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Man Accused of Triple Homicide to Undergo New Mental Health Evaluation
RELATED: Milwaukee Man Charged With Killing Hmong Couple, Puerto Rican Father Ruled Incompetent Although Popp has a history of mental health issues, some supporters of the victims believe that Popp has been faking his mental illness to avoid punishment …
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New California law aimed at improving Asian health data
But thanks to a new law, the California Department of Public Health will add categories so that people of many more ancestries, such as Bangladeshi or Hmong, can self-report their ethnic group more specifically and accurately. The categories do not factor …
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Como Park foils Mahtomedi boys’ state bid 1-0 in section finals
Como Park, its roster mostly from the St. Paul Hmong community, has gone to state five straight years, with one championship, in 2013. Mahtomedi (10-6-2) had won six straight matches, including St. Agnes 8-1, Lincoln International 5-0 and St. Paul Harding …
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Women’s group holds domestic violence forum for Hmong community
A local organization is hoping education and leadership will prevent domestic violence in the Hmong community. The Central California Asian Pacific Women’s Organization hosted their annual community forum on the issue at Clovis Community College Saturday.
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‘Trump factor’ inspires Latino, Asian voters, but will they vote in local races?
Not everyone is that excited. Canvassers with the nonprofit Fresno Interdenominational Refugee Ministries, which has partnered with Faith in Community, set out Monday with a daunting task: finding Hmong people who are willing to talk about politics.
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US continues to become one from many
Today many immigrants have come to the United States from Vietnam, India and Korea. The ethnic Hmong also have come to America as well. . The first Africans who came to the United States came as involuntarily slaves without rights. It took the Civil War …
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Exciting Lao Cai Vietnam
But it’s a journey I’m very glad to have made, because it is the only realistic way for Western travellers to get to this quite remote, fascinating corner of the world, which seems occupied mostly by splendidly garbed tribal groups — Black Hmong …
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Calif. County Tries To Toss Federal Suit Alleging Intimidation Of Hmong Voters
A rural California county is trying to convince a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed on behalf of Hmong residents who allege local officials waged a voter intimidation campaign to keep them from participating in the California primary. Attorneys for …
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New Hmong congregation starting at Olivet UMC in Robbinsdale
There has been a lot of growth in the Hmong community in the northwest suburbs recently. An estimated 25,000 Hmong people, an ethnic group from the mountainous regions of China, Vietnam, Laos and Thailand, now live in this quadrant of the Twin Cities metro …
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Wausau Hmong Community ‘moving forward’ after Yang sentencing
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) – Just one day after sentencing, Dylan Yang’s lawyer is ready to head back to court. The Marathon County District Attorney’s Office is not surprised. DA Ken Heimerman said that this has always been lawyer Harry Hertel’s plan. Leaders in …
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Siskiyou County rejects allegations of voter intimidation, asks court to drop lawsuit
Tags courtSiskiyou County is asking a federal court to drop a lawsuit that alleges county officials intimidated Hmong voters. The county argued in a filing this month there is no basis to the claim, according to a statement by Siskiyou County’s legal counsel.
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Dylan Yang sentenced to 13 years in prison
At a protest rally in May, Hmong residents and their supporters in the community said Yang should have been charged as a juvenile, and that the Wausau schools should do more to stop bullying. Yang’s defense attorney, Harry Hertel, had suggested 30 years …
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Yang’s attorney to appeal conviction
Yang’s case has gained national attention and stirred controversy by supporters who feel he should have not been tried as an adult and was treated unfairly by the legal system because he is Hmong. RELATED: Things to know about the Dylan Yang trial …
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The Low-Key Pleasures of Laos
Hiking to the Kuang Si Falls through small Hmong villages and rice fields is one of my favorite things to do because it offers a glimpse into Lao daily life. Contact Tiger Trails Outdoor Adventures and make a special request, as this day hike is not …
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A Hmong community leader talks about moving forward.
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) – Just one day after sentencing, Dylan Yang’s lawyer is ready to head back to court. The Marathon County District Attorney’s Office is not surprised. DA Ken Heimerman said that this has always been lawyer Harry Hertel’s plan. Leaders in …
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Yang’s Attorney Will Seek Appeal
“It provided a lot better understanding about the issues of bullying as it takes place for members of the Southeast Asian and Hmong community as they come to school,” Hertel said. Hertel has 20 days after the sentencing to file a post-conviction relief …
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Dylan Yang, Teen Convicted of Homicide, Sentenced to 13 Years Confinement
Wisconsin Hmong-American teenager Dylan Yang was sentenced Wednesday to 13 years of confinement and 17 years of extended supervision — a total of 30 years — for the first-degree reckless homicide of 13-year-old Isaiah Powell, according to NBC affiliate …
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Kittley, bitter balls and potato greens: African customers find taste of home in farmers markets
Sam Harper | MPR News While African crops are hard to find in most American cities, they are increasingly abundant in the Twin Cities, thanks in large part to Hmong-American farmers, many of whom sell their produce only at farmers markets. “Most of our …