MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WIAT) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey authorized flags to be flown at half-staff statewide to honor the life of former President Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday at 100. A man of faith ...

Former President Jimmy Carter, who died Dec. 29 at 100, was born, raised and died in Georgia, but he had a special place in his heart for Alabama. In a 2009 interview with The Birmingham News ...

Alexis Herman, the first Black U.S. Secretary of Labor, died Friday at the age of 77. Herman, a native of Mobile, served as the labor secretary in President Bill Clinton’s administration in 1997 until ...

Jimmy Carter “died a happy man” because he “wasn’t the worst president,” Donald Trump said Thursday. Carter died Dec. 29 at age 100. Trump made the cruel joke while telling reporters ex ...

Jason Carter, the grandson of President Jimmy Carter, told the Associated Press on Monday that he "can't imagine" a run, calling it "the wrong time for my family." Jason Carter was a state senator ...

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