CHICAGO — One end of the regulation-size basketball court that anchors the south tip of the Obama Presidential Center campus is emblazoned with the words “Yes We Can,” and at the other end, “Fired Up, ...

Two hundred ten years ago this summer, a 19-year-old woman named Mary Shelley, bored one stormy afternoon, decided to write the scariest story ever told. It was a tale of a brilliant and arrogant man ...

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Barack Obama, the nation’s first Black president, returns to Chicago on June 19 for the grand opening of the Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park. It’s a long way from what brought Obama to live ...

“Obama brought a hope into the world that I had never seen or experienced before,” the candidate said of changing his name to match the president's Desiree Anello is a Writer/Reporter at PEOPLE. She ...

Michelle Obama put husband Barack on blast as she and brother Craig Robinson interviewed Steven Spielberg on the latest episode of their "IMO" podcast. While discussing the legendary director's ...

The ballot for the California gubernatorial primary election is a whopping 61 names long. There are the candidates with a real chance to win, such as Democrat billionaire Tom Steyer and Republican ...

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Forget Louis Sullivan’s definition of the tall building as “a proud and soaring thing” — there’s probably never been a building as tall as the Obama Presidential Center that seems so earthbound. The ...

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson defended former President Barack Obama's viral comments about aliens, calling his statement a "scientifically literate reply." Tyson emphasized that Obama was merely ...

The former president is close friends with Steven Spielberg and one day dropped by the set of the new sci-fi thriller. By Kirsten Chuba Events Editor With a particularly challenging scene on the ...