From humiliation to almost interesting — the Yankees somehow managed to turn a 13–7 loss into a moral victory, even if it still counts as an “L” in the scorebook. Meanwhile, in Washington, it’s Day 6 of the Government Shutdown, and absolutely nobody’s blinking. And finally — the Great Recess Return. For the first time since May, the schoolyard is alive again with shouts, sneakers, and a few “Coach Brandon!” moments. We’ll talk about the chaos, the nostalgia, and that feeling when it all starts again.

In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Monday, NYPD officers fatally shot an armed man after a brief foot chase in Brooklyn.

A worker at a Brooklyn discount store tried to foil a would-be shoplifter — only to get stabbed. The 30-year-old victim, who was not identified, was working at a Family Dollar store on Flatlands Avenue in East New York around 11:48 a.m. when she was slashed by the thief, police and sources said.

And in Washington, a federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deploying any National Guard units to Oregon at all, after a legal whirlwind that began hours earlier when the president mobilized California troops for Portland after the same judge blocked him from using Oregon’s National Guard the day before.