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· Carl Samson
A new class action lawsuit is accusing Amazon of discriminating against Asian and white applicants through its so-called “Diversity Grant.” The grant awards a $10,000 stipend to Black, Latinx and Native American entrepreneurs to become delivery service partners, leaving Asian…
· Carl Samson
The California Highway Patrol (CHP) has identified two vehicles that may have been involved in the fatal shooting of 23-month-old Jasper Wu in Oakland, California, last year. Wu was killed by a stray bullet as he was returning home to Fremont with his mother, aunt and two…
· Michelle De Pacina
Dangelo Thomas, a 25-year-old parolee, was arrested on Wednesday in connection with an armed robbery at a 99 Ranch Market in Rowland Heights, California. He was booked for felony offenses, including robbery, possession of a firearm by an ex-felon and violation of parole,…
· Michelle De Pacina
In the latest string of burglaries in Oakland, California, two businesses owned by an Asian family were ransacked on Wednesday. Robert Ma, one of the owners of Woody’s Laundromat & Cafe, received a phone call at around 5 a.m. on Wednesday about burglaries at the side-by-side…
· Carl Samson
An Asian American attorney based in Darien, Connecticut, has launched a federal lawsuit against her former employer for allegedly discriminating against her due to her race and sex. Michelle Lee, who worked at Darien-based Portfolio Advisors for about 15 years, claims she…
· Carl Samson
Pfizer is excluding Asian and white applicants from its new nine-year program for scholarships and guaranteed employment. Open to undergraduate students in their junior year, the “Breakthrough Fellowship Program” will offer an initial 10-week summer internship, two years of…
· Carl Samson
San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins will reportedly review anti-Asian cases filed during the term of Chesa Boudin. Jenkins, who replaced Boudin after a landslide recall election in June, will begin with 12 cases that were initially investigated as hate crimes — before…
· William Yuk
While spikes in hate crimes and violence against Asian Americans have emboldened activism in recent years, filmmakers and creatives have long been working to amplify Asian stories for decades. In 1978, a group of grassroots activists organized the very first iteration of the…
· Ryan General
Based on an analysis of 126,000 cancer cases in England between 2006 and 2016, Asian and Black people are forced to wait longer for cancer diagnoses than white people. Funded by Cancer Research UK and conducted by the University of Exeter and the Guardian, the review covered the…
· Michelle De Pacina
Casey Arrowood, an assistant U.S. Attorney, is one of Biden’s nominees to serve as the U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of Tennessee. Asian American advocacy groups are calling on the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Biden administration to reject the nomination of…
· Michelle De Pacina
Stop AAPI Hate’s No Place for Hate Bills — AB 2448 and SB 1161 — have passed the California’s State Legislature on Tuesday. The Public Rider Transportation Safety bill (SB 1161) promotes safe ridership by gathering data on street harassment of women and other vulnerable…
· Carl Samson
Fengan Yan, 55, was struck to death by an SUV that ran a four-way stop sign in Chicago’s Near South Side on Saturday afternoon. Yan, who was riding a bicycle, was traveling in the same direction as the SUV, according to reports. A 60-year-old woman who was identified as the…
· Carl Samson
Enelia Perez, 71, fell victim to a violent robbery outside a Jollibee in Vallejo, California, on Sunday night. Perez was reportedly exiting the fast food restaurant when a man tried to grab her purse, resulting in a struggle. He then hit Perez in the back of her head with a…
· Carl Samson
An Asian man armed with a variety of weapons is believed to be responsible for a series of violent attacks on Chinese residents and international students in New Jersey’s Journal Square neighborhood. The incidents, which occurred near the PATH subway station, appear to date back…
· Carl Samson
Oli London, 32, has apologized to BTS member Jimin and the larger Asian community for their “unhealthy” obsession with Jimin and nearly three dozen plastic surgery procedures to look like the K-pop idol. London rose in popularity in 2018 after appearing in a documentary series…
· Rebecca Moon
Simu Liu guest-hosted “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” for the first time on Wednesday and poked fun at the Kardashians, Kevin Hart and other public figures. The Chinese Canadian actor mocked celebrities for using too much water during a drought while taking a jab at former president Donald…
· Carl Samson
Texas resident Scott Eli Harris, 52, was sentenced on Tuesday to six months in federal prison and three years of supervised release for sending a threatening message to Dr. Leana Wen, an emergency physician and CNN medical analyst known for advocating the COVID-19 vaccine. In…
· Carl Samson
Heng Van Ho and Yuxiang Tian were arrested on Aug. 17 for allegedly running an illegal brothel near the Las Vegas Strip since 2016. Las Vegas Metro police first received a tip about “possible illegal activities” at a house near Flamingo Road and Decatur Boulevard on June 30. One…
· Chandler Treon
The Ho family returns for their second season after an almost two-year hiatus, promising more Hos and a ho’ lot of drama. Centered around a wealthy Vietnamese American family based in Houston, Texas, HBO Max’s reality TV series “House of Ho” gives viewers an intimate glimpse…
· Carl Samson
The Metropolitan Police Department of Washington, D.C., is looking for a man accused of attacking three Asians with racial slurs, a knife and a brick in an unhinged early morning chase on Aug. 18. The trio of Northern Virginia residents was walking westbound in the 1400 block of…
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