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The decision covers eight neutral-site championships in sports ranging from women's soccer to swimming and diving and from football to golf and baseball.

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.

Scott talks with Mike Daisey, a former employee of Amazon.com who has produced a one-man show about his short career at Amazon. The show is called 21 Dog Years: Doing Time at Amazon.com. It can be seen in its entirety on the web at http://mikedaisey.com.

Amazon's stock value dropped after President Trump tweeted criticism of it. Antitrust expert Lina Khan of the Open Markets Institute tells NPR's Korva Coleman how Amazon might face regulation.

The Interoceanic Highway will stretch from Brazil's Atlantic coast to Peru's Pacific ports, creating economic opportunities for locals. But conservationists worry about risks to the Amazon rainforest.

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).

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

The social website Goodreads, where readers share reviews and book picks, got picked up by online retail giant Amazon on Thursday. The price hasn't been disclosed. Goodreads has about 16 million members.

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 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.