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.

We will be posting a full obituary soon on our home front.

(Posted by Kathy Kiely)