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Crime
Manila vows justice for pregnant Filipino worker murdered in Kuwait
The Philippine government has condemned the grisly murder of a pregnant overseas Filipino worker (OFW) in Kuwait and has vowed to work close...
Michelle De Pacina
Half Moon Bay mass shootings suspect accused of threatening, suffocating coworker in 2013
Before you read: Suspect arrested in Half Moon Bay mass shootings that killed 7 The man arrested in connection to the fatal mass shootings a...
Carl Samson
Rifle, hundreds of ammo rounds found in Monterey Park shooter’s home; jealousy raised as possible motive
A .308 caliber rifle and hundreds of rounds of loose ammunition have been discovered in the home of Huu Can Tran, the lone suspect in Saturd...
Suspect arrested in Half Moon Bay mass shootings that killed 7
Seven people died and one person sustained critical injuries in two separate shootings in Half Moon Bay, California, on Monday night. The sh...
Japanese woman on death row for murder chokes to death on prison food
A woman on death row choked to death while eating a meal at the Hiroshima Detention House in Hiroshima, Japan. Miyuki Ueta, a 49-year-old fo...
2 dead, 1 critically injured in Philadelphia Chinese takeout shooting
Two people were killed and another person was critically injured during a shooting inside a Chinese takeout restaurant in the neighborhood o...
NYC man pleads guilty to killing senior can collector because he’s Asian
Before you read: Man arrested for brutally stomping on head of Asian American man, 61, in Manhattan Man who stomped on elderly Chinese man’s...
China
5 dead, 13 injured after man drives through pedestrians in China
Police have arrested a man who plowed his car into busy pedestrian crossings in Guangzhou, China, killing at least 5 people and injuring 13 ...
Chinese man accused of killing Nigerian ex-girlfriend says he spent $132,000 on her
Before you read: After ‘confessing,’ Chinese man pleads not guilty to killing Nigerian ex-girlfriend Arraignment of Chinese man accused of k...
Canada
Man allegedly killed by ‘swarm’ of 8 teen girls in Toronto identified as Ken Lee
Before you read: 8 teen girls charged with murdering homeless Toronto man who was protecting Asian woman The Asian man who was allegedly kil...
Third man arrested for fatal road rage shooting of Dallas community leader
Before you read: Man suspected of gunning down ‘pillar’ of Dallas’ Asian community arrested Second suspect arrested in fatal road rage shoot...
Bryan Ke
California doctor accused of intentionally driving Tesla off cliff with family on board
A man from Pasadena was arrested for attempted murder and child abuse for allegedly driving a Tesla off a cliff in Northern California with ...
Hit-and-run death of woman dragged for nearly an hour on NYE continues to roil India
A 20-year-old woman from Delhi, India, died on New Year’s Eve after getting dragged for almost an hour in a hit-and-run incident that has sh...
Civil Rights
SCOTUS to decide whether comedian Jeff Ross’ roast of a convicted murderer can be used to sentence him to death
The Supreme Court of the U.S. (SCOTUS) will rule on whether comedian Jeff Ross’ roast of a convicted murderer can be used to sentence him to...
Two men arrested for 2018 murder of Hmong hunter in Michigan
Two men have been arrested in connection with the homicide of a Hmong hunter in Michigan in 2018. Chong Moua Yang, 68, reportedly left his h...
Iris Jung
8 teen girls charged with murdering homeless Toronto man who was protecting Asian woman
Eight teenage girls — including some as young as 13 years old — have been charged with second-degree murder in connection with a fatal atta...
Man kills sister of his ex-girlfriend in Fresno highway murder-suicide
The Fresno County Coroner’s Office has identified the shooter involved in the murder-suicide that took place on Highway 41 in Fresno, Califo...
3 gang members arrested, charged with murder in fatal shooting of Oakland toddler
Before you read: Distraught family of toddler killed in Oakland freeway shooting want suspects to surrender Photos of suspect vehicles in sh...
