The Update- December 27th

The Update with Brandon Julien

Size does matter. That’s at least when it comes to flying, where every inch between your seat and the seat in front of you counts for a lot. The pros at UpgradedPoints.com crunched the numbers, looking for the average amount of stretch-out space on the 10 busiest domestic flight routes.

In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Friday, a taxi driver whose car hit six pedestrians when he jumped a curb in a Manhattan shopping district on Christmas Day was having a medical episode at the time, according to the NYPD. In New Jersey, a mammoth sinkhole opened along a major interstate, closing several lanes and pushing motorists onto local roads to avoid the pit.

And in our continuing coverage in the death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, most Americans believe health insurance profits and coverage denials share responsibility for the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO — although not as much as the person who pulled the trigger, according to a new poll.