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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 organization was established just a few weeks ago, and the group plans to hold its first meet-and-gree...

SHOW TRANSCRIPT We've 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 that's a fraction of the incidents that happen. Congress is working to combat those crimes. "As important as the content and substance of the bill is the message of this bill that we in the senate are goi...

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 Grace Hu, 16, of Sharon, Mass., stands for a photograph near Sharon High School, Sunday, April 11, 20...

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 as the history of Asian Americans in Illinois and the West, and their contributions toward advancin...