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ATLANTA (AP) — Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who tried to restore virtue to the White House after the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, then rebounded from a landslide defeat to become a global advocate of human rights and democracy, has died. He was 100 years old . The Carter Center said the 39th president died Sunday afternoon, more than a year after entering hospice care , at his home in Plains, Georgia, where he and his wife, Rosalynn, who died in November 2023, lived most of their lives. The center said he died peacefully, surrounded by his family. As reaction poured in from around the world, President Joe Biden mourned Carter’s death, saying the world lost an “extraordinary leader, statesman and humanitarian” and he lost a dear friend. Biden cited Carter’s compassion and moral clarity, his work to eradicate disease, forge peace, advance civil and human rights, promote free and fair elections, house the homeless and advocacy for the disadvantaged as an example for others. “To all of the young people in this nation and for anyone in search of what it means to live a life of purpose and meaning – the good life – study Jimmy Carter, a man of principle, faith, and humility,” Biden said in a statement. “He showed that we are a great nation because we are a good people – decent and honorable, courageous and compassionate, humble and strong.” Biden said he is ordering a state funeral for Carter in Washington. A moderate Democrat, Carter ran for president in 1976 as a little-known Georgia governor with a broad grin, effusive Baptist faith and technocratic plans for efficient government. His promise to never deceive the American people resonated after Richard Nixon’s disgrace and U.S. defeat in southeast Asia. “If I ever lie to you, if I ever make a misleading statement, don’t vote for me. I would not deserve to be your president,” Carter said. Carter’s victory over Republican Gerald Ford, whose fortunes fell after pardoning Nixon, came amid Cold War pressures, turbulent oil markets and social upheaval over race, women’s rights and America’s role in the world. His achievements included brokering Mideast peace by keeping Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin at Camp David for 13 days in 1978. But his coalition splintered under double-digit inflation and the 444-day hostage crisis in Iran. His negotiations ultimately brought all the hostages home alive, but in a final insult, Iran didn’t release them until the inauguration of Ronald Reagan, who had trounced him in the 1980 election. Humbled and back home in Georgia, Carter said his faith demanded that he keep doing whatever he could, for as long as he could, to try to make a difference. He and Rosalynn co-founded The Carter Center in 1982 and spent the next 40 years traveling the world as peacemakers, human rights advocates and champions of democracy and public health. Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002, Carter helped ease nuclear tensions in North and South Korea, avert a U.S. invasion of Haiti and negotiate cease-fires in Bosnia and Sudan. By 2022, the center had monitored at least 113 elections around the world. Carter was determined to eradicate guinea worm infections as one of many health initiatives. Swinging hammers into their 90s, the Carters built homes with Habitat for Humanity. The common observation that he was better as an ex-president rankled Carter. His allies were pleased that he lived long enough to see biographers and historians revisit his presidency and declare it more impactful than many understood at the time. Propelled in 1976 by voters in Iowa and then across the South, Carter ran a no-frills campaign. Americans were captivated by the earnest engineer, and while an election-year Playboy interview drew snickers when he said he “had looked on many women with lust. I’ve committed adultery in my heart many times,” voters tired of political cynicism found it endearing. The first family set an informal tone in the White House, carrying their own luggage, trying to silence the Marine Band’s traditional “Hail to the Chief" and enrolling daughter, Amy, in public schools. Carter was lampooned for wearing a cardigan and urging Americans to turn down their thermostats. But Carter set the stage for an economic revival and sharply reduced America's dependence on foreign oil by deregulating the energy industry along with airlines, trains and trucking. He established the departments of Energy and Education, appointed record numbers of women and nonwhites to federal posts, preserved millions of acres of Alaskan wilderness and pardoned most Vietnam draft evaders. Emphasizing human rights , he ended most support for military dictators and took on bribery by multinational corporations by signing the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. He persuaded the Senate to ratify the Panama Canal treaties and normalized relations with China, an outgrowth of Nixon’s outreach to Beijing. But crippling turns in foreign affairs took their toll. When OPEC hiked crude prices, making drivers line up for gasoline as inflation spiked to 11%, Carter tried to encourage Americans to overcome “a crisis of confidence.” Many voters lost confidence in Carter instead after the infamous address that media dubbed his “malaise" speech, even though he never used that word. After Carter reluctantly agreed to admit the exiled Shah of Iran to the U.S. for medical treatment, the American Embassy in Tehran was overrun in 1979. Negotiations to quickly free the hostages broke down, and then eight Americans died when a top-secret military rescue attempt failed. Carter also had to reverse course on the SALT II nuclear arms treaty after the Soviets invaded Afghanistan in 1979. Though historians would later credit Carter's diplomatic efforts for hastening the end of the Cold war, Republicans labeled his soft power weak. Reagan’s “make America great again” appeals resonated, and he beat Carter in all but six states. Born Oct. 1, 1924, James Earl Carter Jr. married fellow Plains native Rosalynn Smith in 1946, the year he graduated from the