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Crime
Twice-deported man sentenced for burglary ring targeting Asian homes in north DFW
Sergio Cardenas-Salinas, 30, of Houston, was sentenced to 37 years in prison for orchestrating a string of burglaries targeting Asian famili...
Carl Samson
Community
This Texas metroplex is leading the country in Asian population growth
Texas’ Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex saw the largest increase in Asian residents among all U.S. metropolitan regions from 2022 to 2023, with C...
Events
Dallas hosts its first-ever AAPI Heritage and Dragon Boat Festival
Dallas celebrated its inaugural AAPI Heritage and Dragon Boat Festival over the weekend, bringing people together for a vibrant cultural exp...
Japan
Japan Airlines flight canceled after pilot gets drunk in Dallas
A Japan Airlines flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled after the captain reportedly became intoxicated at a hotel bar and was warned by p...
Michelle De Pacina
5 arrested for burglaries targeting Asian American homes in Texas
Five people have been arrested in connection with a series of burglaries that targeted Asian American homes in several North Texas cities in...
Dallas and Boston rated safest large US cities in new poll
Dallas and Boston have been rated by Americans as the safest out of 16 large U.S. cities, according to a new Gallup poll. The poll results:...
Food
Texas State Fair’s Deep Fried Pho finalist sparks controversy
The family who created Deep Fried Pho, which is among the five savory finalists at Texas State Fair’s 2023 Big Tex Choice Awards, is being a...
Health
Missouri high school student wins $50,000 science prize for monkeypox bio-computational models
A high school student from Columbia, Missouri, was named one of the winners of a top science fair prize for his project that analyzes mpox, ...
Bryan Ke
Culture
Texas Gov. Abbott signs bill officially designating Koreatown in Northwest Dallas
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed a bill to officially designate an area in Northwest Dallas as Koreatown. The bill was signed into law ...
Murder charge dropped against man indicted for road rage killing of Dallas community leader Jin Shin
The murder charge against Markynn West, who was indicted for the fatal road rage shooting of Dallas community leader Jin Shin, has been drop...
Fourth suspect arrested for fatal road rage shooting of Dallas community leader
A fourth man has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of 43-year-old Jin Shin, a Korean American business owner and community...
News
Hundreds of Chinese Americans protest in Dallas against ‘discriminatory’ Texas Senate bills
Chinese Americans from North Texas are protesting against two Texas Senate bills that would ban specific communities from buying property in...
Ryan General
City officials to unveil Korean-language street signs in Northwest Dallas
Celebrating the 120th anniversary of the first Korean immigrants’ arrival in the U.S., city officials plan to unveil Korean-language street ...
Third man arrested for fatal road rage shooting of Dallas community leader
Before you read: Man suspected of gunning down ‘pillar’ of Dallas’ Asian community arrested Second suspect arrested in fatal road rage shoot...
Issues & Racism
Dallas woman filmed making ‘slant eyes’ after being confronted over parking spot
Internet sleuths are looking for a woman who was caught making a racist slant-eye gesture on video during a confrontation over a parking spo...
Second suspect arrested in fatal road rage shooting of Dallas community leader
Kameron Taylor, 28, was arrested on Friday for his alleged role in the murder of Dallas business owner and community leader Jin Shin on Aug...
Group punched Dallas business owner, took his keys before fatal road rage shooting, warrant reveals
New details have been revealed regarding the fatal shooting of Dallas business owner Jin Shin following a minor traffic collision on South ...
Man suspected of gunning down ‘pillar’ of Dallas’ Asian community arrested
Markynn Dmorous West, a 28-year-old man suspected of fatally shooting Dallas business owner Jin Shin during a minor road accident on Aug. 1...
Man shot to death after Fort Worth car accident identified as ‘pillar’ of Dallas’ Asian community
The Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the man who was shot and killed following a minor traffic accident on South Univers...
Man indicted for hate crimes in Dallas Korean hair salon shooting
Jeremy Theron Smith, 37, was indicted Tuesday on multiple counts — including hate crime enhancements — for a Korean hair salon shooting in ...
Dallas hair salon shooting victim dodged paralysis by 2 cm, now afraid to go outside, son says
A 58-year-old victim of the May 11 Hair World Salon shooting in Dallas was nearly paralyzed from the incident, according to her son. The u...
Dallas mayor calls for anti-violence strategies after Korean hair salon shooting
Weeks after a shooting at a local Korean hair salon, Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson has called on Dallas City Council for a full briefing on str...
Business
California and Texas dominate list of 10 best cities in US for Asian professionals
Online marketplace Apartment List celebrated May as Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month with the release of their year’s list of...
Suspect in Dallas Korean hair salon shooting faces 4 new charges; $300,000 bail expected to increase
Jeremy Theron Smith, the suspect accused of opening fire inside a Korean-owned hair salon in northwest Dallas and wounding three women last...
Dallas Korean hair salon shooting suspect had ‘delusions’ about Asian Americans, according to arrest warrant
Jeremy Theron Smith, who opened fire inside a Korean-owned hair salon in northwest Dallas on May 11, was arrested on three charges of aggra...
Dallas police now investigating Asian salon shooting as a hate crime
A shooting that left three women wounded at a hair salon in Texas may have been "hate-motivated," Dallas police said. The statem...
Shooting of 3 Korean women in Dallas hair salon not a hate crime, police say
A recent shooting that left three women wounded at a Korean-owned hair salon in northwest Dallas has been ruled out as a hate crime, police...
3 women wounded in Dallas Korean hair salon shooting
Three women were wounded and hospitalized after a man opened fire inside a Korean-owned hair salon in northwest Dallas on Wednesday afterno...
UD professor referred to COVID-19 as ‘China Virus’ in his class syllabus
The University of Dallas community called out a professor on the first day of school for calling COVID-19 the “China Virus” in h...
Woman tears through Asian-owned liquor store in Dallas over a phone call
An Asian-owned liquor store in Dallas saw chaos earlier this week as a woman threw and destroyed items over a phone call. What happened: Sec...
Nail Technician Brutally Beaten By Man Who Followed Her Off Train in Dallas
Editor’s Note: This article has been updated with comments from Liên (@naillien.lopeezy). A nail technician recently took to Instagram...
K-Pop Fans Troll Dallas Police App With Videos to Protect Black Lives Matter Protesters
The Dallas Police Department’s mobile app iWatch Dallas crashed due to a flood of video submissions from K-pop fans as a way to protect the ...
Instagram
Man Accused of Assaulting Woman Outside Bar Said He Was ‘Waiting For This All Night’
A woman in Texas has taken to Twitter to expose a man who allegedly touched her without consent in public after pulling down her outfit as s...
Dallas Police Take Over 1 Hour to Respond to Woman Allegedly Shot by Husband at Hotel
A man suspected of shooting his wife to death at an upscale hotel in Dallas, Texas on July 29 is now in police custody. Peter Noble Nicholas...
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