Charles Lane

Senior reporter for Long Island

Charles is a radio reporter, story teller, Excel ninja, database grasshopper and loves to FOIL records. He's worked for NPR, Deutche Welle, Radio Netherlands, Soundprint, Penthouse, the Religion News Service and the Catholic World Report. He's won three SPJ Public Service Awards, a National Murrow and was a finalist for the Livingston Award for Young Journalists. He once did 8Gs in a stunt plane, caught a 10-foot wave (briefly) and dove 40 meters on a single breath. Charles is extraordinarily friendly so don't hesitate to contact.

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Rep. Peter King's Re-Election Website Gets Hacked

By • Oct 9, 2018
J. Scott Applewhite / AP

The campaign website for U.S. Congressman Peter King from Long Island was hacked. The site was briefly controlled by a group calling itself “Tim’s Army.”

Judge Blocks End To Temporary Status For 300,000 Immigrants

By • Oct 4, 2018
Lynne Sladky / AP

On Thursday a federal judge hit pause on the Trump administration’s plans to end the legal status of 300,000 immigrants, some 20,000 of whom live in New York and Connecticut. TPS, or Temporary Protected Status, gives immigrants fleeing violence or disaster the right to live and work legally in the U.S.

General Electric Fires CEO Flannery After Tumultuous 14 Months

By • Oct 2, 2018
Richard Drew / AP

General Electric left Connecticut for Boston two years ago when its shares were trading at about $28. Now GE is trading at about $11 a share and it has fired its CEO, John Flannery, after just over a year at the helm.

Uber Agrees To $148 Million Settlement Over Data Breach

By • Sep 27, 2018
Jennifer Sinco Kelleher / AP

New York and Connecticut are among 50 states that reached a settlement with Uber over the company’s data breach in 2016. Uber failed to notify officials after hackers stole the private data from 57 million riders and drivers.

Report: Water Quality In Long Island Sound Continues To Improve

By • Sep 26, 2018
Courtesy of Save the Sound

Water quality in Long Island Sound is improving. That’s according to a report issued by the environmental group Save the Sound.

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