By MICHAEL RUBINKAM The hosts of a popular New Jersey radio show were suspended for 10 days for calling the nation’s first Sikh attorney general “turban man’’ — the latest slur against a career prosecutor who says he faces countless “small indignities and humiliations’’ no matter how far he rises or how important his position. […]
Harvard slams group alleging bias against Asian Americans
BOSTON (AP) — Harvard University is defending its admissions practices in new court records that also offer a scathing rebuke of the group that’s suing over alleged discrimination. Records filed by the school in Boston’s federal court on July 27 say the legal case made by Students for Fair Admissions amounts to a “45-page press […]
Police department under fire for using ‘Y’ to categorize Asian officers
By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY MINEOLA, N.Y. — The Nassau County Police Department has been using a “Y” for yellow to categorize its officers of Asian descent, according to the New York Civil Liberties Union. When a person, male or female, became an officer in the Nassau County Police Department, a letter was put near […]
Judge, calm in court, takes hard line on splitting families
By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw appeared conflicted in early May on whether to stop families from being separated at the border. He challenged the Trump administration to explain how families were getting a fair hearing guaranteed by the Constitution, but also expressed reluctance to get too […]
2 Spokane massage parlors investigated for prostitution
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Two Spokane-area massage parlors employing only Chinese workers are under investigation on suspicion of promoting prostitution, human trafficking, practicing without a license, and money laundering. Investigators with the Department of Homeland Security and the Washington State Patrol contend that women who work at the two parlors speak little-to-no English and are […]
Suspect in San Francisco Chinatown killing dies before trial
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A man charged with taking part in the 2006 killing of a San Francisco Chinatown businessman with criminal ties has died while awaiting trial. An attorney for Wen Bing Lei tells the San Francisco Chronicle his client had lung cancer that spread to his brain and spine. Mark Vermeulen says the […]
Chinese turtle-smuggling flight attendants fined in LA
By ARIEL TU Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two flight attendants for a Chinese airline were fined and ordered to leave the United States within 72 hours on July 23, for attempting to smuggle dozens of spotted and box turtles in carry-on bags from Los Angeles to China. U.S. District Judge S. James Otero […]
Judge who denied Trump policy known for immigration rulings
By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Trump administration’s failed attempt to detain migrant families together indefinitely ran into a formidable obstacle in a judge whose upbringing was shaped as the daughter of immigrants and who previously rejected requests to allow the government to lock up children with their parents. Judge Dolly […]
John Cynn claims World Series of Poker title, wins $8.8M
By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The 2018 World Series of Poker champion is an Indiana resident and professional player who barely missed the cut for the final table two years ago. John Cynn won the series’ marquee no-limit Texas Hold ’em main event on July 15 in Las Vegas, surrounded […]
2 sentenced in murder of Chinese grad student in Los Angeles
By ARIEL TU Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A woman was sentenced to life in prison on July 13 for the beating death of a University of Southern California graduate student from China, and a co-defendant was given a term of 15 years to life. Alejandra Guerrero, 20, was sentenced on a first-degree murder […]