U.K. Strips Chinese Broadcaster's License, Citing Communist Party Ties A U.K. regulator says the Chinese Communist Party is ultimately in charge of the China Global Television Network satellite news channel. Bill Chappell
Consulting Giant McKinsey To Settle Opioid Claims For $573 Million McKinsey is the latest major American corporation to face legal, financial and public relations peril stemming from its role in the nation's deadly opioid epidemic. Brian Mann
Biden Plan To Expand Child Tax Credit Could Help Millions Out Of Poverty NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Chuck Marr, director of federal tax policy at the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, about the Biden administration's proposal to expand the child tax credit.
Crude Prices Are Recovering, But Oil Companies Are Far From A Return To Normal Last year was a brutal one for the oil industry. Even as crude prices recover, companies like Exxon are bracing for a very slow return to normalcy. Camila Domonoske
Will clashes over climate continue without Bezos as Amazon's CEO? Amazon's founder and original CEO Jeff Bezos will step down this summer. It's news that could imply changes at the helm of the company, which has clashed with employees over issues like workplace safety and the environment. Katie Campbell
Why Jeff Bezos is stepping down as Amazon's CEO Jeff Bezos announced on Tuesday that he'll step down this year as the CEO of Amazon. But he's not leaving the company entirely. Joshua McNichols
9-Year-Old Boy Starts His Own Newspaper To Help Local Food Banks NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks nine-year-old Cooper Nelson of Loveland, Colo., about how he raised money for local food banks by starting an online subscription news site.
WallStreetBets Founder Is 'Fascinated' Watching GameStop Frenzy From Sidelines Reddit's WallStreetBets community was central to this week's stock market insanity. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Jaime Rogozinski, the founder and former moderator of that group.
Promising COVID-19 Vaccine News Has Some Itching To Travel Again "People are tired of being at home," one travel advisor says as an industry decimated by the pandemic begins to see small signs that a recovery might be on the way. David Schaper
For Amazon and Alabama, Warehouse Union Vote Would Shake Up History If workers from Amazon's warehouse near Birmingham vote to unionize in the next two months, they would turn a new page not only for the company but for the region. Claire Miller