By Philip Elliott The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — The immigration debate is shifting to the Republican-led House, where lawmakers have shown little appetite for the large-scale, comprehensive approach their Senate colleagues embraced last week.
Apolo Anton Ohno takes hosting duties on game show
Federal Way Olympic Speedskater Apolo Anton Ohno is currently taking on hosting duties for the Game Show Network’s (GSN) Minute to Win It program, which aired on NBC from 2010 to 2011.
American boss held hostage in China returns to US
By Staff The Associated Press MIAMI, Florida (AP) — An American executive held hostage for nearly a week by his company’s Chinese workers in a pay dispute said on June 28 from his Florida home that he was held for ransom and that he paid nearly half a million dollars for his freedom.
Immigration bill could decide 2016, senator says
By Philip Elliott The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — Republicans’ hopes to reclaim the White House in the 2016 elections hinge on whether they support — or sabotage — the immigration overhaul being debated in the Senate, two lawmakers who helped write the proposal warn.
Maulik Pancholy, the man behind Nickelodeon’s Sanjay
By Monica Luhar India-West Staff Reporter He’s got plenty of tween energy, even after he gorges down on spicy chicken wings at the local
Senator: Immigration bill to pass by beginning of July
By Philip Elliott The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — A lawmaker who helped negotiate a bipartisan bill to overhaul the U.S. immigration system predicted on June 2 that comprehensive legislation would overwhelmingly pass the Senate by July 4 while House Republicans cautioned that they would write their own version, one piece at a time.
BLOG: What can the reality show contestants learn from each other?
By Assunta Ng Seattle has been on the map recently. Local Filipino girl Catherine Giudici, who attended Roosevelt High School, won ABC’s reality show “The Bachelor” and is planning to wed Sean Lowe.
A-pop! Top 10 Pop Culture Stories from 2012
By Vivian Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly With 2013 officially underway, everyone is clamoring for a fresh start by tackling their New Year’s resolutions.
Asian American vote can swing tight races
By Mico Letargo NEW AMERICA MEDIA LOS ANGELES – In a paper entitled “Asian Americans at the Ballot Box: The 2008 General Elections in
A-pop! September Edition
A monthly column about all things Asian in popular culture By Vivian Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly Between fall television premieres and online dowries (you read that correctly), September saw Asians popping up in the media in random but interesting ways.