Former ballet star Tony Williams’ “Urban Nutcracker” in Boston incorporates dance styles from hip hop to flamenco and Mexican folk. More than 75 kids from different ethnic and economic backgrounds are part of this year’s production. Dana Jacobson reports on how the show supports the mission “diversity through dance.” Source

19-year-old Eduardo Arevalo is being held without bond in The Colony, Texas, charged with killing his sister, who was eight months pregnant. KTVT’s Jack Fink reports. Source

Thousands of former prisoners who thought they would spend Christmas behind bars are free, thanks to the First Step Act. President Trump signed the legislation into law last December. The act increases the number of good conduct time credits an inmate can earn per year. The U.S. Sentencing Commissions says the changes can help more than 140,000 people in prison. Jericka Duncan spoke with two former inmates who say they’re still adjusting to their new freedom. Source

Four generations of Britain’s royal family are marking the end of what Queen Elizabeth refers to in her Christmas address as a “bumpy” year. Vladimir Duthiers has details on “CBS This Morning.” Source

Seven women in one family had major surgery after a widely used genetic test, taken by hundreds of thousands of people, showed a high cancer risk. One of them says she was left debilitated and unable to have more children. But, years later, the family has learned the results of that BRCA test might have been wrong. Jamie Yuccas reports. Source

A look back at what we’ve been covering on “CBS This Morning.” Source

But Israel has sharply cut the number of Christians from the Gaza Strip allowed to make the trip. Source

A relative says the children’s mother and stepfather have cult-like religious beliefs that could have played a role in the case. Source

Family members are expressing disbelief amid their grief but authorities in suburban Dallas say the suspect told them she was an embarrassment Source

A new satellite image shows construction at a factory where Pyongyang makes military equipment for such long-range missiles. Source