By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press CANTON, Ga. (AP) — A man accused of killing eight people, most of them women of Asian descent, at Atlanta-area massage businesses pleaded guilty to murder on July 27 in four of the killings and was handed four sentences of life without parole. Robert Aaron Long, 22, still faces the […]
81-year-old carries on a Filipino martial arts tradition
By ROB HEDELT The Free Lance-Star SPOTSYLVANIA, Va. (AP) — When he was growing up in the Philippines, Amante Marinas was fascinated with watching his great uncle practice martial arts. At 8 years old, Marinas began to learn the movements and forms of the long-pole martial art of pananandata. Working alongside his uncle, he came […]
Historic AAPI wins for Team USA
TOKYO (AP) — Team USA’s Suni Lee came out on top in the women’s gymnastics all-around competition on July 29 at the Tokyo Olympics—becoming the first Hmong American to win a gold medal. Lee capitalized on two mistakes by Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade to edge her out with a score of 57.433. Carissa Moore won the […]
Asian man pistol-whipped, robbed in San Francisco Bay Area
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — An armed robber in the San Francisco Bay Area pistol-whipped an Asian man and a person who tried to intervene in what police described as a “brazen” attack in broad daylight. The man was standing on a corner of Oakland’s Chinatown on July 15 when two men walked up and tried […]
NY Chinatown museum reopens with anti-Asian racism exhibit
By DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City museum dedicated to telling Chinese American history marked its reopening to the public on July 14, with an exhibit on Asian Americans and racism that it curated partially through submissions gathered during the pandemic and a surge of anti-Asian bias incidents around […]
Some seek more boxes to check for ‘other’ Pacific Islanders
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A few months into the pandemic, data showed Pacific Islanders suffered the highest infection rates in Hawaii. But what early numbers didn’t publicly show was which Pacific Islanders in the diverse identification category—which includes people with ethnic roots in Samoa, Micronesia and other islands but excludes […]
Microsoft Exchange hack caused by China, US and allies say
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration and Western allies formally blamed China for a massive hack of Microsoft Exchange email server software and accused Beijing of working with criminal hackers on ransomware and other illicit cyber operations. The announcements, though not accompanied by sanctions against the Chinese government, were intended […]
Worries over racism, waterways inspire push to rename fish
By JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Minnesota state Sen. Foung Hawj was never a fan of the “Asian carp” label commonly applied to four imported fish species that are wreaking havoc in the U.S. heartland, infesting numerous rivers and bearing down on the Great Lakes. But the last straw came […]
Illinois law to require Asian American history in schools
SKOKIE, Ill. (AP) — Illinois public school students will be taught Asian American history under a law signed on July 9 by Gov. J.B. Pritzker. The topics will include the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II; the military service of Asian Americans; Illinois and Midwest history of Asian Americans; and the role of […]
Asian Americans lobby to name Navy ship for Filipino sailor
By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Asian Americans, veterans and civilians in the U.S. and the Philippines are campaigning to name a Navy warship for a Filipino sailor who bravely rescued two crew members when their ship caught fire more than a century ago, earning him a prestigious and rare Medal of […]
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