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Extreme weather is again striking multiple places around the world, including wildfires in California, a hurricane that threatens Louisiana, drought and wildfires in the Amazon and flooding in Nigeria.

CPSC commissioners asked staff to examine how companies like Shein and Temu comply with the Consumer Product Safety Act, a law designed to protect Americans from unsafe products.

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is pledging to finish paving a roadway in the heart of the Amazon that experts and some in his own government say could worsen deforestation.

A powerful drought in the Amazon rainforest has led to the lowest water levels on the Paraguay River in more than a century, disrupting commerce on the major waterway, creating hazards for local transport and offering a grim warning for other parts of the world.

Brazil is enduring its worst drought since nationwide measurements began over seven decades ago, with 59% of the country under stress — an area roughly half the size of the U.S. Major Amazon basin rivers are registering historic lows, and uncontrolled manmade wildfires have ravaged protected areas and spread smoke over a vast expanse, plummeting air quality.

The pressure is now on Amazon to better notify shoppers of potentially defective, dangerous, and recalled products sold on its website.

Amazon is challenging the structure of the National Labor Relations Board in a lawsuit that also accuses the agency of improperly influencing the outcome of a union election at a company warehouse more than two years ago.

Two loggers have been killed by the reclusive Mashco Piro Indigenous tribe deep in Peru's Amazon.

Ecuador’s Ministry for Energy and Mines says it has begun to dismantle infrastructure on a controversial oil drilling block in Yasuni National Park, home to the Waorani Indigenous people.

Smoke from wildfires in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest is causing people in the region to cough, burning their throats and reddening their eyes.

Voters in Ecuador last year approved a referendum to keep some 700 million barrels of crude oil in the ground in Yasuni National Park.

The buildings in Brazil’s modernist capital, Brasilia, have been enveloped in smoky air the past two days.

“Deadpool & Wolverine," “Alien: Romulus” and “It Ends With Us” topped the charts again at the box office, outperforming new releases like “Blink Twice” and “The Crow.”.

Prosecutors at a federal labor agency have determined that Amazon is a joint employer of subcontracted drivers who delivered packages for the company in California.

A federal appeals court has revived an antitrust lawsuit the District of Columbia brought against Amazon.

The amount of deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon went down by nearly half in the last year, according to government satellite data released Wednesday.

Those long summer days are getting shorter, but there’s some good news this time of year: end-of-season and other late summer sales. Here are a few of the top discounted products Consumer Reports recommends in this month’s Best Time to Buy.

A regional Indigenous organization reports that a reclusive tribe has attacked loggers suspected of operating illegally in its territory in the Peruvian Amazon.

The Amazon is entering its driest period, from August to September.

Amazon has reported a boost in its quarterly profits, but the company missed revenue estimates, sending its stock lower in after-hours trading.

Workers at Amazon’s only unionized warehouse in the U.S. have elected new union leaders.

A portion of Interstate 10 in east Bexar County is closed on Friday morning due to a major wreck involving an Amazon 18-wheeler.

The nation’s economy accelerated last quarter at a strong 2.8% annual pace, with consumers and businesses helping drive growth despite the pressure of continually high interest rates.

The NBA signed its 11-year media rights deal with Disney, NBC and Amazon Prime Video on Wednesday after saying it was not accepting Warner Bros.

Turner Sports intends to continue its longtime relationship with the NBA.

San Antonio police are warning people to take precautions during the Amazon Prime Day event.

A report released by Senator Bernie Sanders says Amazon’s popular Prime Day sales event has been “a major cause of injuries” for warehouse workers who pick and pack customer orders at the company's facilities across the U.S. The report released to coincide with the start of Prime Day on Tuesday says nearly 45 out of 100 workers were injured during the two-day sales event in 2019.

Amazon Prime Day is here.

It’s summertime, and the bargains seem easy at a time when many consumer prices are high.

Three U.S. Senators are calling for action against a new practice big technology companies are using to swallow up the talent and products of innovative AI startups without formally acquiring them.

Deforestation in Colombia fell 36% in 2023, the government said.

