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

On #TheUpdate this Monday, despite his suicide, disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein will still be put on trial in a sense in the coming weeks by a proxy: his former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell. A panel of 12 jurors and six alternatives will be picked just before opening statements start on the 29th at her highly anticipated trial. A program to help people obtain driver's permits during this pandemic by taking tests online may be rife with cheating. Workers say that applicants sometimes have others take the tests for them, and in some cases, complete them with perfect scores in under seven minutes. The 50-question test normally takes about 45 minutes to an hour. And at only 7 years old, Ji-Young is making history as the first Asian American muppet on "Seasame Street". She is Korean American and has two passions: rocking out on her electric guitar and skateboarding. It's the culmination of discussions after the rise in anti-Asian hate last year. 🌏🧸🛹🎸

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 Friday, federal prosecutors say that the operators of three doughnut shops in central New York were convicted of tax evasion after concealing nearly $3 million in cash sales from the government. The U.S Attorney's Office for the Northern District of New York says that three Rome residents were convicted of one count of conspiracy to defraud the Untited States, seven counts of tax evasion, and seven counts of aiding and assisting in the filing of false corporate tax returns.

Nearly six months ago, U.S immigration courts established a fast-track docket for families who recently crossed the border. And while it's still early, the effort faces some of the same challenges as similar programs under Biden's two predecessors. And Homer Plessy, the namesake of the U.S Supreme Court's 1896 "separate but equal" ruling, is being considered for a posthumous pardon. Plessy was arrested in 1892 for refusing to leave a whites-only train car in New Orleans, and died in 1925 with the conviction on his record. 🇺🇸

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!

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

On #TheUpdate this Veteran's Day, former governor Andrew Cuomo appeared pugilistic and paranoid at times during an 11-hour deposition that was made public Wednesday. His alleged victims detailed a "toxic" workplace in the administration where they were subjected to crude remarks, creepy questions about their sex lives, hazing and bullying. In a fragrance company's lawsuit against Jay-Z over breach of contract claims, and his subsequent countersuit against the company, a jury has decided that nobody wins- neither side had proven their claims.

And F.W. de Klerk, who shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela and as South Africa's last apartheid president that oversaw the end of the country's white minority rule, has died at the age of 85. 🌍