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You are here: Home / Archives for VOL 37 NO 29 | JULY 14 – JULY 20

Bishops call for 3-day fasting after Duterte says God is “stupid”

July 14, 2018 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine Catholic bishops on July 9 called for fasting and prayers after President Rodrigo Duterte called God “stupid” and questioned God’s existence in profane remarks that set the foul-mouthed leader on a collision course with Asia’s largest Catholic church. Archbishop Romulo Valles and the association of […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2018, VOL 37 NO 29 | JULY 14 - JULY 20

Trump passes over Amul Thapar for Supreme Court

July 14, 2018 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BY CATHERINE LUCEY, ZEKE MILLER AND MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump chose Brett Kavanaugh, a solidly conservative, politically connected judge, for the Supreme Court on July 9, setting up a ferocious confirmation battle with Democrats as he seeks to shift the nation’s highest court ever further to the right. Trump passed […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2018, VOL 37 NO 29 | JULY 14 - JULY 20

Immigrant PhD candidate rocked by sudden U.S. Army discharge

July 14, 2018 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By MARTHA MENDOZA AND GARANCE BURKE Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Growing up in eastern China, Panshu Zhao fell in love with America. He read the Bible his parents gave him, watched Hollywood movies and studied the ideals of democracy. He jumped at the chance to attend graduate school at Texas A&M University. In […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2018, VOL 37 NO 29 | JULY 14 - JULY 20

Woman survives crash that killed husband, 4 daughters

July 14, 2018 By Northwest Asian Weekly

TOWNSEND, Del. (AP) — A GoFundMe campaign has been launched to help a woman with burial expenses for her husband and four children. Audie Trinidad of Teaneck, New Jersey, 61, died along with his four daughters in a Delaware highway crash on July 6. He was a native of the Philippines and U.S. Navy veteran […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2018, VOL 37 NO 29 | JULY 14 - JULY 20

Suit alleging bias pulls back curtain on Harvard admissions

July 14, 2018 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By COLLIN BINKLEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Defending itself in a lawsuit alleging bias against Asian-Americans, Harvard University is fighting a push to make public a trove of admissions documents including internal communications, statistics on accepted students and a “dean’s interest list.’’ The fight over alleged discrimination already has led to disclosures including Harvard’s […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2018, VOL 37 NO 29 | JULY 14 - JULY 20

After daring rescue, entire Thai soccer team out of cave

July 14, 2018 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By KAWEEWIT KAEWJINDA and STEPHEN WRIGHT Associated Press MAE SAI, Thailand (AP) — A daring rescue mission in the treacherous confines of a flooded cave in northern Thailand has saved all 12 boys and their soccer coach who were trapped deep within the labyrinth, ending a grueling 18-day ordeal that claimed the life of an […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2018, VOL 37 NO 29 | JULY 14 - JULY 20

LETTER: A new chapter for Asian American children

July 13, 2018 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By AACE Asian American Coalition for Education (AACE) commends an important decision undertaken by the current administration to systematically roll back an Obama-era policy guidance that promoted the heightened use of race in college admissions and to issue new guidance. This is a triumphant moment for Asian American communities, as well as for AACE when […]

Filed Under: Letters to the Editor Tagged With: 2018, VOL 37 NO 29 | JULY 14 - JULY 20

Widow of Washington dockworker files wrongful death lawsuit

July 13, 2018 By Northwest Asian Weekly

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The widow of a Washington state dockworker killed when a mooring line snapped on a cargo ship has filed a $15 million wrongful death lawsuit against the ship’s owner and operators. Byron Jacobs, of Longview, was killed June 28 while he was attending the vessel at the Port of Longview. The […]

Filed Under: Community News Tagged With: 2018, VOL 37 NO 29 | JULY 14 - JULY 20

Chinatown shooting investigation

July 13, 2018 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Detectives are investigating a shooting after a man approached a King County deputy in the Chinatown-International District on the evening of July 8, and revealed a gunshot wound in his forearm. The 50-year-old man told officers he was in the 500 block of South Jackson Street around 8 p.m. when […]

Filed Under: Community News Tagged With: 2018, VOL 37 NO 29 | JULY 14 - JULY 20

The Best of Chinatown ID — Dynasty Room

July 12, 2018 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Dynasty Room 714 S. King St., Seattle, WA 98104 Open daily at 4 p.m. Happy hour daily, 4-7 p.m. 206-682-0297 The newest bar in the ID, Dynasty Room serves craft cocktails with special ingredients from the East and West. Its Wolf Temple Motif and cultural design has won praise from millennials and community leaders. A […]

Filed Under: Features, Business, Community News, Feature stories Tagged With: 2018, DYNASTY ROOM, The Best of Chinatown ID, VOL 37 NO 29 | JULY 14 - JULY 20

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