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On October 28, 2025, Amazon confirmed the layoff of 14,000 corporate employees—roughly 4% of its white-collar ...

65,000. That’s roughly how many people work for Amazon in the Puget Sound region. It’s unclear how many were working from home part-time, but even if it’s a fraction, the impact on traffic after Jan.

Most of the talk about self-driving cars is focused on everyday consumers: Do they like the technology? Do they feel comfortable with it? Will they buy autonomous vehicles? But in fact, the first ...

The death of a 19-year-old college student on a Texas highway is raising questions about the fleet of drivers Amazon uses to move packages between its facilities. College freshman Iliana Velez's life ...

A first-of-its-kind study finds Amazon’s delivery drivers earn less and face more instability than their unionized ...

A Council bill to force Amazon to directly hire the workers who deliver its packages in New York City now has majority — and bipartisan — support.