When the MTA tells you “real-time information is unavailable,” that’s not an update — that’s a warning label. Plans are canceled, vibes are ruined, and suddenly you’re standing at a bus stop like it’s 1997, guessing. From there, we somehow end up deep in Dr. Seuss lore, trying to decode what a Sloo-Slunker is, why the Grinch has been angry for 53 years straight, and whether Roast Beast is a food or a threat. Then, because no year would be complete without it, we close the book — finally — on the Eric Adams era: the accomplishments, the controversies, the headlines, the side-quests, and the moments that made us all collectively squint at the news and say, “Wait… what?” Consider this part history lesson, part comedy special, part exit interview nobody requested but everyone survived. And before we step away for winter break, we pause — just briefly — because it’s been a crazy year. From the tragedies of the helicopter crashes in the Hudson and in D.C., to the wild blue yonder. The news we’ve covered, the people we’ve met, the laughs we’ve had, and the stories we’ve shared. Your stories. My gratitude to all of you on this last episode before a much-needed break.

In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Tuesday, five people – including two firefighters – were hurt when a massive blaze ripped through a Brooklyn home, officials say.

Four years ago, Mayor Eric Adams swept into office with swaggering confidence, pledging to lead a government unlike any other in history and declaring himself the “future of the Democratic Party.” On the first promise, the mayor more than delivered. But as his tumultuous term comes to an end, Adams, 65, finds himself in the political wilderness, his one-time aspirations as a party leader now a distant memory.

And an internal CBS News battle over a “60 Minutes” story critical of the Trump administration has exploded publicly, with a correspondent charging it was kept off the air for political reasons and news chief Bari Weiss saying the story did not “advance the ball.”