Can you dig it? Archeologists in Spain have recently uncovered an ancient rock slab with an alphabet inscribed that predates the Rosetta Stone by roughly 400 years. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Thursday, a taxicab hit six pedestrians in midtown Manhattan on Christmas Day, police said, with three people — including a 9-year-old boy — transpor…

A woman dubbed the “world’s hottest” scientist has shared her diagnosis of a potentially “deadly” mosquito-borne disease. In a video on Instagram, ecologist Rosie Moore told her 192,000 followers she had contracted dengue fever while traveling in South America. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Monday, the NYPD announced they have in custody a “p…

That’s not gonna fly. Along with a surge in post-Covid air travel has also come an unwanted and continuous spat of bad behavior in the skies and airports — we’re looking at you, Crazy Plane Lady. Here are some unrecommended behaviors that can result in having your wings clipped. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Friday, we continue our coverage i…

First, do no parm. Let’s face it — we love our classic Italian-American restaurants for their complete lack of restraint. No judgments, of course, but let’s say you were trying to shed a few pounds for summer — you don’t have to refuse the next offer of dinner at your favorite red sauce local, the experts say. You just have to look at the menu in a…

Variety may be the spice of life, but spices themselves hold the key to a healthier, longer life. More than just a dash of flavor, spices provide much-needed benefits to the brain, improving memory recall, focus, energy levels and cognitive function. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Wednesday, in our continuing coverage in the death of UnitedHea…

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!), …

It’s worth the wait. A 33-year-old virgin says she won’t have sex until she meets a man who possesses her list of a dozen non-negotiable traits. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Tuesday, In a freewheeling press conference at his Mar-a-Lago club, President-elect Donald Trump said he would consider pardoning embattled Mayor Adams, declared the cou…

Vibrant rooftop scenes, cozy backyard spaces, state-of-the-art kitchens and fitness centers, monthly networking events and parties, plus free weekly cleaning to boot — and the rent is only $1,600 on average per month? All of this can be yours in NYC in 2024. You just have to be willing to share it with up to 30 of your closest housemates — yes, inc…

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!), …

Forget the Hamptons or St. Barts — all the cool girls are going to camp this summer. Shira Blumenthal, 35, can’t wait to arrive at Camp Social — a women-only adult summer camp in the Poconos costing $600 for a two-day, three-night stay. At adult summer camps, unlimited wine replaces juice boxes, French châteaus sub in for old wooden cabins in the m…

Talk about a pick me up. Bust-boosting bras beloved in the 1990s are soaring in popularity, as stars like Sydney Sweeney lead the latest undergarment trend that gives a killer cleavage. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Thursday, we continue our coverage of the death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. The gun found on the man charged with ki…

Is the terror in the skies a bit overblown? The seemingly myriad of mid-air mishaps recently have made flying seem like playing Russian Roulette at 30,000 feet. Infamous recent examples have included the Alaska Airlines door disaster in March and Southwest Airlines’ near crash-landing recently. However, experts have mixed opinions regarding whether…

Oh say can you AC? One heat happy New Yorker chose one of Summer 2024’s sweatiest days to fan up a heated debate over the merits and necessity of apartment air conditioning. The fresh air freak wound up triggering a BTU brouhaha by announcing their dislike of the seasonal window-killer on Reddit’s popular Ask NYC message board. In the headlines on …

Picture it — Sicily, this coming August. Sure, the island’s dramatic coastline will be perfect for swimming and sunbathing, but you’ll be sharing some pretty tight real estate with half of Europe, too. Welcome to travel’s famous “shoulder season” — you’ll love it here. In fact, a growing number of travelers to Europe are rearranging their vacation …

Oh, joy. A list of the happiest cities in the world has just been published — and New Yorkers will have to travel awfully far to get a taste of the good life. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Friday, new clues emerged in the hunt for the masked gunman who stalked and killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, including possible leads about his …

Would you say “I do” to this bridal trend? A group of bridesmaids was forced to wear the bride’s name on their necklaces for a recent wedding, attracting much online outrage. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Thursday, Investigators are searching for clues that could help them identify the masked gunman who stalked and killed the leader of one of…

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 psychologist has revealed the seven chilling signs that you or someone you love could actually be a narcissist – and it could all come down to the way they text. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Wednesday, jurors began deliberating and soon revisited some of their legal instructions in the trial of a military veteran charged with using a fatal…

When Madonna, then just barely famous, auditioned for the title role of 1985’s “Desperately Seeking Susan,” she made it clear to the film’s studio executive, Barbara Boyle, how badly she wanted the part. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Tuesday, one person was killed and seven were injured in a three-alarm fire that tore through an Upper East Si…

