NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Voters queued up at polls across Louisiana Tuesday to decide a historic presidential race further flavored by decisions on a slew of congressional seats and battery of local issues. Long...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — John McCain implored voters Tuesday to ignore the polls and pundits and help deliver this battleground state. "America is worth fighting for. Nothing is inevitable here,"...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden cast a vote in Delaware and then raced to Virginia to encourage supporters in the Southern swing state. Barack Obama's running...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Barack Obama, seeking to become the first black president, moved ahead of Republican John McCain Tuesday night in the race for the White House in a country clamoring for change....

BERLIN (AP) — Around the world, throngs packed outdoor plazas and pubs to await U.S. elections results Tuesday, many inspired by Barack Obama's promise of change amid a sense of relief that —...

Republicans saw a chance to take back power in several state legislatures Tuesday, while Democrats hoped voter enthusiasm for the White House would boost their chances to pick up seats. In more than a...

Democrat Barack Obama joined the nation's earliest voters Tuesday as people around the nation began lining up to cast ballots in a historic election pitting Republican John McCain against the man seeking...

WASILLA, Alaska (AP) — Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin returned to where her political career began to cast her vote in the snow-dusted, two-story city hall where she once presided...

HONOLULU (AP) — Barack Obama's grandmother, whose personality and bearing shaped much of the life of the Democratic presidential contender, has died, Obama announced Monday, one day before the election....

MIAMI (AP) — The presidential candidates are capping a history-making campaign with a dash from Florida through a half-dozen other crucial states as John McCain tries for an upset over Barack Obama. With...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans will elect not only a president on Tuesday, but also his huge team of aides, advisers and bureaucrats who will help the winner run the federal government for the next...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Barack Obama tells ESPN's "Monday Night Football" it's time for college football to pick a champion with a playoff system while Republican John McCain wants to put an end...