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The Latest Breaking News from Lunar New Year

Gunman didn't know Monterey Park dance hall victims, sheriff confirms

Huu Can Tran, 72, killed 11 people and injured nine others during Lunar New Year celebrations

Irish Mirror

Cities forge on to protect Lunar New Year celebrations after shootings

City leaders and Asian-American communities are mobilizing to protect Lunar New Year celebrations across the country after two separate mass shootings in California.

Tribune News Service

‘Doesn’t feel real’: Loved ones mourn 11 victims killed in Lunar New Year massacre at dance studio

LOS ANGELES — They were the lifeblood of the Star Ballroom Dance Studio.

Los Angeles Times

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Passion for dance drew many of those slain to ballroom

Among the 11 people killed when a gunman opened fire during a Lunar New Year celebration at a Los Angeles-area dance hall popular with older Asian Americans were a family’s beloved aunt, a retired man who decided to return to school and the venue’s always-smiling manager

The Independent UK

Heightened security planned for Lunar New Year celebrations, the latest on Illinois’ assault weapons ban challenges and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

Here's what we know about the Monterey Park shooting victims

The families of the 11 people who died in the attack at the Star Ballroom Dance Studio are sharing memories of their loved ones.

WEKU

Baht down ahead of policy decision

Asian emerging markets trickled back to life on Wednesday after the Lunar New Year holiday, with the baht dipping ahead of a central bank policy rate decision, while Singapore shares hit a near nine-month high ahead of inflation data.

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Tourists swarm gambling hub Macau over Lunar New Year after COVID curbs dropped

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Grandparents, dancers, community builders: All 11 killed in Monterey Park shooting identified

LOS ANGELES — Diana Tom was out dancing with friends Saturday night, ringing in the Lunar New Year at Star Ballroom Dance Studio in Monterey Park, when the celebration was tragically cut short.

Los Angeles Times

Chicago police, organizers to strengthen planned security for Lunar New Year parades

Additional security measures will surround Lunar New Year parades this weekend in Chinatown and Uptown in the wake of two California mass shootings,

Chicago Sun-Times

Monterey Park shooting victims named after 11 brutally gunned down in massacre

The 11 people brutally gunned down at a dancehall in Monterey Park, California, US, have been named. Many of the victims had gathered to celebrate Lunar New Year as part of a long-running community of dancers

Daily Mirror

In China's tourist hotspot Sanya, small vendors rue lukewarm recovery

Sophia Ong, owner of a small eatery in China's tourist beach hotspot Sanya, thought she would be ideally placed to reap the benefits of the country scapping its zero-COVID policy in December last year.

Reuters

Editorial: Another notch in the grim tally: Monterey Park shooting was a choice we’ll keep making

It’s all too familiar. Flashing red and blue lights, crying survivors, body bags carried out by stone-faced paramedics and coroners. This time, it took place outside a Lunar New Year celebration in the predominantly Asian Los Angeles suburb of Monterey Park, with many innocents killed and wounded at a festivity…

Tribune News Service

Frank Shyong: The aftermath of shootings often shows us how politically insane our discourse has become

A few minutes into following my colleagues' coverage of a mass shooting that left 10 dead and 10 wounded during a Lunar New Year dance party, I started to wonder if years of being a journalist had compromised my humanity.

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Al Jazeera

Seven killed in two shootings in Half Moon Bay, California

Latest mass shooting comes less than 48 hours after 11 people killed at a Lunar New Year celebration near Los Angeles.

Al Jazeera

Malaysian lion dancers bring new spirit to ancient tradition

World-beating Malaysian troupes are drawing dancers from all ethnicities and innovating routines to wow audiences.

Los Angeles Times

Jealousy, personal dispute probed as possible motives in Monterey Park shooting

LOS ANGELES — The investigation into a mass shooting in Monterey Park is focused on the gunman’s prior interactions at two dance studios he targeted and whether jealousy over a relationship was the motive, law enforcement sources said.

Al Jazeera

US man recounts seizing gun from Monterey Park shooter

Police credit people who confronted California gunman who killed 11 with preventing more casualties.

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Irish Mirror

Lunar New Year 2023: How it's celebrated and what the year of the rabbit means

More than 1.5 billion people celebrate Lunar New Year each year, with colourful traditions and activities to welcome a new year and wish for luck and prosperity

Los Angeles Times

Shooter targets ‘establishments of joy’ in Monterey Park Lunar New Year mass shooting

MONTEREY PARK, Calif. — Star Ballroom Dance Studio is where international ballroom competitors teach their moves. Where retirees learn how to waltz, tango and samba. Where elderly and middle-aged couples while away Saturday nights.

Los Angeles Times

How the Lunar New Year massacre unfolded: A night of ballroom dancing ends in horror

MONTEREY PARK, Calif. — The burst of pops sounded, at first, like the firecrackers expected to cap a day of celebration.

Irish Mirror

California dance hall shooting suspect shot himself in van as police closed in

10 people were killed in the shooting at Monterey Park during Lunar New Year celebrations

WEKU

New details emerge in the Monterey Park, California shooting that left 11 dead

Authorities say they are searching for a motive for the deadly mass shooting that took place over the weekend in a city east of Los Angeles at the beginning of the Lunar New Year.

Tribune News Service

Rare 1920s Disney character to make first US appearance at Disneyland Resort

A rare cat character from the early days of Disney animation will take a star turn alongside her bunny boyfriend during the upcoming Lunar New Year festival at the Disneyland resort.

The Independent UK

Asian community reeling after Lunar New Year shooting

Monterey Park massacre prompts police from San Francisco to New York to step up patrols

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