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• Oregon Shoplifter Files $10,000 Lawsuit Against Albertsons Clerk Following Acquittal in Violent Parking Lot Confrontation

  Published: Apr 8, 2026

  Section: US & Canada

  Joshua Merkel has initiated a civil lawsuit seeking $10,000 in damages from grocery clerk Matthew Cooper following a 2024 shoplifting incident that left Merkel with a shattered jaw...

• Charles Schwab Joins Exodus from Downtown Portland with Relocation to Slabtown and Lake Oswego

  Published: Apr 8, 2026

  Section: US & Canada

  Investment firm Charles Schwab has notified clients of its impending departure from Southwest Morrison Street, scheduled for June 2026. The move follows a string of retail exits in...

• Portland Teenager Charged With Bias Crime After Impersonating ICE Officer in 7-Eleven Extortion Attempt

  Published: Apr 2, 2026

  Section: Crime

  Mason Thomas Clark, 19, was arrested in Portland after allegedly posing as a federal immigration agent to extort cash from a convenience store clerk. Armed with a replica firearm,...

• Portland Mother and Three Children Released Following Four Months in Federal Immigration Detention

  Published: Mar 19, 2026

  Section: Immigration Policy

  Carine Balenda Mbizi and her three teenage children have been released from an ICE detention facility in Texas and have returned to Portland, Maine. The Congolese family, who had b...