From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! The only thing that could have made fashion designer Kate Spade's death a few days ago via suicide happened today. Brandon has details on the death of a fellow journalist.
Some stories talked about on today's show were:
1. Popular culinary personality Anthony Bourdain has been found dead in France of an apparent suicide at age 61. CNN said that his close friend, French chef Eric Ripert, found him unresponsive in his hotel room. Bourdain was in France working on his award-winning series, Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown.
2. Firefighters responded to a bustling area of New York City where a fire burst out of a manhole. Video of the Thursday fire shows smoke billowing out of lower Manhattan's Chelsea Market.
3. Federal authorities have announced new charges against two dozen alleged members of the MS-13 street gang in three killings of rival gang members and other violence.
