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· Carl Samson
Multiple individuals have been arrested in connection with a series of robberies that have targeted Asian Americans in the San Francisco Bay Area, San Jose police announced on Wednesday. Demario Emmanuel, 20, and Jayonae Glaser, 19, were apprehended last Thursday, April 13,…
· Iris Jung
Ali Wong recently ranted about eating Asian food with non-Asian people. During her “The Kelly Clarkson Show” appearance on Thursday to promote her new Netflix series “Beef,” Wong played the game “Kelly and Ali Can’t Stand It” with show host Kelly Clarkson. While playing, the…
· Carl Samson
Around 4,800 individuals have fallen victim to an identity theft scam that targeted Asian Americans in Texas, the state’s Department of Public Safety (DPS) announced last week. The agency first learned about the scheme last December but did not alert victims as it carried out…
· Iris Jung
An Asian elephant named Pang Pha has amazed researchers at the Berlin Zoo with her banana peeling skills. After arriving at the Berlin Zoo in 1987 as a baby, Pha is now the center of research surrounding elephants’ use and control of their trunks. While Pha does eat bananas…
· Bryan Ke
Time magazine has released its list of the 100 Most Influential People of 2023, 21 of which are of Asian descent. Released on Thursday, the list consists of six categories: Artists, Icons, Pioneers, Leaders, Titans and Innovators.
· Michelle De Pacina
Asians with darker skin tones are more likely to experience bias, even from their own families, according to a study from the King’s College London. Dr. Aisha Phoenix of King’s College London and Dr. Nadia Craddock of the University of the West of England interviewed 33 people…
· Ines Shin
As a staple food throughout much of Asia, rice holds significant historical and cultural worth. Language in particular can reveal valuable insights into a country’s history and values, and this is exemplified in the words for “rice” and “meal” in many Asian countries. For…
· Daniel Anderson
“Crazy Rich Asians” director Jon M. Chu has signed on to direct a new film adaptation of the musical “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” for Amazon Studios. The project will reunite Chu with his producing partner Scott Sanders, who worked with him on the film…
· Daniel Anderson
“Crazy Rich Asians” star Chris Pang has been cast in a recurring role for Hulu’s upcoming series “Interior Chinatown.” Pang will play Older Brother, the charming and popular sibling of Jimmy O. Yang’s character Willis Wu, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
· Daniel Anderson
Lucasfilm and Disney+ revealed the official trailer for “Star Wars: Visions Volume 2” during Monday’s Star Wars celebration in London. The follow-up to the critically acclaimed animated anthology series will feature nine new shorts from nine studios worldwide. Notably, episodes…
· Bryan Ke
South Korean footballer Son Heung-min scored his 100th English Premier League (EPL) goal over the weekend, making him the first Asian athlete to reach the milestone. The 30-year-old Tottenham Hotspur star made history after scoring the 100th goal during the 10-minute mark of his…
· Michelle De Pacina
Most Asian Americans do not feel satisfied with their salary, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. Pew Research Center’s American Trends Panel (ATP), a nationally representative panel of randomly selected adults in the U.S., surveyed nearly 6,000 workers, 5,188 of whom…
· Carl Samson
The man who attacked and killed 61-year-old Yao Pan Ma two years ago has been sentenced to 22 years in prison, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced on Friday. Jarrod Powell, 51, pled guilty in January to manslaughter in the first degree as a hate crime in connection…
· Carl Samson
An Asian officer with the New York Police Department was filmed receiving a barrage of racist attacks in a viral video this week. The incident reportedly occurred in Times Square while the unidentified cop was on duty.
· Carl Samson
Amid allegations of bias against Asian students in its admissions process, Harvard University welcomed its largest proportion of Asian American first-year students in its history this week. From a pool of 56,937 applicants, the Ivy League university admitted a total of 1,942…
· Carl Samson
A 78-year-old Asian man has died after being hit by a van in Chicago’s Chinatown more than a week ago. Guo Ning Li, a Chinese immigrant, was shopping for groceries when a Ford van struck him near Wentworth Avenue and 24th Street at around 11:30 a.m. on March 19. He was taken to…
· Carl Samson
A woman who shoved and hurled racial slurs at an Asian man on a New York City subway in 2021 has been arrested once again on Friday, this time for a murder and an arson that occurred on the same day. Tandika Wright, 36, is accused of killing Lavina Nolley, 49, in the NYCHA…
· Ines Shin
A recent study on the experiences of Asian American high school students in Boston has found that they are more likely to feel overlooked and marginalized than other students. The researchers compared survey results from six Boston Public School (BPS) high schools where at least…
· Carl Samson
East Asians are more likely to develop a rare type of stomach cancer due to a genetic predisposition to lower alcohol tolerance, a new study has revealed. A group of international researchers collected and analyzed 1,457 gastric cancer genome samples from patients in Japan,…
· Carl Samson
A video showing a teenager shoving and beating an Asian security guard in San Francisco’s Stonestown Galleria has gone viral on Twitter. The attack appears to be one of the latest instances of violence at the shopping mall, which has seen at least three separate incidents…
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