These hidden costs are just as damaging — if not more so — than credit card interest and fees. Source

Ridley Scott returns to ancient Rome with “Gladiator II” nearly 25 years after the Oscar-winning original. Source

The U.S. Embassy in London is open again after London police carried out a controlled explosion of a suspicious package. CBS News foreign correspondent Imtiaz Tyab has more. Source

Jane Pauley hosts our annual “Eat, Drink & Be Merry” holiday broadcast exploring all things epicurean! Check out our menu… Source

Trump picks Pam Bondi for attorney general after Gaetz drops out; Judge grants stay, postpones Trump “hush money” trial sentencing. Source

Matt Gaetz has taken himself out of the running to be President-elect Donald Trump’s attorney general and now questions are swirling about whether he could return to the House seat he resigned from. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane has more. Source

President-elect Donald Trump’s sentencing for his New York “hush money” conviction has been put on indefinite postponement by the judge presiding in the case. Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General Tom Dupree joined CBS News with his thoughts on the delay. Source

Whole Foods Market stores in five states sold recalled carrots and celery sticks that could contain E. coli. Source

The Supreme Court issued its first opinion of the term, a one-line decision dismissing Facebook’s appeal. Source

Authorities are urging a Wisconsin man accused of faking his death and fleeing to Europe to come home to spend the holidays with his wife and three children. Source