New York: An Indian-American attorney who once ran for a seat in the US House of Representatives has been indicted by a federal jury in Boston for defrauding clients of more than $5 million in escrow funds. Abhijit "Beej" Das, 50, was arrested last week in connection with a scheme to defraud a business-to-business supply...
New York: The naturalization test is one of the final steps toward citizenship — a months-long process that requires legal permanent residency for years before applying. The citizenship test has now been updated, and some immigrants and advocates worry that the changes will hurt test-takers with lower levels of English proficiency. Earlier, former Republican President...
Albuquerque, N.M.: A federal judge has recommended that the U.S. Supreme Court approve a settlement among three Western states over the management of one of North America’s longest rivers. U.S. Circuit Judge Michael Melloy, the special master overseeing the case, outlined his recommendation in a report filed Monday. He called the proposal fair, reasonable and...
Hartford, CT.: A Connecticut state legislator who was attacked last month as she left a Muslim prayer service made her first public comments about the incident on Wednesday, saying she sustained multiple physical injuries from what she described as an attempted sexual assault and violent physical assault. Rep. Mayram Khan, who was with her children and sister...
Newark, N.J.: Two firefighters were killed battling a blaze that began when cars caught fire deep inside a cargo ship carrying 5,000 cars at a New Jersey port Wednesday night, Newark’s fire chief said. Firefighters responded to a report of a fire in a cargo ship at Port Newark around 9:30 p.m. and found the...
New York: Without immigration, the white population in the U.S. would have declined last year. Immigration also propelled the expansion of the Asian population, which was the fastest-growing race or ethnic group last year in the U.S., while births outpacing deaths helped propel growth in Hispanic, Black, tribal and Hawaiian populations. Population estimates released Thursday by the...
New York: In a reprieve for Indian and other South Asian California communities, ‘caste’ was removed as a stand-alone nondiscrimination category from SB-403 as it passed through assembly judiciary committee 9-0. The amended version of the bill, which relegates ‘caste’ to one of several terms and phrases clarifying the existing category of ‘ancestry,’ passed the Assembly...
NYC Health + Hospitals on June 30 announced that Senior Vice President (SVP) and Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr. Machelle Allen is among the honorees in this year’s list of ’50 Most Influential Clinical Executives’ by Modern Healthcare. These leaders were chosen by the prominent healthcare industry publication for their innovative recruitment strategies, bold...
Nassau County officials announced a new rip current safety initiative at beaches throughout the county. Amid warnings for recent shark bites off Long Island beaches, officials want beachgoers to know about other dangerous threats. Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman on Wednesday declared it Rip Current Awareness Month. It can be tiring to fight a rip current and one safety...
