Scott was the first Black person elected to Congress from Virginia since John Mercer Langston, the first African American to represent Virginia in the U.S. House of Representatives, serving from ...

Bobby Scott, D-3rd, dean of Virginia’s congressional delegation, who was the first Black congressman elected in Virginia since John Mercer Langston in the late 19th century. Still, she “has to ...

Gov. Greg Gianforte last week nominated John Mercer to serve out the remainder of a vacancy on the Lake County bench created after the winner of last year's election resigned amid drug charges.

HELENA, Mont. – Governor Greg Gianforte has appointed John A. Mercer to the Twentieth Judicial District Court, serving Lake and Sanders Counties. Gov. Gianforte expressed confidence in Mercer ...

Robert John, an itinerant singer-songwriter who was working in construction before scoring a Number One hit with 1979’s “Sad Eyes,” died Monday. He was 79. Michael Pedrick, John’s son ...

The singer-songwriter notched his first Hot 100 hit at just 12 years old. By Rania Aniftos Robert John, a singer-songwriter whose inimitable voice lent itself to a number of Billboard Hot 100 hits ...

John Oliver, host of "Last Week Tonight" on HBO, is a 21-time Emmy winner. But he still remembers how frequently he bombed as a young comedian in the U.K. When he was starting out, Oliver used to ...