Today’s edition is pure New York energy — equal parts drama, confusion, and “did that really just happen?” The Mets have once again treated the Yankees like their own personal lost-and-found bin, reaching in and pulling out Devin Williams like a kid grabbing the last toy on the shelf at Target. Apparently the city now has a baseball transfer portal, and the Mets are the only ones who know the password. Meanwhile, in our Honorable Mention, Americans are celebrating the holidays the old-fashioned way: by absolutely obliterating their credit limits. The numbers are so high, Santa might have to start accepting Visa, Afterpay, and maybe even Klarna just to get through the season. It turns out the only thing we’re wrapping this year… is ourselves in debt.

In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Tuesday, a Nor’easter is set to slam metro-area commuters with a wet wintery mix, but the evening rush’s heavy rains could bring the most treacherous conditions, according to forecasters.

New York City is poised to get its first Vegas-style casinos, including one next to the home stadium of baseball’s New York Mets and another that could see a windfall for President Trump.

And out in the American west, family members were getting ready to cut the cake at a toddler’s birthday party when the gunfire started inside a banquet hall packed with relatives and friends over the weekend in California. Four people were killed. Meanwhile, even with those killings, mass shootings in the U.S have hit the lowest number recorded since 2006, according to a database maintained by The Associated Press and USA Today in partnership with Northeastern University.