2015 – Page 109

Indian police arrest 3 for gang rape of Japanese scholar

January 11, 2015 By Admin

By Indrajit Singh Associated Press PATNA, India (AP) — Police arrested three Indians for allegedly gang raping a 22-year-old Japanese research scholar near a Buddhist pilgrimage center in eastern India, […]

Flag-raising by Taiwan in Washington riles China

January 10, 2015 By Admin

By Matthew Pennington Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. State Department said Monday it was not given advance notice about a New Year’s flag-raising ceremony at the residence of […]

Kamala Harris seeks review after recent shootings by police

January 10, 2015 By Admin

By Don Thompson Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s attorney general stepped into the national debate over the recent slayings of unarmed civilians by police on Monday, calling for […]

Witnesses: Sequence of errors led to Shanghai stampede

January 10, 2015 By Admin

By Didi Tang Associated Press SHANGHAI (AP) — On New Year’s Eve of 2013, Shanghai authorities sent about 6,000 city police officers

Greetings from “Eats Many Donuts”

January 9, 2015 By Admin

By Wayne Chan Northwest Asian Weekly As we close out another year, now is as good a time as any to take stock of the past year and get ready […]

“The Interview” — Rating: Zero stars (yes, zero stars)

January 9, 2015 By Admin

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly The 2:30 p.m. screening of the year’s most controversial movie at Columbia’s Ark Lodge Cinemas didn’t feature any controversy. Patrons filed in. A man […]

King Donut owners robbed, beaten — No arrests made, community outraged

January 9, 2015 By Admin

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Heng Hey and Chea Pol, owners of King Donut, a Rainier Valley mainstay for almost 30 years were the victims of a brutal attack […]

Gunman gets 29 years for random Seattle shooting

January 9, 2015 By Admin

SEATTLE (AP) — A 32-year-old man who killed another driver in Seattle in what prosecutors called a random thrill-killing faces was sentenced to 29 years and one month in […]

Neighborhood matching fund opportunities

January 9, 2015 By Admin

Seattle Department of Neighborhoods’ popular Neighborhood Matching Fund (NMF) announces its funding opportunities for 2015. All three of its funds – Small Sparks, Small and Simple Projects Fund, and the […]

Time to watch some movies — Fish, robots, ghosts, and more…

January 9, 2015 By Admin

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly Ryōtarō Makihara’s “Hal: The Movie” manages many turns in its hour-long running time: Some bright, some sinister, some funny, some eerie. It starts with […]