The Update with Brandon Julien

Think again. We've all been there — you reheat or cook something, you get distracted and then suddenly your smoke alarm is going off. Your first thought is to throw out that burnt food — but think again because an EMT says that's the most fire-hazardous thing you could do.In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Tuesday, two teens were wounded in a cop-involved shooting after NYPD officers fired their weapons to stop a Harlem gunfight involving the victims and an 18-year-old attempted murderer who was out free due to a controversial law.A potential strike that could have shut down the nation's largest commuter rail system this week has been averted.And less than two weeks before Charlie Kirk's assassination in Utah, a sheriff's department in central California conducted three days of reconnaissance to prepare for a speech by the conservative firebrand at a local church in politically friendly territory.

In The Update Journal: Something I'm really looking forward to is Halloween and spending time with my partner Tommie, even when time will get tight with my work schedule gradually picking up again.In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Monday, we continue our coverage of The Road To City Hall. Gov. Kathy Hochul urged New Yorkers to vote Zohran Mamdani for mayor of New York City, giving the Democratic nominee one of his most significant endorsements to date in the contest to lead the nation's biggest city.The crazed drunk driver accused of mowing down a 16-year-old on a Queens sidewalk after she rejected his lewd advances was charged with murder Saturday night — and it's not the first time he was nabbed driving under the influence. And overseas, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he will be seeking answers from Israeli officials about how they see the way forward in Gaza following Israel's attack on Hamas operatives in Qatar that has upended efforts to broker an end to the conflict.

In The Update Journal- Behind the mic, what you didn't see was the juggling act happening in real time. On the outside, it may have sounded smooth and put-together, but just out of view was me frantically checking scripts, making sure the next segment was queued up, and giving myself a mental pep talk.In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Friday, nearly half of Long Island Rail Road workers are threatening to walk off the job as early as next week — and the MTA's plan to deal with the “looming strike” is by telling riders to work from home.Out of the darkness… A stunning symbolic display of light dazzled visitors at World Trade Center's Oculus — an annual moment of remembrance that occurs every Sept. 11 at exactly 10:28 a.m.And out in the American West, a 22-year-old Utah man who was arrested and booked on murder charges in the assassination of Charlie Kirk held deep disdain for the conservative activist's provocative viewpoints and indicated to a family member that he was responsible for the shooting, authorities say.

One state is lovin' fast food more than the others. New data from QR Code Generator has revealed which states are considered the fast food capitals of America — and which chains are the most popular in each.In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Wednesday, a couple in their 70s was killed Monday in what the police commissioner said was a “horrific double homicide, robbery and arson” — the man tied to a pole and stabbed, the woman's body severely burned as their home went up in flames.The names of nearly 40 more heroic New York City firefighters who died from 9/11-caused illnesses were added to the FDNY's emotional World Trade Center memorial at the department's Brooklyn headquarters.And in Washington, Chief Justice John Roberts temporarily kept in place the Trump administration's decision to freeze nearly $5 billion in foreign aid.

In The Update Journal- This time of year always reminds me of couples being together doing couple things.In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Tuesday, an elderly couple found dead after a fire tore through a Queens home were tied up inside, sources said, with video showing a mystery man entering their home before the double homicide.Howard Stern, the popular and highly paid radio host, returned to SiriusXM's airwaves Monday after trolling listeners into thinking he had departed his long-running show.And in Washington, The Supreme Court cleared the way for federal agents to conduct sweeping immigration operations for now in Los Angeles, the latest victory for President Donald Trump's administration at the high court.

Hello everyone! We're going into #TheUpdate vault to play one of our many episodes throughout our many years of the show. For today's episode, we go into the world of 2020- or as we call it around here, Year 4 of The Update. It was a weird year- starting off in the WKRB studios and then going out on the road (in the middle of a pandemic no less!), but somehow, we found a way to make it work. Oh, and one last thing about this episode- after the show aired, one of my former producers who happened to be listening to the show called me up and invited me out to lunch. How about that?

