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The private group working to help fund an east side bike trail is looking at hiring an executive director to help with fundraising efforts. Susan…

Surveys show millennials are experiencing buyer's remorse from houses they purchased during the pandemic. NPR's All Things Considered wants to hear how your homebuying experience went.

Everyone has a movie they've just never marked off their watchlist. NPR's Weekend Edition wants to help.

Photographer Elliott Erwitt has been taking pictures for more than half a century. His latest book, Elliott Erwitt's Handbook, culls from his prodigious collection of photos featuring hands in a myriad of gestures and uses. NPR's Melissa Block talks with Erwitt about the philosophy of taking a picture -- what you see through the viewfinder when taking a photo, and what you see later, after the moment has passed and the photo is developed.

About half of the nation's chemical manufacturing capacity resides in the Texas Gulf Coast, now threatened by Hurricane Rita. More than 160 chemical plants are potentially in Rita's path. Environmental groups are concerned, but industry officials say the plants are designed to withstand hurricane winds.

In Houston, federal prosecutors and former Enron Chairman Kenneth Lay continue to spar on the final day of Lay's testimony. Assistant U.S. Attorney John Houston accused Lay of ignoring concerns about the company's accounting. He also pressed Lay for details on $70 million he made selling his own Enron stock.

Ice-T is one of the original gangster rappers, of whom Greg Knot of The Chicago Tribune wrote: "Ice-T is that rare gangster rapper who leads with his brain instead of his gun or his crotch." He's gone on to a successful acting career. (This interview originally aired May 1, 1992.)

Shiite leaders say no agreement has been reached on Iraq's draft constitution, citing failed negotiations with minority Sunnis. In a sign the debate may be at an end, Shiite officials say they plan to submit a revised draft to parliament, possibly by Saturday.

Fomenting and glorifying terrorism are among the "unacceptable behaviors" that could lead to deportation according to new rules unveiled by Britain's Home Office. Robert Siegel talks with John Prideaux of The Economist magazine.

Franz Wright is the winner of this year's Pulitzer Prize for poetry -- and he's the inspiration for ill lit, a New York rock band that is named for a collection of his poetry. Wright speaks and ill lit band member Daniel Ahearn speak with NPR's Scott Simon.