• Former President Jimmy Carter plans to teach Sunday School this weekend just days after undergoing surgery for a broken hip, a spokesman said Thursday. Carter, 94, was released Thursday morning from a Georgia hospital after getting a hip replacement. He plans to continue recuperating at his home in rural Plains, said a statement from Carter spokesman Deanna Congileo. Carter's wife, Rosalynn Carter, also went home with her husband after she was admitted to the hospital Wednesday for observation and testing after she "felt faint," Congileo said. "Both President and Mrs. Carter extend their thanks to the many people who sent well wishes the past few days," Congileo's statement said. Jimmy Carter broke a hip Monday as he was leaving to go turkey hunting. Congileo said he will undergo physical therapy as part of his recovery. She said Carter also plans to teach his regular Sunday School class this weekend at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains. Carter became the longest-lived president in U.S. history in March when his age surpassed that of former President George H.W. Bush, who died Nov. 30 at 94 years, 171 days. Nearly four years have passed since Carter revealed he had been diagnosed with cancer. Carter said in August 2015 that he had a melanoma that had spread to his liver and brain. He received treatment for seven months until scans showed no sign of the disease.
• Prince Harry settled privacy and data-protection claims Thursday against a news agency that used a helicopter to hover over his home to take photos directly into his living room and bedroom. Harry accepted what was described as substantial damages and an apology from Splash News and Picture Agency. The figure was not disclosed. In a statement read at High Court in London on Harry's behalf, his attorney, Gerrard Tyrrell, said the rural retreat in Oxfordshire, southern England, was chosen because of "the high level of privacy it afforded," but that now Harry and his wife, Meghan, feel "they are no longer able to live at the property." The prince and his wife recently moved from central London to a more secluded home, Frogmore Cottage, near Windsor Castle. The prince's claim said that in January, Splash chartered a helicopter that flew over the home at a low altitude, and photos it took were published by several media outlets.
A Section on 05/17/2019