Actor-comedian John Cleese is 81. Country singer Lee Greenwood is 78. Director Ivan Reitman is 74. Country singer-guitarist Jack Daniels (Highway 101) is 71. Bassist Garry Tallent of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band is 71. Author Fran Lebowitz is 70. Guitarist K.K. Downing (Judas Priest) is 69. TV personality Jayne Kennedy is 69. Actor-director Roberto Benigni (“Life Is Beautiful”) is 68. Actor Peter Firth (“That’s Life”) is 67. Actor Robert Picardo (“The Wonder Years,” “China Beach”) is 67. Singer Simon LeBon of Duran Duran is 62. Keyboardist J.D. McFadden (Sixpence None the Richer, The Mavericks) is 56. Drummer Jason Finn of Presidents of the United States of America is 53. Actor Sean Holland (Film and TV “Clueless”) is 52. Actor Channon Roe (“Murder in the First”) is 51. Actor Sheeri Rappaport (“CSI,” “NYPD Blue”) is 43. TV personality Kelly Osbourne is 36. Actor Bryan Craig (“General Hospital”) is 29. Actor Troy Gentile (“The Goldbergs”) is 27.
— 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.