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 Nov. 30, 2025.
How ICE’s mostly unseen campaign in Syracuse breeds fear and resistance
Quiet arrests are happening every week at ICE appointments and in houses, farms and neighborhoods all over Onondaga County. ICE does not answer questions about arrests. So far this year, it appears, dozens of people from Onondaga County have been detained. Public records and syracuse.com interviews with more than 20 immigrants, activists and lawyers paint a picture of what President Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration enforcement looks like in Onondaga County.
Financial toll from Novelis fires in Oswego County is adding up to a staggering amount
Novelis Inc. says its cash flows will take a hit of up to $650 million just from the first of three fires that hit its massive aluminum plant in Oswego County in the past two months. In addition, the company said the first fire cost it at least $21 million in repair and other costs. And those costs are likely to go even higher when the damage caused by two subsequent fires at the plant is calculated…