All about UPS' hiring, US Space Force, Pennsylvania Catholic Church

United Parcel Service Inc would hire about 100,000 temporary employees for the crucial holiday season, up about 5 percent from a year earlier, the world's biggest package delivery company said on Monday.

UPS to hire 100,000 for holiday season, up 5 percent from last year

United Parcel Service Inc would hire about 100,000 temporary employees for the crucial holiday season, up about 5 percent from a year earlier, the world's biggest package delivery company said on Monday. Package delivery companies and retailers have increased their seasonal hiring this year, to cater to the e-commerce sector that is expecting heavy shipping volumes, as shoppers spend more buoyed by a strong economy and labor market.

U.S. Space Force estimated to cost $13 billion in first five years: memo

The U.S. Air Force estimated start-up costs for a proposed U.S. Space Force, a new military service backed by President Donald Trump will be around $13 billion in the first five years, according to a Department of Defense memo seen by Reuters. The Air Force, the U.S. military branch that takes responsibility for space, authored the Sept. 14 memo outlining a proposal for "a lethality focused organization that will field space superiority capabilities."

In Florence's wake, uncertainty haunts migrant workers

Francisco Javier Jaramillo and Victor Chavez should be picking sweet potatoes at a North Carolina farm and sending much-needed money to their families in Mexico. Instead, Hurricane Florence has forced the migrant workers to evacuate their farm and seek refuge at a school-turned-shelter near the tiny hamlet of Spivey’s Corner, where they sleep in school hallways, wait and worry.

The U.S. pushes back national wireless alert test to Oct. 3

The Trump administration has delayed until next month plans to send a message to all U.S. cellphones testing a previously unused presidential alert system that aims to warn the public about national emergencies, officials said on Monday. The test message was originally scheduled for 2:18 p.m. EDT (1818 GMT)on Thursday but is being pushed back to the same time on Oct. 3 because of response efforts to Tropical Depression Florence, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) said in a statement.

Most U.S. states lack reserves to weather next recession: S&P

While U.S. states' financial health has strengthened in 2018 compared with last year, fewer than half have enough financial reserves to whether the first year of a moderate recession, according to an S&P Global Ratings report on Monday. Only 20 states have the reserves needed to operate for the first year of an economic downturn without having to slash budgets or raise taxes, S&P said.

Pennsylvania Catholic Church sued for names of priests in an abuse report

People claiming they were sexually abused by priests filed a class action lawsuit on Monday against eight dioceses in Pennsylvania seeking to compel them to divulge the names of priests accused of such actions over the past 70 years. Pennsylvania's attorney general released a grand jury report in August that found that 301 priests in the state had sexually abused minors over the past 70 years.

The U.S. to sharply limit refugee flows to 30,000 in 2019

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday the United States would cap the number of refugees allowed into the country at 30,000 for the fiscal year 2019, a sharp drop from a limit of 45,000 is set for 2018. "We proposed resettling up to 30,000 refugees under the new refugee ceiling as well as processing more than 280,000 asylum seekers," Pompeo said in an announcement at the State Department, calling the United States "the most generous nation in the world when it comes to protection-based immigration."

Chicago officer unjustified in killing black teen, prosecutor says

The white police officer who shot to death a black teen in 2014 fired 16 shots without justification, prosecutors told a Chicago jury on Monday, as the trial began in a decisive case for race relations and policing in the United States' third-largest city. "What he saw that night was a black boy with the audacity to ignore the police," special prosecutor Joseph McMahon said during his opening statement of the officer, Jason Van Dyke. "Not a single shot was necessary."

Senate Judiciary to probe Kavanaugh, the accuser in public hearing

U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and the woman who accused him of a 1982 sexual assault will be called to testify in the Senate next Monday, the chamber's Judiciary Committee chairman said, pushing back a key vote in the judge's confirmation process. With Kavanaugh's once-safe nomination for a lifetime job on the top U.S. court now appearing in jeopardy, the conservative federal appeals court judge had meetings at the White House earlier on Monday and issued a fresh denial, calling the assault allegation "completely false."

Florence's drenching rains kill 23 in the Carolinas

Deeper flooding loomed in the hours and days ahead from rivers in the Carolinas swollen by Tropical Depression Florence, which has killed 23 people, even if rain-weary residents got a brief glimpse of sunshine on Monday. The slow-moving storm, a hurricane when it hit the North Carolina coast, has dumped up to 36 inches (91 cm) of rain on the state since Thursday, displacing thousands. The flooding could persist for several weeks in some areas.

(With inputs from Reuters)

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