Monday, August 22, 2016

Turns out, 'Superstore's' Filipino/American character is undocumented

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Reprinted from AsAm News F OR THE FIRST TIME on network TV, a regular character is being depicted as an undocumented immigrant, reports ...

California woman sentenced to four years for trying to export military technology to China

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The technology for a missile-carrying drone like the one pictured was in danger of being sent to China. A SAN DIEGO woman, Wenxia Man...
Sunday, August 21, 2016

2016 Olympics wrap up for AAPI athletes

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The Rio Olympics came to an end Sunday. A SIAN AMERICAN & PACIFIC ISLANDER ATHLETES wound up winning eight medals for the United Sta...
Saturday, August 20, 2016

Two Asian/American pioneers pass away

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Frank Quan at the helm. Reprinted from As Am News T HE FIRSTFilipino/American elected to public office on the United States mainland ...
Friday, August 19, 2016

'Vogue' sheds a light on the Asian/American woman closest to Hillary Clinton

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Julie Valasquez When Hillary Clinton is in public, Huma Abedin is always nearby. I F HILLARY CLINTON n is elected President, an Asian/...

California legislators fast for farmworkers' overtime

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Assemblyman Rob Bonta E IGHT HOURS a day is a typical workday for most of us. Forty hours a week is the standard for most workweeks. A...
Thursday, August 18, 2016

More possible victims of man who used dating sites to find women then drug and assault them

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Kwangmin Jin A MAN WHO DRUGGED and sexually assaulted multiple women in the San Francisco Bay Area has been sentenced to 20 years in pr...

Olympics: Taekwondo fighter hopes to improve on her 2012 Bronze Medal

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Paige McPherson Filipino/African/American Sport: Taekwondo Discipline(s): Taekwondo, Sparring Taekwondo Weight Class:  67kg Height: 5...
Tuesday, August 16, 2016

Case of the murder of UC Berkeley student is solved 24 years later

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T WENTY-FOUR years after the death of a Filipina/American student at UC Berkeley, police have finally solved her murder. UC Berkeley police...

Olympics: Behind the scenes with Lia Neal

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YouTube Simone Manuel, left, and Lia Neal, center, are media favorites. L IA NEAL, who won a silver medal as a member of the U.S. 4x10...

Olympics: Pacific Islander weightlifter's dances bring attention to climat change's impact on his nation

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YouTube David Katoatau's crazy dancing has a deeper purpose. By Louis Chan Reprinted from AsAm News D AVID KATOATAU of Kiribati p...
Monday, August 15, 2016

Olympics: Q&A with Nathan Adrian; what's next after medal performances?

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YouTube Nathan Adrian flashes the gold medal that he earned anchoring the 4x100m medley relay team. N ATHAN ADRIAN, whose killer smil...
Sunday, August 14, 2016

Third Asian/American family to debut on American television

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Lilan Bowden, left, and Peyton Elizabeth Lee star in "Andi Mack."  W E WERE overjoyed with the arrival of Fresh Off the Boat ...
Saturday, August 13, 2016

4-way Presidential Town Hall highlights journalists' confab (Update with video)

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Filipino/American clarifies Trump's statements about the Philippines From top left, clockwise, Bill Clinton, Gary Johnson, Utah At...
Friday, August 12, 2016

Short Takes on Miss Saigon, Vanessa Hudgens, Hailee Steinfeld, MindyKaling & Awkwafina

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Eva Noblezada stars in the new Miss Saigon production. Jon Jon Briones Miss Saigon returns to Br...