A bankruptcy judge on Tuesday rejected a bid by The Onion’s parent company to buy Alex Jones’ far-right media empire, including the website Infowars, ruling that the auction process was unfair.source

Small-business owners say their Covid disaster loans were wrongly deemed delinquent or in default as a result of errors by the Small Business Administration.source

Prosecutors from the Manhattan district attorney’s office urged a New York judge not to throw out President-elect Donald Trump’s criminal conviction in his hush money case, offering a variety of suggestions about how the case could proceed without interfering with his presidential duties.source

Many servers are relying less on tips and more on rising wages as diners’ gratuities trail inflation — despite all the complaints about “tipflation.”source

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov tells NBC News’ Keir Simmons that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad “is secured and it shows that Russia acts as required in such an extraordinary situation.”source

Andrea Canning reports Friday, December 13 at 9/8c on NBC.source

The Arctic experienced its second-hottest year on record, according to a NOAA report. The Arctic tundra has become a source of emissions, rather than a carbon sink.source

While Syria celebrates overthrowing its longtime dictator, it is also being subjected to a new ground incursion and a wave of airstrikes from its neighbor Israel that drew growing international condemnation and concern Tuesday.source

President-elect Donald Trump mocked Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as the “governor” of the “Great State of Canada” after recently joking about the country becoming the 51st state.source