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President Obama announced late Sunday night that the U.S. armed forces had killed Osama bin Laden. David Greenberg of The New Republic notes how in the public mind, the war against al-Qaida has always been an unfolding story, one that has now ended with the death of its protagonist.

Osama bin Laden has been killed in a firefight in Abbottabad, Pakistan. His death ends the search for the man behind the Sept. 11 attacks.

Osama Bin Laden was living in Pakistan when U.S. forces found him and he was killed in a firefight. U.S. officials have said they acted without the prior knowledge of Pakistan. Retired Pakistani Gen. Talat Masood talks to Renee Montagne about what Pakistan may have know about bin Laden.

Commentator Stuart Kauffman makes the working hypothesis that supracritical growth is necessary for sustained First World style economic growth. The hypothesis may be false.

The killing of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden by U.S. forces marks the fulfillment of a goal that was "the highest priority" for America, says former U.S. Ambassador John Negroponte.

To talk about the reaction of the Arab world to Osama Bin Laden's death, Renee Montagne talks to Rami Khouri, an international affairs analyst at the American University of Beirut. He's also the editor-at-large of the Beirut–based Daily Star newspaper

Investment banker Richard Pecorella lost his fiancee Karen Juday in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. She worked as a secretary at the financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald on the 101st floor of the North Tower. He talks to Steve Inskeep about how he got the news Osama bin Laden had been killed.

Steve Inskeep talks to political commentator Ayesha Siddiqa about the death of Osama bin Laden. She's the author of Military Inc: Inside Pakistan's Military Economy, among other books.

At a baseball game between the Mets and Phillies, chants of "USA" broke out at the top of the 9th inning as fans read the news on their smartphones. A crowd gathered outside the White House after President Obama addressed the nation. And, thousands of people came to Ground Zero in Manhattan waving American flags and singing the National Anthem.

Stephen Hadley, the principle White House foreign policy adviser to President George W. Bush, tells NPR's Steve Inskeep that Obama conducted a "well-run operation" to kill Osama bin Laden. He says that it was Bush's No. 1 priority while he was in office — and Bush "took some satisfaction" that he put things in place in the intelligence community.