The Kansas City Star daily briefing — Tuesday, December 21, 2021

The top headlines from The Kansas City Star on Tuesday, December 21, 2021 including: The first confirmed cases of omicron variant of COVID-19 in the Kansas City area, Software giant Oracle announced Monday that it has reached an agreement to purchase healthcare IT company Cerner Corp., Kansas City police have publicly identified all three victims in last week’s deadly Westport crash and Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly dismissed outrage over “critical race theory.”