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Workers and supporters hold signs after filing a petition requesting an election to form a union outside the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) regional office in the Brooklyn Borough of New York, U.S., on Monday, Oct. 25, 2021. Amazon.com Inc. workers

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Amazon warehouse workers in New York file for a union vote

5:55pm October 25, 2021

by Alina Selyukh

Amazon workers in New York plan to take an initial step toward forming a union. Organizers say they have collected some 2,000 signatures for a union vote from warehouse workers on Staten Island.

Los Angeles International Airport and SoFi Stadium employers spoke with potential job applicants at a job fair in Inglewood, Calif., in September. About 19% of all households in an NPR poll say they lost all their savings during the COVID-19 outbreak, and

Black and Latino families continue to bear pandemic's great economic toll in U.S.

5:06pm October 25, 2021

by Laurel Wamsley

A new poll finds more than 55% of Black and Latino households have faced serious financial problems in recent months. And more than a quarter have depleted their savings.

Packs of Pokemon Co. cards in Random Lake, Wisconsin, U.S., on Thursday, July 1, 2021.

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A man spent $57,789 in coronavirus relief aid on a Pokemon card, the feds say

4:08pm October 25, 2021

by Joe Hernandez

Authorities didn't say which Pokemon card Vinath Oudomsine allegedly bought with the federal funds, but rare Pokemon cards have sold for tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Yaël Eisenstat, pictured in September, says Facebook leaders have known about problems with disinformation and how Facebook incentivizes the most extreme voices.

Politics & Government

Ex-Facebook employee says company has known about disinformation problem for years

2:33pm October 25, 2021

by Rachel Martin

Yael Eisenstat, who was in a leadership position at Facebook in 2018, says people within the company have been warning for years about disinformation and how extreme voices are boosted on Facebook.

National

The Russian hacker group behind the SolarWinds attack is at it again, Microsoft says

2:15pm October 25, 2021

by Joe Hernandez

According to Microsoft, the group is targeting technology companies that resell and provide cloud services and has been using phishing and password spray to gain entry to targeted networks.

Nurses check on a patient in a Jonesboro, Ark., ICU in August when the delta variant sparked yet another surge of serious COVID-19 cases in the region. The pandemic has only added to a longstanding nursing shortage in the U.S., statistics show.

The U.S. needs more nurses, but nursing schools don't have enough slots

1:32pm October 25, 2021

by Yuki Noguchi

Across the country, hospitals are desperate for RNs and specialty nurses. Yet, paradoxically, the nursing pipeline has slowed, with educators retiring or returning to clinical work themselves.

What Facebook's internal documents reveal about the company

10:55am October 25, 2021

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to the Washington Post's Tory Newmyer about new documents that show that CEO Mark Zuckerberg approved a decision to crack down on political dissenters in Vietnam.

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A nurse draw a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine dose from a vial at the Cameron Grove Community Center in Bowie, Md., in late March. Moderna says study data supports use of a half-dose of the vaccine in children 6 to 11.

Health & Safety

Moderna says new data supports its COVID vaccine for kids 6 to 11

10:43am October 25, 2021

by Scott Hensley

Moderna says a study in kids 6 to 11 found two doses of the company's COVID-19 vaccine given 28 days apart produced a strong antibody response.

Amazon workers in New York take their first step toward a union

7:57am October 25, 2021

Amazon warehouse staff in Staten Island are planning to file for a union vote. Some 2,000 workers have signed cards seeking an election, according to the self-organized independent Amazon Labor Union.

A battle over taxes continues to brew as the IRS is seeking to obtain more bank account information, a move strongly opposed by Republicans and the lenders themselves.

Does the IRS really want to spy on your bank account? The latest tax fight, explained

7:50am October 25, 2021

by Scott Horsley

The Biden administration hopes to help fund its agenda by cracking down on tax evasion, but its plan to require more bank information is drawing strong opposition from GOP lawmakers and banks.