Dan Kane
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I'm a reporter with The News & Observer on the investigative team.
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Reaction comes in from NC lawmakers, NAACP after Stein signs Irynaās Law
The NC NAACP condemned Gov. Josh Steinās decision to sign the crime bill into law, saying the bill was ānothing more than cruelty disguised as public safety.ā
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These 6 Charts Explain Why Democrats May Shut Down the Government
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Opinion | These 6 Charts Explain Why Democrats May Shut Down the Government
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Kristi Noem Fast-Tracked Millions in Disaster Aid to Florida Tourist Attraction After Campaign Donor Intervened
The DHS chief has been widely criticized for slowing down FEMAās response after natural disasters. Texts and emails obtained by ProPublica point to an effective way to get help faster: have one of Noe...
https://www.propublica.org/article/kristi-noem-fema-florida-naples-sinan-gursoy
8 days ago
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Fired NC DMV officer failed to hold 135 DWI-related hearings, records show
The hearing officer was fired July 24 for failing to hold hearings for drivers accused of refusing breathalyzer and other chemical tests.
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10 days ago
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How NCās Berger broke from Tillis on Medicaid after a call from a Trump ally
Sen. Thom Tillis and state Senate leader Phil Berger discussed how to protect North Carolinians from cuts to Medicaid, but diverged after a phone call from a Trump loyalist to Berger.
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article312145330.html#campaignName=raleigh_afternoon_newsletter&linkType=nmeintro
13 days ago
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Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.
The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a ādeep stateā probe in early 2025.
https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/tom-homan-cash-contracts-trump-doj-investigation-rcna232568
14 days ago
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The S.E.C. Drops Efforts to Recoup Funds From Trump Clemency Recipients
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The S.E.C. Drops Efforts to Recoup Funds From Trump Clemency Recipients
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/us/politics/sec-trump-clemency.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
16 days ago
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Social Media Reduced Two Horrific Killings to Cheap Snuff Films
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Opinion | Social Media Reduced Two Horrific Killings to Cheap Snuff Films
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/opinion/the-flood-of-moment-of-death-videos-is-killing-us.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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Did judge who released suspect before Charlotte light rail stabbing break rules?
The charge DeCarlos Brown Jr. faced in January might have been supported by little evidence, one expert said.
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/crime/article312065093.html
21 days ago
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Trump Tramples Congressās Power, With Little Challenge From G.O.P.
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Trump Tramples Congressās Power, With Little Challenge From G.O.P.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/us/politics/trump-congresss-power.html?smid=bs-share
27 days ago
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U.S. Agents Raid Upstate N.Y. Plant and Detain Dozens of Migrants
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U.S. Agents Raid Upstate N.Y. Plant and Detain Dozens of Migrants
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/nyregion/immigration-raid-new-york.html?smid=bs-share
about 1 month ago
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about 1 month ago
Three months ago, the N.C. Association of Indian Americans hosted a fundraiser for two of the stateās most powerful politicians that raised more than $150,000 for each of their campaigns, a watchdogās review of campaign finance records show.
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NC Indian-American group promoted event as political fundraiser. Was that legit?
Three months ago, the N.C. Association of Indian Americans hosted a fundraiser for two of the stateās most powerful politicians that raised more than $150,000 for each of their campaigns, a watchdogās review of campaign finance records show.
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Crime Festers in Republican States While Their Troops Patrol Washington
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Crime Festers in Republican States While Their Troops Patrol Washington
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/us/politics/crime-republican-states.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
about 1 month ago
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An Industry Insiderās Changes at the E.P.A. Could Cost Taxpayers Billions
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An Industry Insiderās Changes at the E.P.A. Could Cost Taxpayers Billions
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/climate/steven-cook-epa-pfas-forever-chemicals.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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FEMA employees put on leave after criticizing Trump administration in open letter
About 180 current and former FEMA staffers sent a letter on Monday to members of Congress and other officials protesting the agencyās leadership and direction.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/08/26/fema-employees-leave-trump-administration-letter/
about 1 month ago
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FEMA Employees Warn That Trump Is Gutting Disaster Response
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FEMA Employees Warn That Trump Is Gutting Disaster Response
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/climate/fema-employees-letter-trump-katrina.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
about 1 month ago
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New Details Emerge on Fox Hostsā Efforts to Bolster Trump in 2020
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New Details Emerge on Fox Hostsā Efforts to Bolster Trump in 2020
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/business/media/fox-news-trump-election-documents.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
about 2 months ago
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Zelensky meeting shows how the White House has remade the press corps to Trumpās liking | CNN Business
Veteran White House correspondents privately grumbled as a MAGA online personality dominated the Q&A during a photo op with President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/18/media/trump-zelensky-brian-glenn-peter-doocy-press-corps
about 2 months ago
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Inside the 13-year search for Austin Tice, the journalist who disappeared
Austin Tice disappeared in Syria in 2012. To reconstruct the 13-year search for the journalist, The Post spoke with more than 70 people, uncovering new information about his imprisonment and the effor...
https://wapo.st/4mdwa91
about 2 months ago
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The A.O.C. Deepfake Was Terrible. The Proposed Solution Is Delusional.
