Actor Lee Grant is 95. Anchorman Dan Rather is 89. Folk singer Tom Paxton is 83. Actor Ron Rifkin (“Alias”) is 82. Actor Sally Kirkland is 79. Actor Stephen Rea (“The Crying Game,” “V For Vendetta”) is 74. Actor Deidre Hall (“Days Of Our Lives”) is 73. Journalist Jane Pauley is 70. Broadway performer Brian Stokes Mitchell is 63. Director Peter Jackson (“Lord of the Rings”) is 59. Drummer Larry Mullen Jr. of U2 is 59. Guitarist Johnny Marr of Modest Mouse (and The Smiths) is 57. Actor Dermot Mulroney is 57. Drummer Mikkey Dee of Motorhead and of Scorpions is 57. Actor Rob Schneider is 57. Country singer Darryl Worley is 56. Actor Mike O’Malley (“Glee”) is 55. Guitarist Ad-Rock of the Beastie Boys is 54. Musician Rob Van Winkle (Vanilla Ice) is 53. Guitarist Rogers Stevens of Blind Melon is 51. Singer Linn Berggren of Ace of Base is 50. Reality show host Troy Hartman (“Extreme Survival,” “No Boundaries”) is 49. Gospel singer Smokie Norful is 47. Actor Piper Perabo is 44. Actor Samaire Armstrong (TV’s “Resurrection”) is 40. Keyboardist Tay Strathairn of Dawes is 40. Actor Eddie Kaye Thomas (“American Pie”) is 40. Guitarist Frank Iero (My Chemical Romance) is 39. Actor Justin Chatwin (“American Gothic”) is 38. Actor Holly Taylor (“The Americans”) is 23. Actor Danielle Rose Russell (“Legacies,” “The Originals”) is 21. Singer-actor Willow Smith is 20.
— 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.