By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine Catholic bishops on July 9 called for fasting and prayers after President Rodrigo Duterte called God “stupid” and questioned God’s existence in profane remarks that set the foul-mouthed leader on a collision course with Asia’s largest Catholic church. Archbishop Romulo Valles and the association of […]
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Trump passes over Amul Thapar for Supreme Court
BY CATHERINE LUCEY, ZEKE MILLER AND MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump chose Brett Kavanaugh, a solidly conservative, politically connected judge, for the Supreme Court on July 9, setting up a ferocious confirmation battle with Democrats as he seeks to shift the nation’s highest court ever further to the right. Trump passed […]
Immigrant PhD candidate rocked by sudden U.S. Army discharge
By MARTHA MENDOZA AND GARANCE BURKE Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Growing up in eastern China, Panshu Zhao fell in love with America. He read the Bible his parents gave him, watched Hollywood movies and studied the ideals of democracy. He jumped at the chance to attend graduate school at Texas A&M University. In […]
Woman survives crash that killed husband, 4 daughters
TOWNSEND, Del. (AP) — A GoFundMe campaign has been launched to help a woman with burial expenses for her husband and four children. Audie Trinidad of Teaneck, New Jersey, 61, died along with his four daughters in a Delaware highway crash on July 6. He was a native of the Philippines and U.S. Navy veteran […]
Suit alleging bias pulls back curtain on Harvard admissions
By COLLIN BINKLEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Defending itself in a lawsuit alleging bias against Asian-Americans, Harvard University is fighting a push to make public a trove of admissions documents including internal communications, statistics on accepted students and a “dean’s interest list.’’ The fight over alleged discrimination already has led to disclosures including Harvard’s […]
After daring rescue, entire Thai soccer team out of cave
By KAWEEWIT KAEWJINDA and STEPHEN WRIGHT Associated Press MAE SAI, Thailand (AP) — A daring rescue mission in the treacherous confines of a flooded cave in northern Thailand has saved all 12 boys and their soccer coach who were trapped deep within the labyrinth, ending a grueling 18-day ordeal that claimed the life of an […]
LETTER: A new chapter for Asian American children
By AACE Asian American Coalition for Education (AACE) commends an important decision undertaken by the current administration to systematically roll back an Obama-era policy guidance that promoted the heightened use of race in college admissions and to issue new guidance. This is a triumphant moment for Asian American communities, as well as for AACE when […]
Widow of Washington dockworker files wrongful death lawsuit
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The widow of a Washington state dockworker killed when a mooring line snapped on a cargo ship has filed a $15 million wrongful death lawsuit against the ship’s owner and operators. Byron Jacobs, of Longview, was killed June 28 while he was attending the vessel at the Port of Longview. The […]
Chinatown shooting investigation
By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Detectives are investigating a shooting after a man approached a King County deputy in the Chinatown-International District on the evening of July 8, and revealed a gunshot wound in his forearm. The 50-year-old man told officers he was in the 500 block of South Jackson Street around 8 p.m. when […]
The Best of Chinatown ID — Dynasty Room
Dynasty Room 714 S. King St., Seattle, WA 98104 Open daily at 4 p.m. Happy hour daily, 4-7 p.m. 206-682-0297 The newest bar in the ID, Dynasty Room serves craft cocktails with special ingredients from the East and West. Its Wolf Temple Motif and cultural design has won praise from millennials and community leaders. A […]
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