By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The publisher of Arizona’s largest newspaper on Nov. 10 joined a growing list of women who say a top Republican state lawmaker subjected them to inappropriate sexual comments or actions. Arizona Republic Publisher Mi-Ai Parrish wrote in a column published online that state Rep. Don Shooter made […]
Elderly Hmong residents affected by tuberculosis outbreak
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A tuberculosis outbreak among elderly Hmong residents of Minnesota is proving deadly and costly, in part due to antibiotic resistance. State health officials say six of 17 people who contracted tuberculosis in Ramsey County have died, three of them as a direct result of the disease. The outbreak has primarily […]
San Francisco’s first Chinese American police officer dies
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Herb Lee, San Francisco’s first Chinese-American police officer, has died. He was 84. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that Lee died Nov. 1 of colon cancer. Lee joined the police force in 1957 and spent his first years working undercover in Chinatown. He investigated gangs and later worked in the juvenile […]
Cardona apologizes amid racism storm in South Korea
By JOHN DUERDEN Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Colombia’s Edwin Cardona has apologized after sparking a racism controversy during his team’s 2-0 loss to South Korea in an international friendly. The Colombian midfielder made an apparently derogatory gesture with his eyes toward South Korean players in the second-half of last week’s game at […]
Trump: Will UCLA basketball players say thank you?
By ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is asking whether three UCLA basketball players released from detention in China will thank him. Trump said he raised their case with China’s president when he visited Xi Jinping in Beijing last week. Freshmen LiAngelo Ball, Jalen Hill, and Cody Riley returned to Los Angeles on […]
Chinese spend billions online shopping on ‘Singles Day’
By SAM McNEIL Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Chinese consumers spent billions of dollars shopping online for anything from diapers to diamonds on “Singles Day,’’ a day of promotions that has grown into the world’s biggest e-commerce event. China’s biggest e-commerce giant, Alibaba Group, said sales by retailers on its platforms had exceeded $19 billion […]
Children overcoming hard times
By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly First They Killed My Father By Loung Ung HarperCollins Publishers, 2010 At the age of 5, Loung Ung is living in Phnom Penh as the daughter of a high-ranking government official. She enjoys visiting the open markets, chicken fights, eating fried crickets, and sassing her parents. But then Pol […]
Construction starting soon for ID curb ramp project
The Seattle Department of Transportation expects to begin construction on curb ramp and sidewalk corners at two International District locations as soon as Monday, Nov. 20, including 10th Avenue South and South King Street, and Maynard Avenue South and South Charles Street. Crews will be constructing new sidewalk corners and curb ramps, to make it […]
COMMENTARY: A close call
By Ruth Bayang NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Did you wake up this morning? Are you still breathing? If you answered ‘yes’ to both questions, then you are truly blessed. As I am. It’s easy to take that for granted, to go about your daily life and forgetting the gift that you have been granted another day […]
Maa Vue — Hmong pop singer gains Wisconsin TV spotlight
By KEITH UHLIG Wausau Daily Herald WESTON, Wis. (AP) — She’s been called the “Hmong Adele,” but her fame so far has been found only among Asian Americans. The Wausau Daily Herald reports that Maa Vue’s singing and music videos in Hmong have inspired more than 37,000 people to subscribe to her YouTube channel, and […]