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PORTLAND

A game between the Indiana Fever and the Minnesota Lynx in Indianapolis earlier this month.
BASKETBALL
Sep 19, 2024
WNBA awards Portland expansion team that will start play in 2026
Portland will be the third expansion franchise the WNBA adds over the next two years with Golden State and Toronto having previously been awarded teams.
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WORLD / Politics
Jan 22, 2021
They’re breaking glass and criticizing Biden. From the left.
In the hours after Biden's inauguration, hundreds of people gathered for a series of events across the liberal city of Portland, Oregon — not to celebrate, but to protest.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 2, 2020
As guns are drawn at U.S. protest sites, demonstrators fear a volatile new phase
For months, Reese Monson, who helps organize security for the hundreds of protesters who gather in downtown Portland, Oregon, every night, has advised them to use shields made of plywood, pool noodles and 55-gallon drums — tools to deflect the riot-control measures used by the police.
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WORLD
Jul 30, 2020
U.S. and Oregon agree to phase out federal agents from Portland
The federal government presence in Portland drew criticism from Democrats and civil liberties groups who alleged excessive force and federal overreach.
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WORLD
Jul 20, 2020
Trump and Portland mayor clash over causes of escalating unrest
Federal law enforcement officers last week started cracking down on crowds gathering in Portland to protest police brutality and systemic racism.
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WORLD
Jul 19, 2020
Portland arrests and U.S. tactics spur lawsuits by Oregon and others
Oregon sued the U.S. over the detention of residents during anti-racism protests in Portland, shortly after a judge ruled that journalists alleging local police had assaulted them could add federal agents to their own lawsuit.
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COMMENTARY / World
Aug 8, 2018
Poor Portland progressives: So much to protest, so little time
The current tumults in Portland perhaps reveal something about Oregon's political DNA.
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LIFE / Travel
Dec 15, 2017
Leave ordinary life behind at a Japanese garden in Oregon
Visitors to the Portland Japanese Garden are invited to engage their senses in the subtleties of nature.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
May 10, 2017
Skills forged in Kyushu, blades forged in Oregon
After failing to win respect for his craft in Japan, 17th-generation bladesmith Murray Carter brought the Yoshimoto name to Portland.
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LIFE / Food & Drink
May 13, 2016
Why is Tokyo starting to taste like Portland?
Walking into PDX Taproom, a bar in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward, is like wandering into a condensed, alternate version of Portland, Oregon. Everything from the folk-pop hits playing in the background to the craft beers on tap hail from the Pacific Northwest metropolis.

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