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The U.S. airstrike on a hospital has shown the military is still deeply involved in Afghanistan's war. The U.S. has flown more than 3,300 sorties and fired on the enemy more than 600 times this year.

Also on Wednesday, FIFA presidential candidate Chung Mong-joon, who is facing his own charges of wrongdoing, said he is planning to sue Blatter for at least $100 million for damages to FIFA.

The Immigration Act of 1965 opened the doors to nationalities that were largely shut out before. Since then, 90 percent of U.S. immigrants hail from outside Europe. Three families share their stories.

"What I know of it, as of today, I am not in favor of what I have learned about it," the Democrat said, breaking with President Obama on his signature trade deal he hopes to push through Congress.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Julien Schopp, director of humanitarian practice at InterAction, about how the White House called on members of the private sector to aid UN refugee agency efforts.

The World Health Organization has revised its guidelines to say that every person infected with HIV should now be given powerful anti-AIDS drugs. But many countries in Africa have struggled to meet previous less-ambitious WHO treatment targets.

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry will be shared by three scientists for their work on how cells repair damage to DNA. DNA damage can lead to mutations, which in turn can lead to cancer.

Israel is gauging the Russian airstrikes in Syria by staying in touch with Russian officials and seeking a manageable war next door.

Jeb Bush entered the 2016 presidential race as the presumed frontrunner for the GOP nomination. But it's been a long time since that description has fit his campaign. In the first states to vote — less than four months from now — he's fallen to the middle of the pack and political outsiders Donald Trump, Ben Carson and Carly Fiorina have risen.

People with uncertain prognoses or dementia can't end their lives under California's new medical aid in dying law. Proponents say those limits reflect the uncertainties of death, and of politics.