The controversial artificial food dye Red 3 was banned Wednesday by the Food and Drug Administration nearly 35 years after the dye was removed from cosmetics due to cancer concerns. Dr. Eric Ascher, family medicine physician at New York City’s Northwell Lenox Hill Hospital, joined CBS News to discuss the ban. Source

The National Weather Service says “things are starting to look better” for firefighters around Los Angeles with winds dying down and some of the red flag warnings in the area being allowed to expire. Tens of thousands of people are still under evacuation orders though. CBS News correspondent Charlie De Mar has more. Source

More of President-elect Donald Trump’s administration picks will have their Senate confirmation hearings Thursday, including Interior secretary nominee Doug Burgum and Rep. Elise Preston, Trump’s choice for ambassador to the United Nations. CBS News political reporter Olivia Rinaldi has more. Source

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is accusing Hamas of trying to “extort last-minute concessions” in the Gaza ceasefire deal announced Wednesday. Netanyahu’s security cabinet still needs to approve the agreement. CBS News’ Ramy Inocencio and Willie James Inman have the latest. Source

Toyota subsidiary Hino Motors will pay $1.6 billion to settle a fraud case that alleged the company deceived regulators about emissions amounts from its diesel engines, U.S. officials have announced. The settlement also places a five-year ban on Hino importing engines into the United States. Source

Scientists analyzing 2,000-year-old DNA have revealed that a Celtic society in the southern U.K. during the Iron Age was centered around women, a study said. Source

The ceasefire deal agreed by Israel and Hamas has not ended the bloodshed in Gaza yet, nor the desperate wait for hostages’ loved ones. Source

The explosion, which officials said was likely the cause of a short circuit and power failure, prompted the evacuation of more than 1,200 residents. Source

U.S. officials announced a $1.6 billion deal with Toyota’s Hino Motors unit to settle charges it deceived regulators about the amount of emissions spewed by its diesel engines. Source

Maj. Michael Stockin pleaded guilty to 36 counts of abusive sexual contact and five of indecent viewing, officials said. Source