They’re in the monnaie. Local officials in an “unremarkable” small town in France were shocked to discover that a wealthy Parisian had left them a fortune — completely without warning. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Tuesday, the US Coast Guard was still searching the waters off Breezy Point for the sixth victim of a boating accident that kille…

Health nuts just wanna have fun — once in awhile. News that an irate client fired her personal trainer after spotting the fitness fanatic eating a McDonald’s burger may have those who push good habits for a living looking over their shoulder when indulging. However, according to nutrition experts, there’s nothing wrong with enjoying a favorite trea…

Sometimes, the “value menu” is anything but. Anyone who’s walked in hoping for a sub-$10 check knows the drill — half the time, you’re walking out having spent nearly $20, if not more. All your fault? Yes and no, according to the combo meal connoisseurs at The Takeout, who say it’s something called “charm pricing” that’s often to blame. In the head…

This isn’t so sweet. Sorbet sold at chain grocers like Target and Wegmans has been recalled due to an undeclared allergen present in the dessert. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Thursday, she’s the Big Apple’s youngest straphanger! Good Samaritans helped a 25-year-old expectant mom deliver a baby girl on board a southbound W train in Manhattan,…

This isn’t your typical TikTok haul. As the wildfires in Los Angeles continue to rage, evacuees are taking to social media to share their “evacuation hauls,” showing viewers what they did before leaving their houses. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Wednesday, Mayor Adams declared that he is “no longer facing legal questions” after the Justice D…

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!), …

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're doing something that's a little bit different. In 2021, I had been the host of the show for four years, and my wife Tommie had been a producer on the show for two of those years. She had to do a podcas…

You talking to me? A new study has found New York is the least friendly state in the nation. The World Population Review’s Friendliest States of 2024 Study weighed over 2.5 million tourists’ personal travel experiences, each state’s average tipping rate, and the results of an Instagram poll to rank levels of niceness across the nation. At the same …

Guests snowed in together for five days at Britain’s highest pub have swapped phone numbers and vowed to keep in touch. Freddie Swift, 39, was traveling with his partner, boss and friends when he became stuck at the Tan Hill Inn located in North Yorkshire, which is 1,732 ft above sea level. They were part of a group of 23 guests and six staff membe…

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're doing something that's a little bit different. In 2021, I had been the host of the show for four years, and my wife Tommie had been a producer on the show for two of those years. She had to do a podcas…

Talk about clingy. An Italian model vacationing in the Seychelles found love when he was least expecting it — with an octopus. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Friday, a winter storm moved into New England after delivering a messy combination of heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain in the Midwest and Northeast. More than 100 migrants have been ro…

So much winning. A game designer has revealed his strategy for triumphing over an opponent in a game of rock, paper, scissors. New Yorker Nick Metzler, or @nickmetzler1 on TikTok, recently took to the popular social media site to share a tactic that he said should work nearly half of the time. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Thursday, A winter …

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!), …

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're doing something that's a little bit different. In 2021, I had been the host of the show for four years, and my wife Tommie had been a producer on the show for two of those years. She had to do a podcas…

It’s all fun and games. Though its iconic crossword puzzle was first unveiled on Feb. 15, 1942, the New York Times Games section has skyrocketed in the past few years — and the data for 2024 proves it. Of the 11.1 billion puzzles were solved in 2024, 5.3 billion were Wordle games — but one particular day of Wordle was so difficult that it ended 5.6…

Festive households rush to put up their Christmas trees weeks before the holiday — but don’t seem to know when to take them down. And the answer to that can vary depending on the type of Tannenbaum you have — or what traditions you follow. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Tuesday, New York Attorney General Letitia James told hospitals that they …

A doctor spent $7,529 throwing herself an extravagant party with 130 guests — to celebrate the end of her PhD. Aileen Delaney, 27, says her four-year doctorate degree was “very stressful” and her studies interrupted by the pandemic. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Monday, In Washington, families of victims of the deadliest U.S. air disaster sin…

The Australian woman who has been described as the Meryl Streep of pornography has added another feather to her cap. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Friday, Divers are expected to return to the Potomac River as part of the recovery and investigation after a midair collision killed 67 people in the United States’ deadliest aviation disaster in a…

Can a simple three-ingredient drink help with weight loss and get your poop moving? A TikTok pharmacist says so — and there’s some science to back him up. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Thursday, a jet carrying 60 passengers and four crew members collided with an Army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, …

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're doing something that's a little bit different. In 2021, I had been the host of the show for four years, and my wife Tommie had been a producer on the show for two of those years. She had to do a podcas…

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!), …

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!), …

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!), …

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!), …

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!), …

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!), …

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!), …

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.

