Michigan Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed tells The Associated Press that voters have rejected a “hateful, spiteful campaign” after months of Republican attacks on his Muslim identity

Officials say one man was killed and two others were critically injured on Wednesday when their helicopter crashed into Biscayne Bay near Miami

A former Manhattan federal prosecutor who oversaw high-profile sex crimes cases against music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs and fashion executive Peter Nygård will lead a reopened criminal investigation into gang rape allegations at Cornell University

Jurors have heard opening statements at the fraud conspiracy trial of Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz in a New York federal court

One of NASA's premier space telescopes has plunged to Earth, ending its 22-year investigation of the universe's biggest explosions

Emergency crews responded to an explosion at a chemical plant in Mississippi that sent a large plume of black smoke into the air

Investigators have started the lengthy process of determining why a Learjet plummeted from the sky in Florida, killing all nine people on board

People prone to seasonal depression are bracing themselves as winter approaches

Democrats won control of both chambers of Congress, delivering a decisive rebuke of Republican governance in Washington and ushering in a new era of congressional resistance to President Donald Trump