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Opinion | The A.O.C. Deepfake Was Terrible. The Proposed Solution Is Delusional.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/opinion/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-deepfake-ai.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
about 2 months ago
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She was left alone too long in Rowan jail. It took a tipster to unlock the truth.
Rachel Anne Banksā family did not know for a year about supervision lapses in the Rowan County jail, where she was confined before she died.
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article311504377.html
2 months ago
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Donor List Suggests Scale of Trumpās Pay-for-Access Operation
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Donor List Suggests Scale of Trumpās Pay-for-Access Operation
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/02/us/politics/donor-list-suggests-scale-of-trumps-pay-for-access-operation.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
2 months ago
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As the Texas Floodwaters Rose, One Indispensable Voice Was Silent
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Opinion | As the Texas Floodwaters Rose, One Indispensable Voice Was Silent
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3 months ago
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Unsupervised man died in Wake County jail. Staff fired, safeguards promised.
No one checked on Blair Medford after he covered the window to his jail cell. But they should have, state regulators say.
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article308941270.html
3 months ago
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āI Feel Like Iāve Been Lied Toā: When a Measles Outbreak Hits Home
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āI Feel Like Iāve Been Lied Toā: When a Measles Outbreak Hits Home
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/us/i-feel-like-ive-been-lied-to-when-a-measles-outbreak-hits-home.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
4 months ago
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Trump Shifts Deportation Focus, Pausing Most Raids on Farms, Hotels and Eateries
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Trump Shifts Deportation Focus, Pausing Most Raids on Farms, Hotels and Eateries
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/us/politics/trump-ice-raids-farms-hotels.html?smid=bs-share
4 months ago
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New China Trade āDealā Takes U.S. Back to Where It Started
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New China Trade āDealā Takes U.S. Back to Where It Started
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/us/politics/us-china-trade-deal-trump.html?smid=bs-share
4 months ago
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We asked 1,000 Americans about the L.A. protests. This is how they responded.
Americans are divided on Trumpās deployment of the National Guard and Marines to L.A., Post-Schar School poll finds.
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4 months ago
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Our Power & Secrecy series has won the Scripps Howard award for distinguished service to the First Amendment. Great work here among the winners and finalists:
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Scripps Howard Fund announces winners of 72nd Scripps Howard Journalism Awards - Scripps
The winners of the 72nd Scripps Howard Journalism Awards exemplify the power of journalism in bringing to light critical societal issues. From revelations of financial mismanagement in a global hospit...
https://scripps.com/fund/news/scripps-howard-fund-announces-winners-of-72nd-scripps-howard-journalism-awards/
4 months ago
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Who got new NC private school vouchers? Not many from public schools, data shows
The students who left public schools using a private school voucher cost public schools $10.1 million in state funding this school year.
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/education/article307737980.html
4 months ago
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The White House Gutted Science Funding. Now It Wants to āCorrectā Research.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/climate/executive-order-gold-standard-science.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
4 months ago
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Judge refuses to revive defamation lawsuit linked to NC casino opposition
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Judge refuses to revive defamation lawsuit linked to NC casino opposition
A Special Superior Court judge and defendantsā lawyers accused attorneys for a Rockingham County commissioner candidate of misusing the courts with a frivolous claim.
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article307472561.html
4 months ago
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Trumpās Deportations Haunt Workers in the Fields of Rural New York
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4 months ago
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NC lawmakers leave controversial Kentucky distillery tour off disclosure reports
North Carolina lawmakers are told to report trips that others pay for. So how could some who took trips paid by two nonprofits not disclose them?
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article307420106.html
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Trump to Pardon Reality-Show Couple Convicted of $36 Million Fraud
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/us/politics/trump-chrisley-pardon.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
4 months ago
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Trump Pardoned Tax Cheat After Mother Attended $1 Million Dinner
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Trump Pardoned Tax Cheat After Mother Attended $1 Million Dinner
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/us/politics/trump-pardon-paul-walczak-tax-crimes.html?smid=bs-share
4 months ago
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How a motherās quest for truth about sonās death ignited probe into NC troopers
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How a motherās quest for truth about sonās death ignited probe into NC troopers
āI want the world to know this is what goes on,ā said Henrietta Mason, the Durham mother of a man who died in a Raleigh wreck.
