Helms died at 1:15 a.m., said the Jesse Helms Center at Wingate University in North Carolina. The center's president, John Dodd, said in a statement that funeral arrangements were pending. "He was ...

WASHINGTON -- The Senate paid tribute Wednesday to retiring Sen. Jesse Helms of North Carolina, an icon of conservatism and uncompromising foe of communism who, colleagues said, abided by a southern ...

LAST FRIDAY, on the Fourth of July, the great American patriot Jesse Helms passed away. John Adams and Thomas Jefferson also went to their great reward on Independence Day, so this is further proof of ...

President Bush announced Monday that he would continue a Clinton Administration policy toward Cuba by waiving a portion of the Helms-Burton Act that allows some lawsuits against businesses operating ...

In 1975, Carter Wrenn was 22. One day in January, he picked up U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms and drove him to a school east of Raleigh where Helms gave an emotional speech. After telling a story about an ...

"It's just incredible that he would die on July 4th, the same day of the Declaration of Independence and the same day that Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died, and he certainly is a patriot in the ...

Family and political colleagues Tuesday praised the service and integrity of former U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms as hundreds of people attended his funeral, including Vice President Dick Cheney. Helms, 86, ...

Former N.C. Sen. Jesse Helms once said that his legacy would "be up to others to describe." Helms' death today at age 86 prompted an outpouring of remembrance from political friends, foes and ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Sen. Jesse Helms is scheduled to undergo open-heart surgery today to replace a failing artificial valve installed 10 years ago, the senator's office said Wednesday. The ...