By MATT HOFFMAN The Billings Gazette BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Heart Mountain looms above the Cody, Wyoming-area landscape, visible from miles around. Its namesake World War II-era Japanese internment camp is less apparent. That’s part of why Montana State University-Billings is offering a course dedicated to the Heart Mountain site, an internment camp that held […]
Some help, more needed for Florida girl with rare blood type
MIAMI (AP) — A New York woman with a rare blood type is donating two units to help save a 2-year-old South Florida girl who is battling cancer. News outlets report the woman had donated her own blood while pregnant in case she needed a transfusion during her delivery. Luckily, she didn’t need it, and […]
Adults assemble to play Pokemon Go
By TAD VEZNERSt. Paul Pioneer Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — It’s 17 minutes till the battle at the butterfly house. Car after car rolls up at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds on a chilly weekend. No events are scheduled. Nothing is going on that anybody can see, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reported. “Five minutes,’’ […]
California man gets life in prison for murdering in-laws
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California man has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering his in-laws who were visiting from China. The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office says 46-year-old Caminero Wang was sentenced on Jan. 2 to life without possibility of parole plus 50 years to life. A jury found Wang […]
Oregon man who made racists remarks allowed to teach again
BEND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon teacher who lost his teaching license after state education officials say he used racist nicknames and made derogatory comments toward students has been allowed to teach again. The Bulletin reports the Oregon Teacher Standards and Practices Commission issued a new license that allows former Bend-La Pine Schools music instructor […]
Sandra Oh hosts and also wins at the Golden Globes
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — The Golden Globes have long had a reputation for being Hollywood’s most rollicking awards show, but Jan. 6’s proceedings began with a tender moment of reflection amid the romp and the revelry. “I said yes to the fear of being on this stage tonight because I wanted to be here, to […]
St. Paul leaders decry deportations of Vietnam-era refugees
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Trump administration push for the deportation of Vietnam War-era refugees has sparked protests from St. Paul’s Southeast Asian community, with elected officials and families saying they will do whatever they can to fight it. State Rep.-elect Kaohly Her called it a betrayal of wartime promise, the Star Tribune reported. […]
US charges 2 with China intelligence ties in hacking case
By MICHAEL BALSAMO and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials say two Chinese citizens acting on behalf of their country’s main intelligence agency carried out an extensive hacking campaign to steal data from military service members, government agencies and private companies in the United States and nearly a dozen other nations. It […]
Man accused of ramming church a no-show in court
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A 35-year-old man who is accused of intentionally crashing his SUV into a Vietnamese church on Dec. 24 didn’t show up to a Portland courtroom as ordered. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports Hieu John Phung was in Astoria when he was “picked up’’ and taken to a hospital, a member of the Clatsop […]
1st Asian American taking seat in Indiana Legislature
By JERRY DAVICHPost-Tribune DYER, Ind. (AP) — On more than one occasion, Chris Chyung had a front door slammed in his face while campaigning against state Rep. Hal Slager. “They told me, ‘Go back to China!’’’ recalled Chyung, who was born in Merrillville and raised in Munster. “I’ve never even been to China. My parents, […]
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