R&B singer Nona Hendryx (LaBelle) is 76. Singer Jackson Browne is 72. Actor Gary Frank (“Family”) is 70. Actor Robert Wuhl (“Arli$$”) is 69. Manager-TV personality Sharon Osbourne is 68. Actor Tony Shalhoub (“Monk,” “Wings”) is 67. Accordion player James Fearnley of The Pogues is 66. Actor Scott Bakula is 66. Actor John O’Hurley (“Dancing With the Stars,” “Seinfeld”) is 66. Actor-turned-producer Linwood Boomer (“Little House on the Prairie”) is 65. Actor Michael Pare (“Eddie and the Cruisers”) is 62. Jazz saxophonist Kenny Garrett is 60. Singer-guitarist Kurt Neumann of The BoDeans is 59. Country singer Gary Bennett (BR549) is 56. Director Guillermo del Toro (“The Shape of Water,” “Pan’s Labyrinth”) is 56. Singer P.J. Harvey is 51. Director Steve McQueen (“12 Years a Slave”) is 51. Actor Steve Burns (“Blues Clues”) is 47. Singer Sean Lennon is 45. Musician Lecrae is 41. Actor Brandon Routh (“DC’s Legends of Tomorrow,” “Superman Returns”) is 41. Actor Zachery Ty Bryan (“Home Improvement”) is 39. Actor Spencer Grammer (“Greek”) is 37. Comedian Melissa Villasenor (“Saturday Night Live”) is 33. Actor Tyler James Williams (“Everybody Hates Chris”) is 28. Country singer Scotty McCreery (“American Idol”) is 27. Actor Jharrel Jerome (“When They See Us”) is 23.
— 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.