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article306421781.html
5 months ago
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5 months ago
As Hurricane Helene barreled toward Yancey County in North Carolina, the predictions were grim. But there were no evacuation orders, even for the people living in homes along vulnerable rivers and creeks. Few grasped what was coming.
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Heleneās Unheard Warnings
As Hurricane Helene barreled toward Yancey County in North Carolina, communities along the Cane River in the Black Mountains were particularly vulnerable. But there were no evacuation orders, and few ...
https://www.propublica.org/article/hurricane-helene-evacuation-warnings-yancey-county-north-carolina?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-bsky&utm_content=charlesornstein
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One Thing Helping Trumpās Approval Rating: Some People Are Not Paying Attention
Voters were more likely to approve of President Trumpās job performance if they had not been following some of the major news stories of his first 100 days in office, a recent New York Times/Siena Col...
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/05/18/polls/trump-job-approval-news-attention.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
5 months ago
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Judge dismisses defamation lawsuit tied to casino push in NC legislature
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Judge dismisses defamation lawsuit tied to casino push in NC legislature
The case had the potential to shed more light on how a Baltimore casino developer almost landed three casinos in NC.
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article306635431.html
5 months ago
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For One Hilarious, Terrifying Day, Elon Muskās Chatbot Lost Its Mind
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Opinion | For One Hilarious, Terrifying Day, Elon Muskās Chatbot Lost Its Mind
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/opinion/grok-ai-musk-x-south-africa.html?smid=bs-share
5 months ago
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After Cuts, a Kentucky Weather Office Scrambles for Staffing as Severe Storms Bear Down
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/weather/nws-cuts-kentucky-tornado.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
5 months ago
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The hidden ways Trump, DOGE are shutting down parts of the U.S. government
Limits on spending have incapacitated parts of agencies as varied as the National Park Service and the Pentagon.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/05/11/trump-government-operations-halt-funding-cuts/
5 months ago
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Scientists Hail This Medical Breakthrough. A Political Storm Could Cripple It.
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Scientists Hail This Medical Breakthrough. A Political Storm Could Cripple It.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/us/mrna-vaccines-backlash-covid.html?smid=bs-share
5 months ago
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A struggling, rural county near Charlotte is providing some revealing details in the 2023 legislative battle over casino legalization.
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Baltimore developer used stealth to sell a big-dollar casino to rural NC county
Documents reveal a visit to an out-of-state casino, lawmakers targeted by a hired lobbyist and help from a one-time aide to state Senate leader Phil Berger.
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article305039586.html
5 months ago
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Dan Kane
The News & Observer
5 months ago
š§µ The News & Observer + The Charlotte Observer were honored as a Pulitzer Prize finalist for their joint coverage of Hurricane Helene + the aftermath in NC. The Associated Press + The Washington Post were also finalists.
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N&O, Charlotte Observer named Pulitzer Prize finalists for Helene coverage
The Associated Press and The Washington Post were also finalists in the category.
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article305752521.html
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Trump Says āI Donāt Knowā When Asked About Due Process and Upholding Constitution
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Trump Says āI Donāt Knowā When Asked About Due Process and Upholding Constitution
President Trump repeatedly said he didnāt know when asked in a TV interview whether every person on American soil was entitled to due process, as guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/us/politics/trump-meet-the-press-interview-due-process.html?smid=bs-share
5 months ago
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UNC wonāt share athleteās sexual misconduct records. NC bill may keep them secret
The bill would reverse a 2020 state Supreme Court decision that ruled UNC-Chapel Hill had to provide such documents.
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/education/article305387916.html?tbref=hp
5 months ago
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The Story of the āMistakenly Deported Maryland Manā
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia: The Story of the āMistakenly Deported Maryland Manā
Kilmar Abrego Garcia lived a turbulent life in Maryland after fleeing El Salvador as a teenager. Now heās the face of President Trumpās immigration crackdown.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/us/abrego-garcia-mistakenly-deported.html?smid=bs-share
5 months ago
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5 months ago
NEW: UNC basketball player Zayden High was suspended last semester after the university found him responsible for sexual exploitation. Despite sanctions barring him from athletics, he kept access to facilities & has been around the team at least once.
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UNC basketball player Zayden High suspended for sexual misconduct; kept team perks
High filmed a fellow student without consent during a sexual encounter, according to the student, additional sources and documentation obtained by The N&O.
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/education/article305387756.html
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