Have you ever had a black raspberry? Until about ten years ago, I thought they were made up—a way to describe a commercial flavor, like a blue raspberry Jolly Rancher. I know, it’s a little embarrassing.

We are past the solstice, and I am trying not to get too down about it. The fog that rolls in each night is a welcome break from the heat.

The United States is getting its first-ever certification site for alternative, non-sewered toilet systems, and it's going to be on Cape Cod.

Have you ever had a plant that has developed a wide, flat stem instead of a round one? Maybe it was a lily with dozens of small flower buds up that flattened stalk. Or perhaps your echinacea or marigold has a center that looks like fat, smiling lips instead of the normal round disk.

Despite inflation and tariff worries, retail spending data from June shows Americans still shopping with gusto. Economists cite low unemployment, bargain hunting and tariff fatigue.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Austan Goolsbee, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, about the health of the U.S. economy.

One hope for reshoring manufacturing is it could help revitalize the heartland. NPR's Planet Money team dives deep into the economic theory and evidence behind this idea.