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Three people are killed when a power line falls on a car during a major winter storm in Portland, Oregon, United States.
2024-01-17

An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft loses a door section of its fuselage mid-air and makes an emergency landing in Portland, Oregon, United States, with no major injuries reported. The Federal Aviation Administration subsequently orders a temporary grounding of all 737 Max 9 aircraft in response to the incident.
2024-01-5

The Pacific Northwest of the United States experiences an atmospheric river, with record-breaking rainfall reported in Washington and Oregon. One person is killed by flooding in Portland, Oregon.
2023-12-5

The United Kingdom surpasses four million cases of COVID-19, becoming the fifth country to do so after the United States, India, Brazil, and Russia.
2021-02-12

A man kills two people and injures another at a church in White Settlement, Texas, United States before being killed by a security guard and a civilian.
2019-12-29

USS "Portland", a new United States naval ship costing $1.6 billion, arrives and docks in Portland, Oregon, ahead of being formally commissioned later this month.
2018-04-15

Over 100,000 protest the election of Donald Trump in Chicago; Los Angeles; Oakland, California; Philadelphia; Portland, Oregon, New York City; Seattle and other major cities, reflecting a deep political divide in the United States.
2016-11-9

A group of United States mayors forms ""Mayors Against Discrimination"" in the wake of recent discriminatory laws enacted in North Carolina and Mississippi against LBGT individuals. The founding members are city leaders from Honolulu, New York City, Philadelphia, Portland, Oakland, San Francisco, Santa Fe, Seattle, Tampa, and Washington, D.C.
2016-04-8

Raymond Davis, an official with the United States embassy in Pakistan, is acquitted of charges of two counts of murder and released from jail after compensation is paid to the victims' families, the result of intense diplomatic talks between the United States and Pakistan.
2011-03-16

General Motors announces that it will pay its United States hourly workers more than $4000 each as a share of profits. [http:--www.freep.com-article-20110214-BUSINESS0101-110214013-1318-HSS1201-GM-says-ll-pay-hourly-workers-bonuses-topping-4-000 ("Detroit Free Press")]date=May 2020
2011-02-14