Why hate crime data can’t capture the true scope of anti-Asian violence
There has been a marked rise in anti-Asian violence across the United States, an issue that once again rattled a community on edge after the Tuesday…
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Asian Americans reported being targeted at least 500 times in the last two months
A coalition tracking reports of racism and discrimination against Asian Americans says it has received at least 3,795 firsthand complaints since last…
Continue ReadingMusicians to perform at mass vaccination event, volunteers still needed
Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE (WSMV) — Hands On Nashville is looking for medical volunteers to help…
Continue ReadingRussia reacts angrily after Biden calls Putin a ‘killer’
The Kremlin has reacted angrily to US President Joe Biden‘s remarks that Russian leader Vladimir Putin is “a killer,” calling the…
Continue ReadingCollinsville boy’s drawing selected to be made into soft toy for IKEA
Click here for updates on this story COLLINSVILLE, Illinois (KMOV) — A local 11-year-old is making history with IKEA!…
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Gov. Brown orders public flags to half-staff in honor of Atlanta shooting victims
Following suit on President Biden’s action, Gov. Kate Brown on Thursday ordered all flags at Oregon public institutions to be flown at half-staff…
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‘I saw myself.’ Asian business owners are scared and wary after Atlanta spa shootings
Tran Wills couldn’t talk Wednesday about the shootings at Atlanta spas a day earlier without breaking down sobbing. “I saw myself in…
Continue ReadingPeloton warns owners to keep kids away from their treadmills after a child dies
Peloton is warning owners to keep their children away from their treadmills after an accident involving its Tread+ in which a child died. CEO John…
Continue ReadingA dozen gambling machines seized in Wai’anae illegal game room raid
Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU (KITV) — The Honolulu Police Department (HPD) raided another illegal game…
Continue ReadingThis discount store is targeting tweens and teens with cheap prices and novelty items
Five Below wants to win more teen shoppers with novelty stores and cheap prices. The toy, game, room decoration and tech accessory store targets…
Continue ReadingAlexi McCammond will no longer join Teen Vogue as editor in chief
Alexi McCammond is out as editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue before she officially started the job, she and the magazine’s owner announced Thursday.…
Continue ReadingHear the Perseverance rover’s wheels crunch across the Martian surface
We first heard the sounds of Martian wind and a laser zapping rocks on Mars. Now, the Perseverance rover has returned audio of itself driving across…
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Tanzania’s President John Magufuli who urged citizens ‘to pray coronavirus away’ has died
Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has died at a hospital in Dar es Salaam, the country’s vice president announced in a televised address…
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The victims of the spa shootings highlight the vulnerability of working-class Asian women as Asian Americans face rising fears
At least two of the eight people killed at Atlanta-area Asian massage spas Tuesday lived in the same spa where they worked, Georgia state Rep. Bee…
Continue ReadingSmall-town Iowa pastors keep serving even after retirement
Click here for updates on this story MONMOUTH, Iowa (WQAD) — A couple from Monmouth, Iowa was ready to retire as…
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Summit Medical Group announces new name: Summit Health
Following its 2018 partnership with Summit Medical Group, one of the nation’s leading independent physician-led multispecialty groups, Summit…
Continue ReadingToys ‘R’ Us is gone. This discount chain wants to fill the void
Five Below wants to win more teen shoppers with novelty stores and cheap prices. The toy, game, room decoration and tech accessory store targets…
Continue ReadingKyoto Protocol Fast Facts
Here’s a look at the Kyoto Protocol, an agreement reached in Kyoto, Japan, in 1997, mandating that industrialized nations cut their greenhouse…
Continue ReadingA man is found guilty of keeping live sharks in his pool and offering them for sale online
Seven sandbar sharks now swim the waters of the New York Aquarium at Coney Island. Their new digs are definitely more spacious than their previous…
Continue Reading‘Catch of a lifetime’: Great white shark caught from shore on Pensacola Beach
Click here for updates on this story PENSACOLA BEACH, Florida (WALA) — A group from Idaho has a remarkable story to…
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