Eve Stephens, the first Asian American woman to lead any University of Texas (UT) System police department, has filed a federal lawsuit against the University of Texas at Austin and the UT System, alleging she was fired due to sex and national origin discrimination.

Rep. Young Kim (R-Calif.) recently condemned socialism with a personal take, echoing President Donald Trump’s “communist” branding of NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani as she gears up for next year’s primary in a new district.

A 25-year-old man convicted of killing an elderly woman as part of an anti-Asian crime spree in 2019 will likely receive a life sentence without parole, prosecutors announced this week.

“Rush Hour 4” is now in active development at Paramount Pictures after Donald Trump personally urged the studio to move forward with the long-discussed sequel, according to multiple industry reports.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai was smiling in a BBC interview aired last Tuesday when he suggested that “what a CEO does is maybe one of the easier things maybe for an AI to do one day.” While framed as a fascinating prediction about the future of automation, the casual delivery lands differently for workers across the globe who are bracing for a future of economic uncertainty.

Computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton, widely known as one of the “godfathers” of artificial intelligence (AI), urged policymakers to address the technology’s risks during a forum at Georgetown University on Nov. 18. He joined Sen. Bernie Sanders to warn that rapid advancements could lead to widespread job displacement and the proliferation of autonomous weapons systems that operate without human oversight.

Alma Bowman, a Filipino American activist, regained her freedom this week after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) held her for eight months at Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia.

Ranae Bartlett, 58, is Alabama’s first Asian American mayor, winning more than 56% of the vote in the City of Madison’s mayoral race in August.

Internal communications from Meta Platforms Inc., TikTok, Snap Inc. and YouTube, revealed in a 5,807-page federal court filing unsealed this month, show employees describing their own platforms as an “addictive drug” for teens. An email attributed to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg states, “If we tell teens’ parents and teachers about their live videos, that will probably ruin the product from the start.” Expert reports submitted with the filing link platform features to serious youth risks such as eating disorders and suicidal thoughts, findings the companies’ own internal research had already flagged.

The Supreme Court’s June 2023 decision ending race-conscious admissions has reshaped Stanford University’s incoming class, with Asian and white students now comprising their largest shares in three years.