Actor Ed Asner is 91. Singer Petula Clark is 88. Actor Joanna Barnes (“Spartacus,” “The Parent Trap”) is 86. Actor Yaphet Kotto (“Homicide: Life on the Street”) is 81. Actor Sam Waterston (“Law & Order”) is 80. Singer Anni-Frid Lyngstad of ABBA is 75. Actor Bob Gunton (TV’s “24,” film’s “The Shawshank Redemption”) is 75. Actor Beverly D’Angelo (“National Lampoon’s Vacation”) is 69. Actor-director James Widdoes (“Animal House”) is 67. News correspondent John Roberts is 64. Bandleader Kevin Eubanks (“The Tonight Show With Jay Leno”) is 63. Comedian Judy Gold is 58. Actor Rachel True (“Half and Half”) is 54. Rapper E-40 is 53. Country singer Jack Ingram is 50. Actor Jonny Lee Miller (“Elementary,” “Eli Stone”) is 48. Actor Sydney Tamiia Poitier-Heartsong (“Carter,” “Veronica Mars”) is 47. Drummer David Carr of Third Day is 46. Singer Chad Kroeger of Nickelback is 46. Drummer Jesse Sandoval (The Shins) is 46. Actor Virginie Ledoyen (“The Beach”) is 44. Actor Sean Murray (“NCIS”) is 43. Rapper B.o.B is 32. Actor Shailene Woodley is 29. Actor Emma Dumont (“Bunheads”) is 26.
— 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.