For Asian Americans, Yeoh, Quan’s Oscar wins are theirs too
March 14, 2023 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — Edward Dion Fariñas watches the Academy Awards every year but the Filipino American didn't expect to have such a visceral reaction when hearing Ke Huy Quan and Michelle Yeoh's awards announced.
Biden to nominate Julie Su as next US labor secretary
February 28, 2023 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is nominating Julie Su, the current deputy and former California official, as his next labor secretary, replacing the departing incumbent, former Boston Mayor Marty Walsh.
Rise of Asian leads in network TV shows, now ABC’s ‘Company’
February 16, 2023 GMTIn fourth grade, Catherine Haena Kim could not muster the courage to audition for the female lead of her school's production of William Shakespeare's “The Tempest.” But her teachers saw something in the way she held herself in the classroom.
Chief defends delay telling public of mass shooter at-large
January 26, 2023 GMTMONTEREY PARK, Calif. (AP) — The police chief in the California city where 20 people were shot — 11 fatally — at a ballroom dance hall defended his decision not to warn the public for hours that a killer was on the loose, saying Wednesday he didn’t have enough information to effectively alert residents.
Boston mayor hopes to shield residents amid surging growth
January 26, 2023 GMTBOSTON (AP) — Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said Wednesday that she wants to set the city on a path to reach its former peak population while guarding against trends that are already putting pressure on residents because of soaring housing costs.
‘Always smiling’: Man who managed ballroom among those slain
January 25, 2023 GMTMONTEREY PARK, Calif. (AP) — For those who made their way to the Star Ballroom over the years, Ming Wei Ma was a bright light, always smiling and encouraging those who came to the Los Angeles area dance hall popular with older Asian Americans.
‘Last dance’: Those slain in California shooting remembered
January 24, 2023 GMTMONTEREY PARK, Calif. (AP) — Mymy Nhan was a regular at the Star Ballroom for more than a decade, choosing the Los Angeles-area dance hall popular with older Asian Americans as the place to “start the year fresh" with Lunar New Year celebrations, her niece said Monday.
Sheriff: Suspect in dance club shooting killed self in van
January 23, 2023 GMTMore on Monterey Park shooting:
Asian community reeling after Lunar New Year shooting
January 23, 2023 GMTMONTEREY PARK, Calif. (AP) — It was a joyful kickoff to the first Lunar New Year celebration in Monterey Park since before the pandemic, with large crowds filling the streets in the majority Chinese American city near Los Angeles for live entertainment, carnival rides and plenty of food.
New class of Georgia state lawmakers grows more diverse
January 10, 2023 GMTATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's population has been growing more diverse for decades. Now its lawmakers are catching up.
Georgia swore in 85 lawmakers on Monday who are of Hispanic, Black, Asian or Arab descent, bringing such lawmakers to 36% of the legislature once vacancies are filled in the 236-member General Assembly.
Coalition against proposed Chinatown arena announced
January 9, 2023 GMTPHILADELPHIA (AP) — Opponents of a proposed sports arena in Philadelphia's Chinatown neighborhood have announced formation of a coalition of several dozen groups that will receive assistance from a national civil rights legal organization.
Virginia attorney general investigating elite high school
January 4, 2023 GMTANNANDALE, Va. (AP) — Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares is launching an investigation into one of the state's most prestigious high schools, acting on complaints that students there weren't properly recognized for their achievements on a standardized test.
Man faces California hate-crime charge after anti-Asian rant
December 30, 2022 GMTSAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — Prosecutors have charged a Colorado man with a misdemeanor hate crime offense after he allegedly targeted two young adults of Asian descent with racist and homophobic comments last week as they recorded a TikTok food review video at an In-N-Out Burger restaurant in Northern California.