The chef, restaurateur and cookbook author offers one easy-to-prepare option for the centerpiece of a “traditional” Christmas holiday dinner in a very untraditional year. Source

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COVID-19 cases continue trending upward in California and local restrictions would have prevented fans from attending the game. Source

Trump’s legal team had previously said she did not work for them. Source

President-elect Joe Biden on Saturday introduced nominees for key positions in his administration who will oversee the environment and the fight against climate change. Watch his introduction. Source

Turkey’s health minister said an oxygen cylinder exploded. Source

Talks over a relief bill dragged into the weekend after Congress passed a stopgap funding measure to avert a shutdown. Source

The vice president-elect formally announced his nominees for positions such as EPA administrator and Interior secretary. Source

Congress has until the end of the weekend to agree on a deal to fund the government. On Friday, lawmakers on Capitol Hill passed a two-day extension for funding, preventing a government shutdown. The added time buys Congress additional time to negotiate terms on a coronavirus relief package. Washington Post political reporter and anchor of the Power Up newsletter, Jacqueline Alemany, joins CBSN with the latest. Source

Moderna has become the second coronavirus vaccine in the U.S. to be authorized for emergency use. Dr. Bruce Y. Lee, executive director of public health computational and operations research and professor of public health and management at the City University of New York, joined CBSN with the latest on this vaccine and distribution efforts. Source