The funeral ceremonies for former President Jimmy Carter are underway. His body was transferred from his hometown of Plains, Georgia, to Atlanta.

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The motorcade will arrive in Atlanta at about 3 p.m. The first stop will be the state capitol for a moment of silence. Carter ...

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The body of former President James Earl "Jimmy" Carter Jr. has begun a weeklong funeral procession to Carter's final resting ...

Following the state funeral in Washington, President Carter's remains will then be transported from the nation's capitol, back to Georgia, where a private ceremony will take place at Maranatha Baptist ...

Controversial Open Society Foundations founder George Soros and 18 others are recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom ...