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Government
Texas Rep. Angie Chen Button beats former Miss Texas Averie Bishop to secure 9th term
Republican state Rep. Angie Chen Button, 70, won a ninth term in the Texas Legislature, defeating Democratic challenger Averie Bishop, 28, i...
Ryan General
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
Business
Michelin-recommended Japanese ramen shop makes Texas debut in Houston’s Asiatown
Mensho, a Japan-based ramen shop, has opened its first Texas location in Houston’s Asiatown. The opening comes just before the city is...
Michelle De Pacina
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...
Texas lawmakers renew push to restrict Chinese land ownership
Citing national security concerns, Texas lawmakers are revisiting a stalled legislation that would restrict Chinese land ownership in the st...
Home
Asians are the fastest growing racial group in Texas
Texas saw the largest increase in new Asian residents among all U.S. states from 2022 to 2023, with a population growth of 5.5% or 91,921 pe...
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...
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. ...
SpaceX to build $14M rec center, sushi restaurant in South Texas
SpaceX is expanding its amenities in South Texas, with plans to build a sushi restaurant and a recreation center in Brownsville. Key points...
Health
San Francisco crowned the healthiest city in US: study
San Francisco is ranked the healthiest city in the U.S. in a new report. Key points: ...
Profiles
Will Ireton: What to know about Shohei Ohtani’s new translator
Will Ireton, the Los Angeles Dodgers’ resident hype man and former translator, is now officially serving as Shohei Ohtani’s new translator. ...
Bryan Ke
Elderly Asian woman with walker killed in hit-and-run in Houston
Police are searching for two drivers who struck and killed an elderly Asian woman in an apparent hit-and-run Wednesday evening in west Harri...
Houston woman paralyzed in robbery sues plaza where attack took place
Nhung Truong, a 44-year-old Vietnamese mother of three, is suing Houston’s Dun Huang Plaza after she was left paralyzed from the waist down ...
Angela Chao was intoxicated at time of fatal car wreck: police report
Foremost Group CEO Angela Chao was found to be intoxicated during her fatal car accident in Austin, Texas, according to an incident report r...
Federal judge rules minority business agency must also assist white people
A federal judge in Texas has ruled that the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), created 55 years ago to assist minority-owned busin...
Austin authorities say investigation into Angela Chao’s ‘unfortunate accident’ is unchanged
Authorities in Austin, Texas, have stated that they still consider the death of U.S.-based shipping company Foremost Group CEO Angela Chao t...
Malaysia
Malaysia mulls renewed search for Flight MH370 as disappearance nears 10th anniversary
Malaysia is considering resuming the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, the passenger plane that vanished nearly a decade ago. Myste...
Send noods: Struggling ramen bar starts OnlyFans to save business
The owner of a struggling ramen restaurant in Houston has turned to OnlyFans to support his business. What’s up: The owner of Ninja R...
Culture
UT Austin stops funding for Asian cultural graduation ceremonies amid DEI ban
The University of Texas at Austin (UT) has announced the discontinuation of funding for cultural graduation ceremonies, following a recently...
News
California sees spike in Chinese migrants entering US-Mexico border
The influx of Chinese immigrants seeking entry into the U.S. through Mexico has reached its highest levels in a decade, contributing to a su...
Politics
Asian Americans are fastest-growing group of eligible voters in US: poll
Asian Americans have become the fastest-growing group of eligible voters in the United States, with a 15% increase, or about 2 million, in t...
Houston opens first Filipino supermarket Seafood City
Seafood City, a popular Filipino supermarket chain in North America, recently opened its first Texas outpost in Houston. The grand opening: ...
Education
Texas mom demands school district protection after harassment of her kids
“The district’s job is to protect all children, and it has failed miserably in that regard,” the mother says during a dist...
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...
One of the US’ biggest annual Filipino culture festivals is happening this weekend in Texas
The Houston Filipino Street Festival, one of the biggest annual celebrations of Filipino culture in the United States, is set for launch in ...
Pho restaurant in Texas faces repeated vandalism in recent months
“Every day I go home, I think to myself, did I do something wrong?” owner Alvin Inthasone was quoted as saying ...
6-year-old attacked with baseball bat stable, makes ‘unexpected progress’
The 6-year-old boy who wound up in a coma after being struck in the head with a baseball bat in Georgetown, Texas, is making “unexpected pro...
6-year-old fighting for life after Texas man bashed his head with baseball bat
Editor’s Note (9/22/23 1:55 p.m. PST): This article has been updated to indicate that Daniel Logan is accused of striking his mother w...
Social Media
OnlyFans model claims Ukraine ‘mafia’ tried to get her to smuggle weapons
“No matter how much they sharpened their knives, threatened to cut off my fingers… I knew they were fascinated with me… an...
Food
Deep Fried Pho wins big at the State Fair of Texas’ Big Tex Choice Awards
Deep fried pho is gaining more recognition after winning big at the State Fair of Texas’ Big Tex Choice Awards. Key details: On Monday, the ...
Editorial Staff
Beauty
Former Miss Texas files as a potential Democratic candidate for the Texas House
Bishop is now gearing up for the upcoming Democratic primary, where she aims to secure a chance to challenge incumbent Republican Rep. Angie...
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...
Texas museum to return Good Luck Flag of WWII Japanese soldier back to his family
A flag that belonged to a fallen Japanese soldier during World War II will be returned to his family after being kept on display at the USS ...
Averie Bishop ends her Miss Texas tenure with scathing piece calling out Texas politicians
“So many of the leaders of my state are living in denial. Rather than celebrating this diversity… they are trying to smother it&...
University of Texas Police Department swears in first Asian American, woman chief
Eve Stephens made history on Wednesday after she was sworn in as chief of the University of Texas at Austin Police Department, making her th...
Dash cam catches man sucker-punching Texas TV meteorologist in road rage attack
A dash cam video showing a man sucker-punching a TV meteorologist in Texas is making headlines this week. What happened: Avery Tomasco, a mo...
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