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Total number of players to kneel for the national anthem in the MLB

Bruce Maxwell, a catcher for the MLB’s Oakland Athletics, became the first player in the league to kneel for the national anthem Sunday. The Athletics released a statement supporting his right to do so.

 

634,000

Signees on a petition to keep Uber operating in London

In response to London’s transport authority decision to deny Uber a license to operate within the UK city, more than 600,000 people signed a petition on change.org to keep Uber in the city.