Australia
‘Suspicious death’ of Chinese man leads Sydney police to seek identities of 2 men captured on CCTV
Tao Cheng, 25, was found dead in a fire escape in Sydney’s Central Business District on Dec. 7. The Chinese national was last seen enterin...
Ex-UC Irvine student throws his mother off campus building before jumping himself: police
Andrew Nguyen Doan, 36, threw his mother, Thao Thai Nguyen, 77, off a campus building at the University of California, Irvine (UCI), before...
Second suspect arrested in fatal road rage shooting of Dallas community leader
Kameron Taylor, 28, was arrested on Friday for his alleged role in the murder of Dallas business owner and community leader Jin Shin on Aug...
Man charged for ‘executions’ of 4 Chinese nationals at Oklahoma marijuana farm
Chen Wu, 45, has been charged with four counts of first-degree felony murder and one count of assault and battery with a deadly weapon for ...
Japanese cannibal who became celebrity after killing, eating Dutch woman is dead
Issei Sagawa, a Japanese cannibal who killed, raped and ate a woman’s flesh, died at the age of 73 on Nov. 24. Sagawa was attending the Un...
Man’s ‘animosity towards South Asians’ led to murder of cab driver in Canada, prosecutors say
Okoth Obeing, who is accused of killing taxi driver Balvir Toor in Canada in 2020, pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder on the openin...
Ryan General
Suspect in ‘executions’ of 4 Chinese nationals at marijuana farm in Oklahoma arrested
Wu Chen, a 45-year-old man suspected of killing four people — three men and one woman — inside a marijuana farm in Kingfisher County, Oklah...
California man found dead after Tinder date in Colombia
Paul Nguyen, 27, of Orange County, California, was reportedly robbed and killed after going on a Tinder date during a vacation in Medellin,...
S. Korean woman to be extradited for New Zealand ‘suitcase murders’
The Seoul High Court has approved the extradition of a 42-year-old woman accused of murdering two children whose bodies were discovered ins...
More than 200 burn ‘witch’ alive in India; 14 arrests made
Rita Devi, 45, was allegedly burned alive in her home in the Indian state of Bihar by more than 200 villagers who believed she was a witch....
Maryland man allegedly kills ex-girlfriend, her family in quadruple murder-suicide
Andre Sales, 28, allegedly shot his ex-girlfriend Sara Mann, 21, and her family dead before killing himself in a home in La Plata, Maryland...
Boyfriend charged with murder of missing pregnant woman from Chicago Chinatown
Bilian Fang, the 40-year-old pregnant woman who was reported missing last month in Chicago, was allegedly murdered by Yaer Shen, the 46-yea...
Remains of missing Bay Area woman Alexis Gabe found
On Thursday afternoon, a Plymouth, California, resident notified the Amador County Sheriff’s Office after discovering human remains near Ja...
Navy sailor pleads guilty to murdering wife in San Diego-area home
A man pleaded guilty to second-degree murder on Wednesday for fatally stabbing his 30-year-old wife Rhona Fantone in their Lemon Grove, Cal...
81-year-old Japanese man confesses to pushing wheelchair-bound wife into sea
Japanese authorities in Kanagawa Prefecture have arrested an 81-year-old man who confessed to killing his wheelchair-bound wife by pushing ...
Boyfriend killed Oakland dentist to get her $12 million estate: police
Nelson Chia, 73, allegedly plotted the murder of his longtime girlfriend Lili Xu, 60, to take control of her $12-$14 million estate. Xu, a...
After ‘confessing,’ Chinese man pleads not guilty to killing Nigerian ex-girlfriend
Geng Quanrong, 47, has pleaded not guilty to killing his ex-lover, Ummukulsum “Ummita” Buhari, 22, during his re-arraignment on Thursday, a...
Man sentenced to death for traffic stop murder of first Sikh deputy to wear turban on duty in Texas
Deputy Sandeep Dhaliwal, 42, was fatally shot by Robert Solis, 50, during a routine traffic stop in Houston on Sept. 27, 2019. Dhaliwal ma...