Hello everyone! We're going into #TheUpdate vault to play one of our many episodes throughout our many years of the show. For today's episode, we go into the world of 2020- or as we call it around here, Year 4 of The Update. It was a weird year- starting off in the WKRB studios and then going out on the road (in the middle of a pandemic no less!), but somehow, we found a way to make it work. Oh, and one last thing about this episode- after the show aired, one of my former producers who happened to be listening to the show called me up and invited me out to lunch. How about that?

Hello everyone! We're going into #TheUpdate vault to play one of our many episodes throughout our many years of the show. For today's episode, we go into the world of 2020- or as we call it around here, Year 4 of The Update. It was a weird year- starting off in the WKRB studios and then going out on the road (in the middle of a pandemic no less!), but somehow, we found a way to make it work. Oh, and one last thing about this episode- after the show aired, one of my former producers who happened to be listening to the show called me up and invited me out to lunch. How about that?

Hello everyone! We're going into #TheUpdate vault to play one of our many episodes throughout our many years of the show. For today's episode, we go into the world of 2020- or as we call it around here, Year 4 of The Update. It was a weird year- starting off in the WKRB studios and then going out on the road (in the middle of a pandemic no less!), but somehow, we found a way to make it work. Oh, and one last thing about this episode- after the show aired, one of my former producers who happened to be listening to the show called me up and invited me out to lunch. How about that?

Hello everyone! We're going into #TheUpdate vault to play one of our many episodes throughout our many years of the show. For today's episode, we go into the world of 2020- or as we call it around here, Year 4 of The Update. It was a weird year- starting off in the WKRB studios and then going out on the road (in the middle of a pandemic no less!), but somehow, we found a way to make it work. Oh, and one last thing about this episode- after the show aired, one of my former producers who happened to be listening to the show called me up and invited me out to lunch. How about that?

We've done a lot of episodes throughout our many years of #TheUpdate, but some of them are my personal favorites. Every month, we're going to go into The Update vault and play one episode from my personal list of favorite episodes. I hope you enjoy them as much as i did hosting it.

Hello everyone! We're going into #TheUpdate vault to play one of our many episodes throughout our many years of the show. For today's episode, we go into the world of 2020- or as we call it around here, Year 4 of The Update. It was a weird year- starting off in the WKRB studios and then going out on the road (in the middle of a pandemic no less!), but somehow, we found a way to make it work. Oh, and one last thing about this episode- after the show aired, one of my former producers who happened to be listening to the show called me up and invited me out to lunch. How about that?

Hello everyone! We're going into #TheUpdate vault to play one of our many episodes throughout our many years of the show. For today's episode, we go into the world of 2020- or as we call it around here, Year 4 of The Update. It was a weird year- starting off in the WKRB studios and then going out on the road (in the middle of a pandemic no less!), but somehow, we found a way to make it work. Oh, and one last thing about this episode- after the show aired, one of my former producers who happened to be listening to the show called me up and invited me out to lunch. How about that?

When words fail, AI-generated vows prevail. Delegating writing duties to artificial intelligence is the ultramodern, if controversial, way approximately 25% of today's sweeties say they're saving time, stress and money on increasingly costly nuptials.In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Monday, the maniac who was gunned down by New York's Finest after trying to bust into a Brooklyn precinct and slashing a hero cop in the face was a 36-year-old nut with a rap sheet.We continue our coverage of The Road To City Hall. With 56 days to go until the election, Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo will score a key endorsement Saturday from Local 3 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, his first union backing for the general election in NYC's mayoral race.And in Chicago, The Rev. Marshall Hatch urged congregants of a prominent Black church on that city's West Side to carry identification, stay connected to family and protest as the city readied for an expected federal intervention.

We continue to tell the tales of sleepaway camp.In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Friday, we continue our coverage of The Road To City Hall. With 59 days to go until the general election, Mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani is challenging President Trump to face off in a televised debate — calling out the White House for trying to get involved in the heated race.There's no more ringing during the bell. A controversial bell-to-bell cellphone ban greeted the Big Apple's nearly 1 million students for the first time as they headed back to school– to mixed feelings from kids and parents.And Giorgio Armani, the iconic Italian designer who turned the concept of understated elegance into a multibillion-dollar fashion empire, has died, his fashion house confirmed. He was 91.

