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Rep. Judy Chu, D-Calif., right, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 18, 2021, on the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., left, and Rep. Grace Meng, D-N.Y., center, listen. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Congress OKs bill to fight hate crimes vs. Asian Americans

By Brian Slodysko May. 18, 2021 01:55 PM EDT

Members of Congress and Georgia state representatives pose for a photo outside Gold Spa in Atlanta, one of the businesses hit during the March 16 shootings, Sunday, March 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Sudhin Thanawala)
US lawmakers decry violence against Asians in Georgia visit

By Sudhin Thanawala Mar. 28, 2021 04:15 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: US

By The Associated Press Mar. 24, 2021 06:52 PM EDT
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ March 24 The Albuquerque...

Law enforcement officials confer outside a massage parlor following a shooting on Tuesday, March 16, 2021, in Atlanta. Shootings at two massage parlors in Atlanta and one in the suburbs have left multiple people dead, many of them women of Asian descent, authorities said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
EXPLAINER: Why Georgia attack spurs fears in Asian Americans

By Christine Fernando And Terry Tang Mar. 17, 2021 04:58 PM EDT

FILE - In this Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018, file photo, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra talks to reporters after a news conference at UCLA. President-elect Joe Biden has picked Becerra to be his health secretary, putting a defender of the Affordable Care Act in a leading role to oversee his administration’s coronavirus response. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
Becerra's big challenge: Vaccinating Americans against virus

By Jonathan Lemire, Lisa Mascaro, Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar And Kathleen Ronayne Dec. 07, 2020 07:35 PM EST

President-elect Joe Biden waves as he arrives at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del., Monday, Dec. 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
The Latest: Trump questions Pa. speaker on electoral votes

Dec. 07, 2020 09:03 AM EST

In this March 31, 2020, photo, Kyle Navarro poses in San Francisco. The school nurse was recently unlocking his bicycle when an older white man called him a racial slur and spat at him. Asian Americans are using social media to organize and fight back against racially motivated attacks during the coronavirus pandemic, which the FBI predicts will increase as infections grow. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Asian Americans use social media to mobilize against attacks

By Terry Tang Apr. 04, 2020 11:07 AM EDT