In today’s edition of The Update Journal, we begin with a betrayal on wheels: being trapped on a packed M10 bus, shoulder-to-shoulder with strangers, backpacks, tote bags, and someone’s speakerphone conversation, while another M10 — practically empty and living in luxury — rolls right past like it has diplomatic immunity. That’s not public transportation. That’s emotional damage with a route number.

Then, AccuWeather said the severe thunderstorm was coming, the sky started changing colors like it was buffering evil, and suddenly a simple errand turned into a citywide survival challenge. One minute, you’re trying to look for Pride Month supplies at Michaels. The next, you’re speed-walking like the opening scene of a disaster movie, checking the radar every twelve seconds, and realizing your umbrella would be more useful as a surrender flag.

And today’s Honorable Mention goes to the $2 bill, which has officially hit production zero — possibly because collectors keep hoarding them like rare trading cards with Founding Fathers on them. The $2 bill didn’t disappear. It got mysterious, dramatic, and way too confident for something most cashiers still look at like you printed it during lunch.

In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Tuesday, they’re testing Knicks fans’ patience. Thousands of Big Apple teens will miss out on the Knicks historic ticker-tape parade down the Canyon of Heroes — because they’ll be stuck in class taking Regents exams.

New York and New Jersey are barreling toward more travel chaos for today’s World Cup game at MetLife Stadium as up to 30,000 train tickets remain unsold — but Mayor Mamdani is brushing off the looming disaster.

And out in the American West, a B-52 bomber crashed shortly after takeoff at a U.S. Air Force base in Southern California’s Mojave Desert and burst into flames, killing all eight people aboard, military officials said.

In today’s edition of The Update Journal, we’re asking one of the most dangerous questions in sports: why are we still fouling people on three-point attempts like basketball was invented during the last commercial break? Nothing raises the blood pressure faster than watching a defender fly into somebody’s shooting space like they’re trying to block a Wi-Fi signal. Now the other team gets three free throws, the coach is aging in real time, and I’m sitting there wondering if my Apple Watch is about to call emergency services.

Then, it’s Part 1 of the Interview With the Vampire summer watchlist, where I very confidently said I would watch this show in the daytime… and then immediately watched it at night because there was nothing else on TV and apparently I enjoy making decisions that threaten my nervous system. Am I emotionally ready to go all the way through this series? That is between me, AMC, and whatever part of my brain thought, “Yeah, vampires, trauma, blood, and family dysfunction sounds like a relaxing summer activity.” The blinds are open, the lights are on, and the remote is being held like a security blanket.

And finally, for Pride Month, we’re talking about why supporting your partner matters — not just when it’s cute, easy, Instagram-friendly, or comes with a matching outfit and good lighting. Real support shows up when things are complicated, when the world gets loud, and when your partner needs to know they’re not standing by themselves. Love is not just posting a rainbow in June and calling it community service. Sometimes love is listening, learning, defending, adjusting, and making it clear: “I’m with you, not just when it’s convenient, but when it counts.”

In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Monday, the Northeast remained under the threat of severe weather, with more than 100 million Americans at risk of severe storms with damaging wind gusts and hail.

The Big Apple erupted in bloody chaos overnight as rowdy mobs celebrating the Knicks’ NBA title trashed NYPD cars and torched FIFA buses in Times Square, leaving 10 cops hurt and 63 people in handcuffs.

And in Missouri, a plane carrying a pilot and 11 passengers on a skydiving outing crashed in a field and was engulfed in flames, killing all aboard, authorities said.

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 Year 5 of The Update. When we first started this then-show at WKRB in 2017, the first year had a lot of things going on. Donald Trump's first year in office, mass shootings worldwide, and the Great American Solar Eclipse to name just a few. In Year 5, it was more of the same. There was the Russian war in Ukraine, more mass shootings in America, and the overturning of Roe V. Wade to name just a few that we'll mention. But also, after more than two years out on the road, we made our way to a new studio at UD Team in the summer of 2022. Oh, and one last thing- be on the lookout for some WKRB highlights as we looked back on five years of memories.