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Six crew members from the fishing boat "Capt Jeff" were rescued by the US Coast Guard as their boat was sinking off the Massachusetts coast. WCVB has more.

President-elect Donald Trump is interested in the idea of having retired Marine Gen. James Mattis serve in his administration, and he can be considered a leading candidate for secretary of defense, an official familiar with the transition process told CNN on Saturday.

President-elect Donald Trump told reporters he will live in the White House after he takes the oath of office, but that his wife Melania and 10-year-old son Barron will be living in New York temporarily to allow their son to finish out the year at the same school.

"It was never their intent to disrupt travel," said a spokeswoman for the Service Employees International Union during a at a press conference at the airport Monday morning.

Donald Trump's pick for national security adviser, retired Lt. Gen Michael Flynn, has in past interviews strongly criticized torture, drone strikes, and night raids conducted by the U.S. Army.

Donald Trump likely won't let Medicaid collapse, but he will vastly change the health insurance program for low-income Americans.

This weekend we saw President-elect Donald Trump lash out twice at Americans who were exercising their constitutionally guaranteed right to freedom of expression. His reaction should chill every American with its implication: A President Trump may well try to suppress speech.

Kanye West left thousands of his California fans disappointed on Saturday night after cutting his show short, performing only two songs and engaging in a long rant about politics, the media and Beyonce and Jay-Z.

A new study finds that the prevalence of dementia has fallen sharply in recent years, most likely as a result of Americans' rising educational levels and better heart health, which are both closely related to brain health.

More than a quarter of American children are not getting the health care they need, according to a new report from the nonprofit Children's Health Fund (PDF).

An "explosion" in hate crimes since Election Day has prompted the creation of a special police unit to fight the uptick in New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Sunday.

St. Louis Police are trying to track down a gunman who they say ambushed an officer in a shooting.

Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly is claiming that some interviewers prearranged questions with Donald Trump during the 2016 campaign.

A Savannah firefighter died on Saturday in a rescue mission after a dock collapsed in the Georgia city.

Samsung is now doing damage control on its flagship Galaxy smartphones.

A suicide bomb attack in Kabul has killed at least 20 people.

Pop star Selena Gomez addressed the mental health issues she's struggled with during her acceptance speech at the American Music Awards