Category: Dateline USA

The superstorm likely to drench key California drought zone ONE of the most powerful El Niño storms on record is gathering strength in California, and is likely to bring heavy…

THE US State Department has issued a worldwide travel alert for Americans citing possible risks due to increased terrorist threats. The warning comes following deadly attacks in Paris claimed by…

DEMOCRATIC presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has promised to take executive action on immigration if elected in 2016 to permit undocumented immigrants who have been in the United States for at…

ACCORDING to US Customs and Border Protection data, nearly 5,000 unaccompanied immigrant children were caught crossing the US border with Mexico in October of this year, almost double the number…

Record 2.1 million passengers expected at LAX this Thanksgiving LOS ANGELES Mayor Eric Garcetti and city Councilmember Bob Blumenfield joined airport officials to announce that a record 2.1 million travelers will…

DESPITE the House of Representatives’ swift vote last week that would halt President Barack Obama’s program to admit Syrian refugees into the United States, the large majority of Asian-American members…

DEMOCRATIC presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Sunday, Nov. 22, proposed a new tax credit offsetting up to $6,000 in costs for middle-class families who care for their aging parents or…

THE House of Representatives swiftly passed a bill on Thursday, Nov. 19, that would halt the admission of Syrian refugees into the US, suspending the program until key national security…

As the City of Long Beach continues consideration of a minimum wage increase, community members, business owners, low-wage workers and representatives from non-profit organizations on Tuesday, Nov. 17, gathered in…

With multiple recent foodborne illness outbreaks, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has finalized a set of groundbreaking rules to strengthen the farm food safety system, ensuring quality produce…

A FEDERAL appeals court overturned a lower court’s ruling that California’s death penalty process was unconstitutional, on grounds that the system-wide appeals were flawed and taking too long. U.S. District…

WITH the University of California (UC) application deadline on Nov. 30, UC President Janet Napolitano met with ethnic media reporters to uncover perceptions held and barriers faced by minority communities…

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 11 marked the United States’ official day to honor its war veterans, alive and deceased, for their faithful service to country. But on Hollywood Boulevard, one of the…

THE Legatum Institute based in London released its annual global prosperity index, a universal survey that ranks what it calls the “most prosperous countries” in the world, and the United…

RAIN, lightning and snow hit parts of Northern California on Monday, Nov. 9, and a cold, wet storm was expected to bring chilly temperatures and scattered showers to Southern California….

Over 100 photos seized in US THE National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) identified two Filipinos responsible for providing more than 100 nude photos of children to a man arrested at…

THE Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday, Nov. 5, approved a new drug to treat HIV in patients 12 years of age and older. The drug, Genvoya, is a…

LOS ANGELES Mayor Eric Garcetti endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Thursday, Nov. 5. “I’m proud to endorse Hillary Clinton for president because I know that she understands the…

PRESIDENT Barack Obama rejected the contentious Keystone XL pipeline project on Friday, Nov. 6, saying it would not make a meaningful long-term contribution to America’s economy, lower gas prices, or…

WITH stereotypes like “The Model Minority” and the “most successful race,” Asian Americans are facing increasing pressure in society. Studies show Asian Americans are the most educated race, with over…

OVER 160 Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) groups have filed amicus briefs calling for equal opportunity and for the Supreme Court to uphold affirmative action policies. Asian Americans Advancing…

WITH the 2016 presidential election a year away, the Republican National Committee (RNC) is expanding outreach efforts to a key demographic: Asian American millennials. Through a six-week program called the…

THE White House and congressional Republican leaders reached a budget agreement on Monday, Oct. 26, that would resolve the stalemate over funding federal programs, and could end the threat of…

A Filipina whose body was found Tuesday, Oct. 20, in a Las Vegas cryotherapy chamber, died in “seconds,” medical examiners told her family, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported. Chelsea Ake-Salvacion,…

EARLIER this year, Fil-Am Assemblyman Rob Bonta introduced a bill that would roll out new guidelines to collect disaggregated demographic data about California’s diverse Asian Pacific Islander (API) population. The…

GOP leaders in the House of Representatives backed away from a tentative plan to vote on raising the debt limit with a package of conservative reforms, leaving them without a…

OCTOBER marks Filipino American History Month, celebrating and recognizing Filipino-American heritage and the growing culture in the United States. Starting in 1991, the Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS) has…

VICE President Joe Biden has announced that he will not run for president in the 2016 election. “Unfortunately, I believe we’re out of time, the time necessary to mount a…

REMITTANCE FIRM  SURVEY REVEALS MOST Filipino workers living in the United States are overqualified for the jobs they do, according to respondents of a survey conducted by international money transfer…

The American Cancer Society on Tuesday, Oct. 20, announced new guidelines for mammograms, recommending that women with an average risk of breast cancer begin getting mammograms annually at age 45….