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Bobby Unser, 87, Indy 500 champ in great racing family, dies JENNA FRYER, AP Auto Racing Writer May 3, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 6 1of6FILE - In this May 24, 1981, file photo, Bobby Unser holds three fingers aloft after winning his third Indianapolis 500 auto race ,in Indianapolis, Ind. Three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Bobby Unser has died. He died of natural causes at his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Sunday, May 2, 2021. He was 87.Anonymous/APShow MoreShow Less 2of6FILE - Auto racer Bobby Unser is shown at the Indianapolis 500 auto race in Indianapolis, Ind., in this Ma...

Oscar Grant’s family on the Chauvin conviction: ‘This is huge. We’ve been let down so many times’ Sam Levin © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Nick Ut/AP For the family of Oscar Grant, who was killed by police in 2009, the guilty verdict for Derek Chauvin was a rare moment of accountability – and a potential turning point in their fight against police brutality. “This is a huge moment in the last 12 years of our struggle,” Grant’s uncle, Cephus Johnson, told the Guardian on Tuesday, an hour after a Minneapolis jury convicted the former officer of second-...

The guilty verdict in the murder of George Floyd offered the kind of court win that is denied to nearly all families of victims lost to police killings. To some in the US, where police fatally shoot nearly 1,000 people each year and are almost never charged with a crime, the conviction offered a sense of comfort and hope. For the Grant family, there were mixed emotions. Oscar Grant was 22 years old and unarmed when he was killed on a train platform on New Year’s Day, 2009 in Oakland, California. It was the first high-profile killing by police that was caught on a cellphone video that wen...

On 14 August last year, LAPD officers were responding to reports of an alleged burglary attempt when they came upon Daniel Rivera, 37, standing near a ravine. Body-camera footage showed he hopped a fence into the wash, and was lying face down on the ground, largely motionless, as police approached. Even though he was unarmed and not moving, one officer kneeled on his back, two others handcuffed him, one shoved his face into the ground, and another shocked him with a Taser four times, causing his body to convulse, according to a lawsuit and footage. He appeared to call for help and scream in p...

Maine Restaurant Chucks Potatoes as a Means for Ice Removal There's a bit from Maine's King of Comedy Bob Marley off the "I'm Tellin' You!" album where he breaks down the uniqueness of Maine lingo. During this bit, he says, "In Maine, you never throw anything...YA CHUCK IT!" Well, I think Uncle Bobby would get a kick out of King Eider's Pub in Damariscotta and their method of ice removal. Ice is a serious concern this time of year. Especially when it's cold and wet and then suddenly turns to above freezing. I mean, there's a reason we see those 'WARNING: FALLING ICE" signs in downtown areas...