The Update- February 3rd
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A doctor spent $7,529 throwing herself an extravagant party with 130 guests — to celebrate the end of her PhD. Aileen Delaney, 27, says her four-year doctorate degree was “very stressful” and her studies interrupted by the pandemic.
In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Monday, In Washington, families of victims of the deadliest U.S. air disaster since 2001 visited the crash site and divers scoured the submerged wreckage for more remains after authorities said they’ve recovered and identified 55 of the 67 people killed. Meanwhile, three people injured on the ground when a jet crashed in a busy Philadelphia neighborhood, killing seven people, remain in critical condition, Mayor Cherelle Parker said.
Locally, pissed-off Big Apple cabbies are demanding that city officials issue them emergency placards to let them double-park for up to 10 minutes so they can use the bathroom without being ticketed.
And in Washington, President Trump said that Americans could feel “some pain” from the emerging trade war triggered by his tariffs against Canada, Mexico and China, and claimed that Canada would “cease to exist” without its trade surplus with the United States.
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