We'll tell you some of the new things to come in Season 18.In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Thursday, we continue our coverage of The Road To City Hall. With 60 days to go until the general election, Top White House officials are in talks over a potential job for Eric Adams in President Trump's administration — as pressure mounts for mayoral candidates to drop out and clear the lane for the strongest challenger against socialist Zohran Mamdani.A judge said prosecutors can use DNA evidence obtained through advanced techniques in the forthcoming murder trial of Rex Heuermann, the man accused of being Long Island's Gilgo Beach serial killer.And a Minnesota prosecutor said that she will seek the release of a man imprisoned 27 years for murder after a key witness recanted her testimony and told authorities she committed the crime.

Hello everyone! We're going into #TheUpdate vault to play one of our many episodes throughout our many years of the show. For today's episode, we go into the world of 2020- or as we call it around here, Year 4 of The Update. It was a weird year- starting off in the WKRB studios and then going out on the road (in the middle of a pandemic no less!), but somehow, we found a way to make it work. Oh, and one last thing about this episode- after the show aired, one of my former producers who happened to be listening to the show called me up and invited me out to lunch. How about that?

Hello everyone! We're going into #TheUpdate vault to play one of our many episodes throughout our many years of the show. For today's episode, we go into the world of 2020- or as we call it around here, Year 4 of The Update. It was a weird year- starting off in the WKRB studios and then going out on the road (in the middle of a pandemic no less!), but somehow, we found a way to make it work. Oh, and one last thing about this episode- after the show aired, one of my former producers who happened to be listening to the show called me up and invited me out to lunch. How about that?

Hello everyone! We're going into #TheUpdate vault to play one of our many episodes throughout our many years of the show. For today's episode, we go into the world of 2020- or as we call it around here, Year 4 of The Update. It was a weird year- starting off in the WKRB studios and then going out on the road (in the middle of a pandemic no less!), but somehow, we found a way to make it work. Oh, and one last thing about this episode- after the show aired, one of my former producers who happened to be listening to the show called me up and invited me out to lunch. How about that?

Hello everyone! We're going into #TheUpdate vault to play one of our many episodes throughout our many years of the show. For today's episode, we go into the world of 2020- or as we call it around here, Year 4 of The Update. It was a weird year- starting off in the WKRB studios and then going out on the road (in the middle of a pandemic no less!), but somehow, we found a way to make it work. Oh, and one last thing about this episode- after the show aired, one of my former producers who happened to be listening to the show called me up and invited me out to lunch. How about that?

Hello everyone! We're going into #TheUpdate vault to play one of our many episodes throughout our many years of the show. For today's episode, we go into the world of 2020- or as we call it around here, Year 4 of The Update. It was a weird year- starting off in the WKRB studios and then going out on the road (in the middle of a pandemic no less!), but somehow, we found a way to make it work. Oh, and one last thing about this episode- after the show aired, one of my former producers who happened to be listening to the show called me up and invited me out to lunch. How about that?

We continue to tell the tales of sleepaway camp.In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Friday, three corrections officers have been suspended following the death of a man incarcerated at New York City's troubled Rikers Island, jail officials said.We continue our coverage of The Road To City Hall. Mayor Adams was once again denied public matching funds for his re-election bid — the latest blow in his ongoing battle with the city's Campaign Finance Board.And the shooter who killed two Catholic school students and wounded more than a dozen youngsters sitting in the pews of a Minneapolis church once attended the same school and was “obsessed” with the idea of killing children, authorities said.

We continue to tell the tales of sleepaway camp from the One Dove Trip to Camp Shibley on Long Island. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Thursday, A 69-year-old grandmother who used a walker after a recent surgery was hit by a stray bullet in the face and killed during a lunchtime walk in East Harlem, according to cops and a friend. They're chugging at the “speed of Trump.” The long-promised Penn Station revamp will finally begin by the end of 2027 after President Trump took over the megaproject from the state, federal Department of Transportation officials pledged.And in Minneapolis, a shooter opened fire with a rifle through the windows of a Catholic church and struck children celebrating Mass during the first week of school, killing two and wounding 17 people in an act of violence the police chief called “absolutely incomprehensible.”

