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The city’s embattled Department of Social Services Commissioner Gary Jenkins announced Tuesday evening he’s leaving his post as the Big Apple’s migrant population surges past 44,000. Jenkins shared the news in an interview on NY1’s “Inside City Hall” and his last day at the agency will reportedly be March 3. He insisted the move was planned and he was stepping down to explore other opportunities and spend time with loved ones. “There’s no discord, there’s no running away,” Jenkins said. “This was something that was already planned.” Jenkins said he got involved in public service because “it was always my…

At least 23 people killed as dozens of wildfires torch forests in Chile.Chile has extended an emergency declaration to yet another region as firefighters struggled to control dozens of wildfires that have killed at least 23 people. The latest emergency order on Saturday covers the southern region of Araucania, next to the previously declared Biobio and Nuble regions, located near the middle of the South American country’s long Pacific coastline. The measure allows the government to mobilise the military to help battle the fires. “Weather conditions have made it very difficult to put out [the fires] that are spreading and…

After his recent announcement to retire from football, Tom Brady said he planned to jump into the broadcasting booth in 2024.During an appearance on “The Herd” earlier this week, the seven-time Super Bowl winner said he does not have any solid plans between now and next year.”I think, for me, I want to be great at what I do. And even talking last week with the people at Fox Sports and the leadership there, allowing me to start my Fox opportunity in the fall of 2024 is something that’s great for me,” Brady said Monday. The lack of a clear…

An Indigenous man is furious after his mother was put in a “storage room” after she was diagnosed with terminal liver cancer. Bradford Mistakenchief’s mother was only given 18 months to live with the diagnosis. She was immediately put into palliative care at the Tom Baker Cancer Centre at Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary, where he visited her regularly.“I was seeing her every other day when she first came in. I was rubbing her feet and cleaning her room, just to make sure she is loved,” Mistakenchief told Global News.“She did that her whole life, so it’s easy to return…

Frank Micelotta/Shutterstock   Cozy cutie! Khloé Kardashian shared a glimpse of her and ex Tristan Thompson’s son snuggled up in a Dalmatian print onesie. The Good American founder, 38, filmed the little one from the neck down in the Monday, February 6, clip, which she shared via her Instagram Story. As “Baby Love” by The Supremes played in the background, Kardashian’s son — whose name has not been released to the public — moved his legs slightly. The Strong Looks Better Naked author and Thompson, 31 — who also share daughter True, 4 — welcomed their youngest child via surrogate…

India’s business world and market circles have been consumed by the crisis engulfing the nation’s celebrated Adani Group in recent days, but in one place the issue has gone undebated: parliament.India’s small but vocal opposition has demanded an opportunity to quiz the government about the woes at the group chaired by Gautam Adani, a longtime ally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.But the presiding officers of both house of parliament, which are dominated by Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata party, have so far rejected all calls for debate on the issue.The ports-to-energy conglomerate, one of the country’s largest, has lost more than…

A former Las Vegas, Nevada, elected official accused of stabbing an investigative journalist to death wants to represent himself after going through three different attorneys, according to reports.Defense attorney Damian Sheets, who represents Robert Telles, made a request to a judge overseeing the case to withdraw from the case, and a hearing has been scheduled for Feb. 28. The Associated Press reported that Sheets told Clark County District Court Judge Michelle Leavitt in his request that he was obligated by the Nevada attorney rules of conduct to honor his client’s wishes.JUDGE APPROVES REMOVAL OF LAS VEGAS DEMOCRAT OFFICIAL ACCUSED OF…

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg blasted former prosecutor Mark Pomerantz on Tuesday, saying it is “appalling’’ that the Trump book author called the DA’s probe into the ex-president a train wreck. Pomerantz and another prosecutor heading the office’s investigation into the Trump Organization quit the explosive case in February 2022 — claiming Bragg’s office botched the probe and outlining allegedly how in his new book, “People vs. Donald Trump: An Inside Account.’’ “I wanna specifically respond to Mark Pomerantz’s criticism of our team,’’ Bragg said Tuesday, breaking his silence for the first time since the prosecutor-turned-author’s book was made public.…

ALBANY — A key plank of lefty-led criminal justice reforms has made New Yorkers less safe by leading to dropped charges against accused criminals from Montauk to Buffalo because prosecutors are being buried in paperwork demands that cannot be met. Prosecutors detailed the law-and-order nightmare at a legislative budget hearing in Albany, revealing to the public how so-called discovery reform is eroding local systems of justice. “I cannot stress the importance of funding for additional staff, staff training, updated technology and cloud storage, as well as other costs related to the overhaul of New York State’s discovery laws,” J. Anthony…

Victoria’s schools are being accused of “indoctrinating” students with a one-sided view on the Voice to Parliament as classrooms across the country are being taught to memorise the Uluru Statement from the Heart.“They are putting politics into the classroom,” ‘No’ Campaign Committee President Warren Mundine told Sky News Australia.“If you’re going to do that, then you should have a balanced discussion about it.”Mr Mundine said many high-profile ‘yes’ campaigners had been invited to speak about the Voice in the state’s classrooms.“But no one from the ‘no’ side has been invited in.” Source: Sky News