PHOENIX (AP) — The only person ever charged in the unsolved 2021 disappearance of Navajo elder Ella Mae Begay, whose case became emblematic of a crisis fueled by disproportionately high rates of violence faced by Native Americans, has been sentenced to five years in federal prison.U.S. District Judge Douglas Rayes in Phoenix on Friday accepted an agreement in which Preston Henry Tolth pleaded guilty to robbing Begay. Under the agreement, Tolth was credited with three years’ time served and prosecutors dropped an assault charge and agreed not to prosecute him in the future if Begay’s case develops.The sentencing effectively closes…

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Two of the five French passengers aboard the MV “Hantius”, a vessel affected by cases of hantavirus, decided to speak out, but they chose to do so via an email sent to France Inter on Thursday. Julia and Roland, a retired couple in their sixties, describe a situation that is…

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Retail investors are pouring money into the market even as geopolitical risk rises and volatility creeps higher, a divergence that’s helping fuel the AI‑driven rally. Flows into U.S. equities have remained resilient, with retail traders continuing to buy dips rather than pull back, a pattern strategists highlighted at this week’s…

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