News for May 18, 2025

Eli Portal and Rivkah Fox are launching a new Brooklyn matchmaking effort through Imo Anochi to help Jewish adults with physical disabilities find love and build families in a more inclusive way.

Cajun and Zydeco music are drawing new, younger listeners as Joel Savoy, Wilson Savoy, and Ann Savoy help keep the traditions alive while adapting them for a modern audience.

China’s spying campaign against the U.S. is growing, with Xi Jinping’s government using both cyber tools and human agents to watch and pressure dissidents abroad.

The article says China, under President Xi Jinping, has built a wide spy network in the U.S. to gather intelligence, pressure dissidents, and influence events, and it shows what can happen when those efforts are exposed.

Soko Hardware in San Francisco’s Japantown is marking 100 years as Philip Ashizawa carries on his family’s store and community legacy.

Worcester police union leaders said officers acted properly and only moved in to keep order during a chaotic ICE arrest of a Brazilian mother and the crowd that gathered around it.