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DoorDash's delivery restaurant in Redwood City, near San Francisco, is among an increasing number of "ghost kitchens" and menus that exist solely in smartphone apps.

Delivery Only: The Rise Of Restaurants With No Diners As Apps Take Orders

Restaurants without diners are popping up all over the place. "Ghost kitchens" and menus that exist solely in smartphone apps such as DoorDash and Uber Eats seek to feed diners' appetite for delivery.

NPR's Nina Totenberg with the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in 2018.

A 5-Decade-Long Friendship That Began With A Phone Call

NPR's Nina Totenberg first encountered law professor Ruth Bader Ginsburg in 1971. They became close friends after Ginsburg moved to Washington to serve on the federal appeals court.

In this April 30, 2019 file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, left, makes the keynote speech at F8, the Facebook's developer conference, in San Jose, Calif.

Report: FTC Approves Roughly $5B Fine For Facebook

The FTC has voted to approve a fine of about $5 billion for Facebook over privacy violations, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday. The report cited an unnamed person familiar with the matter.

A tuk-tuk speeds past down an urban Cambodian road. One deportee used his English language skills — and sense of humor — to build a successful tuk-tuk tour business.

Exiled From U.S., Cambodian Felons Use American Know-How To Get Ahead

Some deportees have a hard time finding their place. Others are helping tourists find their way around town.

As people make efforts to stay apart from each other physically, video games are filling the socializing gap.

As Hanging Out Gets Difficult, More People Are Turning To Social Video Games

Online video games are proving popular as people look for a way to socialize during this time of social distancing. Some game developers are even changing games' rules to cater to the new reality.

Wat Arun or the Temple of Dawn is a Buddhist temple on the west bank of the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok. It is one of the best known of Bangkok landmarks and often used as the icon for the city.

San Diego Couple Arrested For Bare-Butt Photos At Buddhist Temple In Thailand

The men maintained an Instagram feed titled "Traveling Butts" and had posed for similar selfies at international tourist sites around the world. They face fines and possible prison time in Thailand.

Helen Harris, a former systems engineer for Dell, says her career was derailed a few years ago because of the way she looks. She was born and identifies as a woman.

'It's A Career Ender': 2 LGBTQ Former Dell Workers Share Their Stories

A former Dell worker said she had such a rough time at the company because of her appearance that she filed a human rights complaint. Another former worker alleges bias over her gender transition.

In making her case for electability, Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota has repeatedly said she's the Democratic presidential candidate who "brings the receipts."

What Amy Klobuchar Is Really Saying When She Talks About Having 'Receipts'

The senator from Minnesota often references "the receipts," an online slang phrase, on the presidential campaign trail. Linguists say it emphasizes accountability and works across audiences.

The FBI alleges John William Kirby Kelley participated in hundreds of 'swatting' attacks involving 134 agencies in the U.S., Canada and the U.K.

Virginia Man Charged In Neo-Nazi-Affiliated 'Swatting' Ring

Swatting is harassing a target by drawing extreme law enforcement responses with fake bomb or shooting reports. The government says the suspect bragged about it in a white supremacist chatroom.

Anthony Levandowski, who co-founded Otto and is now head of Uber's self-driving-vehicle project, is accused of taking proprietary designs and information with him when he left the Google spinoff Waymo.

Google Spinoff Sues Uber, Saying Leader Of Autonomous Vehicle Unit Stole Key Designs

Waymo, the company that began as Google's self-driving-car project, says a former manager "took extraordinary efforts to raid Waymo's design server and then conceal his activities."

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