Hospitals becoming a ‘dumping ground’ for kids in DCS custody

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Children in state custody are spending months in Tennessee hospitals because the Department of Children’s Services has no place else to put them. The children have been medically cleared but tie up hospital beds that could be used by others, especially during times of heightened demand. One child spent more than … Read more

Short Final Four off the ground as quick start is key

Creamline Cool Smashers’ Tots Carlos. –PVL PHOTO Their heels cooled after making the playoffs early, the Creamline Cool Smashers return to the floor on Thursday to get their Grand Slam wheels greased and going again when they collide with Petro Gazz in the Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference (PVL) at PhilSports Arena in Pasig City. … Read more

Erdogan vows Syria ground invasion, Kurds prepare response

Turkish President and leader of the Justice and Development (AK) Party, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is greeted by his party members before addressing an AKP group meeting at the Turkish Grand National Assembly (TGNA) in Ankara on November 23, 2022. | Photo Credit: AFP Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed Wednesday to order a land invasion … Read more

Erdogan signals ground operation into Syria ‘soon’

A Turkey-backed Syrian fighter sits behind a machine gun at a fortified position in Jarabulus close to the border with Turkey in the rebel-held north of Syria’s Aleppo province, on November 21, 2022. | Photo Credit: AFP President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed on Tuesday that Turkey would “soon” launch a ground operation into Syria against … Read more

XRP Price Holds Ground While BTC and ETH Slide, Here’s Breakout Zone

Ripple failed to clear $0.40 and corrected lower against the US Dollar. XRP price could start a decent increase if it stays above the $0.345 support zone. Ripple started a fresh decline from the $0.40 resistance zone against the US dollar. The price is now trading below $0.380 and the 100 simple moving average (4-hours). … Read more

Erdoğan signals possible ground offensive in northern Syria

Turkey could expand military operations against Kurdish militants in northern Syria to include a land incursion, president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said, threatening to escalate tensions in a region where US and Russian troops are present. “This is not limited to just an air campaign,” Erdoğan told reporters, according to a readout from his office on … Read more

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says mulling ground operation in Syria

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday he was mulling going beyond air strikes and launching a ground operation in Syria following a deadly rocket strike on a Turkish border town. Mr. Erdogan also renewed warnings that those attacking Turkey will pay dearly, a day after Ankara’s forces launched … Read more

Congress wants to spend billions on new weapons for possible ground war with Russia

If the powerful leaders of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Sens. Jack Reed, D-R.I., and Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., have their way, Congress will soon invoke wartime emergency powers to build up even greater stockpiles of Pentagon weapons. The amendment is supposedly designed to facilitate replenishing the weapons the U.S. has sent to Ukraine, but a … Read more