For some parents, the loss of a child who has been killed is particularly painful if the murder has gone unsolved. After years of waiting, Mattapan mother Connie Mahogony Payne still hopes that justice will prevail.

Conway built a career playing goofballs who rarely took center stage. On The Carol Burnett Show, he developed a reputation for sidesplitting improvisations that cracked everybody up.

Day's lilting voice, wholesome blond beauty and ultra-bright smile brought her a string of hits, first on records, later in Hollywood.

The singer and actress was best known for her roles in the 1960s counterculture police show and the 1990s crime drama. She died Saturday from cancer, "with her daughters and nieces by her side."

At least 40 people died when an Aeroflot airliner burst into flames while making an emergency landing in Moscow on Sunday.

Evans had been placed in a medically-induced coma after a severe allergic reaction to antibiotics. She was known for her progressive writings about Christianity and her own faith journey.

Tom Ellis was just plain likable, with that deep-throated, authoritative delivery, which paired well with his quick laugh and eye twinkle.

Emily Rooney remembers her former colleague, who died Monday at age 86.

Director John Singleton, who made one of Hollywood's most memorable debuts with "Boyz N the Hood" and continued to probe the lives of black communities in his native Los Angeles and beyond, has died.

Lugar served six terms in the U.S. Senate. His work toward the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction earned him the nation's highest civilian honor in 2013.