Actor Walter Koenig (“Star Trek”) is 84. Singer-actor Joey Heatherton is 76. Actor Sam Neill is 73. Singer John “Bowzer” Baumann of Sha Na Na is 73. Actor Robert Wisdom (“Nashville,” “The Wire”) is 67. Saxophonist Steve Berlin of Los Lobos is 65. Country singer-songwriter Beth Nielsen Chapman is 64. Country singer John Berry is 61. Actor Mary Crosby is 61. Singer Morten Harket of A-ha is 61. Actor Melissa Leo is 60. Actor Faith Ford (“Faith and Hope,” “Murphy Brown”) is 56. Actor Michelle Stafford (“The Young and the Restless”) is 55. Actor Dan Cortese is 53. Singer Mark Hall of Casting Crowns is 51. Actor Tyler Perry is 51. Actor Ben Garant (“Reno 911!”) is 50. Actor Kimberly Williams-Paisley (“According to Jim”) is 49. Actor Andrew Lincoln (“The Walking Dead”) is 47. Rapper Nas is 47. Actor Austin Basis (“Life Unexpected”) is 44. TV chef Katie Lee (“The Kitchen”) is 39. Actor Adam Lamberg (“Lizzie McGuire”) is 36. Singer Alex Clare is 35. Actor Jessica Brown Findlay (“Downton Abbey”) is 33. Actor-singer Logan Henderson (“Big Time Rush”) is 31. Actor Emma Kenney (“The Connors,” “Shameless”) is 21.
— 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.