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Prosecutor criticizes school over run-up to fatal shooting in Michigan

Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald said the investigation's findings will determine whether school officials will be charged in last Tuesday's attack at Oxford High School.

Fred Hiatt, Washington Post editorial page editor, dies at 66

Fred Hiatt, a onetime foreign correspondent who in 2000 became The Washington Post's editorial page editor and greatly expanded the global reach of the newspaper's opinion writers in the era of 9/11, the election of Barack Obama and the destabilizing presidency of Donald Trump, died Dec. 6 at a hospital in New York City. He was 66.

Justice Department sues Texas over state redistricting maps, citing discrimination against Latinos

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has sued Texas for the second time in a month over voting-related concerns, this time alleging that Republican state lawmakers discriminated against Latinos and other minorities when they approved new congressional and state legislative districts that increased the power of white voters.

Jussie Smollett testifies at his trial: ‘There was no hoax’

Former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett testified at his trial Monday that he wrote a $3,500 check to a friend for nutrition and training advice, not as payment for the man and his brother to help him stage a racist, anti-gay attack on himself.

What does the US owe separated families? A political quandary deepens.

The Trump administration’s family separation policy drew condemnations when it came to public light in 2018, not only from Democrats but also from Republicans like Senator Ted Cruz of Texas and Melania Trump.

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A makeshift memorial outside of Oxford High School in Oxford, Mich., Friday.

Third party to probe Oxford High’s actions ahead of shooting

A third party will investigate events at Oxford High School that occurred before a school shooting that left four students dead and six other students and a teacher wounded, the Michigan district’s superintendent said, with the Michigan attorney general responding Sunday that her office could conduct it.

A passenger at the international check-in counters at Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg.

US says Omicron cases are likely to rise

Several dozen cases of the new omicron variant of the coronavirus have been identified in the United States, a number that is “likely to rise,” Dr. Rochelle P. Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week.”

Before even receiving a name, Omicron could have spread in New York and the country

They wore fluorescent wigs and capes with gold tassels. They arrived in knee-high white platform boots and with feathered wings affixed to their backs. Dressed like their favorite characters or just wearing street clothes, they packed into Manhattan’s main convention hall — some 53,000 of them — over three days in November to celebrate their love of Japanese animation shows known as anime.

CNN anchor Chris Cuomo attends the 12th annual CNN Heroes tribute in New York, Dec. 8, 2018.

Chris Cuomo was accused of harassment days before CNN firing

A new allegation of sexual harassment against Chris Cuomo emerged just days before CNN announced it was firing the anchor amid an investigation into work he did defending his brother from similar harassment allegations.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021.

Fauci says early reports encouraging about Omicron variant

US health officials said Sunday that while the Omicron variant of the coronavirus is rapidly spreading throughout the country, early indications suggest it may be less dangerous than Delta, which continues to drive a surge of hospitalizations.

People pause to look at Norwegian Cruise Line's ship, Norwegian Breakaway, on the Hudson River, in New York, on May 8, 2013.

Cruise ship with COVID-19 infections arrives in New Orleans

A Norwegian Cruise Line ship with at least 10 passengers and crew members infected with COVID-19 docked Sunday in New Orleans, where health officials said they were trying to disembark people without worsening the spread of the coronavirus illness.

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) addresses the anti-Muslim comments made by Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) towards Omar, during a press conference at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021.

Representative Ilhan Omar says Pelosi will take ‘decisive action’ on Boebert’s anti-Muslim rhetoric this week

Omar said she is confident House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will take “decisive action” this week against Representative Lauren Boebert for her anti-Muslim remarks about Omar last month.

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, left, and his brother CNN anchor Chris Cuomo.

CNN fires Chris Cuomo amid inquiry into his efforts to aid his brother

Star anchor Chris Cuomo was fired by CNN on Saturday, completing a stunning downfall for the network’s top-rated host amid a continuing inquiry into his efforts to help his brother, Andrew Cuomo, then the governor of New York, stave off sexual harassment accusations.