Britney Spears is expected to address the court Wednesday in the ongoing battle over her conservatorship for the first known time in more than two years. All eyes are on the pop star, awaiting what she’ll say. 

The 39-year-old has been under a conservatorship – meaning she’s not in total control of her finances and other important life decisions – for the past 13 years.

The singer’s conservatorship has come under renewed scrutiny in recent months following the release of the New York Times’ documentary “Framing Britney Spears” and by the #FreeBritney movement. 

Here is everything you need to know ahead of the conservatorship hearing:

Why is Britney Spears addressing the court in her conservatorship case?

In April, Britney Spears’ court-appointed attorney, Samuel Ingham III, said

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NEW YORK – The polls have closed in the Big Apple as New Yorkers voted Tuesday to pick their next mayor in what could be one of the most consequential elections in the city’s recent history.

But don’t expect a clear winner tonight: With the new ranked-choice voting system and an increased number of absentee ballots in the tightly contested Democratic race, New Yorkers will probably have to wait until July for a full count.

The crowded Democratic field has drawn eight major candidates, and while two Republicans are running in their party’s primary, the Democratic winner on Tuesday is all but sure to win the general election in November.

Polling has shown former police captain

The widow of NBA legend Kobe Bryant has reached a confidential settlement to end her lawsuit against those she blamed for the death of her husband and daughter in a helicopter crash near Los Angeles in January 2020.

Less than a month after the accident, Vanessa Bryant sued the companies that owned and operated the helicopter, as well as the estate of the late helicopter pilot, accusing them of negligence and causing the wrongful death of Kobe and Gianna Bryant.

She sought damages in return for the losses she suffered and was joined by three other families who lost loved ones in the crash that killed nine.

Those families also sued and

The Detroit Pistons secured the franchise-changing ping pong ball in Tuesday’s NBA draft lottery.

The Pistons will pick No. 1 in the draft — slated for July 29 — and Oklahoma State guard Cade Cunningham is expected to be the clear-cut favorite. The 6-8 do-everything guard was a first team USA TODAY Sports All-American in his breakout freshman season with the Cowboys in 2020-21.

The Houston Rockets, Cleveland Cavaliers, Toronto Raptors and Orlando Magic round out the top five. NBA deputy commissioner and chief operating officer Mark Tatum announced the lottery results with representatives of the 14 teams joining virtually.

The Pistons’ last draft pick this high came in 2003, when they selected Darko

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — Desert plants — famous for tolerance of torrid landscapes — are dying at an alarming rate due to the twin threats of even hotter temperatures and less rain, according to new research published this week.

After analyzing more than three decades of satellite data, University of California, Irvine, scientists found a 37% decline in native vegetation across nearly 5,000 square miles of the Southern California Sonoran desert, from the Mexican border north across Anza-Borrego Desert State Park to Palm Springs, California.

Some scientists, including the study’s lead author, Stijn Hantson, had hoped that hardy desert plants would be able to survive warming temperatures and less rain, but the research definitively shows the opposite.

“They’re already so badly beaten by