obituaries

Jimmy Carter, the 39th U.S. president, who was also the nation's oldest living president, died on Sunday at age 100. Prior to his life in politics, Carter was a peanut farmer and a U.S. Navy lieutenant. He was elected governor of Georgia in 1970 and U.S. president in 1976. James Earl Carter Jr...

Former Democratic U.S. Rep. John Dingell died Thursday after a yearlong battle with prostate cancer. He was 92. The Life Dingell began his public service as a page for the U.S. House of Representatives and a World War II army lieutenant in the Pacific. After stints as a forest ranger, Wayne...