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.

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.

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, were hosting the children of local firefighters, nurses, police officers and National Guard members for trick-or-treating at the White House on Halloween Monday.

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.

In a story published September 3, 2022, about former President Barack Obama winning an Emmy Award, The Associated Press erroneously reported that one of his two earlier Grammy Awards was for his audiobook reading of “A Promised Land.”.

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.

The U.S. government and publishing titan Penguin Random House have exchanged opening salvos in a federal antitrust trial.

The biggest U.S. book publisher’s plan to buy the fourth-largest for $2.2 billion represents a key test for the Biden administration's antitrust policy.

Barack Obama’s presidential portrait will be unveiled at the White House in a September ceremony hosted by his former No. 2, President Joe Biden.

A congressional candidate in Washington state whose compelling personal story of military valor and unfathomable loss helped him win former President Donald Trump’s support is connected to right-wing extremists.

Michelle Obama will have a book out this fall, in which she reflects upon her experiences and shares insights on navigating an increasingly stressful world.

For two years, former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords allowed a film crew to shadow her and husband Sen. Mark Kelly.

New York congressional candidate Carl Paladino says he was wrong to invoke Adolf Hitler when he said in an interview last year that he was “the kind of leader we need today” because of his ability to rally crowds.

It's been quite a visit to Paris for 18-year-old American Coco Gauff.

Max Verstappen used an aggressive early pass on Formula One championship leader Charles Leclerc then controlled the inaugural Miami Grand Prix to pick up his third win of the season.

Lewis Hamilton dipped into the Roe v.

Ferrari stormed to the front of the grid for the inaugural Miami Grand Prix as Formula One championship leader Charles Leclerc and teammate Carlos Sainz Jr. locked up the front row in Saturday qualifying.

Formula One pictured a race in Miami and envisioned sun, sand, beaches and boats.

Jill Biden has thanked U.S. troops deployed to Romania, where they are serving as a check against Russian aggression.

A nonpartisan voting organization founded by Michelle Obama says she's delivering the keynote address at its upcoming summit on democracy.

Lawmakers erupted in cheers after Vice President Kamala Harris announced the confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.

For Black girls, the possibility of Ketanji Brown Jackson being the first Black woman on the Supreme Court is a moment of promise, hope and the breaking of yet another barrier.

As we all know, February is Black History Month, so it’s a great time to brush up on Black history and educate yourself.

Black model legends Beverly Johnson, Veronica Webb and Gisele Zelauy walked Sergio Hudson's New York Fashion Week runway Sunday.

Jill Biden says being first lady is “a little harder” than she imagined it would be.

Jussie Smollett is going on trial this week, accused of lying to police when he reported he was the victim of a racist, homophobic attack downtown Chicago nearly three years ago.

Three months after a damaging scandal forced the departure of its top leader, Time’s Up is announcing a “major reset,” pledging to rebuild from the ground up.

A New Jersey gym owner who punched a police officer during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol has been sentenced to more than three years in prison.

Federal prosecutors are recommending a prison sentence of nearly four years for a New Jersey gym owner who is on track to be the first person sentenced for assaulting a law enforcement officer during the riot at the U.S. Capitol.

Michelle Obama’s next promotion for her memoir, “Becoming,” will center on the college market.

First lady Jill Biden has campaigned for Democrats in Virginia's and New Jersey’s governors' races.

Barack and Michelle Obama are expected to attend a celebratory groundbreaking on Chicago's South Side for the Obama Presidential Center.