The Washington Center for the Book has named 42 finalists for the 2025 Washington State Book Awards, highlighting a diverse slate of authors, including several from Washington’s Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities.
Report: AAPI nonprofits face rising uncertainty, funding cuts under new administration
Community-based organizations serving Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) populations are reporting increased fear, funding losses, and operational strain under the new presidential administration, according to a midyear survey released on Friday by the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF).
Eala is the first woman from the Philippines to win a Slam match. She got help from video review
Alexandra Eala became the first woman representing the Philippines to win a Grand Slam match, doing so at the U.S. Open by defeating No. 14 seed Clara Tauson 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (13-11) on Sunday after coming back from a 5-1 deficit in the third set and getting some help from a key video review decision that flustered Tauson.
Taiwan shuts out Nevada 7-0 to win its first Little League World Series title since 1996
It might not have been perfect, but for Taiwan it was still pretty great.
Olympic champion skier Eileen Gu injured in a training accident in New Zealand
American-born Chinese skier and Olympic freestyle gold medalist Eileen Gu has suffered an injury while training in New Zealand, the latest in several setbacks for the 2022 Beijing Games champion.
Asian passengers killed in NY tour bus rollover
A tour bus returning to New York City from Niagara Falls with 54 people aboard crashed and rolled on its side Friday on an interstate highway, killing five passengers and injuring many others, authorities said.
Ex-Asian affairs aide gave reporter cash in chip bag
A longtime adviser to New York City Mayor Eric Adams who resigned from his administration while under FBI scrutiny gave a reporter a potato chip bag filled with cash Wednesday following a campaign event, a gift her lawyer later insisted wasn’t an attempted bribe.
Immigrants seeking lawful work and citizenship are now subject to ‘anti-Americanism’ screening
Immigrants seeking a legal pathway to live and work in the United States will now be subject to screening for “anti-Americanism’,” authorities said this week, raising concerns among critics that it gives officers too much leeway in rejecting foreigners based on a subjective judgment.
Surveillance video triggers arrest in CID sidewalk attack
A man is in custody after surveillance footage helped police track him down following a brutal pipe attack on a woman in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District (CID).
WWII incarceration history fuels outcry over Fort Bliss ICE facility
The Japanese American National Museum this week denounced the opening of a massive immigration detention center at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, calling it a disturbing repeat of U.S. government actions during World War II.
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