By Elliot Spagat
The Associated Press
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Investigators are confronted with a series of nagging questions as they try to unravel the case of a California real estate agent who said his Toyota Prius turned into a runaway death trap after the gas pedal became stuck.
By Juliana Barbassa
The Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO — Traffic along the teeming streets of Chinatown came to a standstill: death was parading by, heralded by the clear, sharp notes of a brass band. Women looked up from their grocery shopping; tourists pulled out their cameras.
By Cristian Salazar
The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Gov. David Paterson pardoned a Chinese immigrant on March 6 who faced deportation after disclosing on an application for U.S. citizenship that he had convictions for robbery going back nearly 15 years to when he was a teenager. Read the full story
By Ben Evans
The Associated Press
Joseph “Anh” Cao
WASHINGTON (AP) — The lone Republican lawmaker to support Democratic health care legislation has seen his fundraising drop by nearly 40 percent since his vote, and he is quickly burning through a dwindling bank account after resorting to a costly national fundraising operation.
Rep. Anh “Joseph” Cao, the unlikely Vietnamese American congressman from New Orleans, is facing the perils of bipartisanship unlike any other lawmaker in Washington — trying to please a heavily Democratic constituency while relying on core conservatives for money to fuel his campaign. Read the full story
By Russell Contreras
The Associated Press
HOLLISTON, Mass. (AP) — Hiding from merciless militiamen and trekking through unforgiving mountainous terrain, Madhel Majok escaped the mass slayings and genocide of the Sudan that killed his parents. The 9-year-old orphan fled to neighboring Kenya, where he then survived vigilante shellings on his crowded refugee camp. Read the full story
By Herbert A. Sample
The Associated Press
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii’s tourism industry has long touted the islands’ native culture as a selling point to prospective visitors — such as leis, luaus, and the “aloha spirit.”
But Native Hawaiians appear to have little regard for the tourism industry’s impact on their culture, according to a survey released Feb. 12 by the Hawaii Tourism Authority. Read the full story
By Paul J. Weber
The Associated Press
LAREDO, Texas (AP) — Police cars and large white vans rumbled down the unpaved road toward the ramshackle houses, where illegal immigrants are among hundreds living in a slapdash Texas neighborhood, or colonia, called San Carlos. Read the full story
By Eric Tucker
The Associated Press
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The alleged neglect and death of a terminally ill Chinese immigrant detained in a Rhode Island jail two years ago triggered scathing reports and investigations. There has been a wide-ranging federal lawsuit and hand-wringing over who was responsible. Read the full story
By Debra McKinney
For The Associated Press
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — For Kato Ha’unga, too many books is not enough. Read the full story
By Jacob Adelman
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An important effort to redraw legislative districts in California and shake up the political landscape seems to be missing one important element: minorities.
State officials are weeks away from beginning to select members of a 14-person commission that voters decided should reshape the state’s Senate, Assembly, and Board of Equalization districts.
So far, fewer than a quarter of the applications they’ve received are from minority candidates in a state where non-Latino whites make up less than half of the population.
Fearing the erosion of their political power, advocacy groups are making a last-ditch effort to recruit candidates with the necessary professional reputations, leadership skills, and political independence.
By Jason Cruz
Northwest Asian Weekly
The Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) is seeking to preserve a part of American history that lies in a remote part of Idaho. The proposed construction of part of a 500-mile transmission line near a former Japanese internment camp in Minidoka would provide renewable energy to Idaho, Nevada, and California. However, the project poses an obstruction to the historical site, according to JACL. Read the full story
By Mike Robinson
The Associated Press
CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago businessman accused of leading a double life as an international terrorist pleaded not guilty Monday, Jan. 25 to making plans for an attack on a Danish newspaper and helping to arrange the rampage in 2008 that killed 166 people in the Indian city of Mumbai. Read the full story