The parent company of Saks Fifth Avenue has signed a deal to buy upscale rival Neiman Marcus Group, which owns Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman stores, for $2.65 billion, with online behemoth Amazon holding a minority stake.

Amazon is reviewing claims that the artificial intelligence startup Perplexity AI is scraping content — including from prominent news sites — without approval.

Amazon is partnering with hip-hop star Megan Thee Stallion to boost sales for its 10th annual Prime Day discount event.

Amazon is moving from putting plastic air pillows in its packages in North America to using recycled paper filling instead, a move that’s more environmentally friendly and is said to secure items in boxes just the same, if not better.

California has fined Amazon a total of $5.9 million, alleging the e-commerce giant worked warehouse employees so hard that it put their safety at risk.

New York City warehouse workers who are part of the Amazon Labor Union have overwhelmingly voted to align themselves with the Teamsters as they try to get a contract from the online retailer.

Amazon is adding $1.4 billion to a fund it established three years ago for preserving or building more affordable housing in the regions where the company has major corporate offices.

Thousands of Amazon delivery drivers have filed legal claims against the company.

Twice a week the familiar Amazon van pulls into the San Antonio Food Bank parking lot. The driver is not there to drop off any packages, but to load the truck with food to deliver to seniors around San Antonio.

Get an unexpected email or text from Best Buy or Amazon? Be careful. Those are two of the companies scammers impersonate the most, according to the Federal Trade Commission.

Federal regulators are giving Amazon key permission that will allow it to expand its drone delivery program.

Amazon’s self-driving robotaxi unit is being investigated by the U.S. government’s highway safety agency after two of its vehicles braked suddenly and were rear-ended by motorcyclists.

An administrative law judge has ruled that Amazon CEO Andy Jassy violated labor law by making certain anti-union comments during media interviews two years ago.

A 6-year-old house cat from Utah likes hiding and playing with cardboard.

The Federal Trade Commission is sending more than $5.6 million in refunds to consumers as part of a settlement with Amazon-owned Ring, which was charged with failing to protect private video footage from outside access.

Amazon’s cloud computing unit Amazon Web Services plans to invest $11 billion to build a data center in northern Indiana that will create at least 1,000 new jobs.

British competition regulators say they’ll scrutinize recent artificial intelligence deals by Microsoft and Amazon over concerns that the moves could thwart competition in the AI industry.

Penguin Random House is teaming with Amazon MGM Studios on a series of books based on “Wednesday,” the Emmy-winning Netflix hit about young Wednesday Addams of Addams Family fame.

Two students from STEM Early College High School in Harlandale ISD were awarded a scholarship and a paid internship at Amazon, the company announced Tuesday.

Asia stocks are mostly lower after gains for Big Tech shares helped U.S. stock indexes claw back much of their slide from the day before.

Amazon is adding artificial intelligence visionary Andrew Ng (EE-ng) to its board of directors.

The periodical cicadas that are about to infest two parts of the United States aren’t just plentiful, they’re downright weird.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission says its tests found high levels of acrylamide, a known carcinogen, in two brands of water beads.

Amazon says it is pouring an additional $2.75 billion into Anthropic, bringing its total investment in the artificial intelligence startup to $4 billion.

As global warming raises temperatures, a California work safety board has approved standards that would require companies to protect employees from excessive indoor heat, particularly in warehouses.

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Consumer Reports says some doorbell cameras sold by Amazon and other online retailers have security flaws that could allow bad actors to view footage from the devices or control them completely.

The newly discovered species is the northern green anaconda (Eunectes akayima).

Walmart is buying the smart TV maker Vizio for $2.3 billion as it attempts to expand its rapidly growing advertising business to compete with Amazon.

Amazon is arguing in a legal filing that the 88-year-old National Labor Relations Board is unconstitutional.

Jeff Bezos has filed a statement with federal regulators indicating his sale of nearly 12 million shares of Amazon stock worth more than $2 billion.

Amazon Prime Video will carry an NFL postseason game next season, people familiar with the matter confirmed to The Associated Press.

Big Tech stocks carried Wall Street to another record high, even though many stocks fell amid worries about the downside of a hot economy.

Amazon reported better-than-expected revenue and profits for the fourth quarter, driven by strong consumer spending during the holiday shopping season.

