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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. […]

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, 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

US Atlanta Ebenezer Baptist Church Joe 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 […]

On MLK Day, Biden says Americans must commit to King’s work

US Washington Martin Luther King Jr Memorial

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, […]