The upcoming literary season features long-awaited works from big names like Thomas Pynchon, Angela Flournoy and Kiran Desai.

The “Boots on the Ground” line dance has quickly become an anticipated moment at African American gatherings, like family reunions, weddings, graduations, parties and cookouts.

The Smithsonian Institution has removed a reference to President Donald Trump's impeachments from an exhibit.

Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang are bringing their Las Culturistas Culture Awards to TV for the first time.

The Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival is back for its 23rd year, celebrating Black filmmakers, actors and tastemakers.

Darren Walker, outgoing president of the Ford Foundation, will join The Obama Foundation’s board of directors on Nov. 1.

Larry David will bring his grumbly sensibility to U.S. history in a team-up with Barack and Michelle Obama for an HBO sketch show.

Philadelphia Phillies shortstop Trea Turner already won an NL batting title and a World Series championship ring in his 11-year MLB career.

Michelle Obama has a new book out this fall that offers a fresh take on her public life.

A former White House executive chef says U.S. presidents and their families are “just regular people” when they're at home in the private living areas of the Executive Mansion.

Patricia Clarkson stars in the movie “Lilly,” a biopic about former Alabama factory worker Lilly Ledbetter who became an equal pay icon.

Designer Prabal Gurung has always been a storyteller.

President Donald Trump is putting his “touches” on the White House with new flagpoles, new artwork and a complete redecoration of the Oval Office.

The mother of Beyoncé and Solange, Tina Knowles has released her book, “Matriarch: A Memoir.”.

Michelle Obama and her brother, Craig Robinson, will host a new weekly podcast series starting this month featuring a special guest pulled from the world of entertainment, sports, health and business.

Beyoncé has won album of the year at the 67th Grammy Awards.

The nomination of Robert F.

The crowded scene in the Capitol Rotunda on Inauguration Day featured four of the world’s five wealthiest men, five U.S. presidents, influential sporting figures and two foreign leaders with prime seats on the dais.

Donald Trump has been sworn in as the 47th president of the United States, taking charge as Republicans claim unified control of Washington and set out to reshape the country’s institutions.

Most presidents get to move into the White House once.

Donald Trump spent Saturday evening in Washington celebrating with family, supporters and political allies ahead of his second inauguration.

Former Presidents Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and George W.

Former first lady Michelle Obama didn't attend the state funeral for former President Jimmy Carter.

Protesters in Syria have held a sit-in demanding justice for four activists who were forcibly disappeared in 2013 and whose fate remains one of the most haunting mysteries of the country’s 13-year civil war.

Justice Kyra Harris Bolden is the first Black woman to be elected to the Michigan Supreme Court.

There are few images more indelible in the history of American dance: Judith Jamison, regal and passionate in white leotard and long ruffled skirt, punching the air in “Cry” — Alvin Ailey’s piercing solo about Black womanhood.

Former first lady Michelle Obama's brother and his wife have settled a lawsuit they filed in 2022 alleging a private school in Milwaukee refused to reenroll their children after the couple raised concerns about racism.

Democrats, Republicans and voting rights advocates launched a wide array of efforts to boost Black voter turnout over the last week of the presidential campaign.

Donald Trump has further denigrated Detroit while appealing for votes in a suburb of the largest city in swing state Michigan.

Michelle Obama delivered a searing speech in support of Kamala Harris during a rally in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Christian nationalist leaders are telling followers that Vice President Kamala Harris is under the influence of a “Jezebel spirit."

Vice President Kamala Harris is getting ready for her first campaign appearances with Barack and Michelle Obama this month in Georgia and Michigan.

Former first lady Michelle Obama is headlining a rally in Atlanta alongside celebrities and local civic leaders focusing on engaging younger and first-time voters, as well as voters of color.

The 2024 race to the White House has already seen unexpected twists and turns.

The kinetic energy powering Kamala Harris’ whirlwind presidential campaign carries the hopeful aspirations of history for many female voters.

Over and over, the Democrats gathered at their national convention predicted Kamala Harris would defeat Donald Trump.

“Who’s going to tell him that the job he’s currently seeking might just be one of those Black jobs?” The former first lady said.

The Democratic National Convention heads into its third day on Wednesday.

The Democratic National Convention transformed what should have been the driest part of the evening — the roll call — into a party, featuring lively music and several celebrity appearances.

The Democratic National Convention’s second night served up a double dose of Obama firepower for Vice President Kamala Harris.

Day two of the Democratic National Convention has begun.

Barack Obama is returning to the Democratic National Convention stage two decades after his memorable debut.

Democrats say they will lay out the 2024 election as “a choice between two very different visions of America” on the Democratic National Convention’s second night.

Former Presidents Barack Obama and George W.

President Joe Biden has announced that he will be endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris after dropping out of the presidential race.

Erica Ash, an actor and comedian skilled in sketch comedy who starred in the parody series “Mad TV” and “Real Husbands of Hollywood,” has died.

Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama have endorsed Kamala Harris in her White House bid, giving the vice president the expected but still crucial backing of the nation’s two most popular Democrats.

Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama have endorsed Kamala Harris in her White House bid, giving the vice president the expected but still crucial backing of the nation’s two most popular Democrats.

Marian Shields Robinson, the mother of Michelle Obama, has died at age 86.

Marian Shields Robinson, the mother of Michelle Obama, has died at age 86.

In his bid to become North Carolina’s first Black governor, Republican Mark Robinson assails government safety net spending as a “plantation of welfare and victimhood” that's mired Black people in “dependency” and poverty.

Jill Biden says that when the nation's top teachers visit the White House this year, they'll be recognized at their own state dinner.

