Carter was the first US president to be born in a hospital. Champion of human rights, especially regarding the governments of South Korea, Iran, Argentina, South Africa and Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe).

It has been nearly a week since a commercial jetliner and an Army helicopter collided in midair near Washington’s Ronald ...

Those simple words are inscribed in large letters on the wall of the Carter Center in Atlanta. More than a fitting epitaph for President James Earl “Jimmy” Carter, who died Dec. 29. Truth, law and ...

Investigators are seeking clues into the deadly midair collision earlier this week that now stands as the deadliest aviation ...

Cedarville University in Ohio confirmed Thursday that one of the victims of the crash was student Grace Maxwell. Maxwell was ...

The two ‘black boxes’ have been recovered from the wreckage, with a cockpit voice recorder and a flight data recorder taken for lab analysis ...

The victims of the first major U.S. commercial air disaster in 16 years included a rising legal star, an engineering student ...

Wind gusts and tidal conditions could slow operations today as officials try to pull wreckage from the icy Potomac River.

American Airlines Flight 5342 and a U.S. Army Black Hawk collided in Washington, D.C. Authorities believe all 67 on board ...

The photos show the former president and Mrs. Carter's two headstones with flowers in their hometown of Plains, Georgia. "Surrounded by a memorial garden designed by Mrs. Rosalynn, they overlook ...

He had taught there since 1981 after leaving the White House and returning to live in his hometown of Plains, Georgia. As a Carter admirer who lived only 2.5 hours from Plains, I figured I’d ...