Today’s Catch Up
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Ohio’s nursing homes are dumping patients at homeless shelters
The scene was concerning enough to prompt the homeless shelter staff to call the fire department.
A woman using a walker had shown up, incontinent and carrying “a large bag of medications.” She was diabetic, managing a tibia fracture and alcohol-related dementia, and she was “dumped” at the shelter, according to federal inspectors.
2 dead in U.S. military strike on alleged drug boat in eastern Pacific
Two people were killed in the latest U.S. military strike on a boat in the eastern Pacific said to be involved in drug smuggling, U.S. Southern Command said Monday.
The strike, directed by Marine Gen. Francis Donovan, took out a vessel that Southern Command said was operated by a U.S.-designated terrorist group involved in bringing illicit drugs to the U.S. A more precise location for the strike was not provided.