We continue to tell the tales of sleepaway camp.In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Wednesday, Gov. Kathy Hochul pushed President Trump not to send the National Guard to New York in a recent phone call, highlighting the city's decline in crime, she revealed.We continue our coverage of The Road To City Hall. A judge rejected former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's attempt to prolong a taxpayer-funded court battle with a woman who accused him of sexual assault, saying it wasn't in the public's interest to keep litigating for the purpose of repairing the Democrat's reputation as he runs for mayor.And It's a love story and, baby, she said yes: Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are engaged, they announced.

We continue to tell the tales of sleepaway camp. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Friday, New York City officials have discovered a sixth death linked to a Legionnaires' disease outbreak in Central Harlem, where more than 100 people have been diagnosed with the ailment, health authorities say.A New York appeals court threw out President Trump's massive financial penalty while narrowly upholding a judge's finding that he engaged in fraud by exaggerating his wealth for decades.And false reports of active shooters at Villanova University and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga led to panic and temporary lockdowns at the two campuses as they kicked off their fall semesters.

We start the process of telling tales of sleepaway camp.In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Thursday, we continue our coverage of The Road To City Hall. A longtime adviser to Mayor Adams who resigned from his administration while under FBI scrutiny gave a reporter a potato chip bag filled with cash following a campaign event, a gift her lawyer later insisted wasn't an attempted bribe.Victims of the deadly Legionnaires' disease outbreak gripping Harlem will sue the Big Apple for allegedly letting bacteria fester in city-owned cooling towers, it was announced.And rip currents are one of the coast's greatest dangers and account for the most beach rescues every year. Hurricane Erin is bringing potentially deadly currents to the East Coast. We'll tell you some things to know about rip currents.

In today's digital dating world, where single people would often rather meet a potential suitor online, one of the main complaints — particularly from women — is that people rarely approach someone they're interested in in person anymore.In the headlines on the late edition of #TheUpdate this Wednesday, Hurricane Erin churned slowly toward the eastern U.S., stirring up treacherous waves that already have led to dozens of water rescues and shut down beaches along the coast in the midst of summer's last hurrah.Mayor Adams' longtime adviser and campaign confidant Ingrid Lewis-Martin is expected to face even more charges for allegedly accepting bougie handouts in exchange for political favors.And in Texas, Republicans there took the first step toward approving new congressional maps that would give their party as many as five new seats in the House of Representatives, spurring what's likely to be a national battle over redistricting.

The American dream is slipping away. Most US citizens no longer enjoy “a minimal quality of life” due to skyrocketing costs, a depressing new study has uncovered. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Wednesday, in Queens, two men getting their morning coffee from a city food truck were killed when an 84-year-old driver plowed into them — leaving the son of one victim to heartbreakingly weep, “It should have been me.''A 77-year-old woman died after she was pulled from the ocean at a popular New York City beach — the same day another swimmer drowned and at least six others were rescued from rip currents on the Jersey Shore.And we're learning the first moments after an explosion erupted at that U.S. Steel plant in Pennsylvania. Company firefighters, local responders and employees raced in to rescue people from the smoldering wreckage. But word spread that some were trapped in the sprawling facility, and the walls were too unstable to safely bring them out.

They cause strife with the wife. Sophie Rain, Denise Richards and Camilla Araujo have been crowned the Top 3 OnlyFans stars most likely to destroy a marriage, according to a poll of 2,000 married women conducted by OnlyFans search engine OnlyGuider.In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Thursday, the pair of illegal immigrants arrested in the shooting of an off-duty Customs and Border Protection officer allegedly plotted a brazen “robbery spree” over WhatsApp before the shocking attack, prosecutors revealed.We continue our coverage of The Road To City Hall. Mayor Eric Adams' re-election bid was denied matching funds once again — this time losing out on $3 million as the city's campaign finance watchdog accused his camp of obstruction.And in Georgia, a sergeant shot five soldiers at one the country's largest Army bases before he was quickly tackled by other Fort Stewart troops, forcing a brief lockdown, officials said.

