Mr. Revels took his seat two days after Mississippi was readmitted to the union after the Civil War. Mr. Bruce served just before white leaders ushered in the Jim Crow era. More

In Peru, where Leo XIV lived for two decades and became a citizen, the pope was met by President Keiko Fujimori, whose father’s policies he had protested. More

Scott Colom’s victory in the Senate race is fueling hopes among Democrats that the campaign for governor could be competitive next year. More

Russ Hudson was not expecting to become famous. But his deadpan drawl in Scott Colom’s viral protein ad made him a Mississippi sensation. More

In a race for a board of supervisors seat in California, a dead candidate holds a huge lead. More