Dolphins' Kenny Stills, Albert Wilson first NFL players in Week 1 to kneel during anthem

Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz,

USA TODAY Published 1:02 p.m. ET Sept. 9, 2018 | Updated 2:28 p.m. ET Sept. 9, 2018

NFL players' protests weren't widespread in Sunday's first games, but the demonstrations had not died out in Week 1.

Miami Dolphins wide receivers Kenny Stills and Albert Wilson became the first players of the 2018 regular season to kneel in protest during the national anthem when they did so before Sunday's contest against the Tennessee Titans. Dolphins defensive end Robert Quinn also raised a fist during the song.

Stills and Wilson both kneeled in the preseason and said they planned to continue to do so in the regular season. Stills said he would consider stopping if former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who began kneeling in 2016 as a means to protest racial inequality and police brutality, and former 49ers safety Eric Reid were signed by an NFL team.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2018/09/09/nfl-player-protests-kneel-anthem-kenny-stills-albert-wilson/1248376002/

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That guy still scaaares me.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/leaks-and-the-law-the-story-of-thomas-drake-14796786/

This has some good background on Mr. Drake.

British man dies after Jet2 flight diverted to Toulouse

The flight to Ibiza was diverted to Toulouse for the man to get medical assistance, but he died in hospital in France.

A British man has died in Toulouse after needing medication assistance on a flight.

The man, who has not yet been named, was flying from Manchester to the Spanish island of Ibiza when the plane had to be diverted to France because of the medical emergency.

He was taken to hospital by ambulance when the plane landed but did not survive.

A spokesman for Jet2, the airline he was flying with, confirmed the death on Saturday evening.

A Foreign Office spokesman said: "We are in contact with the French authorities following the death of a British man in Toulouse and are supporting his family at this difficult time."

https://news.sky.com/story/british-man-dies-after-jet2-flight-diverted-to-toulouse-11494001