Employers Can't Require People To Work 72 Hours A Week, China's High Court Says In recent years, several worker deaths have been linked to grueling "996" schedules, which are common in the tech industry. The label is shorthand for working 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. for six days in a row. Bill Chappell
Life Kit: Steps To Make Receiving Feedback Easier Getting feedback at work can be stressful. Luckily, NPR's Life Kit has tips to make the process less intimidating. Julia Furlan
Peloton Says It's Been Subpoenaed By DOJ And DHS Over Its Product Injury Reporting In a filing with the SEC, Peloton said it was being investigated for its reporting on injuries associated with one of its treadmill products, the Tread+. Deepa Shivaram
Space Travel Is Taking Off, But Companies Also Want To Sell Things From Outer Space Who owns the moon? Space travel is getting easier and cheaper and now companies and NASA are trying to establish a market for things from outer space. Stacey Vanek Smith
Fed Chair Says It May Soon Be Time To Start Reducing Its Massive Economic Support Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell says the economy continues its recovery, hinting the central bank could dial back its extraordinary efforts to prop up the economy later this year. Scott Horsley
More Retail Workers Are Quitting Than Ever, But More Stores Are Opening Than Expected The U.S. retail industry is setting records: workers quitting and workers hired. Wages are finally growing. And despite the pandemic devastation, brand-new stores are still opening. Alina Selyukh
Why The Delay For Those Needing Federal Rental Assistance? NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Rutgers University Assistant Professor Peter Hepburn about why only 11% of the money Congress allocated for emergency assistance for renters has been distributed.
OnlyFans Switches Its Stance On Sexually Explicit Content The subscription site OnlyFans has reversed course. It says it will continue to allow sexually explicit content just days after announcing a ban on such material. Shannon Bond
Regulators Are Investigating Boeing's Safety Culture Amid Complaints By Its Engineers The engineers, who are deputized to approve safety assessments for the Federal Aviation Administration, are raising concerns about their ability to work free of pressure from supervisors. The Associated Press
Airbnb Will Give 20,000 Afghan Refugees Temporary Housing Aid groups say there's an urgent need for housing for tens of thousands refugees from Afghanistan as they begin to resettle around the world. Jonathan Franklin