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Hawai‘i investigates unsolicited land offers as the state tries to keep Lahaina in local hands

 

Immigrant workers’ lives, livelihoods, and documents in limbo after the Hawai‘i fire

 

India cuts rice exports, triggering panic-buying of food staple by some Indian expats in the U.S.

 

Mammals may have hunted down dinosaurs for dinner, rare fossil suggests

 

Affirmative action for white people? Legacy college admissions come under renewed scrutiny.

 

Filipino-American chefs come into their own with multiple James Beard award nods

 

"Cookie activist" celebrates Asian Americans with portraits in dough

 

U.S. study finds 1 in 10 get long COVID after omicron, starts identifying key symptoms

 

 

The anime hit Suzume and Shinkai’s cinema of cataclysm

 

Book ban attempts hit record high in 2022, library org says

 

Waiter on wheels: Robot serves Japanese restaurant customers

 

Johns Hopkins to wind down its pandemic tracking dashboard

 

 

No cow needed: Oat and soy can be called milk, FDA proposes

 

Experts urge better opioid rescue drug access to save lives

 

Promising gene therapy delivers treatment directly to brain

 

How will life change once the COVID-19 emergency ends?

 

FDA’s advisers back plan to simplify COVID-19 vaccinations

 

This New Year, we celebrate the honorable and expressive Rabbit.
 

 

USPS issues Year of the Rabbit Lunar New Year stamp

 

 

What headline? "Gaslighting" Merriam-Webster’s word of 2022

 

Got a bucket? Speed up the composting process with bokashi

 

Viewers flock to watch glowing lava ooze from Hawai‘i volcano

 

Polynesian pride: Three-day canoe voyage in mid-Pacific

 

"Momentous": Asian-Americans laud Anna May Wong’s U.S. quarter

 

Husband of former Japanese princess passes New York bar exam

 

As fentanyl drives overdose deaths, mistaken beliefs persist

 

Race gap seen in U.S. infant deaths after fertility treatment

 

Amid rising seas, island nations push for legal protections

 

New statewide COVID-19 forecast in Oregon raises concern about flu

 

Tonga volcano blast was unusual, could even warm the Earth

 

They ended wanted pregnancies. Post-Roe, they face new pain.

 

 

Amazon keeps growing, and so does its cache of data on you

 

Sudden arena idea angers, unnerves Philadelphia’s Chinatown

 

 

Detroit honors Vincent Chin, Asian American killed in 1982

 

Neptunes producer Chad Hugo lets his music do the talking

 

Anti-Black, gay, Asian bias fuel California hate crime surge

 

Title IX creating opportunities for international athletes

 

 

Title IX: Strides for women of color in sports lag under law

 

Juul, the embattled company widely blamed for sparking a national surge in teen vaping,
can keep selling e-cigarettes as court blocks FDA ban

 

How much for gas? Around the world, pain is felt at the pump

 

Is abortion illegal in the U.S. now? Depends where you live.

 

COVID vaccines saved 20M lives in 1st year, scientists say

Supreme Court expands gun rights, with nation divided

Chinatowns more vibrant after pandemic, anti-Asian violence

 

On remote U.S. territories, abortion hurdles mount without Roe

 

Norman Mineta, transportation secretary in 9/11 era, has died

 

Chess helps Afghan refugee students adjust to life in N.C.

 

Korean-American female pastors push back against patriarchy

 

Clerk helps expand Burmese books at Battle Creek library

 

Drive My Car wins Oscar award for best international film

In a blistering Oscar short film, Riz Ahmed finds catharsis

New law finally makes lynching a federal hate crime

 

Baby orangutan being bottle-fed, which intrigues others

 

Asian Americans mark Lunar New Year amid ongoing hate crimes

 

Dogs visit 3 school districts to sniff out COVID-19

 

U.S. Mint begins American Women Quarters Program

 

OHSU releases 104-person study researching "super immunity"

 

Volcano erupts near Tonga, tsunami advisory issued in U.S.

