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Mar62021 by adminNo Comments

US gives hope to previously denied asylum seekers in camp

World

MEXICO CITY -- In a camp at the U.S.-Mexico border, some asylum seekers were told by officials that the U.S. government may reopen their cases and they would eventually be able to enter the U.S. to wait out the asylum process.The new opening for people previously denied came as Mexican authorities worked to close the improvised camp along the banks of the Rio Grande, across the border from Brownsville, Texas, that has housed thousands of asylum seekers over the more than two years it existed.Late Friday night, an official with Mexico's Foreign Affairs Ministry said via Twitter that the last asylum seekers with active cases from the camp had been processed and the camp was closed. Others with closed asylum cases who were told their cases could be reopened were urged to move to a shelter. Bu...

Jul312020 by adminNo Comments

CDC: 44% of attendees at Georgia overnight camp test positive for COVID-19

Health

July 31 (UPI) -- Nearly half of the children and staff at an overnight camp held in Georgia in June tested positive for COVID-19, according to data released Friday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Of 344 campers and staff members for whom test results were available, 260 -- or 44% -- tested positive for the virus, according to the CDC. Advertisement Sixty-nine percent of the positive tests involved children aged 11 to 17, and 20% were reported in children aged 6 to 10, the agency said. However, testing results were available for only 344 of the 597 campers and staff members who attended, so it is possible more were infected with the virus, CDC researchers said. The camp was held in compliance with an executive order issued by Georgia governor Brian Kemp that allowe...

Jun32020 by adminNo Comments

NFL clubs to hold training camp at team facilities due to coronavirus

Sports

June 2 (UPI) -- In a memo from NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, the league informed teams Tuesday that they must conduct training camps at their main practice facilities due to the coronavirus pandemic. In addition, teams won't be allowed to hold joint training camp practices with other teams this summer. The NFL and the NFL Players Association opted to keep teams close to home to limit travel and the risks associated with running two facilities. Advertisement "The NFLPA was strongly in favor of these two decisions, which were made to limit exposure risks by avoiding the need for clubs to clean and maintain two facilities, by limiting the need for players and club staffs to travel to another location (sometimes located at a considerable distance from the home facility) and by limiting trav...

Jul302019 by adminNo Comments

Kansas City Chiefs WR Tyreek Hill suffers quad injury in camp

Sports

July 30 (UPI) -- Kansas City Chiefs star wide receiver Tyreek Hill had an early exit from the team's training camp practice Tuesday after suffering a quad injury. League sources told ESPN and Yahoo Sports that Hill was carted off the field after being examined in the medical tent. The wideout sustained a bruised quad and is expected to be fine, according to ESPN. Chiefs cornerback Bashaud Breeland hit Hill while attempting to break up a pass, according to ESPN. The receiver remained on the ground before limping to the medical tent. Hill was stretching and bending his right leg in the tent before a golf cart picked him up and took him away from the practice field. Hill, who was suspended from off-season practices by the Chiefs due to a child abuse investigation regarding his 4-year-old so...

May32019 by adminNo Comments

Indianapolis Colts trying out QB Chad Kelly at rookie camp

Sports

May 3 (UPI) -- The Indianapolis Colts invited former Ole Miss quarterback Chad Kelly to rookie minicamp. Indianapolis is having rookie camp from Friday through Sunday. Kelly was at the camp Friday on a tryout basis. Kelly -- the nephew of Hall of Famer Jim Kelly -- was a seventh-round pick by the Denver Broncos in the 2017 NFL Draft. He didn't take a snap during his rookie campaign, but had a successful 2018 preseason. Kelly completed 66.7 percent of his throws for 466 yards, three scores and two touchdowns in four preseason appearances. He appeared in one regular season game last year for the Broncos, taking a knee for a one-yard loss. The Broncos released Kelly after he was arrested for trespassing in October. The 25-year-old completed 63.9 percent of his throws for 6,858 yards, 50 tou...