Credit card rates are sitting at a record high right now, but will they drop lower this month? Here’s what to know. Source

President Biden pardons son Hunter Biden; Thousands of panda sculptures displayed at Hong Kong airport. Source

A CBS News investigation tracked plastic cups tossed into Starbucks recycling bins at stores across the country, finding that many never reached a recycling center. CBS News national environmental correspondent David Schechter has more. Source

Cynthia Erivo opens up about her bond with co-star Ariana Grande while filming “Wicked,” sharing how their early friendship and promise to support each other shaped their on-screen chemistry as Elphaba and Glinda. Source

Elton John says he’s lost his eyesight and struggled to see his new musical, “The Devil Wears Prada” after a “severe” eye infection. Source

Elton John said Sunday that he’s lost his eyesight and struggled to watch his new musical during the opening night of “The Devil Wears Prada,” for which he wrote the score. John revealed in September that he had an eye infection that left him with limited vision in one eye and it would take “some time before sight returns to the impacted eye.” Source

Over the weekend, rebel fighters in Syria took control of most of Aleppo, the country’s second-largest city, in a lightning assault. President Bashar al-Assad’s regime has responded with airstrikes backed by Russia. CBS News reporter Courtney Kealy has more. Source

President-elect Donald Trump tapped Kash Patel to be the next FBI director over the weekend, a move that was met with outrage from Democrats and some former Trump officials. Current FBI director Christopher Wray’s 10-year term is not due to end until 2027. Chris Piehota, former executive assistant director of the FBI, joined CBS News to discuss Patel. Source

Consensual prostitution was already decriminalized in the European country but until now it existed under a legal gray area. Source

Owner of Stoli brand volka and Kentucky Owl bourbon seeks legal relief from financial woes in Texas court. Source