World-renowned speakers and performers will be inspiring 15,000 youth and educators at WE Day Seattle on April 20 at KeyArena at the Seattle Center. George Takei, actor, director, author, and […]
Archives for April 2016
Hmong American poet wins prize for best debut
A Hmong American poet is this year’s winner of the Walt Whitman Award, given for an outstanding debut book. The Academy of American Poets told The Associated Press March 23 […]
Ex-NYC cop apologizes in stairwell shooting death
By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) – A former New York City police officer convicted of accidentally shooting an unarmed man in the stairwell of a public housing […]
Diners scatter when man drops giant python in restaurant
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Los Angeles police say diners scattered when a man dropped a 13-foot yellow python on the floor of a sushi restaurant. Officer Drake Madison says Hiroshi […]
Chinese businessman Su Bin pleads guilty in United States hacking case
By Amanda Lee Myers Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) – A Chinese businessman has pleaded guilty to conspiring to hack into the computer systems of U.S. defense contractors, including Boeing, […]
Los Alamos Historical Museum team to research atomic bomb impact in Japan
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – A group from Los Alamos, once the building site for an atomic bomb, is making an unprecedented trip this month to a country that was […]
Pakistani Taliban faction claims Easter park bombing
By Zarar Khan Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) – A bombing on Easter Sunday killed 65 people in a park in the eastern city of Lahore that was crowded with Christians, […]
Community gives input on International Children’s Park name
By John Liu Northwest Asian Weekly The name, “Donnie Chin Children’s Park” received around 95 percent of the votes at a March 17 meeting to rename the current International Children’s […]
New Asian American and Pacific Islander outreach director named for Clinton campaign
The campaign for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton announced March 24 that it was appointing Jason Tengco to serve as its new Asian American Pacific Islander outreach director. In a […]
Tacoma family keeps up search for downed Korean War pilot
By Adam Ashton The News Tribune TACOMA, Wash. (AP) – As a boy, Albert Paffenroth Jr. walked to the edge of a fence around the runway at Johnson Air Force […]