'It’s Devastating’: After Shooting, High School Waits For Answers

ACROSS AMERICA — Good morning! It’s Dec. 1, and you have only three weeks left to wrap up holiday shopping. Also, if you have some wiggle room in your budget this year, consider giving to the Patch holiday food drive benefiting Feeding America, one of the largest hunger relief organizations in the United States.

Also, catch up on the stories we’re following today:

• Three people are dead following a school shooting north of Detroit.
• A stowaway was taken into custody after hiding in the landing gear of a Miami-bound flight.
• Celebrity physician Dr. Mehmet Oz is running for Senate.
• Tommy Hilfiger’s former Connecticut home is for sale.

Three people are dead and multiple others wounded after a 15-year-old student armed with a handgun opened fire Tuesday at a Michigan high school, authorities said.

The suspect, a sophomore at Oxford High School, shot 11 people, including a teacher, within five minutes, police said. Three students — a 14-year-old female, a 15-year-old male and a 17-year-old female — were killed. Eight other people were injured.

John Lyman of Rochester Hills Fire said 25 agencies, 60 units and two helicopters were sent to the school. Multiple patients were brought to various hospitals in the area.

Tim Throne, superintendent of Oxford Community Schools, told reporters Tuesday he was shocked.

"It's devastating," Throne said. » Oxford High School Shooting: 3 Dead Among 11 Shot, via Rochester, Michigan, Patch

Kim Potter Trial: Jury Selection Starts

Jury selection began Tuesday in the manslaughter trial against former Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, police officer Kim Potter. Potter was charged with first- and second-degree manslaughter charges in connection with the fatal shooting of 20-year-old Daunte Wright. If convicted of first-degree manslaughter, Potter, 48, faces up to 15 years in prison and a $30,000 fine. » Jury Selection In Kim Potter Trial Starts Tuesday, via Southwest Minneapolis Patch

Dr. Oz Makes Senate Bid

Celebrity physician Dr. Mehmet Oz announced Tuesday he will run for a Pennsylvania U.S. Senate seat, instantly becoming the most well-known candidate in the race. "We have not managed our crises as effectively as past generations,” Oz said. “During the pandemic, I learned that when you mix politics and medicine, you get politics instead of solutions. That's why I am running for the U.S. Senate: to help fix the problems and to help us heal." » Dr. Oz Announces PA U.S. Senate Bid, via Pittsburgh Patch

Stowaway Hides In Landing Gear

A stowaway was taken into custody after hiding in the landing gear of a Miami-bound American Airlines flight from Guatemala. The flight from Guatemala to Miami was about two hours and 50 minutes long. » Stowaway Hides In Landing Gear On Miami-Bound Flight, via Miami Patch

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• New Twitter CEO Steps From Behind The Scenes To Lead Company
• Appeals Court To Weigh Trump Arguments To Withhold Records
• Final U.S. Hurdle For Merck's COVID-19 Pill: FDA Panel Review
• Supply Chain Issues Hit Charity Toy Drives For Kids
• Former Trump Aide Meadows To Cooperate With Jan. 6 Committee
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• Ilhan Omar: I Hung Up On Lauren Boebert After 'Unproductive Call'
• Kyle Rittenhouse No longer Enrolled In Classes At ASU
• Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting 2021: What To Know

Around ‘The Patch’

Cited For Awesomeness: In a precocious reversal of roles, a Dade City girl surprised Florida sheriff's deputies by handing them citations: “Stop. You have received a ticket for being awesome. Thank you for serving our community,” via Lutz Patch

A Life-Saving Catch: A 3-year-old girl plummeted from a second-story apartment Monday morning — into the arms of a waiting neighbor, via St. Louis Patch

Missing Honeymoon Dog Found: Four days after a New Jersey couple's dog sitter lost their precious pooch in Hoboken — and they postponed their honeymoon to search for him — they found him, via Hoboken Patch

More local news:

• Army Cadets Try To Steal Navy's Live Mascot Before Game, via Annapolis Patch
• Santa Claus Attacked At Hawk Auto, Joliet Police Make Arrest, via Joliet, Illinois, Patch
• COVID-19 Infection Spikes Near 6 Percent, Highest In 10 Months, via Danbury, Connecticut, Patch
• Digital Vaccine Passports Coming To Massachusetts, Baker Says, via Across Massachusetts Patch
• Bodies Of Missing New Jersey Couple Found Near Home, via Barnegat Patch
• Princess Diana Documentary Exhibit Opens Wed. In Santa Monica, via Santa Monica Patch
• 400 Toxic Sites In California At Risk Of Flooding By 2100, via Los Angeles Patch
• PA Supreme Court Restores Statewide School Mask Mandate, via Pittsburgh Patch
• Leonardo DiCaprio Says Goodbye To $10.3 Million Malibu Home, via Malibu Patch

House Hunting

Ready for the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to own the iconic Stonehill compound on 8 acres in the coveted Greenwich, Connecticut, backcountry? The home formerly owned by clothing designer Tommy Hilfiger features 16 bedrooms, a home theater and multiple cottages and guest homes.

This Day in History

In 1955, in violation of segregation laws in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks refused to surrender her bus seat to a white passenger and was arrested. Her arrest sparked a 381-day bus boycott led by Martin Luther King Jr.

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