National News – Page 206

Council to help with Asian American employment

August 4, 2012 By Admin

By Staff The Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Gov. Pat Quinn has signed a new law that will create an employment council to help Asian Americans find state government jobs.

Army sergeant sentenced in Danny Chen abuse case

August 2, 2012 By Admin

By Staff The Associated Press FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — An Army sergeant was sentenced

Guilty plea for Seattle bicyclist hit-and-run

July 28, 2012 By Admin

By Associated Press Staff SEATTLE (AP) — A 28-year-old man charged in the 2011 hit-and-run death of a Seattle bicyclist has pleaded guilty. Erlin Garcia-Reyes of suburban Normandy Park entered […]

American Samoa lawsuit seeks U.S. citizenship

July 28, 2012 By Admin

By Associated Press Staff PAGO PAGO, American Samoa (AP) — A group of five people have filed a federal lawsuit arguing they should be U.S. citizens by virtue of being […]

Court martial set in North Carolina after private’s suicide

July 28, 2012 By Admin

By Allen Reed Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A sergeant accused of hazing a private because of his Chinese heritage will go on trial this week on charges the […]

King County judicial ratings raise more questions

July 28, 2012 By Admin

By Gene Johnson The Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — In her campaign for an open seat on the King County Superior Court, Seattle lawyer Elizabeth Berns has been endorsed by […]

Chinese slaughterhouse fights hard to stay open

July 14, 2012 By Admin

By The Associated Press Staff ROSEMEAD, Calif. (AP) — A slaughterhouse in a small Los Angeles suburb is raising a big stink as the owners fight an order to shut […]

Iowa Town struggles to comfort victims’ family

July 14, 2012 By Admin

By The Associated Press Staff MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (AP) — Residents in an eastern Iowa town are struggling with a severe language barrier, as they try to comfort two refugee families […]

Former WWII internment camp residents return to Minidoka

July 7, 2012 By Admin

By Steve Kadel The Associated Press viA Times-News EDEN, Idaho (AP) — Monica Chin looked across the high desert land that used to be the Minidoka Relocation Center and shook […]

Stowaways suspected in container ship from India

July 7, 2012 By Admin

By Samantha Henry The Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Dock workers rushed to unload stacked containers from a cargo ship that arrived in New Jersey from the Middle East […]