After a TikTok user rehabbed a couch from the curb, a bedbug expert urges caution If you acquire a piece of second-hand furniture that has bedbugs, even a thorough cleaning and time may not be enough to fully eradicate the Cimex lectularius from your furnishings. Read more on NPR

A look at some of the consequences if the U.S. defaults on its debt As the U.S. faces the prospect of defaulting on its debts, a key question looms: How bad would things actually get if that were to happen? Read more on NPR

She holds the NASA record for time spent in space. This week she headed back Before this week, Peggy Whitson had spent a cumulative 665 days in space over her career, giving her the NASA record. She’s not done yet. Read more on NPR

Japanese Americans object to proposed wind farm at WWII incarceration site A proposed wind farm in Idaho that would be one of the U.S.’s largest is being opposed because it’s close to a historic site — a former incarceration camp for Japanese Americans during World War II. Read more on NPR

Lawsuits claim gunmaker can be held liable in the Uvalde school massacre Two lawsuits filed by families of Uvalde victims against gunmaker Daniel Defense will be a key test of an unsettled legal theory — that federal liability protections don’t shield gunmakers for using deceptive marketing techniques. Read more on NPR