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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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: ...

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. ...

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 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...

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...

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...

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: ...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

Houston father of 3 left in critical condition after being shot 4 times during Chinatown robbery

Houston’s Chinese American community is asking the public for help after a father of three was shot four times during a robbery and was left...