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Crime
Elderly woman kicked in stomach on SF Muni bus: ‘As an Asian American, I don’t feel safe’
A 79-year-old woman was kicked in the stomach while boarding a San Francisco Muni bus on her way to work on Dec. 3. The victim, identified...
Carl Samson
China
Chinese woman dresses up as an elderly person so her grandfather, 96, will recognize her in the afterlife
A Chinese woman wore makeup and clothes to make herself look older, so her 96-year-old grandfather will recognize her as an elderly woman wh...
Rebecca Moon
Cafe Maddy Cab: Program that pays cab fares for NYC AAPIs vulnerable to hate crimes relaunches
Food influencer Madeline Park relaunched her Cafe Maddy Cab program on Sunday in response to the rising rate of anti-Asian hate crimes in h...
Celine Pun
Culture
Elderly Malaysian man who orders dinner for 8 but dines alone has netizens offering to eat with him
In a Facebook post uploaded on March 18, Zupi Bakhtiar describes having seen an elderly man ordering dinner for eight, even though he was a...
Boston
Asian American woman, 70, punched in the face in unprovoked Boston Chinatown attack
A 70-year-old Asian American woman said she was walking along Harrison Avenue in Boston’s Chinatown when a middle-aged white man punched he...
Michelle De Pacina
Australia
Singaporean woman, 82, fears for her future after moving overseas to be with daughter who stopped caring for her
An elderly woman claims that her daughter refused to take care of her after she and her husband sold their Singapore home and moved to Austr...
New York
NYC Asian elderly are not leaving their homes over fears of being attacked, study finds
Community-based organizations focused on helping Asian seniors have reported that many of them are not leaving their homes over fears of be...
Two men stabbed multiple times while trying to help 61-year-old Asian woman being robbed in Queens
A 61-year-old Asian woman was stabbed in the back and robbed outside of Louie’s Pizza at Baxter Avenue and Judge Street in Elmhurst, Queens...
Elderly Asian woman who was struck in the head with rock in Queens attack wakes from her 2-month coma
GuiYing Ma, the 61-year-old grandmother who was bashed in the head with a rock in Queens, New York, has woken from her two-month coma, Ma w...
News
‘We feel helpless’: Elderly Asian attack victims meet to call out SF DA for alleged mishandlings
Anh Lê, 69, and Rong Xin Liao, 85, met for the first time on Monday in a mutual show of support as fellow victims of violence. The defenda...
SF Chinatown attack victim’s legal team says suspect was on foot, DA never communicated potential plea
A week after Anh Lê filed a federal lawsuit against the San Francisco District Attorney, his lawyers are accusing the office of releasing “...
A year after NYC brutal hate assault, daughter searches for Good Samaritan who saved her elderly mother’s life
Almost one year after a brutal assault in broad daylight, an elderly Filipina American and her daughter speak out about how it feels to be a...
Maina Chen
Film & TV
Daughter of NYC elderly woman beaten in broad daylight weighs in on new anti-Asian racism film
“The Race Epidemic” documentary aims to memorialize the surge in anti-Asian hate crimes throughout the pandemic. Vilma Kari, an elderly ha...
Editorial Staff
Elderly Asian man dies 8 months after being stomped in the head while collecting cans in NYC
Yao Pan Ma, 61, was collecting cans to make ends meet when Jarrod Powell allegedly attacked him last April. Ma wound up in a coma, and his...
Chicago
‘I can’t give you a motive’: Prosecutors clueless why Chicago Chinatown killer shot 71-year-old man
Prosecutors are still reportedly clueless about the motives behind the seemingly callous murder of a 71-year-old Chinese man near an element...
Bryan Ke
71-year-old man shot and killed outside elementary school in Chicago’s Chinatown
An elderly 71-year-old man was killed from gunfire in Chicago’s Chinatown on Tuesday. The incident: The shooting occurred in broad daylight ...
Elderly Asian man who was kicked while in his walker at the beginning of COVID faces attacker in court
Nearly two years after an attack that required multiple stitches to his head, an 84-year-old Asian man reportedly met his alleged attacker f...
