ATLANTA (AP) — Jimmy Carter 's extended public farewell began Saturday in Georgia, with the 39th U.S. president’s flag-draped casket tracing his long arc from the Depression-era South and ...

All flags will be flown at half-staff for the 30-day period after Carter’s death. Many services, businesses and financial centers will be operating as usual, as it’s not a federal holiday.

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