New year, new scams. Fraudsters won’t give their antics a break, always discovering a new way to scam the innocent despite the extreme methods they have to go through. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Tuesday, It’s on. Heavily armed federal immigration agents swept through the Big Apple under the cover of darkness early Tuesday to nab about 30 a…

They’re New Year’s Res-delusions. Come January 1st, everyone seems to be binging on brown rice and hitting the gym like David Goggins, in an effort to become a new, so-called better version of themselves. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Monday, an unhinged maniac repeatedly stabbed a fellow passenger on a northbound 5 train in the Bronx and cop…

New year, new pantry? A new survey finds that 19% of US adults plan to eat healthier in 2025. One way to do that is to ditch ultra-processed foods, which are often bursting with calories, sugar, fat and salt. Dr. Mitchell Roslin, chief of bariatric surgery at Northern Westchester Hospital, warns against one popular health halo — vegetable chips. In…

This past year marked the worst in over a decade for stomach bug outbreaks on cruise ships docking in the US, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Thursday, this week’s frigid weather has many New York City residents shivering, scurrying into cozy spots and feeling sap…

This tourism trend is giving nightlife a new meaning. “Noctourism” — the desire to “ditch the daylight crowds for midnight magic” — has been named a top travel trend for 2025, according to Booking.com. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Wednesday, students throughout New York state might have to give up their cellphones during school hours startin…

Looking for love will cost you. In the past six years, the price of eating out in NYC has increased nearly 30%, according to the NY State Department of Taxation and Finance and Office of the New York City Comptroller, while other costs associated with going out, such as taxis and Ubers, have also risen sharply. Local men complain that dating has be…

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!), …

This is four-play you don’t want to engage in. A California sex therapist has shared the four things she would never do with her partner in the bedroom — and her amorous advice has resurfaced as people pledge to make 2025 their hottest year yet. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Friday, Mayor Adams planned to meet with Donald Trump in Florida tod…

As singles continue to complain about the dating scene, they’re checking out of theirs and searching for love anywhere they can — whether it be reading parties or even abroad. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Thursday, Israel and Hamas have agreed to pause the devastating war in the Gaza Strip, mediators announced, raising the possibility of win…

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!), …

A mother has issued a warning to other parents after her son came home from daycare with a common illness that left her with a glass stent in her eye. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Wednesday, Gov. Kathy Hochul pitched voters on a series of populist economic policies — floating proposals to hand out free money, slash taxes and fight hedge fund…

He has yet to come up triple hearts in life. Hitting the jackpot would seemingly raise one’s value on the romantic marketplace. However, a Colorado gambling influencer who won a million dollars playing the Las Vegas slots claims that’s not the case — because most of his female prospects just want a “sugar daddy.” In the headlines on #TheUpdate this…

A mom refuses to leave a penny of her kids’ inheritance — instead using her “hard-earned” cash to further her own career and buy clothes to perform in. Janey Kirk, 60, says her children, Carla, 30, and Adam, 26, are “in the same mind frame” and stand by her controversial choices — wanting their mom to enjoy herself. In the headlines on #TheUpdate t…

These days, retirement could come early. A growing cohort of young employees in the workforce are taking a “microretirement” — also referred to as an “adult gap year” — for months or even years at a time to fight corporate burnout. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Friday, a sharply divided Supreme Court rejected President-elect Donald Trump’s fi…

A bride and groom’s wedding dress code request has divided social media with some even saying it would make them not attend the festivities. A social media user took to X to reveal he’d gotten a wedding invitation that asked guests not to wear Apple Watches. The request sparked a lot of discussion over X and Reddit, with one calling it “overboard”.…

That’s how the cookie crumbles! Kicking off the 2025 Girl Scout cookie season, the brand announced this would be the last year customers can indulge in two flavors that taste like the perfect campfire. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Wednesday, Federal prosecutors said they have uncovered “additional criminal conduct” by Eric Adams and his asso…

A woman named Alex claims she was booted off a Southwest Airlines flight to Los Angeles after her kitten pooped in its carrier, forcing her to spend the day in a random city. An X post detailing the scat-astrophe currently boasts over 20 million views at the time of writing. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Tuesday, the man accused of burning a …

The British Onlyfans model who had sex with 101 men in a single day faces a potential ban from Airbnb after she used a rental for the sexual stunt without informing the homeowner. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Monday, New York’s new toll for drivers entering the center of Manhattan debuted Sunday, meaning many people will pay $9 to access the…

Happy eww year! New Year’s Eve is one of the booziest holidays — it’s common to usher in a hangover along with the new year. You’ll typically feel the worst of it — the headaches, muscle aches, nausea and anxiety — the morning after heavy drinking when your blood alcohol concentration is near zero. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Friday, a post…

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!), …

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!), …

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!), …