Sean Salai

Sean Salai is the general assignment/culture reporter for The Washington Times. A former National desk intern and Metro clerk at The Washington Times, he also has served as a City Hall reporter at the Boca Raton News and as a special contributor at America Media. He can be reached at ssalai@washingtontimes.com.

Articles by Sean Salai

Chinese Communist Party's foreign policy chief Wang Yi speaks during Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Plus Three Foreign Ministers' Meeting at the in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, July 13, 2023. (Mast Irham/Pool Photo via AP)

Most Chinese Americans give thumbs down to the Communist nation

Most Chinese Americans hold an unfavorable view of their ancestral homeland, according to a new study, making them the Asian immigrant group most negative about their country of origin. Published July 19, 2023

Party debris is seen in the area of a mass shooting incident in the Southern District of Baltimore, Sunday, July 2, 2023. Baltimore leaders are condemning what they called a “catastrophic breakdown” in how city police responded to 911 calls leading up to a mass shooting at a neighborhood block party earlier this month. Police received a call about hundreds of partygoers armed with guns and knives about three hours before the shooting, but on-duty officers decided no law enforcement services were required.(AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Study links mass shootings in largest U.S. cities to systemic racism against Black residents

Cities with higher numbers of Black residents and more segregated neighborhoods are more likely to have mass shootings due to the effects of structural racism, a study has found. Published July 19, 2023

Josefa Teco organizes bottles for redemption at the Sure We Can, a Brooklyn non-profit redemption center, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020, in New York. They are called “bottle professionals” by some redemption centers employees who describe them as people who know by heart each recycling and trash pick-up route, who buy from other canners and who take the job seriously thanks to a 1982 law in New York that allows consumers to return empty containers for five cents.(AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Rising costs, consumer disinterest have broken U.S. bottle-recycling industry

Inflation has driven hundreds of private bottle redemption centers out of business, putting pressure on states to bail out the businesses, despite signs consumers are increasingly disinterested in hauling their recyclables to the facilities. Published July 19, 2023

OxyContin pills are arranged for a photo at a pharmacy in Montpelier, Vt., Feb. 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)

CDC finds opioids mixed with cocaine, meth driving more overdose deaths

Deadly multidrug cocktails of opioids mixed with cocaine or psychostimulants such as crystal meth have driven more overdose deaths, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Wednesday. Published July 19, 2023

This Oct. 7, 2003, file photo shows a closeup of a human brain affected by Alzheimer's disease, on display at the Museum of Neuroanatomy at the University at Buffalo in Buffalo, N.Y. (AP Photo/David Duprey) ** FILE **

Study links good sleep to reduced risk of Alzheimer’s disease

People with good sleep habits are less likely to suffer from Alzheimer's disease as they age, a study has found. Published July 18, 2023

A U.S. Border Patrol agent watches as undocumented immigrants board a bus at a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint Thursday, May 11, 2023 in Yuma, Ariz. (Randy Hoeft//The Yuma Sun via AP)

Gallup: Nearly three-quarters of American adults vexed about what’s going on at the border

More than 7 in 10 U.S. adults remain seriously concerned about immigrants crossing America's southern border, according to a new Gallup survey. Published July 14, 2023

Amherst College. University of Massachusetts (UMASS) Amherst Campus landscape - Photo credit: Feng Cheng / Shutterstock.com

College business officers see bleak financial outlook

College financial leaders are losing faith in their schools' long-term economic outlook, and nearly half of those on public campuses expect things to worsen next year, a survey has found. Published July 14, 2023

A help wanted sign is posted in Lansdale, Pa., Friday, April 28, 2023. On Thursday, the Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Black Americans make up 90% of unemployment surge, but labor agency hesitant to call it larger trend

Black Americans make up nearly 90% of adults who are newly unemployed since April, according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Published July 13, 2023

In this April 28, 2010, photo, a free eye exam is performed on a patient at a Remote Area Medical (RAM) clinic inside the Los Angeles Sports Arena in Los Angeles. California's operating budget will make more older people eligible for Medicaid, part of lawmakers' goal to have universal health coverage in the nation's most populous state. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) **FILE**

Study links loss of vision to dementia in old age

People with eyesight troubles are likelier to develop dementia in their golden years, a study found. Published July 13, 2023

In this image made from video, a health care professional and representatives of JARC, a nonprofit dedicated to assisting those with developmental disabilities, try to persuade Noah Lebon to take a COVID-19 vaccine shot on Thursday, May 20, 2021, in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. Noah's mother, LaQuae Lebon, is standing beside her son in the vaccine clinic. (AP Photo/Mike Householder)

