Banjo player Sonny Osborne of The Osborne Brothers is 83. Country singer Lee Clayton is 78. Guitarist Denny Laine (Wings, Moody Blues) is 76. Singer-actor Melba Moore is 75. Actor Richard Dreyfuss is 73. Actor Kate Jackson is 72. Actor Dan Castellaneta (“The Simpsons”) is 63. Singer Randy Jackson of The Jacksons is 59. Drummer Peter Timmins of Cowboy Junkies is 55. Actor Joely Fisher (“Ellen”) is 53. Rapper Paris is 53. Actor Grayson McCouch (“Gotham”) is 52. Singer SA Martinez of 311 is 51. Actor Winona Ryder is 49. Actor Tracee Ellis Ross (“black-ish”) is 48. Actor Gabrielle Union is 48. Actor Trevor Lissauer (“Sabrina the Teenage Witch”) is 47. Actor Milena Govich (“Law and Order”) is 44. Actor Jon Abrahams (“Meet the Parents”) is 43. Actor Brendan Fehr (“CSI: Miami,” “Roswell”) is 43. Actor Ben Foster (“Six Feet Under”) is 40. Bassist Chris Baio of Vampire Weekend is 36. Actor Janet Montgomery (“New Amsterdam”) is 35. Actor India Eisley (“The Secret Life of the American Teenager”) 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.