For this New Yorker, business is pleasure. Sarah Riccio ditched her traditional 9-to-5 to become a professional sex toy tester, a little-known odd job that remedied the 34-year-old’s dissatisfaction with a normal office workplace. In the headlines on #ThUpdate this Monday, Praise God — especially when you’re under federal indictment. Mayor Eric Ada…

Only a sole tier of iPhone users will have access to Apple’s latest, artificially intelligent operating system. The tech company unveiled iOS 18 on Monday, along with its ChatGPT-powered AI component called Apple Intelligence. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Saturday, Mayor Adams pleaded not guilty to federal bribery charges, firmly rejecting a…

Sex sells — for $100. SKYN, a popular non-latex condom brand, is now offering a pack of “luxury” condoms that essentially “guarantees you’ll have great sex” for an eye-opening hundred bucks. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Friday, Mayor EAdams vowed to stay in office Thursday after federal prosecutors unsealed an indictment accusing him of lett…

Apps before entrees. When McDonald’s executives start complaining publicly about fast-food prices, you know things are getting messy. But for every sensational, inflation-era shocker — stop us if you’ve heard the one about the $18 Big Mac meal or the vintage Taco Bell receipt that ruined the internet’s day — there’s a good deal waiting to be snagge…

Generation Z has spoken, and the hot rodent man is in, and they don’t want him fumigated. The concept of the hot rodent man might sound foreign to anyone who has ever worn skinny jeans, but it is a term young people use to describe a hipster. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Wednesday, the head of New York City’s public schools system, David Ban…

Not to air out their dirty laundry, but the last thing a parent wants to do is sort their kids’ soiled clothes after summer camp. The weeks-long getaway — which can cost as much as $15,000 — often requires an exhaustive packing list which yields a mountain of laundry at the end of the trip. That’s when she turned to First Class Laundry Services and…

Hello everyone! We're going into #TheUpdate vault to play one of our many episodes throughout our many years of the show. For today's episode, we go into the world of 2020- or as we call it around here, Year 4 of The Update. It was a weird year- starting off in the WKRB studios and then going out on the road (in the middle of a pandemic no less!), …

Hello everyone! We're going into #TheUpdate vault to play one of our many episodes throughout our many years of the show. For today's episode, we go into the world of 2020- or as we call it around here, Year 4 of The Update. It was a weird year- starting off in the WKRB studios and then going out on the road (in the middle of a pandemic no less!), …

Brace yourself for this news. With horror stories of extreme turbulence filling the news lately, aviation and flight experts are speaking out about the best places to be seated on a plane when the going suddenly gets rough. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Monday, Federal authorities searched the homes of New York City’s newly named interim poli…

Hello everyone! We're going into #TheUpdate vault to play one of our many episodes throughout our many years of the show. For today's episode, we go into the world of 2020- or as we call it around here, Year 4 of The Update. It was a weird year- starting off in the WKRB studios and then going out on the road (in the middle of a pandemic no less!), …

Hello everyone! We're going into #TheUpdate vault to play one of our many episodes throughout our many years of the show. For today's episode, we go into the world of 2020- or as we call it around here, Year 4 of The Update. It was a weird year- starting off in the WKRB studios and then going out on the road (in the middle of a pandemic no less!), …

Hello everyone! We're going into #TheUpdate vault to play one of our many episodes throughout our many years of the show. For today's episode, we go into the world of 2020- or as we call it around here, Year 4 of The Update. It was a weird year- starting off in the WKRB studios and then going out on the road (in the middle of a pandemic no less!), …

Hello everyone! We're going into #TheUpdate vault to play one of our many episodes throughout our many years of the show. For today's episode, we go into the world of 2020- or as we call it around here, Year 4 of The Update. It was a weird year- starting off in the WKRB studios and then going out on the road (in the middle of a pandemic no less!), …

Relationship expert Chanel Contos has busted one of the most common online dating myths she says is plaguing modern relationships, after three years of championing its importance. “We need to break the myth that talking about consent is awkward,” she says. Her comments come as Tinder is set to launch eight new terms in an upgrade to its online Dati…

The man chosen for a unique $100 ($66 USD) an hour Domino’s Pizza job which went viral has been revealed. Queensland schoolteacher Matt Strain was chosen by the fast food company to be their next hand model after a nationwide search for the coveted role was announced in May. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Thursday, Damning new text messages we…

If you like to come home from a hard day at the office and put your feet up on the coffee table, you might want to think again. Especially if you put those feet up without removing your shoes first. A viral clip starring Dr Karl Kruszelnicki explains how two new pieces of scientific data show exactly what happens when your outside shoes come indoor…

