Singer Barry McGuire is 85. Actor Linda Lavin (“Alice”) is 83. Drummer Don Stevenson of Moby Grape is 78. Actor Victor Banerjee (“A Passage to India”) is 74. Musician Richard Carpenter of The Carpenters is 74. Singer Tito Jackson is 67. Actor Larry Miller (“The Nutty Professor”) is 67. Actor Jere Burns (“Good Morning, Miami,” “Dear John”) is 66. TV chef Emeril Lagasse is 61. Actor Tanya Roberts (“That ’70s Show,” “Charlie’s Angels”) is 61. Drummer Mark Reznicek (The Toadies) is 58. Singer Eric Benet is 54. Actor Vanessa Marcil (“Las Vegas,” “Beverly Hills 90210”) is 52. “Trading Spaces” host Paige Davis is 51. Actor Dominic West (“The Wire”) is 51. Singer Kimberly Schlapman of Little Big Town is 51. Singer Ginuwine is 50. Singer Jaci Velasquez is 41. Actor Brandon Jay McLaren (TV’s “Ransom”) is 40. Singer Keyshia Cole is 39. Actor Vincent Martella (“Everybody Hates Chris”) is 28.
— 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.