On Friday's edition of #TheUpdate, a European Union embargo on Russian oil would be equivalent to dropping an "atomic bomb" on Hungary's economy and could not be accepted, according to the country's nationalist prime minister Viktor Orban, speaking on state radio. Orban reiterated earlier statements from Hungarian officials that Hungary would not support a new round of proposed EU sanctions against Russia if they included a ban on Russian oil exports. 🇪🇺🇭🇺🇺🇦🇷🇺

Locally, New York City will pay $10.5 million to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by Shawn Williams who spent 24 years in prison on a murder conviction that was overturned in 2018- it's the 14th overturned conviction linked to retired detective Louis Scarcella, accused of coercing witnesses and framing suspects during the late 80's and 90's. Robin Sarpong, a man who helped dupe dozens into sending millions of dollars to people posing as U.S millitary personnel in an online dating scheme has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison. He also must play over $3 million in restitution, and lay more than $385,000 to the IRS.

U.S regulators are strictly limiting who can receive Johnson & Johnson'e COVID-19 vaccine due to a rare, but serious risk of blood clots. And a woman who reportedly sufferers from sexsomnia has revealed how the condition can lead to some embarrassing overnight visits. The largely unknown condition is akin to sleep walking, but involves sex acts. 👅🍆😴

On #TheUpdate this Cinco De Mayo Thursday, Ukraine's millitary says that it's recaptured some areas in the south and repelled Russian attacks in the east. The bloody battle continues to rage on at the steel mill in Mariupol where Ukrainian troops are holes in tunnels and bunkers, fending off a Russian onslaught. 🇺🇦🇷🇺

Locally, a federal judge has refused to order New York to hold its congressional and state Senate primaries this spring using those district maps that were declared unconstitutional by state judges. The rapper Kidd Creole has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for stabbing John Jolly to death on the streets of Midtown with a steak knife in August 2017. More than half of abortions in America are now done with pills rather than surgery. The battle over access to medication abortions will only grow in importance if the Supreme Court follows through with overturning Roe v. Wade.

And this journalist-turned OnlyFans model is making a fortune by getting freaky with married men. Stripper and cybersex superstar Leanne Carr, better known as Leanne London to her 1,900 OnlyFans subscribers, swapped out her meager writer's salary for a staggering $148,000 in annual income by tempting sexually dissatisfied husbands online. 📰👅👨🏽‍💻

On #TheUpdate this Wednesday, Russian forces are pounding targets across Ukraine, taking aim at supply lines for foreign weapons in the west, and intensifying the offensive in the east. The Russian military said that it used missiles to destroy electric power facilities at five railway stations across Ukraine, while military and aircraft also struck troop strongholds along with fuel and ammunition depots. 🇺🇦🇷🇺

Locally, Governor Hochul is trying again with a lieutenant governor. Representative Antonio Delgado will serve as the next lieutenant governor as the appointment was announced yesterday. As the mask mandates and vaccination rules keep falling across the country, infections from the latest COVID varients have been quietly taking hold in some places, sparking concern among public health officials, but stirring a muted response from pretty much everyone else. According to a five-year study of 317 youngsters that was published in Pediatrics, children who begin identifying as transgender at a young age tend to retain that identity for several years. On average, the kids began identifying as transgender at around age 6.

And in another study, American men's penises are only 59th in the world. Their average length of 5.35 inches is shorter than their Haitan, French, and Australian counterparts. 🍆🇺🇲🇭🇹🇫🇷🇦🇺

On #TheUpdate this Tuesday, to join NATO? Or not to join NATO? That's the question for the leaders of Finland and Sweden- they're indicating that their governments haven't yet decided whether to join NATO, but are stressing that close security cooperation with other European countries in the face of Russia's aggression against Ukraine. 🇸🇪🇫🇮🇺🇦🇷🇺

Locally, in another court appeal, lawyers for former President Trump say that it's "unconscionable and indefensible" for him to be held in contempt and fined $10,000 a day for failing to turn over documents that he doesn't possess. On Staten Island, it's a stunning setback for the Amazon Labor Union as workers at another warehouse overwhelmingly rejected a union bid. In Washington, it's a Supreme leak of massive proportions. A new draft opinion suggests that the U.S Supreme Court could be poised to overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide. And according to a new survey, cheating wives are more likely to own a cat than any other pet. Tropical fish were next, followed by rats, hamsters, and dogs. 👰🏽🐱🐀🐹🐶

