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Hey, good morning. I'm Patricia Murphy. It's Monday. This is Seattle now.

Amazon's rapid growth has transformed Seattle's and the country's workforce. Soon, that growth might not include

human employees. Their 10-year plan involves more robots and potentially fewer human workers.

We'll talk with New York Times tech reporter Karen Wise about what she found out in a minute.

But first, let's get you caught up.

Thank you. found out in a minute. But first, let's get you caught up. There's a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of a suspected arsonist in Seattle. The Seattle Fire Department says someone

intentionally set six fires in Mount Baker, Rainier Beach,

and the Central District during October. A car was torched and other fires were set in residential

and vacant buildings. The Seattle Fire Department has not said whether these recent fires are

connected to a string of arsins that happened during the summer. Some transit agencies in the region are helping

out federal workers who are feeling the impact of the government shutdown. Kitsap, Pierce,

and Mason transit services will let federal workers ride for free with their government ID. The agency

say federal workers who usually ride public transit haven't been able to reload their transit passes

since the shutdown began October 1st. The federal government employs some 100,000 people

in kitsap at Pierce County's home to joint-based Lewis McCord and naval-based kitsap.

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