First responders continue to search for survivors after a building in Brooklyn collapsed, leaving at least eight dead and dozens injured.

At least eight people were killed and almost 20 were injured when an apartment building in Brooklyn collapsed into a nearby construction site on Nov. 11.

A rescue operation continued Thursday as first responders sought anyone trapped beneath the rubble.

Firefighters have removed the bodies of three more people who died after a building collapsed in Brooklyn, bringing the death toll to five

Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland said he will challenge Chuck Schumer for Senate majority leader in the next Congress. (AP Photo)

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) is moving quickly to quash a brewing rebellion in his caucus by telling colleagues privately that he’s locked up the votes to be majority leader and

While Maryland Democratic Sen. Van Hollen hasn’t come out right away and said he will run to be Democratic Majority Leader, he already has support of some of his colleagues.

The progressive Maryland senator had been teasing a run for majority leader as several incoming Senate Democrats have called for change.

When Scott Colom is sworn into the U.S. Senate in January, he will not be the first Black senator from Mississippi to make history.

Democrats have gathered in Denver for the two-day What’s Next conference following a historic blue wave of midterm election wins. Also Thursday, President Donald Trump told Vice President JD

Colom became Mississippi's first Democratic Senate winner since 1982 and its first Black popularly elected senator.

Democrat Scott Colom defeated incumbent Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in a historic upset for Mississippi’s Senate seat. Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) joins Peter Alexander to share his reaction to the victory and what it means to the Black community in his state.

At least four people were shot in what police are describing as an “active” scene in Washington, DC’s Logan Circle neighborhood, according to authorities. Follow for the latest updates.

Matt Lambert, a 55-year-old doctor, fatally shot himself while holed up in his apartment, where he had been speaking by phone with police negotiators, said Jeffery Carroll, interim chief with the Metropolitan Police Department.

Five people were shot early Thursday in a trendy Washington, D.C., neighborhood within walking distance of the White House, said police, who were responding to multiple locations.

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A South Carolina man accused of burying his 11-month-old son in a dog crate in a clump of scrubby pines was denied bond Thursday.Michael Comer showed no remorse for attempting to kill his son, Koah, and tried to flee the state,

The Lexington County Sheriff's Department in SC said searchers found an 11-month-old boy alive after he had been buried in a dog crate a day earlier.

The father of an 11-month-old boy who was rescued after being buried alive in a dog crate has been charged with attempted murder in South Carolina. (Lexington County Sheriff's Department)

The father of an 11-month-old boy who was buried alive in a dog crate has been charged with attempted murder in South Carolina, authorities said Wednesday, a day after the child was unearthed by

Two Democratic senators are launching an investigation into whether Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. lied to Congress about his reason for a 2019 trip to Samoa

Kennedy, Jr. unlawfully lied to Congress on multiple occasions." Wyden is the ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, and Alsobrooks sits on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.

Democratic nominee Scott Colom has defeated Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi’s closely contested U.S. Senate race after a prolonged ballot-counting process, giving the state its first Black U.

Democratic nominee Scott Colom has defeated Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi’s closely contested U.S. Senate race after a prolonged ballot-counting process, giving the state its