By RALPH JENNINGS and JOHNSON LAI Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — People who knew the 18-year-old Taiwanese exchange student charged in the U.S. with threatening to shoot up his […]
China space lab mostly burns up on re-entry in south Pacific
By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING (AP) — China’s defunct Tiangong 1 space station mostly burned up on re-entry into the atmosphere over the central South Pacific on April […]
Nobel Prize winner Malala visits her Pakistan hometown
By SHERIN ZADA and MUNIR AHMED Associated Press MINGORA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai returned to her hometown on March 31, for the first time […]
Chinese insurer founder tried for alleged fundraising crimes
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — The founder of the Chinese insurer that owns New York City’s Waldorf Hotel went on trial on March 30, on charges […]
California governor pardons 5 men facing deportation
By PAUL ELIAS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California Gov. Jerry Brown on March 30 pardoned five ex-convicts facing deportation, including two whose families fled the Khmer Rouge […]
Asian American monument gets county approval
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Commissioners in New Mexico’s most populous county have approved a purchase agreement for a public art sculpture that will recognize a landmark Chinese American civil rights […]
Mom mistook labor for bad Chinese food
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — A Florida woman awoke to what she believed were the consequences of a bad dish of General Tso’s chicken, but instead had an unexpected baby in […]
American Samoa-Citizenship
By SOPHIA YAN Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Meet John Fitisemanu, who works for a lab company in Utah, and has paid U.S. taxes and been subject to American laws […]
New Asian American, Brazilian apostles make Mormon history
By BRADY McCOMBS Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Mormon church made history and injected a bit of diversity into a previously all-white top leadership panel on March […]
Bothell boy wins at Augusta National
Taighan Chea of Bothell was named champion of the 7-9 boys age group at the Drive, Chip and Putt finals at Augusta National on April 1. Chea, 7, was one […]