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Decades later, the Microsoft antitrust case casts a shadow over the Google trial

A nearly 30-year-old legal case looms large over the U.S. government's antitrust case against Google. A judge is hearing arguments to decide the penalties to levy against the search giant.
- Jaclyn Diaz
Oil companies expected a big business boom under Trump. Now they're worried

Many oil company executives celebrated Donald Trump's return to the White House. But now expectations of higher profits are fading amid fears of a recession.
- Kirk Siegler
Where will Travis Hunter, Cam Ward and other top players be picked in the NFL Draft?

It's been almost 30 years since an NFL player played a true two-way season. Heisman winner Travis Hunter could be the next — but first, he has to be selected in the NFL Draft, which begins Thursday.
- Becky Sullivan
Racial disparities in youth incarceration are the widest they've been in decades

The number of American children and teenagers in juvenile detention has sharply declined over the last few decades, but as overall numbers decrease, data shows Black and Native American youth are far more likely to be incarcerated than white children.
- Meg Anderson
Wednesday Evening Headlines

Homebuyers are gaining more sway in Seattle's housing market, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center's Women's Health Initiative faces cuts, and lines to get a REALID in Washington are long. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning.
- Brooklyn Jamerson-Flowers
This author used ChatGPT as a mirror for her life — and for big tech, too

The book is part-memoir, part critique of how tech companies have positioned their products as “collaborators,” or even companions, in our lives.
- Libby Denkmann
Student loan borrowers are being asked to pony up

People with student loan debt are being asked to pony up, and experts warn that this push for repayment will put loan holders in difficult financial situations and could have a big impact on an already unstable economy.
- Libby Denkmann
Oregon among 12 states suing Trump administration to stop tariff policy

A dozen states have sued the Trump administration in the U.S. Court of International Trade to stop its tariff policy, challenging Trump's claim that he could arbitrarily impose tariffs based on the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
- The Associated Press
Air pollution still plagues nearly half of Americans. That does a number on our health

Despite improvements in air quality in past decades, 156 million Americans still breathe in too much soot or ozone, says the annual State of the Air report from the American Lung Association.
- Alejandra Borunda
Eli Lilly sues companies selling alternative versions of its weight loss drug

The drug company Eli Lilly is suing four telehealth companies for allegedly selling copies made by compounding pharmacies of its drug Zepbound.
- Sydney Lupkin

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