Texas House Democrats returned to the chamber floor on Tuesday, tearing up written agreements with Republican leaders in a dramatic escalation of their protest against President Donald Trump’s redistricting push.

Two Hong Kong pro-democracy activists have been granted asylum in the U.K. and Australia over the weekend, representing rare acknowledgments of persecution under the city’s national security law.

President Donald Trump has pledged to advocate for the release of jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai, whose national security trial resumed this week amid judicial skepticism over sedition charges.

A 34-year-old man arrested in connection with a recent acid attack in Honolulu’s Chinatown was himself the victim of alleged hate crimes and police misconduct in recent years, court documents show.

An undocumented truck driver from Stockton, California, is facing three counts of vehicular homicide and deportation after an unauthorized U-turn on Florida’s Turnpike resulted in three deaths last week.

AMD CEO Lisa Su, the first woman to lead a major U.S. semiconductor company, said in a recent interview that she will not follow Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s reported practice of offering $100 million compensation packages to recruit artificial intelligence experts.

Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani and his agent, Nez Balelo, are being sued in Hawaii Circuit Court by a real estate investor and broker who allege they were wrongfully removed from a $240 million luxury development on the Big Island.

Beijing staged the inaugural World Humanoid Robot Games last week, beginning Thursday evening with an opening ceremony where robots danced hip-hop, performed martial arts and played musical instruments. Competitions ran from Friday through Sunday at the National Speed Skating Oval, with more than 500 robots from 280 teams representing 16 countries, including the U.S., Germany and Japan.

Nearly 1 in 4 Gen Z workers regret going to college or wish they had pursued a more lucrative career, while 1 in 5 say their degree did not contribute to their current job, according to a ResumeGenius survey of 1,000 full-time employees conducted in April and May 2025. The report found 23% would choose differently, often citing fields such as technology, finance, engineering or healthcare.

Three Rhode Island men pleaded guilty earlier this month to their roles in a sophisticated burglary ring that targeted South Asian-owned homes across 25 Massachusetts towns, netting over $4 million in stolen goods.