By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY A law professor has filed a lawsuit against the University of California (UC) system for withholding records he believes could show it’s illegally using race in admissions. Richard Sander believes UC is discriminating against Asian American applicants based on a 2014 report commissioned by UCLA. On Nov. 15, Sander and […]
Doing it H.E.R. way — Singer of Filipino heritage rises as focus remains on music
By MESFIN FEKADU AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — When Gabi Wilson is H.E.R. — her R&B singer stage name — she is usually rocking big hair and big sunglasses, rarely showing her full face to her fans. The point is to give the public one simple thing to focus on: the music. But […]
Trump nominates Indian American to replace Kavanaugh
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is nominating administration official Neomi Rao to fill the appeals court seat previously held by Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Trump’s announcement came on Nov. 13 during the White House’s celebration of Diwali, the Hindu festival of light. Rao, who is Indian American, was present at the event. Trump […]
Bomb suspect: Ex-stripper with cash problems, Trump devotion
By MICHAEL BIESECKER and STEPHEN BRAUN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Cesar Sayoc is an amateur body builder and former stripper, a loner with a long arrest record who showed little interest in politics until Donald Trump came along. He was identified by authorities as the Florida man who put pipe bombs in small manila […]
Chairman of Maryland board resigns after furor over Durkin
By DAVID GINSBURG BALTIMORE (AP) — The chairman of the University System of Maryland board of regents has resigned following the furor over the decision to reinstate football coach DJ Durkin. The board’s decision to reinstate Durkin on Oct. 30 drew harsh criticism from students, players and state politicians. As a result, University President Wallace […]
Harvard: Race can only help, never harm, applicants’ chances
By COLLIN BINKLEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Harvard University intentionally uses a vague “personal rating’’ to reject Asian American applicants in favor of students from other racial backgrounds, according to lawyers on one side of a trial that began on Oct. 15 and carries weighty implications for dozens of other U.S. colleges. Harvard’s legal […]
Orange County, California’s diversity emboldens Democrats
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press FULLERTON, Calif. (AP) — Pushy midday shoppers nose their carts through the Korean market, stocking up on bottled kimchi and seaweed spring rolls. A few doors away, customers grab pho to go at a Vietnamese takeout counter. Across the street, lunchtime diners line up for tacos “al pastor’’ — […]
Washington state ends ‘racially biased’ death penalty
By RACHEL LA CORTE and GENE JOHNSON Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington’s Supreme Court unanimously struck down the state’s death penalty on Oct. 11 as arbitrary and racially biased, making it the 20th state to do away with capital punishment. Execution was already extremely rare in Washington, with five prisoners put to death […]
Gecko butt-dials ‘bazillion’ times from Hawaii seal hospital
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — If you got incessant phone calls in the first week of October from a hospital that cares for Hawaiian monk seals, you were butt-dialed. Or, more specifically, foot-dialed. By a gecko. Marine mammal veterinarian Claire Simeone was at lunch when she got a call from Ke […]
Northern California gang expert pleads guilty to bribery
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ Harry Hu, who helped take down some of the biggest Chinese-American gang leaders in the San Francisco Bay Area, has pleaded guilty to taking bribes and helping a longtime informant avoid prosecution. The former Oakland police gang expert faces up to five years in prison. The Mercury News says a plea […]