On #TheUpdate this Friday, this is a case of truly taking life for granted. A 15-year-old boy has died suddenly while at a tryout for his high school's basketball team on Long Island. Newsday reports that Carmyne Payton died Wednesday after collapsing during tryouts for his high school's basketball team in Copiague. His father says he died of an apparent heart attack. With Thanksgiving less than a week away, New Jersey Transit is adding buses and trains over the holiday weekend to get passengers to the airport, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, and shopping centers.

And a towering wooden screen once blackend with soot from worshippers' candles is being restored to its gilded glory in the Church of the Nativity, built at the site where many believe Jesus was born. But few visitors are expected to see the work during the upcoming Christmas holiday season in biblical Bethlehem. ✝️🇮🇱⛪

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

On #TheUpdate this Thursday, we're righting a historic wrong. Two men- Muhammad Aziz, now 83, and the late Khalil Islam, who died in 2009- who for decades steadfastly maintained their innocence in the 1965 assassination of civil rights icon Malcolm X will be exonerated. Manhattan DA Cy Vance Jr.'s office is expected to join attorneys for the two men in asking a judge to toss out the convictions. The remains of a 19-year-old soldier from upstate New York killed during the Korean war have been identified more than seven decades after he was reported missing in action. And the Biden administration is helping to distribute several billion dollars in aid for winter heating and utility bills. It's an unprecedented sum that comes largely from the administration's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package. 🔥🔌

On #TheUpdate this Wednesday, Mayor De Blasio says that the crowds will once again fill Times Square this New Year's Eve, but with a twist. They mayor said that proof of COVID-19 vaccination is required for revelers who want to watch the ball drop in person. Governor Kathy Hochul says that New Yorkers in upstate communities that are seeing upticks in COVID-19 cases could again face more pandemic restrictions if infection rates fail to drop.

And with the concern about climate change growing, this holiday season is a chance to try celebrating in more planet-friendly ways, and save money in the process. 🎁💵

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!

On #TheUpdate this Tuesday, your money is safe from the MTA- for now anyway. New Yorkers won't be facing higher fares or service cuts on buses and subways for the time being. Governor Hochul and the head of the MTA said that the goal is to induce more people to come back to public transit, but pre-pandemic ridership levels won't return for at least a few more years. In the already crowded New York governor's race that includes Kathy Hochul seeking a full term in office and Attorney General Letitia James, New York City public advocate Jumaane Williams is throwing his hat in the race too. And there's no supply-chain shortage when it comes to holiday movies and TV specials. Old favorites such as 1965's "A Charlie Brown Christmas" however may require a bit of strategy to watch. 🎄📺🎥

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!