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PBS to air five-part docu-series on ‘Asian Americans’

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By The Associated Press BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — PBS will air a five-part documentary series called “Asian Americans.” The series will chronicle the Asian American story in the U.S. and aims to launch in 2020 during Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, which is in May. In 2010, the U.S. Census identified the Asian population […]

Family told dead Chinese scholar’s body may be in landfill

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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — The family of a visiting Chinese scholar whose body was never recovered after a former University of Illinois doctoral student kidnapped and killed her has been told the woman’s remains may be in a landfill in eastern Illinois, an attorney for the slain scholar’s family said. In a statement, attorney Steve […]

Doctors who immigrated legally fear they’ll be sent home

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By MEREDITH NEWMAN Delaware News Journal DOVER, Del. (AP) — Growing up in a small, rural town in southern India, Anuradha Amara’s grandfather was the area’s only doctor—one who was practically self-taught. He never turned people away, no matter how sick or poor. He refused cash payments, instead accepting only fruits, vegetables and grains. Over […]

’80s tape, toy dino: Chinatown archaeological dig cut short

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By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — An archaeological dig in Boston’s historic Chinatown has been cut short after it turned up a 1980s music cassette, a toy dinosaur and other bric-a-brac. The city’s Archaeology Program tweeted on July 30 that it was wrapping up its three-week excavation because researchers reached the water table, […]

Meng pushes for AAPI museum

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Rep. Grace Meng (D-New York) introduced legislation on July 31 to examine the possibility of creating the first museum dedicated to preserving the history, culture, and accomplishments of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Entitled the “Commission to Study the Potential Creation of a National Museum of Asian Pacific American History and Culture Act,” the bill […]

Investigators: Restaurant fires caused by sushi ingredient

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Madison Fire Department says the spontaneous combustion of a sushi ingredient is being blamed for two separate restaurant fires. Authorities tell Wisconsin Public Radio that an April 5 fire at Sumo Steakhouse and Sushi Bar and another May 10 at the Takara Japanese Restaurant both started after deep-fried tempura flakes […]

Number of Chinese visitors to Alaska growing in recent years

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska is a tourism destination for a growing number of visitors from China. The Anchorage Daily News reports Alaska received relatively little notice from Chinese travelers until recent years. The number of Chinese visitors has jumped because of social media and increasing interest in winter tourism tied to the Aurora borealis. […]

Hawaii protesters vow ‘prolonged struggle’ against telescope

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MAUNA KEA, Hawaii (AP) — Protesters vowed to continue demonstrating against the construction of a giant telescope on top of a mountain some Native Hawaiians consider sacred after they spent the day blocking the road to the project site. About a dozen elders, or kupuna, sat in chairs at the start of the road on […]