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After 13 years living under a legal arrangement that controlled both her personal life and finances, the pop star was released from her conservatorship Friday.

Britney Spears's conservatorship went back in front of a judge in Los Angeles on Friday afternoon, resulting in the termination of the pop star's arrangement with her father.

The knighthood of Fred Goodwin, the ex-chief executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland, has been revoked. He led the bank to near-collapse in 2008, and his massive pension generated public outcry. Now, though, some people say the loss of his title is an attack on business.

Fred Goodwin, whose knighthood was revoked, joins the likes of a Romanian dictator, a Zimbabwean strongman and art historian-turned-Soviet-spy. Melissa Block and Audie Cornish detail the circumstances behind some of the men who were once knights.

Audie Cornish talks to Mike Inchalik about the late John D. Lowry, a technology innovator whose work restored classic films such as Casablanca and Gone with the Wind to a pristine state for DVD release. Inchalik was Lowry's business partner and friend for 15 years.

Faced with the prospect of closing up shop because of the coronavirus, some companies are retooling and pivoting to keep their doors open, and their workers employed.

On Sunday, renowned Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli will perform a solo concert at the Cathedral of Milan. It will be live streamed on YouTube, but there will be no audience in the church.

The final day of COP26, the UN's conference where global leaders and delegates are negotiating crucial and concrete strategies to limit greenhouse gas emissions, is underway in Glasgow, Scotland.

U.S. journalist Danny Fenster was sentenced to 11 years in prison in Myanmar. He was found guilty of incitement and two other charges.

In Georgia, a defense attorney in the trial over the killing of Ahmaud Arbery apologized on Friday. It follows controversial statements he made about the presence of black pastors in the courtroom.