Jimmy Carter

Anne Cox Chambers, wealthy newspaper heiress, dies at 100

ATLANTA — Anne Cox Chambers, a newspaper heiress, diplomat and philanthropist who was one of the country's richest women, has died at the age of 100.
12:54 31 January 2022

Substitute teaching a challenge in Jimmy Carter’s class

Every now and then, Sunday school teacher Kim Fuller makes a point during class and the old man sitting on the front pew raises his eyebrows quizzical...
15:02 25 January 2022

After brain surgery, Jimmy Carter returns to hometown church

PLAINS, Ga. — Former President Jimmy Carter publicly appeared Sunday at the Georgia church where he worships for the first time since undergoing brain...
6:50 30 December 2022

Humorist Mo Rocca’s ‘Mobituaries’ makes for lively reading

LOS ANGELES — A conversation with Mo Rocca is akin to his “Mobituaries” podcasts and his new book of Rocca-style obituaries: A swooping exploration of...
20:20 26 December 2022

Jimmy Carter ‘feeling better’ after latest hospitalization

AMERICUS, Ga. — A spokeswoman for Jimmy Carter says the former U.S. president is already feeling better after being treated for a urinary tract infect...
22:11 3 December 2021

Pastor: Jimmy Carter ‘up and walking’ post brain surgery

ATLANTA — Former President Jimmy Carter was already “up and walking” just a day after undergoing surgery to relieve pressure on his brain from bleedin...
14:02 14 November 2021

Former President Carter out of surgery, no complications

ATLANTA — Former President Jimmy Carter was recovering Tuesday following surgery to relieve pressure from brain bleeding linked to recent falls.
18:33 12 November 2021

Still teaching at 95, Jimmy Carter draws devotees to church

PLAINS, Ga. — The pilgrims arrive early and from all over, gathering hours before daybreak in an old pecan grove that surrounds a country church. They...
6:16 11 November 2021

AP Analysis: Iran, US still captive to 1979 hostage crisis

The 1979 U.S. Embassy takeover in Tehran may have ended after 444 days, but both America and Iran still remain captive to a crisis that began 40 years...
5:57 3 November 2021

Frozen in time, US Embassy a monument to Iran hostage crisis

TEHRAN, Iran — The U.S. Embassy in Tehran remains frozen in 1979 as the 40th anniversary of the Iran hostage crisis approaches, a time capsule of revo...
1:15 1 November 2021

Jimmy Carter to teach Sunday school despite broken pelvis

PLAINS, Ga. — It's going to take more than a fractured pelvis to prevent Jimmy Carter, a lifelong Baptist and the nation's oldest former president, fr...
18:55 29 October 2021