The Update- July 30th

The Update with Brandon Julien

Think before you drink. The FDA has recalled 28 beverages so far in 2024, The Daily Mail reported. All but four of the drinks were recalled because they had drugs, bacteria or harmful chemicals in them that the company didn’t disclose. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Tuesday, a Venezuelan migrant was shot dead and two others wounded in a drive-by shooting near a Randall’s Island shelter — apparent payback for an earlier robbery, police said. This Starbucks location has finally run out of steam. After nearly 30 years facing The Cube, the notorious Starbucks outpost at 13-25 Astor Place — known for its decrepit public bathrooms, napping homeless folks and indoor panhandling — shuttered quietly Sunday evening. And in the American West, In the small forest community of Cohasset, Ron Ward watched as flames hundreds of feet high from California’s deadly Park Fire approached his family ranch. The man arrested on suspicion of starting the blaze in Northern California by pushing a burning car into a gully made his first appearance in court Monday and was charged with felony arson of an inhabited structure or property.