National News – Page 185

Ohio casino caters to Asian American gamblers

October 27, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Cleveland (AP) — A new northeast Ohio casino is reaching out to gamblers of Asian descent with events tailored to Asian tastes and hosts that handle tasks for those […]

Japan’s Softbank to buy Sprint

October 20, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Yuri Kageyama and Peter Svensson The Associated Press TOKYO, JAPAN (AP) — Japan’s Softbank has agreed to buy 70 percent of Sprint for $20.1 billion, giving the struggling U.S. […]

Supreme Court looks at race in college admissions again

October 13, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Mark Sherman The Associated Press Washington, D.C. (AP) — Nine years after the Supreme Court said colleges and universities can use race in their quest for diverse student bodies, […]

Delta to expand Asia service from Seattle

October 13, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Samantha Bomkamp The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Delta Air Lines wants to expand service to Asia through its partnership with Alaska Airlines. Delta plans to add a […]

US to allow South Korea to have longer-range missiles

October 13, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Hyung-Kin Kim The Associated Press Seoul, S. Korea (AP) — The United States has agreed to allow South Korea to possess longer-range ballistic missiles that could strike all of North Korea, South Korean officials […]

Filipino American Journalist Jose Vargas will not be deported

October 11, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Steve Karnowski The Associated Press Minneapolis, Minn. (AP) — Immigration authorities said Monday they won’t take action against a Pulitzer

US filmmaker says he won’t return to besieged home

September 22, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES (AP) — A filmmaker linked to an anti-Islamic movie inflaming protests across the Middle East said following an interview with law enforcement officials […]

Study: ID laws could disrupt minority voters

September 22, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Sonya Ross THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — As many as 700,000 minority voters under age 30 may not be able to cast a ballot in November because of […]

School district flooded with thousands of records requests

September 22, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES (AP) — Thousands of illegal immigrants have inundated the nation’s second-largest school district with requests for copies of records that might qualify them […]

Filipinos win settlement in English-only case

September 22, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DELANO (AP) — Dozens of Filipino hospital workers in California will share a nearly $1 million settlement in a lawsuit claiming they were targeted by […]