A man from Georgia has a similar phone number to a hotline for Santa. So after years of getting calls from kids, he decided to give back. Vladimir Duthiers explains. Source

Millions of Americans could feel temperatures take a deep plunge and snow could cause a messy Wednesday morning commute. WCBS chief weathercaster Lonnie Quinn is tracking the forecast. Source

The death toll climbed to six victims after a volcano erupted on New Zealand’s White Island. Nine Americans were there at the time, including a couple from Virginia, who suffered burns. Ramy Inocencio reports. Source

A wild shootout in the streets of a New Jersey neighborhood has left six dead, including an officer. The gunfight lasted for hours. Don Dahler has the latest. Source

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

The announcement comes as the South Bend mayor faces increasing pressure to open his big-donor fundraisers and to disclose campaign bundlers — supporters who collect large donations from other donors. Source

Scott Chalkley has a similar phone number to what Google lists as Santa’s hotline in Georgia. Source

It’s unclear if these new cases are linked to a more widespread outbreak from romaine Source

Merriam-Webster announced the pronoun “they” as its 2019 word of the year. The word can be used to refer to one person whose gender identity is nonbinary. The nonbinary use of “they” was added to the definition in September. Searches for “they” on Merriam-Webster’s website increased 313% over the last year. Source

National Security Council expert Fiona Hill testified Thursday that there was a “different channel” at work in the State Department with regard to Ukraine. Republican counsel Stephen Castor asked Hill why she did not think U.S. policy towards Ukraine was headed in the right direction when she left her post. Hill said she was concerned about former Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch’s removal and about what she called “a different channel in operation in relation to Ukraine. … One that was domestic and political in nature, and that was very different from the channel, or loop… that I and my colleagues were in.” Source