The Update- November 2nd

The Update with Brandon Julien

Failing to shower properly can leave you with a potentially fatal infection, according to a dermatologist. Find out the three parts of your body that you aren't washing enough. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Thursday, Hundreds of foreign nationals and several seriously injured Palestinians are being allowed to leave Gaza for the first time since the Israel-Hamas war began more than three weeks ago. Meanwhile, The House has rejected an effort to censure Democratic Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, scrapping a Republican attempt to condemn the only Palestinian-American in Congress over her recent rhetoric around the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.

Locally, a Cornell University junior accused of posting violently threatening statements against Jewish people on campus was held without bail after his first appearance in federal court. An 80-foot-tall Norway spruce from the Binghamton area has been selected as this year’s Rockefeller Center Christmas tree and will be cut down and trucked to New York City next week. And Mexicans in the state of Oaxaca are celebrating the Day of the Dead. It's a time to honor deceased relatives with vigils and homemade altars.