Naval Academy. He brought his young family back to Plains after his father died, abandoning his Navy career, and they soon turned their ambitions to politics . Carter reached the state Senate in 1962. After rural white and Black voters elected him governor in 1970, he drew national attention by declaring that “the time for racial discrimination is over.” Carter published more than 30 books and remained influential as his center turned its democracy advocacy onto U.S. politics, monitoring an audit of Georgia’s 2020 presidential election results. After a 2015 cancer diagnosis, Carter said he felt “perfectly at ease with whatever comes.” “I’ve had a wonderful life,” he said. “I’ve had thousands of friends, I’ve had an exciting, adventurous and gratifying existence.” Sanz is a former Associated Press reporter.The Travelers Taproom, Grand Island’s only self-serving tap wall bar, held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday. The bar’s self-serve tap wall is one of a handful in Nebraska, as well as the largest. Owned by Jeff and Tosha Edwards, the Travelers Taproom is a local bar off of Highway 281 at 2230 N. Webb Road. The establishment serves a variety of drinks, such as beer, cider, whiskey, bourbon, wine, cocktails and non-alcoholic options, along with food. Attendees check out the Travelers Taproom during the ribbon cutting ceremony on Friday, Dec. 20. One of the more unique aspects of the Travelers Taproom is its self-serve tap wall, where customers can come in, pay by the ounce, and fill their glasses whenever they want, with whatever is on tap. There are not many self-serve places in Nebraska. According to Jeff, the taproom is one of four establishments with a self-serving tap in the state. “There’s Smokin’ Oak pizza in Omaha, there’s a City Tap in Nebraska City,” Jeff said. “And then Loup Brewing in McCook has not only their brewery, but a little place called the yard, where they put in a self-serve tap wall.” Edwards said that Travelers Taproom is the largest self-serving tap wall with 60 taps. Edwards believed Smokin’ Oak was the second largest with around 36 taps, with Loup Brewing having 17-18 and City Tap having 14-16. Beer taps fill the wall at the Travelers Taproom on Friday, Dec. 20. It might seem odd to mostly self-serve tap alcohol, but it’s that idea that made the Edwardses want to open the taproom. According to Jeff, the couple had the idea a long time ago when they were sitting in a packed establishment in Denver. “We waited to be served for quite a while and we just kind of threw out, ‘Wouldn’t it be nice if you could go up and serve yourself?’” Jeff said. “Well, roll the clock ahead 10 years, and you know, we found out that technology is out there.” Once the Edwardses learned of the technology, they learned more through a webinar and visited a brewery in Minneapolis with a similar self-serve system. Once the couple got back to Grand Island, they began looking for a good location for the Travelers Taproom. “Originally, we were just going to do the tap wall and some tables, and maybe a small appetizer-type kitchen,” Jeff said. “Then we found this spot available, which is a lot more square footage than what we were looking for, so we’ve been able to add the full kitchen.” Tosha Edwards (second from left) and Jeff Edwards (second from right) cut the ribbon for Travelers Taproom during the ceremony on Friday, Dec. 20. In contrast to what the name might suggest, the Travelers Taproom primarily serves Nebraska-based products. According to Jeff, the taproom has a few domestic beers but serves alcohol from 26 breweries, eight distilleries and four wineries across the state. “Anywhere from Arapahoe all the way to Brickway in Omaha and Cooper’s Chase in West Point,” Jeff said. “We try to get a wide variety.” The reason the taproom mainly hosts Nebraska products is to promote a shop local mentality. “Not only do we encourage people to come here and try Nebraska products,” Jeff said. “But we actually want them to go out and visit Native 32 in West Point, or, you know, go out to Boss City in Sydney.” Jeff Edwards speaks during the Travelers Taproom's ribbon cutting ceremony on Friday, Dec. 20. But if it’s mostly Nebraska-based products, why is it called the Travelers Taproom? Well, that actually comes from the Edwards family’s love of traveling. Tosha said that traveling has always been huge in the family and “we always go to local breweries, wineries and distilleries wherever we travel, whatever state we go to.” The Edwards’ love for traveling has also been incorporated into the restaurant itself. The taproom’s logo is based on places the family has visited or lived, a six-year collection of beer glasses hangs along the wall, and a montage of the family’s travels is imprinted on the wall. “It (the photos) represents 15 different states and three countries that we have up there,” Tosha said. “It has all members of the family on my husband’s side of the family, and the majority, or a huge part, of the family on my side of the family.” A view of the Travelers Taproom's party room. The ribbon-cutting ceremony was held on Friday, but the taproom has been open for several months. Specifically, Tosha said that the soft launch was on Aug. 24, which means the taproom will have been open for four months on Christmas Eve. Jeff said that the taproom’s customer base has been growing and that it’s been exciting, as well as scary. “To see it come to fruition has been pretty, pretty scary yet exciting,” Jeff said. “Because, you know, it is a large investment, and sharing our vision with the public has been a lot of fun.” Big Hair Brewhaus owner Brett Wiedenfeld and brewer Reed Trenhaile talk about the taproom that opened June 4 in a former dairy supply business building in downtown Hartington, Nebraska. The brewery currently has three of its own beers on tap, in addition to a selection of Nebraska-brewed guest beers. With our weekly newsletter packed with the latest in everything food. Reporter {{description}} Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items.ISRO Sign Agreement With European Space Agency, Know About Deal In Detail

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