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As Petito case captivates U.S., missing Native women ignored

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By Andrew Hay (Reuters) – Activists lament that the crisis of missing and murdered Native American women doesn’t get the attention paid to Gabby Petito. FBI agents found Petito’s body in Wyoming on Sunday after she went missing during a road trip with her fiancé. The search for the 22-year-old white woman, who chronicled her trip on social media, became an internet sensation and a lead story for major news outlets. “There’s a rate of violence against Native women that’s happening and it doesn’t seem to be highlighted,” Jolene Holgate, a director for the Coalition to Stop Violence Against Nativ…

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Texas Shooter On the Run After Killing 8-Year-Old Boy and 4 Others ‘Execution Style’ with an AR-15

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Five people were killed “execution style” in a Texas home by a suspect armed with an AR-15 style rifle, RadarOnline.com has learned. The San Jacinto County Sheriff’s Office received a harassment call from Cleveland, a small town 55 miles north of Houston, Texas. The shooting took place at around 11:30 p.m. on Friday, April 28. Authorities arrived at the home only to find the horrific crime had taken place. Five victims — two women, two men and an 8-year-old boy — were pronounced dead at the scene. Two female victims were found in the bedroom lying on top of two children who survived the horrif… (more…)

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Third night of violence in Guadeloupe as France sends police special forces

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POINTE-A-PITRE, Guadeloupe (Reuters) – The French overseas territory of Guadeloupe was hit by a third night of looting and rioting amid protests against COVID-19 measures, with gunmen shooting at police and firefighters, the authorities said on Sunday. Police arrested 38 people as shops were broken into and cars set ablaze. Special police forces were due to arrive from mainland France to the Caribbean archipelago on Sunday to restore order. “This situation cannot be accepted nor tolerated,” government spokesman Gabriel Attal told Europe 1 radio. Guadeloupe’s prefect, Alexandre Rochatte, who re… (more…)

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U.S. judge sets deadline for Prince Andrew’s testimony in accuser’s lawsuit

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By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince Andrew must make himself available to answer questions under oath by next July 14 in a civil lawsuit by a woman who accused him of sexually abusing her when she was a teenager. U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan set the deadline to complete depositions in a Monday scheduling order agreed to by lawyers for Andrew and Virginia Giuffre, his accuser. Giuffre, 38, has said the Duke of York forced her to have sex approximately two decades ago at the London home of late financier Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime associate, Ghislaine Maxwe… (more…)

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