By RYAN NAKASHIMA Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — More than a thousand Google employees have signed a letter protesting the company’s secretive plan to build a search engine that […]
Francisco Joaquin: 63, retired, possibly DC’s oldest intern
By ELLEN MCCARTHY The Washington Post WASHINGTON (AP) — Like any good intern, Francisco A. Joaquin took copious notes during a seminar on how to get a job. Build a […]
Detroit lawmaker apologizes for calling opponent racial slur
DETROIT (AP) — A Black Detroit lawmaker has apologized for using racial slurs against an Asian American opponent for state Senate. Rep. Bettie Cook Scott issued an apology on Aug. […]
FBI: Chinese man kidnapped after business meeting in LA
By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The FBI is looking for three suspects who kidnapped a Chinese man after a business meeting in the Los Angeles area […]
Former martial arts studio owner pleads guilty to child rape
By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY RENTON, Wash. — Robert Morrison, who owned Lee’s Martial Arts studio in Renton and Maple Valley, pleaded guilty on Aug. 16 to three counts of […]
WWII POWs, buried as unknowns, to get Hawaii memorial marker
By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — U.S. Army Air Corps veteran Daniel Crowley endured more than three years of slave labor while being held prisoner by Japan during […]
California governor grants pardons to 3 facing deportation
By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Jerry Brown announced on Aug. 17 that he pardoned three former prisoners facing the threat of deportation to Cambodia, […]
Wisconsin Hmong community support, therapy program to close
By LISA SPECKHARD PASQUE The Capital Times MADISON, Wis. (AP) — After Xao Her’s husband died in 2004, the Kajsiab House was her refuge. She healed in the community support […]
“The Meg” — A new set of Jaws, wide open
By Andrew Hamlin NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY The most effective moment in “The Meg” comes softly, and almost silently. That’s a lesson the rest of the film can’t seem to learn […]
Program makes global friends out of strangers
By CARLA NELSON Opelika-Auburn News AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — When Cassie Chen moved to Auburn from a small city in China three years ago to pursue her master’s degree, she […]