Barack Obama's grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, has died following a bout with cancer, Obama and his sister, Maya Soetoro-Ng, said Monday. She was 86. At a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, Monday night ...

(CNN) -- Sen. Barack Obama will take a break from campaigning Thursday so he can visit his ailing grandmother in Hawaii, an Obama spokesman said Monday. "Sen. Obama's grandmother Madelyn Dunham ...

When Barack Obama became the 44th president of the United States at the age of 47, the former Illinois senator made history ...