Jazz singer Cleo Laine is 93. Actor Joan Plowright is 91. Actor Jane Alexander is 81. Actor Dennis Franz (“NYPD Blue”) is 76. Actor-singer Telma Hopkins (Tony Orlando and Dawn) is 72. Actor Annie Potts is 68. Songwriter-music producer Desmond Child is 67. Drummer Stephen Morris of New Order is 63. Singer-guitarist William Reid of The Jesus and Mary Chain is 62. Actor Mark Derwin (“The Secret Life of the American Teenager,” “Life With Bonnie”) is 60. Actor Daphne Zuniga (“Melrose Place”) is 58. Actor Lauren Holly is 57. “The Talk” co-host Sheryl Underwood is 57. Actor Jami Gertz is 55. Actor Chris Bauer (“True Blood”) is 54. Actor-comedian Andy Richter is 54. Actor Julia Roberts is 53. Fiddler Caitlin Cary (Whiskeytown) is 52. Actor Jeremy Davies (“Lost,” “Justified”) is 51. Singer Ben Harper is 51. Country singer Brad Paisley is 48. Actor Joaquin Phoenix is 46. Actor Gwendoline Christie (“Game of Thrones,” “Star Wars” films) is 42. Singer Justin Guarini (“American Idol”) is 42. Singer Brett Dennen is 41. Guitarist Dave Tirio of Plain White T’s is 41. Actor Matt Smith (“The Crown,” “Dr. Who”) is 38. Actor Finn Wittrock (“American Horror Story: Freak Show”) is 36. Actor Troian Bellisario (“Pretty Little Liars”) is 35. Singer-rapper Frank Ocean is 33. Actor Lexi Ainsworth (“General Hospital”) is 28. Actor Nolan Gould (“Modern Family”) is 22.
— 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.