Trump appointee resigns from State Department when questions are raised about her resume
Views from the Edge A State Department official resigned Monday after it was alleged that she exaggerated her resume that included a false Time magazine cover with her image. Mina Chang, a senior Trump administration official resigned from her role at the State Department when last week NBC wrote an expose’ questioning her qualifications to hold her […]
Four killed during football watch party in Fresno, California
Four people are dead and at least six others injured after a shooting during a football watch party in Fresno, California, reports KFSN. The suspect has not been identified, but authorities believe it’s possible the victims know the shooter. “Officers came in and saw three people who were down immediately. They were all Asian males […]
UPDATE: Santa Clarita High School Shooter Identified to Be a 16-Year-Old Japanese American
The 16-year-old shooter who opened fire inside Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, California on his birthday on Thursday has been revealed to be a junior at the school, authorities said. Identified by CBS News as Nathaniel Berhow, the half-Japanese, half-white teen reportedly stormed the school before the start of classes on Thursday morning. Berhow lives in Valencia, California, […]
3 Arrested, Suspected of Targeting Asian American Households
Plano police say a crime ring targeting Asian Americans is back. Police arrested three men over the weekend in connection with several home burglaries. Police said the pattern was the same as several years ago. Burglars look for what they think is an Asian American household, then break-in to steal high-value gold jewelry, police said. […]
In Brooklyn Center and Brooklyn Park, a push to count Asian-Americans
The cities of Brooklyn Park and Brooklyn Center will hold a community meeting Thursday to discuss how to make sure every Asian-American resident is counted for the 2020 census. Asians make up nearly a fifth of the population in those two suburbs, so city leaders say it’s important that members from that community lead the discussion. […]
Santa Clarita, California, high school shooting leaves multiple people injured, suspect located
Multiple people were injured, at least two of them critically, in a shooting at a Southern California high school on Thursday morning, officials said. About an hour after the shooting at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita was reported at 8 a.m., authorities said they had located the suspected shooter and that the person is […]
Rep. Jim Banks: China may be spying on you through your phone – Urgent investigation needed
Many of you have downloaded TikTok on your phone – it’s the world’s fastest-growing social media platform. But chances are low that you know the seemingly innocent app to create short videos is owned by the Chinese government and can be used to harvest your data. That’s why the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) […]
New York tech firm sold Chinese equipment with ‘made in USA’ labels to American government: prosecutors
A New York-based technology firm allegedly engaged in a decade-long fraud scheme that created a potential national security risk by importing Chinese-made surveillance and security equipment and selling the technology to the U.S. government as “made in the USA,” prosecutors said Thursday. Aventura Technologies, located in Commack, N.Y., began to falsely represent their equipment as made in the U.S. back in 2006, and […]
Chinese national pleads guilty in U.S. court to stealing Phillips 66 trade secrets
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Chinese national pleaded guilty on Tuesday to stealing trade secrets from U.S. petroleum company Phillips 66 (PSX.N), where he worked on the research and development of next generation battery technologies, the U.S. Justice Department said. Hongjin Tan, 36, stole information regarding the manufacture of a “research and development downstream energy market […]
NYPD creates Asian American Police Executives Council
A council for high-ranking Asian American police officers in New York City formed last Friday, marking the growth and importance of Asian Americans in the force. Xinhua reported Asian Americans make up about 3,000, or over 8%, of the 36,000 uniformed NYPD officers. While these statistics haven’t changed much since NBC New York reported on the increase of […]