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It comes as no surprise to New Yorkers that some of the best food in the city is served on its sidewalks.

Martha Stewart says she will appeal her conviction on charges of conspiracy, obstructing justice and making false statements to investigators. Stewart's stockbroker, Peter Baconovic, is found guilty of obstruction, conspiracy and perjury, but is acquitted of one charge of filing a false document. Hear NPR's Melissa Block and NPR's Jim Zarroli.

The Mississippi presidential primary is very different from those in Texas and Ohio, which Democrat Hillary Clinton won. Mississippi has the largest percentage of African-American voters in the country; if voting trends continue, that should benefit her rival, Barack Obama.

Anger management is a thriving industry in the United States. It is the subject of hundreds of books, workshops and videos. And yet, as NPR's Robert Siegel discovers, there are no national criteria, no oversight and no evaluation of the efficacy of these programs.

Harley Spiller is an avid collector -- bottlecaps, straws and other odd things crowd his small New York City apartment. Now he's hoping to set a world record for the largest collection of Chinese food takeout menus.

The highway bill signed by President Bush Wednesday is nearly $30 billion richer than what Bush proposed -- and it tops the figure he said he'd veto. The president has said he expects to cut the federal budget deficit in half by 2009, warning that Congress must control spending.

This past May, eight Eastern European countries joined the European Union. EU human rights law forbids child marriages. Some in the Roma communities of these countries see this as a threat. Child marriage is a tradition in their culture. Frank Browning reports for Worlds of Difference, a series on global cultural change.

An Independence Day tradition continues. Morning Edition hosts, reporters, newscasters and commentators read the Declaration of Independence. This year, we also correct a historic footnote.

What if you could sum up human existence with three concepts: losing, finding and the word and?

Asylum seekers crossing from the U.S. to Canada now must remain in the first "safe" country they arrive in, which for most migrants would be the U.S.

Overwhelmingly, Americans see the country as divided, and value political leaders who try to bridge the gap. But the public also finds compromise much tougher on the toughest issues of the day, according to a poll by the Pew Research Center.

American Roger Kornberg will receive the Nobel Prize in chemistry for his groundbreaking research on DNA transcription. For Kornberg, winning the Nobel is a family affair. His father won a Nobel in 1959 for his own work on DNA.

Two banks are blaming the U.S. housing crisis for billions in writedowns. Which banks are hurting and what do the losses mean for European markets?

Gov. Ron DeSantis says the state will seek federal help for the fishing industry in the Big Bend region, as cleanup efforts continue following major Hurricane Idalia.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to Adria Renee Gonzales about the mass shooting in El Paso one year ago Monday, where 23 people were killed.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Jonah Goldberg, conservative columnist and editor-in-chief of The Dispatch, about Rep. Liz Cheney's future in the Republican party following her primary loss in Wyoming.

Many immigrant doctors who want to help fight the coronavirus outbreak find they can't because of limits on their work visas. It's just one way the pandemic is affecting immigrant communities.

The Nashville-based musician talks about her new record and performs in front of a live studio audience at World Cafe.

The broadcaster was hailed as the father of the modern audience-participation daytime talk show. Donahue's taste for controversial and polarizing subjects birthed a new genre of television.

The NY Philharmonic has commissioned 19 women to create new works to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the passing of the 19th Amendment. It's called Project 19.

The importance of a teacher's presence in the classroom has long been debated. Our 50 Great Teachers project asks: Does does a teacher's performance distract, or does it inspire?

Two new books about a legendary silent film comic — Dana Stevens' Camera Man and James Curtis' Buster Keaton: A Filmmaker's Life — give fans new reason to revisit Keaton's work.

Many of them work in service industries —as cooks, Uber drivers, nursing aides— jobs that have been especially affected this past year. "I don't have money to pay rent," resident Mahlet Kassa says.

More young birder groups are popping up across the country for teens and tweens who enjoy getting outdoors together to gawk at wildlife.

It was a vibrant industry in the late 1800s and while ice harvesting is no longer commercially viable, the tradition is being kept alive in the small town of South Bristol, Maine.