The Update- October 10th

The Update with Brandon Julien

There are plenty of reasons to love fast food: it’s quick, convenient, comforting and — let’s face it — delicious. But there are downsides, of course, with costs increasing, no longer falling into the “cheap eats” category, as well as not necessarily being good for you or nutritious. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Thursday, Sean “Diddy” Combs will borrow a page from Mayor Adams’ legal playbook — by accusing the feds of leaking secrets about his bombshell sex trafficking case to the media, new court papers show. Elegant white swans have an outsize presence in this upstate New York village measuring less than 2 square miles. Their likeness is on village flags, community centers and welcome signs. “Swan Fest” is celebrated each fall. But the violent killing of one of the village’s swans in 2023 set off a battle with regulators that is forcing Manlius to make a difficult decision about the birds’ future: it’s put the village that wants to keep them at odds with a state that views them as trouble. By the end of the year, Manlius must choose: Keep its four existing mute swans but sterilize them, or retain only two of the same sex. And in Florida, Hurricane Milton barreled into the Atlantic Ocean after plowing across Florida, pounding cities with ferocious winds and rain, and whipping up a barrage of tornadoes. It caused at least four deaths and compounded the misery wrought by Helene while sparing Tampa a direct hit.