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U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear veteran's benefits challenge

(The Center Square) - The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear an Army veteran's challenge over reduced disability benefits. The court agreed to hear Johnson v. United States Congress, a case that centers around Floyd Johnson, an Army veteran whose disability benefits were reduced after he

In El Salvador's mass trials, 'the innocent pay for the guilty'

In El Salvador's mass trials, 'the innocent pay for the guilty'

Wearing white uniforms, their heads shaved, rows of bewildered-looking men are beamed by video link from prisons across El Salvador into a courtroom conducting a mass trial of alleged gang members. Four years after President Nayib Bukele declared war against gangs in the Central American nation, the fates of

Report: Woman with 3 DUIs caused drunk-driving crash

A 44-year-old Belgrade woman with three convictions for driving while intoxicated rear-ended another driver on Love Lane near Stallion Drive, according to accusations filed in county court. The crash reportedly happened shortly before 4:23 p.m. March 24. The woman was identified as Darcy Faye Faler,

Police arrest suspect in Jewish ambulance arson case in court

Police arrest suspect in Jewish ambulance arson case in court

London police announced Saturday they had arrested another man over an arson attack on ambulances run by a Jewish charity in London -- after officers recognised him at a court hearing over the incident. Two men and a boy charged over the March 23 attack appeared at a court in Westminster

French jury upholds jail terms for three rugby players over gang rape

French jury upholds jail terms for three rugby players over gang rape

A French court on Saturday upheld the prison sentences of up to 14 years imposed on three former rugby players who had appealed their convictions for raping a student in 2017. Irishman Denis Coulson, 31, and Frenchman Loick Jammes, 31, had been sentenced to 14 years behind bars, and New

Manhattan resident accused of assaulting someone at his front door

A man happened to see his girlfriend’s vehicle parked at a home on Wooden Shoe Lane in Manhattan and went to the door, knocked and called her name, whereupon another man opened the door and beat him up, a sheriff’s deputy alleged. “After the door opened, the Victim

Democratic campaign consultant booked in Missoula jail for violating conditions of release

A former Democratic campaign consultant who was set to be sentenced later this year on embezzlement charges is being held without bail at the Missoula County jail on allegations that she violated the terms of her release. Abbey Lee Cook, a political consultant and small business owner from Helena, pled