 

 

Immigrants welcome Afghan refugees, inspired by own journeys

 

Bentleys to Buddhas: Vintage-car shop restores temple statue

 

Jimmy O. Yang’s Crab Club feasts on Asian-American stories

 

"Sesame Street" debuts Ji-Young, first Asian American muppet

 

Rare leopard cub makes debut at Santa Barbara Zoo

 

Asian Americans push for representation via redistricting

 

National Book Awards announced

 

Hitmakers BTS stamp their authority on American Music Awards

Racial disparities in kids’ vaccinations are hard to track

Asian spider takes hold in Georgia, sends humans scurrying

 

Diversity study: TV looks more like U.S. and viewers approve

 

Japanese, southern cultures blend in northeast Mississippi

 

Senate confirms Tana Lin as U.S. judge in Seattle

 

U.S. hits 700,000 COVID deaths just as cases begin to fall

 

Comic, Netflix staple Jo Koy talks race, rejection in memoir

 

New Asian-American bakeries find bicultural sweet spot

 

Census data: U.S. population is diversifying

 

 

Not just K-pop: Korean TV shows gaining U.S. popularity

 

Surviving 9/11 was "just the first piece of the journey"

 

Report: New DNA technology approved to identify 9/11 remains

 

What can employers do if workers avoid COVID-19 vaccines?

 

Hawai‘i teenager recycles to help students reach college

 

Report: Hate crime laws lack uniformity across the U.S.

 

81-year-old carries on a Filipino martial arts tradition

 

Some seek more boxes to check for "other" Pacific Islanders

 

Unvaccinated snow leopard at San Diego Zoo catches COVID-19

 

Olympic surfing exposes whitewashed Native Hawaiian roots

 

 

U.S. virus cases are rising again, doubling over three weeks

 

Yabba dabba dispute resolved. Florence Fang’s Fred Flintstone can stay.

 

 

Japanese Americans carry trauma from World War II internment camp

 

Asian Americans lobby to name Navy ship for Filipino sailor

 

Virus outbreak in Fiji batters economy, tests health system

 

Victims in Miami condo collapse came from around the world

 

Biden signs bill to counter spike in anti-Asian hate crime

 

Asian Americans see generational split on confronting racism

 

 

Politics still pack a punch(line) for Iranian-American comic

 

Changed by pandemic, many workers won’t return to old jobs

 

California OKs first Filipino American as attorney general

As virus engulfs India, diaspora watches with despair

U.S. Sikh community traumatized by yet another mass shooting

 

Senate OKs bill to fight hate crimes against Asian Americans

 

From Thailand to Gautier, monk transforms home into temple

 

Harris, Pelosi make history seated behind Biden at speech

 

Chloe Zhao’s Nomadland wins best picture at a social distanced Oscars

 

Four Sikhs among victims of Indianapolis mass shooting

Older Korean Americans in L.A. fearful amid anti-Asian attacks

 

Asian Americans wary about school amid virus, violence

 

"Speak out": Biden, Harris decry racism during Atlanta visit

 

Oregon API leaders, allies in solidarity to #StopAsianHate

Asian Americans seek greater political power after shootings

 

Atlanta spa shooting victim remembered as fun and selfless

 

Michelle Obama aims to give a million meals in new campaign

 

CDC changes school guidance, allowing desks to be closer

 

Rallies in Atlanta, nation against hate after spa shootings

 

Asian women say shootings point to relentless, racist tropes

 

Why Georgia attack spurs fears in Asian Americans

 

Deer native to India starve to death amid drought in Hawai‘i

 

Lives Lost: Hawai‘i football coach who prepped kids for life

 

In Minari, harvesting an American dream

 

Attacks on older Asians stoke fear as Lunar New Year begins

 

Teens tutor peers online to fill need during pandemic

 

Corky Lee, known for photographing Asian America, dies at age 73

 

U.S. COVID-19 deaths hit another one-day high at over 4,300

 

Coronavirus deaths rising in 30 U.S. states amid winter surge

 

Kamala Harris prepares for central role in Biden’s White House

Biden opens ACA window for uninsured as COVID rages

Ape at San Diego park improving after virus antibody therapy

At Sundance, pandemic dramas unfold on screen and off

2 in 5 Americans live where COVID-19 strains hospital ICUs

Novavax COVID-19 vaccine works, but less so against variants

Some COVID-19 mutations may dampen vaccine effectiveness

Race to vaccinate millions in U.S. off to slow, messy start

Nikki Haley says her sister-in-law died of COVID-19

Kamala Harris books surge in popularity after election

U.S. surpasses 1 million virus cases in just 10 days

What does COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness mean?

Is shopping in stores safe during the pandemic?

Are dining tents a safe way to eat out during the pandemic?

Hawai’i seeks to be seen as a remote workplace with a view

Tony Hsieh, retired Zappos CEO, dies at age 46

Pandemic leaves American Samoa residents stranded, homesick

Millions more virus rapid tests, but are results reported?

