A passenger plane has lost a section of its fuselage in mid-air, forcing it to make an emergency landing in the US state of Oregon.
The Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 turned back 35 minutes into its flight to California after an outer section, (...)
About 50 officers assigned to the Portland police department's crowd control team resigned one day after one of the team's officers was indicted for allegedly using his department-issued baton to assault a protester last summer.
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Ko Jin-young's mind-boggling run of blemish-free holes ended at 114 when she had a bogey during the opening round at the Portland Classic in Oregon on Thursday.
Ko's streak finished in surprising fashion when she missed a three-foot par at the ninth (...)
Portland leading scorer Damian Lillard has had a difficult time with a hovering Golden State defense and, with his team facing elimination from the NBA Western Conference finals, the Trail Blazer All-Star has a decision to make.
Should he shoot with (...)
Distance races are expected to continue at Oregon's Prefontaine Classic and at other meetings even though the Diamond League is dropping events longer than 3,000 meters from its globally televised program in 2020, officials say.
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British double Olympic champion Mo Farah made his last US track race a special one, running the year's fastest 5,000 meters at the Prefontaine Classic Diamond League meeting Saturday.
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The Oregon man accused of screaming anti-Muslim insults at two women, and then fatally stabbing two men and wounding a third as they tried to intervene on Friday, had a history of making extremist remarks, according to the police and civil rights (...)
Kenyan teenager Celliphine Chespol, after temporarily losing a shoe on the penultimate lap, recovered to run the second fastest women's 3,000 meters steeplechase ever at the Prefontaine Classic Diamond League meeting Friday.
The 18-year-old needed (...)
Stephen Curry had 37 points before sitting out the final quarter as the Golden State Warriors welcomed back teammate Kevin Durant with a 128-103 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday night to sweep their first-round playoff series.
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A tornado struck an Oregon beach town, sending debris flying and toppling power lines and trees as strong winds and heavy rain walloped the Pacific Northwest.
Thousands of people were without power as utility crews in the region prepared for what's (...)
The United States will field a powerhouse athletics team for next month's Rio Olympics even though several big names crashed out in the just-completed American trials.
Five reigning Olympic champions — and a total of 10 athletes with the best (...)
Justin Gatlin and LaShawn Merritt remained on collision course at the US Olympic Track and Field Trials here Thursday after coasting into the semifinals of the 200 meters.
Gatlin, who lit up Hayward Field at the weekend by clocking the world's (...)
World indoor champion Boris Berian was upset in the men's 800 meters, while Alysia Montano and Brenda Martinez had their Rio hopes dashed when they became entangled in the women's race at the American Olympic trials Monday.
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Allyson Felix and Justin Gatlin powered to the fastest times in the world this year to book their tickets for the Rio Olympics at a high standard US trials Sunday.
World champion Felix shook off an ailing ankle to win the women's 400m in 49.68 (...)
Allyson Felix's dream of completing a rare double at the Rio Games is still alive but a tearful Olympic 400 meters champion Sanya Richards-Ross brought the curtain down on her career at the US Olympic trials Friday.
Felix, who is bidding to become (...)
British track star Mo Farah kept his long-distance winning streak alive by capturing the men's 10,000 meters race at the 2016 Prefontaine Classic at Hayward Field Friday night.
The 33-year-old Farah held off Kenya's William Sitonik with a strong (...)
Teenager Vashti Cunningham's upcoming to-do list includes prom, a trip to Disneyland and graduation.
Turning pro and making the American team in the high jump for the Rio Olympics rank pretty high up there, too.
The daughter of longtime NFL (...)
There was no doubt Trayvon Bromell won. The American even ran backward down his lane in his exuberance. Still, he had to wait and wait some more for it to become official.
Bromell captured the 60-meter title at the world indoor track and field (...)
Pole vaulters Renaud Lavillenie and Jenn Suhr claimed the first gold medals of the World Indoor Championships with record-breaking clearances Thursday, while IAAF chief Sebastian Coe was reminded that restoring fan trust could take time.
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The FBI and Oregon State Police arrested the leaders of an armed group that has occupied a national wildlife refuge for the past three weeks during a traffic stop that prompted gunfire — and one death — along a highway through the frozen high (...)
A band of armed anti-government activists occupying a federal wildlife reserve in rural Oregon dug in for a fourth day on Tuesday, after the ranchers they claimed to be defending denounced the siege and turned themselves in to the law.
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AlQa'dah 17, 1434, Sep 23, 2013, SPA -- A house fire in Pendleton, Oregon, Sunday killed five people, including three children, authorities said, according to UPI.
Two other adults got out of the burning home and were flown to a Portland hospital (...)
One has built a track on the outskirts of his country's capital to aid his recovery from injury, the other trained in the US to fine-tune his Olympic hopes but one of them will be hoping to strike a psychological blow when they meet Saturday.
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LaMichael James ran for 219 yards and three touchdowns and No. 8 Oregon beat UCLA 49-31 in the inaugural Pac-12 championship game Friday night for the Ducks' third straight conference title and a berth in the Rose Bowl.
Rick Neuheisel tipped his (...)
Manchester City kicked off its summer exhibition tour of the United States with a 3-0 victory over the Portland Timbers.
Stephen Ireland and Emmanuel Adebayor scored quick back-to-back goals Saturday night for City, which has been training at the (...)
