Covering the week’s most noteworthy news stories in the United States for the Filipino-American and Global Filipino community.
For the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, 18 Million Rising, an Asian American digital activist group, launched a new Indiegogo campaign to create a translation matching app designed…
First-time high in consumer auto debt, little change in mortgage debt A surge in Sweden in new loans for cars and trucks hit a 10-year high in the second quarter…
THE number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits unexpectedly rose last week, but the overall trend continued to point to a strengthening labor market. Initial claims for state…
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has approved a plan to divert at least 1,000 low-level, mentally-ill inmates out of jails and into a new facility focused on mental…
For the first time in more than 54 years, the American flag on Friday, Aug. 14, was raised over the restored US Embassy in Havana, Cuba, marking the end of…
Families express frustration, disbelief after plane part found on island Air, land and sea searches were launched around an island in the Indian Ocean last week following the discovery of…
Adobe Systems Inc., a tech firm based in San Jose, California, has followed in the footsteps of Netflix and Microsoft by announcing it will provide new parents with additional paid…
American teenagers start their school days too early, according to a new report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). “Early school start times are preventing many…
Los Angeles is close to reaching an agreement with the US Olympic Committee (USOC) to be America’s candidate for the 2024 Summer Games. Pledging to host the event at a…
Americans now shoulder $1.2 trillion in student loan debt, a rate that has tripled over the past decade, according to studies. Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton aims to end that…
New CA legislation protects and humanizes undocumented immigrants Continuing his push for change on immigration issues, California Governor Jerry Brown signed a trio of measures on Monday, August 10 that will…
LOS ANGELES – A historic occasion for the Filipino-American and Asian Pacific Islander community was celebrated Tuesday, Aug. 11, when Joel Jacinto, executive director of non-profit organization Search to Involve…
LOS ANGELES – A historic occasion for the Filipino-American and Asian Pacific Islander community was celebrated Tuesday, Aug. 11, when Joel Jacinto, executive director of non-profit organization Search to Involve…
Nationwide plan to reduce greenhouse gases at power plants IN the final stretch of his term, President Barack Obama unveiled a major climate change plan over the weekend that aims…
POPE Francis urged priests on Wednesday, Aug. 5, to extend a “real welcome” to divorced Catholics who have remarried and accommodate the families with “doors wide open.” Because of the…
AFTER the finalization of CIT Group Inc.’s $3.4-billion purchase of Pasadena-based OneWest Bank on Monday, Aug. 3, leaders from both financial institutions celebrated the merger at Filipino supermarket Island Pacific…
THE Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday, Aug. 5, overrode a recent decision by airport commissioners that would allow ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft to pick up passengers from Los…
Following a three decade-long legal battle, Los Angeles has agreed to relinquish struggling LA/Ontario International Airport and return it to the city of Ontario. The deal, announced Thursday, Aug. 6…
IN recent years, more residential buildings, retail centers and restaurants have sprung up in downtown Los Angeles, an area that has mostly been regarded as a place to work and…
Following a three decade-long legal battle, Los Angeles has agreed to relinquish struggling LA/Ontario International Airport and return it to the city of Ontario. The deal, announced Thursday, Aug. 6…
AFTER the finalization of CIT Group Inc.’s $3.4-billion purchase of Pasadena-based OneWest Bank on Monday, Aug. 3, leaders from both financial institutions celebrated the merger at Filipino supermarket Island Pacific…
AFTER a week of competition against more than 6,000 athletes from 165 countries, the 35 athletes representing the Philippines claimed 59 medals during the 2015 Special Olympics World Games in…
Gov. Jerry Brown declares state of emergency amid blaze WILDFIRES in different areas of California intensified over the weekend, with more gusty winds fanning flames caused by lightning strikes. More…
A FIL-AM male from San Diego, California could face 13 years in prison if he is found guilty of posing as a modeling agent to lure women into modeling nude…
THE new leader of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said on Wednesday, July 29 that his top priority would be to close security gaps at airport checkpoints, where an internal…
BOTH houses of Congress have deliberately been moving toward passage of a three-month patch to keep federal highway and transit aid flowing to US states, while lawmakers seek the right…
Over 9 million US adults experience serious mental illness in a broken health system LONG before the July 23 shooting at a movie theater in Lafayette, La., which killed two young…
A 15-year-old male has been charged in the murder of an 8-year-old girl in Santa Cruz, California. The Asian Journal learned the teen, Adrian Jerry Gonzalez, is Filipino. Gonzalez faces…
Mark Hutchison on being lieutenant governor, balancing his personal life with a demanding professional life and why the Filipino community is a significant segment of Nevada It’s been a busy…
A FEDERAL judge ruled on Friday, July 24, that hundreds of immigrant women and children held in detention facilities in the US should be released. US District Judge Dolly Gee…