ACA sign-ups begin as millions more are uninsured

 

Minority communities question election-year push by EPA

 

Tiny airborne particles may pose a big coronavirus problem

 

Virus Diary: In Hawai‘i, pandemic, pregnancy, and plumerias

U.S. marks 9/11 anniversary at tributes shadowed by virus

With quiet humanity, Chloe Zhao’s Nomadland makes noise

It’s time to respond to the census: Census takers: We’re being told to finish early, cut corners

Does the coronavirus spread easily among children?

What are the different types of coronavirus tests?

 

Dual identities challenge America’s race labels

"One of us": South Asians celebrate Harris as VP choice

Asian-American girls saw pivotal icon in Baby-Sitters Club

Serious coronavirus-linked condition hit 285 U.S. children

The humble Knoxville scientist who became a worldwide hero

Pick me up off the floor, Norah Jones asks on her new album

 

Doctor fired after blasting COVID preparations sues hospital

 

From guns to GoPros, Asian Americans seek to deter attacks

 

Man gives ingredients, Asian recipes at market, restaurant

 

Kauai mayor imposes curfew, then entertains fellow bored residents

 

How to clean the bundle of germs that is your phone

 

Panda and poke: Restaurant trademarks can stir legal fights

 

Asian Americans use social media to mobilize against attacks

Chef Floyd Cardoz dies at age 59 of coronavirus complications

 

Guam residents compensated for war atrocities decades later

 

Texts, not door-knocks: Census outreach shifts amid virus

 

Broadway actress Ruthie Ann Miles is pregnant

 

Loss of smell, taste, might signal pandemic virus infection

 

U.S. capital trying to keep crowds from cherry blossoms

 

National Spelling Bee called off because of coronavirus

 

California apologizes for internment of Japanese Americans

 

"Fresh Off the Boat" leaves indelible mark on TV landscape

 

Huge, tropical jackfruit catches on as a meat substitute

 

U.S. Postal Service begins new series of 12 Lunar New Year stamps

 

Asians cringe at "Chinese restaurant syndrome in dictionary

 

Awkwafina makes Golden Globes history with Farewell acting win

 

How not to ruin that pricy piece of meat in the holiday meal

 

Andrew Yang having fun, but Democrat’s message is serious

 

Table’s new star? The relaxed and versatile dinner bowl

 

Deadly attack leaves California Hmong community in shock

 

David Chang says his new Netflix show honors Bourdain

 

Senator Mazie Hirono of Hawai‘i is writing memoir, due in 2021

 

ABC’s "Fresh Off the Boat" series finale set for February

 

High school student’s newsletter helps connect immigrants

 

Big avocado earns Hawai‘i family Guinness World Records honor

 

Ginseng hunters say secrecy part of their hobby

 

Deep-sea explorers seek out sunken World War II ships

 

Sikh preaches love 18 years after brother killed over turban

 

Milwaukee zoo visitors get first glimpse of red panda cub

 

Slain deputy devoted life to Sikh faith, serving others

 

"SNL" rescinds cast invitation to Gillis over YouTube video

 

Asian-American groups oppose Cambodian refugee deportations

 

Asian-American Korean War hero gives what may be "final" talk

 

HBO produces documentary to help kids understand 9/11

 

"SNL" adds three to its cast, including Asian-American comic Bowen Yang

 

YouTube star Lilly Singh makes bold leap to late-night TV

 

New York Fashion Week

 

U.S. exports to lobster-loving China go off cliff amid tariffs

Beer named for Pacific island nuke test site draws criticism

 

Marvel’s next films will bring diversity, onscreen and off

Program teaches kids Hmong traditional musical instruments

 

Drone used to aid 3-D remake of Japanese internment camp

 

U.S.-China trade war sparks worries about rare minerals

 

Oklahoma base set for migrant site was WWII internment camp

 

Asian, Asian-American heroes to power Marvel comics series

 

Rhinoceros at Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo gives birth to calf

 

Eight are great: National Spelling Bee ends with "octo-champs"

 

Haechan meets Haechan: K-pop star honored with zoo namesake

 

I.M. Pei, architect who designed Louvre Pyramid, dies at 102

 

PBS’ Korea eyes social, political tolls of Korean War

 

Daimler says it has no idea how Kim Jong Un got his limos

 

Gerber’s 2019 spokesbaby is a Hmong girl in North Carolina

 

Metro-area women unite to commemorate "World Hijab Day

 

