Actor-singer Janis Paige (“Please Don’t Eat the Daisies”) is 98. Actor George Chakiris (“West Side Story”) is 88. Singer Betty Kelley of Martha and the Vandellas is 76. Drummer Kenney Jones (Small Faces, Faces, The Who) is 72. Actor Susan Ruttan (“L.A. Law”) is 72. Actor Ed Begley Jr. is 71. Singer David Bellamy of the Bellamy Brothers is 70. Actor Mickey Rourke is 68. Comedian Lenny Clarke (“Sirens,” “Rescue Me”) is 67. Jazz guitarist Earl Klugh is 67. Actor Christopher Rich (“Reba,” “Murphy Brown”) is 67. TV weatherman Mark McEwen is 66. Illusionist David Copperfield is 64. Country singer Terry McBride is 62. Actor Jennifer Tilly is 62. Actor Jayne Brook (“Chicago Hope”) is 60. Singer Richard Marx is 57. Comedian Molly Shannon (“Saturday Night Live”) is 56. Singer Marc Anthony is 52. Talk show host Tamron Hall is 50. Comedian Amy Poehler (“Parks and Recreation,” “Saturday Night Live”) is 49. Actor Toks Olagundoye (“Castle”) is 45. Singer Musiq is 43. Rapper Flo Rida is 41. Actor Alexis Bledel (“Gilmore Girls”) is 39. Actor Sabrina Bryan (“The Cheetah Girls”) is 36. Actor Madeline Zima (“The Nanny”) is 35. Actor Ian Harding (“Pretty Little Liars”) is 34. Actor Kyla Pratt (“Fat Albert,” “Dr. Doolittle”) is 34. Singer Teddy Geiger is 32. Actor Bailey De Young (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”) is 31. Musician-actor Nick Jonas of The Jonas Brothers is 28.
— 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.