Amazon to pay $2.5 billion to settle lawsuit over 'tricking' people into Prime Federal regulators say Amazon has settled their lawsuit over whether its web designs have manipulated millions of people into paying for Prime subscriptions that were purposefully hard to cancel. Monica Nickelsburg
A judge ruled their firings were illegal. The government got to do it anyway A judge ruled the firing of thousands of federal employees was illegal. But he stopped short of ordering the government to reinstate them, predicting the Supreme Court would overturn it. Andrea Hsu
Housing prices are causing some people to have smaller families than planned Home prices skyrocketed during the pandemic — and have stayed high. For some Americans, making their budget work means having fewer children than they'd envisioned. Laurel Wamsley
Examining Kimmel's brief suspension and Trump's threats to free speech Jimmy Kimmel Live! is back, but New York Times reporter Adam Liptak and former Washington Post editor Marty Baron say the Trump administration is using federal power to control speech and the press. Terry Gross
Despite past complications, crypto company Tether is ready for American debut Global crypto giant Tether has a controversial history but it now has an ambitious plan to expand across the U.S. It's a sign of how much things have changed for crypto under President Trump. Rafael Nam
The surprisingly lucrative business of making a list of 500 stocks What even is the business of the S&P 500, and how does it make so much money? Alex Mayyasi
Americans are crazy for shrimp. Much of it came from India — until now India's shrimp exports to the U.S. were once a success story. Now the industry faces ruin amid President Trump's 50% tariff on imports from the country. Diaa Hadid
Did Amazon trick people into paying for Prime? Federal case goes to trial The U.S. government says Amazon manipulated people into signing up for Prime memberships that were purposefully hard to cancel. The company says its designs and disclosures follow industry standards. Monica Nickelsburg
Jimmy Kimmel will be back on air on Tuesday, Disney says The late night comic was suspended last week under pressure from the Trump administration after comments about Charlie Kirk's killing. NPR Staff
Seattle's Cascade PBS announces layoffs, end of online long-form journalism The move, attributed to a $3.5 million annual loss in federal funding, marks the layoffs of 17 staffers and the creation of three new positions, Cascade PBS President and CEO Rob Dunlop told KUOW. KUOW Staff