Tadashi Shoji ups the glam in lace, sequin, and velvet gowns

 

Female directors of color find a spotlight at Sundance

 

 

U.S. Postal Service issues final stamp of the Celebrating Lunar New Year series

 

Senator Kamala Harris says the powerful seek to divide America

"Superstore" actor relishes true-to-life gay Filipino role

Snubs, surprises, and a Satanic shout-out? Key Globes moments

 

First Asian American takes seat in Indiana legislature

 

How a Chinese immigrant used WeChat to win a statehouse seat

 

 

Golding’s Crazy Rich Asians stardom lands him more roles

 

Quackarazzi: Mandarin duck holds NYC in its spell

 

"Let’s Go Luna!" takes kids on a globe-spanning tour

 

War-trophy bells returning to help U.S., Philippine ties

 

Newcomer Andy Kim beats Tom MacArthur in New Jersey

 

More diverse Orange County, California, morphs from GOP past

 

Army expelled 500 immigrant recruits in one year

 

Keepsakes reveal clues of life for Japanese in Yakima area

 

Virtual learning: Using AI, immersion to teach Chinese

 

Wu’s fight for Crazy Rich Asians part of a bigger crusade

 

Newborn elephant at Houston Zoo welcomed, appears thriving

 

Wisconsin Hmong leader emphasizes cultural understanding

 

Once sidelined, romantic comedies rise again

 

Immigrant Ph.D. candidate rocked by sudden U.S. Army discharge

 

Miki Sudo downs 37 dogs to win fifth women’s title

 

Japan midfielder Inui gets embassy introduction

 

U.S. restaurants host refugee chefs who offer a taste of home

 

USA Briefs

 

Dallas duel: Wild card turns tables at National Spelling Bee

 

Hmong woman to compete for Mrs. Minnesota title

 

Crazy Rich Asians changes everything

 

Daniel Akaka, first Native Hawaiian in congress, dies at 93

 

China’s lobster imports keep U.S. price high, but no tariffs

 

Cherry blossoms, tulips, and lilacs: Flower festival time

 

Utah Catholic bishop becomes key face in interfaith scene

 

Senator Duckworth still breaking barriers, and she likes it

 

Pride for Asian-American skaters as they skate in the Olympics

 

Hmong fear for spirits of the dead after headstones moved

 

Asian tableware: From zen to zany

 

Despondent Seattle teen found a future through film

 

Retiring refugee leader to visit immigrants’ home countries

 

San Francisco mayor Edwin Lee dies suddenly at 65

 

Salvage team sinks fishing boat off Hawai‘i reef

 

U.S. foresaw a costly victory in war with North Korea — in 1994

 

Global carbon pollution rises after three straight flat years

 

Flea beetle from China may help against "super invader"

 

Asian-American political candidates targeted by racist flyers win elections

 

Trump choosing white men as judges, highest rate in decades

San Francisco’s first Chinese- American police officer dies

 

Filipino WWII veterans awarded Congressional Gold Medal

 

Hmong pop singer gains popularity

 

Huge immigration-themed exhibit by famed artist in NYC

 

"Legends" star shatters stereotypes with Muslim superhero

 

Vera Wang, Naeem Khan among New York bridal week highlights

 

San Francisco unveils memorial to WWII "comfort women"

 

Angelina Jolie on her Cambodian epic and the power of family

 

Ruling halts commercial scooping of Hawai‘i aquarium fish

No strangers to displacement, Vietnamese recover from Harvey

Exchange: Illinois couple opens home to travelling cyclists

 

Met exhibit looks at Japan’s fine craft of bamboo basketry

 

Hoary bats confirmed on Kahoolawe Island

 

Afghan girls allowed into U.S. for robotics contest

 

Hmong-American doctor inspired by heritage

 

Meal program bridges cultural divisions, one plate at a time

 

Zika resources now available for AAs & NHPIs

 

1 in 6 spouses of newlyweds is of different race or ethnicity

 

Hmong elders in Eau Claire still searching

 

Pedestrian deaths spiked in 2016, distraction cited

 

Travel ban fight personal for Hawai‘i’s ‘scholarly gentleman’

 

Muslim immigrant to join California lieutenant governor race

 

Trump Winery in Virginia seeks more foreign workers

 

Fish and chirps? Crickets make leap in demand as a protein

 

Humanoid robot Pepper is amusing, but is it practical?

 

At Pearl Harbor, U.S. and Japan seek absolution from the war