Actor Loretta Swit (“MASH”) is 83. Singer Harry Elston of Friends of Distinction is 82. Singer Delbert McClinton is 80. Actor Ivonne Coll (“Jane the Virgin”) is 73. Actor Markie Post is 70. Singer-guitarist Chris Difford of Squeeze is 66. Country singer Kim Forester of the Forester Sisters is 60. Actor Kathy Griffin is 60. Actor Ralph Macchio is 59. “Survivor” host Jeff Probst is 59. Saxophonist Tim Burton of The Mighty Mighty Bosstones is 57. Actor Matthew McConaughey is 51. Rapper-producer Sean “Diddy” Combs is 51. TV personality Bethenny Frankel (“Bethenny,” “Real Housewives of New York”) is 50. Actor Anthony Ruivivar (“Marvel’s Avengers Assemble,” “Third Watch”) is 50. Jazz singer Gregory Porter is 49. Singer Shawn Rivera of Az Yet is 49. Actor Heather Tom (“Bold and the Beautiful,” “One Life to Live”) is 45. Celebrity chef Curtis Stone is 45. Actor Emme Rylan (“General Hospital”) is 40.
— 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.