Britney Spears' conservatorship ends after 13 years

Britney Spears was freed from her conservatorship during a landmark court hearing on Friday, where a Los Angeles judge decided to grant her request for termination of the 13-year-long conservatorship, the New York Times reports. Judge Brenda Penny's decision came after Spears and both of her parents, Jamie and Lynne, filed petitions in support of the dissolution of the conservatorship.