Today is the national day of mourning for former President Carter. Driving the news: The U.S. Postal Service, financial markets including the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq, and federal buildings will be closed today for Carter's funeral service.

Former President Jimmy Carter will be buried in the small town where he lived, married, and died: Plains, Georgia. Carter spent more than 80 of his 100 years in and around the town, which still has fewer than 700 people,

Former President Jimmy Carter, who was a progressive evangelical, reflects the existence of progressive tradition in African American Christianity.

DALLAS ( SMU) – Two days before the 1976 Texas presidential primary, former president Jimmy Carter spoke at SMU’s McFarlin Auditorium to a crowd of 2,400, his third campaign event of the day. Carter entered to the song “This Is My Country” where, according to the Dallas Morning News, “the crowd almost came out of the double balconies.”

AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Abbott ordered flags to be raised to full staff next Monday at the Texas Capitol and all state government office buildings in honor of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.

Former President Jimmy Carter is currently lying in state at the U.S. Capitol Rotunda as the nation honors the 39th president.

Articles and videos about Mar-a-Lago flags now at full staff despite 30-day mourning period for Jimmy Carter on FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth.

Federal offices will be closed and postal service suspended. Flags will be flown at half-mast for thirty days, a fitting tribute to a man who was too often underappreciated during his presidency, garnering more accolades for his post-presidential activism than for his presidency itself.

Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, will be laid to rest Thursday following his death on Dec. 29 at the age of 100. Carter's state funeral began Saturday morning at the Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, Georgia. After lying in ...

President Biden declared Jan. 9 a national day of mourning for former President Jimmy Carter. What's open and closed on that day? Here's what to know.

10:24 a.m.: Grandson Joshua Carter recalled the former president's years of teaching Sunday school at Marantha Baptist Church in Plains, Georgia. He said that Carter would often share news during his classes, connecting the former president's faith with his desire to help those in need.

Though a National Day of Mourning isn’t recognized as an official federal holiday, some organizations and businesses will be affected by the observance.