Cold hard cash is making a comeback — at least on weekends. Enter the latest TikTok-approved money hack: the “cash-only weekend.” The idea? Hit the ATM on Friday, pull out a set amount of cash, and make it stretch through Sunday. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Tuesday, the man convicted in the 1979 killing of 6-year-old Etan Patz was awarded a new trial as a federal appeals court overturned the guilty verdict in one of the nation's most notorious missing child cases.Malcolm-Jamal Warner, who as teenage son Theo Huxtable on “The Cosby Show” was central to a cultural phenomenon that helped define the 1980s, died at 54 in an accidental drowning in Costa Rica, authorities there say. And a man whose 9-year-old daughter was found dead in a wooded pond after he reported that she had been abducted while they were they were vacationing in upstate New York was charged with murder.

Summer is heating up, but American Airlines is already making winter vacation plans. The carrier has announced an expanded schedule for the winter season, with seven new routes and two new destinations.In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Friday, an archery instructor was killed and 14 others were injured when lightning struck an outdoor archery range in New Jersey where a scout troop was learning how to shoot, according to the venue and local officials.We continue our coverage of The Road To City Hall. Andrew Cuomo — who infamously paraded around his control over the MTA while governor — proposed City Hall take over the reins of the transit authority as he tries to revive an independent bid for mayor following his embarrassing primary loss.And in Washington, President Trump recently had a medical checkup after noticing “mild swelling” in his lower legs and was found to have a condition common in older adults that causes blood to pool in his veins, according to the White House .

From Puddle Jumper to Love Bug, or the proudly self-deprecating Rolling Turd, millions of Americans are naming their cars with a little personality. A new survey of 2,000 Americans found one in three has a nickname for their car, with Buttercup's Folly, The Slug and Old Flame some of the monikers dished out to vehicles.In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Friday, The NYPD is trying to force dozens of officers and recruits who failed to meet the department's standards to resign — but the effort faced a roadblock after a state judge blocked the move.Two men who went to prison as teenagers for a 1994 killing were exonerated Thursday, after prosecutors said new DNA testing and a fresh look at other evidence made it impossible to stand by the convictions.And in Washington, President Trump said in a letter that he will raise taxes on imported goods from Canada to 35%, deepening a rift between two North American countries that have suffered a debilitating blow to their decades-old alliance.

Hello everyone! We're going into #TheUpdate vault to play one of our many episodes throughout our many years of the show. For today's episode, we go into the world of 2020- or as we call it around here, Year 4 of The Update. It was a weird year- starting off in the WKRB studios and then going out on the road (in the middle of a pandemic no less!), but somehow, we found a way to make it work. Oh, and one last thing about this episode- after the show aired, one of my former producers who happened to be listening to the show called me up and invited me out to lunch. How about that?

Hello everyone! We're going into #TheUpdate vault to play one of our many episodes throughout our many years of the show. For today's episode, we go into the world of 2020- or as we call it around here, Year 4 of The Update. It was a weird year- starting off in the WKRB studios and then going out on the road (in the middle of a pandemic no less!), but somehow, we found a way to make it work. Oh, and one last thing about this episode- after the show aired, one of my former producers who happened to be listening to the show called me up and invited me out to lunch. How about that?

Hello everyone! We're going into #TheUpdate vault to play one of our many episodes throughout our many years of the show. For today's episode, we go into the world of 2020- or as we call it around here, Year 4 of The Update. It was a weird year- starting off in the WKRB studios and then going out on the road (in the middle of a pandemic no less!), but somehow, we found a way to make it work. Oh, and one last thing about this episode- after the show aired, one of my former producers who happened to be listening to the show called me up and invited me out to lunch. How about that?

Hello everyone! We're going into #TheUpdate vault to play one of our many episodes throughout our many years of the show. For today's episode, we go into the world of 2020- or as we call it around here, Year 4 of The Update. It was a weird year- starting off in the WKRB studios and then going out on the road (in the middle of a pandemic no less!), but somehow, we found a way to make it work. Oh, and one last thing about this episode- after the show aired, one of my former producers who happened to be listening to the show called me up and invited me out to lunch. How about that?

