Indian student beaten on Chicago train considers leaving U.S.

An international student’s assault on a Chicago train last month has reignited fears about safety and belonging for foreign nationals studyi...

The Dalai Lama just won his first Grammy

The Tibetan spiritual leader secured his first Grammy Award on Sunday for Best Audiobook, Narration and Storytelling Recording with “Meditat...

‘KPop Demon Hunters’ leads all films in streaming with 20.5 billion minutes watched

“KPop Demon Hunters” was the most-streamed movie of 2025 after logging 20.5 billion minutes watched in the U.S., according to Nielsen data r...

Japanese American soldiers denied commissions in WWII are posthumously promoted

The U.S. Army posthumously promoted seven Japanese American World War II soldiers during a commissioning ceremony in Honolulu on Jan. 26, co...

Federal judge orders release of nursing Burmese refugee from ICE detention

When Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) moved Ta Eh Doh Lah from Minnesota to a Texas detention facility earlier this month, she was ...

1,025 organizations urge Congress to halt funding for ICE and Border Patrol

A nationwide coalition of 1,025 organizations is calling on Congress to halt funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Borde...

2019 NYC Chinatown rampage suspect says he heard voices ordering him to kill

A transient man on trial for bludgeoning four sleeping men to death in Manhattan’s Chinatown in 2019 asserted an insanity defense last week,...

Asian American officials demand accountability after latest Minnesota shooting

Asian American lawmakers are demanding accountability after federal immigration officers fatally shot Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse who served v...

Connecticut AG hit with racist comments after posting video with puppy

Connecticut State Atty. Gen. William Tong has been targeted by racist comments after posting a video of himself with a dog on Instagram last...

The geometry problem behind ‘Friends’ famous couch scene may finally be solved

The “moving sofa problem,” a puzzle that has remained unresolved since it was introduced in 1966 and memorably illustrated in the sitcom Fri...

AAPI adults are uneasy about what comes next

Rising costs, health care and immigration top the list of issues Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander adults want the govern...

Asian American boy breaks down after bully says Trump will get him

A video of a 12-year-old Asian American boy reduced to tears after being bullied and threatened with deportation by another child has sparke...

Threads surpasses X in mobile users as Musk’s platform faces decline

Meta’s Threads has overtaken Elon Musk’s X in daily mobile users for the first time as the latter’s audience shrinks to half its former size...

Usha Vance pregnant with 4th child

Vice President JD Vance and wife Usha Vance are expecting a new baby, making Usha the first pregnant second lady while her husband’s harsh i...

St. Paul Mayor Her responds to subpoena amid immigration enforcement probe

St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her said she will comply with a Justice Department subpoena served as part of a federal investigation into whether Min...

Outrage erupts over no-murder verdict in Vicha Ratanapakdee’s death

The conviction of Antoine Watson for involuntary manslaughter in the 2021 death of Vicha Ratanapakdee has sparked backlash across Asian Amer...

NASA astronaut Sunita Williams retires after historic 27-year career

Indian American astronaut Sunita Williams retired from NASA effective Dec. 27, 2025, after a 27-year career, the agency announced this week,...

Shohei Ohtani becomes 4th athlete in history to reach $100 million in endorsements

Shohei Ohtani became only the fourth athlete in sports history to earn $100 million in endorsements in a single year, according to data from...

Smithsonian exhibit documents Filipino American life under segregation

“How Can You Forget Me: Filipino American Stories,” running at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C., do...

Microbial DNA testing used to identify ‘Asian Doe’ found near Gilgo Beach killings

Authorities in Suffolk County on New York’s Long Island are applying microbial DNA testing to identify an unidentified Asian man found dead ...

Shinzo Abe’s killer sentenced to life in prison

A Japanese court on Wednesday sentenced Tetsuya Yamagami to life in prison for the 2022 assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, c...

FBI renews search for fugitive in 1991 Boston Chinatown Massacre

The FBI is offering a new $30,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Hung Tien Pham, a Vietnamese man wanted in ...

Northern California county reaches settlement on Asian American discrimination claims

After years of legal battles over allegations of systematic racial bias, a northern California county has committed to overhauling its polic...

ICE just forced an Asian US citizen in his underwear out of his Minnesota home at gunpoint. You could be next

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents continue aggressive door-to-door operations in Minnesota, using racial profiling to target ...

ICE uses Japanese American internment era law to prosecute immigrants in Alabama

Federal courts in Alabama have charged undocumented immigrants with Failure to Register under the Alien Immigration Act, a Japanese American...

John Yang anchors final ‘PBS News Weekend’ after federal funding cuts

Veteran broadcast journalist John Yang delivered his final broadcast as anchor of PBS News Weekend on Jan. 11, confirming during the closing...

Multiracial youths make up nearly 1 in 5 US children, analysis finds

Nearly one in five children in the U.S. now identifies as multiracial, according to a new analysis by data research organization My Asian Vo...

Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol gets five years in prison

Former President Yoon Suk Yeol was sentenced to five years in prison last week, the first of eight criminal verdicts stemming from his 2024 ...

Asian Americans now represent nearly one in 10 Houston residents, study finds

Asian Americans now make up nearly 10% of the Houston metropolitan area, a demographic shift researchers say has quietly reshaped one of the...

South Korea and Japan leaders end Nara summit with K-pop drum performance

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi concluded a two-day bilateral summit in Nara on Jan. 14 with...

FBI renews call to extradite Filipino televangelist amid unresolved US trafficking case

The FBI renewed its call last week for the extradition of Apollo Quiboloy, a Philippine religious leader charged in US court with sex traffi...

Illinois Supreme Court to have its 1st Asian American justice

Veteran judge Sanjay T. Tailor will be sworn in on Jan. 30 as the first Asian American justice in the history of the Illinois Supreme Court....

Cambodian refugee dies in ICE custody in Philadelphia

A Cambodian refugee who came to the U.S. as a child died in a Philadelphia hospital after spending three days in the custody of U.S. Immigra...

Border Patrol detained a man over his accent. For Asian immigrants, it’s an alarm bell

Border Patrol agents detained a U.S. passport holder based solely on his accent in Minneapolis last week, raising concerns about expanded ra...

Vicha Ratanapakdee’s killer acquitted of murder, convicted of manslaughter

A San Francisco jury found Antoine Watson guilty of lesser charges in the 2021 death of 84-year-old Vicha Ratanapakdee, but cleared him of m...

Trump’s America just hit a migration milestone no one wanted. For Asian Americans, the implications are profound

Over 100,000 visas were canceled by the State Department throughout 2025, setting an unprecedented record with more than double the 40,000 r...