Amazon has invested $84.3 billion in Texas since 2010, while independent sellers from Texas last year sold more than 216 million items, according to the company. This article originally published at Amazon to hire 24,000 in Texas, including 3,000 in Houston, ahead of holidays.

Ben's Original recalled its long grain white rice, whole grain brown rice and long grain and wild "ready rice" due to the potential presence of stones, according to the FDA. The announcement calls the stones small and "naturally occurring" from a rice farm.