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Phoenix libraries reopen for limited in-person visits (Rachel Banks/DD) Burton Barr Library, along with seven other Phoenix library locations, reopened for limited in-person visits Monday in phase one of the City Council’s reopening plan. Visits are allowed in reserved 45-minute increments and allow for groups of up to four. Larger families looking to visit should call the library to see if accommodations can be made, said April Piccarreta, a Burton Barr library assistant. Reservations can be made up to three days in advance online or by calling 602-262-4636. Drop-in customers may request a...

Print Abby Boeh walked into an Echo Park cafe and ordered her usual: an iced coffee and tea blend with cream and boba. She had politely declined a manager’s suggestion to try seasonal specials like chai tea with fresh taro. For Boeh, the boba — black tapioca balls sucked through a giant straw — are a must, delightfully chewy and so filling that they often serve as her lunch. Yet she may soon have to do without them. A boba shortage is about to hit the nation, throwing aficionados like Boeh into a panic. Advertisement “I don’t even want to think about it,” said Boeh, 32, who vis...

Dr. Laurie Santos. Photo: PC Providence College announced Friday that Dr. Laurie Santos, a Yale University psychology professor and host of The Happiness Lab podcast, will present the Commencement Address at the College’s 103rd Commencement exercises.  The ceremony will take place on Thursday, May 20 at 11:00 a.m. on Hendricken Field on the Providence College campus. Dr. Santos is one of five honorary degree recipients PC will honor at this ceremony. The others are: Duane Bouligny ’94, a Wells Fargo & Co. investment banker who is a former trustee and mentor to multicultural students at P...

Sections A Disastrous Year for Brooklyn’s Chinatown: ‘It’s Just So Hard’ Signs of life have returned to Sunset Park, but businesses are struggling and racism and hate crimes have made things worse. “The neighborhood hasn’t recovered,” a restaurant manager said. Credit...Victor J. Blue for The New York Times First came the virus, which John Chan said cost his restaurant hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost sales. Then came the surge in anti-Asian hate crimes, which has made some people jittery and kept them at home and away from the restaurant, further hu...

By MINLU ZHANG in New York | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2021-04-05 10:26 Share CLOSE Community members from about 500 Asian organizations and groups gathered in downtown Manhattan on Sunday afternoon to denounce anti-Asian racism as well as the rise of bias incidents against people of Asian descent amid the coronavirus pandemic. "Our purpose is to regain peace," John Chan, the event organizer and convener of the Coalition of Asian-Americans for Civil Rights (CAACR), said during the rally. "We don't need violence, we don't need racism, a...