Every Wednesday, students converge on a tiny house in St. Louis for their weekly breakfast club, hosted by 66-year-old Peggy Winckowski. Steve Hartman has the story in “On the Road.” Source

Baltimore firefighters held a procession on Friday to honor 31-year-old Rodney Pitts, a firefighter who was killed battling a large fire at a rowhouse on Thursday. Four other firefighters were injured in the intense fire. Source

Former President Donald Trump was fined $5,000 Friday for violating a gag order in a $250 million civil fraud trial against Trump and the Trump Organization. The judge said a social media post attacking the judge’s clerk remained visible on Trump’s presidential campaign website. Source

A manhunt is underway for a man suspected in the shooting death of Maryland Circuit Court Judge Andrew Wilkinson in the driveway of his home Thursday night in what authorities are calling a targeted attack. The shooting occurred hours after the suspect lost custody of his children in a divorce proceeding Wilkinson was presiding over. Jeff Pegues has the latest. Source

A mother and daughter from Chicago who were taken hostage by Hamas militants during the Oct. 7 attack on Israel were freed from Gaza on Friday. Judith Raanan and her 17-year-old daughter Natalie were kidnapped after coming to Israel to celebrate the 85th birthday of Judith’s mother. There are still about 200 hostages from 40 countries being held by Hamas. Charlie D’Agata reports. Source

After failing to earn a majority on the House floor, Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio was dropped as the nominee for House speaker Friday by the Republican Conference. Nearly three weeks after the historic vote to remove former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Republicans are unable to unify behind a successor. Scott MacFarlane has the latest. Source

Kenneth Chesebro, one of former President Donald Trump’s 18 co-defendants in the Georgia election interference case, agreed Friday as part of a deal with prosecutors to plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit filing false documents. He was sentenced to probation. Trump attorney Sidney Powell took a similar plea deal Thursday. Chesebro is accused of proposing a scheme to appoint alternate electors in an effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Source

The release of two American hostages Friday, a mother and daughter who were kidnapped by Hamas militants, is proof that there may be the possibility of negotiating with Hamas through Qatar, diplomatic sources told CBS News. Margaret Brennan has details. Source

Along the Gaza Strip’s southern border with Egypt, repairs are underway at the Rafah crossing, as 90 trucks of humanitarian aid wait to get aid in, while foreign passport holders, including U.S. citizens, are waiting to get out. This comes as Israeli forces mass on Gaza’s northern and eastern borders preparing for a ground invasion that has forced more than 600,000 Gazans to evacuate from northern to southern Gaza. Imtiaz Tyab has more. Source

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