Threads surpasses X in mobile users as Musk’s platform faces decline

Meta’s Threads has overtaken Elon Musk’s X in daily mobile users for the first time as the latter’s audience shrinks to half its former size...

Usha Vance pregnant with 4th child

Vice President JD Vance and wife Usha Vance are expecting a new baby, making Usha the first pregnant second lady while her husband’s harsh i...

St. Paul Mayor Her responds to subpoena amid immigration enforcement probe

St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her said she will comply with a Justice Department subpoena served as part of a federal investigation into whether Min...

Outrage erupts over no-murder verdict in Vicha Ratanapakdee’s death

The conviction of Antoine Watson for involuntary manslaughter in the 2021 death of Vicha Ratanapakdee has sparked backlash across Asian Amer...

NASA astronaut Sunita Williams retires after historic 27-year career

Indian American astronaut Sunita Williams retired from NASA effective Dec. 27, 2025, after a 27-year career, the agency announced this week,...

Shohei Ohtani becomes 4th athlete in history to reach $100 million in endorsements

Shohei Ohtani became only the fourth athlete in sports history to earn $100 million in endorsements in a single year, according to data from...

Smithsonian exhibit documents Filipino American life under segregation

“How Can You Forget Me: Filipino American Stories,” running at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C., do...

Microbial DNA testing used to identify ‘Asian Doe’ found near Gilgo Beach killings

Authorities in Suffolk County on New York’s Long Island are applying microbial DNA testing to identify an unidentified Asian man found dead ...

Shinzo Abe’s killer sentenced to life in prison

A Japanese court on Wednesday sentenced Tetsuya Yamagami to life in prison for the 2022 assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, c...

FBI renews search for fugitive in 1991 Boston Chinatown Massacre

The FBI is offering a new $30,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Hung Tien Pham, a Vietnamese man wanted in ...

Northern California county reaches settlement on Asian American discrimination claims

After years of legal battles over allegations of systematic racial bias, a northern California county has committed to overhauling its polic...

ICE just forced an Asian US citizen in his underwear out of his Minnesota home at gunpoint. You could be next

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents continue aggressive door-to-door operations in Minnesota, using racial profiling to target ...

ICE uses Japanese American internment era law to prosecute immigrants in Alabama

Federal courts in Alabama have charged undocumented immigrants with Failure to Register under the Alien Immigration Act, a Japanese American...

John Yang anchors final ‘PBS News Weekend’ after federal funding cuts

Veteran broadcast journalist John Yang delivered his final broadcast as anchor of PBS News Weekend on Jan. 11, confirming during the closing...

Multiracial youths make up nearly 1 in 5 US children, analysis finds

Nearly one in five children in the U.S. now identifies as multiracial, according to a new analysis by data research organization My Asian Vo...

Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol gets five years in prison

Former President Yoon Suk Yeol was sentenced to five years in prison last week, the first of eight criminal verdicts stemming from his 2024 ...

Asian Americans now represent nearly one in 10 Houston residents, study finds

Asian Americans now make up nearly 10% of the Houston metropolitan area, a demographic shift researchers say has quietly reshaped one of the...

South Korea and Japan leaders end Nara summit with K-pop drum performance

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi concluded a two-day bilateral summit in Nara on Jan. 14 with...

FBI renews call to extradite Filipino televangelist amid unresolved US trafficking case

The FBI renewed its call last week for the extradition of Apollo Quiboloy, a Philippine religious leader charged in US court with sex traffi...

Illinois Supreme Court to have its 1st Asian American justice

Veteran judge Sanjay T. Tailor will be sworn in on Jan. 30 as the first Asian American justice in the history of the Illinois Supreme Court....

Cambodian refugee dies in ICE custody in Philadelphia

A Cambodian refugee who came to the U.S. as a child died in a Philadelphia hospital after spending three days in the custody of U.S. Immigra...

Border Patrol detained a man over his accent. For Asian immigrants, it’s an alarm bell

Border Patrol agents detained a U.S. passport holder based solely on his accent in Minneapolis last week, raising concerns about expanded ra...

Vicha Ratanapakdee’s killer acquitted of murder, convicted of manslaughter

A San Francisco jury found Antoine Watson guilty of lesser charges in the 2021 death of 84-year-old Vicha Ratanapakdee, but cleared him of m...

Trump’s America just hit a migration milestone no one wanted. For Asian Americans, the implications are profound

Over 100,000 visas were canceled by the State Department throughout 2025, setting an unprecedented record with more than double the 40,000 r...

‘No Other Choice’ director Park Chan-wook reveals why he used satire to critique capitalism

Celebrated South Korean director Park Chan-wook revealed that his film “No Other Choice” reflects how capitalism operates in South Korea, wh...

Stereotypes mask premature death trends among Asian Americans, study finds

A new University of Toronto study suggests that stereotypes portraying Asian Americans as uniformly healthy have contributed to blind spots ...

Hidden health disparities emerge when Asian American data is disaggregated

Two large studies released this month found that commonly used racial categories in U.S. health data obscure significant disparities among A...

Former US Navy sailor sentenced in San Diego for Chinese espionage

A federal judge in San Diego on Monday sentenced former U.S. Navy sailor Jinchao Wei to 200 months in federal prison for his role in an espi...

Trump admin suspends visa applications from 75 countries

The Trump administration will halt immigrant visa processing for applicants from 75 countries starting Jan. 21. About the policy: A State De...

Chinese national charged after photographing Missouri military base

A Chinese man faces federal charges for photographing B-2 stealth bombers and sensitive military infrastructure at a Missouri air base. The ...

Trump admin pulls US out of foundational climate treaty

President Donald Trump directed the U.S. to withdraw from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) last week, mark...

Wealth-based immigration gatekeeping expands with visa bond list tripling

The Trump administration has expanded the number of countries whose passport holders must post bonds of up to $15,000 to apply to enter the ...

Chloe Kim says shoulder injury will not sideline Olympic return

U.S. snowboard halfpipe star Chloe Kim shared Tuesday that a torn labrum in her shoulder will not prevent her from competing at the 2026 Win...

Bowen Yang apologizes for discouraging donations to Rep. Jasmine Crockett campaign

Bowen Yang has apologized following backlash over agreeing with comments on his “Las Culturistas” podcast that urged listeners not to donate...

Malaysia, Indonesia block Elon Musk’s Grok over explicit AI deepfakes

Malaysia and Indonesia have blocked access to Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok after regulators said the tool was repeatedly used to generate sex...

Kimchi listed in US dietary guidelines for 1st time

Kimchi is named for the first time in the U.S. Dietary Guidelines for Americans, appearing in a section that addresses fermented foods and g...