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Amazon said it was removing Parler from its web hosting service, while Apple said it suspended the social media app from its store. Both companies said Parler allowed violent threats to go unchecked.

Amazon said a mistyped command caused part of the company's cloud computing service to go down for hours on Tuesday. The Wall Street Journal reported the outage caused millions of dollars in losses.

Lisa speaks with John Chowning, Vice President of Church and External relations at Campbellsville University in Campbellsville Kentucky about some of the things a town goes through when a factory shuts down. Two years ago the small town lost its largest employer, Fruit of the Loom, but some of the jobs were replaced by Amazon.com. In the last few weeks, residents there have been facing the fear once again of potential job loss, but so far the town has escaped job cuts, at least for now. (5:30).

Amazon executives often evoke magic when talking about fast shipping. Now in a race for one-hour deliveries, few retailers can afford to keep up. And few rely quite so much on artificial intelligence.

"We're calling for immediate action by congress to put the brakes on this technology with a moratorium on it's use by government," said ACLU attorney Jacob Snow.

Amazon is looking for a site for its second headquarters. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Max Grinnell, who teaches urban studies at the University of Chicago, about one longshot attempt by Gary, Ind.

There is a historic opera house in the Amazon that is a destination for some famous singers, musicians and local fans.

Amazon's new anthology series, executive produced by Lena Waithe, unrelentingly explores "terror in America."

NPR's Michel Martin talks to Vox business reporter Chavie Lieber about what it's like to work in an Amazon warehouse during the holidays.

Amazon and Walmart each want to sell you groceries as part of their plan to sell everyone everything. So now Walmart is inventing new kinds of foods to lure customers into the store.