The Update- November 18th

The Update with Brandon Julien

She’s no friend of store-bought blends. Premade smoothies and cocktails, as well as frozen dinners, should be avoided if you’re trying to shed pounds, a Georgia women’s weight-loss coach claims.

In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Monday, firefighters in New York said that a voluntary evacuation overnight helped them protect more than 160 homes from a stubborn wildfire near the New Jersey border as officials in much of the Northeast coped with hundreds of brush fires in tinder-dry and windy conditions. Meanwhile, a major storm system that will bring a variety of impactful weather across the Midwest, Plains and into the Great Lakes this week looks to have something up its sleeve for the Northeast as well: Significant rainfall. A staggering 72% of Jewish college students in the US feel “unwelcome” on their campuses, while more than half have been victims of antisemitism, a dismal new report shows. And in New Orleans, two people were killed and 10 others were wounded in two separate shootings along a parade route and celebration attended by thousands, authorities said. There were no immediate arrests.