In The Update Journal, it's Politics, Pennants, and Pumpkins. It’s a Monday packed with drama both political and personal. First, the race to City Hall takes a sharp detour as Mayor Adams suddenly exits the stage, shaking up what was already a crowded field. Then, the Mets’ season of promise ends in heartbreak, capping off one of the most disappointing collapses in team history. Over in the American League, the AL Central finishes in pure chaos, with the Guardians completing one of baseball’s most improbable comebacks. And finally — to lighten things up — what you didn’t see behind the camera on our Halloween prep was… well, let’s just say there were props, pumpkins, and one mad professor who forgot where he left the fog machine.

In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Monday, we continue our coverage of The Road To City Hall. With just 36 days to go until the general election, we’re going to guarantee ourselves a new mayor. Mayor Adams ended his struggling reelection campaign, an acknowledgment that he was no longer a credible contender after a year of scandal and political turmoil. Also, we’ll talk about from recalling his “shorty” in Queens to making heart hands with a robot, some of Adams’ most ridiculous moments.

Thousands of runners retraced a fallen New York City firefighter’s desperate race to the twin towers Sunday to honor the victims of the 9/11 terror attacks – and raise over $1 million for survivors and their families.

And in Michigan, an ex-Marine smashed a pickup into a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints church, opened fire and set the building ablaze during a crowded Sunday service and then was fatally shot by police. At least four people were killed and eight wounded, and authorities were searching the building ruins for more victims.