But while the move secured her father’s temporary conservatorship, questions remain about just how much a conservator/parent can legally do in his or her adult child’s name. Taking over legal control of another person’s life is no easy task, says Margaret Lodise, whose Los Angeles law practice specializes in the trust and estate litigation that covers conservatorships. (Lodise is not involved in the Spears case.) To determine how the law navigates the murky issues involved in treating a mentally ill adult who does not want to be treated, NEWSWEEK’s Katie Paul spoke with Lodise about the legal wrangling involved and the obstacles faced by both conservator and conservatee....

The board at the Prairie Du Pont Volunteer Fire Department, in St. Clair County, removed Chief John Rosencranz and replaced him with Assistant Chief Jerame Simmons, who has previously been convicted of arson, according to Fox2Now. In a Sunday statement shared on the fire department’s Facebook page, the board of trustees said it “did not act lightly” in making the decision. The statement added: “While the board appreciates the prior service of Chief Rosenkranz, it has become apparent to the board over the last several months that a change in the Fire Department’s leadership is needed....

Officer David Laudon was working at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Police Department in 2010. One Sunday after midnight, he allegedly offered a 20-year-old student a ride to her residence hall in his cruiser, according to an incident report. When she got out, Laudon gave her a hug and “grabbed her breast,” the student said. She was wearing a trench coat and boots because of the weather. The officer later texted her, “Those boots make me hot, and I want to go to bed with you!...

Phoenix police officer Mark Rine was a few minutes from his shift ending in the early hours of November 6 when he was told that he and other officers were expected to work late, KPNX reported. “I’ll be going upstairs to fill out my resignation letter then,” Rine, a 14-year veteran of the department, responded. He went on to summit that resignation later that day, saying he was quitting because he was overworked and underappreciated....

As with any significant loss, entering the world of disability requires mental adjustment. When the magnitude of the adjustment surpasses the social, emotional, and cognitive resources of the individual, depression can set in, further complicating disability. Read on to learn the warning signs of clinical depression and discover resources for getting help. Recently Disabled For the recently disabled, depression is very common. They have gone from being able-bodied to perhaps being someone who has to depend on assistance from others....

For much of the last century, patients with dementia–deemed “senile” or “crazy”–were closeted away in their houses and in nursing homes, even in mental institutions, too often restrained by locked doors and sedatives. But now that Alzheimer’s disease has a name and doctors know more about the progress of the illness, researchers are exploring new frontiers in providing care. Most of the new theories are focused on keeping people with Alzheimer’s active and feeling productive....

Officers arrived at a residence at Lecha estate in Poznań’s Rataje, and found the slithering creatures, most of which were pythons and anacondas. One snake was found in a drawer, while others were being held in smaller containers. Police spokesman Andrzej Borowiak said, as per The First News: “It was pre-planned. Officers were to detain a man who lived there and search the apartment for weapons, ammunition, and explosives. The operation was carried out, but the policemen found something else....

San Antonio police shot and killed the 28-year-old man, and when the crowd became roused, they were pepper-sprayed, which affected the mother of the victim, whose family said she was suffering from breast cancer, local news station KSAT-TV reported. Monday’s incident was one of the over 100 fatal police shootings reported so far this year. Nationwide, 144 people have been killed by an officer, according to a Washington Post database....

A Facebook post published by Waterford-East Lyme Animal Control stated that when officials arrived at the shelter on Tuesday, they were met with a mess of firework debris. Unfortunately, it’s not the only case of animal cruelty as of late. Robert Yuchniuk, an officer with the Waterford East Lyme Animal Control told Newsweek in an email that the dogs have exterior and interior kennels that open to the outside in the area that the fireworks were landing....

Police said the drugs would have a street value of $5 million. “The seizure and arrest was the result of an investigation by multi-agency Taskforce Sentry, involving officers from the Drug and Serious Crime Group, Australian Federal Police, Australian Border Force and Department of Home Affairs,” Queensland Police said in an online post accompanying a video. “During the course of the investigation, police became aware of information identifying a truck traveling from interstate into Queensland that may have been carrying drugs,” police said....

