RALEIGH, N.C. -- Mourners who gathered to remember former North Carolina senator Jesse Helms on Tuesday celebrated both sides of his conflicting persona: the cantankerous conservative who reveled in ...

When Jesse Helms was elected Senator from North Carolina in 1972, most regarded him as just another conservative Southern voice. That image didn't last long as Helms demonstrated not just a skill for ...

Jesse Helms, a die-hard anti-communist firebrand who championed a wide range of conservative causes in his 30 years in the US Senate, died early on Friday, aged 86, his foundation said. A ...

In the life of Jesse Helms, who died Friday, can be read a major chapter in the story of conflict, anxiety and change that marked the latter half of the 20th century in North Carolina, the South and ...

RALEIGH, N.C. - Jesse Helms says he never supported the forced end of racial segregation and acknowledges he was wrong about AIDS. Despite a few barbs, it's a mellower, statesmanlike Helms — rather ...

More than a few Republicans have warned that by taking on Sen. Jesse A. Helms, R-N.C., former Massachusetts Gov. William Weld may start a ”civil war” in the GOP. Now wait a minute. Civil wars are ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Jesse Helms, a die-hard anti-communist firebrand who championed a wide range of conservative causes in his 30 years in the U.S. Senate, died early on Friday, aged 86, his ...