From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! Today's stop is from outside the closed steps of The Museum of Natural History.
Some stories talked about on today's show were:
1. A health care worker at one of the New York City hospitals under siege by the coronavirus has died. Co-workers and his sister say assistant nurse manager Kious Kelly died Tuesday from the virus after he got sick two weeks ago. Kelly worked at Mount Sinai Health West Hospital in Manhattan.
2. The judge who sentenced the rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine to prison says he would have ordered home confinement if he knew about the coronavirus in December. U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer on Wednesday rejected a lawyer's request that the 23-year-old performer, whose real name is Daniel Hernandez, be confined at home for the last four months of his two-year term. The Manhattan jurist said he didn't have legal authority to change his sentence.
3. Ballparks will be empty today on what was supposed to be Major League Baseball's opening day, with the start of the regular season on hold because of the coronavirus pandemic. To help fill the void, MLB is offering fans some oldies but goodies. It will air one memorable game for each franchise Thursday on its YouTube, Twitter and Facebook pages. And the MLB Network plans to broadcast classic opening day games throughout the day.
