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News Articles: amazon

A UPS driver enters a United Parcel Service store with packages in Jackson, Miss., Monday, July 26, 2021.

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  • News

UPS to cut 20,000 jobs, close some facilities as it reduces amount of Amazon shipments it handles

UPS is looking to slash about 20,000 jobs and close more than 70 facilities as it drastically reduces the amount of Amazon shipments it handles. The package delivery company said Tuesday that it anticipates making the job cuts this year. It anticipates closing 73 leased and owned buildings by the end of June.

April 29, 2025
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  • Associated Press
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with a payload of 27 of Amazon's Project Kuiper internet satellites lifts off from Launch Complex 41 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Monday.

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  • Space

Amazon launches its first internet satellites to compete against SpaceX's Starlinks

Stargazers oppose the fast-growing constellations of low-orbiting satellites, arguing they spoil observations. Others fear more satellite collisions.

April 29, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 21: Children and their parents participate in the White House Egg Roll on the South Lawn on April 21, 2025 in Washington, DC. The White House is expecting thousands of children and adults to participate in the annual tradition of rolling colored eggs down the White House lawn, which was started by President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1878. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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  • National

Trumps welcome thousands to the White House for the annual Easter egg roll

President Trump and the first lady welcomed an estimated 40,000 people to the South Lawn of the White House on Monday for its annual Easter egg roll event. The annual tradition dates back to the presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes, and save for war and food shortages, has been a mainstay of Pennsylvania Avenue since 1878.

April 21, 2025
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  • Zach Thompson
The Federal Trade Commission building is seen in Washington, D.C.

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  • Business

FTC asks to delay Amazon trial over 'dire' resources, then quickly backtracks

The Federal Trade Commission is in a "dire resource situation," a federal lawyer said on a call about its major lawsuit against Amazon. Within hours, he retracted the claim.

March 14, 2025
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  • Alina Selyukh
Daniel Craig, who played James Bond in five films, at the Germany premiere of Spectre in 2015. <em>(Michael Sohn/AP)</em>

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Amazon to deliver a new James Bond

Amazon has acquired the creative license to the long-running James Bond franchise. But how do they plan to deliver?

February 22, 2025
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  • Scott Simon
Daniel Craig, who most recently played 007, marks the end of an era with the former producers of the franchise.

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  • Movies

Amazon has acquired creative control of the 'James Bond' franchise

With new producers, a new studio, and a new 007 on the way, change is expected for the next James Bond.

February 20, 2025
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  • Manuela López Restrepo
Amazon's distribution center in Garner, N.C., opened in August 2020.

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  • Business

Amazon workers vote against unionizing a North Carolina warehouse

Workers voted against joining a grassroots union called Carolina Amazonians United for Solidarity and Empowerment, or CAUSE.

February 15, 2025
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  • Alina Selyukh
Amazon workers strike outside the gates of an Amazon fulfillment center in City of Industry, Calif., on Thursday.

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  • Business

Amazon faces multiple pickets as union targets holiday shopping rush

The Teamsters union demands that Amazon recognize its unionized workers. The company refuses and says the strikes won't affect operations.

December 19, 2024
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  • Alina Selyukh and
  • Andrea Hsu
An Amazon fulfillment center in Bessemer, Ala. A Senate investigation found that Amazon workers were nearly twice as likely to be injured compared to workers at other warehouses in the industry.

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  • Business

Amazon manipulated injury data to make warehouses appear safer, a Senate probe finds

A Senate committee investigation, led by Sen. Bernie Sanders, accused Amazon of risking worker safety for speed while manipulating injury data to make its warehouses seem safer than they are.

December 16, 2024
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  • Juliana Kim
SpaceX and Amazon are among the companies that have filed lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the National Labor Relations Board.

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  • Business

Accused of violating worker rights, SpaceX and Amazon go after labor board

SpaceX and Amazon are asking the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to find the National Labor Relations Board unconstitutional. The federal agency is tasked with enforcing workers' right to organize.

November 18, 2024
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  • Andrea Hsu
Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Ala., have voted twice on whether to unionize, but the results remained too close to call since 2022.

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  • Business

Amazon ordered to let workers vote on unionizing -- for the 3rd time

A federal administrative law judge says Amazon interfered in the last election on unionization at its warehouse in Bessemer, Ala.

November 06, 2024
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  • Alina Selyukh
Nossa Senhora do Livramento Community, located in the Manaus region, Amazonas. The record drought that hit the Rio Negro in the summer of 2024 affected the entire community. Many residents went to stay with relatives in Manaus, leaving the town empty.

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  • World

Rain is coming, but not enough after punishing Amazon drought

The world’s longest river is at its lowest levels ever due to devastating drought conditions. The dry conditions in Brazil's Amazon rainforest, have left tributaries and the vital waterway parched, stranding river communities, affecting commerce and livelihoods.

October 30, 2024
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  • Carrie Kahn
A worker packs a leather jacket in an Amazon India shipping bag at a workshop in the Dharavi area of Mumbai, India, on Jan. 5, 2022.

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  • Asia

Amazon India workers say they're overworked and mistreated during a brutal heat wave

Amazon India says it ensures breaks and worker safety, but workers tell NPR they're pressured not to stop for water or to use the toilet, especially while processing same-day orders.

September 30, 2024
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  • Diaa Hadid and
  • Omkar Khandekar
Amazon delivery drivers and dispatchers picket the company's Palmdale, Calif., warehouse and delivery center on July 25, 2023.

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  • Business

NLRB says Amazon is a joint employer of some 3rd-party delivery drivers in California

The two sides have been in disagreement about whether Amazon bears legal responsibility to its delivery drivers, who are technically employed by third-party companies but deliver Amazon packages.

August 24, 2024
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  • Juliana Kim
The Consumer Product Safety Commission filed a lawsuit over products sold on Amazon that the agency found to be unsafe, including carbon monoxide detectors and some children's sleepwear.

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  • Business

Amazon must recall unsafe products sold by independent sellers, a consumer agency says

The decision stems from a suit by the Consumer Product Safety Commission over products sold on Amazon that the agency found to be unsafe, including children's sleepwear and carbon monoxide detectors.

August 01, 2024
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  • Joe Hernandez
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