The embattled mayor is gearing up to address the state of America’s most populous city—just as the nation hits pause to honor the late President Jimmy Carter with a state funeral.

Young Jimmy Carter and his friends were walking across a pasture after a day’s farm labor during the Great Depression. As ...

Carter’s political career started at Sumter County Schools. The first election he ever won was in 1955 for chairman of the school board.

Official Washington and the public pay their respects as Jimmy Carter lies in state under the dome of the U.S. Capitol.