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· Carl Samson
Asian student sentenced for orchestrating anti-Asian hoax at Montana State
A Chinese American student who previously served as president of Montana State University’s Chinese Culture Club was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison in December for cyberstalking after fabricating racist threats. Catch up: Rex Wu Jr. pleaded guilty last July after…
· Bryan Ke
Hmong immigrant in Montana celebrates 100th birthday
Xong Xiong celebrated becoming a centenarian this week with family and several friends from the Missoula affordable housing complex community in Montana, including Mayor Andrea Davis. Having survived and escaped the Vietnam War and the Laotian Civil War, Xiong arrived in the…
· Ryan General
Montana judge questions validity of state’s ‘paternalistic’ TikTok ban
District Judge Donald Molloy expressed skepticism about the intention of the ban, emphasizing that TikTok users voluntarily share their personal data
· Carl Samson
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 lawsuit filed on Monday. Last week, Montana became the first state to ban TikTok for regular users amid national concerns over the company’s…
· Daniel Anderson
The best of both worlds: ‘Hannah Montana’ actor attending Jackson Wang meet-and-greet surprises fans
GOT7 member and solo artist Jackson Wang held a fansign meet-and-greet event on Sunday in Long Beach, California, to promote his new album “MAGIC MAN.” Actor Jason Earls, who played Hannah Montana’s brother Jackson Stewart on the Disney Channel show, was one of the many waiting…
· Carl Samson
Montana bar owner faces backlash after ‘ch*nk flu’ comment, says she’s ‘not racist at all’
Holly Tinch, who runs Holly’s Road Kill Saloon in McLeod, Montana, has faced backlash for referring to COVID-19 as the “ch*nk flu” at the beginning of the pandemic. The outrage apparently resulted in an influx of one-star reviews of the bar online, but Tinch remains unfazed. In…
· Carl Samson
Nikki Haley’s son: Vivek Ramaswamy has ‘third world parenting style’
Nalin Haley, the 24-year-old son of former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, called out Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy once again last week, this time over his views on education and parenting. State of play: In a Nov. 26 X post responding to a video of Ramaswamy…
· Carl Samson
Indian American GOP political figures face racist attacks over Diwali celebrations
FBI Director Kash Patel faced a torrent of racist and Hinduphobic comments on social media earlier this week after posting Diwali greetings, joining fellow Indian American political figures Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy — as well as Director of National Intelligence Tulsi…
· Carl Samson
Ramaswamy hit with racism, Hinduphobia at Charlie Kirk event
Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy faced racist and Hinduphobic questions at a Turning Point USA event in Montana last week, with attendees challenging whether he could represent a predominantly Christian state. “What are you conserving?”: Ramaswamy tackled the…
· Carl Samson
Former Japanese American WWII camp is now the country’s largest immigration detention center
The Trump administration has opened the country’s largest immigration detention center at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, a former military base that served as a temporary incarceration camp for Japanese American civilians during World War II. About the site: The $1.2 billion…
· Ryan General
One of America’s oldest Chinese restaurants may close after 114 years
The Pekin Noodle Parlor, one of the oldest continuously operating Chinese restaurants in the U.S. and the oldest that has remained in the same family, may soon close after more than a century in Butte, Montana. Jerry Tam, the restaurant’s fifth-generation owner, has begun…
· Ryan General
Man shares wife’s heartbreaking final words after fatal sushi meal
A Montana woman expressed suffering pain and uncertainty days before she died from eating uncooked mushrooms in a sushi roll. Key points:
· Carl Samson
NYC bans TikTok on government phones for posing ‘security threat’
New York City has banned social video app TikTok on government-owned devices, citing security concerns. Driving the news: On Wednesday, New York City’s Cyber Command determined that TikTok “posed a security threat to the city’s technical networks.” The social video platform is…
· Carl Samson
Delta, Southwest employees now banned from using TikTok
Delta Air Lines and Southwest Airlines have now banned their employees from using TikTok. The Delta ban: Delta announced its ban in a memo circulated on June 30, according to The Points Guy, which first broke the news. Beginning July 7, Delta employees can no longer use TikTok…
· Michelle De Pacina
Chinese colleges give students a week off to ‘go fall in love’
Nine colleges in China are giving students a weeklong spring break to “enjoy love” amid China’s declining birth rate. The schools, which are run by the Fan Mei Education Group, announced last week that students and teachers are free to “go fall in love” from April 1 to 7. The…
· Daniel Anderson
Oldest Chinese restaurant in US, oldest restaurant in Hawaii win James Beard America’s Classics awards
The James Beard Foundation announced two Asian-owned eateries as recipients of its 2023 America’s Classics Award on Thursday. This distinction recognizes locally owned restaurants whose culinary contributions are beloved by their communities.
· Chandler Treon
Pentagon releases selfie of U-2 pilot with Chinese spy balloon taken before shootdown
The Department of Defense has released a selfie taken by the pilot of a U-2 spy plane showing the Chinese spy balloon before it was blown to pieces earlier this month. The image captured on Feb. 3 shows the object floating above land in apparent full capacity. It met its demise…
· Carl Samson
Chinese spy balloon could monitor US communications, Biden officials confirm
U.S. officials revealed more details Thursday regarding the Chinese spy balloon that breached American airspace last week, primarily its communications tracking capabilities. The balloon, which was first discovered hovering above Montana — home to three of the country’s nuclear…
· Carl Samson
Downed Chinese balloon is part of larger surveillance program on 5 continents, US officials say
The suspected Chinese spy balloon shot down by the U.S. Air Force above the Atlantic Ocean over the weekend was part of a global surveillance program by the Chinese military, according to intelligence officials. The balloon, which China claimed to be a civilian research airship…
· Carl Samson
Mississippi lawmaker sparks outrage for racist meme on suspected Chinese spy balloon
A Mississippi state senator has come under fire on Twitter after posting a racist meme referencing the suspected Chinese spy balloon that breached U.S. airspace last week. Sen. Joel R. Carter, Jr., a Republican who represents the 49th District, shared an image of a weather…