Amazon's automated HR systems led to at least one worker being pestered with messages while he was off sick with COVID-19, NBC reports. Illinois Amazon warehouse worker Drew Duzinskas told NBC he tested positive for COVID-19 over the holidays. He said he notified Amazon, but that for days afterwards he received automated texts from the company telling him his balance of paid time off was going down because he was missing shifts.

U.S. adults on average read 12.6 books in 2021, three fewer books than in the prior measurement from 2016.

A study published in the journal Social Science & Medicine suggests that election outcomes can impact population-level mental health. Moreover, the extent of this impact depends on a person’s race/ethnicity and their surrounding political climate. The findings revealed that Latinx people living in Trump states and white people living in Clinton states experienced an especially high number of poor mental health days following the 2016 election.

Search warrants show that Real County Sheriff Nathan Johnson is under scrutiny by state investigators, accused of illegally confiscating cash and a pickup truck from immigrants stopped by his deputies.

Earlier today, a report indicated that some European carriers were blocking the Private Relay feature introduced by Apple with iOS 15. This feature is designed to give users an additional layer of privacy by ensuring that no one can view the websites that they visit.

A federal judge in Washington, DC, questioned former President Donald Trump's actions during his speech on January 6, 2021, as he considers for the first time whether Trump is immune from liability related to his supporters attacking the US Capitol.

Late last year, the disappointing COP26 climate conference was quickly overshadowed by an altogether different energy crisis: The global supply shock that drove oil and gas prices through the roof. It was ideally timed for political opportunists and fossil fuel companies eager to make false claims about the costs of shifting to clean energy. Make no mistake: This is not an energy crisis. It is a fossil fuel dependency crisis.

A historic deep freeze that crippled Texas. A deadly hurricane that wreaked havoc from the Gulf Coast to the Northeast. A record-shattering heat wave and historic drought in the West. And a devastating, out-of-season tornado outbreak that tore through towns in the Central and Southern US.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed an executive order aimed at preventing price gouging of at-home COVID-19 test kits. The order, announced Saturday, prohibits sellers from increasing previous prices for the self-test kits by more than 10%. A nationwide shortage of those kits has led to price gouging, with some people reselling the kits for five times as much as they paid for them.

The world’s largest seafood restaurant company, Red Lobster, is entangled in a lawsuit over its sustainability claims. Consumers allege its environmental statements are “false” and “deceptive,” and have fooled diners into purchasing food they believed to be eco-friendly.

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has tested positive for a breakthrough case of COVID-19. According to a statement released on Ocasio-Cortez's Twitter on Sunday, the Brooklyn-based Democratic congresswoman is symptomatic, despite being fully vaccinated and boostered.

President Joe Biden blames meatpacking industry giants for the soaring price of beef and chicken. So he's helping smaller meat processors compete with them.

An effort to ban smoking and cigarette butt litter at Florida parks and beaches is gaining traction from lawmakers and community activists. Republican State Sen. Joe Gruter and Ocean Conservancy representatives to announce he’s sponsoring a bill to allow counties and municipalities to ban smoking on public beaches as well as in state parks.

A Georgia judge sentenced Travis McMichael and his father Gregory McMichael on Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for what he called the "chilling" 2020 murder of Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man running through their mostly white neighborhood in the southern U.S. state.

The comedian's brand of satire once made him the perfect culture critic. But as his latest Internet imbroglio proves, his smarter act is out while righteous indignation runs amok.

Kanye West's Presidential campaign was a total bust -- and cost him serious points in his marriage -- but that doesn't mean he's not keeping his political friends close ... dining with Jared Kushner in Miami.

Hospitals across the United States are postponing elective surgeries to free up staff and beds due to a surge in COVID-19 cases driven by the highly transmissible Omicron variant of the coronavirus. Administrators say hospital staff shortages have been compounded in the last month by medical practitioners isolating or quarantining as they themselves are infected or exposed to the virus.

Back in 1998, sci-fi TV series The X-Files aired an episode called “Kill Switch” about an AI gone rogue. Told when the internet was still accessed by most using dial-up modems, it was a fascinating tale of technology run amuck, a message about not handing too much of your life over to the digital world. While it might also seem like a sci-fi tale, soon enough the United States federal government could force automakers to install kill switches authorities can access and use to shut down any newer vehicle.

As we approach the one-year anniversary of the violent assault on the Capitol, the prevailing argument on the left and much of the center is that the Republican Party poses a novel threat to American democracy. This is a flawed assessment, which oversells and understates the danger we face.

The IRS is cracking down on payments made through third-party apps, requiring platforms like Venmo, PayPal and Cash App to report transactions if they exceed $600 in one year.