NEW: Flight data reveals that the LAPD's "Drone as First Responder" program—sold to the public as a public safety measure—is in fact being used to spy on anti-ICE/anti-Trump protests in Los Angeles.
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New Yorkers have known for a long time that going to a game or concert at the Garden meant surrendering some privacy. That, as you watched the show, the Garden in a real sense watched you. www.wired.com/story/madiso...
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The sheriff's office released security footage of the March 26 arrests on April 3 after receiving requests from multiple media outlets.
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This marks the third immigration arrest this month at the courthouse. Two men were arrested on March 26.
One man had a judicial warrant. The other man was taken to the ground by agents inside the courthouse. Agents had an administrative warrant for him.
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Another immigration arrest occurred at the Marion County Courthouse yesterday, April 16.
The sheriff's office confirmed the arrest this morning and said deputies turned the man over to DHS agents outside the courthouse after receiving a judicial warrant.
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She was labeled a flight risk and denied bond during a December hearing that lasted just a few minutes. No interpreter was present and no transcript/recording was made.
"The record unequivocally contradicts the immigration judge’s flight-risk finding," wrote the judge in today's order.
A federal judge ordered the release of Marta Escalante Perez, a Woodburn mom and farmworker, today. She's been in ICE custody for eight months.
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Less than a month before it was due to close, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette announced that it has found a buyer to keep the newspaper open.
Gov. Tina Kotek signed Senate Bill 1507 (the tax disconnect bill) into law last night. Oregon Republicans have already filed a referendum petition to send the bill to voters in the upcoming general election. #orleg #orpol
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The Marion County Sheriff's Office has released footage of agents from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security arresting two people at the Marion County Courthouse on March 26.
Agents had a judicial warrant for one man but only an administrative warrant for the other man.
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Heading out for the day.
Check out our final update on statesmanjournal.com soon.
And also view some great photos from our photojournalist Kevin Neri in today’s gallery. www.statesmanjournal.com/picture-gall...
More updates in our story online but U.S Sen. Jeff Merkley and Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield were among the people who spoke at today’s event in Salem.
Thousands continue braving the sun here.
Covering today’s No Kings Day demonstration in Salem for the Statesman Journal.
Follow along for updates.
Summer Street has just been closed between Marion and Center Street. Hundreds currently lining both street of Center by the Capitol Mall.
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U.S. Department of Homeland Security agents arrested two people at the Marion County Courthouse in Salem this morning.
Working on additional details, but what we know:
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The Oscars are leaving Hollywood.
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Four Woodburn farmworkers on their way to work were arrested by ICE seven and a half months ago. One of them, 29-year-old Marta Escalante Pérez, is still detained.
A story about Innovation Law Lab's latest petition seeking her release.
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TSA tipped off ICE before the arrests of a mother and daughter under deportation orders at San Francisco’s airport, federal documents show.
NEW: For the first time, ProPublica has been able to quantify how many U.S. citizen children have been directly affected by Trump’s immigration crackdown: more than 11,000 kids had a parent detained — and that’s an undercount. 1/ 🧵
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At least 25 naturalization ceremonies, the final step in becoming a citizen, in Oregon and Washington have been canceled since December. Prospective citizens don't know when or if they'll be rescheduled.
The assignment was both simple and daunting: write about the past, present and future of timber in Oregon.
We traveled from pioneer days —> boom times —> rise of environmentalism —> rise of wildfires —> Trump admin plans to boost logging —> mass timber revolution? tinyurl.com/ykxwhdun
Oregon continues reacting after a New York Times investigation alleged iconic labor leader Cesar Chavez sexually abused girls and women. Western Oregon University just announced it is removing his name from its annual student leadership conference.
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BREAKING: California lawmakers say they'll change the name of César Chavez Day to Farmworkers Day following sexual abuse allegations.
An investigation by The New York Times found extensive evidence that Cesar Chavez, the United Farm Workers co-founder, groomed and sexually abused young girls who worked in the movement. nyti.ms/4bsG2rl
A picture of art made out of rice, beans, and raw corn depicting a white dove on top of the outline of the United States. It is surrounded by flowers and candles at a vigil in Salem, Oregon, for those who have died in ICE custody.
An image of the back of people as they walk in a procession at a vigil in Salem at the Oregon Capitol Mall to honor people who have died in ICE custody.
At least 25 people have died in the last five months in ICE custody.
More than 100 people gathered at the Oregon Capitol Mall last night to honor them and the hundreds of others who've been detained by ICE locally.
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A photo shows the aftermath of the strike on an Iranian school. A headline reads: "U.S. at Fault in Strike on School in Iran, Preliminary Inquiry Says." More copy reads: "An ongoing military investigation has determined that the strike, which killed mostly children, was the result of a targeting mistake. The finding undercuts President Trump’s claim that Iran could be to blame." Photo by IRIB TV, via Agence France-Presse
The U.S. was responsible for a strike on an Iranian elementary school, an ongoing military investigation found. The inquiry said the strike — which Iranian officials said killed at least 175 people, most of them children — was the result of a targeting mistake. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/u...
Many tidings on this blessed Mario Day ⭐ #marioday
“My family is falling apart with each day that passes. As a wife and mother of my children, we miss her so much in the house, and what I want most is to one day see her come home," her husband, Serapio Herrera, said.
Loya was his caregiver after he had a stroke in December.
