Singer Julio Iglesias is 77. Actor Paul Petersen (“The Donna Reed Show”) is 75. Actor-singer Mary Kay Place is 73. Singer Bruce Springsteen is 71. Director George C. Wolfe (film’s “Nights in Rodanthe,” stage’s “Angels in America”) is 66. Drummer Leon Taylor of The Ventures is 65. Actor Rosalind Chao (“Star Trek: Deep Space Nine”) is 63. Actor Jason Alexander (“Seinfeld”) is 61. Actor Chi McBride (“Hawaii Five-0,” “Boston Public”) is 59. Steel guitarist Don Herron of BR549 is 58. Actor LisaRaye (“All of Us,” “Beauty Shop”) is 54. Singer Ani DiFranco is 50. Singer Sam (formerly Sarah) Bettens of K’s Choice is 48. Rapper-producer-record head Jermaine Dupri is 48. Actor Kip Pardue (“The Rules of Attraction,” “Remember the Titans”) is 44. Actor Anthony Mackie (“Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter”) is 42. Singer Erik-Michael Estrada of O-Town is 41. Actor Brandon Victor Dixon (“Hamilton”) is 39. Actor David Lim (“S.W.A.T.,” “Quantico”) is 37. Actor Cush Jumbo (“The Good Fight,” “The Good Wife”) is 35. Actor Skylar Astin (“Pitch Perfect” films) is 33.
— 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.