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Steve Inskeep talks with John Cohen, former counterterrorism coordinator at Homeland Security, now at Rutgers University researching why people carry out mass attacks. Also: Glock author Paul Barrett.

Investigators are combing through data for clues about motives in the San Bernardino attack. A married couple opened fire on a workplace holiday party and seemed to have planned at least the getaway.

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.

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.

The shooters in the San Bernardino attack were Muslim. Steve Inskeep speaks with Jihad Turk, imam and president of Bayan Claremont Islamic Graduate School, about reaction among the Muslim community.

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

Former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship was acquitted of two other counts, meaning he'll face far less than the potential 30-year prison sentence prosecutors had sought.

The Hunting Ground, shortlisted for next year's Oscars, has inspired a backlash — not only for its perspective but for the factual foundation on which it is based and its reporting methods.

Steve Inskeep talks to NPR reporters and others for a roundup of the latest news on Wednesday's shooting in San Bernardino, Calif., that left 14 people dead.

President Obama spoke Thursday, calling for thoughts and prayers for the victims of Wednesday's shooting in San Bernardino, and saying "we all have a part to play" in preventing such violence.