When Nina Davuluri of New York won Miss America 2013, she said in her first press conference after the victory: “I’m so happy this organization has embraced diversity. I’m thankful there are children watching at home who can finally relate to a new Miss America.” However this crowning of the first Miss America of Asian [...]
September 20, 2013
Ranbir Singh
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A man was arrested Wednesday and handed over to the FBI after allegedly threatening to behead Rep. Tulsi Gabbard. According to local reports, the man, Aniruddha Sherbow, sent his threats directly to the FBI via email. He was found in Tijuana, Mexico. Sherbow has threatened Gabbard before. In 2011, a judge issued a three-year restraining [...]
August 31, 2013
HHR
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Washington, Nov 7 — While all five Indian-American candidates hoping to enter the US Congress lost out, Tulsi Gabbard today created history by becoming the first Hindu-American to enter the US House of Representatives. An Iraq war veteran, 31-year-old Gabbard defeated K. Crowley of the Republican Party with a handsome [...]
November 7, 2012
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