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Portland officials warn the Centennial Mills demolition in the Pearl District will be explosive, with residents within about a half-mile asked to stay indoors as a four-blast sequence unfolds; text alerts and sirens will precede the detonations to address safety concerns and air-quality impacts.
Jerry and Tally Leonard, who met skating at Portland's Lloyd Center nearly six decades ago, now face the rink's closure as the mall is redeveloped, ending a beloved era of open-skate crowds and a lasting romance.
A Delta flight from Atlanta to Portland delivered a healthy baby girl (Brielle Renee Blair, about 5½ pounds) just before landing in Portland, with two on-board paramedics assisting the birth after labor began mid-flight. The mother, Ashley Blair, was en route to be with her own mother; after landing, mother and baby were transported to a local hospital for observation. Delta thanked on-board volunteers, though reports differ on whether a doctor or nurses assisted.
Tenants living near the Portland ICE facility filed a federal lawsuit asking a judge to bar agents from using tear gas that is likely to infiltrate their homes, arguing the gas endangers residents and should only be deployed if officers face an imminent threat.
An Oregon judge issued a temporary injunction barring federal agents from deploying tear gas at protests outside the Portland ICE office, following an earlier use of chemical agents during a largely peaceful demonstration that included children.
After a January Border Patrol shooting in Portland left two Venezuelan immigrants hospitalized, DHS claimed the victims were gang members who weaponized their vehicle. Guardian reporting and DOJ court filings show a prosecutor said the government wasn’t claiming gang membership for one victim, and an FBI affidavit contradicts DHS’s assertions about the other, prompting legal experts to describe the case as a smear campaign and underscoring calls for slower, more thorough investigations.