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The defendant in a Jan. 6. 2021 Capitol Hill protests-related case denied a claim by federal prosecutors that a boyfriend was jailed for plotting to shoot up a synagogue. Riley Williams’ filing Thursday came in response to one last week by federal prosecutors objecting to her request to loosen restrictions pending her trial. She is wearing an ankle monitor and is under house arrest at her mother’s home in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Prosecutors in that filing noted that Williams had lied last August about meeting a boyfriend; Williams was required to report all her meetings, and she had told people, including...

ST. LOUIS (AP) No medical or mental health care. No subsidized college or work training. For many who leave the U.S. military with less-than-honorable discharges, including thousands who suffered injuries and anguish in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere, standard veterans benefits are off limits. The discharge serves as a scarlet letter of dishonor, and the effects can be severe: Ex-military members with mental health problems or post-traumatic stress disorder can't turn to Veterans Affairs hospitals or clinics; those who want to go to college aren't eligible for the GI Bill; the jobless get no assistance for career training; the homeless are...

OAKLAND -- Scott Olsen, a Marine Corps war veteran who made headlines nationwide when he suffered a skull fracture in the middle of a violent clash between police and Occupy Oakland protesters last month, returned to Frank H. Ogawa Plaza Sunday to talk about his condition. Olsen told authorities he was hit in the head by a tear-gas canister fired by police on the night of Oct. 25, but a probe of the incident by three teams of investigators is still ongoing, said Oakland Police spokeswoman Johanna Watson. Sunday was the first interview the 24-year-old Daly City man has given...

(WASHINGTON) — Soldiers who need special waivers to get into the Army because of bad behavior go AWOL more often and face more courts-martial. But they also get promoted faster and re-enlist at a higher rate, according to an internal military study obtained by The Associated Press.

UW men's hockey: Sioux skater must apologize for slashing Bucky Badger Todd Milewski — 11/13/2007 Bucky Badger took a tap on the shins from a North Dakota hockey player on Saturday — and now the University of Wisconsin mascot will receive an apology. WCHA commissioner Bruce McLeod said Sioux defenseman Joe Finley was captured on videotape slashing Bucky Badger — played by UW student David Blanchard — before Saturday's game, which North Dakota won 3-1. Finley must write a letter of apology to Blanchard, McLeod said. The commissioner made no ruling on a separate incident in which Blanchard and Sioux...