When words fail, AI-generated vows prevail. Delegating writing duties to artificial intelligence is the ultramodern, if controversial, way approximately 25% of today’s sweeties say they’re saving time, stress and money on increasingly costly nuptials.

In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Monday, the maniac who was gunned down by New York’s Finest after trying to bust into a Brooklyn precinct and slashing a hero cop in the face was a 36-year-old nut with a rap sheet.

We continue our coverage of The Road To City Hall. With 56 days to go until the election, Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo will score a key endorsement Saturday from Local 3 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, his first union backing for the general election in NYC’s mayoral race.

And in Chicago, The Rev. Marshall Hatch urged congregants of a prominent Black church on that city's West Side to carry identification, stay connected to family and protest as the city readied for an expected federal intervention.