The Update (Halloween 2024)- October 31st

The Update with Brandon Julien

Owl be damned! New research finds that being a night owl is bad for your mental health. Going to bed by 1 a.m. can lower your risk of developing mental and behavioral conditions such as depression and anxiety, according to a study published last month in the journal Psychiatry Research. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Thursday, A man was stabbed to death in a New York City subway station overnight, police said Wednesday. The 54-year-old man was found stabbed in the back at Brooklyn’s Coney Island Stillwell Avenue station shortly before 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, the NYPD said in a news release. He was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. New York City schoolkids will get a full week off before Christmas break — following a petition started by a sharp Brooklyn seventh-grader that garnered tens of thousands of signatures. And in Decision 2024, For the millions of Americans on the radar of the Kamala Harris and Donald Trump campaigns and those of their allies, the apocalypse is only a text message away. The very future of the republic is at stake, some of the texts say and many others imply. But you — yes, YOU, Sally, Jose or insert-your-first-name here — can save it. For as little as $7.