The annual inflation rate in the U.S. ticked up slightly in November. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the Consumer Price Index for all items rose 2.7% in the past year, which was in line with economists’ expectations. CBS News MoneyWatch correspondent Kelly O’Grady breaks it all down. Source

Investigators believe a 2-and-a-half-year-old boy got ahold of a gun belonging to his mother’s boyfriend. Source

U.S. forces are working to prevent a reemergence of ISIS in Syria after rebels toppled the Assad family’s regime. CBS News foreign correspondent Holly Williams has more. Source

The Franklin Fire burning in Malibu had torched nearly 4,000 acres and was 7% contained as of Wednesday evening. Thousands of nearby residents remained under mandatory evacuation orders. CBS News correspondent Carter Evans has more. Source

FBI Director Christopher Wray announced Wednesday that he plans to resign from his post at the end of President Biden’s term in January. President-elect Donald Trump originally tapped Wray for the role during his first administration. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane has more on the announcement and Trump’s transition. Source

The NYPD announced Wednesday that it discovered shell casings and fingerprints that link Luigi Mangione, the suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s murder, to the crime scene. Law enforcement sources also say Magione wrote that he considered using a bomb in the killing. CBS News’ Anna Schecter has the latest details. Source

President-elect Donald Trump repeatedly pledged to roll back rights for transgender people during his campaign. Kate Sosin, LGBTQ+ reporter for The 19th, joins “America Decides” to discuss how those Americans are preparing for the incoming Trump administration. Source

Celebrations continue in Syria as questions swirl about what the post-Assad era will look like. CBS News foreign correspondent Imtiaz Tyab reports. Source

President-elect Donald Trump says he wants a deal to protect “Dreamers,” undocumented immigrants brought into the country as children. That’s despite his plans to conduct mass deportations when he takes office in January. Republican Rep. Chip Roy of Texas joins “America Decides” to discuss Trump’s immigration agenda. Source

President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Kimberly Guilfoyle to serve as the ambassador to Greece. Guilfoyle, who dated Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., is the latest family friend set to join the new administration. Political strategists Meghan Hays and Lance Trover join “America Decides” with analysis. Source