Edward Kennedy | featured news

Kennedy persevered through tragedy to become one of the country's great legislators and as the "rock" of an American dynasty.

Mourners for Senator Edward M. Kennedy gathered in long lines around the presidential library in Boston.

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, the liberal lion of the Senate and haunted bearer of the Camelot torch after two of his brothers fell to assassins' bullets, has died at his home in Hyannis Port after battling a brain tumor. He was 77.

A cancer-stricken Sen. Edward M. Kennedy has asked Massachusetts leaders to change state law to allow a speedy replacement if it becomes necessary for him to surrender his seat, fearing a months-long vacancy would deny Democrats a crucial vote on President Obama's health care overhaul.

President Barack Obama will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 16 people, including political ally Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, tennis legend Billie Jean King and Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa.

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy has been released from the hospital after suffering a seizure during an inaugural luncheon.