Jimmy Carter’s flag-draped casket is on its way to Atlanta as 39th President’s state funeral begins

Plains, Georgia, US AP Jimmy Carter ‘s long public goodbye began Saturday in Georgia, with the 39th US President’s flag-draped casket rolling through his tiny hometown and past his boyhood farmhouse on its way to Atlanta, where he climbed the political ladder and based his decades of humanitarian work after leaving the White House. The former […]
Explainer – Jimmy Carter’s state funeral starts Saturday. Here is what to know

Atlanta, US AP Six days of funeral observances for former President Jimmy Carter begin Saturday in Georgia, where he died on 29th December at the age of 100. The first events reflect Carter’s climb up the political ladder, from the tiny town of Plains, Georgia, to decades on the global stage as a humanitarian and advocate for democracy. […]
Wow!: “Jimmy’s home” – One woman shares Carter’s Habitat for Humanity legacy

MARIA ALEJANDRA CARDONA, of Reuters, speaks with Sally Mae Hollis, recipient of a home in Atlanta that former US President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn helped construct…
US election: In swing states, officials brace for conspiracy theories and violence

NATHAN LAYNE, JOSEPH TANFANI and NED PARKER, of Reuters, report on preparations being made ahead of polling day on 5th November…
Biden delivers uneven performance under Trump’s barrage of falsehoods at first debate

Updated: 5:30pm (AEST) Atlanta, US Reuters President Joe Biden delivered a shaky, halting performance while his Republican rival Donald Trump battered him with a series of often false attacks at their debate on Thursday, as the two oldest presidential candidates ever exchanged personal insults ahead of the November election. The two men traded barbs on […]
Dexter Scott King remembered during memorial as keeper of his father Martin Luther King Jr’s dream

United States AP Dexter Scott King, the late son of Dr Martin Luther King, Jr, and Coretta Scott King, was remembered Saturday as the protector of his family’s legacy and the keeper of his father’s dream during a memorial service in Atlanta. “You, my love, were born a King, beautifully sculpted with the physical traits […]
Dexter Scott King, son of Rev Martin Luther King, Jr, dies of cancer at 62

Atlanta. US AP Dexter Scott King, who dedicated much of his life to shepherding the civil rights legacy of his parents, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, died Monday after battling prostate cancer. He was 62. The King Center in Atlanta, which Dexter King served as chairman, said the younger son […]
Americans should “pay attention” to MLK’s legacy says Biden

Atlanta, US AP President Joe Biden made a historical pilgrimage Sunday to “America’s freedom church” to mark Martin Luther King, Jr’s, birthday, saying democracy was at a perilous moment and that the civil rights leader’s life and legacy “show us the way and we should pay attention.” As the first sitting president to deliver a Sunday […]
Lifestory: In the US, Atlanta pastor John Onwuchekwa to leave the ministry, but not the church

BOB SMIETANA, of Religion News Service, speaks with John Onwuchekwa about his decision to step down from pastoring Cornerstone Church…
On MLK Day, Biden says Americans must commit to King’s work

Atlanta, Georgia, US AP Americans must commit to the unfinished work of Martin Luther King, Jr, delivering jobs and justice and protecting “the sacred right to vote, a right from which all other rights flow,” President Joe Biden said Monday. Martin Luther King Day is a moment when a mirror is held up to America, […]