Doorbell security video cameras have become a vital tool for solving neighborhood crimes. But one company is now making it harder for law enforcement to get that footage.

Amazon has called off its purchase of iRobot, blaming "undue and disproportionate regulatory hurdles" after the European Union signaled its objection to the deal.

Holdovers and Oscar hopefuls dominated the North American box office charts this weekend in the absence of any new wide releases.

U.S. antitrust enforcers are opening an investigation into the relationships between leading artificial intelligence startups such as ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and Anthropic and the tech giants that have invested billions of dollars into them.

More Americans filed jobless benefits last week but layoffs remain at historically low levels despite elevated interest rates and a flurry of job cuts in the media and technology sectors.

Human-induced global warming, and not El Niño, was the primary driver of the severe drought in the Amazon last year that sent rivers to record lows, isolated hundreds of river communities and killed dozens of endangered dolphins.

Online retailer eBay Inc. will cut about 1,000 jobs, or an estimated 9% of its full-time workforce.

TikTok is laying off dozens of workers in its advertising and sales unit, becoming the latest tech company to trim jobs in the new year.

France’s privacy watchdog has fined Amazon’s French warehouse business $35 million for using an “excessively intrusive system” to monitor worker performance and activity.

Amazon will partner with Diamond Sports as part of a restructuring agreement as the largest owner of regional sports networks looks to emerge from bankruptcy.

The quarterback matchup between Miami’s Tua Tagovailoa and Kansas City’s Patrick Mahomes isn’t the only major storyline going into their AFC wild card game.

Amazon-owned online audiobook and podcast service Audible is laying off about 5% of its workforce.

Archeologists have uncovered a cluster of lost cities in the Amazon rainforest that was home to at least 10,000 farmers about 2,000 years ago.

The best CES products pierce through the haze of marketing hype at the Las Vegas gadget show to reveal innovations that could improve lives.

A man was arrested after Live Oak police said he forced an Amazon delivery driver to drive him to a location and threatened to kill him if he didn’t comply.

Amazon is cutting several hundred positions across its Prime Video and MGM Studios unit.

Twitch, the video game streaming platform acquired by Amazon a decade ago for close to $1 billion, is laying off more than 500 employees as the company tries to turn the tremendously expensive division profitable.

January means sales on TVs for the Super Bowl and mattresses. Consumer Reports found discounts on some of its top-rated ones.

America’s employers posted 8.8 million job openings in November, down slightly from October and the fewest since March 2021.

Jamaiya Miller said that on Dec. 16 she was physically assaulted while trying to deliver a package at the Belle Meade at River Oaks apartment complex.

If you are an Amazon Prime Video user, get ready to see ads on movies and TV shows starting next month.

You found the perfect holiday gift online.

Zoo officials have created an Amazon Wish List for anyone who would like to play Santa for some of the zoo’s animals.

Tests by consumer advocates and federal regulators reveal what a local mom has been saying for years: water bead toys can contain toxic chemicals.

Three major U.S. retailers — Amazon, Target and Walmart — say they’re suspending sales of water-bead products marketed to young children due to growing safety concerns.

Amazon won’t have to pay about $273 million in back taxes after European Union judges ruled in favor of the U.S. e-commerce giant.

Several companies, including Target, Amazon and Walmart, have said they will stop selling and marketing water beads to children after pressure from a Consumer Reports investigation.

Adam Selipsky is shepherding Amazon’s cloud unit at one of the most important moments in tech history.

Attorneys for Amazon have asked a federal judge to dismiss the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust lawsuit against the e-commerce giant.

In light of Wednesday being National Package Protection Day, there are some security measures that can be taken to ensure the gifts you order stay in your possession, and not get in the hands of porch pirates.

Amazon finally has its answer to ChatGPT.

It is not a stretch to say that the Black Friday game between the Miami Dolphins and New York Jets is Amazon’s Super Bowl.

Amazon is cutting hundreds of jobs in the unit that handles its popular voice assistant Alexa as it plows more resources into artificial intelligence.

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Amazon is taking another step toward becoming a regular health care source for customers with the launch of a service centered on virtual care.