Singer Jimmie Rodgers is 87. Actor Robert Blake is 87. Gospel singer Bobby Jones is 82. Singer-actor Frankie Avalon is 80. Actor Beth Grant (“The Mindy Project,” “No Country for Old Men”) is 71. Guitarist Kerry Livgren (Kansas) is 71. Actor Anna Deavere Smith (“The West Wing”) is 70. Director Mark Romanek is 61. Guitarist Mark Olson (The Jayhawks) is 59. Singer Joanne Catherall of Human League is 58. Actor Holly Robinson Peete (“Hangin’ With Mr. Cooper”) is 56. Singer Ricky Bell (Bell Biv Devoe, New Edition) is 53. Actor and talk show host Aisha Tyler is 50. Actor Jada Pinkett Smith is 49. Actor James Marsden (“The Notebook,” “Ally McBeal”) is 47. Actor Emily Rutherfurd (“The New Adventures of Old Christine”) is 46. Actor Travis Schuldt (“Scrubs”) is 46. Rapper Xzibit is 46. Comedian Jason Sudeikis (“Saturday Night Live”) is 45. Actor Sophina Brown (“Numb3rs”) is 44. Actor Barrett Foa (“NCIS: Los Angeles”) is 43. TV personality Sara Haines (“GMA3: Strahan, Sara and Keke,” “The View”) is 43. Actor-comedian Billy Eichner (“American Horror Story”) is 42. Actors Taylor and Brandon Porter (“Party of Five”) are 27. Actor Patrick Schwarzenegger (“Midnight Sun”) is 27. Country singer Tae Dye of Maddie and Tae is 25.
— Associated Press
Regulators authorized AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine for use in adults throughout the European Union on Friday, amid criticism the bloc is not moving fast enough to vaccinate its population.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A former FBI lawyer was sentenced to probation for altering an email that the Justice Department relied on during its surveillance of an aide to President Donald Trump during the Russia investigation.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Tony Evers lashed out Friday at rival Republicans who tried to repeal his statewide mask mandate, saying killing the order would be a ridiculous move comparable to abolishing speed limits.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — As some conservatives in South Carolina celebrated getting a bill that would ban almost all abortions in the state past a legislative barrier and likely becoming law, they said they are not finished trying to end all abortions.
A Moscow court on Friday put the brother and several allies of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny under house arrest for two months as authorities sought to stymie more protests over the jailing of the top Kremlin foe.