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The Moneyist ‘My brother-in-law says we inherited the house, even though we paid full price for it and took care of her, without his help.’ ‘We ended up taking out a loan to buy her house. It was not gifted and we did not incur her debt; instead, we paid what the house was appraised for.’ Dear Quentin, My husband and I took care of my mother-in-law for eight years. Around five years ago w...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California lawmakers are trying again to get rid of the nation's only law that lets voters veto public housing projects, a provision added to the state constitution in 1950 to keep Black families out of white neighborhoods. Most everyone in the Capitol agrees the provision should be repealed, both for its racist roots and because it makes it much harder to build affordab...

After all the bar exam drama over the last few years, everything seemed to be heading back to normal. Advisable or not, in-person bar exams were back and while overzealous examiners were tossing applicants here and there, it still felt like we were on the back end of epic bar exam breakdowns. But, apparently not. Bar applicants in Ontario have learned that Tuesday’s exam is off after the exam...

Fox News star Greg Gutfeld announced that his mother-in-law managed to safely escape from Ukraine. The mother-in-law of Fox News star Greg Gutfeld was safely evacuated from Ukraine and tearfully reunited with her daughter in Poland last week. Gutfeld, the co-host of “The Five,” played a video on the air showing the dramatic moment his wife, Elena, met her mother after she crossed the border s...

NBC’s Law & Order: Special Victims Unit has been on the air longer than many TikTokers have been alive. We were first introduced to Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni) in the 1999 series premiere, but it wasn’t until Season 2 that we met Ice-T’s Detective Fin Tutuola. The tough-talking narcotics officer has held a special place in our hearts for two de...

Both chambers of the South Dakota Legislature have approved a bill creating immunity for campground owners whose guests encounter the inherent risks of camping, such as bugs and birds and tree stumps. The owners say the pandemic and the state’s open invitation to out-of-staters has resulted in an influx of novice campers who don’t understand the unpredictability of nature. Mary Arlington is e...

On February 23, 2022 the European Commission published its long-awaited proposal for a Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (“Directive”). The aim of the Directive is to better exploit the single market to prevent and mitigate adverse human rights and environmental impacts in corporate and financial actors’ value chains. The Directive would require subject “companies” (broadly def...

KVOE News file photo Thankfully, Monday’s travel conditions aren’t nearly as bad as they were late Sunday afternoon, when a burst of heavy sleet caused slushy driving conditions and led to a double-fatality crash west of Emporia. Lyon County Sheriff Jeff Cope says things got extremely busy as heavy sleet overspread the county. Details about the fatal crash at US Highway 50 and C are yet to be...

The Iowa House has unanimously voted to expand a law adopted two decades ago after a 17 year old who hid her pregnancy killed her baby. The current “Safe Haven Law” allows a parent to leave an infant at a health care facility 30 days after birth and the parent will not be charged with abandonment. The House bill would expand that time frame to 90 days. Representative Mary Mascher of Iowa City...

Gender Equality The heightened attention on women’s rights on March 8 as we celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD), serves as an ideal moment to examine how each of us can #BreaktheBias, this year’s IWD theme, that contributes to the gender gap. Calls for greater diversity in Big Law have been prevalent for decades, yet women make up little more than a quarter of partners at 10 of the most...