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A mom refuses to leave a penny of her kids’ inheritance — instead using her “hard-earned” cash to further her own career and buy clothes to perform in. Janey Kirk, 60, says her children, Carla, 30, and Adam, 26, are “in the same mind frame” and stand by her controversial choices — wanting their mom to enjoy herself.

In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Monday, a 32-year-old man was shot and wounded by an NYPD officer when he “swiftly approached” police with a butcher knife in his Bronx apartment building after he had called 911.

President-elect Donald Trump said he’s on board for scrapping congestion pricing and lifting the cap on state and local tax deductions.

And in the American west, after making some progress battling wildfires that destroyed thousands of homes and killed at least 24 people in the Los Angeles area, firefighters prepared for a return of dangerous winds that could again stoke the flames.