Police identified the suspect in Monday’s Wisconsin school shooting as 15-year-old Natalie Rupnow, who killed a fellow student and a teacher before turning the gun on herself. Suspected CEO killer Luigi Mangione was indicted on a first-degree murder charge as an act of terrorism, potentially facing life in prison without parole. Russia's chemical weapons chief Lt. General Igor Kirillov was killed in an explosion claimed by Ukraine’s SBU security service. A mass grave found outside Syria's capital could contain thousands of remains, many showing signs of execution and torture, since the fall of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Congress released a short-term funding bill to avoid a government shutdown, including provisions for disaster relief and economic help for farmers, with lawmakers set to break for the holidays on Friday.

Abundant Life Christian School identified as teenage female student (NBC)

Luigi Mangione indicted on first-degree murder charge (New York Times)

Russia's chemical weapons chief and mouthpiece killed in Moscow (BBC)

Mass grave discovered near Syria’s capital (Al Jazeera, BBC)

Congress releases funding bill to avert government shutdown (NBC)