Sad news – West Virginia Senator Robert Byrd has died.
Sen. Robert C. Byrd, who served in the Senate longer than anyone in the nation’s history, has died.
The senator’s office announced that he passed away at 3 a.m. Monday at a suburban Washington hospital.
The West Virginia Democrat was 92, and was serving in an unprecedented ninth term in the U.S. Senate.
Condolences to his friends and family.