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A woman, who declined to give her name, kisses her sister as they reunite at a community center in San Bernardino on Wednesday.

PHOTOS: Scenes From San Bernardino, Calif.

At least 14 are dead and 17 wounded after a shooting at a California social services facility on Wednesday.

San Bernardino Attack Is More Serious Than 'Ordinary' Mass Shooting

Linda Wertheimer talks to Adam Winkler, a professor of constitutional law at UCLA and the author of Gunfight: The Battle over the Right to Bear Arms in America.

Mark Kelly On When It's Right To Talk Politics After A Shooting

Steve Inskeep speaks with Mark Kelly, founder of Americans for Responsible Solutions. Kelly's wife is Gabrielle Giffords, an Arizona congresswoman who was shot in the head by a gunman in 2011.

A recent analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation finds that Medicare recipients taking Revlimid for cancer could end up paying, on average, $11,538 out of pocket for the drug in 2016, even if the medicine is covered by their Medicare Part D plan.

Specialty Drugs Can Prove Expensive Even With Medicare Coverage

Medicare insurance plans for drugs vary widely in the medicines they cover. For 2016, some patients who pick the wrong plan could pay nearly $12,000 out of pocket annually for a single drug.

Unanswered Questions Drive Fear In San Bernardino

Linda Wertheimer speaks with San Bernardino Sun crime reporter Beatriz Valenzuela about reaction in the California community to Wednesday's mass shooting.

Defense Secretary Ash Carter is expected to announce that women can now serve in front-line combat posts. Here, Carolina Ortiz moves away from a 155-mm artillery piece after loading it during a live-fire exercise at the Marine base in Twentynine Palms, Calif., earlier this year, during a months-long study of how women might perform in ground combat jobs.

Pentagon Says Women Can Now Serve In Front-Line Ground Combat Positions

The process to open combat jobs to women began in January of 2013; Thursday, Defense Secretary Ash Carter made it official across all branches of the U.S. military.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, left, and Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy appear at a news conference Tuesday.

Chicago Mayor Emanuel Now Says He Welcomes Federal Investigation

A day after Hillary Clinton called for a Justice Department investigation into Chicago police's handling of the death of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, Mayor Rahm Emanuel reversed course to support one.

For A Glimpse Of The West's Shifting Position On Syria, Look At London

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Tim Eaton, project manager at Chatham House's Syria and its Neighbor Policy Initiative, about the shift in British attitudes toward military action in Syria. In 2013, Parliament voted against air strikes; on Thursday, Prime Minister David Cameron said that bombing ISIS targets in Syria would make the U.K. safer.

Between France And Russia, Presidents Seek Common Ground In Syria

French President Francois Hollande and Russian President Vladimir Putin met Thursday to coordinate their country's military strategies in Syria. NPR's Corey Flintoff recaps the talks.

A view from the starting line of the sixth annual Krispy Kreme Challenge in Raleigh, N.C., in 2010. The local children's health clinic takes its name from this annual charity race, which draws about 8,000 participants each year.

Sweet Name Of Kids' Clinic Gives Some People Heartburn

The Krispy Kreme Challenge Children's Specialty Clinic gets its name from a student-run charity race in Raleigh, N.C., that has already raised $1 million for kids. Still, some find the name unhealthy.

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