Michelle Obama

WASHINGTON -- Former first lady Michelle Obama announced Friday she’s partnering with PBS for the next month for a virtual storytime each Monday during the coronavirus outbreak."At this time when so many families are under so much stress, I’m excited to give kids a chance to practice their reading and hear some wonderful stories,” Obama, 56, who focused much of her time in the White House on children’s nutrition with her "Let’s Move" campaign, said in a statement.She said she hopes it will also give families a “much-needed” break.

Michelle Obama is not only the most admired woman in America, but also in the world, according to new poll.Market research firm YouGov asked 42,000 people in 41 countries to name the men and women they most look up to, and Obama's name came up a lot, along with her husband's.Barack Obama is not the most admired man in the world, however.

WASHINGTON — Former first lady Michelle Obama is weighing in on President Donald Trump's escalating feud with four minority Democratic lawmakers known as "the squad."Mrs.

MILWAUKEE -- Michelle Obama is set to take the stage in Milwaukee on Thursday night, March 14.

MILWAUKEE -- Television host Conan O'Brien will be the moderator for former First Lady Michelle Obama's book tour stop in Milwaukee on March 14.

MILWAUKEE -- Former First Lady Michelle Obama will be making a stop at the Miller High Life Theatre on March 14, 2019, as part of her "Becoming" book tour.Fans can register now through Wednesday, December 12, at 10 p.m. PST HERE for the Verified Fan presale.

WASHINGTON -- In a touching gesture at the funeral for his father, George W.

NEW YORK — Michelle Obama's "Becoming" has become a massive hit.Crown Publishing told The Associated Press on Wednesday that the former first lady's memoir has sold more than 1.4 million copies in print and digital formats in the U.S. and Canada in the seven days since it was released Nov. 13.Based on demand from retailers across all channels, the publisher has printed 3 million hardcover copies in North America.

WASHINGTON — Michelle Obama says she felt alone after a miscarriage 20 years ago and she and Barack Obama underwent fertility treatments to conceive their two daughters, according to her upcoming memoir.In some of her most extensive public comments on her White House years, the former first lady also lets her fury fly over President Donald Trump's "bigotry and xenophobia" — dangerous, deliberate rhetoric, she wrote, that risked her family's safety."For this," she writes, "I'd never forgive him."But it's her deeply personal account of her marriage to the future president that shed new light on the Ivy League-educated couple's early struggle with issues of family, ambition and public life."We were trying to get pregnant and it wasn't going well," Mrs.

WASHINGTON — Michelle Obama has launched a program to help empower girls worldwide through education.The former first lady announced the Global Girls Alliance, which aims to support more than 1,500 grassroots organizations combating the challenges girls encounter in their communities.