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NPR's Scott Simon talks to The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg about the shooting in San Bernardino, and whether this latest round of mass shootings may represent a tipping point for Americans and guns.

A man in Turkey is on trial for creating a meme that compares the character Gollum to Turkey's president. Michael Drough, a Lord of the Rings scholar, talks about whether Gollum is a true villain.

New research raises alarms about quakes near Cushing, Okla., home to the country's largest oil hub. No damage has been reported, but operators at the hub are on alert.

A flood in India's fourth-largest city has claimed at least 280 people so far. During a brief lull in weeks of heavy rains, the Indian government boosts its rescue missions to help stranded residents.

He says the documentary, about a boy who had three fingers hacked off for their purported magic power, is farfetched. People with albinism don't agree.

With nations struggling to agree on how to reduce greenhouse emissions, many cities have stepped in to fill the gap. Some 1,000 mayors from around the world pledged new measures in Paris this week.

The FBI is now investigating the mass shooting in San Bernardino, Calif., that killed 14 people as an act of terrorism. At the site of the attack, workers were allowed to retrieve their cars Saturday.

Indiana's governor has asked the Catholic Church to halt a plan to resettle Syrian refugees in the state. Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski explains why he expects the archdiocese to move forward anyway.

Each month, about 1,000 Puerto Rican families are moving to central Florida, a swing region. Migrating in part because of the island's economic crisis, both parties are now trying to woo them.

Rachel Martin talks with Parul Sehgal of the New York Times about the use of the word "resilience" as something to aspire to and how it's become a coded way to shame people who speak about injustice.