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Every time you "Like" a Facebook post, among other things, you help provide data to an algorithm. But algorithms, like the humans who design them, aren't foolproof — and can reflect bias.

New regulations are scheduled to take effect July 1 — the latest in a series of challenges to the industry.

As more confrontations with police are caught on camera, Ari Shapiro talks to three generations of police officers from the same family about working in law enforcement and what keeps them dedicated.

A cruise business loaned the life-sized fiberglass Orca to the port in Oregon but the fake whale went belly up in the wake of a passing wave. It will be repaired and brought back to try again.

Does it really take a study for us to know that TV commercials sometimes annoy consumers, or that commercials are sometimes ignored? Apparently, yes. Well…

At issue: punishments for an earlier strike. NPR's Lauren Frayer says of Spain's controllers, "They're among the best-paid civil servants, with average salaries almost half a million dollars a year."

Kids can cook! Start them young and with any luck they'll develop a lifelong love of the kitchen as well as skills they can use throughout adulthood.Us…

Kate Atkinson's novel both mourns the passing of the World War II generation and allows readers to vicariously enter into the experience of the war. It's a companion to her 2013 book, Life After Life.

NPR's Robert Siegel interviews Soner Cagaptay, director of the Turkish Research Program at The Washington Institute, about the rise of the Kurds in Turkey and the recent elections.

Four of 12 casinos in Atlantic City closed last year, but the first quarter of 2015 brought good news to those remaining. The local economy is still reeling, but less competition means higher profits.