American Incomes Were Rising, Until The Pandemic Hit Median household income jumped to $68,700 in 2019, the highest since record-keeping began in 1967. Many of those gains have likely been erased this year, as the pandemic left tens of millions jobless. Scott Horsley
Boeing’s 737 MAX faces key hurdle at European safety meeting At Gatwick Airport just outside London on Monday, air safety regulators began meeting to decide what must be done to let Boeing's 737 MAX return to the skies. Angela King
ByteDance Rejects Offers For TikTok's U.S. Operations With its deadline to sell or be banned in the U.S. fast approaching, Chinese tech giant ByteDance said it will not sell TikTok to either Microsoft or Oracle. That's according to China state TV. Bobby Allyn
Mall Company Simon Property Group Saves Another Retailer From Bankruptcy Malls are saving another retailer. J.C. Penney is the fourth bankrupt chain this year getting sold to a venture with its landlords, including the biggest U.S. mall company. Alina Selyukh
More Groceries, Less Gas: The Pandemic Is Shaking Up The Cost Of Living Consumer prices rose 0.4% in August and 1.3% over the last 12 months. Some economists say that official measure understates inflation, because the pandemic has changed both what and how we buy. Scott Horsley
A Mining Company Blew Up A 46,000-Year-Old Aboriginal Site. Its CEO Is Resigning In May, mining giant Rio Tinto blasted through two ancient rock shelters in Western Australia in order to mine iron ore. The company has been under rising pressure to hold executives accountable. Merrit Kennedy
News Brief: U.S. Wildfires, Coronavirus Relief Bill, Russian Election Hackers Fires continue to rage in the West Coast. The Senate failed to advance another COVID-19 relief bill. And, Microsoft says the Russian hackers who disrupted the 2016 election are back.
Amazon job growth to shift beyond Seattle Amazon says 7,000 of the 8,400 corporate and tech jobs it has available in the Puget Sound region are in the city of Seattle. But that Carolyn Adolph
Water Taxi Helps Walleye Enthusiasts Reach Resorts Economically Hit By Pandemic The only road to Minnesota's Northwest Angle is cut off because of Canada's closed border, threatening the area's only industry: fishing resorts. One man hopes to save the day with a water highway.
Airline Workers Brace As Federal Aid Runs Out This Month Flight attendants, pilots and other airline employees hope a deadlocked Congress will agree to extend a federal payroll relief program and prevent mass layoffs. David Schaper
