TV personality Joy Behar (“The View”) is 78. Drummer Kevin Godley of 10cc is 75. Actor Jill Larson (“All My Children”) is 73. Country singer Kieran Kane of The O’Kanes is 71. Musician John Mellencamp is 69. Guitarist Ricky Phillips of Styx is 69. Actor Mary Badham (“To Kill a Mockingbird”) is 68. Drummer Tico Torres of Bon Jovi is 67. Actor Christopher Norris (“Trapper John, M.D.”) is 65. Cellist Yo-Yo Ma is 65. Gospel singer Michael W. Smith is 63. Actor Judy Landers (“Vega$,” “BJ and the Bear”) is 62. Reality competition judge Simon Cowell is 61. Guitarist Charlie Marinkovich (Iron Butterfly) is 61. Actor Paula Newsome (“Chicago Med,” “Barry”) is 59. Singer Ann Curless of Expose’ is 57. Singer Toni Braxton is 53. Singer Thom Yorke of Radiohead is 52. Actor Nicole Ari Parker (“Murder in the First,” “Soul Food”) is 50. Actor Allison Munn (“One Tree Hill”) is 46. Singer Damian Kulash of OK Go is 45. Singer Taylor Hicks (“American Idol”) is 44. Actor Omar Miller (“The Unicorn,” “CSI: Miami”) is 42. Singer Nathaniel Rateliff of Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats is 42. Actor Jake McLaughlin (“Quantico”) is 38. Electronic musician Flying Lotus is 37. Actor Holland Roden (TV’s “Teen Wolf”) is 34. Actor Amber Stevens (“Greek”) is 34.
— 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.