Amazon is gearing up for a hiring spree in California’s Inland Empire. The e-commerce giant plans to hire more than 2,000 full-time and part-time workers to staff two new facilities in Fontana and Jurupa. The new facilities, called “inbound cross docks,” launched operations earlier this month and are designed to receive cargo and sort merchandise…
A New Jersey woman accused of robbing a Mercer County bank of more than $60,000 with a spray-painted toy water gun is now facing a federal charge, officials said. Ciara Brascom has been charged with one count of bank robbery, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey announced Tuesday. If convicted, she faces up to 20…
Baltimore officials have filed a lawsuit against firearms manufacturer Glock, demanding that the Austrian-owned company do more to prevent its weapons from being turned into machine guns. The effort targets Glock for selling semiautomatic pistols to Maryland civilians that can easily be converted into illegal weapons with an auto sear — a small device more…
No one was injured when a jet ran off the runway Wednesday at St. Louis Lambert International Airport. The United regional jet operated by GoJet Airlines was landing in St. Louis at 10:50 a.m. CST after taking off from Washington Dulles International Airport. In a news release from the St. Louis airport, officials said the aircraft “went into a section of grass…
Leaders with Alabama veterans’ groups said they were not consulted on a bill to change control of the Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs and called for legislators to slow down the process before voting on the bill. The bill’s sponsor, Rep. Ed Oliver, R-Dadeville, said he would work on changing the bill in response to their concerns. The House Military and…
Danish film director Lars von Trier has been admitted to a care facility for Parkinson’s disease, his producer said Wednesday. “Lars is currently associated with a care centre that can provide him with the treatment and care his condition requires,” Louise Vesth, a producer at von Trier’s production company Zentropa, wrote on Instagram, according to a translation. “Lars…
