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'Shield' actor gets 40 years to life

 
London Queen marks 90th birthday — again Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip arrive for a National Service of Thanksgiving to mark the 90th birthday of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II at St Paul’s Cathedral in London on Friday. Queen Elizabeth II is celebrating her official 90th birthday with a three-day series of festivities starting Friday. The queen’s real birthday is in April.
London Queen marks 90th birthday — again Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip arrive for a National Service of Thanksgiving to mark the 90th birthday of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II at St Paul’s Cathedral in London on Friday. Queen Elizabeth II is celebrating her official 90th birthday with a three-day series of festivities starting Friday. The queen’s real birthday is in April.
Published June 11, 2016

'Shield' actor gets 40 years to life

An actor who played a police officer on the TV show The Shield was sentenced Friday to 40 years to life in prison after tearfully apologizing for fatally shooting his wife but still insisting he didn't mean to kill her. Michael Jace, 53, was sentenced by a judge in Los Angeles after a jury convicted him last week of second-degree murder in the death of April Jace. "There is absolutely no justification for my actions on that night," Jace told his wife's family members in court. "I am profoundly sorry for the pain that I've caused everyone."

Harry Potter play removes live owls

Farewell, feathered cast members of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. Producers say they have removed live owls from the play in London after one escaped into the auditorium during a preview. The barn owl failed to return to its handler during Tuesday's show. Producers said in a statement Friday that "earlier this week the decision was made not to feature live owls in any aspect of the production moving forward." They said the owls had been "expertly cared for" by trainers and a vet. The two-part play, set 19 years after the climax of J.K. Rowling's final Harry Potter novel, officially opens July 30.

Ole Miss to add context on plaque

The University of Mississippi will revise a plaque beside a Confederate monument on its Oxford campus to add more information about the Civil War and slavery, Chancellor Jeffrey Vitter said Friday. In a letter to students, faculty and alumni, Vitter also said that even as the university continues efforts to improve racial diversity, it will retain its nickname Ole Miss and its mascot, the Rebels. Critics see the name and mascot as divisive reminders of the Old South, while supporters see them as affectionate symbols of school spirit. His predecessor as chancellor, Dan Jones, announced in 2014 that Ole Miss would provide historical context for some symbols and buildings on a campus. The university was founded in 1848, and the Confederate soldier statue has stood for generations in a parklike area near the main administrative building.

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