In The Update Journal- Behind the mic, what you didn’t see was the juggling act happening in real time. On the outside, it may have sounded smooth and put-together, but just out of view was me frantically checking scripts, making sure the next segment was queued up, and giving myself a mental pep talk.

In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Friday, nearly half of Long Island Rail Road workers are threatening to walk off the job as early as next week — and the MTA’s plan to deal with the “looming strike” is by telling riders to work from home.

Out of the darkness… A stunning symbolic display of light dazzled visitors at World Trade Center’s Oculus — an annual moment of remembrance that occurs every Sept. 11 at exactly 10:28 a.m.

And out in the American West, a 22-year-old Utah man who was arrested and booked on murder charges in the assassination of Charlie Kirk held deep disdain for the conservative activist’s provocative viewpoints and indicated to a family member that he was responsible for the shooting, authorities say.