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Today's Headlines: Omicron Variant, in at Least 20 Nations, Spread Earlier Than Was Known

How 2 Flights to Europe May Have Spurred Spread of New Variant
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Wednesday, December 1, 2021

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Omicron Variant, in at Least 20 Nations, Spread Earlier Than Was Known

Omicron Variant, in at Least 20 Nations, Spread Earlier Than Was Known

By Richard Pérez-Peña

With evidence growing that a worrisome new coronavirus variant is highly contagious, health officials issued warnings that vulnerable people should not travel.

How 2 Flights to Europe May Have Spurred Spread of New Variant

How 2 Flights to Europe May Have Spurred Spread of New Variant

By Jason Horowitz

A confounding array of Covid rules and lax enforcement of mask wearing may have sent infected passengers on two KLM flights from South Africa on to "who knows where."

The Police Killings Were Years Ago. New Prosecutors Are Reopening Cases.

The Police Killings Were Years Ago. New Prosecutors Are Reopening Cases.

By Steve Eder and David D. Kirkpatrick

District attorneys around the country are investigating officers in cases their predecessors had handled, raising the ire of police unions that say it undermines public safety.

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See Where Covid Is Surging Across Europe

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See Where Covid Is Surging Across Europe

By JOSH HOLDER

The discovery of the Omicron variant adds further pressure to an already buckling continent.

I Once Urged the Supreme Court to Overturn Roe. I've Changed My Mind.

Opinion | Guest Essay

I Once Urged the Supreme Court to Overturn Roe. I've Changed My Mind.

By Charles Fried

To overturn Roe now would be an act of constitutional vandalism — not conservative, but reactionary.

Today's Videos

At Least 3 Dead in Shooting at Michigan High School

Video Video: At Least 3 Dead in Shooting at Michigan High School

By The Associated Press

The authorities said that a 15-year-old sophomore opened fire with a semiautomatic handgun at a school in Oakland County, Mich., north of Detroit.

C.D.C. Is 'Actively Looking' for Omicron Variant Cases

Video Video: C.D.C. Is 'Actively Looking' for Omicron Variant Cases

By Reuters

Dr. Rochelle P. Walensky, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director, said the agency was working to identify and contain any potential cases of the coronavirus Omicron variant in the U.S., but had not found a case so far.

Josephine Baker Inducted Into France's Tomb of Heroes

Video Video: Josephine Baker Inducted Into France's Tomb of Heroes

By The Associated Press

Ms. Baker, an American-born dancer and French resistance fighter, became the first Black woman to be honored at the Panthéon, the nation's hallowed tomb of heroes.

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