He and his wife founded the Carter Center after they left the White House. Former President Jimmy Carter earned a Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 which, at the time, seemed to cap his decades of dedication to international humanitarian work after leaving the White House. Instead, he continued to work for years after -- a legacy that is drawing renewed attention in the wake of his death at age 100. After serving one term as president and losing his reelection bid to Ronald Reagan, Carter and his wife, Rosalynn Carter,...

Jimmy Carter , the Nobel Peace Prize-winning 39th president of the United States who transformed his legacy from one-term commander-in-chief to beloved humanitarian, died on Sunday, Dec. 29 at the record-breaking age of 100. His son James E. Carter III confirmed that he died at home in Plains, Ga., per . Carter's wife of nearly eight decades, Rosalynn Carter , died 13 months earlier at the age of 96. He made his final public appearance in November 2023 to mourn her death. Carter is survived by his four children with...

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Geoffrey Hinton, the recipient of this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics, is donating some of his newfound award winnings to establish a separate prize benefitting young machine learning researchers. Hinton and his co-winner John Hopfield received the prize in October for their contributions to the field of A.I.—an honor that was accompanied by 11 million Swedish krona ($1 million) in prize money for the two winners to share. A portion of Hinton’s $500,000 will fund the newly created Sejnowski-Hinton Prize, an annual prize of $10,000 that will be given out...

Nobel prize-winning economist Muhammad Yunus sworn in as head of Bangladesh’s government after Sheikh Hasina Rahman resigned, fled amid protests. An economist who won the Nobel Peace Prize has been sworn in as the interim chief adviser of Bangladesh after the army took over in the midst of violent protests against the government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Rahman. The position of chief adviser means he is interim head of the caretaker government. The 76-year-old head of the Awami League was the longest-serving female head of government and was elected...

(UPDATE) DHAKA — Student leaders in Bangladesh on Tuesday called on Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus to lead a caretaker government after the military took control the day before as mass demonstrations forced longtime premier Sheikh Hasina to flee the country. Hasina, 76, had been in power since 2009 but was accused of rigging elections in January and then watched millions of people take to the streets over the past month demanding she quit. Hundreds of people died as security forces sought to quell the unrest, but the protests...

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A key organizer of Bangladesh's student protests said Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus was their choice as head of an interim government a day after the longtime Prime Minister Sheik Hasina resigned. The country’s figurehead president and the military chief said Monday that an interim government would be formed soon. Nahid Islam, the organizer, in a video post in social media said the student protest leaders have already talked with Yunus, who consented to take over considering the present situation of the country. Yunus faced...

Gary native Joseph Stiglitz, a Nobel Prize-winning economist, has published a new book that explores the idea of freedom. "The Road to Freedom: Economics and the Good Society" argues for a new definition of freedom and a more just economic system. The Columbia University professor and former chief economist at the World Bank, who Time magazine named one of the world's most 100 influential people, has published several books over the course of his lengthy academic career. The Horace Mann High School graduate explains in the book what freedom means...

A group of 16 Nobel prize-winning economists have issued a stark warning that inflation would be worse under Donald Trump. The former president would reignite inflation and cause lasting harm to the US economy, the Nobel laureates said in a letter first obtained by Axios. 'While each of us has different views on the particulars of various economic policies, we all agree that Joe Biden's economic agenda is vastly superior to Donald Trump,' the letter read. The warning was spearheaded by American economist Joseph Stiglitz, who won the prestigious honor...

Sixteen Nobel prize-winning economists released a grave warning in a joint letter on Tuesday, detailing a potential economic fallout if former President Donald Trump wins the White House in November. “We the undersigned are deeply concerned about the risks of a second Trump administration for the U.S. economy,” the letter began, which was published in full by CBS News. The economist wrote that it was imperative for the United States, which is “embedded in deep relationships with other countries,” to maintain “normal and stable relationships with other countries.” “Donald Trump...