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Ian Rank-Broadley, a British sculptor, was chosen by Princes William and Harry to create a statue of their mother, Princess Diana, that will be placed on the grounds of London’s Kensington Palace to mark the anniversary of her 1997 death.

Todd Kohlhepp, 46, a South Carolina man serving life in prison after pleading guilty to killing seven people over more than a decade, said in a letter to the Herald-Journal newspaper in Spartanburg that he has more victims who have not yet been found.

Kathleen Blanco, 74, a Democrat who is the only woman to have served as Louisiana’s governor, announced that a rare eye cancer she was diagnosed with in 2011 has now spread to her liver, adding her fight is “one that will be difficult to win.”

Jhon Jairo Velasquez, who as a former hit man for the late drug lord Pablo Escobar confessed to hundreds of murders and spent 22 years in jail for plotting the killing of a Colombian presidential candidate, faces arrest on a parole violation after he was seen partying with a drug trafficker wanted by the U.S., Colombian prosecutors said.

Jane Fonda, the two-time Oscar-winning actress, celebrated her 80th birthday by holding an “Eight Decades of Jane” fundraiser in Atlanta that drew $1.3 million for her foundation, which focuses on teen pregnancy prevention and adolescent health.

Paul Harvey, 71, of Jamestown, R.I., received a Silver Star, a Purple Heart and other awards in the office of U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, more than 40 years after Harvey chose to leave Vietnam instead of waiting there for the ceremony where he was to be honored for acts of bravery during the war.

Mike McGee of the Salvation Army in Rock Hill, S.C., said a typical kettle fundraiser draws about $300 a day, an amount easily eclipsed at a Wal-Mart store in nearby Tega Cay when an anonymous person left a gold South African Krugerrand coin worth about $1,200.

Jonathan Joseph Locksmith, 37, upset with the court system, tried to crash a car into the courthouse in downtown Boise, Idaho, but landed the vehicle in a fountain, leading to his arrest on a misdemeanor reckless driving charge, authorities said.

Kimberly Jones’ video of her son, Keaton, recounting being bullied at his Tennessee middle school garnered 18 million views in about two days and led to a wave of support, including messages from country music star Kelsea Ballerini and rapper Snoop Dogg.

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