Andrew Blake

Six-figure salaries aren’t keeping New Yorkers out of public housing - report

As New York City residents scour high and low for affordable living, an investigation has revealed that over 1,500 households are currently benefiting from public housing despite pulling in six-figure salaries.

November 27, 2015

No charges for mother who abandoned ‘manger baby’ in New York

Prosecutors in New York City won't pursue charges against the mother who left her newborn baby in the manger display of a Roman Catholic church this week.

November 27, 2015

Accused U.S. Army hacker: I had no problem fleeing Australia while under investigation

A teenager accused of hacking Microsoft and the U.S. Army managed to flee his native Australia earlier this year despite being at the center of cyber investigations worldwide -- a trek he said was so easy it was "scary."

November 27, 2015

Sony settlement OK’d by federal judge, hacked employees eligible for up to $10K each

Sony Pictures Entertainment employees affected by last year's high-profile hack may soon be eligible to collect from an $8 million settlement.

November 27, 2015

Police groups plead for legislative answers to encryption concerns

Encrypted communication platforms, including smartphones sold by Apple and Google, are posing a "critical threat" to law enforcement's ability to conduct criminal investigations, police officials claim in a new report.

November 25, 2015

Iranian hackers renew campaign against State Dept. through social media, emails: report

Iranian hackers have reportedly resumed attacks against targets in the U.S. State Department, but only after first taking a break from their campaign as the terms of an agreement concerning the country's nuclear program were worked out with Washington.

November 25, 2015

Bill de Blasio, N.Y. Democrats renew gun control push for those on terror list

The mayor of New York is urging members of Congress to act on a dormant gun control bill that would ban suspected terrorists from owning firearms but has been unable to clear Capitol Hill despite eight years of effort.

November 25, 2015

FBI on the hunt for hacker behind ‘largest ever’ theft of usernames and passwords

The FBI believes it's on the heels of a Russian hacker thought to be involved with a cybercrime ring responsible for amassing the largest ever collection of stolen usernames and passwords.

November 25, 2015

Chicago braces for protests as footage of police shooting goes public

Chicago is preparing for likely protests once the city releases video evidence this week central to the case against Jason Van Dyke, a white police officer formally charged Tuesday with murdering a black teenager last fall.

November 24, 2015

China orders telecoms to cut service for users who evade Great Firewall

China has suspended cellphone service for Xinjiang residents attempting to evade the country's Great Firewall, reinforcing the government's grasp on all things digital.

November 24, 2015

Appeals court says drone memos can stay secret

Secret memos detailing the U.S. government's rationale for using drone strikes to kill foreign terror suspects can stay hidden from public view, a federal appeals court ruled in a decision unsealed on Monday.

November 24, 2015

Ohio college landmark vandalized with pro-ISIS slogans

A 10-ton landmark located on the campus of Youngstown State University was discovered on Monday to have been vandalized with slogans supporting the Islamic State terror group.

November 24, 2015

Hate crimes against Muslims in U.K. nearly triple after Paris attacks: report

Hate crimes targeting Muslims spiked by nearly 275 percent in Britain in the days after Islamic extremists took credit for terrorist attacks in Paris, France, new statistics suggest.

November 23, 2015

New Jersey woman arrested for placing fake 911 call so she could drive home drunk

A New Jersey woman is accused of falsifying an emergency so that she could drive home from a bar after a night of drinking without risking arrest.

November 23, 2015

Prince Charles blames Syrian turmoil on climate change

Charles, Prince of Wales, has blamed Syrian instability and the subsequent refugee crisis on climate change and the global community's lack of action during the last few decades.

November 23, 2015

Trey Gowdy sued by ex-Benghazi committee staffer for discrimination

An investigator who served on the House Select Committee on Benghazi before being fired earlier this year has filed a discrimination suit against the panel and its chairman, Rep. Trey Gowdy.

November 23, 2015

Dianne Feinstein, Mike McCaul raise concerns with encryption in wake of Paris attacks

Recent terrorist attacks have rekindled a debate over encrypted communications, and top lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are once more advocating for a solution to the government's "going dark" problem.

November 23, 2015

Ukraine preps for trade ban between mainland and Crimea

Government officials in Kiev, the Ukrainian capital, have imposed a trade ban that for now will put a pause on goods going to Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula annexed by Russia last year that has since become a focal point for the rift between both nations.

November 23, 2015

Bilal Hadfi, Paris terrorist, left social media clues before attacks

As investigators question how Islamic extremists coordinated a series of attacks in Paris, France last week under the radar of the authorities, reports suggest that at least one of the terrorists openly discussed their intentions months earlier.

November 20, 2015

John McCain ‘dismayed’ by Obama’s reluctance to respond to Chinese cyberattacks

Sen. John McCain has written the Obama administration to raise concerns over the White House's failure to sanction China as a result of a rash of recent cyberattacks attributed on Beijing.

November 20, 2015