Del. Dwight Jones won a four-way race Tuesday to replace Mayor L. Douglas Wilder, a grandson of slaves who was elected the nation's first black governor. Jones' leading rival, City Council President William J. Pantele, conceded the contest and pledged to support Jones.
About a quarter of voters who said in exit polling they consider themselves Republican voted for Mark Warner for the U.S. Senate seat left open by retiring Republican John Warner. The two Warners are not related. Nearly 30 percent of those who said they voted for Republican Sen.
Democrats gained at least one seat in Virginia's U.S. House of Representatives delegation Tuesday when Gerald Connolly won the seat of retiring Republican incumbent Tom Davis. Two GOP incumbents - Thelma Drake and Virgil Goode - were locked in tight races late Tuesday.
Voters put a stop to same-sex marriage in California, dealing a crushing defeat to gay-rights activists in a state they hoped would be a vanguard, and putting in doubt as many as 18,000 same-sex marriages conducted since a court ruling made them legal this year.
For many across Africa and the world, Barack Obama's election seals America's reputation as a land of staggering opportunity. Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki declared a public holiday Thursday in the country of Obama's late father, allowing celebrations to continue through the night and into a second day.
Spain's Interior Ministry says it has rejected an asylum request from a son of Osama bin Laden. A ministry official says the government determined that 27-year-old Omar Osama bin Laden did not "meet the conditions necessary for entering Spain." The official would not elaborate or discuss the younger bin Laden's reasons for seeking asylum upon arriving Monday at Madrid's Barajas Airport.
