From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien!

On Monday's edition of #TheUpdate, authorities in the Albany area are hoping modern DNA tracing techniques will help solve the murder of an 18-year-old woman more than 60 years ago. 👨🏽‍🔬🔬🧬 In Portland, Oregon, the police chief recently pulled detectives from cold case and assault units to backfill the homicide unit, which is overwhelmed by a spike in gun violence. In major American cities, police departments are losing officers and can't find enough recruits to replace them. In Washington, The Senate has approved Democrats' big election-year economic package. It’s less ambitious than President Biden's original domestic goals, but it embodies deep-rooted party dreams of slowing global warming, moderating pharmaceutical costs and taxing big corporations. And it’s beyond problematic for a guy to stop talking to a girl based on the career path she chooses to take. One woman who works in construction shared a rejection she got over her current job title from a man she went on a date with.

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On Friday's late edition of #TheUpdate, New York state health officials have issued a more urgent call for unvaccinated children and adults to get inoculated against polio, citing new evidence of possible "community spread" of the virus. Health officials said Thursday that the polio virus has now been found in seven different wastewater samples in Orange and Rockland counties.

😷🦠 A Black resident of Buffalo, New York, told federal investigators he anonymously tweeted out a fake threat to commit mass killings against Black people in his community, days after the May 14 shooting at a Buffalo Tops supermarket, because he wanted to see if racists would cheer him on. China says it is cutting off dialogue with the U.S. on a range of vital issues from climate change to military relations and anti-narcotics efforts in retaliation for a visit this week to Taiwan by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. And a TikToker shared a bombshell claim about milk used at a Dunkin’ Donuts where she used to work.

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On Thursday's edition of #TheUpdate, authorities say a fire sparked by an electric scooter's battery killed a woman and a 5-year-old girl inside a New York City apartment.

🛴🔋🔥 A former schoolteacher from suburban New York City has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for mailing dozens of violent threats to LGBTQ affiliated individuals, groups and businesses over several years. In Texas, Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones says he now understands he was irresponsible to declare the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre a hoax, and he now believes it was "100% real." And talk about sticker shock. A New York woman recently shared that her sister was reportedly charged $40 “for crying” at a doctor’s appointment. 👨🏽‍⚕️💵

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien!

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien!

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From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien!

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Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brandon-julien/support

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien!

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien!

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien!

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Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brandon-julien/support