Hello everyone! We're going into #TheUpdate vault to play one of our many episodes throughout our many years of the show. For today's episode, we go into the world of 2020- or as we call it around here, Year 4 of The Update. It was a weird year- starting off in the WKRB studios and then going out on the road (in the middle of a pandemic no less!), …

Hello everyone! We're going into #TheUpdate vault to play one of our many episodes throughout our many years of the show. For today's episode, we go into the world of 2020- or as we call it around here, Year 4 of The Update. It was a weird year- starting off in the WKRB studios and then going out on the road (in the middle of a pandemic no less!), …

Maybe he’s a bad texter — or maybe he’s just not that into you. That’s the question on Adrianna Guerrero’s mind when the single 42-year-old texts eligible bachelors, only to be burdened with a lackluster conversation akin to pulling teeth. Most women have been victims of the self-proclaimed “bad texter” — a boyfriend, lover or husband who barely re…

Florida, schmorida. After enjoying a pandemic-era boom where many a weary northerner packed up and moved to the Sunshine State, the bloom is off the citrus tree, new research suggests. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Monday, the top legal adviser to Mayor Adams resigned abruptly over the weekend, the latest sign of instability in the Democrat’s…

Dare to bead fashionably hot! Fashionistas are going to extreme lengths to get their hands on the unlikely must-have fashion accessory: beaded handbags. But it’s not something you can find online easily, if at all. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Friday, New York City Police Commissioner Edward Caban resigned, one week after it emerged that his…

Nudists are worrying that interest in naked public displays has taken a downturn in recent years. The German Association for Free Body Culture (DFK) is concerned that people aren’t baring it all as membership has declined and people seem to be losing interest in going au naturel. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Thursday, With presidential candi…

Hello everyone! We're going into #TheUpdate vault to play one of our many episodes throughout our many years of the show. For today's episode, we go into the world of 2020- or as we call it around here, Year 4 of The Update. It was a weird year- starting off in the WKRB studios and then going out on the road (in the middle of a pandemic no less!), …

We've done a lot of episodes throughout our many years of #TheUpdate, but some of them are my personal favorites. Every month, we're going to go into The Update vault and play one episode from my personal list of favorite episodes. I hope you enjoy them as much as i did hosting it.

Rich people are genetically at greater risk of cancer than the poor, new research has revealed. The new study — conducted at the University of Helsinki in Finland — examined the relationship between socio-economic status, or SES, and an array of diseases. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Wednesday, a personal assistant convicted of killing and d…

If you want your flight to go smoothly, don’t just wing it — put a little planning into your trip. According to AAA, when you fly can have a great impact on how likely you are to be held back, possibly missing a crucial connection. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Tuesday, Police Commissioner Edward Caban is “facing tremendous pressure” to resig…

The key to keeping your wits about you as you age may lie in shut-eye during midlife. A study found that people over 60 who didn’t get enough slow-wave sleep — the third stage in the human sleep cycle — were at a higher risk of developing dementia. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Monday, Dozens of fed-up New Yorkers rallied outside a massive mi…

Hello everyone! We're going into #TheUpdate vault to play one of our many episodes throughout our many years of the show. For today's episode, we go into the world of 2020- or as we call it around here, Year 4 of The Update. It was a weird year- starting off in the WKRB studios and then going out on the road (in the middle of a pandemic no less!), …

With rancor over rising fast food prices at an all time high, it’s easy to forget that not all states are California or New York. Yes, it’s true, for example, that McDonald’s prices have nearly tripled in a decade in at least some cases, but in some parts of the country, you might hardly notice. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Friday, Federal i…

Hello everyone! We're going into #TheUpdate vault to play one of our many episodes throughout our many years of the show. For today's episode, we go into the world of 2020- or as we call it around here, Year 4 of The Update. It was a weird year- starting off in the WKRB studios and then going out on the road (in the middle of a pandemic no less!), …

A real estate agent was left unsettled after she stumbled upon an eerie dungeon-like room hidden behind a bedroom closet door in a Florida home that had recently been put up for sale. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Thursday, an underwater tunnel that passes beneath New York City’s East River sprung a leak after a city contractor mistakenly dri…

Watch out for this pair of issues if you want to keep your spouse to have and to hold from this day forward. James Sexton, a world-renowned family lawyer based in New York City, has revealed the two main reasons why people get divorced: infidelity and money. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Wednesday, a former aide to two New York governors was …

More like checked lug-gouge. With air travelers facing soaring bag fees this summer — sometimes nearly high as the airfares themselves — everyone’s talking packing hacks. Why not ask an actual expert? The pros at 1st Move International specialize in overseas relocations, when every square inch counts — and costs. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this…