On #TheUpdate this Monday, a top-level U.S congressional delegation led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Warsaw to express gratitude to Poles for their humanitarian and other support for Ukraine. Pelosi and half a dozen U.S lawmakers met with Poland's President Andrzej Duda and Polish lawmakers in Warsaw. 🇺🇲🇵🇱🇺🇦🇷🇺

Locally, Broadway theaters are ending the policy of requiring customers to show proof of vaccination. It doesn't specify however which theaters are ending the practice. Amazon and the nascent group that successfully organized the company's first-ever U.S union drive in Staten Island are headed for a rematch when a federal labor board will tally votes cast by warehouse workers in another warehouse there. We're remembering a cardiologist who helped invent an automatic implantable defibrillator that's bhelped countless heart patients live longer and healthier. Dr. Morton Mower was 89 years old. And there are a lot of rules when it comes to dating. But once you've settled in, you may not know what rules to follow. Relationship expert Louanne Ward from Australia reveals the five common mistakes you and your partner are making in public- and how it may break down your friendships. 👩‍❤️‍👨

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On Friday's edition of #TheUpdate, the German government strongly criticized the Russian missile strike on Kyiv during U.N Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' visit to the Ukrainian capital. 🇺🇳🇺🇦🇷🇺

Locally, the funeral was held for 31-year-old firefighter Timothy Klein, killed while battling that house fire in Canarsie.

In Albany, the task of redrawing those congressional district maps (literally) has fallen to a rural judge and a researcher at Carnegie Mellon University. Google has expanded options for keeping personal information private from online searches. And are you a radiator, an actor, an employee, or a child in your relationship? Forget about infidelity and mismatched libidos. Psychologist Emma Kenny is explaining the dynamics that really spell doom for any couple. 👩‍❤️‍👨

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

On Thursday's edition of #TheUpdate, Ukraine says that Russia's offensive in the east is picking up momentum, with several towns coming under intense attack as Moscow's forces attempt to surround Ukrainian troops. In another reminder of the horrific toll the war has taken since it began, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visited towns outside of Kyiv where evidence of mass killings of civilians was found after Russia's retreat from the area. 🇺🇳🇺🇦🇷🇺

Locally, New York City has passed one of the nation's most far-reaching requirements for employers to tell job-seekers what they can make. The law says employers with four or more workers must include a minimum and maximum salary in any job ad.

In Albany, the highest court in this state- the Court of Appeals- has rejected those new congressional maps that were widely seen as favoring Democrats.

According to a new study, Climate change will result in thousands of new viruses spread among animal species by 2070- and it's likely to increase the risk of emerging infectious diseases jumping from animals to humans. These include the flu, HIV, Ebola and coronavirus.

And who says that chivalry is dead? A TikTok-famous divorce attorney divulged why it's important for men to fork it over on their first time out with a significant other. 👩‍❤️‍👨💵

On #TheUpdate this Wednesday, U.N Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Russian President Vladimir Putin met one-on-one for the first time since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began. And the United Nations says they agreed on arranging evacuations from a besieged steel plant in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol. 🇺🇳🇺🇦🇷🇺

Locally, as the MTA deals with more violent crimes and plans to crack down further on fare evasion with more cops actually riding the trains, the NYPD says that 24-year-old Marcus Bethel was shot to death inside the Jamaica Center-Parsons Archer Avenue at about 4:30 Monday afternoon following a dispute with someone he knew. In Albany, judges on the state's highest court peppered attorneys with sharp questions as they considered whether to throw out new congressional district maps that Republicans charge are unconstitutionally gerrymandered. Apparently, the older you are, the less you fret about aging in place. It's a key insight from a new poll from The Associated Press and The Center for Public Affairs Research, which found that people 65 and older feel much better prepared to age in their own homes than those 50-64. And milk's favorite cookie has a new field of science dedicated to it: Oreology, the study of the flow and fracture of sandwich cookies. 🍪🥛