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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]