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Today, most people know the word as a synonym for "destroy." But fewer realize its origins — or that it's come to mean something strikingly different than it once did.

More Americans are turning to the train as gas prices reach their highest point since the war in Iran began. Brightline, the privately run railroad in Florida, had its best month ever in March.

As climate change, wildfires and other extreme weather events intensify, the demand for native seeds is surging in order to help preserve plant biodiversity.

Negotiations between the U.S. and Iran at a stalemate, Congress votes to end record DHS shutdown, Trump announces new nominee for surgeon general.

Gas prices just hit a 4-year record, and the price of jet fuel has doubled. NPR speaks to industry executives and energy experts to explain the areas in which Americans are feeling the pinch.

NPR's Steve Inskeep asks business news analyst Jill Schlesinger how high oil and gas prices from the Iran war affect consumer budgets.

Camp Mystic, the private all-girls camp where 27 people died in last year's flooding in central Texas, announced that it is withdrawing its application to reopen this summer.

Planet Money tells the story of how the U.S. lost to China on rare earths.

President Trump announced a third nominee for surgeon general, Dr. Nicole B. Saphier, a regular Fox News contributor, after pulling his previous nomination for Dr. Casey Means.

The president's new pick for surgeon general has been both supportive and critical of MAHA health policy. NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Dr. Georges Benjamin, CEO of the American Public Health Association.

A brother remembers his sister, Cheryl White, who was the first black female jockey.

The House voted Thursday to end a record-breaking agency shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security.