The Update- September 25th

There's a load of extras in The Update Journal. In Episode 2 of the Mets Playoff Diary, the Amazins crash back to Earth in a 10–3 loss to the Cubs, squandering a golden chance to pad their lead on the Reds. Meanwhile, over in the AL Central, the Guardians have pulled off the baseball equivalent of climbing Mount Everest in flip-flops—coming all the way back from 15 and a half games down to now hold a one-game lead on the Tigers with just four to play. Two collapses, two storylines, and enough comedy to make you wonder if anyone in baseball actually wants to win. Also, The eyes have it. Gen Z daters prefer their prospective partners look, don’t touch while flirting, per eye-popping new data.

In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Thursday, an off-duty NYPD officer shot a man who allegedly tried to rob her and her husband in Penn Station.

A woman visiting the Big Apple from Germany with her husband was killed and nearly decapitated when a hit-and-run minivan driver plowed into the couple in Midtown.

And in Texas, a shooter with a rifle opened fire from a nearby roof onto a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement location in Dallas, killing one detainee and wounding two others in a transport van before taking his own life, authorities said.