After unseating Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith, he’ll be the first Black senator from the state since the end of Reconstruction.

Scott Colom, a prosecutor, narrowly defeated the Republican incumbent to become the first Black senator to represent Mississippi in nearly 150 years, flipping a once solidly Republican seat.

Colom's victory makes him the first black person from Mississippi to be elected to the US Senate in more than 140 years.

Alexander Darchiev, Russia’s ambassador to the United States, died Wednesday in Moscow, authorities there said.

Alexander Darchiev, Russia’s ambassador to the United States, died Wednesday at age 66, the Foreign Ministry in Moscow said in an online statement.

Darchiev “passed away suddenly,” the ministry said in a statement, describing him as an “exceptional professional.”