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News
Jewish community stands in solidarity with Philadelphia Chinatown residents protesting arena plan
Before you read: Philadelphia community protests construction of 76ers stadium near city’s Chinatown Coalition warns Philadelphia 76ers’ new...
Michelle De Pacina
Feature
Sixers’ $1.3 billion arena proposal gets fierce pushback from Philadelphia Chinatown community
Isa Peralta
Asians, Jews in Philadelphia unite in new organization to fight hate
Gov. Tom Wolf’s Advisory Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs and the American Jewish Alliance launched the Pennsylvania Asian Paci...
Carl Samson
Crime
Man arrested for choking and beating teen Asian students in Philadelphia subway
Torey Egypt Grier, 27, is facing assault and related charges for allegedly attacking two Asian high school students in Philadelphia’s subwa...
Teen Asian students choked, beaten in Philadelphia subway attacks
A pair of Asian high school students traveling to their schools fell victims to separate attacks by the same suspect in Philadelphia’s subwa...
Philadelphia
Philadelphia community protests construction of 76ers stadium near city’s Chinatown
Community members and leaders are gearing up to oppose the construction of a Philadelphia 76ers stadium in Center City, a few steps away fro...
Bryan Ke
Man accused of fatally shooting Asian senior, 76, in the back of the head held without bail in Philadelphia
Wagner Ernesto Pena Tejeda was arrested in Lawrence, Massachusetts, on Thursday for the fatal shooting of an elderly Asian man in Philadelp...
Asian man fatally shot near Philadelphia for driving too slowly
King Hua, 54, was shot dead at a red light in Springfield, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday morning, according to reports. Hua’s assailant was d...
Elderly Vietnamese American man on morning walk fatally shot in unprovoked attack in Philadelphia
Loi Nguyen, a 76-year-old Vietnamese American man, was returning home from his morning walk when he was fatally shot in the head on Tuesday...
Filipino lawyer gunned down inside Uber vehicle in Philadelphia dies
A Filipino lawyer has died a day after being shot while on his way to an airport in Philadelphia. John Albert “Jal” Laylo, a Philippines gov...
Ryan General
Philadelphia police searching for suspects who stole Chinatown church van
Philadelphia police are searching for the suspects who stole a 15-passenger van from the Chinese Christian Church & Center located on 1...
Baltimore man accused of hitting Asian American sisters with cement block ruled incompetent to stand trial
Daryl Doles, who is accused of hitting two Korean American sisters with a cement block at a liquor store in West Baltimore, has been deemed...
Philadelphia police looking for group accused of targeting Asian businesses in burglary spree
Philadelphia police are looking for burglars who have allegedly targeted Asian businesses in the city and the neighboring Cheltenham Townsh...
Suspect in Philadelphia stabbings of Asian woman and her two children turns himself in
A Philadelphia man recently turned himself in for allegedly stabbing a woman and two boys on Sunday afternoon. The woman was reportedly st...
12-year-old boy, 2 teens charged with murder for fatal beating of elderly man during carjacking in Philadelphia
A 12-year-old boy and two teenagers have been charged with murder in connection to a carjacking incident in Philadelphia’s neighborhood of ...
Woman gives birth to ‘Tesla baby’ in front seat of car driving itself to hospital on autopilot
Yiran Sherry, a 33-year-old Wayne, Pennsylvania resident, gave birth in a Tesla. Her husband, Keating Sherry, helped her give birth to the...
Jiselle Lee
Asian American woman is beaten by juveniles on SEPTA the same day rally for previous SEPTA victim was held
An Asian American woman was beaten by two juveniles on the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) Regional Rail system o...
‘I’m just an ordinary girl’: Philly teen who tried to defend classmates in SEPTA attack speaks out at rally
Hundreds of people recently rallied behind Christina Lu, the teen victim of a racially motivated attack on a SEPTA train in early November, ...
‘We paid a price for being a hero’: GoFundMe for teenage SEPTA hero raises over $700,000
A crowdfunding campaign set up to help Christina, the teenager who stood up to bullies and was beaten on a Southeastern Pennsylvania Transpo...
Asian students attacked by group of teens on SEPTA train in Philadelphia, suspects to face charges
Philadelphia police are investigating an attack on a male student believed to be Asian or Asian American on a Southeastern Pennsylvania Tran...
Trailblazing Chinese American WWII hero and Philly police commander dies at 93
Anthony Wong, a trailblazing retired Philadelphia Police Department commander, died last week at 93 years old. The details: Wong, a World Wa...
79-year-old woman identified as person of interest after threatening to shoot Cambodians in Philadelphia
A 79-year-old woman identified herself as the author of a letter that threatened to shoot Cambodians in Philadelphia earlier this week, acco...
Asian Woman Hit in the Face in Random Attack on Easter in Philadelphia
Surveillance footage has captured the moment that an Asian woman, 27, was slapped in broad daylight by a homeless man in Center City, Philad...
Philly Restaurant Sparks Outrage With ‘COVID Mac’ Chinese Chili Dish
A restaurant in the Roxborough neighborhood of Philadelphia is facing backlash over a menu item that may be considered racially insensitive ...