It's Day 64 of the MLB Lockout 🥎🔒. On #TheUpdate this Thursday, there's more to the death of "The Wire" actor Michael K. Williams than meets the eye. Four men face charges that they were members of the drug distribution crew that supplied the deadly mix of drugs. The renowned actor from overdosed just hours after buying fentanyl-laced heroin in a sidewalk deal recorded on surveillance video. Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is due back in court more than a week after her libal trial against the New York Times was postponed because she tested positive for COVID-19. A judge put off the trial until today to give an unvaccinated Palin time to get over ant possible symptoms.
U.S school administrators that are dealing with pandemic-driven teacher shortages are getting creative to keep their classrooms staffed. But some experts are warming there are longer-term problems with the teacher pipeline that cannot be solved with emergency substitutes, bonuses and loosened qualifications. And what's the answer to New York City's affordable homeless crisis? Just make Manhattan bigger. Rutgers professor Jason Barr believes there's a single solution to both cheaper NYC real estate and the issue of increasing global warming related climate threats: build more NYC. 🗽🏡🏗️
