentagon's decision late last year to remove gender restrictions from combat roles.

May 17, 2016

John Parmele Jr., Navy veteran, ordered to pay back Virginia Beach neighbor for stolen flags

A District Court judge on Monday found a retired Navy veteran from Virginia Beach guilty of three misdemeanor counts after he admitted to stealing his neighbor's American flags.

May 17, 2016

Gluten-free diets may harm people without celiac disease, gastroenterologist warns

A gluten-free diet may do more harm than good -- especially among children -- as more people abandon foods for a "fad" that comes with significant health risks, a gastroenterologist warns in a new report.

May 16, 2016

Colorado school district OKs use of medicinal marijuana, or cannabinoids, for students on campus

A Colorado school district voted unanimously on Thursday to allow students with certain medical conditions to use marijuana products in school.

May 16, 2016

Obama urged to sanction Iranian hackers

Legislation proposed Thursday in the House calls on President Obama to impose sanctions against Iranians involved with waging cyberattacks against American targets.

May 13, 2016

NYC asked to pay back residents after wrongfully issuing millions of dollars in parking tickets

A New York City councilman is asking officials to pay back thousands of Big Apple residents who have been cited in recent years for a traffic rule taken off the books in 2009.

May 13, 2016

FBI probe of WikiLeaks still active six years later: Justice Dept.

WikiLeaks remains the subject of an FBI investigation more than six years after the secret spilling website began releasing classified government documents, the Department of Justice confirmed this week.

May 13, 2016

‘Free hugs’ guy arrested by NYPD for assaulting Times Square tourist

A Times Square mainstay who advertises "free hugs" to tourists was arrested Thursday after allegedly punching a Canadian woman in the face when she refused to give him money.

May 13, 2016

Colorado cops trawling Craigslist for illegal marijuana sales

Police in Colorado are combing through Craigslist to weed out marijuana dealers who illegally advertise their wares online, law enforcement said Thursday.

May 13, 2016

Leander Dewey Jones, shopping mall Santa, pleads guilty to child porn charge

A Raleigh, North Carolina children's entertainer who dressed as Santa Claus at area shopping malls and performed magic tricks at parties pleaded guilty Monday to one count of manufacturing child pornography.

May 12, 2016

Alaa Saadeh, New Jersey man, sentenced to 15 years for trying to help Islamic State

A New Jersey resident who assisted members of a local terror cell was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in federal prison for conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State.

May 12, 2016

Senators ask Obama to define when cyberattacks become acts of war

Cyber legislation proposed Tuesday in the Senate would require President Obama to once and for all determine when electronic attacks amount to acts of war.

May 12, 2016

FBI defends iPhone hacking amid questions over government’s use of exploits

As the FBI continues to withhold details about how it hacked the iPhone of a suspected terrorist in San Bernardino, a former NSA official says the intelligence community has regularly waited months after acquiring an exploit before it alerted affected parties.

May 12, 2016

Billboard companies ditch atheist group over proposed ‘Genocide and Incest Park’ sign

A group of atheists has raised over $10,000 towards erecting a billboard that blasts an Noah's Ark-themed amusement park coming soon to Kentucky, but the fate of their farce is up in the air after two local companies rejected the ad.

May 12, 2016

James Comey, FBI director: ‘Viral video effect’ may be fueling increase in crime

Law enforcement may be less inclined to interact with criminal suspects on account of those interactions routinely ending up online in the form of viral videos, FBI Director James Comey said.

May 12, 2016