In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Friday, NHL player Johnny Gaudreau and his younger brother were killed when they were hit by a suspected drunk driver while riding their bicycle in their home state of New Jersey, police said. Well, that stinks. The city sprayed “Christmas”-scented perfume around the Gowanus Canal — but it’ll take a lot more than…

In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Thursday on the road from Camp Shibley on Long Island, a lawyer for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. asked a state appeals court to restore him to New York’s presidential election ballot, even though he has suspended his campaign. These Uber drivers took passengers on a $40 million ride. A pair of fraudsters sold hacked sma…

In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Wednesday, The Big Apple is set to sizzle with temperatures soaring into the mid-90s — before thunderstorms are expected to roll in and usher in a cold front. Mayor Adams is putting up $1,000 of his own money to help catch the wrong-way driver who killed a groom-to-be just one day before his wedding last weekend.…

Hello everyone! We're going into #TheUpdate vault to play one of our many episodes throughout our many years of the show. For today's episode, we go into the world of 2020- or as we call it around here, Year 4 of The Update. It was a weird year- starting off in the WKRB studios and then going out on the road (in the middle of a pandemic no less!), …

In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Tuesday, An 18-year-old man was struck and killed by a Queens subway train after fleeing a fight with another teen inside a station. Fare evasion is so rampant on city buses that almost half of all riders aren’t paying — as scrambling transit officials deploy a new crew of enforcers to catch the freeloaders. And …

In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Monday, Five people were killed in a slay-suicide horror on a quiet cul-de-sac in Nassau County— days after the family’s matriarch died and kin were set to sell the house, cops and sources said. WCBS 880 radio sent its final transmission at midnight — after 57 years of delivering breaking crime news, political ha…

Hello everyone! We're going into #TheUpdate vault to play one of our many episodes throughout our many years of the show. For today's episode, we go into the world of 2020- or as we call it around here, Year 4 of The Update. It was a weird year- starting off in the WKRB studios and then going out on the road (in the middle of a pandemic no less!), …

Hello everyone! We're going into #TheUpdate vault to play one of our many episodes throughout our many years of the show. For today's episode, we go into the world of 2020- or as we call it around here, Year 4 of The Update. It was a weird year- starting off in the WKRB studios and then going out on the road (in the middle of a pandemic no less!), …

Avid travelers tend to opt out of checked bags to avoid delayed baggage arrival, difficulty picking out their items or fear of their bag not reaching their destination. Travelers have developed a habit of attaching a colorful ribbon, luggage tag or other accessories to make their suitcases stand apart from the hundreds of bags in the rotation. Dubl…

When a Gentoo penguin has a crush, the way to their lover’s hearts is simple: A pebble. The flightless birds gift each other rocks, which are used to build nests, to signal that they’re interested in becoming a mating pair. Now, it seems, humans are taking a page from the Antarctic animals, as a trend known as “pebbling” takes hold. In the headline…

Your chariot awaits. It’s no secret that status matters, particularly when flying legacy carriers like American, United and Delta — but there are upper tier privileges so exclusive, most passengers boarding your typical flight won’t even know they’re available. In the headlines in #TheUpdate this Wednesday, the federal fraud trial against former US…

Video game-turned-HBO series “The Last of Us,” of course, is science fiction. Yet the idea is loosely based on a real fungus, cordyceps, that infects and manipulates the behavior of a wide range of insects, including ants. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Tuesday, a judge ruled that independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s name…

Hello everyone! We're going into #TheUpdate vault to play one of our many episodes throughout our many years of the show. For today's episode, we go into the world of 2020- or as we call it around here, Year 4 of The Update. It was a weird year- starting off in the WKRB studios and then going out on the road (in the middle of a pandemic no less!), …

Hello everyone! We're going into #TheUpdate vault to play one of our many episodes throughout our many years of the show. For today's episode, we go into the world of 2020- or as we call it around here, Year 4 of The Update. It was a weird year- starting off in the WKRB studios and then going out on the road (in the middle of a pandemic no less!), …

Hello everyone! We're going into #TheUpdate vault to play one of our many episodes throughout our many years of the show. For today's episode, we go into the world of 2020- or as we call it around here, Year 4 of The Update. It was a weird year- starting off in the WKRB studios and then going out on the road (in the middle of a pandemic no less!), …

Hello everyone! We're going into #TheUpdate vault to play one of our many episodes throughout our many years of the show. For today's episode, we go into the world of 2020- or as we call it around here, Year 4 of The Update. It was a weird year- starting off in the WKRB studios and then going out on the road (in the middle of a pandemic no less!), …

Hello everyone! We're going into #TheUpdate vault to play one of our many episodes throughout our many years of the show. For today's episode, we go into the world of 2020- or as we call it around here, Year 4 of The Update. It was a weird year- starting off in the WKRB studios and then going out on the road (in the middle of a pandemic no less!), …