The deaths of seven World Central Kitchen workers in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza was a tragic turn for an American homegrown charity that, in less than 15 years, has mushroomed from the grassroots brainchild of a celebrity chef into one of the world’s most recognized food relief organizations.

Taylor Swift and her Super Bowl-winning boyfriend Travis Kelce, along with Sydney Sweeney, Ryan Gosling and Timothee Chalamet, are among the nominees for this year’s Webby Awards, recognizing the best internet content and creators.

Judith Light of “Poker Face” and Sam Richardson of “Ted Lasso” and cast members from “The Last of Us” were among a wide range of acting winners at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards.

Rosalynn Carter was remembered Tuesday as a former U.S. first lady who leveraged her fierce intellect and political power to put her deep Christian faith into action by always helping others, especially those who needed it most.

Colman Domingo has a commanding physical presence, an expressive face and soulful eyes.

President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping are preparing to meet at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit this coming week in San Francisco.

This week’s new entertainment releases include an album of rock songs by Dolly Parton, the first half of the final season of “The Crown” returns to Netflix and three dudes from “Saturday Night Live” get their first feature-film shot.

Over the past three years, local school board elections have become the place where America’s deep political divisions are on full display.

A new digital audio edition of Maurice Sendak’s “Where the Wild Things Are” will have a very well known narrator: former first lady Michelle Obama.

Bayard Rustin, the civil rights activist and primary architect of the 1963 March on Washington, who often worked tirelessly out of the limelight, takes center stage in the new Netflix drama “Rustin.”.

After a rousing tribute from former first lady Michelle Obama, Billie Jean King on Monday celebrated the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Open becoming the first sporting event to offer equal prize money to female and male competitors, promising to never stop fighting to maintain that hard-won progress.

Former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, were in the Arthur Ashe Stadium stands to watch Coco Gauff’s first-round victory at the U.S. Open.

The drowning death of former President Barack Obama’s personal chef near the family’s home on Martha’s Vineyard has been ruled an accident by the Massachusetts medical examiner.

Michelle Obama says she has co-founded a new company that will make and sell food and drinks for kids.

LSU’s national champion women’s basketball team will accept an invitation from President Joe Biden to visit the White House.

Dancers, drummers and Namibia’s president and first lady welcomed Jill Biden to their country on Wednesday.

A California courthouse has been named for a native son who went on to a distinguished career at Harvard Law School, where he taught future President Barack Obama and his wife.

Michelle Obama’s recent celebrity-filled book tour is becoming a podcast.

Prince Harry’s “Spare” has sold more than 3.2 million copies worldwide after just one week of publication and will likely rank among the among the bestselling memoirs of all time.

There were plenty of reasons Vince Guaraldi's soundtrack to ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ shouldn't have worked.

A new study finds that few Americans have heard of MyPlate, the government diet guide that replaced the long-standing food pyramid.

Michelle Obama has opened a monthlong, nationwide tour to promote her new book, “The Light We Carry.”.

Virginia McLaurin, the centenarian who danced excitedly with President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama during a 2016 visit, has died.

Two of the more notable games on Friday’s college basketball schedule are taking place on an aircraft carrier and in a baseball stadium.

In a story published November 10, 2022, about Michelle Obama, The Associated Press erroneously reported that her new book, “The Light We Carry,” is her second book.

President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, have doled out Halloween candy to trick-or-treaters dressed up as everything from Spider-Man to a flamingo to a monk to a zombie founding father.

Descendants of the Alabama man responsible for illegally bringing 110 African captives to America aboard the last U.S. slave ship have broken generations of public silence.

Presidents come and go, but White House grounds superintendent Dale Haney has been a constant through the past 10 presidencies.

A literary honor has been named for a uniquely successful author: the Michelle Obama Award for Memoir.

Thirty-thousand people are estimated to have poured through the gates of the White House for an annual weekend fall garden tour.

Oprah Winfrey, David Letterman and Ellen DeGeneres are among the celebrity moderators joining former first lady Michelle Obama on tour for her upcoming book, “The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times.”.

President Joe Biden says his administration's goal of ending hunger in the U.S. by the end of the decade is ambitious but doable, if only the nation would work together.

The Biden administration has an ambitious goal for America: ending hunger in the U.S. by 2030.

Michelle Obama plans a six-city tour this fall in support of her new book, “The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times,” beginning mid-November in Washington.

Hanging out with Richard Nixon's daughter.

Michelle Obama waved her arms in the air and yelled, “Let’s go, Foe!”.

Frances Tiafoe has come up just short of being the first American man to reach the U.S. Open final in 16 years with a five-set loss to Carlos Alcaraz in the semifinals.

Former President Barack Obama told the Harvard men’s basketball team that the sport taught him “it wasn’t just about me.”.

She went horseback riding with Ronald Reagan.

Resplendent in a black trouser suit, Janet Jackson sat front Wednesday at Christian Siriano's New York Fashion Week show.

Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama have unveiled their official White House portraits in an event filled with nostalgia and humor.

Barack Obama has an Emmy Award to go with his two Grammys.

Reaction to Serena Williams' loss in the third round of the U.S. Open.

It’s been more than a decade since President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, welcomed back George W.

Anticipation has been growing all year for one of the fall’s likeliest bestsellers, Colleen Hoover’s “It Starts With Us.”.

A Republican candidate for Congress in western New York said in an interview that U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland “should be executed," before later clarifying that he wasn’t being serious.

Children’s author Angeline Boulley will soon return her many readers to the world of her prize-winning debut novel “Firekeeper’s Daughter.”.

Jill Biden barnstormed the country during her debut year as first lady as if on a one-woman mission to help her husband's administration tackle the problem of the moment.