CHICAGO (WLS) -- Former President Obama is inviting Chicagoans to come work for his Presidential Center. The Obama Center in Jackson Park is set to open its doors later this year and its looking to ...

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When the nearly 20-acre cultural and civic campus opens on Chicago’s South Side this spring, art will do much of the talking. Among the newly announced commissions for the Obama Presidential Center is ...

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EDITOR’S NOTE: The attached video is from June 2024 and shows former President Barack Obama thanking workers while marking a milestone in the construction of the Obama Presidential Center. CHICAGO — ...

What do you do when you want somebody famous to speak at your graduation? You launch a viral social media campaign. Seniors at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School want former first lady Michelle Obama to ...

A group of Chicago elementary school students had an unexpected visitor Tuesday when former President Barack Obama walked in wearing a Santa hat and sat down to read to them. The Burke Elementary ...

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Former President Barack Obama surprised a group of elementary school students at a branch of the Chicago Public Library in the city's Woodlawn neighborhood Monday. The students, who ranged from ...

Apollo Global Management Inc.’s Marc Rowan called New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani an “enemy” of the Jewish people at a fundraiser Monday night attended by some of Wall Street’s biggest players.