Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aug. 6—Two rival communities come ­together to combat environmental disaster in a new children's book co-authored by Hawaii's Maya ...

The roots of Barack Obama‘s family tree grow deep and wide — Hawaii, Indonesia, Kansas, Kenya — and his post-presidential life has been similarly expansive. “We’re really looking for leaders who are ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Those in search of secrets about President Barack Obama won’t get them from his half-sister, Maya ...

A few years before her death, Barack Obama's mother completed her doctoral dissertation. Nearly two decades later, S. Ann Dunham's fieldwork has been published — a fulfillment of her dream, courtesy ...

It began with a young child’s question: “What was Grandma Annie like?” From that question, asked by her daughter Suhaila, author Maya Soetoro-Ng — sister of President Barack Obama — has crafted an ...

Barack Obama’s sister has not emerged in public since the death of their grandmother two days before her brother’s historic presidential election, but in a post-election e-mail to close friends, Maya ...

HONOLULU (KHNL) - Senator Barack Obama's grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, has passed away early Monday morning at her home. Senator Barack Obama and his half-sister, Maya Soetoro-Ng released this ...

Much is known about President Obama's father, thanks in part to his autobiographical book, "Dreams For My Father". Less is known about the president's mother, who died of cancer in 1995. President ...

HONOLULU (KHNL) - More than a week after President-elect Barack Obama's big win, his sister addresses a crowd, only it wasn't about the election. Maya Soetoro-Ng served as moderator for a anti ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook In January, President Barack Obama visited the University, emphasizing the importance of college ...

Loretta Chen’s offering to the Peace Studio is “My Little Red Dot,” an ani-mated film based on a short story about a little fish who doesn’t fit in. Maui-based artist Baz Cumberbatch used banana ...

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