Actor Brigitte Bardot is 86. Actor Joel Higgins (“Silver Spoons”) is 77. Actor Jeffrey Jones is 74. Actor Vernee Watson (“Bob Hearts Abishola,” “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”) is 71. Writer-director-actor John Sayles is 70. Guitarist George Lynch of Lynch Mob (and Dokken) is 66. Actor-comedian Janeane Garofalo is 56. Country singer Matt King is 54. Actor Mira Sorvino is 53. TV personality and singer Moon Zappa is 53. Actor Naomi Watts is 52. Country singer Karen Fairchild of Little Big Town is 51. Country singer Mandy Barnett is 45. Rapper Young Jeezy is 43. Actor Peter Cambor (“NCIS: Los Angeles”) is 42. TV personality Bam Margera (“Jackass”) is 41. Actor Jerrika Hinton (“Grey’s Anatomy”) is 39. Guitarist Luke Mossman of Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats is 39. Musician St. Vincent is 38. Comedian Phoebe Robinson (“What Men Want”) is 36. Drummer Daniel Platzman of Imagine Dragons is 34. Actor Hilary Duff is 33. Actor Keir Gilchrist (“United States of Tara”) 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.