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Crime
Newlywed Oregon nurse found dead after going missing
Melissa Jubane, a 32-year-old nurse at St. Vincent Hospital in Portland, Oregon, was found dead on Friday after being reported missing earli...
Michelle De Pacina
Feature
Laos-born immigrant battling cancer wins $1.3 billion lottery jackpot
An immigrant from Laos who has been battling cancer for nearly a decade won the historic Powerball jackpot this month. Key points: ...
Bryan Ke
Asian American History
Portland bus tour showing city’s anti-Asian, anti-Black past enters 16th year
A unique bus tour in Portland, Oregon, sheds light on the city’s dark past of housing discrimination against Asian and African Americans. Ke...
Carl Samson
Oregon man wanted after hate crime charge for anti-Asian attacks
A man previously arrested for allegedly attacking Asian people in Portland, Oregon, is reportedly being sought after failing to show up to h...
Portland police ask for help identifying man who attacked Asian family
Portland police are looking for a man who was accused of assaulting an Asian family in late August. What happened: The incident, which the p...
Editorial Staff
Serial anti-Asian attacker who shoved Japanese diplomat in Portland hit with federal charge
The woman accused of shoving a top Japanese diplomat in Portland, Oregon, has been indicted in federal court after state charges were droppe...
Conservative journalist Andy Ngo wins $300,000 from 2019 milkshake attackers
Three defendants have been ordered to pay conservative journalist Andy Ngo $300,000 for their role in the infamous milkshake attack that lef...
Portland’s Chinese Festival attracts crowd after local Chinese garden vandalized
‘If someone thinks we’re not welcome we don’t care about it because we just show our love and know most of the people are ...
Ryan General
Serial anti-Asian attacker shoves top Japanese diplomat in Portland
A homeless woman with a history of attacking Asian people is now facing a bias charge after allegedly shoving a top Japanese diplomat in Por...
Culture
Tiger Tiger Fest 2023, a celebration of AANHPI by AANHPI, set to kick off in Portland
Tiger Tiger Fest 2023, a festival celebrating the Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities in Portland, Oregon, is s...
Oregon will no longer release suspects arrested for hate crimes on the same day
Suspects arrested for first-degree bias crimes in Oregon will no longer be released on the same day. Under a new guideline, those involved i...
Business
This pioneering sports bar in Portland only showcases female athletes
A pioneering sports bar that exclusively showcases women athletes on its TV screens recently celebrated its first anniversary in Portland, O...
News
85-year-old Asian man with heart condition reported missing in Oregon
An elderly Asian man with a heart condition has been reported missing in Milwaukie, Oregon. Amancio Dizon, 85, was last seen around 4 p.m. o...
5 Vietnamese Americans elected to Oregon House
Newly elected representatives Dr. Hai Pham (D, OR-36), Dr. Thuy Tran (D, OR-45), Hoa Nguyen (D, OR-48), Daniel Nguyen (D, OR-38) and incumb...
Portland man behind series of anti-Asian attacks charged with third bias incident for assault and robbery
Dylan Kesterson, 34, is now facing a total of 23 charges after it was discovered that authorities had also linked him to a third bias incid...
Portland court dismisses bias crime case against man who kicked Asian woman due to public defender shortage
A court in Portland, Oregon, has dismissed the bias crime case against a man accused of kicking an Asian American woman and spewing racial s...
Oregon City mayoral candidate says the city’s homeless will live like ‘the Japanese’ if he wins
Oregon City mayoral candidate Leslie Wright said he wants the homeless in his city to live like “the Japanese people” by placing them in a ...
16-year-old charged with the murder of Milana Li, 13-year-old girl found dead in an Oregon stream
Daniel Ryan Gore, a 16-year-old juvenile, has been charged with murder in the first degree for the death of Milana Li, a 13-year-old girl w...
Death of missing 13-year-old girl found in an Oregon stream is ruled a homicide
Milana Li, a 13-year-old sixth-grade student, was found dead in a park in Beaverton, Oregon, on May 10, about 24 hours after her mother rep...
Hundreds of students at an Oregon high school walkout to protest racist anti-Asian, Black, Muslim video
Hundreds of students at an Oregon high school walked out of class in protest on Wednesday after their peer posted a video in which they used...
Sarah Yukiko
Politics
Rep. Pham, daughter of Vietnamese refugees, comes ‘full circle’ to welcome Afghan refugees to Oregon
An Oregon state representative wants to give a proper welcome to the Afghan refugees who will be arriving in the state early next year. A pr...
Viral
‘What about stray people?’: Chinese TikToker shocked by number of homeless people after living in US for 2 years
A Chinese woman recently took to TikTok to express how shocked she was after seeing the staggering number of homeless people living on the s...
Entertainment
Oregon has been luring tourists with Studio Ghibli-style animated ads for years
A new video from a long-running tourism ad campaign contains the right blend of whimsy and pastel colors to make it seem like a teaser for a...
Chinese American congressional gold medal awardee Fred Cheong Lee dies at 96
A Chinese American WWII army veteran, who received the Congressional Gold Medal in 2019, recently passed away after succumbing to prostate c...
Oregon woman tells Filipino man to ‘go back to the Philippines,’ yells the N-word
A viral video on Twitter shows an Oregon woman spewing anti-Asian comments at a couple, telling them to ‘go back to Philippines’ before drop...
Daughter of WWII Concentration Camp Detainee Becomes First Asian American Female Episcopal Bishop
A 61-year-old woman, whose family suffered during World War II due to their Japanese ancestry, became the first Asian American woman consecr...
Asian American Man Punched in Hate Crime Asks for Attacker to Get Restorative Justice, Not Jail
A Portland man has agreed to participate in a restorative justice resolution instead of facing jail time for attacking an Asian American man...
College Student Kicked, Racially Abused by 2 Men in Oregon
An Asian woman in Salem, Oregon was allegedly pushed and kicked by two men in an attack now under investigation as a possible hate crime. Th...
Oregon Bar Gets Review Bombed on Yelp Over Racist ‘China Virus’ Sign
A bar in Oregon has drawn backlash over its use of anti-Asian message on its electronic billboard. The Trophy Club in Medford recently adve...
Man Charged With Hate Crimes After Kicking, Spewing Racial Slurs at Asian Woman in Portland
A man in Portland, Oregon has been charged with bias crimes after allegedly kicking and racially attacking an Asian American woman last week...
Portland Man Charged With Hate Crimes, Robbery After Attacking Afghan Store Owner
A man in Portland, Oregon is facing bias crime charges after attacking an Afghan American store owner last Friday. The incident, which was c...
Portland Man Charged With Hate Crime After Punching Asian American at Train Station
A man in Portland, Oregon has been charged with a hate crime after allegedly punching an Asian American commuter earlier this month. The inc...
Man Charged for Fatal Stabbing of Portland Kimchi Entrepreneur
A 30-year-old man has been charged in the fatal stabbing of an entrepreneur credited for popularizing kimchi in Portland, Oregon. Matthew Ch...
Kimchi Company Co-Founder Fatally Stabbed in Portland Home
A man credited for popularizing kimchi in Portland, Oregon died after getting stabbed in his home over the weekend. Matthew “Matt̶...
Civil Rights
Oregon State Rep Candidate Called a ‘Chink’ in Racist Note
A Republican candidate for state representative in Oregon received a shockingly racist hand-written note on one of his campaign letters in t...
Ziye Wang
Oregon Woman Apologizes for Racist Tirade Against Filipina-American After Going Viral
Sierra Measelle, the woman behind the racist tirade against a Filipino American in Oregon, is apologizing for the “ignorant, hateful comment...
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