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Pro-Palestine protesters disrupt the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City, United States, minutes after the start of the parade. The parade resumes after the protesters are taken into custody.
2023-11-23

A U.S. airstrike targets a vehicle driven by an aid worker for U.S. based Nutrition and Education International, who was bringing home water for his family. At least 10 people are killed during the strike, including seven children. Some of those killed had previously worked for international organisations and held visas allowing them entry to the United States. There are reports of other civilians being killed too. The majority of the casualties were residents of the area.
2021-08-29

The first death from coronavirus in the United States is confirmed after a man dies in a hospital in the Seattle area.
2020-02-29

American police shoot dead an Egyptian man after he opened fire on them. Police described it as an apparent terror attack.
2017-12-22

A cache of classified intelligence documents published from The Intercept, released by an anonymous whistleblower, highlight details surrounding post-September 11 attacks United States drone strikes in Afghanistan, Somalia, and Yemen, alleging that the United States conducts these strikes under extremely unreliable information and faulty pretenses.
2015-10-15

Myanmar state television announces that President Thein Sein will make the first official visit to the United States, the first by a leader of that country in nearly fifty years.
2013-05-13

Chuck Hagel is sworn in as United States Secretary of Defense, replacing Leon Panetta.
2013-02-27

In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, the death toll rises to over 60 in the Mid-Atlantic states of the United States, while electric power for millions is still out, and mass transportation is crippled.
2012-10-31

An analysis of the FBI's scientific work in the investigation of the 2001 anthrax attacks on the United States finds that the Bureau overstated the strength of the links to a supply held by Bruce Ivins.
2011-02-15

The United States announces it is to deploy troops along the US-Mexico border in August in what it sees as an effort to improve its security.
2010-07-20