Democrat Scott Colom makes history by defeating GOP incumbent Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith to become Mississippi's first elected Black senator since 1885.

Mississippi has elected its first Black U.S. senator since post-Civil War Reconstruction and delivered Democrats a major upset in a rocky midterm election for the GOP

A tight margin and many affidavit ballots delayed the announcement, but Democrat Scott Colom has earned a victory in Mississippi's US Senate race.

Smith, media projected, making him the Southern state's first Black senator since the Reconstruction era ‌that followed the US Civil War. Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the world’s largest multimedia news provider,

At least one person is dead and 12 others injured, six critically, after a mixed-use three-story building in Brooklyn collapsed Wednesday afternoon, a fire department official said.

At least two people are dead, and 17 others are injured after a three-story building collapsed in Brooklyn, New York City officials said.

A three-story building next to a construction site collapsed in Brooklyn on Wednesday (November 11), killing at least two people and sending more than 10 others to hospital, New York City officials said,

The building that collapsed had been perched at the edge of a lot where another one-story building had been torn down for a construction project.

Jordan was an assistant wrestling coach at the university from 1986 to 1994 and has been accused in lawsuits of turning a blind eye to a university doctor’s sexual abuse of players.

Senate Republicans opted to stick with John Thune (South Dakota), who will become minority leader rather than majority leader in January.

House Republicans have elected Ohio Representative Jim Jordan as their next leader, defeating Steve Scalise. Tina Locurto. More Videos. Fetterman to face Democratic socialist in 2

House Republicans will move Tuesday to select their leader in the minority after a brutal drubbing at the polls, with the two candidates being House Majority Leader Steve Scalise of Louisiana and Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan of Ohio.

The father of the baby has been charged with attempted murder, authorities said.

A South Carolina infant who authorities say was taken by his father was found alive Tuesday, buried in a dog crate in the woods after apparently spending about 24 hours underground, officials said.

The Lexington County sheriff said the crate most likely provided enough air for 11-month-old Koah Sharpe to survive.

Koah Sharp, who was reported missing Monday in Lexington County, just west of Columbia, spent about 24 hours underground, authorities said. Sheriff Jay Koon said the child was released from the hospital Tuesday night and was being cared for by relatives.

According to living Kennedy family members, the president’s planned arch will "cast a shadow" that would significantly damage" memorials to Kennedy who died in public service.

Nine Kennedy family members have asked a judge to block President Trump’s plan to build a 250-foot memorial arch

The Kennedys argue that the arch would cast a shadow over the graves of their relatives buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

Nine members of the Kennedy family asked a federal judge Tuesday to halt President Donald Trump’s planned memorial arch, saying the 250-foot monument would cast a shadow over relatives' burial plots

Rep. Robert Garcia said Democrats would push forward on corruption investigations, despite a "threatening" White House letter.

The warning came in a Monday letter from White House counsel Will Scharf.

Rep. Robert Garcia responded that it appears "Trump has something to hide," stressing Congress’s investigative powers do not need the White House's permission.

White House counsel Will Scharf issued the warning in a letter dated Monday to Rep. Robert Garcia, top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee.