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In a surprising development to come after Tafari Campbell, 45, drowned while paddle boarding on Great Edgartown Pond on Sunday night, an investigation into the incident found that Martha’s Vineyard police left the reason for the 911 call reporting Campbell’s drowning blank. According to Daily Mail, the officers also refused to reveal who Campbell was with at the time of his tragic passing despite the fact that the 45-year-old chef was not alone. Daily Mail found that while the 7:46 PM 911 call was noted in Edgartown Police Department's logbook, the reason behind the call was not. The origin of...

Florida’s version of the American dream, which holds that even people of relatively modest means can aspire to live near the water, depends on a few crucial components: sugar white beaches, soft ocean breezes and federal flood insurance that is heavily subsidized. But starting Oct. 1, communities in Florida and elsewhere around the country will see those subsidies begin to disappear in a nationwide experiment in trying to adapt to climate change: Forcing Americans to pay something closer to the real cost of their flood risk, which is rising as the planet warms. While the program also covers homes around...

Although Hawaii has laws meant to preserve disappearing shorelines, beachfront property owners have been able to bypass them. ThatÂ’s what happened at an expansive coastal estate officials say the Obamas will live in. As Barack Obama entered the home stretch of his presidency, his close friend Marty Nesbitt was scouting an oceanfront property on Oahu, the Hawaiian island where the two regularly vacationed together with their families. A home in the nearby neighborhood of Kailua had served as the winter White House for the Obama family every Christmas, and photographers often captured shots of Obama and Nesbitt strolling on the...

Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama have purchased a nearly 7,000-square-foot home on Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts for $11.75 million, according to a report. The purchase price was recorded Wednesday with the local Registry of Deeds, the Vineyard Gazette reported. The Obamas paid about half the original asking price for the property when it first became available in 2015, the report said... The Obamas have entered some lucrative business deals since leaving the White House.

After vacating the White House last January, Barack and Michelle Obama decided it was time to live their best vacation lives. And yes, that was barely over a year ago, despite time passing at a glacial pace ever since. Not for the former first family, though. Shortly after leaving 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, they embarked on a series of trips that we assume Joe Biden felt deeply left out of. (snip) It’s fitting that now that the family is spending more time within the eight-bedroom abode, they want to bring a little vacation life to their backyard. The Obamas plan to...

The Obamas have reportedly bought the 9-bedroom, 8.5-bathroom mansion they had been renting in Washington, D.C., for over a year. Their neighbors in D.C.'s exclusive Kalorama neighborhood include Ivanka Trump and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. Take a peek inside the 8,200-square-foot home.

Looks like former president Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama are putting down deeper roots in Washington: After renting a Kalorama home for their post-White House stint, the couple have purchased the eight-bedroom, nine-and-a-half-bath home for $8.1 million, according to property records. The Obamas have said they plan to remain in D.C. while their younger daughter, Sasha, finishes high school at Sidwell Friends. After leaving the executive mansion in January, the family settled into a rental home owned by Bill Clinton press secretary Joe Lockhart and his wife, Giovanna Gray Lockhart, an 8,200-square-foot home that was built in...

President Obama is taking a cue from Donald Trump ... he's building himself a wall. We got photos of construction at Obama's soon-to-be D.C. rental. You also see construction in the garage. As we reported, it will become an office with a bathroom. We broke the story ... the rental will be home until Sasha graduates so the Obamas needed the property outfitted for the Secret Service and ... it needed more fortification. BTW ... he's getting a new neighbor. Ivanka Trump and fam are moving nearby to a rental. At least the landlords know the checks will clear.

President-elect Trump isn't the only one thinking about splitting his time between two cities. When President Obama leaves the White House this January, his family is expected to become bi-coastal, with homes in both DC and California. Sources told the New York Post that the Obamas have purchased a home in Rancho Mirage, California.

When the first family leaves the White House in January at the end of Barack Obama's presidency, they are reportedly moving into a cozy 8,200-square-foot mansion close by. According to Politico, the Obamas will be leasing the property, which is situated in Washington D.C.'s Kalorama neighborhood.

The White House on Friday said that President Obama and his family are not responsible for the purchase of a multimillion-dollar Hawaii home used to film the 1980s TV series “Magnum, P.I.” ADVERTISEMENT Press secretary Josh Earnest said the Obamas “are not” behind the sale of the $8.7 million, beachfront estate to family friend Marty Nesbitt.

The Hawaiian home made famous by the “Magnum P.I.” television series was sold this week, and the buyers seem to have ties to President Barack ObamaAccording to a report from Fox affiliate KHON, Waimanalo Paradise LLC purchased the property on Monday for $8.7 million. Its mailing address and contact is reportedly listed as Obama donor Seth Madorsky, a lawyer in Chicago. The property was then sold to another limited liability corporation based in Colorado, according to a report from ABC affiliate KITV. Story Continued Below The deed and the mortgage are both signed by Judy Grimanis, KHON reported.Grimanis is...

We’ve seen signs the economy is improving, but in the Edgewater neighborhood today, we saw how many Chicagoans are struggling. CBS’s 2 Jim Williams has the story in this original report. It was a desperate attempt for a home: A line of thousands waited on Sheridan Road, north of Foster and around the corner. Many, like Crystal Cooper, had been there all night. “We’ve been here since 8 o’clock last night. We slept in our chairs with our covers,” said Cooper....

President Obama's latest bid to "boost" the housing market does nothing except prolong the pain -- and put taxpayers on the line for billions more in inevitable losses. Sooner or later, market forces will have their way; housing will find a bottom and finally start to heal. Using taxpayer money to delay foreclosure has already proved both frighteningly expensive and a repeated failure -- but the administration is still at it. Obama's first "rescue" effort sought to pay delinquent homeowners and their banks to modify defaulted loans -- an attempt to stop foreclosures and keep a lid on inventories. When...

- A Lexis property search for Obama in Illinois shows the Hyde Park property in Obama’s name beginning in 1998, but Obama supposedly bought the property in 1993. - All tax assessments from 1998-2004 are in the name of Emil - is this the person paying taxes on the property for the Obamas until they sold the property in 2005? - Obama Records have a different Legal Description than the original owner’s documents. - Cook County Recorder shows completely different information than Lexis: Emil owns the property from 1986-1989, so why is he listed as paying taxes from 1998-2004 in...