North American Pulse

  Discount grocer Aldi   is boosting its staff for the holiday season with plans to hire more than 13,000 store and warehouse workers.  Along with boosting its workforce, the grocer announced that it will continue adding new stores across the U.S. while it simultaneously prepares for the busy shopping period.  To entice applicants, the company also announced that it's raising the national average hourly pay too.  LOOKING FOR A JOB? THESE 5 STATES HAVE MOST COMPETITION The average starting wages for Aldi store and warehouse positions nationwide will jump to $18 and $23 per hour, respectively, based on market and position, according to the company.  The average starting wages for Aldi store and warehouse positions nationwide will jump to $18 and $23 per hour, respectively, based on market and position, according to the company.  (Burak Bir/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images / Getty Images) The company also touted that the company "outranks competitors" in...

  As wildfires raging in the mountains cast an orange glow behind the downtown Los Angeles skyline, Southern California residents were jolted awake Thursday by another reminder of Mother Nature's might. It was an all-too-familiar feeling for locals when a 4.7 magnitude earthquake rattled the Los Angeles area, unleashing boulders onto a Malibu road, shaking Santa Monica's 1909 wooden pier and waking some people from bed. No injuries or damages were immediately reported. The quake happened as the region has been dealing with three major wildfires burning east of Los Angeles that torched dozens of homes and forced thousands to evacuate. The blazes erupted during a blistering heat wave that has just subsided. “It’s a garden-variety Southern California earthquake,” California Institute of Technology seismologist Lucy Jones said. The U.S. Geological Survey said it was centered 4 miles (7 kilometers) north of Malibu and was about 7 miles (11 kilometers) below the surface. The jolt was...