December 1, 2021: Michigan high school shooting, Supreme Court Abortion, Republicans, Cuomo, Omicron

December 1, 2021: Michigan high school shooting, U.S. Abortion rights, House Republicans Chris Cuomo, Omicron

1. A 15-year-old boy opened fire in a Michigan high school with a semi-automatic pistol his father had purchased days earlier, killing three fellow students and wounding eight other people before he was arrested, authorities said.

2. The U.S. Supreme Court is set to consider whether to gut abortion rights in America as it weighs Mississippi's bid to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized the procedure nationwide.

3. A new fault line opened between Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives, as lawmakers squabbled publicly over accusations of religious bigotry and racism among party conservatives.

4. CNN suspended its top news anchor, Chris Cuomo, for his role in defending his brother, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, over sexual harassment allegations.

5. The Omicron coronavirus variant detected in southern Africa could be the most likely candidate to displace the highly contagious Delta variant, the director of South Africa's communicable disease institute said on Tuesday.

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