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Program at Mesa high school teaching students valuable work skills while helping the community

Westwood High's Working Warriors program started two years ago, and it has since blossomed into a program that teaches students valuable skills, while at the same time helping others in need.

February 25, 2021 6:17pm MST

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to step down as CEO, transition to executive chair role

Amazon announced Tuesday its founder Jeff Bezos is stepping down as CEO and will transition to an executive chair role.

February 2, 2021 2:16pm MST

Find out what Amazon’s Arlington HQ2 is expected to look like

Amazon is revealing its designs for its upcoming "HQ2" facility in Arlington on Tuesday.

February 2, 2021 11:03am MST

Amazon to pay $61.7 million to settle claims it withheld tips from drivers

Amazon will pay nearly $62 million to settle charges with the Federal Trade Commission that it took tips from delivery drivers over a two and a half year period.

February 2, 2021 10:28am MST

Amazon offers assist with COVID-19 vaccine distribution

Amazon is offering its colossal operations network and advanced technologies to assist President Joe Biden in his vow to get 100 million COVID-19 vaccinations to Americans in his first 100 days in office.

January 22, 2021 11:32am MST

6,000 Amazon workers in Alabama to vote on forming first US union in tech giant’s history

Thousands of Amazon workers at an Alabama facility will vote in February on whether to unionize, potentially becoming the first U.S.-based union in the company’s history.

January 18, 2021 12:57pm MST

Amazon, Walmart, Target allowing some customers to keep refunded return items

Some retail heavyweights, including Amazon, Walmart and Target, are allowing customers to not only process refunds seamlessly online, but are also allowing customers to just keep the returned items.

January 13, 2021 8:10pm MST

FDA-approved coronavirus test hits Amazon marketplace. Here's how much it costs

An FDA-approved COVID-19 test has hit Amazon's marketplace as cases of the virus continue to inundate the country.

January 7, 2021 7:34am MST

Oceana report says Amazon has a ‘plastic problem’, pollutes oceans with 22 million pounds of plastics per year

A new report estimates that Amazon generated enough plastic packaging waste in 2019 to circle the Earth 500 times.

January 4, 2021 6:54pm MST

MacKenzie Scott, ex-wife of Jeff Bezos, says she’s given $4.1 billion to charity

MacKenzie Scott, philanthropist, author and ex-wife of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, says she has given away $4.1 billion in the past four months to hundreds of organizations.

December 16, 2020 9:15am MST

California subpoenas Amazon over worker safety during coronavirus pandemic

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra on Monday asked a judge to order Amazon to comply with subpoenas his office issued nearly four months ago as part of an investigation into how the company is protecting workers from the coronavirus at its facilities.

December 14, 2020 2:57pm MST

Amazon hiring spree adds 1,400 workers per day

Amazon has hired more than 400,000 people globally since January, amounting to more than 1,000 new hires per day, the company confirmed to FOX Business.

November 27, 2020 4:12pm MST

Amazon to give $500M in special holiday bonuses to front-line employees

Operations chief: "I've never been more grateful for — or proud of — our teams."

November 27, 2020 6:19am MST

Amazon opens online pharmacy with prescription delivery, shaking up another industry

The move propels Amazon into a new business and could shake up the pharmacy industry. Big chains like CVS and Walgreens rely on their pharmacies to bring them a steady flow of shoppers.

November 17, 2020 9:10am MST

Tampa woman made 42,000 fraudulent Amazon returns in past 5 years, detectives say

Over the course of five years, detectives said the Tampa woman received over $100,000 in reimbursements for 42,000 fraudulent returns to Amazon through 31 different accounts.

October 27, 2020 5:12pm MST