North Carolina congressman Walter Jones in hospice, wife says
Rep. Walter Jones (R-N.C.) is in hospice care, his wife Joe Anne Jones told NBC affiliate WITN Saturday.
His “health has declined after sustaining a broken hip last week” Jones’ office said in a statement. “He is now in hospice care. The family asks for your prayers, and for their privacy to be respected during this difficult time.”
The 75-year-old representative has not been able to attend votes on the House floor since September because of an undisclosed illness.
Jones underwent surgery for a broken hip on Jan. 15, per WITN.
He has served in Congress for 24 years.
$840M in gold bars prepared for loading onto Russian jet at Venezuelan airport: report
About 20 tons of gold from Venezuela’s central bank was ready to be hauled away Tuesday on a Russian airline’s Boeing 777 that landed in Caracas a day earlier, a Venezuelan lawmaker wrote on Twitter.
The destination of the $840 million in gold bars was unknown, but a source told Bloomberg News that it represented about 20 percent of the country’s holding of the metal. The gold was set aside for loading, the report said.
odds of surviving a broken hip accident are not good long term for someone this age.