If you want pearl jewelry from this Soho shop, you’re going to have to use some mussel. At Pearl & the Beast, shoppers can go fishing for mussels and shuck them open themselves for shiny pearls to make their own necklaces, rings and more. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Monday, closing arguments are set in the trial of a military veteran charge…

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!), …

Shane O’Farrell didn’t intend to get rich buying and selling Lego — all the 35-year-old from New Jersey, wanted was a connection to his childhood back in Ireland, where the modest Fort Legoredo was one of his favorite playthings. Twenty years later, when he saw the kit going for hundreds higher than its 1996 retail price of $85, it was a lightbulb …

Is NYC in the nation’s top brunch bunch? A new ranking highlighted the restaurants across the US that patrons most love to hit early in the day. Casino site Jackpot City analyzed the popularity of 124 brunch hot spots based on the number of Instagram posts with hashtags specific to each restaurant, according to Time Out. In the headlines on #TheUpd…

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!), …

This news might put a bad taste in your mouth. Titanium dioxide, a common ingredient in sunscreen and cosmetics, can likely be found in some of your favorite foods, including various kinds of candy, gum, pre-packaged meals like frozen pizza and more. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Monday, when John Jobbagy’s grandfather immigrated from Budapes…

This archeological finding redefines “full-bodied” wine. The oldest vintage is people? The oldest wine ever discovered in liquid form harbored an unlikely ingredient — cremated human remains, according to a study published recently in the Journal of Archaeological Science. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Friday, the NYPD are searching for a man…

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!), …

It’s the height of self-confidence. Women who fancy tall men are more likely to consider themselves attractive, surprising new research has revealed. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Thursday, moving to stabilize an administration roiled by investigations, resignations and his own indictment, Mayor Adams appointed sanitation chief Jessica Tisch …

They’re dumping on the dumplings. Impatient New York foodies are roasting a highly anticipated Tawainese Midtown eatery with poor reviews online — all because it still has not opened for nearly two years since being announced. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Wednesday, an NYPD officer and an innocent bystander were shot and wounded while a care…

One of the positive aspects of TikTok is finding life hacks and weird features of everyday items that you wouldn’t know about otherwise. Most recently, the hack going around has to do with your microwave — and while it’s not exactly a secret, many people are just now finding out about it. TikTok user @thehypnoinfluencer shared in a video with 6.8 m…

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!), …

She’s no friend of store-bought blends. Premade smoothies and cocktails, as well as frozen dinners, should be avoided if you’re trying to shed pounds, a Georgia women’s weight-loss coach claims. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Monday, firefighters in New York said that a voluntary evacuation overnight helped them protect more than 160 homes fro…

Time to turn up the heat on your red sauce. Everybody in New York City has a pasta preference and is just waiting to brag that their grandmother’s pecorino romano-fueled pot is better. The secret to balancing this critical flavor juncture lies within two unusual suspects: sugar and, perhaps more curiously, baking soda. In the headlines on #TheUpdat…

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.

If you’re happy, and you know it — well, you’re about the only one. A filmmaker from Connecticut has traveled to each of the 50 states and well beyond, asking people one simple question: Are you happy? Atdhe “Theo” Trepca, 29, was shocked and saddened to hear that people all around the world — from commuting New Yorkers to farmers in the Philippine…

Winemakers are seeing red. An invasive insect species now poses “a serious threat” to America’s wine supplies, vino experts warn. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Wednesday, at the Daniel Penny trial, a subway commuter who helped an ex-Marine restrain an agitated man aboard a Manhattan subway last year testified Tuesday that he tried to convince…

This scandalous skincare secret will have you glowing. Not only can sex make you feel good, but it can also help you look good, according to skin care experts who revealed the real reasons why getting hot and heavy can benefit your skin. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Tuesday, fire crews on both coasts of the United States continued battling w…

D’oh! The markings on a recently unearthed coffin are being compared to Marge Simpson from Fox’s long-running cartoon “The Simpsons.” In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Friday, A fired worker at a computer repair store shot his former boss in a broad daylight attack on the Upper West Side– then escaped through subway tunnels and briefly hid under …

They deserve the lime-light. Researchers credit phytonutrients — compounds found on plant surfaces that protect against bacteria, viruses and fungi — for giving plant-based foods their health-boosting abilities. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Thursday, a New York man was sentenced to life in prison for a scheme that involved killing and dismem…

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!), …

More than half a million Australians have had – or have considered – designer vagina surgery, new research has found, under the influence of mainstream pornography and social media. Now one of the fastest growing cosmetic procedures among young people in Australia and worldwide, the surgery, known as labiaplasty, involves the removal or altering of…