Connecticut ex-mayor faces backlash over racist Facebook comment

Former New Britain, Connecticut mayor Timothy Stewart is facing criticism and a Council resolution calling for his removal from the city Sch...

Burglars are using digital surveillance to target Asian American homes

Burglars are reportedly using surveillance technology to target the homes of Asian American business owners in Shelton, Connecticut. Such a ...

Man gets five years for attacking Connecticut’s first Muslim state rep

Man gets five years for attacking Connecticut’s first Muslim state rep: Andrey Desmond, 31, was sentenced to five years in prison for assaul...

Man pleads guilty to attacking Connecticut’s first Muslim state rep

The man accused of attacking Connecticut State Rep. Maryam Khan has pleaded guilty to his charges, according to reports. Key points: ...

Senior Asian couple scammed out of millions, donations sought to save home

Eric Jiang, a 29-year-old entrepreneur, is seeking donations to help save his elderly parents’ home after they had fallen victim to an onlin...

Connecticut AG seeks answers on 23andMe data breach that also exposed users of Asian descent

Connecticut Attorney General William Tong is seeking details from genetic testing company 23andMe after a data breach exposed sensitive pers...

Man accused of attacking Rep. Maryam Khan charged with felonies

A man accused of attacking Connecticut State Rep. Maryam Khan (D, CT-5) after an Eid al-Adha service late last month has been charged with f...

Rep. Maryam Khan reportedly attacked after Eid al-Adha service in Connecticut

A man has been arrested and charged for attacking Rep. Maryam Khan (D, CT-5) after she attended an Eid al-Adha service with her family in Ha...

Family ends 2-month search for Connecticut woman who vanished in Japanese wilderness

The family of a missing Connecticut woman who disappeared while hiking in the Japanese wilderness on April 10 has suspended the nearly two-m...

Teen charged in fatal shooting of Chinese food delivery worker in Connecticut

A 17-year-old has been charged with multiple felonies in connection with the fatal shooting of a Chinese food delivery worker in Bridgeport,...

Asian American attorney says she was passed up for promotions because of her race in federal lawsuit

An Asian American attorney based in Darien, Connecticut, has launched a federal lawsuit against her former employer for allegedly discrimina...

Connecticut Asian restaurant that ‘turned into a nightclub’ surrenders liquor license after shooting incident

Wafu Asian Bistro, located in Fairfield, Connecticut, voluntarily surrendered its liquor license weeks after a shooting incident that left ...

Connecticut AG Tong praises passage of AAPI studies legislation for the state’s public schools

Connecticut Attorney General William Tong praised the passage of HB 5282, a bill that would require public schools to teach AAPI history as...

Bakery named for Laotian refugee couple funds scholarships for UConn students taking Asian American studies

Hartford bakery owner Khamla Vorasane has started a $6,000 scholarship fund for University of Connecticut (UConn) students taking classes in...

Suspect Charged After Fatally Shooting Indian American Motel Owner Over $10 Pool Pass in Connecticut

An Indian American motel owner in Vernon, Conn., was fatally shot after arguing with a guest over a pool pass last weekend. What happened: Z...

Laotian Mother’s ‘Best Friend’ and Only Daughter Fatally Shot in Connecticut

A woman who was fatally shot in New Haven, Conn., on May 15 has been identified by local authorities as 20-year-old Mariyah Inthirath of Bri...

MIT Grad Arrested in Alabama for Deadly Shooting of Yale Student

A Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) graduate student wanted in the fatal shooting of Kevin Jiang was arrested in Montgomery, Alaba...

Man’s $35 Bowl From Connecticut Yard Sale Revealed to Be Rare $500K Chinese Artifact

A man’s $35 bowl turned out to be an exceptionally rare 15th-century Chinese antique possibly worth half a million dollars. Purchased at a y...

Police Search for MIT Graduate Considered ‘Armed and Dangerous’ in Murder of Yale Student

Police have identified a person of interest in the fatal shooting of 26-year-old Yale graduate student Kevin Jiang. Jiang, who attended the ...

Yale Student Fatally Shot ‘5 or 6’ Times May Have Been Targeted, Police Say

Yale grad student Kevin Jiang may have been targeted for death instead of being killed in a random act of road rage, police said. Jiang, 26,...

Yale Grad Student and U.S. Army Veteran Gunned Down in the Street Near University

An Asian American graduate student from Yale University was killed in a shooting in New Haven, Connecticut over the weekend. The incident, w...

‘Beijing Biden’, ‘United States of China’ Graffiti Spotted in Connecticut

Vandals defaced a public school and a store in Fairfield, Connecticut with words and phrases in protest against the upcoming Biden administr...

Tony Hsieh Was Trapped in Storage Unit During Fatal Fire, Died of Smoke Inhalation, Police Say

Former Zappos CEO Anthony Hsieh was trapped inside a storage unit during a fire in a Connecticut home and later died as a result of complica...

Quinnipiac University Accused of Creating Community of Hate, Racial Profiling Students of Color

Quinnipiac University has come under harsh criticism from its students for a statement it released following the Black Lives Matter protests...

Filipino Megachurch Buys Entire Ghost Town in Connecticut for $1.8 Million

Iglesia ni Cristo (Church of Christ), a church group originally based in the Philippines, recently bought the historic ghost town, Johnsonvi...