A lantern left beside a grave can be a reminder of someone who is no longer there. A potted plant can be a small act of care, while a candle can help a family feel connected to a loved one long after their death. For families visiting Milton Evergreen Cemetery in Ontario, Canada, some of…
A British man’s handwritten will, drafted on the cardboard packaging of a frozen fish box and a mince pie packet, has been ruled valid by the High Court, clearing the way for a diabetes charity to inherit his estate worth approximately £180,000. Malcolm Roy Chenery, who lived in York, England, recorded his final wishes on…
Photo credit: Franklin County Dog Shelter in Columbus/ Instagram If you ever visit a busy animal shelter, you naturally start noticing certain facts like the breed, size, age, how loud a bark is, it all happens subconsciously, and in a matter of seconds. But at the Franklin County Dog Shelter in Columbus, Ohio, visitors walking…
The fish was the only barramundi carrying the A$1 million prize tag in the competition’s 12th season (Instagram/Million dollar wish) A 26-year-old Australian man won A$1 million on Thursday after catching a red-tagged barramundi during a fishing trip with his younger brother in the Northern Territory. Matthew Maurice, from Darwin, caught the fishat Corroboree Billabong,…
Judge Judy Sheindlin (right) and her daughter Nicole Sheindlin (left)Photo: Her honor nation/ Instagram When Judge Judy Sheindlin and her daughter Nicole Sheindlin launched Her Honor Mentoring in 2006, it began with a modest group of eight or nine high-school girls and a simple belief: a trusted professional woman could help a young person see…
What happens when discarded dumpsters are given a second life? In Norman, Oklahoma, they have been turned into a 20-foot-tall robot that reclines on a hillside, holding a wildflower in one hand. Called Hazmatt, the unusual public sculpture transforms retired waste containers and reclaimed materials into an artwork designed to encourage people to rethink their…
Representative Image (AI-generated) A dispute over a shared home can continue long after a relationship ends, particularly when disagreements over property ownership turn into lengthy legal proceedings. In Sausalito, California, a former couple’s fight over a house led to a separate dispute over attorney fees after one partner partly succeeded in getting allegations against him…
In late 2025, Australia enacted a law prohibiting individuals under 16 from accessing social media. Australia’s world-first ban on social media accounts for children under 16 is “ill thought out” and imposes a “profound restriction on political debate”, a lawyer representing Reddit told the country’s top court during the first legal challenge to the legislation.Reddit…
Representative Image (AI-generated) A family business can become the centre of a bitter dispute when questions over ownership, financial decisions and control begin to divide relatives. In Wisconsin, a disagreement between a father and son over a family-owned car dealership continued for more than a decade, eventually leading to multiple lawsuits, allegations of misuse of…
A dispute over a small piece of land on the South Atlantic island of St Helena has brought together an unusual combination of history, property law and a question about the limits of government ownership. The land was associated with a former dairy belonging to Napoleon Bonaparte, who spent the final years of his life…
