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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

correctionThe Sept. 22 Politics column incorrectly said that Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) succeeded Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.). Burr succeeded Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.). (Published 9/24/2005) Senator No ...