Suspect sought in unprovoked stabbing of 71-year-old Filipino man waiting for El Cajon trolley
Police in El Cajon, Calif. are searching for a man who allegedly slashed and stabbed an elderly Filipino man in a brutal attack while he wai...
Sarah Yukiko
SF attorney seeks public’s help identifying man who attacked his elderly parents in Bay Area
Charles Jung, an attorney from the California Asian Pacific American Bar Association, is asking the public for help with identifying the man...
Japanese American internment camp survivor dies at 100, lawsuit ongoing against nursing home
Grace Watanabe, who was among the thousands of Japanese Americans forcibly detained in U.S. internment camps during World War II, has passed...
Ryan General
Suspect arrested after assaulting elderly Asian woman, stabbing a good samaritan in SF
San Francisco police arrested a suspect after he allegedly assaulted a 66-year-old Asian woman and stabbed another woman who attempted to ch...
Khier Casino
Los Angeles
LA County reports 76% increase in anti-Asian hate crimes in the past year
Los Angeles County has reported a 76% growth in anti-Asian hate crimes in the past year. The stats: On Wednesday, the Los Angeles County Com...
Interviews
Lisa Ling talks aftermath of receiving death threats, what its like being a journalist covering anti-Asian hate
Award-winning investigative journalist and CNN host Lisa Ling tackles a history of anti-Asian rhetoric in the U.S. while adding a personal l...
‘Get the f*ck out of Tacoma!’: Elderly Cambodian nun injured in attack at Wash. Buddhist temple
A 67-year-old Buddhist nun was left with an injured head and ribs after she was attacked in Tacoma, Wash., late last month. What happened: N...
NYPD looking for man who punched, dragged elderly can collector in attempted robbery
The New York City Police Department (NYPD) is searching for a man who chased, beat and dragged an Asian elderly woman in an attempted robber...
‘They had him by his face’: Elderly Asian man mauled by two pit bulls in Texas
A 67-year-old Asian man in Harris County, Texas, suffered critical injuries after falling victim to two loose pit bulls that viciously attac...
‘F***ing Asians, go back to China!’: Man wanted for punching elderly woman, throwing Chinese food at her husband in NYC
New York City police are looking for a man accused of attacking an elderly Asian couple while making anti-Asian statements over the weekend....
‘F*ck you, Chinese!’: Elderly man berated with anti-Asian statements inside a bus in NYC
New York police are looking for a man accused of verbally attacking an elderly bus rider with anti-Asian statements earlier this year. The d...
Elderly Asian woman sucker punched in Manhattan now feels ‘closer to normal’, son says
Editor’s Note: This article has been updated with colored surveillance images of the suspect and information on Leland Yu’s Run ...
Elderly Asian woman sucker punched in ‘unprovoked’ attack outside flower shop in Manhattan
A 68-year-old Asian woman was sucker punched while collecting an item on the sidewalk outside a flower shop in Lower Manhattan. The details:...
Fremont police seek suspect after elderly Asian man dies in hit-and-run
Editor’s Note: This article has been updated from its original version to include the link to a GoFundMe created by Sham’s son. An elderly A...
Oakland Chinatown suffers 2 robberies in 2 days, bystander who intervenes is pistol-whipped
A street in Oakland, Calif.’s Chinatown saw two robberies in two consecutive days last week, stoking fears in a community that has suffered ...
Why Elderly Asians Are Beating Up Racists in DC Comics’ New Superhero Anthology
When DC Comics released its first-ever action-packed and emotional 96-page anthology commemorating its Asian superheroes in May, I didn’t ex...
Michigan Police Seeks Public’s Help to Locate Missing 79-Year-Old Woman
The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office is now turning to the public for help locating a missing 79-year-old woman. The details: Sende Li ...
Suspect Charged With Attempted Murder of 94-Year-Old Asian American Woman in SF Pleads Not Guilty
A man accused of stabbing an elderly Asian American woman in San Francisco has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder charges on Friday. The...
Man With 5 Priors Arrested for Stabbing 94-Year-Old Asian Woman in SF
A man who stabbed a 94-year-old Asian woman in broad daylight in San Francisco is now in police custody. The stabbing: Authorities responded...