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The Federal Aviation Administration said Monday it had granted Amazon approval to deliver packages by drones.

1,205 drivers will lose their jobs over the next few months.

Amazon, celebrating the boom in e-commerce, is in discussions with Simon Property Group, the largest U.S. mall owner by number of malls with 204 properties, the Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

The bonuses to employees come as the U.S. is seeing about 40,000 new confirmed cases per day.

Amazon will convert 125,000 of the 175,000 temporary roles hired since March to permanent jobs if employees would like to stay at Amazon long term.

The employee had worked out of an Amazon distribution center and died on April 9.

A group called Amazon Employees for Climate Justice (AECJ) is calling for a “virtual walk out” in response to the firings and conditions within Amazon workplaces. 

Amazon has announced that it plans to hire an additional 75,000 workers as well as raise the hourly wage due to the surging demand created by the COVID-19 crisis.   

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced he was donating $100 million to help food banks across the United States.

An Amazon delivery driver was caught on video appearing to spit on his hand and wiping it on a package delivered to a resident's door in Hancock Park.

Amazon announced on Tuesday that it would begin putting delays on non-essential items.

Amazon said Monday that it has already suspended more than 3,900 seller accounts for price-gouging during the coronavirus outbreak, a disclosure that came on the same day President Trump issued an executive order aimed at curtailing the practice.

Warehouse workers sounded alarms last week that the company is not doing enough to protect them.

Amazon, in an attempt to fill its warehouses with toilet paper, hand sanitizer and other items in high demand, said Tuesday that it will limit what suppliers can send to its warehouses for the next three weeks.

Amazon said Monday that it needs to hire 100,000 people across the U.S. to keep up with a crush of orders as the coronavirus spreads and keeps more people at home, shopping online.

Amazon deleted more than 1 million products that falsely claimed to cure or defend against the novel coronavirus.

An Amazon employee in Seattle reportedly tested positive for COVID-19 after becoming symptomatic last month.