Hello everyone! We're going into #TheUpdate vault to play one of our many episodes throughout our many years of the show. For today's episode, we go into the world of 2020- or as we call it around here, Year 4 of The Update. It was a weird year- starting off in the WKRB studios and then going out on the road (in the middle of a pandemic no less!), but somehow, we found a way to make it work. Oh, and one last thing about this episode- after the show aired, one of my former producers who happened to be listening to the show called me up and invited me out to lunch. How about that?

Hello everyone! We're going into #TheUpdate vault to play one of our many episodes throughout our many years of the show. For today's episode, we go into the world of 2020- or as we call it around here, Year 4 of The Update. It was a weird year- starting off in the WKRB studios and then going out on the road (in the middle of a pandemic no less!), but somehow, we found a way to make it work. Oh, and one last thing about this episode- after the show aired, one of my former producers who happened to be listening to the show called me up and invited me out to lunch. How about that?

Hello everyone! We're going into #TheUpdate vault to play one of our many episodes throughout our many years of the show. For today's episode, we go into the world of 2020- or as we call it around here, Year 4 of The Update. It was a weird year- starting off in the WKRB studios and then going out on the road (in the middle of a pandemic no less!), but somehow, we found a way to make it work. Oh, and one last thing about this episode- after the show aired, one of my former producers who happened to be listening to the show called me up and invited me out to lunch. How about that?

Hello everyone! We're going into #TheUpdate vault to play one of our many episodes throughout our many years of the show. For today's episode, we go into the world of 2020- or as we call it around here, Year 4 of The Update. It was a weird year- starting off in the WKRB studios and then going out on the road (in the middle of a pandemic no less!), but somehow, we found a way to make it work. Oh, and one last thing about this episode- after the show aired, one of my former producers who happened to be listening to the show called me up and invited me out to lunch. How about that?

Hello everyone! We're going into #TheUpdate vault to play one of our many episodes throughout our many years of the show. For today's episode, we go into the world of 2020- or as we call it around here, Year 4 of The Update. It was a weird year- starting off in the WKRB studios and then going out on the road (in the middle of a pandemic no less!), but somehow, we found a way to make it work. Oh, and one last thing about this episode- after the show aired, one of my former producers who happened to be listening to the show called me up and invited me out to lunch. How about that?

Hello everyone! We're going into #TheUpdate vault to play one of our many episodes throughout our many years of the show. For today's episode, we go into the world of 2020- or as we call it around here, Year 4 of The Update. It was a weird year- starting off in the WKRB studios and then going out on the road (in the middle of a pandemic no less!), but somehow, we found a way to make it work. Oh, and one last thing about this episode- after the show aired, one of my former producers who happened to be listening to the show called me up and invited me out to lunch. How about that?

We've done a lot of episodes throughout our many years of #TheUpdate, but some of them are my personal favorites. Every month, we're going to go into The Update vault and play one episode from my personal list of favorite episodes. I hope you enjoy them as much as i did hosting it.

Hello everyone! We're going into #TheUpdate vault to play one of our many episodes throughout our many years of the show. For today's episode, we go into the world of 2020- or as we call it around here, Year 4 of The Update. It was a weird year- starting off in the WKRB studios and then going out on the road (in the middle of a pandemic no less!), but somehow, we found a way to make it work. Oh, and one last thing about this episode- after the show aired, one of my former producers who happened to be listening to the show called me up and invited me out to lunch. How about that?

Hello everyone! We're going into #TheUpdate vault to play one of our many episodes throughout our many years of the show. For today's episode, we go into the world of 2020- or as we call it around here, Year 4 of The Update. It was a weird year- starting off in the WKRB studios and then going out on the road (in the middle of a pandemic no less!), but somehow, we found a way to make it work. Oh, and one last thing about this episode- after the show aired, one of my former producers who happened to be listening to the show called me up and invited me out to lunch. How about that?

