The mass shooter who targeted Atlanta massage spas wanted to "eliminate" a "temptation." Many Asian women see it as an extreme example of the anti-Asian attacks they've experienced.

The previously scheduled visit was to have included a celebration of the recently passed $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package, but Tuesday's deadly shootings at area spas caused a change in plans.

President Biden and Vice President Harris traveled to Atlanta to meet with members of the Asian American community following this week's killings of eight people, including six women of Asian descent.

Recent assaults on Asian Americans in the San Francisco Bay Area have sparked debates within the community around policing. Divisions over how to keep people safe are falling along generational lines.

"I don't think there's any place in the state of Minnesota that has not been subjected to extreme amounts of publicity," Judge Peter Cahill said.

Millions of stimulus checks began hitting Americans bank accounts after passage of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. On Georgia Today, we hear how the plan intends to help the state's Black farmers.

The president and Vice President Harris also planned to travel to Atlanta on Friday, where they will meet with leaders of the city's Asian American community.

Most of the victims were women of Asian descent. Authorities say it's too early to declare the attacks a hate crime – but advocates say there's a pattern that can't be ignored.

Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III talks about how he turned entry into the Blacksonian into the hottest ticket in town and how the coronavirus is affecting the Smithsonians.

Lawmakers heard testimony on discrimination and violence against Asian American people Thursday as a wave of incidents brings new urgency to the issue.

NPR's A Martinez talks to Rhea Boyd, a pediatrician in California's Bay Area, about Black Americans' lack of access to COVID-19 vaccines, and inequality issues in health care.

In many states, there are racial disparities in who has received a COVID-19 vaccine. A public health advocate says lack of health care access is a bigger impediment than a hesitancy to get vaccinated.

Robert Aaron Long, 21, who was arrested within hours of the attacks at three massage businesses, has been charged with murder and assault.

Put up to protect buildings from civil unrest, the boards have become vehicles of expression for devastated and angry Minnesotans.

The Boston Globe and Boston University Center for Antiracist Research are launching The Emancipator, a news platform named after a 19th century abolitionist newspaper and dedicated to racial justice.