The Update- September 26th

The Update with Brandon Julien

Apps before entrees. When McDonald’s executives start complaining publicly about fast-food prices, you know things are getting messy. But for every sensational, inflation-era shocker — stop us if you’ve heard the one about the $18 Big Mac meal or the vintage Taco Bell receipt that ruined the internet’s day — there’s a good deal waiting to be snagged. And it’s already likely downloaded to the phone in your pocket. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Thursday, Mayor Adams has been indicted by a grand jury on federal criminal charges, according to two people familiar with the matter, an extraordinary culmination to weeks of searches, subpoenas and resignations of top officials that have thrust the city’s government into crisis. He’s facing mounting calls to resign by local politicians. And, the next acting mayor of New York City — if federally indicted Eric Adams were to step down — would be Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, a lefty Democrat who is often critical of cops and once ran a failed campaign for governor. Elsewhere, A judge dismissed a federal lawsuit challenging a suburban New York ban on wearing masks in public except for health and religious reasons. And fast-moving Hurricane Helene was advancing across the Gulf of Mexico toward Florida, threatening an “unsurvivable” storm surge in northwestern parts of the state as well as damaging winds, rains and flash floods hundreds of miles inland across much of the southeastern U.S., forecasters said.