Carl Samson

New York’s orange haze reminds Asians in the US of home

Asians living in the U.S. are drawing comparisons between the orange smog that has covered New York City and the air pollution in their home...

Washington Korean spa ordered to drop ‘biological women only’ policy after trans complaint

A Korean spa in Washington state that requires nudity in some areas was forced to wipe its “biological women only” policy by a Seattle court...

Marine veteran, 75, fights off 2 robbers who followed and pepper-sprayed him at home

A 75-year-old military veteran fought off a pair of would-be robbers who followed and pepper-sprayed him in his home in Fullerton, Californi...

Japanese man accused of stealing $15,000 worth of Pokémon cards

A 25-year-old man was arrested in Tokyo after allegedly swiping Pokémon trading cards worth thousands of dollars. What happened: Yūki Muraka...

Man dies while saving drowning son in California beach

An Indian American man died while rescuing his drowning son at Panther State Beach in Santa Cruz County, California, on May 29. What happene...

San Francisco to offer free Mandarin classes for fifth year

San Francisco’s public libraries are offering free Mandarin classes for adults and children this summer. Key details: The classes will be of...

Hong Kong cops detain dozens of protesters on Tiananmen massacre anniversary

Dozens of protestors were detained in Hong Kong in connection with the 34th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, according to repor...

South Carolina man accused of killing 14-year-old has shot twice at shoplifters before

The South Carolina gas station owner charged with murder for fatally shooting a 14-year-old boy on Sunday night has opened fire at shoplifte...

Oregon will no longer release suspects arrested for hate crimes on the same day

Suspects arrested for first-degree bias crimes in Oregon will no longer be released on the same day. Under a new guideline, those involved i...

Trump to end birthright citizenship for children of illegal immigrants if elected president

Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday renewed his vow to end birthright citizenship for children of illegal immigrants if elected back in...

How the CIA used ‘vampires’ to help win a war in the Philippines

As a melting pot of diverse cultures since pre-colonial times, the Philippines has conceived some of the world’s most fascinating mythologic...

Missouri Chinese restaurant owner killed in double shooting

A man was fatally shot in what family members believe was a botched robbery at his own restaurant in St. Louis on Tuesday night. The shootin...

Teen shot dead by South Carolina shop owner who suspected him of stealing water bottles

A 14-year-old boy was fatally shot after being suspected of shoplifting at a gas station convenience store in South Carolina over the weeken...

Woman stabbed in the neck at famous SF Chinatown bakery

A woman suffered life-threatening injuries after being stabbed in the neck while working at a popular bakery in San Francisco’s Chinatown. T...

3 Vietnamese men wounded at hot pot restaurant shooting in Garden Grove, California

Three Vietnamese men sustained gunshot wounds in a shooting at a restaurant in Garden Grove, California, over the weekend. The incident, whi...

Japanese man, 85, arrested for stealing condoms

An 85-year-old man has been arrested after allegedly shoplifting two packs of condoms from a convenience store in central Japan over the wee...

12-year-old California boy graduates college with 5 degrees

A 12-year-old boy from California has made national and global headlines after graduating from college this month.  Clovis Hung, who started...

Murder charges dropped for 1, retained for 2 suspects in fatal shooting of Oakland toddler

One of the three men accused in the 2021 fatal shooting of 23-month-old Jasper Wu in Oakland, California, will no longer face murder charges...

Scammer dupes man out of $600,000 in 10 minutes by posing as friend using AI

A man in China’s Fujian province lost a whopping 4.3 million yuan (approximately $600,000) in 10 minutes to a scammer who harnessed the powe...

More than 1 in 10 US restaurants serve Asian food, new study finds

Some 12% of restaurants in the U.S. serve Asian food, and most of them are Chinese, Japanese or Thai, according to a new analysis from the P...

Ambulance company sued over paramedic accused of sexually assaulting 82-year-old Asian woman

A lawsuit has been filed in California against medical transport provider American Medical Response West for its alleged oversight that led ...

Nail spa bans staff from speaking Vietnamese in front of customers, docks up to $100 from pay

An unidentified nail spa has sparked outrage on Instagram for banning its technicians from speaking Vietnamese in front of customers. A copy...

What really happened to the man from a ‘parallel universe’ who bewildered Japan

It was a hot summer day in July 1954. A businessman, whom people say looked just like any other traveler, arrived at Haneda Airport in Tokyo...

‘My dignity was stripped away’: Woman attacked by 2 separate suspects in California train

A 53-year-old Asian woman in California is now living in fear after falling victim to what she believes were attacks against her race by two...

Montana says it is ‘fully prepared’ against suit by TikTok over app ban

Montana has expressed confidence in its legal battle against TikTok after the social video giant challenged the state’s sweeping ban in a la...

California man who set boba customers on fire gets no jailtime

A California man convicted of setting customers ablaze at a local boba shop nearly three years ago has reportedly been released from custody...

Family of Christina Yuna Lee sues NYPD over alleged inaction

The family of Christina Yuna Lee is suing the New York Police Department (NYPD) for taking too long to break into her Chinatown apartment an...

How summer became Japan’s ‘spooky season’

For many cultures that celebrate Halloween, costumes and scary stories do not come around until October, when the air becomes cooler to make...

Starbucks affirms LGBTQ+ support amid backlash over pro-trans India ad

Starbucks has affirmed its support for the LGBTQ+ community amid calls for a boycott over a recent ad for its India market that featured a t...

Man arrested for fatal shooting of 16-year-old in Fresno gang violence

A man has been arrested in connection with the death of a teenager during a gang-related shooting in Fresno, California, last month. The inc...

US man rescued from Thai sewer after 7 hours of being trapped

An American tourist has been rescued after being trapped for hours in a filthy sewer in Pattaya, Thailand, this week. Jonathan Ioane Vaimaon...

Refugee high school students in Maryland allegedly assaulted, told to ‘go back’ to Afghanistan

A group of Afghan refugee students at a Maryland high school has allegedly suffered from racist bullying and physical assault, with at least...

10 AAPI mental health resources you can check out right now

Since 2009, when former President Barack Obama signed Proclamation 8369, the month of May has become a time to remember and celebrate the ac...

California ballroom studio saved from Monterey Park mass shooter to host AAPI community dance

A ballroom studio in Alhambra, California, that was saved from what could have been a mass shooting after the January massacre in Monterey P...

Nearly 100,000 people attend Cincinnati’s 2023 Asian Food Fest

A whopping 98,920 people attended this year’s Asian Food Fest in Cincinnati, the largest crowd the event has seen since its launch 12 years ...

Former exec of TikTok parent ByteDance says Beijing had ‘supreme access’ to US data

A former executive for ByteDance — TikTok’s Beijing-based parent company — has accused the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) of having “supreme ...