Critic Rex Reed is 82. Singer Don McLean is 75. Country singer Jo-el Sonnier is 74. Actor Avery Brooks (“Star Trek: Deep Space Nine”) is 72. Guitarist Mike Rutherford of Genesis and Mike and the Mechanics is 70. Musician Sting is 69. Actor Robin Riker (“General Hospital,” “The Bold and the Beautiful”) is 68. Actor Lorraine Bracco (“The Sopranos”) is 66. Guitarist Greg Jennings of Restless Heart is 66. Singer Phil Oakey of Human League is 65. Singer Freddie Jackson is 64. Singer-producer Robbie Nevil is 62. Drummer Bud Gaugh of Sublime and Long Beach Dub All-Stars is 53. Musician Gillian Welch is 53. Actor Joey Slotnick (“Boston Public,” “The Single Guy”) is 52. Country singer Kelly Willis is 52. Actor-talk show host Kelly Ripa (“Live With Kelly and Michael,” “All My Children”) is 50. Guitarist Jim Root of Slipknot is 49. Singer Tiffany is 49. Singer LaTocha Scott of Xscape is 48. Singer Lene Nystrom (Aqua) is 47. Actor Efren Ramirez (“Napoleon Dynamite”) is 47. Gospel singer and former “American Idol” contestant Mandisa is 44. Bassist Mike Rodden of Hinder is 38. Actor Christopher Larkin (“The 100”) is 33. Singer Brittany Howard of Alabama Shakes is 32. Actor Samantha Barks (“Les Miserables”) is 30. Actor Elizabeth McLaughlin (“Pretty Little Liars”) 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.