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Crime
Man found guilty of murdering 2 Vietnamese at Las Vegas hotel
On Tuesday, a jury in Las Vegas found a 37-year-old man guilty of breaking into a hotel room at Circus Circus on the Las Vegas Strip and rob...
Michelle De Pacina
Bay Area
Fil-Am custodian fatally shot ‘execution style’ following California gym dispute
Rolando Viray Yanga, a 60-year-old Filipino American custodian, was killed outside his home on Sept. 29 after an apparent dispute that began...
Expectant father fatally shot by cousin in Minnesota
Thai musician Nichanon Kittikroekphon, 34, was tragically shot and killed during a family gathering in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, on Sept. 21...
China
Japanese boy in China fatally stabbed amid rising anti-Japan sentiment
A 10-year-old Japanese boy was fatally stabbed on his way to school in Shenzhen, China, on Wednesday, coinciding with the anniversary of Jap...
Carl Samson
New sketches out for Asian victim found dead near Gilgo Beach serial killings
The Gilgo Beach Task Force in New York’s Long Island on Monday released updated forensic sketches of “Asian Doe,” a victim whose remains wer...
Newlywed Oregon nurse found dead after going missing
Melissa Jubane, a 32-year-old nurse at St. Vincent Hospital in Portland, Oregon, was found dead on Friday after being reported missing earli...
Son of Spanish actors sentenced to life in Thai prison for murder of surgeon
On Thursday, a court in Thailand sentenced Daniel Sancho Bronchalo, the son of famous Spanish actors, to life in prison for the premeditated...
Husband of missing Virginia mom accused of murder
Criminal complaint documents reveal disturbing details about the disappearance of 28-year-old Mamta Kafle Bhatt, a Virginia mother who has b...
Home
Indian doctors refuse patients, demand tougher laws after sex assault, murder of colleague
Physicians across India are declining to treat non-emergency patients while demanding safer workplaces in protest of the rape and murder of ...
Two arrested in Washington home invasion ring linked to murder of Asian photographer
On Thursday, the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office announced the arrests of two suspects, Kevin Thissel, 28, and Chris Johnson, 23, in conne...
Man fatally shot at San Jose Vietnamese bar
A shooting inside a bar in San Jose, California, on early Sunday morning left one man dead, with the suspect still at large. Authorities con...
Stockton man sentenced for orchestrating 2022 murder of wealthy dentist
Stockton, California, resident Hasheem Bason, 35, was sentenced to 15 years to life in state prison for the 2022 murder of Oakland dentist D...
Christina Yuna Lee’s murderer is sentenced
Assamad Nash, the man convicted of the brutal murder of Christina Yuna Lee in her Manhattan Chinatown apartment in 2022, was sentenced to 30...
Vietnamese tourists fatally poisoned in Bangkok hotel
Six Vietnamese tourists, including two Vietnamese American dual citizens, were found dead in a locked hotel room at the Grand Hyatt Erawan i...
Ryan General
Colorado man sentenced to 60 years for arson that killed family of 5
Kevin Bui, a 20-year-old man from Colorado, was sentenced to 60 years in prison on Tuesday for his role in a fatal 2020 arson. Bui and two a...
Allen, Texas mall shooting victims remembered on 1-year anniversary
Community members gathered in Allen, Texas, to reflect and remember the lives lost in the mass shooting that rocked a local mall last year. ...
Lifestyle
Why US women now outlive men by nearly 6 years: study
“We must make significant investments in prevention and care to ensure that this widening disparity, among many others, do not become ...
Woman whose body was found in a suitcase in Georgia in 1988 identified
A woman whose remains were discovered inside a suitcase in Georgia’s Jenkins County 35 years ago has been identified as Chong-un Kim, a Sout...
6 ‘Soldiers of Christ’ arrested for death of malnourished S. Korean woman found in car trunk
Editor’s Note: This article has been updated to correct misspellings of some of the suspects’ names and misidentification in the...
Bryan Ke
Japanese man admits setting anime studio fire that killed 36
The man accused of setting an anime studio ablaze in Kyoto, Japan, in 2019 has pleaded guilty to the crime this week. Background: Shinji Aob...
Man convicted in murder, robbery of 75-year-old Asian man in Oakland
A man accused in the murder and robbery of a 75-year-old Asian man in Oakland, California, in 2021 was found guilty last week. Background: T...
Siblings make progress after NYC hammer attack that killed their mother, left them fighting for life
The pair of siblings who survived the brutal hammer attack that killed their mother in their Brooklyn home last week are now on the road to ...
Seattle college student stabbed 107 times while protecting her mother from her stepfather
Angelina Tran, an engineering student at the University of Washington, was fatally stabbed more than 100 times while protecting her mother f...
Man charged for NYC hammer attack that killed mother, left 2 kids fighting for their lives
A man has been charged with murder in connection with a grisly hammer attack that killed a mother and left her two children critically injur...
Pride flag killing: Shooter Travis Ikeguchi, son of police officer, had history of homophobia
Travis Ikeguchi, the man who fatally shot a Californian mother over a Pride flag displayed at her store, was the son of a police officer. A...
California mother of 9 fatally shot over Pride flag displayed at her store
A 66-year-old business owner and mother of nine was fatally shot by a man who had an issue with a Pride flag she displayed at her clothing s...
Police search for suspects who carjacked, beat to death 60-year-old man in Philadelphia
Police are searching for the suspects who carjacked a vehicle from a 60-year-old Asian man before murdering him in Philadelphia’s Northern L...
‘Joker’ suspect who set fire on Tokyo train sentenced to 23 years in prison
The Japanese man accused of attacking passengers and setting a Tokyo train carriage on fire while dressed as the fictional supervillain Joke...
Asian man’s body found in 2011 may be connected to ‘Gilgo Four’ serial killer, director believes
As the investigation into the infamous “Gilgo Four” serial killing continues, a true crime documentarian has produced a theory that would co...
82-year-old Japanese man who killed paralyzed wife gets 3-year prison sentence
“The wife did nothing wrong, so her feeling of despair and chagrin at being pushed into the ocean by her husband who she trusted is un...
Video: Man on the run for 30 years for murder gives emotional goodbye to wife during arrest
A man who was on the run from authorities for 30 years for murder was filmed last week exchanging an emotional goodbye with his wife before ...
6 killed in stabbing spree at kindergarten in China
Six people, including three children, were recently killed in a knife attack in China’s southeastern Guangdong province. What happened: On ...
Asian man, 86, killed by scooter-riding gunman in NYC multiple shooting
An 86-year-old Asian man was fatally shot by a scooter-riding gunman in a shooting rampage that injured three others in Brooklyn and Queens,...
Asian woman, 63, shoved to death in San Francisco attack
An Asian senior succumbed to her injuries after being pushed to the ground by an unknown woman in San Francisco’s Bayview neighborhood on Mo...
16-year-old arrested for fatally shooting California gas station clerk
A 16-year-old was taken into custody on suspicion of fatally shooting a gas station store clerk in Hesperia, California, last week. What hap...
Culture
The forgotten case of Japan’s vending machine serial killer who fatally poisoned 12 people
Nearly 38 years ago, Japan was terrorized by a series of indiscriminate poisonings that killed 12 people, leaving local police with no inves...
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