Each week, syracuse.com will look back at some of our most important and valuable journalism from the previous week. Here are six stories for the week of May 10, 2026.
Inside the fear and chaos at Pioneer Homes standoff: ‘I thought my daughter would get shot’
A grandmother huddled on the floor with her family as shots rang out and bullets hit buildings and cars. A mom tried to stay calm for her autistic daughter who kept looking out the window. Tenants quickly took in neighbors who lived close to a man who was firing a gun out of a window. That was the scene inside Pioneer Homes housing complex in Syracuse during a 6-hour standoff.
Assault with an owner’s manual: How a botched immigration bust in NY reveals agents’ tactics
On a frigid North Country day in December 2025, Marvin Aguilar-Garcia agreed to meet his probation officer for a sudden, unscheduled visit. It was a setup. A Lewis County sheriff’s deputy pulled over Aguilar’s car. Two men in plain clothes approached Aguilar on the passenger’s side. One of the men shouted something, Aguilar remembered. Thus began Aguilar’s central role in a drama that was both peculiar and emblematic of thousands happening on video and in private around America since President Donald Trump started a second term…