U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) has paid $1.65 million for a more than 6,500-square-foot mansion in the Kenwood area of Hyde Park. Built in 1910, the restored mansion has six bedrooms, a 28-foot ...

Locals said they’ll always be proud that the Kenwood and Hyde Park neighborhoods were home to America’s first black president. But with Obama out of office, they’ve seen the tourist draw to ...

Obama's house is officially in the Kenwood neighborhood, but the spot where we are standing across the street from the home marks the beginning of the adjacent Hyde Park neighborhood. Both ...

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"No," the Secret Service agent tells me, his eyes as cold and harsh as this wintry day. Oddly, it's no secret he's a Secret Service agent - 2-inch-high yellow letters scream it across his chest ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --Before making his farewell address in Chicago, President Barack Obama will fuel up at his favorite diner in Hyde Park. The White House hasn't confirmed the president's dinner plans ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --It might be four or five years until the Obama Presidential Library is built on the South Side, but to oversee the project, the Barack Obama Foundation will be moving its offices ...

It's the first time the East View Park four-bedroom has been on the market since 2005, when the couple sold it as Barack Obama was beginning his ascent to the White House.

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An Obama Foundation official said Friday the president and first lady want community voices heard as plans for the Obama Center are developed. Obama Foundation opens new Hyde Park headquarters ...

President Obama will return to his Hyde Park home on Friday night. The President will be attending events in Chicago for both the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and the Hillary Victory ...