Ralph Northam

A second woman has accused Virginia's lieutenant governor of sexual misconduct, US media reported Friday, further adding to the political turmoil in the eastern US state.

The reporter who exposed Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam's racist yearbook photo said a "concerned citizen" led him to the story that has prompted widespread outrage and calls for the Democrat's resignation.

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam on Friday acknowledged appearing in a "clearly racist and offensive" photograph in his 1984 medical school yearbook that shows a man in blackface next to another in a Ku Klux Klan robe.

Voters in the US battleground state of Virginia elected a Democrat as their next governor Tuesday, rejecting President Donald Trump's politics of division and testing his influence ahead of larger battles in 2018 and 2020.

A second woman has accused Virginia's lieutenant governor of sexual misconduct, US media reported Friday, further adding to the political turmoil in the eastern US state.

The reporter who exposed Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam's racist yearbook photo said a "concerned citizen" led him to the story that has prompted widespread outrage and calls for the Democrat's resignation.

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam on Friday acknowledged appearing in a "clearly racist and offensive" photograph in his 1984 medical school yearbook that shows a man in blackface next to another in a Ku Klux Klan robe.

Voters in the US battleground state of Virginia elected a Democrat as their next governor Tuesday, rejecting President Donald Trump's politics of division and testing his influence ahead of larger battles in 2018 and 2020.