Month: September 2019

Andrei Stanescu/iStock(SEATTLE) — Amazon is planning a nationwide job fair to fill more than 30,000 permanent jobs in the U.S., the retailer announced on Tuesday. The open positions will be full-time, have full benefits and [Read More…]

DNY59/iStock(PARIS) — The Paris Court of Appeal made a ruling that during a business trip, an employer is liable for any employee accidents — or an employee’s death — in just about any circumstance. Xavier, [Read More…]

Wolterk/iStock(NEW YORK) — In honor of the vibrant, spiritual and centuries-old Mexican holiday Dia de los Muertos, Barbie has created a one-of-a-kind doll to commemorate the special celebration. The limited-edition Barbie features a black flutter [Read More…]

Tuscon Police Department via Facebook(PHOENIX) — A murder suspect who escaped custody with his wife by overpowering a transport team has been added to the Unites States Marshals’ 15 Most Wanted List. The move to [Read More…]

omersukrugoksu/iStock(LONDON) — Nigeria will evacuate hundreds of its citizens from South Africa following a recent spate of violent attacks on foreign nationals living there, officials said. Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari announced Monday afternoon that his [Read More…]

vistoff/iStock(RICHMOND, Va.) — The state of Virginia is being sued over “controversial” race labels listed on applications for marriage licenses. Those seeking a license to wed in Virginia are required to label themselves by their race, [Read More…]

Hasbro(NEW YORK) — A new version of Monopoly celebrating female entrepreneurs is hitting shelves this month. The board game, titled “Ms. Monopoly,” celebrates inventors and aims to invest in inspiring women across the globe. “Ms. [Read More…]

ABC News(NEW YORK) — At least 22 large uncontained wildfires are burning in the West Tuesday morning, not including smaller fires that erupted in southern California Monday. Wildfires that began Monday late afternoon just north [Read More…]

goralikus/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The acting commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection denied on Monday that people fleeing the devastation in the Bahamas in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian have been turned away from the United [Read More…]

zabelin/iStock(WASHINGTON) — After calling off a secret meeting with the Taliban at Camp David this weekend, President Donald Trump declared that Afghanistan peace talks are officially dead. “They are dead, they are dead,” Trump told [Read More…]

Paolo_Toffanin/iStock(HOUSTON) — A Houston-area high school student fell ill after vaping and was rushed to the hospital on Monday evening, officials said. A public school district serving Tomball, Texas, a small city about 35 miles [Read More…]

Oleksii Liskonih/iStock(WASHINGTON) — North Korea has said it was willing to meet with the U.S. in late September to resume talks focused on its nuclear weapons program — a move that President Donald Trump heralded [Read More…]

ABC News(NASSAU, Bahamas) — As hundreds of people waited anxiously to be evacuated at the port in Marsh Harbour, a Bahamian island community wrecked by Hurricane Dorian, Senior Lt. William Sturrup of the Royal Bahamian [Read More…]