Forty-three rhesus monkeys escaped from the Alpha Genesis Primate Research Center in South Carolina Wednesday after a caretaker accidentally left a door unsecured, the company’s CEO told CBS News. The monkeys are not aggressive and pose no public health risk, the CEO said. They are believed to be in the woods near the facility. Dave Malkoff has the latest. Source

President Biden said earlier this year he would not pardon his son or commute a potential prison sentence. Source

The Federal Reserve on Thursday lowered its benchmark borrowing rate by 0.25 percentage points. Kelly O’Grady examines what the move could mean for Americans’ pocketbooks. Source

President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House puts him in a position to influence the make-up of the Supreme Court and the effects could be felt for decades. CBS News legal contributor Jessica Levinson explains. Source

Hillary Clinton attempted to shatter the highest glass ceiling in U.S. politics and went up against now-President-elect Donald Trump in 2016. CBS News deputy director of elections and data analytics Kabir Khanna compares her performance with Vice President Kamala Harris’ run in 2024. Source

President-elect Donald Trump has promised to conduct mass deportations of undocumented migrants as part of his immigration overhaul. CBS News immigration and politics reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez has migrants’ and border officials’ reactions. Source

The nearly 20,000-acre Mountain Fire that erupted Wednesday in Ventura County, just north of Los Angeles, continues to grow with no containment. The wind-driven blaze has destroyed homes and forced thousand of people to evacuate. Jonathan Vigliotti reports. Source

Many Ukrainians fear that President-elect Donald Trump will cut critical support to Ukraine or broker a deal that would have their country surrender territory and influence to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Imtiaz Tyab reports from Kyiv. Source

Argentinian investigators have arrested three people in connection with the death of former One Direction bandmember Liam Payne, who fell from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires last month. An autopsy found that Payne had cocaine, alcohol and a prescription antidepressants in his system. Source

Here’s a look at the top stories making headlines on the “CBS Evening News with Norah O’Donnell.” Source