Minneapolis, April 20, 2021 — Former Minneapolis Officer Derek Chauvin was convicted Tuesday of murder and manslaughter for pinning George Floyd to the pavement...

Asian Americans wary about school amid virus, violence

April 20, 2021

Boston, April 20, 2021 — A Chinese American mother in the Boston suburbs is sending her sons to in-person classes this month, even after...

NASA’s Mars helicopter takes flight, 1st for another planet

April 19, 2021

Cape Canaveral, April 19, 2021 — NASA’s experimental helicopter Ingenuity rose into the thin air above the dusty red surface of Mars on Monday,...

NASA says SpaceX wins $2.9 billion contract for moon spacecraft

April 16, 2021

Houston, April 16, 2021 - NASA said on Friday it has awarded billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk's private space company SpaceX a $2.9 billion contract...

U.S. Senate to consider hate crimes bill in potential filibuster test

April 14, 2021

Washington DC, April 14, 2021 - The U.S. Senate will take up hate crime legislation on Wednesday intended to combat violence against Asian Americans...

Biden seeks to ease housing shortage with $5 billion ‘carrot, no stick’ approach

April 8, 2021

Washington DC, April 8, 2021 - President Joe Biden is seeking to ease a national affordable housing shortage by pushing local governments to allow...

‘Stay out of politics,’ Republican leader McConnell tells U.S. CEOs, warns of ‘consequences’

April 6, 2021

Washington DC, April 6, 2021 - Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell lashed out at corporate America on Monday, warning CEOs to stay out of...

Biden’s big infrastructure plan hits McConnell, GOP blockade

April 5, 2021

Washington DC, April 5, 2021 — Republicans in Congress are making the politically brazen bet that it’s more advantageous to oppose President Joe Biden’s...