Reports of Anti-Asian hate crimes are surging in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic
Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV News) — Research shows that there has been a significant…
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Covid-19 reinfections are rare, unless you are over 65
Coronavirus reinfections are rare, but it’s more common for people 65 and older to get infected more than once, according to a study published…
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Violence towards Asian Americans is ‘hitting differently’ amid the pandemic, says former NBA star Jeremy Lin
Former NBA star Jeremy Lin says violence towards Asian Americans is “hitting differently” amid the coronavirus pandemic. Lin was speaking…
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White supremacy and hate are haunting Asian Americans
In one sense, it’s immaterial whether the accused killer in the Atlanta spa shootings admits to a racist motivation. Asian Americans, already…
Continue ReadingThe first 3D-printed housing community in the US is being built in the California desert
Developers in Southern California are building what they say will be the first 3D-printed zero net energy neighborhood in the United States. Palari…
Continue ReadingSouth Korea president welcomes ‘return of diplomacy’ in first meeting with top US diplomat
South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in welcomed the “return of diplomacy and alliance” with the United States and reiterated the goal…
Continue Reading‘Racial bias runs deep’ at America’s largest banks, study says
The banking industry has a race problem, and a new study is putting a spotlight on the inequalities within the nation’s largest financial…
Continue ReadingCovid-19 drove hundreds of Africans out of Guangzhou. A generation of mixed-race children is their legacy
When the coronavirus pandemic ground China to a near-halt in early February last year, Youssouf Dieng jetted back to Dakar for, he thought, a brief…
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Tanzania’s President John Magufuli who urged citizens ‘to pray coronavirus away’ has died after weeks unseen
Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has died at a hospital in Dar es Salaam, the country’s vice president announced in a televised address…
Continue ReadingVanessa Bryant names deputies who allegedly took photos of crash site
In a series of Instagram posts on Wednesday, Vanessa Bryant revealed the names of the four Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies who…
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San Francisco police increase patrols following recent assaults against Asian Americans
The San Francisco Police Department is increasing patrols in predominately Asian neighborhoods following an “alarming spike in brazen…
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Tanzania’s President John Magufuli dies after weeks unseen
Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has died at a hospital in Dar es Salaam, the country’s vice president announced in a televised address…
Continue ReadingBoston Marathon icon Dick Hoyt has died at age 80
Boston Marathon icon Dick Hoyt died Wednesday morning at age 80, according to his son, Russ Hoyt. He passed peacefully in his sleep due to heart…
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Four arrests in pair of traffic stops targeting Crook County meth distribution ring
Central Oregon drug agents have arrested three Prineville residents and a Troutdale man in a pair of recent traffic stops targeting a drug ring…
Continue ReadingJackson, Mississippi, gets clearance to lift boil water notices weeks after brutal winter storms
All boil water notices in the city of Jackson, Mississippi — put in place after last month’s powerful winter storms — have been…
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Bend driver without headlights jumps from moving car, arrested; drugs found
When police tried to pull him over, a driver without headlights bailed out of his moving car and into the brush on Bend’s north end Tuesday night,…
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Bend councilors work to word sixth emergency declaration amid changes
Bend city councilors wrestled with the shifting sands of COVID-19 state guidelines Wednesday evening as they worked to word the sixth version of the…
Continue ReadingThere have been at least 10 suspected hate crimes against Asians this year in New York City, police say
At least 10 suspected anti-Asian hate crimes have been committed in New York City between January 1 and March 14 this year, according to statistics…
Continue ReadingThere have been at least 10 suspected hate crimes against Asians in 2021 in New York City, police say
At least 10 suspected anti-Asian hate crimes have been committed in New York City between January 1 and March 14 this year, according to statistics…
Continue ReadingOregon Dept. of Revenue joins IRS in extending tax filing deadline to May 17
The Oregon Department of Revenue said Wednesday it is joining the IRS and automatically extending the income tax filing due date for individuals for…
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