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· Michelle De Pacina

Suspect in Dallas Korean hair salon shooting faces 4 new charges; $300,000 bail expected to increase

Jeremy Theron Smith, the suspect accused of opening fire inside a Korean-owned hair salon in northwest Dallas and wounding three women last week, faces an additional four charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Smith was previously arrested on three charges of…

· Michelle De Pacina

Dallas Korean hair salon shooting suspect had ‘delusions’ about Asian Americans, according to arrest warrant

Jeremy Theron Smith, who opened fire inside a Korean-owned hair salon in northwest Dallas on May 11, was arrested on three charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon on Tuesday morning. The 37-year-old suspect’s girlfriend told police that he had been admitted into…

· Ryan General

Dallas police now investigating Asian salon shooting as a hate crime

A shooting that left three women wounded at a hair salon in Texas may have been "hate-motivated," Dallas police said. The statement comes a day after authorities said that hate was not a motivating factor in the attack. A still unidentified man in all-black attire entered Hair…

· Carl Samson

Shooting of 3 Korean women in Dallas hair salon not a hate crime, police say

A recent shooting that left three women wounded at a Korean-owned hair salon in northwest Dallas has been ruled out as a hate crime, police announced on Thursday. The incident, which occurred at around 2:20 p.m. on Wednesday, saw an unidentified man enter Hair World Salon at…

· Carl Samson

3 women wounded in Dallas Korean hair salon shooting

Three women were wounded and hospitalized after a man opened fire inside a Korean-owned hair salon in northwest Dallas on Wednesday afternoon, according to police. At around 2:20 p.m., the suspect reportedly parked his vehicle at the 2200 block of Royal Lane, walked into Hair…

· Bryan Ke

‘Real Housewives of Dallas’ star Tiffany Moon opens up about behind-the-scenes racism drama

“The Real Housewives of Dallas” star Tiffany Moon claimed that Bravo producers wanted her to cause drama after a video of her co-star Brandi Redmond mocking Asians resurfaced online in January 2020. “They’re like, you are going to talk to her about the video,” the 37-year-old…

· Carl Samson

Woman tears through Asian-owned liquor store in Dallas over a phone call

An Asian-owned liquor store in Dallas saw chaos earlier this week as a woman threw and destroyed items over a phone call. What happened: Security footage shows the woman pulling down shelves and throwing products across the store.

· Ryan General

Nail Technician Brutally Beaten By Man Who Followed Her Off Train in Dallas

Editor’s Note: This article has been updated with comments from Liên (@naillien.lopeezy). A nail technician recently took to Instagram to share images of the injuries she sustained from an alleged attack while riding a train in Dallas last week.

· Bryan Ke

Family of Trans Asian Nurse Missing from Dallas Airport 1 Year Ago Still Hopeful

A 59-year-old transgender Filipino American has still not been found after she went missing at the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport in Texas while on a layover on the way to Mexico almost one year ago. What happened: Paula del Mundo, a nursing assistant at the James A.…

· Carl Samson

Dallas Stars Employee Fired For Comparing Chinese People to Squirrels Being ‘Shot’

A staffer with the Dallas Stars was removed from his job after making a racist comment relating rodent extermination and Chinese people on social media. What happened: Alex Kleuser, a visual effects designer for the American ice hockey team, compared Chinese people to squirrels,…

· Bryan Ke

K-Pop Fans Troll Dallas Police App With Videos to Protect Black Lives Matter Protesters

The Dallas Police Department’s mobile app iWatch Dallas crashed due to a flood of video submissions from K-pop fans as a way to protect the identities of the Black Lives Matter protesters. The online protest began after Twitter user @7soulsmap shared a screenshot of the Dallas…

· Carl Samson

‘Real Housewives of Dallas’ Star Brandi Redmond Mocks Asians in ‘Racist’ Video

“Real Housewives of Dallas” star Brandi Redmond has been accused of racism after a video of her mocking Asians surfaced on Twitter last week. The video, originally posted on Redmond’s Instagram Story in 2017, was shared by Steve Kemble, the wedding planner of her fellow cast…

· Carl Samson

Dallas Police Take Over 1 Hour to Respond to Woman Allegedly Shot by Husband at Hotel

A man suspected of shooting his wife to death at an upscale hotel in Dallas, Texas on July 29 is now in police custody. Peter Noble Nicholas III, 30, was found covered in blood when he opened the door of his room at Hotel ZaZa for responding officers.

· Khier Casino

Dallas Liu Aspires to Be the Next Jackie Chan

Chinese-Indonesian actor Dallas Liu is only 17, but he is already part of Hulu’s hit comedy series, “PEN15,” which debuted on the streaming platform on February 8. The show is set in 2000 and follows two seventh grade girls, Maya Ishii-Peters (Maya Erskine) and Anna Kone (Anna…

· Heather Johnson Yu

Dallas Woman Feels Violated After Finding Wag Dog Walker’s Wallet Inside Her Bed Sheets

Editor’s Note: This article has been updated with a statement from Wag. Dog-walking company Wag is on a short leash with customer Denise Toy after she found her walker’s wallet in her bed.

· Ryan General

Fugitive Suspected of Killing Asian Girlfriend in Georgia Arrested in Dallas

Local authorities in Dallas, Texas have arrested 24-year-old fugitive Brian Marsh Semrinec for the murder of a 28-year-old Asian American woman named Shuyi Li. Facing charges of aggravated assault and murder in Georgia, Semrinec was arrested on Monday and is currently being held…

· Ryan General

Federal authorities bust Queens-based gang that sex trafficked, brutally beat Chinese women

Nine members and associates of a Queens-based prostitution enterprise have been charged with racketeering, sex trafficking, Hobbs Act robbery and violent assaults. The syndicate, which operated nationwide between April 2019 and September 2021, forced women who were mostly from…

· Carl Samson

Malaysian influencer apologizes for wearing áo dài with no pants after Vietnamese backlash

Malaysian influencer Siew Pui Yi, better known as MsPuiyi, sparked outrage on Vietnamese social media after posting provocative photos of herself wearing the áo dài, Vietnam’s national dress, without pants. MsPuiyi’s pictures were taken at the Hoai River in Hoi An, a UNESCO…

· Bryan Ke

Dismembered body discovered in garbage bag on Toronto sidewalk identified as missing woman Tien Ly

Toronto Police officially identified on Wednesday a dismembered body found inside a garbage bag left near Eastern and Berkshire Avenues on Monday as Tien Ly, 46, the owner of the nail salon Beaute D’Amour. According to the police report, Ly was last seen by customers around 5…

· Daniel Anderson

Rallies on first anniversary of Atlanta spa shootings unite the country

On the one-year anniversary of the shootings at three Georgia massage businesses, rallies across the country were held to commemorate its eight victims, six of whom were Asian women, and to call for change against the alarming rise of anti-Asian violence within recent years.…