Mary Rodee, whose 15-year-old son died by suicide, points to a banner listing victims' names outside Los Angeles Superior Court on March 25 after a jury found Meta and YouTube liable for harming a young woman through the addictive design of their social media platforms. The landmark verdict could reshape how the tech industry faces legal accountability for harms to users. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

Facebook employee take a photo in front of new Meta Platforms Inc. sign outside the company headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021. Tony Avelar/AP hide caption

An app for Kalshi, an online prediction market site, is shown on a phone. Multiple states have tried to block the company from operating, citing state gambling laws. But the federal government has sued to block those state laws to allow Kalshi and other prediction markets to operate. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption

President Trump ordered double-digit tariffs on nearly everything the U.S. imports on April 2 last year. This is where things now stand a year later. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption

A public goods stamp from the Planet Money book. NPR/NPR hide caption

The FIFA World Cup trophy is displayed during the official draw ceremony held at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 5, 2025. Pool/Getty Images North America hide caption

Pokémon cards displayed at a vendor's table in Denver, Colorado. Ricky Mulvey/NPR hide caption

A man pumps gas at a Shell station in Houston, Texas, on March 16. The war with Iran has driven up gas prices at a time when affordability is high on people's minds. Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

Infowars founder Alex Jones speaks to the media outside Waterbury Superior Court in Waterbury, Conn., on Sept. 21, 2022. Several victims' families successfully sued Jones for causing emotional and psychological harm after they lost their children in the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre. Joe Buglewicz/Getty Images North America hide caption

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Chair Andrea Lucas is changing the priorities of an agency that had long focused its efforts on protecting vulnerable and underserved workers. Elizabeth Gillis/NPR hide caption

A fan holds a banner asking for a ticket outside the stadium prior to the 2022 FIFA World Cup final between Argentina and France at Lusail Stadium in Lusail City, Qatar, on Dec. 18, 2022. Robert Cianflone/Getty Images Europe hide caption

Advertising promoting ByteDance's cloud and AI service platform 'Volcano Engine' and chatbot 'Doubao' at the Beijing Capital International airport in Beijing. ADEK BERRY/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

Kitchen manager John Therres oversees lunch at Johns Island Elementary school in Charleston, S.C. Julia Ritchey/NPR hide caption

People spend the night in the dark on the Malecon during a blackout in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, March 21, 2026. Ramon Espinosa/AP hide caption

Brian Riley, the CEO of the Guardian Bike Company, showcases a rack of frames that were built in his factory in Seymour, Indiana. Scott Horsley/NPR hide caption

Travelers wait in line to go through TSA screening in Terminal 5 at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Friday in New York. The partial government shutdown has brought the longest TSA wait times in history, forcing some airline customers to rebook flights missed due to airport delays. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images hide caption

Gilbert Jacobs, better known as Chief "Gibby," in front of the Sen?á?w housing project in downtown Vancouver. Jeff Guo/NPR hide caption

Currency traders watch monitors near a screen showing international oil prices at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, on March 18. Ahn Young-joon/AP hide caption

Afroman, in court. Paul Weeden/WCPO/Paul Weeden/WCPO hide caption