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In the spirit of Independence Day, we meet the guild of bellringers that is still pulling the ropes at Boston's Old North Church. Just like Paul Revere did nearly 300 years ago.

Satellite imagery shared exclusively with NPR shows new buildings going up at a huge, remote airfield near an old nuclear test range.

In a gritty contest in the South, the former Pennsylvania senator has won two more primaries to further close in on rival Mitt Romney.

NPR and the PBS series Frontline investigate the forces keeping communities from building resiliently, and the special interests that profit even when communities don't.

Stiller, who died May 11, was part of a comic duo with his wife Anne Meara and later played George Costanza's father on Seinfeld. He spoke to Fresh Air in '93. In '10, Ben Stiller spoke about his dad.

Denk talks about what he learned from his teachers, and his failures, frustrations and pivotal moments as an artist. His new memoir is Every Good Boy Does Fine. Originally broadcast March 21, 2022.

The Pulitzer-winning composer began her career with a creative blank check, but she's spent much of the past decade moving sideways. Her latest trick: reinventing as a songwriter.

What happens when people stop trusting their government's economic data? Planet Money reports on what happened in Greece.

Melissa Block talks to Kara Scannell, U.S. regulatory correspondent with the Financial Times about the case officials are calling the largest online money-laundering case in history, involving the currency exchange, Liberty Reserve.

President Obama is scheduled to meet with families of the victims in Aurora, Colo.