People in Kamala Harris' grandfather's hometown in India celebrating her victory

Thulasendrapuram, a tiny village of 350 people, was the hometown of Kamala Harris' maternal grandfather. Harris' mother was born in India and moved to California when she was 19 to attend college. "We will request her to come here. She would have heard our voice and she may come," said one resident.

Nebraska and Utah voters remove 'slavery' as a possible criminal punishment

Residents of Utah and Nebraska stripped their constitutions of provisions that allowed slavery as a punishment for criminal convictions. Mississippi voters approved a state flag without the X-shaped design of the Confederate battle flag. Rhode Island dumped 'Plantations' from its name. And Alabama voters removed racist traces of segregation from its constitution.

2020 election: Transition challenges await Biden

Now, Biden has to build a government while contending with a Senate that could stay in GOP hands, a House sure to feature fewer Democratic allies and a public that includes more than 70 million people who would prefer that President Donald Trump keep the job.

Stacey Abrams credited for boosting Democrats in Georgia

Stacey Abrams spent years working to convince political power players that Georgia is a genuine two-party battleground, a Deep South state where the left could compete if it organized Black voters, other sporadic voters and stopped apologizing for being Democrats.