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• Breaking Nov. 11, 2026, 6:25 PM ET

  Scott Colom Elected Mississippi’s First Black Senator Since Reconstruction

  The Associated Press, NBC News and CNN project that the district attorney defeated Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith after days of counting.

• Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026

  U.S.-Brokered Talks Deliver a Large Prisoner Swap but No End to the Ukraine War

  Russia and Ukraine confirm a major exchange as two days of negotiations in Abu Dhabi close without a peace breakthrough.