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Police in San Francisco have arrested a suspect they say stabbed two Asian women who were waiting for a bus on Tuesday night.

The pandemic-related rise in hate crimes and gun violence has left many Asian Americans frightened for their safety. But one organization is working to alleviate those fears through community outreach, education and the promotion of safe, responsible firearm ownership. The Asian American and Pacific Islander Gun Owners (AAPI GO) club is a newly formed nonprofit, nonpartisan group co-founded by Bay Area residents Scott Kane and Vincent Yu along with Patrick Lopez from Southern California. The or...

SHOW TRANSCRIPT Weve seen the disturbing videos — Asian Americans walking down the street -- being attacked in broad daylight. The attacks, both physical and verbal, have become more frequent over the past year of the COVID-19 pandemic. The group "Stop AAPI Hate" says it received nearly 38,000 reports of hate incidents from mid-March of last year through February of this year. And it says thats a fraction of the incidents that happen. Congress is working to combat those crimes. "As important ...

Asian Americans wary about school amid virus, violence PHILIP MARCELO, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 8 1of8Kim Horrigan, left, sits with her son Conor Horrigan, 8, both of Quincy, Mass., as Conor does math homework at their home, in Quincy, Tuesday, April 13, 2021. Kim said she and her husband have struggled all year with their decision to keep their 8-year-old son in remote learning due to the coronavirus pandemic.Steven Senne/APShow MoreShow Less 2of8High school student G...

By Jordan Williams - 04/15/21 07:42 PM EDT   The Illinois House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill that would mandate Asian-American history lessons in schools. The lower chamber passed HB376, also known as the Teaching Equitable Asian-American History Act (TEAACH). The bill mandates that beginning in the 2022-2023 school year, history curriculums in public elementary and high schools have to include “a unit of instruction studying the events of Asian American history," such...

© Getty Images A Chilean television network issued an apology to South Korean boy band BTS this week after it received backlash for a skit it aired that made inappropriate jokes about Asians. The sketch that ran on the Mega TV network on Sunday had comedians dressed as BTS members introduce themselves starting with "Kim Jong Uno" and "Kim Jong Dos" in mocking Korean accents. The characters then receive COVID-19 vaccinations. Fans of BTS immediately expressed outrage over the skit and sent ou...

Updated on April 15, 2021 at 9:46 am News4’s “Inequality in America” series will continue Saturday with an in-depth look at anti-Asian discrimination and hate.  The show will examine the recent rise in anti-Asian hate crimes, the objectification of Asian women, the “model minority” stereotype and much more. Download our NBC Washington app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather. The special will air on News4 and online at 9 a.m. Saturday. News4’s Aime...

© Getty Images Cleveland Indians player Yu Chang shared racist comments he received on social media after an error he made during Mondays game. Chang tweeted on Tuesday that people can “[e]xercise your freedom of speech in a right way, I accept all comments, positive or negative but DEFINITELY NOT RACIST ONES.”  Exercise your freedom of speech in a right way, I accept all comments, positive or negative but DEFINITELY NOT RACIST ONES. His tweet included screenshots of comments he received ...

Young People Reflect on Growing Up Asian American in the South Missing jade heirlooms. Broken drawers. Stolen safes. Two families, forever changed. This is what 23-year-olds Grace So and Grand Cheung each came home to earlier this year, on separate occasions.  On February 10, So’s father called her while she was working at Sushi Nine in Raleigh. Her childhood home of 12 years in High Point, North Carolina, had been broken into — and her parents’ safety had been compromised. He...

“I think it’s really important people come together to address this issue which is important to me,” said Mountain View resident Sue Tan. The large group marched from the Caltrain station to Mountain View City Hall, denouncing hate and violence against Asians and Pacific Islanders along the way. Teenagers Including Amanda Khu organized it. She said someone recently shouted racial slurs at her in San Mateo. “I think the rise in hate crimes recently and the violence against Asians pushed ...