Officers were forced to close down roads after large crowds gathered for the opening of a new pizza parlor, in Worcester, England, on August 29. Fireaway Pizza had promised free pizzas to the first 100 customers, leading to a mass of people flocking to line up outside the store on Angel Street. But the event started to descend into mayhem when a DJ with loudspeakers playing pop music, fire breathers, and a fleet of luxury cars turned up at the venue....

Corey Kluber suffered a non-displaced fracture of his right ulna in Cleveland’s 4-2 loss to the Marlins on Wednesday. He will be re-evaluated in Cleveland on Thursday. MORE: Watch ‘ChangeUp,’ a new MLB live whiparound show on DAZN Kluber suffered the injury when he took a 102-mph line drive off of his arm on a shot by Marlins third baseman Brian Anderson. Anderson spoke about the play after the game....

Dr. West has been outspoken in his criticism of Trump, referring to him in a June interview as the “neo-fascist gangster in the White House.” Describing himself as a democratic socialist, Dr. West has lamabsted politicians from both the Republican and Democratic parties. While Trump has attempted to paint Harris as a member of the radical left, West said that wasn’t the case. “I want Trump people to know, I’m a radical,” West said in a Wednesday interview with Anderson Cooper on CNN....

For years, city leaders across the country have adopted a rather laissez-faire approach to addressing the homelessness crisis. Activists have called for an end to “sweeps”, which include social workers and cops clearing dangerous encampments while offering services to those impacted. Instead, activists enabled by increasingly progressive city councils, push for services to be delivered to the encampments—including portable toilets, trash pick-up and even mobile heroin injection sites. Meanwhile, politicians eye funding towards “affordable housing” measures, an increasingly meaningless idea that simply demands government agencies take a heavier hand in building and maintaining housing for homeless and low-income residents....

In a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers in the U.S. and Japan led by a professor at the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine said healthy cats that interacted with COVID-19-positive cats contracted the virus as soon as one day after exposure. All cats that were exposed tested positive within three days of exposure, researchers said. “There is a public health need to recognize and further investigate the potential chain of human–cat–human transmission,” the study said, citing earlier reports of cats contracting the virus from humans....

On Thursday, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed an additional 1,826 cases and 254 more people lost their lives to COVID-19, the virus’ official name. It’s taken the biggest toll on people in China, where the virus originated, and only six of the new cases involved people from outside of China. In addition to the 1,826 new cases, WHO said China reported 13,332 clinically diagnosed cases were from the Hubei Province, where Wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak, is located....

The ship was reported to be the first cruise vessel to dock in Greece after lockdown measures were first imposed back in March. The country began lifting restrictions from May. The ship began its voyage in Heraklion, the capital of the southern Greek island of Crete, on Sunday evening and was due to sail to Piraeus, the country’s main port near Athens (the Greek capital), before heading to the island of Corfu, Greece’s Shipping Ministry confirmed Monday....

The new coronavirus isn’t hitting every state in America with the same strength at the same time, but officials have warned that this week will be one of the toughest. The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) projected that at least four states would hit their peak in deaths, as well as hospital resource use. Of the 374,371 confirmed cases in the United States on Tuesday, 210,047 were identified in Massachusetts, New York, California and New Jersey....

The deadly virus, which was first reported in Wuhan city of the Hubei province of China, has infected more than 91,000 people and more than 3,000 people have died globally. At least 81,151 cases are confirmed to be in China, including 2,835 deaths, according to the latest figures from Johns Hopkins University. While the spread of the virus seems to be slowing down in China, according to a statement by WHO’s director-general on Monday, it seems to be picking up pace outside China, including in the States....

Germany saw its daily death toll drop by over 60 percent in just two days, while the daily death toll in the U.K. also reached its lowest level in nearly two weeks. Italy reported 433 new deaths on Sunday, its lowest tally in seven days, the country’s civil protection agency confirmed. The latest daily death toll is the lowest since April 12, when it was at 431 before it rose again in the days following....