They’re making an honest buck from honest Abe. The Associated Press reports that two front-row balcony tickets from the night Abraham Lincoln was assassinated inside Ford’s Theatre have been sold at auction for a cool $262,500. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Friday, Israeli airstrikes on Gaza continue and Israel’s defense minister has told troops to be ready for a ground assault on the Palestinian territory, although he has not said when that will begin. Meanwhile, families of the more than 200 people whom the Israeli military says were taken hostage by Hamas militants in southern Israel on Oct. 7 are holding out hope after the news that two hostages have been released. Locally, the man accused of shoving a woman into the side of a moving New York City subway train has been captured in New Jersey. Rite Aid plans to close about 7% of its stores initially, as the drugstore chain makes its way through its Chapter 11 bankruptcy process. And communities across the U.S. are confronting a new vaping problem: how to get rid of millions of disposable e-cigarettes that are considered hazardous waste. 🚬

Here’s a hot take on your hotcakes: A McDonald’s worker is sharing shocking breakfast secrets. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Thursday, President Joe Biden visited Israel on an urgent mission to keep the Israel-Hamas war from spiraling into a broader regional conflict. The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that limited humanitarian aid will be allowed into Gaza following a request from Biden. Meanwhile, as desperate Palestinians in sealed-off Gaza try to find refuge under Israel’s relentless bombardment in retaliation for Hamas’ brutal Oct. 7 attack, many ask why neighboring Egypt or other Arab countries don’t take them in. Locally, four defendants in the criminal bribery case against U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, including his wife, have pleaded not guilty in New York City to a revised indictment. Amazon will soon make prescription drugs fall from the sky when the e-commerce giant becomes the latest company to test drone deliveries. And the trial of a Fugees rapper, who was convicted in multimillion-dollar political conspiracies, stretched across the worlds of politics and entertainment. Now the case is touching on the tech world with arguments that his defense attorney used an “experimental” artificial intelligence program to write his closing arguments. 👨🏽‍💻👨🏽‍⚖️

NYC kids as young as 18 months indulging in caviar. That includes on Doritos, pizza and pasta, proving that you’re never too young for caviar dreams. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Wednesday, Hamas says hundreds have been killed in an airstrike on Gaza City hospital, after intensifying bombardments near towns in southern Gaza rattled civilians where Israel ordered them to take refuge. Meanwhile, Hamas and Israel have both been accused of breaking international law during their latest conflict. The rules of armed conflict are governed by a set of internationally recognized laws and resolutions, including the Geneva Conventions. Locally, Mayor Eric Adams has been using artificial intelligence to make robocalls that contort his own voice into several languages he doesn’t actually speak. Hundreds of thousands of students nationwide face challenges learning math due to disabilities such as dyscalculia. Parents and experts say schools often don't adequately support students with math disabilities like dyscalculia, which affects up to 7% of the population and often coexists with dyslexia. And

Are you ‘over-responsible’? We'll tell you the 9 signs you’re doing too much to ‘people please’. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Tuesday, more than a million people have fled their homes in the Gaza Strip ahead of an expected Israel invasion that seeks to eliminate Hamas’ leadership after its deadly incursion. Aid groups warn an Israeli ground offensive could hasten a humanitarian crisis. Meanwhile, crowds of mourners in a heavily Palestinian Chicago suburb paid respects to a 6-year-old Muslim boy killed in an alleged hate crime. Locally, Mayor Eric Adams has announced he is limiting shelter stays for migrant families with children to 60 days in the city’s housing system. A former FTX executive and onetime billionaire has testified against the cryptocurrency exchange’s founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, at his New York City federal fraud trial. And three members of a California family have pleaded guilty to conspiracy for their role in a ring that shipped $600 million worth of stolen catalytic converters from California to New Jersey. 💵

One person works at Spirit Halloween. These are 9 mistakes this person sees customers make when shopping for costumes and decor. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Monday, hundreds of thousands of Gaza residents are seeking to heed Israel’s order to evacuate roughly the northern half of the territory, while others are huddled at hospitals in the north. Meanwhile, Israeli rabbis have been working around the clock, even on the Jewish Sabbath, to identify and count the dead civilians and soldiers gunned down in the Hamas attack a week ago. Locally, In the movie industry, it isn't just actors and writers who have been battling management. Movie theater workers also have been taking action. The New York attorney general's office says police officers in an upstate town will not face criminal charges in connection with the death of a man who doused himself with hand sanitizer and caught on fire when one of the officers shot a stun gun at him. And a Georgia man was left reeling after receiving a $1.4 million speeding ticket, but city officials say the figure was just a placeholder, not the actual fine. 💵🚘

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In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Friday, the Israeli military is preparing for a possible ground invasion in Gaza as it pounds the tiny coastal strip in retaliation for the unprecedented weekend attack on Israel by the militant group Hamas. Meanwhile, less than a month before Hamas fighters blew through Israel's “Iron Wall” in an attack that would leave more than 1,200 Israelis dead, they practiced in a very public dress rehearsal.

Locally, Gov. Hochul is supporting New York City's effort to suspend a unique legal agreement that requires it to provide emergency housing to homeless people, as a large influx of migrants overwhelms the city’s shelter system.

Federal prosecutors in New York have rewritten their indictment against U.S. Senator Bob Menendez of New Jersey and his wife to charge them with conspiring to have him act as an agent of Egypt and Egyptian officials.

And in the American west in California, a liquor store in a tiny mountain town is reverberating with excitement after word that the winning ticket for a $1.765 billion Powerball jackpot was sold there. 💵🥃

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In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to “crush and destroy” Hamas after its unprecedented attack on Israel. Meanwhile, while Twitter has always struggled with combating misinformation about major news events, it was still the go-to place to find out what’s happening in the world. But the Israel-Hamas war has underscored how the platform now transformed into X has become not only unreliable but is actively promoting falsehoods.

Locally, a beefy, bald-headed informant known by the Spanish nickname Boliche – bowling ball – is expected to play a key role in the federal trial this month in New York of two veteran U.S. DEA agents charged in a $73,000 bribery conspiracy involving leaked information about ongoing drug investigations.

A felony larceny charge has been dropped against a Connecticut man who found a bag containing nearly $5,000 in cash outside a bank and claimed “finders-keepers.”

And a new Oklahoma judge could lose her job for sending more than 500 texts to her bailiff during a murder trial, including messages mocking the prosecutor, praising the defense attorney and calling a key witness a liar. 👨🏽‍⚖️