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Hope Has a New Home: The Obama Presidential Center Opens Thursday in Chicago’s South Side

Rogers BillJune 18, 2026June 18, 2026

by Rogers BillJune 18, 2026June 18, 20260

After more than a decade of planning, legal battles, community negotiations and nearly $850 million in construction, the Obama Presidential Center officially debuted Thursday on...

Music

Fugees Rapper Pras Michel Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison Over Illegal Campaign Donations

Rogers BillNovember 21, 2025November 21, 2025

by Rogers BillNovember 21, 2025November 21, 20250

Prakazrel “Pras” Michel, a Grammy-winning rapper and founding member of the iconic hip-hop group The Fugees, was sentenced Thursday to 14 years in federal prison,...

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Obama will campaign with Harris in key swing states next week

YoopyaOctober 5, 2024October 5, 2024

by YoopyaOctober 5, 2024October 5, 20240

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Barack Obama is planning to hit key swing states to boost Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign for the White House,...

Arts Entertainment

Barack Obama, John Mulaney and Carol Burnett are among the winners at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards

YoopyaJanuary 8, 2024January 8, 2024

by YoopyaJanuary 8, 2024January 8, 20240

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Barack Obama won his second Emmy, John Mulaney won his third, and Carol Burnett took her seventh Sunday on night two of the Creative Arts Emmy...

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Biden to award Medal of Freedom to Biles, McCain, Giffords

YoopyaJuly 4, 2022April 6, 2023

by YoopyaJuly 4, 2022April 6, 20230

President Joe Biden will present the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to 17 people, including actor Denzel Washington, gymnast Simone Biles and the late John...

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Michelle Obama hooked on knitting, thinking about retirement

YoopyaMarch 11, 2021June 30, 2023

by YoopyaMarch 11, 2021June 30, 20230

Michelle Obama is knitting and thinking about retiring from public life. The former first lady says in a new People magazine interview that she picked...

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Obama speechwriter’s memoir ‘Grace’ to come out in 2022

YoopyaFebruary 3, 2021June 18, 2023

by YoopyaFebruary 3, 2021June 18, 20230

The White House speechwriter who helped President Barack Obama work on his response to the Charleston church massacre in June 2015 has a book deal....

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Former U.S. President Obama says Trump incited violence at the Capitol

YoopyaJanuary 6, 2021June 14, 2023

by YoopyaJanuary 6, 2021June 14, 20230

Former U.S. President Barack Obama said the storming of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday was incited by Republican President Donald Trump. History will rightly remember...

Entertainment

Sales top 3 million for Barack Obama’s “A Promised Land”

YoopyaDecember 18, 2020June 14, 2023

by YoopyaDecember 18, 2020June 14, 20230

Just a month after publication, Barack Obama’s A Promised Land is well on its way to becoming the best-selling presidential memoir in modern times. Crown...

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Barack Obama memoir off to record-setting start in sales

YoopyaNovember 21, 2020January 22, 2023

by YoopyaNovember 21, 2020January 22, 20230

Former President Barack Obama’s A Promised Land sold nearly 890,000 copies in the U.S. and Canada in its first 24 hours, putting it on track...