Charles Lane
Charles is senior reporter focusing on special projects. He has won numerous awards including an IRE award, three SPJ Public Service Awards, a National Murrow, and he was a finalist for the Livingston Award for Young Journalists.
In 2020 he reported the podcast Everytown which uncovered the plot to evict a group of immigrants from the Hamptons. He also started WSHU’s C19 podcast. Previous projects include investigations into FEMA and continuing coverage of financial regulation.
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After the president disparaged four congresswomen, some Jewish Americans defend Trump's comments, criticizing the lawmakers as anti-Israel and anti-Semitic. Others are appalled by Trump's remarks. -
As tenants embrace protections in New York state's new rent regulations, critics worry it will chase landlords out of the business and degrade rental housing. -
In the town of Islip, N.Y., voting is done at large, which means there aren't any districts. The whole town, which is primarily white, votes for all the elected officials together, making it difficult for Latino voters to get representation in city government. So, they're suing.
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Justify is the horse to watch at Saturday's Belmont Stakes. If Justify wins, it would cap a remarkable run and rare Triple Crown victory following wins at the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness.
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Several states plan to move quickly to make sports betting legal in the wake of Monday's decision. But they will be competing with an established black market that lacks tax forms. -
Bank of America has pledged to stop making loans to the manufacturers of "military-style" weapons, but it is also one of the banks providing financing to help Remington Outdoor emerge from bankruptcy.
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The Senate-passed bill sharply reduces the number of banks that have to go through annual "stress tests" to determine whether they could survive an economic downturn or financial crisis.
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The Department of Justice and 45 states allege that generic- drug makers colluded to divvy up customers and set prices. Prosecutors are now looking at potential involvement by drug distributors. -
Men between the ages of 18 and 34 have been a key demographic for marketers for years. That's starting to change, say some marketing experts, who say the economic fortunes of these men have declined.
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To work all the expected flood claims, insurance companies will rely on hundreds of small processing companies. Some worry that inexperienced claims adjusters will do more harm than good.
