Amazon workers just voted to join a union — here’s what happens next
For the first time in the U.S., Amazon workers have voted to join a union. Now comes the negotiating. U.S. News
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Home prices heated up to start the year, with huge surges in Arizona and Florida, says S&P Case-Shiller report
Home prices picked up steam again in January after a brief pullback, even as mortgage rates increased. U.S. News
FAA will keep ‘zero tolerance’ policy toward unruly passengers, outgoing chief says
The FAA instituted the policy in January 2021 to stem a surge in unruly passenger behavior. U.S. News
Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson set to face Senate confirmation hearings
President Joe Biden’s first Supreme Court nominee, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, is set to appear before U.S. senators to start four days of hearings. U.S. News
Skyrocketing inflation is taking an ever-bigger bite out of your paycheck
Making more money is great, but it doesn’t mean as much if you are having a harder time making ends meet. Although wages are rising, the prices consumers must pay for goods and services are…
Why Starship is the holy grail for SpaceX
SpaceX is counting on Starship rockets to carry more than 100 metric tons of cargo and crew per launch and help build out the company’s prized Starlink unit. U.S. News
House to vote on government funding bill that includes nearly $14 billion in Ukraine aid
The funding bill would prevent a government shutdown through September and provide humanitarian aid and military equipment to Ukraine. U.S. News
Why a California city is trying to build the state’s last fossil-fueled power plant
Glendale has proposed to spend $ 260 million on new natural gas generators, angering residents and environmentalists amid the state’s clean energy transition. U.S. News
Ukraine says Russia has struck a TV tower in Kyiv
The TV tower strike comes as recent satellite imagery has spread fears that Ukraine’s capital Kyiv could soon become the arena for a full-scale Russian assault. U.S. News
Inflation will go higher, but Ukraine conflict likely won’t halt economic growth in the U.S.
Could the Russia-Ukraine conflict somehow tip the U.S. economy into recession? It seems unlikely at this point, though anything is possible. U.S. News