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Some 75,000 health care workers at Kaiser Permanente near a nationwide walkout

There's one more round of in-person bargaining on Friday — the last chance to avoid a strike before the contract expires Saturday. Workers are represented by 12 local unions, from coast to coast.
- A Martinez
European Union pressured to stop the flood of foreign investment in soccer clubs

Money from Gulf States has distorted the balance of power among European soccer clubs. Now there's a push to regulate outside money coming into the sport.
- H.J. Mai
Dozens of people arrested in Philadelphia after stores are ransacked across the city

Dramatic scenes of large-group smash-and-grabs have been documented across the U.S. in recent years, but it's unclear whether such crimes are actually increasing.
- Joe Hernandez
FTC takes more conservative approach in Amazon case

It finally happened. The Federal Trad Commission sued Amazon in federal court this week. The Seattle company has been in the crosshairs of federal regulators for years; and the suit has wide reaching implications for the online retail, cloud computing, grocery and entertainment giant. This is the biggest test yet of Khan’s vision for a more progressive antitrust enforcement agenda – what critics have knocked as “hipster antitrust.” But the 172-page complaint is more rooted in tradition than some had predicted.
- Libby Denkmann
Kia and Hyundai recall more than 3 million vehicles due to the risk of fire

More than 1.6 million Hyundais and 1.7 million Kias are at risk of engine compartment fires. Owners of the affected vehicles are urged to park them outside and away from homes and buildings.
- Ayana Archie
The U.S. government files an antitrust lawsuit against Amazon

In a monopoly lawsuit, the Federal Trade Commission and 17 states accuse Amazon of suffocating rivals and raising costs for both sellers and shoppers.
- Alina Selyukh
Why hasn't Washington state joined the federal antitrust case against Amazon?

The Federal Trade Commission accused Amazon of operating a monopoly in a lawsuit filed Tuesday in Seattle. Seventeen states joined the complaint, but the one Amazon calls home was conspicuously absent.
- Monica Nickelsburg
Biden and Trump to visit picketing autoworkers during historic strike

NPR's Michel Martin talks to professor Jefferson Cowie of Vanderbilt University about President Biden and former President Donald Trump both planning to visit picketing autoworkers in Detroit.
Newest Dick's Drive-In is slated for Everett
- Dyer Oxley
Panicked. Angry. Thrilling: 'Exit Interview' examines Amazon’s culture through the eyes of a former exec

In her new memoir, "Exit Interview: The Life and Death of My Ambitious Career," former amazon executive Kristi Coulter takes a hard look at the intense pressure and psychological strain — and even the physical toll — that she and her colleagues experienced at the company.
- Libby Denkmann

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