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OnlyFans model claims Ukraine ‘mafia’ tried to get her to smuggle weapons
“No matter how much they sharpened their knives, threatened to cut off my fingers… I knew they were fascinated with me… an...
Ryan General
Crime
Dallas and Boston rated safest large US cities in new poll
Dallas and Boston have been rated by Americans as the safest out of 16 large U.S. cities, according to a new Gallup poll. The poll results:...
Michelle De Pacina
Houston father of 3 left in critical condition after being shot 4 times during Chinatown robbery
Houston’s Chinese American community is asking the public for help after a father of three was shot four times during a robbery and was left...
Houston woman says a family trespassed into her home, locked her out and squatted for weeks
Trespassers who claimed to have paid $6,000 to rent a home in Houston, Texas, have been evicted after their lease was proven to be fake by p...
Teen accused of violent robbery that left Houston woman paralyzed is arrested
A 17-year-old along with his 19-year-old accomplice have been arrested in connection to a violent robbery that left a Vietnamese mother para...
Beauty
R’Bonney Gabriel returns to Houston for first time since winning Miss Universe 2022
R’Bonney Gabriel returned to her hometown in Houston, Texas, last weekend for the first time since becoming Miss Universe 2022 in January. G...
Bryan Ke
2 men wanted, 1 woman arrested in Houston double murder case
Houston police are looking for two men allegedly involved in a pair of murders in the Heights area earlier this year. Polie Phan, 26, and Ja...
Carl Samson
Houston woman left unable to walk by robber’s attack after Chinatown cash withdrawal
Houston police are searching for a man who followed and then robbed a woman shortly after she withdrew cash from a bank in Chinatown. Nhung...
Events
300 protesters march through Houston’s Chinatown to protest ‘racist’ property law
Approximately 300 protesters marched through Houston’s Chinatown on Saturday in opposition to a proposed law that would prohibit Chine...
3 Colombian nationals arrested for burglarizing South Asian residences in North Texas
Three people have been arrested for allegedly targeting South Asian residents in a series of burglaries in Plano, Texas. Colombian national...
News
Manpreet Monica Singh becomes the first female Sikh judge in US
The country has its first-ever female Sikh judge. Manpreet Monica Singh was sworn in as a Harris County Civil Court at Law No. 4 judge in a ...
2 men charged in deadly shooting at Houston Chinatown restaurant
A pair of men have been charged with capital murder in connection with a fatal shooting of two other men at an Asian restaurant in Houston l...
Man accused of killing 2 people at Houston Vietnamese restaurant charged with capital murder
Bich Xuan Dang, 49, was arrested and charged with capital murder in the shooting and killing of two men on Oct. 5 at Tai Loi Restaurant in ...
Police search for suspect who shot Houston restaurant owner near Chinatown
An Asian man in his 50s with was shot in the hip in the parking lot of his restaurant Cafe Window near Chinatown in Houston on Aug. 20. He...
Food
Man eats 52 lumpias in 10 minutes to win second annual lumpia eating contest in Houston, Texas
Be More Pacific: Filipino Kitchen & Bar, a Filipino restaurant in Houston, Texas, held its second lumpia eating contest on July 4. Acc...
Business
California and Texas dominate list of 10 best cities in US for Asian professionals
Online marketplace Apartment List celebrated May as Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month with the release of their year’s list of...
Houston deputy arrested and fired for stealing from Vietnamese businesses while in uniform
Bobby Joe Espinosa, a deputy constable of the Harris County Precinct 4, was fired and arrested for stealing a total of $5,700 from four Vie...
Houston man charged for shooting trespasser who allegedly injured his mother while fleeing
A laundromat employee in Houston has been charged with assault after firing multiple gunshots at a man who allegedly injured the employee’s ...
Pakistani Officer Named Houston’s First Muslim Assistant Chief
A Pakistan-born officer has been chosen as the Houston Police Department’s first Muslim assistant chief after 20 years with the depart...
Thy Nguyen
Feature
Teen Charged With Murder For Shooting Stepfather at Birthday Celebration in Houston
A 16-year-old boy in Houston has been charged with murder for the alleged shooting and killing of his stepfather at a local restaurant on We...
Walgreens Cashier Lends Customer Her Last $20, Gets Paid Back $10,000
An employee at a Walgreens in Houston was recently rewarded after she gave her last remaining dollars to help out a complete stranger. ...
Viet American Business Owner Threatened By Own Community for Supporting BLM
A Vietnamese American entrepreneur claimed he has been receiving threats from within the Vietnamese community in southwest Houston after he ...
Vietnamese Nail Salon Trashed, Owners Attacked in Houston, Police Investigate
Editor’s Note: This article has been updated with a very brief statement from the Harris County Sheriff’s Office. A woman was caught on surv...
Woman Tells Vietnamese Restaurant Owner to ‘Get Out of Our Country’ in Houston Parking Lot
A Vietnamese restaurant owner was shocked when a woman unleashed a racist rant against her in a Houston parking lot. Sammi, who owns the Vie...
Houston Mom Tries to Reunite With Her Baby Stranded in Wuhan
A Houston mother is hoping to reunite with her 2-year-old son who is stranded in Wuhan, China, which has been on lockdown due to the novel c...
3 Men Arrested For the Death of 59-Year-Old Korean-American Store Clerk in Houston
Authorities have arrested the three suspects behind the robbery and shooting of a store clerk in Houston last month. The suspects, identifie...
Texas Man Arrested After Targeting Asian Women in Multiple Crimes
A 41-year-old man is now in custody and facing several charges after being arrested for committing a series of crimes specifically targ...
Houston Woman Fights Off Robbers Trying to Steal Her Purse Outside 85°C Bakery
A woman in Houston, Texas is recovering after a violent encounter with a burglar who tried to steal her purse. The incident occurred in a pa...
Popular Filipino-American Food Truck Robbed at Gunpoint in Houston
A popular Filipino American-owned food truck in Houston was robbed at gunpoint by three thugs in the wee hours of the morning of Dec. 1. Acc...
Robotics Prodigy Graduates From Houston University With Engineering Degree at 17
Nicolas Xiong entered the University of Houston when he was only 13 years old about four years ago. Yesterday, the Asian American prodigy e...
Asian Cancer Researcher Kicked Off Spirit Airlines Flight for Breastfeeding Son Before Departure
Concert pianist and cancer researcher Mei Rui was traveling from Houston to New York with her 2-year-old son and elderly parents when she sa...
Khier Casino
Vietnamese American Immigrant-Turned-Billionaire Donates $5 Million to Hurricane Harvey Relief
Hoang Kieu, a Vietnamese immigrant and owner of a multi-billion dollar company, recently donated $5 million to the Hurricane Harvey relief f...
Robbers Arrested After Targeting Asians Coming Out of Banks in Houston
Two men accused of “bank jugging” in Houston were arrested by the authorities after they followed a Middle Eastern man from a ba...