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Law and Justice
Oregon DHS opens sexual abuse investigation into former spokesman Gene Evans
The investigation comes days after OPB published an investigation into decades-old claims of sexual abuse against Evans, all from his time as a teacher at St. Helens High School in the 1980s.
Law and Justice
Washington County deputy released drunk man from traffic stop hours before murder-suicide
Nicholas Alexander killed his daughter and himself hours after his DUII arrest.

Education
Former students say a St. Helens High teacher abused them in the 1980s. He became a face of child welfare in Oregon
In interviews with OPB, former St. Helens High School students say teachers have crossed lines for decades. A teacher who allegedly had a sexual relationship with a student in the 1980s later represented state agencies responsible for protecting Oregon’s children and holding accountable those who abuse them.

Federal workforce
Why a DOJ prosecutor resigned, telling coworkers and bosses 'you serve no man'
Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Sean Murphy resigned from the Department of Justice, telling NPR, 'It just was not a Department of Justice that I any longer wanted to associate with.'"

Crime
Body of missing Oregon toddler recovered in Siletz River
The body of a missing 2-year-old boy was recovered Tuesday from the Siletz River in Lincoln County.
Oregon Youth Authority director placed on administrative leave
Oregon Youth Authority’s director Joe O’Leary has been placed on paid administrative leave amid an investigation into possible misconduct.
Law and Justice
Investigation details alleged ‘unprofessional’ behavior of former St. Helens Police chief
The massive 108-page report details a culture in which Greenway allegedly abused his position to interfere in St. Helens city affairs, often operating outside the scope of a small-town police chief.

Immigration
The first group of migrants has been sent to Guantánamo, but legal challenges loom
President Trump aims to deport up to 30,000 migrant detainees to a holding facility there, despite the questionable legality of that move.

People with intellectual disabilities do lots of jobs — but they don't direct air traffic
After the fatal crash over the Potomac River, President Trump blamed diversity hiring. But that's not how disability hiring works.

Trump gave pardons to hundreds of violent Jan. 6 rioters. Here's what they did
On his first day in the White House, President Donald Trump gave commutations and pardons to every defendant charged in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Many assaulted police.