Childhood developmental disabilities spiked during COVID-19 pandemic, says CDC

Diagnosed developmental disabilities in children and teenagers soared during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday. Published July 13, 2023

Amelia, 16, sits for a portrait in a park near her home in Illinois on Friday, March 24, 2023. (AP Photo Erin Hooley)

Growing share of teen girls visited ER for mental crises during pandemic

The number of teenage girls visiting emergency rooms for eating disorders, self-cutting and suicide attempts soared in the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, a study has found. Published July 12, 2023

This Tuesday, April 3, 2018, file photo shows a closeup of a beam scale in New York. High-dose oral versions of the medication in the weight-loss drug Wegovy may work as well as injections at paring pounds and improving health, including hard-to-treat people with diabetes, according to research released Sunday, June 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File)

Study links perceived racism to development of obesity in children

Children who report personal experiences of racial discrimination are likelier to develop obesity, a study has found. Published July 11, 2023

Students walk through a gate at Harvard University, Thursday, June 29, 2023, in Cambridge, Mass. The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down affirmative action in college admissions, declaring race cannot be a factor and forcing institutions of higher education to look for new ways to achieve diverse student bodies. (AP Photo/Michael Casey) ** FILE **

Trust in higher education dives, poll shows

Trust in higher education has fallen sharply among adults responding to Gallup polling as inflation jacks up costs. Published July 11, 2023

Hundreds of people become U.S. citizens during a naturalization ceremony at a convention center in Saint Paul, Minn., on March 9, 2023. The U.S. citizenship test is being updated and some immigrants and advocates worry the changes will hurt test-takers with lower levels of English proficiency. The test is one of the final steps toward citizenship — a months-long process that requires legal permanent residency for years before applying. (AP Photo/Trisha Ahmed)

Experts debate whether new citizenship test will be harder to pass

The Biden administration's attempt to redesign the citizenship test has some immigration advocates arguing it will make it tougher for new arrivals to win citizenship. Published July 6, 2023

Close-up of doctor inserting hearing aid in the ear of a girl. File photo credit: Andrey_Popov via Shutterstock.

Study links hearing loss to increased fatigue after middle age

Hearing-impaired adults are nearly twice as likely as those with healthy ears to have chronic fatigue starting in middle age as they strain to process sounds, a study has found. Published July 6, 2023

People stand outside a Silicon Valley Bank branch in Santa Clara, Calif., on March 10, 2023. The recent collapse of a trio of midsize banks, including Silicon Valley Bank, has once again raised questions on whether executive compensation is tilted toward short-term gains rather than companies' long-term health. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Confidence in U.S. institutions falls to new lows in Gallup poll

People's confidence in U.S. institutions fell to a new low in the latest Gallup polling, released Thursday. Published July 6, 2023

New York's Lower Manhattan skyline, including the One World Trade Center, left, is reflected in water on April 6, 2013, as seen from Liberty State Park in Jersey City, N.J. Eight of the 10 largest cities in the U.S. lost population during the first year of the pandemic, with only Phoenix and San Antonio gaining new residents from 2020 to 2021, according to new estimates released, Thursday, May 26, 2022, by the U.S. Census Bureau. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)

Census: Biggest cities lost more than 1M day residents as commuters stayed home during pandemic

The daytime populations of New York, Los Angeles and Chicago plunged to ghost town levels as more commuters worked from home during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Census Bureau reported Wednesday. Published July 5, 2023

Anti-abortion protesters celebrate following Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, federally protected right to abortion, outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, June 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe) **FILE**

Red state internet searches for ‘self-managed abortion’ surged after Dobbs

A new analysis of Google Trends data shows that internet searches for self-managed abortions rose sharply in states that restricted the procedure last summer. Published July 5, 2023

The U.S. Flag flies at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 6, 2023. The United States is about to start the countdown to its 250th anniversary. The buildup begins this July 4 at a Major League Baseball game between the Milwaukee Brewers and the Chicago Cubs at American Family Field in Milwaukee, where the organization created by Congress to oversee the party will kick off the planning process. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

More people find ‘American Dream’ ‘out of reach,’ poll finds

More people say the American Dream is "out of reach" for them than a year ago, according to an annual poll released Monday. Published July 3, 2023

Ambulance. File image credit Chris D swabb via Shutterstock.

Pre-COVID death rates from drugs, guns reached ‘national emergency’ level, study finds

Death rates for drug overdoses, shootings and all other injuries "increased substantially" nationwide during the two decades heading into the COVID-19 pandemic, a study has found. Published July 3, 2023

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