Why are US flags being flown at half-staff on Inauguration Day?

President-elect Donald Trump has expressed frustration that flags will be flying at half-staff when he takes office later this month. It's an action put in place by President Joe Biden to honor the late President Jimmy Carter, who died last month at 100. It's not a timeline that...

As Jean-Marie Le Pen is buried, here's a look at key dates of the rise of the far right in France

PARIS (AP) — Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s main far-right party and a polarizing figure in French politics, is being buried Saturday in a private family ceremony in his hometown of La Trinité-sur-Mer in Brittany. Le Pen, whose death Tuesday at the age of 96...

From Carter's funeral, an American snapshot: A singular image, 5 presidents, 379 years of history

Look at their faces — formal, etched with experience, laden with the weight of momentous decisions. Add up their years: 379 to be exact, enough time to take you back into the mid-1600s, when the notion of the American nation was still more than a century away. Consider why they...

Jimmy Carter lauded for humility and service in Washington before being laid to rest in Georgia

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jimmy Carter was celebrated Thursday for his personal humility and public service before, during and after his presidency in a funeral at Washington National Cathedral featuring the kind of pageantry the 39th U.S. president typically eschewed. It was followed by an intimate...

Jimmy Carter's funeral brings together 5 current and former US presidents to honor one of their own

WASHINGTON (AP) — As they filed into the front pews at Washington National Cathedral, wearing dark suits and mostly solemn faces, five current and former presidents came together for Jimmy Carter's funeral. During a service that stretched more than an hour, the feuding, grievances and enmity that...

PHOTO COLLECTION: Jimmy Carter Funeral

The Latest: Jimmy Carter’s Georgia funeral ends

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jimmy Carter was celebrated Thursday for his personal humility and public service before, during and after his presidency during a funeral at Washington National Cathedral featuring the kind of pageantry the 39th U.S. president typically eschewed. What to know: ...

Text of President Joe Biden's eulogy from the state funeral for Jimmy Carter

WASHINGTON (AP) — Here is the text of the eulogy President Joe Biden delivered Thursday during the state funeral for former President Jimmy Carter in Washington. ___ Leaders of the clergy, distinguished guests and most importantly the Carter family. In...

Michelle Obama doesn't attend state funeral for Jimmy Carter

Former first lady Michelle Obama did not attend the state funeral Thursday for former President Jimmy Carter. Except for Michelle Obama, all of the living former presidents and their spouses were at the funeral, including Barack Obama, sitting in the front pews of Washington...

Some notable quotes from Jimmy Carter's funeral

Jimmy Carter was remembered at his funeral Thursday at Washington National Cathedral as a man of “character” and “something of a miracle” with “prophetic” vision. From relatives to former aides and the current president, a look at some of the memorable and quotable...