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Government
Michigan student from China charged with voter fraud
A 19-year-old Chinese citizen studying at the University of Michigan was charged with voter fraud and perjury after allegedly casting a ball...
Ryan General
Education
Michigan school board’s emails criticized for stereotyping Asian Americans
Emails from the board president of the Troy School District in Northern Michigan have sparked criticism for what some say are stereotypical ...
Michelle De Pacina
Events
Vietnam War veterans honored across US on 51st anniversary
National Vietnam Veterans Day was observed across the country on the 51st anniversary of the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Vietnam. ...
News
Biden campaign ad targets AANHPI voters in battleground states
President Joe Biden has released a new ad targeting Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) voters in battleground sta...
Bryan Ke
Crime
Michigan village to pay $320K to Japanese man mistakenly accused of DWI
A village in Michigan will be paying a $320,000 settlement to a man from Japan who was wrongly accused of drunk driving due to a mistake mad...
Michigan county commissioner responds to ‘deeply offensive’ racist attacks
Mai Xiong, a Macomb County commissioner in Michigan, has issued a public statement after facing racially motivated attacks on social media, ...
6 children orphaned after their parents killed in car crash in Michigan
Six Filipino children are now orphaned after their parents, Ryan and Jennifer Ambrosio, were killed in a car crash in Michigan. What happene...
Something is mysteriously inhibiting the growth of the universe, new study finds
A team of researchers from the University of Michigan have discovered that something is mysteriously suppressing the growth of large-scale s...
Historic building in Detroit’s old Chinatown demolished despite community’s effort to save it
A 140-year-old historic building in Detroit’s former Chinatown was demolished despite efforts from the Asian American community and th...
Muslim-led Michigan city bans Pride flags after heated council meeting
LGBTQ+ supporters expressed disappointment after the all-Muslim Hamtramck City Council passed legislation prohibiting the flying of Pride fl...
Thai woman accused of fatal hit-and-run of Michigan student receives $1 million bond
The Thai woman who fled to Bangkok after allegedly hitting a Michigan State University student with her car and leaving him for dead has rec...
‘She panicked’: Woman arraigned after extradition from Thailand for Michigan hit-and-run
Tubtim “Sue” Howson, the 57-year-old woman who fled to Thailand after allegedly killing a university student in a Michigan hit-and-run, has ...
Carl Samson
‘I’m with you’: NBA star James Harden befriends Chinese student paralyzed in MSU shooting
NBA star James Harden surprised Michigan State University (MSU) shooting survivor John Hao in the hospital to offer his support. Hao, a 20-y...
Chandler Treon
Video: Thai woman accused of fatal hit-and-run of Michigan student extradited back to US
The Thai woman who fled to Thailand after being accused of hitting a Michigan State University student with her car and leaving him for dead...
2 Chinese students injured in Michigan State University shooting, consulate says
The Chinese Consulate General in Chicago has condemned the recent shooting at Michigan State University that killed three students and injur...
Thai woman accused of fatal hit-and-run of Michigan student agrees to return to US
The Thai woman who fled to Thailand after being accused of hitting a Michigan university student with her car and leaving him for dead has a...
Michigan mother of 3 missing after leaving to see Bronx man she met online
A mother of three children from Michigan has been reported missing after leaving home to meet a man she met online. Lynn Kim, 39, packed her...
Woman accused in fatal hit-and-run of Michigan student flees to Thailand
The woman accused of hitting a university student with her car and leaving him for dead in Michigan’s Oakland Township on New Year’s Day fle...
Woman wanted in fatal New Year’s Day hit-and-run in Michigan
Authorities in Oakland Township, Michigan, are looking for an Asian woman who was behind the wheel of a BMW that struck a man and left him f...
Two men arrested for 2018 murder of Hmong hunter in Michigan
Two men have been arrested in connection with the homicide of a Hmong hunter in Michigan in 2018. Chong Moua Yang, 68, reportedly left his h...
Iris Jung
Anonymous UMich student reveals East, Southeast Asian students are being harassed, stalked on campus
An anonymous individual claiming to be a University of Michigan student posted a PSA earlier in December warning of a man harassing and stal...
Trio of women accused of running prostitution ring at Michigan massage parlor
Three women in Warren, Michigan, have been charged for allegedly running a prostitution ring at a local massage parlor. Greenday Massage, ...
Welcome sign of Bangladeshi town in Michigan vandalized
A tight-knit Bangladeshi American neighborhood in Detroit saw its welcome sign defaced last week, an incident community leaders believe was ...
Michigan man sentenced to life in prison for murder of former pro poker player
Jeffery Morris, 62, was found guilty of first-degree murder and felony murder following a deliberation that lasted less than an hour in Oak...
White supremacists in Michigan convicted of training for US ‘race war’
Three members of a national white supremacist group called The Base have pleaded guilty in Michigan to conspiring to train for a civil diso...
Judge tells 72-year-old man stricken with cancer he ‘should be ashamed of himself’ for his un-mowed lawn
Burhan Chowdhury, a 72-year-old man who was diagnosed with cancer in his lymph nodes in 2019, received a citation for overgrown grass in Au...
Jiselle Lee
Chinese UMich professor causes student uproar after showing movie featuring blackface actor
World-renowned University of Michigan (UM) music professor Bright Sheng faced backlash from students after he showed his fall seminar class ...
Politics
Muslim mayor, all-Muslim city council elected in Michigan in national first
A city in Michigan made history last week after it elected the U.S.’ first-ever all-Muslim city council led by a Muslim mayor. Who they are:...
‘Squid Game’-inspired Halloween light and laser show dazzles the internet
“Red Light, Green Light”: In Garden City, Mich., a family created an elaborate “Squid Game”-inspired light show, reported Fox 2. In the vide...
TikTok baffled at Michigan man’s unintentional ‘racist’ comment while defending Asian man from verbal harasser
A viral TikTok video shows an unidentified man defending an Asian man from a racist in Michigan, but social media users pointed out the form...
Detroit police officer hit with 85 allegations of misconduct, mostly toward POC
The Detroit Police Department is launching an investigation into numerous misconduct allegations against a police officer, Interim Police Ch...
Activist, Civil Rights Icon Grace Lee Boggs’ Historic Detroit Home to Become a Museum
The home of late activist couple James and Grace Lee Boggs on Detroit’s East Side is slated to become a community museum, the James and Grac...
Michigan Police Seeks Public’s Help to Locate Missing 79-Year-Old Woman
The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office is now turning to the public for help locating a missing 79-year-old woman. The details: Sende Li ...
6-Year-Old Shot by Neighbor in Michigan Will Start Therapy
A 6-year-old boy who was shot by his adult neighbor in Ypsilanti, Mich., on the afternoon of June 6 is reportedly heading to both mental and...
6-Year-Old Shot in Arm While Playing With Friends, Suspect Released on $10K Bond in Michigan
A 6-year-old was shot in the arm while retrieving his bike from the front of his neighbor’s house on June 6 in Ypsilanti, Mich. The in...
Thy Nguyen
Pastor Suggests Genital Mutilation on Asian Women Who Are ‘Bitter’ Towards White Men
A pastor in Macomb Township, Michigan is in hot water after sending a scathing email to Sarah Jeong, a journalist who made headlines in 2018...
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