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Plus a school shooting in Michigan and the 10 best books of 2021. View in browser | nytimes.com Continue reading the main story November 30, 2021 By Remy Tumin Good evening. Here's the latest at the end of Tuesday. Travelers arrived for flights at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey. Spencer Platt/Getty Images 1. Federal health officials are expanding the search for Omicron in the U.S. Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the C.D.C. director, said that the agency was "actively looking" for the new coronavirus variant but had not found a case so far. Officials said that they were expanding a surveillance program at four international airports — in New York, Atlanta, Newark and San Francisco — in an effort to identify and contain what could be the first cases of the variant in the country. Omicron has caused widespread fears. But Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, reiterated that it was still too soon to understand how dangerous t

Plus Jack Dorsey quits Twitter and cookbook authors fight plagiarism View in browser | nytimes.com Continue reading the main story November 29, 2021 By Victoria Shannon Briefings, Newsdesk Good evening. Here's the latest at the end of Monday. President Biden outlined the U.S. response to the Omicron variant today. Stefani Reynolds for The New York Times 1. "A cause for concern, not a cause for panic." President Biden tried to reassure Americans in an address today, saying that crucial questions remain about the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus and that the administration was in close touch with vaccine manufacturers. The variant has yet to be detected in the U.S. Although it has mutations that scientists fear could make it more infectious and less susceptible to vaccines, evidence to support those fears has yet to be established. It will likely be a week, possibly two weeks, before experts know more. At the same time, global fears grew as new cases were