The Update- October 21st

The Update with Brandon Julien

Being a barfly can land you on the “no-fly.” Knocking back a few brews, shots or bubbles before takeoff may sound like a sweet way to take the edge off. But one flight attendant warns that overly plastered passengers will be forced to make an early exit. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Monday, jury selection is beginning today in the criminal trial of the U.S. Marine Corps veteran charged with manslaughter for placing a man in a deadly chokehold on a New York City subway train last year. The Vessel, a towering, honeycomb-like sculpture in Manhattan that was popular with tourists before a series of suicides forced its closure in 2021, will reopen today with new safety features. And in Georgia, the frantic scene after an aluminum gangway collapsed Saturday at a boat dock on a barrier island capped what was supposed to have been a day of celebration, an annual festival spotlighting the culture and history of Sapelo Island’s tiny Gullah-Geechee community of Black slave descendants.