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More details are coming out about the shooting in northern California Tuesday. The shooter's wife is now among the dead. Investigators say his two assault rifles were home-built, unregistered and illegal.

Also: Thousands of Syrian civilians flee regime bombardment in Eastern Ghouta; IHeartMedia seeks bankruptcy protection; and United Airlines mistakenly sends a dog to Japan instead of Kansas.

The Brazos River has already reached record levels and forced hundreds of people west of Houston to evacuate. Weather experts predict 4 to 5 more inches of rain around Houston through the weekend.

There are more than 2 million women veterans in the U.S. NPR spoke with six of them to find out what their service means to them.

Also: A Pennsylvania special Congressional election is neck-and-neck; President Trump will review border wall prototypes in San Diego; and the All Songs Considered SXSW 2018 Preview is here!

Also: Congress approves a disaster aid package for hurricane and wildfire relief; China's new ruling Politburo is announced; and the World Series opens in Los Angeles in record heat.

Conscience or incompetence? Two competing narratives — along partisan lines — have emerged to explain the sudden departure of the head of the Federal Student Aid Office.

"Read my lips" succeeded at countering Bush's image problem. But if it improved his chances of being elected in 1988, it may have ruined his chances of being re-elected in 1992.

A new study by researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital finds that women and people of Asian descent are the most at risk and that shellfish is the most common allergen.

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Also: White House Chief of Staff Kelly is criticized by the congresswoman he criticized; losses from California fires could exceed $1 billion; and supporters clap a lot online for China's president.

President-elect Donald Trump has already picked two former generals, Michael Flynn and James Mattis, for top positions and is considering at least one more, David Petraeus.