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Former Democratic Rep. John Conyers of Michigan died Sunday in his Detroit home. At a rally for Sen. Bernie Sanders, lawmakers reflected on the congressman's legacy.

Update: 3:40 p.m., 10/30/19 Bishop Richard G. Lennon, who led the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland for a decade during a time of parish closures and consolidation, died Tuesday morning, the diocese announced. He was 72. Born in Arlington, Massachusetts, Lennon attended Boston College and was ordained a priest in 1973. He was ordained an auxiliary bishop in 2001 and served for several months as the apostolic administrator for the Archdiocese of Boston after Cardinal Bernard Law’s resignation in 2002.

It wasn't easy, pretty or elegant, but the American team will advance to play host France on Friday.

The alligator was spotted in a city park on Tuesday but has so far managed to evade capture, despite the efforts of a local wrangler known as Alligator Bob.

Hundreds of people have been arrested at a protest in Moscow. Scott Simon talks with Evan Gershkovich of the Moscow Times, who's been covering the rally.

The militant group has been waging an insurgency in Nigeria and surrounding countries for a decade, killing tens of thousands of people and displacing about 2.4 million others.

Saoirse Kennedy Hill died Thursday in Hyannis Port, after police received a call about an unresponsive person on the Kennedy compound, according to the Cape and Islands District Attorney's Office.

MetroHealth is pushing back against claims made against the Cleveland healthcare giant in a whistleblower lawsuit filed earlier this week, calling the allegations “unfounded and defamatory” and “patently false.” In a Thursday statement, MetroHealth slammed lead attorney Subodh Chandra, calling the nearly 50-page legal filing an attempt to “smear and grossly mislead” people about the healthcare provider’s role in the problems at the Cuyahoga County Jail and in the dismissal of Chandra’s client, Gary Brack. The press release indicates MetroHealth plans to fight back.

A woman who was pepper sprayed while being held in the Cuyahoga County Corrections Center last year is suing the county and two of its deputies for violating her civil rights.

No fatalities have been reported in the immediate aftermath of the explosion, which occurred Saturday at a shopping complex in Plantation, Fla.