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Woman arrested after racist rant, assault in restaurant lot

September 1, 2022 By Northwest Asian Weekly

A woman was arrested and faces a possible hate crime charge after she was captured on video in a racist rant and assault on women of South Asian descent in a suburban Dallas parking lot, in another disturbing example of anti-Asian violence seen across the U.S

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2022, VOL 41 NO 36 | SEPTEMBER 3 - SEPTEMBER 9

Cops: Suspects in attack on elderly woman are ages 11 to 18

August 25, 2022 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Three children ages 11, 13, and 14 and an 18-year-old beat and robbed a 70-year-old Asian woman last month inside her San Francisco apartment building and two of them have been arrested, police said on Aug. 15. The woman was outside her Chinatown building when […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2022, VOL 41 NO 35 | AUGUST 27 - SEPTEMBER 2

Hate crimes alleged in robberies of Sacramento Asian women

August 25, 2022 By Northwest Asian Weekly

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A man and a teenager arrested in connection with robberies that targeted Asian women in Sacramento are now facing hate crime allegations, police said. Sacramento County prosecutors this week added a hate crime enhancement to robbery charges filed against both suspects, who have been in custody since June, the Sacramento Police […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2022, VOL 41 NO 35 | AUGUST 27 - SEPTEMBER 2

City of Denver removes anti-Chinese plaque

August 25, 2022 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Denver Mayor Michael Hancock and the Asian American and Pacific Islander community removed an anti-Chinese plaque from a street in what used to be the city’s Chinatown earlier this month.

Filed Under: National News, Feature stories Tagged With: 2022, VOL 41 NO 35 | AUGUST 27 - SEPTEMBER 2

Nafis Sadik, women’s health and rights champion, dies at 92

August 25, 2022 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Nafis Sadik, a Pakistani doctor who championed women’s health and rights and spearheaded the breakthrough action plan adopted by 179 countries at the 1994 United Nations population conference, died four days before her 93rd birthday, her son said.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2022, VOL 41 NO 35 | AUGUST 27 - SEPTEMBER 2

Salon shooting suspect indicted for anti-Asian hate crime

August 18, 2022 By Northwest Asian Weekly

A man accused of shooting three Asian American women at a hair salon was indicted on Aug. 9 on multiple counts, including committing a hate crime.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2022, VOL 41 NO 34 | AUGUST 20 - AUGUST 26

Salman Rushdie ‘on the road to recovery,’ agent says

August 18, 2022 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Salman Rushdie is “on the road to recovery,” his agent confirmed, two days after the author of “The Satanic Verses” suffered serious injuries in a stabbing at a lecture in New York.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2022, VOL 41 NO 34 | AUGUST 20 - AUGUST 26

Thao, Keung sentenced for violating Floyd’s right

August 11, 2022 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The last two former Minneapolis police officers who were convicted of violating George Floyd’s civil rights during his May 2020 killing were sentenced on July 27 in federal court to three and 3 1/2 years—penalties that a judge said reflected their level of culpability in a case that sparked worldwide protests as part of a reckoning over racial injustice.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2022, VOL 41 NO 33 | AUGUST 13 - AUGUST 19

China cuts off vital US contacts over Pelosi Taiwan visit

August 11, 2022 By Northwest Asian Weekly

China cut off contacts with the United States on vital issues on Aug. 5— including military matters and crucial climate cooperation — as concerns rose that the Communist government’s hostile reaction to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan visit could signal a lasting, more aggressive approach toward its U.S. rival and the self-ruled island.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2022, VOL 41 NO 33 | AUGUST 13 - AUGUST 19

Cambodian ambassador: Looted artworks are ‘souls’ of culture

August 11, 2022 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Cambodia’s ambassador to the United States said that the transfer of 30 antiquities by U.S. law enforcement authorities to his country was a return of the “souls of our culture.”

Filed Under: National News

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