After Washington, D.C. sues Amazon, other states reportedly consider antitrust actions
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Antitrust clouds are gathering over Amazon in a week that saw the retail giant face its first U.S. lawsuit alleging competition-squelching practices just before the company announced its second-biggest acquisition ever.
Washington, D.C., filed a suit against Amazon Tuesday, accusing the U.S.' largest online seller of monopolistic behavior. The suit claims that Amazon's dominance allows it to impose onerous terms on third-party sellers on its platform that drive up prices for online shoppers everywhere. Now, other state enforcers are examining Amazon for potential violations, according to Bloomberg. Attorneys general in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania are looking at Amazon's practices, the outlet reported, citing anonymous people familiar with the matter.Authorities made two gruesome discoveries Tuesday after a Missouri woman walked into a police station and told officers that she fatally shot one of her children and drowned the other, officials said. Jefferson County Sheriff Dave Marshak said at a news conference that authorities believe both children were killed Tuesday morning.
Strong storms with damaging winds and baseball-sized hail pummeled Texas on Tuesday, leaving more than one million businesses and homes without power as much of the U.S. recovered from severe weather, including tornadoes, that killed at least 24 people in seven states during the Memorial Day holiday weekend.