Hello everyone! We're going into #TheUpdate vault to play one of our many episodes throughout our many years of the show. For today's episode, we go into the world of 2020- or as we call it around here, Year 4 of The Update. It was a weird year- starting off in the WKRB studios and then going out on the road (in the middle of a pandemic no less!), but somehow, we found a way to make it work. Oh, and one last thing about this episode- after the show aired, one of my former producers who happened to be listening to the show called me up and invited me out to lunch. How about that?

Hello everyone! We're going into #TheUpdate vault to play one of our many episodes throughout our many years of the show. For today's episode, we go into the world of 2020- or as we call it around here, Year 4 of The Update. It was a weird year- starting off in the WKRB studios and then going out on the road (in the middle of a pandemic no less!), but somehow, we found a way to make it work. Oh, and one last thing about this episode- after the show aired, one of my former producers who happened to be listening to the show called me up and invited me out to lunch. How about that?

Communication is key. Everyone wants to know the secret to great sex — and there are plenty of experts out there who are only too happy to provide what they believe is the answer. But one — octogenarian human sexuality professor Dr. William Yarber — says that the secret is no secret at all.In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Thursday, Sean “Diddy” Combs dropped to his knees and prayed in the courtroom after he was acquitted Wednesday of sex trafficking and racketeering charges that could have put one of hip-hop's celebrated figures behind bars for life. The rapper was convicted of lesser prostitution-related offenses and denied bail as he awaits sentencing. Also, what is The Mann Act? It's an anti-sex trafficking law with a century-old history.The NYPD will be out in full force on July 4th — with violent lone actors and foreign terrorist sympathizers posing significant threats for the Big Apple, police and police sources said.And out in the American West, a criminal justice student who avoided a potential death sentence by pleading guilty to the brutal stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students carefully planned the attack for months and took multiple steps to cover his tracks, the lead prosecutor said.

There's trouble in AI paradise. The advent of artificial intelligence chatbots has led some lonely lovers to find a friend in the digital realm to help them through hard times in the absence of human connection. However, highly personalized software that allows users to create hyper-realistic romantic partners is encouraging some bad actors to abuse their bots — and experts say that trend could be detrimental to their real-life relationships.In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Monday, the monthlong celebration of LGBTQ+ Pride reached its rainbow-laden crescendo Sunday as huge crowds took part in jubilant, daylong street parties from New York to San Francisco.One of the cowardly thugs who viciously beat 15-year-old Lesandro “Junior” Guzman-Feliz to death in a Bronx bodega was found dead at an upstate prison, state officials said. And in Washington, hours before a tumultuous nearing-midnight vote on President Trump's package of tax breaks, spending cuts and increased deportation money, a Republican senator stood on the chamber floor and implored the plan's critics, “Read the bill.”

Headed out to sea with a little extra spice in your suitcase? If it's your first time on a swingers cruise, there are a few things to know before you drop anchor.In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Friday, in our continuing coverage of The Road To City Hall, Mayor Adams set out to persuade skeptical voters to grant him a second term, hosting a kickoff event for his independent reelection bid after a corruption indictment, a controversial dismissal and a decision to drop out of the Democratic primary.Sean “Diddy” Combs “committed crime after crime” for two decades but thought his “fame, wealth and power” put him above the law, a prosecutor told jurors as the hip-hop mogul's sex trafficking trial shifted to closing arguments.And in Pennsylvania, federal prosecutors charged Philadelphia's public schools with failing to properly inspect eight schools for damaged asbestos. The district agreed to have the criminal case deferred while it pays for a court supervised monitor to keep tabs on its response.

Safety is the new luxury in Gotham. A new app called Protector will offer New Yorkers on-demand access to armed ex-military and law enforcement to chauffeur them around town.In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Thursday, in our continuing coverage of The Road To City Hall, the stunning success of Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old self-described democratic socialist, in the race for New York City mayor has exposed anew the fiery divisions plaguing the Democratic Party as it struggles to repair its brand nearly half a year into Donald Trump's presidency.In Queens, A 14-year-old boy was shot in the head and killed in a apartment building, according to police.And overseas, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned that the U.S. “will definitely pay a heavy price” should it attack Iran again.