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New York City declares a state of emergency due to widespread flooding caused by heavy rain.
2023-09-29

A U.S. federal jury finds the organizers of 2017's Unite the Right rally, which includes white supremacists Richard B. Spencer, Jason Kessler, and Christopher Cantwell, liable for the violence that occurred and are ordered to pay US$26 million to nine individuals that suffered "physical and emotional damages". However, the jury was deadlocked on whether to convict on two federal conspiracy charges.
2021-11-23

Tokyo enters a fourth state of emergency that will cover the duration of the 2020 Summer Olympics in an attempt to reduce the number of COVID-19 cases. The state of emergency will remain in place until August 22.
2021-07-12

Sri Lanka ends its state of emergency, four months after the Easter bombings.
2019-08-23

Latvia opts to describe an ongoing drought as "a natural disaster of a national scale" that can be dealt with using normal laws, in preference over declaring a state of emergency.
2018-06-26

3M CEO Inge Thulin and Campbell CEO Denise Morrison resign from the American Manufacturing Council in protest of Trump's reaction to the alt-right's actions at Charlottesville, Virginia, bringing the total number of resignations this week to 8.
2017-08-16

A white nationalist rally called "Unite the Right" takes place in Charlottesville, Virginia.
2017-08-11

Governor Terry McAuliffe declares a state of emergency as Virginia prepares for potentially dangerous flooding from a separate Nor'easter storm system and the possible landfall of Hurricane Joaquin.
2015-09-30

Protests continue in Syria despite the lifting of the state of emergency law.
2011-04-20

21 people are killed and several states declare a state of emergency after torrential rains in Venezuela.
2010-12-1