Michelle Obama News

A former "top cop," who had the honor of sitting next to first lady Michelle Obama during a televised presidential speech four years ago, is facing rape allegations.

President Obama got big laughs at Morehouse College's rainy commencement ceremony in Atlanta.

Ask current Harvard Law School students where Class of '91 alumnus Barack Obama, lived during his three-year stint there, and most will blurt out "Somerville" without skipping a beat.

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First lady Michelle Obama has some advice for some Tennessee high school graduates: strike your own path in college and life and work to overcome inevitable failures with determination and grit.

First lady Michelle Obama delivers the commencement address to graduates of Martin Luther King, Jr.

First Lady Michelle Obama was in Nashville on Saturday to address the graduating class from Martin Luther King Junior High School.

Witnesses in southwestern Virginia say a car has driven into a crowd at a parade.

First Lady Michelle Obama has expanded her anti-obesity campaign to museums, enlisting them to offer 'healthy food options,' and change their menus.

Former Philadelphia Police Officer Richard DeCoatsworth was invited to sit next to the First Lady in 2009.

Former Philadelphia Police Officer Richard DeCoatsworth was invited to sit next to the First Lady in 2009.

Students at Martin Luther King Jr. Magnet School are getting ready for a memorable graduation.

Like the common folk, President Barack Obama has to worry about where to bank, what to invest in and how to provide for the family.

WHITE HOUSE On Friday, the President will travel to Baltimore, Maryland in his second Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity Tour.

First lady Michelle Obama, left, delivers a commencement speech at Eastern Kentucky University Saturday.

Jim Ferris, of Clay, national president of the Korean War Veterans Association, salutes at a wreath-laying ceremony at the 59th anniversary of the Korean War armistice at Arlington National Cemetery on July 26, 2012 in Arlington, Va.

The 71-year-old singer-songwriter will receive the 2013 Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song in a ceremony at the White House, the first time a female artist has nabbed the accolade.

Michelle Obama is using an address to college students in Maryland to stress the importance of education to the African-American community.

Sharon Penner slices fresh bread, which she bakes a few times a week for Hampton, Neb., students.

The first lady was invited by the school to speak at Friday's commencement ceremony.