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William Weaver, who helped integrate his Southern high school, recounts painful memories of football games he played with teammates he says may now wish they would have said something supportive.
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The LG K7i, launched by the South Korean firm at the India Mobile Congress this week, is embedded with technology that it says will keep mosquitoes away.
It emits ultrasonic waves from a mesh grid on the back of the phone. The waves should repel the pests and are “absolutely safe and harmless for humans,” the company said.
Some other LG products such air conditioners and TVs are already available with the “mosquito-away” technology but this is the first time it has been used in a smartphone.
The K7i Android phone has a price tag of 7,990 rupees ($122). LG says it is considering plans to roll it out in other countries.
Related: India’s mobile market is hot and getting hotter
India has long struggled with diseases like malaria and dengue that spread through mosquitoes, with tens of thousands of cases and hundreds of deaths recorded by the government every year.
“The company has set a benchmark for ensuring the health of Indian consumers,” Amit Gujral, LG’s chief marketing officer in India, told CNNMoney.
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LG says the K7i had a 72% success rate during clinical trials in repelling disease-spreading mosquitoes.
Indians spent $733 million last year on home insecticides, according to a recent study by Euromonitor International.
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The league’s partnership with the retail giant kicks off Thursday night with the Green Bay Packers taking on the Chicago Bears. The one-year $50 million deal — which makes Thursday night games available to anyone with an Amazon Prime subscription — is the latest example of the league testing the streaming waters with a tech company, after striking a similar deal with Twitter last year. The NFL will still air the game the old fashioned way via cable (NFL Network) and broadcast TV (CBS).
It’s an interesting time for the launch of a new broadcasting partner since the game airs as the NFL finds itself in the national spotlight fighting battles on multiple fronts.
President Trump’s criticism of NFL players who kneel during the national anthem to protest police violence sparked backlash over the weekend, prompting even more protests from players, coaches, and team owners. Trump kept his attacks going saying on Wednesday that the NFL’s business will “go to hell” if it doesn’t change.
The controversy makes Thursday night more of a TV event than your standard “TNF” game. Fans and industry onlookers will likely tune in to see what players will do, how fans in the stands will react, and what Trump may have to say about all of it via social media.
The NFL returns on short rest for “Thursday Night Football,” and now it comes with a new broadcast partner: Amazon.
Related: NFL partners with Amazon to stream games this season
The Amazon deal also launches amid concerns over the NFL’s flagging ratings, which have declined over the past two years. The 2016 election, Hurricane Irma, lopsided games and a saturated TV environment competing for fans attention were all contributing factors the league’s uneven ratings.
Trump pounced on the league saying Tuesday that the NFL’s ratings are “way down,” but the numbers are only modestly down and saw signs of life this week.
Related: Trump says NFL ratings are ‘way down.’ That’s not completely true
Away from all the noise, however, the NFL’s first game on Amazon is a big deal from an experiment standpoint.
The NFL’s choice to stream games via Amazon is an opportunity for the league to look towards the future — one that has streaming services like Amazon throwing their hat in the ring for the crown jewel of sports TV rights.
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Nintendo’s SNES Classic Edition, the mini version of its ’90s Super Nintendo console, is out today in Europe and North America. It’s been much anticipated, especially after the popularity of last year’s NES Classic, which ended up selling out pretty much everywhere. Luckily, as well as bringing back the NES Classic, Nintendo has changed its initial SNES Classic plans and now states it will continue to supply the miniature console into 2018.
In the US, we know Best Buy stores will have SNES Classic units in stock today, while GameStop and ThinkGeek will apparently have a "limited and varied amount of consoles" on sale. UK consumers can try their luck on the high street, but major online retailers like Game, Amazon, and Argos are all sold out for the time being. Australia, meanwhile, has to wait until tomorrow, September 30 to get their hands on the device. For more, you can check out our SNES Classic buying guide.
In our SNES Classic Edition review, critic Michael Higham said Nintendo has done a "damn fine job" of evoking childhood nostalgia. The console–which costs US $80 / £60 / AU $120–also includes a rewind feature so you can go back and try again if you fail.
There are 21 games in the package, including Donkey Kong Country, Final Fantasy III, and Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, as well as the previous unreleased Star Fox 2. You can see a roundup of all the games here.
For more on the console, you can check out our SNES Classic Edition review roundup or our guide to everything else you need to know about the SNES Classic.
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Police in Lucas County, Ohio, were able to safely track a suspect’s car after a deputy shot a GPS-enabled dart onto the suspect’s vehicle as he fled the scene. “They were able to track him with
and other jurisdictions got involved and they knew his location and speed and were able to get in front of him and get stop sticks out and stop him,” said Captain Matt Lettke.
The GPS darts are part of the Star Chase System, which mounts to the grille of a police cruiser. Instead of following a suspect on what could be a high-speed chase, the dart sticks to the outside of a suspect’s vehicle, allowing police to track its whereabouts. Lucas County Police reportedly have five such units in use, and the town sheriff is hoping to add more now that it has been successfully demonstrated.
The American Civil Liberties Union has
on these GPS darts, as long as they are not misused by police departments.
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HAMBURG, Germany — Volkswagen is taking another $3 billion charge to fix diesel engines in the United States, lifting the total bill for its emissions test cheating scandal to around $30 billion.
Shares in the German carmaker fell as much as 3 percent on Friday, as traders and analysts expressed dismay the company was still booking charges two years after the scandal broke.
“This is yet another unexpected and unwelcome announcement from VW, not only from an earnings and cash flow perspective but also with respect to the credibility of management,” said Evercore ISI analyst Arndt Ellinghorst.
Europe’s biggest automaker admitted in September 2015 it had used illegal software to cheat U.S. diesel emissions tests, sparking the biggest business crisis in its 80-year history. Before Friday, it had set aside 22.6 billion euros ($26.7 billion) to cover costs such as fines and vehicle refits.
On Friday, it said hardware fixes were proving tougher than expected, as it booked an additional 2.5 billion euro provision.
“We have to do more with the hardware,” a VW spokesman said, adding U.S. customers were having to wait longer for their cars to be repaired.
The news relates to the program to buy back or fix up to 475,000 cars with 2-liter diesel engines.
In Europe, where only a software update is required for the 8.5 million affected cars, besides a minor component integration for about 3 million of those, fixes are running smoothly, the spokesman added.
The additional provision will be reflected in third-quarter results due on Oct. 27, VW said.
Ellinghorst, who has an “outperform” rating on VW shares, expects the company to report third-quarter group earnings before tax and interest of 4.04 billion euros.
“You have to ask if this is a bottomless pit,” said one Frankfurt-based trader of the U.S. charges.
Asked why VW did not see the problem sooner, the spokesman said it had made provisions based on what it expected at the time.
“It has now become clear that we need to do more,” he said.
VW said in September 2015 that around 11 million vehicles worldwide could be fitted with software capable of cheating emissions tests.
Porsche SE, which owns a 30.8 percent stake in VW, said the new provision would also affect its results, but stuck to the wide range for its expected 2017 post-tax profit of 2.1-3.1 billion euros.
Munich prosecutors have arrested a former board member of Porsche in connection with the emissions scandal at VW’s premium brand Audi, a person familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
Audi admitted in November 2015, two months after parent VW’s emissions scandal broke, that its 3.0 liter V6 diesel engines were fitted with an auxiliary control device deemed illegal in the United States.
Reporting by Jan Schwartz and Victoria Bryan
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