‘I can’t stop crying’: joyful celebrations erupt in US as Joe Biden beats Trump

As news broke that Joe Biden had defeated Donald Trump in the race for the White House, cities across the US saw wild celebrations from supporters of the Democratic nominee for president. In Philadelphia, the biggest city in Pennsylvania, the state where Biden was born and which sealed his electoral college victory, celebrations erupted outside the convention center where votes were being counted. Donna Widmann, a teacher who helped get her…