At top is an artist’s rendering of the Ward Warehouse shopping complex. “Putting Borders Books & Music into Ward Centre in 1995, turned a giant corner. The Sports Authority took over GEM’s former site ...

Tuesday's keynote speaker, Julian Castro, paid tribute to his late grandmother Victoria and his mother, Rosie, with a memorable line. "My mother fought hard for civil rights so that instead of a mop, ...

Peter Obi, whose 2023 campaign for Nigerian president ignited a powerful political movement led by hundreds of thousands of young people, had high praise for Sacramento State’s innovative student ...

The joint statement with his sister Maya Soetoro-Ng said Dunham died peacefully late Sunday night after a battle with cancer. They said: "She was the cornerstone of our family, and a woman of ...

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - DECEMBER 05: Former President Barack Obama addresses the Obama Foundation's 2024 Democracy Forum on December 05, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. The 2024 Democracy Forum focused on ...

Honolulu Theatre for Youth and the Hawai’i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts have revealed the winner of the 2025 Poetry Out Loud Hawai’i Final. Congratulations go to Koaliʻi Keawe-Asuega, a ...

“Purity tests are not a recipe for long-term success,” the former president said in the speech in Chicago. By Julie Bosman Reporting from Chicago In his first speech since the presidential election in ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Barack Obama's 85-year-old grandmother broke her hip recently and is "gravely ill," her brother said today. Madelyn Payne Dunham, who helped to raise Obama, "has not been well ...

Dunham, who played a large role in raising Barack Obama, died Monday. She was 86. Although Dunham had been too ill to appear on the campaign trail... Madelyn Payne Dunham, the maternal grandmother of ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. Listen 7:04 A few years before her ...

The Stanley Ann Dunham Scholarship Fund (SADSF) will celebrate the achievements of its scholarship recipients at its award ceremony at 2 p.m. on May 11 at Mercer Island High School. Keynote speaker Dr ...